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- 1 The Maidservant Is Being Punished Again 通房丫鬟又受罚了 Prince Jing’s Residence · Core themes: social mobility, emotional growth, breaking free from Confucian restraints II. Core Setting An Overview of Prince Jing’s Residence Prince Jing’s Residence belongs to one of the founding dynasty’s eight hereditary princes. Located in the eastern part of the capital, it covers more than three hundred mu and contains 999 rooms, making it second only to the imperial palace. The estate is divided into dozens of courtyards, including the front offices, inner 188Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 2 Substitute + Terminal Illness + Crematorium! The Ultimate Ceiling of Rich-Family Angsty Romance 《替身+绝症+火葬场！豪门虐恋的终极天花板》 The Ultimate Ceiling of Substitute Romance, Terminal Illness, and Regret: A Tragic Love Story Among the Rich 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 A Thousand Years of Green 千年绿 [Female-led story, progression, unconventional, not a power fantasy, not traditional xianxia, no golden finger, humble beginnings, ensemble cast, fantasy sword cultivators, coming-of-age adventure, no prominent romance] The rise of a country girl who wields a sword: Keke, a spirited young woman from the mountains, refuses to be trapped in the hills and resolves to pursue the life her heart desires. After passing the Mystic Envoy selection tournament, she unexpectedly embarks on the path of sword —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Joy Locked Behind Vermilion Walls 朱墙锁清欢 Behind the Vermilion Walls, a Fleeting Joy 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Are You Crazy or What? 你神经病啊 Seven years ago, a man with narcissistic personality disorder emotionally manipulated her until she lost herself. After reaching the depths of despair, she began to let go of her illusion that she could save everyone. She turned everything she could learn about seeing through people and fate, from criminal psychology and microexpressions to Zi Wei astrology and Plum Blossom Numerology, into weapons of her own. Seven years later, her online series, Strange Tales of Da'an County, quietly became 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Boom Boom Subway: Vengeful Spirits in a Synchronized Reincarnation 爆爆地铁：同步轮回的复仇冤魂 [Mystery and thrills + explosive time loop + urban supernatural powers + battle of wits and courage + dual reincarnation of heroes and villains] My name is Mei Guli. I’m an ordinary office worker, and now I’m trapped in an endless nightmare. Every time I wake up, I’m on the same “Boom Boom Subway.” In the first loop, I was blown to pieces before I even understood what was happening. In the second, I narrowly escaped, only to witness the living hell shown on the news. In the third, I decided to f 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Mastermind 谋局者 In 2000, my buddy and I went to Ruili on vacation, and got caught up in a scheme. I lost everything and wanted to end it all. My mentor saved me on a rooftop and taught me how to set up schemes. That was when I learned that there was a kind of person in this world called a master schemer. The Greed Scheme: He could help others make money, and he could help me make money too. The opportunity was right in front of me, and I couldn’t let it slip away. The Celebrity Scheme: You’re rich and important 76Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 8 The Ultimate Battle of Wits 巅峰智斗 [No harem, high IQ, no System, ensemble cast, unpredictable ending] A group of self-proclaimed geniuses is invited to take part in God’s game. Whoever wins the game will become the ruler of all worlds! There are no overwhelming power advantages or mindless cheat abilities here, only intelligence and rules pushed to their limits! “If there were a God, I could not bear not to be that God. Therefore, there is no God!” Nietzsche 194Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 A Grand Account of the Six Realms 六道广记 [Decisive and Ruthless + Infinite Worlds + Positive Energy + Ensemble Cast and Dungeon Worlds + A New Kind of Transmigration] People say the Six Paths are the Heavenly Path, the Asura Path, the Human Path, the Animal Path, the Hungry Ghost Path, and the Hell Path: the six destinations through which all beings cycle in reincarnation. The entire world is formed by the beings of the Six Paths