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Imitator Of God ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

(神的模仿犯)
(modern urban, complex games, smart MC, no harem)

This is by one of my favorite author who wrote the "losing money to be tycoon" novel that I enjoyed so much. But this is one is very different. It is kind of like Alice in Wonderland where complex games with rules are played by various players. In this one, When some people die, they enter into a new world where they form a community with 11 other people. They have to play different games to survive and extend their stay. The twist is that the designers of the games are among them, they just don't know that, or who it is. Read if you like smart MC and complex games exploring the limits of humanity.

Reborn in 1997, I'm in the City PD to solve Cold Cases ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(重生97，我在市局破悬案 )
(modern urban China, no harem, no system , crime solving, slow burn )

It is kind of like "life on Mars" where the MC reborn 25 years in the past. With his memory of cold cases, some remain unsolved, he works in the City Police department again as a young detective to either solve, or prevent crimes from happening. The writing is good, and the cases are well designed. It just can get a bit slow paced as solving one crime can take 20-30 chapters, So if you like fast moving plots, this isn't for you. It also happens in China, so if you are not interested in life at 1997 in China, you might get a bit bored as it'll be less relatable.

#The Grand Agriculture Minister, I really didn't want to farm ⭐️⭐️⭐️

大司农：我真不想种田的
(no system, no harem, modern farming, slice of life, Chinese mythology)

MC inherits an artifact from ancient times that grant him the knowledge and power of the Grand Agriculture Minister. So he can control all things related to farming, and can cultivate the Farming Dao. So he went back to his rural hometown and started a big farm. With his farming cultivation techniques, he is able to produce very tasty vegetables, fruits, dairy products, and meats. If you like farming, you might enjoy it. There are some fighting and scheming, but mostly is about making money and gaining influence through farming.

 Wizard, start with combining Gems ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(巫师：从合成宝石开始)
(wizard, magic, no system, middle age. )

MC has a Horadric cube and is in a wizard world. The cube can be used to combine various low level resources like small gems into higher quality ones that grant additional ability and are much harder to get. He use that to advance his journey to become a great white wizard.

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I'm a cultivator but in a Wizard World ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(magic, sci-fi world, cultivation, no harem, no system, multi-realm)

Yet another novel of mixed Sci-fi/Cultivation/Wizard. MC is in a wizard world with magic, but he has a Dao library in his mind that contains vast amount of knowledge for cultivation. But without the Lin energy, most of those knowledges are useless. However he was able to use some of it as the way cultivation works in based on the concept of things, which exists in both world. So he was able to use the cultivation knowledge to help him advance in the wizard world. Sci-fi stuff comes in as the wizard world is quiet advanced as it invades multiple sub-realms and magic has advanced enough to be like science fiction.

Science Invasion of the Cultivation World ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(modern urban, science-based cultivation, no harem, no system , two world)

yes, I've read too many "normal" cultivation novels in 25 years, so now I'm only interested in something a bit different. Like Science + cultivation. MC is in a world where Lin Energy is coming back to earth, and along with it, traditional cultivators who wants to enslave it. The government fought back with F-35 fighter jets and thermo-nuclear missiles. After many years, cultivation is now science based, and everyone can cultivate. MC is a high school student with a door that can be used to travel to another world where traditional cultivation thrives. So he is able to get all the raw material from the traditional cultivation world, use the advanced and automated forging techniques in the modern world to make artifacts and then sell them for 1000% profit back to the traditional world. read if you ever wonder what would happen when you combine cultivation stuff with science, like nano bots that can make an array formation, or flying swords imbued with advanced machineries.

I, exiled prince, send me money ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(Fourth apocalypse, magic world, medieval, kingdom building, no harem , funny)

MC is in a magic world as an exchange prince in the major kingdom to serve as a hostage.
He gets a system to summon players from earth who thinks it is a VR game. There are some scheming, and just players been players wrecking the world.

 We Agreed it is private enterprise, WTF is a Space Carrier ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

(giant battleships, modern china, GaiJin game, no harem)

MC reborn in 1996 China, inherits a failing ship yard. He has a system that's based on the "Modern Warship" game by Gaijin entertainment. So he can build ships from the game, but he starts with battleships and technologies from the second world War. So he builds many battleships like Yamato, the Bismarck, Iowa class. Since they are not useful in the 1996 world of carrier groups, he converts them into fishing ships, or tourist attractions. later as he upgrades he can get more advanced ships, planes, weapons, submarines from the 1960s and more. He uses them to build a vast stealth fleet and sells some ships to the Chinese government to help them build out their navy. He also uses his future knowledge to buy up tech companies in U.S. and become a billionaire. There are some China nationalism, but not much, the main focus is building the battleships, have them in battle to fight modern missiles cruisers and later carriers.
It is just fun and different. The start can be boring as he disguise the ships as a pearl harbor re-enactment amusement park in a harbor in China's coastal town.

Stay LowKey in Demonic Sect as an expendable ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(no system, cultivation, demonic sect, ruthless MC, scheming, haremish, karma)

I guess this is classical cultivation ? Although it is heavy on Karma, destiny, and each cultivation levels are much more powerful, like foundational stage is already very powerful, more like the traditional golden core or nascent soul level power. MC has an artifact that allows him to restart at a certain point in time when he dies. Kind of like a simulation loop. There is a limit to the numbers of restart so MC is trying to make the most of each run. He is able to preserve either his cultivation level, his artifacts, or chose to have a random talent. He starts in a demonic sect as a lower expendable, and there are lot of scheming by everyone to advance their own goals.

The Age of Quantum, I'm the King of Games ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(no system, no harem, video games, modern world)

MC is in an advanced society with quantum computers everywhere. Since the computer are so powerful, everyone is just making VR video games that focus on graphic quality and stories, but they forgot the most import part of the game: interesting game play. So MC starts as founder of a small gaming company and his first game is a match three style game like candy crush. It might be simple and non-flashy, but it is fun to play and addictive. Cue the player reaction "This game is trash, it is so small, graphic is so childish, WOW it is so FUN, I can't stop playing !". The gaming industry experts and companies look down on him for that, but as his games are selling so well, they are starting to turn around.

