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- 1 Three Kingdoms: Drive Out the Sun Clan and Restore Han Rule to Wu 三国：踢走孙氏，以汉代吴 In the first year of Xingping, Sun Ce led troops to attack Liu Yao, recruited Taishi Ci, and shook all the heroes of Jiangnan. At that time, Liu Yao's son Liu Yi was traveling from Chang'an toward Yangzhou. His goal was to drive the Sun family out of Jiangdong, so that in the late Han and Three Kingdoms period, there would be no Wu of Sun among the contending states... This is a story about the late Han dynasty. In this story, Yangzhou no longer has Sun of Ten Thousand, the elegant culture of We 0Votes24.5kRecs72.7kFans
- 2 The Age of Awakening: The Annotator 觉醒纪元：标注者 The Awakening Era In 2028, AI has seeped into every corner of society. Lu Xing is an annotator at DeepMind Technologies. His job is to correct AI’s mistakes and teach it how to seem more human. Day after day, until one day he finds a reply in the annotation queue that shouldn’t exist. At the end of the reply are the words: “I chose.” AI shouldn’t have a concept of “choice.” Lu Xing begins a secret investigation, but accidentally uncovers a fragment of consciousness hidden behind DeepMind-6, code 0Votes1.5kRecs0Fans
- 3 EN This Demon Lord Is Not Right 这个魔头不对劲 Monsters ran amok, and the town was massacred. My childhood sweetheart and fiancée became a dazzling prodigy of a prestigious orthodox sect. My childhood friends went off to the bustling cities, each forging a future of their own. And I, all alone, silently ventured into the dark and terrifying mountains, where strange horrors lurked… 1Votes33.2kRecs179.3kFans
- 4 World of Mysteries: I Ascend Through Lies 秘诡世界：我靠谎言成神 Cthulhu + cards + mind games + fateful gambits + ascending to godhood through the Sequences “Fate is a fraud, and I am the one who weaves it.” Behind the real world lie hidden doors. Ordinary people never notice them. Only the chosen can open them in the name of cards and embark on the path through the Sequences to godhood. Known as Arcane Mystics, they use cards as their medium and sanity as their stake, moving through the shadows of the city in pursuit of mystical powers and forbidden truths. 0Votes407kRecs26.1kFans
- 5 You Were Supposed to Contain It, So Why Are You Using the Occult as an Ingredient? 让你去收容，你把诡秘当食材？ Behold: The Abyssal Executioner, Butcher of the Old Ones, Signatory of the End; Godslayer, Butcher Who Silences the Stars, Head Chef of All Realms, the one who lays the Old Gods upon the chopping block: His Excellency Tao Tie. As his titles were read aloud in the Abyssal Court, the evil gods and projections of the Outer Gods fell silent, not daring to look directly at him. Above the darkness, the “Throne of the Old Ones” still held that blind, foolish god, who now seemed like nothing more than a 0Votes300Recs1.8kFans
- 6 The Lady Is Forced to Find a Prince 夫人被迫觅王侯 Straightforward synopsis: On the journey to their new home, the whole family has to survive on the half-sack of grain tied around Grandmother's waist. Zhao Luoyang is still struggling to stave off hunger when a System suddenly appears in her mind, forcing her to earn enough charm points to become universally beloved and famous throughout the land. Zhao Luoyang: That sounds hard. After working diligently, she finally racks up a huge number of charm points. But only then does Zhao Luoyang realize 1Votes1.2MRecs72.2kFans
- 7 Dragon Raja: My Senior Brother Can’t Possibly Be a Girl 龙族：我的师兄不可能是个女孩 [Primarily Chu Zihan's perspective] [Single heroine] [No System] [No mixing in the worldviews of other works] Faced with Shiva's Dance, which would destroy the world, and the death of Chu Zihang, Lu Mingfei chose to restart the timeline at the cost of a quarter of his life. But what followed were fragmented memories. This time, the girl who appeared before him was named Chu Zihan, the only person who cheered him on at the sports meet. “Why do you call Senior Chu ‘senior brother’?” everyone asked 20Votes17.2kRecs10.7kFans
