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- 51 The Good-for-Nothing Disciple Wants to Be Left Alone 废材弟子求放养 Lu Ming transmigrates into the world of immortal cultivation. From the start, he’s a good-for-nothing, and his sect is so poor it can barely make ends meet. While everyone else works themselves to the bone cultivating, he just wants to keep his head down and pick up bargains. After awakening the Chaos Spirit Pearl, he can store things and hide inside it. If he can’t beat an enemy, he hides; when enemies fight each other, he swoops in to finish them off. On the surface: I’m a good-for-nothing. I —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Imperial Blade: The Eunuch God of War 帝刀：太监战神 On the day Li Longji ascended the throne, he patted him on the shoulder. “You are not my servant. You are the blade I keep hidden in the dark.” A blade drawn must taste blood. A blade sheathed goes unseen. From a wretched slave in Compound C to a Great General of Cavalry in the Tang Dynasty. Four campaigns in Lingnan. Three thousand against thirty thousand. He made the barbarians kneel and call him grandfather. The history books described him in just five words: “Fierce, ruthless, and bloodthi 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Revival of Pulse Spirits 脉灵复苏 This world needs a “god.” Then let me be the one! The one and only “god.” In this technological age, the long-dormant Vein Spirits are beginning to awaken one after another. Since only Vein Spirits can kill other Vein Spirits, the war of devouring, halted in ancient times when the Vein Spirits of every clan fell dormant and lost their power, is beginning anew. “Kill all the Vein Spirits, and the last one standing will ascend to godhood.” The Vein Spirits awaken, a devouring frenzy begins, ten th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Dark Guardian: Elite Troops Strike 暗守护之雄兵出击 [Alternate history + high-powered martial arts + military faction rivalry + no System + endless schemes + safeguarding a legacy] An entire steppe tribe has migrated here, and they actually claim it isn’t an invasion… One of Mengze’s northern defenses, the Wentian Peak Range, collapses. Wen Tianye is ordered to lead the elite Wild Horse Corps there to investigate. When they arrive, what they see is shocking. Steppe cavalry roam the area, and steppe tents are being pitched one after another… Have 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 I Raised Five Female Ghosts 我养了5个女鬼 Xu Ergou, a 22-year-old bachelor, has achieved nothing. Orphaned and barely scraping by, he meets five peerlessly beautiful female ghosts by chance. From that moment on, Xu Ergou's dream life begins… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 You Can Be the Brother-Worshipping Sis; I'll Be the Big Shot 你当扶弟魔，我去当大佬 Wang Shuai, a 30-year-old IT professional, started dating Li Jing after a coworker introduced them. When they began discussing marriage, he discovered she was an extreme devotee to her younger brother, demanding that her name be added to the property deed and that the entire bride price go to her brother, among other things. Wang Shuai decisively broke up with her. That very night, he unexpectedly activated the Face-Slapping System and received a starter pack: five million yuan in cash and a 390 242Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 An Empire Begins from Humble Roots 帝业起于微末 In the final years of the Dayong Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made calamities leave the land strewn with the starving dead. On the northern frontier, Tatar cavalry raze a village. The young Liu Zheng loses everything amid flames and blood, and is forced to flee. Ahead lies an endless wilderness stretching south. Behind him, smoke from the fires devours his homeland. The chaos of war is a furnace, and human lives are no more than weeds. Along the road to survival, he meets his brave but si 95Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 58 Transmigrate into a Book and Win Over Gong Yuanzhi 穿书强攻略之宫远徵 Hello, Host. Welcome to the world of “My Journey to You.” Your target this time is Gong Yuanzhi. Make him fall hopelessly in love with you and achieve a happy ending to return to the real world. Be careful: you must not force yourself to stay. (Note: This is a derivative work based on “My Journey to You,” an original story I wrote over many days and nights. Plagiarism is prohibited and will be pursued!!! This is purely for entertainment, so please don’t take it as a reflection of me. Enjoy witho 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 National Destiny Farm: The Lowest-Level Talent from the Start 国运农场：开局最低级天赋 Nuclear wastewater threatens to destroy the world, and the National Destiny Farm arrives to save it. Lin Xuan draws the lowest-tier G-rank talent, Lucky Strike, and the entire nation mocks him. But while everyone else carefully