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- 51 Transmigration: Others Rob Tombs with Feng Shui, I Use Taoist Arts 穿越：别人盗墓用风水，我用道术 [Alternate world + tomb raiding + Classic of Mountains and Seas + one heroine + Taoist arts + sorcery + three realms] Li Si transmigrates to what he thinks is a parallel world, but the arrival of an archaeological team reveals a strange and fantastical realm. Demons are the fruits of a divine tree that reaches the heavens. Gods and fiends are the world’s source, emerging from Mount Buzhou. The God of Zhongshan created the Northern Sea Realm, while the Void God Realm kills deities. An archaeologi 5.1kReads7.4Score25714d adds
- 52 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Fourth Calamity Goes Wild 山海经之疯狂的第四天灾 [Classic of Mountains and Seas] + [Players] + [Stirring Up Trouble] = [The Source of Madness] All the ancient legends ended in tragedy: Pangu disappeared after creating the world, Houyi faded into obscurity after shooting down the suns, and Shennong died after tasting all the herbs... Bai Ze brings the Fourth Catastrophe back to the age when all races vied for supremacy, restoring humanity to its former glory. Faced with so-called mountain gods, lords of forbidden zones, and the origins of the u 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Ancestors, Stop Visiting Me in Dreams. I’ll Take You Back to the Classic of Mountains and Seas 老祖别托梦了，我带你们回山海经 At 37, Chen Yu loses his job in middle age, then successfully completes the grueling Didi, food-delivery, and parcel-delivery triathlon, earning himself a voucher for lumbar disc surgery. During the operation, he unexpectedly awakens his bloodline. Guided by his dreams, he begins traveling between Earth and the world of the Classic of Mountains and Seas… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 I Opened a Shanhai Kindergarten in the Stars 我在星际开山海幼稚园 Bai Ze, who knew all things under heaven, accidentally stepped into a rift in time and space and transmigrated to the interstellar era. After getting a job at a kindergarten, he discovered that great demons like Hundun and Bifang were there too. They had not only turned into little children, but had also been mistaken by the childcare worker for abandoned children with disabilities! Bai Ze was close to tears. With no money to his name, all he could do was work hard to earn money to support the b 442Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 55 After One Tap of the Beauty Filter, the Ferocious Beasts Won't Admit It 一键美颜后，凶兽不认账了 After sleeping for ten thousand years, Qi He opened her eyes to find the world completely transformed. The world had changed, the stars had shifted, and she had become the only god in existence. At her side was a group of degraded, painfully ugly mythical beasts, all clamoring to be fed. If she didn't raise them, they'd turn on their master and wreak havoc across the world. Forced to make money on the side, Qi He also had to round up all those scheming beasts and put them to work! The Shanhai 466Reads8.8Score11114d adds
- 56 The Divine Beasts Are Coming 神兽来潮 A story inspired by the Classic of Mountains and Seas, where the path to godhood is forged from divine beast bloodlines, while ferocious beasts stand in the way. See how Bai Feiliu faces the challenge. No saintly hero, no harem, one female lead. 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Age of Beast Taming: I Have a Classic of Mountains and Seas 御兽时代：我有一本山海经 [Beast Taming] [Classic of Mountains and Seas] [Unofficial History] [Gods Awaken] [One or Two Heroines] (The unofficial history in this novel is entirely fictional and for entertainment only. Please don't take it seriously.) The great secrets of Ancient Xia, Imperial Shang, and Heavenly Zhou; the legends of Immortal Qin, Divine Han, and Sacred Tang; the unofficial historical tales of Daoist Song, Demonic Yuan, Martial Ming, and Monster Qing... Lin Yan transmigrates to a beast-taming world, awake 19kReads8.4Score2.1k14d adds
- 58 Beast Taming: Transmigrating to the Wilderness with a Bagua Mirror, I Roam the World 御兽：穿越蛮荒，持八卦镜走天下 [A multitude of giant beasts + primeval ecology + genius protagonist + slow burn + one heroine] Feng Bei fell off a cliff. When he opened his eyes again, everything had changed. A monstrous python capable of splitting mountains and shattering stone lurked beneath the earth. A hundred-zhang-long dragon hid amid the river mists. Flocks of cranes, blotting out the sky, soared above the thunderclouds. On a mountain peak beneath the moon, packs of scorched-wood wolves howled at the heavens. Strange b 190Reads6.3Score11414d adds
