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- The Pinnacle of Power 权力巅峰 The official world is a battlefield, full of deceit and intrigue. But Lu Hao always remembers that a public servant should be a good official, with two hearts: a kind heart and a sense of responsibility. See how Lu Hao, a grassroots civil servant in the most remote township, navigates the smoke-free game of power, advancing smoothly while keeping his hands clean, fearing no powerful figures, and enjoying a flourishing career. 6.5MHeat14.3MPopularity541kReaders
- The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 [Print edition published and available online] [Tomb Raiding] [Mystery] [Antique Appraisal] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding gang. From south to north, I've seen every kind of person and walked among all sorts of rogues. Over the years, I've gone from a boy to a middle-aged man, gained a bigger drinking capacity, and watched the years pass by. I've encountered all kin 2.5MHeat23.7MPopularity208kReaders
- Weird Game Awakening a Bug-Level Talent from the Start 诡异游戏：开局觉醒Bug级天赋 [Supernatural Invasion] [A Hodgepodge of Settings] [Infinite-Flow] [Somewhat Brain-Burning Mystery] That day, humanity remembered the terror of being ruled by the supernatural. Among billions of people, Ji Yan was chosen by fate and forcibly sent into a game world ruled by the supernatural. In a world where humans are at the very bottom of the food chain, players can only survive by doing whatever it takes to clear all kinds of instance missions and obtain food, equipment... Note: Each supernat 823kHeat4.7MPopularity69kReaders
- The Grave Robbers' Chronicles 盗墓笔记 [The Original Novel of "Angry Sea Dive"] Fifty years ago, a silk manuscript from the Warring States period was unearthed by Changsha tomb raiders. It recorded the location of a strange ancient tomb from that era. Fifty years later, the grandson of one of the raiders discovered the secret in his grandfather's notes. He gathered a team of experienced tomb raiders and set out to find the treasure. None of them expected the tomb to hold so many eerie secrets: seven suspicious coffins, a fox corpse w 605kHeat8.5MPopularity51kReaders
- The Road to Power Begins at the Discipline Inspection Commission 权力巅峰从纪委开始 When the municipal Party secretary steps back from the front lines, Qin Yundong is the youngest chief aide in the province. Yet he gives up a bright future to join the county Discipline Inspection Commission, a cesspool of trouble. A premature report about a covert investigation inadvertently draws him into his own plan. As undercurrents surge around him, Qin Yundong fights his way upstream, step by step... 508kHeat1.4MPopularity42kReaders
- The Highest Power 最高权力 The lesson from his previous life taught Zhou Linyuan that the world is not simply black and white. Reborn, Zhou Linyuan becomes embroiled in a power struggle as he tries to help his mentor out of trouble. Guided by his convictions, he sets out on a journey, forging his own legend between power and justice. 467kHeat612kPopularity39kReaders
- Void Puzzle 虚空拼图 [No Cliches, No Wish Fulfillment, No Harem, Strong Point of View] The story that takes place after Transmigrate Through the Vastness. As Earth enters an irreversible warming phase and becomes unfit for human habitation, humanity launches the "Dandelion Project." It digitizes the entirety of human civilization, then compresses, encodes, and modulates it into radio signals and broadcasts them into the depths of space. The hope is that a civilization with a certain level of technological sophistica 367kHeat378kPopularity30kReaders
- I Told You to Impersonate the Crown Prince, So How Did You Get the Throne? 让你冒充太子，你咋登基了？ Chen Feng, an elite modern-day agent with peerless mimicking skills and a photographic memory, unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of the Crown Prince's double. The incompetent Crown Prince wanted to pass the Emperor's inspection. "Go sleep with the Crown Princess now, and afterward I'll reward you with wealth and honors." Chen Feng smiled faintly. "Who do you think you are, daring to look exactly like me?" Even the breathtakingly beautiful Crown Princess thought the fake Crown Prince would 316kHeat1.1MPopularity27kReaders
