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  1. 1 I Will Crown Myself King 我必将加冕为王 Western Fantasy5.1M WordsOngoing Mages who call upon the old gods, knights who inherit ancient bloodlines, all yearn for yesterday's glory; The roar of steam engines and the thunder of cannons herald the direction of the future; Anson, stranded in this world, sets out on a road no one has ever imagined; Amid the ashes of the old world…he will surely be crowned king! 1Votes63.4kRecs118.5kFans
  2. 2 A Swordsman's Fate 剑客的宿命 Western Fantasy843k WordsOngoing Swordfighters clash: blades may stay sheathed beneath a cold edge, or meet point to point. Within a few exchanges, life and death are decided. At such a time, power, strategy, and knowledge are useless. Only the most primal, unvarnished contest of essence, energy, spirit, strength, and skill matters. When one casts everything aside, loses himself in the moment, and unleashes a single decisive strike, life and death are settled. That is the fate of a swordfighter. A man is transported into Japane 0Votes26.2kRecs19.6kFans
  3. 3 EN The Saiyan Adopted by Thanos 被灭霸收养的赛亚人 Infinite Myriad Worlds1.0M WordsCompleted When Frieza, ruler of a parallel Dragon Ball universe, blew up Planet Vegeta, home of the Saiyans, a baby placed in an escape pod by his mother was accidentally sent to a brand-new world. On the desolate planet Titan, Comrade Thanos, director of the Universal Family Planning Commission, gazed up at the gloomy sky and unexpectedly discovered a survivor of the fallen Titan civilization: a baby with a tail growing from its backside... “Survivor of Titan, from now on, you are my son.” P.S. This idea 0Votes59.6kRecs119.5kFans
  4. 4 The Main God Is Dead from the Start 开局主神挂了 Infinite Myriad Worlds501k WordsOngoing The story of reincarnators roaming the myriad heavens after the Main God explodes on the spot. The first world is a Republican-era crossover collection: The Swordsman in Double Flag Town, A Chinese Odyssey, Let the Bullets Fly, The Grandmaster, and Fist of Fury. P.S. I don't like following the original plot. 0Votes55.3kRecs98.2kFans
  5. 5 A Fantasy Journey That Begins with Game of Thrones 始于权游的西幻之旅 Infinite Myriad Worlds874k WordsCompleted Put simply, this is the story of a transmigrator with a special golden finger who is reborn as Renly Baratheon, the famous duke of Westeros. 0Votes144.7kRecs69.4kFans
  6. 6 The Strongest Roleplay 最强角色扮演 Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted He is a fist master of the Boxers, invulnerable to blades and bullets. He is a remnant of the White Lotus sect in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. He is a Golden Gate Taoist who wreaks havoc in the imperial court and establishes the Dao in Heaven... A wondrous, mysterious eight-sided die grants eight peerless super talents. Each time he transmigrates, he gains a talent; in each life, he changes an ending. Life is like a dream, and even more like a play. See how he takes on the role of the ultima 0Votes66.7kRecs96.3kFans
  7. 7 Starting Out as the Best in Jinmen 从津门第一开始 Infinite Myriad Worlds428k WordsOngoing A golden-inlaid saber at my waist, the road to the ends of the earth beneath my feet. Ferrying travelers across the myriad worlds, beginning in Tianjin. 0Votes66.8kRecs145kFans
  8. 8 A Nobody in the Martial World 江湖位面小人物 Infinite Myriad Worlds1.4M WordsCompleted The jianghu is home to countless great figures. Shen Lang, Ye Kai, Lu Xiaofeng, Li Xunhuan, Chu Liuxiang, Hua Manlou, Yan Nantian, Ximen Chuixue, the Azure Dragon Society's leader... Their names have long been etched into the annals of the jianghu. After traveling between worlds and meeting them one by one, the young man gradually comes to understand the true ways of the jianghu. These great figures are great for far more than their formidable martial arts and exceptional intelligence. Ne 0Votes56.2kRecs59.2kFans
  9. 9 The Peninsula Asteroid 半岛小行星 Urban7.4M WordsOngoing I came to become a star. I saw it, and I know I can make it. I conquer... Forget it, this place is too complicated to conquer. I'll just focus on romance instead. 362Votes393.5kRecs255.3kFans
