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- 101 Netherworld Emperor: It All Begins with a Blood Coffin! 幽冥大帝：从血棺开始！ Mystery and the supernatural + horror + mind-bending deduction + wild imagination + Sichuan-Chongqing flavor After a flood, a blood-red coffin drifts down the river into our village... A strange song, eerie bloody handprints, a headless corpse, and somehow, I become the Great Emperor of the Netherworld... An accident reveals the secret of the Nine Fiends Blood Coffin and a grand scheme laid by the Great Emperor of the Netherworld. It all begins with the blood coffin, and everything will ultimate 728Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Vanished on the Eve of the College Entrance Exams, Returned a National Hero 高考前夜失踪，归来国家荣耀 Disappeared on the Eve of the College Entrance Exam, Returned a National Hero 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 My Fiancée Wants to Fire Me, but She Forgot I’m the Real Boss of the Company 未婚妻要开除我，可她忘了我才是公司真正的老板 My Fiancée Wants to Fire Me, but She Forgot I’m the Real Owner of the Company 343Reads—Score1014d adds
- 104 I Started High School as a Good Girl and Became a Crime Boss 上了高中，我从乖乖女变成黑老大 When I started high school, I went from a good girl to a crime boss. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Underworld Storms: Qiao Si's Strategists, Xiao Ke and Wang Wei Fan 黑道风云之乔四军师小克王伟范 He was Qiao Siye’s strategist, known as the Brains. Only five-foot-three, he had an exceptionally quick mind, earning him the nicknames Little Zhuge and Ghost Six among the underworld. He wasn’t known for violence, but for his sense of honor and loyalty. Born into poverty, he started out as a bathhouse scrubber and worked his way up to become one of the Three Musketeers of Bingcheng, even driving the city’s first Mercedes-Benz 560. Follow the turbulent life of Wei Wan, the Little Master of Bingc 167.7kReads8.7Score9.2k14d adds
- 106 Hearing the Wronged 闻冤 [Historical Mystery Solving + Suspense and Deduction + Eccentric Martial World Figures + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Special Constitution] During the Chenghua era of the Ming dynasty, Qipan Street in the capital was at the height of its prosperity. Strangely, there was a shabby little fortune-telling shop there, hopelessly out of place among its surroundings. A fortune-telling shop naturally made its living telling fortunes. But its owner had another special skill, known as “hearing the wro 1.9kReads9.3Score22014d adds
- 107 An Unparalleled Bond 绝世联情 Set against the various historical periods from the 1920s to the 1980s, this novel follows the tumultuous lives, joys and sorrows, and tragic romances of Long Xingqiu, a principal at a middle school from a family of couplet writers, and his children. It tells a modern tale of swordsmen and scholars, blending tragedy and comedy in a story that will sometimes bring readers to tears and sometimes make them laugh out loud. Full of suspense, twists and turns, and interlocking plotlines, the story is 94Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 108 I Survived the Harem to the Grand Finale by Being Brazen 我靠嚣张在后宫活到大结局 The groom died suddenly, and the imperial edict turned to ashes. With my power as an imperial relative, my immense wealth, and the blade of my childhood sweetheart, I donned the dragon robe amid the chaos and secured this vast realm. I thought ruling the world was the end, until a teasing voice rang down from beyond the heavens on the day of the sacrifice to Heaven: "This mortal world really is more interesting than a game board." So the three years of people trading their children for food, the 12Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 109 Southwest Storm: Turmoil on the Black Sea 西南风云：黑海沉浮 When I was eighteen, I met someone who led me down a certain path. Some describe this path with the idealistic word “jianghu.” But the jianghu you actually find yourself in is better summed up by a rather funny saying: “After all this time, I’ve made no friends, only learned lessons.” My name is Lin Dongxia, and I’ve learned my fair share of lessons. 33kReads9.3Score3.2k14d adds
