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  1. 101 Infinite Journey to the West 无限西游 Gaming1.6M WordsOngoing Yue Fei spreads his wings and soars ninety thousand li; the Eight Immortals cross the sea to fetch the Eastern Scripture; Ji Gong plays three tricks on the White Snake; Bao Zheng interrogates the Black Bear Demon at night; the One Hundred and Eight Generals storm into Flaming Mountain in a rage; Fan Lihua rescues her martial uncle Sun Wukong; the Tongtian Cult Leader battles the Western Cult Leader; Monk Lampwick secretly pines for the Fairy Zixia... All right, these shameless storylines may not 0Votes165.8kRecs86.5kFans
  2. 102 Playing Online Games in the Cultivation World 在修仙界玩网游 Gaming2.0M WordsCompleted “You probably won't believe this, but I'm playing a game while logged in from the cultivation world.” What's it like to play a Western fantasy MMO in the cultivation world? Bai Xia transmigrated into a body with a useless constitution. He had no old master living inside him, nobody came to break off an engagement, and he had no golden finger whatsoever. Just as he resigned himself to working as a servant until he died, he suddenly discovered that the cultivation world had online games too. When 0Votes145.5kRecs196.7kFans
  3. 103 Diablo: Destruction 暗黑破坏神之毁灭 Gaming18.7M WordsOngoing The fantasy dark-continent war and destruction saga of the Hundred Tribes' prince, with all restraint cast aside. 115Votes3.9MRecs424.1kFans
  4. 104 Forty Thousand Years of Gaming 游戏四万年 Gaming1.6M WordsCompleted Forty thousand years ago, gaming became the world's primary industry. What will games become forty thousand years from now? In this world where the tech tree has gone askew over forty thousand years, come play games with us. 0Votes210.9kRecs79.2kFans
  5. 105 Lord of the Stars 众星之主 Sci-Fi4.0M WordsCompleted This is a wondrous world where everyone pursues martial arts. Legend says that martial arts, cultivated to their utmost, can move mountains, divide seas, soar through the sky, and burrow beneath the earth. Ancient biographies even tell of people who transcended mortality, became immortals, and lived forever. An ordinary young man from Earth is brought to this world by a mysterious beam of light, starting over as a baby. This world closely resembles the Earth of his previous life, but martial art 0Votes311.5kRecs288.2kFans
  6. 106 Online Game: The Primordial Era 网游之荒古时代 Gaming3.1M WordsCompleted Here, you can encounter all kinds of mysterious tribes. Here, you can challenge countless ancient beasts. Here, you can explore the deep mountains and vast marshes in search of heavenly treasures. Here, as long as you’re strong enough, you can even challenge immortals, gods, ancestral spirits, and the very heavens above! Anything is possible here! 0Votes247.5kRecs172.6kFans
  7. 107 Walking Alone on the Great Dao 大道独行 Xianxia5.2M WordsCompleted Three thousand heterodox paths, eight hundred unorthodox schools, and one hundred and eight great sects, in an age when cultivators are as numerous as ants! Cultivators should command the Five Elements, tread upon yin and yang, transcend life, death, and reincarnation, and seek the eternal Great Way! Through arduous cultivation, wandering, enlightenment, and desperate battles, enduring countless trials and holding fast to their convictions, they will eventually reach the summit and take in the b 0Votes683.9kRecs665kFans
  8. 108 One Shot, One Kill 一枪致命 Gaming3.5M WordsCompleted Feng Luo, an international mercenary, transmigrates to a technologically advanced world during a mission. A few years after he settles into his new life, a sci-fi online game called War Chronicle takes the entire Interstellar Federation by storm. The Desert Eagle, Barrett, AK-47, Apache, RPG… one familiar piece of equipment after another stirs memories of his past! The Terminator, the Zerg, Resident Evil, the Force… missions that appear after a System update leave him bewildered and astonished! 0Votes331.2kRecs328kFans
  9. 109 Meow Creed 喵客信条 Gaming3.6M WordsCompleted I remember someone saying that if you could have a completely new life, you should naturally take an entirely new path, wipe away every past disappointment, and make up for every regret. The little cat pursed her lips and gave a soft scoff. People like that have never had a limp, so of course they don't know the hardships of a lame cat, much less understand how much bitterness and pain a limping kitten endures just to climb upward. P.S. The protagonist is neither a thief nor an assassin. If you 0Votes361.7kRecs103.3kFans
