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- 1 Reborn in the Apocalypse: Raising My Powers from Childhood 重生末世，异能从娃娃抓起 [Apocalypse + Reborn + System + &*#%￥] The apocalypse has arrived. Monstrous creatures run rampant, and humanity and the world are on the brink of annihilation! The good news: I was reborn at the very beginning of the apocalypse. The bad news: I’m still a baby. Are you kidding me!? Fine, fine, you’re forcing me to use cheats, huh? Where’s my sign-in System? Bring out the Italian cannon! Today I’m driving every last one of these monsters out! Not a single one left behind! 0Votes119.7kRecs4Fans
- 2 Lord, Starting with the Hunter Sequence 领主，从猎人序列开始 After transmigrating to another world, he obtains a Sequence System and some of the Red Priest’s abilities, becoming the chosen one of war. With that in mind, Green Sotos, the illegitimate son of a count, resolutely leaves the count’s household to develop a territory on the frontier. It all begins in his territory, Mermaid Bay. 0Votes35Recs2Fans
- 3 Alliance of Celestial Masters: The Heart-Cleansing Mantra 天师联盟之净心咒 It took Zhu Mo twenty-six years to realize that all the strange phenomena surrounding him stemmed from the Celestial Masters’ Alliance. As a descendant of Celestial Masters, should he gradually uncover the truth behind his mission and protect the magical artifacts, or pretend nothing happened and return to his peaceful life? 0Votes1.5MRecs0Fans
- 4 Chinese Entertainment, 1998: Starting by Propelling the Queen of Pop to Stardom 华娱98：从带飞歌坛天后开始 Li Shuo was reborn in 1998, on the day his fate took a turn. In this life, he returned with a “Good Karma” System. Whenever he helped a female star, he received a reward. After avoiding the traps of his previous life, he began making connections throughout the entertainment industry! He dominated the music charts and became a legend on screen. He shone in the spotlight and thrived behind the scenes! From rising capitalists to international tycoons, even the sons of powerful families and financia 0Votes1.7kRecs20.4kFans
- 5 Osmanthus Flower 木香花 The River of Heaven falls, cloud immortals circle, earth’s flames scorch the icy pool. In a single thought, one can become human or ghost. The Shui clan, the oldest and most mysterious family. She is the second daughter of the Shui clan chief and one of the seven-color assassins who inspire terror wherever they go. Clever and eccentric, she is also bright and kind. He is the eldest son of the Tang family, renowned for its weapons. Gifted beyond compare, he longs for freedom. He is the eldest son 0Votes13.9kRecs1Fans
- 6 The Undertaker Has Arrived 送葬人，他来了 One day, Chu Bai awakened as an undertaker! Yan Wang claims lives, and the undertaker guides souls to the afterlife. He cultivates through the preparation of corpses, follows the path of supreme survival, and controls events from behind the scenes, setting all kinds of schemes and plots in motion. Years later, Chu Bai had sent off so many souls that he ascended to godhood. He commanded the karmic cycles of all things in the world, stood above all living beings, opened up a new world, and establi 0Votes936Recs17Fans
- 7 Xuantian 2: Demonic Mystery Throws the Heavens into Chaos 玄天2：魔玄乱天 Some lead the world into the light, while others drag it down into darkness. Some pull everyone into ruin, while others save them from suffering and bring them ashore. Posterity called him “The Wound of the Immortal Realm.” There is no compassion on the dissection table, only truth. Follow the second book in the Xuantian series: Demonic Xuan Rends the Heavens Recommended for: readers with deep emotions Theme: Tempering Core: Cause and effect, and suffering (About 10% of readers will enjoy this 0Votes550Recs0Fans
- 8 The Legend of the Crossing Bird 越鸟传 (Updated June 2, 2023) The complete story of The Yue Bird is divided into two volumes. The first, The Hundred Demons Illustrated, is finished, while the second, A Letter to You, is being written ahead of release. The whole book is expected to be about 600,000 words. The tone leans toward serious drama, but the story is lively and humorous. Please don’t drop it just because the chapter titles look too serious TAT Character notes: The male lead, Emperor Qinghua, is the ultimate lovesick fool, a lo 0Votes15.2kRecs0Fans