- Infinite Flow: Becoming a Favorite in the Horror World 无限流：在惊悚世界当万人迷 [Dual Male Leads] [Infinite Flow] [Horror Game Livestream] [Mystery] "The Death Spirit Game can fulfill any wish you make. Would you like to join? Yes/No." Lu Li fitted his severed right hand back into place, wiped the blood from his face, and entered the Death Spirit Game. There were countless livestream rooms here. Thousands upon thousands of players fought tooth and nail for more tipping points, all hoping to break into the livestream rankings. Then, one day, they looked up and saw a string o 259kHeat3.9MPopularity22kReaders
- The Classic of Mountains and Seas in a Box 箱子里的山海经 [Connected Across Time + Famine in a Chaotic Era + Classic of Mountains and Seas] On the first day back in her hometown, Qin Ying discovered a tiny ancient kingdom inside a box. The little kingdom was plagued by a chaotic era, famine, tyranny, vicious mythical beasts, and billions of people struggling to survive in the cracks. Qin Ying gazed down at the world inside the box. From then on, that suffering world had a savior god. She poured in a little rice and fed an entire city. She sprinkled a l 203kHeat718kPopularity17kReaders
- Sacred Uniqueness 圣殊 The sages raise their heads, and all under heaven lower their brows. 174kHeat1.9MPopularity15kReaders
- Borrowing Skin from the Yellow Springs 黄泉借皮 The skin I'm wearing isn't my own. It's a fox's skin. The life I'm living isn't my own, either. It's a yin life! Skin can be borrowed, but a life is hard to repay! The laws of heaven, fate, and man all reject me. And I... I only want to stay alive! 116kHeat1.5MPopularity9.2kReaders
- Dark Alley 3: Reborn in Fire 暗巷3：浴火 After weathering countless trials, all for the sake of staying true to oneself! The highly anticipated Dark Alley trilogy is here. If you haven't started the series yet, read Dark Alley 1: Black and White and Dark Alley 2: Gazing first to understand the protagonist's struggles, choices, and growth along the way. 86kHeat1.7MPopularity6.5kReaders
- The Mortal's Immortal Bones 凡人仙骨 In this world, some defy Heaven with every step they take, shattering one mortal bone and replacing it with an immortal one. A hundred steps make a Human Immortal, a thousand an Earth Immortal, and ten thousand a Heavenly Immortal. King Wen walked eight hundred steps, sustaining a dynasty for eight thousand years. My name is Lin Zui, a medical student from a top university who arrived in this bizarre world by accident. Everyone says that with my single bone, taking even one step into the Immorta 81kHeat171kPopularity6.4kReaders
- Ghost Blows Out the Light II 鬼吹灯II [The original novel behind the web series Return to the South Sea] An age-old mystery of life, death, and reincarnation. Civilizations lost over thousands of years. Ancient ruins sealed away. A colossal dragon lies coiled across the boundless earth, guarding it all. Raging rivers, rolling yellow sands, or vast oceans turned to mulberry fields: what exactly lies hidden here? The souls of lives buried in the past linger and struggle. Where is the passage leading to the exit of the Gate of Eternal 79kHeat991kPopularity6.5kReaders
- EN My Cellular Prison 我的细胞监狱 Reborn as a cell, carrying the power of the Prison Codex, I arrive in a parallel world where the Ancients have awakened. Steam civilization, terrifying spaces, the old kings of eternal night, and demons beyond the city walls. The Gate of Destiny has opened. Crusaders, libraries, control, machinery, and the occult will form new paths of growth for humanity. The song of humanity is the song of courage! The fearless knights ride through a world ruled by ancient kings, reclaiming the freedom that be 73kHeat857kPopularity5.7kReaders
- Strange Tales of the Daoist Sect 道门诡谈 When I was young, Grandpa always had me study two yellowed, anonymous ancient books. They were written in a mix of classical and vernacular Chinese, so all I could do was force myself to memorize them. Only later did I realize that Grandpa had his reasons for everything he did. The dead light the living man's candle, and ghosts blow out the living man's lamp. An ancient tomb beneath a river, a secret cache in the Qinling Mountains, a city of boneless people... One bizarre event after another dra 71kHeat1.8MPopularity5.7kReaders
