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- 1 Extreme Path: With the Heaven-Questioning Brush, I Turn People Into Demons from the Start 极道：身怀问天笔，开局写人成妖 [Underworld-style action + thrilling fights + evil punished by evil + decisive and ruthless + no female lead] Whenever a great demon appears, a thousand miles of land are struck by drought, floods rage across the earth, and epidemics spread unchecked. The common people suffer unbearably, while the court turns a blind eye. Ao Mo transmigrates and becomes a demon registrar, carrying the Heaven-Questioning Brush, which can question merit, good, and evil. Perform good deeds and bring evil to an end 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Fleeing Famine in a Chaotic World, I Only Want to Keep My Family Safe 乱世逃荒，我只想护全家周全 In the waning years of the Jing Kingdom, Water City drifted like a fragile boat amid the raging currents of a chaotic age. Lu Yuan was nothing more than an unremarkable dockworker on that fragile boat, struggling each day to earn a single wheat cake and stay alive. He had transmigrated to another world, and in his mind was an ink-jade abacus capable of calculating the workings of all things. “Whether it’s martial arts techniques or balancing accounts, as long as I’m mentally alert, I can rapidly 2.4kReads6.7Score193Shelves
- 3 Blood and Qi Martial Arts: The Undying Ultimate Tyrant 气血武道，不死的极道暴君 [Martial arts] + [traditional fantasy] + [invincible body] + [female lead] + [overwhelming domination] Overcoming the strong while weak? You’ve got it all wrong! You’re the one challenging me despite the odds! What makes someone strong, and what makes someone weak? Put cultivation aside. My body, blood and qi, strength, and defense all far surpass yours. Get it straight: you’re the one who overestimated yourself by challenging me!! Black hair flying wildly like a dragon, Su Mo stands tall above 75Reads6.5Score107Shelves
- 4 The Gaokao Just Ended, and You Tore a God Apart? 高考刚结束，结果你手撕异神？ [Career panel + attribute upgrades + martial arts superpowers + urban supernatural horror + ruthless combat] In this world, otherworldly beings run rampant and monsters wreak havoc. Bai Ming transmigrates into this world and unlocks the Martial Artist career panel, which lets him spend points to upgrade through a cheat interface. “Blood-red, add points! Max out my attributes, max out my techniques!” On top of that, each career talent is absurdly powerful. [Otherworldly Bestiary]: Drink a doppelg 179.5kReads8.5Score26.9kShelves
- 5 EN Proficiency: I Grinded My Way from Bandit Chief to Humanoid Taboo 熟练度：我从山大王肝成人形禁忌 Su Qing transmigrates to a chaotic dynasty overrun by demons and monsters, becoming the bandit king of Flying Tiger Stronghold. To survive, he has no choice but to train with his blade as hard as he can. The first time Su Qing practices his blade: [Flying Tiger Blade proficiency +1] The first time Su Qing slays a demon: [Slaying a demon with the Flying Tiger Blade, proficiency +10,000] The first time Su Qing's cultivation technique proficiency breaks through to "Intent Comprehension": [Unlock bo 103.8kReads8.0Score13.8kShelves
- 6 EN Removing the Human Body's Limits from the Start: Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill 开局解除人体限制，杀杀杀杀杀 [Invincible + Life-for-Power + Extreme Martial Arts + Dark Transformation + Ruthless + Advanced Martial Arts...] “Here’s your choice: remove the limits on the human body and gain a continuous invincible buff at the cost of burning through your lifespan. Are you willing?” His parents were brutally murdered, his older sister was gravely injured and left paralyzed, and his girlfriend was imprisoned and vanished... Yet all the evidence points to Su Han, who knows nothing about any of it. No matter h 90.6kReads7.3Score10kShelves
- 7 Shocking! Is My Family Going to Tear Me Apart and Eat Me? 震惊！我的家人要把我分而食之？ [One Man’s High Martial Arts]+ [Brute]+ [Original Sin Abomination]+ [Survival]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Extreme Martial Arts] Gu Qing stared at the notebook on the desk, stunned by what it contained. “My father looks at me like I’m a delicious piece of meat…” “My mother often wipes the corners of her mouth when I turn back after leaving the house…” “Three days ago, senior year of high school began. On my way home, I heard what my parents were thinking.” “Yes, they really do plan to, on the day I tur 1.3kReads8.7Score100Shelves
