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  1. 51 The Peerless Commoner 无双庶子 Historical2.7M WordsCompleted Li Xin, the illegitimate son of the Marquis of Pingnan. After his mother died of illness, he followed his great-uncle to the capital to seek out his relatives. The Marquis of Pingnan's household called him a bastard and threw him out. With nowhere to go, the young man froze to death in a ruined temple. When he awoke again, another Li Xin had come to this world. As a proud transmigrator, Li Xin set himself two goals. First, survive. 0Votes293.8kRecs334.9kFans
  2. 52 I Never Meant to Become a Movie Star 我没想当影帝 Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Shen Ming had planned to save up thirty thousand yuan and return to his hometown, but then he inherited the legacy of Kominski, an award-winning actor from the future... A story set in the Chinese entertainment industry. The timeline is all over the place, so don’t read if that bothers you... 0Votes238kRecs137.8kFans
  3. 53 China Chic 1980 国潮1980 Urban7.4M WordsOngoing (The author's previous book, I Got Kicked by Time, is complete.) What incredible miracles would a modern-day swindler, notorious for ripping off countless people, create if his soul suddenly transmigrated forty years into the past? What kind of life would he lead? It all begins in 1980, beneath the archway at Qianmen in the capital. It begins with an orphan named Ning Weimin, living in abject poverty... (Important: The main focus isn't collecting antiques, but speculation and business.) 140Votes722.4kRecs298.3kFans
  4. 54 I'm Just a Pork Seller 我就是卖猪肉的 Urban2.4M WordsCompleted After being reborn, other people threw punches at BAT and raced ahead on the road to making a fortune. Wang Quan, however, was reborn two years in the past, and all he could do was return to his old trade and start selling meat. Starting with pig offal, Wang Quan carved out a golden road unlike any other. 0Votes117.2kRecs133.4kFans
  5. 55 Laughing Proudly, Unbound 笑傲不群 Xianxia1.7M WordsCompleted The soft ring of a broken sword mingled with the wails of Huashan’s disciples, echoing through the night sky above Huashan. The transmigrator opened his eyes. Spiritual energy began to spread, and the world began to change. 0Votes225.1kRecs231.4kFans
  6. 56 A Survival Guide to the Naval Base 镇守府求生指北 Light Novel2.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a game world, with thousands of pieces of equipment and millions in resources... it seems like there’s no need to work hard anymore. No, you’re in grave danger now. 0Votes507.8kRecs144.8kFans
  7. 57 The Northern Song Dynasty's Young Literary Prodigy 北宋小文豪 Historical508k WordsCompleted Su Lu is in the Northern Song dynasty, and his hometown is Meishan. Born into a wealthy official's family, Su Lu has lived in luxury since childhood. Spoiled and pampered, he has no lofty ambitions and is only cut out to live off someone else. He is actively looking for a partner to take him on so he can spend the rest of his life as an unambitious couch potato. He's already made a thorough plan for his future: if he really can't find a wife who can support him, he doesn't mind staying home and 0Votes114.6kRecs66.3kFans
  8. 58 Lord of the Nine Stars 九星之主 Sci-Fi3.9M WordsCompleted Cold stars shine on the halberd, the moon lights the bow; the dragon sparrow’s rumbling wheels startle the snowy night. Half a page of fame lies beyond a thousand mountains; silver blossoms and fiery trees adorn the hometown. “I, Rong Taotao, will one day become the master of those nine stars.” That year, a boy with a little backpack, naturally curly hair, and a Fangtian Huaji halberd in hand said those words on a rooftop. … My completed four-million-word novel, Nine Star Burden, is also availab 2Votes1.3MRecs751.7kFans
  9. 59 A Noble Young Master of the Tang Dynasty 唐朝贵公子 Historical2.6M WordsOngoing The third year of Zhenguan. Li Shimin had wiped the blood from the Xuanwu Gate. A man of great talent and ambition, he sought to rule the world. The future renowned statesman Ma Zhou was still tending horses for others, biding his time among the common folk as he awaited his chance to make his mark. The princesses had just come of age, blooming into young womanhood and beginning to discover love. A generation of brave generals and renowned ministers was just beginning to write its story. It was 0Votes576kRecs475.5kFans
  10. 60 Lucky Every Day 天天中奖 Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Jiang Fan is reborn, and his eyes have undergone some changes. He can now see certain things from the future. 0Votes179.6kRecs404.1kFans
