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- 1 From the Start as a Creator God: Watching the Ages Rise and Fall 开局创世神：观纪元更迭 (The rating just came out, so it'll go up, meow) [World Box + Civilization Evolution + Ensemble Cast + Customizable Stats + Epic + Behind the Scenes] While browsing the internet, Qi Qiu stumbles upon a creator-god game. Well, a creator god? That's a pretty bold claim. He has to give it a try and see what it's worth. But it doesn't take long for him to realize something is off about the game. Could the world inside it actually be real?! He becomes a creator god, able to bring life into exi 321Reads6.1Score13414d adds
- 2 I Can't Believe I'm the Ruler of a Planet 我居然是星球主宰 I can conjure a luxury villa on an alien planet with a wave of my hand, yet I’m fretting about next month’s rent back on Earth. I can make countless living beings cheer for me, yet I still have to go back to the office and get chewed out by my supervisor. I thought owning a world meant I could lie flat, but instead, I’ve become the ultimate wage slave, working a nine-to-nine, six-days-a-week job for myself. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Laws of the Creator 造物主法则 [Creation] + [Godlike Protagonist] + [Worldbuilding] + [Hard Sci-Fi] He is the creator of the world. He is its ruler. With a single thought, he can create a world; with another, he can destroy it. 126Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Creation System: I Created Mythical Races in the Modern World 创世系统：我在现代造出神话种族 This world seemed perfectly normal. Then, little by little, strange shadows began to appear, and all sorts of abnormal creatures started coming into being. What? A witness claims they saw a dog holding a shield in its left paw and a knife in its right! It ran along, shouting, “Bibi Labu!” 96Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 5 Becoming the God of Creation, Starting with a Crumbling Courtyard 从残破小院开始当创世神 Earth exploded, much to the delight of Lin Yin, who should have died of cancer. But a mysterious force sent his soul back three years, and he awakened a Sandbox System. He could guide life to evolve, starting with a single cell. Lin Yin returned to the courtyard at his childhood home and set up a sandbox, carefully managing it and developing land, sea, and air alike, all to find a cure for cancer. Time moved a hundred thousand times faster inside! Hundreds of years passed, and everything was pro —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Bound to the Emperor of the Universe, I Plunder the Heavens and Build on Mars 绑定宇宙帝王，诸天掠夺建火星 [The Myriad Worlds + terraforming planets + creation = Emperor of the Universe] If you’re tired of stories about people who transmigrate back only to make a token appearance, come join the Great King on his journey to terraform a planet! This isn’t hard science fiction, just pure entertainment! Li Ming unexpectedly ended up on Mars, with only two minutes left to live. Before he died, he bonded with the Mars Intelligence System. Travel through the Myriad Worlds and gather resources to terraform M 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Myriad Worlds in a Box 箱子里的诸天万界 (Creation + behind-the-scenes mastermind + ensemble cast + the Myriad Worlds) Lin Ming transmigrates and becomes a brand-new Creator. He obtains a bronze box, and under his control, one wondrous world after another begins to evolve inside it. From desolation to civilization, from the ordinary to the extraordinary, from low dimensions to higher ones, a single world evolves into the Myriad Worlds. Cyberpunk wizards, giant-beast technology, Lovecraftian cultivation, bizarre girls... One civilizatio 67Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 8 I Am the Heavenly Dao: Destroying the World Makes Me Stronger 我是天道：灭世就变强 The only one on all of Tomato Novel! A peerless masterpiece rated 5.1! (I'm not joking. I really couldn't find another book nearly two million words long with a rating of just 5.1.) The protagonists of other novels are noble, upright, and righteous! The protagonist of this book is arrogant and unruly, a true villain! The question readers ask most is: When will the protagonist get his comeuppance? When will he die? If your heart can take it, come and have a look! Warning! Warning! Warning! The s 10kReads5.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 9 Nightmare Space: It Has to Have Nightmares 梦魇空间，一定要有梦魇 [Mastermind] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Source of the Supernatural] [Building the Main God] [Dream Dungeon] [No Female Lead] Infiltrate the dreams of entire groups and collect nightmares. Build dungeons, recruit apostles, bring forth the supernatural, and transform the age. If the supernatural means fabricating laws and trampling the world, and if the strong must have their own path and dreams, what kind of path would you take? When the boundary between truth and illusion is broken, and reality an 6.7kReads6.