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  1. 51 Demons Descend 魔临 Mystery & Supernatural5.3M WordsCompleted A legend has been passed down in this world for as long as anyone can remember: One day, the Demon King will descend upon this world. Under his command will be seven terrifying demon lords, and they will bring the darkness of despair to this world. The Demon King's Advent leadership group: 893, 107, 381 (verification required) The Demon King's Advent Fan Li group: 113, 552, 0983 (no verification required) The physical editions of The Demon King's Advent are on sale across Tmall, Dangdang, and JD 96Votes3.8MRecs2.2MFans
  2. 52 A Smooth Road in Medicine 医路坦途 Urban10.1M WordsOngoing 519Votes2.9MRecs880.7kFans
  3. 53 Starting in 1983 从1983开始 Urban2.4M WordsCompleted A story with a touch of nostalgia. The old reader group is full. 14Votes4.3MRecs1.1MFans
  4. 54 Reborn: The Years Flow Like Water 重生之似水流年 Urban3.8M WordsCompleted A battered middle-aged soul travels back in time and embraces the mottled sunlight of 1998. Then it dawns on him: those really were the best days of youth, and the years were fragrant. Making mistakes was what growing up meant. Youth could be so wonderfully free... 10Votes1.1MRecs2.2MFans
  5. 55 The Detective in the World of Movies and TV 影视世界当神探 Infinite Myriad Worlds4.7M WordsCompleted Title: The World of Film and Television: A Hard-Hitting Detective. (It’s hard to change the title after the book goes on sale, so I’m mentioning it here.) Luke was reborn in America. But gradually, he discovered that this America wasn’t the one from his previous life. Here, people and superhuman abilities from the worlds of film and television were re 5Votes1.4MRecs522.7kFans
  6. 56 A Spy's War 间谍的战争 Military3.2M WordsCompleted If an ordinary person wants to declare war on spies, the best way is to become a spy too. If a spy wants to take on a powerful espionage organization, they should join one just as powerful. If they can't join any powerful espionage organization, then they should build one themselves and fight until they are destroyed or win. This is a spy's war, a story about how a group of ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things. 1Votes2.2MRecs467.2kFans
  7. 57 Clash 交锋 Military4.8M WordsCompleted In the eyes of ordinary people, he is a mediocre, incompetent, greedy, and even somewhat foolish police officer. His involvement often leads to failed operations, and he has accidentally leaked important intelligence more than once. Yet he has a wide circle of acquaintances and is skilled at flattery and scheming. In truth, he has always worked under the leadership of our Party. He is a steadfast revolutionary and an outstanding underground intelligence operative! In the underground struggle, he 3Votes919.3kRecs358.1kFans
  8. 58 The First Cause of All Realms 诸界第一因 Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsCompleted The vast world is coming back to life, and the gods and demons who departed are about to return. Holding a Gluttony Cauldron, law student Yang Yu transmigrates into this world and opens his eyes in a remote border town, gazing upon a realm that seems both familiar and strange. He sees an ancient dynasty nearing its end across an endless land, with dragons and snakes rising everywhere amid the beacons of war. He sees ceaseless warfare leaving the people destitute. Lands containing a thousand hous 6Votes676.1kRecs1.7MFans
  9. 59 EN Journey to the Abyss 临渊行 Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted Su Yun never imagined that he was the only human in Tianmen Town, where he had lived for more than a decade. He never imagined, either, that the hundred-mile radius beyond Tianmen Town was a notorious no-man's-land. When the boy opened his eyes, the world he had imagined collapsed. Before him lay the reality of a world overrun by demons and monsters. Journeying Along the Abyss. In the darkness, one must keep one's wits about them when walking beside the abyss, treading as carefully as if on thin 3Votes6.2MRecs2.2MFans
