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- 1 Constant Auditor 常数审计员 Physical constants are not numbers. They are the fates of living people. The speed of light, gravity, Planck’s constant: every pillar holding up the universe is borne by a living person. Constants can be rewritten, and changing one changes the fate of the person who carries it. Hidden in the shadows of civilization, the Bureau of Constant Auditing hunts black-market criminals who use a single tampering pen to steal other people’s certainty and rewrite their fates. Shen Lü, the Bureau’s youngest 1Reads—Score45814d adds
- 2 Instance Four 四号副本 At eighteen, having escaped the misery of high school, An Ran and Guan Qi decide to take some time to relax. By chance, they discover a treasure of an immersive story-driven escape room: Yuanxi Manor. Armed with a useless identity card and a synopsis of the scenario, the two girls set off on an exciting adventure. A sprawling European-style manor, handsome and beautiful NPCs, and four days and nights to explore... But when they finally arrive at the manor, one strange thing after another begins 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Supreme Gambling King Returns 至尊赌王归来 Young Lin Yichen carries a blood feud and fearlessly takes on Macao's three biggest casinos, using his Heavenly Eye to win every bet. He follows clues and claims rare treasures, eventually gathering all eight Heavenly Beads and uncovering a shocking secret. When the eight beads come together, the Gate of Heaven opens. Lin Yichen breaks through to the Divine Realm and becomes the new Gatekeeper, discovering the truth about a higher-dimensional world. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A Warm Marriage into a Powerful Family: My Scheming Husband Dotes on Me 豪门暖婚腹黑老公轻轻宠 I married into a wealthy family. Watch me work hard and earn everyone's respect, reveal my business talent time and again, and eventually become a formidable female CEO. I love my husband, dote on my son, and live a happy, fulfilled life. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 After My Husband Gouged Out My Eyes and Broke My Legs, He Said He Loved Me 被老公挖眼断腿后,他却说爱我 After My Husband Gouged Out My Eyes and Broke My Legs, He Said He Loved Me 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 War of Resistance: Defending Greater Guangdong 抗战之保卫大广东 The year is 1932 by the Western calendar. The land of China struggles to survive under the Japanese invaders from across the sea. Hope has become the most precious thing in this world, while progressive ideas are gradually fading from the lands of the Northern Expedition, like shadows from days gone by. Then the soul of someone from another world comes to inhabit a body. From that moment on, the rising sun becomes night, and the long night begins to break. 30kReads8.8Score2.6k14d adds
- 7 I Ate Draft Paper and Choked to Death 我吃草稿纸,把自己活生生噎死 I ate draft paper and literally choked myself to death 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After Being Exiled, the Dignified Big Shot Went Crazy Right Along with Me 流放后,端庄大佬跟我一起疯批了 “Uncle, open the door. It’s Auntie.” Jin Yuanfu transmigrates into the body of a notorious vixen who was swapped into the wrong bridal sedan chair by her own sister, then had her face ruined with a sword by her possessive childhood sweetheart. When her childhood sweetheart realizes he has married the wrong woman, he flies into a rage and sends her to Lingnan. There, she is married to the crippled adoptive father of the man who was exiled there. Their fates are bound together by a marriage contra 33.9kReads8.9Score5.9k14d adds
- 9 The Most Dashing Man in the Ming Dynasty 大明之最风流 After his soul transmigrates into the body of Tang Bohu, the flamboyant and gifted scholar of the Ming Dynasty, he dazzles with unparalleled literary talent and peerless skill in poetry and painting. Charming and elegant, he places third in the imperial examinations, enters the court, and plots with consummate skill. What he changes with his own hands is not just history, but his own life as well. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Princess, You'd Make the Most Delicious Deep-Fried Dish 公主,油炸你是最美味的菜肴 Princess, You Are the Most Delicious Dish to Fry 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Descendant of the Blood Clan 血族后裔 A young Chinese man is given the blood initiation in Europe and becomes a descendant of the Dracula family. By chance, he obtains the cultivation legacy, the Blood Scripture, and thrives with it, battling the Roman Church. His family rises rapidly, and he comes to dominate the Western underworld, yet his heart is always with China. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 My Girlfriend Told Me to Delete My Mom So I Wouldn't Cheat 女朋友说让我删了我妈防止我出轨 My Girlfriend Told Me to Delete My Mom So I Wouldn't Cheat on Her 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Second Cruelty Hidden Beneath the Skin 藏在皮囊里的第二重凶 A Second Layer of Murder Hidden Beneath the Skin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Asked My Master About My Cultivation, and He Smacked Me Back to Earth 我问师父修为?反手拍我回地球 From the start, I had a winning hand! After transmigrating into the world of immortal cultivation for a hundred years, I took a laid-back master and learned skills powerful enough to reach the heavens. Just when I thought I was about to ascend and become an immortal My master yawned. “Disciple, it’s time for you to go back.” With a backhanded slap, he sent me flying back to Earth. A rented apartment, instant noodles, an unfinished graduation thesis… Everything was just as it had been, as if thos 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Blunt Truth System Activates: I Tell Everyone Exactly What I Think 直言系统启动:遇人就说大实话 The Blunt Truth System Activates: Tell Everyone the Unvarnished Truth 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Immortal Lord Shoves Him by Mistake! The War God Faces His Trial by Eating "Gold" 仙君误推!战神历劫吃“黄金” The Immortal Lord made a mistaken push! The God of War eats “gold” while undergoing tribulation —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Three Kingdoms: From Begging for Food to Restoring the Han Dynasty 三国:讨饭到复汉 [No System + Intelligent Protagonist + Political Scheming and Conquest + Assisting Liu Bei + Occasional Everyday Comedy + Cold-Weapon Warfare] Cao Cao: "March north! I vow to help Your Majesty reclaim the old capital!" Sun Quan: "Only an alliance with Shu against Liu can keep Eastern Wu safe." How would the story change if Liu Bei unified the north, while Cao Cao was driven into Shu? Remember the Han founder who slew the serpent, raising his arm to summon the people and defeating Western Chu in 41.9kReads8.6Score3.3k14d adds
- 18 Listen, Let Me Explain! I'm Really Not a Fetishist! 你们听我解释,我真不是恋物癖! [Lovecraftian Supernatural] [Not Mindless] [No Repetitive Plot Loops] [No Formulaic Writing] One day, Li Yi opened a door and stepped into a strange world. The good news: supernatural beings exist here! The bad news: the supernatural is seriously messed up! What do you mean, you were stumped, so you opened your skull and reached inside to feel around? What do you mean, studying was too hard, so you tore pages out of a book and ate them? Oh... you're digesting knowledge. Friend, you just farted o 64.2kReads8.6Score10.1k14d adds
- 19 I Was Watched While Sitting on the Toilet 我上马桶的时候被围观了 I Got Watched While I Was on the Toilet 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 I Live, I Die I活I This story has a fragmented, fast-paced feel. The heroine is forced to take over her entire family in the middle of an extremely chaotic emergency. I want you to experience alongside her that suffocating feeling of not even having time to catch your breath. Take your time reading, and don't rush. Historical Fantasy | Female Lead | Tragedy | Ensemble Cast | Political Intrigue | No Romance “What does it mean to be alive?” A little girl answers with a curse that lets her remember everything she 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Beneath a Cruel World 恶世之下 Vicious ghosts run rampant, humans and ghosts coexist, and rules become deadly traps... See through the rules, use ghosts to fight ghosts, banish the supernatural, but never underestimate the human heart... The ghosts in this book follow fixed patterns when they kill. Some humanoid ghosts retain the consciousness of the living. It follows the rule that only ghosts can deal with ghosts. Ghosts can be killed, but it's very difficult to kill them... The Headquarters in this book is the most righteo 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 22 On My Wedding Day, I Kicked Open the Bridal Chamber Door 大婚当天,我一脚踹开婚房大门 On My Wedding Day, I Kicked Open the Bridal Chamber Door 2.1kReads—Score11714d adds
