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- 151 I’m Just a Web Novelist, So How Did I Become a Literary Great? 我就一写网文的，怎么成文豪了 [Parallel World + Single Female Lead + Coming of Age] “Recently, Mr. Luo Ji, one of only two people in Hua Kingdom to win the world's highest honor in science fiction, released his memoir of his friendship with literary giant Gu Yuan. He admitted that it was the most legendary and controversial friendship of his life...” “Because Gu Yuan made him the protagonist of one of his books, the world remembers him as the sword-wielder who ushered in the Deterrence Era, rather than as a world-class maste 149kReads9.1Score12.9k14d adds
- 152 The Great American Novelist 美利坚大文豪 In 1978, government-sponsored exchange student Xu Jinyan was mugged as soon as he got off the plane. Knocked unconscious, he was taken to the hospital by ambulance and left with a mountain of debt. To pay it off, he published The Pursuit of Happyness, Basic Instinct, The Shawshank Redemption, Schindler's List, Harry Potter, and The English Patient. In the blink of an eye, Xu Jinyan became America's hottest and most famous writer. After Hollywood bought the screenplays for The Pursuit of Happynes 19.8kReads8.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 153 The Scheming Regent Reads My Mind and Forces Me to Win Him Over 腹黑摄政王读我心，强行攻略我 [Marriage Before Love] [On-screen comments + inner monologue] [Both leads strong and devoted to one another] Political intrigue, business, sweet romance, adorable baby, satisfying wish fulfillment, harmless on the outside but calculating underneath Meng Chenyin, a screenwriter for short dramas, somehow transmigrated into an NPC from her own story, a supporting daughter of the Ministry of Revenue’s vice minister whose only line was a single sentence. To make matters worse, her stepmother was abou 309Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Writing Novels in Journey to the West, Even the Sages Are Begging for the Next Chapter! 人在西游写小说，圣人都来催更了！ A web novelist transmigrates to the world of Journey to the West and starts out with a copy of Battle Through the Heavens, drawing the Monkey King to him as a disciple. What's cultivation? What's Journey to the West? Nothing beats reading a novel! Determined to write a masterpiece, he takes the Monkey King as a disciple and racks his brains. The Monkey King wreaks havoc across the Three Realms, all to find inspiration for his writing. And that's not all. When Nezha reads Nezha: Birth of the Demo 1.5kReads8.9Score12814d adds
- 155 Showbiz: I Risk My Life to Write, and the Whole Internet Begs Me to Stop Updating 娱乐：拿命写书，全网求我断更 Transmigrate to a parallel world, suffer from a terminal illness, and have only a short time left to live? Bind to the “Entertainment Redemption” System: one book and a million readers buys you ten more days of life? The book “Ghost Blows Out the Light” establishes the foundations of tomb-raiding adventures. The work “The Story of Wukong” sparks a wave of Chinese-inspired literature. The poem “Facing the Sea, with Spring Blossoms” moves countless young women across the world. Bai Cang, a writer 363Reads8.8Score10714d adds
- 156 Making Millions by Writing: Traveling the World with My Girlfriend from Sichuan and Chongqing 码字成神豪：和川渝女友环球旅行 [Tycoon Life + World Travel + Laid-Back Daily Life + Light Business + No Face-Slapping + One Heroine + Enjoying Life + Novel Plagiarism + Not a Literary Master + Images] Lin Zihan was an employee at a state-owned company whose only hobby was writing novels in his spare time. Then he unexpectedly awakened a writing System that gave him rewards whenever he wrote. So Lin Zihan took his computer and set off on a journey around the world, writing as he went. Writing beneath the Northern Lights in Nor 12.8kReads8.9Score67214d adds
