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- 1 After Awakening the Ghostly Back, I Choose to Roam the World 开鬼背后，我选择游玩天下 Part-apocalypse + Spiritual Qi Revival + Urban High Martial + Portable Space Two meters ten tall, four hundred jin, showing off a massive back, and no beef. The Spiritual Qi Revival brought by a meteorite has caused all living things to begin evolving. 10.8kReads6.5Score714Shelves
- 2 Cave Prison: The Twelve Zodiac Signs Hunt the Gods 溶洞囚笼：十二生肖逐神 [Ensemble cast, no fixed protagonist.] This is a real game, a game in which the Twelve Zodiac Signs hunt one another. Hundreds of rounds have been played over thousands of years. Each round has a zodiac victor. The victors become emperors or powerful figures in their own right. Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han: victor of the Snake; Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang: victor of the Horse; Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of Song: victor of the Dog; Qianlong of the Qing dynasty: victor of the Rabbit; Ther 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Urban High Martial Arts: I Can Draw Cards by Getting Noticed 都市高武：我刷存在感就能抽卡 [No heroine + guilt-free wish fulfillment + System-based + invincible + thrilling battles] [Ding! Presence Draw System activated! Get 100 draws just for logging in!] Lin Yi cried. His cheat had finally arrived! [Low presence detected in Host! Here's another 100 draws! And another 100!] Lin Yi was ecstatic. He suddenly had 200 draws! Then he felt something smack him on the back, leaving a burning sting. Only after he'd really been slapped a hundred times did he realize those were the draws. He cu 121Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Can a Masculine High School Boy Transform into a Greatsword-Wielding Magical Girl? 阳刚男高会变身大剑魔法少女吗 [Magical Girl + Transformation + Diesel Punk + Urban High Martial Arts + Urban Supernatural Powers + Everyday School Life + High-Level Political Intrigue + Female Lead (Main Female Supporting Character)] [Inspired by Chinese-style dieselpunk magical girls. I thought the idea was fun, so I decided to write a story about it. The narrative follows three threads in parallel: battles, daily life, and political intrigue. The battle thread begins from the start, the daily-life thread starts in Chapter 26Reads—Score167Shelves
- 5 I Returned from the Apocalypse 我自末日归来 [Reborn] + [Superpowers] + [One heroine] + [Urban high-martial-arts] Spiritual qi revival, awakening among the masses, invasion by foreign races. Ling Yu awakens the power of Solar Flame and is determined to burn every last enemy to ashes. Beast God Temple: “Oh my god! Don't come any closer!” Fairness Church: “You had connections? Why didn't you say so earlier!” Mechanical Divine Church: “You bastard, you stole my treasure!” The superpowered: “So which of them are the villains, and which one 89Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 6 The Boy Who Rules the Apocalypse 末世少年掌控者 [Reborn + Invincible + No holier-than-thou heroine + Spatial abilities + Beast taming + Stockpiling supplies] When the apocalypse arrived, everyone else hid and struggled to survive, while Chen Tian had a blast killing monsters wherever he went. He evolved billions of steps ahead of everyone else and never missed a single opportunity. (Evolution ranks: Evolver, Awakened, Controller) 33.7kReads8.0Score2.9kShelves
- 7 Reborn: The Phoenix’s Mistake 重生之凤凰错 Dual rebirth + soul transmigration + political intrigue In her previous life, she was the false phoenix princess who starved to death in a prison cell. Reborn with the advantage of knowing what was to come, she was certain the Crown Prince of Wei was the murderer. With a trump card after trump card, she plotted flawlessly. But she never realized the true killing game was hidden in her older sister's gentle smile. Twin phoenix princesses were seen as an omen of disaster. She took the calamity upo 291Reads9.4Score101Shelves