- Half-Ripe 半熟 Meng Sheng and Shang Boyu dated for three years and were married for three more. They were inseparable. Then one day, an unknown number sent her a text saying Shang Boyu was cheating. She assumed it was a prank, but then she saw him with her own eyes, holding another woman close and kissing her passionately. In that moment, all the happiness and beautiful memories of their years together came crashing down, plunging her into an abyss. Following the directions in the texts, she gathered evidence 61kHeat1.3MPopularity4.5kReaders
- Apocalypse: More Children, More Blessings, So I Built the Strongest Safehouse! 末世多子多福：我打造最强安全屋！ Disaster struck, and zombies ran rampant. On the third day of the apocalypse, Bai Ze ran into the campus belle who had once framed him. Just then, a System descended: the more children, more blessings System. For the continuation of the human race and the passing on of its flame, Bai Ze resolved to save women from danger. The stunning campus belle came to deeply regret her mistake and sincerely repented. Years later, humanity had regained control of the world. During an interview with the pu 60kHeat1.4MPopularity4.5kReaders
- The Pinnacle of Power: I Climb the Ranks from the Grassroots 权力巅峰：我从基层步步布局 The political arena is a struggle between passion and the law! Betrayed by his wife and close friend, Xiao Yi came to understand the political world more clearly. From the day he passed the civil service exam, Xiao Yi resolved to be an upright official who feared no powerful forces and remained incorruptible. See how this grassroots civil servant from a remote township makes careful moves in the game of power, rises step by step, and reaches the very pinnacle of authority! 55kHeat1.3MPopularity4.2kReaders
- Hunting the Killer 追凶 I carry criminal genes. I was born to be a criminal. Fate arranged for me to meet Lu Jie, and I followed her into the field of forensic medicine. Just before graduation, a horrifying bloodbath took place at our school. Lu Jie disappeared, her fate unknown. I fell from heaven into darkness, and the demon deep in my soul stirred restlessly. After graduating, I became a forensic doctor. On my first day at work, I encountered a shocking case: the Red-Clothed Killer, who had vanished for years, had r 50kHeat1.6MPopularity3.8kReaders
- EN Game of the Gods: I Made a Pact with the Divine, and They Accused Me of Cheating 副本游戏：我与神明画押，神明骂我开挂 [2025's Most Mind-Bending Infinite-Loop Novel on Qimao] [Mind Games + Corruption Arc + Horror Game + Deduction + Ensemble Cast + Infinite Loop] Ten years ago, people began disappearing across China. They had been chosen to become players in the horror game "Road to Godhood." Some said it was a path to becoming a god. Those who cleared the game would gain extraordinary abilities. Those who failed would pay with their lives. Every player who entered the game received a character card with a unique 44kHeat1.5MPopularity3.2kReaders
- EN Lord of Mysteries: Starting as a Reader 诡秘：从阅读者开始 A Lord of the Mysteries fan fiction about the transmigrator Abner, who gradually grows stronger with the help of his golden finger, the "Pure White Eye," despite being contaminated by a Beyonder Characteristic the moment he arrives. He arrives one month before Zhou Mingrui descends upon Tingen from the Source Castle. The protagonist follows the Reader Pathway in the early stages. Two updates every day, at around 6 p.m. and midnight. 41kHeat306kPopularity3.3kReaders
- EN The Last Bus on Route 13 13路末班车 I'm the driver of the last 13 bus. Every night at 11, I make a run to the suburbs. This book is addictive, so don't blame me if you get hooked! ... In this novel, you may find that the master of plot predictions, who's always been right, keeps getting proven wrong. As you read, you may find yourself asking, "What's going on? What's going on?" Don't doubt your sanity. Just keep reading. A story full of suspense, here to save readers suffering from a book drought! 38kHeat5MPopularity2.9kReaders
- Nightmare Game: The Whole World Is My Enemy, and I Hunt Nations 梦魇游戏：举世皆敌，我来狩猎各国 The Nightmare Game descends upon the world, and countries around the globe attack the Dragon Kingdom. Only by becoming a Hunter can people protect their country. [Dragon Kingdom, F City, has fallen to Lighthouse Country. Rule Zero is now in effect.] [2,780,457 people from the Dragon Kingdom have been erased. Lighthouse Country has entered its declaration-of-war cooldown period.] "Our Dragon Kingdom is vast and rich, blessed with remarkable people and beautiful lands. How did things end up like t 36kHeat1.5MPopularity2.5kReaders