- 157 The Whole Wealthy Family Calls Me Wicked, but I'm Just Starving! 全豪门都说我恶毒，其实我饿肚！ She opens her eyes to find that a starving illegitimate daughter has transmigrated into the body of a wicked supporting character, a fake heiress. All she wants to do is eat. The crown prince, who had been set on breaking off their engagement, turns into a lovesick fool and launches a full-on forced romance! The real heiress is furious! She vows to bury this deranged couple, one at the South Pole and the other at the North Pole! [Comedy + Madness + Fake Heiress + Lighthearted + Everyday Life + F 856Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 When the Ancient World Comes to the Modern Day 当古代来到现代 When the Ancient World Comes to the Modern Day 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 With a Chat Feed Over My Head, I’m the Richest in the Capital 头上顶弹幕，京城我最富 [Mind reading + transmigration into a book + System + everyone’s darling + sweet romance, one-on-one] Gu Niannian, a gossip-loving fun-seeker, transmigrates into an old-fashioned, melodramatic anthology novel. She becomes a minor passerby barely mentioned in the story, and is bound to a spoiler System. Every time she meets an important character, the System unlocks the corresponding plotline. What Gu Niannian does not know is that while she can enjoy the juicy plot twists involving important cha 5.4kReads9.0Score45714d adds
- 160 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Got a System 穿越了古代得到系统 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Got a System 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 I Transmigrated to a World of Stone 穿越得到石头世界 Transmigrated to a World of Stones 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The On-Screen Comments Teach Her to Act Cute as She Wins Over a Powerful Official 弹幕教她嘤嘤嘤，疯狂攻略权臣心 [Sweet, soft, ditzy beauty x cold-faced minister who's secretly ruthless] In a dream, Jiang Qingning is taken by a man. When she opens her eyes, she sees golden words called “comments” floating before her, and a man pinning her down. Pei Ji was her substitute teacher three years ago. Three years later, he's the powerful Left Chancellor who commands the court. She is the fake heiress of the Jiang family, cast out of her home, with fair skin, stunning looks, and a gentle disposition. To change her 5.6kReads8.5Score51814d adds
- 163 You Asked Me to Review Shops, but I Became a National Tourism Ambassador 让你探店，你成全国旅游推广大使 [Poetry and Song] [Music, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting] [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [Writing Poems at Scenic Sites] [Finding Solace in Nature] [Cultural Confidence] [Human Geography] [Making Scenic Sites Famous] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Li becomes a travel blogger who visits local businesses and tourist attractions, and gains the City Promotion System. From the start, he heads to Zibo to take the imperial examinations and posts a video exploring F4. The warm hospitalit 12kReads8.8Score87914d adds
- 164 Reborn in 2004: I Make Money by Writing 重生2004：我写字能赚钱 [Readers say: Tomato's most intense urban novel, unlike anything else] “My family has worked hard for three generations. Why should we lose to your ten years of studying?” At first, Hao Qiang thought that made a lot of sense. Born into generations of poverty, he worked hard until he was 38, yet still couldn't afford a home or a bride price. He was a lifelong bachelor. If nothing changed, he was destined to vanish amid the tides of the times like a tiny wave, swallowed by the sea of humanity. But 15.3kReads8.7Score78014d adds
- 165 After I Bound the Rain Skill 绑定下雨技能之后 After Binding the Rainfall Skill 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Bankrupt from the Start: Creating the Avengers of the Entertainment Industry 开局破产，打造娱乐圈复仇者联盟 [Showbiz + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + No Romance + Music + Literature + Film and TV + Comics + History...] Also known as: “Showbiz: Conquering the World with Viral Hits,” “Showbiz: Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill Until I Go Crazy” Years later, The Avengers premieres. Only then does the world learn that the Song Emperor Iron Man, literature’s top-tier star Hulk and Black Widow, genius screenwriter Loki, top directors Wukong, the God of Comics Thor, and the Song God Spider-Man were 27.3kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 167 Her Majesty the Empress! 女皇陛下！ Your Majesty, the Empress! 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 After Waking, I Saw the Comments: The Villain Wants to Fall in Love with Me 醒后看见弹幕，反派他想跟我热恋 (Completed) [Lighthearted Comment Banners + Male Lead Has a Secret Crush + Both Leads Are Each Other’s First] After waking up from a car accident, Lin Jinluo could see floating comment banners appearing before her. They said she was the evil supporting female character in a novel, and her older brother was the male lead. Whenever she framed the female lead, she also used up the affection her brother felt for her. When that affection reached zero, she would die within days, and her death would be 5.3kReads7.6Score78614d adds
