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- 1 Cleanse Is Too Weak? I Evolve It into Conceptual Erasure 清洁术太弱？我反手进化概念抹除 [Cleansing Spell + Concept Erasure + Pure Thrills + Decisive and Ruthless + Academy Comeback + Multiple Heroines + Supernatural Horrors Revive] Lin Ye transmigrates into a world of superpowers and awakens an F-rank ability from the start! And it’s [Cleansing Spell]!? And not only that, it can only wipe tables!? I’m a tough guy who’s supposed to become a God of War, and you want me to be a rag? Fortunately, the System may be late, but it always arrives! [Successfully cleansed “conceptual grime. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 High Martial: I Have a Tower That Reaches the Heavens 高武：我有一座通天塔 Four hundred years ago, the Great Wall of Xia suddenly crumbled. People thought it was just an international terrorist attack, but when a torrential rain came, it brought with it the appearance and invasion of demon beasts. Martial artists emerged among humanity, and the age of spiritual qi revival began. “Wait, what the hell is this? I'm a genius student who became a martial artist at eighteen, and I just got taken out with one punch.” “Damn, that kind of strength, and you're telling me he's on —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 A Demon-Hunting Party? Please, My Teammates Aren't Human! 猎魔组队？呵，我的队友非人类！ [Passionate + Invincible + Summoning + Multiple Heroines + Comedy + Decisive and Ruthless] Humanity awakens across the globe, and the Demon Realm opens. Abandoned by the goddess he'd cherished for four years, and nearly killed in the Demon Realm? From the start, Shi Qi awakens a gacha machine that summons beings from other worlds. Team up to hunt demons? Only idiots team up. You have to split the loot and watch your back in case your teammates stab you in it. A genius team captain invites me to —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Reborn in a Game of Seven Calamities, I Become Invincible from the Start 重生进七大灾变游戏中直接无敌 Also known as The Seven Calamities Lin Xue devoted so much time to the immensely popular large-scale VR game The Seven Calamities that she spent more time living in the game than in real life. So when she woke up one day to find herself in the body of her max-level demon mage character, Qian Xia Yun Ge, and realized the game had truly become her life, the irony was all the more profound. But the world of The Seven Calamities was not as she remembered it. A century had passed since the game's end —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Underworld Transformation 冥化 My new story is here! You’re welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Thunderstorm Asthma? I'll Drain the National Power Grid Instead 雷暴哮喘？我反手吸干国家电网 [Power-up growth] [Slightly overpowered] [Single heroine] [Joins the government] [System] In an age of spiritual qi revival, when the worlds within and without overlap, everyone has a chance to awaken extraordinary powers. But I, Lin Yuan, awakened “Thunderstorm Asthma,” a bizarre illness that leaves me on the brink of death whenever there's a thunderstorm. Then, driven to the brink by a debt of a million, I awakened the one-of-a-kind [God-Tier Charging System]! Only then did I discover that my 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 A New Skill in Every Dream, Do You Own Dreams? 梦一次一个技能，梦是你家开的？ [Comedy]+ [Subverting Expectations]+ [Female Lead]+ [Two Powerful Leads] The entire class is attacked by nightmares and forcibly plunged into a shared dream. The broadcast announces: Anyone aged twenty who enters a dream for the first time faces a 40% mortality rate. But no one knows the death rate is 40% because most people wander through their dreams in a daze, consumed by fear. Fei Tingxian, however, discovers that he is fully conscious in his dreams. While others flee from nightmares, he se —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 After Losing My Job, I Set Out on a New Path in Martial Arts 失业后，我开启武道新生之路 Qin Feng, an unemployed 30-year-old, is given a new life by a meteorite from beyond the heavens in his darkest hour. He gradually uncovers the secrets of the human body's potential and embarks on the path of martial arts. Who says traditional martial arts have been made obsolete by modern weapons? Through martial cultivation of the mind, one man can stand against an entire nation. He protects the world with his strength: the end of every story, and the beginning of every legend. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 From the Start, I Awakened the Evolution System and Became a God Through Livestreaming 开局觉醒进化系统，我直播成神了 Superpowers suddenly awaken across the world, turning abilities into capital and schools into arenas. Thirteen-year-old Mu Linfeng enrolls at school. He seems well-behaved on the surface, but is actually shrewd and calculating. By day, he’s a top student. By night, he leads a team on livestreams to fight monsters and outwit villains. He unexpectedly gains a golden finger that lets him evolve continuously through combat. Every battle unlocks a new ability, from fire resistance to gravity manipula —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 A Bottomless Appetite for a Divine Power? Seven Sisters of Sin, Feed Me! 