- 110 The Little Immortal Lord of Many Treasures 多宝小仙君 Duobao, an Immortal Lord and deputy manager of one of the Heavenly Court’s branch treasuries, earned eight hundred Fortune Points a month. After more than three hundred years of diligent service, he was sent down to the mortal world to undergo trials when his subordinate, the Golden Boy, stole thirty thousand Fortune Points from the treasury. His boss, Zhao Gongming, gave him the boot himself. Reincarnate? Sure. Into a rich family? Dream on. His new identity is Wang Duobao, the son of Wang Jia 255Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 After My Fiancé Introduced Me to His Female Coworker as His Cousin 未婚夫跟女同事介绍我是他表妹后 After My Fiancé Introduced Me to His Female Coworker as His Cousin 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 A Popular History of the Later Han 后汉通俗演义 [Historical Romance Grounded in the Official Record, The Complete History of the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms, An Easy Introduction to Official History] A Popular History of the Later Han is a classic historical novel in episodic form and a continuation of A Popular History of the Former Han. Across one hundred chapters, it follows the full historical arc from Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han and Emperor Guangwu's restoration, through the decline of the Eastern Han, to the division of the rea 95Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 113 Twin Treasures of Dragon City: The Sword God Keeps Her Safe for Life 龙城双璧：剑神护她一世无虞 [Resistance War] [Espionage] [Tortured Romance] [Thriller] [Superpowers] In the era of the Dragon Nation, Xiao Hanchuan, the last surviving heir of the Xiao family, takes up the Black Iron Spirit Sword to exact revenge. He crosses paths with Su Ling, a military intelligence agent and the last surviving heir of the Su family. When their paired pendants join together, they uncover the conspiracy behind their families’ destruction. Fighting side by side with sword and gun, they forge a deep bond am 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The Sniper 狙击手 Hualin, codenamed Falcon, is an outstanding sniper in the Southwest Military Region. After his comrade Shanying is killed by a rocket attack moments after taking out Viper, Southeast Asia's biggest drug lord, Hualin loses heart and chooses to leave the military. Civilian life proves difficult, and by a twist of fate he learns that Viper never died: the man Shanying killed was only a double. Hualin regains his fighting spirit, and with careful planning by several government agencies, successfully 43.5kReads9.5Score2.7k14d adds
- 115 The Reclusive Peak Master: Gifts for Taking in Disciples, Reaching the Peak of Shrouding the Heavens 苟道峰主：收徒返还，问鼎遮天 (The protagonist is weak at the start. If you can’t stand him playing it safe and holding back, you can skip ahead and start reading when his cultivation reaches the Four Extremes, at Chapter 49.) Lin Xuan transmigrates to the Big Dipper World two thousand years before Ye Fan arrives. He becomes the weakest peak master of Qingyun Sect in the Eastern Wasteland of the Big Dipper Star Region and activates the Disciple-Acquisition Return System. From the start, he picks up a pair of siblings with 59Reads5.5Score614d adds
- 116 The Great Azure Tribulation 太苍劫 Prologue: Dao Fire Ten thousand years ago. Fire, Dao fire filling the skies. Crimson flames erupted from beneath the earth, turning the entire Divine Capital the color of a hellscape. The bronze palaces that had once towered into the clouds collapsed one after another in the blaze. The dragon carvings on their upturned eaves warped in the heat, as if they had come alive to let out silent cries of agony. The man on the imperial throne had not left. He sat alone amid the collapsing palaces and bur 2.3kReads—Score23814d adds
- 117 After Buying a House, I Watched Its Price Plummet from 1.39 Million to 390,000, Then Bought Several More and Made a Killing 买房后，房价139万降至39万，反手又买几套，赢麻了 After buying a home, the price plunged from 1.39 million to 390,000. I bought several more, and came out way ahead 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Cultivation Legend of Beigege 贝格格修仙传 Zhao Xiaobei, a student at Xichuan Middle School, floated a lantern on Lotus Lake and wished she could transmigrate to ancient times. To her astonishment, she transmigrated to the Song Dynasty and became the daughter of Prince Teng. Thanks to her modern-day intelligence, she won the emperor’s favor and was bestowed the title of Princess Beigege. Zhao Xiaobei then overcame one challenge after another, survived many brushes with death, and gained a great opportunity that made her a cultivator. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 My Name Is Pan Jinlian 我叫潘金莲 A woman condemned by the world as a whore who murdered her husband, yet hiding profound, untold pain: was she born depraved, or did she have her reasons? A deeply moving psychological confession that lays bare a widely known tragic love story… In ancient times, marriage was governed by “matchmakers' words and parents' orders.” Did Pan Jinlian have the freedom to choose whom she married? No! Did she love Wu Dalang? Of course not. But she was unable to escape the bonds of fate, and could only mudd 44.4kReads9.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 120 Ming Dynasty 1572 大明1572 In the first year of the Wanli era, the ten-year-old emperor ascended the throne. Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng enforced the Kaocheng system and the Single Whip Reform with an iron hand, filling the dying Ming treasury and securing its borders over the next ten years. But the deeper the reforms went, the fiercer the opposition became; the greater his power, the deeper his loneliness. He had once been the "Teacher Zhang" most respected by the emperor, but ultimately became the person the young so 139Reads—Score12414d adds