  10. 110 A Great Angel from the Start 开局一个大天使 Gaming3.3M WordsCompleted Wang Daliang is a fourth-year student about to graduate, and his greatest hobby is playing all kinds of games. But just as he was about to leave campus, one sweltering summer night when he woke up after being bitten by mosquitoes, he suddenly discovered a huge secret about his roommate. His roommate had actually been reborn... Highlight: Heroes of Might and Magic elements Best part: A lucky reborn player effortlessly crushes the other reborn players 3Votes463.3kRecs308kFans
  11. 111 The Perfect Mecha Sword God 完美机甲剑神 Gaming2.2M WordsCompleted Humanity had entered the age of the Great Universe when it encountered the Dark Demons among the stars, and the two sides fought a bloody war across the starry skies. The young Zhang Yuan was reborn ten years in the past. Using the game Heroes to join the star battlefields, he became a legendary mecha sword god. 0Votes264.9kRecs207.7kFans
  12. 112 Alone in the World 独闯天涯 Gaming1.6M WordsCompleted [A work signed with Qidian’s Third Editorial Group] Feng Xiaoxiao says: No one can defeat me, because… no one can run faster than I can… One Sword Soars to Heaven says: A master must keep a low profile. But I’m a master among masters, so I’m going to be flashy. Flowing Moon says: My special move is drawing my blade to cut through water, not stealing someone else’s love. Sword Without a Trace says: I roam the martial world, yet the martial world has no tales of me. Xiaoyao says: Don’t call me Xia 0Votes669.4kRecs401.8kFans
  13. 113 The Maid War 女仆战争 Gaming991k WordsCompleted Green transmigrated to the world of Aio. At first, Green thought that knowing the future history of the game would let him reach the pinnacle of life. But the first thing he learned about history was that he would die at the hands of his own maid... Something about this script doesn't seem right. P.S. Lots of people say my books are good, but the title alone puts them off. They've seen it several times and still don't want to click 0Votes118.1kRecs94.2kFans
  14. 114 Faith Explosion 信仰大爆炸 Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Liu Bei, a web novelist whose work always flops, transmigrates to a parallel world much like Earth. This world is little different from the one he came from, except that it has no web-novel classics like Battle Through the Heavens or Swallowed Star... Just as he thinks he is about to become the web-novel king of another world, he suddenly discovers that his adventures there have automatically been turned into a novel and published back in his original world. Whether readers support him or tear i 0Votes88.1kRecs121kFans
  15. 115 EN Dao Fruit 道果 Xianxia4.5M WordsCompleted First question: What is the Dao? Answer: The Dao of nature is divinity; the Dao of destiny leads to becoming an immortal. Whether you become an immortal or a god, it is all the Dao. Second question: What is the Great Dao? Answer: The Dao of nature and destiny is the greatest Dao. Third question: How can you be sure it is the Great Dao? Answer: I punch you, and your nature and destiny are both scattered. What Dao could you possibly cultivate then? Born a god, with nature and destiny divided into 0Votes174.6kRecs203.7kFans
  16. 116 Online Game: Melee Mage 网游之近战法师 Gaming3.8M WordsCompleted A super martial artist accidentally picks the mage class while playing an online game. Used to answering force with force, he has no choice but to roll with it and become a close-combat battle mage. When strength and magic are perfectly combined, a whole new path through the game opens before him! Fireball? Chain Lightning? Frost Mirror... Wait, I’m here to practice martial arts. What do spells have to do with me? I’m a mage? Oh, right, I am. But... are you really sure I’m a mage? Fine, take a l 11Votes1.2MRecs1MFans
  17. 117 God-Tier Hero 神级英雄 Gaming6.2M WordsCompleted A hero is a sacred being of immense personal strength, whose troops grow stronger as the hero grows stronger. Hero Genesis is a world-class online game jointly developed by the United States, China, the European Union, Russia, India, Japan, and South Korea. It combines fantasy, adventure, war, trade, territory building, sailing, competition, and casual play. Players around the world are obsessed with it, and the top competitors from every country shine on the battlefield of the national wars. Da 1Votes2.9MRecs527.8kFans