grows high-tier crops, he chooses the lowest-tier seeds and plants them like crazy. “Odds of one in ten thousand? Just give me enough tries and I’ll make it a hundred percent!” While farm owners in other countries struggle to grow ordinary crops, Lin Xuan casually gives h 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Where the Returning Boat Meets the Reeds 洄舟芷岸 The aloof in public, puppy-like forensic pathologist Jiang Hui × the undercover agent Xun Zhi, who spent years undercover before being reborn. What would a romance between a dog and a cat be like??? Was it really so amusing to disappear without a word for three years? I want you to dissect my body, so you'll know exactly what I've been through. As the moon's reflection shatters in the mirror, suspicions of a mole, old grudges, and life-or-death choices intertwine. Amid the struggle between goo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Searching for Playing Cards in a Haunted Instance 我在诡异副本寻找扑克牌 [Strong Female Lead] [Game] [Reality and Instances] Participants (humans), Administrators (the uncanny), Bystanders (Annas), Watchers (gods), Creators (authors) I’m Wang Qiumo, a magician forced to enter this uncanny instance to search for playing cards. Fifty-four cards, each with a different ability. But the search for the cards is fraught with danger and fear! Still, I won’t stop. I am Annas. You may call me Her Majesty the Queen. Everyone else is desperately searching for the playing cards, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Starwatch Tower 望星台 No fixed protagonist | No hero or heroine | Everyone gets a tragic ending | Nothing but heartbreak The young people on the Stargazing Terrace once held blazing passion in their eyes. None of them knew that after parting, mountains and rivers would lie between them, and when they met again, their temples would already be gray. A group of spirited young people once gathered here. Some took up swords, hoping to shatter the firmament; some took up their brushes, hoping to write the story of the lan 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 A Record of Enlightenment 悟道志 A classic mortal cultivation tale: no System, no overpowered magical treasures, and outstanding character-driven storytelling. After entering the Tianyuan Sect, the ordinary Xiao Yi works hard at cultivation and seeks opportunities through her own efforts, striving to attain the Great Dao. No System, not a wish-fulfillment story. Every character is intelligent, and the story never relies on foolish decisions. Excellent character-driven storytelling with meticulous attention to detail. A first-ra 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 After a Thousand Rejections, I Become a God with the System 面试被拒千次后我靠系统封神 [Urban Superpowers] + [System] + [Wild Imagination] At his 1,001st job interview, Hua Dongsheng finds that the interviewer is a former subordinate he personally fired. “Mr. Hua, look at you now.” She gives him a scornful smile. “Security, throw him out.” The System suddenly alerts him: “For enduring humiliation, you are rewarded with permanent access to Mind Reading.” The instant he looks up and reads her thoughts, a confident smile curls across his lips. It turns out this three-year-long humili —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Cultivation Is Too Dangerous, So I Choose to Create a World Within Myself 修仙太危险，我选择体内创世 Lin Mu, a menial disciple of the Qingyun Sect with a false Five-Element spiritual root, has little hope of advancing on the path of cultivation. Steady as a rock and a master of keeping his head down, he is driven to the brink by a setup. At death's door, he unexpectedly sacrifices his blood to a broken stele, activating the Primordial Realm within him and becoming the guardian of the flame of Huaxia civilization. This is no ordinary pocket dimension, but a nascent world awaiting revival. A spr 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Sichen 嗣尘 Lin Yan, an illegitimate son from a collateral branch dismissed as dust by his family, lives with his mother in the coldest corner of the main family's mansion. She dies of illness, bitter to the end, leaving him only a warning that “the main family is a den of wolves” and a secret ledger detailing the matriarch's embezzlement and his legitimate elder brother's seizure of the family estate. Living under the legitimate heirs' disdain and the servants' contempt, Lin Yan finally wakes up. He gives 15Reads—Score114d adds