- 8 Have You Gone Mad? The Eunuch Says He'll Restore the Qing Dynasty 疯了吧，老太监说他要复兴大清 I was fed up with all those cookie-cutter stories about Systems, stat-based power-ups, and immortal cultivation, so I thought I'd try writing one myself. My personal take on Systems is that they're bait cast by higher-dimensional powers into lower dimensions to harvest the universe's origin energy. I guess I was too young and naive. Readers these days might not go for that, but I couldn't bring myself to write a story where the protagonist just keeps clicking through upgrades with a System. I'll 167Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 9 Entering the Legends, Starting with a Fist Manual 走进传说从拳法秘籍开始 Liu An picked up a White Ape Boxing manual from a street stall, thinking it would be something new to try. He never expected it to open the door to an entirely different world... From martial arts to the Dao, transcend the ordinary world! Break free of your shackles and step into legend! [This book has no System. It focuses quite a bit on cultivation and immortality, but that won't get in the way of the plot.] This book is entirely fictional. Please don't take it seriously. Thank you! 10.9kReads8.5Score962Shelves
- 10 The Sun Gives Me a Cheat 太阳为我开外挂 [Underworld power struggles + rigorous logic + survival on an alien planet + offbeat paranormal horror + intelligent protagonist + slow-burn thrills] Have you ever gazed up at the stars and wondered why the real world has nothing supernatural in it? When the real universe is invaded by a sinister universe, the result isn't a reshaping of reality's rules, but endless despair and terror. Monstrous beings that fuse supernatural powers with the laws of physics are coming. Survival is at stake. A 41Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 11 My Martial Arts Have Reached the Divine, Yet You Treat Me Like a Pawn? 我武道通神，你把我当弃子？ [Sword cultivator + status panel + extreme path + attribute points + leveling progression + ignoring bottlenecks] Lin Feng awakens memories of his past life and gains the destiny “Martial Dao Transcendence.” He can ignore any cultivation bottleneck, and as long as he keeps working hard and grinding for experience, he can break through rapidly. But before he can show what he’s capable of, his birth parents come looking for him and demand that he return to the family! Lin Feng thinks his good days 4.4kReads6.0Score238Shelves
- 12 The Wild and Sweet Intangible Cultural Heritage Expert: The Conservator's Favorite 非遗大佬野又甜：修复师偏宠 [Intangible cultural heritage restoration | Sweet romance | Wilderness exploration | Mutual doting | Wish-fulfillment | Strong female lead] Su Qingran is a reclusive master of intangible cultural heritage restoration. Her skill at restoring antiques is unparalleled, but she prefers to keep a low profile and hunt for treasures in the wild. After an unexpected encounter brings her together with a refined, aloof powerhouse, she plans to work on restorations and explore secret realms on her own, onl 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Sailing the Apocalypse: My Compass Can Analyze Ancient God Relics 末世航海我的罗盘能解析古神遗物 [Apocalypse, Survival, Sailing, System, Treasure Hunting, Sea Monsters] The tsunami struck in a single day, sinking all the land on Earth and turning the world into an endless ocean. My name is Lin Che. I was trapped on a rickety raft, waiting to die, when I accidentally activated an ancient Analysis Compass. Analyze ancient relics, and you can obtain fresh water, food, weapons, ship blueprints, and more! Starting with the crudest wooden raft, I’ll upgrade it step by step into a fishing boat, a 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The 1960s: Educated Youth in the Great Northern Wilderness, With Plenty to Eat and Drink 六零：知青北大荒，都吃饱喝足 (Period Drama · Rebirth · Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside · Beidahuang · Spatial Storage · Stockpiling Grain · Reclaiming Wasteland · Career Advancement · Seizing the Opportunities of the Era · Brotherhood · Production Corps System) Lin Jianjun is reborn in the famine-stricken 1960s. His gambling-addicted father bleeds the family dry, while his biased mother abandons him. He and his three younger siblings are driven to the brink of death. This time, on his third day after being sent to Be 283Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Dominating the Martial World: From Muscle Beast to Immovable King of the Underworld 横推武道：从肌肉巨兽到不动冥王 [Decisive and ruthless + no characters getting dumbed down + 2.3-meter muscular giant + high-octane battles] The early plot builds slowly, but the exhilarating fights begin after chapter twenty! Chen Feng, a transmigrator, is eighteen, 2.3 meters tall, weighs 250 kilos, and was born with monstrous strength. His body is invincible. After his father is killed by a mysterious giant bear, he obtains the [Strongest Stat-Boosting System]. Not strong enough? Add points! Not fast enough? Add points! Not 46Reads—Score129Shelves
