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- 1 Daoist Sect Revival System 道门振兴系统 The struggle between Buddhism and Daoism has existed since ancient times. Yet Buddhism flourishes, while Daoism declines. In a dilapidated Daoist temple, a young Daoist has taken it upon himself to revive the faith. “May the Heavenly Venerable bless you. Good sir, would you be willing to join our Daoist sect?” 0Votes197.2kRecs309.9kFans
- 2 The Pet Shop of the Future 未来宠物店 He opened a pet shop, but on the very first day, someone brought in a panda! What the heck? Help, I don’t want to go to jail! 0Votes186.8kRecs173.3kFans
- 3 A Daring Life 彪悍的人生 My name is Lin Fan, and I have an encyclopedia that lets me know a little bit about everything. At the first International Bragging Championship, every contestant was utterly defeated. Everyone: Big brother, how are you so amazing at showing off? Lin Fan: I never show off… P.S. My old book, The Strongest System, is currently being serialized. I also have two completed older books, I Am a Tycoon, So What Am I Afraid Of? Volumes 1 and 2. Updates 0Votes497.7kRecs564.1kFans
- 4 The Taoist Temple in the Deep Mountains 深山中的道观 Deep in the mountains, a Taoist temple is home to an incredible Taoist who lives a peaceful, carefree life. 0Votes53.7kRecs60.5kFans
- 5 A Legend Begins with I Am a Singer 传奇从我是歌手开始 Title: The Legend Begins with I Am a Singer: A Superstar? No, I'm a Legend Liang Dong, an obscure singer, accidentally transmigrates to a new world. There, he has a beautiful wife, an adorable daughter, and a career to envy. Just as he's planning to coast through life, he suddenly gets a notice. “What? I signed up for I Am a Singer, and I came in last in the very first episode of the first season?” On the verge of becoming the first contestant eliminated from I Am a Singer, Liang Dong is filled 0Votes92.1kRecs135.1kFans
- 6 My Days of Living Dangerously in Heaven 我在天庭作死的日子 Jade Emperor: It is now 7:00 p.m. Heavenly Court time. Since the reforms, the Heavenly Court has changed with each passing day, its transformation profound. The gods live and work in peace, each fulfilling their duties. The demon tribe knows its place, and mortals stand on their own two feet. The Heavenly Court’s growth depends on everyone’s efforts. An emergency alert: an emergency alert. Jiang You has appeared again. Everyone, hurry home and don’t go out tonight. Stay on high alert. That guy’s 0Votes167.2kRecs100.2kFans
- 7 All-Class Trainer 全职业训练师 Li Feng: I have many students: financiers, athletes, writers, painters, actors, carpenters, steel fixers, waiters… It seems that every profession is represented. Why are they all geniuses in their respective fields? It’s simple: they listen to me and know how to respect me, their teacher. … New book: The Greatest Assistant in History! 0Votes90.5kRecs141.3kFans
- 8 Somalia's Grand Lord 索马里大领主 By a stroke of luck, Li Wei gets the Great Lord System and heads to Somalia to farm, herd livestock, fish, mine, develop the economy, and train local militia. He also has to teach a bunch of little brats! He embarks on the road to upgrading his territory, and it's all wonderfully leisurely. The only downside is that Africa is full of black women, so finding a girlfriend is really difficult~ 0Votes84.9kRecs72.9kFans
- 9 A Leisurely Countryside Livestream 悠闲乡村直播间 Rural livestreaming, the grand viewing platform. There are plenty of livestream rewards: go hunting in the mountains with a fine bow, or catch fish downstream with a good net. There is endless fun in the wild mountains, and adorable pets are a must. Open mountain roads, cross the fields and rivers, pick wild fruit: livestreaming is full of fun. Have fun, make some money, tease the dogs, chase wild boars. A little rural livestreaming brings food and drink, while everyday t 0Votes980.1kRecs221.2kFans