  18. 118 War Paradise 战争天堂 Gaming3.5M WordsCompleted To all you hardcore virtual game players: Tired of the same old linear storylines? Want to try a truly open-world game? Had enough of RPGs where you can only play as one character? Want to lead your subordinates in virtual reality and experience the thrill of commanding an army? Welcome to the large-scale open combat game, “War Paradise.” … After seeing the rules of the game, a professional player who had focused on PVP for twenty years and was also fascinated by AI broke into a radiant smile. 0Votes181.6kRecs173.9kFans
  19. 119 Online Game: Global Online 网游之全球在线 Gaming3.9M WordsCompleted The tenth-anniversary novel, Mistbound Lord, is now available!!! The first cross-era online game in history to combine personal adventure, territory building, and interplanar warfare, Earth Online, has launched worldwide. Players from across the globe are online, and heroes vie for supremacy. See how the reborn protagonist builds his territory, recruits famed generals and renowned scholars from history, stirs up the world, and achieves an emperor’s reign! (PS: This is a return to the purest, mos 4Votes507.6kRecs424.2kFans
  20. 120 EN The Swarm Principle 虫群法则 Light Novel1.7M WordsCompleted Systerm, a transliteration of System, translated into Chinese as System. After waking up, he, having forgotten his own name, became a little grasshopper named Systerm, the kind that could leap several meters in a single bound. A dozen or so days later, just as he had adapted to life as a grasshopper and was happily hopping around, he suddenly noticed a withered yellow leaf falling from the sky. Autumn had arrived. This is the story of a grassho 0Votes163.9kRecs177kFans
  21. 121 Endless Divine Artifacts 无尽神器 Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsCompleted The ancient immortals and gods broke through the heavens and departed, leaving behind only the Daoist resonance of divine artifacts, engraved between heaven and earth. This is a world of divine artifacts. By comprehending the laws of heaven and earth, one can learn a divine artifact's name and form, how to forge it, and its wondrous powers, then record it in a compendium of divine artifacts. By communing with the compendium, one can refine their own magical power into the corresponding divine ar 0Votes164.3kRecs253.3kFans
  22. 122 Reborn: The Thief Who Roamed the World 重生之贼行天下 Gaming3.0M WordsCompleted A lonely wanderer, steps that pursue the shadows, this is the thief's anthem. With the memories of a level-180 master thief, Nie Yan returns to ten years ago. Fate has played a joke on him. Everything he once missed, everything that was taken from him, he'll take back. Then he'll gear up with the best equipment, crush all opposition, kill any god who stands in his way, and become unstoppable. 29Votes2.3MRecs1.1MFans
  23. 123 The Fire Banyan Dao of the Primordial World 洪荒火榕道 Xianxia1.1M WordsCompleted The martial path arose among humanity in ancient times, and the Human Sovereign, Shennong, carried on its legacy. Yet in the primordial age, before humanity had even emerged, mighty beings had already created divine arts of the flesh. One such art was called Law of Heaven and Earth: it gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body, granting the power to pluck stars, seize the sun and moon, and move mountains and rivers, to contend against the Wu and Yao clans. It was the True S 0Votes98.8kRecs147kFans
  24. 124 Starting from Scratch 从零开始 Gaming20.0M WordsCompleted If you want to exchange in-game currency for real-world money, you need a powerful economic entity to guarantee that it can be redeemed. And the only entity capable of doing that is a national government. But why would a government step in to guarantee that a game’s currency can be exchanged for real money? War can be fought this way, too. You can bring down a country without shedding a drop of blood. A game whose currency can be exchanged for real money, a super money-making machine. Its name i 9Votes13.6MRecs1.1MFans
  25. 125 Online Gaming: The Great Thief 网游之大盗贼 Gaming4.4M WordsCompleted Dancing on the edge of a blade, walking through the shadows. A lone king, an apostle of death, the glory of thieves! Reborn into an online game, I always get there first! I have a heaven-defying ring. I’m not just a thief; I can learn Druid skills, too. I can sneak through the shadows, ambush enemies, and claim the kills. I can turn into a seal and dive underwater to open treasure chests. When I’m bored, I can even turn into a little leopard and act cute... All my life, I have been loyal only t 19Votes1.1MRecs874.3kFans
