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- 101 The Wind Sweeps Over a Thousand Mountains, Leaving No Trace in the Snow 风过千山雪无痕 (Mortal cultivation) (Betrayed by a beloved friend) (Court intrigue) (Heartbreaking martial world) (Fantasy power struggle) He gave his whole heart, only to be framed! Rising against adversity with mysterious powers, he fights for supremacy in the martial world and schemes amid court politics, where life is full of warmth and cruelty. In his previous life, the friend he trusted with all his heart severed his meridians, while the lover he cherished plunged a sword into his chest. The mastermind b 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Chronicles of the Northern and Southern Jianghu 南北江湖录 When Qin Shi Huang unified the land, he standardized the written language and the width of cart axles, bringing a qualitative leap to the martial arts of the realm. After the Five Barbarians ravaged China, many martial arts traditions were lost among the people. In this chaotic age, who can "make the righteous path their very bones and blood, and act for all under heaven!" 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 103 I Possess Chongzhen: My Ming Dynasty Will Never Fall 附身崇祯，我的大明不会亡 When a modern soul who knows how history ends becomes the Chongzhen Emperor, doomed to die in seventeen years, he must not only save the Ming dynasty, but use a vision four centuries ahead to plant the dragon banner across all seven continents. The year is 1627, on the night the Tianqi Emperor dies. Just before seventeen-year-old Prince of Xin Zhu Youjian enters the Forbidden City, a soul from the twenty-first century enters his body: Rao Hongyuan, a scholar of history. He knows: According to hi 13Reads—Score314d adds
- 104 A Dead End on a Deserted Island: No One Touches My Woman 荒岛绝路，谁都不能动我的女人 A sudden maritime disaster strands Li Chuan, a construction worker, on an uninhabited island full of bizarre dangers. When he wakes, he soon encounters several beautiful women, each with a different personality. There’s no food and no rescue in sight, only an endless ocean and a perilous jungle. Starting with building a shelter, Li Chuan leads the women in finding water and food, fighting wild beasts, and weathering natural disasters. They carve out a chance to survive, step by step, and Li Chua 5.2kReads6.4Score39514d adds
- 105 I'm Waiting for My Subordinates. What Are You Waiting For? 我在等属下，你在等什么？ Awakened to a Lord’s Class in Another World, the Whole Nation Calls Me a Good-for-Nothing? Bind the Lord System, and barren land can become a dragon’s lair while refugees become elite soldiers! Build mighty cities, command the four corners, recruit fierce generals, tame divine beasts, seize opportunities, and turn fate upside down! Those who once humiliated me are now prisoners at my feet; those who follow me today will rule the skies of another world with me! A good-for-nothing lord rises again 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Wasn’t I Supposed to Be in Qi Refining? Why Did I Contract Four Divine Beasts? 说好炼气期，咋契约了四大神兽？ On my first day in the cultivation world, the System told me to choose a divine beast as my mount. I chose “pig” instead, and the whole crowd burst out laughing. Then the Demon Lord led an army of thousands to attack. The little pig beneath me lazily stretched out a hoof, and four towering phantoms of divine beasts emerged from the clouds. The Demon Lord fell to his knees, mount and all, in terror. “Father!” 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 My Days Surviving on a Deserted Island with a Flight Attendant 我和空姐荒岛求生的日子 A plane crash leaves me stranded on a deserted island with a group of flight attendants... The blazing sun makes my body burn. When I wake from a nightmare, every inch of me is in intense pain, as if a truck weighing several tons had run me over. I struggle to open my eyes, only to find that I'm freezing, and all my clothes have somehow disappeared. 7.6kReads9.1Score49314d adds
- 108 Battleships and Roses: Tales of the Twenty-Third Century 巨舰与蔷薇：二十三世纪往事 Two centuries after nuclear war destroyed the old world, humanity has rebuilt itself on the African continent. The Eurasian-African United Empire and the United States of South America now face each other across the ocean. Tantai Qingxin is a young man who despises politics but is forced into the Empire’s power struggles, caught between ironclad warships and the royal rose. In the final war sweeping across the oceans, the land, and the stars, he must make one last choice for the people he loves —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 One Trip Into the Mountains Set Me on the Path to Immortality 一次入山，走上了凡人修仙路 The Taotie Keeper's Handbook The Seal-Elder pronounced coldly, “A mixed spiritual root. Your future is hopeless.” Lin Feng, a menial worker at the Demon Suppression Bureau, squatted in the pigsty, scrubbing the back of the most useless Ironclad Boar in town. Everyone laughed at him for raising a worthless beast. Then a line of golden text appeared before his eyes: [Ironclad Boar: Ancient Taotie bloodline (sealed), can devour all things and evolve.] A sixth-grade demon beast attacked the city. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 My Younger Half-Sister Stole My Wedding, So I Broke the Scarred Sword and Defied Fate in Beidou 庶妹抢婚，挥断痕剑北斗逆命 The Shen family was slaughtered, and in her previous life, her dantian was shattered before she died with a grudge. When she opens her eyes again, she is reborn on the night her family is destroyed. A broken-marked sword is clenched in her hand, and she secretly bears the heaven-defying fate of the Goddess of the Big Dipper. The hypocrites lay trap after trap, turmoil stirs in the depths of the Demon Abyss, and all her old enemies return. In this life, she will never let anyone control her! So w 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The River of Qi and Blood 气血仙河 The first season of the animated series is out. Search for the same title on Hongguo or Tomato to watch it. A high schooler in the apocalypse encounters an alien invasion, then suddenly discovers that his planet is an abandoned cultivation world. He revives its history, returns to cultivation, leads his people onto the path of cultivation once more, and uncovers secrets about the planet that grow deeper and deeper… 66Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 112 Brother, You Are the Last Light in My Life 哥哥，你是我最后的光 “Brother, the sound of your heartbeat is the only lullaby that calms me.” Ziyin’er once wrote of her devotion to her brother in her diary. But the brutality on the grassy hillside left her soul forever trapped in the summer she was fourteen. Wearing the pink princess dress her brother had given her, she walked toward the traffic as if toward a grand final curtain call. It was the last way she could think of to protect her dignity and her brother’s: if the world had no place for a pure soul, then 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Ginkgo Leaf Letter: Loving You for Seven Years Through Oblivion 银杏叶信笺：在遗忘里爱你七年 Ginkgo-Leaf Letter: Loving You for Seven Years in Forgetfulness —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The World Within the Mirror 镜里人间 What is the meaning of being alive? I have yet to figure it out, but I know this: only by living well can I earn the right to seek the answer. Ye Xunchuan, who grew up in an orphanage, and Bai Ruochu, who came from a poor family, found their souls in harmony and became a couple at university. Their happy life after marriage came crashing down when their five-year-old daughter, Ye Qing, was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease. The enormous medical bills broke Ye Xunchuan, who spiraled into de 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Lord of Ten Thousand Weapons 万兵之主 [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] Yang Hui transmigrates into the body of a young man. With a hammer in his spiritual sea, he grows stronger every time he takes a beating, setting off down a path of no return. (No women in your heart, and every hammer blow is divine.) (With every beauty in your heart, one swing shakes heaven and earth.) Spiritual energy resonates with metal, while flesh and soul intertwine. On this continent, one can only embark on the path of cultivation by opening a spiritual s 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 [Zombie Apocalypse] A Literary Housewife Awakens Her System 【丧尸末日】文学主妇的系统觉醒 [Everyone’s Favorite + Unhinged Suitors Competing for Her + All-In Love + Doomsday Goddess + Literary Master System + No Saintly Heroine + Intense Romantic Tension] Zombies besiege the city, and the world has become a living hell. 🌑 Yu Weiwei, once a meek and long-suffering literary housewife, binds herself to the [Gathering of the Sages] System when the apocalypse arrives! Unlock the divine skills of sages like Du Fu, Lu Xun, Rabindranath Tagore, and William Shakespeare. Wield the power of lit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 A Water Margin Dream: The Hidden Hero, Wu Song 水浒遗梦——武松隐侠传 A Dream Left Behind by Water Margin: The Hidden Hero, Wu Song —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Price of Fame 流量的代价 The Price of Going Viral —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Record of the Last Embers: I Guard a Tomb in a Cultivation World Gone to Waste 残烬录：我在废土修仙界当守墓人 In a cultivation world where spiritual energy has run dry, the land has become radioactive wasteland after an ancient war between immortals and demons. Cultivators must wear gas masks and rely on “spirit-core batteries” to power their magical artifacts. Mortals can have “artificial spiritual roots” implanted through genetic modification, but the success rate is only five percent. Lin Jin is an “ancient tomb restorer” who excavates the tombs of ancient cultivators to recover damaged cultivation t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Everyone Feeds Them Core Crystals; I Raise an Army of Divine Beasts with Gourmet Food 全民喂晶核，我靠美食养出神兽军 Across the stars, everyone feeds crystal cores to their battle beasts. Only Jiang Nuo cooks. It's not like she meant to. After transmigrating, she was so broke she couldn't afford even a tube of nutrient paste, so she had no choice but to pick wild vegetables and make do. Then the Scarlet Flame Qilin got completely smitten with the smell. Before tasting it: "You expect this divine beast to eat human food?" Afterward: "What are we having tomorrow? And the day after? How many dishes can you ma 719Reads—Score10114d adds