- 8 Warning! The Evil God's Followers Are Storming the Horror Instance 警告！邪神眷属正在杀入诡异副本 Weird dungeons + livestreaming + lighthearted + no pressure (no couples, no romantic tension). Successfully adapted into a live-action series and a comic, so enjoy with confidence. Weird dungeons descend upon the world, randomly selecting players and leaving everyone in a state of panic. Then Qi Xie, a follower of an Evil God, enters a dungeon and immediately breaks down sobbing! Heavens above! Who knows how many haunted houses he’s slept in and how many mass graves he’s dug up just to keep that 207.8kReads8.9Score29.2kShelves
- 9 Zombies Descend Across the World, and You Say the Taoist Class Is Useless? 全球僵尸降临，你说道士序列没用 Purple-hair zombies, white-hair zombies, black-hair zombies, green-hair zombies, fur-covered zombies, flying zombies, wandering zombies, lurking zombies, unrotting-bone zombies, and drought demons… This is a world overrun by zombies across the globe! Xu Yi arrives in this world and awakens the Taoist path. But people accuse him of being inferior to those on the fire-element path. Xu Yi scratches his head and looks at his Dragon-Tiger Evil-Slaying Talismans, Golden Light Incantation, corpse-dr 260.9kReads8.8Score31.1kShelves
- 10 EN Demon Hunt: A Hunter's Memoir 狩魔手记 After the nuclear war, slaughter began to spread across the entire world. The order of human society completely collapsed, and the law of the jungle became the foremost rule. Once desire was freed from its restraints, there was no road forward, only a choice to turn left or right. Hell lay to the left, and hell lay to the right. 3.4kReads9.2Score643Shelves
- 11 EN Darkness Survival: Becoming a God Through Self-Study After Losing My Shelter 黑暗求生：丢失庇护所后自学成神 [Everyone Transmigrates] [Dungeons] [Unconventional Survival] [A Bounty of Cheats] [No Female Lead] [Nonlinear Stats] [Infinite Worlds] The whole world transmigrates to a land of darkness, and all people plunge into an endless abyss. Growth comes with madness, and power comes with risk. A thousandfold boost, information prompts, daily draws, offense and defense in one, luck, master of contracts, negative values, immortality, Deep Blue, daily settlement, temporal synchronization, mind over matt 193.2kReads8.6Score29.1kShelves
- 12 A Pure Heart: A Life-or-Death Game 纯净的心：生死牌局 A Pure Heart: The Life-and-Death Card Game 424Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Moonsea Flower Pavilion: Cloudtop City 月海花亭：云顶城市 Moonsea Flower Pavilion: Cities Above the Clouds 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Dreams of Tokyo: Love Through the Four Seasons 东京梦华：爱有四季 Tokyo Dreams: Love Through the Seasons 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Night Shanghai: Making My Name on the Bund 夜上海之扬威上海滩 Lin Ge and Bai Wei transmigrate into the TV series Shanghai Bund, arriving in 1930s Shanghai. They clash fiercely with the Japanese and throw themselves into the nationwide resistance, helping launch the 1932 Battle of Shanghai. 117Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Great Song Lotus Guard: A Transmigration That Begins with an Assassin 大宋芙蓉卫：穿越从刺客开始 [Detective Mystery] [Historical Romance] [Transmigration] [Strong Female Lead] [Wuxia] [Medicine] In 2046, Jiang Man, an elite agent from the GA Bureau, leaps into the flames of war in the second year of Jianyan under the Southern Song, hoping to find her lost love. This is her second transmigration. Unexpectedly, an accident occurs on her very first day. She possesses Zilian, an assassin of the Furong Guards, who is gravely wounded and unconscious, and the fusion of their consciousness is viole 580Reads9.3Score108Shelves
- 17 Life in the Jianghu: An Electrical Engineer's Extraordinary Adventure 人在江湖：一个电力工程师的奇遇 Li Fangao, an electrical engineer, unexpectedly gains supernatural powers. In a daze and against his will, he finds himself stepping into the modern-day underworld. His powers bring him one extraordinary encounter after another, and with each new experience, his abilities continue to advance. Moving between the underworld and everyday life, he thrives in both. The underworld today has no more flashing blades or torrents of blood, but it is rife with open and covert power struggles, with deadly d 14kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves
- 18 No Spiritual Roots? I’ll Hunt Down the Heavenly Dao with My Mortal Body 无灵根？我以凡躯猎杀天道 On the day of the tournament, my cousin sighs that I have no spirit root. My fiancée demands to break off our engagement. My whole clan sees me as a burden, and the Heavenly Dao declares me a cripple. But no one knows that the [Myriad Daos Return to the Void System] I awakened tells me: Spirit roots are shackles imposed by the Heavenly Dao. Having no spirit root is what makes a person whole! From then on, I forge an original Great Dao that requires no spirit root. My cousin is a genius? I'll gra 8.4kReads9.3Score775Shelves
- 19 Drug Enforcement Elite 禁毒精英 Two major drug cartels operate in Mexico: the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel. This is the story of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, together with the Department of Homeland Security, the CIA, and US Northern Command, assisting Mexican police in the fight against drug crime. 82Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Endlessly Reborn to Kill the Male Lead 无限重生只为杀男主 Duan Wuer is trapped in an endless cycle of rebirth. Her greatest goal in life this time around: kill Qi Yi and clock out for good! Who could have guessed her assassination attempts would be so absurd, each one turning into a spectacular fiasco? She once became a buzzing mosquito, only for him to slap her dead. She once became a stray black dog, and he took her to be neutered. The most ridiculous time, she choked to death on a steamed bun while watching a play! Every assassination attempt fail 537Reads9.4Score102Shelves
- 21 After I Transmigrated, I Gave Up, but My Target Started Pursuing Me Instead 穿越后摆烂我被攻略对象反攻略了 Dual male leads, everyone's favorite, cultivation, System, angst first and sweetness later, reincarnation, amnesia, twists. I transmigrated into a hidden extra, and not just any extra, but a crucial one! The original story never even mentioned me! The calamity that will destroy the world is fast approaching, yet the System's missions are utterly baffling. Am I supposed to form a friendship bond with the child of destiny? Or win over the world-ending villain? And there's more than one child of de 423Reads9.4Score110Shelves
- 22 Sunset on Cloud Peak: The Ghost Rider 云顶落霞：幽灵骑士 Sunset on the Cloud Peak: The Ghost Rider 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Walking Beneath the Moon: The Age of Machines 踏月而行：机械纪元 Walking Beneath the Moon: The Mechanical Era 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 A Journey Through the Martial World in Golden Winds and Jade Dew 金风玉露江湖行 Chen Hao comes from a world utterly different from this one. There, cultivators soar through the skies and burrow through the earth, spells can destroy heaven and earth, and sects have endured for millennia. As the son of the Hehuan Sect’s leader, he was meant to inherit the sect and roam the world in freedom. Until that blood-red night. His sect was destroyed, his father blew himself up, and every fellow disciple was killed. He fought desperately to protect his senior sister, only to end up wit 7.5kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
- 25 From the Start, I Chose the Fist Cultivator Class and Shattered Fate with My Bare Hands 我开局转职拳修，以双拳击碎命运 In this age of countless marvelous talents, no one expects anything from a pair of frail fists! The human realm has swords that outshine all creation, spears that sweep through armies, fire that burns everything, and lightning that shatters the sky! Young people have so many options, and everyone gravitates toward the coolest, most stylish, and most powerful abilities! Only one stubborn boy chooses to train the frail fists in front of him. Everyone thinks he’s gone mad! Until the day disaster st 65.2kReads9.2Score7.6kShelves
- 26 The Sword Maiden of the Grand Void 太虚剑姬 [Ruthless and Decisive • Heartless Villain • Devoted to the Dao • Master of Manipulation] At the end of a dynasty, powerful clans carved up the land, while spirits and monsters terrorized the countryside. Mighty martial artists preyed on the common people, while exalted immortals looked down on all living things as mere ants. Song Ling came from Earth with a stat-allocation panel and stepped into this vast, turbulent world of cultivation. “Spend five Mystic Source points to improve the third-rat 27.5kReads9.1Score3kShelves
