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- 1 The Occult World's Top Lady, Trained at Mount Mao 玄门一姐，出自茅山 When I was three, I cried nonstop. Old Madam Wang said I wasn’t sick. There was something wrong with my birth chart, and I was likely to attract unclean things. With no other choice, my parents took a token from Old Madam Wang and went to Mount Mao to ask an old Taoist priest for help. From then on, the priest took Ye Qingwan as his apprentice. Seventeen years passed before Ye Qingwan was finally allowed to go down the mountain and gain experience on her own. She went through all kinds of things 499Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Just Some Jottings 只是一个随笔 I haven't come up with a title yet. This book is just a collection of essays, so readers are welcome to follow it. I may turn it into a long-running serial and regularly share some personal thoughts... Thank you. 180Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Have Three Stunning Senior Sisters 我有三个绝色师姐 [Multiple Worlds] [Multiple Heroines] [Not a Saint] [Decisive and Ruthless] [The Best Parts Come Later] Jiang Chen, born with the Solar Sacred Body, had his meridians crippled as a child and was thrown out of his family! His master later took him in. His three exceptional senior sisters took turns helping him suppress his rampaging spiritual power, then helped awaken his Sacred Body... To fulfill the task his master assigned him, he heads down the mountain to find the most beautiful woman in the 50kReads6.9Score4kShelves
- 4 The Canary Secretly Hid Her Little Wings 金丝雀偷偷藏了小翅膀 The Canary Secretly Hid Her Little Wings 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Chang Wei's Massacre from the Start: I Crack the Case Through Forensic Investigation 常威开局灭门惨案，我靠刑侦破局 I transmigrate into Chang Wei, a doomed villain who’s destined to die. From the start, I’m lying in the middle of a massacre, covered in blood, with a knife still in my hand. Bao Longxing raises his blade to execute me, while Qi Qinshi points at me and calls me a murderer. Luckily, the ridiculous status panel I wrote in my previous life came along too. [Ding! Grindmaster Panel activated: Criminal Investigation and Deduction Lv. 1. Found a mismatch in the fingerprints on the knife handle, no bloo 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 A Little Apocalypse, and the Cold-Faced Villain Is Smiling Again! 小小末世，冷脸反派他又笑了！ (Space + Superpowers + Golden Fingers in Mission Worlds + System + A Little Bizarre + Both Leads Are Each Other’s One and Only) (A face-lover, a little eccentric, an adorable heroine with every virtue and a ruthless streak. She transmigrates in her own body.) (A gloomy, insecure, conflicted, ruthless, and easily self-deluded puppy-dog hero.) Assembly-line worker Xie Li is slacking off in a bathroom stall during her night shift, watching an apocalypse comic. After cursing out her manager, she’s r 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 My Gorgeous Senior Sisters Spoil Me to the Heavens 我被各种绝色师姐宠上天了 He transmigrates to another world and happens upon a peerless spirit pearl. A young man bursts onto the scene, challenges the great sects, and finds himself caught in mutual attraction and flirtatious games with a bevy of heaven-blessed beauties. He battles his way along the path of cultivation, sweeps away powerful enemies in every direction, ascends to the pinnacle of the world, and ultimately enjoys carefree immortality with his beloved senior sisters. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 My Bed Can Fly 我的床会飞 [Youthful Fantasy] [Pure, Unwavering Love] [Gentle and Healing] This book is made up of four short stories. Each has a touch of fantasy, bringing warmth with a hint of melancholy. Volume One: Two classmates who barely interact during the day ride their beds beneath the same starry sky at night., "My Bed Can Fly" Volume Two: Two people bound by a "cursed" romance try to avoid each other, but a series of coincidences sets off a butterfly effect., "Ill-Fated Love" Volume Three: The leads travel to 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 A Thousand Mountains Have Changed Hands 千山已过户 Chang'an is in sight. Ahead are the palace walls, the emperor, and the "revenge" she was promised. But what she has begun to fear is not the mountain of blades and sea of flames that lies ahead. It's the last look from the man escorting her. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 A Spark Set Him Ablaze 星星之火，烧了他 A spark set him ablaze 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 My Husband Cheated, So I Turned to His Archrival 丈夫出轨，我反手投靠死对头 My husband cheated, so I turned around and went to my sworn enemy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Handsome Men and Beautiful Women Are All Trapped by Money 俊男美女都被金钱困住了 Handsome Men and Beautiful Women Are All Trapped by Money —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 2026, You Owe Me a Family Reunion! 