- 67 The Han Dynasty Money-Making Alliance 大汉搞钱联盟 The Han Dynasty Money-Making Alliance —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Fourteenth Diner 第十四位食客 [High-IQ Mystery Solving + Rules Horror + Lovecraftian Terror] If people around you inexplicably “disappear,” and you can always find a reason to explain it away, what would you do? Qin Man is a level-headed surgeon. Then strange things begin to happen: The first friend went to the restroom and never came back. He must have skipped the bill. The second colleague went to get more food and never came back. He must have gotten drunk. The fifth blind date went out for a smoke and never came back. Sh 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 After I Asked for a Divorce, My Husband Completely Panicked 我提离婚后，老公彻底慌了 After I asked for a divorce, my husband completely panicked. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Ye Ye Mao Mao's 5th Book 夜夜猫猫的第5本书 After a plane crash, Zhou Daxin and two beautiful flight attendants are stranded on a deserted island, where he unexpectedly binds himself to a survival System. With the System, he obtains supplies and strengthens his body, battling monsters and a hostile environment until he becomes the flight attendants' rock. The gentle and spirited women gradually fall for him, offering him their affection. As the System levels up and unlocks more powerful gear, he leads everyone in exploring the island and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Reborn as the Son-in-Law of the Richest Man 重生之我在首富家当赘婿 In his previous life, he worked himself to death for a trillionaire CEO. Reborn, he becomes the live-in son-in-law of the richest family in town. He gets fifty thousand a month, lives in a mansion, and only has to play the nominal husband of an icy female CEO. He signs the humiliating agreement without hesitation. “There’s a deal like this?” From then on, he saves hundred-billion-yuan projects at family meetings while gaming, and leaves the elite speechless at banquets with his “pig-farming econ 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Poor Boy's Sincere Heart 穷小子的真心 This is a moving journey of love across distance and time. He is stationed in a remote village, while she lives in a bustling city. Their lives follow very different paths, and they are far apart, yet their hearts keep drawing closer. From strangers to friends, from misunderstanding to understanding, they traverse their own mountains and seas, all to find their way to each other. When all the waiting finally leads to a reunion, they realize that the most beautiful sight in this world is someone 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Agricultural Planting System in Another World 异界农业种植系统 Reborn + System + another world + fantasy + agriculture + wild imagination + technology + no harem. Qinghua, a renowned agricultural science PhD, is accidentally bitten to death by an ant. When he opens his eyes again, he's become a weak ant person in another world. Bound to an agricultural cultivation System, everyone else fights desperately to cultivate, while he busies himself watering and fertilizing his spiritual fields. Then one day, enemy troops arrive at the border, and Qinghua calmly pu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 A Girl’s Enchanted Night of Fantasies 少女奇妙幻想夜 There’s no harem here, no ambiguous relationships, only a promise to stay together for a lifetime. Every girl has a life and a home of her own; she just happens to love him. This is a story about protecting others and being protected. If the world has never treated you kindly, may this story offer you a quiet embrace. 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 No Cheats After I Transmigrated: A Criminal Investigation Consultant in Ancient Times 穿越无挂：我在古代当刑侦顾问 A transmigration without a golden finger is the worst kind of ordeal. After forensic consultant He Zhaozhao dies, she transmigrates into the body of a farm girl, only to be sold into Prince Mu's residence as a servant. Just as she stumbles upon the gruesome death of a girl who shared her room, General Mu Jinchuan, stationed in Xizhou, drags her out to use as bait. He suspects her of being a spy gathering military intelligence. He teases and torments her, yet can't help being impressed by her po —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 At My Own Funeral, I Saw the Comments Flooding the Screen 我在自己的葬礼上，看到满屏的弹幕 At My Own Funeral, I Saw a Screen Full of Bullet Comments 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Five-Piece Band 五等分乐队 Light novel, multiple heroines, no love rival drama, everyday comedy [Tsundere + Socially Anxious + Understanding + Childhood Friend + All-Rounder] Ye Lingfan is devastated by his band's breakup when he meets five girls who are forming a band for the first time and have their sights set on the heavens. From awkward beginnings to growing familiar, from full of holes to confident and composed, their journey is about more than just improving their skills: they also save one another. A funny story o 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Reborn, the Good-for-Nothing Heiress Goes on a Rampage 重生后，废柴千金杀疯了 [Revenge, ambition, and redemption unfold side by side, with one shocking twist after another] The day I jumped, the cold