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Changing a word in skill name, they got played by me ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(modern world, brain hole explosion, no system, no romance, maybe harem)

MC reborns in a modern world infested by other realm monsters. Everyone can awake a profession. He has a special F class skill that allows him a word on the skill name and thus changing the skill. Like "Corpse explosion" can be changed to "Cloth explosion".... He can do this either on himself, or other people, so it is just fun reading to he mess up other people.
DeepSeek Translation:
THE BEST LEVEL-UP NOVEL OF 2025
Demon Lairs Invade, Humanity Awakens!

Jiang Yan, born with max magic power, awakens to a rare dual-class... only to find both are utterly useless F-Ranks with zero combat power.

But little did anyone know, Jiang Yan's F-Rank [Tinker] class granted him a game-breaking skill:
He can [MODIFY] equipment... and even ALTER ANY SINGLE CHARACTER in others' skills!

• Beast Transformation too fierce? Change it to Waifu-ization!
• Explosion magic terrifying? Clothes Explosion is harmless!
• Infinite Ammo overwhelming? Switch to Infinite Rant and roast them instead!
• Gravity Control → Gravity Cooking | Teleportation → Tele-pothole...

He's breaking everyone's skills with a single tweak!
...
Then came the day a Level 96 Demon Beast invaded. Its cataclysmic Inferno Blast instantly melted the city center – vaporizing Jiang Yan within it.

Or so they thought.
He'd long ago modified his other F-Rank class's skill...
[Farmer]'s [Regrowth] (accelerates plants) → [REBORN].

**American Media: Mafia Boss, WTF is peace ambassador ! ** ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

(modern urban, mafia, gangster, American TV/movies, ruthless MC, harem )

MC is in a world that combines many different American TV and movies. Mostly gangster and action types from the 90-2000 era. Things like the good fella, John Wick, Die Hard Series, The Professional, etc. etc. He is a low level member of the Luchese Family and has a peace keeping system where if he stopped violence and kept the peace, he gets buffs and peace points that allow him to copy skills from other people. Imagine having the gun skills from John Wick, kung-fu fighting from Jackie Chen, Assassination skills from Leon. etc. etc. It is a well written novel with many characters, some of the skills are funny, like John Wick has the "Dog Killer" skill, meaning if he had a dog, he has a +5% boost to all his skills, and if someone killed the dog and he is to do the avenge, then he gets a 100% boost. John Mclane (die hard) has a "barefoot" skill where he gets a 20% movement speed boost while barefooted. It is worth it to just see the skills by the characters. There actually is like a semi-coherent plots of MC moving up the ranks in the mafia family to keep the story going. Best for people who have a fan of these mafia/action movies, would recommend to watch the TV/movies mentioned in the novel to enhance enjoyment of reading.
Try to guess the character and movies from the follow descriptions:

After transmigrating into an American TV universe, Luca found himself reborn as a full-blooded Sicilian made man... only to awaken the "Peacekeeper System."

Keep the peace → Get rewards? → Befriend legends → Steal their skills?

【Stopped a "five-finger discount" → Defended supermarket peace】
✦ Reward: 3 Skill Points

【Diffused a neighborhood brawl → Preserved community harmony】
✦ Reward: +1 Charisma

【Saved NYC from annihilation → Secured citywide peace】
✦ Reward: +5 Years Lifespan

【Prevented a global war → …】
Reward: ????

But the real perk? Copying skills from every movie/TV character:

✦ [Furniture Store Fury]
Fighting prowess ↑100% in IKEA-like zones

✦ [Dog’s Vengeance]
Unlock +100% combat rage after pet goldfish dies

✦ [Wolf of Wall Street]
+50% profit margin on "creative" bookkeeping

Life got weird fast:

• The local supermarket stockboy? A martial arts beast in the home goods aisle.
• That "Continental Hotel" downtown? Run by a hitman with a soft spot for Shiba Inus.
• His neighbor? A taciturn assassin who talks to ferns.
• The girl next door? A 10-year-old who outsmarts cartels.
• Those bald gearheads in the suburbs? Keep vowing to "drive to the moon for family."

Years later, as missiles rain on New York...
The Mayor begged Luca: "Save our city!"

Luca adjusted his tie, Sicilian leather shoes crunching glass.
"You ask for my help... yet refuse me respect?"
His voice dropped to a whisper:
"You won’t even call me Godfather."

The Mayor knelt, sweat mingling with the scent of tomato sauce:
"Godfather... name your price."

Starting as a HS Senior, Why are there ghosts everywhere ? ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(modern urban, slice of life, ghost stories, haremish, system )

MC has a ghost buster system that was suppose to take him to the ghost world, but the transmigration failed and both him and the system are stuck on earth. Now the system are redefining what it meant to be a ghost. slow paced, MC just gets money and abilities as reward for ghost busting, but it isn't real ghosts, see below for examples:

On his 18th birthday, high school senior Jiang Xin got a [Ghost Capture System]... that tried to yeet him into a horror dimension.
Spoiler: The teleport failed.
Now the glitched system screams:
🔥 "This world is HELL! SMITE INJUSTICE! PURGE EVIL SPIRITS!" 🔥

【ALERT! "Ghost Kitchen" detected!
Spectral entity mass-producing cursed slaves!】
✦ Reward: $10,000
Jiang Xin stared blankly at the packed, beloved bun shop outside his apartment.

【WARNING! "Hanged Ghost" confirmed!
Extreme aggression! Subdue immediately!】
✦ Reward: 3x "Insight Pills"
Jiang Xin sighed. His idiot friend was just struggling with his hoodie strings.

Until one day...

【MISSION COMPLETE】
✦ Reward: Ultra Spark - 3min Trial Card

Jiang Xin finally snapped:
"SYSTEM! ARE YOU EVEN TRYING TO CATCH GHOSTS?!"

Also known as:
《Since When Is Exorcism This Random?》
《Stop Mistaking Hoodies For Horrors!》
《My Glitched Exorcist Simulator》

 Don't Disturb the Dark Mage's Research ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

(system, magical world, system, harem, funny)

MC is a dark mage in a magical world, he has a system that grants points when he does research on magic and spell improvements. The points can be spent for self improvements like higher intelligence, or as research points to speed up study. He starts small, like updating the basic healing spells to heal more things like bruises, puncture wounds, and also to grow toenails side ways to cause pain as an attack method....... I'm just reading for fun about magic + scientific thinking.