  26. 126 Murder Under Cover of Night 夜幕杀机 Gaming1.1M WordsCompleted Ye Xiao, the unstoppable “King of Assassins” who had reached Rank Eight, transmigrates into Nightfall Murder just as the game launches. Hoping to become the first Rank Nine, he brings with him a head full of skills and gaming experience, only to discover that the game has unexpectedly become rather different from before… A battle of assassins. 0Votes68.4kRecs63kFans
  27. 127 The Side Character's Revenge Across Infinity 无限之配角的逆袭 Gaming5.8M WordsCompleted Every story has a protagonist, the darling of heaven and earth. The best things belong to them, and so do the prettiest girls. Every world has countless supporting characters, all existing to make the protagonist shine. Faced with the protagonist's overwhelming strength, they can only suffer as they offer up everything they own for the protagonist to choose from. Dare to take something that belongs to the protagonist? Sorry, a terminal illness is waiting for you, and an accident has its eye on y 0Votes283.8kRecs351.3kFans
  28. 128 There's a Bug in My Body 我的身体有bug Gaming3.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever thought about using magic in a wuxia game, martial arts in a Western fantasy game, or piloting a planet-destroying battleship in a Stone Age game? Home is a game that encompasses everything. Players can enter different games through Home, experience those games while obtaining all kinds of rare items and skills, then bring them through Home into other games and become gaming experts who dominate the battlefield! Chen Bing became interested in the Home game, but before long he disco 0Votes564.8kRecs347.2kFans
  29. 129 The Dashing Imperial Palace Spy 进击的大内密探 Infinite Myriad Worlds2.2M WordsCompleted A valuable broken sword scabbard brought him to this world! He studied under Ling Lingfa, but he’s a shameless rogue! His confidante is a wheelchair user, but this disabled woman insists on becoming one of the Four Great Constables! He took on a disciple who calls himself Dugu Qiubai, but instead of practicing the Heavenly Flying Immortal, the fool insists on playing around with flying swords! He likes stealing Longmei’s love interests. It would be even better if Li Yingqiong weren’t a little gi 0Votes75.3kRecs139.6kFans
  30. 130 EN Full-Time BOSS 全职BOSS Gaming1.5M WordsCompleted The new online game World of the Firmament charges players not for items or playtime, but for templates. Monster templates, guard templates, mercenary templates, adventurer templates, hero templates, BOSS templates: if you want it, you can play as it. Follow a professional gamer on his journey from a low-level monster in the wilderness to the game's ultimate BOSS. 0Votes204.7kRecs157.8kFans
  31. 131 EN Eye of Evolution 进化之眼 Eastern Fantasy4.6M WordsCompleted Go out with a knife in hand, and get all your gear from drops! Bai Xiaowen, an online novelist, is taken a hundred years into the future by a magical eyeball, to an age of psychic powers. Psychic energy seeps into the world, mutant beasts run rampant, monsters invade from the spirit realm, and Earth has been digitized into one gigantic game! I came, I saw, I conquered! Bai Xiaowen opens his divine eye and roars out the words of a strongman, only to realize that the college entrance exams are jus 0Votes971.1kRecs651.4kFans
  32. 132 The Best Director 最佳导演 Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Wang Yang dreamed of becoming a director and making movies that would drive the whole world wild. But his life had just taken a major blow: he'd been framed and expelled from USC. Yet as God closed one window on Wang Yang, he opened another. After Wang Yang was hit by a car on the street, he found he could see future movies! And so 1998 became an extraordinary year. While Titanic worked its miracle, the greatest director of the 21st century quietly began his rise. 0Votes515.6kRecs279.3kFans
  33. 133 Reborn: Rise of the Dark Night 重生之暗夜崛起 Gaming2.9M WordsCompleted I use my life to embody protection, straddling the line between reality and illusion as I search for every possible way to win. And the will of the ancient gods behind it all has somehow turned into... a game?? 0Votes165kRecs124.6kFans
