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- 1 With My Secret Identity in Hand, I Usher in the Spiritual Qi Revival 手握马甲，开启灵气复苏 Yun Shu was born after a difficult delivery, grew up in poor health, and became an orphan at sixteen. With every protagonist buff piled on her, she finally gets... a custom-made System? And so the spiritual qi revival begins. The Dome Light Council, the Dark Court, Tianshu... Forces from all sides emerge in the modern world. [PS: The heroine does whatever she wants and likes to show off, so she'll control everything from behind the scenes, while also having an official identity in public. No rom 740Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Tomb Raiding: I Play an Entire Family All by Myself 盗墓：我一人扮演整个家族 Everyone in the underworld who knows about the Northeastern Zhang family knows that the Ye family, surnamed Ye, is even more mysterious. No one knows where the Ye family is or how many members it has, but every one of its mysterious members is one in a million. … Wu Laogou: “If you want, you can play with all my dogs.” Chenpi Asi: “Tsk! You're so delicate. What a pain!” Qi Tiezui: “To me, you're both a teacher and a friend.” Wu Xie: “No matter where you are, I'll find you.” Zhang Qiling: “Have 3kReads8.0Score45914d adds
- 3 I May Be Weak, but My Secret Identities Are Overpowered 我可能很弱，但马甲超强 (The heroine’s secret identities are never exposed.) (No CP, with a bit of people reading too much into things.) (Other people will think the heroine has ambiguous relationships with her secret identities.) (The secret identities include both men and women, and some appear later. At first, the heroine keeps a low profile and doesn’t take the initiative. Things get better in the middle and later parts.) (Not much fighting, more of a slice-of-life story, with a relaxed pace.) (Some people will hav 864Reads6.6Score10014d adds
- 4 System: Card Draw in Progress 系统：抽卡进行中 [Mastermind + secret identities + supernatural powers + character growth + cards] Chi Yu transmigrated into a dangerous world. Her predecessor had the supernatural ability to communicate with animals and spent every day happily immersed in gossip. But after learning a conspiracy she shouldn’t have known about, she was cursed and died young. Chi Yu didn’t want to die. Her ability was useful, sure, but it had no offensive power whatsoever, and she could barely protect herself. She had no choice bu 394Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 5 I Faked a Spiritual Qi Revival, and Every God in the Sky Is Me 伪造灵气复苏，满天神佛都是我 Spiritual qi revival + supreme dominance + multiple secret identities across different countries + no female lead + wish fulfillment Gu Yuan transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to the Myriad Things of the Heavens Draw System. As long as he earns Shock Points, he can draw items from the myriad worlds. There's no spiritual qi revival? Then I'll fake an age of myths! And so, at Mount Qingcheng in China, a million online viewers watch in the livestream of a comedy streamer as a white 33.1kReads8.1Score2.8k14d adds
- 6 Use Your Secret Identity to Save the World, but Don’t Come Near Me! 马甲去救世，不许贴过来啊 (The rating just opened and will rise. Begging for good reviews!) [Ambiguous relationships + narcissistic romance + partly behind-the-scenes secret identity plot + everyone has one-sided crushes + BL + alternate setting + urban supernatural powers + bottom’s POV + unhinged] When a confused man awakens in a new world, lost and bewildered as he explores the unknown, who can lead him out? “I’ll take you home. From now on, you can call me big brother. I won’t lose you again.” In a pitch-black space 6.2kReads8.2Score89714d adds
- 7 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Become the Mastermind Behind the Scenes with My Secret Identities 灵气复苏，我靠马甲成为幕后黑手 Slow burn, spiritual qi revival + mastermind behind the scenes + no romance + multiple secret identities + identities never exposed + discarded character cards Chen Xu binds herself to a spiritual qi revival System and follows 099 to Blue Star, which has been caught up in the Calamity of the End. To save the planet, she chooses to disguise herself and deceive everyone. She writes about the tangled relationships born where cultivation and magic intertwine. She writes of the resolve of every chara 15.6kReads8.7Score2k14d adds
- 8 After the Spiritual Qi Revival, I Became a God Through Faith 灵气复苏之后，我靠信仰成神 National destiny + System + strong female lead + playing a god + secret identities + the heroine never gets exposed + no romance Luo Shiyi was an exceptionally aloof eighteen-year-old senior in high school. Beneath her cool, detached exterior, however, lurked a slightly chuunibyou heart. One day, Luo Shiyi encountered a System. [My God, I am your personal Godhood System. Gather faith, amass divine power. From this day on, I will be your most loyal servant!] “A Godhood System?” “Become what kind 917Reads7.0Score10014d adds