- 10 The Primitive People Were Stunned 原始人都惊呆了 Wang Hao has absolutely no desire to be a tribal chief. He wants to ride in a car instead of walking, use a computer for entertainment, and cook with a microwave. If enemies show up, he wants to take them out with planes and tanks. Luckily, now that he has the System, it seems his wishes might actually come true. “I’m really not a god, and it’s not some invulnerable divine soldier. It’s just a stupid robot. I’ve taught it the Sichuan-accented line ‘Boss, tea or coffee?’ tens of thousands of time 0Votes77.6kRecs85.9kFans
- 11 Journey to the West Live Stream 西游直播间 “Hello, everyone. This humble monk is a Buddhist monk from the Great Tang in the Eastern Lands. I’m heading west to fetch the Buddha’s damn will.” “Today’s theme is Journey to the West: A Feast for the Senses. Allow this humble monk to demonstrate steamed black bear spirit, boiled sheep-headed monster, white elephant bone soup, shredded green ox, and the three delicacies of Chechi Kingdom.” “Today, my eldest disciple was captured by a monster and forced to breed monkeys, so there will be no stre 0Votes265.3kRecs102kFans
- 12 The Immortal Medicine Supplier 仙药供应商 New novel, Dragon Subduing. Welcome! A remote village, half a mountain and a few houses. People travel thousands of miles to get here, their luxury cars crowding the narrow mountain roads, because a young man lives here, whose single dose of medicine can heal even the dead and restore them to life! 0Votes616.3kRecs455.4kFans
- 13 The God of Food's Live Stream 食神直播间 My new book, I'm No Fortune-Teller, is out now. Everyone's welcome to check it out! ヽ(￣▽￣)و Have you ever tasted cold noodles from the Tang Dynasty? Have you ever tasted little butter cookies from the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties? Do you know what people in the Song Dynasty ate to beat the summer heat? Do you know how many kinds of delicacies appear in Dream of the Red Chamber? Chen Er says that of the countless delicacies in the world, more than half come from China. Readers' 0Votes30.8kRecs31.8kFans
- 14 Guo Dapao's Entertainment Career 郭大炮的文娱生涯 A guy who inexplicably gains memories from another parallel world barges headlong into the entertainment industry, all brute force and bluster. Like a catfish tossed into the water, he stirs the entire entertainment scene into chaos. Everyone turns pale at the sight of him. He is a star who isn’t a star. A writer who performs comic dialogue, a poet who knows martial arts, a singer who acts in comedy sketches, and a farmer who can act. His name is Guo Dalu, known as Guo the Cannon, also known as 0Votes306kRecs220.7kFans
- 15 The Fire Banyan Dao of the Primordial World 洪荒火榕道 The martial path arose among humanity in ancient times, and the Human Sovereign, Shennong, carried on its legacy. Yet in the primordial age, before humanity had even emerged, mighty beings had already created divine arts of the flesh. One such art was called Law of Heaven and Earth: it gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body, granting the power to pluck stars, seize the sun and moon, and move mountains and rivers, to contend against the Wu and Yao clans. It was the True S 0Votes98.8kRecs147kFans
- 16 Reborn as a Starry Sky Giant Turtle 重生之星空巨龟 My new book, The Invincible Salty Kun Raising System, is out. I hope you'll join me! This is an invincible-protagonist story. Everyone's heard the saying that a turtle can live for ten thousand years. Our invincible protagonist roams the universe in search of all kinds of planets and races. Sometimes he lets a few minor opportunities slip through his fingers; sometimes he casually wipes out an entire star region; sometimes he hides in a dark corner, quietly watching one mighty figure after anoth 0Votes28.3kRecs66.9kFans
- 17 The Green Living Guru 环保大师 Lin Han, a young forest ranger, unexpectedly gains the ability to communicate with the will of the Earth. From then on, he is employed by the Earth as its sole agent, tirelessly fighting for environmental protection around the world. He can provide the most precise weather forecasts and disaster warnings. He can solve the most complex ecological problems and tackle invasive species. He knows the locations of thousands upon thousands of treasures around the world. He has an encyclopedic understan 0Votes124kRecs167.5kFans