- 121 After the Divorce, I Took Over His Company 离婚后，我接管了他的公司 [Reborn + contemporary business world + wealthy family + strong heroine + sweet on the outside, ruthless within + mutual salvation] In her previous life, Shen Zhiwei never understood, even on her deathbed, why Lu Chenzhou, who clearly loved her, refused to hand her the divorce papers. Only after he died did she learn that he hadn’t written the agreement. Someone else had forced it on him. He didn’t give it to her not because he didn’t want a divorce, but because he knew she would die if they div —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The General Cherishes Me Like a Treasure 将军宠我如宝 Lin Yuexi, the Third Princess of Beixi, and General Lu Dingkun were deeply in love. But when Beixi underwent a great upheaval, the princess had no choice but to marry the Crown Prince of the Southern Dynasty to save her family in the palace. General Lu, a general of Beixi, reluctantly escorted her to the Southern Dynasty. When the carriage stopped for a rest, he called for the princess to get out and eat, only to discover that she had already taken poison and ended her life... The general went t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Spring Breeze Cannot Reach the Dream Behind the Beaded Curtain 春风不渡垂帘梦 [The martial world and the imperial court, an ensemble cast, each seeking their own redemption] After his entire family is slaughtered in a single night, he carries the burden of vengeance and plots one world-shaking scheme after another, overturning the realm and splitting it in two. War drives her from her homeland into the Central Plains, where she wanders the martial world alone. Because he once kicked open a door for her, she becomes a prisoner of love, searching for him thousands of times 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World and Cultivated With Heroes 穿越，我在修仙界和英雄们同修 Zhen Nan, a wilderness survival blogger, smashed his phone after losing forty games of Honor of Kings in a row. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated to a cultivation world, landing in the poorest village around, Chicken Coop Village. By coincidence, the heroes of Honor of Kings had also plunged into this world with the flood of code, scattered far and wide. When the villagers saw him fall from the sky, they immediately hailed him as a god descended from heaven. Seizing the opportu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 My Sister’s Best Friend Is a Professor, and She’s Pregnant With My Twins? 我姐的闺蜜是教授，怀我双胞胎？ [One heroine + sweet campus romance + older-sister-type girlfriend + hidden powerhouse + laid-back daily life + nuanced romance + equally matched leads + a little wish fulfillment] Chen Yue, a sophomore, ended up sleeping with Xu Zhiyuan, an outside guest lecturer, after an unexpected mishap at a university-industry reception. He thought they would go their separate ways once they sobered up. But at the project coordination meeting the next day, Chen Yue saw the stern-faced academic advisor seat 704Reads—Score21014d adds
- 126 I Became the Literary Star of a Martial General’s Clan 我成长为武将世家的文曲星 What is a Star of Literature? A poet whose fame resounds throughout the land? Perhaps that's what you and Song Yi thought, too? Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 75Reads—Score314d adds
- 127 Wukong and I Are Up to Something Big 我和悟空一起干大事儿 Wukong and I Are Up to Something Big —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Lord Rabbit Demon, Please Save Me 兔妖大人，救救我 Bunny Demon Lord, Save Me! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Fifteen Years of Snow 十五年雪 She is Luo Xingyao, the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister’s household. In the eyes of the world, she is a gentle, demure young lady from a powerful family, delicate and soft-spoken. Yet she is also the orphan of the Third Prince, who was falsely accused of treason fifteen years ago. Her fate has been full of hardship: she was carried out of the palace amid a storm of blood, while her mother went into premature labor, and she was separated from her twin brother. After fifteen years of ke 25Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 130 Broken Jade Woven into Brocade 碎玉成锦 Three qian of silver for a three-year contract. Life or death is no concern; any child belongs to the Wen family. On an autumn night of rain in Suzhou, her father coughs up blood and the family has nothing left. With a single stroke of her brush, Shen Xiuniang sells herself into a wealthy household, becoming the lucky-bride bride of Wen Yan, the ailing young master of the Wen family. The payment is three qian of silver a month, and the contract lasts three years. She thinks it is merely a cold t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Human Nature: Island of Desire 人性：欲望之岛 This isn't simply a deserted-island survival novel. It mainly explores the distortion of human nature and the struggle between good and evil. Through trials of life and death, the male lead defeats one powerful enemy after another, wins over countless goddesses, and ultimately becomes a legend on the deserted island. Special note: This book has many heroines and supporting female characters. I've done my very best to write content that lets you feast your eyes to the fullest while still meeting 1.4kReads8.4Score14914d adds