revolving through the cycle. Nothing can escape the words “cause and effect.” Good deeds bring blessings, w —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Before the Crisis 虞前 Once I finish updating the final chapter, I'll add a chapter to help readers understand the story. If you can't follow the earlier parts, you can read that chapter first. But I don't recommend it. I think it'll spoil the experience. In the first few chapters, I took inspiration from The Sixth Sense. Two stories unfold in parallel, with the perspective concealed through first-person narration. After that, it stops being first-person. Please, give it a try. This is a book that few people can stick —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Sun Pupil, Moonless Night: I Know the End from the Start! 日瞳月晦：开局我已知晓终末！ [Supernatural] ~ [Mystery] ~ [Mind Games] ~ [Plot Twists] ~ [No Idiot Plots] The first time was at a casino. I won every last chip in the place, but I couldn’t escape the strange curse that clung to me. Luckily, when I woke up, the game hadn’t started yet. The second time, death came calling at midnight. The rules offered no way out. I watched the skin being peeled from my body inch by inch, helpless to stop it. The nightmare wouldn’t go away. The third time, the fourth time... Death played out 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Half-Soul Wasteland 半魂荒原 Alive, he takes revenge with his own hands. Dead, he rules the underworld. Who says you can’t start a business in the land of the dead? His teammates hail from different eras, each with their own talents. As long as they’re not completely dead, this bunch can tear the underworld apart! A true male lead is a male lead wherever he goes. No romance, just conquest! [Strategic mind games] [Male lead and ensemble cast] [No harem] [Long-term foreshadowing] 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Divine Prison Island 神狱岛 Handcrafted with my own two hands ┭┮﹏┭┮! "No System" "No wish fulfillment" "No transmigration" "No harem" "No mindless antics" "Human nature / psychology" "Suffering" I wake up one day to find I've gone from a prospective university student to a prisoner saddled with tens of millions in debt, prisoner number G-1000. Everyone on this island is an actor, and everyone wears a mask. As for me, I happen to have the gift of seeing through every mask: an extraordinary degree of calm and observation. D —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Where the Brush Goes, Heaven and Earth Are Born and Die 画笔所至，天地生灭 [One Heroine]+ [Intricate Schemes]+ [A New System] The art of painting is not about killing, but about protecting the Dao and all living beings. A young man transmigrates into another world and enters the Dao through painting. Wherever his brush reaches, it does not extinguish life, but brings it into being. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Let Me Find You 让我找到你 Unlike face-slapping, hitting someone on the back is perfectly safe... as long as the person being hit knows better than to open her mouth. For fourteen years, Zhao Nanhui had kept hitting her around the kidneys. The increasingly frequent traces of blood in her urine no longer surprised or worried her. It was just another unpleasant part of marriage, nothing more. Maybe millions of women were going through worse. On any given night in this city, there might be hundreds or even thousands of women 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Infinite Prohibition 无限禁止 Memories layered together? Countless memories of different lives implanted in your brain. What would you do? Would you still be yourself? Or would you... Betrayed by those closest to you, you are forced to sign a contract of servitude and sent into a mission world. They become NPCs in your world. If you can't clear the mission and break the deadlock, you must sign another person into servitude so they can support your survival. What would you do? You bear two opposing destinies, each striving to 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 A Collection of Horror Stories from the Yin-Yang Spirit Medium 阴阳领仙人之恐怖故事合集 Have you ever been to any of these places? Abandoned hospitals, school dormitories, morgues, funeral homes, factories, shops that make paper offerings... There are many places like these along life's journey. Perhaps all sorts of unclean things are right beside you, and you have no idea. This book has seven volumes, each with 100 stories, taking you into a world unlike any other... Readers from every corner of the world, if you have the courage, come on in! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Road Through Jiangnan, Through Wind and Rain 风雨江南路 This book is a sequel to the author's previous work, Xu Fei's Carefree Life. It once again follows Xu Fei's life, portraying brotherhood, tireless perseverance, and a journey that ultimately leads to glory. A tale of passion and grit, showing the rise of a powerful figure in a particular era. 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Su Wan's Diary: The Seven Days Before Her Death 苏晚日记——临终前七日 Su Wan's Diary: Seven Days Before Death 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Beneath the Rules: A Survival Trap in a Supernatural World 规则之下：诡异世界的生存迷局 [Survival]+ [Rules]+ [No System]+ [Eerie]+ [Multiple Timelines]+ [Breaking the Deadlock]+ [Supernatural]+ [Spy vs. Spy]+ [Traditional Culture] A beautiful wife who knows pharmacology serves a soothing tonic hiding a deadly poison? Strange-behaving parents whose eyes hold not a trace of humanity? A mysterious neighbor, Lao Wang, while a sister far away secretly keeps watch? A shy, solitary outsider with no one to rely on... Xu Yang can only pretend to be mentally impaired, treading carefully amon 11.9kReads6.8Score5kShelves
- 21 The Haunted House: Day Sign 诡舍：日兆 [Writing practice] [The Strange House fanfiction + horror + infinite flow] One week after Ning Qiushui reached the ninth door, the Mist World underwent a cataclysmic transformation… “My name is Shen Zuiqing… I am… who?” 1.2kReads7.3Score100Shelves
- 22 At Our Marriage License Appointment, My Fiancé’s Dead Wife Was Sitting Behind Me 领证时，未婚夫的亡妻坐在我身后 On the day we went to register our marriage, the woman sitting behind me pressed a brass key wrapped in blue thread onto my marriage registration form. “Don’t sign. Zhou Xu’s wife is still alive.” Her name was Xu Jing, Zhou Xu’s wife, who had been legally declared dead two years ago. She hadn’t come to steal my man. She only asked me, “Before your sister disappeared, did she leave behind a gray filing box?” Four years ago, my sister said she was going out of town to handle a project. She vanishe 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Soulbeast Sales Manual [Infinite] 魂魄兽卖准则【无限】 When a soul on the verge of fading enters a horror game, clearing it isn’t about Survival. It’s about auctioning off whatever humanity you have left. Yan Sheng is a second-year college student obsessed with horror novels. He was arrested for murdering someone in a way inspired by a novel and thrown into the game. Everyone pulled into this game has lost their physical bodies. They are called “souls” and refer to themselves as “players.” Rather than a game about players fighting players, it’s more 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Sword Case of the Mortal World 红尘剑匣 Synopsis One: An unopenable case, a naturally foolish boy, clan members possessed by evil, and a mysterious organization that appears out of nowhere... One day, the transmigrated boy awakens and comes face to face with everything this world has to offer. Who is he, and who left the case behind? He has no idea. Watch as he clears away the fog before his eyes. Synopsis Two: What is the mortal world? It is an old jar of wine in an inn, the hubbub of people filling every street and alley, the joy a 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Genius-Level Crime 超智商犯罪 [China's Death Note] + [A high-tech version of Detective Chinatown] [Mind Games] + [High Tech] + [Mystery] + [Suspense] + [Brain-Twisting] + [Genius Protagonist] + [Multiple Twists] The world's most brilliant detectives have formed the Blue Moon Society, dedicated to investigating complex cases linked to abnormal phenomena among humans. How can a genius criminal who gained immortality through the quantum suicide principle be arrested? How can a highly intelligent villain who can freely invade ot 892Reads8.4Score131Shelves