  11. 61 The Ming Dynasty’s Outstanding Young Man 大明优秀青年 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted A completed 3-million-character novel with an average of 10,000 readers per chapter ("Return to the Ming Dynasty as a Tyrant"). Quality guaranteed. This book is also known as "The Great Ming Slacker" and "The Great Ming's Number One Heckler": In front of a human S686, all are equal! P.S. The audiobook is now available on Ximalaya. Feel free to listen and subscribe! 0Votes171.2kRecs181.2kFans
  12. 62 Back to 2000: Starting with Chips 重回2000从芯开始 Urban940k WordsCompleted Reborn during his college years, Gu Ping was astonished to discover that the campus beauty from his memory had become an ugly duckling, going from everyone's crush to the most overlooked woman in the class. But it was all just the result of her clever makeup skills... He had once been an executive at a technology company. In 2020, the company came under outside pressure: its chip supply was cut off, and its access to mobile operating systems was restricted. Reborn, he sought a different path, la 0Votes26.6kRecs15.1kFans
  13. 63 The Reborn Me Doesn’t Need a Heroine 重生的我不需要女主 Light Novel992k WordsCompleted Wang Heng, who met a tragic end at the hands of the girls pursuing him, returns to his youth. This time, he vows not to flirt around. No matter what the girls say, he'll keep his head down and focus on making money... But will things really go the way he hopes? Also known as Everyone Wants to Kill Me, Stay Away from Those Annoying Girls, and The Old General's Guide to Self-Cultivation VIP group: 946761615 (Pl 0Votes122kRecs274.3kFans
  14. 64 Tracing the Current of the Literary Era 溯流文艺时代 Urban3.7M WordsOngoing Yu Dong is reborn from 2019 into 1991, returning to the time just after graduation, when he was assigned to work as a counselor at Jinling Arts College. Starting out by writing novels, he takes things one step at a time, gradually building an empire in the entertainment industry. 0Votes108.1kRecs171.1kFans
  15. 65 We Won't Lose Each Other for the Rest of Our Lives 余生我们不走丢 Modern Romance575k WordsCompleted New book: These Demons Are Too Hard to Enfeoff 0Votes3.7MRecs1.2MFans
  16. 66 I Run a Gas Station in the Northwest 我在西北开加油站 Urban3.2M WordsCompleted Like father, like son. My parents spent their lives building a business in the northwest, and starting today, I inherit it. All it took was the price of two feeds of milk to trade with a wild camel for a little square seal. From then on, the desert became the Jiangnan region... 0Votes461.8kRecs375kFans
  17. 67 The Art of Ruling the World 明谋天下 Historical2.0M WordsCompleted In the twenty-first year of the Wanli era, Zhu Changluo left the imperial palace with his mother. No one cared about the fallen prince! He marches north to Liaodong, south to Jiangnan, pacifies the Mongols, and puts an end to factional strife. In the final golden age of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Changluo arrives with a song on his lips, vowing to make the Han realm endure for ten thousand generations! This realm is mine! No one will take it from me! 0Votes37kRecs68.8kFans
  18. 68 The Everyday Hero 日常系大侠 Urban921k WordsCompleted You completed a one-thousand-meter run. Congratulations on completing your daily task. You have gained the acquired inner power of ten days’ cultivation. You did three good deeds. Congratulations on completing your weekly task. You have gained the acquired inner power of three months’ cultivation. Guan Lang obtained an Inner Power System. All he has to do is complete daily tasks, and inner power will keep forming within him. Acquired, innate, transcendent! The extraordinary life of 0Votes97.6kRecs117kFans
  19. 69 In Search of the Tang Dynasty 寻唐 Historical4.2M WordsCompleted Advertisement: The new book, "Bandit Tamer", is now officially available on Qidian Chinese Webnovel. New and longtime readers alike, please check it out and show your support. 0Votes515.7kRecs189.6kFans
  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 The Book of Gods and Demons 神魔书 Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? What should I do? What do I want to do? What is the purpose of everything I have seen, heard, and experienced? Is the world before my eyes real or an illusion? The road on the left is thick with thorns; the road on the right is paved with flowers. Which one should I choose? Why should I choose it? May absolute order guide us. May the highest truth be with me. 0Votes11.2MRecs564.6kFans
  22. 72 It Turns Out the Expert Is Right Beside Me 高人竟在我身边 Sci-Fi1.2M WordsCompleted What's it like to discover on your first day of college that all your roommates are big shots? Hao Yun is probably the best person to answer that question. After being struck by the System of a Hidden Master, he unexpectedly gains the ability to see other people's future potential and discovers that every guy in his dorm is destined to become a future big shot with off-the-charts potential. Why bother working hard, then? Just latch onto someone powerful, right? That's what anyone would think, an 0Votes398.2kRecs325.1kFans
