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- 151 Master Jin’s Unusual Life 金大师的别样人生 An accident left Jin Yu blind. His father looked down on him, his neighbors mocked him, and everyone lamented that his life was over. No one expected him to step into a whole new world from then on. Fortune-telling, divination, character readings, storytelling, and predicting good and ill fortune. He and his fellow practitioners traveled across Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, and Shanxi, meeting people of great kindness as well as vicious villains. Though blind, he saw straight into peo 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Paradox Blade 悖刃 [Urban Superpowers] [One Female Lead] [Not Stupid] [Not Invincible] [Undercover Story] The “Clock of Reversal” appears out of nowhere on the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo. The “Giant Wheel of Replacement” is reflected on the Bund in Shanghai, while “Entropy Currents” split New York in two. Overnight, paradoxes devour the cities, and human civilization teeters on the cliff of reason. High school student Lyu Yuan is quietly drawn into the storm of “paradox.” The Doomsday Curse of the Void Cult has arr 212Reads—Score2014d adds
- 153 The Apocalypse? A Dance Adventure 末日？宅舞冒险 [Sweet with a satisfying edge]+ [Everyday life]+ [Anime-inspired]+ [Adventure]+ [Fantasy]+ [No System]+ [Not reborn] One is an upbeat, lively person who loves life and is active in the dance community. The other once tried to end their life, weighed down by despair and utterly devoid of vitality. They should have been two separate stories, two unrelated worlds, and people and things from entirely different realms. But a series of coincidences, strange events, and other circumstances brought them 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 The Iron-Blooded Qin: The Eternal Emperor Conquers the World 铁血大秦，千古一帝，征服世界 Alternate history + politics + farming + technological advancement + economics + conquest + colonization + three thousand beauties This novel is also titled The Great Qin: My Industrial Revolution. Overnight, Lin Yi transmigrates and becomes the founding emperor of Great Qin, waking to a nightmare from the start. Behind him are the starving people of the north, corpses littering the land. Before him stand centuries-old aristocratic clans entrenched in Jiangnan, with money and grain at their comm —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 I Pranked My Online-Brother, but He Got Carried Off by a Bunny Girl 网恋整蛊哥哥，他却让兔娘拐跑了 (Original World) (Sugar-Coated Bullets) (Single Female Lead) (Mild Angst) (Ensemble Cast) Just after being accepted into the Imperial Defense Force, the young Xing Rui is tricked by his younger sister into going to a cafe to meet his online girlfriend, who supposedly looks like a rolling log. The girlfriend doesn't exist, but a girl with rabbit ears perched on her head is sitting in the reserved seat: Lan Lan. "Qianyu? Hey, kid, you've got the wrong person, don't you?" "Your sister played a tric 228Reads—Score214d adds
- 156 She Said: Let's Not Fall in Love Again in the Next Life 她说：来世别再相恋 No System! No transmigration! No rebirth! An ordinary young man with extraordinary strength! He takes down a bunch of superpowered immortals through sheer muscle! So satisfying! A hitman-turned-novelist leads a lovable male idol and an incredibly cool female police officer in a fight against a mysterious organization that uses supernatural powers to threaten society, all to rescue the angelic little girl they brought back from Siberia. This is the essence of all the storytelling power I've built 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Water Margin: Starting with the Loss of the Birthday Gifts 水浒：从失陷生辰纲开始 [Invincible]+ [Imperial Court]+ [Rebellion] Yang Zhi, the Blue-Faced Beast, was born into a distinguished family and became a military examination graduate. The imperial court once held him in high regard, appointing him as an officer in the Palace Commandant's Office. He should have enjoyed a brilliant future, steadily rising through the ranks and restoring the former glory of the Yang family generals. But fate led him down a completely different path. First, he lost the Flower-Stone Tribute an 183Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 There's a System in the Old Well Back Home 老家古井有系统 Transmigration + alternate history + multiple dynasties. One lifetime of experience, one lifetime of reincarnation. In each life, two people belong together, yet on the road, I am always alone. Other people's lives become my own path. Too many things witnessed, too many helpless moments. And still, I can never escape regret. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Light Over the South of the City 城南有光 The summer Shen Du moved into an old neighborhood in the south of the city, he found a key in an old trunk. No one knew who it belonged to. Later, he discovered that many places in the southern district were waiting for him: The door at the end of the old street, locked for ages, The ones waiting for him to unlock it, the virus outbreak, And his comrades. This key was looking for someone. A 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 They Called Me a Jinx, So I'll Curse Them All to Death 他们说我是灾星，那就克死他们 Reborn noble daughter + rival suitors competing for their moonlight + taming men + master manipulator + control of the whole game + face-slapping and crushing scumbags She had been the most exalted legitimate daughter of the Duke’s mansion. But after her elder brother’s “accidental” death when she was a child, Concubine Liu, her father’s favorite, framed her as a bringer of misfortune, casting her into the mire. Her mother was placed under house arrest, her father treated her like a plague, and 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Give the Shooting Star Back to the Night Sky 把流星还给夜空 Give the Shooting Star Back to the Night Sky —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 I'm Invincible with the Daoist Arts System 道法系统我无敌 The protagonist, Ye Nanchun, grew up fending for himself in the world. By chance, he obtained a Daoist Arts System and embarked on the path of the Dao. After a series of bizarre cases, a mysterious organization slowly came to light, along with a massive conspiracy and one crisis after another. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Eternal Life for the World 献给世人的长生 This novel is a light science fiction story with a cyberpunk setting and longevity at its heart. In the “City in the Sky,” ruled by financial conglomerates, longevity comes at the cost of the underclass's flesh and blood, while the city's floating foundations rest on the ashes of their fellow citizens. Zhou Heng is the conglomerates' sharpest weapon, a “villain” forced to remain clear-eyed in the abyss. He personally disposes of the bodies of his own kind and helps the elite cover up the truth t 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Spirit Commanders of the Three Kingdoms: My General Spirit Is the Moon Goddess 三国驭灵：我的将灵是月神 [Spirit Generals | Three Kingdoms | Fantasy | Supernatural | Passionate | One Heroine] When I was eighteen, all manner of spirits surrounded our village, and every villager was killed. But Grandma left me two things that not only saved my life, but also led me into the secret world of Spirit Generals. The heroic spirits of the Three Kingdoms become Spirit Generals, their armies and warhorses hidden in a sea of spirits. But I've gradually realized that the disaster that destroyed my village had a 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Story of the Sun and the Stars 太阳和星星的故事 [Cool on the outside, distant within × affectionate, proactive puppy] [Sweetness and angst / love grows over time / male pursues female / mutual salvation] Because she was too hot, Xia Lingxi didn't stop to help a classmate who had fallen on her way to the library. She simply walked past coldly. Maybe it was heartless, but it saved her trouble. But before the thought had even left her mind, a basketball hit her in the back and sent her crashing to the ground. When she looked up, she saw Lin Jiey 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 The Everlasting Night Besieges the City 永夜围城 When memories can be read, forged, or even erased, what can we call real? If everything can be forgotten, whose memory must you live on in to survive? This is a trap woven from time, and an atonement for what has been remembered. Chen Shiya survives a blood-soaked beginner’s village and travels through dungeons, carefully navigating every step between trust and betrayal. Some will pay any price to return to the past. Some silently endure as they face a lover who has lost their memory. Some a 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 After Being Possessed, the Big Shot Helps Me Win Big and Become the Richest 被夺舍后，大佬带我躺赢成首富 I’m Lin Xiaoyi, the least valued concubine-born daughter in the Lin family, whose head is the county magistrate of Qinglin County. My only support in this life is my blind mother. We depend on each other, living on thin broth day after day. We’re either being framed or subjected to beatings and punishment at the slightest excuse. We’re treated worse than servants. When I was fourteen, I opened my eyes, and my soul had floated right out of my body. The next moment, the “me” lying in bed sat bolt 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Reborn: The Legitimate Daughter Topples Her Hypocritical Family and Rules the World 嫡女重生：掀翻伪善家族权倾天下 In her previous life, she was the stupidest legitimate daughter in the Marquis of Zhenguo’s household. She believed in her father’s “kindness,” her elder brother’s “protection,” and her stepmother’s “virtue.” She even mistook a promise from her fiancé for salvation. Only when her dowry was stripped away and her identity stolen, when she was tossed aside like a useless chess piece and given to a brutal general, did she finally understand, on the day she died in a bloody battlefield: Her younger h 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 The Prince of Yan's Diary 燕王日记 Lin Mu, a history graduate student, died suddenly and woke up as King Hui of Yan, the “big loser” who fell for a wedge strategy and drove Yue Yi away. As soon as he takes the throne, someone advises him to replace his general. His inner voice says: I know this script. Replace him, and next comes the Fire Ox