- 18 The Mountain God in the City 山神在都市 Lin Nan, a live-in son-in-law, unexpectedly merges with a Mountain God’s divine essence. He thinks his fate is about to change beyond recognition, but when he looks at the bustling city before him, he is stunned. The mountains are gone. What use is there in being a Mountain God now? 0Votes18.1kRecs36.5kFans
- 19 The Mountain Hermit's Miscellany 山野杂家 Bound to the game “The Hundred Schools of Thought,” he lives in seclusion deep in the mountains. He spends his free time farming, reading, tending to the sick, and occasionally doing a bit of carpentry... So why do so many famous celebrities keep showing up, each hoping for a chance to meet him? 0Votes330.4kRecs325.2kFans
- 20 A Titan of the Times 时代巨擘 Skylid Corporation: We cover the heavens with one hand! I transmigrated to 1973 and became Harvard classmates with the future world's richest man, Bill Gates! “Gates, drop out with me. We'll build Microsoft together, and someday I'll take you to ring the opening bell at Nasdaq!” I transmigrated to 1973 and became colleagues with Steve Jobs at Atari! “Jobs, quit with me. We'll build Apple together, and someday I'll take you to ring the opening bell at Nasdaq too!” PS: My completed two-million-wor 0Votes237.7kRecs190.6kFans
- 21 The Culinary Traveler 美食旅行家 Ever since Zhang Xiao was able to expense his travel costs... He was either on the road or planning his next trip. He had stayed in presidential suites costing hundreds of thousands a night, sampled sumptuous dishes decorated with gold leaf, and lived in the lap of luxury. He had conquered the perilous Amazon rainforest and gazed out at the vast, breathtaking peaks of the Himalayas. He had no regrets in life. The top magazine Time had this to say about Zhang Xiao: “His job is undoubtedly the mos 0Votes145.4kRecs136.6kFans
- 22 Wukong Checks His Private Messages 悟空看私聊 You probably won’t believe this, but after Guo Dalu’s knockoff phone was struck by lightning, someone named “Sun Wukong” mysteriously appeared in his WeChat contacts. Sun Wukong was an eccentric sort who sent red packets at the drop of a hat. Fortune-telling and divination, meditation and training, communing with the divine and summoning sages, somersault clouds, seventy-two transformations, heavenly wine, peaches and ginseng fruit, Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs, immortal delicacies and wines... He h 0Votes411.6kRecs277.6kFans
- 23 The Greatest Abbot in History 史上第一方丈 In a modern world where Zen Buddhism has nearly died out, Su Wen is the abbot of a temple. He grows the monastery, trains warrior monks, opens a martial arts school, performs funeral rites, catches ghosts, farms, and spreads the Buddhist teachings to save all living beings, eventually becoming the imperial preceptor. Benefactor, I can tell you have an extraordinary physique. Why not join my order, set aside your troubles, and attain transcendence? 0Votes245.6kRecs190.5kFans
- 24 I Killed the Mage 我杀了法爷 Lin Lei stared at the empty plate. “Where's my food?!” “Your Highness, they won't let me cook for you.” “Don't make things up.” “It's true! Those mages just snatched my kitchen knife again to make a flying sword!” A lighthearted, goofy tale of an elf prince's daily life cultivating immortality 0Votes41.7kRecs59.7kFans
- 25 Live-Streaming Wilderness Challenges 直播之荒野挑战 I have walked across the roof of the world, along the frigid ridges of Mount Everest; I have also crossed the dead desert, through the uninhabited regions of the Sahara; I have skydived from an altitude of ten thousand meters, making an extreme precision jump into Swallow Cave; I have even dived into the hundred-meter-deep waters of the Bermuda Triangle and fought sharks on the seafloor! My name is Chen Xu. I am Chinese, the world's most badass wilderness streamer. You can call me Lord Xu. Right 0Votes407.1kRecs597.1kFans