饭桶神通？七宗罪姐姐喂我！ [Modern high martial arts + game invasion + gluttony + Seven Deadly Sins + ruthless combat + satisfying comeback] The game invades, the world mutates, and everyone can awaken a supernatural ability! My name is Lu Chuan, and I awakened the trashiest F-rank ability of all: “Gluttony.” It can only replenish my energy by eating, so people mock me as a bottomless pit. What they don’t know is that my “Gluttony” can devour anything! [Ding! Devoured an Abyssal Demon Dragon. Dragon-language magic acquire 1Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 11 Urban Dragon Martial Arts: From Good-for-Nothing to Martial Supreme 都市龙武：从废柴到武道至尊 In 2099, a hundred years after the spiritual qi revival, martial arts and urban life have become deeply intertwined. The strong can soar through the skies and burrow through the earth, while demonic beasts lurk in the shadows. Martial arts clans, the official Dragon Martial Bureau, and underground fighting rings stand as three rival powers. Lin Chen is a collateral descendant of a martial arts clan in Jiang City. Born unable to draw in qi and temper his body, he became a laughingstock to his ent —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Annals of the Annihilator God 湮神纪 [Age of Ferocious Beasts + Satisfying Without Being Brain-Dead + Academy Rivalry + No System + Genius Male Lead and Sigma Male + Every Villain Must Die, Not a Single One Spared!] Burned to death, reborn in a love hotel, and transmigrated into a world of magic arts? Was everything I learned in my previous life a waste? Could the multifunctional bead bracelet Grandpa gave me really contain countless colossal beasts? Shen Yan was astonished to discover that he had no fewer than eighteen cheat abili 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 If I Can't Become a Mage, I'll Master the Divine Through Martial Arts 当不成法爷，那便以武通神 [Modern Urban High Martial Arts] [Fallen Genius] [Satisfying Comeback] [Magic Cultivation to Martial Arts] [Eight Gates Technique] Spiritual qi revival began in this world thousands of years ago. There are cultivators who train their souls and body cultivators who temper their flesh. Our protagonist, Ye Qingfeng, transmigrated here by accident. Having lived two lives, he has a powerful soul and excels at cultivation, but he is ambushed and crippled. At the brink of despair, he chooses to aban —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 High Martial: I Am Mortal, Yet One Slash Cleaves the Star River 高武：我，凡人，一刀斩星河 [High Martial] [System] [Comeback and Growth] [Play the pig to eat the tiger] [Rise of Civilization] [The Cosmic Expanse in the Mid-to-Late Story] [PS: The rating just opened and will gradually rise. Updates are steady, so read without worry.] Eight years ago, the beast tide came. Lu Chen's mother died saving him and his sister. Six years ago, his father was called back into the army to defend the city, and returned disabled. Two years ago, his younger sister Lu Xin was diagnosed with Spirit-Blo 3Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 15 Ten Lifetimes as a Formation Spirit: Bai Ze Enters My Dreams and Awakens Me to Save the World 十世阵灵，白泽入梦引我觉醒救世 It began with a recurring nightmare of a frozen snowfield at 3:15 a.m. History student Lin Mo's ordinary life came crashing down. A bloody calamity struck without warning. The Blood Demon Cult slaughtered his family, leaving his loved ones drained of their blood and withered in death. His once-warm home became a crime scene. The markings on his shoulder blades, present since birth, and a fragment of the Tui Bei Tu left behind by his grandfather concealed his fate: the tenth reincarnation of a sp —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 High Martial: God-Tier Extraction, My Attributes Have No Limit 高武：神级提取，我的属性无上限 Synopsis: [Lone wolf + decisive and ruthless + data-driven + invincible domination] This is an age of high martial arts in the modern city. The weak are like ants, while the strong can shatter the stars! Lin Feng is on the brink of death from the start, when he awakens the god-tier Gene Extraction System. Kill an ant and extract the [Giant Strength Gene], increasing his strength tenfold and letting him tear a mech apart with his bare hands! Kill a lightning ferret and extract the [Extreme Speed 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Chronicles of Corpse Suppression and Ghost Slaying 镇尸斩鬼录 Have you ever wondered if ghosts really exist? Perhaps they’re right here beside us, but in another dimension: a strange space known as the “Ghost Realm.” The five great secret Taoist temples of the Dragon Kingdom guard the Gates of Hell, forming a barrier