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 10 The Age of the Gods: My Followers Are Sea Snails 全民神祇时代之我的眷属是海螺 (Global Deities + Follower Development + Divine Realm Building + Golden Finger + One Heroine) Qin Mo transmigrates to another world where everyone has a chance to awaken as a deity, cultivate followers, build a divine realm, and kindle their divine fire. Everyone: “His core follower is a zero-star sea snail! It's just seafood.” Qin Mo: “In my divine realm, even a sea snail can become a god!” (The early story focuses on developing followers, while the later story centers on conflicts between plan 906Reads7.0Score10514d adds
- 11 I Edit Everything and Ascend to the Supreme 我编辑万物，成就至高 (Creation + observing and developing a world + ensemble cast + fantasy + players arrive + spiritual qi revival) Lu Yun is an ordinary office worker from Blue Star. By chance, he merges with the source of a world and gains the ability to edit a small world. He thinks he'll just be its behind-the-scenes director, raising a few supernatural creatures to pass the time. Who would have thought that the source power returned by the small world would gradually turn him into a supernatural being in the r 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Turning the False into the Real, I Built a Golden Age of Cultivation! 炼假成真，我打造了修炼盛世！ Invincible + Turning the False into Reality + Building a Faction + Making a Spectacle in Public While Pulling Strings Behind the Scenes + No Heroine [Spirit-Nourishing Grass raises the spiritual energy concentration to the low-martial level. Fortune Points +10,000] [Ye Xuan's strength rises to the Body Tempering stage. Fortune Points +10] [Alchemical skills accelerate everyone's improvement. Fortune Points +100,000] [Successfully created three thousand Dao Provinces. Fortune Points +10,000 trill 1.7kReads8.1Score10214d adds
- 13 As a Green Dragon, All I Want Is to Farm 身为绿龙的我，只想要种田 Everyone on the continent of Kaisaster wants to know just how many extravagant treasures the emperor of the Emerald Dynasty has hoarded in his vault. Arthur, the great slave owner, declares, “Farming, farming! You have to learn how to farm sustainably.” Wielding a script, the green dragon gives voice to its ambition and sketches out a beautiful vision, heedless of the piles of bones gathering beneath its feet. When night falls, the hardworking soldiers rise again as tireless undead laborers, con 2.4kReads7.4Score14214d adds
- 14 I Logged In Ten Thousand Years Early, but I’m the Mastermind Behind It All 提前一万年登录，但我是幕后黑手 (Ensemble cast · Western fantasy · world creation · epic · players arrive · protagonist never takes the stage, remaining purely in the background) After unexpectedly acquiring an ancient book, Chen Jiu becomes the Creator. With enough Creation divine power, Chen Jiu can do anything. There are only three ways to obtain Creation divine power. First, the world periodically repays him with Creation divine power. The stronger the world, the greater the reward. Second, whenever an epic, world-sha 31.2kReads8.5Score3.4k14d adds
- 15 World-Destroying Archdemon? I Grow Stronger by Reaping the Grievances of Civilizations 灭世大魔？我靠收割文明怨气变强 [Unbeatable protagonist + hidden mastermind across the heavens + demon lord + enemy of all worlds + ultimate big boss] “Don't ascend! Don't ascend! Don't ascend!” “The Upper Realm uses our people as food. Our clan will never retreat, even if we die!” “We've lost. Those who come after us, remember to keep a low profile and bide your time.” Who was behind the creation of the Eerie Clan? Why can the Lower Realm defeat the Upper Realm? Why is Xing Ying afraid of a steamed bun? There's no way to repa 5.4kReads7.9Score34914d adds
- 16 What’s It Like to Become the Heavenly Dao from the Start? 开局成为天道是一种怎样体验 [No System + behind-the-scenes scheming + prehistoric fantasy + cultivation + world-building + no female lead] What is it like to become the Heavenly Dao of a world from the start? Naturally, the goal is to transcend and become the most powerful Heavenly Dao in the universe. It begins with the evolution of a small world, leading to a great world and then the primordial world. The beings under the Heavenly Dao also transform, from mortals to cultivators, then immortals, and finally Mythic Great D 6.6kReads8.3Score46514d adds
- 17 Making the Fake Real, Building an Age of Myth 炼假成真，打造神话时代 [Behind-the-Scenes] [Creating the Supernatural and Mythical] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Shocking the World] Su Fan obtains the Heavenly Chessboard and awakens the ability to turn lies into truth, bringing all things into existence. All he has to do is keep deceiving people, and he can make myths real and manifest supernatural items. Manifest [The Martial Laureate's Diary], and shatter everyone's understanding! Manifest [The Martial Saint's Legacy], and unleash blood and qi that soar to the heavens! 707Reads7.0Score15314d adds