- 169 The Depressing Literary Master: One Copy of To Live Brought the World to Tears 致郁系文豪，一本活着全球泪崩 (Parallel World + Rebirth + System + Literary Prodigy + Career + No Over-the-Top Drama + Not a Harem Novel) After leaving the military, Li Liwen, an office worker in a parallel world, had finally gotten his life back on track. But an unexpected industry downturn left him unemployed. The sudden blow triggered a heart attack in a fit of anger. When he woke up, he discovered he had returned to the age of seventeen. That year, he hadn’t even started his second year of high school. Then he stopped ho 26kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 170 I Transmigrated, So Why Am I a Wolf? 穿越了，怎么是狼 Some transmigrate into the body of a farmer’s son, pass the imperial examinations, and become pillars of the nation. Some transmigrate into the body of a prince and remain unshaken amid raging storms. But how come I transmigrated into a wolf, and not even a grown one, but a wolf cub? 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 A Tragic Rich Kid Opens a Tourist Attraction 悲剧富二代开景区 I transmigrated, my family fortune was stolen, my luxury car was gone, my mansion was gone, and so was my company. Oh, I still have three islands. Damn this System, making a transmigrator work for a living. How about opening a tourist attraction? The mermaid legend could work, and Journey to the West could work too. Peach Blossom Island is out of the question: I’m the island master. Should I add immortal cultivation? Maybe demonic cultivation too? 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 As a Top-Tier Star, All I Want Is to Live Off a Woman 身为顶流的我，一心只想吃软饭 [Feel-good story] [One heroine] [Singing] [Writing books] [Making films] Jiang Chen worked hard for more than twenty years to become a top-tier star and king of the entertainment world, but he died suddenly from overwork and arrived in a parallel world. The psychological trauma he suffered kept him from working in the entertainment industry. So he gave up trying and decided all he wanted was to live off someone else. He had been married to the nation's goddess, Su Luowei, for three years. He nev 43.1kReads7.9Score4.1k14d adds
- 173 The Witch's Journey 魔女之旅 The Journey of Elaina 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Becoming a Billion-Dollar Female Director Starts with Filming Cheesy Short Dramas 成为百亿女导从拍土味短剧开始 [Transmigrate + Entertainment Industry + Copycat Author + Female-Oriented + Director + No CP + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Ying Jia transmigrates to a parallel world with a hundred-billion-yuan movie System and sets her sights on becoming the first female director to join the hundred-billion box-office club. But the damn System only gives her scripts, not money. She gets a movie script, but has no way to pay for production! Ying Jia slaps her forehead. Then she’ll make some cheesy short dramas to e 10.8kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 175 After Reincarnation, You're Still a Scumbag 轮回后的你依然是渣男 Even after reincarnation, you’re still a scumbag 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 My Former Patient Is a Psycho Who Forces Me to Be Their Exclusive Caregiver 疯批前病患，强制锁我做专属护工 My deranged former patient is forcing me to be their exclusive caregiver, keeping me under lock and key. 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Sweetheart! Don't Divorce Me! Your Husband Is a Brooding, Obsessive Yandere 妹宝！别离婚！你老公是阴湿病娇 [Short drama adaptation released] [Six-year age gap + spoiler comments + marriage by contract + sweet and steamy + both leads are virgins + secret crush becomes mutual] [Brooding, yandere CEO × catlike, adorably clueless girl] Wen Duo has a strange condition called “skin hunger.” When it flares up, only cuddling can ease it. A year into their arranged marriage, her cold contract husband will only hold her when her condition acts up, and even a kiss has to be initiated by her! Wen Duo feels terri 11.7kReads8.