- 23 Transmigrate as an Empress, and Become Best Friends with Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei 穿越皇后我和小燕子紫薇成了闺蜜 A stage accident sends me transmigrating into the harem of the Great Qing, where I even become the Empress. But my situation is tough: the Emperor dislikes me, the Empress Dowager loathes me, and the other consorts refuse to accept me. But how hard can that be? Just watch me win the Emperor's heart and the Empress Dowager's affection. Singing and dancing aren't enough? Then I'll tell jokes and do magic tricks... Oh, and there's Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei, too. Hehe, come be my besties! 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Great Demon Lord Has No Will to Survive 大魔头没有求生欲 An unpredictable, overwhelmingly powerful woman X a clingy, calculating man with a split personality In the twenty-first year of the Jing An era, the only son of Liu Tingfeng, the Breezewind Swordsman, died suddenly. The three members of the Mirror Pavilion were ordered to investigate. After uncovering the truth, they were on their way back to the Mirror Pavilion to report when a mysterious young man tricked them into falling into a trap set by Hua Wuqiu, a notorious demon of the martial world. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Infinite Simulations: I Play the Hero of Feel-Good Stories Across the Heavens! 无限模拟:我在诸天当爽文男主! [Simulator + the Myriad Worlds + Invincible Wish-Fulfillment + Fast-Paced + Ruthless + No Suffering] Lin Yu was completely baffled. All he’d done was take a nap, yet somehow he’d transmigrated to another world. Luckily, after transmigrating, he merged with his counterpart in this world. From his memories, Lin Yu gathered that he had probably arrived in a world where spiritual qi had only just begun to revive. He was wondering how to deal with the murderer who had killed his counterpart when his 25.4kReads8.4Score2.3k14d adds
- 26 The Adorable Diviner: Making Money Comes First, Romance Can Wait 卦仙有点萌:搞钱为主,恋爱靠边 The Adorable Diviner: Making Money Comes First, Romance Can Wait 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I Know a Little Bit of Everything About Cultivation 修仙我什么都会亿点点 Yan Qiuge, a legendary great cultivator from the Fenglan Continent, fails to overcome the tribulation of divine transformation. Fortunately, the innate spiritual treasure Hongmeng Purple Jade Gourd carries his main soul across the Southern Border. He revives in the body of a minor cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining from the Qingyun Sect. Drawing on more than a thousand years of cultivation experience and his mastery of all kinds of immortal arts, he gradually makes a name for himself 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 On Their Wedding Day, the Bride’s Father Slapped Her Three Times in Public 大婚当天,岳父当众扇了新娘三巴掌 On Their Wedding Day, the Bride's Father Slapped Her Three Times in Front of Everyone 1.5kReads—Score13714d adds
- 29 Alchemy: I'm Just a Little Better Than Everyone Else 炼丹:我比别人强亿点点 Li Yuntian is an unaffiliated cultivator with an exceptional spiritual root and extraordinary talent. After an against-the-heavens divine artifact recognizes him as its master, he makes a name for himself refining pills in the marketplace and is admitted to the outer sect of the Taixu Sect. He vies for treasures in secret realms, outshines all rivals with his alchemy, tramples the young prodigies of every sect, battles the sea folk and demons, protects his beloved, and ultimately reaches the Nas 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Reborn and Losing My Mind for Money, but the CEO Loves My Madness 重生发癫只搞钱,霸总偏爱超癫狂 Jin Chan Chan, 35 years old, died a miserable death in her previous life because she was hopelessly love-struck. Now she's reborn on the day after the 2007 college entrance exams. She tears up her love letters and swears she'll focus on making money, not romance! On her first night reborn, she fills in as an emergency replacement, singing funeral songs all night and earning her first pot of gold. Next, she cashes in on the lottery, building up her second fortune! She seizes the opportunity of so 54Reads—Score314d adds
- 31 Revolutionizing the Qing: A Changing Era of Self-Strengthening 革清:自强变局 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 134.1kReads9.1Score9k14d adds
- 32 Mecha: I Tore Apart the Campus Beauty's Engine from the Start 机甲:开局拆了校花机甲引擎 [Mecha] [Overpowered Male Lead] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Saintly Heroics] [Unexpected Contrasts] [Technological Hegemony] [Super AI] [Multiple Mecha Series] [Illustrations] [Over a Million Words, Read with Confidence] Mo Li was the youngest and strongest marshal of the Yanlong Empire. During a desperate decapitation operation against the Zerg, he was thrown into an unfamiliar mecha civilization along with his ultimate weapons: the mecha Divine Machine: Ten Directions of Silence, capable of an 29.2kReads8.8Score2.8k14d adds
