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- 51 The College Student Who Only Kills Bad People 专杀坏人的大学生 A College Student Who Only Kills Bad People 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 A Bowl of Wild Greens Soup from the Start, and I Became the Ming Dynasty's Culinary Sage 开局一碗野菜汤，我成了大明厨圣 A Bowl of Wild Vegetable Soup from the Start, and I Became the Culinary Sage of the Ming Dynasty 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 A Proposal in Desperate Times: His Wife Is the One He’s Always Longed For 绝境求婚：夫人是顶级白月光 One act of kindness in their youth made Xie Yutong the object of Ye Xiaoran’s obsession for ten years... A shocking incident at a banquet left them both betrayed! With no way out, he proposed on the spot: “Marry me. I’ll protect you, and we’ll get revenge.” A contract marriage on a whim turned the “stalker” of old into a powerful man who doted on his wife. As the mysteries of her past and the feuds between wealthy families slowly came to light, she became his one and only source of light. From a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Hell's Deliveryman 地狱外卖员 Hell's Deliveryman 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Vocational High School's Battle God 职高战神 Vocational School's Battle God 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Fried Noodle Stall Owner Is a Former Detective 炒粉摊主是前刑警 The Fried Noodle Stall Owner Is a Former Detective 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Can You Imagine the Ancestral Dragon as Your Father-in-Law? 你能想象祖龙当你老丈人吗？ The most hard-core father-in-law in history drops into the modern world, wielding the Tai'a Sword as he takes up position in the living room! When a princess of the Great Qin Empire meets a modern-day rich second-generation slacker, this is more than a sweet romance across time. It’s a father-in-law and son-in-law showdown that will make history textbooks tremble! 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Apocalypse: Unbeatable at Home, I Rule Thanks to the System 末世：宅家无敌，我靠系统成霸主 The apocalypse arrives, and zombies overrun the world, turning it into a living hell. While everyone else risks their lives for a piece of moldy bread and struggles to survive amid zombie hordes, Han Dao lounges in his rented apartment, munching on braised snacks, sipping ice-cold cola, and watching zombies slam against his door. He can't even be bothered to move! Just the day before, he was a low-level office drone: his crooked supervisor stole credit for his work and fired him, his greedy land 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 My Prosecutor Brother Was Brutally Murdered, So I Buried the Entire Criminal Underworld with Him 检察官弟弟惨死，我让整个黑恶势力陪葬 My Prosecutor Brother Was Brutally Murdered, So I Made the Entire Criminal Underworld Pay 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Rise to Godhood of Chen Jiexue, the Corporate Drone 谌洁雪这个社畜的成神史 A black stone from a street stall turns her from an overworked wage slave into a "savior". The path to godhood for Chen Jiexue is forced from the start. Her Guardian Stone bloodline awakens, and she has to gather the five divine artifacts. But first, she rents a shop called Worry-Free Bar on Lotus Blossom Lane along the Yellow Springs Road. The shop next door sells Meng Po's Soup. On the surface, she's the proprietress, but in reality, she's a lowly employee under Meng Po. The tea at Worry-Free 63Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 61 Great Ming Court: Your Majesty, Hug the Cute Chicken and Achieve Enlightenment 大明官场：圣人，该抱萌鸡顿悟了 In The Scholars, Fan Jin passes the imperial exam. Do you remember the egg-laying hen that he nearly sold at the market? With the male lead, a fortune-teller cradling that adorable chicken, as their link, watch as the oddball official Fan Jin from The Scholars and the hilarious sage Wang Yangming form a three-man-and-one-chicken team, their fates resonating in perfect sync during the Zhengde and Jiajing eras! The first fifty chapters are packed with hilarious commentary as the protagonist rises 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Entering the Song Dynasty Armed 持械入宋 In the final years of the Song Dynasty, flames of war raged across the land. A modern five-person squad on a mission accidentally fell into a time tunnel and transmigrated to the Great Song, weapons and all. Squad leader Lin Zhao was cool-headed and decisive, with a Beijing accent, and commanded the whole team. Sniper Xie Changfeng and armorer Ma Zhenbang spoke with hearty Northeastern accents and had their combat prowess maxed out. Communications specialist Wang Haochuan was a Guangdong native 1.1MReads9.3Score162.1k14d adds
