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- 101 My Animation Era 我的动画时代 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Gu Miao became a down-on-his-luck animation director. He first made a name for himself with Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, then went on to produce hit animated series like Boonie Bears, Happy Heroes, Armor Hero, and Fruity Robo. Soon, a wave of transmigration-themed stories swept through the industry. During an interview, Gu Miao waved both hands and declared with confidence, “Nobody understands transmigration better than I do!” And so, Digimon was born 3Votes43.1kRecs106.4kFans
- 102 EN Martial Way! 武道！ [Over 30,000 average paid readers, read with confidence] Walled compounds, opium dens, flower streets, casinos, secret societies, chief inspectors... Li Xiuwen transmigrates to Xianghai, now ruled by a colonial government. The old martial world still lingers in this era, while hidden currents of the supernatural surge beneath the surface. Martial arts schools stand everywhere, and heroes and villains alike rise to prominence. In this cramped steel jungle, martial arts schools of all kinds flouri 10.7kVotes180.5kRecs865.5kFans
- 103 Does Playing by the Rules Count as Being Reborn? 循规蹈矩能叫重生吗？ Zhou Mingyuan, a notorious womanizer and lawyer with tens of millions of followers across the internet, is reborn as a first-year law student in 2014. Love should be passionate, and a career demands getting ahead of the competition. Now that I’ve been reborn, there’s no way I’m playing by the rules! This time around, he’s going to live exactly as he pleases. This book is also known as "Living Exactly as I Please 2.0", "The Top Dog’s Rebirth Playbook", and "How to Master Intimate Relations 444Votes126.5kRecs480.6kFans
- 104 EN The Crown Prince of France 我在法兰西当王太子 Welcome to check out the completed novel, My Lady, Please Stay! [Over 16,000 top-tier subscribers] [An alternate-history power fantasy, with the setting kept as close to the original timeline as possible] I’m in France, just arrived at Versailles, and I’m the crown prince. The only problem is that my father is Louis XVI, and he’ll be executed in a few years... Since neither my father nor the ministers can be relied on, I’ll just have to set France in order myself! First, I’ll make a little money 134Votes125.4kRecs257.2kFans
- 105 When the Sword Leaves Emei, I Am Its Edge 剑出峨眉我为锋 [New Book: From Snatching Li Mochou to Making a Name Across the Heavens. The moon shines full over Emei as a lone wild goose returns, while clouds part above the Golden Summit and a divine sword takes flight. A white-robed knight yearns to roam free. If a man reaches this point, what more could he ask? I joined the Emei Sect, so now I speak for Emei! 2Votes65.9kRecs278.1kFans
- 106 1977: Starting with a Blind Date with the Dragon King's Daughter 1977：开局相亲女儿国王 [Period business story, not about a literary giant, multiple heroines] Reborn in 1977. Li Changhe feels that, having come to this era, he ought to do something for his country! Of course, the first thing he needs to do is win over the queen next door. 32Votes261.7kRecs652.6kFans
- 107 The Young Emperor’s Growth Plan 少帝成长计划 In people's minds, emperors are born sacred, worshipped by all, and supreme above everyone else. But there are always a few unlucky emperors who have no power to shape their own fate. Liu Hong was one of them. At this very moment, he sat on the imperial couch in a rear hall of Weiyang Palace in Chang'an, in 180 BC, looking helplessly and bitterly at the wine cup before him, unsure what to do. Just one wall away, in Weiyang Palac 0Votes54.7kRecs67.4kFans
- 108 Myriad Worlds: Starting as a Father in A Little Reunion 诸天：从小欢喜当爹开始 Transmigrating through the heavens is a lot of fun, but why am I someone else’s dad in every new world I visit? New book: The Heavens: Starting as Lin Pingzhi’s Father 1Votes55.3kRecs204.9kFans