- 9 My Womanizing Male Lead Fell for All My Secret Identities. What Do I Do? 花心男主爱上了我所有马甲肿么破 College student Fang Zhi transmigrates and binds herself to the Academy Management System, landing in the world of a wildly popular web novel. On the surface, she's the Academy's head. Behind the scenes, she's the only person in the entire Academy. 1 At the Buddhist Sect's highly anticipated succession ceremony, Qu, the Academy's junior disciple, sat with one leg raised atop the Buddhist shrine, arrogant and contemptuous of everyone. The Buddhas filled the skies, and the thousands of sects coul 877Reads8.6Score10614d adds
- 10 I Collect Rent at Home While My Secret Identities Fight Over the Plot 我在家收租，马甲疯狂抢剧情 (Fake narcissism, two male leads. Let me say it again: fake narcissism, two male leads!!!) A rating was released on February 8, 2026. It should go up. He wanted to go home. All he had was a secret identity System and an apartment. From then on, City A had a mysterious apartment and a mysterious landlord. Every tenant had a special talent: a beautiful butterfly, a person in the mirror, a mad artist, a lazy incubus, and a burned-out office worker. Don’t mess with anyone from that apartment. Don’t 2.1kReads8.8Score23314d adds
- 11 I'm Only F-Rank, So What's Wrong with Having a Stack of S-Rank Secret Identities? 我才F级，有堆S级马甲不过分吧 [No heroine + evil secret identities + founding an organization + high martial arts + myriad races + adored by all + comedy + memes] Cheng Yu transmigrates into a book, becoming an F-rank cannon-fodder villain with a nasty personality in a wish-fulfillment story about a domineering protagonist. A year later, the Dragon King will return and kill him first. The good news: all his older brothers and sisters, younger brothers and sisters are SSS-rank. The bad news: they're all lovesick idiots, top-t 17.4kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
- 12 Slaying Gods: She Uses Her Secret Identity to Create an Organization?! 斩神，她用马甲创造组织？！ (The main story is complete, so read with confidence. The rating is a little low because it was signed late.) No CP, no male lead, so read with confidence! Sorry for any out-of-character moments. And there’s no angst in the whole story!!! After transmigrating one day, a genius girl finds herself inside her favorite novel. And she gets bound to a System, too. “What did you say? Create secret identities?!” The System nods enthusiastically. “That’s right, Host. You can have lots of secret identiti 7.2kReads8.8Score91614d adds
- 13 How to Play a Secret Identity in a Horror Comic 如何在恐怖漫画里扮演马甲 [Manga + secret identity role-playing + no romance + System + forum + comments] Lin Yu died after staying up all night on her phone, then was bound to a System and transmigrated into a horror manga. She can only survive by earning affection points, so she has no choice but to play multiple roles. Her first secret identity is the starter character the System gave her for free: the protagonist's frail, gentle older sister, who gives him warmth and strength. Readers: Long hair, a beloved first love 850Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 14 I Reveal My Supernatural Identity in Front of the Entire School 全校师生面前，我自曝超凡身份 At the university anniversary gala. “I’ll perform a little magic trick for everyone.” His serious tone made everyone think he was really going to do a magic trick. But the very next moment, lightning leapt from Jiang Chengyi’s fingertip. As they watched thunder rumble and explode across the night sky, the whole world’s sense of reality shattered. No heroine, no couples. A mastermind working behind the scenes, revealing his extraordinary abilities in public, with multiple secret identities. One i 1.5kReads7.2Score10214d adds
- 15 One Plus One from the Start? Are You Stupid, or Am I? 开局一加一？是你傻还是我傻？ [Secret Identities + Partly Behind the Scenes + No CP + Thriller + Role-Playing + Organization] Yu Chen was an ordinary high school student on Blue Star. His greatest hobby was playing cards with his friends, until one day in class he nearly met the King of Hell and realized he was in danger. Math teacher: “What is one plus one?” Yu Chen: ? Classmate A: “Are you joking, teacher? Isn't one plus one two?” Math teacher: “Wrong answer.” Classmate A's head exploded. Yu Chen: ?! Classmates: ?!!! Driv 33.6kReads9.0Score4.5k14d adds
- 16 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: I Played Every Member of the Transmigrators' Alliance 盗笔：我扮演了整个穿越者联盟 [No secret identities revealed, and the secret identities have no self-awareness!!! Original secret identities + every imaginable element + everyone's first love + wish fulfillment + Lobotomy Corporation] Fan Xiangwei is bound to the “One Person, Many Selves” System and from then on has a hard life playing different secret identities. Secret identity No. 1 is a powerhouse in an infinite-flow game: Fan Wu enters a strange dungeon where five of the six players are beginners. The young man called F 6.8kReads9.0Score77714d adds
