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- 1 The Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Raid Homes Every Day, and Now the Emperor's Panicking 锦衣卫：我天天抄家，陛下慌了 After cutting ties with his blind-to-the-truth family, who favor their adopted son, He Qidiao joins the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Every day, he's either confiscating estates or on his way to wipe out an entire household. With the Loyalty Beyond Compare System, he strives to be a loyal minister. After helping Emperor Zhen eliminate corrupt factions, he rises to the highest ranks of government and wields immense power. His family is consumed with regret. His achievements overshadow the emperor, a 20.7kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves
- 2 At the Jing’an Bureau, How Did I Become the White Lotus Sect’s Holy Son? 人在靖安司，怎么成了白莲教圣子 [Great Ming] [No System] [High Martial] [Case Solving] [Mystery] [Slaying Monsters and Exorcising Evil] [Decisive and Ruthless] “In the waning years of the Great Ming, immortals and Buddhas vanished, and monsters and demons ravaged the land.” In this chaotic age, human lives are worth less than grass! A Fengdu Seal drags Wei Dao into an abandoned underworld that has lain in ruins for who knows how long. By slaying monsters, demons, and ghosts, he earns yin virtue. He can use it not only to stren 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 With the Book of Life and Death in Hand, This Embroidered Guard Only Kills, Never Saves 手拿生死簿，这个锦衣卫只杀不渡 [Imperial Guards · satisfying revenge · ruthless antagonist · decisive killer · slaughter and immortality · no heroine, but women appear · high-martial-arts alternate world · multiple transmigrators] The dynasty was nearing its end, and warfires blazed across the land. Fortunately, Lu Xin had a Book of Life and Death. On the first day after transmigrating, he spent his lifespan to kill his enemies and had just one day left to live? No need to panic. One slash, and he could have as many years of 7.7kReads6.8Score626Shelves
- 4 I'm a Brocade Guard, and They All Call Me the Living King of Hell 人在锦衣卫，他们都叫我活阎王 [Decisive and ruthless + says little, expects you to listen + won't eat beef + invincible power fantasy + merciless.] Shen Pan transmigrates to Great Xia and, by a twist of fate, joins the Embroidered Uniform Guard. While executing criminals, he unexpectedly unlocks the Martial Arts Arena. “Ding... Congratulations, Host! You have slain a notorious criminal and obtained the Thirteen Deadly Swords!” From that day on, the martial world gains a living Yama whose very name inspires terror! Demonic cu 711Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 5 A Master of the Mystical Arts Becomes a Stepmother and Hosts a Funeral from the Start 玄门大佬穿后娘开局主持白事儿 The orphan Wen Zhuqing was raised by a Taoist temple from a young age. She had an extraordinary talent for the mystic arts, but was cursed with the Three Disadvantages and Five Deficiencies. Her deficiency was her life itself. The Taoist community tried every method they could to extend her life, but she still kicked the bucket at eighteen. When she wakes again, she has transmigrated to ancient times and become a miserable, unloved country girl. She’s about to marry a paralyzed man who has a who 8.2kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
- 6 Longevity Begins as a Martial Guard Captain 长生从镇武校尉开始 In the 30th year of the Qianning era, the Great Qian Dynasty had endured for 1,300 years. Its aging emperor clung desperately to life and obsessed over immortality, neglecting state affairs. The court fell into disarray, the land descended into chaos, and the people were left to starve... That year, Su Changqing transmigrated and became a Martial Guard Captain in the Great Qian Dynasty's Martial Guard Bureau... Those who follow me prosper. Those who oppose me perish! What rules of the martial wo 592Reads7.9Score105Shelves
- 7 We've Cut Ties, So What Does It Matter to You If I Join the Embroidered Uniform Guard? 既已断亲，我加入锦衣卫与你何干 A modern-day traditional Chinese medicine doctor transmigrates into the body of the heir to a duke’s estate, only to face expulsion. Where is his birth mother? Is she dead or alive? Who was the woman he spent a night with? Who recommended him to join the Embroidered Uniform Guard? And who is that Second Master? The truth slowly comes to light. It turns out... 2.3kReads6.7Score135Shelves