- 27 I Kissed the Demon Dog’s Toes and Became a Cultivation World Troublemaker 亲吻魔犬脚趾，我成了修仙乐子人 [System shenanigans + absurd comedy + light power fantasy + no farming] Other cultivators slay demons and vanquish monsters, reaching for the heavens, but my very first cultivation quest is to kiss a demonic hound’s toe?! After awakening the Taiji Fun-Seeker System, the more ridiculous the quest, the more outrageous the reward! Fairy dresses, lace gloves, bizarre abilities... As long as I keep the antics coming, my cultivation skyrockets! No protagonist torture, no frustration, no melodrama, jus 1.2kReads9.4Score110Shelves
- 28 My Grandmaster Is Zhuge Liang 我的祖师爷是诸葛亮 [Fantasy premise] [Urban supernatural powers] [Two Worlds] [Wits and strategy] [Three Kingdoms mysteries] Life is a play, and everything depends on your acting. Surrounded by enemies, fish in troubled waters. Make enemies believe they’re your friends, and make yourself seem like their enemy. Zeng Ming is plagued by a hidden ailment and has little time left to live. By sheer luck, he meets a benefactor and learns a life-saving spell passed down from Zhuge Liang. The trouble is, this spell comes w 2.1kReads9.5Score253Shelves
- 29 The Age of Heroic Spirits: I Can Simulate Infinite Possibilities 英灵时代，我能模拟无限可能 Simulator + Invincible Protagonist + the Myriad Worlds [No choosing between options: all simulation rewards are inherited] Earth has entered an age where everyone can summon Heroic Spirits. Once they reach adulthood, people can summon spirits renowned in history from the infinite worlds, using either their innate affinity or a holy relic. Mundane, Noteworthy, Curious, Legendary, Epic, Undying. The powerful can effortlessly destroy cities, shake the earth, or even alter ecosystems, while the full 51.1kReads8.5Score5.1kShelves
- 30 A Kiss from the Clouds 白云之吻 A Kiss from the White Clouds 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Compass of Time 时光罗盘 The Time Compass 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Rule Horror: They Say I Have Multiple Personalities 规则怪谈：他们说我有多重人格 [Comedy, lighthearted, invincible, bizarre, ever-changing personality] This is the second year of the showdown between humanity and bizarre creatures, and the situation is growing increasingly tense... Bi Yi transmigrates into the body of a man who had jumped to his death. The moment he opens his eyes, he is chosen as a contestant. But his head was damaged in the fall, so he is always getting into trouble. Every day, he loses his memory, goes crazy, then turns around and becomes incredibly obedi 28.6kReads9.2Score3kShelves
- 33 Heroes Without Regrets in Shanghai by Night 夜上海之英雄无悔 Lin Ge is a pilot. While flying along the Hump Route, he unexpectedly transmigrates to Shanghai in 1936. He fights against Japan’s ambitions of aggression, reunites with the woman he loves, Bai Wei, and becomes entangled in complicated romantic relationships with the wealthy daughters of Shanghai’s elite. Lin Ge comes from 2036, but after transmigrating to the Shanghai of 1936, he encounters a host of time travelers lying low. The currents are rising, and the fate of the nation is shifting. 203Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 You Are a Different Kind of Scenery 你是别样的风景 You Are a Different Kind of Scenery 91Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 紫竹林的仙境 A Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 花海月宫 The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 I Wrote a Fairy Tale and Forged the Twilight of the Gods 写个童话，铸成诸神黄昏 One day, countless [Gates] suddenly appeared across the world. At the same time, a power known as [Truth] began to echo through the human realm. Some awakened the Truth of Isaac Newton, father of mechanics, and learned the sky-rending magic of manipulating gravity. Some awakened the Truth of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear bomb demon, and could turn an entire city to lifeless ruins with a wave of their hand. Some awakened the Truth of Li Bai, the immortal banished from heaven, and could d 61.6kReads9.3Score5kShelves
