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- 101 Oh No! I Just Transmigrated and a Beautiful War Goddess Is Forcing Me to Marry Her 糟糕！刚穿越就被美女战神逼婚 [Transmigration + Alternate History + Light Political Scheming + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Dimensional Overkill] Transmigrated into the body of a frail young nobleman, Ye Liujiang just wants to lie flat. Instead, the female war god of the Yun Kingdom kidnaps him in the street: “This general needs someone to warm her bed. You’ll do.” Ye Liujiang: “All right. I’ll live off a woman and enjoy it. Fine by me.” But on his left is his haughty, domineering warrior wife, and on his right is a m —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 A System Falls from the Sky, and the Feisty Campus Queen Confesses to Me 系统天降，暴躁校花和我表白了 [Light Novel, Subverting Tropes, School Life, Daily Life, Healing, Coming of Age] Other people’s Systems: Sign-in rewards include peerless martial arts. You’re invincible from the start. Liu Ziyang’s System: [Ding! Mission issued: Complete the first ten questions of a real math exam. Reward: An all-purpose essay template. Failure penalty: Randomly erase 10 pieces of knowledge from your memory bank.] When Sun Haihao uses a bet to “shave his head” as leverage to make him study; when the school’s t 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Sound of Falling Snow 听见雪落的声音 Realism + family-of-origin issues + healing I am Lu Zhiyao, a child who isn't particularly easy to love. My parents gamble, I suffer bullying at school, I endure an unspeakable pain worthy of "The Girl in the Pic"... and then the only person who truly loves me, my grandmother, passes away. Sometimes, I wish the whole world would be destroyed. But one day, simply because I stuck my nose where it didn't belong, I found a ray of light, a light that belonged only to me. He said to me, “Come on, l 10Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 104 The Cross Game 十字架游戏 Two male leads + ensemble cast + infinite-flow + comedy from beginning to end) (A quirky, fun-loving bottom × an arrogant, infuriating top) (Yan Xi × Gu Yun) Welcome to the Cross Game. One instance after another descends upon players, striking fear into their hearts. A sorrowful yet joyful paradise, Wangjia Village filled with despair, a zoo dazzling on the outside but cruel within... Everyone fears the gods, but there are always people who speak out against them: <The gods are kind. She always 32Reads—Score32314d adds
- 105 Interstellar Marshal Kang Keyou: An Alien Girl Comes to Earth 星际元帅康可悠：外星女孩来地球 Synopsis: They are alien girls who live forever in the bodies of thirteen-year-olds. When one of them visits Earth, the nations of Earth are thrown into chaos. How will Xia, Xing, Yingben, and the other countries respond, and what interesting stories will unfold? Her skirt sways gently with the slight vibrations of the spacecraft. Every resident remains forever in the form of a thirteen-year-old girl, repeating the mission of interstellar exploration throughout eternity. They have no names, only 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Fragrance of Bone 骨见香 [No transmigration, no rebirth. A coming-of-age heroine + mystery and deduction + political intrigue + ensemble cast] She is a daughter of a family of generals and the daughter of an heir to Medicine King Valley. A master of both medicine and martial arts, she is also skilled at forensic investigation. “My family’s wrongful case is waiting to be set right, the disputes in the inner courtyards of the great houses need to be settled, and the shifting currents at court are impossible to read. It do —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Mechanism Sword Immortal Doesn’t Want to Be a Lampwick! 机关剑仙不想当灯芯！ The Mechanism Sword Immortal Doesn't Want to Be a Lampwick! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 I Exposed the Perfect Cultivation World 我戳穿了完美修仙世界 I Exposed the Perfect Cultivation World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Reborn Seven Years Ago, I Personally Killed My Past Self 重生七年，我亲手斩了过去的自己 Reborn After Seven Years, I Personally Cut Down My Past Self —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Magnetic Field Rotation: The Way of Guardianship 磁场转动，守护道 (Fanfiction) (Tiger of the Sea) (Self-indulgent work) (Awesome battles~) I want to protect you. It has nothing to do with you. I am Bai You, I am the Astonishing Giant, I am the Crimson Thunder of Slaughter, I am the True Demon of the Battlefield, I am the Giant of the Dragon Kingdom. I, I, I, I am the Dragon-Eroding War Emperor!! 133Reads—Score1114d adds