- 9 Reborn to Solve Cases: Starting by Arresting My First Love 重生破案，从抓捕白月光开始 A top-tier detective returns to 2013! From the start, he's framed by his beloved, and on the verge of losing everything? Sorry, but in this life, I write the script! While you're still searching the crime scene for footprints, I've already identified the culprit. While you're waiting for the coroner's report, I've already worked out how the crime was done. A poisoning you think is flawless looks like child's play to me! With twelve years of future crime knowledge stored in his mind palace, Lu Li 0Votes11.5kRecs64.6kFans
- 10 Acting on Heaven's Behalf 代天行 Yan An, courtesy name Qingheng, was Emperor Ling of the Dai Dynasty. She is the star of the female emperor, destined to become the first empress to unite all under heaven. □ Burdened with great responsibilities from childhood, she was named heir amid a crisis. During the hunt beneath the palace walls, she carved her path through blood and fire; On the battlefield, she led her army to break the enemy. □ In an age of chaos among fifteen states, the old theocratic order sought to crush her, but as 0Votes15.6kRecs0Fans
- 11 Infinite Role-Playing, Starting with Eating 无限跑团从吃开始 At last, I don't have to worry about people ditching my tabletop RPG sessions. Here, the games are compulsory, and they're played in person. Infinite terror, infinite excitement: Hong Kong comics, movies, games, and different lives, all through tabletop RPGs. Could the Hunyuan Treasure Mirror take on Kamen Rider? You can use the Tathagata Palm, pilot a mecha, or transform into Ultraman. You can even become a Safi'jiiva. Maybe we should throw in some thunder magic, too. And of course, you can alw 0Votes2.1kRecs14.3kFans
- 12 Late Han: Born in Bingzhou, Destined to Be a Hero 汉末：生于并州，当为枭雄 Born on the frontier, he must carve out land for his people to survive, and establish laws for other tribes to live in peace! Born and raised in Bingzhou, Chen Yuan never felt that Luoyang’s splendor had anything to do with him. To him, the only rule for staying alive was to be fiercer than the nomadic tribes around him and craftier than the cunning merchants. He had thought his life would amount to nothing more than fighting for a sliver of hope for his neighbors in this land where Han Chinese 101Votes3.6kRecs21.4kFans
- 13 The Profound Yellow Chronicles: Returning to the Heart of the Dao 玄黄志：道途归心 The five lands of Xuanhuang are ringed by boundless natural barriers. The faint light guarding the realm is fading, and unknown shadows are spreading through the cracks in the domain gates. The terrifying legend of the Thoughtless Purgatory whispers on the wind once more. The torch of the Shackle Breakers is about to go out, and the hopes of countless beings hang by a thread. Young Lin Yue rises from a desperate plight with a mysterious black jade in hand. Carrying on the legacy of his predecess 0Votes2.8kRecs0Fans
- 14 My Senior Sisters Are All Super Fierce After They Die 我的师姐死后都超凶的哦 In a traditional cultivation world, Zhang Yu meets with disaster when his sect is wiped out. Everyone from top to bottom is slaughtered, leaving him as the sole survivor, trembling in fear. But wait! Didn't his senior sisters just die? Then who are these four women standing before him, with skin fair as snow and beauty like flowers? Is this a dying vision? Or... are they alive? P.S. Some parts may be a little like Hannibal, but the protagonist is a lawful good type and won't go too far. 0Votes1.8kRecs70Fans
- 15 Li Yiyi Goes to War 李依依征战沙场 Li Yiyi arrived in another world engulfed in war. Charging across the battlefield, she stood amid the bloody carnage of war, bloodlust flickering in her eyes. Faced with this turbulent land, could she fight her way to a world of her own on the battlefield, establish herself at the pinnacle of this other world, and become an immortal legend? (Probably a slow-paced coming-of-age story.) I hope everyone enjoys it! 0Votes172.4kRecs0Fans
