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- 51 The Canon of Myriad Realms: I Write the Endings of Every World 万象典：万界结局由我书写 [Infinite-flow + wild imagination + transmigrate into a book + no saintly heroine] Li Ning'an is dragged against his will into a series of deadly stories by a bizarre book. One moment, he’s fleeing for his life from ghostly shadows in an old street; the next, he’s falling beneath the blade of a cyberpunk swordsman. The ancient book grants him the ability to travel between countless worlds, but also leaves him with an eerie whisper that follows him everywhere: “When you have read all things, y 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Reborn: The Forensic Empress Returns to the Modern World with Her Child 重生之法医皇后带娃回现代 [Forensic medicine + transmigration + rebirth + household intrigue + power plays + struggle for power + adorable child + empress + reverse transmigration] In her previous life, Su Zhumeng was manipulated by her twin sister and forced to take her place as the bride of the debauched Prince Yan. She suffered endless humiliation in his manor and died a tragic death. Reborn in another world, she returns with her modern forensic knowledge and vows to rewrite her fate. As Su Zhumeng gradually makes he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Divorced with Two Kids, I Picked Up a Prince for a Husband 离婚带俩娃，捡个王爷当夫君 At 35, renowned traditional Chinese medicine expert Liu Nian finally escaped a decade-long abusive marriage. Did she really get drunk and die suddenly while celebrating that very night? She transmigrates into the body of an ancient-era orphan, an 18-year-old carrying twins, a boy and a girl. The moment she opens her eyes, she has to deliver her own babies? Luckily, the mysterious wealthy merchant Li Qi happens to pass by and is forced to play midwife. Armed with her medical skills from her previ 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 The System Sets Me Up, So I Split My Time Between City and Countryside 系统给我下套，城市农村两边跑 No refunds for laughing! A hilarious, witty, totally brainless power fantasy… From catching grasshoppers in the countryside to rescuing a frog from a snake’s jaws, then heading to the city to court death and take on all kinds of bizarre System missions. Li Goudan is gradually crushed by the System and tormented and mocked by villains, until he finally realizes the secret to success: relying on his own efforts to turn his life around and become the richest man in the world.… 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 The Fertilizer Plant's Phantom God 化肥厂幻神 If Feng Yi had not been born, the ages would have remained shrouded in darkness… An adventure story without a comeback arc. Systems and golden fingers are nothing but the dregs of the dregs in front of this alien's father, Chang'e's boyfriend… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Exposed: I'm the Doomsday the World Must Seal Away 曝光了，我竟是世界要封印的末日 In the Falling Rain Realm, consciousness is king. Jiang Ling, the most inconspicuous Memory Purifier in the Lower City, has lived quietly and kept his head down for three years since losing his memory. The power of consciousness that others struggle to wield, he can crush with a casual gesture. The S-rank Memory Implantation Technique that terrifies everyone has no effect on him. The Commission’s elite execution squad is wiped out in a single move. Everyone thinks he’s just a genius who’s good a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 I’m a Maid in the Demonic Cult 我在魔教当丫鬟 Every modern skill must be closely tied to solving the crisis at hand, showcasing the heroine’s unique appeal as someone who fights with her wits. The romance between the leads should be full of twists and turns, passing through suspicion, testing each other, falling in love, crises of trust, and risking their lives for each other. Every time their feelings deepen, it should be linked to the main story’s crisis, keeping you hooked. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 The World of Tianbao 天宝世界 This book tells the story of Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, who transmigrates into a mecha world. Can Ying Zheng unite the mecha world? Will he encounter other powerful figures? Will there be a love story? Come read and find out! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 The Brick Soul of Chang'an 长安砖魂 Lin Wan, a restoration technician on the ancient city wall of Xi'an, was conducting a routine inspection when her fingertips touched a Ming-dynasty brick. In an instant, blood and fire, clashing weapons and charging cavalry flooded her mind. She heard the dying roar of a soldier who had defended the city six hundred years ago: “You who come after us, keep a close watch over Chang'an!” From then on, she was forced to become a “switchboard operator” between past and present. Every broken brick hel 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Love After Marriage 婚先爱后 [Strong Female Lead + Powerful CEO + Sweet Romance + Unhinged and Neurotic + Healing] In the adult world, you can marry first and fall in love later. Love is about acceptance, and a lifetime of healing... Love isn’t possession. It’s seeing someone. I see all your wounds, and I still think you’re beautiful. “Gu Shiyan was the fantasy of my youth. Jiang Yichi is the reality of my whole life. Fantasy is beautiful, but reality is something you can touch.