  10. 10 Shi Potian Transmigrates into Linghu Chong 石破天穿越令狐冲 Infinite Myriad Worlds477k WordsOngoing Shi Potian, who had just sworn brotherhood with Zhang San and Li Si, woke up one morning to discover that he had become Linghu Chong, the Huashan Sect's senior disciple. And so... [Scene One] Yue Buqun: “If you aren't Linghu Chong, then who are you?” Shi Potian: “I am Dog Bastard.” Yue Buqun: “???” [Scene Two] Yu Canghai: “Do you mean that, in your eyes, all the disciples under my command are useless? That you could kill every one of them without lifting a finger?” Shi Potian: “No, no, how could 2Votes129.3kRecs332.2kFans
  11. 11 EN After Signing with AC Milan, I Started Slacking Off 签约AC米兰后,我开摆了 Sports5.5M WordsCompleted Lao Ye has a new book out. Title: If You’re Brothers, Come Play Soccer Kaka: Huang was the biggest hero of the Istanbul night, even if he didn’t play much. Ancelotti: Huang is a super talent. It’s a shame he’s not in great shape. Maldini: Huang is the team’s most important player. I recommend the club renew his contract for another five years. Barcelona: To show our sincerity in signing Huang Kaiwen, we’ve decided to offer his cousin a salary of one million euros a year. Milan’s team doctors are 9Votes232.9kRecs361.3kFans
  12. 12 The Outsider's Journey 外乡人的旅途 Infinite Myriad Worlds4.4M WordsCompleted Looking back on the past, Haiser realized it really had been a long and bizarre journey. This is a story about traveling between different worlds, collecting all kinds of legendary gear along the way, and enjoying the journey. It's also the story of a stranger searching for a way home. Hunter x Hunter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Final Fantasy, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Monster Hunter… With all these worlds, how come none of them can help me find my way home? What? Where did the legendary gear I'm carrying come 1Votes205.9kRecs242.8kFans
  13. 13 The Young Eagle’s Glory 雏鹰的荣耀 Historical6.7M WordsOngoing On the day disaster struck at Waterloo, a transmigrator arrived in this world and became its unfortunate heir. He will change the course of fate and history, break free of his cage and overcome every obstacle, ultimately ascending the throne as Napoleon II. What drives him is not his father's name, but a glory that belongs to him alone! 0Votes289.2kRecs243.3kFans
  14. 14 EN One Man Attains the Dao 一人得道 Xianxia2.5M WordsCompleted Chen Cuo arrived in the Chen dynasty of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and became a member of the imperial clan. He had thought he would follow the course of history, but unexpectedly, the whole style suddenly went awry. “With qi refinement and cultivation, along with incense offerings and merit, it seems we have no choice but to seek immortality and attain the Dao first.” This is precisely: Beside the willow shade, beneath the pine shadows, straighten your spine and cast aside all worldly 0Votes225.8kRecs265.7kFans
  15. 15 EN American Comics: Superman 美漫之超人 Infinite Myriad Worlds1.3M WordsCompleted When a Sentinel with the Power of a Million Exploding Suns meets the strongest Silver Superman on Earth; when the Celestials, who use the galaxy as their testing ground, meet the Cyborg Superman who commands the Iron Legion; when the supreme Living Tribunal meets the Quantum Superman, who sees dimensions as mere specks of dust... This is the story of a transmigrator who brings countless Superman templates to the Marvel Universe. P.S. This isn't a hero-focused story, so don't read it if that's no 0Votes211.8kRecs270.4kFans
  16. 16 If Water Flows East 若水向东流 Urban792k WordsCompleted Make simps see the error of their ways, persuade prostitutes to go straight, put gambling addicts on the right track, and awaken the conscience of lackeys. Like water flowing east, don’t turn back. 0Votes69.9kRecs83.6kFans
  17. 17 A Master of Ghostly Tricks 戏鬼神 Xianxia756k WordsOngoing A strange, fantastical journey shrouded in mystery. The story of a group of guardians at the gates of the human world… 0Votes147.7kRecs153.6kFans
