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- 1 With the Demonic Sect on the Brink of Death, I Logged In as a Level 999 Immortal Emperor 濒死魔门我登录999级仙帝 Invincible + multiple love interests + no beef Liu Le was an ordinary person on Blue Star who downloaded a little cultivation game. After two and a half years, he finally reached the max level. But then the game prompted him to head to a new server, and he ended up in a real cultivation world! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Sect Leader, I’m a Decent Person 掌门，俺是正经人 “Sect Master, stay calm. This disciple is an upstanding man.” But with the Sect Master poisoned, he was forced to “sacrifice himself” to break the curse. One desperate act of salvation, one unexpected awakening. By accident, he triggered the ancient taboo, The Yin-Yang Goddess Record. From then on, no inner demon could hide within the sect, and beneath every mask, the true goddesses could be distinguished from the false. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons or eve 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Master, Don't Do This! I'm the Novel's True Villain 师尊不要这样，我才是小说大反派 [Eavesdropping on inner thoughts] [Extreme contrast] [Maximum yandere] [Hellish love-triangle showdown] [Lighthearted and funny] [Villain who transmigrated into a book] After transmigrating into a cultivation power fantasy as the big villain, Hua Chen just wants to follow the plot to the end and ascend to immortality. He is supposed to be the ultimate experience-point punching bag, hated by everyone, despised by the heroine, and crushed under the Chosen One's heel. But what happens in reality 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The System Crashes from the Start, but the Socially Anxious Good-for-Nothing One-Punches the Demon God 开局系统崩了社恐废柴一拳爆魔神 Fantasy, wild ideas, invincible protagonist, System, play the pig to eat the tiger, multiple heroines Wang Ye, a severely antisocial shut-in, transmigrates into a fantasy world. The System bound to him runs out of energy and breaks down right from the start. Before crashing, it leaves Wang Ye a gift: the strength of One Punch Man. From then on, the Tianxuan Realm gains a good-for-nothing disciple who only wants to hide in the woodshed, freeload, and wait to die. A bully from the outer sect p 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I’m Just an Auto Mechanic, So How Did I Become a Cultivation Expert? 我一个汽修工，怎么成修仙大佬了 Lin En transmigrated with a crowbar and got bound to a bizarre System. The System said: Give gifts to beautiful women, and you’ll get rewards in return. Give spicy strips to the icy senior sister, and get cultivation in return. Give stockings to the undercover demoness, and get a critical hit in return. Give medicated oil to the sickly heiress, and get a fortune in spirit stones in return. Lin En had an epiphany: Other people cultivate immortality through hard work, but he does it by acting 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Burial of the Evil Lord 葬灭邪君 An invincible power fantasy with a fast pace, ruthless action, and no self-righteous heroics. At the dusk of the gods, millions of years later, a young man is buried alive in a coffin and fuses with the Divine Burial Coffin. The moment he crawls out, he becomes both the undertaker and the ender. "Rescuing people? I'm no good at that." The young man's gaze is ice-cold. "But when it comes to burying people, " "Heaven can be buried, earth can be buried, and immortals, gods, and demons can all be bu 927Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I Cultivate with Nine Female Emperors, So I’m Invincible 九位女帝同修，我无敌 The God-Burying Abyss, where the gods fell. Qin Wuya thought he was done for. Instead, nine stunning empresses cornered him: “Unreasonable demands, years later, the boy who once cried and begged for his life holds the nine empresses close as they look down upon all living beings. ‘Supreme beings? Which one of these nine behind me isn’t the ancestor of a Supreme being?’” This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. 566Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Cultivation Cringe: I Make a Fool of Myself and Become a God in a Fantasy World 社死修仙：我在玄幻世界丢人成神 [Funny and Lighthearted] [Transmigration into a Xuanhuan World] [System] [Getting Stronger Through Social Humiliation] [Reverse Golden Finger] [Ridiculous] [Wild Imagination] [Absurd] [Everyone Is Ridiculous] [One Female Lead] Lin Yi, a programmer stuck in the 996 grind, died from overwork and transmigrated to a Xuanhuan world. He awakened a “reverse golden finger” System. While others transmigrated as max-level experts, he transmigrated as a “max-level unlucky bastard.” The System told him: “Wa 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Thriller: I Take Contracts and Recruit Every Strange Being in the Game 惊悚：我靠接单收编全服诡异 (Thriller Game + ruthless and decisive + no saintly protagonist + wish-fulfillment story + building a faction in the horror world + Livestream) Lin Ye is chosen by the Thriller Game. To his surprise, he accidentally binds himself to the Ghost Wish Execution System. He can earn rewards by granting ghosts’ wishes! While other players are still getting scared out of their pants by ghosts, Lin Ye is already going around interrogating them about their wishes. No wishes? Then come up with one! Ghost: —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Zhang Sanfeng Calls Me Senior Brother, and the Whole Martial World Goes Crazy 张三丰喊我师兄，整个武林疯了 I’m Dong Tianbao, the guy Zhang Sanfeng killed with a single palm strike. But I didn’t die. I transmigrated seven hundred years into a high-tech future and bonded with the awakened AI, LS-07. The AI drains your lifespan? Martial arts have a limit? I fused twelve Shaolin masterpieces and created an ultimate cultivation method, eliminating all side effects and maxing out my combat power. Interstellar pirate king? Cut him down. Ancient martial arts patriarch? Beat him into submission. Fleet vice-ca 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 My Master's Cultivation Technique Is Not Quite Right 师尊的功法不正经 [Multiple heroines + decisive and ruthless + fairy-like master + pure wish fulfillment] Xiao Yuanshan awakens the Pure Yang Sacred Body, only for his aloof, moonlike fairy master to hand him a copy of the Yin-Yang Creation Art. “Disciple, don’t read too much into it. This scripture harnesses the creation of Heaven and Earth. It has nothing to do with romance.” But with every breakthrough in the art, another peerlessly beautiful woman appears at his side: The Demon Empress bathes three thousand s 462Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Betrayal: Proving the Way Through Slaughter 背叛之以杀证道 The greatest prodigy in the Celestial Realm had his heart cut out by the one he loved and offered up to forge a sword, sending his soul tumbling into the dust. When he opens his eyes again, he has become the “useless son-in-law” everyone despises in a lower realm. His spiritual meridians have been ripped out, his bones shattered, and he's worth less than a dog. Ridiculous! With the Dragon Abyss Sword in hand, he draws power from the mountains and rivers, uses his blood and bones as a furnace, an 699Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Back from Hell, Who Dares Defy Me? 地狱归来谁敢不服 Ye Qinghong is a once-in-a-century martial arts prodigy, born with the “Heavenly Meridian” and able to cultivate three times faster than ordinary people. During a martial arts trial, he is defeated through a scheme by Chen Hao, the Ye family's adopted son. His meridians are crippled, and he is thrown into a bottomless abyss. The abyss is an ancient battlefield, where Ye Qinghong gains an ancient inheritance and tames the vengeful spirits within. In the end, every ghost submits to him and becomes 4Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 14 I Asked You to Teach Chinese, Not Master Every Subject! 让你教语文，没让你全科制霸啊！ Lin Chen was a top education expert in his previous life. By chance, he was reborn in Jiangcheng No. 3 High School in a parallel world, where he became a low-level substitute teacher who took the blame, got pushed around, and couldn't even pass his probation. Faced with a conniving academic director and a classroom full of troublemakers, Lin Chen smiled calmly and awakened the All-Purpose Teacher System. They think they can force me out with exam scores? I'll predict the entire test paper, and t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Trait: Becoming Invincible by Winning Over the Cold-Faced Senior Sister 词条：从攻略冷面大师姐开始无敌 [Handcrafted from Scratch] [Killing Enemies for Trait Drops + Infinite Fusion + Lighthearted Harem] Lu Huan transmigrates into the body of a wealthy young master. He plans to enjoy a life of food, drink, and fun while charming beautiful women, only to discover that in this world, anyone without martial strength isn't even qualified to enjoy life. Monsters devour people, gangs bleed their victims dry, and the imperial court piles on taxes and levies. Even the wealthy are nothing more than pigs an 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 16 The System Went Haywire, So I Speedran the Cultivation World 因为系统精神错乱，我极速通关修仙世界 Because the System has gone haywire, I’m speedrunning my way through the world of immortal cultivation. 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 17 Flirting Across Dimensions 超次元乱撩 The protagonist, Ye Tian, was an otaku obsessed with anime and manga. After an accident, he became bound to the Super-Dimensional Flirting System. As long as he successfully flirts with beautiful women, he can grow stronger. If he successfully binds a top-tier beauty as a "Bound Goddess," Ye Tian can also share her abilities. What's more, he can bind not only top-tier beauties in the real world, but also transmigrate to "two-dimensional worlds" and bind their "two-dimensional beauties." Once bou 116Reads—Score1314d adds
- 18 The Otherworld Invades, and the World Watches Live: From the Start, I Won the Ghost Bride 异界入侵全球直播开局拿下鬼新娘 [Multiple Heroines + Invincible Power Fantasy + Global Livestream] From the start, I was thrust into a bizarre game, where I immediately married a ghost bride and claimed the innate treasure Golden Scissors! The whole world watched the livestream in shock. “Is this how you're supposed to get through a horror dimension?!” While everyone else awakened useless abilities and struggled to survive, I awakened the “Player” ability and unlocked every skill from Genshin Impact, Devil May Cry, Dragon Ball 343Reads—Score5114d adds
- 19 A Brahmin in a County Town: My Life of Privilege 县城婆罗门，我的尊享人生 [System + Multiple Heroines + Swords, Guns, and Cannons + Deathsworn + Satisfying Power Fantasy] Tang Ze transmigrates to a parallel world and is plunged into a crisis from the start. Either his female companion bleeds him dry and makes a fool of him, or his father breaks his legs and kicks him out of the house. At the critical moment, Tang Ze binds himself to a System. Congratulations, Host, your life has entered VIP mode! "Oh! So the cheat code finally showed up!" Tang Ze switches into swa 1Reads—Score11314d adds
- 20 I Have a System, and I Can Knock Anyone Out with One Punch 我有系统，见谁都能一下抽爆 Ji Ertai is an obscure street thug, drifting aimlessly through life and wandering the streets day after day, as if forgotten by fate. But a sudden car accident becomes the turning point that changes his life. When he regains consciousness, Ji Ertai discovers that he is no longer on the familiar Earth. He has arrived in a mysterious world called the Illusory Spirit Continent. In a moment of crisis, he awakens the System and gains an unparalleled magical treasure that lets him knock anyone flying 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Deceiving the Demoness: Stealing a Child from the Tiger’s Den of the Hehuan Sect 蒙骗女魔头：混在合欢宗虎穴夺子 [System] [Power Fantasy] [Cultivation] [Multiple Heroines] When Wang Yang first learned that he had to join the Hehuan Demon Sect, he was actually against it. Wang Yang thought the demon sect’s wicked women would eat you alive and leave no trace. Later, Wang Yang bound himself to the [Fortuitous Returns System], and all his worries disappeared. He found it very convenient: whenever he spent or used something, the System would return spirit stones, pills, lifespan, lives, and all sorts of other t 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Influencer Tycoon’s Network of Connections 网络神豪的人脉帝国 In his previous life, Wang Feng spent more than a decade obsessed with online games, draining his salary and maxing out his online loans. He sank hundreds of thousands into classic games like A Thousand Years and Legend, becoming a big shot admired by all. In