- 109 You've Already Started Exorcising Demons, So Why Talk About Martial Virtue? 都降妖了，还讲什么武德 “I've said this many times: those underhanded tactics used by the Five Immortals Alliance have nothing to do with me. I'm just a scholar, Li. I cultivate righteous qi and have always conducted myself honorably. Why would I ever stab someone in the back, circle around to attack, launch a sneak attack, dig a pit, or throw lime in someone's eyes?” “And let me reiterate: when I was writing Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I had no idea this world was the world of those tales. I truly knew nothin 0Votes49.9kRecs115.5kFans
- 110 Literary Giant, 1978 文豪1978 After transmigrating to 1978, Lin Chaoyang had planned to lie flat and live as a carefree slacker, making up for all the hard work of his previous life. But before he could put his plan into action, the educated youth who had married him, gotten into university, then disappeared for half a year without a word, suddenly showed up at the production team. “Chaoyang, come to Yanjing with me!” the young woman said. His business venture hadn’t even gotten off the ground, and he was already living off 23Votes562.4kRecs1.7MFans
- 111 I Have to Teach This World a Lesson 我得给这世界上堂课 That year... Zhang Sheng, betrayed by the organization's leader, arrived in this world... That year... Facing a catastrophic start, he saw the bloody struggle of capital, the beasts lurking in the cruel, dark forest, and the bewildered entrepreneurs left in the wake of the financial crisis... He instinctively flashed a savage grin. 0Votes194.1kRecs549.1kFans
- 112 Armor-Piercing Bullets Don't Believe in Carbon-Based Monsters 穿甲弹不相信碳基怪物 An ordinary training exercise sent Chen Jian and his squad into a completely different time and space. In this post-apocalyptic world, monsters roamed everywhere, while the few surviving humans struggled to stay alive beneath their terrifying claws and fangs. To fight back against the monsters, the survivors abandoned everything. Humanity no longer existed; animal instinct ruled instead. To defeat the monsters, they first had to become like them. Chen Jian should have pursued the maddening evolu 0Votes185.3kRecs443.6kFans
- 113 EN The Flowers Bloomed in 1981 那年花开1981 This is an age when getting into university can transform your life, when every new opportunity can send you soaring, and when pure, unwavering, sincere love still exists. But just after Li Ye arrived in this era, people urged him to give up on the college entrance exam and go work in a factory tightening screws. “You won’t get in anyway, so just forget about it!” “What? I’m a solid second-tier university hopeful. How could I not get in? Wouldn’t that be a slap in the face to all those years of 3Votes76.7MRecs1MFans
- 114 The Roaring Years: Heading South, Heading North 奔腾年代——向南向北 [Grand Prize Winner, Fifth Realistic-Themed Online Literature Writing Contest] [Featured in the Top 100 Chinese Online Literature Works of the New Era’s First Decade] [Among the Top Ten Chinese and International Genre Novels in the “Searchlight Books” October 2022 List] (The print edition was published by CITIC Press under the title Northbound, Southbound.) This is the story of a generation. A not-so-distant era, and a group of familiar “strangers.” The story begins in 1990. Much of what they di 13Votes108.5kRecs102.8kFans
- 115 Reborn in 1997: Solving Cold Cases at the City Bureau 重生97，我在市局破悬案 Police records clerk Zhou Yi is reborn in 1997, back when he had just joined the police force. Dismemberment cases, arson cases, shootings... The files on all those cold cases he had pored over out of boredom in his previous life now come back to him one by one. Perhaps this time, he’ll get the chance to solve those cases and bring every crafty killer who escaped justice to face the law! 1.4kVotes211.1kRecs660.2kFans
- 116 The Golden Age of Basketball 篮球之黄金时代 The sweeping life story of a basketball player. 96Votes239.1kRecs265.5kFans
