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  1. 151 The Plane-Breaking God 位面破坏神 Sci-Fi2.6M WordsOngoing Martial arts, anime, immortal cultivation: he journeys through one world after another. With the Boundary-Breaking Pearl as his foundation and a great obsession as his guiding principle, he shatters myriad worlds and does as he pleases. 0Votes149.2kRecs109.2kFans
  2. 152 Reborn to Defy the Journey to the West 重生之逆战西游 Xianxia2.6M WordsCompleted In this vast world of gods and demons, what can a lowly, insignificant man, no more than an ant, do when faced with the divine powers of the gods, Buddhas, monsters, and demons of the myriad heavens? Where can he go from here? (PS: A note: This book is by a new author. It is not set in the primordial chaos. If it's not to your taste, please don't flame me. And if you do, please go easy. My heartfelt thanks!) 0Votes161.6kRecs196.5kFans
  3. 153 The Gateway to Technology 科技之门 Urban3.2M WordsCompleted 0Votes506.5kRecs426.8kFans
  4. 154 Lord of the Stars 众星之主 Sci-Fi4.0M WordsCompleted This is a wondrous world where everyone pursues martial arts. Legend says that martial arts, cultivated to their utmost, can move mountains, divide seas, soar through the sky, and burrow beneath the earth. Ancient biographies even tell of people who transcended mortality, became immortals, and lived forever. An ordinary young man from Earth is brought to this world by a mysterious beam of light, starting over as a baby. This world closely resembles the Earth of his previous life, but martial art 0Votes311.5kRecs288.2kFans
  5. 155 Dragon Emperor, Martial God 龙皇武神 Urban6.3M WordsCompleted From the day he began cultivating, everything changed. 1Votes9.7MRecs1.5MFans
  6. 156 Traveling Through the Myriad Worlds 周游诸天万界 Infinite Myriad Worlds668k WordsOngoing “Before I came, the world was devoid of laws.” “After I came, it became a boundless tapestry of complexities.” Zhou Wuyou. This is a journey from nothing to a gradually perfected cultivation system, an exploration of the evolution of life. P.S. 1: The worlds visited are all original creations. The story may be long, but its length is uncertain. P.S. 2: No female lead, invincible farming story. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. 0Votes106.8kRecs102.8kFans
  7. 157 The Plane Cruise Ship 位面游轮 Infinite Myriad Worlds3.2M WordsCompleted Exchange student Chen Kan is stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. One night, a cruise ship pulls up beside the island. This ship can travel between different planes, but where is its final destination? 0Votes130.6kRecs178.4kFans
  8. 158 The Strongest Sword God System 最强剑神系统 Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsOngoing I have seen Ximen Chuixue’s sword, its lonely, snow-white strike coming from the west. I have seen the sword of Ye Gucheng, Lord of White Cloud City, its celestial beauty at the pinnacle of perfection. I have seen the sword of Dugu Qiubai, the Sword Demon, undefeated beneath heaven. This is an age of declining magic, when immortals are no longer immortal and demons are no longer demons. The gods have been buried beneath the sands, and ancient swords rust in the cold wind. A legendary powerhouse 4Votes324.1kRecs212.3kFans
  9. 159 EN Mechanical God Emperor 机械神皇 Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted In the primary material plane, sorcerers rule over everything. Powerful sorcerers wield terrifying strength, enough to overturn rivers and seas. They capture gods, enslave demons, and colonize and rule one plane after another. Their civilization reaches its height, and they establish one glorious, prosperous, and mighty Sorcerer Dynasty after another. After the Eighth Sorcerer Dynasty falls into decline, powerful gods, wicked demons, cunning devils, and forbidden monsters, one terrifying race af 2Votes399.5kRecs259.7kFans
  10. 160 Entering the Primordial World with a System 带个系统入洪荒 Xianxia1.5M WordsCompleted New book! Please support The Primordial World: The Cautious Daoist! P.S.1: The Night Watchman can come up with that title, and the Bookworm can come up with that title, so why can't I, the Cautious Daoist? P.S.2: Li Zhen wakes up one day to discover that he is one of the first three thousand humans created by Lady Nuwa. At this time, mighty beings are everywhere, witches and demons run rampant, the myriad races vie for supremacy, and humanity has only just emerged, always on the brink of extinct 0Votes53.9kRecs129.6kFans