- 59 The Book of Seals of Mountains and Seas 山海封印簿 The ideal of a global community versus social Darwinism Mythical beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas cross into our world: divine beasts battle a host of ghosts, heroic spirits fight evil spirits, and the Way of the King clashes with the Way of Hegemony! Mortals converse with demons, while the primordial spirit becomes entangled with the conscious spirit. Season One: Tame beasts, level up, and set out on your journey; collect divine beasts, refine magical artifacts, and advance along t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 This Goddess of the Luo River Is a Little Unhinged 这个洛神有点癫 [Historical Fantasy, Derivative Fiction, Transmigration to Another World, Strong Female Lead, Everyone's Darling, Modern-to-Ancient Transmigration, Transmigrate into a Book] I was plain-looking and short and chubby. After graduating from an ordinary college near home, I got an administrative job at a tiny company owned by a friend of the son of my second aunt's husband's great-uncle. My salary was barely enough to live on. I had no house, no car, no partner, and parents who didn't care for me. M 4Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 61 Cracking the Classic of Mountains and Seas: Digging Through the Myriad Realms 破解山海经：挖穿诸天万域 November 3, 2025, 11:45 p.m. Miaoyuan Village, Jiuyi Mountain, Hunan. A deep rumble of engines shattered the otherwise utterly quiet rural night. A convoy of seven jeeps and pickup trucks bearing special geological survey markings entered the village. With a clear destination in mind, they pulled into the village committee courtyard. A massive, unusual celestial body was about to enter Earth's orbit, inevitably on a collision course with the planet. Every department immediately began devising pl 303Reads6.3Score11014d adds
- 62 Beast Talismans for All: From the Start, I Had the Classic of Mountains and Seas and Conquered the World 全民兽符：开局山海经，横扫全球 Calamities invaded, and global fog zones, abysses, and wormhole dungeons appeared one after another. Monsters ran rampant, and danger came hand in hand with treasure. Only by becoming a beast tamer and summoning powerful beasts could people stand a chance. The Sakura Nation summoned Yamata no Orochi and swept through the wormhole dungeons in its territory. The Goryeo Nation summoned Guisan and dispelled every forbidden fog zone. The Eagle Nation summoned Venom and kept swallowing up the weaker n 6.2kReads8.4Score74014d adds
- 63 Rain Falls on Wushan: The Crane Returns 巫山有雨：鹤归 [Woman disguised as a man + 1V2 + character growth + everyone's secret identities + ensemble of gods + sweet and heartbreaking moments + slow-paced, expansive worldbuilding + focus on the fall of an era] A female forensic doctor wakes up in the corpse of a man in the Great Wilderness, takes a two-faced little green tea as her master, and gets relentlessly pursued by a lovesick River God. From the start, she has no memories and no System. She plans to quietly help build up a primitive tribe, but 194Reads9.3Score10014d adds
- 64 The World Is Flooded: The Government Buys Back My Offshore Land 全球淹没：国家向我回购海上地基 [Ocean Apocalypse + Beloved Cannon Fodder + Supermarket Management + Mythical Beasts of the Classic of Mountains and Seas + Lifespan as Currency + Behind-the-Scenes Story] When Luan Yu opens her eyes, she finds herself in an ocean apocalypse, as a cannon-fodder character from a novel. Here, zombie sea beasts run rampant and filth is everywhere. Here, supernatural powers are bestowed by the gods, and the nation awakens them through unified worship rituals. Here, lifespans are visible. A countdown 1.9kReads8.5Score21114d adds