  18. 18 The Matrix Game 矩阵游戏 Infinite Myriad Worlds3.0M WordsCompleted Plato said: The true world exists only in our imagination. Perhaps each of us has had doubts like these: perhaps this world was designed for me; perhaps everything ceased to exist whenever I was unable to perceive it; perhaps one day I will “wake up.” Perhaps the world is nested without end. Perhaps reality can never be touched. I think, therefore I am, but who knows? Perhaps worldly happiness comes precisely from ignorance Yet it is precisely because it is uncertain and unknown that it possesse 0Votes149.8kRecs104.1kFans
  19. 19 The Movie Emperor's Reincarnation Across the Heavens 影帝的诸天轮回 Infinite Myriad Worlds6.9M WordsCompleted Short on money, Su Yi took a temporary job as an extra, never expecting it to launch him on a journey through the myriad heavens. In "The Rocking Sky", he leads the band to break into the big leagues and becomes a new-generation rock drumming sensation! In "Infernal Affairs II", he becomes Luo Ji, Ngai Wing-hau's bodyguard, and saves both his own life and Inspector Lu's. From extra to featured extra, suppo 0Votes216.5kRecs289.6kFans
  20. 20 I Became a Literary Giant in Russia 我在俄国当文豪 Historical2.6M WordsOngoing (The first foreign-literary-giant novel on Qidian to average over 10,000 monthly subscriptions) Many years later, when Nabokov was teaching Russian literature in America, this was how he did it. In a darkened room, he first switched on a lamp in the corner and said, “Pushkin was the first beacon of Russian literature.” Then he switched on a lamp in the middle of the room and said, “This is Gogol.” He turned on another lamp and declared, “This is Chekhov.” Then he strode to the window, yanked ope 734Votes169.4kRecs430.8kFans
  21. 21 A Guide to Conquering Another World 异世界征服手册 Sci-Fi1.4M WordsCompleted (This book has over 30,000 premium subscribers and averages over 9,500 subscriptions per chapter. Quality guaranteed.) A sudden accident sent a tour bus carrying twenty-eight people, completely unprepared, transmigrating into a xianxia world. A hundred years passed swiftly in the other world. Just as the descendants of these transmigrators faced another crisis, a sudden portal appeared, reconnecting the two worlds... In short, this is the story of an ancient Eastern people making the most of ano 1Votes194.5kRecs412.2kFans
  22. 22 I Want to Pick a Fight with Superman 我要与超人约架 Light Novel10.6M WordsCompleted I was reborn in the DC Universe with a cheat ability: taking a beating lets me level up, though I can only spend skill points on defense. Superman gets challenged to fights and never seems to win, always ending up battered and humiliated. Batman gets challenged and never seems to lose… Maybe I can ask Superman for a fight and boost my defense until I have an invulnerable body of steel? (De 2Votes481.5kRecs186.7kFans
  23. 23 Ultraman: From the Start, I Was a Human Host 奥特曼:开局人间体 Light Novel1.8M WordsCompleted New Book: Conan: The Grim Reaper Has His Eye on Me … Also known as From the Start, Rejected by Warrior's Peak. This is a multiverse of Ultraman at the turning point between old and new eras. Orb Origin marks the arrival of the new generation of Ultraman. After leaving the ruins planet, Xia Shu had his hopes dashed by reality at O-50's Warrior's Peak, missing out on the greatest opportunity of the new generation because he was too selfish. “You're not worthy of becoming an Ultra Warrior.” Xi 0Votes186.8kRecs234.6kFans
  24. 24 Hogwarts' Pacifist Necromancer 霍格沃茨的和平主义亡灵巫师 Light Novel1.3M WordsOngoing Henry Anthony was an utterly ordinary supermarket cashier. Until one day, a strangely dressed person showed up at his door and demanded to know why he hadn’t replied to a letter from the Misuse of Magic Office. Anthony: What have I misused? Magic? No way. I’m just an honest supermarket clerk. Anthony: Wait, you’re not talking about my pet, are you? Or the fact that I crawled out of a coffin? Dumbledore: Perhaps, Mr. Anthony, you’d be willing to take a position at Hogwarts? And so Hogwarts welcom 102Votes260.6kRecs353.3kFans