- 111 College Days 大学的光阴 [Inspirational] + [Medical Student] + [Comeback] + [Top Student] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Clubs] + [Ethnic Unity] + [Coming of Age] Li Xiaochuan is a university student from a rural mountain village. This story follows his colorful college life, before and after he starts university, including personal growth, friendship, romance, club activities, work-study programs, academic challenges, and clinical internships. I hope the story will resonate with you and win your affection. Your support will —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 An Outline of the Han Clan 寒族稔略 [Historical fiction + no saintly protagonist + no System + transmigration + meticulous research] Readers are welcome to leave comments on chapters and share their valuable suggestions. I also hope you'll recommend this book to your friends. With no heaven-defying powers or chosen-one luck to rely on, a modern retiree who has seen much of life unexpectedly transmigrates into the war-torn, impoverished chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Survival in a chaotic age is perilous at every tur 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Back to My Youth to Take You Down 重回年轻时干翻你 Back in 2006, who would want to relive a pathetic life? The supervisor who treated you like a beast in your last life will get only one chance to hand you a cigarette this time around. The brother who stabbed you in the back last time smiled more warmly than anyone else, but drove his knife in deeper than anyone else, too. Fine. I'll remember that. The love you regretted losing in your last life? This time, pull them right into your arms. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Song of the Dark Angel 黑天使之歌 The ancient gods awaken? I just want to fall in love with my mixed-race, beautiful supervisor. [New Take on Myth and History] [Ensemble Cast] [Heiress] [Love and Hate] [Slow Paced] A new job, new colleagues? Wait, where did this Japanese colleague come from? A medieval knight? Where did you come from? Beautiful, you're freezing me. When someone wholeheartedly sets out to do something, the whole world will pray for him and sing him a dirge. Humanity has never needed the gods' mercy. The only ones 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Please, Beauties, Leave Me Alone, I Only Want to Make Money!! 求求美女们放过，我只想搞钱！！ [Urban] [System] [Multiple Heroines] [Unfaithful Relationships] [Not Mindless Power Fantasy] [Slow-Paced Slice of Life] (The pace is slow at first, then things get much darker later. Shan Chuan was losing it. Why was this System nothing like the ones in web novels?! Laid off in middle age, Shan Chuan secretly drove a rideshare to earn money while struggling with his mortgage and car loan. He didn't 216Reads—Score21214d adds
- 116 Reborn for a New Life, I’ll Work Hard to Marry the Chancellor! 重来一世，我要发奋嫁丞相！ Given a second life, I'll work hard to marry the prime minister! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Reincarnation Records of Ghost Bus Route 117 117路鬼车轮回录 Reincarnation Records of the Ghost Bus on Route 117 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Great Zhou's Legitimate Eldest Grandson: Rewriting the Five Generations of Respect 大周嫡长孙：改写五代尊 A young man named Guo Yi transmigrates to the Five Dynasties era and becomes Guo Zongyi, eldest son of Guo Rong. He knows that in six months, his entire family will meet a gruesome end. His childish pleas fail to get him taken along, but a few innocent words inspire his father to build a secret chamber, allowing them to survive a bloody disaster. With careful persuasion, Chai Rong abandons his reckless pursuit of quick victories, and the balance of power in this chaotic age quietly begins to shi 40.5kReads7.7Score3.9k14d adds
- 119 Ark Breaker: Partners Become Beloved Wives 方舟破壁者【搭档终成娇妻】 [Duo Survival × Rise of the Rulebreakers] The whole world plunged into Survival Ark, and I was forced into a two-person survival game. My teammate turned out to be Su Jueqian from the school next door. The System wanted us to perform a “patient and nurse” role-play in a psychiatric hospital, until we were conditioned into obedient data. I laughed. Then let’s put on a show for you first. I used the madness of “erotomania” to coax out every secret, while she hid behind a mask of “detached nursing 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 A Fragrance as Evidence 暗香为证 [Historical mystery + star-crossed love + marriage by contract] A bloodstained jade pendant convinces him that she is the murderer of his younger sister. An investigation with their lives on the line uncovers layer upon layer of scheming in the imperial harem and at court. When the truth finally comes to light, the most painful thing was never revenge, but the truth itself. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Born to Be an Emperor 本是帝君 Discontinued I Cleared the Dungeons, and We Were Once Emperor Lords At five years old, Qi Ling met Jiang Zhixu at an orphanage. They both thought the place was a monster that devoured people, so they didn't take long to decide to run away. Qi Ling later developed a habit: whenever she went out, she'd always bring someone home. At six, she picked up five-year-old Xing Chen. At thirteen, she picked up Lin Beifo, who was a year older than her but really was an orphan, so she took him in. At seve 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 How Did I Become an Empress When I’m a Man at Heart? 本人男儿心怎么就成女帝了 What is it like to have a man's soul in a woman's body? Chen Shuo: Every day, I'm teetering on the brink of a breakdown. He transmigrates into the eldest legitimate princess of the Great Yong imperial family, stranded in the northern frontier. From the start, he's being hunted, with only a band of starving refugees at his side. No System, no golden finger. He can only tough it out with what he learned from his ex-girlfriends. From fighting his way out of Blackstone Gorge to Fengling Garrison, fr 164Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 A Heroic Tale of the Warring States: Qin King Ying Zheng Unifies the Six Kingdoms 战国奇雄之秦王嬴政一统六国 The Zhou royal house declined, and the Nine Tripods gathered dust. When rites, music, and military campaigns no longer proceeded from the Son of Heaven, a five-hundred-year power vacuum tore the map of China apart. Jin split into three, and the Tian clan took over Qi. Amid the collapse of the old order, seven colossal powers slowly rose from the ruins of blood and fire: Qin, Chu, Qi, Zhao, Wei, Han, and Yan. This was no beginning, but a vast maw opening to swallow everything. Survival was the on 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Help! The Sect’s Pride Framed Me. Should I Come Clean or Follow Procedure? 求助！宗门之光诬陷我，我该直接摊牌还是走流程？ Help! The sect's pride framed me. Should I come clean right now or follow the proper procedure? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 I Lived in Seclusion for a Century, Then Found an Overworked Sword Immortal 关于我隐居百年，却捡到过劳剑仙这件事 About how I lived in seclusion for a hundred years, only to take in an overworked Sword Immortal —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 After Being Demoted to Menial Servant, I Handed the Sect Over to the State 被贬杂役后，我把宗门上交了 After being demoted to menial disciple, I handed the whole sect over —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Wencheng 汶城 [A completely new world + no System + no clichés + not a wish-fulfillment story + first-person narration] Chaos has existed since the birth of the universe. Now it is expanding rapidly, to the point where it can affect reality, while the laws of the world are gradually dying out. Humanity faces a choice between destruction and creation, protection and erasure. Yu Guo, a Primordial being taken in by Wencheng, possesses the power of “helplessness,” which can sever logic. The laws stripped him of a 4Reads8.4Score114d adds
- 128 Apocalypse Battle Royale: I Have a Black Market System 末世大逃杀：我有黑市系统 The apocalypse hits, and zombies surround his door. Su Qingyu binds himself to the Black Market System, thinking he’s about to take off. Then the System opens its mouth and asks for money. He checks his pockets: 242 yuan. “Type 54 pistol, 200. Eight bullets, 40. Balance: 2 yuan. Please keep trying, Host.” Su Qingyu looks at the zombies scratching at his door, then at his empty wallet. “System, are you messing with me?” 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 I Dumped My Secret Crush and Got into a Top University 我把暗恋的男神甩了考上985 I Dumped My Secret Crush and Got Into a Top University —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Night Before Our Engagement, He Asked Me to Donate Blood to His One True Love 订婚前夜，他要我输血给白月光 The Night Before Our Engagement, He Asked Me to Donate Blood to His One True Love —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 My Husband Stole the Million Yuan I Earned in Royalties to Give to His One True Love 我年入百万的稿费，被软饭老公偷给了白月光 My Husband, Who Lives Off Me, Stole the Million I Earned in Royalties Each Year and Gave It to His One True Love —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Yin-Yang Misjudgment 阳错阴查 If the old Heavenly Court collapsed along with the shattered earth during that age when countless people across China suffered, then the underworld became the last safeguard for the souls and continued existence of the Chinese people. Would you believe in ghosts and gods? What if foreign powers infiltrated and interfered with China's revival, while Japan provoked us at every turn? What would you do? Fight our way in! From the Sanzu River to the City of the Yellow Springs! From the old Heavenl 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Way of Exorcism 除魔之道 Unlike the worlds that came before, this world is home to beings far stronger than humans. Can humanity still defeat them? Can humans remain masters of the world? This story features a whole new approach to demon hunting, unlike anything seen before. Here, you'll encounter all kinds of demon-slaying techniques, as well as demons born in countless different forms. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Who Let Him Play Mid-Lane Soraka? 谁让他玩中单索拉卡的？ Can a full-Chinese roster win the championship just once? Even if it's only once! When Chen Jian woke up, he found himself transmigrated into the S13 regional qualifier, in the body of EDG's substitute rookie, Xiao Tao! At that moment, EDG was down 1:2 to WBG. One more loss, and EDG would miss Worlds! With EDG's fate on the line, Chen Jian was called in at the eleventh hour. Even more absurdly, Chen Jian had been a bot laner, but was forced to take Fofo's place in mid lane! The champions Chen Ji 105Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 135 The Ninth Heaven: The End of the Story 九重天尊：故事的终点 Yin Jiu, an ordinary modern-day office drone, transmigrates into Yin Yue, a woman from an unknown era. At first, she thinks she's in an ordinary romance novel, then she thinks it's a cultivation romance. But eventually, she discovers that this isn't a novel world at all, and that she was never Yin Jiu to begin with... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Who Says Landlords' Sons Are All Idiots? 谁说地主家的都是傻儿子 [Fantasy + wild imagination + traditional fantasy + no harem + cultivation + spy intrigue + medicine + no transmigration + no System + spirit beasts + mecha + positive themes] Mars has fallen into decline, forcing its people to migrate. The Pangu spacecraft crashes on Earth… In the western part of the Daba Mountains in Southern Jambudvipa, at Shuanghe Village in Sanyuan Town, disaster strikes the landlord’s family. The orphan falls ill and is rejected by the villagers, who abandon him in the mou 4Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 137 The Drunken Monk Huaisu 醉僧怀素 This book uses Huaisu as its narrative thread, telling the story of his extraordinary life in novel form. It is divided into two volumes. The first follows Huaisu’s early years as a monk in his hometown of Lingling and his growth as a calligrapher. Besides his passion for calligraphy, Huaisu also loved wine and fine food, so the book will introduce Lingling’s local delicacies, Yongzhou’s Eight Scenic Views, and other tourist attractions. The second volume focuses on Huaisu’s travels in search of 4Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 138 Threads of Fate 命运弦丝 A global catastrophe strikes, and my thread-based Superpower is connected to fate. [Urban Superpowers + Fate Superpower + unconventional weapons + fictional worldbuilding + protective older brother + invasion from another world + not invincible + not transmigrated + not reborn + fate's cruel twists + Chinese-style modernization + prosperous yet turbulent times] In 2000 AD, the Great Zhao launched a war to unite the warring lands, and the Western Coalition forces were routed across the board. By 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Taken Hostage from the Start, the System Says I'm a Supreme Species 开局被撕票，系统说我是至高种 Also known as The Era of Returning to Stillness: A Chronicle of the Void. [Not a conventional supernatural horror story + one heroine + mind-bending + nearly invincible] The blurb can't do it justice, so head straight to the story: The System descends upon the world, plunging everyone into a bizarre, deadly game. While others struggle to survive in its trials, Ye Chen leisurely racks up SSS-rank scores. Then he meets a mysterious, aloof girl in a white dress, and the System suddenly erupts wi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Three Kingdoms: Deep Grass in the Royal City 三国：王城草木深 Suppressed by his legitimate elder brother and born to a lowly mother, he is merely an insignificant son born to General Yuan Shao’s concubine. Though he possesses memories from a later age, his brother frames him and has him exiled to Beiping Commandery, the most remote and bitterly cold frontier. But the chaos of war has never been a stage reserved for the sons of noble families! He turns the tables, distinguishes himself, and earns the emperor’s titles of Governor of Liaozhou, General Who Ass 16Reads—Score214d adds