- 65 The Shan Hai Ring 山海戒指 This is a mirror universe, with an Earth-like terrestrial planet called Earthstar. Its planetary system is known as the Xuanyang System, and the stretch of stars overhead is called the Milky Way, though the stars visible through a telescope are not the same ones. For billions of years, this universe has remained sealed off. Lin Qian’an, once a hopeless romantic, naively believed his first relationship was true love. After the breakup, he lost heart. His second relationship, begun on a whim, turn 173Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 66 The Right Way to Tame a Nine-Tailed Fox Husband 论驯养一只九尾狐老公的正确方法 [The main story is complete!] On the first day of school at Kunlun High, Wei Zhi is the only human in his class, and he's just a tiny bit panicked. The girl in front of him is a gluttonous Taotie who snacks every chance she gets. Behind him sits a weepy Zhufu beast whose tears bring floods. Diagonally across the room is a flashy Golden-Winged Great Peng obsessed with domineering CEO novels. And beside him is a nine-tailed fox who keeps eyeing him like a tasty treat. Wei Zhi: Oh no! Nine-tailed f 3.9kReads9.4Score62914d adds
- 67 The Ninety-Ninth Bride 第九十九位新娘 "Ninety-eight brides. Every last one of them rotted here. You won't escape." All 98 brides were screwed, and I'm unlucky number 99! I wandered into a cursed place while scouting locations and landed myself a crazy, white-haired husband. The first time we met, he grabbed me by the throat and threatened to burn my whole family if I didn't obey! Later, he stole offerings from other people, snatched my milk tea pearls, knocked on my window in the middle of the night to keep me company, and held me w 310Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Tale of the Silver Flood Dragon 银蛟传 [Metaphysics + Suspense + Taoist Magic + Historical Relics + Mythical Beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas + Folk Mysteries] Legend has it that the Dragon-Locking Well imprisons a wicked dragon guilty of an ancient crime. But when Zhuang Jiang, a junior clerk at the Cultural Relics Protection Institute, finds a piece of a jiao's horn at the bottom of the well, she discovers a silver-white jiao sealed inside it. From then on, the ten thousand ghosts hidden in a calligraphy album, the dea 182Reads7.2Score11914d adds
- 69 Journey to the West: I Became Invincible After Fusing the Bloodlines of Ten Thousand Races 西游：融合万族血脉后我无敌了 Sun Yu was reborn in the world of Journey to the West. He awakened first inside the Stone of Creation, becoming Sun Wukong's big brother. He fused the bloodlines of the Four Primordial Monkeys, achieving the bloodline of the Chaos Demon Ape. He fused the bloodlines of the Three Pure Ones and the Ancestral Witches, achieving the bloodline of Pangu. Many years later, Sun Yu stood at the pinnacle of the primordial world. I don't care if Buddhism wants to rise to prominence, but using my younger 6.8kReads9.1Score69714d adds
- 70 Special Operations Bureau 特事行动科 One thousand three hundred and ninety years ago, under the emperor’s direction, human adepts gained control of the “Void” and used it to create the “Wall,” which separated the real world from the anomalous one. After more than six centuries of effort by adepts from various schools, the anomalous remnants in the real world were finally purged, leaving humanity with a world of its own. Anomalous creatures became demons, ghosts, gods, and monsters in tales of the strange. As time passed, the adepts 1.7kReads7.0Score20414d adds
- 71 The Demon King Tricked Me Into Dating 妖王骗我谈恋爱 [A romance-averse, goofy and adorably clueless little demon × a self-conquering, aloof and tsundere Demon King] [Everyone's darling + Demon Realm + Mutual devotion + Lighthearted comedy + Sweet romance throughout + Classic of Mountains and Seas] One day, the supreme Demon King of the Demon Realm suddenly began doting on a little parasol tree spirit, smiling every day and even sharing her bed! The demons at the Bureau of Mountain and Sea Affairs, long tormented by the situation, refused to believ 1.4kReads9.4Score14814d adds
- 72 A Western Fantasy World? I'm the Dragon Lord of the Great Wilderness! 西幻世界？我！大荒龙君！ [Su Qing style + gradual leveling and evolution + lighthearted comedy + gaming + multiple emotional storylines + multiple heroines + zany adventures + partial farming elements + yandere + siscon + harem] Li Zhu transmigrates to the continent of Aelria, the setting of a game. “I remember my game template was a dragon. I wonder if I'll be a sturdy red dragon or a green dragon with powerful soul abilities?” “Holy crap, why am I a draconic beast? System, save me from this useless start!” [Obtained G 41.8kReads8.1Score4.4k14d adds