Formation and the annihilation of the entire army. So he makes his decision on the spot: “Yue Yi stays. I trust him.” Qi's plot to sow discord is over before it even begins. Armed with a h 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Ashes of the Angel 天使之烬 [Single Female Lead] + [Western Fantasy] + [Expansive Worldbuilding] + [No Mindless Protagonist] On the continent of Velos, in the Age of the Sacred Furnace, the Church unearthed an engine left behind by an ancient civilization. It burns souls for fuel, lighting up entire cities. The closer you live to the Sacred Furnace, the brighter your life; farther away, only ashes remain. When Lu Yuxun woke up, he was lying in a Church dungeon. A mechanical engineer from Earth, he had become a wanted memb 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 The Sound of Humanity 人籁 [Not a wish-fulfillment story + ensemble cast + global scale + supernatural calamities + human warfare + long-form story + revolution] It was humanity itself, not the gods and ghosts, that brought human civilization to ruin. A drop of divine blood set Qin An on the road to a world in turmoil. A drop of divine blood sent a roadside beggar into the raging tide of chaos. From a beggar on the roadside to a spark rising in a world at war, and then to the sovereign who united the Three Realms, Qin An 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 The Sect Will Be Gone in Three Years, Senior Sister, Wake Up! 三年后宗门就要没了，师姐你快起来啊！ Our Sect Will Be Gone in Three Years, Senior Sister, Get Up Already! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Please, I Just Want to Make Money. Holy Maiden, Stop Confessing Your Love! 拜托，我只想搞钱，圣女大人别告白了！ Please, I Just Want to Make Money. Saintess, Stop Confessing to Me! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Jinsheng Lai 矜生莱氏 After an accident, the blind Jin Sheng glimpses the realms of yin and yang and is swept into an endless maelstrom of supernatural events. The inexplicably appearing female ghost Lai Bao becomes his only companion. Evil spirits lurk beneath the city, while ghost hunters, curses, and vengeful spirits emerge one after another. This time, he won't just flee in panic. Together, human and ghost roam the dark of night, uncovering secrets buried for years between the worlds of yin and yang. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Goodbye, Chen Yu. 陈屿，再见。 Chen Yu, goodbye. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The Guardian of the River’s Lifeline 河大守脉人 #History #Henan University #Preserving the University’s Legacy #Guardian of Henan University’s Heritage #The Songs Never Cease #Based on a True Story #Love of Country and Family A brilliant legal scholar who graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, he bound his fate to the survival of a university’s heritage amid a nation torn by war. After completing his studies, he returned to China in 1932. Turning down teaching offers from Peking University and Tsinghua University, he headed 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 The Destroyer's Code 破坏者法则 (A collapsing world + darkness + not invincible + one heroine + “Bro?” + doesn’t kill indiscriminately) The azure sky turns bloodred, and the dark veins of the earth are finally bathed in light. The tragedy is not over. This is the final stand, but no one is left. (The author believes there are no good people in this story, nor any absolute villains. Even the strongest villain only wants to earn the approval of their family and the world.) The timid are the ones who damage things; the radical ar 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Live-Streaming Incense Offerings: Even Gods Have KPIs 香火直播：神明也要KPI The gods never die. They simply find new ways to live. Traffic is incense, comments are offerings of faith, and livestreaming platforms are the modern Investiture of the Gods. Overworked office drone Lin Che is putting in overtime past midnight when a shady pop-up hits him with an “Incense Eye.” From then on, he sees the truth: a top-tier star is a nine-tailed fox, a food-delivery rider is an Earth God on the verge of starving to death, the Marriage God sits behind dating apps with a perpetually 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 My Name Is Jiang Yating 我叫江亚霆 "Jiang Ting was my benefactor, and he's the only family I have left. He's disappeared, so I'll carry on his will and finish what he couldn't. That's why my name is... Jiang Yating." —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Wind on the Mountaintop 山顶有风 A classic celebrity-and-manager setup: a star who's hit rock bottom meets a top agent fired by her former company. How will they turn a terrible hand into a royal flush? The story gradually gets sweeter, the couple is so fun to ship, and it's guaranteed to be sweet! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 The Secret Codex of Wudu 雾都秘典 [Cthulhu + Steampunk + Power Comes at a Cost, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + One Female Lead] [This is a traditional Cthulhu novel.] On the first day after transmigrating, Lu Chen, a history graduate student, discovers he is tied to a cult altar. In front of him is a half-human, half-fish mutant drooling at the mouth. In this world of roaring steam and slumbering ancient horrors, contact with the mysterious means embracing madness. Healing is, at its core, a distortion of flesh and blood. Peeri 1.1kReads—Score17314d adds