- 18 EN I Only Want to Destroy the World, Yet I'm the God Who Created It! 只想灭世的我，真的是创世神！ [Ensemble cast] [Invincible] [World creation] [Ridiculous netizens] [Pocket worlds] Su Mo binds himself to the Creation God System, only to discover that he can grow stronger simply by destroying worlds! A ladle of water becomes a world-ending flood! A shovelful of dirt becomes a meteor that destroys the world! Some revere him as the Creator of Worlds, the one who gave them life and intelligence. Others curse him as an evil god who destroys the world every thousand years. Countless lives wail in 12.5kReads7.6Score79114d adds
- 19 Chat Group: Starting with Nothing but Information Sharing 聊天群：从只有信息互通开始 [Choice One: Receive one random special bloodline] [Choice Two: Receive a random sum of at least one billion] [Warning: Different choices lead to different futures. Consider carefully before making your choice.] Not fan fiction 21.7kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
- 20 Fate Sequence, Yet They Call Me the Primordial Calamity 序列命运，可他们叫我最初灾厄 [Creating Monsters] [Creating the Supernatural] [No female lead] They all say I am calamity itself. My name is Zhao Jin. What I love most is rummaging through the piles of discarded history for strange, forgotten legends, then bringing them to life. An age without the supernatural? Then I'll create it myself. When the first monster burst from the ground, the world thought it was a natural disaster. When the second arrived, they began to panic. By the time the seventh and eighth swept across t 142.6kReads8.6Score19.5k14d adds
- 21 I, the Heavenly Dao, Will Build the Strongest World 我，天道，打造最强世界 [Behind the scenes + cultivation] A mysterious world appeared somewhere in the Sea of Chaos. It was filled with countless legends. One powerful figure after another emerged from it. There were peerless Immortal Emperors, ethereal as immortals and immaculate in bearing. There were martial titans who strode across mountains and rivers and shattered the void with their fists. There were peerless War Gods with bloodlines so powerful they defied the heavens, unmatched throughout history. There were m 4.5kReads8.6Score31614d adds
- 22 My Golden Finger Is a System-Built Structure 我的金手指是系统建筑 This is a land shrouded beneath the Dark Tide, the front line where the world resists the endless abyss. The sun is veiled by darkness, and only the fires of civilization bring light. The intelligent races build fortresses into bulwarks, resisting the assaults from the darkness. 11.2kReads8.7Score73014d adds
- 23 I Created the World 我创造了世界 Chen Luo found a Primordial Brush that let him create worlds at will. Whatever he wrote with it would become real in another world. He wrote down light, and the world gained a sun. He wrote down life, and the world gained countless species. More amazingly, he could bring players into this world and have them help evolve its species, advancing the world itself. So Chen Luo turned it into a hit online game that took the world by storm! “Second Life, a casual life-simulation game. Ten years in the 14.6kReads8.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 24 From Spider to Ruler of the World 从蜘蛛到世界支配者 [Behind-the-Scenes Style] [Evolution] [Creating Monsters] At first, he focuses on growing bigger, breaking world records, and collecting powers. Later, he starts creating monsters and takes the behind-the-scenes route. Fang Ming is reborn as a pet spider. All he has to do is keep molting and growing. With a leg span of 26 centimeters, he breaks the world record. With a leg span of 30 centimeters, he sends the scientific community into an uproar. With a leg span of 40 centimeters, he overturns ev 15.9kReads7.8Score1.7k14d adds
- 25 My Journey to Higher Dimensions 我的升维之旅 Zhou Heng fell into a low-dimensional world, but fortunately, his essence belonged to a higher dimension. In a world of gods and ghosts, he reshaped mythology and became the First God; In an uncanny world, he dispersed the mists of despair and became a beacon of hope; In a world of wizards, he pursued truth and became Truth itself; In a world of immortal cultivation, he glimpsed the Great Dao and attained his true self; When he returned to the higher dimension, he discovered that he had beco 14kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 26 Creating the Uncanny: My Creations Throw the World into Chaos 诡异创造，我的造物们霍乱世界 [Superpowers + Supernatural Horror + Lovecraftian + Contamination + No Female Lead + Behind the Scenes + Natural Disasters] Mysterious myths awaken amid natural disasters, while an unknown corruption quietly takes over the world. Abominable creations howl, and contamination continues to spread. Distortion returns alongside the supernatural: eyes that target human nature, domains that twist it, and strange shackles that cannot be broken. Destruction and rebirth intertwine to create a new mytholog 2.1kReads—Score15714d adds