  25. 25 EN I Am Louis XIV 我乃路易十四 Western Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted What could be worse than realizing, while you’re still in swaddling clothes, that you’re none other than Louis XIV? Well, there’s this: it’s a fantasy version, too. 1Votes287kRecs126.4kFans
  26. 26 Beyond the Bubble Era 飞越泡沫时代 Urban5.0M WordsOngoing A Japanese entertainment-industry novel. From talent agent to entertainment mogul, this is a story about dreams coming true. The author has already completed the million-word classic The Japanese Entertainment Mogul, so you can read with confidence. 22Votes721.2kRecs205.3kFans
  27. 27 Azeroth’s Shadowy Trails 艾泽拉斯阴影轨迹 Gaming8.6M WordsCompleted (My new books, My Players Are So Fierce and The Dawn Trail in the Marvel Universe, are now available. Come check them out!) A hardcore gamer transmigrates into Warcraft and becomes Jaina's elder brother. Now he's a prince, too. For the sake of his family's survival, should he break his own sister's legs first, just to stop her from growing up to become a kin-slaying monster? Wait, what? Why do I have to die once as soon as I get here? Let me check the walkthrough. Right, touch my forehead to ope 5Votes383.8kRecs523.8kFans
  28. 28 Tales of Immortality 长生志异 Xianxia2.7M WordsCompleted Changsheng Dynasty, Year Nine of the Mandate. The land of China is in chaos, and the people are destitute. The imperial court’s rule is crumbling, while barbarians from the West arrive with their pantheon of gods. New-style warlords rise up and carve out territories of their own. Taiping rebels run rampant, leaving the land devastated. Floods, severe droughts, earthquakes, sandstorms, tornadoes, acid rain, blood moons, falling meteorites, and other disasters descend one after another. Countless 7Votes405.1kRecs859.3kFans
  29. 29 The Old Daoist Canon 旧日之箓 Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted He'd thought he'd transmigrated to ancient times, and Chu Qiguang was just wondering how to make his fortune when he suddenly discovered that a corpse-reanimation case had occurred in the neighboring county. The Taoist priests at the temple were busy subduing demons, and even the village's stray cats had started talking. He was just wondering whether he should start slaying demons when he realized that, without even noticing, he was becoming the most terrifying monster of all. 11Votes559.2kRecs902.4kFans
  30. 30 What Do You Mean, a Roaming Mid Laner? 什么叫游走型中单啊 Gaming4.0M WordsCompleted {A League of Legends esports novel} Taking on three enemies alone or two-on-one, roaming and providing backup: Lin Ran excels at all of it. He’s also exceptionally good at farming gold and scaling, treating jungle monsters like his own minion waves. His team’s Garlic Turtle can barely take it anymore. Making his debut in S6, Lin Ran strives to break through the darkness before dawn and join his teammates in raising a beacon of hope for the LPL. 9Votes252.4kRecs639.2kFans
  31. 31 EN I Am the Master Soul in the Soul Banner 我在尊魂幡里当主魂 Xianxia3.8M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the world of immortal cultivation, I was refined by a demonic cultivator into a Soul-Summoning Banner. All I want is to find a reliable banner master and wait for him to take me to immortality. So I strive to improve myself, learn techniques and train my supernatural abilities, doing my duty as the old grandpa in his mind and hoping my banner master can keep his head down long enough to ascend. But in the world of immortal cultivation, nobody can keep their head down fo 0Votes296.6kRecs527.3kFans
  32. 32 Wanli Emperor 万历明君 Historical1.9M WordsOngoing In the year 1572, seventy-two years remained before the fall of the Ming dynasty and the loss of its lands. At this time, Japanese pirates ran rampant in the southeast, the Tatars battered the northwest passes, local land annexation was growing worse by the day, the military and government were exhausted, the people were suffering, and the Longqing Emperor had just died. Yet at this moment, Shi Yue transmigrated into Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor who would later go thirty years without attending 6kVotes735.4kRecs1.6MFans