- 16 EN Ultimate Martial Path: From Butcher to Hundred-Armed Sky Demon 极致武道：从屠夫到百臂天魔 [Decisive and Ruthless + Musclebound Powerhouse + Nonhuman Form] At the end of the dynasty, the people are destitute. Chen Duan transmigrates into the body of a butcher, but gains the one lifeline in this chaotic world: a status panel! Hard work always pays off, and every breakthrough increases his potential. At first, his constitution is fixed and progress is difficult. Later, he advances a realm every day, astonishing the world. He pursues the ultimate form of martial arts, the absolute p 20.8kReads8.1Score1.5kShelves
- 17 Afraid of the Apocalypse, I Built a Ghostly Back in Three Months 害怕末日的我，三个月练出了鬼背 [Decisive and ruthless + violent aesthetics + extreme martial arts + massive muscles + System + no stockpiling + ultimate individual combat power + satisfying power fantasy] Nuclear wastewater floods back in, sea beasts mutate, and the apocalypse arrives. Han Zheng is on the verge of death, barely surviving amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. By chance, he is reborn one year earlier and activates the Extreme Martial Arts System. Knowing that only three months remain before the apoca 7.7kReads8.3Score616Shelves
- 18 Lost in a Game World 误入游戏世界 The world is a living hell. Evil spirits run rampant, and all living things howl in despair. I scream into the darkness, but the only answer is the iron fist I swung in my youth! … Extreme martial arts + muscles + attributes + martial cultivation + showing off in public 11.9kReads8.9Score651Shelves
- 19 I’m a Soldier Cultivator. Why Should I Duel You One-on-One? 我一个兵修，凭什么跟你单挑啊 [Weapon cultivator, extreme path, decisive and ruthless, military formations, benevolence, soul transmigration] Wei Yuan's soul transmigrated into the Great Qian Dynasty, where he became a cultivator of the military path. It was a chaotic age plagued by demons, political turmoil, and widespread poverty. Fortunately, he awakened the Lifespan Deduction System. By slaying demons and monsters, he could claim their remaining lifespan and use it to refine his own techniques, military formations, divin 45.1kReads8.0Score4.7kShelves
- 20 My Skills Never Go on Cooldown. How Will You Respond? 技能永久没冷却，阁下如何应对？ [Game invades reality + deserted-island survival + monsters + thrilling battles + god-tier talent + various civilizations + near-invincible hero + plot-driven] A monster-themed online game suddenly invades reality, and superpowered players begin appearing around the globe. Wang Mang suddenly transmigrates to a deserted island filled with gigantic things. Trees hundreds of meters tall, coconuts the size of rooms, ants as big as calves, giant blue crabs as tall as two-story buildings... It seems h 33.9kReads8.6Score2.8kShelves
- 21 High Battle Clouds: Heroes Languish in Solitude 阵云高：英雄寂寞 Genius protagonist, no System, ruthless and decisive. Li Chengfeng, a genius formation master, uses formations to cultivate all kinds of mutated spirit insects. At last, he achieves a first-grade Golden Core. Just as everything seems to be going his way, he encounters a genius of the Ghost Clan. After a fierce battle, the Ghost Clan Golden Core cultivator dies, while Li Chengfeng, gravely wounded, is swept into a spatial black hole. A new legend is about to begin. 1.1kReads—Score136Shelves
- 22 Modern Immortality: Starting with the Eight-Section Vajra Arts 现代长生：从八部金刚功法开始 [Traditional martial arts + longevity + no female lead + daily life + lighthearted + secluded living] After working himself to death in his previous life, Lin Qing is reborn and angrily quits his job, returning to his hometown to slack off. He awakens a status panel that lets him add points to and upgrade every attribute. In literature, Taiji brings peace to the world. Yin and yang complement each other, emerging from the formless, and four ounces can deflect a thousand pounds. [Taijiquan reache 22.1kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
- 23 EN National Martial Arts: Daily Settlement, Starting as a Rickshaw Puller 国术：每日结算，从黄包车夫开始 [Republican-era martial arts, demons and martial arts running rampant, ultimate-path cultivation, leveling, and a style like Gun Kai] At the end of the dynasty, warlords carved up the country from within, while Western powers circled from without. Their ironclad ships and cannons devoured the nation's fortune. Foreigners destroyed ancestral temples, severed dragon veins, and banned martial arts. The nation was on the brink of ruin and its people faced extinction! In the imperial court, nobles bo 340.1kReads8.4Score35.4kShelves
- 24 EN World of Malevolent Spirits: My Flesh Conquers All 邪灵世界：我以肉身横推此世 This is a story about a body that can overpower anything. Darkness descended upon the Great Ye Dynasty, and evil spirits and ghosts lurked everywhere, killing without a trace. Faced with strange demons and sinister spirits, ordinary people could only tremble, cower in a corner, and wait for death. Jiang Dao transmigrated into this world with a Martial Arts Modification System. He could modify any martial art without limit just by looking at it. Mad Demon Staff Technique, Iron Shirt and Eagle Cla 2.1kReads8.8Score325Shelves