- 121 A Drizzle Sparks the Embers of Revenge 霡霂仇烬起 In her previous life, Luo Yan married into the prefect’s family despite her misgivings, determined to uncover the truth behind her father’s murder. Pregnant and carrying the evidence she had finally obtained, she was intercepted and killed by her enemies before she could report it to the imperial court. Her husband, Chi Mingxuan, died protecting her, pierced by a sword. She, too, was stabbed through the abdomen, and the two of them died together, consumed by hatred and regret. When Luo Yan opene 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 You Took My Kidney to Save Her, but I’m the One You’ve Always Loved 挖肾救她，你要的白光月是我 I was Fu Siyan's stand-in lover for five years. He told me not to show my teeth when I smiled, because it wasn't like her. He insisted I warm his milk for exactly three minutes before drinking it, because that's what she did. Even during intimate moments, he made me wear a cat-ear headband, because she liked it. Then the hospital called to say his first love was critically ill. With red eyes, he wanted to take my kidney to save her. I took off my wig, revealing long golden hair exactly like hers 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 The Wicked Woman Puts an End to Evil 恶女止恶 13.9kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 124 This Golden Crow Is Too Overpowered Across the Heavens 诸天这只金乌太阴了 (Why did the rating come out so early? It'll go up once more chapters are out, so don't worry.) He fuses with the bloodline of the Great Sun Golden Crow. From then on, true flames that can burn the heavens blaze all around him. His divine bird bloodline awakens, and he shatters the barriers between worlds, roaming freely across the Myriad Worlds. He slays immortals and Buddhas, exterminates gods and demons, subdues myriad realms, and suppresses countless paths. With the Golden Crow as his form, 51.4kReads8.1Score3.8k14d adds
- 125 The Deliveryman's Strange Life 快递员的奇异人生 After overcoming one obstacle after another, they face the end of the Earth. The successive sacrifices of his friends crush the last glimmer of hope. Can a trace of humanity, lingering deep in his soul, bring the hero back and protect the ark as it sails into the vast universe? We’ll wait and see. 351Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Feng Clan's Record of Things Seen and Heard 封氏闻见记 Records of What Feng Yan Heard and Saw is a ten-volume collection of informal writings by the Tang dynasty scholar Feng Yan. Its broad-ranging contents cover many aspects of the Tang dynasty, including politics, institutions, culture, customs, geography, and anecdotes about notable figures. Written as a record of personal observations and accounts, it carefully documents little-known details of Tang social life, providing valuable firsthand material for the study of Tang history and culture. Unl 14Reads7.9Score1214d adds
- 127 Reborn from the Start: I'm Just a Scrap Collector 开局重生：我就一个收废品的 From the start, he collects scrap! Lin Zan, the Eternal Immortal Emperor, wields the Great Dao of Dust, sweeps across the outer realms to crush countless strange beings, personally restrains the Ancestor of World-Destroying Evil, and ascends to the highest peak of the heavens. Though his Great Dao makes him invincible throughout the ages, he cannot protect the loved ones by his side. His wife, children, and kin all perish in the outer-realm calamity. Having seen through the joys and sorrows of m 1.7kReads8.6Score15114d adds
- 128 The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms 东周列国志 More than five hundred years of upheaval in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods unfold in this book! The Zhou royal house declined and the feudal lords rose. The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period took turns dominating, while the Seven Warring States fought for control of the Central Plains. From the brief hegemony of Duke Zhuang of Zheng to Duke Huan of Qi uniting the feudal lords; from Wu Zixu’s quest for revenge to the battle of wits between Sun Bin and Pang Juan; from 81Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 129 San Francisco Blood Prison: My Husband Is Hiding Evidence of Three Clans' Massacre 旧金山血牢：我丈夫藏着三族灭门证据 San Francisco Blood Prison: My Husband Is Hiding Evidence of the Massacre of Three Clans —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Fickle as Water 水性杨花 In the chaotic years of the Republic of China, Xu Fangqing of Peach Blossom Village and Li Xiaoming, a