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Struck by Lightning from the Start, the Gods Return My Terrible Dad System! 开局被雷劈，天神还我坑爹系统！ This book is [another world] + [comedy] + [banter] + [Transmigration] + [harem] One bolt of lightning, and fifty billion yuan in lottery winnings went up in smoke. The God Tian Shen Ji Liao rubbed his hands together and gave an awkward laugh. “Bro, I slipped while gaming... How about I make it up to you with a top-tier cheat?” Lu Ren was ecstatic: a System! A golden finger! Peak power from the start! But the sound that confirmed the successful bond was, “Huh?” Looking at the “ancient divine b —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Monster Servants: Three Little Demons Beneath the Stove 精怪仆役-灶台下的三只小妖 Spirit Servants: Three Little Imps Under the Stove —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Monster Servants: The Gray Porcelain Bowl with Legs 精怪仆役-长脚的灰瓷碗 Spirit Servants: The Gray Porcelain Bowl with Legs —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Linlin Returns, and She'll Never Forgive Them 林林归来她绝不原谅 The cold wind swept across the rooftop and into her collar. A hand shoved her over the edge... Her soul drifted above the city for three years. She watched her enemy take everything that should have belonged to her, then push things even further. Her nails dug into her palm. Her hypocritical older brother wanted to swallow up the family fortune? She’d watch him become a prisoner. As for everyone who’d kicked her when she was down, she’d come knocking on their doors one by one, carrying the “debt 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 The White Moonlight Wants to Be the Heroine, and the Emperor Spoils Her to the Heavens 白月光要当女主，皇帝宠上天 [Childhood sweetheart and moonlight princess & reborn tyrant turned devoted husband] [Reborn tyrant + transmigrated supporting female character with a golden finger + dark original heroine + pure love + sweet romance + two strong leads] The legitimate daughter and county princess, carefully raised by a powerful clan; a transmigrator from another world with a golden finger; a kind and courageous female general from a military family... and a reborn wife-loving tyrant who unified the land??? Diffe 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Lies Beneath Red Lips 红唇下的谎言 During a summer in Xiangjiang Province, surgeon Zhang Liang believes in the power of the scalpel, yet fails to see the hidden illness in his “perfect marriage” to Lin Xiao, a news anchor at a television station. The collapse of his colleague Li Yao’s marriage crashes over them like a storm, revealing the uncertainty and struggle beneath Lin Xiao’s composure. When the perfect facade falls away, the scent of antiseptic can’t mask the lies, and bright lipstick can’t hide the exhaustion. In the tug- 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Reborn, I Still Spoil You 重生后还惯着你 In his previous life, Lu Xubai was a loser bound hand and foot by his own indulgence. He spoiled Xia Wanqing until she became a thorn in his side. When she wanted shares in his company, he transferred them without hesitation. When she wanted to push out a business partner, he worked through the night to pave the way for her. Even when her sister, Xia Wanzhi, made unreasonable demands, he agreed to them one by one for her sake. But his wholehearted indulgence only raised two venomous snakes. When 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Demon Slayer: Butterfly Wings 鬼灭：蝴蝶之翼 I transmigrated into the world of Demon Slayer and got bound to the “Threads of Bond” System. At first glance, I saw the severed bloodline thread on Shinobu Kocho and the broken heart behind her smiling mask. The System said: [Save her, and you'll gain invincible power.] I refused. Because I knew she had to die in the original story. That was her most heroic ending. But I could choose to give her a warmth she'd never known as she walked the road to her death. I taught her pharmacology and worked 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 The Exiled Immortal's Return 谪仙归途 Ji Shuangyu deliberately violated the heavenly laws back then because he discovered that the “Heavenly Dao” itself was a lie. He chose to be banished so he could dismantle the System from within. He wasn’t a victim; he was a revolutionary. Shen Tingwan’s identity as the “last surviving member of an ancient spirit clan” is fake. She is a “calamity seed” deliberately planted in the mortal world by the Celestial Court. Once fully awakened, she will unconsciously detonate the spiritual veins of the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Seeking Entropy in the Mountains and Seas 山海寻熵 What if the Classic of Mountains and Seas became a corrupted System log? The strange beasts of the mountains and seas are runaway processes, and the ancient gods are archaic AIs. The