wind filled my worn-out shirt. My parents called me a burden, my younger brother stole all my emergency savings, my boyfriend rolled around on my bed with my best friend, and my boss made me take the fall for a ruinously expensive mistake. Twenty-eight floors up. Four seconds of free fall. I swore that if I ever got another life, I’d make them pay in blood. When I opened my e —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Beneath the Cedar Trees: Strawberry Marks and His Confession 雪松林下，草莓印与他的告白 A Strawberry Mark and His Confession Beneath the Cedar Trees —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Urban: My Medical Skills Come from the Cultivation World 都市：我的医术来自修仙界 When the Alchemy Venerable of the Cultivation World Says No to You, Even the King of Hell Dares Not Claim Your Soul! Chu Luo, an Alchemy Venerable from the immortal realm who died after being betrayed, wakes to find himself in a modern city, a good-for-nothing medical student mocked by everyone and humiliated by his ex-girlfriend. Modern medicine is helpless against terminal illness? One Body Tempering Pill makes cancer cells vanish without a trace. Ordinary medical skills can't save you from 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The Invincible Sword God of Confucianism Awakens, Swearing to End War with Force! 无敌儒道剑神苏醒，誓要以武止戈！ The invincible Sword God of Confucianism awakens, vowing to end war through force! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 After My Virtual Boyfriend Entered the Real World, I Learned Everyone Had Been Lying to Me 虚拟男友走进现实后，我才知道所有人都在骗我 Only after my virtual boyfriend stepped into reality did I realize everyone had been lying to me. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Old Dreams of Chang’an, Autumn’s Chains 长安故梦，锁清秋 Old Dreams of Chang'an, Locked in the Autumn Chill —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Sea in a Bottle 瓶中海 Sea in a Bottle 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Locust Banner 槐旗 Locust Banner —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Nine Heavens Chaos Daoist Chronicles 九霄混沌问道录 > Jiang Chen had spent ten years as a menial disciple of the Xuantian Sect, yet his cultivation remained stuck at the first level of Qi Refining. > It wasn't until the celestial phenomena changed across the Nine Heavens and an ancient ruin appeared that he realized he was the embodiment of the laws of the Heavenly Dao. > The nine great sects fought bitterly over the inheritance within the ruins, unaware that an even greater crisis was about to descend. > When the first bolt of Purple Heaven Divi 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 A Date with White Dew 白露为期 One heroine (Bai Lu), male lead (Liu Bai). From campus to the workplace, everyday urban life, a beautiful romance, with the solar terms and poetry as the narrative threads. A scholar's spirited idealism versus the life of an overworked employee, office and workplace politics, sweet at first, then angsty, death and rebirth. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Infinite Save-Scumming: I Create Gods in a Doomsday Game 无限回档：我在末日游戏造神明 Lin Nuo opened his eyes to the moldy ceiling of his rented apartment. His phone vibrated wildly beside his pillow. A countdown glowed on the screen: [Global launch of The Doomsday Era in: 23 hours, 59 minutes, 47 seconds] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Proving the Dao Through Dreams on the Path to Immortality 长生路以梦证道 Young Chen Mo was born in Qingshi Town with mediocre aptitude, making it hard for him to enter a sect of immortals. In the Nine Provinces, only the gifted can embark on the path to immortality, and he was turned away at the gate. One night, he dreamed of an ancient immortal's final years. Sword intent, alchemy formulas, and formations were imprinted in his mind, bit by bit. Everything he encountered in reality felt familiar, and his astonishing insight sent his cultivation advancing by leaps and 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Digital Dawn 数字破晓 This is the story of Zhao Peng, an ordinary orphan from a poor rural family. Even in desperate circumstances, he keeps working hard and stays true to himself, ultimately turning his life around and reaching the peak of his career, while finding love along the way. The story explores the transformation of the building materials and home furnishings industry, as well as the bright prospects of future digital development. Technology can change not only a person, but also lives and the world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Hot-Blooded Policewoman’s Love Story 麻辣女警恋爱记 Sun Wenjing, captain of the Major Crimes Unit in the Criminal Investigation Division of Donghai City Public Security Bureau, and Qin Ming, an emergency room doctor at Donghai Anning Hospital, meet on a blind date. They fall in love at first sight. But their