  23. 73 Old Soldiers, New Cops 老兵新警 Realistic Fiction2.1M WordsCompleted I never wanted to take off my military uniform upon retirement. I had never dared hope that I could become a police officer, yet I ended up wearing a police uniform. I resolved to put down roots at the border and guard the nation's gates, only to be transferred back to my hometown. Fate is truly wondrous. Come and witness Han Xin's extraordinary life, from olive green to navy blue! 2Votes405.7kRecs294.3kFans
  24. 74 The White-Haired Demon Master 白首妖师 Xianxia1.5M WordsCompleted A cruel and utterly inhuman person is called a “human fiend”! A worldly, smooth operator who understands the ways of people is called a “people person”! A vicious, bloodthirsty killer is called a “butcher”! Then what would you call someone whose schemes are as unpredictable as shifting clouds and who is as cunning as a demon...? … … 0Votes1MRecs279.1kFans
  25. 75 The Martial Immortal Exiled from Heaven 武谪仙 Xianxia950k WordsOngoing The original blurb was: The Immortal Exile Among Martial Artists, a Genius at Living Off Others. Now it has been changed to: I am Kuaishou Xiao Ma. With nothing but my pair of iron fists, I defeated an immortal second-generation heir surnamed Wang, earning the right to be born into this world with dignity. When you feel you can no longer squeeze out any monthly votes, you can subscribe to Immortal Gourd, A Sword Slashes Through the Nine Heavens, The All-Professional Martial God, and Shu Mounta 0Votes1.3MRecs259.1kFans
  26. 76 The Ming Dynasty: Starting with Caution 大明从慎重开始 Historical2.1M WordsCompleted In the eleventh year of the Hongzhi era, the Hongzhi Restoration was declining after its period of prosperity. Worthy ministers were retiring in old age, the three members of the Grand Secretariat were growing frail, and despite Emperor Hongzhi’s tireless efforts to govern, he could not lead the Ming Dynasty into an even greater age of peace and prosperity. At that time, in a dilapidated courtyard in the northwest corner of the capital, a scholar was poring over historical records, checking whet 0Votes146.6kRecs158kFans
  27. 77 The Chancellor of a Great Nation 大国相 Historical6.3M WordsCompleted (The new book, Single-Handedly Ruling the Ming, has built up a backlog and is ready to read. Excel in learning, and you may enter government; excel in government, and you may become a chancellor; excel as a chancellor, and you may build a great nation. The Chinese people share a dream of becoming a great power. Whether in the present, the future, or the past, we should all strive for it., The man who built the world’s greatest power in the sixteenth century. In the spr 0Votes230.2kRecs242.5kFans
  28. 78 After My Divorce, I Reached the Pinnacle of Chinese Entertainment 离婚后我走上了华娱之巅 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted An obscure screenwriter transmigrates to another world. “I'll be home at seven tonight.” “As agreed, we're going to the civil affairs office tomorrow to get divorced!” His celebrity wife hung up. Chi Mo took a deep breath. The “it grows on you” effect? That could never happen to him in this lifetime... P.S. He starts by pitching a TV series. A slow-burn romance, not a one-woman story. Bring tissues, and all fellow readers are welcome! 0Votes40.8kRecs89.1kFans
  29. 79 All I Know Is How to Make Terrible Movies 我只会拍烂片啊 Urban2.0M WordsCompleted (The comic adaptation of I Only Know How to Make Bad Movies is out now. A work made with care!) “Do you believe me? I’m telling you, one day we’ll create an era, an era that will make even Hollywood tremble. And when that day comes...” That year, a fourth-year slacker at Yanying University, known to his counselor as a blight on the school, got drunk and bragged to his buddies. He thought he was just talking big. Once he sobered up, everyone would get on with their lives... But! A week later, his 0Votes620.8kRecs686.8kFans
  30. 80 My Neighbor Is the Emperor 我的邻居是皇帝 Historical2.4M WordsCompleted Ye Hua saves a prince, and from then on earns the favor of the sages and lives next door to the royal family, watching the winds of change... Guo Wei said: "I was buried in a simple coffin, with a modest funeral. My lifelong frugality deserves praise. Though my reign was not long, I laid a solid foundation for the dynasty." Chai Rong said: "Give me ten years to conquer the realm, ten years to provide for the people, and ten years to bring peace. That will be enough!" Zhao Kuangyin said: "With th 0Votes205.1kRecs150.4kFans