  33. 33 Starting with Detective Li Yuanfang 从神探李元芳开始 Historical4.6M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into Li Yuanfang, the greatest joy of being a great detective comes from two things: First, when I expose a criminal’s true face and he panics and tries to attack the detective, I smile and draw my saber. Second, having the chubby Di by my side. Whenever we come across a case, I can’t help asking: “Huaiying, what do you think?” 0Votes405.4kRecs414.7kFans
  34. 34 I’m No Detective 我可不是侦探 Urban895k WordsCompleted A clever and handsome young man accidentally transmigrates to Hokkaido, where he meets a calm, brilliant, long-haired, straight-haired girl who loves solving mysteries. In a world where the Japanese police are known as “a bunch of useless salary collectors,” the two team up to solve countless baffling cases with their ingenious deductions... Of course, that’s impossible. This is actually the story of a boy who gets struck by lightning and transmigrates to Hokkaido. By sheer coincidence, he meets 3Votes425.1kRecs490kFans
  35. 35 The Skeleton Warrior 骸骨武士 Light Novel321k WordsOngoing The story of a skeleton swordsman, crossing blades with supernatural forces from around the world and making friends through fistfights. 0Votes49.6kRecs40.4kFans
  36. 36 EN Shepherd's Secret Covenant 牧者密续 Light Novel4.2M WordsCompleted During a ritual to summon a demon, Aiwass finally recovered his memories of his previous life. This was supposed to be an online game published and operated by his own company for six years. His adoptive father was now the leader of the villainous organization in the latest version. Six years from now, Aiwass would be exposed and, after hesitating on the side of the protagonists, switch sides. In the end, he would decide to take a fatal blow for a player character and be killed by his thoroughly 139Votes489.5kRecs1.2MFans
  37. 37 EN Abyssal Demon of the Myriad Realms 诸界之深渊恶魔 Infinite Myriad Worlds3.8M WordsCompleted Born in the bottomless abyss, I cast away everything that came before. Amid slaughter and destruction, I ascend to the highest throne, wreathed in blood and fire! I am the Plague King of the Corrupted World, the Doomsday Demon God who burns all things and ushers in the end. I am the wicked source that pollutes the laws of reality and corrupts all living beings. I am the Other-Transforming Great Freedom Demon Lord who slays the Buddha and infects the Heavenly Dao. I am also the antithesis of all 1Votes196.2kRecs368.9kFans
  38. 38 There Is a Sword in Kunlun 昆仑有剑 Gaming1.6M WordsCompleted The Kunlun Sect is a classic bit of background scenery in all kinds of wuxia novels. It has produced cannon fodder, legendary martial arts, divine weapons, and miraculous medicines, but never a protagonist. Wang Qing only realized he was in trouble after arriving at Kunlun Mountain. Other sects have hundreds of millions of players. We’ve got barely two or three cats in Kunlun. How are we supposed to play? Other sects are charging across the battlefield again and again, while I’m stuck on the mou 0Votes134.6kRecs97.6kFans
  39. 39 Necromancer 死灵法师 Gaming3.7M WordsOngoing The divine kingdom falls, and heaven and earth are torn asunder! I walk the boundary between life and death, uncover secrets buried for countless millennia, and wield the powers of nature and immortality. In an age when order has collapsed, I will become a legend. This is the fate of a Guardian. And the path to my own legend! Part One, Mark of the Dead, is complete. Part Two, Odd-Day Upheaval, is ongoing. Original blurb: After transmigrating into the world of a game, Matthew discovers that somet 7Votes335.1kRecs1.5MFans
  40. 40 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
  41. 41 We Live in Nanjing 我们生活在南京 Sci-Fi402k WordsCompleted This is a clichéd story about two young people saving the world. 14Votes146.2kRecs613.7kFans
  42. 42 EN The Indestructible Mountain Lord 金刚不坏大寨主 Martial Arts4.9M WordsCompleted [Overwhelming power] [Explosive action] [The hottest wuxia novel of 2020–2021] [The comic is serialized on Tencent Animation and can be read there] Cultivate a Nine Suns aura within, and a vajra body without. Sweep across forty yards with the silver-blue blade energy of a gold-backed, nine-ring saber. Sink your breath into your dantian and surge back and forth, while the Dragon-Subduing Palm blasts the entire battlefield. The Dao Heart Demon Seed... The Selfless and the Self Alone... Sunflower T 8Votes2.8MRecs2.1MFans