to keep the ghosts from flooding into the human world. Then, one year, disaster struck without warning. Mount Bozhong in the west fell, and a traitor fled with forbidden magic, refining the dead into bloodthirsty monsters called “Taoist Corpse 6Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 18 Cast-Off Child of Myth: I Am the Heavenly Dao 神话弃子：我即是天道 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 In a World of High Martial Arts, My Skills Are Acting Up 人在高武，我的技能不对劲 The same spiritual qi revival, the same high-martial world, the same transmigration with a golden finger included. It’s just that... my golden finger seems a little off. [Little Blackie]: When used on an enemy, any skill they’ve practiced for less than two and a half years is guaranteed to fail. [The Villain Dies from Talking Too Much]: Each time the selected enemy speaks, their attack power drops by 10%. [Alarm Clock Hypnosis]: Throw an alarm clock at an enemy. They won’t be able to resist turn 24Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 20 Pangu’s Bloodline from the Start: One Man’s Power Is Enough to Annihilate All Races 开局盘古血脉，一人之力打爆万族 After transmigrating to a world of spiritual qi revival and rivalry among myriad races, Zhao Zichen opens his eyes to a desperate situation. Injured by a foreign race and unable to awaken his bloodline, he is mocked by everyone. Even his homeroom teacher kicks him while he’s down, trying to throw him out of school! At the critical moment, he activates the [Super Talent System] and awakens the one and only Mythic-grade [Pangu Bloodline]! [Pangu Golden Body] can forge an indestructible form, im 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Causality Gambler: Starting Ten Thousand in Debt 因果赌徒：从负债十万开始 Seventy-two hours remain before the debt reaper’s scalpel cuts open my chest. After transmigrating into a cyberpunk gambling city, I became a lamb marked for slaughter on an organ inventory. In my previous life, I was a gambling master. In this one, I’ve awakened the [Karmic Web]. I can see the threads of fate, but I can’t escape the deadly game. At the gambling table, the stakes are lives, the opponents are monsters, and the house is the abyss. Win, and climb to the top over a mountain of the p 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Born with Double Pupils, I Crush the High-Martial World by Force 我，天生重瞳，暴力镇压高武 [High-Martial-Arts Power Fantasy] [Naturally Double-Pupiled] [Icy School Beauty] [Fairly Fast-Paced] [Suppressing Prodigies] [Almost Invincible] Dressed in a black martial robe, I walk with the steps of a qilin. My robe is slightly soiled by the Great Wilderness Art. I see people through my double pupils, and raise a hand to blot out the sky. My name is Jiang Fan. Remember it. When we encounter a high-rank martial artist: “Should I avoid his edge?” “Why not ask if he’s afraid of me!” When we —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Blade God of the Star Abyss 星渊刀神 The shadow of the Star Gate hangs over the city, while martial arts are humanity's flame of survival. In the midst of it all, ordinary young Lu Mingjing takes up his blade and fights to survive, under the watchful eye of the Night Patrol Bureau and amid rising undercurrents. When a damaged System panel quietly opens and a mysterious strategist makes his move, can he cut a path to his own dawn through a world of thorns and conspiracies? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 You Call Me a Useless Blank Slate? I Pull Out a World-Destroying Trump Card 笑我白板废物？反手掏出灭世鬼牌 [Urban Superpowers + Decisive and Ruthless + Fast-Paced + Fresh Premise] As spiritual qi revives, the world enters an era of Mahjong cultivation! The numbered suits divide heaven, earth, and humanity, while the winds, arrows, and flowers command the pieces on the board! Those who awaken divine tiles rise above the rest. Everyone else is a lowly “Blank.” Jiang Fan turns eighteen, yet he is still a “Blank.” He suffers endless humiliation, and his parents are dragged into crushing debt because of h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 I Roam Between Heaven and Earth, but I Don't Want to Be a Healer 浮游天地，但我不想当奶妈 Superpowers + Combat + Leveling Up Lin Qi is a down-and-out rich kid, abandoned by his father after his family fell on hard times. After a car accident, he gains a little green snake named Fuyou with the power to heal. He meets many people from humble backgrounds and wants to make something of himself. The dark side of reality gradually comes to light… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Tales from Beyond the Border 境外传说 Sometimes I wish I could be an ordinary person, but fate dragged me into a maelstrom. I took part in the siege of Vytautas in Lithuania, Russia, and the Tiamat extermination campaign in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The operation was hailed as the safest training exercise ever observed. Only moments before the submersible exploded