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 178 Ancestor, Your Grandson Burned a Real Car for You 祖宗在上，孙儿给您烧了辆真车 Ancestor, Your Grandson Has Burned a Real Car for You 564Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 A Sixty-Year-Old Man Is Reborn and Soars to the Top 60岁老大爷重生后一飞冲天 A 60-year-old man is reborn and rises to the top overnight 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 I Empty the Family Fortune, Then the 1960s Apocalypse Boss Goes on a Rampage 搬空祖产，末世大佬六零嘎嘎乱杀 [The audiobook, narrated by a real person, is now available. Go give it a listen! Transmigrates into a book + 1960s setting + laugh-out-loud antics + spirit spring space + crazy and ruthless heroine + face-slapping the scumbags + clearing everything out] End-of-the-world powerhouse Lei Qingyu transmigrates into a novel set in the era. The original owner was raised by her stepmother to be timid and submissive, and didn’t want to accept her arranged marriage and join the army. Her biological fathe 24kReads7.7Score3k14d adds
- 181 Screaming City: Overtime Hell 尖叫城市之加班地狱 Screaming City: The Overtime Hell 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 A Monk of Your Rank Has No Right to Seek the Scriptures Yet 你这个级别的僧人，还没权利取经 [Officialdom and Journey to the West + cultivation through construction work + In the Name of the People (Immortal Edition) + wild imagination] I transmigrated to the cultivation world. After ascending, I became a grunt in the Heavenly Court's Infrastructure Department. After three thousand years, I finally worked my way up to project manager, in charge of the South Heavenly Gate expansion project. The day before the final inspection, I was stuffing “local specialties” into an envelope. A constr 166.5kReads9.4Score18k14d adds
- 183 Malicious Takeover: The Unhinged Big Shot Bows His Head and Willingly Becomes My Dog 恶意侵占：疯批大佬俯首甘为犬 [A lovestruck, sickly, gloomy, humble succubus puppy is the best dowry of all!] [North America’s top power broker + coercive love + female-centered + dog training + nonhuman + a few pop-up comments] After a beautiful sweetheart catches the eye of a gentlemanly, brooding vicious dog * On a stormy night, by a Maybach, Sang Yu is caught by the man pursuing her, who presses a gun to her waist. His sinister, malicious threats fill her ears. “Run again, and I’ll break your legs.” * Just as Sang Yu th 6.8kReads8.4Score75414d adds
- 184 The Trouble-Making Disciple 惹祸的徒弟 Because of natural disasters, the people of Liangcheng in Tianguo suffer from severe hunger. With no choice but to leave their hometown to survive, they head for the prosperous capital. A mother and son cling to each other as they make the arduous journey of a thousand li. By the time they reach the outskirts of the capital, the unfortunate mother is on the verge of death from hunger. Looking at her young son, she hopes some kindhearted person will take him in so he won’t starve to death. After 1.7kReads6.9Score10314d adds
- 185 EN Global Dungeons: Giving the World a Little Taste of the P5's Might 全球副本：给世界亿点点五常震撼 Lin Ye transmigrates to a world covered by a sky screen, an era in which anyone can create battlefield instances. To his amazement, the people here still understand war as it was in Blue Star's S1 era... So he decides to give this world a tiny taste of the Five Permanent Members' shock and awe! In the first instance, “Raging Seas,” Lin Ye introduces them to nuclear-powered submarine fleets and nuclear bombing, advancing humanity's understanding of war by a full fifty years! In the second instanc 8.6kReads8.3Score81414d adds
- 186 After Seeing the Manga Comments, I Tear Up the Cannon Fodder Script 看到漫画弹幕后我手撕炮灰剧本 [Not a wish-fulfillment story. Superpowers + defying fate + no romance/just friendship + ensemble cast + character growth. Not fanfiction.] [Ah, is that purple-haired guy a minor background character? Getting killed by a billboard is just too tragic.] On an otherwise ordinary day, a sentence like this appeared out of nowhere in front of an ordinary person named Lu Jiuxiao. That was how he learned he was inside a comic. As an insignificant little extra, his greatest contribution was to die and 61.7kReads9.1Score6.9k14d adds
