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- 51 EN My Study Group Is Full of Real Big Shots 我的学习群里全是真大佬 [Sanwan Erding Academic Prodigy Novel] Underachiever Li Dong accidentally joins a bizarre “Azure Dragon Study Group.” The group members all have extremely old-fashioned names, such as “Isaac Newton,” “Faraday,” “Gauss,” and “Einstein.” They often discuss obscure and difficult academic questions, and occasionally send out exclusive red packets. The contents of the red packets are even more outrageous: “Focus That Pierces the Truth,” “Fragments of Logical Thinking,” “Absolute Memory,” “The Origin 3.5kVotes175kRecs996.7kFans
- 52 Naruto: Turning Lies into Truth and Deceiving the Shinobi World 火影：弄假成真，欺诈忍界 [Lies Come True] [Read the First Three Chapters] [A Wild Imagination] When Hinata Unsen saw that his golden finger could make his “lies come true,” he quietly made a decision. “I’m going to tell a gigantic lie and make the entire Shinobi World dance to my tune.” In the very end, the figure of “Hinata Unsen,” the savior trusted by all, merged with that of “Otsutsuki Unshiki,” the Shinobi World’s public enemy. At that moment, every lie became reality, and every hope turned to despair. “From n 82Votes111.8kRecs495.2kFans
- 53 The Struggle for the Throne in the Jiajing Era 夺嫡在嘉靖朝 In the twenty-eighth year of the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming, the Crown Prince died, leaving the succession vacant. The struggle between Prince Yu and Prince Jing would determine countless lives, fortunes, and reputations. On one side stood Zhu Zaiji, Prince Yu, first in line by age. Backed by the court’s upright officials and invoking ancestral precedent, he was regarded by the scholarly world as the obvious choice for Crown Prince. On the other stood Zhu Zaizhen, Prince Jing. With Grand Se 887Votes132.3kRecs446.7kFans
- 54 The Ming Dynasty, 1627 大明王朝1627 In 1627, in the Ming Dynasty, pig iron cost 9 wen per jin, wheat cost 0.7 taels per shi, and millet cost 0.5 taels per shi. In 1627, the Ming central government collected roughly 10 million taels of silver and 4 million shi of grain tax. Local revenues from corvee levies, militia levies, community levies, and relay-station levies amounted to around 10,000 to 20,000 taels of silver per county. In 1627, the population was around 150 to 200 million, still far short of the 400 million it would reach 32Votes223kRecs810.3kFans
- 55 The Treasure Mirror of Pure Light 清光宝鉴 “Come, let us invite the moon from the Milky Way's highest heaven, and together admire the eternal spring of the human world. Let us ignore the world's turmoil and spend half a lifetime cultivating a body beyond tribulation...” The moon in the water is like a dream, like flowers reflected in a mirror. Even a child knows that the moon in the water can only be seen, never touched. But Qin Xuan can scoop it up... … 4.9kVotes309.3kRecs590.2kFans
- 56 We Agreed to Develop Match-Three, So What's With the Earth War? 说好开发消消乐，地球战争什么鬼 P.S. Set on a parallel Blue Star, with no history of world wars. Anti-war themes. Fictional setting for plausible deniability. Scene One Inside a game livestream somewhere in the Great Xia Federation. “All right, that’s it for this anti-war game. I’d give it a four out of ten. Let’s check out the next anti-war game... Huh?” “An immersive story from the start? It’s called... D-Day.” “Looks like a landing operation. The streamer’s on a landing craft, but he’s too far back to see what’s going on up 13Votes307.7kRecs1.7MFans
- 57 EN Surviving In A Martial Arts World To Become A Saint 苟在武道世界成圣 With a destiny in hand, survive by keeping a low profile! Chen Qing transmigrates into a chaotic age where martial arts reign supreme and human lives are as worthless as grass. From the start, he is a poor fisherman's son in Yazi Bay. His father was conscripted for forced labor and never returned, leaving a widowed mother and her orphaned child to be squeezed by government taxes and the gang’s “Dragon King incense offerings,” struggling on the brink of starvation. But there’s always a way forwar 1.6kVotes606kRecs2MFans