- 117 EN Swallowed Star: Time Simulation 吞噬星空之时光模拟 Yang Wu suddenly transmigrates into the Swallowed Star World, becoming Yang Wu, a senior student at the Ultimate Martial Arts School. The moment he breaks through and becomes a martial artist, his golden finger, a time simulator, activates. See how this butterfly with a golden finger gradually changes the original story and whips up a storm in this world. 0Votes31.8kRecs190.5kFans
- 118 No Love Letters in the Exorcist's Notebook 驱魔笔记中不许夹带情书 Guns and cannons suppress all gods, demons, monsters, and ghosts; flesh and blood forge a wall across the multiverse! In Year Two of the Ming Kingdom, Tianmen City is struggling to rebuild after the war. Chaos is everywhere, and evil spirits run rampant. Poor children learn to fend for themselves early. Poor soldiers have to learn to earn their own spending money. My name is Wang Yunxiao, a field agent with the Special Affairs Bureau. I’m responsible for dealing with all kinds of monsters and ev 6Votes68.4kRecs183kFans
- 119 Dragon Chewer 嚼龙 A hero’s wild spirit, forged into an eternal blade. One day, he slays the dragon and returns, and the rivers and seas run red for three months. This is a biographical history, a gazetteer, and a study of customs in a mythic world of immortals and martial arts. This is the travelogue of a boy from the wilds who transforms into a crane, soars into the heavens, makes his name heard across the skies, and attains the freedom of the Dao. Along the way, strange wonders and breathtaking 0Votes60.1kRecs88.4kFans
- 120 The Dawn Protocol 拂晓协议 The global consensus: Measure the world's resources and win Huang Ye's favor. Hello, everyone. My name is Huang Ye. 407Votes47.3kRecs153.7kFans
- 121 The Shadow of Great Britain 大不列颠之影 “Next, please welcome the most distinguished recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, the Victoria Cross, and the Order of the Companions of Honour; leader of the anticolonial cause; bell-ringer of the East India Company; hero of the Crimean War; Fellow of the Royal Society; lifelong friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Alexandre Dumas; steadfast supporter of scientific luminar 390Votes289.6kRecs610.1kFans
- 122 At First, I Just Wanted to Make Money 一开始，我只想搞钱 Forget making movies. Making money is what matters! Well, Shen Xudong later realized that making movies was never just about making movies. It was all art! PS: This story is entirely fictional. If it offends anyone, please be generous and let it slide! (Over 8,000 average subscriptions... a career high. Grateful...) 0Votes227.5kRecs287.5kFans
- 123 The Bizarre Calendar 诡异日历 When a strange, old almanac appears beside you, please don't throw it away. In this world, now broken and twisted, I have just one piece of advice: Remember what is auspicious and what is taboo, and consult the almanac before you go out. Good luck, Old Calendar Bearer. 5Votes49.6kRecs295.4kFans
- 124 The Writer’s Handbook 作家手册 Tell me, do authors who write harem novels actually have harems in real life? 1kVotes63kRecs173.3kFans
- 125 Reborn Before Doomsday: My Backer Is the State 重生末日前：我的后盾是国家 The apocalypse arrived without warning. Everyone across the world died in agony for reasons unknown. Jiang Yang woke to discover that he had been reborn ten days before the apocalypse. Ten days, and I alone am supposed to save the world? Jiang Yang abandoned that idea without hesitation and immediately reported the apocalypse intel. From this moment on, my backing is the entire nation! 39Votes97.8kRecs469.9kFans
- 126 Literary Titan 1983 文豪1983 (A reborn literary master's story, no System. Every work is interpreted and adapted to fit its era.) Sixty-year-old Yu Qie sat there, gazing fondly at the reflection of his twenty-year-old self in his eyes. Back then, he had just submitted his first novel and was hailed as a rising star in the literary world. Now he was famous throughout the world, the conscience of the late twentieth century and the final pinnacle of human literature. The Akutagawa Prize, the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the Kafka 67Votes89.2kRecs202.8kFans