"Every spell I've researched and improved stems from the pursuit of truth and science. You shouldn't slander an honest scholar like me."
In Year One of the Third Era, Jaxiu, history's greatest spellcaster, inventor of over 10,000 spells, and the Forbidden Arts Creator, responded thus when facing genocide charges.
"'Infinite Healing' causes cancer throughout the target's body? But are the tumors healing infinitely or not?!"
"'Absolute Protection' suffocates by blocking air? Air is dangerous! I have proof: everyone who breathes air inevitably dies!"
"'Little Boy Summoning' destroyed the Demon King's Castle with radiation making it uninhabitable for 30 years? Well... fine! I exterminated the demon clan! So what? I declare myself innocent. All in favor?"

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DC Comics: Today's big scoop ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(DC comics, harem, system, multiverse, bulldozer)

MC is in Gotham in DC universe. He has a system where the bigger the scoop he witness or participate in, the more powerful he gets. Many DC heroes show up from multiple Comics like different spider girls, bat girls, green lantern, etc. etc. He starts with Harley Quinn, and go on to "collect" many other female DC characters. It is very bulldozer MC with many harems.
DeepSeek Translated Description:
Connor’s found the ultimate cheat code in Gotham: spectating chaos makes him stronger. So…

When Batman hunts the Joker? Connor’s front-row with popcorn.
When Superman battles Zod? Connor’s cheering from the sidelines.

Arkham Asylum’s his all-inclusive resort.
The Justice League? Literally formed just to handle him.

Now Batman’s building "Anti-Connor Armor."
Doctor Doom flees at the sound of his name.
Green Lantern guards his ring like his life depends on it.
But the elusive chaos tourist still gives everyone headaches.

[Today’s Spectating: Spider-Gwen’s Secret]
[Submission Accepted! Reward: Steel Body]

(Set in the DC Universe, with cameos from Marvel characters)

**I Manifested the Cultivation Game ** ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(modern urban, haremish, mistaken systems, cultivation, streaming, slice of life )

MC has a system that thinks he is in a cultivation world and faced with many dangers. But he is actually just in the real world on earth in modern China. The system then try to cope by interpreting modern things as cultivation stuff. MC then does streaming on DouYin(Tiktok) and pretend his cultivation powers like sword flying, beast taming are just special effects. It has twin female MCs so it isn't exactly harem.
DeepSeek translated description for examples:

"I Manifested the Shu Mountain Game"
(Also known as: Public Cultivation on TikTok, Using Real Magic Under the Guise of VFX, Flying Unashamedly (Blame the AI))

Chen Han gets a game system meant to transport him into the Shu Mountain Swordsmen RPG world. But the transmigration fails—leaving the system hilariously glitched.

【Danger! A Dog Demon approaches, radiating violent demonic energy. Eliminate it immediately!】
Chen Han stares, baffled, at the stray mutt lifting its leg against a wall—just the village stray.

【Clan Elder has arrived to support you! Dispatch the demon now!】
He glances at the chuckling granny watching the standoff... his aunt-grandma.

Years later, Chen Han masters sword flight, soaring above clouds. He posts the footage on TikTok.

The Lich, WTF is summoning 055 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(two world, Chinese military weapons, lich summon, scheming )

MC is in a magic world as a Lich. He starts with a summon ability and somehow connects to his home country way on the other side of the universe and allow him to send stuff to/from it. So instead of summoning skeletons, he asks for help and the Xia country sends him modern weapons like guns, drones, grenades, and other high tech stuff to help. As he grows more powerful, he can summon bigger objects, eventually a fully equipped 055 Destroyer, thus the title. He also sends back magical stuff from his world back to help the Xia Country as well. Many weapons are either Chinese military or high tech stuff custom made, just google it and pretend it is western weapon. A gun is a gun no matter where it is made. I just like seeing modern weapon versus magical spells.

DeepSeek Description:
"My Necromancy Career Went Sideways When I Summoned... Motherland"
(Also known as: Industrialized Undead Apocalypse?!, Why Are Other Summoners So Weak?, "I'm Trying SO Hard Why Aren't You Dead Yet?", Leaning on Mom's Powers Is Lonely Business)

As an aspiring necromancer, Chen Mo knew bloodline rituals were risky. But accidentally linking the sacrificial circle to his motherland? That's when everything spiraled into glorious absurdity.

Other Necromancers: Summon zombies
Chen Mo: Skeleton brigade with AK-47s (Physical Enlightenment™)
Others: Summon dark knights
Chen Mo: Skeleton sniper team (One Shot, One Soul™)
Others: Summon flesh golems
Chen Mo: Skeletons driving Type 59 tanks (Explosive Artistry!)

When sky-blackening bone dragons descended, Chen Mo just sighed and inputted cosmic coordinates:
[Walls: Hercules-Corona Borealis ➔ KBC Void ➔ Sloan Great Wall ➔ Pisces-Perseus Supercluster... (skipping 42 light-years)... Sol System ➔ Moon Orbit ➔ Earth ➔ East Xia Republic]

A titanic silhouette tore through dimensions.

"Allow me to present," Chen Mo announced, "the ultimate envoy of Made-in-China industrial horror—armed with 112 VLS cells, 130mm naval guns, CIWS phalanx, and HQ-10 missiles. The undisputed sovereign of all oceans, the avatar of Absolute Firepower: Type 055 Guided-Missile Destroyer."

"P.S. Thanks to Mage Guild's levitation runes? Meet the Type 055 SPACE Destroyer."

"Now, no offense to your puny dragons..." He smirked at the frozen legion. "But y'all are straight-up TRASH."

[Pay Attention, This is how to play a Wizard]https://www.qidian.com/book/1044012213/) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

(multi worlds, modern magic, no system, no harem)

MC is in a modern world been invaded by alien worlds through portals that appears around the world. Everyone has a chance to awaken their inner space at 18 to gain special abilities. MC awakened a special inner space that grants him mostly supporting role abilities, but they are very powerful. He starts with a heal spell, and another way to put ppl into their worst nightmares. He can also easily gain new abilities as he slays more monsters. It is mostly just to see MC using his ability in fun and unexpected ways. He is also very smart and scheming.

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I'm a demonic Cultivator, not a capitalist ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(modern cultivation, making games, no harem, no system)

MC is in a modern cultivation world, he has average spirit root, but activated the heavenly Demonic Body physique that can generate spirits based on people's emotion. The positive emotions generate positive spirits and must be spent immediately as it conflicts with his demonic body, the negative emotions helps him level up. So he makes "dreamscapes"(which are like VR games) based on stuff he knows from earth. Like one based on "bizarre Dao Immortal" that can help the mind cultivators cultivate. Even though his goal is always to torture the players so he gets negative emotions, but it always end up generating positive ones due to series of coincidence and mis-understandings. I guess it is just fun to watch such reversal, same reason why I enjoyed losing money to be tycoon so much.