- 26 The Unknown Cause of His Death 他的不明死因 When faced with other people’s misfortune, most of us choose silence, compromise, or forgetfulness. The pressures of life, family ties, and fear of unknown risks make most of us hesitate. This is not cowardice, but a practical consideration. The sacrifices behind going to any lengths are often ones ordinary people can hardly imagine, let alone bear. Three years after the previous secretary of Shengjie Group died by suicide, Wan Sen, who also worked as a secretary, fell from the top floor. The of 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 How Can Dusk Be So Tender? 日暮何以温柔 Welcome to the double life of a female detective. A brilliant young woman with a dazzling future, she teaches at the psychology department of S University. Then, overnight, she falls into obscurity as a junior employee in an entertainment company’s public relations department. By a twist of fate, she becomes a top-tier star with a closely guarded secret identity. The mystery surrounding her lover’s death drives her to the brink. As she uncovers the truth behind a deadly game, she unexpectedly gl 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Dimension of Calamity 厄境维度 | Lighthearted Daily Life | Mind Games and Illusion Battles | A Group of Boys Join Forces | Long-Term Foreshadowing Payoffs | No Mindless, Overpowered Wish Fulfillment | This world is made up of multiple dimensions, but for various reasons, the number of souls in each dimension is dwindling. Before long, every dimension will be lifeless. The only solution is to merge the dimensions, but doing so will cause many people to die. To this end, the Two-Headed Bird selects a group of people from differ 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Prodigious Scholar’s 39th Book 妖孽书生第39本书 [New book: They sent you undercover, so why did you sleep with the mob boss's daughter?] I caught my fiancée cheating, then married the man she was cheating with's fiancée on the spot. She was fair-skinned and beautiful, with a stunning figure and plenty of money and influence. I thought I'd hit the jackpot. But I never expected that on our wedding night, she would actually... 1.8kReads7.7Score218Shelves
- 30 Great Qin: Fusu Turns the Tide and Rebuilds the Empire for a Thousand Years 大秦：扶苏破局再造千年大秦帝国 Transmigration, political intrigue, and military strategy, with tightly reasoned plotting. Defy the imperial edict from the start, then kill the envoy! Zhao Gao and Li Si are secretly usurping power. The Xiongnu threaten the northern frontier, and the six states of Shandong are stirring. The Great Qin is on the brink of collapsing after just two generations. A soul from a later age awakens, and Fusu sheds his blind loyalty. He will no longer sit back and await his death. Watch as he defies imper 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Late Jin: Sima Yi Is Reborn as a Jiehuo Army Soldier 晋末：司马懿重生为乞活军 A hundred and forty years after his time had passed! Sima Yi studied the young body he now inhabited. The Army of the Refugees was an armed force of displaced people at the end of the Eastern Jin dynasty, struggling to survive between the Hu and Han peoples. The original owner, Ran Cheng, was twenty-four. His father and brothers had all died in battle, and he commanded the three hundred survivors of the refugee army. Why do you fight to survive? To die like a dog by the roadside, or to reclaim t 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 I Roam Jianghu with Fortune-Telling, Seeing Through Hearts and Breaking Deadlocks 我靠算命闯江湖，看透人心破死局 [Period Mystery + Jianghu Secrets and Arts + Wits and Schemes + A Battle of Human Nature + Underdog's Rise + No System] In 2002, I was twenty years old, yet everyone within ten li addressed me respectfully as "Mr. Chen." When the village Party secretary married off his son, he came to me to pick an auspicious date. When a pig farmer lost a pig, he came to ask me where to look. Then one day, the town mayor's wife knelt outside my house, begging me to divine the whereabouts of her missing daughter 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Song Never Became a Hill 歌未成丘 “Little girl, don’t touch that vinyl. Li Zongsheng will cry.” When Lu Chenzhou took the album The Elves in My Life from her hands, the scent of pinewood at his cuff mingled with the smell of medicine. The twenty-five-year age gap was an uncrossable chasm. He taught her how to brew tea: “Love is like pu’er. The third steep is when the true flavor comes out.” But on the night he coughed up blood, she kissed his cool lips. “What if there’s only one steep left?” The night they eloped, an old-fashion —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 His Room Has