- 17 Death Instance: The Beauty Deceives All Living Things 死亡副本：美人她欺诈众生 Ruan Mianmian is a crafty, wild-hearted woman with no conscience, a drama-school graduate who has mastered all kinds of skills. And so the “Role-Player” System quietly sets its sights on her... The illusory lord who takes revenge for every slight, the vile and arrogant abyssal demon, the peerless actor who seems both lovesick and mad, the Asura Buddha who kills to end killing... Her layers of secret identities pile up until, at last, she holds the river of time in her hands, chatting and laug 417Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 18 She Has Countless Secret Identities, Posing as a Supernatural Being as Spiritual Qi Revival Begins 她马甲无数伪装超凡开启灵气复苏 After obtaining a card-drawing System, Jiang Ning’an slowly breaks into an innocent smile. And then… The Dawn Council, the Dark Court, the Demon Capital… Then the underworld manifests in the mortal realm, the Celestial Court descends, and the Spirit Clan is reborn… One force after another gradually emerges, and one “history” after another unfolds… Until at last, Jiang Ning’an sits enthroned above all the heavens. [The heroine is the mastermind behind the scenes, and everyone is unrequitedly in l 15.3kReads8.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 19 Love Me, Hate Me: I'm Behind Everyone in the Top Ten Player Rankings 爱我恨我，玩家榜前十全是我 [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Multiverse Game Invasion] [Real War, Not Just Dungeons] [Lots of Fight Scenes] [All Secret Identities Are Female] [Worldbuilding Mystery] “My name is Zhong Lin. Lin, as in ascending to the summit. Welcome to my story.” When games from another world tore into reality, ordinary college student Zhong Lin drew the SSS-rank talent [Ceremonial Praise] from the start. After killing an enemy, she had a chance to obtain a ceremonial outfit carrying that enemy’s talent s 389.2kReads9.3Score109.6k14d adds
- 20 What Do You Mean All My Secret Identities Are Beautiful, Frail, and Tragic? 什么叫我的马甲全是病弱美强惨 (Complete) Deluded Interpretations / Multiple Secret Identities / Irresistible Charisma / Ensemble Cast / Superpowers / No CP, but both the original and the secret identities attract many intense one-sided crushes System: Your first secret identity is a cannon-fodder character who dies in the opening chapter. Bai Ye: A white moonlight, got it. System: The second is an undercover agent understood by no one, who falls just before dawn. Bai Ye: A cinnabar mole, got it. System: The third is the 35kReads9.1Score6k14d adds
- 21 EN My Personalities Are Incredible Actors [Card Roleplay] 我的人格超会演【卡牌扮演】 Modern supernatural horror, aimed at women but with a male protagonist and no romance, ensemble cast, secret identities, and rule-based infinite survival. In the tenth year after the supernatural horrors descended upon Earth, a young man raised by these horrors opened a weapons shop with his own hard work and settled down to enjoy his retirement. But he was unexpectedly bound to a secret-identity System, which ordered him to gain fame by playing his various secret identities and help the world’s 83.8kReads9.2Score12.4k14d adds
- 22 Cash-Shop System: I Use Card Draws to Pose as a Hidden Clan 氪金系统：我靠抽卡伪装隐世家族 No CP + feel-good power fantasy + strong female lead + no identity reveal throughout Overnight, Song Xunzhen transmigrated into a cultivation novel as the vicious female supporting character. Out of jealousy, she repeatedly framed the heroine, only to be sentenced to death by the hero and sent to the disciplinary hall. Question: “What do you do when the disciplinary hall is right in front of you the moment you look up?” Song Xunzhen: “...Nice...” At her most desperate, her pay-to-draw-card Syste 22.7kReads8.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 23 I Survive in the World of Horror by Acting 我靠演戏在惊悚世界求生 [No CP + secret identities + behind-the-scenes scheming + a touch of ensemble cast + everyone’s favorite + ship whoever you like + multiple worlds: horror, Western fantasy, cyberpunk] (Note: This is a female-oriented story with a single male lead. The no-CP tag means there is no official pairing in the main text!) Yao Qing thinks she’s pretty unlucky. After finally clawing her way up from an extra to a minor actress, she hadn’t even had time to dream about becoming a household-name superstar whe 13.4kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 24 The Golden Descendant Secret Identity System, Starting With Saifei'er 从赛飞儿开始的黄金裔马甲系统 In a land of swords and magic known as the Saran Continent There is the cat burglar ‘Feifei,’ who announces her thefts in advance, has never once failed, and terrifies every noble and powerful figure. There is the undying war god ‘Wandi,’ who stands before a shattered city wall and single-handedly routs tens of thousands of enemy soldiers, holding the pass against an entire army. In the already-ruined ‘Demon King’s Castle,’ there is ‘Xiadie,’ the Saintess of Death, worshipped by every follower o 13.4kReads9.4Score1k14d adds
