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- 151 History Livestream: Randomly Taking Out an Ancestor 历史直播间：随机创死一位老祖宗 Tang Xinxin graduated with a history degree only to find herself unemployed. She decides to travel and livestream history lessons, never imagining that her broadcasts would reach across all of history, where the ancestors themselves could watch. [Today we're visiting Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum!] Qin Shi Huang: “My mausoleum!” *faints.jpg* [Come on, Li Erfeng, the Young Master of Taiyuan: here's the stone carving of a steed that was stolen!] Emperor Taizong: “My Zhaoling steed, Sa Lu Zi!! Mobilize 32.6kReads8.2Score2.5k14d adds
- 152 I'm Not a God of Theater: Prequel, the Outer-Domain Demon 我不是戏神前传之域外天魔 Wife, do you know that the child in your womb is a reborn Immortal Emperor? I was a mad scholar locked away in a psychiatric hospital, yet I became the final hope of the gods of the Three Realms! The extraterrestrial demon Cthulhu is about to invade, and the civilization of Blue Star is on the brink of destruction. The Jade Emperor and Lady Houtu have personally appeared in my dreams to beg me to emerge from seclusion! But I'm just an ordinary guy who drove himself insane trying to make money b 131Reads—Score814d adds
- 153 In the Apocalypse, the Gods Toy with Mortals, but I, Ye Fan, Defy Heaven and Slay the Gods 末世诸神愚戏凡人我叶凡逆天斩神 Synopsis: The whole world is dragged into a deadly deception called the “Faith Game.” Everyone struggles to survive, but I’ve been abandoned by the gods?! When everyone receives a “game notification” and becomes a player under one of the sixteen Primordial Gods, I, Ye Fan, the most devout follower of the God of Fate, am mercilessly shut out! No guidance, no System, no divine favor. I’m like a bug forgotten by the world! What kind of joke is this? The bustling city turns into a blood-soaked pr 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 A Golden Rankings List Appears, Reviewing History and Staggering Emperors Across the Ages 惊现金榜盘点历史，震惊历朝诸皇 A review of history’s most heartbreaking figures. Everyone whose story has left the world lamenting will be featured. Starting with the ten emperors whose stories are most heartbreaking. Qin Shi Huang lamented: “I wanted the Great Qin to last for ten thousand generations, passed down from age to age. I never expected it to fall after only two.” Zhu Di lamented: “Can’t all my achievements in life clear my name of the charge that I usurped the throne?” The Chongzhen Emperor lamented: “I have 26.3kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 155 Sky Screen: Watching Short Videos, Ying Zheng Gets the MVP 天幕：刷短视频，嬴政得了MVP The protagonist isn’t just a prop. Besides short videos and historical video compilations, the story also focuses on showing people from the past modern life! Lin Qi has no idea that videos of his daily life are being shown to audiences across every dynasty. And so, beneath the sky screen, Lin Qi’s life becomes entertainment for countless ancestors during their downtime. An AI short video titled “Oh no, Ying Zheng got MVP” makes Ying Zheng lose it. A video of “The Song Dynasty’s dragon standard 120.9kReads8.4Score5.6k14d adds
- 156 The Living Hell of the Immortal Realm 长生天之人间炼狱 I'm the damn heir to the title of Great Emperor, yet I've been put through hell in the mortal world. When I return to claim my throne, I'll use my blade to wash away every humiliation I've suffered! Demon Emperor, just you wait! Fifteen days in heaven, one hundred and fifty years on earth. That's more than enough time! 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Slay the Gods: I Am the Lord of Calamity, Starting with a Scarlet Trick 斩神：我嘲灾之主，开局猩红戏法 [Slay the Gods + God of Drama + no female lead + traveling with the crew] To help someone fix the BUG of having too many tragic deaths, Ye Kai arrives in the Slay the Gods world. From the start, he befriends Asaba, the "Sleeping Dragon of the Host Club World," the "Brightest New Host Star," the "Mature Women's Best Friend," Mr. Qiye. His golden finger is a Lego theater personally upgraded by that man. Not only can it tame the Disaster Mocking God, it can also draw skills from the entire God of D 30.4kReads9.0Score4.4k14d adds
- 158 Slay the Gods: Climbing the Ranks Like a Dung Beetle in the World of Slay the Gods! 斩神：我在斩神世界苍蜣登阶！ [Slay the Gods + comedic fan fiction + Huozige's golden finger] (Just turn your brain off and enjoy! No idea if it's good, but it's definitely crazy and hilarious. Some original-world details have been altered, so don't take them too seriously.) Chen Li transmigrates into the world of Slay the Gods and waits for eighteen long years. At last, the System arrives, and the protagonist, Lin 9.7kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 159 Showing Our Ancestors the Sky Screen to Right History’s Ancient Wrongs 给祖宗播放天幕，挽千古意难平 [Historical livestream story with no romance] (Have you ever imagined the legendary age of seafaring in the Qin Dynasty, when the whole world competed to learn Qin? Have you ever imagined the Han Dynasty's age of conquest? It would have not only the legendary Huo Qubing and Wei Qing, but also the Han Imperial Women's Medical Academy and legendary female soldiers...) Qin Jiu was a history blogger just starting out. She had originally tried making history videos after losing her job, never expecti 24.2kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 160 A Historical Recap: Spoiling Emperor Shi Huang with the Secret That His Dynasty Ends in the Second Generation 历史盘点：给始皇帝剧透二世而亡 [Historical rankings] + [Blood-pressure-raising comparisons] + [Spoiler comments] + ... Chen Yuan acquired a time-traveling historical video-editing System that let him edit videos and broadcast them to every dynasty through the sky screen! An idea struck him. He thought ranking videos were boring, so why not make a truly nasty comparison? It would be much more fun to pit emperors praised through the ages against those reviled for all time! First, show Zhu Di, who conquered the Mongols at Langj 75.6kReads8.9Score5.5k14d adds