  34. 134 Online Game: Reverse Progression 网游之倒行逆施 Gaming9.9M WordsCompleted Unable to afford a gaming helmet, Li Huailin got desperate and built his own gaming pod to enter the new online game Heart of Glory. He never expected his character to get bugged. Other players gain experience from killing monsters, but he loses it. Others earn experience and money from quests, but he loses both. Just when he thought the game was unplayable, his character died once, and his experience suddenly skyrocketed. Then it all clicked... If you don’t court death, you won’t die. To level 8Votes255.9kRecs330.2kFans
  35. 135 Taiyi 太易 Xianxia3.3M WordsCompleted Tai means great, supreme and boundless. The Highest One values virtue. Yi means change. The sun and moon alternate, and yin and yang take turns. Thus, the Dao transforms into change; change contains the Supreme Ultimate, which gives rise to the Two Forms. Creation shapes heaven and earth and sets the myriad gods in motion. The divine path means wielding heavenly authority and shepherding all living things. Those who create the world and bring all things into being are gods. Those who summon clou 0Votes303.6kRecs115.3kFans
  36. 136 Azure Emperor 青帝 Xianxia6.4M WordsOngoing The great calamity of heaven and earth is drawing near. Ye Qing, once a mighty powerhouse, returns to the time before it begins. A chance encounter leads him to a Confucian scripture. He cultivates the true arts, befriends a mountain god, ventures into the Dragon Palace, battles all manner of factions, seizes opportunities before anyone else, wins a resounding reputation, tramples the myriad immortals, opens a world, and stands supreme across the Three Realms, attaining the Dao as the Azure Empe 2Votes139.6kRecs162.7kFans
  37. 137 EN Rebirth of the Strongest Sword God 重生之最强剑神 Gaming7.1M WordsCompleted Starting over, he enters this “living game” once again to take control of his fate. This time, he won’t be at anyone’s mercy. As a level 200 Sword King, he’ll climb to even greater heights in this life. Game money-making tips! Dungeon guides! Legendary quests! Where to find game gear! Combat techniques unknown to other players! He even knows secrets that the beta testers never discovered. A war among a hundred nations, the evolution of life, ascension to godhood, and the sword reaching the pinna 1Votes1.5MRecs1.1MFans
  38. 138 Peak Player 巅峰玩家 Gaming3.8M WordsOngoing A proper novel about playing an online game, with almost no real-world content. There are no hidden classes exclusive to the protagonist and no one-of-a-kind skills. The game is set in 2040. Players start with virtual-reality helmets, keyboards, and mice, then switch to game pods. The pods do not appear until after chapter 1,300. The novel leans toward realism. The game is not made to favor the protagonist, and the company is in it to make money, so it will actively intervene in the game. Howeve 24Votes1.1MRecs416.6kFans
  39. 139 EN Lord of the Bottomless Abyss 深渊主宰 Gaming3.1M WordsCompleted An age of upheaval. A terrifying energy storm erupts in the chaotic reaches of time and space. All the gods temporarily lose their divine powers and are forced to descend into the mortal world as saints. It is the most chaotic period in history, filled with unpredictable dangers and opportunities. Mighty gods fall, while humble mortals ascend to godhood. The ever-present chaos and slaughter engulf the entire multiverse. Saints are as common as dogs, and liches roam everywhere. Before this unprec 16Votes1.3MRecs889.2kFans
  40. 140 Possessing Lü Bu 附身吕布 Historical1.4M WordsCompleted A corporate executive from the twenty-first century was about to reach the peak of his life when Heaven played a cruel joke on him. A car accident sent his soul through time and space, possessing Lu Bu, whose destiny was nearly exhausted and who would soon see his city fall and his people perish before being hanged at White Gate Tower. To survive in this era, and even to live better, Lu Bu began his journey to defy fat 0Votes413.3kRecs303.4kFans
  41. 141 EN Immortal Ascension: Path of a Hundred Refinements 百炼成仙 Xianxia9.8M WordsCompleted The road to immortality is rugged, but after countless trials, he finally reaches the right path. A boy with no spiritual roots, dismissed as a good-for-nothing, keeps buying up all kinds of junk in the cultivation world… Whether it’s failed pills or low-grade materials, he’ll take it all, no matter how much there is! 4Votes1.5MRecs585.7kFans