  10. 60 EN The Immortal's Unyielding Seriousness 这个人仙太过正经 Xianxia2.8M WordsCompleted A demigod's body, standing shoulder to shoulder with mortals! A proper human immortal, harvesting gods in the wilds of mountains and seas! (Serious synopsis) The sky stretches ninety thousand miles high, and the earth is home to countless kingdoms. The human path is fraught with hardship, while the mountains and seas are nothing but desolate wastes. 8Votes12.6MRecs3.3MFans
  11. 61 Full Time Artist 全职艺术家 Urban3.6M WordsCompleted “Music, film, painting, calligraphy, sculpture, literature...” “You know all of that?” “I know a little about each.” “You mean you can do a bit of everything?” “More like a billion bits of everything.” Armed with a System, he conquers the world through art and becomes the uncrowned king revered by people from every walk of life. 40Votes2.5MRecs2.2MFans
  12. 62 Han Watchtower 汉阙 Historical2.0M WordsCompleted Looking back across a thousand years, the palaces of the Han still stand! It is the third year of Yuanfeng under Emperor Zhao of Han. Powerful ministers dominate the court, while the Xiongnu remain unconquered and the Silk Road hangs by a thread... Wei Qing and Huo Qubing may be gone, but the Han people’s pioneering spirit will never die. New heroes are about to emerge! At a post station ca 21Votes1.5MRecs516.4kFans
  13. 63 Conquering the Han 覆汉 Historical3.2M WordsCompleted Strive to make a name among the lords, if only to preserve your life in a chaotic age! As a posthumous child, Gongsun Xun received his guiding principles for life early on from his mother, who claimed to be a transmigrator. But after following the tide of history year after year, he began to realize that things were gradually going very wrong! This is the story of a man who is half native, striving amid a momentous age! 286Votes2.2MRecs1.4MFans
  14. 64 Yang Xiaoluo's Bargain Dad 杨小落的便宜奶爸 Urban2.7M WordsCompleted On a summer night filled with cicadas and birdsong, Yang Yan stood at the entrance to the residential complex, holding a large bag high and calling out with a laugh, “Luoluo, come home and have some chilled watermelon!” Whoosh! A short-legged corgi eagerly darted out from the flower bed, wagging its little bottom as it ran toward him. Then a little girl sitting on the shell of a giant tortoise slowly made her way around from behind a tree. Her bright eyes found Yang Yan, and her face broke into 0Votes1.2MRecs354.3kFans
  15. 65 The Laws of the Daoist School 道门法则 Xianxia3.8M WordsCompleted In a world ruled by the Daoist sects, how should one cultivate? Talismans, pills, Daoist priests, spirit demons, ritual ceremonies... Want to cultivate immortality? Great! Start by sweeping the toilets! Where should you stand when an imperial talisman arrives? 6Votes1.1MRecs514.6kFans
  16. 66 Restoring the Song Dynasty 绍宋 Historical2.8M WordsCompleted To inherit is to continue; to guide is to lead. In 1127, the Northern Song fell. Soon afterward, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amid great expectations, inheriting the Song dynasty and adopting the Jianyan era name. Yet within three months, Li Gang was dismissed as chancellor, Chen Dong was executed, Yue Fei was driven out of the army, Zong Ze was abandoned in the capital, and the plans to resist the Jin in Hebei were scrapped wholesale... After all that eff 1.4kVotes3.6MRecs20.9MFans
  17. 67 EN The Sage of Idle Tales 我用闲书成圣人 Xianxia4.2M WordsCompleted A coffin from the start. Chen Luo's transmigration begins in a mourning hall. This is a world where reading can grant extraordinary power. Read the Confucian classics, and you can cultivate righteous qi; read Daoist scriptures, and you can generate innate source qi; read Buddhist sutras, and you can comprehend the true meaning of reincarnation. Yet Chen Luo's golden finger is a pile of frivolous books that the Heavenly Dao forbids from existing in this world! … What? The Demon Kingdom considers 17Votes805.7kRecs3MFans
  18. 68 EN Chicago 1990 芝加哥1990 Light Novel4.9M WordsCompleted Transmigration, the 1990s, Chicago, American entertainment, composing, screenwriting, producing, media conglomerate 66Votes2.7MRecs896kFans