did the captain realize that the brother who had stood by his side for ten years, sharing drinks and laughter, was the ultimate aberrant beast we had been sent to k —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Infinite Superpowers: My Ability Refreshes Every Week 无限超能：我的超能力每周刷新 [Superpowers for All + Passionate + Leveling Up] A note before you read: This book has lots of sections thanking readers. If that's not your thing, please don't leave a bad review (My low rating doesn't mean the writing is actually bad o(╥﹏╥)o). Two hundred and fifty years ago, spatial gates opened, alien races invaded, and humanity awakened superpowers. After transmigrating, Chen Mo got a System that automatically refreshes his superpower every week. Week One: [Cantonese Cuisine Superpower] You 88Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 28 Apocalypse Hell: The Campus Belle Grows Stronger by Devouring the Undead 末日炼狱，校花靠啃食活尸变强 (Contains some graphic content) There’s a man living inside her body, so the doctor told her to see a psychiatrist. The next day, the police showed up and made her watch the security footage from the night before. It showed her holding a zombie’s head, taking a bite, and tossing it aside. But she’d definitely been asleep at the time! And why does a delicate, campus-idol beauty like her have to fight a man who transmigrated with a System and a golden finger? Isn’t she supposed to be the protagoni —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Strive to Ascend to a Higher Dimension on Blue Star 我在蓝星努力升维 Is death the only final destination for us all? Are you content to become nothing but a mound of earth a hundred years from now? Could there be another ending to life? Reborn? Or transmigrate? Hello. If you’re reading this, I’ve already transmigrated. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Search, Fight, Extract: I Keep a Low Profile and Become an Immortal in the City 搜打撤：我在都市苟成仙 [Spiritual qi revival, play the pig to eat the tiger, lighthearted comedy, urban supernatural powers, one female lead] Everyone awakens to their powers, and beasts run rampant. Chen Shu makes do with a knockoff phone, playing loot-and-extract games while laying low, steadily growing stronger in secret. Ning Yi keeps her eyes fixed on him. “Your energy fluctuations are abnormal.” Chen Shu: “Phone radiation.” Ning Yi frowns. “Your energy is too pure.” Chen Shu: “That’s because my heart is pure whe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 From the Start with Infinite Spirit Stones, My Disciple Has the Potential of a Great Emperor 开局无限灵石，我徒弟有大帝之资 Ye Chen transmigrated to the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm thirty years ago. He planned to quietly build his strength and defy fate as an ordinary mortal, but instead became a living example of “Never bully a poor old man.” Just as he was lamenting that time spares no one, he suddenly discovered that all four of his disciples had the makings of Great Emperors. A good-for-nothing young master with a mysterious elder dwelling within him, a young member of the Desolate Clan whose Supreme Bo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Superpowers: Two Messengers of Death, I’m Really Not the Chief! 异能：两位无常，我真不是司主！ [Past-Life Flow] [Gender-Switching] [Partly Behind the Scenes] [No Conventional Cultivation System] Two female leads! No System! Cao Yu had an extraordinary past life. He had no idea just how extraordinary, but he knew that in this world overrun by supernatural abilities, the golden finger left behind by his past life could protect an ordinary person like him from the ravages of the Nieyao. But… why did this golden finger turn him into a girl? Lord of the Underworld? Immortal Rain Venerable? Cao 2Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 33 You All Bet I'll Die? Congratulations, You Just Bet on a Living Ancestor 都押我死？恭喜你押中一个活爹 [From the Start, He's Thrown Into a Mutant Beast's Lair. The Whole World Livestreams and Bets on His Death. Then, in the Next Second, the Face-Slapping Begins!] Tang Yu is kicked by his enemy into an S-rank mutant beast's nest. As the whole world watches the livestream, hundreds of millions of viewers place their bets: "He won't last three seconds!" [Notice] You bet on Tang Yu, the first contestant to die. You are currently in first place! [Notice] Your bet has suffered a severe loss! [Notice] —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 From the Garbage Dump, I Unlock the Hundred-Ton King Elephant Fist 垃圾场开局，我解锁百吨王象形拳 [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have absorbed a large truck and unlocked the martial art: Chariot.] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have absorbed a roll of barbed wire and unlocked the martial art: Iron Wire Guard.] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have absorbed a cauldron for refining pills and unlocked the talent: Elixir Spirit Body.] Wen Zizhong realizes that his System is more than a little incredible. Absorbing objects earns him rewards, and every single one is amazing. Martial art 1.3kReads7.0Score224Shelves