- 27 I Made the Game Descend into Reality 我让游戏降临现实 [Behind the Scenes / Players / Gaming / No Female Lead] That day, the epoch-making full-dive VR game Land of Seals burst onto the scene, setting off a gaming craze across the world. Its average number of players online topped three billion at one point! But no one knew that one day in the future, everything in the game would descend upon reality! The Tower of Seals, the Legions of the Old Ones, the Doomsday Church… Only Ye Qiu, a reborn person, knew what was coming. But I don’t care, because… “I 21.9kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 28 Global Deities: My Divine Domain Is an Endless Abyss 全民神袛：我的神域是无尽深渊 After the Abyss swept through and shattered Chu Hao’s world, he arrived in a strange new world. In this world, everyone could create a strange world of their own. A beautiful, exquisite elven world? A magnificent dragon’s nest plane? A world of ancestral shamans from the dawn of chaos? Those are all too weak. My creation is the Endless Abyss! This is an endless, suffocatingly terrifying place! This is a place of brutal conditions and deadly dangers! This is a place without morality or ethi 15.5kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 29 EN Reborn Without a Cheat—Because I’m a Planet! 穿越没有金手指，因为我是星球 [World creation + behind-the-scenes mastermind + transmigration + planets + planetary consciousness + civilization development + lords + conquest + the Myriad Worlds] Zhang Yang transmigrates, but from the start he has no golden finger. Instead, he transmigrates into a ball: a planet! A planet lord must constantly simulate the planet's development and the rise and fall of its civilizations to raise the planet's level. While other planet lords are still pondering which direction their civilizatio 11.6kReads9.3Score95514d adds
- 30 From the Start, I Created the Lord of the Weird 我开局缔造了诡异之主 The uncanny descends, and alien horrors invade! This is a mad age, overrun by the uncanny and the mysterious. Unknown mists, scarecrows, birds of ill omen, flesh-eating wedding gowns... One bizarre, unknowable event after another unfolds. Humanity cannot fight back and can only struggle to survive! Then an ancient secret society slowly emerges from the shadows. Mysterious superhumans? Saviors? Beacons of light in the darkness? No! It is all because Shen Li created the most powerful and uncan 4.9kReads9.3Score45314d adds
- 31 The White Bone Daoist Court 白骨道庭 Cultivate true energy, build the foundation of the Dao, and manifest the Yin Spirit. The unorthodox path makes seeking the Dao difficult: refine baleful energy, taint the soul, and seek freedom for a fleeting moment. The heterodox path is arduous too: evade earthfire, dodge astral winds, and give birth to the Yang Spirit. A master of the unorthodox path is reborn. In this life, I will establish a Dao lineage, nurture Dao artifacts, and suppress an entire age. 15.8kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 32 I Launched the Immortal Realm Version of Douyin, and the Holy Land Ancestors Lost It 发布抖音仙界版，圣地老祖破防了 [Cultural invasion of the cultivation world] + [Lighthearted comedy] Lin Ye transmigrates into a cultivation world where righteous and demonic factions are locked in mortal opposition, becoming a demonic overlord who has gone undercover in the righteous path. If war breaks out between the two sides, he’s as good as dead. Fortunately, he awakens the God-Tier Entertainment System. It gives the entire cultivation world access to the internet and brings over a host of entertainment devices and apps 30.4kReads9.3Score2.7k14d adds
- 33 Deity: Starsea Swarm 神祗：星海虫群 [Worked to death by overtime] [Grind until your liver gives out] [King of the rat race] [Wild-imagination fantasy] [Profit above all] [Keep a low profile] [Insectoid] [No System] Han Fei transmigrates to an interstellar society where everyone has a chance to become a god. Those who set foot on the path to godhood all aim to raise their divine kingdoms high and enter the real world to gain immortality. Han Fei figures that with his divine trait, Gene Modification, and his followers' talent, Gene 38.6kReads9.3Score4k14d adds