  19. 69 EN The Game of Fate 烂柯棋缘 Xianxia3.3M WordsCompleted Fallen leaves beside the ancient Go board, an old tree where no one plays. A move at the center of the board, made on a whim; look back, and mountains and seas stretch into the distance. … When Ji Yuan woke up, he had become a half-blind beggar in a dilapidated mountain god temple. A sword in the hands of a true immortal, a glib tongue in the hands of a charlatan: these are Ji Yuan’s means of making a place for himself in this terrifying world. VIP verification group: 72Votes4.1MRecs3.5MFans
  20. 70 Dreaming Back to the Ming Dynasty Spring 梦回大明春 Historical2.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, he had no household registration, so he couldn't sit the imperial exams. He wanted to study, but had no teacher. Luckily, Longchang Post Station, where Wang Yangming was exiled, was right next door. But that was still a few years away, so for now he would just grab a teacher and bring him home to make do. 1Votes1.6MRecs667.4kFans
  21. 71 EN The Great Dream Master 大梦主 Xianxia4.4M WordsCompleted A wealthy merchant’s son, frail and sickly from childhood, accidentally embarks on the path to immortality while searching for a way to prolong his life! The prosperous Tang Dynasty: peace reigns across the land, the weather is favorable, and the people live in comfort. A thousand years later: demons devour the sky, monsters and ghosts run rampant, and cries of grief fill the wilderness. The Journey to the West unfolds anew: the Great Sage battles the heavens, Tianpeng descends to the mortal rea 4Votes31.3MRecs2.3MFans
  22. 72 The Qin Empire's Bailiff 秦吏 Historical3.4M WordsCompleted At the end of the Warring States period, China faced an upheaval unlike any in a thousand years. Some were born into hereditary nobility. Some were princes of noble rank. But he was reborn as Heifu, a lowly Qin soldier and an obscure figure in the Qin bamboo slips from Yunmeng. To avoid dying in a ditch and take control of his own fate, he fought his way up. Fortunately 131Votes3.7MRecs1.8MFans
  23. 73 I Train the Big Shots Behind the Scenes 我在幕后调教大佬 Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted New synopsis This is a story about turning the false into the real. In a world of cultivation where danger lurks at every turn, one must tread carefully. Familiar myths become reality. In an unfamiliar golden age of cultivation, the Heavenly Court becomes the central power of the Three Realms, and the Underworld rules the netherworld. The Human Emperor wields Xuanyuan’s sword to protect all living things, while scholars at Jixia spread the teachings across the Nine Provinces. When I look back, t 2Votes378.2kRecs521.8kFans
  24. 74 EN The Strongest Son-in-Law in History 史上最强赘婿 Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted (Completed) After transmigrating to another world, he becomes the good-for-nothing live-in son-in-law of a wealthy family, only to be kicked out. So he strives to better himself and becomes the live-in son-in-law of an even more powerful and influential family, marrying a stunningly beautiful and noble heiress. There’s no way I’m practicing martial arts. Not in this life! I’ll train my wife to become the greatest martial artist under heaven. Whoever dares to provoke me will get beaten to death b 2Votes2.9MRecs1.4MFans
  25. 75 The Undisputed Number One 绝对一番 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted “Always be number one” means “fight for first place forever and never give up”! After transmigrating to Japan just as its bubble economy collapses and the country enters a severe recession, Lu Zhishou takes a look at his empty wallet, next month’s rent bill, and transmigration perks. He promptly heads for a TV station and begins his quest to claim the top spot. He also finds the woman of his dreams. He makes plans, enlists accomplices, and doggedly pursues her, but the outcome... Disclaimer: Thi 10Votes2.6MRecs736kFans
