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- 1 The Mute Plays the Piano, and All the Heavens Kneel 哑巴弹琴诸天跪了 In a fantasy world where music reigns supreme, Chen Mo, born without a voice, plucks the heartstrings of heaven and earth with “soundless sound,” overturning the traditional path of cultivation. He weaves the Daoist ideal that “great music is barely audible” together with Buddhism’s “formless Zen” into his musical cultivation. Rather than using sound waves to break through, he relies on insight into the heart and nature, using silence to probe the origins of karma. As the sun, moon, and stars tu 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 He Only Married Me to Get a Divorce, but He Refuses to Cooperate 结婚只为了离婚，他偏偏不配合 He married just so he could get divorced, but she refuses to cooperate. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I Swore Brotherhood with Gao Huan and Yuwen Tai in the Peach Garden, Then Got Them Gatling Guns 我和高欢、宇文泰桃园三结义，让他们用上了加特林。 I swore an oath of brotherhood with Gao Huan and Yuwen Tai in the Peach Garden, then got them to use Gatling guns. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Villainous Husband's Reborn Version: Spoiled by the On-Screen Comments 弹幕剧透：反派老公重生版 Bullet Comments Spoil Everything: My Villainous Husband’s Reborn Version 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Tragic Novel's Cannon-Fodder Heroine Hit the Undo Button, Rewriting Her Fate 虐文炮灰女配使用了“撤回键”，命运改写了 The cannon-fodder heroine of a tragic novel hit the “undo” button, rewriting her fate. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Campus Creepy-Laugh Files 校园怪笑档案 The most ridiculous group project at Xinghui University: investigating campus ghost stories! Lin Dazhu is a STEM student who’s scared of ghosts but too stubborn to admit it. Wang Fugui is an athlete who’d die for braised pork. Li Jianguo is a sharp-tongued genius whose logic borders on the deranged. Su Cuihua is a folklore enthusiast with an imagination big enough to open a theme park. Together, they form the Laughing Ghost Investigation Squad. They set out to uncover the truth behind paranormal 1Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 7 Guardian of Bear Ridge: I Explore the Mountains with Three Bears 狗熊岭护林员：我带三只熊寻山 (No livestreaming, no System, no female lead, laid-back daily life, adorable pets, farming) The Animal Residents’ Committee of Bear Ridge Is Busy Again Today After inheriting his great-grandfather’s diary, Chen Yuan became a proud forest ranger, all so he could find a treasure buried a century ago in the heart of Bear Ridge. On his very first day at work, before he even caught a glimpse of the treasure, three bears cornered him in his cabin and demanded protection money. Two black bears and 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 8 Jingchen Enters the World 惊尘临世 Modern-day delivery rider Chen Jingchen makes his living amid a forest of steel and concrete. After an accident, his soul travels to the Tianyuan Continent, where martial arts reign supreme and the strong prey on the weak. There, he becomes the good-for-nothing young master of the Chen family in Qingyang City, Great Yan Dynasty, despised by everyone. His meridians are blocked from birth, leaving him unable to cultivate martial arts. He has endured mockery and bullying since childhood. His family 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 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
- 10 Nianshuang, I’m the Extra Child in This Family 念双，我是家里多余的孩子 My name is Xu Nianshuang. I used to be the most unwanted child in my family. My mother remarried and brought home an adopted son, a brother who was spoiled rotten in a family that favored boys over girls. My sister Huaiwen and I were treated like burdens from childhood. When I was three, an accident left both my hands disabled. My family refused to get me treatment, so I gritted my teeth and learned to live with my feet. My sister was the only one who protected me. When I grew up and got married 76Reads—Score10014d adds
- 11 Double Pupils, a Life of Wealth 眼生双瞳，财富人生 Lu Chen, a junior employee at a pawnshop, is unexpectedly knocked unconscious by a meteorite falling from the sky. When he wakes up, he discovers he can see the future of all things. A damaged ancient painting? At a glance, he sees it being fiercely fought over at auction. A down-and-out beauty? At a glance, he sees her becoming an unparalleled female emperor. Finding hidden treasures in uncut jade? That's child's play. He can even spot flaws in cultivation manuals and predict his enemies' next —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Transmigrated as a Fallen Sect Master, I Get Stronger by Taking in Beautiful Disciples 穿越成落魄掌门收美女徒弟就变强 [Golden finger + Transmigrate + Multiple heroines + Planar collisions + Ancient Earth martial arts] Huang Chaoqun, an overworked office drone, is betrayed by his girlfriend. Heartbroken, he