  11. 161 The Strongest Boss Across the Heavens 诸天最强BOSS Infinite Myriad Worlds2.2M WordsCompleted Mo Chen transmigrated to an interstellar age thousands of years in the future. He thought he would live out a quiet life, but when the System he carried with him awakened, everything changed! System, I get that you sent me traveling through the Myriad Worlds with game cheats, and made me invincible from the start! But what’s with these holiday events? Qingming Festival: 0Votes210.4kRecs285.8kFans
  12. 162 The Silicon Valley Emperor 硅谷大帝 Urban2.0M WordsCompleted He sees far beyond the ordinary, and his vision astonishes the world! He invested in and founded Cisco, then went on to create Netscape, Ellison, Yahoo, and more. Even Google and ICQ were among his creations. He is the power behind the scenes, owner of a trillion-dollar fortune, and the internet emperor no one knows about! He ushered in the age of rapid internet growth and monopolized half the North Federation's internet backbone. YouTube and Facebook are his to command, too! Apple has knelt! Fl 0Votes183.2kRecs190kFans
  13. 163 Hunting the World 猎杀全球 Military1.6M WordsCompleted If people don't work hard, what's the difference between them and salted fish? 0Votes146.9kRecs135.7kFans
  14. 164 Summoning Civil Officials and Fierce Generals in Another World 异世之召唤文臣猛将 Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted A new era dawns, and the world undergoes a transformation. The native plants and animals of Planet Earth mutate and revert to their ancestral forms, while species from other worlds are stranded here. Eventually, humanity develops a brand-new profession: Beast Tamer. Capturing monsters, raising them, and training them: that is what a Beast Tamer does. My new book, Divine Pet Evolution, is out now! Readers’ group: 610593024. 0Votes387.1kRecs256.1kFans
  15. 165 Legendary Clan Leader 传奇族长 Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsCompleted Here's the blurb... There is no true cruelty or brutality between races. All there is is a clan's struggle to survive and reproduce. A strange soul, carrying a supreme cave-heaven treasure, arrives in this vast wilderness and becomes the chief of a small tribe. Leading the tribe to rule over an entire region, he rises from weakness to strength and embarks on a long road of conquest. 1Votes257.5kRecs189.3kFans
  16. 166 The Peerless Emperor 绝世皇帝 Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Lin Qian, a champion of Earth’s war strategy games and a classic pay-to-win player, was reborn in another world after an accident. In this new world, he had little going for him besides a decent talent for cultivation. He blew up his furnace trying to make pills, turned his attempts at forging into scrap metal, and knew nothing about formations or any other practical skills. But then Lin Qian discovered that the vast empire he had dominated in a game in his previous life had transmigrated along 0Votes73.2kRecs190kFans
  17. 167 The Greatest Lord God in History 史上最牛主神 Infinite Myriad Worlds1.1M WordsCompleted Change the plot? I am rebuilding the world! Fang Mo accidentally obtained the Lord God orb and became the Lord God's agent. "Reincarnation Mission, choose one of two Reincarnation Mission One: Transform the plane into a world at the end of the age of magic. Reincarnation Mission Two: Transform the plane into a paradise for ghosts and monsters." Fang Mo: "······" "Shouldn't a reincarnation mission be about changing the plot? Why am I rebuilding the world?" This is the story of Fang Mo leading rei 0Votes157.5kRecs109.3kFans
  18. 168 A Cross-Dressing Literary Life 女装文艺人生 Light Novel700k WordsCompleted Once-beautiful women have grown old, leaving behind only fleeting moments of radiance on screen; Once-great masters have become yesterday's news, while traffic-chasing pretty boys and fresh-faced starlets take the stage; Then Zhou Yi, the cross-dressing superstar of a generation, makes an invincible and spectacular debut. Peerlessly elegant, overturning the natural order, he rampages through Chinese showbiz like a great demon king! 0Votes181.8kRecs69.5kFans