- 182 A Coward's Guide to Surviving the Late Ming: Volume One 明末怂人求生录第一卷 Reborn in the late Ming, I became Liu Hongqi, a warlord during the catastrophe of 1644. After a string of spectacular blunders, I was successfully hanged from a flagpole by the Qing army and died in agony. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the ninth year of the Chongzhen reign. My family was on the brink of ruin, I was unarmed, and all I had left was a bone-deep fear of death. In this life, all I wanted was to make money, run away, and live out my days as a wealthy man overseas, u 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Under the Nebula 星云暗涌 This is a very entertaining horror novel about the protagonist, Xing Yue, gradually regaining her memories and finding a way to break out of her predicament. This is my first time writing, and I hope you’ll enjoy it. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Late Ming: She Goes on a Killing Spree to Stay Alive 明末：她靠苟命杀疯了 Three Rugged Fathers + An Orphaned Girl | Historical Romance | Fleeing Famine | Everyone Dotes on Her | Political Intrigue | Rising from Adversity Read carefully!!! This is not a transmigration novel, and there is no golden finger. The story follows the course of real history, with careful research into clothing, food, and social conditions. It explores how ordinary people survived during the darkest years of the late Ming dynasty, including the grim realities of exchanging children for food and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 After My Whole Family Was Executed, I Returned to the Ming with a Fleet 满门抄斩后，我带舰队杀回大明 The fifteenth century. To the Ming Empire, all lands beyond Jiayuguan were known collectively as the Western Regions. On the far side of the Alps, the mysterious Eastern Empire lay beyond reach. The Lu family was framed, and every member was put to death. Lu Jingyuan should have died in the imperial prison, but while fleeing, he saved a young Genoese noblewoman who had drifted into the East. A legendary journey across the breadth of Eurasia. Two people from entirely different worlds were b 1.3kReads—Score2.4k14d adds
- 186 Perseverance 毅书 [Alternate History] [Court Intrigue] [Ensemble Cast] [Multiple Storylines] [Family Massacre and Revenge] [No System] [Not a Transmigration] [Struggle for Supremacy] [Slow Burn] In the winter of the forty-seventh year of Jing Tian in the Great Feng dynasty, an imperial decree summoned more than twenty frontier generals from the northern border to the capital. That night, flames soared over Qingzhu Lane Twelve. Thousands of miles away, the Qi family met with disaster. Nine-year-old Qi Jian'an es 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 The Yongzheng Dynasty, Volumes One and Two 雍正王朝（上下册） For more than two thousand years, a vast, irreconcilable conflict has existed between the highly centralized system of commanderies and counties and the system of independent farmers. Faced with this contradiction, reform was inevitable. Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng both attempted it throughout history, but only the Yongzheng Emperor succeeded. His forceful reforms, pursued for thirteen years, resolved this conflict. Yet Qianlong, the heir he personally chose, gradually dismantled his new polici 1kReads9.5Score20214d adds
- 188 Red Bauhinia 红色羊蹄甲 On the streets of Nanbin Special Economic Zone, red bauhinia flowers bloom all year round, bearing witness to the city’s transformation and the footsteps of those who chase their dreams. After graduating from college, Gao Mingyuan arrives in this land full of promise. From the confusion of job hunting as a newcomer to the workplace, to persevering in the publishing industry, and then breaking through into entrepreneurship, every step he takes beats in time with the pulse of the Special Zone. Th 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 The Second Substitute Monk: The Emperor Makes Me Take the Fall 二替僧，皇上让我背黑锅 I only wanted to be an ordinary person, but you all forced me to become a god. The world calls him an auspicious omen, but his own family sees him as a bringer of disaster. Liaoran’s life began in glory, surrounded by thirty-six rays of Buddhist light, but ended up mired in betrayal and abandonment. His father cast him aside, the imperial court used him, and his family betrayed him. Only when the vermilion mark between his brows split open to reveal a Heavenly Eye that could see through illusion 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Starting at Mount Huangshan, I Set Out Across a Thousand Miles to Solve the Mysteries of Ancient Texts 从黄山开始赴万里山河解古籍谜团 Twenty years ago, Gu Jingzhi, a researcher of ancient books at the National Library and an inheritor of heritage geography, mysteriously disappeared while investigating the source of the Yellow River. All he left behind was an incomplete manuscript, Notes on Mountains and Rivers, and the words, “As long as the mountains and rivers endure, our cultural legacy will live on.” Twenty years later, his grandson Gu Yanzhou has become the curator of Notes on Mountains and Rivers, a Douyin account with 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 The Moonlit Beauty Is Always Coveted 月亮美人总被觊觎 [Irresponsible 1 x Aloof Beauty 0] [Two Male Leads! Older Man and Younger Man! Both Strong!] Ximen Changge, the most gifted young man of the Ximen clan, is exceptionally talented, cool, and otherworldly. Ji Chen, the son of the Star Palace's master, is carefree and does whatever he pleases. The two first met as boys at Y Rui Palace. Ji Chen's first impression of Ximen Changge: "What a dull, stuffy guy!" Ximen Changge's first impression of Ji Chen: "Loud, unruly, and impossible to reason with!" . 77Reads—Score1014d adds