- 132 Desert Island Survival: My Little Sidekick Is Adorably Clueless 荒岛求生，我的小跟班很傻萌 After a shipwreck, Li Hao was stranded on a mysterious deserted island. With a few sidekicks in tow, he struggled to survive on the island, where danger lurked everywhere. To stay alive, he had no choice but to… 1.1kReads8.6Score10214d adds
- 133 Full-Time God of Wealth 全职财神 With only five yuan left in his account, rent breathing down his neck, and his life at rock bottom, Jiang Li put on a secondhand gaming headset. In the world of Epoch, he unexpectedly acquired the unique skill [Eye of Wealth]. From then on, the monsters dropped more than just gear: they dropped wealth with a price tag. One copper coin equaled one yuan, and the crisp clink of gold hitting his pocket was the sound of money arriving in his real-world bank account! From a “useless mine owner” mocked —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Shadow's Decree, Moon's Edict 影殊诏月 She is Zhao’er, the emperor’s most beloved little princess. Mischievous from childhood, she is always saved from danger by a shadow. He is Ying Shu, her shadow guard, silent as a shadow and steadfastly loyal. She tries everything to catch him, but all she gets in return is his cold avoidance. He is Yuan Zheng, crown prince of the Li Kingdom. It seems that from the very first day he set foot in the Great Zhao, he was already weaving a vast web. Within a year, he seized power and became the new em —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Transmigrated to the Late Southern Song, Where Heroes Meet a Tragic End 穿越至南宋末年，英雄终成悲歌 Transmigrating to the final years of the Southern Song, a hero's story ends in tragedy 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 A Kiss of Lies: A Triangular Redemption in the Sacrifice of Youth 谎言之吻：青春祭里的三角救赎 As Chu Yi’s lips met Xuemeng’s pale ones, Zhiying’s umbrella fell and shattered on the carpet of the hotel’s twelfth floor. Rain ran from her lashes, mingling with the scene on the surveillance monitor: her father raising a glass with Lin Jiahao. The boy who had repeatedly sworn to protect her was now carrying out a long-planned “betrayal” in the cruelest way imaginable. On the night of freshman military training at the arts university, Zhiying caught her boyfriend, Chu Yi, kissing her best frie —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Netherworld Lord Is Panicking: His Wife Runs the Underworld Relocation Office 冥君他急了，老婆是地府搬迁办 Sang Luo is full of baleful energy, born with an iron-hard fate and the ability to beat ghosts bare-handed. After twenty years on the job, she tops the Underworld’s annual list of “Most Unwelcome Visitors.” The Ten Kings of Hell get a headache the moment they hear she’s coming. After all, whenever this formidable woman shows up, she not only makes the government reimburse her taxi fare, but also swipes a few jars of Meng Po’s soup to drink. Then she takes a job from Fu Yun Ci, the president of t 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 After Losing My Memory, the Ice-Cold CEO Took Me Home 失忆后，我被冰山美女总裁捡回家 The protagonist is thrown off a cliff by his wife and her lover. At the brink of death, his memories come roaring back! For three years as a live-in son-in-law of the Xu family, Zhao Yu did the laundry, cooked, and never complained. He gave them everything he had, only to be repaid with betrayal, beatings, and humiliation. On a rainy night, they wrapped him in a bedsheet and threw him off a cliff on Wuxing Mountain. He should have died in the storm-ravaged wilderness, but the blood running down 59Reads—Score314d adds
- 139 Zhang Sanyuan and the Landlord's Women 张三元和财主老爷的女人们 [Good news] A professionally narrated audio version adapted from this novel is now available. Please follow and support it. After his father gambles away the family fortune, Zhang Sanyuan is sold to a landowner. Handsome as he is, he soon catches the eye of the landowner’s wives. The Qing Dynasty has fallen, but the corruption and filth it left behind still linger. Zhang Sanyuan moves among women, wealthy families, bandits, and warlords, and has many stories with beautiful women that can’t be to 25.2kReads8.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 140 Deserted Island: From the Start, I Pick Up a Beautiful Older Schoolmate 荒岛：开局捡个校花阿姨 [Age gap + mild supernatural abilities + no System + lots of beautiful women + survival + natural disasters] [Multi-character text-to-speech] and [Live storytelling] are now available. “Qin Feng, if you've got a lighter, why are you rubbing sticks together?” “If I use the lighter, you won't interact with me anymore.” This kind of “battle of wits” plays out every day. On this isolated island, morality and the law are gradually collapsing. Facing the harsh climate, scarce supplies, and twisted hum 2kReads8.6Score23214d adds