  19. 169 Super Cultivation System 超级修炼系统 Eastern Fantasy6.7M WordsCompleted Ye Yiming was originally an orphan on Earth, an ordinary twenty-year-old college student. By a stroke of luck, he transmigrated to a strange world and became the grandson of the Duke of Wu in the small world of Tianyang. With a super cultivation System at his side, even someone with no spiritual roots and born a good-for-nothing can reach the highest realms. While others painstakingly cultivate, he relies on System points to surge ahead! With a wave of his hand, he crushes countless geniuses fro 0Votes71.6kRecs172.3kFans
  20. 170 The Beginning of Martial Arts 武侠开端 Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Writing martial-arts novels is only the beginning! Lin Mu, who possesses Earth's Memory Palace, was reborn in a parallel world. Have you heard of internet-cafe refugees? Have you heard the ugly true faces of “Madam Panda” and “The Adventurer”? You have heard of Ask Where the Road Lies, but have you read the book Ask Where the Road Lies? Reviewing the classics and researching books is exhausting. Shao Chong is willing to be your reader, revisiting those classic novels bit by bit in The Beginning 0Votes162.7kRecs210.1kFans
  21. 171 EN The God of the Ruined Temple 破庙有神仙 Xianxia3.2M WordsCompleted On Yin-Yang Mountain stands the General’s Temple, where immortals are said to emerge from the wilderness. This temple has been passed down for hundreds of years, but now that the world has entered the Dharma-Ending Age and spiritual energy has faded, how can it face a world transformed beyond recognition? An ancestral Bagua Mirror is said to be the key to opening a mysterious gate, but can it bring about a turning point? Discover it all in The Temple Ruins Have an Immortal. This book’s chat grou 0Votes384.2kRecs228.2kFans
  22. 172 Infinite Evolution of Strange Beasts 无限之异兽进化 Light Novel770k WordsCompleted After being set up by the Lord God, Su Kai found himself transformed into a hunter... Uh, a snake? To survive and escape the Lord God's control, Su Kai embarked on a path of endless evolution and mutation. He has many names: Harbinger of Calamity, Abyssal Fiend, Wing of Death, and more. The dragons regard him as a heretic, the churches call him humanity's greatest enemy, while fanatics hail him as the Seventh True God. 0Votes81kRecs161.7kFans
  23. 173 I Have a World Tree 我有一棵世界树 Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted With the World Tree at his side, Zhuang Xia transmigrates from world to world. Amid opportunities and challenges, his life grows ever more eventful. 0Votes57.3kRecs76.3kFans
  24. 174 Starting from Perfect World 自完美世界开始 Infinite Myriad Worlds5.2M WordsCompleted Over ten thousand premium subscribers. Lin Yang, who transmigrated with a System, gazes speechlessly at the sky. Why did he have to end up in a nightmare-level world like Perfect World right from the start? At least he can keep transmigrating, so there’s no need to panic! He’ll lie low for now! He never expected to begin in the chaotic ancient era, witness the ancient history, transform himself into a restricted zone, endure endless ages, and live into the later desolate ancient era and even bey 8Votes463.6kRecs427.4kFans
  25. 175 Lord of Creation 造化之主 Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsCompleted Great Tang: Yang Guang poisons his ministers to death. Primordial World: Become the Human Emperor, destroy the Wu and Yao, and suppress the Saints. Shrouding the Heavens: How about marrying the Ruthless One? Travel through the myriad heavens and rule over all worlds! 0Votes468.7kRecs396.1kFans
  26. 176 Super Immortal Academy 超级仙学院 Urban5.2M WordsCompleted In the city stands an academy unlike any other. It does not teach mathematics, physics, or chemistry, but martial arts and secret techniques, divine arts and supernatural abilities, immortal arts and mystical powers. The academy's teachers are not ordinary teachers either. They are renowned figures from various novels and film and television worlds. Chu Liuxiang: "The secret to possessing enough personal charm to make girls throw themselves at you." Pao Ding: "When a cook knows martial arts, no 0Votes546.8kRecs347.5kFans