2026，你欠我一次团圆！ 2026, You Owe Me a Reunion! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 My Master Stripped Me of My Cultivation and Cast Me Out of the Sect, but After I Left, His Hair Turned White Overnight 师父废我修为逐我出师门，我走后他却一夜白头 My master crippled my cultivation and cast me out of the sect. After I left, his hair turned white overnight. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Your Majesty, the Beauty Is Bound to a System That Answers the Wrong Question 陛下，美人她绑定了答非所问系统 [Playful Chemistry] [Sharp-Tongued Duo] [Gloomy, Alluring Second Male Lead] I got my head stuck in the subway during rush hour and transmigrated straight into the Great Jing Dynasty as Lady Yu, a low-ranking beauty! Other people transmigrate and start out as legitimate daughters or imperial consorts. I start out as an invisible cannon-fodder nobody in the harem. I thought this would be a satisfying rise-to-the-top story, but the System I got was completely broken: The Non-Answering System had b 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 A Marriage Ultimatum in a Small City: Stock Market Prophecy Makes Me Rich 小城市遇逼婚，股票神预知暴富 [System Predicts the Future + Get Rich Through Stock Trading + Multiple Heroines + Enjoy Life] At his cousin's second child's one-month celebration banquet, Lu Suiyun was hounded by one relative after another to get married. Their spit nearly drowned him. He humored them on the surface, but was fed up inside, and seized an opportunity to slip away. Just as he was feeling down, a Stock Market Prediction System appeared: he could see the market's movements for the next week! Lu Suiyun poured all h 36kReads8.0Score3.2kShelves
- 17 Reunited After Years Apart: Captain Li Begs Me to Make Up Every Night 久别重逢，厉队夜夜软声求和 [Secret identities + strong female lead + groveling husband + heroine's comeback + undercover mission + major twists + adorable kids] When they were young, Xu Zhiyi was a radiant, lively heiress who chased the cold and handsome Li Chiyu all over campus. Then a cataclysmic upheaval shattered her family and left her with the infamous label of a criminal's daughter. She fell from the heights of privilege into misery and left the country in disgrace. She ran, and he waited! After seven years of hold 3.1kReads—Score290Shelves
- 18 After Becoming a Fake Young Master, My Archrival Got Stranger and Stranger 变成假少爷后，死对头越来越不对劲 After Becoming a Fake Young Master, My Archenemy Gets More and More Suspicious 207Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Fire-Type Nobody Won Over the Ice-Type Captain 火系小透明把冰系队长拿下了 The Fire-Type Nobody Won Over the Ice-Type Captain 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Transmigrated as the Medicine Sect’s Good-for-Nothing, I Got Tangled Up with a Sword Cultivation Master 穿成药宗小废物，被剑修大佬缠上了 Reborn as a Good-for-Nothing from the Medicine Sect, I Get Tangled Up with a Sword Cultivation Big Shot 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 I Win at Life in a Tycoon Family by Going Crazy 《我靠发疯在豪门躺赢了》 I Won Big in a Wealthy Family by Going Crazy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Fox Xiao Xian's Wonderful Adventure 狐小仙的奇妙大冒险 The vast lands of Shenzhou stretch without end. Jinxi City in the Central Plains is famed as a land of abundance, but in recent years, four-eyed giant spiders and flying monsters with human faces have appeared again and again, leaving the people terrified day and night. In a remote, peaceful village, a girl named A Min finds an unconscious young man in fine clothes by a mountain trap and saves him from the brink of death. A blood-red “Five” is branded on the jade ring on his hand. He is the Fif 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Forbidden Zone Heartbeat: Kiss Me, Then Run? You Can't Escape My Devotion 禁区心动：亲完就想跑？溺爱难逃 A love like a home invasion! Two male leads, one-on-one, both each other's one and only: an obsessive, patient, elite top × an innocent, feisty, tsundere bottom Mutual pining | Intense push and pull | A real groveling pursuit | Devoted, fatherly indulgence The top is patient and restrained, appearing steady as a rock, though inside he's already falling apart. The bottom is innocent and tsundere, jealous and fiercely possessive, but determined to play dumb to the very end. A scheme to win lov 302Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Honey Lock: Strange Tales of Republican-Era China 蜜锁_民国诡事 Honeybound: Strange Tales of the Republic of China —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Sealed Coffin: Strange Tales from Republican-Era China 锁棺:民国诡事 Coffin Lock: Strange Tales of the Republic of China —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 A Kiss Beneath the Coconut Palms 椰林之吻 A Kiss Beneath the Coconut Palms —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Love