- 187 Bearing a Sword, I Patrol the Heavens 负剑巡天 A speck of dust, a world. A pair of cultivator partners, a legend. The Twofold Dust Realm, a real world within a speck of dust. Here, they are its creators, able to still heaven and earth, and each other’s hearts. The world outside covets them, hunts them, and schemes against them without end. But as long as he is there, she is unafraid; as long as she is there, he will not retreat. Because the greatest power has never been the ability to destroy heaven and earth. It is this: You are by my si —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 With a Terminal Illness, I Heal the Whole World with My Songs 身患绝症的我，用歌治愈全世界 [Slice of life + entertainment + System + healing + livestreaming + redemption + one heroine] At just eighteen, Wen He is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. A System descends and binds itself to him: “Set Sail for Your Dream.” Even though he grew up in a cold and unfeeling family, and even as illness ravages his body, Wen He still heals everyone with his songs. Having been caught in the rain himself, he wants to hold an umbrella over others. His song “The Good Things of This World Are Intertwi 8.6kReads9.3Score94514d adds
- 189 Shattered to Pieces, I Took Control of the Universe 被整稀碎后，我掌控宇宙 Every organ in your body can be replaced. All you need to keep is a mouth to eat with! Shi Jin, an esper, is persecuted by the city lord and forced to flee for his life! If only someone would grant me two mu of good farmland. How could I possibly take control of the universe and rule over all beings? If you don't laugh until you cry after reading this book, I'll say you're one tough kid! One update a day is normal; two a day means inspiration is overflowing; three a day can only mean Great-Grand 2.2kReads8.6Score16414d adds
- 190 Random Street Stalls: I Use Food to Lure Snakes Out of Their Holes 随机摆摊：我用美食引蛇出洞 [Food + undercover work + comedy + catching criminals + System + no heroine + no romance] Also known as Food: The Undercover Cop Sets Up a Street Stall, and Fugitives Beg Him to Get Back to Work Xiao Lan transmigrated into the body of a police officer in a parallel world and was assigned to pose as a street-food vendor while keeping an eye on a suspect. As it happened, he’d been a cooking genius in his previous life. This was right up his alley. The next day, a tricycle loaded with top-tier food 9.9kReads9.4Score86914d adds
- 191 After Seeing the On-Screen Comments, I Lured My Archrival into Pouting 看见弹幕后，死对头被我钓成翘嘴 [Live comments + sweet romance + childhood friends + face-slapping] [High-maintenance heiress and dance student VS sharp-tongued, refined childhood friend and CEO] On her twentieth birthday, Wen Xu happily went to a hotel to celebrate with the man she had pursued for three years. Just as she was about to give herself to her boyfriend, a line of live comments appeared before her eyes. [The supporting female character doesn’t actually think the male lead is coming to celebrate with her, does she? 8.5kReads9.0Score1k14d adds
- 192 My Brother's Getting Married, So This Fat Guy Is Stepping In 兄弟结婚，胖子我顶上了 Tian Bohao, a three-hundred-jin man, looked at his bride, Xiao Yingxue, who stood before him with tears in her eyes and not a word to say. Ring, ring! Wasn't that a phone call? It had to be the newlyweds having a spat and calling me for help. He answered and deliberately turned on the speaker. “Elephant?” Cao Xiang's voice came through the phone, frantic but deliberately hushed, begging for help: “Haizi! Haizi! I've landed in serious trouble this time. It's an emergency, and you've got to 12kReads6.1Score45414d adds
- 193 A Family of Loyal Martyrs Forced into a Second Marriage, and the Comment Section Goes Wild 满门忠烈被逼当填房，弹幕杀疯了 [Past and present connected + two storylines running in parallel + women supporting women] It begins when Shen Shuangyu is branded a homewrecker for supposedly seducing her brother-in-law before her sister's death, then marries into a marquis's household as his second wife. She pours her heart and soul into managing the household, supporting her husband, and raising her stepson and stepdaughter, never uttering a single complaint. In the end, all she gets in return is: “She's doing this to atone. 38.8kReads9.1Score5.6k14d adds