  27. 177 Martial God 武神 Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsCompleted What is a genius? Someone who can fully master any combat technique, and clear away every bottleneck whenever they cultivate a new technique. That's a true genius! He Yiming was an ordinary boy from He Family Village, with no particularly outstanding talent for martial arts. But after a chance encounter, this unremarkable boy became a genius in everyone's eyes, blessed with an enviable gift for martial arts. Whether it was his family's acquired Five Elements manuals or the legendary innate manua 4Votes2.3MRecs1.4MFans
  28. 178 EN My Spacetime-Traversing Smartphone 我的时空穿梭手机 Infinite Myriad Worlds4.2M WordsCompleted When An Yang discovered that the phone he'd bought had been switched, his first instinct was to refuse to accept it. But then he found out that the phone could let him transmigrate across endless times and worlds: movies, TV dramas, novels, games... He couldn't refuse anymore! From then on, his life began to change. 2Votes274.7kRecs446kFans
  29. 179 Enshrined as an Immortal 封仙 Xianxia2.1M WordsCompleted Heaven and earth have taken shape, but the Great Dao remains without order. Now, the immortals have jointly established the Investiture of the Gods to set the order of heaven and earth, raise the Heavenly Court of the Nine Heavens and the Netherworld, and appoint the gods of all realms. Qing Yuan, a Daoist attendant under the Purple Cloud Palace, was born without good fortune, a good fate, or an immortal root. Because he devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation, he was sent down to the mort 0Votes167.9kRecs96.9kFans
  30. 180 Tiger Summoner of the Late Han Dynasty 汉末召虎 Historical1.8M WordsCompleted In the sixth year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling died and a new emperor took the throne. The Ten Attendants rebelled, General-in-Chief He Jin was killed, and Dong Zhuo of Liangzhou marched into the capital and deposed the emperor. Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and the other generals fled and raised troops in Guandong. Zhang Zhaohu, who seemed easygoing and careless, became Zhang Liao and plunged straight into the wolves' den, making his way under Dong Zhuo. With such low birth and such a terrible reputation, 0Votes200.6kRecs112kFans
  31. 181 The Super Auction House 超级拍卖行 Urban4.8M WordsCompleted A powerful soul from another world enters Fang Shen’s mind, opening the path of Earth Cultivation and making him the only cultivator on Earth… While cultivating, he begins an ambitious land-grabbing spree. The whole Earth is his, and he can even connect to other worlds to obtain all kinds of rare treasures, which he sells at his own auction house, drawing countless eager buyers. You’re old and frail, and need a year to settle your family’s affairs? The Super Auction House is at your service. For 0Votes266.7kRecs263.2kFans
  32. 182 The Carefree Main God 主神逍遥 Infinite Myriad Worlds2.4M WordsCompleted Yang Qifeng lived a life of mediocrity as the protagonist, then kicked the bucket! Reborn, he discovers that a transmigrator has stolen his opportunities. In an age when the Main God descends, spiritual qi revives, and myths return, the reborn man takes down the transmigrator, roams the Myriad Worlds, and stands atop them all. 0Votes154kRecs119.1kFans
  33. 183 The Myriad Worlds Black Tech Chat Group 万界黑科技聊天群 Infinite Myriad Worlds1.1M WordsCompleted Lu Zixin has a Myriad Worlds Black Technology chat group, whose members are technological big shots from the Myriad Worlds. Tony Stark: “Dress up as a woman for the group owner, and I’ll send you this Mark II armor!” Red Queen: “Group owner, want to test out the latest T-virus?” Terminator: “Where’s your world, group owner? I can destroy it while I’m in the neighborhood.” Vegapunk: “I’ve synthesized another new Devil Fruit. Want to be the test subject, group owner?” Spider-Man: “I don’t care, I 0Votes184.9kRecs286.7kFans
  34. 184 The Wheel of Fate 命运天盘 Xianxia3.2M WordsCompleted Yang Tianwen unexpectedly obtains a sealed compass. Every time he breaks one of its seals, he gets a wish. This strange compass gives Yang Tianwen a unique advantage and takes him from an ordinary world to a higher plane of existence! In a fantastical world of cultivation, a legend is born. The Compass of Destiny: Its owner can command fate and control the future at will! 3Votes483.9kRecs228kFans