No Lock 他的房间没有锁 His Room Has No Lock 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 After Sending My Husband to a Psychiatric Hospital 把丈夫送进精神病院后 When I received my husband Zhou Huai’s psychiatric diagnosis, I sobbed so hard my whole body shook. Only I knew those were tears of excitement. After all, I was the one who had slipped drugs into his coffee every day for the past six months. He had it coming. His diary was filled with plans to use psychological manipulation to drive me to suicide and inherit the billions my parents left behind. I had him committed to the most heavily guarded psychiatric hospital in the city, thinking I’d won. U 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Love Between Immortal and Mortal: All Spirits as Slaves 仙凡恋：万灵为奴 [No System, No Harem, No Cliches, No Invincibility, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Mind-Bending] The celestial laws are amended, immortals and mortals fall in love, and their children are born. Divinity and humanity collide. Some gods keep to their place and abide by the rules, while others plunder the myriad heavens. Unluckily, I became a scapegoat for an immortal's descendant and was thrown into the Underworld. As my soul was about to dissipate, I stumbled into the realm between life and death, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 No Secret Affairs Allowed 禁止偷欢 🔥 Powerful-family taboo romance | Heart-wrenching angst with a thrilling reversal Fu Siyan, the crown prince of the capital, wields power over the entire court. Noble and aloof, he is a god no one dares profane. Only I know how twisted he is beneath that icy exterior. Three years ago, he personally sent me to prison on charges of "suspected disclosure of trade secrets." The night before I was locked up, he gripped my chin, his gaze colder than ice. "Shen Rao, how dare you lay a hand on someone 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Tangyin Cases 棠阴比事 [Ancient Crime Investigation | Ancient Forensic Science | Solving Bizarre Cases | Unraveling Mysteries with Reason] Without surveillance cameras or DNA, how did people in ancient times solve unusual cases? A collection of case judgments handed down from the Song dynasty records more than 70 real major cases found in official histories. A stepmother's murder of her husband sparks a bloody family tragedy; a wife conspires with her lover to kill her husband and disguises his death as an accident; f 35Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 39 Disciple, Your Master Cultivates the Path of Unfeeling 徒儿，为师修的是无情道 [Female teacher, male student + angsty romance + power struggles + corruption + devoted to each other] (The Demon Realm's princess who cultivates the heartless path & the Celestial prince who descends to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation) Shocking! The brooding male supporting characters want to steal the spotlight, but the male lead is a hopeless romantic! She is the Demon Realm's princess, a Western Regions dancer, and the much-revered Immortal of a Thousand Faces. Aloof and proud, she i 102Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Nothing Else: I Can See Everyone’s Stats 无它：我能看见所有人的属性 [Mystery and Mind-Bending Ideas] [Campus Superpowers] [Super Sweet Romance] [A Love That Has Suffered for Ten Thousand Years] [Ensemble Cast with Twists] I can see the attribute numbers above everyone's head. Strength 55, agility 56, physique 51, comprehension 52, spirit 47. Everyone's secrets are written in those numbers. But all five of my stats are 100. I am Wu Ta, the reincarnation of the God King of Myriad Realms. The black birthmark on my left index finger is my divine artifact, the Sumeru 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Don't Mess with the Grand Tutor, She's an Immortal Lord 别惹太傅，她是仙君 Jiu Fangyi bears a calamitous fate. While seeking the truth behind it, he meets Feng Lishan. The two are opposites, one cold and one warm, and they unexpectedly discover that their origins are opposite as well. Jiu Fangyi's Source of Returning to the Void is withered, lifeless, and marked by death and separation, while Feng Lishan's Source of Primordial Vitality is its polar opposite, as different as clouds and mud, fire and ice. Yet at their roots, both come from the same source. As long as Fen 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Affairs of the Gods 上帝们的那些事儿 [Once the top post in the Three-Body Tieba forum, with over 100,000 replies] [Ensemble cast of geniuses]+ [Infinite Flow]+ [Mind games]+ [Wild ideas] Two hundred geniuses are invited to take part in a God Game spanning 28 different worlds. Contestants must conquer their own worlds within 30 days, while entering into battles and strategic contests with other worlds. A mechanical world ruled by AI… A zombie world overrun by the undead… An electronic world gone virtual and chaotic… A world populate 4.7kReads8.7Score921Shelves