fisherman, had known and loved each other since childhood. Their feelings were mutual, and with her uncle’s help, they became engaged, believing they would spend their lives together in peace. But fate had other plans: Fangqing’s uncle suddenly died, and her greedy mother-in-law secretly seized the family’s savings. For money, the mother-in-law joined forces with relatives and cruelly sold Fang 496Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 131 I'm No Little Punk: The Shorties' Hero Squad 我不是小混混之矮子英雄队 I'm determined not to become a hoodlum. Even a short person can stand tall. Not every hero is tall, but every passionate heart deserves to be seen. I won't go along with the ways of the world. I'll walk my own path through the jianghu. The road is long, so may we meet again at the summit... 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 In the Era of Forced Childbearing, I Received a Little Fox Cub 强制生育时代，我领到一只小狐崽 [One-on-one, both are each other's first and only, little fox cub, cross-species romance, Fox Lord, mutual protection, political intrigue among the demon clans, cool heroine, flirtatious tension] Liang Yi told Jiang He, "Let's break up. My parents can't accept that you're adopted." Jiang He didn't cling to him. She calmly let him go. But a policy announced by the civil affairs department left people no way to avoid it: Anyone who turned thirty without a child registered in their name would have 378Reads—Score12514d adds
- 133 From the Start, an SSS-Rank Goddess Forces Me to Have Her Child 高武开局被SSS级女神强制生育 (Important disclaimer: No NTR, no NTR, no NTR) (ε=(´ο`*))) Sigh, why must we turn on each other...) [No System + Post-apocalyptic martial arts + Evolving powers + Political intrigue and mystery + Overpowered power progression + All-new cultivation system + Superclocked brain + Explosive start] Two thousand years after humanity was defeated by silicon-based lifeforms, the human race is barely surviving in twelve underground cities. I was a good-for-nothing with two C-rank scores, nicknamed the S 891Reads6.5Score11514d adds
- 134 Outsiders Join Forces with My Wife to Set a Trap, but I'm the One Who Breaks It 外人联手妻子做局，我才是破局人 A 35-year-old algorithm genius at a major tech company is framed by his boss and laid off. His cheating wife conspires with outsiders to seize his assets and custody of their child. His father dies in grief after being scammed with an AI face-swap. Just as he hits rock bottom, an accidental electric shock links him to the bioenergy of the future, the year 2080, awakening cutting-edge electromagnetic wave tracing technology! He tears his treacherous wife and her lover apart, takes down his unscru 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Seven Stars Chronicles of Chivalry 七星侠义录 In a modern city, an evil force is quietly taking root. Seven chivalrous heroes from Jin Yong's stories possess seven ordinary people from different walks of life. Through training, they gain powerful martial arts skills and, guided by a mysterious figure, join forces to fight evil... 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Snake's Trail Through the Qinling Mountains 蛇行秦岭 After dying, a migrant worker is forced by a snake immortal to become a spirit medium. He takes in the useless disciples rejected by the Cangwu Sect, teaches them to turn their lives around, and helps them form Five-Colored Golden Cores. When the Cangwu Sect comes to seize the mountain’s heart, hundreds of his useless disciples stand behind him, hundreds of Five-Element swords pointed at the sect master. The sect master says, “Can one man like you take on hundreds of us?” He replies, “I’m not al 3Reads—Score214d adds
- 137 A Yandere with a Strong Need for Control 病娇控制欲强 Possessive and Controlling Yandere 636Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 I’m No Punk: Three of Us Together 我不是小混混之三人行 Determined not to become a thug, he knows that those who walk different paths cannot work together. Brotherhood, and the revival of the Eight Gates of the underworld. Is a sinister force behind it all, or is something far worse on the horizon...? 323Reads—Score1914d adds
- 139 Foundation 根基 All the wandering, struggling, and searching in a person’s life ultimately point to the same answer: roots. They may be the homeland in one’s blood, family values etched into one’s very bones, an unwavering faith that holds firm in hardship, or the confidence that lets a person make a life for themselves in this world. Through the lives of ordinary people, this novel explores the confusion of growing up, the pain of difficult choices, and the clarity that comes with time. Some lose themselves 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 An ER Doctor Can’t Cure a Mad Dog, But Can Treat Its Owner 急诊医生治不了疯狗，但能治狗主人 An emergency doctor can’t cure a rabid dog, but they can treat its owner. 63Reads—Score314d adds