  26. 76 EN Harry Potter: I Am Legend 哈利波特之我是传奇 Western Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Huo Fa arrived in the world of Harry Potter, delighted at the thought of seeing the legendary wizard with his own eyes. But then he realized he'd arrived as a classmate of Voldemort and a student of Dumbledore. Where's my Hermione? Where's my trio? They don't exist… What's more, under pressure from the compulsory education System, he has to complete seven years of mandatory magic training. When Huo Fa finally came to his senses, he realized he hadn't come to witness a legend. He'd come to 7Votes257.1kRecs296.6kFans
  27. 77 Embers Ad Infinitum 长夜余火 Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted Everyone on the Gray Soil believes that somewhere deep within a ruin buried beneath danger and famine lies a road to a new world. All they need is a unique key to open the door and enter that world. There, the land is fertile, flowing with milk and honey, and the sunlight is brilliant, as if it could wash away the cold and gloom. People no longer have to face wastelands, monsters, infection, mutations, or all manner of dangers. There, children are joyful, adults are happy, and everything is wond 71Votes7.9MRecs3.6MFans
  28. 78 The Charismatic Concubine’s Son of the Red Chamber 红楼之庶子风流 Historical2.8M WordsCompleted After working himself to death, surgeon Jia Cong awakens in the Rong household. He composes a haunting dream of the Red Chamber and lives out a life of carefree elegance as a concubine-born son. 4Votes832.4kRecs353.5kFans
  29. 79 Opening the Sea 开海 Historical3.3M WordsCompleted The forty-fifth year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming dynasty, on the eve of the Longqing and Wanli revival. This was the best of times. The Qi Army took its first steps toward becoming a modern military force, while foot-powered spinning wheels worked day and night in the southeast, producing silk. The empire was powerful and prosperous. It was also the worst of times. Corruption was driving the garrison system toward collapse, land seizures were worsening, and the cabinet was locked in endless 8Votes578.6kRecs336.2kFans
  30. 80 EN The Top Student's Black Tech System 学霸的黑科技系统 Sci-Fi4.5M WordsCompleted “System, can I exchange points for money?” “No.” “Damn, then what use are you to me?” “I can make you a top student.” - From mathematical conjectures to controlled nuclear fusion, from a single blackboard to the boundless starry sky. This is a story about a top student. 31Votes6.6MRecs3MFans
  31. 81 EN Myriad Hearts 万千之心 Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted This is the story of an ordinary person who unexpectedly obtains a System that randomly gives him all kinds of identities and backgrounds. Every week, he receives a randomly generated identity. Assassin, hypnotist, mage, martial artist, ancient race, member of a mysterious organization, secret chairman of a massive multinational conglomerate, and more... Random identities, extraordinary journeys. A new book sets sail: Hidden Dead Ends, a tale of future horror. Give it a try! 0Votes915.8kRecs972.7kFans
  32. 82 Universe’s Professional Player 宇宙职业选手 Sci-Fi2.0M WordsCompleted Following Desolate Era, Swallowed Star, Panlong, Lord Snow Eagle, Stellar Transformation, and others, this is Tomato's eleventh novel. After becoming part of a galactic civilization, the home planet struggles forward along the path of civilization, fighting to survive. And the countless humans living on it have also begun their journey of evolution... 22Votes2.9MRecs3.9MFans
  33. 83 EN I Just Don't Play by the Rules! 我就是不按套路出牌 Light Novel2.6M WordsCompleted After a great battle, your beautiful senior sister shyly lifts her face toward you and slowly closes her eyes. At this moment, you... [Option One: Gently kiss her on the lips. Completion reward: Thousand-Leaf Wonder Manual (Earth Grade, Top Tier)] [Option Two: Kiss her on the forehead. Completion reward: Yin-Yang Twin Blades (Earth Grade, Low Tier)] [Option Three: Give her a hug. Completion reward: Netherworld Treasure Scale (Mystic Grade, Top Tier)] [Option Four: Say as quickly as possible: Sen 5Votes648kRecs2.9MFans