in the Philippines 菲国之恋 A Love in the Philippines —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 I Was the Only Single One Left, Until I Met My Dream Guy at My Best Friend's Wedding 母单的我，在闺蜜婚礼上遇到天菜 I've Been Single All My Life, Then I Met My Dream Guy at My Best Friend's Wedding —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Exiled After the Family’s Assets Are Seized: I Won Over the Imperial Physician with Flower Cuisine 抄家流放：我靠花膳娇了太医令 [Gentle yet resilient inheritor of flower cuisine × aloof, taciturn physician who fiercely protects his own] Exiled to a living hell from the start? Her family destroyed, penniless, surrounded by cruel bullies and deadly poisonous flowers? Mu Niannian turned around and pulled out her family heirloom, the Hundred Flowers Cookbook. What others saw as deadly poisonous weeds, she turned into crisp, fragrant hibiscus pancakes. What others saw as worthless weeds and rotten leaves, she simmered into me 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 A Belated Change of Heart for a Middle-Aged Couple 中年夫妻迟来的摇摆 A Middle-Aged Couple's Belated Change of Heart 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Actually, I'm Not a Good Man 其实我不是好男人 Her smooth silk nightgown clings to her figure, tracing her full, graceful curves. Her well-proportioned, shapely form has a mature, alluring charm that captures the heart at first glance. But that stir of desire is ultimately beyond reach. She seems close enough to touch, yet remains forever out of reach. What people call moving on from the old and welcoming the new is nothing more than someone taking advantage of an opening. This relationship is destined to end in betrayal and separation. 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Creditor Who Kidnapped Me Turned Out to Be My First Love from Ten Years Ago 抓我绑票的债主，竟是十年初恋 [Modern city|Contemporary romance|CEO|Mutual devotion|True love|Heart-wrenching romance|Reunion after years apart|Winning her back|Sweet romance] Their passionate young love, born on campus, was defeated by a sudden accident. The accident burned away Xie Ci’s looks and crushed all his pride. After he was hospitalized, he resolutely broke up with Jiang Xin. He avoided her and severed every tie to their past. Ten years passed in the blink of an eye, but Jiang Xin remained trapped in the past. Alon 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 I’m a Referee at the World Cup 我在世界杯当裁判 At seventeen, he was a gifted striker on China’s national youth team. Then an opponent maliciously took him out, and the boy who had once raced like the wind had to say goodbye to his dream forever. At rock bottom, Lin Feng was reborn and chose another way to redeem himself. He switched careers and became a referee, unexpectedly awakening the [Absolute Referee System] and returning to the pitch in a brand-new role. The fouls and match-fixing scandals that had once tormented him could no longer e 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Cultivating Immortality Underwater: I Get Stronger Just by Breathing with Traits 下海修仙：从词条呼吸就变强开始 [Purple Palace, Great Luo Dao] [Premium Quality] [Farming and Growth] [Set sail to cultivate immortality, grow stronger with every breath!] Chen Xuan enters an immortal sect and severs his worldly ties, only to awaken memories from a past life in the mortal world, now crawling with demons and monsters. In this life, he has an ordinary mortal's aptitude and no immortal clan backing him. He's merely a prospective disciple for the immortal sect. The sect's selection of prospective disciples is unde 32Reads—Score587Shelves
- 35 Ashen Moon, Heart at Rest 烬月泊心 One-Sentence Story] Lu Chenyuan, a powerful man who has spent half his life alone and cold, marries Su Qingjin, who has nowhere to turn in her hour of desperation. She thinks she's a pawn given away to settle a debt, unaware that she is the one light he has chosen to pursue on his own in more than a decade of restraint. [Core Highlights] A desperate marriage alliance between two top-tier wealthy families from the start. A cool, fragile beauty meets a restrained, obsessive, unhinged tycoon, with 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Bird in the Woods_Jizi 林中鸟_纪子 Bird in the Woods_ Ji Zi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Blood Bracelet: Strange Tales of Republican-Era China 血镯:民国诡事 The Blood Bracelet: Strange Tales of the Republic of China —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Lovebirds in Chains: Strange Tales of Republican-Era China 《锁中鸳：民国诡事》 Lovebirds in Chains: Strange Tales of the Republic of China —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Seventh Lotus Petal 第七瓣莲 The Seventh Lotus Petal 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 A Global Livestream of Ghost Encounters, and the Comments Save My Life! 全球直播撞鬼，弹幕救我命！ A ghost crashes a global livestream, and the comments save my life! Mountain mist passes right through me, my teammates vanish, and the viewers can see things the camera cannot. Following the comments’ directions, I break into forbidden zones one after another, searching for people and for my own fate. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 After Throwing Water on My Boss, I Was Caught by an Obsessive CEO 泼了领导后被病娇总裁捉住了 I Got Caught by a Yandere CEO After Splashing My Boss 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Tamed the Unhinged Male Lead 穿书后，疯批男主被我哄乖了 [Transmigrate Into a Book and Save Him | Unhinged, Long-Suffering Hostage Prince × Cannon-Fodder Princess] After transmigrating into the body of a cannon-fodder princess, Shen Qinghe is bound to a System and must save Xiao Jin, the hostage prince destined to bathe the Great Yao in blood. In public, he is a pawn anyone can bully. In private, he is dark and calculating, and trusts not a shred of tenderness. The System keeps issuing warnings, reminding her that the man before her will become a futu 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Five-Colored Stone of Heaven 天灵五彩石 A hazy glimpse of antiquity, veiled in innuendo; a prehistoric scene shining across the ages; an era pioneered through knotted-cord records! Through the distant, boundless seals, we decipher and reveal traces long concealed. Amid the shifting layers, we search and fill in the gaps, bringing a colorful, fantastical altar into view! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 I Joined the Death Row Camp, Determined to Rebel 入职死囚营，我一心造反 “I’m not here to die. I’m here to take lives!” Chen Dong, a low-ranking frontier soldier, was framed after offending his superior. His entire family was executed, while he was specially sent to the northern frontier’s “death-row camp” for his “bravery,” a hellhole where prisoners were used as expendable flesh against the enemy. It is hell from the very first page: on his first night in the camp, he faces a barbarian sneak attack and the law of the jungle within the walls. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Fatebound: You Really Can Go Back in Time 命羁：你真能回到过去 Fifteen university students are forcibly dragged into a deadly game they cannot leave. They support one another and struggle their way out of the death game, but peace is not what awaits them. A new battlefield centered on AI, self-awareness, memory, and obsession now begins to unfold. As the protagonist investigates further, the DM, the "Bridge," and the Dharma Seal appear one after another, and everyone begins to question the truth of the world. When all the clues finally come to light, they a 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 What Do I Do After Accidentally Becoming a Yin Official? 一不小心混上阴差怎么办 (The opening is mildly frightening, but the story is actually more of a passionate supernatural battle.) Yan Ling was an overworked office drone struggling to get by. All he did was fall asleep, yet he transmigrated to the spirit realm, where one supernatural incident after another awaited him. He thought he was doomed, but it seemed his blood could eradicate every monster and demon! After surviving one near-death experience after another, he caught the eye of the mysterious Seventh Master and s 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 An Approach to Education in the Name of Love 以爱为名的教育方式 A Way of Educating in the Name of Love 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Cannon-Fodder Demoness Is Too Cool to Mess With, and She’ll Kill Anyone Who Tries 炮灰女魔头太飒，谁敢惹她是真杀 Wen Jiuning was the greatest master of ancient martial arts in all of Great Xia. And now, as punishment from the Heavenly Dao, she has transmigrated into the cultivation world as a useless, romance-obsessed cannon-fodder villainess with no spiritual roots??? Her: Did I really do anything so bad? I only wiped out the entire ancient martial arts world in a fit of rage. Was that really necessary? She was the greatest master of ancient martial arts. What was wrong with killing a few people? Everyone 573Reads6.4Score108Shelves
- 49 The Splendor of Feathered Blades 羽刃惊华 The entire General’s household was slaughtered in a single night. Su Muyu, the general’s daughter, was fortunate enough to be saved by the Ninth Prince, Lu Yunchao, and thus survived. So she pledged herself to him, promising the rest of her life in return for one thing: that Lu Yunchao help her avenge this blood feud. To kill her enemies with her own hands, she trained in swordsmanship day and night and endured the humiliation of learning seduction, secretly building her strength for the day she 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Became a Legend in Ancient Times with My Foreign Languages 我靠外语在古代封神 I Rely on Foreign Languages to Become a Legend in Ancient Times 5Reads—Score—Shelves