apocalypse is no natural disaster, but a countdown to the System's reformatting. Three insignificant “bugs” race through the data-collapsing primordial world, stealing time privileges and writing logic viruses. Armed with their humanity, they make a final appeal to the supreme protocol. At the Ruins of Return, where 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 Grandma’s Perfect Answer 外婆的满分答案 Grandma’s Perfect Answer —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 District 47, No. 1123 第47区.1123号 District 47, No. 1123 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 The Dinosaur Era: Thirty-Seven Women and One Man 恐龙纪元：三十七女与一男 At the final moment before the colossal wave swallowed everything, Zhao Wuji did not close his eyes. He saw Su Fei, in a silver dress, swept into the darkness like a mermaid, while the steel wreckage slammed into his chest. Cold. Suffocating. Agony. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 The Peerless Coroner, Master Deng 极品仵作邓三爷 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Quick Transmigration: Where Does Resentment Come From? 快穿之何来怨生？ [Quick transmigration + no romance for the protagonist + a mindless power fantasy + no single fixed protagonist. The stories follow basic logic; most wrap up in one chapter. Some are original, while others are crossover fanfiction based on film and television.] Grudge Demons... survive by feeding on people’s resentment. There are so many people in this world who carry regrets, and so much resentment. Sometimes, through various twists of fate, it is laid to rest and the original ending is changed 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 I Was Struck by Lightning While Casting My Rod, So I Had to Fish for Four Thousand Years 扬竿遭雷击，只好钓鱼四千年 I'm just a fishing enthusiast. Who could have expected such a bolt from the blue?! I know carbon-fiber fishing rods conduct electricity, but that doesn't mean I should transmigrate, right?! Am I really going to fish alongside all these people from history for over 4,000 years? I originally planned to make this longer, but I've been busy lately, so I'll end this volume here for now. Until we meet again! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 She Charms the Regent 她撩翻摄政王 She deliberately gets close to this ruthless, cold-blooded regent. She tests him step by step, teasing him again and again. But who could have known that the aloof, ascetic prince would grow obsessed with her, until she was all he could think about and his possessiveness spiraled out of control? She used to be the one deliberately tempting him. Now he’s the one who stays by her side without pause, willing to trade an empire for her wholehearted love. A drama queen heroine × a ruthless regent. He 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Beyond the Milky Way Stands a Platform for Slaying Gods: Xu Yibai, the Cautious God 银河系外有座斩神台之苟神许一白 [Everyday Life with Subtext] [Not a Power Fantasy] [No Female Lead] [The Art of Lying Low] An unconventional cultivation novel full of everyday comedy and endless layers of subtext. Xu Yibai was once a great bearer of fortune on Earth, but the powerful Divine Lord set his sights on him and devoured him day and night! Unexpectedly, as he died, his remnant soul went berserk and possessed the Divine Lord’s true spirit. He also accidentally awakened a divine talent that let him unlock a divine skill —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Codename: Hidden Dragon, the Ultimate Delta Battlefield 代号：潜龙，三角洲终极战场 The youngest tactical analyst in the Delta Force, forced to retire due to injury. An old wrist injury left him unable to even hold a gun steady, so he could only make ends meet delivering food. Until the [Hidden Dragon System] activated. It offered no superpowers and gave him no legendary gear. It did just one thing: pour all the blood and wisdom from the history of human warfare into his mind. The breathing patterns of World War II snipers, the urban combat maneuvers of Chechen special forces, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 I Rise to Godhood in Thirty-Six Nights 我在三十六夜逆袭成神 (A laid-back heroine transforms into a powerful leading lady; the boss falls for me) Tear open the void of night and unlock everyone's heart. What would you do if you received a mysterious invitation? My name is Song Tan. I'm an ordinary office worker, and one day I accidentally wandered into a game... Instance One: Extreme Race (Complete) Instance Two: Night Banquet at the Demon Castle (Complete) Instance Three: Hopscotch (Complete) Instance Four: Deadly Reality Show (Complete) Instance Five: D 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 The Setting Sun over the Great Tang: Better to Turn the Tide Sooner 大唐残阳：力挽狂澜要趁早 [No System + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Growth] Zhang Ruhai transmigrates into this world and discovers that the Great Tang is rotten to the core! They say a crumbling edifice cannot be propped up by a single beam! But he believes that if he acts soon enough, he can still turn the tide… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Tsinghua Prodigy Transmigrates: I Rule the Song Dynasty Through Finance 清华才子穿越：我靠金融称霸大宋 Li Hansheng, a Tsinghua University graduate, was repeatedly framed by petty schemers in his previous life, leaving his career in tatters and his marriage unhappy. After transmigrating to the Song Dynasty, he uses his modern knowledge of business and finance to develop industries, build businesses, open banks, develop real estate, trade futures, and issue stocks. He amasses wealth, marries the woman he loves, and finds success in both his career and love life. He takes part in the wars that conqu 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Sword Dance: My Beloved Is the Blade at My Side 剑器引：卿是枕边刃 On her wedding night, the entire Shen family was massacred, and blood flowed like a river. She was the sole surviving child of a family of generals. She watched with her own eyes as her enemy trampled her home and country and burned her entire life to ashes. To avenge them, she altered her appearance and bone structure, concealed that she was a woman, and took on the guise of a young adviser who resembled him in every way. Step by step, she insinuated herself into his life. She learned his expr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Fluent in Baby Talk: The Capital’s Elite All Fight to Spoil Me 婴语精通：全京城权贵争着宠我 [Adorable kids + childcare + ancient aristocratic families + lighthearted] Transmigrating into the body of a lowly laundry maid? No problem. The System may be late, but it always shows up! So, just as the mighty and influential Zhongyong Marquis Manor was tearing its hair out over its young lady, she came out carrying a baby in swaddling clothes! And just like that, her status changed completely. After that Song Wanhe had no idea how understanding a little baby talk had turned her into the darli 1Reads—Score127Shelves
- 85 A Collection of Midnight Horror Stories 午夜惊魂的恐怖故事合集 A collection of ghost stories, one per chapter: the eerie, the terrifying, and the mysterious. The most frightening thing in the world isn't ghosts, but the human heart! The human heart is treacherous and unfathomable. May none of you ever encounter people like this. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 The Celestial Gate Sect Master of the City 都市之天门宗主 The exhilarating power fantasy of a former powerhouse returning to the city at max level, the fortune to be made from growing crops with spiritual energy, and the romantic entanglements and cultivation breakthroughs brought on by the Carefree Art. He joins forces with the Dragon Group and passes down the Twelve Forms of the Heaven-Breaking Fist. The Heavenly Gate Sect is rebuilt on Earth, protecting Huaxia and all life on the planet. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 A Perfect Lover 精密爱人 This is more than a love story about two people finding their way back to each other. It's also an epic of **“industrial romanticism.” Like a precise, “industrial-grade” blueprint for love, it brims with the chill and gleam of metal, and the blazing warmth of light. It tells the story of two young people battered by the tides of their era, and how they smelt the iron filings and dust of a machinery factory into stars that light the way ahead for each other… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 After Four Generations of Brutal Slaughter, I Trade Lives with a Female Assassin to Slay a Marquis 四世虐杀后，我和女杀手换命屠侯 [Two heroines + rebirth and revenge + powerful female leads + romance + fantasy + raising children + palace intrigue + political schemes] After dying miserably in four lifetimes, she catches a killer on the verge of falling into the beast realm in the Netherworld: “Slaughter the entire marquis's household for me, and I'll take your place in reincarnation.” She is reborn with her martial arts intact, only to find that the killer has become a ten-year-old, foolish concubine-born daughter of the ma 557Reads8.3Score106Shelves
- 89 Field Notes of a Southern School Taoist 南派道士笔录 My name is Chen Miao. I officially began slaying ghosts at seventeen. I received the full transmission of the teachings in the real world and spent fifteen years cultivating the Way of the Ten Directions. I traveled through Tibet, ventured beyond the passes, caught the Five Courtesans, and fought immortals. And all of it began the day I met that old Daoist. I swear this account is absolutely true, and I have done my best to ensure nothing is owed or withheld. I owe nothing to Heaven and Earth, n 12Reads—Score111Shelves