- 141 Private Thoughts Across the Screen 屏幕两端的私心 A casual post on social media brings sensitive teacher Xu Nian into contact with three white-coated doctors, each with a completely different personality. An old love, a crush from behind a screen, and a silent protector: little by little, she realizes they don’t have to become lovers. Just chatting is healing enough. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Above the Celestial Firmament: The Villainess Reborn as a Villainess 凌霄之上：反派女配穿成反派女配 Rumor has it that Ling Xiao, sect master of the Ghostly Charm Sect, is cruel and bloodthirsty, jealous, fond of handsome men, and loves collecting all kinds of rare treasures. Yet his power is no match for the five orthodox cultivation sects, so he usually preys only on obscure rogue cultivators. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 My Grandpa the Judge Taught Me Feng Shui and the Balance of Yin and Yang 我的判官爷爷，教我风水断阴阳 The moment I burned offerings, I learned that after my grandfather died, he entered the underworld and became a judge. He passed down his knowledge of feng shui and yin-yang arts to me. I wanted to make an honest living in peace, but one sinister case after another soon came knocking. At first, I relied on my grandfather's legacy. Later, I learned to stand on my own. I roam the city with a chubby friend, open a yin-yang shop, unravel eerie mysteries, and cut off baleful influences. 6.8kReads—Score15814d adds
- 144 My Mother-in-Law's Ordeal to Bear a Son 婆婆的生子劫 My Mother-in-Law's Ordeal of Childbirth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Phoenixes Entwined, the Fate-Defying Demon Consort 凤凰交错，逆命妖妃 A car accident completely upended the fates of a man with an engineering background and a woman with a humanities background. The man became Chu Qianyue, a concubine of the young emperor, while the woman transmigrated into Emperor Xiao Yousheng. Their souls had switched bodies, but their genders were now completely different from their previous lives. With imperial power unstable, the emperor and his consort joined forces. Chu Qianyue disguised herself as a man and took on multiple identities to 10Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 146 Emperor Tianqi and the Eighteen Beauties of Yanyun 天启大帝之燕云十八姬 In the Tianqi era, he seldom stops to admire the flowers, seizing both the realm and its beauties in his hands. The warm waters of Nanyang nurture dragons and serpents; the lush grasslands of Mobei let cattle and horses roam. The western mountains teem with cinnabar mines; the eastern fields are planted far and wide with cotton and hemp. Who says borders divide the civilized from the barbarian? The peoples of every nation come dressed in their finest to honor Zhonghua. The story begins when Tian 48Reads—Score10214d adds
- 147 A Thousand Forms: Strange and Uncanny Tales 森罗万象诡异奇谭 A strange collection of stories made up of different characters, times, and places, each relatively independent yet connected to the others. Its subject matter is complex, ranging from science fiction, magic, and fantasy to Lovecraftian horror and wuxia, all mixed together in a chaotic blend. A bus made of bones, wasteland silicon beings, cancerous mutations, ghostly Buddhas and immortal lovers, multiple universes and multiple personalities: clues are scattered across the chapters, allusions lie 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The True Hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋真霸 In the chaotic Spring and Autumn era, rites and music have collapsed, and the feudal lords vie for supremacy. Spring and Autumn: The True Hegemon takes official history as its backbone and literature as its soul, unfolding a sweeping portrait of a century of turmoil. The strategic clash at the Battle of Chengpu and the commanding ambition to claim hegemony over the Central Plains take center stage, while the intellectual clashes among the Hundred Schools of Thought simmer beneath the surface. Th 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Devouring the Demon Emperor: Starting as a Good-for-Nothing Turtle 吞噬妖帝：从龟族废柴开始 Xuan Xiaowu was a lowly little tortoise, scorned by everyone in the demon realm and forced into marriage with an arrogant young Vermilion Bird heiress. On their wedding night, the bride used him as a stepping stool and kicked him off the bed. “A useless thing like you thinks you’re worthy of my bed?” On the brink of death, he unexpectedly awakened the devouring bloodline of the Primordial Ancestor of the Black Tortoise. Not only did he devour all the Vermilion Bird’s true fire, he also pinned th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Wei Qing, the Flying General of Dragon City 龙城飞将卫青 From an illegitimate stable boy to Grand Marshal of Weiyang Palace! From a lowly horse groom in the Marquis of Pingyang’s household to the Han dynasty’s great warrior who swept the Xiongnu from the field, Wei Qing’s life is an iron-blooded legend of a man rising from humble beginnings. He launched a surprise attack on Longcheng, ending a century of setbacks for Han forces against the Xiongnu; reclaimed the Hetao region, extending the frontier by a thousand li and securing the Han dynasty’s north 3.5kReads6.9Score15214d adds