- 34 EN Horror: I Created the Anomaly Containment Association 惊悚：我打造了异轨收容会 [Horror + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Director’s Tall-Tale Style] Horror games descended upon Blue Star, turning into one eerie dungeon after another. The monsters inside stepped into the real world, and from then on, the world was overrun with the uncanny. Only by conquering every dungeon could humanity stop the supernatural from consuming the world. Otherwise, the eerie realms would merge with reality and turn the human world into a living hell! Shen Yu bound himself to an Anomaly Containmen 48.7kReads9.1Score4.2k14d adds
- 35 Ascension, Yet No Immortality 羽化非仙 [No System, no golden finger, no harem, not a transmigration story] [There is no sect competition, and yet it is the truest sect competition of all: the losers will see their lives, sects, traditions, and even their entire races erased.] The righteous path is not as bright and noble as it appears; The demonic path is not as cruel and bloodthirsty as it is portrayed; But evil cultivators are even more wicked than anyone could imagine. Here, there is love that spans ten thousand years, hatred that 5.1kReads—Score63914d adds
- 36 I Raise My Employees' Salaries, and You Say I'm Disrupting the Market! 提升员工工资，你说我扰乱市场！ [The short drama is now online: I raised my employees' wages, and you say I'm disrupting the market] [Business growth, globalization, cross-industry expansion, coming-of-age story] How do you rate the youngest person ever to become the world's richest man on the Forbes list? Economic Times: “The whole world is working for Song Jiang!” Peace Master: “Thank you, Song Jiang, for your contributions to peace. The world has never been more peaceful!” America: “Damn it! China is so despicable! He's usi 52.2kReads9.1Score3.7k14d adds
- 37 EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 64.6kReads9.2Score5.9k14d adds
- 38 After Adopting the Down-and-Out Female Lead, I Died Horribly in Front of Her 收养落魄女主后，惨死在她面前 [In your first simulation, you transmigrate to a cultivation world.] [You become a refugee fleeing famine. Along the way, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her older brother.] [You depend on each other and become one another's only support.] [At the end of the simulation, you shield the grown girl and give your life to hold off a horde of demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in her eyes goes out too.] [In your second simulation, you transmigrate to a world where steam and mag 119.1kReads9.1Score14k14d adds
- 39 EN The Holy White Crown 圣白冠冕 [Fast-Paced] [Explosive Action] [Emperor] [From Eaglefolk Tribe to Angel Empire] [Ascend to Godhood from the Throne] [Gods' War for Supremacy] [Early Transmigration] [Minor System] [Single Female Lead] [The Animated Adaptation Is Out, Come Watch] Demon God: When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you! Jiang You: Wrong. Abyss, when you gaze at Heaven, Heaven gazes back at you! The First Chapter: The Primordial Age of Chaos. Humanity did not yet exist. The ancestors of the elves were 117kReads9.0Score10.7k14d adds
- 40 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 [Print edition now available] [The only imaginative ensemble martial arts novel on the entire site!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Come on in and see for yourselves, dear readers!] [Ensemble cast + System + Traits + Martial Arts] Chen Ye transmigrated to the Great Wu Dynasty and became bound to the Orphan-Raising System. By raising orphans, he could earn points, which he could use to draw traits and bestow them upon the children. 116.9kReads8.9Score12.4k14d adds
- 41 Wait, How Did My AI Girlfriend Cultivate into a Sword Immortal? 不是，我电子女友咋修成剑仙了 [Signed for publication, read with confidence] [One heroine] [Fresh premise] [Virtual girlfriend raising + pay-to-power-up] My name is Chen Huai'an. I have cancer, and I'm about to die. Lately, I've gotten hooked on a game where you raise a virtual girlfriend. I spend money to buy her cultivation techniques and magical treasures. Even though my wallet is empty, I couldn't be happier. I always thought it was just a game, until one day my virtual girlfriend gave me a pill. The next second, the pil 183.6kReads9.3Score268.5k14d adds
- 42 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 6.1kReads—Score36014d adds
- 43 I Only Make Money, Never Romance: I'm the Best Professional Simp! 只赚钱不谈情，职业舔狗我最行！ (Succubus + winning back the husband + lighthearted comedy + everyday campus life + no System + not reborn + sweet and angsty) A gambling-addicted dad, an alcoholic mom, a sick little sister, and a broken-hearted him. To make money, Lu Xing chose to provide emotional support instead of doing either brainwork or manual labor. Everyone knows Lu Xing is the humble pursuer of the aloof campus beauty Wei Qingyu. He loves her to his very core and takes care of her in every possible way! Wei Q 263kReads9.5Score19.5k14d adds
- 44 EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 513.4kReads9.5Score39.7k14d adds
- 45 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6k14d adds