relationship is far from smooth sailing: they face one twist after another and even come close to death. To find out how their story ends, read "The Sassy Policewoman’s Love Story". What kind of thrilling romance will the goddess of Donghai’s 144Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 92 The Author Transmigrates into a Cultivation Novel: A Roguish System Makes Me Take the Blame 作者穿修仙：流氓系统逼我背锅 Blame-shifting power-ups + lucky unlucky protagonist + wish-fulfillment + play the pig to eat the tiger + lighthearted Lin Mo accidentally transmigrated after ranting about the System mechanics in his unfinished harem-style cultivation novel. To his utter bewilderment, he became bound to the "Rogue System" he'd created, and began his career as everyone's scapegoat that very day... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Haunted Realm of Bulang Mountain 布朗山诡域 [Mystery + Cthulhu Mythos + Chinese fantasy + wild imagination, not a power fantasy, focused on immersion] We are caged brides, vessels for “carrying on the family line,” and offerings destined for the dinner table of the future. When Jiang Chengyu discovers her clan’s rule of “kill the mother and devour her,” and Wu Feilu realizes that her long hair and romance are both illusions created by drugs... The three girls decide to join forces and fight their way to freedom through the gap between d —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Reborn: My Name Is Xiao Shiyilang 重生，我叫萧十一郎 Xiao Shiyilang’s soul transmigrates across the Three Realms. He becomes the disciple of the Great Emperor Haotian, swears brotherhood with the Victorious Fighting Buddha, Monkey, and is addressed as Lord Emperor by the demon Nezha. Later, he inherits the legacy of the ancient Demon Emperor, leads the demon clans, and rewrites the Three Realms’ rotten rules. The main story begins when Lian Chengbi returns from the dead, having reached the peak of his power. Xiao Shiyilang dies fighting to protect 15Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 95 After Binding to a System, the Coldhearted Heartthrob Starts Winning Himself Over 绑定系统后，高冷男神开始自我攻略了 After binding to a System, the aloof male god starts pursuing himself. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Hidden Dragon of the Hundred Thousand Mountains 十万大山的潜龙 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. The story begins when Huaxia’s Chaos Sea collides with three other Chaos Seas, sparking a war. Huaxia is immensely powerful in its ancestral lands, so it does not notify the weak Western forces about the war beyond its borders. Unexpectedly, they ally with foreign enemies and launch a sneak attack on Huaxia’s rear, but Huaxia’s younger generation rises in time to drive them back. The Western forces flee to the My —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Abandoned Daughter of Tianyan Sect Is Doted on by Her Four Powerful Brothers 天衍宗弃女，四个大佬哥哥的团宠 [No Romance + Healing and Redemption + Everyone’s Favorite] Qin Luoluo, daughter of the Tianyan Sect’s leader, is dismissed as a good-for-nothing cultivator with a defective spiritual root. She suffers constant disdain, and even her biological father favors his exceptionally talented adopted daughter. When Qin Luoluo is eight, she is secretly abandoned in the Blackwind Forest, where demonic beasts roam, to fend for herself. At death’s door, no one comes to save her. Instead, she unexpectedly fin 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Onyx at Work: Thorns and Moonlight Onyx职场：荆棘与月光 Amid the ups and downs of the workplace, a wrongful accusation dating back twenty years threatens to cloud the love between Li Xiao and Gu Yu. Their parents' secrets, a brother's betrayal, and the wishes of the dead weave a web of hatred and guilt. Chen Mo's sudden death, Chen Yi's frenzied revenge, and the exchange of interests between the Li and Gu families push the two lovers to the brink of losing faith in each other. When an old diary and a recording of a confession come to light, the truth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Two Thousand Per Reading, Join Me for the Gossip! 直播算命：一卦两千，在线吃瓜！ [No romance + livestreaming + fortune-telling + powerhouse + ghost-hunting] “Auntie, that child isn't yours. He's your husband's and your sister-in-law's.” “That's enough, you two! Stop playing at some tragic romance between the living and the dead!” “Your life is destined to be a tragedy. Let me save you!” Jiang He came to this world by chance and witnessed all its sorrow and suffering. Now she would save them all! 38Reads—Score12014d adds
- 100 The World of Tianbao 天宝世界 This book tells the story of Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, who transmigrates into a mecha world. Can Ying Zheng unite the mecha world? Will he encounter other powerful figures? Will there be a love story? Come read and find out! —Reads—Score—14d adds