- Rule Horror: Becoming Invincible Starting with Little Red Riding Hood in a Dark Fairy Tale 规则怪谈：从黑童话小红帽开始无敌 [Rules-based horror, dark fairy tales, Little Red Riding Hood, clever characters, chills, ensemble cast] [High-IQ, unhinged heroine x hell-level rules-based horror] No goody-two-shoes! No brainless decisions! Top-tier plays from start to finish, leaving every monster rattled! -- "Are you a good person?" the System's icy voice rang in Wei Sen's ear. Wei Sen looked at the person she'd just killed, whose body was still warm, and couldn't help laughing. "What do you think?" The next second, she was 33kHeat442kPopularity2.3kReaders
- The Treasure-Gathering Heaven-Devouring Bone 聚宝吞天骨 [Mortal cultivation][Undercover in hiding][The cautious path][Enduring in silence][Pursuing immortality][Underdog comeback] His pill bones lie dormant as he defies fate in search of immortality. Whether he succeeds rests on a single thought from you, fellow cultivators... Gu Changsheng is a lowly, hunchbacked servant with a mediocre five-element mixed spiritual root. He has no hope of cultivating immortality and asks only to live in peace. But an inner-sect senior sister abducts him and imprison 32kHeat20kPopularity2.5kReaders
- Rule Bizarreness: Happy Death Anniversary to My Family 规则怪谈：祝我的家人们忌日快乐 Jiang Li's life was hell from the start: she was in a psychiatric hospital, her stepmother had stolen her money, and her stepsister had stolen her boyfriend. Now she had even been dragged into a paranormal game instance, where she had to face the horrors head-on... A sinister voice, thick with malice, asked: [Choose the most important thing in your life.] Jiang Li answered with utter sincerity: "My family! Without them, I wouldn't be who I am today!" [You are now entering the first game instance 31kHeat2MPopularity2.5kReaders
- Espionage: From the Start, I Swore Brotherhood with Zheng Yaoxian and Became the Seventh Brother of the Military Statistics Bureau! 谍战：开局和郑耀先结拜，我成了军统七哥！ Ye Shaohong transmigrates into a world of espionage dramas and films fraught with danger. Here, there are Kite, Lurk, The Rebel, The Disguiser, X Female Special Agent, and more... Watch as he goes from murder suspect to solving mysteries with meticulous thinking, deduction, and analysis. Zheng Yaoxian is impressed and declares him an espionage genius, one in a million. And so, a special agent feared by the enemy emerges. His codename is Yama! 30kHeat1.3MPopularity1.9kReaders
- The Wicked Female Leads With Her Career, While the Villain Just Wants to Kiss Her Senseless 恶雌一心搞事业，反派只想猛猛亲 [Interstellar Beast World] [Male Rivalry] [One Female Lead, Multiple Male Leads] [All Male Leads Are Chaste] [Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] [Growth-Oriented Heroine] Xia Mo transmigrated into an interstellar beast world, where she became a vicious female master with only F-rank mental power, hated by her S-rank beast husbands, who wanted nothing more than to kill her. Just as her beast husbands were about to kill her, she became bound to a System. She began working hard to build her caree 29kHeat9.8kPopularity2.2kReaders
- Sin Hunter Detective 猎罪神探 What's the most terrifying case you've ever heard of? The Corpse Immortal Madam, the Medical University's Sex Fiend, the Human-Head Planters, the Zombie Baby in Building Seven... There are no ghosts in this world, only wrongs waiting to be righted by a master hand. The legendary coroner Song Yang returns to the scene with his disciples, piercing through layer upon layer of mystery to hunt down the killers lurking in this world. Come face-to-face with the bloodiest, most baffling, and most hair-r 29kHeat1.3MPopularity2.4kReaders
- The Eerie Case Coroner 诡案女仵作 A lazy coroner who just wants to lie flat VS a workaholic commander who knows nothing about romance. They solve bizarre, inexplicable cases and fall in love over time. As religious sects rise to prominence, people use the gods and ghosts as an excuse to commit murder across the land, and strange cases abound in the Great Qing court. After dying from overwork, forensic pathologist Jiang Ning joins the Eagle Hounds, the Yuning Guard. All she wants is to be a low-ranking nobody who can slack off an 29kHeat405kPopularity1.8kReaders