  34. 84 EN Calamity of Ten Thousand Races 万族之劫 Urban8.3M WordsCompleted I am the calamity of the myriad races across the heavens! The first five volumes of "Global Gaowu" and "Calamity of the Myriad Races" have been published in print. They’re available on Tmall, Dangdang, and JD.com. If you’re interested, go check them out. Thanks for your support! 155Votes14.6MRecs7.6MFans
  35. 85 The Global Digger 环球挖土党 Urban2.8M WordsCompleted The Battle of Smolensk, the Battle of Kursk, the Battle of Stalingrad, the North African campaign, the Pacific Theater, the mysterious North and South Poles… More than half a century has passed since World War II, but a group of treasure hunters and history buffs are still active on its former battlefields, searching for historical truths and wartime treasures. Reader groups: 806944208 (the old group is more active), 474598281 (backup new group) 1Votes583.9kRecs336.7kFans
  36. 86 EN Thirty Years of Slaying Demons in the Demon-Slaying Bureau 我在斩妖司除魔三十年 Xianxia1.3M WordsOngoing When Zhou Yi woke up, he had become an executioner in the Demon-Slaying Bureau of the Great Qian Empire. Demons ran rampant, ghosts stalked the land, and heaven and earth were undergoing a cataclysmic transformation. Zhou Yi hid away in the Demon-Slaying Bureau, executing demons every day to earn all kinds of rewards. The Yellow Court Scripture, the Ziying Immortal Sword, a Peach of Immortality tree, a Five-Colored Divine Ox, the Tiangang arts, the Disha powers… Across the nine heavens and ten 1Votes450.3kRecs885.9kFans
  37. 87 The Ambitious Hero of the Late Eastern Han 东汉末年枭雄志 Historical4.2M WordsCompleted The late Eastern Han dynasty in Romance of the Three Kingdoms was a tumultuous age of grand drama. There were valiant generals, brilliant strategists, cunning warlords, benevolent rulers, and alluring beauties. It was a world to dream of. But the late Eastern Han in Guo Peng’s eyes was cold. It was neither kind nor just, much less civilized. Danger lurked everywhere. He saw hunger, poverty, war, and plague. He saw bones strewn across the fields and not a cock crowing for a thousand miles. He saw 5Votes408.9kRecs519.5kFans
  38. 88 Above the Dome 穹顶之上 Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Beneath the Dome, the Mark of My Fate] In a world divided by light and darkness, you see the backs of a vast crowd, each carrying a battle blade as they calmly walk out of the light and into the dark. Then, stars begin to shine in the darkness. In this world, those stars are forever... 18Votes3.8MRecs1.5MFans
  39. 89 First Player 第一玩家 Gaming7.5M WordsCompleted [If all of humanity places its hopes in one person, will civilization have an easier road ahead?] “When you read these words, a game of planetary survival, with everything at stake, will already have begun. Only by winning to the very end can you win back your home civilization.” “I am Su Ming’an. I possess the ability to rewind after death, and I alone know it.” “I guard a secret even the planetary invaders don’t know: whenever civilization falls into despair, I’m the only one who can retur 180Votes1.2MRecs2.3MFans
  40. 90 EN The Counterfeit Crown Prince 赝太子 Xianxia3.2M WordsCompleted A rosewood hair ornament, mistaking a fox for one's wife, six prophecies, and the question of who the Crown Prince is. A modern-day story about a cat being passed off as a prince. 1Votes10.6MRecs576.7kFans
  41. 91 EN Dawn of the Extraordinary 超凡黎明 Gaming1.8M WordsCompleted Only after I transmigrated did I discover that the East had spiritual qi revival, while the West had the dawn of the gods. Steam cannons collided with the mysterious, and the supernatural forces of the West began to awaken. [Demolition Expert]+ [Steam Specialist]= [Mechanical Master] [Spellcaster]+ [Swordsman]= [Spellblade] All kinds of advancement paths, class changes, and hidden professions, along with exploration without end. As the mysteries of the West slowly unfolded and the ancient gods g 0Votes944.7kRecs508.3kFans