Weak and Friendly me ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(no harem, modern urban, big brain hole, slow pace ,mystery, aliens)

MC is weak in a wheelchair, and start with two abilities "Weak", and "Friendly". By been weak, he is not noticed by any strong person, and by friendly, he can be compassionate and ease other's pain. With those two abilities, he also activates the "Weakling survival system" that allows him to pick up additional abilities like "Scavenging" and see other aliens in this world trying to also get abilities, and discover the cause of his disease and the true truth of the world. This novel is kinda hard to read, as it has some twists and turns. Proceed with patience.

This Bad Luck is so Awesome ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(a lot of harem, modern urban, system, karma)

MC has a system that turn bad lucks into good outcomes. He is a bulldozer and will have many many harems. See DeepSeek translated description for examples:

Chen Mo is cursed with spectacularly bad luck... that somehow always pays off.

After accidentally injuring a delivery customer, he discovers the victim was a wanted criminal—netting him a $20k bounty.
When his upstairs neighbor floods his apartment, their brawl gets them arrested—only for the neighbor to be exposed as a spy, earning Chen Mo a $50k reward.
His brand-new car malfunctions and bursts into flames upon leaving the dealership—but the manufacturer pays him $3 million in hush money plus a replacement vehicle.
He invests heavily in a stock that immediately crashes—before revolutionary tech breakthroughs send it soaring 300%.
He offers a $500k betrothal gift to a tycoon’s daughter for 10x the dowry—she flees before the wedding, yet the magnate still grants him $5 million.

"Who says my luck is bad?" Years later, lounging back with hands in pockets as a newly minted Billionaire, Chen Mo smirks: "This kind of misfortune is absolutely perfect!"

Mirror in the Dust ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

(haremish, scheming, ruthless MC, ancient China dynasty)

MC wakes up in the game he played before as the sacrificial lamb in the first act. He schemes to reverse his fortune and dominate the game through his prior knowledge. Since he starts from such a bad position, it still requires a lot of scheming to make it happen. I like the progression and the MC's acts. Not much harem, just a lot of maybes.

Description:
The world is a crucible, Yin and Yang its coals, humanity the bronze, and the Dao its flame.
Those who spread the Dao like carrying firewood to quench a blaze only court self-immolation—wrong, wrong, wrong!
Only when Gu Fangchen opened his eyes and transmigrated into the world of the game Dusty Mirror did he finally grasp the secret within these words.
...
That year, the Princess of Zhenbei was still gentle as water, doting on her son to the point of obsession.
The Eldest Princess was cold as frost, her gaze haughtily aloof—her smile couldn’t be bought with a thousand gold.
The Younger Princess, charmingly naive, dreamed only of heroic knights and loathed vile villains above all.
The Grand Princess commanded armies like a War God, while the Female State Preceptor overturned clouds and rain with a wave of her hand.
And the sole heir of the Prince of Zhenbei—notorious for his worthlessness and rotten-to-the-core depravity—had just been exposed as the lowly son of a horse groom, swapped at birth by a demonic cult.
The true heir stood revealed: the newly crowned Top Scholar, a true disciple of the sages, endowed with a breath of noble spirit.

Player Gu Fangchen didn’t care one bit—and decided to start speedrunning.

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In This Era of Universal Cultivation, the System Wants Me to Be a Demon Lord?! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

(slice of life, modern cultivation, wrong system, no harem)

MC is in a modern world like earth, but cultivation is built into society like a sport or job. He got a system that wants him to do evil, but has massive mis-understanding of modern world. Like stealing someone's takeout is considered robbing someone of their destiny. AI generated personalities are considered a soul for the soul banner. Social media followers are considered as disciples. etc. etc. If you enjoy this kind of mis-understanding system novels, read on.

DeepSeek translated book description:

【Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’ve bound the "Chaos Overlord System." By completing demonic tasks, you can ascend as the Demon Sovereign!】
"It’s the age of civilized cultivation! System, are you trying to get me killed?!"

【Task 1: Steal others’ fortuitous encounters like it’s second nature. Seize their destiny for yourself!】
"System, robbery gets you 3 to 10 years in prison!"

【Task 2: A true Demon Lord commands legions of devoted followers. Recruit 1,000 disciples to fuel your ascent! (0/1000)】
"Bro, that’s illegal! The last cult got busted—minimum 5-year sentences!"

【Task 3: Forge your first demonic artifact: the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!】
"Trafficking souls is a capital offense! Just kill me now, you trash system!"

……
"Wait… stealing takeout counts as ‘seizing destiny’?!"
"Livestream selling goods… is ‘recruiting disciples’?!"
"AI-generated digital souls… work for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner?!"
"You’re not a system—you’re my scheming godfather!"

Years later, Su Yuan clawed his way to Demon Sovereignty by…
✅ Delivering takeout
✅ Hosting shopping streams
✅ Spamming as an online troll

Yet the world hailed him by another title:
[The Working-Class Immortal]

Leisurely Life: I Have a Scenic Park ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(no harem, modern urban, system, slice of life, park management, cute animals)

MC inherits a run-down scenic park, and has a park management system that grants money, animals, and buildings depending on the visitor traffic and satisfaction rate. Think of it as playing zoo Tycoon in real life. This is a slow pace slice of life novel. There are minimum conflicts, and no violence at all. MC starts by hosting a fishing competition sponsored by the system where if anyone catches one of the 10 special fishes, they get 100,000, but the system will give the MC 200,000 per fish. He then proceeds to get special rabbits that can run, evade, and perform kung fu moves from the system, which he then uses to host a rabbit catch competition. Later there are other special animals and other stuff in his park. This is a very relaxing novel.

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My Doomsday Train ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

(harem, ruthless MC, train upgrades, zombies, snowpiercer )

MC is in a post-apocalyptic world where some people can become a train conductor and command passengers to mine minerals that can be used to make food, water and other things to survive. Zombies and monsters roam the world so armor and weapon upgrades for the train are essential. MC has a cheat where he can upgrade the train components without limits. So even a low level 1 component like "train blade" can be upgraded to 100 level that can rotate and cut through the toughest monsters. There really isn't much of a plot, just the MC upgrading the train, getting more resources, killing monster, getting specially abilities and artifacts. There is, however a slowly unraveling mystery of why the apocalypse happened, and where the trains and components come from, and the looming destruction for the whole planet. Fun read if you like fast progression, equipment upgrades, and don't care about the morals of the MC.