- 194 My Readers Span Three Thousand Worlds 我的读者遍布三千世界 [Reborn] [System] [Wish fulfillment] [Face-slapping] [Secret identity] [Everyday life] [No romance] Li Wenshu, a top author in the online fiction world, died suddenly after writing all night. The System sold everything it had to send her back to when she was sixteen. It was an era when neither entertainment nor the internet was very developed. Faced with the three thousand worlds of books in the System’s storage space, Li Wenshu rubbed her chin and sighed, “Dying suddenly was worth it!” A suspe 15.5kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 195 Showbiz: Who Are You Calling a Fox? Call Me Your Idol 文娱：骂谁狐狸精呢，喊我偶像 [Showbiz + Laid-Back Daily Life + Campus + Copycat Talent + Idol + Succubus Protagonist] A poor man has no lofty ambitions, and a scrawny horse grows a shaggy coat. Lu Qingfeng spent his whole life broke. All he wanted was a job that was easy and paid well. After dying and transmigrating, he ended up with an even more dramatic background: a gambling-addicted father, a mother who remarried, and four years of training before making his idol debut. But before he could earn a cent, his disastrous te 31.8kReads9.1Score4k14d adds
- 196 You Put Me on a Dating Show, So Why Am I Competing in the Peak Tournament? 让你上恋综，你搁那儿打巅峰赛？ If you could live your life over, have you ever wondered what the most comfortable way to lie flat and give up would be? Lu Ming gets a second chance at life. After spending half his life as a wage slave, he now has a shortcut right in front of him, and he swears he’ll seize it. He copies songs, books, and scripts without a shred of guilt. He doesn’t have that ridiculous need to keep his hands clean while pretending to be morally superior. He’s just an ordinary person who wants to live a little 37.6kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
- 197 The Moment I Opened My Eyes, I Was Lying in a Pervert's Arms, Being Fed to My Heart's Content 刚睁眼，就躺在变态怀里被喂饱饱 Shi Ning and Qin Heyu had been married by contract for three years. On the day their marriage ended, she was ready to sign the divorce papers. Comments: If the villainess dares to sign the divorce papers, the dark villain who’s had a crush on her for ten years will chain her up in the attic and force her to love him! Comments: Villainess, all you have to do is give the villain a look that leaves him to figure it out for himself. You don’t even have to flirt with him or coax him. This lovesick vi 22.8kReads8.9Score2.7k14d adds
- 198 After My Engagement Was Broken Off, I Turned the Tables with Bullet Comments 退婚后，修仙女配靠弹幕翻盘了 Original title: After Breaking Off Her Engagement, the Female Cultivator Turned the Tables with On-Screen Comments [Family bonds + sibling story + strong female lead + progression + no romance + on-screen comments + fake System] Song Jinshu was born into an ancient world. One day, her fiancé came to break off their engagement, and she saw comments scrolling above his head! [This is so infuriating! This is the scene where they force her into marriage, right?] [What a disgusting woman. She look 11.1kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 199 I Drove the Cultivation World Mad by Writing Novels 我靠写小说逼疯修真界 [This book has been signed for publication] [Strong female lead + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + no CP + madcap story] Workaholic Ye Qingyan works herself to the bone until she gets her company listed on the stock market. Before she can enjoy her rich-lady lifestyle, a car accident sends her into a cultivation novel full of lunatics who are hopelessly obsessed with romance. As the cannon-fodder older sister of the original heroine, she gets abused while the male and female leads ar 34.1kReads9.0Score4.7k14d adds
- 200 The Global Creator 全球创作家 [No System + Pure Wish Fulfillment + No Angsty Plotlines] After enduring trials across dozens of worlds and mastering every skill, Lu Xun was on his way back to Earth when he stumbled into Blue Star and unexpectedly became a composer. Composing music came naturally to him. Acting was a piece of cake. Writing books was effortless. Playing the piano was no big deal. Fortune-telling, though, was the real deal! He made the legendary superstar. He turned him into a celebrated movie emperor. If he 34.2kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