- 58 EN I Can't Repay My Student Loans, So I Hunt Demons on the Side 还不起学贷的我只好兼职猎魔 [Averaging 20,000 paid subscriptions, so read with confidence!] [The most lighthearted and delightful fantasy light novel!] Gordon transmigrates to Londinium, in an age of steam and the supernatural, and becomes a poor student at the Royal Academy of Natural Sciences. No noble birth, no family fortune, just a hundred pounds of student debt. And a pair of eyes that can see the truth of Source Matter! To everyone else: waste, pollutants, trash. But Gordon sees: [The radiant Source Matter "Unbroken 10.5kVotes117.4kRecs792.2kFans
- 59 EN In the Name of Divine Abilities 以神通之名 In the lunar year 3230, the Cataclysm erupted. Humanity fell from its position as ruler of the world, and Shenzhou became its last refuge. In 3255, Marquis Lu Zhao was under investigation. “By rights, an extraordinary like you, at your level, has no authority to investigate me.” 11.3kVotes377.1kRecs2.1MFans
- 60 Psychics Don't Die by Gunfire 灵能者不死于枪火 Song Shi, a free bounty hunter and Fourth-Ring psionic, opened his eyes after dying and discovered that he had been reborn twenty years in the past. The megacorporations of the [Corporate Alliance] look down on all living beings, taking even air and sunlight into their hands and quietly putting a price on them. They are turning the idea of a cybernetic nation into reality, greedily eyeing the free markets they have yet to enter. The [Vanpusta Empire] follows a system in which church and state ar 31Votes103.7kRecs407.9kFans
- 61 What's Wrong with One More Person Getting Rich Later? 多我一个后富怎么了 He started out studying medicine but never practiced, then sold TVs, ran into Zhou Huihui, and moved into the sharing economy, where deposits went unrepaid. Next came real estate, where he found some success. At last, he picked a prime property, but never got to top it out… In 2008, Yu Xing woke from a dream to find himself back on the eve of the financial crisis, with his investments in the red. That was the year industry giants took shape and capital awoke. He could only struggle to build his 1.7kVotes1MRecs885.5kFans
- 62 EN Wizard: Starting with Synthetic Gems 巫师：从合成宝石开始 [White Wizard Opening] [Complete Demon Plant System] Explore the unknown, pursue the truth, transcend life and death, and control people's hearts: that is what it means to be a wizard. In this wizarding world, where resources are desperately needed, transmigrator Locke Augustine relies on his golden finger, a synthesis cube, to continually transform low-grade materials into high-grade ones. He sets out to explore every path toward the truth, including breeding, potion-making, and alchemy, develo 1.8kVotes229.1kRecs660.5kFans
- 63 EN Wasteland Border Inspector 废土边境检查官 After transmigrating to a wasteland plagued by infected creatures and endless disasters, Cheng Ye becomes a border inspector in Happiness City. Every survivor hoping to join the city must undergo careful questioning and inspection to prevent any infected creatures from slipping inside. But Cheng Ye soon discovers that these creatures are nothing like he imagined! There are Whispering Tentacles, which can bring the dead back to life and survive through sheer obsession. There are Death Dandelions, 1.2kVotes331.5kRecs1.1MFans
- 64 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
- 65 Literary Genius: This Kid Was Born Smart 文豪：这孩子打小就聪明 [Campus novel about literary copying plus a lighthearted daily life] "You fail math, physics, and chemistry, so getting into college will be difficult. Look at the kid next door, Xiao Lu. He was smart from childhood. His math, physics, and chemistry were poor too, yet he still got into Peking University after taking some Beipei Cup recommendation exam. Why don't you give it a try?" "Mom, Gu Lu is a famous author. He wrote all those bestselling books, like Flatland, The Miracles of the Namiya Gen 3Votes156.4kRecs562kFans