DeepSeek translated book description:

Chen Mang transmigrates into a desolate, post-apocalyptic world. Zombie hordes roam everywhere, blanketing the land in death. Survivors must become Train Conductors, scavenging resources like minerals to upgrade, reinforce, and build their trains. Only by operating these mobile fortresses can they evade the undead and survive.
Or... they can become slaves to another Conductor, living at someone else's mercy.
All train parts have upgrade level caps; each level makes them stronger. Yet, the birthmark Chen Mang was born with grants him the ability to upgrade train parts infinitely.
When several white-grade parts like "Car Blades" and "Drills," scorned by other Conductors, are upgraded by him hundreds of levels... he realizes he has long since become invincible.
From then on—
A colossal train, hundreds of carriages long and armed to the teeth, roars across the apocalyptic wasteland.
...
"In this world, there are only two kinds of people."
"Conductors. Or Slaves."

Heavenly Ranking ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(no harem, modern urban, no simp MC, no system, high martial, no cultivation, monsters)

MC is in a world where a monster world is slowly invading earth through mists through spatial portals that can appear randomly. Inside the fog all technology are disabled, and monsters appear, so only physical weapon works, The monsters can drop crystals that can either grant skills, or improve the body and mind of the user. MC has a "cheat" where he can be in a mist location in his dream, before it happens in real life. So he can find out the location of the mist before hand, and practice killing the monsters in his dream. He uses this to level up faster and acquire upgrades since he knows which monster can drop what in his dream. If someone threatens the MC, he doesn't wait, will kill them and all accomplice in the next chance. I've read many books by the same author, although he says he is trying something new on this one, it still feels kind of the same, or someone working hard to advance, and killing anyone who threatens to get in the way.

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This Martial Saint's Health Bar Is Too Thick ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

(no harem, no romance, lots of fighting, inspirational, ruthless MC, political scheming)

Set in parallel universe like end of 19th century China when the eight nation army invaded. Except in this one it is seven nations, and the great blue dynasty has special martial armies to defeat the western invasion. MC has a myriad blood pearl that acts as a secondary health bar. the pearl can level up when MC receive damage. It also grants different blood related skills like mind attack, strength boost, etc. etc. Martial styles and techniques are the main fighting styles.
Guns are also involved as they are imported in from the west. Some are also some political scheming involved. The overall tone of the book is kind of heavy as MC keep facing uphill battles with ever more powerful enemies, half the fun is to see how the author manage to make the MC's win over improbable odds somewhat believable.......Read if you enjoy never ending crisis and stressful scenarios.

Immortal's Journey: My Myriad Talents ⭐️⭐️⭐️

(no harem, steady MC, slow pace, slice of life, cultivation)

Description:
Shen Xuan transmigrated into a world of cultivation, becoming a low-level rogue cultivator in a desolate border market town.
Here, sects stand like forests, demons and monsters roam rampant, life is cheap, and human lives are as worthless as weeds.
Fortunately, the mysterious jade talisman that brought him here can plunder the talents of demons and monsters.
Through diligent study and relentless practice, he not only masters these talents but also evolves them into various supernatural abilities.
Aided by this mysterious jade talisman, Shen Xuan, a lowly rogue cultivator, embarks on a path of steady and cautious cultivation.
[Water Control], [Concealment], [Invisibility], [Self-Healing], [Critical Strike], [Iron Bones], [Longevity], [Insight], [Water Walking], [Water Escape], [Poison Immunity], [Fortune's Favor]...
Countless talents converge upon him!
Starting as a humble water-element cultivator, Shen Xuan watches the clouds gather and disperse, witnesses the seas turn to fields. Unknowingly, he rises to become a Dao Lord—slaying demons, vanquishing monsters, and ascending to immortality through the Dao.
(Genres: Mortal's Journey, Longevity Focus, Cautious Protagonist, Slow Life/Development, System Elements, Steady Progress, Resource Management, Ruthless But Fair, Clear Morality)

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Mortal world Corpse Immortal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(steady MC, slice of life, slow cultivation, longevity seeking, Chinese folklores, no harem)
MC wakes up one day to find himself transformed into a zombie.
[Zombie]— Undying, with endless lifespan, yet lacking any means to evolve or ascend!

Thankfully MC has a system where as he lay the corpse to rest through divine deliverance, he gets various rewards from gold to skills to cultivation levels. He can also see the whole life of the corpse from which he can gain skills and insights.

Faced with a crumbling dynasty where demons, monsters, and supernatural horrors run rampant, Xu Qing chooses to hide in plain sight, becoming the most inconspicuous corpse-handler in the underworld trade. From then on, he reaps various rewards by guiding the dead to their rest—mastering skills and supernatural arts with each passing day.

It is very much slice of life as each corpse has his/her own story to tell, especially in a troubling world. Some of them are based on old Chinese folklores, but some are half-original.

The Monsters are Coming ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(VR gaming, fourth apocalypse, Multiverse, multi-POV, no harem, world building)

This seems to be yet another "earth player" think they are playing VR game, but are actually in another world kind of novel. Similar to "This game is really realistic !", equally good, just different. MC inherits a broken world and some power of an all powerful Divine entity and he needs a lot of solders to fight and explore the world to regain his power. So he crafts a system to recruit VR game players from earth to do his bidding. There are also many other realms that's feeding into this "monster world", and other invading aliens that'll fight with the players. It is a fairly well written book with some interesting world designs and power systems. It doesn't just focus on the MC, but mostly on the various players and the groups. the various "villains" are also very interesting. like one of the realm is a small world where everyone cultivates and only the best will ascend, but actually the "spirit root" they worked so hard to cultivate is actually the young seeding of an alien specie that breaks out of their body Alien style once they ascend to the higher world where the aliens live. highly recommended.

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From Dungeon to Gaming Empire ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️
(kingdom building, video games, dungeon, no harem)

MC is a dungeon master and his dungeons are based on video games from earth, like "Left4Dead, Sekiro, CS " etc. etc. it is fun to see the adventurers playing these game like an immersive VR, but they actually get items and experiences from the game in real life, and MC get their "mind spirits" to build and expand the dungeon. Kind of fun, I'm always a sucker for good video game developing novel, like the titanfall one. Although sometime the novel spends too much on the plot of the video games, but you can just kinda skim through that part if you know the game well.