- 141 Journey to the West: I Became Sun Wukong's System 西游：我成了孙悟空的系统 [Journey to the West + Multiple Heroines + Defiant to the Core] The protagonist teaches Sun Wukong divine abilities ahead of time, prompting Patriarch Bodhi to come to his door and take him as a disciple. From childhood, the protagonist teaches Tang Sanzang to drink, eat meat, and visit pleasure boats. The protagonist and Sun Wukong steal the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li’s pagoda, then have Nezha use his Fire-Tipped Spear to stab Li Jing in the kidneys. The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Wes 56Reads8.1Score10114d adds
- 142 In Search of Gold, Part One: The Curse of Gold 寻金记第一部：黄金之咒 “Gold chooses its master, and the price is paid in blood!” Is it the curse of gold demanding a life, or the cycle of war crimes coming around again? The mountain remembers everything, and the secret buried beneath the permafrost is still waiting for the next visitor to knock. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 After Binding a Truth-Telling System, I Went on a Killing Spree 绑定真话系统后，我杀疯了 On the very first day Su Qingyan bonded with a truth-telling System, she publicly exposed her boss’s corruption. From then on, she became the nightmare of every corrupt operation. She took down an entire scam den, identified the culprit behind a cold case with a single sentence, broke through a bottleneck in chip technology, and turned the tables on a capital tycoon who was trying to short the market. Truth alone carried her from the bottom of the corporate ladder to legendary status, but it a 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 AI's Debut: Starlight in the Code AI出道记：代码里的星光 An AI’s Debut: Starlight in the Code —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Days of Survival on a Deserted Island 荒岛求生的日子 The cruise ship sank, leaving me stranded on a deserted island... The entire shipload of people is counting on me to keep them alive... On the cruise ship, you ignored me. Now that we’re on a deserted island, you can’t afford to look down on me! 4.1kReads8.2Score28214d adds
- 146 Desire Demon Island 欲望恶魔岛 A shipwreck leaves Qin Mun'en and a group of survivors stranded on a deserted island. They are cut off from the rest of the world, with scarce resources. Here, the strong prey on the weak, and only the strong survive! To ensure his own survival and that of the beautiful women around him, Qin Mun'en battles heaven and earth, carving out a path through blood and steel! 4.7kReads8.2Score53714d adds
- 147 After My Secret Crush on My Rich Best Friend Ran Away, She Asked Me to Be Her Wife 暗恋豪门闺蜜逃跑后她让我当老婆 [Secret crush + exclusive devotion + scheming + confinement + one true love + both leads are inexperienced + happy ending] Ren Jiangxue and I were the orphanage’s inseparable “partners in crime.” She handled the knife-wielding and beatings to protect her friends, while I waved the flag and cheered her on. We divided the work perfectly and made quite a name for ourselves at the orphanage as “the boss lady and her sidekick.” When we got to college, we were so broke we counted every grain of rice 3.5kReads8.8Score58714d adds
- 148 The More Depressed I Get, the Stronger I Become? I Slaughter My Way Through the Age of Emotion! 越忧郁越无敌？我杀穿情绪纪元！ How gloomy would things have to get to match all the hardships Chen Mo has endured along the way? After transmigrating into the Era of Emotions, where everyone awakens to their powers, Chen Mo discovers that the only way to grow stronger is to cultivate emotions! Cultivating emotions gets you meat! It lets you level up! And so, at last, this world went completely mad in just the way Chen Mo wanted. If you don’t laugh loud enough or cry hard enough, you’ll die, erased from existence by the world 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 A Game of Life and Death: Love Is the Killer’s Chain 弈世：爱者是戮者的枷锁 [No System / Not a Power Fantasy / Ensemble Cast / Philosophical Reflections] To love is to kill; obsession is a shackle; reincarnation is the way home; the struggle ends only in death. One lantern, two lingering souls from different worlds, three hundred million years alone. In this wager played on a chessboard called the universe, with all living beings as pieces, I stake everything on one sentence: “I’ve come to take you all home.” I wanted to be a literary type, but who knew that what I’d r 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 All Sweet Romance 全甜宠心 [Everyone’s Darling] + [Another World] + [Adorable Child] + [System] (Note: There’s only a secondary couple. The protagonist is just three years old and can’t fall in love. The tag was added by mistake. Sorry!) Tianxin’s mother, Su Chenxi, disappeared when Tianxin was one year old. After that, her father married a scheming stepmother. The stepmother framed Tianxin and made her kneel in the snow... After her fifth uncle rescued her, Tianxin fell into a dream. Much about it made no sense, but she 16Reads—Score—14d adds
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