- 26 Making It as a Writer in Another World 混在异界当作家 He transmigrated, and somehow even brought the Writer’s Assistant app with him. Feeling completely ripped off, Du Chen can only return to his old profession and become a writer in another world. But even in his wildest dreams, he never imagined his work would become a sensation across the entire otherworld. A group of Daoist priests revere the Dao De Jing as a sacred classic, crying and begging Du Chen to expound on the Great Dao and honor him as their Dao Ancestor. A group of monks treat the He 0Votes185.2kRecs110.7kFans
- 27 The Rabbit Must Die 兔子必须死 Ever since a cheeky rabbit showed up in the Celestial Court, the homes of the great immortals have all put up banners: “Guard against fire, thieves, and rabbits.” At the same time, the God of Cookery’s Complete Guide to Cooking Rabbits started selling like hotcakes. You can often see a crowd of immortals waving all kinds of magical treasures as they chase a rabbit over hill and dale, shouting, “A group beating is fine, and we don’t care about losing face, but that rabbit has to die!” Bystander A 0Votes402.1kRecs429.1kFans
- 28 The Space-Time Tavern 时空酒馆 “Let’s make a bet. If I win, you hand over your secret manual for Flying Daggers of the Li Clan.” “I hear the Drunken Fist of that panda person is pretty good. You can use it to pay off your debt.” “Officer Caitlyn, please behave yourself. I have a girlfriend!” Inheriting his uncle’s legacy, Qiao Mu strives to turn this amazing tavern into the center of all the worlds. 0Votes91.2kRecs128.8kFans
- 29 There's a Taoist Temple in the Mountains 山里有道观 “Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the Three Pure Ones Daoist System. From now on, it will be your responsibility to revitalize the Daoist tradition. If you fail the mission, then...” Smack. “Was there a fly just now?” The System: deceased. New book: The Greatest Daoist Master in History 0Votes203.1kRecs406.7kFans
- 30 The One and Only Legend of Showbiz 娱乐之唯一传说 Reporter: “Your music has swept the charts, your TV dramas have become a hot topic nationwide, and your movies have made a comeback in Hollywood. Netizens say you’re the one and only legend in show business. What do you think of that?” Su Luochu replies calmly, “It’s just empty fame. All I really want is a house facing the sea, with spring blossoms in bloom.” Reporter: “Uh, you already have a huge house, and the paparazzi even caught you with the young diva...” Su Luochu slams the table and crie 0Votes253kRecs269.4kFans
- 31 The Splendor of the Tang Dynasty 大唐风华路 After transmigrating, Han Yue becomes Li Shimin's illegitimate son, though he has no idea who he really is. He has a wife, a few acres of farmland, and a habit of inventing things in his spare time. Little by little, he builds up a miserable village. Han Yue thinks this life is pretty good. If no one bothered him, he'd be happy to live this way forever. But every man has to grow up, and even a nobody can gradually become somebody. With every gesture, he seems destined to reach the summit. Time i 0Votes781.6kRecs391.4kFans
- 32 The Best Principal 最校长 Ren Feng transmigrates into a strange parallel world much like Earth, where he becomes the principal of a disreputable college on the verge of bankruptcy. Then he gets a prestigious-school System. So he has Qi Baishi teach traditional Chinese painting, Beethoven teach piano, Socrates teach philosophy, Gauss teach mathematics, Qian Zhongshu teach Chinese classics, Hayao Miyazaki teach animation, Jordan teach basketball… “In the twenty-first century, far away in the East, there stands a school ren 0Votes82.4kRecs83.8kFans
- 33 The Great Tycoon Livestreams Across the Myriad Worlds 万界直播之大土豪 Wang Tian, a traveling salesman, gets access to the Myriad Worlds live-streaming platform. Then a bug gives him unlimited money! Wang Tian becomes the tycoon all the streamers grovel to! A legend among countless tycoons! He tips streamers, opens treasure chests, and acquires countless martial arts manuals, cultivation techniques, and treasures from myriad worlds. He surges ahead, comprehends the Dao through martial arts, and fights his way to the Ninth Heaven. This novel has a vast world, so don 0Votes207.3kRecs333.8kFans