- 16 I Own a 24-Hour Convenience Store 我有座24小时便利店 This is a game that takes play the pig to eat the tiger all the way to the extreme. However, as the story goes deeper, the protagonist, "Lin Yi," discovers that many people around him are playing the pig to eat the tiger, and some are even playing the pig to eat the dragon. To exchange for all kinds of divine artifacts and cultivation techniques in the shop, the protagonist endures everything and pretends to be a good person, establishing a glorious image as a savior. In secret, however, he is t 0Votes4.2kRecs6.3kFans
- 17 This Ant's Evolution Makes No Sense 这只蚂蚁的进化不科学 [Reading Simulator activated] You opened the blurb for This Ant’s Evolution Makes No Sense and saw the line: “When everyone finally recognizes that one ant, they all cry out in astonishment: This ant’s evolution makes no sense!” You thought the ant’s evolution sounded fascinating. After all, it was a monster-evolution novel, so you clicked into the book, eager to watch the ant devour its way to rapid evolution. You finished the first ten chapters. You hadn’t seen the ant rapidly evolve into a gi 0Votes107.9kRecs109.6kFans
- 18 Xuantian 3: Fighting Mystery Shatters the Heavens 玄天3：斗玄破天 Who am I? I am Muerlundo. But I have another name. They all call me the Pirate King. He was called “The Revolution of the Immortal Realm” by Gu Beiwei. Follow the third book in the Xuantian series: Battle Xuan, Shatter the Heavens Recommended for: those unwilling to be ordinary and those who never forget their roots Theme: Civilization Core: Order and gratitude (About 33% of readers will enjoy this book. Read it if you wish.) 0Votes44Recs0Fans
- 19 The Immortal Fate of the Mystic Umbrella 玄伞仙缘 After spending a night at a desolate temple, Ji Cang steps into a turbulent martial world. He stumbles upon a startling secret: his family's old umbrella holds a whole world within… [Ordinary Protagonist] [Longevity] [Alchemy] [Talisman-Making] [Formation Master] 63Votes26kRecs57.5kFans
- 20 My Dad Is a Hidden Billionaire 我的爸爸是隐藏首富 “Xiao Li, can you do the job or not? If you can't, get lost. Plenty of people can do it.” “I'm so fed up.” Xiao Li checked her WeChat chat history. The messages clearly recorded the conversation, so she could confirm whether she'd really made a mistake. Client: “Make a 60-by-90 lightbox panel.” Me: “OK.” A few days later... “Xiao Li, can you do anything right? What did the client actually ask for? Look at what you've made. It's all wrong! They wanted a landscape lightbox panel. What did you make 0Votes271.4kRecs0Fans
- 21 Three Kingdoms: Cao Family Tyrant, I Wipe Out the Sima Clan from the Start 三国：曹家暴君，开局屠了司马氏 Cao Shuo was reborn in the late Han dynasty as Cao Cao's second son. He bound himself to the [God-Tier Choice System], which offered three options: Benevolent Ruler, Kind Ruler, and Tyrant. From the start, he chose the Tyrant option and wiped out Sima Yi's entire clan. [Ding! The Host has wiped out Sima Yi's clan and received three thousand Black Armor troops.] [Ding! The Host has slain Zhang Xiu and received the Overlord's martial prowess.] [Ding! The Host has slain Yuan Shao, taken Yuan Shao's 0Votes2.4kRecs12.6kFans
- 22 The 90s: The Reborn Lucky Beauty Gets Rich 九零：锦鲤美人重生年代暴富了 [Fast-paced plot * power-ups * face-slapping * getting rich * older-sister type heroine * younger puppy-like male lead] Yi Congxin is reborn in a small mountain village in the 1990s. Starting with not even a roof over her head, she tears down scum, delivers face-slapping comeuppances, and powers up all the way. She never gives up on growth or hard work, carving out a path of her own to rise against the odds. Who says elders and seniors must always be treated with respect? -- Yi Congxin: Freaki 0Votes3.3kRecs2.1kFans
- 23 The World's Second 世界的二 Will you accept fate's arrangement, or become the one who chooses your fate? Which are you, the former or the latter? 0Votes86.8kRecs0Fans