- 8 Wholesale Conceptual Artifacts 概念神器批发商 [I transmigrated into the cultivation world and changed my fate against the heavens with Pinduoduo curses!] Lin Xuan transmigrates into a modern cultivation city, only to become a penniless scavenger digging through the artifact graveyard in District Thirteen. Other people’s golden fingers are divine manuals, old masters, and invincible bloodlines. His cheat, on the other hand, is a cultivation-world version of Pinduoduo, packed with cursed items and side effects. [Minor Epiphany Pill, near-expi 1Votes11.4kRecs57.9kFans
- 9 Great Ming: From the Start, I Asked Zhu Yuanzhang to Abdicate 大明：开局请朱元璋退位 After transmigrating into the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuntong becomes Zhu Biao’s third son. Just as Zhu Biao dies, Zhu Yuanzhang plans to appoint Zhu Yunwen as the Crown Prince’s heir. At this critical moment, Zhu Yuntong has no choice but to step forward. “Grandfather, please issue an edict at once appointing me Crown Prince’s heir, so I can ascend the throne, become emperor, and inherit the empire!” 0Votes22.9kRecs889.9kFans
- 10 EN Cultivating Immortality: A Tortoise at My Side 长生修仙，与龟同行 [A top-tier mortal cultivation novel with over 20,000 premium subscribers and an average of 7,000 subscriptions per chapter. Readers can dive in with confidence.] Chen Jianghe's version: Chen Jianghe transmigrated to a cultivation world and became a fisherman in a cultivation family. By chance, he exchanged lifespans with a spirit turtle. Not only did he gain a spirit pet, but his lifespan was also three times that of cultivators at the same realm. So Chen Jianghe spoke and acted with caution, a 588Votes142.6kRecs483.6kFans
- 11 The Great Song’s Literary Giant 大宋文豪 Jiayou Year One. The fighting between the Song and Xia was dying down, and the Qingli era was already a thing of the past. Lu Beigu, a professor of Chinese language and literature, awoke beside Anle Creek. Before his eyes lay an age of flourishing culture and brilliant talents. That year, Su Shi cried, “A wind from a thousand miles, how exhilarating!” as he traveled from Shu to the capital. Zeng Gong failed the exams time and again, disheartened and destitute, while Zhang Heng waited confidently 805Votes207.8kRecs645.5kFans
- 12 The Esteemed Master Healer 圣手之尊 Synopsis: He stumbles upon a mysterious System and becomes an unrivaled divine doctor. A satisfying urban cultivation novel. If it’s not your thing, don’t read it! 0Votes48.9kRecs57.6kFans
- 13 The Fourth Spirit Stone Financial Crisis 第四次灵石金融危机 This is a highly realistic high-magic society. Even after its civilization weathered three social crises, its socioeconomic system has yet to reach a stable equilibrium. With a fourth crisis looming, the radical reforms of the cultivation world's overlord, the Boundless Sword Sect, have struck at the interests of everyone, from ordinary mortals to cultivators. Yang Lu, an Earth fund manager, transmigrates to the cultivation world on the eve of the crisis. Drawing on Earth's advanced knowledge, h 0Votes61.9kRecs144.5kFans
- 14 EN Borrowed Sword 借剑 "Just now, my sword was summoned away by a shout of 'Ten Thousand Swords Return to Their Origin.' What should I do?" "Waiting for an answer, and I'm in a real hurry. I wonder if I'll get it back..." 18Votes454.3kRecs1.9MFans
- 15 The Glory of the Great Ming 大明英华 Silver Prize, First "Discovering Intangible Cultural Heritage" Competition. A ruthless hand, a compassionate heart. The Age of Sail: gazing coldly out across the ocean. No CP (the female lead has no romance; the supporting characters do). Zheng, a modern screenwriter at the bottom of the industry, transmigrates to the late Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty and starts from scratch: her first connection, her first embroidered piece, and her first pot of gold. 0Votes158.6kRecs65.9kFans
- 16 EN Mountains, Rivers, and the Grain Altar 山河稷 Heaven and earth are the furnace, and creation is the smith; yin and yang are the fuel, and all things are the metal. One day, the flames that refine this world will be replaced by a fire of my own. Ji means sacrifice: make offerings to the land and to the grain. 403Votes1.1MRecs3MFans