jumps into a river and dies, only to transmigrate into the body of the head of a declining little sect on the verge of destruction in the cultivation world. The sect is in ruins, resources are scarce, and neighboring sects bully them at every turn: a hellish start from the start. At this critical moment, he b 114Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 13 The Legend of Ningshuang 凝霜传奇 75Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 14 Global: My Spirit Beast Is My Future Self 全民：我的御兽是未来的自己 In the twenty-first century, spiritual qi revival swept the world, ushering in the “Age of Beast Taming.” Everyone could awaken a Beast Taming Space upon turning eighteen and become a Beast Tamer by forming a contract with a pet beast. Pet beasts progressed through the following ranks: Awakening, Extraordinary, Commander, Lord, Overlord, Totem, and Mythical. A Beast Tamer’s rank was linked to the strength of their pet beast. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Single Peak 单峰 In the martial world, everyone is fated to a short life This story has two protagonists, one in the north and one in the south, whose lives echo one another from afar. The plot unfolds layer by layer, and the story has been a long time in the making, so it takes its time. The world is vast, and there is no mindless padding, so read with confidence! The Beitang swordsman Liao Wuhen travels alone across the martial world, north and south, seeking the killer who took the life of the woman he loved 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 A Single Thought: Fate 《一念之间•命运》 A Single Thought Away: Destiny 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Thirty Days Left: I Left the Wolf King 倒计时三十天，我离开了狼王 Leah was once the least accepted Luna in Bloodmoon Forest. She was human, weak, and the mate Alpha King Kane refused to protect publicly. When Kane announced he would marry a pureblood she-wolf in thirty days, the entire pack waited for Leah to fall apart. But Leah only lowered her head and watched the moonlight on her wrist fade a little more each day. They didn’t know she was carrying the Alpha King’s child. Nor did they know that the child they called a curse was the last blessing of the Elve 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Iron-Blooded Military Instructor: I Lead the Worst Class to Victory 铁血兵教师：我带差班逆袭 Chen Feng, a veteran of a reconnaissance company, lays down his rifle and picks up a piece of chalk, becoming a substitute PE teacher. His new assignment is Class 7 of Grade 8, the school's notorious troublemaking class. Skipping class is rampant, and class bully Zhao Dalong has his deputy police chief father backing him, letting him run wild. Every teacher before Chen Feng was driven away, and no one has any faith in this substitute. He becomes a tough-as-nails soldier-teacher and takes swift, 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 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
- 20 Prison Mark 囚纹 Chen Mo is a boy who scrapes by collecting discarded junk. He was born able to see the eerie beings hidden from ordinary people, and these “things” desire him with near-insatiable greed. One stormy night, the strange incense burning in a ruined temple, an admission letter from the “Xuanmen Cultivation Academy,” and a copper coin stamped with the character “Prison” tear his bleak life apart. The coin merges with the birthmark on his wrist and transforms into a living “Prison Mark.” A flood of fra 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 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
- 22 A Brush with Death in the Rainy Alley 雨巷逢生死 Su Wang had traversed ten thousand years, her fingertips brushing countless threads of life and death. To the mortal world, she was no more than a fleeting passerby. Until one rainy day, the warm light of a bookstore at the end of an alley stopped her in her tracks. Wen Xu was sighing over an old book on the verge of crumbling, the tenderness in his eyes warmer than the lamplight. She made an exception and raised a hand, prolonging the book's life, but also inviting a bond she should never have 1Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 23 Reborn as a Warlord in a Chaotic Era 重生之成为乱世枭雄 The plot is logically coherent, progressing step by step through survival in a chaotic age, a rise to power, outwitting opponents to break through crises, and ultimately reaching the peak of the turmoil. Weapon manufacturing is the key pillar of the protagonist's rise, while his insight into the rules of ancient society marks his transformation from using force to break through to achieving a broader vision. The protagonist's defining traits, calm analysis and decisive action, remain consistent 541Reads8.9Score11014d adds
