Reading List 2025-04-27

This is what I'm reading the week of 2025-04-27. I only included the ones I've added to my bookshelf to continuous reading.

last week didn't have add any new novels, so just combined two weeks into one.

You can see my previous reading lists Here: www.chaosdrifter.cc

**Practice the Dao of MTL to read these novels: **
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Forging Fate into Sword, Killing Souls to Ascend_ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️
 (xuanhuan ? no harem, prog. fantasy, no system)
 This book has a different power system based on "Destiny" that's not xianxia, not xuanhuan either, most like fantasy ? Everyone gets powerful through "Destiny Design" and "Destiny level". There are "destiny Qi" to be inhaled, "Destiny numbers" that determines how many destiny design one can have. Each Destiny design grants different ability. Like a "wave" destiny design grants the user ability to control water currents in the sea. "void" destiny grants spacial manipulation. etc. etc. MC has a tombstone that can help him pick the best destiny designs, and will also capture the essence of anyone who dies around him, and allow him to fight it and leech destiny points from it. I just like the power up.....

These Hating Fans Spend Too Much! The Fallen Top Star Dominates the Industry ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️
(Chinese entertainment, system, maybe harem ? idol, funny, brain twist, social mob MC)

MC transmigrated to the "blue star" planet as a canceled top idol. But he has a system that grants him different abilities and cards that will send him revenues for his own investments. Those revenues manifests as either by standers or fans that are kind of subtly influenced by the system to buy the product, and/or things will happen in the real world to the MC's advantage. MC earns system points by participating in entertainment activities, like making a movie, or doing a variety show, etc. etc. The book is funny not just because of the contrast between the MC been canceled and yet earns a lot of money from his movies/albums/personal brand store. but also because the MC is a "social mob" in that he can talk his way in and out of any situation.
If you like chinese entertainment and are tired of the same tropes, try this one.

Water world: starting with electrical eels and grow into Nine Heaven Thunder God ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 
 (sea creature taming, modern world, no harem, prog fantasy)
Deepseek translation of the description:
This is a world where seawater levels have risen by 100 meters—and are still climbing rapidly.

The ocean has undergone a life-altering evolution:

• Godzilla-like giant marine iguanas storm ashore, reducing cities to rubble.
• Ironclad Megalodons stretching hundreds of meters long shatter aircraft carriers with a single bite and withstand nuclear strikes.
• Immortal jellyfish that resurrect the dead and grant new life.
• ...

Over a century, humanity has been pushed to the brink, retreating inland as the seas become forbidden territory.

Gu Tianyi arrives in this world with a mysterious phone housing a pet-rearing app called "Deep Sea Tyrant." As he nurtures his virtual aquatic pets, he grows stronger in tandem, even inheriting their abilities!

His first pet? An electric eel blessed with the legacy of divine thunder:
[Electric Eel] → [Thunderstorm Serpent] → [Nine-Sky Thunder Dragon] → [Nine Heavens Thunder God]!

As his menagerie expands and evolves:

• [Primordial Eternal Immortal Jellyfish]
• [Tai Chi Mantis Shrimp]
• [Three-Eyed Dragonfish]
• [Four Pillars Sea-Steadying Tortoise]
• [Five Elements Dolphin]
• [Six Harmonies Cannon Shrimp]
• [Seven Stars Saberfish]
• [Eight Trigrams Swordfish]
• [Nine Heavens Thunder God]

Gu Tianyi, now a vessel of countless divine legacies, ascends to become the true Tyrant of the Abyss!

Suppose to be match three, what the hell is World War ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️
 (modern urban, video game development, WWII, no harem, system)
 MC is in an advanced world with 600 years of peace. Yet there are still people who advocates for war. So each year the six primary country will sponsor an "anti-war" contest in all forms of art, video game included to see who can help for peace. MC use to be a movie director, and he as a system that can help him with all the knowledges of earth, but he needs emotional points to get the knowledges. But he start in the world 80 million in debt as he was going to make a great war game, but his idea got copied by the giant "Penguin" corporation so now he has to make a new game with what little he has left. Thankfully due to the advanced computing power he just needs to supply the ideas and the computers can render/generate all the scenes and characters with 100% realism for use in an immersive VR setup. So he traded the starting 500 points from system to get the facts and details around the normandy landing and made that into a small game to show the brutality of war...... Of course the gamers that has known 600 years of peace are not ready for such realistic game where you'll die in the first 10 seconds if you don't know what you are doing. It is kind of fun and a great way to learn about World War II..... Other wars are also planned of course.

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This is a cultivation Game, but Horribly operated ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 
(game, modern urban, cultivation, harem)

Mc is in a world where everyone plays a cultivation game where the artifacts and levels can be merged into reality. the game is totally pay to win, but due to a bug, MC has a 0.01 discount on all translations. So if something cost 100 spirit stones, MC only needs to pay 1. As the game just starts, it is hard to earn the spirit stones, so MC then has a huge advantage to cultivate and level fast. this is purely rich fantasy cultivation, just shut off your brain and enjoy.

North America's Richest Man: Starting by Harvesting Malice ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️
(harem, modern urban America, ruthless and smart MC, crime)

Not for the high moral readers, the MC is ruthless and will cheat, lie, torture and kill to advance.
He has a system that can see other people's ill will and if he fulfills them, he gets awards including skills, money, abilities.

Deepseek translated description:
William held his MIT acceptance letter but sneered at his bank balance.
His gambler father had lost their last penny, his alcoholic mother lay drunk at the welfare center’s doorstep, and his little sister Avril clung to his sleeve, trembling—this was his American nightmare.

Until the Malice List of his classmate Amanda appeared before his eyes:

[Malice: Failed last week’s math test, all because of that damn William. It used to cost 50,but this time he raised the price to 80. Such a greedy bastard—hope he gets kidnapped and sold for his organs.]
[Mission: Send William to a scam compound in northern Myanmar and harvest his kidney.]
[Reward: Mastery of Surgical Skills]

So hatred was the real currency.

William adjusted his nonexistent glasses and scribbled a formula on his math draft:
Fulfilling others’ malice = System rewards = Primitive capital accumulation

While the wolves of Wall Street were still playing with financial reports, he had already seized control of New York’s scales of desire.

This is the story of how an ordinary man from the bottom rose to become the richest in America.