- 33 A Master’s Reading: Is the Child Born with a Disability? 高人一算,断稚子先天是残疾? An expert took one look and declared that the child was born with a disability? 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 You Used My Photos to Catfish Online? Stealing Your Boyfriend Is Only Fair 偷我照片网恋?抢你男友很合理吧 The rating has just come out, so it should gradually rise~ A campus queen at an elite academy, surrounded by admirers, with everyone favoring her, and face-slapping the scumbags Si Tangxi only learned after her death that her most trusted friend, Ji Nianzhen, had bound herself to the “Online Dating Makeover System.” Ji Nianzhen stole her photos, her voice, her grades, and her talents, then took on her persona online and charmed the capital’s most sought-after young men into falling for her. I 13.6kReads8.1Score2.9k14d adds
- 35 You’re Telling Me I Can’t Catch Fish Even in a Game? 难道我玩游戏还能钓不不到鱼? [No real-world arrival + lighthearted + mostly everyday life + fishing + slacker protagonist + no romance in the game. Male body, female appearance in the game, don’t read if that bothers you!! The protagonist is extremely straight! Includes livestreaming. Read with caution!] Note: This really is just a game! And the protagonist really is just playing a game! Standing before you now is: “Crystal Source Alliance Mascot,” “The spark that ignited the First Game World War,” “Captain of the Crystal S 47.6kReads9.3Score2.9k14d adds
- 36 My Husband Heard a Tableful of Men Say They All Know Me 老公在酒局上,听到一桌男人都认识我 My Husband Heard a Whole Table of Men Say They Knew Me at a Dinner Party 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Adventures of Li Ergou in Another World 李二狗异界闯荡录 The Eastern and Western Continents, the four realms of humans, demons, dragons, and gods, nine great domains of the void, countless worlds, and a vast universe from time immemorial. A whole new world system, a completely different experience. Humans and demons clash, dragons and gods wage war. From earth to heaven, the battle against gods and demons begins! 237Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Daily Life of a Mining-Type Beast Tamer 挖矿系御兽师的日常生活 Beast Tamer is a noble profession. Most people associate it with wealth, protection, and power. But they don’t know that one major at Beast Taming University is called: Environmental Survey and Development. Xiao Sui has regretted choosing this major more than once. The only time he’s happy is when he finds precious ore in certain secret realms. What’s wrong with environmental surveying? It’s absolutely fantastic. (The ratings just opened, so they’re on the low side. A 7.1 opening score is alread 184.6kReads8.8Score20.3k14d adds
- 39 Scraping Gold from the Buddha's Face 刮金佛面 [Wealthy Family + Obsessive Devotion + Obsession + Redemption + Sweet HE] [Bewitching, Clear-Eyed Canary × Ascetic, Obsessive CEO Who Pretends to Be a Buddha] Everyone says Qi Mengnian is a cold, detached Buddha among men, prayer beads around his wrist and no interest in women. But no one knows he has long kept the world’s most dazzling treasure locked away in his golden mansion, all to himself for seven years. She is the delusion he worships like incense, the craving his rules and precepts cann 3.3kReads9.1Score33014d adds
- 40 The Laws? One Sword Is All It Takes 法则?一剑破之 My spiritual roots are destroyed? No problem. I have a sword that cuts down laws. A cultivator’s divine ability? Cut. An artificer’s array patterns? Cut. The laws of heaven and earth? Cut those, too. Three heroines, one sword, one pet, and one sharp-tongued sword spirit. From scavenging in a ruined city to becoming a god with one sword. Lu Chen can solve anything with a single strike. If he can’t, he just needs to charge up for a little while. 9.7kReads9.4Score99314d adds
- 41 Duchuan Agency 渡川事务所 The day Lu Jianxing receives his uncle’s final letter, there’s no vast inheritance waiting for him, just a yellowed IOU with his own name written in the debtor’s column. He hasn’t even figured out how to dodge the debt when his icy creditor shows up at his door. “Your uncle sold you to me.” So he goes. The agency called Crossing River is tucked beneath the shade of an old locust tree. It helps the restless dead fulfill the wishes they left unfinished. His new boss loves money more than life itse 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I'm Invincible, Yet I Can't Show Off 明明无敌却不能装比 Quick transmigration, growing stronger against the strong, infinite flow, sign-in, rule-based scenarios, schemes spanning the heavens, detailed System explanations, easygoing daily life. This is a male-oriented novel. Pretty girls, please don't read it, or imagine the protagonist as a female lead, or you won't enjoy it. Thank you. The world is too normal, with no idiots in it, so the protagonist can't show off. That's why nobody reads the book. I understand!!! Don't scroll away, it's fantastic, 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Noyaka's Culinary Travelogue 诺雅卡美食游记 [Western Fantasy] + [Japanese Light Novel] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Adventurers' Daily Life] + [Gourmet] On the continent of Noyaka, humans, beastfolk, demi-humans, elves, and all the other races each occupied a corner of the land. That year, something of modest importance happened in the human kingdom of Vicania. The noble Kamikawa family welcomed a new child, a girl named Kamikawa Yuu. In the years to come, Yuu, who dreamed of becoming an adventurer, and a soul adrift from another world would enco 2.8kReads—Score12014d adds