  35. 185 The Fruits of Technology 科技衍生 Urban2.8M WordsCompleted The liquor was gone, and he was drunk. As he fell into a deep sleep, a strange voice danced through his mind... From then on, Wang Fan, a commoner by birth, began an immortal journey. Break through technological barriers, turn the tables by exporting hugely profitable high-end products, build a glorious technological empire, and become a winner in life! VIP group: 168231794 (verification of fan rank required) 0Votes177.2kRecs250.3kFans
  36. 186 Formless Evolution 无相进化 Infinite Myriad Worlds3.3M WordsCompleted Qin Changfeng: a man with a fair face... and a dark heart! Forced to trade ten ordinary lifetimes for a chance to become powerful, he enters the Final Trial Tower and awakens the Formless Talent, which allows him to fuse skills. From then on: In "Flying Daggers", he's the close friend of Li Xunhuan and A Fei... Fine wine and beautiful women, flying daggers and heavy arrows, never missing a target! In "Alien", he's the messenger of hell... Wipe out the whole squad, hatch alien pets, evolve throug 0Votes179.6kRecs291.6kFans
  37. 187 God-Tier Reading System 神级阅读系统 Urban615k WordsCompleted Read books and become a god... Everything is in the books. New book: The Daily Life of a Cat I Transmigrated Into 0Votes36.9kRecs65.2kFans
  38. 188 Eternal Kingdom 永恒国度 Xianxia7.0M WordsCompleted At midnight, a cataclysm struck. The Heavenly Dao changed, and the desires and obsessions of all living beings filled the world. The Heavenly Dao could no longer bear it. Evil thoughts ran rampant, while the thoughts of all beings gave rise to worlds of fantasy. Evil thoughts, good thoughts, obsessions, and desires tangled without end. The Heavenly Dao was at its limit. When things reach an extreme, they change. Fantasy descended, myriad worlds merged, and all things competed for freedom beneath 6Votes2.2MRecs641.6kFans
  39. 189 The Immortal and Demon Qin Empire 仙魔大秦 Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing Qin Ge transmigrates into the body of Qin Er Shi, the Second Emperor of Qin. The Great Qin dynasty has only one month left before it falls. He also discovers that this is an unbelievable world of fantasy. Confucius once traveled among the feudal states. With his brush, he wrote the Spring and Autumn Annals; with a flourish, he repelled ten thousand foes. His sharp words waged war across the land, and his righteous spirit brought order to the world. He proved the Dao through Confucianism and beca 0Votes108.4kRecs97.1kFans
  40. 190 EN Mythical Emperor of Emperors 最强神话帝皇 Xianxia3.9M WordsCompleted Also known as The Great Qin Heavenly Court. After transmigrating into the body of a demoted prince, Qin Jun was relieved to find that Heaven had not abandoned him: he activated the Mythology System! Any character from mythology could be summoned! The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, could shake mountains and rivers with a single strike of his staff! The thousand-mile vision and wind-listening ears could see through the world! The Buddha, Tathagata, could trap anyone in his palm-world! In 0Votes235.7kRecs317.4kFans
  41. 191 The Jie Sect Rises Again 截教再起 Xianxia954k WordsOngoing Popular version: This is the story of a scumbag who curses the heavens, the earth, the air, gods, ghosts, and monsters... Literary version: The lotus rises from the mud unstained. This is a story about the mud... From Handsome Siblings to Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, The Legend of the White Snake, The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea... He crosses fire, earth, wind, and water, and tempers his Dao heart through seven lifetimes, all to ascend to the Hall of Primordial Harmony, restore Biyo 0Votes66.2kRecs60.5kFans
  42. 192 The Road to Evolution 进化之路 Light Novel2.1M WordsCompleted In this world, humans evolve, animals evolve, and plants evolve. Those who stand at the top of the evolutionary pyramid are called gods. Animals and plants that reach the pinnacle of evolution are called demons. In 2012, in a parallel dimension, the apocalypse foretold in ancient prophecies arrived. Three consecutive days of darkness covered the entire world. After the great cataclysm, all humans, animals, and plants embarked on the path of evolution. 0Votes295.7kRecs300.4kFans