  42. 142 Return Three Hundred Years Later 重返三百年 Gaming1.6M WordsOngoing When Ning Ye's hair has turned white, his face is weathered, and his lifespan is exhausted, he personally buries himself in an ancient coffin. When his body sinks into endless darkness, he opens his eyes once more, only to find that he has returned in a dream to three hundred years earlier. At that time, this great era had yet to begin. At that time, the people who had once died for him still retained their former faces. For him, this was the best era. As myriad worlds are destroyed and planes s 0Votes151kRecs124kFans
  43. 143 My Beautiful Apartment 我的美女公寓 Urban2.0M WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Tao Bao moves into an apartment. His landlady is his ex-girlfriend, and his ex-wife lives across the hall... 0Votes201.3kRecs168.5kFans
  44. 144 The Yi Cauldron 易鼎 Xianxia2.0M WordsCompleted Dragon aura is the fundamental principle of humanity. An accident brought him back to this world, eighteen years in the past, accompanied by a shattered soul. It was a time of breathtaking landscapes and rival heroes, when the vast land awaited the one who would rule it. With the secret art of dragon aura, he breaks through the limits of his destiny and sets out to “change the dynasty.” 3Votes904.6kRecs364.6kFans
  45. 145 League of Legends: The Demon King's System 联盟之魔王系统 Gaming3.9M WordsCompleted Chen Mu, a science genius and model student aiming for the highest-ranked university, is chosen by the System and must become the great demon king of League of Legends! VIP group: 584989166 (for readers ranked Attendant or above in fan value) 0Votes1.2MRecs449.7kFans
  46. 146 Charming Ghost Pet 宠魅 Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsCompleted The animated adaptation, The Illusionist, is now airing. Cloudbirds soar and spread their wings beneath blue skies over green meadows; Blood Terror Wolves roam wild and untamed across barren wastes. Nightdream Beasts flit through moonlit forests; Ghostvault Monarchs drink the wind and swallow the mist from sheer cliffs. Sea Spirit Behemoths pass in shadow beneath vast oceans, while Thousand-Eyed Tree Demons stand proudly alone atop cloud-wreathed peaks. Swordstingers, Sunset Roc, Ancient Wood De 15Votes603kRecs783.4kFans
  47. 147 Grandmaster of Martial Arts 武极宗师 Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted In this era, martial arts are on the rise. An ordinary person gains a mysterious ability to manipulate attributes, changing his humdrum life forever as he advances step by step toward the vastness of the stars. “My name is Fang Cheng. Greatness doesn’t come too late for me!” 0Votes346.2kRecs298.4kFans
  48. 148 The Era of the Witch God 巫神纪 Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted When history becomes legend, when legend becomes myth, when even myth fades and crumbles, when the sands of time bury everything, our names and our stories will still be passed down through the river of time, like the sun hanging high in the sky, shining eternally upon the earth, never to go out. Remember: once there was a people who stood tall between heaven and earth, like pillars holding up the sky. They never bowed or bent the knee to anyone. They commanded wind and thunder, strode over drag 3Votes3.6MRecs1.1MFans
  49. 149 Taihao 太浩 Xianxia4.6M WordsCompleted Taihao is heaven. The Great Way is arduous, and the road to immortality is rugged. After a wondrous encounter with the immortal path in a dream as a child, a young man sets out to cultivate the Dao and seek the truth. How deep is the sea? Only the Kun fish knows. How high is the sky? Only the Peng bird understands. How vast is the world? Only I know: the myriad realms beneath the bright heavens and stars. Rise on a whirlwind ninety thousand li, and stir the winds and clouds across the nine heave 10Votes280.9kRecs333.8kFans
  50. 150 Transmigrate as a Bandit 穿越从山贼开始 Gaming3.4M WordsCompleted The new book The Necromancer's Adventure Game is underway. When Lu Haikong learned that he had transmigrated into a game world, he was completely dumbfounded. Of course, when he found out that the country he was in was the Eastern Han dynasty, and that it was nearing its end, he thought he could become a big shot. But when he learned that government troops were about to wipe out their bandit stronghold, the guy completely lost it. 0Votes255.1kRecs197.3kFans

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