- The Gods’ Tricks 神明的伎俩 [Dual Male Leads] [Strong Leads and Ensemble Cast] [Mind-Bending] [Infinite Flow] [Lighthearted] At first, people thought it was nothing more than a riot, just another ordinary clash. That was until Fang Chen happened to step onto a bridge and was dragged into a bizarre game. From then on, he caught a glimpse of the truth hidden beneath the surface. Some protected the world in plain sight. Others worked in the shadows. Fang Chen's organization lay in wait beneath the deep sea, dedicated to fight 27kHeat634kPopularity2.2kReaders
- Taboo of the Living 2 活人禁忌2 Heaven Official's Blessing, no restrictions or taboos. The second installment of Living People's Taboos. 27kHeat841kPopularity1.8kReaders
- Rules of the Strange: I Own a Safehouse 规则怪谈，我有一座安全屋 The world fell into chaos, and the supernatural returned. Countless people died horribly under the rules. A handful scraped by with the underworld currency they had risked their lives to obtain. Only Jiang Nuo had a safe house packed with underworld currency and could do whatever she pleased. The rules said: [To enter Room 303, you must be accompanied by someone.] Jiang Nuo casually pulled out some underworld currency and tossed it to a little ghost. "Coming?" The little ghost immediately beamed 27kHeat1MPopularity1.7kReaders
- The Crime Painter 画罪师 Bai Mo, born into a family of police officers, has a heart set on art. He dreams of becoming a painter, but is only a criminal investigator. A woman's corpse on the beach at dawn, a bizarre suicide, a strange kidnapping: one baffling case after another helps Bai Mo complete a series of dark paintings. Art can be expressed in any form. The pigments that can depict the most beautiful scenes in the world can also record its most filthy crimes. And light is the brush that records it all. 26kHeat469kPopularity2.1kReaders
- A Long Night in the Martial World 江湖长夜行 To investigate the truth behind the massacres of the Shangguan family in Chang'an and the Li family in Yangzhou eighteen years ago, the people of Changfeng Tower, who have been living in seclusion in Chaolan Valley for all these years, decide to send the protagonist out of the valley to investigate. This sets off a chain of old grudges dating back eighteen years. 25kHeat54kPopularity1.3kReaders
- The Pinnacle of Power: Starting as a County Magistrate’s Secretary 权力巅峰：从县长秘书开始 Zhou Haoran started out as a county magistrate’s secretary. Born into an ordinary family, he had neither power nor connections. Watch as he uses his remarkable talent, keen observation, and decisive judgment to make a name for himself in the political arena and rise to the top. 25kHeat550kPopularity1.4kReaders
- Rule Horror: I Can Form Contracts with the Supernatural 规则怪谈：我能契约诡异 [Rules-based horror + national destiny + white-haired little devil + mind-bending supernatural mysteries + emotional dungeon stories] [Focused on immersion and outsmarting opponents. The national destiny element is relatively minor, so don’t read if that’s not your thing.] A rules-based horror game tied to national destiny descends upon the world, and the struggling web novelist Lu Busi becomes Longguo’s chosen player. “What do you mean, the player who decides Longguo’s fate is a shut-in college 24kHeat7.6kPopularity1.2kReaders
- No Such Person 查无此人 Ma Lili became a full-time housewife for love. When that love faded, she tried hard to save her marriage, but her husband seemed to be cheating and wanted her dead. To protect her son, she fought back with all her might, only to become entangled in murder cases time and time again. In her despair, she considered destroying everything, but a young, upright police officer kept his eyes on her. 24kHeat2.2kPopularity1.3kReaders
- A Powerful Backer 大靠山 Chen Yang, a junior clerk in the county committee compound, was bullied by his department head and saw the harshness of human nature. Just as he was losing heart and giving up, he suddenly received a message from a stranger, and from then on, his fortunes soared! 24kHeat12kPopularity1.2kReaders