- 192 The Long Road Home 长路归航 This book is dedicated to the friends who have walked alongside me all this way. This is a story written for you, a gift to you. When you read it, I hope you will remember the carefree days of our youth together. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Strict Family Rules! I Married the Young Duke Just to Lie Flat 家规太严！我嫁小公爷只为躺平 The Family Rules Are Too Strict! I Married the Duke's Son Just to Lie Flat 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 The Old Memories of the Kingdom of Dai Qi 代齐之江山故怀 He is a child prodigy, famous from a young age. Born into a branch of a powerful family, he could have lived a carefree life. But for the sake of all the people of the realm, he is destined to wade into these troubled waters. He was born amid the final flourishing years of Liu Song’s Great Ming era, grew up in the age of the Pig King, and made his name in the era of Xiao Qi. Through generations of slaughter and betrayal, he swears to preserve the Han people’s traditions and restore China’s right 2.1kReads7.4Score12814d adds
- 195 From the Start, I Recruit Xin Qiji to Join the Outlaws and Rebuild China 开局拉辛弃疾落草，再造华夏 [Hardcore Farming + Southern Song History + Institutional Reform + Rebuilding China] I’m Chen Ning, reborn as the chief of a mountain stronghold, and I specialize in “poaching” famous generals. Xin Qiji was ordered to suppress bandits. I turned around and invited him to join us: “Sir, I’ve got farm tools that can double crop yields and powerful crossbows with a range of five hundred paces. All I’m missing is a leader!” He cursed me for treasonous audacity, until I took him to see the stronghold’ 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 The Banban Project 板板计划 Three years ago, a mysterious astronomical spectacle called the “Celestial Rainbow Meteor Shower” appeared in the night sky above this city. To ordinary people, it was nothing more than a rare sight. But to those who knew its secret, it marked the beginning of disaster. The protagonist, Ban Youyue, was an “ordinary” high school girl. Through a “twist of fate,” she met a loli goddess who called herself the [Primordial Origin] and learned the world’s [hidden secrets]. With the goddess’s help, Ban 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 I'm Not the Protagonist? Then Who Can Be? 我不是主角？谁可成主角！ [Cultivation] [Ensemble Cast] [One Heroine] [Multiple Perspectives] [Plenty of Humor] [Almost Invincible] [Might Makes Right] [Follow Your Heart] Five thousand years have passed. The traces of the great war have been buried beneath the world, and the history of the Emperor has become myth. The continent of Zhaoyuan has entered an age of seeking immortality and the Dao, searching for eternal life. The scattered fortune has finally found those destined to claim it. But in the end, “Is becoming an 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 I Transmigrated as an Evil God at the End of the World, So Why Am I a Girl?! 穿越世末邪神，怎么是个少女？！ After transmigrating into another world, Fang Yan opens her eyes to discover she has become a green-haired beauty? There’s also a System of unknown origin, a Hero constantly trying to kill her, and reinforcements whose motives are impossible to fathom... But... Leaning against the throne, the girl’s golden eyes gleam. “What do you mean I’m an evil god?” 371Reads—Score16014d adds
- 199 Song Dynasty, Watch Me Enter the Sacred Realm Alone 大宋，看我孤身入圣境 With both parents dead, the young boy shoulders the burden of the Wen family alone. Gifted and precocious, with a strange portent surrounding him, he becomes entangled in the struggle between the old and new factions and the hidden currents within the imperial clan while still young. He stumbles into countless dangers without understanding them. Fortunately, the old Grand Preceptor ancestor made many preparations in advance, sheltering him from the storms at every turn and allowing him to grow u —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Prison of the Fog City 雾都囚笼 In Year 0 of the Fogbound Era, a mysterious black fog shrouded nearly every corner of the Earth. Lurking within its gloomy depths were vicious fog insects that slaughtered humans without mercy. To survive, the nations formed three united governments and used a new physical defense technology to isolate surviving cities and regions from the fog. From then on, humanity entered the Fogbound Era. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