- 35 Warrior's Heart in Another World 异界武心 [Wish fulfillment + wild imagination + high martial arts + Apocalypse + cultivation + mecha + war beasts + decisive and ruthless] {No System, no harem, no brainless decisions, no clichés, no saintly protagonist. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.} The male lead, Zhou Fan, once had a happy childhood and a warm family. Then one day, the Apocalypse suddenly descended. The laws fell into chaos, the land was shattered, and foreign races invaded… In this era of threats within and witho 2Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 36 The Fierce Ghost Manual 猛鬼经 “My name is Lin Sheng. I’m someone who was already dead.” The Ghosts and Gods Compendium, the Abyssal Qi Sea Scripture, the Netherworld Treasure Mirror, the Starry Sea Assembly The Three Souls Convergence, the Galo True Canon, the Spirit-Salvation Essence, the Wordless Admonition Scripture The Eight Fiends Scripture, scattered across different planes. In this world overrun by evil ghosts, could immortals really exist? No! They’re ghost immortals! A strange kerosene lamp, a scripture of fierce gh —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Invincible Among My Peers from the Start, I Become a God by Allocating Stats 开局同境无敌，我靠加点成神 In a peaceful, tranquil world, monsters known as aberrant beasts lurk everywhere. They prey on humans and wreak havoc across the land. Qin Yuan transmigrates into this world and gains a status panel. Every aberrant beast he kills earns him Evolution Points, which he can spend to improve his cultivation, skills, and more. And so, a beast-slaying maniac is born! As he carves a path through the beasts, one of them protests, "Are we aberrant beasts really born to die? Have you no humanity at all?" Q 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Unlimited Firepower, All-Round Talent 无限火力，全职天赋 Feel-good power fantasy + all-class talent + infinite flow + school competition In the Great Xia Kingdom, genius boy Ren Wanli awakens every class talent from the start, sweeping through the top academies and standing out among countless gifted students. At eighteen, people can gain a combat profession through an awakening ceremony. These are divided into frontline classes, such as mages, warriors, and assassins, and support classes, such as healers and shield guards. All-class talent is the stu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 From the Start, I Insult the Campus Belle and the System Gives Me a Beginner's Gift Pack 开局怒怼校花，系统赋我新手礼包 [High Martial Arts, System, Power Fantasy, Hot-Blooded, Campus Beauty, Swordsmanship] On Blue Star, spiritual qi revival has brought rampant demon beasts. Only those who awaken high-ranking supernatural abilities have any chance of surviving. Lan Che awakens the most useless E-rank ability imaginable, only to receive a breakup call from his campus beauty girlfriend. Just as he is about to beg her to reconsider, he receives a mission from the System. [Give campus beauty Su Yan'er a piece of your 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Top Student: I Ranked Last from the Start, Now I’m Invincible 学神：开局考倒数第一，我无敌了 My name is Luo Fan. After transmigrating to a high-martial-arts world, I ranked first in the school in every liberal arts exam, yet became famous as the school's "useless top student." My martial arts scores were so terrible that all my classmates openly mocked me as the class's dead weight. Then one day, I activated the "Losers Reign Supreme" System: the worse I did on exams, the stronger I became. I deliberately flunked the mock martial arts exam and instantly rose to the third level of martia —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Nuclear-Blast Mage: From the Start, I Spent Big on a World-Ending Forbidden Spell 核爆流法师，开局氪金灭世级禁咒 [Modern urban high martial arts + Overpowered protagonist + Multiple heroines + Subverting expectations + Decisive and ruthless] The high martial arts era has dawned, and Blue Star has changed dramatically! In their senior year of high school, everyone can awaken a skill and become a professional! Lin Mo awakened the most ordinary skill, [Fireball], and became an unremarkable mage. At the same time, he quietly bound himself to the unique SSS-grade talent, [Infinite Rewards]! Effect: Automaticall 1Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 42 I Transform into a Ghost Emperor and Make My Mom the Strongest Ghost Tamer 变身鬼帝，让老妈成为最强御鬼师 [Supernatural + wish fulfillment + everyone thinks the protagonist is a big shot] “I became a ghost, and my mom is a ghost tamer.” When Wang Luosi died suddenly from overwork, he thought his life was over. Through a strange twist of fate, he returned to the human world, only to find that everything had changed. Evil spirits ran rampant, the supernatural had