  31. 81 Back to My Boyhood 回档少年时 Urban2.0M WordsOngoing 12Votes404.3kRecs506.1kFans
  32. 82 The Song Dynasty Is Poisonous 大宋有毒 Historical2.4M WordsCompleted It is still the same old Hong the Bloodsucker, continuing his career as an alien test subject in one transmigration after another. Since he cannot fight back against the aliens, he might as well wreak havoc among the people of Earth. This time, he has landed in the Northern Song during Emperor Shenzong’s reign, but his starting point is even lower than in the Southern Song: he has become Wang Shen, the emperor’s brother-in-law and a famed playboy. The problem is that in the Song Dynasty, nobody 0Votes440.6kRecs76.2kFans
  33. 83 I Can Upgrade the Shelter 我能升级避难所 Sci-Fi1.9M WordsCompleted Can humanity's desperate attempt to intercept a ten-kilometer-wide asteroid save its own fate when it strikes Blue Star? The dust kicked up by the impact blots out the sky, plunging the world into a frigid, sunless night that will last for more than a century. Without sunlight, the surface is swallowed by bitter cold, with temperatures dropping dozens of degrees below zero. In this apocalypse, Chen Xin has only a shelter he dug himself and an upgrade System he found. How can he survive the crisi 1Votes332.5kRecs579.9kFans
  34. 84 I Am the Emperor Who Lost His Kingdom 朕就是亡国之君 Historical4.0M WordsCompleted In the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong era, Zhu Qiyu awoke from a long dream on the imperial throne and opened his eyes. The Tumu Fortress disaster had already taken place, and the three elite generations of the capital garrison had been wiped out. His elder brother, the worthless Emperor Zhu Qizhen, was knocking at the gates of Datong Prefecture. Zhu Qiyu realized that he had to defend not only the capital and the Ming dynasty, but also his wife, children, and family! Does personally overseein 6Votes200.9kRecs722.7kFans
  35. 85 I’m About to Go Broke 我快亏成麻瓜了 Gaming3.0M WordsCompleted I am a wizard who transmigrated from the world of Harry Potter. I was promised that I would be sent home once I spent all the money. Somehow, I invested in Little Wolf Warrior, Little Nezha, and The Wandering Earth... Somehow, Cat Factory appeared out of nowhere and became the largest internet company; Somehow, I hired a group of backstabbing maniacs, and as I kept losing money... I somehow lost my way into becoming the richest man in the world. Life is so hard. If I can't spend this money, I'll 0Votes768.2kRecs381.7kFans
  36. 86 Reborn as an Industrial Tycoon 重生之实业大亨 Urban3.1M WordsCompleted 1984 was the first year of China's private enterprises. That year, Mr. Zhang of Haier was called in at a critical moment to take charge of the mess at the Qingdao Refrigerator Factory; that year, Mr. Li of TCL was producing cassette tapes in a shabby farm-machinery warehouse; that year, Mr. Wang of Vanke planned to use the money he'd earned selling corn to start a company; in that same year, reborn Li Weidong crouched by the workshop entrance, plotting how to make his fortune... 0Votes250.6kRecs618.3kFans
  37. 87 This Big Shot Is a Little Too Cautious 这个大佬有点苟 Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted The moment Lin Chuan transmigrated, he felt the deep hostility this world held toward him. Not only had he contracted this world's terminal illness, but he also had no powerful family to rely on. After graduating from the academy in four years, he was set to become another corporate drone in the new world... Yet everyone else saw this young man with narrow, smiling eyes very differently... Lin Chuan's classmates: He's a second-rate cripple with a chronic illness, destined never to achieve anythi 1Votes270.1kRecs300.6kFans
  38. 88 Shadows over the North 北国谍影 Military350k WordsOngoing Spring 1939. Xu Chengyan, an underground Communist Party member and agent at a Military Statistics Bureau intelligence station, is ordered to Taiyuan to eliminate traitors. Witnessing the Japanese invaders’ brutality, he decides to venture behind enemy lines to fight them. Taking on the identity of Viper, he assassinates enemy commanders, eliminates collaborators, infiltrates enemy camps, and gathers intelligence, writing a new chapter in the spy-war legend on this northern land! Northern Spy Sh 0Votes572.7kRecs250.4kFans
  39. 89 Young Master, Don't Show Off 公子别秀 Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Lin Xiu wakes up to find the world completely changed. Some can lift mountains and raise massive cauldrons; others can see for thousands of miles at a glance. Some ride the wind and roam freely beneath the heavens, while others vanish without a trace... All you have to do is look good. 1Votes386.6kRecs1MFans