- 141 A Good-for-Nothing with No Soul, I Am the Wolf Clan's Saintess of Ten Thousand Years 废柴无魂，我是狼族万年圣女 A good-for-nothing with no soul: I am the Wolf Clan's Saintess of Ten Thousand Years —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Thirteen Tales: The Yellow Weasel Spirit 十三讲故事之黄大仙 Thirteen Tells a Story: The Yellow Immortal —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Immortal Ascension Chronicles: A Fated Beginning 缘起成仙传 A naive young man who was pampered from childhood endures youthful arrogance, betrayal, pain, and a crushing defeat that brings him to the brink of death, forging himself into someone patient and ruthless. A realistic cultivation novel with slow-burn growth. Readers who prefer mindless power fantasies may want to steer clear. [The cultivation world is as deep as the sea, and only I, Qin You, can stir its waves!] [Fresh Setting + Epic Length + Slow Burn + Vitality + Growth + Cause-and-Effect and 61Reads—Score314d adds
- 144 From the Start, Everyone Mistook Me for an Otherworldly Heavenly Demon 开局就被当成了域外天魔 [Xuanhuan Cultivation + Incredibly powerful background + Hidden big shot + Cultivates body and magic + Invincible wish fulfillment + Playing the pig to eat the tiger] Lin Dongqing stayed up all night reading a novel. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into a newborn baby. No golden finger, no System, just an ordinary mortal body. But can someone tell him... Why does Daoist Taiyi look at him as if he were an otherworldly demon? When Taiyi tries to examine him, the spiritual energy of h 917Reads5.7Score11514d adds
- 145 The Jianghu: What Is It, Really? 江湖，到底是什么？ [Pure Underworld] [The Jianghu of the 1980s] Where there are people, there are grudges; where there are grudges, there is a jianghu; people are the jianghu! It used to be called the jianghu, but now it's called society! When the storms had passed, Lang Aowen knelt once more before the sacred image of Guan Yu, holding three sticks of incense high above his head. Only one question remained in his heart: The jianghu, what exactly is it? [Serious Warning: The characters and plot in this book are 1.7kReads—Score10114d adds
- 146 The Fox Immortal of the Qinling Mountains 秦岭狐仙 Qinling Fox Immortal My name is Peng Wei. I’m a repairman at a little shop at the foot of the Qinling Mountains. I fix televisions and rice cookers, and my life is as still as stagnant water. That was until March 15 of that year, when I met a woman in red in the thick fog on Mount Yuhuang. She said her name was Xiao Hong, and she was a fox immortal who had cultivated for three hundred years. She said she had waited for me for three years. She said I had a destined connection to immortality. 39Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 147 My Son-in-Law Took All My Family’s Wealth, Then Married Someone New 赘婿骗光我家产又娶新妻 Once the pride of heaven, he is struck by a family calamity. With both parents dead, he falls into ruin and has no choice but to marry into the Shu family. Shu Zhaoning casts aside society's judgment and treats the destitute Yan Qingci with all her warmth. Who could have guessed that he harbors the heart of a wolf, swindles the Shu family out of its immense fortune, then takes the money and marries someone new, betraying her sincere love for him? 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Ink-Stained Heavenly Principles 墨染天罡 [No brainless decisions + no tragedy + single heroine + lighthearted + slow burn + invincible + Daoist heart + ensemble cast + a portrait of all walks of life] The cultivation levels are explained in the discussion for Chapter One. Read with care. A story of immortality, told from the perspective of an ordinary man. He rises from humble beginnings, grows step by step, and ultimately breaks through the Heavenly Dipper to attain the Dao of immortality. He leaves an ordinary mountain village and gr 9.3kReads9.3Score97014d adds
- 149 The Peerless Young Master 公子无双 Lin Qi seems like an ordinary delivery driver, but in this city, whether they are business tycoons, renowned doctors, or underworld bosses, everyone treats him with the utmost respect and calls him, "Young Master!" 334Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 150 The Prince’s Abandoned Consort: The Useless Brats’ Mother Teaches Military Strategy 王府弃妃：废崽他娘教兵法 Female-oriented: discarded consort / cast-off kids / System / a thousand-year-old destiny Su Wanqing, a company’s finance director, transmigrates into a discarded princess consort and binds herself to a past-and-present System. From the start, she has four hopeless children to raise. Her eldest son is an idiot, her youngest son is a good-for-nothing, and her two daughters are the laughingstock of the capital. Instead of teaching them poetry, she teaches them military strategy, political schem 46.7kReads8.5Score4.4k14d adds