- 38 The Mars Era: Road to Venus 火星纪元：金星之路 An ancient alien spacecraft is discovered in a crater on Venus. The mysterious X Organization plots to seize the planet, while Factory 18 wants to use Venus as a dumping ground for waste. Yet atop the clouds of Venus stands an airship academy called Cloudtop Academy, a hallowed school dreamed of by students across the solar system. At last, traveling from Mars to Venus, they witness the planet's land and oceans. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Across the Ocean 大洋彼岸 Across the Ocean 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌 They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52 157.1kReads8.9Score24.4kShelves
- 41 The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农 An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element 74.7kReads8.3Score6.5kShelves
- 42 Back to the Beginner’s Village? No! I’m Here to Retire! 重回新手村？不！我是来养老的！ After completing 9,999 repair missions in minor worlds, Hua Yi decisively retires and chooses a world to spend her remaining years in. She seems like a fresh-faced newcomer who has just entered the world of cultivation, but behind the scenes, she’s a powerhouse who dares to go head-to-head with the Heavenly Dao! Along the way, she plays the pig to eat the tiger, picks up strays, and enjoys the gossip and drama. There’s the Child of Misfortune, sealed away by a powerful cultivator. There’s also t 9.8kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
- 43 High Martial: A Matchup? I Can Beat Even the Empress! 高武：对比？女帝我也包赢的！ 78.4kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves
- 44 EN Anomaly Containment Facility, You're Containing Me, a Human? 诡异收容所，你收容我一个人类？ [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Cthulhu]+ [No Tired Tropes] (Also known as: Sequence: Ascension to Godhood) The Dark Prison has merged with reality, and bizarre creatures are invading the world through the “Gates.” An organization has quietly emerged, calling themselves the Wardens. They keep the bizarre creatures behind the “Gates,” and capture and contain any that make it into the world. Lu Xiao accidentally fell into the Dark Prison and lived there alone for three years. After the Wardens discove 52.5kReads9.2Score5kShelves
- 45 EN Above the Gray Fog 灰雾之上 [Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no 90.1kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves
- 46 EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 531.2kReads9.3Score86.4kShelves
- 47 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 142.7kReads9.3Score16.7kShelves
- 48 EN You're Speedrunning High-Level Martial Arts While Others Suffer? 别人练功吃苦，你直接速通高武？ [Signed for publication] [High martial arts + wish fulfillment + total domination + fast-paced + ruthless] “Ye Li, your opponent this time is my boyfriend. You’re no match for him, so hurry up and forfeit...” “You knocked him to his knees?!” “Ye Li, why did you apply to the top of the five great academies? Didn’t your teacher tell you not to get complacent and to keep your feet on the ground... You’ve already been granted early admission?!” “Ye Li, this strange beast rules the whole region. We’r 143.1kReads9.1Score10.8kShelves
- 49 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 386.7kReads9.3Score42.7kShelves
- 50 As Long as They Have Health Bars, I'll Kill Even the Gods 只要有血条，神明也杀给你看 [Hunter: You can see the health bars of all things, and every attack is guaranteed to deal damage, even to gods!] [Stalker: Stealth through the darkness, hunt beneath the light!] [Executioner: The time for your sentence has come!] “Come on, come on, take a blade!” “Immortal? Once your health bar hits zero, you die!” “As long as it has a health bar, I can kill it, even if it’s a god!” The dark side of the world, a shattered map, strange creatures from the abyss... There is no light behind them, 130kReads9.3Score14.6kShelves