  43. 43 The Incredible Mountains and Seas 不可思议的山海 Xianxia3.4M WordsCompleted Yun Zai said he only wanted the people of his tribe to have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear. He had never thought about anything else. Emperor Yao said the young man was quite impressive. Emperor Shun considered him a rival. Yu the Great wanted to write him a letter of recommendation. Yun Zai: “If the Mandate of Heaven is mine...” A farming story inspired by the Classic of Mountains and Seas! The old group got nuked. 1Votes302.5kRecs297.6kFans
  44. 44 I Teach Swordsmanship in Tokyo 我在东京教剑道 Light Novel3.0M WordsCompleted He transmigrates to Tokyo's Katsushika Ward in 1980 and inherits a dojo. His parents are dead, he has a younger sister and a house, but his savings are almost gone and he has no students. What should he do? Help, answers needed urgently. Forget it. He'll just enjoy himself. Face the wind! 0Votes878.1kRecs829.2kFans
  45. 45 Players Are Super Just 玩家超正义 Light Novel3.1M WordsCompleted The long night has come, and the blood moon hangs overhead. Hoarse whispers drift through street corners, while brass steam engines spew clouds of blood mist. Your brain is singing, your eyes are chanting. Your skin cracks, and lumps of flesh swell beneath it. In the gray mist, a wall of flesh that has devoured thousands of corpses howls day and night... “Don't cry. Our players don't bite. They just want to play with you.” The lonely, underhanded game planner; the top player; savior of the Mist 7Votes676.9kRecs1.2MFans
  46. 46 My Simulated Path to Immortality 我的模拟长生路 Xianxia4.8M WordsCompleted How difficult is the path to immortality! And all the more so in this cultivation world, utterly transformed by a plague! Mortals carry disease. If immortals come into contact with them, their cultivation may decline in mild cases, or they may return to the heavens in severe ones. Thus mortals and immortals are forever divided. Immortals cannot cultivate together, and the entire cultivation world has become one vast dark forest. Li Fan transmigrated into this world with soaring ambitions, ye 508Votes975.7kRecs2.9MFans
  47. 47 The Demon Hunter’s Cookbook 猎魔烹饪手册 Gaming3.4M WordsCompleted When night fell, whispers sounded in his ears and the monsters in the shadows began to stir. Jason's hungry stomach started rumbling, and he couldn't help swallowing... Hunger was the best motivation. 0Votes546.4kRecs494.1kFans
  48. 48 Becoming a Fox Immortal in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 从聊斋开始做狐仙 Xianxia2.0M WordsOngoing Being human is hard; being a fox is even harder. Gong Mengbi has no choice but to cling to Lady Mount Tai's coattails and become an immortal official first. For a fox, making connections far and wide is the way to cultivate immortality. Only later do people realize that this fox seems to be everywhere, no matter how vast the world is. 166Votes458.9kRecs508.8kFans
  49. 49 EN The Forensic Officer of Conan 柯学验尸官 Light Novel2.5M WordsCompleted [A Detective Conan fanfic] Full title: The Moment I Transmigrated to the World of Detective Conan, the Famous Detective Named Me the Prime Suspect. As a Coroner, I'm Not Panicking at All 5Votes847.6kRecs954.2kFans
  50. 50 EN The Deathstroke of the Marvel Universe 美漫丧钟 Light Novel14.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the Marvel universe, an ordinary man became a world-famous mercenary and assassin. With everything changed, should he become a righteous hero, or continue his dark work? "Don't judge me by such shallow notions as good and evil. I do whatever I want." The protagonist suddenly appeared behind the author, who was making up the book description, and punched him across the room. "It's really quite simple: I am the death knell ringing in everyone's ears!" 13Votes697.1kRecs424.2kFans

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