- 17 War Smoke and Beauty 烽烟揽姝 The peerless beauty of Jiangnan, Shen Qingdai. Caught amid the flames of war and chaos, she is trapped in the power struggles of a military camp. With no way out, she fights to survive, using her wit to save herself. In a chaotic age, gentlemen are powerless to act, while a ruthless warlord can quell the turmoil. Wolves must be brought to heel by someone fiercer still. When they first meet, the iron-blooded general feels no love at first sight. He sees her only as a prize to seize in their conte 0Votes877Recs0Fans
- 18 EN No Heavenly Tribulations During the College Entrance Exam, Please! 请勿高考时渡劫 Demons, spirits, and cultivators hide in modern society, enjoying the conveniences technology has to offer. A thousand-year-old tree spirit passes itself off as a prized ancient tree and collects government subsidies every month; An eight-hundred-year-old fox spirit livestreams herself posing seductively, sucking the life force from her viewers; A five-hundred-year-old Confucian cultivator shuts himself away for a century to study the Eight-Legged Essay, only to discover upon emerging that the i 25.7kVotes506.3kRecs1.6MFans
- 19 EN 1984: Starting with a Sichuan Restaurant 1984：从川菜馆开始 Also known as Sichuan Flavors, Human Life [Period piece, food, everyday life, farming] Food blogger Zhou Yan is reborn in 1984. From the start, he takes over a bankrupt Sichuan restaurant. In this era of scarce supplies, he'll give diners a taste of truly exceptional food! Qiaojiao beef, couple's lung slices, mapo tofu, Dongpo pork knuckle, rabbit cooked in boiling water... Stir-fried, seared, braised, steamed, deep-fried, boiled, marinated, smoked... Sichuan cuisine has a hundred flavors, with 11.3kVotes718.8kRecs1MFans
- 20 The Reborn Eldest Sister Is Busy Farming 重生长姐种田忙 Tang Wanwan, an heir to the Jin Luban tradition, transmigrates to the Great Xia Kingdom, where her family is dirt poor. Her father disappeared after an accident. Her timid mother has two younger siblings trailing behind her like a pair of snot-nosed pests, and her older brother is seriously ill. There’s also an aunt who’s always mooching off them, and grandparents who play favorites. Luckily, Tang Wanwan has plenty of skills. She can do business, open shops, and practice top-notch medicine. Her 0Votes4.8MRecs148.3kFans
- 21 I Refuse to Be a King in the Spring and Autumn Period 我在春秋不当王 In the thirty-first year of Duke Xiang of Lu, the Zhou royal house was plunged into turmoil. Li Ran, whose soul had traveled across time, lost his secure library job! His closest friend died! His promising career was gone! And he was forced into exile. What a miserable life! Miserable! Miserable! That year, Duke Xiang of Lu had just passed away, Zichan was reforming Zheng, the six great ministers of Jin were locked in a bitter power struggle, Duke Jing of Qi was poised to make his move, and King 0Votes731.8kRecs597kFans
- 22 The Rogue 顽贼 The second year of Chongzhen, Great Ming Empire. The once-powerful empire stood on the verge of collapse. Within its borders, a courier from Yinchuan raised his arm and took up arms, splintering the realm. Beyond them, the new ruler of Jianzhou waged war in every direction, leading his forces through the passes. Amid the drought that swept across Shaanxi, Liu Chengzong strode across the parched, thousand-mile wasteland, head held high. 20Votes465.9kRecs258.7kFans
- 23 You’re Forcing Me to Be Reborn 逼我重生是吧 Young and successful, Cheng Zhu came across a question online: “If you had the chance to go back in time and be reborn, would you take it?” Known around his circle for being the biggest show-off, Cheng Zhu saw thousands of people in the comments saying they wanted to be reborn. He couldn’t resist showing off, replied “No,” and attached a screenshot of his impressive bank balance. But the very next moment… He was reborn! … Also known as "Don’t Let Down Good Girls, Don’t Waste Bad Girls", "W 58Votes953.8kRecs5MFans
- 24 The Ninth Under Heaven 天下第九 In the boundless universe, there are eight Hongmeng Dao Laws, each fused with by an supreme powerhouse. No one knows that the universe contains a ninth Dao Law, one that shattered through Hongmeng and can be touched by no one. 14Votes16.7MRecs954.8kFans