- 24 The Mute Wife Is Hard to Win Back, Mr. Qi Is Beside Himself with Regret 哑妻难追，祁总悔疯了 [Mute Heroine + Obsessive Male Lead + Love After Marriage + Agreement to Give Up the Child and Separate + The Ex-Wife Comes Back to Haunt Him + Fictional Wealthy Family] Born unable to speak, Shi Ran has endured cold treatment from the Shi family. Her elder brother, Shi Fengyan, is her only source of support. After an unexpected incident at a bar, she becomes entangled with Qi Shen, the proud and obsessive young master of the Qi family. A pregnancy test forces them to marry in haste under press 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 I Became a Short-Lived Concubine and Started a Shopping Service with the Underworld 穿成短命通房我和地府做起了代购 An underworld shopping service turns her fate around, taking her from a short-lived concubine to a woman of profound mystical power. She trades copper coins for life-extending pills, uses curse-breaking talismans to undo the matriarch’s life-stealing array, serves poisoned rouge back to the favored concubine who plotted against her, uses a spirit-summoning bell to expose a century-old wronged soul, and wields a thunder talisman to suppress a half-human, half-corpse monster. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Reversing Fate in the Immortal Abyss 仙渊逆途 Before he turned sixteen, he was the Ling family’s once-in-a-millennium cultivation prodigy, betrothed and destined for greatness. After sixteen, his spiritual root was destroyed, leaving him a good-for-nothing. His family cast him aside, and his fiancée was forced to marry the son of their enemy. “Ling Chen? He can’t even break through Qi Refining. What makes him think he’s worthy of Miss Ye?” “Throw him off Soulbreak Cliff to feed the demon beasts. That’ll be one way to clean house for the Lin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I Wield a Sword That Shakes the Mountains and Rivers 吾有一剑震山河 Liang Xiao is the young heir of the Marquis of Zhenbei’s household. His father, Liang Yu, was granted the title of Marquis of Zhenbei of the Great Yan Kingdom for his illustrious military service, and the title was to pass down through the generations. In the 138th year of the Great Yan calendar, Tuo Ba Buhua, leader of the northern nomadic tribes, persuaded several other tribes to gather eighty thousand cavalry and invade Great Yan from the south. They burned and looted their way across the lan 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Nuo Deity's Thousand-Faced Uncanny Path 傩神之千面诡道 [Chicken-Raising Tale · Xianxia · Fantasy · Mystery · Alternate World] Blessed with a Nuo god’s mask, he sends a thousand ghosts fleeing! Han Moyuan grew up immersed in the world of Nuo opera, studying its craft with his father and cherishing the ancestral ghost-face masks. But the iron hooves of the imperial court’s Exorcism Bureau shattered his peaceful life. His parents were killed, and his home was reduced to ruins. Driven to the brink, he somehow awakens the mysterious power of a ghost-face 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 29 Good-for-Nothing Blood Servant: I Rule the City-State of Eternal Night by Doing Nothing 废柴血仆：我靠摆烂统治暗夜城邦 The Good-for-Nothing Blood Servant: I Rule the Dark City-State by Slacking Off —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Phoenix Rules the World: The Top Female Finance Official 凤倾天下，第一女财官！ Su Li is transmigrated into the body of an orphaned young lady from a marquis’s household. Her dowry is stolen, and she is falsely accused and sentenced to be drowned. She smiles and opens the account books, using her financial savvy to make the whole clan kneel and pay her back. The mysterious organization Yunjing recognizes her as its master, and she forms an alliance with the sickly, possessive Prince Jing. From buying up shops to vying for imperial power, from Jiangnan salt permits to milita 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 With You, from Youth to the Rest of Our Lives 与你，从青春到余生 An unexpected moment of closeness brought two people, once on parallel paths, suddenly together. He was calm and restrained, yet his eyes held room for no one but her. She was gentle and sensitive, yet only in front of him could she not hide her flustered heart and budding affection. Once, she could only admire him from afar, afraid to approach. Later, she could no longer bear to let him go. Their journey was filled with tentative advances, push and pull, silent protection, and deep feelings lef —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Laying Low as the Holy Son of the Mystic Sect 苟在玄门圣宗当圣子 (Harem, familiar tropes, invincible protagonist, System, brainless fun, feel-good wish fulfillment. Read at your own risk.)