the end, he was saddled with hundreds of thousands in debt, his marriage fell apart, everyone turned against him, and by middle age he was living a miserable life. Reborn in early 2001, he planned to quit gaming for good and live a quiet li 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Rely on the God-Slaying Game to Walk Among Mortals 无敌的我靠斩神游戏人间 Invincible, full of memes, decisive and ruthless, cold-hearted, not reborn, no System, no dumbed-down characters, entirely handwritten. “People here call me Mother Earth. In the distant West, they worship me as the Goddess of Fortune, the omniscient God.” “I am omnipotent and omnipresent. I am the most powerful being among all the gods of this world.” Young man, I can see from your bones that you’re a born talent for becoming a god. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Teaching in the Mountains, I’ve Caught the Eye of a Silly Puppy Who Won’t Let Me Go 去山区支教，招惹小傻狗逃不脱 Female teacher volunteering in a rural school X silly village boy ‖ Whole family joins in ‖ Silly male lead becomes a domineering CEO ‖ Obsessive silly puppy ‖ Clingy silly puppy ‖ Bickering couple ‖ Reunited after a breakup ‖ Silly puppy’s comeback as a CEO ‖ Sweet romance ‖ Romance ‖ Funny ‖ Lighthearted ‖ Witty ‖ Humorous ‖ Sweet at first, angsty later ‖ Everyone plays matchmaker ‖ Happy ending Hou Mengxuan, a graduate of a prestigious university, travels far away to volunteer at a school in 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Richest Man in the Cultivation World: Heaven Owes Me Three Hundred Billion 修仙界首富：天道欠我三千亿 When the world’s hidden tycoons joined forces to try to crush him, they discovered in despair that the source of all spiritual energy in the cultivation world belonged to Gu Changge. Sorry, but I’m the one who sponsored all your cultivation! Five years ago, Gu Changge accidentally ascended. Five years later, he returned to the city with maxed-out cultivation and a stack of “IOUs from the Heavenly Dao.” He had planned to quietly enjoy being a tycoon, date his confidantes, and collect a few debts 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn: Pursued by 18 Holy Maidens 重生之被18名圣女倒追 [Multiple heroines + Reborn + Fantasy + Power fantasy + Ruthless protagonist] Watch the male lead crush all opposition, forge bonds with all kinds of saintesses as they pursue him, enjoy lighthearted everyday moments, uncover twists foreshadowed layer by layer, and revel in decisive vengeance! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Sorry, I Have Both Stats and Mechanics 抱歉，我既有数值又有机制 Genius protagonist + overwhelming power + multiple female leads + passionate battles + no System + comedy Even slice-of-life stories need supernatural battles! Lin Jiuli switches back and forth between fighting and everyday comedy. Once, ten universes coexisted. Nine have since been completely devoured, their origins converging into one before they vanished, forming an entity known as “Jiuli.” On top of that, Jiuli inherited some of the Seventh Universe’s powers. Now only the Seventh Universe re 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 My Master Said I Was Invincible, So I Set Out to Claim the Treasures 师傅说我无敌了，那就出师夺宝去 [Fantasy World + Invincible Hero + Master Descends from the Mountain + Lightning-Fast Pacing + Face-Slapping and Crushing Weaklings + Smart Characters + Shocking Twists] The purple barrier keeps expanding. A deafening blast shakes the heavens and earth. Nine top-tier experts at the peak of the Battle Venerable realm all spit up blood, and the barrier shatters. Their disciple actually passed the barrier trial they created together! How terrifying! The sect's revival depends on this disciple! Wu D 3Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 29 The Immortal Venerable Who Charms the World: My System Only Goes After Female Immortals 魅世仙尊：我的系统专撩女仙 Core tags: multiple heroines, humor, transmigration, cultivation, not a power fantasy (with unconventional power-fantasy moments) Male lead: Long Yuan (a transmigrator who awakens the Immortal Maiden Conquest System and cultivates charm instead of strength) After dying from staying up all night, Long Yuan transmigrates into the Qingyun Sect and becomes an outer disciple with the same