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- 1 Antique Appraisal: I Went Undercover at the Ancient Calligraphy and Painting Institute 鉴宝：我在古代书画院当卧底 I am Lin Yan, a top modern expert in authenticating antiques. The moment I opened my eyes, I had become the most spineless ninth-rank court attendant at the Wenhua Academy of Painting and Calligraphy in the Great Sheng Dynasty. A missing ancient painting and a secret message hidden in a scroll’s lining showed me that this magnificent world of art had long been rotten to the core. The academy head was stealing from the very collection he was charged with protecting, every colleague had an ulterio —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Star Tower Era 星塔纪元 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Reborn in 1976: A Journey to the Far Hills 重生1976，远山行 Billionaire Lin Yuanshan is murdered through a conspiracy between his childhood sweetheart of a wife and his sworn brother. When he opens his eyes again, he is back in a bitter Beijing winter in 1976, in the old hutongs. The radio has yet to finish announcing the Gang of Four's downfall when his fiancée Shen Yulan's mother comes to his door with demands: "three big-ticket items, 300 yuan in betrothal gifts, and a place of your own." She doesn't want her daughter to marry him; she wants to humili —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A Thousand Ages, Countless Worlds: Reborn, the Traitors’ End 千载众界：重生，决定背叛者末日 [Reborn + revenge + urban fantasy + xuanhuan] The year his father died in battle for his country, Gu Ziluo was only eight years old. After his father’s death, his second uncle’s family hugged him and comforted him. “Ziluo, don’t be afraid. Your second uncle will take care of you from now on.” He was so young that he believed them! When the family business collapsed, he gave up all the inheritance his father had left him to save the family from ruin. His second uncle urged him to give up martial 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The World’s Lonely Murmur 世界孤语 Everything that exists has meaning, though that meaning is different for everyone. What do you think is the meaning of the world's existence? Is it rebirth, creation, a mission, or salvation? Or is it perhaps loneliness, leaving us with nothing to say... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I'm a Good-for-Nothing, but I Have Cheats 虽然是个废柴，但是我是开挂的 Corporate drone Lin Ye transmigrates to the Nine Profound Realm. His dream isn't to become an immortal or a god, but to build the cultivation world's version of SF Express, monopolize logistics, and live a comfortable life as a rich second-generation heir. Unfortunately, his aptitude is so poor that after ten years of cultivation, he's still a beginner-level nobody. Worse still, his father takes on a mysterious delivery job, getting the whole family hunted down and shattering his dream of a logi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Strange Casebook of Cangling 沧陵诡案录 Cangling City. A bizarre incident has occurred at a fertilizer plant. Two bloody holes mark the victim’s neck, all the blood has been drained from his body, and he has shriveled up, his limbs as stiff as iron. The crime scene is spotless, with no clues or traces left behind. What could explain this strange death? Twenty-four-year-old Lin Yan is the last heir to a family of exorcists. Armed with his police academy diploma, he joins the city’s criminal investigation unit. He wants to fulfill his g —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Art of the Green Satchel: Changing Fate on the Streets 青囊之术：市井改命 Remember, never try this casually. You do so at your own risk. ◦ Fate and karma cannot be reversed: You can only “patch leaks, restore balance, and limit losses.” You cannot become rich out of thin air or forcibly extend your life. Stealing another's fortune costs you your life; borrowing another's life invites terrible backlash. ◦ Fate comes first, then fortune, feng shui, good deeds, and education: Feng shui can only amplify the good or bad already written into your fate. Good deeds and hard w 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 After My Cave Was Stripped Bare, the God of Wealth Offered to Help Me Cultivate 洞府被薅秃后，财神说替我修行 Lan Zhi was supposed to be the most refined orchid fairy in the Immortal Realm, but she spent all her days obsessed with gossip and making money. The Old Man of the Moon struggled to tie red strings of fate, so she helped him gather intelligence. They worked seamlessly together and made a fortune every day. Then one day, while taking stock of her possessions, Lan Zhi was shocked to discover that her entire cave abode was empty. Even the stash hidden in the mouse hole had vanished without a tr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Those Years I Was Bullied 被霸凌的那几年 In those years, she was the most inconspicuous shadow on campus. Isolated, mocked, and treated like a joke. With no one reaching out in the darkness, she could only hold on by herself until dawn. This is a coming-of-age story about bullying, pain, and saving yourself. Every word hurts, and every word rings true. 25Reads—Score114d adds