- 34 A Carefree Life of Cultivation 悠闲修道人生 While swimming in a river, Luo Tianwang accidentally found an ancient tortoiseshell and gained an immortal opportunity. The naive young boy begins a wondrous journey of cultivation. The third cultivation novel by Lao Yu. Please give it a read! 0Votes214.3kRecs135.2kFans
- 35 Little Demons Don’t Go to Heaven 小妖不上天 Huan Ge was an honest, down-to-earth little demon tasked with patrolling the mountains. Then a meteorite from beyond the heavens knocked something loose in his head, and all sorts of strange words started popping into it every day. What kind of cat is a Tmall? Calabash Brothers? Don't scare me, bro. Since when can gourds become spirits? There's even a kind of chicken called “Kende Chicken,” and apparently it's delicious... Huh, why am I drooling just talking about it... All right. Huan Ge just t 0Votes118kRecs118.5kFans
- 36 EN Heavenly Tech 仙界科技 “Lord Laozi, why are you guarding that golden elixir? I won't take it... I'll just take this furnace, okay?” A cultivation mobile game Shen Bing was playing suddenly connected to the immortal realm. Cultivation and all that was just window dressing. The items he obtained from the immortal realm could be analyzed to reveal cutting-edge technology. One novice teleportation talisman led to quantum teleportation technology. This was going to let him crush the whole world! Over-the-horizon telescope 1Votes306.4kRecs262kFans
- 37 The Omnipotent Cross-World King 全能跨界王 Singing, writing books, making movies: after being reborn, I’ll become the greatest crossover star. 0Votes213.9kRecs251.4kFans
- 38 The Immortal Realm’s Online Livestream 仙界网络直播间 As an online male streamer, Zhang Xiaodong discovers that a group of mighty immortals has suddenly appeared in his livestream! "Moonlight before my bed, my name is Guo Dagang! The person standing beside me is Teacher Lü Qian." The God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming, showered him with more than a dozen gold ingots and shouted excitedly, "Hee-haw! I know! I know! Smoke, drink, and warm your head!" "Brother Monkey, Brother Monkey! You really are incredible! The Five Elements Mountain can't hold you down. 0Votes395kRecs359.7kFans
- 39 The Conscience of the Entertainment Industry 文娱的良心 Some say he is the conscience of the entertainment industry. To whoever said that: doesn't your conscience hurt? Many years later, people won't remember how Shi Yi left his plotlines unfinished, or killed off the female lead and the male lead... They'll remember only his kind heart. PS: This novel is toxic. The protagonist has a serious illness, and a strong desire for revenge. It's all for entertainment, so don't take it too seriously... 0Votes198.4kRecs237.3kFans
- 40 From Comedian to Superstar 从笑星走向巨星 Veteran screenwriter Zhou Xing transmigrates into the body of a washed-up star in a parallel world, who was blacklisted three years ago. His first priority now is to figure out how to make a comeback! The new book, The Movie Emperor Returns to Age Eighteen, is here! VIP group: 392660849 (fan rank verification required to join) 0Votes324.7kRecs295.4kFans
- 41 Inheriting Twenty Trillion 继承两万亿 Bai Xiaosheng, an ordinary wage-earner, inherits a world-class conglomerate worth two trillion! According to the will, he has to start at the bottom and work his way up through the ranks. As he unlocks more and more System support features and access to vast sums of money, he makes his way through the many subsidiary companies and industries under Zongheng Group, living life to the fullest. “Let me tell you a secret. I may be an employee, but I’m actually your boss!” 2Votes596.8kRecs533.1kFans
- 42 A Promising Disciple of the Legalist School 法家高徒 The new book, “Feng Shui Black Technology System,” has passed review. It’s the author’s second feng shui novel, following “Returning to the Past as a Taoist Master.” It’s just getting started, so please show it some love! A hundred schools contend, and the divine way manifests. Confucians can compose eloquent prose and defeat opponents with their words. Taoists understand yin and yang, comprehend the workings of creation, cultivate their yang spirits, and roam freely for ages. Mohists build pupp 0Votes103.1kRecs140.4kFans