- 25 Secret Identity Roleplay: My Host Has a Split Personality 马甲扮演：我的宿主人格分裂 [Multiple personalities + role-playing + male and female secret identities + eccentric heroine + plot-driven] Ji Shuang died suddenly while gaming and got saddled with a useless System. It told her that if she saved a world on the brink of destruction, she would not only come back to life on the spot, but also be able to hop between the two worlds. After seven failures, the System was utterly despondent: Agree and sign here. There’s no health insurance or pension. If you die, you’ll just lose yo 5.1kReads9.4Score66914d adds
- 26 Controlling the World: I Create Every Supernatural Being 操控全球：所有超凡由我缔造 [Behind the Scenes + Power Fantasy + Role-Playing] Shen Wuxu was forcibly bound to a System and transmigrated. After killing the System, he became anchored by an unknown force, and his sanity teetered on the brink of collapse! He decided to summon players! On the verge of madness, he played the part of a musician who had fallen into darkness. With a hoarse voice, he raised the curtain on this world. “When crimson roses and thorns bloom, only fear can truly shake the heart.” “Pursue the thrill of 3.9kReads9.2Score29314d adds
- 27 Game Invasion: Awakening a God-Tier Talent from the Start 游戏入侵：开局直接觉醒神级天赋 [Game Invasion + No Romance + Roleplay + Leveling Up + Power Fantasy + Secret Identities + Unhinged Strong Female Lead] In her previous life, Qi Mingyue was controlled by an item, had her luck drained by a scumbag, and was imprisoned. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to a year before the game’s invasion. Don’t like the talent you drew? Just switch to another one! From the start, she awakens the god-tier talent, Fate’s Jester! The instance is too hard? No problem. She breezes t 8.6kReads9.2Score44714d adds
- 28 From the Start, I Created the Lord of the Weird 我开局缔造了诡异之主 The uncanny descends, and alien horrors invade! This is a mad age, overrun by the uncanny and the mysterious. Unknown mists, scarecrows, birds of ill omen, flesh-eating wedding gowns... One bizarre, unknowable event after another unfolds. Humanity cannot fight back and can only struggle to survive! Then an ancient secret society slowly emerges from the shadows. Mysterious superhumans? Saviors? Beacons of light in the darkness? No! It is all because Shen Li created the most powerful and uncan 4.8kReads9.3Score45414d adds
- 29 EN Horror: I Created the Anomaly Containment Association 惊悚：我打造了异轨收容会 [Horror + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Director’s Tall-Tale Style] Horror games descended upon Blue Star, turning into one eerie dungeon after another. The monsters inside stepped into the real world, and from then on, the world was overrun with the uncanny. Only by conquering every dungeon could humanity stop the supernatural from consuming the world. Otherwise, the eerie realms would merge with reality and turn the human world into a living hell! Shen Yu bound himself to an Anomaly Containmen 48.7kReads9.1Score4.2k14d adds
- 30 Don't Be Fooled by My Golden Finger-Like Look, I'm Really Just an NPC 别看我像金手指，我真只是NPC [Powerhouse + role-playing + secret identities + horror and the supernatural + people reading too much into things + chosen ones + no romance] A three-in-one blend of three horror genres: psychological horror games, Cthulhu livestreams, and real-world supernatural arts. Xiao Gui'an, a bit-part actor, died, but not entirely. He was chosen to play an NPC in a world of horror and the supernatural. After becoming a ghost, Xiao Gui'an thought he would no longer have anything to fear. Who could have 48.9kReads9.5Score3.7k14d adds
- 31 The Twelve Volumes of the Professional Rankings, and My Name Is in Every One 职业天榜十二卷，卷卷有爷名 [Full-cast audiobook now available|Class change + clones + no female lead + nonstop laughs + mastermind behind the scenes + explosive plot] Song Gua transmigrated with a whole bunch of fun-loving clones. This was a world where everyone changed classes. Song Gua became a Bondbearer who could borrow power, while his clones took on all kinds of different classes, with every variety imaginable. Their numbers kept growing, and every last one was talented and charming. Under Song Gua’s brilliant l 47.9kReads9.3Score6.4k14d adds
- 32 EN High Martial Arts: Infinite Clones, Starting by Stuffing an S-Rank Beast to Death 高武：无限分身，开局撑死S异兽 “We transmigrated to a world where martial strength reigns supreme and countless races stand side by side.” “There are also exotic beasts.” “Original body, you have to keep us alive. Our lives are in your hands.” “Ha! Just some exotic beasts. Watch me take them down with a sliding tackle!” “I’ll tackle them too!” “Huh? Looks like we stuffed it to death.” “Nice.” … “Could you all be quiet for a minute? My head’s about to explode.” Qin Ze looked at the countless versions of himself surrounding hi 51.1kReads9.1Score5.3k14d adds
- 33 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 22.1kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
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