- 11 Transmigration System: I Use Trash Talk to Face-Slap My Way into Winning the Emperor 穿越系统：我用嘴炮打脸拿下皇帝 Chen Changqing transmigrates to the Great Liang dynasty and awakens a Roasting System. Bandits block the road? One line, “This is such pointless rat-race behavior”, and the bandits burst into tears and change professions on the spot. An expert puts on a show? One line, “Your hairline’s about to recede all the way to the back of your head”, and the expert draws his sword and kills himself. A bully acts arrogant? One line, “You’re behaving like an overgrown baby”, and the bully collapses right the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Endless Life, One Thought to Become God or Demon 长生漫漫，一念神魔 Ten years ago, the entire Chen household was slaughtered, leaving only a young child alive. Ten years later, he goes by Chen Chusheng and keeps a low profile in a capital-city prison. He thought he was destined for an ordinary life, but the moment he touched a corpse, he awakened a System. Infinite rebirth! Steal lifespans! Find treasure at funerals! And a spirit companion who shares his life and death. The world has bullied me, humiliated me, and murdered my whole family? No matter. I cannot di —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Where the Lights Fade, Spring Has Yet to End 灯火阑珊处，春风未晚 At 28, Gu Qili is a rising star in Beishi’s professional world. Her career is thriving, but on her way to a new job, she gets into a car accident. When she opens her eyes, she has returned to 2010. Fourteen years have vanished in the blink of an eye. The heartbreak of a decade, the storms of her career, the time she failed to spend with loved ones, and the regrets she carried from her previous life are all etched into her soul. In this life, three relationships that once shaped her youth and adu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Everyone’s Out of Food, but I’m Feasting with My Daughter 家家断粮，我带闺女大鱼大肉 [Famine + Rebirth + Dad Life] Reborn in a year of famine, with every household out of food. Qin Zhou unexpectedly binds himself to an all-purpose appraisal System that can appraise and exchange anything in the world! Old steamed buns, grass, trees, earth, and stones... All of them can be exchanged for food or medicine. While others eat wild greens and chew tree bark, he feeds his daughter lavish meals. While others flee the famine, wandering from place to place, he stocks up on supplies and enjo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 War Fires Across the Nine Domains: A Game of Power 九域烽烟：权弈天下 On the night the dynasty fell, Xiao Ce, heir to the Northern Frontier, crawled from a mountain of corpses with a blood feud against those who slaughtered his family and a mysterious bone pendant in his possession. He had no idea that he had become the most crucial living piece in the game being played across the realm. The Empress Dowager rules from behind the curtain, great clans carve up the land, barbarian tribes threaten the passes, and the martial world seethes with hidden currents. In the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I Cultivate Immortality in Another World Through Science and Reason 我在异界用科学理性修仙 When algorithms meet the arcane, I become the cultivation sect’s number-one “heretic.” I woke up after a car accident to find myself the lowest-ranking servant in the cultivation world. Others relied on intuition to cultivate. I relied on data analysis. While they drew qi into their bodies, I studied the “qi distribution model” inside me and wrote my first optimization function: fine-tune my breathing rhythm by 13%, and qi absorption efficiency skyrockets. At the sect tournament, a sword culti —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Unorthodox Beast Tamer 离经叛道御兽师 Worldbuilding · Beast Tamer Ranks: Common → Black Iron → Bronze → Silver → Gold → Platinum → Diamond → Star → Bright Moon → Blazing Sun → King → Emperor → Earth → Immortal → God · Beast Tamer Ranks: First Tier → Ninth Tier → King → Venerable → Sovereign · Talent Ranks: F → E → D → C → B → A → S → SS → SSS Since we’ve transmigrated, who’s going to tame beasts by the book?! How do they evolve? Can’t figure it out, can you? That’s exactly right!! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 They Smashed My Computer at the Wedding Banquet, Never Knowing I’m One of the Internet’s Top Hackers 婚宴上，他们砸了我的电脑，却不知我是全网顶级黑客 They Smashed My Computer at the Wedding Banquet, Not Knowing I Was the Internet's Top Hacker —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Hey! You Were Supposed to Cultivate Immortality, Not Get Stuck on Bugs! 别闹！让你们修仙全搁这卡BUG “Ding! The Heavenly Dao enforcer known as the ‘Tribulation Envoy’ is approaching!” As the top exploit hunter on the server, Ye Liuli ran into major trouble the moment she transmigrated. To save her own skin, she dug out an ancient soulmate cultivation pact and sprang into action. Task One: Exploit a loophole in the pact and bind the Tribulation Envoy as her long-term meal ticket. Task Two: Siphon off the spiritual energy from heavenly tribulations, and borrow the Envoy’s aura to pass herself off —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 My Roommate Wants to Keep a "Humanoid Pet" in the Dorm, and I'm Terrified 舍友要在宿舍养“人形宠物”，我直接吓傻 My Roommate Wants to Keep a "Humanoid Pet" in Our Dorm, and I Nearly Freaked Out 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Xuanhuan: I Cultivate to Godhood by Ranting 玄幻：我靠吐槽修炼成神 Xuanhuan: I Cultivate to Godhood by Ranting —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Man With a 100% Misogyny Score Played the Devoted Husband for Seven Years 头顶厌女值100的他，演了七年宠妻 He Had a Misogyny Score of 100 Over His Head, Yet Played the Devoted Husband for Seven Years —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 After Hearing My Unborn Daughter's Thoughts, I Tore Up the Divorce Papers 听到腹中女儿心声后，我撕了离婚协议 After Hearing My Unborn Daughter's Thoughts, I Tore Up the Divorce Agreement —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Aren't You a Little Overpowered? 你是不是太超标了 At Lianzhong High School, Bai Qi was a well-known top student. One day, Bai Qi met Chen Liyuan, a transfer student even more impressive than himself, and a series of youthful adventures followed. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 After Binding the Saintly System, I Became the Ultimate White Lotus 绑定圣母系统后，我成了顶级白莲 [Mystery + dual Systems + revenge + wealthy family feuds + strong female lead + modern romance] A feud between families left me orphaned and trapped in my enemy's household for over twenty years. After enduring humiliation for all those years, I became bound to two Systems! Now they'll help me get my revenge! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Light on Snow: Twenty-One Years of Fireworks and Fortune’s Rise and Fall 昭光映雪：二十一年烟火与浮沉 At a barbecue stall in the West Market night market, the boss of a building-materials company, an academic star and electrical engineer, a cool and beautiful ophthalmologist, and an introverted Chinese teacher cross paths by chance. A few skewers of barbecue quietly set the wheels of fate in motion, and they experience all the ups and downs life has to offer. Some become rich overnight, while others are left penniless! Life is a dream. When they wake, they keep one another company, soothe each o 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Borrow a Dream to Hold You 借场幻梦拥抱你 [Redemption + Happy Ending] Chunfeng, a young teacher sent to teach in the countryside, meets A Cao, a troubled girl. She is lost, then finds redemption, but when she wakes from her dream, all the beauty shatters. Only then does she realize that she is the “A Cao” waiting to be saved. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Qimen Fighters 奇门斗士 Liu Siming, Zhang Ying, Hong Liu, and Li Feng embark on an Armored Crusade against Evil! The world is a tangled web where truth and falsehood are hard to tell apart. What is justice, and how can it be upheld? Our main cast is striving to grow alongside justice! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Love When the Frost Falls 爱在霜起时 Cold, calculating CEO ✘ steady, independent heroine ✘ powerful man bows his head ✘ both are each other's first and only love ✘ groveling for her back /When they were young, Yan Qingshuang said, “Let's be friends!” /Jing Yuchen stood there, cool as snow, his features striking and his eyes deep. He gave a faint smile without replying, then walked away from her. He didn't say no. So that means yes? /After she started working, he kept appearing in her life. Every time something unexpected happened, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Twin Silver Mirrors: Two Very Different Teachers Save Each Other 银镜双生，两个反差女教师的双向救赎。 