- Criminal Cases 刑案 Is the Major Crimes Unit a witness to death, or a savior of humanity? Bringing criminals to justice is their only mission. Demons and monsters are nothing compared to the terror of the human heart. Unsolved cases keep cropping up, each beset by countless obstacles, while difficult and bizarre cases emerge one after another. How will the Major Crimes Unit resolve them? What they reveal is a dark world you never knew existed, along with the twisted depths of the human heart you dare not face. 24kHeat32kPopularity1.3kReaders
- This Hunter Is Pretty Fierce 这个猎人有点猛 "What are you fighting for?" "For... all living beings under heaven." "The weight of all living beings is too much. You can't bear it!" Qin Shaoyou smiled faintly. His gaze was profound as he looked up at the boundless heavens and said, word by word: "I will don black armor and await the arrival of the envoys from the Upper Realm!" 24kHeat67kPopularity1.3kReaders
- Reborn: A Notebook 重生笔记 Why has the body vanished from the funeral home's memorial hall? Who is the young man who suddenly arrived in Jiangcheng? How can the bloodstains behind Jiang University’s beautiful campus scenery be cleansed? Scorched earth, abandoned corpses, mysterious puppets, and the dead kneeling in worship by the river... The truth cannot escape Mingming's keen eyes, and justice will ultimately bring every criminal to account! 24kHeat39kPopularity1.2kReaders
- Pursuit Across the Country 全境追击 Ice and wind dance together; guns and fire blaze with fury. I, Yan Feng, swear that even if you truly are the Grim Reaper, I’ll pursue you to the ends of the earth! 24kHeat17kPopularity1.2kReaders
- Calculating the Future 计算未来 A first-year high school student, a mysterious girl, and an inexplicable pursuit. A sudden accident launches Chen Junyi into a colorful high school life. A mysterious ability helps him escape danger time and again. The Six Wonders, the military... See how Chen Junyi makes the most of the future. 24kHeat19kPopularity1.2kReaders
- After Dying a Horrible Death and Being Reborn, the Scumbag Tears His White Moonlight Apart for Me 惨死重生后，渣男为我手撕白月光 My husband, Fu Sinan, had me kidnapped by the woman he cherished most, then burned me alive. Fu Sinan even cleared her of all charges with his own hands and declared me the criminal. Only when his uncle told him to his face that the charred corpse was mine did he realize I was dead. That was when he lost his mind. When I woke again, I had been reborn to the time before I was supposed to marry him... He tore into his beloved for my sake and knelt before me, begging for forgiveness. I turned and w 24kHeat206kPopularity1.2kReaders
- Forensic Expert 法证专家 At 10:30 p.m. on June 1, 2019, a highly intelligent criminal known by the codename Arbiter murdered Qin Xiaoxiao, a female painter, in the garbage alley behind Cape Bar in Donghua City, then mysteriously vanished. After three years of silence, he suddenly resurfaced to commit another crime. Now that the Arbiter has returned, he is about to resume his frenzied brand of criminal justice. His first case after reappearing involves forcibly slashing open someone's veins and bleeding them out. What im 24kHeat54kPopularity1.3kReaders
- Rule Horror: Surviving on a Global Livestream 规则怪谈：全球直播求生 [Live-Streamed National Destiny] [Mind-Bending Deduction] [Horror and Terror] [Funny and Hilarious] Rules of Horror descend, and the schizophrenic Ao Wu is chosen to livestream his struggle to survive. Successfully solving the rules earns him items, lifespan, and titles from the world of Rules of Horror. Failure means a gruesome death. Sunset Hotel rules: Room service hides murderous intent, guests have been replaced by ghosts, and sinister entities invade rooms through mirrors. Death lurks arou 24kHeat679kPopularity1.8kReaders
- Evil God Host: I Use the Paranormal as Food 邪神宿主，我把诡异当口粮 Global supernatural dungeons have descended, and countless horrors roam the world. The death rate in the dungeons is off the charts, and humans enter them just hoping to survive! While everyone else charges into dungeons to flee and stay alive, Lu Jin goes in to strip the horrors for parts and stock up like crazy! That's because an ancient evil god dwells inside him, and the only way to stay alive is to devour and sacrifice horrors! In the beginner's hell dungeon, everyone else is terrified and 24kHeat13kPopularity1.3kReaders