- 66 EN Simultaneous Transmigration: Inheriting the Legacies of Myriad Worlds 同时穿越：继承万界遗产 A man in the world of Shrouding the Heavens, transmigrating simultaneously across the Myriad Worlds. Talents and comprehension merge, and combat power stacks without limit. With five times the strength of someone at the same level, you say I'm just an ordinary mortal? I won't take issue with that. But when my strength reaches ten thousand times that of someone at the same level, what will you call me? All my selves across the Myriad Worlds, lend me your power! (Includes worlds from novels, anime 2.9kVotes425.4kRecs783.7kFans
- 67 I Became a Literary Giant in Russia 我在俄国当文豪 (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
- 68 EN My Name Is Huang Tian: The Blue Heaven Is Dead, What the Heck? 我名黄天，苍天已死什么鬼？ “Doctor, for the past ten days, whenever I’m asleep, I keep vaguely hearing someone call my name.” “Mr. Huang Tian, you’re experiencing auditory hallucinations.” “I’m certain I heard them.” “Then it’s anxiety manifesting physically.” “Anxiety manifesting physically?” “In any case, there’s nothing wrong with you. Don’t worry. Avoid smoking and drinking, go to bed early and get up early, and try to relax. You’ll be fine.” “…” September 5: I went to see a doctor. He said there was nothing wrong wit 1.3kVotes154.7kRecs733.9kFans
- 69 Rising to Power, Starting in Chinatown 飞扬跋扈，从唐人街开始 At the end of the nineteenth century, Chinese laborers in America had fallen to the status of third-class people. Discrimination against and conflicts with Chinese laborers grew increasingly fierce, and attacks became more frequent. In San Francisco's Chinatown, opium dens and gambling houses stood everywhere, while gangs and associations made the area a chaotic mix of all kinds of people. Until one day, Chen Zhengwei stepped off a ship, his face radiant with a brilliant smile. “I like the smell 9Votes357.9kRecs643.4kFans
- 70 EN Mount Shu: The Earth Immortal Who Guards the World 蜀山镇世地仙 The vast universe stretches without end, rich and wondrous. The Taoist schools of the East have a long and storied history, while the esoteric schools of Western Shu have risen to prominence. The Northern Quanzhen, the Southern Alchemy School, the Sword Sect, and the Chan Sect all take their turns on the stage, creating a world of myriad splendors. But in this world, a hundred schools contend, and demons and monsters run rampant. The southern factions are cunning, the northern factions fierce, 251Votes488.2kRecs948.7kFans
- 71 EN Decaying World 腐朽世界 Mystery, despair, pain, decay. The world is lost, and I have no idea where to turn. I arrived in a world nearing its end, beset by dangers and seemingly without hope. All I can do is rely on the mysterious blood mark on my body, continually simulating and evolving all kinds of skills in an attempt to find a way out of this hopeless situation. 112Votes750.5kRecs1.2MFans
- 72 EN Journey to the West: The Roadblock! 西游：拦路人！ Transmigrating into Journey to the West, he awakens the Roadblocker System. As long as he stops Tang Sanzang and his disciples from continuing their pilgrimage at each trial, he can receive rewards. Block them for three days, reward: the Art of Moving Mountains Block them for seven days, reward: Six-Turn Golden Elixir Block them for half a month, reward: True Dragon Pearl Block them for one month, reward: Acquired Spirit Treasure: Five-Flame Divine Fan Block them for one season, reward: Divine A 424Votes179kRecs861.5kFans
- 73 EN Cultivating in the Demonic Sect as a Talent 苟在初圣魔门当人材 Lyu Yang transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, only to become a disciple of the First Sacred Sect, a demonic sect. Fortunately, he obtains a wondrous treasure, the Book of a Hundred Lives. When he dies, he can begin a new life and start all over again, while bringing back treasures, cultivation, and even lifespan from his previous life. He can even awaken special talents. Unfortunately, his chances are limited. He is not truly immortal. With chaos about to engulf the cultivation worl 577Votes1.8MRecs4.7MFans