- 25 The End of Martial Supremacy 武极之末 The pinnacle of martial arts breaks through the void. It is the end of the martial path, the threshold to a higher world where one can seek the Great Dao and pursue immortality! Only when Liu Muyun reached that endpoint did he discover that the path to martial supremacy had only just begun! 6kReads6.4Score367Shelves
- 26 The Doomsday Blade Abyss 末日刀渊 He begins with the game Blade Abyss and steps into the Myriad Worlds! From low-martial-arts jianghu to mid-martial-arts rivalries, then shattering the high-martial-arts firmament; next, sweeping through the Small Thousand Worlds and roaming the vast Middle Thousand Worlds, until he finally takes command of the Great Thousand Worlds' Heavenly Dao and reaches the supreme realm of the primordial chaos! 🌙 In the Gu Long world, he becomes Li Xunhuan's disciple! ⚔️ In the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 23.7kReads7.9Score2.1kShelves
- 27 EN Heaven's Chosen? Monster? No, It's the Grind Emperor 天骄？妖孽？不好，是肝帝 [The top workaholic in high-martial arts fiction] [Panel-based cultivation] [Cosmic setting] [Cultivation and progression, not point allocation or speedrunning; the protagonist is a born grinder] In the interstellar age, alien beasts invade and evil gods lurk all around. Li Qingshan awakens a martial arts panel that can record any technique or martial skill. He needs no insight or talent, and faces no bottlenecks. As long as he trains hard, he can improve, and every breakthrough lasts forever! H 219kReads9.3Score25.7kShelves
- 28 EN The Reticent Blade 刀不语 Someone once asked me, “What is the jianghu?” I thought for a moment. I thought of a jug of rough wine on the table, a distant figure walking away beneath the setting sun, a grave beneath the moon, and the cigarette burning down to ash in my hand right now. That person asked again, “Where is the jianghu?” I smiled and looked out the window. There were countless jianghus out there. One person is a story. Two people make a jianghu. 28kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
- 29 EN Global Martial Arts: My Martial Arts Can Cultivate on Their Own 全球高武：我的武功能主动修炼 In a world of high martial prowess, my martial arts keep cheating on their own all day... No, wait! I just have moments of enlightenment and train hard for 24 hours a day, that's all! Ning Chuan had only planned to develop steadily and get into a good university. But during the hundred-day countdown ceremony before the college entrance exams, Thunder Sparrows attacked. Ning Chuan drew his blade and killed three in an instant! From then on, he began crushing everything in his path! At the genius 59.6kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves
- 30 EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.4MReads9.2Score312.3kShelves
- 31 Fake Eunuch: I Am the Ming Dynasty's Ninth-Thousand-Year Lord 假太监：我乃大明九千岁 [Mythic Great Ming] [Alternate History] [High Martial] [Great Ming] [No System] Yang Fan transmigrates to the Great Ming Dynasty and becomes a lowly eunuch, witnessing with his own eyes the grand, turbulent age of humanity! A dynasty that has endured for millennia, immortal aristocratic families, heroes of the martial world, mighty commoners, and dragons and serpents rising together! If that's how it is, then I, Yang Fan, will become the greatest man under heaven! I'll shatter the clouds and bec 132.2kReads9.2Score12.9kShelves
- 32 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.3kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
- 33 EN As Long as I Outlive You All, I Can Be Invincible 只要把你们都熬死，我就能无敌 Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late 69.3kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves
- 34 EN A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 [No System] [Genius Swordsmanship] [Passionate] [Decisive and Ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has a tragic past. The sect says: "We'll protect you." His brothers say: "We'll stay by your side." The sword spirit says: "I... will wait for you." Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his eyes regain their sight. Looking back on the road behind him, all that remains is one sentence: "When the wind blows, I'll walk slowly. When it rains, I'll keep to the side. 439.8kReads9.2Score45.7kShelves
- 35 EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 579.3kReads9.4Score60.9kShelves
- 36 EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 561.4kReads9.3Score72kShelves
- 37 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 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