- 8 Revenge Complete? The Regent King Carries Me Home to Have His Baby! 仇报完了？摄政王扛我回府生崽！ [A stunning villainess who can cry and act VS a powerful regent who starts out forcing love and later becomes utterly devoted to his wife] In her previous life, Su Tangyu was poisoned by her scumbag father and stepmother, while her younger sister stole her identity and fiancé. She died in misery and despair! Reborn, she wants nothing to do with her shortsighted former fiancé! Instead, Su Tangyu turns to seduce Xiao Jin, the cold and brutal regent who holds power over the entire court. She cries 26.7kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves
- 9 The Decisive Battle at Xuanwu Gate 决战玄武门 Cai Yuanchu, a boy from a small county town, inexplicably claims the reward for catching the killer in a local murder case, only to be drawn into an unpredictable conspiracy. He also uncovers a staggering plot dating back to the end of the Sui dynasty and the beginning of the Tang, which gradually leads him into the Xuanwu Gate Incident... 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Blazing Wilds Forbidden Zone: The Beautiful and Dashing Senior 《炽野禁区：学姐她美又飒》 Blazing Wilderness Forbidden Zone: The Senior Is Beautiful and Daring 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 You Want a Secondary Wife? I’ll Marry Your Third Uncle in a Ten-Mile Bridal Procession! 求娶平妻？十里红妆嫁你三叔！ Everyone in the capital knew that Shen Zhao, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Personnel, was deeply in love with the eldest son of the Cui family. But no one knew that the emperor had personally arranged the marriage between the Shen and Cui families. Cui Shaoqing had been engaged to Shen Zhao for ten years, yet had never cared about her. Only later did Shen Zhao understand that Cui Shaoqing favored women with pride and backbone. She had wasted all her affection and put up with every i 22.6kReads9.2Score3kShelves
- 12 Tokyo: From the Start, I Save a Kimono-Clad Beauty and Win Over All of Tokyo 东京：开局救下和服美人，我熟韵满东京 Tokyo: From the Start, I Save a Beauty in a Kimono and Become a Master of Mature Charms Across Tokyo 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Demon-Suppressing Envoy of the Great Wilderness 大荒镇魔使 I thought I was about to live an ordinary life, but then I unexpectedly discovered that I could pick up cultivation. I thought I was about to marry into the family of a commandery princess, but in the blink of an eye, she became an empress, and I became the empress’s man. I thought I could happily live off my wife as an emperor, but somehow I ended up becoming the Human Race’s Demon-Suppression Envoy. For the rest of my life, nothing is forbidden: when I draw my sword, I stand for justice. In th 7.2kReads8.3Score830Shelves
- 14 After Marrying a Disabled Man, I Became the Chief Minister's Wife 嫁给残废后我成了首辅夫人 Chu Ruoyan, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Chu’s household, is engaged to a man whose entire family has fallen in battle. Her fiancé survived, but was left disabled. Everyone assumes the engagement is doomed, but the Chu family’s daughter marries as planned, saying only two words: “I’ll marry him.” * No one knows that Chu Ruoyan had a nightmare. In the dream, she breaks off her engagement to Yan Zheng. Three years later, she meets the heir of the Marquis of Pingjing, only for rebels to l 21.7kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
- 15 After We Broke Up, the Cold and Aloof Dr. Cheng Cried Snot Bubbles 分手后，高冷程医生哭出鼻涕泡 Luo Jia tells Gu Boning, “I’d rather jump into a fire pit than rummage through a trash heap.” At the time, she has no idea that Cheng Jin really is a fire pit. (This is a happy ending, with plenty of sweet romance.) 4.3kReads9.4Score675Shelves
- 16 The Cloud Tower Rankings 云楼榜 A child abandoned during a time of war was reunited with his parents at the age of fourteen. Only then did he discover that his parents were the Great Yue Empire's Grand Generals Who Guard the Nation. But his true identity was even more astonishing: he was the leader of the world's most mysterious sect, as well as one of the few martial artists to have reached the Grandmaster realm... 805Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 17 Fierce Snow in Guandong 关东烈雪 Fierce Snowfall in Kanto 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Wild and Free Little Orchid: The Coldhearted Prince Falls for Her First 野浪小兰花，冷情王爷他先动心了 [Cool, aloof hero who falls hard and falls first; both leads are virgins; transmigration; pocket dimension; no strong female lead, no palace intrigue] The doomsday war goddess Lu Jiuwan died on the first day the light returned... 1 The quiet, graceful, seductive Princess Consort who killed without blinking woke up one day with a completely different personality. Princess Consort: Want to do it? Cold-hearted Prince: Insolence! A moment later, the cold-hearted Prince was in disarray... 2 With her 37.8kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves
- 19 Dragon-Subduing Divine Constable 降龙神捕 After several years as a police officer, I found myself in a strange and fantastical world. Mountain spirits roam the hills, while vengeful spirits, evil ghosts, and zombies appear in endless numbers at night. Though weak as ants, we should still aspire to greatness. Though oppressed, we must forge an unyielding heart. That was all nonsense. I’m just a low-level constable, working for the yamen. Greetings, honored sirs. 80.9kReads9.2Score11kShelves
- 20 At the Sect Tournament, I Dig Up My Bones and Cut Ties for Fun 宗门大会，我挖骨断亲助助兴 Only after Jiang Shiyou died did she learn that she was the most tragic cannon-fodder character in a cultivation novel. And the female lead, a notorious heartbreaker, was her half-sister. Reborn into a second life, she returned to the moment her sister framed her and her parents and senior brothers joined forces to betray her, stabbing her in the back and pushing her out to take the blame. This time, in front of the entire sect, she dug out her own bones to repay her parents’ kindness and severe 15.3kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
- 21 The Alluring Female Coroner 倾城女仵作 (Comic adaptation of The Beautiful Coroner now available) (Print edition of The Beautiful Coroner now on sale) After the mysterious death of her father, a coroner, Ye Caitang was saddled with a huge debt of fifty taels of silver. She had no choice but to sell herself to the Six Doors and work like a beast of burden for her creditor, Xia Yue, a renowned detective. Fortunately, Ye Caitang possessed the soul of an experienced modern forensic pathologist. Using modern forensic science, she deciphere 21.6kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
- 22 Shadows over the Hall of Loyalty 影落忠义楼 [Shadow Guard’s Rise + Court Intrigue and the Martial World + Stunning Beauties] He is the sharpest shadow guard in Prince Night Falcon’s hands. With his Feihong Sword, he has spilled countless drops of blood and never once failed. During a mission, he meets Mu Yao, a tender moonlight in a turbulent age, and then catches the fiery starlight in Shen Siyue’s eyes, a beacon of hope in utter despair. Little does he know that from the moment they met, Tong Xinling, an attendant of the Ruyi Tower, has 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 My Family's Pressuring Me to Marry? I'll Bring Home a Northeast Bride Instead! 家里催婚？我反手带了个东北媳妇回家！ Your family pressuring you to marry? I’ll turn around and bring home a wife from Northeast China! 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 From the Start, I Snatched the Embroidered Ball: Will Becoming a Live-in Son-in-Law Stop Her From Taking Power? 开局抢绣球，入赘影响她当权臣吗 [Female-Supremacist World + Court Intrigue + Women Stronger Than Men + One-on-One Romance + Sweet Doting] [Refined Scoundrel, Scholarly Imperial Tutor × Lively, Proud Heiress to a Wealthy Merchant House] Before Lou Yushen became a live-in son-in-law, the standard for a good one was simple: don't covet the family's wealth, and don't take anyone's life. Lou Yushen thought, The people who came before me sure made the path easy! One day, while coaxing someone, she said, “Since the world is so lenien 16.8kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
- 25 The Peerless God of Slaughter: Grow Stronger by Killing Enemies 绝世杀神，杀敌就变强 After transmigrating to another world, I get an invincible golden finger from the start: I grow stronger every time I kill an enemy? Then I'm invincible right away! Whatever you say! Sheng Huai'an starts out as a low-ranking soldier on the frontier. As he kills enemy after enemy, he gradually becomes a peerless powerhouse and the supreme ruler. He defeats foreign races, battles the demon clans, and wages war across countless realms. He dominates the Chaos Sea and sweeps aside every foe. He prove 38.5kReads8.7Score2.7kShelves
- 26 Immortal Martial Ming: From the Start, I Became a Ghost-Cultivating Brocade Guard 仙武大明，开局成为鬼修锦衣卫 “Have you ever heard the story of the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts?” The Brocade Guards walked openly by day, while Yin soldiers commandeered the roads. During the Yongle era, whenever you walked along the streets of the capital, someone would always ask you that question. Ninety-nine vicious ghosts, tens of thousands of ghost spirits. The figure leading them represented a legend. A legend about the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts. “After that, there were no more ghosts in the Great Ming.” 54.6kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves
- 27 The Powerful Prince’s Spoiled Princess: Proud, Wild, and Unruly 权王溺宠：狂傲王妃野又撩 [Court intrigue + feel-good power fantasy + ruthless decisiveness + an incredibly badass heroine + face-slapping + a heroine with her wits about her] Bai Xuan, commander-in-chief of the Huaxia Special Forces Training Camp, transmigrates to the Great Zhou. She is a peerless beauty with exceptional martial skills. As a woman, she carves her own path through force of arms, establishes herself at court, and wields enormous influence. With a deft hand, she turns the tide of both schemes and open stra 16.4kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
- 28 Jujutsu Kaisen: Rewriting Causality, I Turned the Shibuya Deadlock on Its Head 咒术回战：因果逆写，我掀翻了涉谷死局 Jujutsu Kaisen: Rewriting Cause and Effect, I Turned Shibuya's Deadly Fate Upside Down 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Winds of Change in Fengge 锋戈之风起云涌 After a century of prosperity, the Great Yu Dynasty is in decline, beset by troubles at home and abroad. The court is in turmoil, and Xu Yunshan, the Great Yu's foremost commander, who had already retired to the mountains, is forced back into a web of intrigue and power struggles... 100Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 My Fierce Dog, My Horse: I Do Whatever I Want 我的恶犬我的马，我想咋耍就咋耍 [Strong female lead, powerful heroine, reborn female general, woman disguised as a man, duty to family and country, serious alternate-history drama, ensemble cast in chaotic times. If you mind a weak romance, don't read.] She died in the very year she was ennobled and made a general, crowned with glory. It turned out that even someone with no lingering resentment could be reborn after reaching the top. In her previous life, because of something her mother said, she took on the burden of her fami 11.5kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
- 31 Chaos Divine Tribulation 混沌神劫 He was once the Demon Lord of the Upper Realm. After his beloved betrayed him, the Six Realms joined forces to attack. On the brink of death, he escaped with a secret technique. To evade his pursuers, he erased his memories and reincarnated his soul. But who could have guessed that his beloved would betray him again in his new life? This repeating fate awakened the Demon Lord once more, setting him on an endless path of revenge... 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Drowning in Tokyo's Shadows: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 东京暗溺：他的唇，染着霓虹与罪 Tokyo’s Dark Descent: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 You Asked Me to Be a Concubine, So I Killed the Lord? 让你当小妾，你把主君杀了？ (A full-cast audio drama has been produced) (The short drama adaptation, A Kiss Beneath the Spring Moon, is now online) [Quick transmigration + femme fatale + palace and household intrigue + revenge for every grudge + villainess fiction + no fixed male lead + growth-focused heroine] As a newly created System, Erdan only wanted to choose a gentle, charming Host who knew how to humble herself, so they could complete the concubine survival missions. But it turned out Erdan had misjudged her. A low- 17.1kReads9.6Score2.4kShelves
- 34 The Spirit Medium Who Eases Worries 解忧通灵师 [Metaphysics · reborn · sweet romance · mutual salvation] When people die, they leave behind thoughts and resentment. If fate grants them the chance, they can become ghosts and monsters. Ghosts and monsters cannot enter the underworld or be reincarnated. Gu Yousheng inherited a bloodline legacy and was born a spirit medium. Before she turned six, she cried and tried every way she could to get rid of her gift. After she turned six, she worked diligently to resolve grievances and troubles, becomin 25.1kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves
- 35 Thorny Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 荆棘修女：神父，别回头，外面那三千暴徒交给我！ Thorn Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 EN The Great Emperor Is Stunned! You Call This a Demon-Suppression Guard? 大帝惊了！你管这个叫镇魔卫？ [Grow stronger by slaying demons + System + transmigrate + double agent + invincible + no female lead + Demon Suppression Office] From the start, Chu He joins the Demon Suppression Office and awakens the Super Stat-Boosting System! With peerless talent, he rises at an astonishing pace and quickly takes control of the Demon Suppression Office! “Chu He, you lackey of the imperial court! You dared wipe out my entire sect. May you die a miserable death!” “Chu He, you actually colluded with demons 49.9kReads9.0Score4.2kShelves
- 37 The God of Cooking and the Demon Beasts: Oh No, We're the Ingredients! 厨神，妖兽：不好，我们成食材了 A chef transmigrates to a fantasy world and awakens the strongest Chef God System. Whenever someone praises a dish he makes, his talent, physique, and insight improve. Well, this is an instant takeoff. What's more, his dishes have special effects: they can strengthen the body, nourish one's health, and clear away hidden injuries… The entire sect goes wild. From the Ancestor, Supreme Elders, and Sect Master to the servant disciples, everyone goes crazy for a taste. The Sect Master say 66.6kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves
- 38 The Whole Village Calls Me a Lazy Wife, but My Hunter Husband Flirts with Me Every Night 《全村笑我懒汉媳，猎户夫君夜夜撩》 The Whole Village Calls Me a Lazy Wife, but My Hunter Husband Flirts with Me Every Night 184Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Bloodstained Path to the Throne 血染皇途 Ye Xiao, the third prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, possessed peerless talent in martial arts. He entered the martial world at fourteen and wandered for ten years. After inheriting the legacy of the Human Emperor, he returned to court, intent on claiming imperial power. But what he never expected was that as soon as he returned to the capital, he would be granted a marriage. His bride-to-be was a female general who had committed an unforgivable offense, whose name struck fear into everyone in t 79kReads8.8Score7.6kShelves
- 40 Forbidden Zone Heartbeat 禁区心动 A Heart Stirred in the Forbidden Zone 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Attack on Titan! 进击的巨人！ Attack on Titan! 331Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Naruto: I Defy the Heavens for Tsunade, and My Six Paths Golden Body Rejects Every Beauty 火影：为纲手逆天下，我六道金身拒尽红颜 Naruto: I Defy Heaven for Tsunade, and My Six Paths Golden Body Rejects Every Beauty 183Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 A Bone of Startling Grace 惊鸿骨 The Stunning Bone 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Naruto: Six Paths Naruto Wins Sakura Back, While Hinata Shakes Konoha as His First Wife 火影：六道鸣人抢回小樱，雏田为正妻震木叶 Naruto: Six Paths Naruto Wins Sakura Back, While Hinata Shakes Up Konoha as His One True Wife 107Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Life-Eating Firefly 噬命萤 Life-Devouring Firefly 355Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Rain Beneath the Eaves: Some Loves Can Only Reunite in the Rain 檐下雨，有些爱，只能在雨里重逢 Rain Beneath the Eaves: Some Loves Can Only Reunite in the Rain 591Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Ten Years of Frost: In the End, Even Fate Was Hard to Defy 十载寒霜：终是难敌天命 (Male-oriented, xuanhuan, immortal cultivation, xianxia, wuxia, sword cultivator, slow burn, heart-wrenching, multiple female leads, war) He was once the Crown Prince of the Xiaoyao Kingdom, and also the fiancé Shangguan Baili had waited ten years for. On the day his kingdom fell, his face was disfigured and he was left on the brink of death. Shangguan Baili saved him with her own hands. But she failed to recognize the man before her. Taking him for a lowly good-for-nothing with nowhere to go, s 7.4kReads9.3Score738Shelves
- 48 No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind 不当咸鱼，王府宠妾的内卷日常 [Transmigration + cutthroat household competition + no slacking off + ambitious heroine] Shen Wei, a die-hard rat-race fanatic, transmigrated into the lowest-ranking maid in a prince’s manor. Prince Yan held a position of great prestige, but all his wives and concubines had given up trying. The princess consort, born to a prestigious family, was as aloof as a chrysanthemum. The secondary consort wanted lifelong monogamy. The reborn woman had lost all hope in Prince Yan and was content to lie fla 68.4kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves
- 49 EN There's Always Someone More Cautious 没有最苟的只有更苟的 What is an immortal? What is a demon? What is righteous? What is evil? It all comes down to what the victors say! With absolute power, no matter how cunning your schemes, how brilliant your plans, how overwhelming your fortune, whether you are Heaven’s favored child or blessed with one opportunity after another, you can still only be crushed… Qin Fusu of the Great Qin Dynasty had been its crown prince since childhood. As the saying goes, a man of great wealth should not sit beneath a dangerous r 6.5kReads9.0Score477Shelves
- 50 I Feed Demons with My Own Body in the Demon Suppression Bureau 我在镇魔司以身饲魔 [Get stronger when attacked by monsters + Transmigration + System + Invincible + Comedy + Villain + Demon Suppression Bureau] After transmigrating to a fantasy world overrun by monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a prison guard in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty’s Demon Suppression Bureau. From that day on, strange cases begin piling up in the prison, once known as a living hell and feared for its eerie, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the monsters in the prison scream every night? 68.8kReads9.3Score6.8kShelves