- 74 EN Are We Destroying the World Today? 今天毁灭世界了吗？ “So you're saying the world is about to end, and that's why you want to steal a rocket?” “This is a first. I've arrested people for robbing jewelry stores and banks. I've even arrested someone for hijacking a train, but never anyone trying to steal a rocket.” “What were you thinking? Even if you actually managed to steal it, could you fly it?” Lin Xu slowly nodded from across the table. “I can.” “Really. I've flown it countless times already.” “Also, you really need to hurry. I'm out of time.” “ 64Votes261.1kRecs951.9kFans
- 75 EN The God Mimic 神的模仿犯 Twelve men and women of different backgrounds are invited into a new world. Here, they must not only decide how to live by voting on proposals, but also keep taking part in deadly games to extend the time on their visas. And the people designing these games of life and death are actually among them. 2.1kVotes523.9kRecs1.4MFans
- 76 The Sword Emerges from the Tang Dynasty 剑出大唐 Zhou Yi woke up to find himself in the Taiping Daoist Temple. The Old Heavenly Master said, “Heaven is dead, and the Yellow Heaven shall rise. From now on, you will be the leader of the Taiping Sect.” Zhou Yi said, “What, me?” … In the world of Twin Dragons of Great Tang, a failed art student sets out to bring order to a chaotic martial world! 34Votes743kRecs1.3MFans
- 77 EN No Retreat South 衣冠不南渡 The ancient empire has fallen, and jackals watch hungrily from the sidelines. Cao Mao never wanted to become an emperor. It is just that the Wei and Jin dynasties know no elegance, and white bones lie everywhere. Thinking of the great catastrophe that will befall Huaxia fifty years from now, Cao Mao can only mount the war chariot once more and launch a final charge. The Han and its traitors cannot coexist! The cultured people must not flee south! Sima clan, aristocratic families, Five Barbarian 6Votes403.4kRecs3.4MFans
- 78 Wanli Emperor 万历明君 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
- 79 EN Reborn 99 Days Before the College Entrance Exam 重生高考前99天 Chen Zhe, a provincial civil servant, unexpectedly returns to the year he was in his final year of high school. Once a wooden, shy student who blushed whenever he spoke to a girl and knew nothing but studying, he suddenly becomes adept at handling people and situations, always saying and doing just the right thing. Not only does he change the course of his life, he also draws more and more attention from girls. Girl: Chen Zhe, what are your strong points? Chen Zhe: I’m honest, and I don’t talk m 4.3kVotes2.7MRecs4.6MFans
- 80 EN 1979: The Golden Age 1979黄金时代 This is still a somewhat nostalgic story, hmm… 8.7kVotes3.7MRecs2.5MFans
- 81 EN Goblin: Severely Dependent 哥布林重度依赖 “Bro, why did we become adventurers?” “A goblin’s bounty is three silver coins.” “No, you’ve got me wrong, mate. I mean, what’s the ultimate goal of this line of work? We toil away all day long, but what’s it all for?” “One goblin. Three silver coins.” “…” “Three silver coins.” “All right, there’s a job to clear out a goblin nest. You…” “I’m in!” Elements: [down-and-out adventurers], [mash-up setting], [DND-inspired] 1.8kVotes631.9kRecs1.3MFans
- 82 EN This Dungeon Grew Mushrooms 这个地下城长蘑菇了 “A wondrous soul stolen away, a hero’s power, and a classic tragic start as the catalyst!” “And with that, a savior is born... Holy crap, why did a mushroom fall in there!?” Lin Jun somehow transmigrated into a mushroom and found herself trapped from the start in the depths of a dungeon, surrounded by all kinds of monsters. With no hands, feet, or eyes, she survives only thanks to a cheat that lets her break down corpses and steal their skills. She even carved out a mushroom garden in the dunge 397Votes668.8kRecs1.7MFans
