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- 1 Shadows in Time 时光里的影子 The height of summer at Guangling University always held the most candid feelings of youth. Luo Tianlin, from the men’s dorm room 347, wrote his affection for Liao Jingwen, from the women’s dorm room 312, into the morning light of the lab, laid it between the sheets of paper at the calligraphy club, and tucked it into the little snacks he brought her, always remembering what she liked. His advances were open and sincere, like a breeze passing through campus, frank and passionate as they swept i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Some Secrets Can Never Be Told 总有不能说的秘密 This book is entirely fictional, imagined and made up by the author. Please do not apply it to real life. The male lead is Yi Junlin, and the female lead is Wen Jing. As the story develops, people connected to Yi Junlin will appear. There is no single, fixed plotline at the heart of this book. The story is built around changes in Yi Junlin’s personality and emotions, with emotional development as its main thread and an uncertain direction. Please forgive any shortcomings. Yi Junlin was originall —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I Am the Only Gentle Soul in All the Heavens 吾乃诸天唯一温柔 Just the name Zhao Tianchen was enough to make forbidden beings across the Myriad Worlds tremble. He had once torn apart chaos and crushed the void, returning from beyond every unknown taboo. He had long since become the Ancestor of Taboos, standing above all forbidden beings. To him, the Myriad Worlds and trillions of universes were nothing but specks of dust. All living beings and countless prodigies were no different from ants in his eyes. He was cold because nothing in the world could move h 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I Am the Forbidden Taboo: Xu Tianyi, Sovereign of All Worlds 我即是禁忌：万界唯我徐天意 Before the universe was born, taboos already stretched across the void; Above those taboos lay a chaos beyond description. Xu Tianyi had long since walked through that chaos, trampling every unknown taboo beneath his feet. When he returned from a realm beyond all comprehension, the so-called strongest beings, true gods, and taboo entities of the Myriad Worlds were all no more than ants. He was the cold arbiter of the heavens, and a sweep of his gaze could extinguish billions of stars; He was the 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 From the Start, I'm the Immortal Venerable of All Worlds: My Campus Life Is a Little... 开局万界仙尊：我的校园生活有点 Lin Mo was the “Mysterious Vault Immortal Venerable” above the Nine Heavens, revered throughout the myriad worlds. His cultivation reached the heavens and earth, and he had attained the very end of the Dao. Weary of eternal solitude and the coldness of supremacy, he sealed away his memories and almost all his cultivation, retaining only a sliver of instinctive defense and his passive status. Taking the identity of an ordinary person named Lin Mo, he descended into Class 7, Grade 12, at Jiangchen 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Emperor Jiuchen: Spoiling Jingwan Alone 九宸帝尊：唯宠静婉 - Protagonist: Yi Jiu Born from the source of chaos at the beginning of the Primordial Era, his realm surpasses every known category, including “Dao Ancestor” and “Heavenly Emperor.” He is a forbidden existence throughout the Myriad Worlds. Overbearing and cold, he regards all living things as ants, yet is devoted to Lin Jingwan with a passion etched into his soul. When Lin Jingwan died in her previous life protecting him, he reversed time and space to send her to be reborn in the mortal world. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Child Was Found, and His World-Destroying Father Is Busy Washing Bottles 幼崽被找回，灭世亲爹一心洗奶瓶 Three-year-old Yuanbao is a chubby little girl whose amnesiac mother ran away while pregnant with her. Born frail, she was left in the care of her godfather, a marquis, while her mother went searching for medicine to help her. The marquis covets Yuanbao’s mother, and the moment she leaves, he starts abusing Yuanbao! Just as Yuanbao is being bullied to the brink of death, the heir to the top immortal sect and the most powerful clan in the Cangxuan Realm arrives. He scoops her up and bursts int 1.8kReads8.4Score28714d adds
- 8 My Youth Was Like a Pile of Mud 我的青春，好似一摊烂泥 (Youth, School Life, Growing Up, Everyday Life, Redemption) Told in the first person, this is a coming-of-age story about a bad boy who matches wits with students and teachers at his school. They save one another and gradually grow up. My name is Fang Yuan. Ever since I was a child, I've been different from other people's kids. Girls say I'm as thick as a log, and my friends say I'm selfish. But I never thought there was anything wrong with that. Because I'm not a good person to begin with. W 156.1kReads9.5Score11.4k14d adds
- 9 A Secret Crush Is Like a Sugar-Sweet Star! 暗恋是颗星星糖！ [Sweet, gentle, and soft-spoken heroine x roguishly handsome flirt] [College romance | Mutual pining comes true | Both leads are each other's first | Sweet romance | Flirty and romantic] In high school, Tan Xuze was a born winner, with a top-tier family and looks to match. His grades were always at the top, and everyone adored him. Shu Mian wasn't one of the stars surrounding him, and she never dared hope her secret crush would ever see the light of day. At college, Tan Xuze was still the cente 22.8kReads9.4Score3.1k14d adds
- 10 When the Clouds Are Deep and the Waters Clear 云深清浅时 Xiao Yunxing is the dashing, top-of-the-class heartthrob admired by every girl at school: someone to admire from afar, but never touch. Yet he smiles only for Chen Qinghuan, the “childhood sweetheart” who transfers to his school, and spoils her in every way. Chen Qinghuan is a proud, domineering, yet adorably naive math genius. Math is her talent, and loving him is her dream. She stays by his side, always. One waits, the other pursues, and together they earn places at their dream university. Aft 18.6kReads9.6Score2.1k14d adds
- 11 Great Tang: Li Shimin Begs Me to Start a Rebellion 大唐：李世民求我造反 Li Ke transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty. He plans to use his skills as a motivational speaker to brainwash a loyal crew and keep his head down as an unremarkable prince. But eight years after transmigrating, he discovers that he brought along an entire national strategic reserve warehouse. So Li Ke throws caution to the wind. If he’s going to be a prince, he might as well be one who fears nothing and lives as freely as he pleases! First, he starts a newspaper to build his rep 155.4kReads9.5Score16.6k14d adds
- 12 Game Invasion: I Became Emperor Before the Players Transmigrated 游戏入侵：我称帝了玩家才穿越 [Transmigrating ahead of time + political scheming + dynastic power struggles + succubus + worlds merging] This book is also known as [I, the Empress's Fiancé, the Strongest Villain Behind the Scenes]. After waking up, Xia Chen finds himself logged into the mysterious game from his previous life ahead of schedule, starting out as the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhendong. What? I have a younger brother named Xia Hao, who seems to have a mysterious bone inside him? It looks just like the lege 451kReads9.1Score45.8k14d adds
- 13 EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 513.4kReads9.5Score39.7k14d adds
- 14 EN Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 333.1kReads9.7Score43.5k14d adds
- 15 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9k14d adds
- 16 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
- 17 EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds
- 18 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