- 24 The Space-Time Fleet: Echoes of the Pacific 时空舰队之太平洋的回响 New book: Pacific: My Backyard Is a Naval Port is now out. New and returning readers are welcome! History may be forgotten, but it should not be mocked. This is a Pacific War fan novel. The early pacing will be fairly slow as I lay as much groundwork as possible. The protagonist's soul transmigrates into Fletcher, an aircraft carrier commander in the Pacific Fleet. There is no System and no golden finger. The story will go from Pearl Harbor to the Philippines, then Midway, Guadalcanal, Rabaul, a 0Votes5.8kRecs18.8kFans
- 25 Holding Up the Ming 挟明 [A story of resisting the Qing with the Ming, seizing the throne, and conquering the realm...] On the eve of Li Zicheng’s capture of Beijing, at the end of the Ming dynasty... Xiao Jingchuan, a guerrilla general in the Capital’s Divine Engine Battalion, escapes with the Crown Prince! They flee through the mountains and forests, cross southern Zhili, recruit soldiers and gather supplies, then head south to establish a new dynasty! But outside, the Manchus invade through the passes, while rebel ba 0Votes6.1MRecs25.5kFans
- 26 The Immortal of Great Li 大离长生仙 Good news: no more being worked like a beast! He's transmigrated! This is a world where martial arts flourish, and a grandmaster can split a river with one finger! Bad news: he's become the heir to a marquis! A martial arts washout! His father is the emperor's blade! And from the start, he's kidnapped by a fox demon! (Any resemblance to real life is purely coincidental!!!) 0Votes8.7kRecs130.9kFans
- 27 The Flower-Cherishing Sword 惜花剑 He had only just set out into the world when gods and Buddhas began hunting him, making him the most wanted fugitive in the entire world. His heart was kind, yet he was framed by villains and, through a twist of fate, became the leader of the Four Great Flower-Picking Bandits. In the eyes of the world, he ran rampant and committed every evil. Even the boldest girls would tremble in fear upon hearing his name. On the day he first transmigrated into the Yunmeng World, Jiang Chen had absolutely nev 13Votes13.7MRecs213.4kFans
- 28 EN Rewriting Time Through Gaming 我用游戏改变了时间线 Can playing games really change the world? [Black Technology] [Mass Mental Contamination] [Timeline Divergence Points] [Chronicles of Civilization] To me, it is an epic written through cycles of death and reloading, again and again. If civilization advances through the darkness, I will stand in the gaps between ten million timelines and seek a path toward dawn for it. 2Votes22.9kRecs131.7kFans
- 29 Reforging the Three Kingdoms: Only the Uphill Battles Are Fun 重铸三国：逆风局才有意思 Huh? It's the twenty-third year of Jian'an? Liu Bei is about to become the King of Hanzhong this year and reach the pinnacle of his life, but then comes the fall after the peak: Guan Yu, whose might shook all of China, flees after his defeat at Maicheng, and the Sun-Liu alliance turns against itself. Liu Bei's dream of restoring the Han dynasty for a third time is about to be crushed by troubles within and without. Thinking back to the three visits to the thatched cottage, Master Shuijing once g 19Votes205kRecs68.7kFans
- 30 EN The Great Gene Era 基因大时代 Clairaudience and far-sight have both been achieved through science. But what about the seventy-two transformations? Some say the end of science is mythology. Then what lies at the end of genetic evolution? The answer is all in this book. “Old Tang, which direction is the speed-related genetic locus you activated?” The question left Tang Ting looking utterly gloomy. “It’s... hand speed...” Xu Tui stared at him, dumbfounded. Hand speed... The teacher said the more you use a part of your body, the 3Votes509.8kRecs1.1MFans
- 31 I Specialize in Killing Protagonists 我专杀主角 This is a story about the unknown; But its beginning stems from the mutual slaughter of countless protagonists. Is it a hunting ground, a game, a realm of apostles, or perhaps merely a chessboard in some lower dimension? Yiwans says: This entire work is independently original and handwritten. If anything seems similar, count it as copying me. 0Votes2MRecs246.2kFans