- 43 Storming the Formation: Becoming a God on a Faith Livestream 闯阵：在信仰直播间封神 [Infinite Flow + Multiple Instances + Suspense + Supernatural + No Romance + Arena + Team Battles + Folklore] [Player, hello, welco, ] “Do you like me?” [No, this is, ] “My contact information. Here.” [That’s not what I mean. You’ve been selected, and you have to, ] “You want to play rough? You’re such a pervert!” [...I don’t like you.] “Impossible. I’m so handsome!” System: Help! A player is harassing me! Can I get compensation for emotional distress? Xu Buci, a graduate student of folklore 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Mrs. Gong Has Long Since Given Up on You 宫太太早就不要你了 [Top-tier power and privilege + both leads have no past relationships + groveling pursuit + heroine's growth + powerful man humbles himself + one-on-one romance] At twenty, Di Xingran thought that liking someone, being liked in return, and naturally getting married and staying together was how life worked. Only later did she learn that marriage could have nothing to do with love, and happen simply because she “met the requirements.” She was a gifted engineer, but her talent was obscured by preju 167Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Xu Fei's Wild Life 徐飞的浪荡人生 Just after the Lunar New Year, Xu Fei returns with a simple pack to the small northern city where he was born and raised, after three years away. He'd planned to find any wife and settle down to an ordinary life, but fate has other plans. He is pushed onto a path unlike any other, and begins a life far from ordinary. 780Reads6.7Score111Shelves
- 46 A Dream Buried for Ten Years 十年沉梦 A twenty-six-year-old soul lives inside a sixteen-year-old body. Su Wan returns reborn to her high school years, carrying the exhaustion, trauma, and regret of the decade to come. Before her are her living, breathing father and her radiant, smiling older sister: the warmth she once longed so desperately to reclaim. The ancient ring from that snowy night is her only link to the past, and it holds all the riddles behind her rebirth. She thinks this will be a lonely journey, until she meets a boy n 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Game of the Gods: Apostle Number Thirteen 神明的游戏：第十三号使徒 (A battle of human nature + suspense game + in the vein of and + ensemble cast + infinite-loop progression) The doomsday bell tolls A divine oracle appears without warning, a magic cube descends, and the firmament splits with a roar! The selection tournament for the game [The Primordial Age of the Gods] begins. Attention: [The Thirteenth Apostle] has awakened. Now making his entrance [The Thirteenth Apostle] [The Founder of the End] [The Blood-Red Clown] [The 969Reads8.0Score108Shelves
- 48 Ghost Game 鬼游戏 [Infinite-Flow + Horror Mystery + Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + Mild Horror + Strong Female Lead + Plot-Driven] The human heart is more terrifying than the paranormal. Grievances fill the human world, summoning the Grudge God. GQ2026.12.28. After a rain of blood, the Ghost Game appeared out of nowhere and began invading the human 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 No One Heard Her Voice 无人听见她的声音 No One Heard Her Voice 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Heaven’s Aid 天之佐 [Sci-Fi] [Urban] [Martial Combat] [Wits and Strategy] [Teamwork] [Comedy] [Lighthearted] [Underdog] [Awakening] [Superhumans] [Ensemble Cast] Lan Tianzuo is an ordinary high school student. He never expected to get caught up in a conflict between superhumans before the college entrance exams, or to discover by chance that he had two souls in one body, along with supernatural abilities like blood replication and blood-based healing. In an instant, he went from being a good-for-nothing to ascendin 364Reads—Score—Shelves
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