  40. 90 EN Everyone Knows I'm a Hidden Master—Except Me 全世界只有我不知道我是高人 Urban692k WordsCompleted What’s it like to be an ordinary person whom a group of cultivators mistake for a reclusive master? Lin Zhishui is in that position, but he can’t answer the question yet. Because even now, he still hasn’t realized that the customers who love traditional culture and visit his calligraphy and painting shop are actually extraordinary people who cultivate in secret. And those customers he thought had died of terminal illnesses... had in fact ascended to immortality! The customers never imagined that 0Votes215.1kRecs262.3kFans
  41. 91 Heaven Sent Me Talent, So I Must Have a Use 天降我才必有用 Urban3.5M WordsCompleted Lose weight or die! The story of a banished immortal striving to make his way in the mortal world! 0Votes1.9MRecs529.5kFans
  42. 92 Starting with Chips in 1991 1991从芯开始 Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Su Yuanshan, chief architect at Haixin, was reborn in 1991. Back when AMD was still surviving by copying Intel, he began laying the groundwork with EDA, seizing the initiative before the Wassenaar Arrangement. He would give the domestic semiconductor industry a whole new lease on life. A great nation's rise begins with chips! A new novel is underway: Reborn in '99: Starting Out as a Tutor to a Top Student 2Votes217.4kRecs302.5kFans
  43. 93 Great Song Super Scholar 大宋超级学霸 Historical2.2M WordsCompleted That year, the Song Dynasty’s top-tier football league was all the rage, and the people’s heartthrob Su Dongpo placed first in the imperial examinations. That year, property prices in the capital skyrocketed. The old cadre Ouyang Xiu bought a house too late and was kicked out by his wife. That same year, Lord Zhao sneaked a peek at a saucy female wrestling match on the Lantern Festival night, only to be caught red-handed by the neighborhood busybody Sima Guang. That was also the year Wang Laohu 0Votes460.4kRecs163.8kFans
  44. 94 The Ming Emperor’s Favorite Uncle 大明好国舅 Historical2.2M WordsCompleted New book: I Became a Historian in the Tang Dynasty! Being the emperor's brother-in-law is a promising career. Being the brother-in-law of the notorious Zhu Chongba, however, seems rather less enjoyable. Just think of the bloodshed and long years of the Hongwu era. The protagonist is feeling the pressure. 0Votes158.3kRecs105.5kFans
  45. 95 Back to 2006 返回2006 Urban2.4M WordsCompleted The story of a failed author who goes back to 2006. After that... he stops being a failure! But he still thinks writing novels is a dead end, and keeps wanting to try something else. Then he actually does... 0Votes312.8kRecs206.2kFans
  46. 96 The Grand Treatise on Transforming into a Dragon 太虚化龙篇 Xianxia2.3M WordsCompleted One day, the dragon will rise to the Ninth Heaven and roam across countless worlds. The dragon is me, and I am the dragon: Zhuang Ming. 0Votes226.8kRecs354.8kFans
  47. 97 When Will I Be Called to Serve? 何日请长缨 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted In 1994, China's machine-tool industry was suffering losses across the board. The authorities sent veteran department head Zhou Heng and young university graduate Tang Zifeng to the verge-of-bankruptcy Linha First Machine Tool Factory to help turn the enterprise around. After arduous efforts, Linha First Machine Tool was reborn and continued to grow stronger. Its Changying-brand series of machine tools entered the international arena, outshone all competitors, and became a shining Chinese callin 2Votes487.1kRecs176.4kFans
  48. 98 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
  49. 99 The Sun and Moon Endure Forever 日月永在 Historical1.8M WordsCompleted The early Ming dynasty, when the empire was at the height of its power. In this year, Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen, ascends the throne. The following year, Zhu Di rebels, in what history calls the Jingnan Campaign. And in this year, a transmigrator arrives in this era. Transmigrate into Zhu Yunwen and lead the Great Ming to sweep across the world. 0Votes187.3kRecs242.7kFans
  50. 100 My Cloud-Raised Girlfriend 我的云养女友 Light Novel2.2M WordsCompleted [A Qidian novel with over 40,000 subscriptions, quality guaranteed. Read with confidence.] “Cloud raising” is a new form of entertainment. It usually refers to people who can't keep cats, dogs, or other pets themselves because of their circumstances, so they raise them remotely over the internet to enjoy the emotional satisfaction. As they do so, they feed or tip the pets and take part in caring for them, as if they really owned them. Professional gamer Chen Yan, however, accidentally stumbled u 0Votes189.8kRecs810.2kFans

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