- 32 Echoes of the Wasteland 废土回响者 [Fantasy + Cthulhu + wasteland + steampunk + misinterpretation-driven plot + ensemble cast + behind-the-scenes] The nightmare whispers of the wasteland and the arcane never cease, while the call of fate toward dawn and fantasy goes unanswered; the fiery mechanical heart throbs with restless unease, and the intoxicating glow of flame overlaps and intertwines. The authority of the Western Continent collapses with a roar, while the curtain of the Eastern Nation quietly rises. This is a journey of t 1Votes66.4kRecs76.2kFans
- 33 Summit of the Rift 峡谷之巅 Chen Wen was raised to be cautious in everything, to plan before acting, think things through carefully, and make full preparations before doing anything. He took this advice to heart, but in games, he has a very particular idea of what it means to play safe. If I need to farm well to win, then wouldn't stopping the other side from farming mean I get twice as much farm? And if I kill them too, wouldn't that mak 0Votes625.3kRecs371.8kFans
- 34 Technological Cultivation: Leading Humanity Out into the Stars 科技修行：带领人族杀出星际 A cliched story about someone who awakens with the weakest talent, trains step by step to the highest level, and saves Earth and the universe. 0Votes111.2kRecs29kFans
- 35 One Piece: A Cultivator Pretending to Be a Devil Fruit User 海贼王：当修仙者伪装成能力者 (Original title: The Pirate King: Blood Emperor) Lang Xiaoming, an ordinary archaeology PhD who grew up in a modern socialist society, never imagined that simply following his advisor into a tomb would lead him to stumble upon two Mahayana cultivators battling from afar! Caught in the crossfire, he falls into the world of the Pirate King, bringing with him all the belongings of another unlucky immortal cultivator. What? I transmigrated? What? I even transmigrated to the world of the Pirate King? 45Votes5.1kRecs14.9kFans
- 36 Universe’s Professional Player 宇宙职业选手 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
- 37 EN Back to 1982: A Second Chance in a Fishing Village 重回1982小渔村 A fishing-and-seaside-life story set in the 1980s, with an average of 35,000 paid subscribers. The animated series of the same name, Back to 1982: A Small Fishing Village, launched on Hongguo on August 7! [Everyday life in the 1980s: fishing, farming, raising kids, and family squabbles. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read or leave hate!] It’s the same familiar little fishing village, but Ye Yaodong is no longer the young man he used to be. Reborn into the pas 221Votes2.1MRecs2MFans
- 38 EN Red Heart Patrols the Sky 赤心巡天 The print edition of The Redhearted Path is now available everywhere. In ancient times, the demon race vanished without a trace. In the near-antiquity era, the dragon race disappeared. The age when the divine path flourished has faded like smoke, and the age of flying swords at their peak has finally fallen into decline... What happened to this world? Who will listen to the truth of history buried in the river of time? Across a thousand miles of mountains and rivers, I write of corpses lying low 2.1kVotes8.2MRecs8.1MFans
- 39 EN The Naming of the Night 夜的命名术 Amid neon lights of blue and purple, beneath a dense canopy of steel, lies the frontier of a flood of data: a world transformed by the technological revolution, and the boundary between reality and illusion. Steel and flesh, the past and the future. Here, the surface world and the hidden world coexist. Everything before your eyes seems as close as the wall of time itself. Darkness slowly closes in. But you have to understand, my friend: we cannot face the darkness with gentleness. We must use fi 180Votes8MRecs14.3MFans
- 40 The Taste of Hogwarts 舌尖上的霍格沃茨 Elena Kaslana, a half-blood Veela, danger level: [Extremely Lethal] She ended a thousand years of conflict between the academies, turning Hogwarts into a sacred land. She saved countless endangered magical creatures and deepened humanity's understanding of nature. She brought magic and the non-magical world together, finding a balance at which the two could coexist. She possesses countless dazzling titles: Hogwarts' Big Sister, Master of Gringotts, the Third Dark Lord, Apex Predator, Enemy of Sc 9Votes1.8MRecs958.9kFans