  42. 92 EN Ascension on a Chosen Day 择日飞升 Xianxia4.4M WordsCompleted As a snake catcher, Xu Ying had always been honest, diligent, and conscientious, until one day he caught a very unusual snake… On the first day of the third month, incense smoke rose across the land of Shenzhou. The statues of the gods who guarded villages, towns, cities, and provinces all awoke to receive offerings from the common people. But from that day onward, all under heaven fell into chaos. This book is also known as "996 Cultivation", "007 Cultivates the Truth Too", "The Rat Race", "Wor 61Votes5.3MRecs4.2MFans
  43. 93 Otherworldly Summoning: Heroes Across the Ages 异界召唤之千古群雄 Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted Here is Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu. Here is Bai Qi, the peerless God of Slaughter. Here is Guiguzi, the extraordinary sage of the ages. Here is Li Yuanba, the Prince of Zhao of the Western Palace. Here is Lu Bu, the unrivaled fierce general. This is a story of cheating the system, where life and death are taken lightly: if you refuse to submit, then fight! Where is everyone? Hurry in and help your Emperor up, everyone! This is a very subtle hint to add the book to your collect 0Votes722.1kRecs410.3kFans
  44. 94 EN 13 Mink Street 明克街13号 Urban5.5M WordsCompleted I like sitting alone on an empty street at night, listening to “them” whisper and enjoying “their” clamor. 73Votes3.4MRecs5MFans
  45. 95 The Path of the Sword Disciple 剑徒之路 Xianxia4.9M WordsCompleted Who says you can't make progress without pills? Who says you can't have a divine weapon if you don't know how to forge? Who says being bad at talisman-making means you can't fight? The saying “one sword breaks ten thousand techniques” is all about having faith… When danger strikes, your sword is the only thing you can rely on, not anything else… 25Votes2MRecs728.2kFans
  46. 96 I Found the First Emperor 捡到一只始皇帝 Historical2.0M WordsCompleted What could be more of a headache than transmigrating to the pre-Qin era to face off against Bai Qi? The Qin hostage Yiren wants to entrust his concubine, Zhao Ji, to me. Also titled The First Emperor's Development Plan and I Absolutely Refuse to Become Lao Ai. 10Votes283.1kRecs500.1kFans
  47. 97 EN World of Gods 众神世界 Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsCompleted On Mount Olympus, at the center of the world, Zeus, king of the gods, gripped his thunderbolt spear and gazed upon the realms with a smile. The gods stood like a forest before him. In the silver hall of the north, Odin sat upon the highest throne, holding the spear of the heavens as he looked down upon the world. Endless snowstorms filled his eyes. By the Nile in the south, Amun-Ra, at the helm of the solar barque, turned his gaze toward the Aegean Sea. Mountains of bones lay beneath his feet. I 2Votes1.3MRecs500.3kFans
  48. 98 EN My Attribute Cultivation Life 我的属性修行人生 Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted New book: Dark Night of Desperation, I Alone Am an Immortal in a Strange World. Search for it if you’re interested. The Great Spirit Realm is engulfed in war. Spirit armies mounted on iron cavalry sweep across countless nations, expanding their territory farther than ever before. After arriving in this era, Zhang Rongfang found himself with an attribute panel that let him add points to his martial arts. He looked at the martial artists around him, whose skill was about on par with the combat-spo 8Votes1.4MRecs2.6MFans
  49. 99 The First Sequence 第一序列 Urban2.9M WordsCompleted On the wasteland, human civilization clings to survival. One bastion after another rises from the ground, yet order continues to collapse. Some say that when disaster strikes, the human spirit is our first line of defense against danger. Some say, “Don’t let the sorrows of the age become your own.” Others say, “I’ll make my sorrow the sorrow of this age.” This time, it’s a new story. After the cataclysm, at last, the light. 100Votes7.5MRecs6.8MFans
  50. 100 The Entertainment Industry’s Detective 娱乐圈刑警 Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Writing songs and solving cases: I can enjoy my work and my free time at once. What? It's all because of my looks? No way!!! 0Votes502.4kRecs233.3kFans

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