- 127 Three Kingdoms: Ma Su Only Wants to Die 三国：我马谡只想作死 He transmigrates into the Three Kingdoms era as Ma Su, but has no interest in restoring the Han dynasty. He only wants to collect on his insurance and go home. So Ma Su begins his reckless path to an early death at Jieting, but soon discovers that things aren’t so simple. Zhang He: This young man fights with such courage, always charging into battle himself. His command of troops is truly masterful! Sima Yi: Ma Su has learned the ways of that old schemer Zhuge Liang. His skill at marching and co 0Votes52.9kRecs362.6kFans
- 128 An Unusual Sengoku Japan 不一样的日本战国 A beautiful man whose looks bring disaster transmigrates into Japan's Warring States period, bringing along a group of simping retainers as he wages a hardcore struggle for supremacy and revives his family fortune in a truly matriarchal world. Also known as The Me in Japan's Warring States Era Is Unmatched Under Heaven, So Even the Daimyo Want to Bear My Children and Seize My Family Fortune 3Votes121.6kRecs97.5kFans
- 129 Spoiling History: Starting with the Three Kingdoms 剧透历史：从三国开始 The viewers of Wen Mang's videos wrote down their identity records: The first fan looks vaguely familiar, like the ruler of some country. The second fan killed his brothers, yet is still the true Son of Heaven. The third mistreated a mother and her daughter, and his dynasty never unified the realm. Finally, everyone's eyes turned to the last one. What character was he playing? Wen Mang replied, “I'm a tycoon, a collector, an appraiser, and an investor.” 66Votes317.9kRecs416.4kFans
- 130 Born with Immortal Talent 天生仙种 Born with a natural aptitude for cultivation, he rises from a humble, impoverished clan and steps onto the path to immortality, advancing one step at a time until he reaches the far shore of eternal life. Hard work brings rewards. For a cultivator, what better golden finger could there be? 0Votes273.2kRecs676.9kFans
- 131 The Imperial Court's Eight-Hour-Shift Hounds 八小时工作制的朝廷鹰犬 “It's you!” The martial arts expert who stepped into the inn turned pale with shock, then went ashen. “I never thought I'd end up in the hands of a lackey of the imperial court like you!” Li Miao picked up a piece of beef with his chopsticks, took a sip of wine, and waved a hand. “I don't have time for you. I'm off the clock. Even a lackey of the imperial court deserves a personal life, you know.” “I only work eight hours a day.” 5Votes125.4kRecs893.2kFans
- 132 Cyber Nezha 电子哪吒 I’m a fruit seller in my forties. One day, I got a call from my son’s teacher. She said my son, Liu Zhenhua, whose grades had always been perfectly average, had deliberately held back on his midterm exams. This was Liu Zhenhua’s excuse: “Dad, I’m a super AI from the future, codename Electronic Nezha. My mission is to save Earth.” Well, the kid certainly has an imagination. Like all of you, I didn’t believe him! Then... well, what happened next... Sigh, I can’t explain it in a sentence or two. Cl 79Votes363.8kRecs162.2kFans
- 133 EN Martial Saint of Great Xuan 大宣武圣 A dynasty that has lasted a thousand years will eventually decay, and a clan that has endured for a century will eventually return to dust. Ask the world: what can truly last forever? Is it an indestructible body tempered through countless trials, or a martial will united with heaven and earth? Chen Mu arrives in this world and presses forward with a blade in hand. When he looks back at dusk, countless prodigies and thousand-year-old demons have all turned to dust. Along the road paved with yell 0Votes201.3kRecs1.2MFans