- 63 The Kill Line: I Slay Gods in America 斩杀线之我在美利坚斩神 Overnight, Bai Yu loses everything, from Beverly Hills to the hell of Epstein's island. His bank accounts are frozen, the IRS comes knocking, and he is put under surveillance, all because he witnessed the darkest secrets of the powerful. When the law becomes a tool for the hunt, the Chinese have only one choice: blood for blood. This is a life-or-death escape that tears the American Dream apart. In America, when you're below the kill line, you either become prey or become the one who slays gods. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Heart-Stealing Thief 缚心贼 [1980s | Strong heroine | Both leads reborn | Military marriage | Revenge on scumbags | Business | Treasure-filled space | A battle to bind the heart] In 1983, Min Jiahui was reborn on her wedding night. In her past life, a scumbag trapped her with a fake marriage certificate and made her live as a wife in name only for the rest of her life. She served his parents, cared for his younger siblings, and raised the son he had with his mistress. In the end, his mistress showed up with a marriage cert 960Reads8.3Score16614d adds
- 65 Funeral Makeup Artist: After Seeing Karma, I Went on a Killing Spree 入殓师：看见业力后我杀疯了 The Mortician: After Seeing Karma, I Went on a Killing Spree 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Heaven-Defying Immortal-Eating Art 逆仙吞天诀 Ye Tian, the good-for-nothing young master who cannot cultivate, unexpectedly obtains the inheritance of the Heavenly Emperor. He enters the Dao through the sword, rises from a good-for-nothing, slays his way across the world, and reaches the pinnacle of the continent! My swordsmanship is unmatched beneath the heavens. Where my sword points, gods and demons alike are destroyed! 37.7kReads8.8Score3.6k14d adds
- 67 To Save My Sister, I Entered the Forbidden Zone of Spirit Artifacts 为救妹妹，我踏足灵物禁区 My little sister is on the brink of death, and the astronomical cost of her medicine has pushed me to my breaking point. Then I discovered that there was something in this world called spirit relics. They can grant wishes, but they always demand a price. And I can see the threads of that price. I traded a Republic-era copper lock for a chance at survival, and bartered with a warped set of scales for a life-saving prescription. The black-market hunters see me as easy prey, while medical giants wa 39Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 68 Tales of Extraordinary People and Events 奇人奇事录 From ancient times to the present, the rivers and lakes and bustling streets have been home to countless extraordinary people. Chivalrous thieves roam beneath the moon, robbing the rich to aid the poor, while master fighters hide in ordinary alleyways, their remarkable skills concealed. One volume records the legends of the world and tells of the joys, grudges, and vendettas of the jianghu. 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 69 A General Reader's Guide to Historical Knowledge 历史常识通识读本 The historian and philosopher R. G. Collingwood once said, “Today comes from yesterday, and yesterday is contained in today. Yesterday, in turn, contains the day before, and so on, all the way back to antiquity. The history of the past still exists today. It has not died.” History serves as a mirror, recording humanity’s successes and failures, prosperity and decline, and the rise and fall of eras. What happens today will be history tomorrow. As the years pass and day gives way to night, the whe 45.3kReads9.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 70 I Transmigrated into a Romance Novel as the Villainous Heir, and Went on a Rampage 穿进女频成反派世子，我杀疯了 No System + Historical Ensemble Cast + No Saintly Protagonist + No Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Everyday Interactions with the Female Lead He loses all his inner power and becomes a good-for-nothing from the start, then is sent to the capital as a hostage, where he stirs up trouble amid the vortex of rival nations. All schemes are trifles. Only by growing strong through your own efforts can you earn Heaven's help. He charges into battle with spear in hand and slays the flood dragon, then laughs a 37.4kReads8.1Score3.2k14d adds
- 71 Chinese History That Gets You Hooked from the First Page 一读就上瘾的中国史 A sweeping series on the historical patterns of five thousand years of Chinese history, helping you build a rational, objective, and pattern-seeking framework for a new way of thinking! This series is, in fact, a history book even more captivating than a novel. Starting with the Qin and Han dynasties, it covers the Jin dynasties, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Song, Liao, Jin, and Xia dynasties, the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and the Taiping Heavenly Ki 36.1kReads9.5Score5k14d adds