- 73 Apocalypse: The Crucible of Heaven and Earth 末世之天地熔炉 The primordial world has been remade, the gods have returned, and Fengdu marks the boundary. Authority lies with Tianshu (Tianquan), military might with Kaiyang, and wealth is hidden in Tianji. Pojun is the spearhead, Tanlang steals the initiative, and Qisha decides the outcome. The Four Auspicious Beasts, treasures that guard the nation. Compared with those old relics, zombies and beastmen are nothing but appetizers. But so what? Tell those old fossils that times have changed. Old relics belong 907Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 A Gluttonous Feast: I Devour Mountains and Seas in the City 饕餮盛宴：我在都市吞山海 [A Modern-Day Classic of Mountains and Seas] [No Romance] [Primordial Ferocious Beasts] [Sharp-Tongued] [Feel-Good Story] (Caution: The protagonist is nearly invincible, but begins the story sealed and with incomplete powers.) (He becomes imposing later. At first, his power leaks out in all the wrong ways.) (New mythical beast characters: illustrations will be posted in the author's notes at the end of the chapters.) Have you ever been captivated by the strange and wondrous mythological world of 7.2kReads8.9Score64414d adds
- 75 Hunters of the Forbidden Zone 禁区猎人 All things have a spirit. In this world, there are always people and things we have never encountered. Six years ago, a mysterious legend about a giant python undergoing tribulation drew the world's finest hunters to the Kunlun Mountains. In the end, the python died, and Lin Shuo was the only hunter to survive. Afterward, he withdrew from the world and went into hiding in the mountains. Six years later, a huge scale appeared before Lin Shuo. The giant python that had failed its tribulation had s 4.9kReads8.7Score51414d adds
- 76 The Spiritual Veins Awaken: I Brave the Five Realms with Just a Hairpin 灵脉重启，我靠一根簪子勇闯五界 [Classic fantasy progression + strong heroine's rise and growth + taming all kinds of spirit beasts + academies and sects + powerful ensemble cast + slow-burn, long-running story] In the final era of the God Realm, where spiritual power reigns supreme, a “girl with nothing” whose clan concealed her identity for hundreds of years has, with only a phoenix hairpin, “accidentally” restarted her spiritual meridians and unlocked a medicinal realm. Now approaching you is: A heaven-blessed daughter be 259Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Don't Fall in Love with Your Emergency Rations 不要和储备粮谈恋爱 After waking from a nap, Bai Jue unexpectedly transmigrated from the world of Mountains and Seas to the interstellar realm, only to become a useless young master who had tried to catch his lover cheating and ended up getting himself killed. With no other choice, he beat up the scumbag and kicked the mistress, then picked up a dragon to keep as emergency rations. Scumbag: "Bai Jue, I know I'm the one you love most!" Bai Jue: "You're ugly and weak. What makes you think you can say that?" The giant 2.1kReads9.4Score31614d adds
- 78 Invoke the Gods with Incense! Guan Yu Cleaves the Great Black Buddha Mother in Two 香火请神！睁眼关公刀劈大黑佛母 [Global Class Change] [Eyes Open, Guan Yu] [Chentang Pass Knife-Cut Noodles] [Boss of Guanjiangkou] [Big Shot of Flower-Fruit Mountain] [Calling in Reinforcements from Love Between Fairy and Devil] [Bureau 749] [No Female Lead] The supernatural invades, the Heavenly Dao descends, and everyone undergoes a Global Class Change. Qin Hao transmigrates to this world by accident. Despite his exceptional talent, he awakens to the hidden support class of Incense Master. Luckily, he also awakens an incens 11kReads8.6Score94614d adds
- 79 My Days Catching Dragons in the Arctic 我在北极抓龙的日子 In the modern world, you're telling me those rare and exotic beasts actually exist? My name is Xu Yuan. After nine years of compulsory education and three years of high school that no human should have to endure, I stood out and got into a... pretty terrible university. I thought I was about to begin four years of lying flat at college. In my first month on campus, two soldiers took me all the way to the freezing Arctic. And that's how my... well, bizarre and downright absurd dragon-catching lif 86.6kReads9.0Score9.6k14d adds