- 134 EN National Arts: Gain a Year of Power Every Day! 国术：一天涨一年功力！ “I, Huo Yuanhong, will become the greatest man in Tianjin!” In the year 369 of the Celestial Dynasty, the great families were corrupt, the class system was rigid, and the common folk had no hope of ever rising above their station. Meanwhile, the foreigners’ ironclad ships and cannons were poised to strike. That year, Huo Yuanhong looked up at the lofty aristocratic clans, feeling as insignificant as an ant. To live like a real man, he kindled the fire in his heart and transformed martial arts in 9Votes128.5kRecs496.8kFans
- 135 EN The Final End 最后结局 A person's end is death. So what is death's end? 11Votes482.2kRecs421.4kFans
- 136 Demon Slayer: Tanjuro Kamado Returns from Sekiro 鬼灭：从只狼归来的灶门炭十郎 A familiar, frail figure stood at the entrance of the house. He wore a yellow-and-black checkered haori, and his long dark-red hair was unusually tied into a high ponytail. In his hand, he held a katana Tanjiro had never seen before. It was the back of his father, Tanjuro Kamado. And standing face-to-face with Tanjuro was a man Tanjiro had never seen before, dressed in a black suit and wearing a bowler hat. Because Tanjiro had fallen into the snow, he could not see the expression on his fa 1Votes15.8kRecs187kFans
- 137 EN Cultivation: I Studied Abroad in the Modern Era 修仙：我在现代留过学 Just as nuclear weapons are merely a byproduct of science, immortality is no more than a small gift along the path of seeking the Dao. The new Daoist Patriarch, the Great Virtuous Teacher, and the strongest cultivator in ten thousand years, True Master Zheng Fa, is recruiting personal disciples. Recommended reading: "Topology in Talisman Crafting: Beginning with the Little Cloud-and-Rain Talisman" "Artificial Intelligence in Magical Artifacts: A Preliminary Study of Artifact Spirits" "Elemental 17Votes232.7kRecs807.8kFans
- 138 Hurry, Hurry, as the Law Commands 急急如律令 Your supernatural stuff is only just coming back? I've been haunted by a ghost for over two years! And you're telling me the most vicious spell in the world is one I created? 6.6kVotes172.2kRecs894.8kFans
- 139 EN The Card King of Cataclysm 灾变卡皇 Awakening in an unfamiliar room, Ji Xun finds a stunningly beautiful woman lying beside him. Thinking he’s hit the jackpot, he touches her and realizes: She’s cold? Anyone who’s done this sort of thing often should know this isn’t an ordinary corpse. She’s a living corpse, with no breath or heartbeat. Just as he thinks he’s stumbled into the scene of a bizarre murder, he suddenly realizes she isn’t human at all! This is a fantasy world of underground caverns, set after a great cataclysm. 34Votes213.7kRecs1MFans
- 140 Twenty Years in the Underworld of Republican-Era China 民国江湖二十年 [Everyday life in the martial world, bandits of the greenwood, and strange folk customs] If someone greets you with “You must be tired,” you know you’re in the martial world. In the late Qing and early Republican era, the nation was crumbling and chaos reigned. Beyond Shanhai Pass, greenwood heroes rose in droves. In the streets of Beijing and Tianjin, extraordinary figures of the martial world emerged one after another. In times like these, every hero ought to have a bit of a bandit in him!!! … 315Votes249.3kRecs237.8kFans
- 141 My Celebrity Wife Hates My Secret Identity, Not Me 明星老婆讨厌的是我马甲又不是我 On the surface, Qin Feng is a minor television station employee, but behind the scenes, he is a brilliant young writer famous throughout the country and abroad. Writing under the pen name Qin Wuxiang, his works are household names, and he ranks near the top of the rich list. Qin Feng thought his lifestyle of [looking for girlfriends long-term but never keeping a girlfriend long-term] would continue forever, until this blind date began. "You know that scumbag author Qin Wuxiang, the one plagued b 0Votes16.9kRecs128.9kFans