- 161 From the Start, I Revealed the Achievements of Ancient Emperors and Stunned the Emperors 开局曝光古人皇功业，惊呆皇帝们 [Historical retrospectives] + [a commoner's view of history] + [spoilers in the comments] + [emperors goofing around] + [A complete run-through of Chinese history from the Yan and Huang emperors, starting with the Shang] Chen Yong was hired to make a series of historical retrospectives. He planned to start with the Shang dynasty. To set his videos apart from the many others, he decided to follow standard historical methodology. Source priority: archaeological artifacts > official histories > 67.9kReads9.0Score4.6k14d adds
- 162 The Scenic Spots He Takes People To Are Archaeological Sites 那货带去的景区能考古 [Published and available to buy everywhere online, published under the title A Planar Travel Agency] [Changing history's regrets + patriotic spirit] Jiang Ye inherits a travel agency on the verge of bankruptcy and becomes a tour guide. But the attractions he takes his tourists to are anything but ordinary. Other guides take people to scenic, officially rated 4A and 5A attractions. The places Jiang Ye visits are either the Qin Dynasty two thousand years ago, the Great Ming Dynasty five hundred ye 63.3kReads9.0Score7.7k14d adds
- 163 Slay the Gods: I, the Proxy of the God of Theater, Let the Show Begin 斩神：我，戏神代理人，好戏开场 [Slay the Gods Fanfiction]+ [Two Male Leads]+ [Lin and Lin CP]+ [No Female Lead]+ [A Slow Simmer]+ [Highly Rated, Guaranteed] Lin Ze transmigrates into the world of Slay the Gods and gains an incredible ability to learn: he can master anything simply by seeing it once, no matter what it is. Just as he thinks he’ll have to rely on his wits to survive in this world, Lin Qiye’s sudden appearance changes everything. When Lin Qiye awakens the god Michael, the Archangel, Lin Ze awakens the so-called s 6.7kReads9.0Score96614d adds
- 164 The Maoshan Taoist-Buddhist Master 茅山道释 [Maoshan] + [Supernatural] + [Urban Cultivation] + [Stunning Beauties] The mighty Heavenly Emperor is reborn, only to be driven to the brink by a predatory loan contract?! In my previous life, I was Shiti Huan Yindiluo, the Heavenly Emperor. My merits complete, I should have ascended beyond the heavens, but I was ambushed by petty villains, and my divine soul fell into the mortal world! Fortunately, the power of the Sumeru Realm protected me, and I was reborn alongside a Maoshan Celestial Maste 798Reads—Score10214d adds
- 165 Maitreya Heavenly Emperor 弥勒天帝 [Mortal cultivation + creation of the heavens and myriad worlds + fantasy + beauties galore] Citi Tianxing has already reached the peak of the Heavenly Emperor realm, yet he resolutely gives up his position as sovereign over all worlds and ventures toward an even higher, unknown realm. He seeks to question the heavens: What is the meaning of cultivation? What is the purpose of creation? Follow him as he battles across the Myriad Worlds, comprehending the great mysteries of darkness, light, life, 150Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 166 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 5.4kReads—Score38514d adds
- 167 Slay the Gods: After the Seraphim Looked Down on Me, I Rose Straight to Supreme God 斩神：炽天使嫌弃后我直升至高神 [Slay the Gods fanfiction + no female lead + Supreme God from the start] After transmigrating into the world of Slay the Gods, Jiang Ye became the neighbor of the protagonist, Lin Qiye. But Jiang Ye had been completely ordinary since birth. He had awakened no Forbidden Ruins, and he didn’t even have the golden finger that transmigrators were supposed to get. To gain the power to survive, he plotted a deception to fool the gods. But just as the Seraph was about to choose Jiang Ye as its agent, 51.8kReads9.2Score6.4k14d adds
- 168 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.8kReads—Score11014d adds
- 169 Superpowers: I Have a Replication Mirror 超能：我有一面复刻镜 [Gods Descend, Calamity Begins] When cultivators from the divine realm invade Earth, superpowers and modern weapons become humanity's last line of defense! Can Gou Chen and Adam, Earth's only two superpower academies, shoulder humanity's future? What kind of hidden strength does Huaxia, hailed as the Chosen Nation, possess? This is a feast for the Godslayers! A young man gains the power to replicate abilities. With a mortal body and the power of the world in his hands, he will ultimately slay th 116.4kReads9.6Score13.3k14d adds
- 170 EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5k14d adds
- 171 EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds
- 172 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
- 173 EN The Creatures That We Are 异兽迷城 Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6k14d adds
- 174 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
- 175 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