- 72 The Starved Cast-Off Wife Is Back for Revenge 那个被饿死的弃妇杀回来了 Transmigration, rebirth, farming, building an information network, establishing a power base, household intrigue, palace intrigue, rising to the pinnacle of power Shen Zhao, a modern-day female assassin, transmigrated to ancient times and into the body of Yuan Yihe, a discarded wife who had suffered abuse for years. Her family had always ignored her, left her hungry, and married her off in place of her elder sister to a spoiled young master. On her wedding day, the groom ran away. She asked to 1.4kReads9.1Score17914d adds
- 73 My Archrival Turned Out to Be the Perfect Lover 我的死对头竟是满分恋人 My Archrival Turns Out to Be a Perfect Lover 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Reborn: Peerless Splendor 重生：绝世风华 (Rebirth and comeback + Ex-husband chases after her too late + Cold-faced CEO's exclusive devotion + Divorced wife is both beautiful and formidable) The night I finally gave up, I burned every recipe I'd learned for Zhou Yuchen with my own hands. After five years of marriage, I'd become the “frumpy housewife who couldn't show her face in public,” as he put it. His beloved female colleague sneered at me: “Without President Zhou, you're nothing.” I smiled, handed over the divorce papers, then turn 20Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 75 Dragging the Salt Kiln God: Ten Rules for the Sedan Chair Bearers 盐灶拖神：扶轿人十不准 The Salt Kiln’s Spirit Escort: Ten Rules for the Palanquin Bearers 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Tales of Dragon City: Stories of a Small Town 龙城往事之小城故事 A realistic portrayal of northeastern China from the late 1980s to the present, full of grudges, grievances, and social change. Follow a group of impressionable young people as they face a host of challenges and opportunities and discover what it means to grow up. Realistic fiction, not a wish-fulfillment story, with a slow build. 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Rewriting the Classic of Mountains and Seas 篡改山海经 My golden finger runs on my memories. Now it's almost reached the last memory I have of my mom. I transmigrated into an endless-flow world based on the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and from the start, the difficulty was set to hell. The locals worshipped me as the “Thunder Mother,” but the broken box they revered as a divine relic turned out to be a quantum black box codenamed [Shanhai Zero Archive]! It gives me missions, and I pay with memories: [Fish for a Kui Ox] → forget physics formulas [ 4Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 78 Tales of the Southern Underworld 南方黑道往事 A highly realistic and utterly authentic autobiographical story about the underworld. Many readers who have started reading have already been drawn deep into it. Open this book, and you'll see a real underworld: helplessness and betrayal, a deeply immersive world of bloodshed and brotherhood. 5.7kReads8.9Score44114d adds
- 79 A History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十国史 A focused analysis of the briefest and most chaotic period of division in Chinese history. The book reveals how, behind the military men’s grip on power, society struggled to rebuild its order, and how this turmoil gave rise to the civil official politics of the later Song dynasty. A profound study of social transformation and the patterns of power changing hands, it offers a distinctive perspective and rigorous reasoning. 74.8kReads9.6Score10.3k14d adds
- 80 A Ringing Bell: Calling the Dead from the Locust Shade 一声铃：我在槐荫里给死人打电话 A Ringing Bell: I Make Phone Calls to the Dead in Huaiyin Lane 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 A Popular Romance of Tang History 唐史通俗演义 [An introductory history, a comprehensive history of the Tang Dynasty, a chaptered historical novel, accessible true stories, heroes of the Sui and Tang] Want to learn the complete history of the Tang Dynasty without poring over dry history books? This Popular Romance of the Tang Dynasty is perfect for beginners. Written in an accessible blend of classical and vernacular Chinese, its hundred chapters connect the story of the Li Tang dynasty from beginning to end. Follow the chaos at the end of t 51Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 82 The Lingnan Swordsman 岭南剑客 The miasma of Lingnan hung over Mount Cangwu like ink that would never dissolve, sealing it off completely. Liu Nanren gripped his rusted iron sword. Its tip sliced through the dense fog, revealing an old crescent-shaped scar on his wrist: the mark left fifteen years ago, when he crawled out of a mountain of corpses after Tianyu City fell. “Your Highness, it's time to leave.” A hoarse voice came from behind him. The old minister Yuchi Chun leaned on his bamboo staff, the hair at his temples whit 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: The Path to Cultivation, Starting as an Engineer 四合院：从工程师开始的修真路 A new story is here. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Zhao Song was born into a wealthy merchant family before the liberation. His parents were murdered by secret agents before the founding of the People’s Republic. At the age of twelve, his father sent him to study in Britain, where he specialized in industrial mechanical design and manufacturing. After awakening a golden finger that simulates mechanical design, he sets ou 232Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Great Qin: I Am the Lord of Black Ice 大秦：我就是黑冰之主 Zhao Bo’s soul transmigrates to 238 BCE. He is the son of a commoner, and Qin is on the verge of unifying the Six States. You think that’s all there is to it? No, no, no. It turns out this is a parallel timeline! It turns out my soul transmigrated into someone else! No System, but I do have cultivation techniques! When Ying Zheng comes calling, I’m no commoner! This is a story about quietly cultivating in the Great Qin. 537Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 I’m Not a Monkey: A Prisoner’s Confession 我不是猴子变的：一个囚徒的自白 They say humans evolved from monkeys. Then answer me this: monkeys have fur, so why are humans hairless and forced to wear clothes to keep warm? Monkeys are great at climbing trees, so why are human hands so smooth that one fall can break a bone? Monkeys walk on all fours, so why do humans stand upright and walk, putting constant strain on their spines? It wasn’t evolution. It was deliberate. I was never human to begin with. I was a ball of light from the spirit world. After I asked, “Who am I?” 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Humble-Born Dragon: From Poor Boy to Emperor of the Realm 寒门枭龙：从穷小子到人间帝王 For three years as a live-in son-in-law, he endured humiliation and was treated as useless. Then, in a single moment, he awakened, and the hidden dragon rose from the depths! He cuts down wicked young masters, takes on corrupt officials, quells bandit unrest, and brings powerful clans to heel, rising from a poor son-in-law to a man of real power in Qingzhou. With an iron grip on power and the cunning to shape the world, he climbs step by step to the pinnacle of the imperial court. Those who wron 30Reads—Score214d adds
- 87 Yuan Tiangang: The Divine One Imprisoned by the Emperor 袁天罡帝囚封神 The entire Zixiao Soul-Locking Prison stretched for countless miles through chaos. It resembled an ancient colossal Buddha seated in the void, or a fearsome beast of chaos lying in wait to awaken: silent, imposing, lifeless, and cold. It bore the heaviest secrets of the Three Realms and Six Paths, and held the most extraordinary prisoners from the Myriad Worlds. At the heart of this supreme prison, on the ninety-ninth level, lay its central zone, known as the Imperial Prison Layer. The Imperial 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Space-Time Deliveryman 时空外卖师 The male lead refuses to become an official, yet as a senior engineer in the municipal bureau compound, he empowers his superiors to climb the ranks step by step. Driven by love of country, he occasionally lets go of his low profile, coordinating spacetime energy to help the nation counter the technological blockade imposed by foreign powers! On weekends, famous figures such as Su Dongpo will join you in reliving the timeless spirit of “literary scavenging,” amid the laughter of State Preceptor 82Reads8.1Score314d adds
- 89 A Popular History of the Five Dynasties 五代史通俗演义 [A Classical, Accessible History of the Entire Era | A Beginner's Guide to History | A Complete Overview of the Ten Kingdoms] Can't get through dry official histories? This popularized retelling of the Five Dynasties uses a story-driven, episodic format to make this lesser-known period of turmoil easy to understand. Its sixty chapters cover the rise and fall of all five dynasties, Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou, while also tracing the history of the Ten Kingdoms' r 82Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 90 A Guangzhou Campus Love Story 广州校园爱情故事 Volume One, “Conceiving a Child to Die! My Influencer Girlfriend”: Mao San, a graduate student in civil engineering, meets streamer Xue Yue during a livestream. Their online flirtation blossoms into an offline romance, but he has no idea that Xue Yue is shackled by both a debt of gratitude that requires her to bear a child and thalassemia. She quietly returns to her hometown to give birth. Mao San searches for her across a thousand miles, but in the end he cannot keep her by his side. Xue Yue di 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Reborn in a Desperate World, I Save Lives with Medicine! 胎穿绝境求生，我靠医术济苍生！ [Reborn in the womb] [Master physician] [Ancient setting] [Slow burn] In his previous life, Tang Wenxu was an unfulfilled veteran of traditional Chinese medicine. Handsome and talented, with superb medical skills, he refused to curry favor with the powerful and was always generous to others, yet lived in poverty all his life. His mother and younger brother died of tuberculosis. Though he had the medical skills to help them, he was powerless to save them. At the age of eighty-six, he closed his e 275Reads9.1Score14814d adds