- 142 This Celebrity Is Almost Too Righteous 这个明星正得发邪 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Ran had planned to launch his career with an absurd “You’re So Beautiful,” but instead he got bound to the Positive Energy Entertainment System. Doing good deeds made him stronger! While others manufactured celebrity pairings, he cleaned rehearsal rooms to earn points; while others paid to trend, he got inspirational quotes reposted by official media; while others cranked up the electronic beats, his performance of Sailor shot straight to the top of t 132Votes174.8kRecs538.9kFans
- 143 A Traveler in Edo 江户旅人 This writer, who has crisscrossed East Asia, has transmigrated yet again. It’s Edo Castle in 1841. He may not be a lord or general at the height of his power, but the road ahead is just as full of unknowns and adventure. 0Votes167.3kRecs79.3kFans
- 144 A Handbook for Colonizing the Galaxy 银河系殖民手册 “Mr. Lu Yang, how can ordinary interstellar transmigrators become as successful as you?” “Here are a few books I've written. You can study them, such as: Principles of Indigenous Sociology, Studies in the Economics of the Divine Empire, The Beginning and End of the Third Spirit-Stone Financial Crisis, The Balassa-Samuelson Effect in Galactic Trade, The Evolution of Social Forms in High-Martial Worlds, and An Investigation into Virtual World Ethics...” “But Mr. Lu Yang, most transmigrators aren't 0Votes36.9kRecs237.6kFans
- 145 The Great Demon Holmes 大恶魔福尔摩斯 God is creating a legend!!!!! A little faith, so people have someone to lean on; then a few man-eating demons to get everyone fighting! Add some love... then some hate... rebellion, and impulsiveness. Finally, throw in a familiar protagonist. Give him just a touch of darkness, or it won’t be any fun. Damn... that’s too much! And so, in a narrow alley off a London street, Sherlock slowly emerged from the shadows, carrying a head. Blood trickled from its spine onto the ground, drip, drip. Good 3Votes81.7kRecs516.9kFans
- 146 EN Arcane Detective of the Steam Age 蒸汽世界的奥秘侦探 This is an age of infinite possibilities: steam and steel, gears and clockwork. Steam power and differential engines symbolize the boundless future of human civilization. Yet no one notices that beneath the haze of steam, in the shadow of steel, the dark and mysterious arcane has never gone away. A traveler from a distant land will lift the veil shrouding this turbulent, free, dreamlike world, and write a history and legend of his own… A work by Xibei Mao. Completion 239Votes149.4kRecs268kFans
- 147 What Do You Mean, a Red-Faced Top Laner? 什么叫红温型上单啊 Song Wen transmigrates into S7, and his opening line, “I'm going to take a shower,” immediately gets the haters riled up. What? His first match as a pro is against RNG, then at the height of their powers? Facing the “world's number one ADC,” Song Wen has no choice but to pull out Jayce and punish him with the world's number one shock blast. What? The GSLs still aren't convinced? Song Wen picks Rumble and uses his superb heat control to cool Uzi down. What? The fake coach Zhu Kai is telling him w 1Votes46.2kRecs399.7kFans
- 148 This Star is Legal but is Problematic 这个明星合法但有病 Xu Ye has transmigrated to a parallel world and is taking part in a singing variety show. He thought he'd be eliminated in the first round, but then he awakens an [Entertainment System for Stirring Things Up]. As long as he keeps stirring things up, he can earn points to use in a lottery. Prizes include all kinds of entertainment from Earth and various items. From then on, the entertainment industry gains a major star whose style is completely out of place. A famous director: “I admit Xu Ye's ac 0Votes101kRecs508.2kFans
- 149 The Young Eagle’s Glory 雏鹰的荣耀 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
- 150 Swallowed Star, I Can Simulate Life 吞噬星空，我可以模拟人生 Li Yue was reborn into Swallowed Star. He had planned to keep a low profile until Luo Feng rose to power, then sell his residency rights on Earth and wander the stars. But he unexpectedly activated the System: an Infinite Life Simulator; 0Votes1.4MRecs116.2kFans