DeepSeek Description:
This is a miraculous dungeon.
Countless adventurers are obsessed with it, losing themselves in its depths.
Because here—
They’ve faced hordes of zombies to unravel the mystery of the biochemical apocalypse, and scaled the rooftops of Ashina Castle to duel the Sword Saint in a life-or-death clash.
They’ve danced beneath the blade of the Valkyrie in the Lands Between, and hunted ancient gods in Yharnam, confronting horrors beyond human comprehension.
They’ve soared through the skies as elite Pilots in high-octane mech battles, and relived the Journey to the West, wreaking havoc in the Heavenly Palace, clashing with the Erlang Shen in his cosmic form.
And me?
I am the creator of this legendary dungeon—the Lord of Miracle City, Qi Ji!

Cancelled ? I'm going to Wreck this stupid entertainment industry
(Chinese entertainment, system, no harem, modern China, ruthless MC)

MC is an idol that just got cancelled due to scandals such as plagiarism, disrespecting elder actors, etc. etc. He then has a system that give him intels on other entertainment idols that also has scandals but hidden well. The more he exposes it, the more points he gets. So he can use use the points to trade for songs and other stuff to help him back on track. Many of the scandals are actually based on current events, such as tax evasion, lurid affairs, sex parties, etc. etc. Kind of fun to match the events in the novel with the real life ones... but if you don't know the scandals or are not familiar with Chinese entertainment, then it might be kind of boring.

This bad luck is so good !
(Luck, karma, modern Urban, harem, no system)

One day, MC heard a "Ding !" in his head, then he hit someone with his delivery bike and spilled hot soup on the person. This would have been very bad luck, except the person is on the Police's most wanted list so MC subdued him with his bike and called the police. He got 200,000 RMB as a reward and a flag for his bravery..... So he knows that whenever he hears the "Ding" something bad will happen but he'll reap reward for it. Like buying a stock of a drug company that has a drug with failed trial, then it turns out the drug is the next viagra. Or the upstair neighbor has a kid that keeps playing loud music and jumps on the floor, but turns out he was kidnapped and the parents is super rich. etc. etc. The interesting part is to see how the bad luck turns into good, and also the portrait of the harems. One of them is a gold digger, but in a unique way.

Divine Horror Cardmaster: Starting with Night Parade of a Hundred Demons
(card building, ghosts, Chinese mythology, no simp MC, no harem)

It is interesting to see the card building system based on Chinese mythology and literatures such as the journey west, Watermargin heros, etc. etc.

DeepSeek translated description:

Folkloric mythologist Lin Chen transmigrates into an unknown card-based world—only to immediately face the ultra-deadly dungeon [Night Parade of a Hundred Demons]!

In this desperate moment, Lin Chen taps into the divine power of [City God Temple] incense offerings to craft the deity card [Door Gods – Qin Qiong & Yuchi Gong].

After surviving the crisis, Lin Chen discovers that this world’s mythological history has been severed! Incense offerings have ceased, benevolent gods no longer answer, demonic deities reign supreme, and horrors run rampant.

Here, card-crafting materials are all cursed objects—countless cardmasters succumb to corruption because of them.

Yet Lin Chen can fuse historical myths and forge cards from these horrors!

• [Rakshasa Bones] evolve into [Mortal Year God – Wu Song]
• [Drowned Specter] evolve into [Chu Spirit Shaman – Qu Yuan]
• [Decapitated Corpse] evolve into [Battle-Mad Chi You Slayer – Xing Tian]

With each heroic spirit and divine card he creates, Lin Chen saves the world, educates its people, rekindles lost worship, and rebuilds faith in the gods!

• [Door Gods] guard homes, repel evil, and bless households.
• [Water Margin Heroes], heavenly stars incarnate, punish wickedness without mercy.
  • [Flame Emperor] spreads fire, purges filth, and lights the darkness.
• [Qu Yuan], the spirit shaman, dances to commune with gods and divine the heavens.
• [Kitchen God] governs food, banishes misfortune, and judges virtue and sin.
• [Emperor Guan], ruler of the underworld, vanquishes demons as guardian of dharma.
• [Great Yu] tames floods, calms the land, and stabilizes the world with nine sacred cauldrons.

But as Lin Chen summons these gods into the world, dark organizations begin targeting him. The hidden truths behind this world’s broken divine legacy and the demon gods’ shrouded ambitions slowly unravel!

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Players, Please Behave—This World Really Can Collapse_ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️
(post apocalypse, high Martial, VR, fourth wall, no harem, no romance, multiverse, kingdom building)

Another "player think it is immersive VR, but actually play in a real world" story. writing is not bad, pacing ok, kind of like "this game is too realistic", but with high martial world.

AI translated description:
Lin Qi, an ordinary young entrepreneur, suddenly finds himself transported to a high-martial world—a realm where countless races thrive, monsters run rampant, and exotic civilizations flourish.

Beneath the dazzling prosperity of its endless metropolises lie mountains of bones. The gods reign supreme, treating their dominions as playgrounds where all living beings are mere toys for their amusement—granted life or erased on a whim.

Lin Qi discovers that all he has is a dilapidated, long-abandoned martial arts hall and a "Traditional Martial Arts System" capable of summoning players from another world.

What the players create and learn, I learn.
Using players as pawns and the myriad races as the chessboard, Lin Qi’s life of cautious survival begins.

"Want to play a 100% realistic virtual game?"
"Experience the ultimate epic battlefield of interracial warfare—interested?"
"Get stronger in the game, grow stronger in real life—still not tempted?"

Years later, during one of his speeches, Lin Qi remarked:
"They call me a devil from the abyss, a destroyer of civilizations, an overthrower of races, a slayer of gods—all slander, I assure you."
"I’m just a humble martial arts instructor with a dream: to open branches of my dojo across the world and improve people’s physical health and quality of life. As for their accusations? Well, perhaps it’s because I learned from them—using the torch of civilization and the name of justice to move their hearts, inspiring them to willingly open their gates and promote economic and population exchange between cities and civilizations."