name. Others start off with divine arts or sacred physiques, but he's bound to the "Immortal Maiden Conquest Syst 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 All-Purpose Reward System: From the Start, I Get Hundreds of Billions 全能奖励系统：开局送我上千亿 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 31 A World of Math Idiots: I'm the Only One Who Went to Elementary School 全球数学白痴：只有我上过小学 Su Yun transmigrated into a world where logic had vanished. He often wondered: had the intelligence of all humanity dropped a thousandfold? Here, Western scholars monopolized academic rankings and set the standards for “truth.” Chinese scholars had to grovel for Western approval if they wanted to advance! When a professor from a top university handed him a humiliating admission letter, Su Yun tore it up in front of everyone and sneered: “The doors for decent people are locked tight, while the ho 328Reads—Score10014d adds
- 32 The Eighteen-Year-Old Great-Grandfather Returns, and the World Is About to Change 十八岁太爷爷回归，要变天了 It turns out that so-called 'ascension' is nothing but a scam by a higher-dimensional civilization to harvest top talent. Before ascending, Gao Yan was a Nobel Prize laureate and the richest man in Daxia. To break through a scientific bottleneck, he turned to the study of the Dao. Ten years later, he 'ascended' to Taiyan Star. A thousand years later, he rose to the pinnacle once more and became the head of the Celestial Dao Academy, only to see the truth: Taiyan Star was about to destroy Blue St 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Dimensional Invasion: I Have a Hextech Selection System 维度入侵，我有海克斯选择系统 (The rating just opened! It will definitely rise!) [Urban High Martial Arts] + [Instances] + [System] + [Power Fantasy] + [Invincible] Rifts to other dimensions tear open the sky, and waves of monsters sweep across the globe. After a century of bloody war, human civilization lies in ruins, with fewer than one in ten people left alive. The survivors retreat into vast safe zones surrounded by alloy walls, relying on awakened talents and fighting their way through instances to survive and preserve 16Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 34 A Jade Basin Connecting Past and Present: I Saved a City 玉盆通古今，我救了一座城 [Transmigrate between past and present + devoted couple + God of War marshal + gentle, refined, scheming genius physician + modern girl with a phenomenal memory] Qin Wanwan, a “brother-obsessed” girl with an extraordinary memory, took on a huge debt to help her younger brother pay off his loans. Then she discovered her boyfriend was cheating on her. Heartbroken, she returned to her old family home in the countryside to clear her head, only to stumble upon the fact that her family's jade basin a 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Emperor Has Arrived: Surrounded by Beauties, I Rule the World 帝尊临世：诸美伴身掌天下 With the spiritual qi revival, the barrier between the hidden world and the mortal world begins to dissolve. Shen Yan walks among ordinary people disguised as a financial trader, concealing his identity as the second-strongest expert on the Heavenly Rankings and the true power behind the Immortal Music Dynasty. He is domineering when protecting those he cares about and steadfast in love, yet surrounded by beautiful women: the gentle, devoted Su Wanqing; the clever and capable Xia Yuran; the cool 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Come Down the Mountain, Disciple: Your Seven Beautiful Masters Are Your Backers 徒儿下山吧，七位美师娘是你靠山 [Harem]+ [Unbeatable]+ [Traditional Chinese Medicine]+ [Seven Martial Aunts] “Disciple, you’ve grown up. It’s time to head down the mountain!” “Master, you’re about to die. Surely you can at least wait for me to see you off on your final journey!” “No need. Go on without worrying about me. I don’t want you seeing me at my worst, either. Go to Jiangcheng. Someone there will help you!” 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Soul of Sichuan in the War of Resistance 抗战川魂 Cao Zhenchuan was a trusted subordinate of Sichuan warlord Deng Xihou and became commander of the Sichuan Army’s Tiger Regiment at just 29. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he led his troops out of Sichuan to fight the Japanese. After fierce, bloody battles, they finally achieved victory... 259Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Glass and the Blade 玻璃与刀锋 Glass and Blades —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Year I Earned Two Thousand a Month, the Goddess Married Down to Me 月薪两千那年，女神下嫁给我 The Year I Earned Just 2,000 a Month, the Goddess Married Down to Be My Wife —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Reborn Heroine's System Ended Up with Me, the Villainous Second Male Lead? 虐文重生女主的系统，咋跑我这反派男二身上来了？ Why has the System of the reborn heroine from a tragic romance ended up with me, the villain’s second male lead? 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 41 He Said He'd Come Back Wearing His Medal and Marry Me 他说要戴着奖章回来娶我 He said he’d come back with a medal and marry me. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I Brought Home a Prince to Spoil 《捡个王爷回家宠》 I Picked Up a Prince and Brought Him Home to Spoil —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 From the Start, I Had a Photography Book and Beat Up the Entire Continent 开局一本摄影集，暴打全大陆 [Lighthearted comedy] + [wish fulfillment] + [wild imagination] + [farming in another world] + [unconventional cultivation] + [golden finger] + [unlimited System] + [invincible] Chen Bai was an ordinary university graduate with a bachelor's degree who loved photography. After starting work, he became an overworked wage slave. One day, after entering an amateur photography contest, he was transmigrated to a cultivation continent, where he... Used the Barnum effect and psychological tricks to te —Reads—Score2114d adds
- 44 Locked Away in the Deep Mansion: My Crazy Stepbrother Killed Me 《深宅锁娇：我的疯批继兄杀了我》 Locked Away in the Deep Mansion: My Psychotic Stepbrother Killed Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 After Transmigrating to a University Residency, I Use the System to Laugh My Way Through Work 穿越高校驻场后，我靠系统笑虐职 My new story is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 After Reincarnating as a Tyrant's Guard, I Give Up and Do Nothing 穿成暴君的侍卫后，我摆烂了 I Became a Tyrant’s Guard and Started Slacking Off 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The World Between Reality and Illusion: Women Love and Hate Me 虚实世界，女人们对我又爱又恨 [Urban, Alternate World, Apocalypse, Wasteland, Fresh Story Concept, Ensemble Cast, Paranormal, Sci-Fi, Expansive Worldbuilding, Villains, Selfless Saints] Read three chapters, and you’ll fall in love with this book. Qin Xiao’s life is full of excitement, and every character here feels vividly alive. Qin Xiao: “Are humans really going to let the paranormal beings make rules for us? Humans should be the ones making rules for them!” All of humanity must achieve immortality, whether in the present 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Supporting Actress Stole My Fortunes, So I Became a Top-Tier Star in the Cultivation World 女配抢机缘后卷成修仙界顶流 Modern research powerhouse Shen Zhiwei wakes up in a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female character who doesn't survive three chapters. Bound to the “Fortune Snatching System,” she can exchange the opportunities she steals from the novel's characters for cultivation, techniques, and clues to hidden realms. Her original character is the Qingxuan Sect's most good-for-nothing outer disciple, despised for her poor aptitude, while the original heroine, Ye Rongyue, is blessed with fortune and f 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Invincible Urban War God 无敌都市战神 [Rousing power fantasy + God of War + Punishing Evil and Promoting Good + Overwhelming Power + Ruthless Decisiveness] After guarding the western frontier for ten years and wiping out countless foes, Su Ming, the Dragon Nation's God of War known as Kunlun, retired from service due to his injuries and withdrew into city life. His heart was full of joy at the thought of reuniting with his childhood sweetheart of a wife and the daughter he had not seen in eighteen years, and making up for all he had —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 I Cleaned a Temple, and Heaven Keeps Feeding Me 扫个庙，老天爷追着喂饭吃 I scanned a shrine, and now Heaven itself keeps chasing me to make sure I’m well fed 7Reads—Score—14d adds