returned, and humanity had awakened to the profession of “ghost tamer,” using contracts with deadly spirits to fight the paranormal. Now tha 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Using Time-Reversal Powers to Exploit Bugs Is Basically Rule-Level 回溯异能卡bug使用就是规则级 [High Martial] [Lighthearted] [749 Bureau] [Superpowers] [Time Reversal] Chen Yu transmigrates into a High Martial world and awakens a time-reversal Superpower from the start. He decides to tempt fate and exploit a bug by rewinding to before he transmigrated. And just like that, he becomes impossible to notice. A black dragon soars over the North Sea, a one-eyed giant sleeps at the heart of a nuclear blast, an eleven-winged angel looks down upon the mortal realm, and a clay-white deer spreads a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Nine Star Realms of the Starry Sky 星空之九大星界 [High martial arts + starry skies + slow-paced + female lead + expansive worldbuilding] The moment Blue Star reached for the stars, it entered a universe governed by the dark forest. In this desperate age, who can escape unscathed? In this chaotic era, who will rise to power? I, Bai Yu, will become the creator of this universe. I will make all the rules. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Do Abilities Expire? I'll Give Them a Lifetime Warranty! 能力保质期？我直接永久保修！ What would the world be like if everyone’s abilities had an expiration date? In this mad world of high martial arts, that is exactly how things work: supernatural powers “expire” like food. The moment someone awakens, a countdown appears in their mind. It may be as short as one day or as long as ten years. When the time runs out, their ability fails instantly, followed by a terrifying “backlash of the rules.” The stronger the power, the shorter its shelf life. Everyone is trapped in a cycle of h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Apocalypse Came, and I Punched Through the Hell Witch 末日来临，我一拳打穿了地狱魔女 The good news is that I got the apocalypse golden finger System. The bad news is that the Queen of Hell is pregnant with my child… I'm a bona fide good-for-nothing. At school, my classmates bullied me; at work, my boss and coworkers pushed me around. Then the apocalypse came, and Hell merged with reality. Monsters ran rampant, and human society crumbled. I watched as monsters slaughtered people and devoured my comrades without a trace. In the end, I could take no more and punched a hole straight 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 My Funeral Home Connects to the Myriad Worlds 我的殡仪馆联通诸天万界 Beneath the real world lurk twelve corroded “Concepts.” Decay, decline, stagnation, repetition… They yearn to descend upon the world. Lu Qi, a Type Seven lock whose memories were once erased, awakens his instincts during a night shift at a convenience store. From a city drenched in rain to an ancient capital a thousand years old, from mats of rust-eating fungi to fractures in time, he stands alongside the surviving guardians, carving seals wherever the rules collapse. But a traitor has been layi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 As Long as I'm Poor Enough, High Martial Arts Can't Crush Me 只要我够穷，高武就压不垮我 "Hey, you're really broke. Would you like to take out a loan?" "I have no collateral. No loan." "You cleaned the school for a year, and your relationship value with every desk in the school has reached 100%. You can bundle them up as collateral and get 150,000 yuan!" "What are we waiting for? Scan my face!" [Loan approved!] "Hey, your parents have been unemployed for 90 days. If they don't find work soon, the Unemployment Control Bureau will come arrest them and exile them to the wilderness." I —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Awakening Three Heads and Six Arms: I Get Specially Recruited by the Psionic University 觉醒三头六臂：我被灵能大学特招 [Single Female Lead or No Female Lead] [Rigorous Worldbuilding] [Satisfying Battles] [Funny] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [No Power-Level Inconsistencies] [As Reasonable as Possible] [No Nonsensical Plotlines] When other people write high-martial worlds, they set them in ancient martial arts realms or the future among the stars. Or in the era of warlord-era bombardments, or after the spiritual qi revival. But in my story... It's the millennium, with PHS phones, internet cafes, and free drinks for 5.4kReads6.3Score356Shelves
- 50 Guixu: Echoes of the Mountains and Seas 归墟：山海遗音 Myths are history that humanity has forgotten, and the disasters that once ended civilizations have never truly gone away. They each have their own lives and loved ones. Some are willing to walk together, while others refuse to turn back. From modern cities to the lost realms of mountains and seas, the fate of ancient civilizations is once again linked to the human world. This time, people want to leave behind far more than just a few names in legends for future generations. 334Reads—Score113Shelves