  43. 193 Chronicles of the Sword Witch 剑巫纪 Western Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Wizards draw their power from the mind, while knights rely on their life force. With an intelligent chip in tow, he arrives in a world of wizards, only to embark on a very different path: that of a Sword Wizard. 0Votes82.8kRecs80kFans
  44. 194 The Divine Gate 神门 Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted [Super-popular fantasy] This is a strange and mysterious world... Mountains, rivers, stones, flowers, grass, trees, the sun, the moon, and stars... Everything under heaven and earth is a source of power. All the classic books from my previous life exist here, but under a new name: The Dao Canon! So you can gain power just by reading? Fang Zhengzhi is torn. Should he start with the Dao De Jing, Strange Gates and Dunjia, or the Analects... or Dream of the Red Chamber? Using the Dao Canon as his fo 0Votes6.2MRecs707.3kFans
  45. 195 The Transmigrating Daoist 会穿越的道士 Xianxia684k WordsOngoing Having transmigrated through the Myriad Worlds and found shelter under his sect’s protection, Qing Feng explores and pursues the ancient arts of the immortals, revealing what it means to truly cultivate the Dao and virtue. 0Votes123.4kRecs115.6kFans
  46. 196 EN Omniverse Projection 诸天投影 Infinite Myriad Worlds4.8M WordsCompleted In the world of traditional martial arts, he masters the art and overwhelms Wang Wudi with his fists! In the jianghu of the Great Ming, he roams unchecked, reigning supreme beneath the heavens! He controls life and death, and shatters the void with his fists! In the Legend of the White Snake, he paints a scroll of ten thousand demons! In the Shrouding the Heavens world, he rules as the Demon Lord, striking fear into the forbidden zones! In Perfect World, I am the Demon Emperor! In Journey to the 0Votes855.5kRecs759.5kFans
  47. 197 The City of Terror 恐怖都市 Sci-Fi5.5M WordsCompleted New reader group: 25567490. VIP group: 48170460 (send a screenshot showing you’ve bought all the chapters to join). Overnight, the rented room had become so decrepit. Dust covered the table, and the posters on the walls had grown old, yellow, and tattered. Their once-beautiful faces looked strange on the aged paper, like old monsters wearing terrifying smiles. Tattered cobwebs covered the walls, shrouding them like mist. The oranges and apples on the little coffee table had rotted and shriveled, 0Votes391kRecs307.9kFans
  48. 198 League of Legends: Seven Hundred Years Later 英雄联盟之七百年后 Gaming3.8M WordsCompleted Ye Che died, then came back to life. [True guides + Heroic God Physique + bloodlines + the true meaning of ultimate techniques] It sounds a little strange, but in fact, he had traveled from the day of the S7 finals to seven hundred years in the future, arriving without a sound, as if abandoned by that century. Fortunately, League of Legends still existed on Earth seven hundred years later. One day, playing League of Legends became a matter of life and death. Rank badges began to manifest in the 0Votes116.4kRecs185.5kFans
  49. 199 The Perfect Superstar 完美大明星 Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Lu Chen had a dream, a very, very long dream. The world in his dream was both familiar and strange, with different people playing out one fascinating story after another. A singer, an actor, a freelance writer: he had experienced three different lives in the dream world! When he awoke, Lu Chen embarked on a dazzling path to becoming the perfect superstar! P.S. This is an original setting in a parallel world. Please don’t compare it to reality. This is a new author’s f 0Votes249.4kRecs518.5kFans
  50. 200 The New Recruit at S.H.I.E.L.D. 神盾局的新晋职员 Light Novel1.2M WordsCompleted Lee Weiss becomes Wesley and arrives in a parallel world with a junky intelligent System, becoming a member of the Fraternity of Assassins. Soon, agents and superheroes from the movies start appearing one after another, and he becomes a new recruit at S.H.I.E.L.D. As the System keeps upgrading, he finally gains access to the abilities of various League of Legends champions. But things don't go smoothly: on his very first day, he throws Captain America over his shoulder, and his new job soon take 0Votes139.2kRecs205.1kFans

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