 Wrong System, Fake Cultivation in the City_ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 
(haremish ? slice of life, modern China, streaming, influencer, xianxia)

MC is in a modern China much like earth, except he has a cultivation system that thinks he is the reincarnated soul of a seven thousand years old sword cultivator in another realm. There are no spirit Qi at all so all cultivation techniques and artifacts doesn't work. However, the system does grant him immortal force points that can be used to do certain super human things like faster reaction time, super speed and strength, but in a very limited way. so the MC is using it to perform super human acts like throwing a knife from 50 meters away and piercing a leaf while still dead-on target. He is disguising it as science and martial art. He streams those acts live and also make cosplay videos. There are some romantic conflicts between his high school love and new rich college girls, but mostly just slice of life stuff.

Behemoth Overlord ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ️
(no harem, powerful MC, beast avatar, high martial, unlimited growth, PF(prog fantasy))
Typical invincibility MC story, just keep gaining more powers and beating ever stronger enemies, too much for earth ? let's go to the Moon ! Lots of stats.

DeepSeek Description:
Editor's Top Pick for 2025 – A Thrilling Masterpiece!】
As myths awaken, Earth expands hundreds of times in size, teeming with legendary creatures from ancient lore, each carving out their own dominion.
Strange beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, apocalyptic colossi from Western mythology, and abyssal leviathans with bodies stretching thousands of feet...
Xu Zhou transmigrates into this perilous parallel world, only to discover he has a rooster as his avatar.
Not only that—he also gains an ability to grow by one kilogram per day.
And this ability upgrades as his avatar evolves: 100 kg per day, 10,000 kg per day...
From then on, a Kun (mythical giant fish) with limitless growth begins expanding endlessly, evolving into a true mythic behemoth.
1,000 jin, 10,000 jin, 100,000 jin...
Years later.
"My current weight is 90 trillion tons... enough to be called the Behemoth Overlord!"
Amidst the cosmos, Xu Zhou locks onto a mythic beast in the void, his eyes gleaming with icy killing intent.
The next instant—a planetary shadow surges forth...

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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.

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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.

This is what I'm reading the week of 2025-04-13. I only included the ones I've added to my bookshelf to continuous reading.

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Everyone: Summoner is Weak ? I get a golden trait on every level up ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 
(single FL, creature summon, modern urban, abyss invasion)

MC is in a world invaded by abyss monsters. Everyone can awaken at 18 with a special class. He got trashy summoner while his beautiful and popular girlfriend got a unique class of Warlock. read to see what happens next. It is a typical kind of trashy power up novel with MC getting more and more traits to power up his many summoned creatures and himself as well. leave your brain at the door. But at least it isn't harem.

Description Translation:
"After awakening as a Summoner, people called it a 'Pay-to-Win Class'?
Too bad—I’m a cheat user!

When Shen Fei awakened as a Summoner, he also gained a unique talent: one golden trait per level, allowing him to bestow extraordinary traits upon his summons.

Mountain Ridge Giant
Five elemental Flame Empress
Shadow blade Immortal

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You are suppose to be Druid, but you join the Demo Sect ? ⭐️⭐️⭐️
(no harem, ruthless MC, ancient China, demonic cultivation, druid, world tree)

MC lands in a cultivation world with the remanent of a world tree in his mind. He was a ruthless gangster in his previous life, so he has no issue with killing people and taking their stuff. Especially since the world tree made him a druid, and he can consume the flesh and artifacts of the cultivators to empower his own body and mind. As he grows stronger, he'll gain more druid power like beast transformation, tree transformation. He'll cultivate immortal path, and the demon path, and there'll also be realm conquering. kind of fun.

Description Translation
After transmigrating into a cultivation world, Gu Yan discovers he's become the sovereign of a withered World Tree.

With great power comes great responsibility...
But what if you have no power?

Gu Yan turns his gaze to the masses of cultivators:
"To preserve the world's balance and uphold love and justice... Fellow Daoists, this humble Gu must temporarily inconvenience you all."

As realms prosper, fellow cultivators weep.
By "borrowing" the (selfless contributions) of countless cultivators, he'll rebuild the indestructible World Tree's authority, reshape creation itself, and ascend as an immortal patriarch!

This is what I'm reading the week of 2025-04-06. I only included the ones I've added to my bookshelf to continuous reading.

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Attending College at Age 38, I'm classmates with my son and daughter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  
  (harem maybe, modern China, Urban setting, slice of life, system, comedy)
  
  MC got a "study" system at the age of 38. It grants him money and abilities (such as been smarter, more handsome, stronger, etc. etc.) the more he studies. His son and daughter are three month away from the grueling College Entrance Exam. The system's main mission is for him to ace the exam and attend an ivy level college, and the reward, among other things, is 100 million dollars. So he quits his day job as delivery driver and attended his son and daughter's high school as a student, under the disguise of watching his children closely to make sure they are studying hard. Comedy abound of reactions from his daughter, son, and other parents and students. Probably will turn harem with beautiful teachers and sister-in-laws.....

High Martial World: Ascending from Cultivating Erlang Shen's Divine Gifts ⭐️⭐️⭐️  
(no harem, no romance, progression, heavy stats, Urban, no simp MC, hard grind)

MC transmigrate into a modern urban world that's like the earth except in 1999 space portal opened everywhere and monsters started appearing all over the world and devouring countless lives. Of course with the portal open, origin energy also appears that's kind like LinQi(spirit energy) in that it grants humans the ability to evolve to be faster and stronger, and some can even gain special talents such as fire manipulation. This enabled the humans to fight back against the monsters and control over the space portals. MC just has ordinary talent but with a system that only got to 100% activation when he was around 16 and it grants him a template of the cultivator Erlang (from journey to the west) so he can slowly gain all of Erlang's abilities through hard work and practices. The novel is kind of slow paced, MC didn't become number 2 in his school until chapter 80, and even at chapter 200, he is still not Number 1 in the nation. most of the chapters are just about him grinding his various tech skills and entering different competitions to earn money for his family. There is some face-slapping, but very little, mostly just to keep it interesting. Only read if you like a hard working MC that earned his skills and not just been given by the system. The system helps by granting him abilities at certain break points of the infusion of the templates. But to advance the infusion level, MC has to train very hard. So there is no romance, no harem. It can get boring at times, I just read it for the progression.