Twin souls reflected in a silver mirror: two teachers with contrasting personalities save each other. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Echoing Empty Courtyard: Between What Exists and What Does Not, You Must Choose 空响间庭，在那不存在与存在间，你要做出选择。 In the hollow, echoing courtyard, between existence and nonexistence, you must make a choice. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Drunken Eight Immortals 醉八仙(陶醉八仙) The Drunken Eight Immortals (Tao Zui Ba Xian) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 On Awakening Day, I Became an Out-of-Sequence Being 觉醒日，我成了序列之外 In his previous life, the brother he trusted most pushed him into a horde of beasts, leaving not a trace of his remains. On the day of his awakening in his reborn life, everyone was waiting to laugh at him. Then the Awakening Stone exploded, and Forbidden Sequence Number 000 appeared “That is the source of all sequences, above every single S-rank!” In this life, he would protect his mother, destroy the Book Pavilion, and kill his way across the Northern Frontier! The Book Pavilion’s leader —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 My Evil Artifact Is So Ambitious, It Evolved into the Human Emperor's Banner 我的邪器太争气，进化成人皇幡了 He once wielded the Banner of Evil, hoping to pave a bloody road to the heavens with ten thousand souls. Now, as the Human Emperor, he understands that mountains and rivers are the bones, heroic spirits are the souls, and the flame passed down is what makes a soul everlasting. [Name: Ten Thousand Souls Banner (first heroic spirit has taken residence)] [Potential: ???] [Soul: Remnants of the heroic dead of Huaxia (coalescing)] [Traits: Suppresses evil, protects, resonates with conviction] 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Reborn: The Thousand Doors' True Heir Returns to the Jianghu 重生之千门正将再战江湖 This story follows a master swindler who is reborn in the parallel world of Hankou in 1926. Amid that turbulent era, he navigates the chaos, turning the tides with a flick of his hand! Perhaps in another world, such a band of heroes really did exist! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Han Dynasty Money-Making Alliance 2: The Short-Drama Storm 大汉搞钱联盟2短剧风云篇 The Han Dynasty Money-Making Alliance 2: Short-Drama Turmoil —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Saintess Trains, and I Get Ten Times Stronger! 圣女一修炼，我直接十倍变强！ The Saintess Cultivates, and I Become Ten Times Stronger! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Chronicles of the Void Realm 墟界衔尾录 The sensation of weightlessness was the last thing Lu Chen felt before losing consciousness. The agony of his body slamming into the ground did not last long before a bone-deep chill swallowed it, as if he had plunged into an icy pit in the dead of winter. Even the feeling in his fingertips slowly slipped away. He could clearly hear his faint heartbeat, every throb accompanied by a tearing, dull ache. His vision was blurred with blood, and in his ears lingered a deliberately hushed sneer and th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Great Tang Dragon Sparrow: Xiao Jingchen 大唐龙雀萧惊尘 He transmigrated into the An Lushan Rebellion as cannon fodder. No System, no golden finger, no old man in his head. His only advantage was more than a thousand years of history packed into his mind. Xiao Jingchen thought that knowing how history would unfold meant he could coast to victory. But he soon realized that history was one thing, and reality another. Yu Chao'en wanted him dead. Shi Siming wanted him dead. Even his own people wanted to make him their scapegoat. He could only rely on him 285Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 From the Start, I Became a Beastly Mouse and Charged into the Shanhai World 开局兽化小鼠，生闯山海异界 Wu Mo, a boy with the lowly Bloodline of the Ear Mouse, one of the weakest among the strange beasts of the Mountains and Seas, stumbles upon an ancient legacy of poison cultivation. Together with the Three Heroes of the Yuan Ye Squad, he uses poison to turn the tables and fights against a world ruled by a rigid bloodline hierarchy, only to discover that he has become entangled in an ancient pact and a shocking conspiracy concerning the fate of the Mountains and Seas and the rise and fall of its —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 After We Swapped Bodies, My Arch-Nemesis Became My Adorable Husband 身体互换后死对头成了我的小娇夫 After We Swapped Bodies, My Archrival Became My Sweet Little Husband 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Famous Courtesan Took