- 43 Online Goods Supplier 网货供应商 After accidentally having a System enter my body, I started an online shop in a small village. One ordinary-looking piece of women's clothing in the shop was priced at nearly ten thousand yuan, yet many buyers had no choice but to stay up late fighting to purchase it. No beautiful buyer or tycoon buyer was exempt. Even for the most urgent orders, I can only send them by postal packet. If you can't wait, then don't buy. 0Votes198.8kRecs196.7kFans
- 44 The Tang Dynasty’s Greatest Playboy 大唐贞观第一纨绔 With a thousand acres of fertile land and mountains and rivers to rely on, the father rises to high office and the son passes the imperial exams. Surrounded by children and grandchildren, they enjoy long lives, living forever without growing old. A modern nobody and homebody, thanks to a judge's mistake, possesses Li Chengqian, Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. Above him is a father who will go down in history as a great emperor; below him, Wei Zheng, a mirror for the ages; in front, his mother, 0Votes246.7kRecs416.5kFans
- 45 A Cultivator’s Life Across the Planes 位面之修仙生涯 So what if I'm a spoiled rich kid? Does that mean people get to trample me and use me as a stepping stone? Don't I have any rights? Our story begins when a spoiled rich second-generation college student gets a System. From then on, he transmigrates across worlds, earns rewards, and grows stronger step by step. Please note: this is not a historical novel or a xianxia novel. It's a sci-fi power fantasy. Dayu's new book, "Private Customization in the Movie World," is absolutely thrilling and packed 0Votes464.1kRecs300kFans
- 46 The God-Tier Emotion System 神级情绪系统 He gets an Emotion Sticker Pack, and from then on, your emotions are mine to control. Your joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness are all up to me! This is a lighthearted, goofy story about a penniless transmigrator who gains the power to control emotions… … The author’s completed novel, A System Meets a Mental Patient, has no missed updates and is full of integrity. 0Votes74.9kRecs55.2kFans
- 47 Reborn with a Kid, Gaming Together 重生之带娃开黑 Wu Daguang is reborn, with nothing but bare walls and a four-year-old daughter named Xinghua. What is going on? 0Votes94.6kRecs84.8kFans
- 48 Great Adventure in the Animated World 动画世界大冒险 After buying a bound collection of stories from classic Chinese animated films, Qiu Ming discovers he can transmigrate into their story worlds. But this world isn’t quite what you know. Immortals and monsters, snake demons and fox women, all have another side to them. The three monks each turn out to have extraordinary powers. When he first meets Nezha, he’s still an adorable little boy, and Sun Wukong has only just leaped out of a stone… And somehow, the things Qiu Ming learns there can be bro 0Votes185.3kRecs187kFans
- 49 The Entertainment Industry’s Biggest Troublemaker 娱乐大顽家 Star scout Han Ge suddenly finds a new app on his phone. It can see other people's talents: actors, singers, streamers, star athletes... Everyone in the world is unique. Some people are good at singing, some at acting, some at playing football, and some are good at... Han Ge cannot help but sigh: "The national football team is finally saved, LOL is saved too, and the brainless fans obsessed with Korea can take a back seat for a while. In this life, it's time to get the people of Korea obsessed w 0Votes221.4kRecs185.9kFans
- 50 I’m a National Treasure, Who’s Afraid of Whom? 我是国宝我怕谁 Some say a giant panda’s bite force is second only to a polar bear’s, on par with a brown bear’s; that a mountain runner can outrun Liu Xiang at his top speed on flat ground; that it can climb trees over twenty meters tall; that it can use three or four wolves as cushions... This ferocious beast somehow makes a living by being cute! And it spends all day eating and sleeping, without a shred of shame. It’s completely unfair! Gu Cang used to agree wholeheartedly. Until he became a little bear hims 0Votes91.9kRecs82.4kFans