... Reborn as a Demon Heir and thrown into hell mode from the start? No, I’ll use save-scumming to turn the righteous sect into my own dating sim. Chu Ye, the Demon Heir of the Netherworld Sect, watched his sect fall and died with his cultivation destroyed. Thanks to the supreme treasure, the Samsara Mirror, he gets to reload and start over. But the righteous path’s number-o 43Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 33 Red Robes Take the Cauldron: From the Kitchen to the Top of the World 红妆执鼎：从后厨到世界之巅 On my 40th birthday, my husband decided I was past my prime, and my company exiled me to wash dishes at a roadside diner. Everyone was waiting to watch me fall from the top into the dirt. I joined my archenemy's company instead and took it to number one in the country in just three months. My ex-husband begs me to take him back? Sorry, I'm headed for the stars and beyond. My former employer tries to blacklist me worldwide? I smile and buy its headquarters. International giants gang up on me? I b —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 After Marrying in as a Substitute to Bring Good Fortune, the Mad Prince Won't Let Me Go 替嫁冲喜后，疯批王爷赖上我 After Marrying Into the Family to Bring Him Good Fortune, the Mad Prince Won't Let Me Go —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Xu Changchuan's Romantic Entanglements 许长川的桃花情缘 Xu Changchuan is 28, still single, and divorced. He was born in a poor mountain village in the northwest. Although it’s already the 21st century, the village still hasn’t completely escaped poverty. After graduating from college, Xu Changchuan was eager to make his fortune. He quit his stable job without hesitation, returned to his hometown with his girlfriend, and leased a fishpond to raise fish. But things didn’t go as he’d hoped. A torrential rainstorm destroyed all his dreams: the fishpond e 2.5kReads—Score11214d adds
- 36 The Whole Sect Begs Me to Leave the Mountain: Go Trouble Someone Else! 全宗求我下山：祸害别家去！ The Whole Sect Wants Me Down the Mountain: Go Trouble Someone Else! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 A Touch of Jin, A Song of Love 触瑾情笙 [Transmigration] + [Two equally powerful leads] + [Revenge] + [Happy ending] Modern-day Jiang Nansheng was born into a family that favored boys over girls. She studied hard and got into university, and worked tirelessly, yet still couldn’t escape the family she was born into… By chance, she transmigrates to the Great Yan dynasty and becomes the eldest legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yong’an’s household. For the sake of her family, she disguises herself as a man. What’s more, after she tran 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 A Sichuan Girl Sets the Illusion Realm Straight 川妹整顿幻境 [Chaste Leads] [Silly and Hilarious] [Both Transmigrate Through Illusions] [Golden Finger] [Wildly Imaginative] [Happy Ending] A quick transmigration story about two equally formidable leads. After passing through a series of illusions, including a desert oasis, an undersea mermaid realm, a chessboard wonderland, a cultivation fantasy, a parallel world, a matriarchal realm, and the far reaches of outer space in the future, a bold, perceptive Sichuan girl and a refined, fiercely protective heir 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Notes on Dragon Hunting with Strange Stones 奇石寻龙笔记 A seal breaks on a strange stone from the Yellow River flats. Ancient forces surge, and dark matter quietly emerges. Wealth is thrown at the door, beauties are used as bait, and factions fight tooth and nail over the Dragon Stone. Is it an omen of good fortune or the root of disaster? With seven coins to determine my path and eight guardians to escort me, I, an ordinary stone enthusiast, am forced to embark on a perilous journey to return the stone to the sky screen. Does the source of these 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 My Defiant Disciple Clings to Me: Master, Lend Me Your Dao Heart 逆徒缠师：师尊，借你道心一用 Yun Xuanchen, Venerable Immortal of Shangqing, has been aloof and solitary for ten thousand years. Ascetic and emotionless, he is acknowledged throughout the Three Realms as the greatest immortal of all time. The Heavenly Dao has sealed away his capacity for love, and it is said that if he ever falls in love, he will become a demon, destroy the world, and bring ruin to all living beings. Su Qingyi, a transmigrated good-for-nothing girl, binds herself to the [Save the Venerable, Defy Heaven Syste 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Netherworld's Strange Tales: The Undying Yin-Yang Master 幽冥诡录不死阴阳师 In the fourth year of the Republic of China, red wedding candles cast a bloody glow over the Wang family home. A wedding feast turned into a massacre that wiped out the entire family. In the corpse-strewn mansion, a tide of sinister resentment swept over the village. Evil spirits ran rampant, and the living could find no peace. With his Daoist arts still rudimentary, Yang Jie broke his ancestors' rules at death's door and opened a mysterious box. In an instant, a demon fox bone mirror appeared. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Nighttime Tales from the Old Mountain Village House 山村老宅夜事 After my grandfather passed away, I returned alone to a remote mountain village to take over the century-old ancestral home. Before I left, the village elders warned me again and again: under no circumstances should I break the old house's four taboos. Don't stare into the mirror in the old house late at night. Don't answer calls from outside the courtyard at midnight. Don't open the small back-garden door at three in the morning. And never go upstairs on a stormy night. I dismissed it all as ol 260Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Whole Sect Has Become a Fake from a Women’s Romance? This Tribulation-Stage Master Won’t Put Up with It 全宗成了女频伪人？渡劫期的我不惯着 The Entire Sect Has Become Fake People from a Female-Oriented Novel? I Won’t Put Up with It at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I’ll Guard This Mountain 这山我来守 Twelve-year-old Wang Duo'er drags a suitcase with a missing wheel away from her shattered life on the edge of the city and back to her grandmother's old home deep in the mountains. She thinks this is just another place where she has been abandoned, not knowing that it is the starting point fate has laid out for her. The hometown her mother never mentioned holds astonishing secrets. Her strangely dressed, inscrutable grandmother is the guardian of an ancient ward; the seemingly ordinary watchdog —Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 45 I Found the Campus Belle on a Rainy Day, and She's Surprisingly Clingy 雨天捡到校花，居然是个粘人精 [Everyday Romance] [No System] [One Female Lead] [Mutual Healing] [Sweet Romance] [Special Forces] [A Touch of Patriotism] On a rainy day, retired Special Forces soldier Chen Lie unexpectedly meets a beautiful girl who is being bullied, and so begins a clichéd tale of a hero saving a damsel in distress... After making a promise to a comrade, Chen Lie starts looking out for the pretty girl, who is awkward and deeply insecure. He never expected that... “Why do you keep following me?” “I-I brought 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 On the Night of the Sacrifice, I Became the Lord of Ten Thousand Sects 献祭当晚，我成了万门之主 (Urban supernatural powers + ten thousand revolving gates + Chinese-style horror + gatekeepers + rule-based abilities!) A black gate opens at the end of the alley, and a sacrifice summons ten thousand gates! Gatekeeper Su Qingyuan builds a wall around the human heart with her sealing arts! Shadow Gate Master Ye Li holds on to the pain of being mortal through bloodshed and fervor! A Mian, abandoned by the world across nine lifetimes, carries all the joys and sorrows of reincarnation and becomes a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Murky Currents: Tales of Finance 浊流：金融往事 This is a financial exposé rooted in reality. It lays bare the brutal truth behind loan-broker schemes, shell-company loan fraud, and debt-driven ruin. It exposes human greed and wishful thinking, and captures the helplessness and fragility of ordinary people swept along by the tides of the times. The murky waters churn, financial traps abound. A moment of glory ends in dust. Every path that looks like a shortcut comes with a hidden price. Every unchecked greed will eventually end in total col 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Name of the Abyss 渊虚之名 [Chinese-style Cthulhu × Awakening System × Mystery and the Supernatural × The Collapse of Daoist and Buddhist Mythology × Instance Dungeons] [Memory Erosion × Power at a Price × Six Paths × Ancient God Fragments × Cognitive Contamination] This isn't a monster-bashing power fantasy. It's the kind of story that makes you want to hold the pages still after you've finished reading. His mother died in a small town in the Gobi Desert, leaving behind a map and a direction she never explained to anyon 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 My System Was Requisitioned by the Nation 我的系统被国家征用了 In his previous life, he was a programmer who dropped dead at his desk. When he woke up, he was in the back room of a convenience store. Had he transmigrated? He had arrived in a parallel world much like Earth. On the seventh day of spiritual qi revival, I awakened a busted System. It claimed it could optimize the core of anything: make bullets turn corners, make body armor tougher, and make demon beasts drop dead on the spot. But before I could quietly build up my strength, the door was kicked —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Spirit Vein Sign-In: I Slay Demons in the City 灵脉签到，我在都市斩妖魔 Chen Fan, a 22-year-old unemployed college graduate, was humiliated by a rich second-generation heir and abandoned by his ex-girlfriend. Just as he was sinking into despair, he bonded with the [Urban Spiritual Vein Sign-In System]! Signing in at an ancient tree in an old park earned him Qi Refining cultivation. Signing in at a subway station granted him a spiritual qi shield. Skyscrapers, suburban temples, the heart of secret realms: every spiritual vein node in the city was an extraordinary opp 8Reads—Score—14d adds