- 80 I Use Summoning to Revive Blue Star Civilization Across the Galaxy 我靠召唤在星际复苏蓝星文明 [Two male leads + the protagonist has maxed-out combat ability] As the hope of the entire village of ten thousand demons, Ye Chen studies hard for decades and finally gets into college. But after falling asleep, Ye Chen inexplicably transmigrates to an interstellar world where people summon creatures. He even becomes the useless fake young master in a story about the real and fake young masters, his mental sea destroyed and his fiance cheating on him with the real young master. He's left green 12.8kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 81 Nonsense! How Could the Little One I Raised Be a Villain? 胡说！我养的崽怎么可能是反派 Other people transmigrate with a golden finger to protect them, becoming invincible dragons among men without lifting a finger. Xu Lingguang transmigrates badly injured, with creditors everywhere and danger waiting the moment he steps outside. Xu Lingguang: I might as well find a rope and hang myself! But dying is out of the question. All he can do is somehow muddle through. To escape his enemies, Xu Lingguang hides in Ailao Mountain. They say the Chenghuang clan lives in Ailao Mountain. The Ch 14.8kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 82 Slay the Gods: Zhuzhao and Youying, the Long Road of Raising a Child 斩神：烛照幽荧，养崽路漫漫 (Slow progress at first, faster later. Lots of original settings and added plotlines. Two male leads, canon pairings broken up. Proceed with caution if that bothers you.) Ning Yuze, a fourth-year college student, died suddenly from overwork and unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Slay the Gods. He became one of the residents of an orphanage in Cangnan City. Unfortunately, with no memories of his childhood, he had no guard against society and told the truth, only to be mistaken for a men 4.8kReads9.4Score56514d adds
- 83 Immortal-Slaying Platform 斩仙台 After transmigrating into the Primordial World, he became a rogue immortal. But from the start, he was on the Execution Platform, about to be executed by the Heavenly Court and the Western Church working together. Even the gods couldn’t save him. With death at hand, he awakened the Life Editor System. This System couldn’t be upgraded or provide magical treasures. Its only function was to let him freely make up his own past and turn it into “reality”! [Edit: I studied at Lingtai Mountain, and I’m 20kReads7.6Score10.1k14d adds
- 84 The Savage Bandit of the Great Wilderness 大荒悍匪 Everyone knows that the Classic of Mountains and Seas is actually a cookbook. Transmigrate across mountains and seas, and stew a Kunpeng with a phoenix, or cook a Zhujian with a black tortoise. In the demon wasteland, the countless great demons are dangers to everyone else, but Zhang Chu sees them as food. One bite of demon meat doubles his strength. One sip of demon blood sends his cultivation soaring. From then on, Zhang Chu goes farther and farther along the path of cultivating by eating demo 102.9kReads9.0Score7.1k14d adds
- 85 I’m a Max-Level Ancestor. What’s Wrong with Raising a Few Hundred Million Kids? 我满级老祖，养亿点崽子怎么了 The short drama adaptation, My Xuanmen Ancestor, Why Do My Kids Spoil Me So Much?, is now streaming. [Spirit monsters + wish fulfillment + wacky comedy + supernatural + absurd humor + a mash-up of everything + no male lead (the heroine shines on her own)] (All the spirit beasts in the main cast have pictures. The full collection is in the book’s featured posts, so feel free to check them out!) After Shi Ruyi, the last heir of the Xuanmen, restores her body and descends the mountain, she discover 16.8kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 86 The Great Sage Returns: Sun Wukong Vows to Slaughter Every God and Buddha! 大圣归来，我孙悟空誓必屠尽神佛！ As the four disciples of Tang Sanzang received their titles on Spirit Mountain, a man who looked like a beggar stood at its foot, disdain in his eyes. He muttered bitterly, “Tathagata, I, Old Sun, will be back.” A different Journey to the West, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven's journey of revenge. 29.3kReads9.1Score6.6k14d adds
- 87 Beast Taming: From the Start, I Got a Monkey and a Cheat 御兽：开局一只猴，一个挂 [Beast Taming + Simplification + No Romance + Lighthearted Wish Fulfillment] Yi Tian transmigrates to a world of beast taming and obtains a Simplified Beast Taming System. Anything related to beast taming can be simplified. From the start, he forms a contract with a stone monkey that loves liquor! They say stone monkeys have no evolution path? Then I'll create one! Add a staff, some armor, and a cloud to ride on. Nice, that's got the right feel! When the assembled geniuses see the stone monkey s 87.9kReads9.1Score12.3k14d adds
- 88 EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 513.4kReads9.5Score39.7k14d adds