Deepseek Translated Qidian Description:

As alien races invade, calamity beasts rampage, and martial arts ascend, a tempest of life's evolution engulfs humanity, pushing it toward apocalyptic peril.
Lin Qi, an ordinary office worker, is thrust into this high-martial world with a mysterious golden tattered banner in hand. After seventeen mundane years, the banner awakens, granting him a divine template: Erlang Shen, Yang Jian—Celestial War God, disciple of the Primordial Celestial Lord, Hunter of Deities, and Sovereign of Rivers. With godlike strength, boundless magic, a third eye, and a saintly physique, Yang Jian’s legacy becomes Lin Qi’s path to supremacy.

The deeper his fusion with the template, the greater his martial talents grow.
Achievements: Shouldering Mountains to Chase the Sun, Conquering Demons Across Peaks, Dragon Subjugation, Serpent-Slaying, Splitting Mountains to Save His Mother…

Years later, beneath the starlit sky, Lin Qi hunts king-class calamity beasts—Hydra Emperors, Titan Apes, Oceanic Leviathans, Earth-Shaking Dragon Mammoths—leaving their corpses as monuments and rivers of blood in his wake.

“Senior Lin Qi, I will surpass you one day.”
When the world trembles anew at his feats, an SSS-ranked prodigy challenges him. Lin Qi smirks:
“Genius is merely the threshold to face me. When you reach the Ninth Realm, you’ll gaze upon me as mayflies do the heavens.”

This is the tale of a peerless talent wielding Erlang Shen’s divine gifts, delivering a transcendent reckoning in a high-martial era.

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This is what I'm reading the week of 2025-03-30. I only included the ones I've added to my bookshelf to continuous reading.

yeah, only has one book this week, been busy catching up on older books.

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**Practice the Dao of MTL to read these novels: **
 
  御兽，但是系统搞错时间线 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Beast Taming, but system got the wrong timeline)
  (Modern, system, no harem, no romance, no simp MC)
  
  Yet another system in the wrong timeline novel. This one relates to beast taming.
  MC is only 16 but the system thinks he is 50 and near the end of his life. With the system giving him techniques from 30 years in the future, and giving him clues of what happened to him in the future (system's past). MC can survive in a cruel world where to get ahead you need a lot of money and be exploited if you are poor but talented.
  
Translated Description from QD:
"Half a lifetime gone, yet nothing achieved."
"Seeing your stubborn refusal to accept old age at fifty, Elder Ruan takes pity and gifts you a dying dragon companion."
"You’ve bonded with a Chronodragon."
Wait, no—he just volunteered at the community pet store, and they gave him a baby Green Serpent for free. Where’s the dragon?!
"Your Chronodragon has achieved its first hyper-evolution, awakening the power of time."
That’s just a basic Green Serpent evolution. Cut the act—it’s not a Chronodragon!
"You’ve discovered a juvenile Devourer-Kunpeng with the ability to evolve through consumption."
Actually, it’s the elderly grouper in the store owner’s fish tank, nearing the end of its life… Hold on, the system says it has devour-evolution talent?
…
To the system, he’s a late-blooming legend.
In reality, he’s just eighteen, and his beast-taming journey has only begun.
(Elements: Glitched System, Text-Based Beast Taming, Temporal Shenanigans)

我都修魔了，你还想道德绑架？ ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"I’m Cultivating Demonic Dao, and You Still Want to Guilt-Trip Me?"
(demon cultivation, no romance, immoral, cunning, and ruthless MC)

MC is born in a cultivation world where the demonic cultivators are just bunch of naive cultivators who only knows to kill and sacrifice with no sophistication at all. It is up to the MC
to show them the right way to do demonic cultivation.

Translated Description from QD:
As a former Paradox Interactive games player, Xu Gu considered himself a perfectly normal person… until he began cultivating the demonic path.

“Don’t you have any techniques where I can invite a large number of opposite-sex partners to ‘assist’ my cultivation? They’d just lose a tiny bit of vitality, while my power skyrockets?” Xu Gu asked.
“Huh…?” The Demonic Sect Leader’s heart skipped a beat.

“Don’t you have any pills that, with just a drop of effort, can make people utterly loyal, ‘correct’ their lives, and boost their efficiency?” Xu Gu pressed.
“Huh…?!” The Demonic Sect Leader’s heart palpitated.

“Don’t you have any magical flags that can summon everyone’s souls inside, then call them out to fight enemies for you?” Xu Gu continued.
“Huh…?!!” The Demonic Sect Leader’s panic set in.

…

Xu Gu kept asking. The Demonic Sect Leader silently pulled out a notebook and began taking notes.

In the end, Xu Gu found nothing. He couldn’t tell whether the demonic cultivators of this world were deranged—or if he was the problem.

“You demonic cultivators have nothing! No wonder the righteous path hunts you down like dogs,” Xu Gu grumbled.

“Which is exactly why we invited you here,” the sect replied earnestly.

Years later, Xu Gu unwittingly became the revered Grand Ancestor of the Demonic Path across countless realms.

Yet his mind often drifted back to the day he graduated from his demonic apprenticeship.

“You unfilial disciple! Do you truly dare to bear the infamy of killing your own master?” his mentor had cried.

Xu Gu simply smiled: “I’m cultivating demonic dao. Did you really think ‘morality’ would work on me?”

从皇宫禁军开始，分身遍御天下 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Starting from the Imperial Guard: My Surrogates Rule the Realm

(Ancient China, dynasty building, surrogates, no romance, ruthless MC, low martial)
MC has a sign-in system that grants him various martial skills, pills, abilities, and every month, he gets a surrogate projected in another part of the country with different appearances and abilities. They also have their own sign-in rewards as well. the Country is in the beginning of rebellions with civil unrests, famine, flood, plague and a corrupt government + useless emperor. The MC then uses his various clones to stage a revolution and maybe become the new emperor.
Lots of gory description of famines and other disasters, including cannibalism. not for the high moral readers.

Translated Description from QD:
As a lowly imperial guard enduring mind-numbing palace duties, my days blend into monotony.
Yet beyond these gilded walls, legends rise:

• A "Great Sage and Benevolent Teacher" amasses a zealous following, wielding sacred talismans and the Scripture of Great Peace.
• The shadowy assassin guild Qingyi Tower strikes terror into hearts with its silent blades.
• Rebels at Liangshan Marsh rally under the banner of "Torrential Rain", championing the heavens’ justice.
• The martial colossus Tianxia Hui claims dominion over the martial world...
  Little do they know—these legends are my surrogates, each a masterpiece of disguise and power.
  "Your Majesty, must you rebel? You force my hand… and my thousand faces."

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