- 92 I Made Up Cultivation Techniques, So Why Is My Sect Poor Enough to Have Only an Emperor? 我瞎编功法，宗门穷的只剩大帝？ Wang Fanfan transmigrated to the Great Wilderness Realm. Unable to cultivate, he unexpectedly awakened a System that made him stronger whenever he took on disciples. To grow stronger, he started tricking people into becoming his disciples, giving them useless techniques and making up cultivation methods on the spot. To his utter surprise, every single disciple managed to master them. Wang Fanfan watched as his disciples one by one became supreme Emperors! He couldn't help but exclaim, “I made up 119Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 93 The Fate of an Orphan Girl 孤女的命运 This is a sad story. Lin Jiang had an affair, and Shi Qiaosi endured it for three years before suddenly coming to her senses and decisively divorcing him. After the divorce, she secretly gave birth to a daughter of her own, Shixu. The disasters brought upon three generations of a family by an unfaithful man and a scheming woman eager to take his wife’s place. See how an elderly grandmother schemes for her granddaughter, building a bridge through time with her own life so that Shixu can return to 18.6kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 94 Underworld Storm: The Uncrowned King 黑道风云：无冕王侯 (First person, period setting, underworld) A big brother? A big brother isn't some glamorous, all-powerful emperor who does whatever he pleases. A big brother is just the guy who picks up the tab. The underworld? It's brotherly loyalty, deceit and betrayal. It's a place that strips the tenderness from gentle-hearted men and hardens them, and turns green young boys into grizzled old gangsters. My name is Zhao Qingfeng. I've been around the underworld, and I was once a big brother! 37.3kReads9.2Score3.9k14d adds
- 95 Invincible Across Two Worlds: The Carefree Immortal's Journey 双穿无敌，逍遥仙途传 This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. With a fresh take, it follows Mo Chou, an ordinary member of society who one day accidentally obtains a jade pendant left behind by the ancient, powerful immortal Master Xian before his ascension. Sealed inside it are all the skills Master Xian mastered in his lifetime. Whoever finds it and becomes its owner will inherit everything he knew. The ancient jade also contains storage space and a portal 600Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Silver Tide 白银之潮 In the first year of the Longqing reign (1567), the Ming court lifted the maritime ban, and Yuegang in Fujian opened its port. Silver poured in like a rising tide, quietly ushering in an age of globalization overlooked by the official histories. The down-on-his-luck scholar Lin Mufeng is swept into this tide. Starting as a dockside bookkeeper, he rises step by step to become a customs reformer, striving to bring order to a chaotic age through institutions. At his side, then at odds with him, is 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Peiping Is at Peace: Complete in Three Volumes 北平无战事：全3册 In 1948, as the Kuomintang and the Communist Party prepare for their decisive clash, undercurrents swirl beneath the seemingly calm surface of Beiping. The Kuomintang’s young reformist faction, led by Chiang Ching-kuo, suddenly entrusts Fang Meng’ao, an ace Kuomintang Air Force pilot suspected of sympathizing with the Communists, with a major assignment. His flight squadron is reorganized as the Ministry of National Defense’s Economic Inspection Brigade and sent to Beiping to investigate corrupt 1kReads9.5Score23314d adds
- 98 Corpse-Driving Rules: The Eighteen Forbidden Charms of Chenzhou 赶尸守则：辰州符十八禁 Corpse-Driving Rules: Eighteen Taboos of the Chenzhou Talismans 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Flying Swallow: Me 262 飞行的雨燕——Me262 The Flying Swallow: Me 262 165Reads—Score614d adds
- 100 The Evening Breeze Never Asks When You'll Return 晚风不问归期 In a bustling, noisy city, Lu Ze is a struggling programmer, weighed down by heartbreak and the pressures of daily life. Lost and lonely, he no longer knows where he is headed. This is a story about loss and growth, a journey through love and self-redemption. Perhaps we have all lost our way in the evening breeze, but there will always be a light waiting to guide you home. 211Reads—Score—14d adds