- 44 Heavenly Dao, Your Chosen One Is Into Men 天道你家气运之子是男给给 [Two male leads / both virgins / 1v1 / nontraditional cultivation / transmigration / System / childhood friends / jokes and memes] (Original title: Did the Senior Brother and Junior Brother Hook Up Today?) [Senior Brother Lingzhou Qing (top) x Junior Brother Xie Tingyu (bottom)] After dying in a plane crash, Xie Tingyu is taken by a System named 666 to another world, where he’s sent back to the womb to start over. He thinks having a System means he’ll have a golden finger, but this lousy 666 Sy 13.8kReads8.8Score2.3k14d adds
- 45 From the Start, a Jinx! Everyone Kneels and Begs Me to Keep Quiet 开局乌鸦嘴!全员跪求别开口 Everyone is waiting for the country bumpkin girl to leave in disgrace? Little do they know that this country girl has a whole stack of secret identities and is a big shot in every field. The most unbelievable and exasperating thing about her is that everything she says with her jinxing mouth comes true! The moment she speaks, payback strikes! No delays! Her adopted sister acts helpless at every turn and lays traps at every opportunity, doing everything she can to drag her into the mire! And her 54Reads—Score11314d adds
- 46 Reborn and Rid of My Scumbag Ex, I’m Passionately Kissed by the Boy Next Door 重生甩掉渣男后,被邻居哥哥猛亲 The print edition of Summer Breeze Kisses a White Shirt is now available. [Rebirth + the second male lead's groveling redemption + the brother's best friend wins her heart + both leads are pure + secret crush] A gentle yet strong-willed honor student × a seemingly aloof, secretly scheming campus heartthrob Jiang Jin never dreamed that her husband, whom she'd known since childhood and been married to for three years, would cheat on her, especially when she was seven months pregnant. After a week 5.6kReads9.1Score75114d adds
- 47 Moss Never Meets the Stars 青苔不逢星 [Male unrequited-love perspective + younger crybaby + insecure male lead + light ensemble cast + college campus + universally adored heroine] [Gifted heiress × insecure, loyal puppy] Lu Wangyu's youth was a quiet, damp patch of moss. He came from a modest, loving family, had an unremarkable personality, average grades, and was the most ordinary boy in any crowd. He loved someone far beyond his reach... Xia Muzhi, a girl blessed by heaven, lived a life entirely different from his. She was the sol 233Reads—Score10214d adds
- 48 Leaving the Palace for Good 此去辞宫阙 [Female-Dominant World] [Strong Female Lead] [Everyone's Favorite] [Multiple Male Leads] [Political Intrigue] [Warning: The heroine refuses to put up with anyone. She does whatever makes her comfortable, so read at your own risk!] The princess thought she was into handsome faces, six-packs, and loyal puppy types! At last, the princess realized she was simply, completely, uncontrollably lustful… The princess was humiliated, and everyone was waiting to see her make a fool of herself. Instead 2.7kReads8.0Score26414d adds
- 49 League of Legends: Taking Yasuo to the Top of the Bird's Nest LOL:带托儿索决战鸟巢之巅 [Ensemble cast competition] + [Brothers playing League of Legends] + [Character growth] Ever seen a goofy, chuuni Yasuo? Ever seen a blind monk secretly watching videos? Ever seen an old man with the God of Misfortune riding him? Ever seen a blood-frenzied, violent Darius? Xiang Li has. He's not only seen them, he's going pro alongside them after they transmigrated to Earth! It all began when... The System asked what teammates he wanted for a return to 2017. Xiang Li thought for a long time: "Cl 879Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 EN Jujutsu Kaisen: As a Special Grade, I Went to Die and Beat Sukuna! 咒回:特级的我去死灭打宿傩了! [Jujutsu Kaisen + Culling Game + Culling Game Continent + faux simulation + invincible protagonist + faux multiverse] If you had to choose between ending up with your first love or gaining Special Grade strength and taking part in the Culling Game, which would you choose? Jie Jian never expected that a thoughtless comment he posted under a thread, saying he wanted to see if Sukuna was really that hard to beat, would lead anywhere. But to his surprise, he actually transmigrated into the world of 163.6kReads9.2Score13.7k14d adds

















