- 90 Dual Transmigration: Bad Reviews and Good Reviews, My Imperial Business Empire 双穿：差评与好评，朕的商业帝国 Two worlds, right from the start! I bind to a Bad Review System and get stronger the more people curse me! My brother binds to a Good Review System and gets better the more people praise him! Other transmigrators become emperors. I transmigrate and open a shady shop! The more people curse me, the more famous I get. The shadier my business, the more I earn! Cement, soap, weapons, a commercial empire... With nothing but my words, I curse aristocratic clans into submission, drive back the barbarian —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 A Moment of Youthful Splendor 一念韶华 The meaning of immortality: for the countless masses, it is an endless question, asked from the days of youthful black hair to the days of old age and white hair. They ask through the changing seasons, grow weary of questioning the sun and moon, and in the end remain utterly lost. For cultivators, immortality has never been some vague, empty notion. It is an obsession etched into their bones, an ambition that points its sword at the heavens, a resolve to climb to the pinnacle of the Great Dao ev —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Beastfolk Assassin, Double the Deadliness: Wind, Frost, and Mist Seal the Abyssal Prison 兽人刺客双绝：以风声霜雾封渊狱 The Cangyue Ancestral Tree sustains all races, and engraves their bloodlines into the fate of every living thing. Commoners receive gray tokens; royalty take the Green Vine Path. Borderland folk risk their lives to defend the gorge, while nobles in the Holy City allocate medicine, food, roads, and military honors according to bloodline. During a patrol through Riftwind Gorge, half of a bloodstained low-grade travel token is found hanging from a broken plank bridge. Flock after flock of wind hawk —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 The High-Paying Job Trap: A Mom's Diary of Getting Scammed 高薪陷阱：一个宝妈的被骗日记 [Anti-scam advice] This book is based on a true story. Any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidental! Junyue, a full-time stay-at-home mom, was crushed by mortgage payments and the cost of formula, and desperately wanted to find a work-from-home side job to help make ends meet. An ad promising “300–500 yuan paid daily, part-time positions available with a film and TV production crew” dropped into her life like a lifeline. She could earn five yuan instantly just by liking and following, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Monster Servant: The City Is Filled with Yellow Butterflies 精怪仆役-满城尽是黄蝴蝶 Supernatural Servants: The City Is Filled with Yellow Butterflies —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Wasn’t I Supposed to Be in Qi Refining? Why Did I Contract Four Divine Beasts? 说好炼气期，咋契约了四大神兽？ On my first day in the cultivation world, the System told me to choose a divine beast as my mount. I chose “pig” instead, and the whole crowd burst out laughing. Then the Demon Lord led an army of thousands to attack. The little pig beneath me lazily stretched out a hoof, and four towering phantoms of divine beasts emerged from the clouds. The Demon Lord fell to his knees, mount and all, in terror. “Father!” 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 The Temptation of Returning to the Village? 回村的诱惑？ The story of Li Lei, an ordinary, plain, and rather ugly person from Earth... You don't need to read this line. It's only here to pad the word count, pad the word count, hee hee, just enough. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 From Silver Dragon Hatchling to Overlord of Another World 从银龙幼崽到异界霸主 Lordship + Western Fantasy Chen Mo transmigrates into a world of magic, home to all kinds of races: humans, demi-humans, elves, dragons, barbarians, green-skinned orcs, demons, and vampires. A programmer in his previous life, he becomes a silver dragon in this world, hatching from a dragon egg as a young wyrm in a room inside an ancient castle in an abandoned city. All he has is a fragment of memory about this world and a single message: “Do your best to survive.” He learns that the world’s magi 278Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 The Man from Crowtown 乌鸦镇的男人 A historical literary novel written in a pure literary style, aimed at the level of acclaimed classics. It tells the story of Laifu over more than forty years in Crowtown, from the late Qing and early Republican periods through Liberation. Set against real historical events, each era brings its own stories, together painting a vivid portrait of rural and small-town life before Liberation. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal: A Commoner's Bones Defy the Heavens 凡人修仙，凡骨逆仙 His aptitude is average, his comprehension decent, and all he has is a heart set on seeking the Dao. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation... There are no miracles that send you soaring overnight on this path to immortality, only steady progress, one step at a time. Everyone says he keeps stumbling upon fortuitous encounters and has astonishing luck. But they do not know that behind every stroke of luck stands a version of himself who gave ever 1.2kReads8.1Score105Shelves
- 100 Roundhead’s Wonderful Adventure 圆头的奇妙冒险 [Required Reading for Researchers of Round-Headed Old Cats] [The Internet’s One and Only Haki-Mi Treasure] Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! The latest masterpiece in the Haki-Mi series. (Comedy + memes + hissing + Spinosaurus) What adventures will unfold when a round-headed old cat begins wandering and meets the Haki Immortal? Will it bravely fight the Big Dog Chew, or settle the score once and for all with the Slightly Cat District? (A friendly tip: Try listening to your favorite Haki-Mi songs while reading 272Reads—Score—Shelves