Over My Body 名妓上我身 A Famous Courtesan Possesses Me 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 One Look at You, and I Can Even See Through Your Mistress's Secrets 扫你一眼，连你小三都藏不住 Lu Zhi's app can see four things: Time of death, good and evil, marriage, and affairs. He saved a scumbag who was about to be hit by a truck. Above the man's head, it said: 3 affairs, morality score 12. After saving him, Lu Zhi gained seven days of life, then promptly sent the man's infidelity records to his wife. Someone with a morality score of 12 doesn't deserve to live. Until Lu Zhi glanced at himself Lifespan: Locked | Morality: Unknown | Identity: The 18th outsider. Lu Zhi: "...Who mark —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 My Takeout Deliveries Connect to the Underworld 我的外卖连着阴间 [Underworld Delivery Rider: A Female Ghost Gives Him a Bad Review from the Start] On a rainy night, delivery rider Chen Mo takes a navigation-broken alley to save five minutes. From then on, an unremovable “Underworld Orders” System appears in his app. Delivering blood porridge to a cemetery, feeding lollipops to children at an abandoned school, sharing a ride in a paper car... Bad reviews cost him his life; good reviews extend it. All he wants is to lie flat, but he is forced to race around mak —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Divorced with Two Kids, I Picked Up a Prince for a Husband 离婚带俩娃，捡个王爷当夫君 At 35, renowned traditional Chinese medicine expert Liu Nian finally escaped a decade-long abusive marriage. Did she really get drunk and die suddenly while celebrating that very night? She transmigrates into the body of an ancient-era orphan, an 18-year-old carrying twins, a boy and a girl. The moment she opens her eyes, she has to deliver her own babies? Luckily, the mysterious wealthy merchant Li Qi happens to pass by and is forced to play midwife. Armed with her medical skills from her previ 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 I, the Heaven-Burning Immortal Venerable, Am Reborn 我焚天仙尊重生归来 As Immortal Venerable Lingyun breaks through to the highest realm, his close friend Lu Fan and his Dao companion Su Yue betray him. They steal his Dao foundation, and he dies with hatred in his heart. When he awakens, he has been reborn five hundred years in the past, as a sixteen-year-old boy in a remote border town. His family is on the brink of disaster, with powerful enemies bearing down on them. Armed with memories of his previous life and a meager cultivation base, Lingyun makes a stunning 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Running Into Your Arms 奔向怀抱 Youth is a memory; the height of summer witnessed their meeting, their growing closer, and their falling in love. “Hello, my name is Huaiyu. It comes from the saying, ‘Cherish jade of virtue, and be a gentleman of grace.’” For her, that year was both a misfortune and a blessing: she met him. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 I Save Her by Borrowing Lives 我靠借命拯救她 To save the life of the person I secretly loved, who had died a tragic death, I signed a “time loan” contract. Every time I turned back time, I owed ten years of my life. Soon, I discovered that she was a prime asset targeted by the Time Bank, and my younger sister was next on its list. To protect them, I went from a fugitive debtor to the architect of a new order, leading debtors around the world to topple the Time Bank. In the end, a new time economy was established, but I forgot everything an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Plum Blossoms Fall Again 又见梅花落 She is pure, beautiful, kind, and gentle, with eyes like a pool of autumn water… the prettiest girl in the whole area! But to repay a debt, she is forced to marry a fool in a mountain village. He is clever, honest, and deeply devoted, yet falls in love with the beautiful bride he respectfully calls “Sister-in-law Mei.” Though they break through society’s constraints and truly fall in love, the cruel realities of life drag them into an endless struggle… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Canglan Sword Rises 沧澜剑起 The Canglan Sword Rises tells the story of Lin Xiao, a pampered young wastrel who’s glib and afraid of death. After the beastfolk invade and his country is destroyed, he transforms from a comic layabout into a protector. The early chapters feature humorous everyday life in the capital; the middle chapters temper his resolve in the fires of war; and the later chapters begin his journey into swordsmanship. Across four volumes and a million words, the story follows an ordinary man’s awakening in a —Reads—Score—14d adds