- 83 The Long Sword at the End of Jin 晋末长剑 As the Tang poet Xu Yin wrote in his poem “The Two Jins”: “Deep schemes across three generations laid the foundations of an empire. What a pity for the widow and orphan. Cheng Ji’s crime brought Heaven’s wrath; the spear that struck a wise ruler is mourned for all eternity.” The Western Jin came to power through illegitimate means and made far too many mistakes, inheriting every ill that had accumulated since the Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms. By the end of the Jin dynasty, the damage had b 123Votes2MRecs2.1MFans
- 84 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
- 85 Reshaping the Millennium Era 重塑千禧年代 At the turn of the millennium, officials were chanting slogans about GDP, bosses took pride in bringing their secretaries along, and rough-and-ready entrepreneurs fought with blades flashing amid the waves of the times. Fang Zhuo returns to the year 2000. Ten years later, a group of venture capitalists and private equity firms storm the company headquarters, demanding an answer from a stunned Fang Zhuo: “Mr. Fang, all your other projects have gone public. When on earth will this first one li 47Votes867.3kRecs825.4kFans
- 86 EN Becoming a God, Starting as a Water Monkey 从水猴子开始成神 [A completed, high-quality novel with an average of over 7,000 paid subscribers. Quality guaranteed, so read with confidence.] Choosing the right path matters more than hard work! Martial masters fight tooth and nail over terrestrial treasure trees, while deepwater divine herbs are ignored. After transmigrating as a fisherman, Liang Qu gains the Cauldron of the Waters. He refines the [Water Monkey] talent, commands aquatic beasts, reaps rewards at every turn, and rises to the top! [Water Monkey] 2kVotes2MRecs3.1MFans
- 87 EN My Life Among the Uncanny 我的诡异人生 In the age of declining magic, evil ghosts have returned, and there is no way out for humanity. A watch passed down to Su Wu by his late parents lets him travel between the past and the future. Ancient traditions lost to the past, taboos passed down by word of mouth, and crafts buried in the dust can all flourish again. In the Hidden Treasury Domain, there are methods for binding evil ghosts with scriptures, offerings, and one's own body; In the Kitchen God Sect, there is the craft of refining o 91Votes658.9kRecs1.9MFans
- 88 The Mirror Legacy 玄鉴仙族 Lu Jiangxian stayed up all night and died suddenly, but his lingering soul attached itself to a blue-gray bronze mirror covered in cracks. The mirror drifted into a vast, boundless world of immortal cultivation. In the perilous and unpredictable Dali Mountains, beside the Mei Chi River, a small village sat in the shadow of a minor clan. When the clan came across the mirror, it began passing down the path of immortality and teaching its arts, ushering in a magnificent new era. (A family’s cultiva 22.9kVotes7.2MRecs21.2MFans
- 89 The Pirate Code 海贼法典 A hero has grand ambitions in his heart and sound strategies in his mind, with the wit to encompass the universe and the will to command heaven and earth! In the world of ONE PIECE, countless ships race across the seas, each striving to outdo the others. Having arrived in an age of rising heroes, will you drift with the waves like a small boat, or stand firm like a reef and tame the raging sea? A One Piece fanfic with no Straw Hat crew. The protagonist is a boss-type character: an ordinary offic 2Votes466.4kRecs254.2kFans
- 90 EN Mysterious Revival 神秘复苏 “My name is Yang Jian. By the time you read this, I'll already be dead...” A strange sheepskin scroll, an eye peering into the darkness: this is the story of someone who lived to tell the tale. 4kVotes4.4MRecs10MFans
- 91 Reborn in the Wild Era 重生野性时代 Back from 2018 to 1993. In my memory, that summer was scorching hot. 1Votes3.1MRecs1.1MFans
- 92 Great Doctor Ling Ran 大医凌然 Ling Ran, a medical student, had a modest goal: to become the greatest doctor in the world. Then, by accident, he achieved it. 53Votes8.5MRecs2.1MFans