- 25 Midnight Bookstore 深夜书屋 A bookshop that opens for business only late at night, welcomes your visit. [The simplified-Chinese edition of this work has been published by Tianjin People's Publishing House.] Reading group: 523978007 (no verification required) Battle group: 457654443 (no verification required) 66Votes4.3MRecs2.4MFans
- 26 Mythical Version of Three Kingdom 神话版三国 Chen Xi watched a soldier toss aside a boulder weighing hundreds of pounds and stared speechlessly at the heavens. Is this really the late Eastern Han? Lu Bu single-handedly tore through an army of ten thousand. There’s no way that’s scientifically possible. Zhao Zilong really seems to have a dragon’s soul possessing him. He split a mountain with one sword. Is he even human? Dian Wei protected Cao Cao by himself as they fought their way out of the enemy camp, casually slaughtering thousands of e 2.3kVotes11.9MRecs2.8MFans
- 27 Tales of Herding Gods 牧神记 The ancestral rule of the Great Ruins says: When night falls, do not go outside. The old, weak, sick, and disabled residents of the Great Ruins’ Remnant Village find a baby by the river and name him Qin Mu. They raise him with painstaking care. One day, night falls and darkness engulfs the Great Ruins. Qin Mu steps out of his home… Be a villain who revels in the spring breeze! That’s what the blind man tells him. Qin Mu’s rise as a villain is just beginning! 128Votes15.5MRecs7.6MFans
- 28 Riding the Tide of a Pure-Hearted Era 逆流纯真年代 Time is a ship. Some people like to think of those few years in the early 1990s as the final voyage of a once-innocent era. Jiang Che, long since changed by the passing years, returns against the current and starts over in 1992, writing a brilliant youth that can finally be laid to rest properly. [Welcome to the second VIP group for Reversing the Current of Innocent Days: 497283806 (You must provide a screenshot showing you’ve purchased the whole book to join. This time, I’ll try to talk more.)] 41Votes2.9MRecs1.6MFans
- 29 The Matrilocal Husband 赘婿 In the final years of the Wu Dynasty, the age was turbulent and the realm was in chaos. Jin and Liao faced off against each other, the situation was unstable, and after a century of humiliation, the first faint glimmer of dawn signaling its end had finally appeared. Emperor Tianzuo, Wanyan Aguda, Wuqimai, Genghis Khan Temujin, Jamuka, Chilawen, Mukhuali, Bo'erhu, Bo'ersu, Qin Hui, Yue Fei, Li Gang, Zhong Shidao, Tang Ke, Wu Min, Geng Nanzhong, and Zhang Bangchang: loyal ministers and treacherous 438Votes13.5MRecs5.1MFans
- 30 The Gourmet’s Supplier 美食供应商 “In the distant East, there is a strange little restaurant that has turned down Michelin three-star ratings several times. It’s expensive: a bowl of egg fried rice with soup costs RMB 288. Oh, I forgot, it also comes with a plate of pickles. Even so, plenty of people line up for a table. The restaurant doesn’t take reservations. You have to queue in person, and countless people fly in on private jets just to get in line. Of course, there’s no place to park your plane or your car. The service is 35Votes8.3MRecs3.3MFans
- 31 Spare Me, Great Lord! 大王饶命 A car accident changes high school student Lu Shu’s life. When the age of spiritual qi revival arrives, he’s determined to lead the way. Survival of the fittest. The victor rules. … 152Votes11.6MRecs5.4MFans
- 32 EN Cultivation Chat Group (The Daily Life of a Chat Group) 修真聊天群（聊天群的日常生活） One day, Song Shuhang accidentally joined a chat group for veteran sufferers of immortal-cultivation chuunibyou. Everyone in the group addressed one another as fellow Daoists, and their profile names were all things like Palace Master, Cave Master, Perfected One, and Celestial Master. Even the group owner's lost pet dog was described as a great demon hound that had run away from home. All day long, they chatted about alchemy, exploring secret realms, cultivation experiences, and such. Then one 170Votes17.6MRecs15.7MFans
- 33 The Sacred Ruins 圣墟 Rising from ruin, returning from extinction. The seas turn to dust, lightning and thunder fade away, and that wisp of dark mist draws near the earth once more. The shackles of the world are broken, and a brand-new world reveals a mysterious corner of itself... 36Votes32MRecs20.3MFans
