Qidian Top Novels This Week: The Ranking Barely Moved

TL;DR: Qidian top novels this week held the exact same top 5 as last week's snapshot, each with a higher vote total. Ye Wu Jiang (夜无疆) still leads with 28,537 monthly votes, current through Chapter 812.

Key Takeaways

• All five Qidian top novels from last week's snapshot are unchanged in position this week.
• Ye Wu Jiang (夜无疆) leads with 28,537 monthly votes, up from 25,382 a week earlier.
• The completed novel Lao Shi Ren (捞尸人) is still holding #3 with 23,747 votes despite finishing its run in August.
• No new title broke into the top 5 this cycle, a genuinely unusual result for a board that typically sees at least one shift per week.

Qidian Top Novels: This Week's Top 5

Qidian's own Monthly Vote ranking page, screenshotted directly at the time of writing.

1. Ye Wu Jiang (夜无疆), 28,537 monthly votes. An Eastern xuanhuan (东方玄幻) novel by Chen Dong, ongoing, current through Chapter 812. No confirmed English translation exists yet.

2. Xuan Jian Xian Zu (玄鉴仙族), 25,254 monthly votes. A xianxia novel by Ji Yueren, tagged under cultivation-civilization (修真文明) themes, ongoing, past Chapter 1,591.

3. Lao Shi Ren (捞尸人), 23,747 monthly votes. An urban supernatural (都市·异术超能) novel by Chun Jie Di Xiao Long, centered on a ghost-and-corpse-retrieval premise. Complete since August, still holding a top-3 spot on lingering reader support.

4. Mei Qian Xiu Shen Me Xian? (没钱修什么仙?), 22,455 monthly votes. Another cultivation-civilization entry, by Xiong Lang Gou, ongoing, past Chapter 991.

5. Qing Wu Gaokao Shi Du Jie (请勿高考时渡劫), 18,902 monthly votes. An urban-fantasy entry by Zui Bai De Wu Ya, ongoing, Chapter 96, its title translating to roughly "Please Don't Face Your Tribulation During the Gaokao."

Qidian Top Novels: Why the Board Barely Moved

This is the second consecutive week we've tracked this board, and the comparison itself is the story. Last week's top 5 were the same five novels, in the same order, with vote counts roughly 8-12% lower across the board. A completely static top 5 over a full week is not the norm for the Monthly Vote system: new chapter releases, author-organized vote drives, and reader campaigns typically shuffle at least one or two positions within any given week.

That stability points to a gap that's widened rather than narrowed. Ye Wu Jiang's lead over second place grew from roughly 2,900 votes to about 3,300 over the week, and the margin separating #5 from the rest of the unranked field appears to have grown too, based on how little movement showed up this cycle. A locked top 5 usually means the leading titles are pulling in new readers, not just retaining existing ones.

Curious how the Monthly Vote system itself actually works, ticket mechanics and all?

Qidian Monthly Vote Ranking Explained →

Lao Shi Ren's continued presence at #3 is the most interesting individual data point again this week. A completed novel gaining votes a month after finishing its run is not typical Monthly Vote behavior, since the mechanic is built around supporting a story in progress. Two consecutive weeks of top-3 placement on a finished serial is a stronger signal than a single week would be.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is the Qidian Monthly Vote ranking? A: The Monthly Vote (月票) ranking is Qidian's own leaderboard of novels ranked by monthly ticket votes, a currency readers spend to support their favorite ongoing serials. It resets each calendar month and reflects real-time reader support rather than lifetime popularity.

Q: Did the top 5 change from last week? A: No. All five novels held the same positions as the prior week's snapshot, each with a higher vote count. That kind of stability is unusual and suggests the gap between these five and the rest of the board has widened rather than narrowed.

Q: What novel is #1 this week? A: Ye Wu Jiang (夜无疆), an Eastern xuanhuan novel by Chen Dong, holds #1 with 28,537 monthly votes, current through Chapter 812.

Q: Are any of the current top novels already available in English? A: None of the current top 5 have a confirmed official English translation or Webnovel.com listing as of this writing. They are presented here as titles trending on the original Chinese platform, not as English-reading recommendations.

Q: Is this different from the Qidian ranking mechanism explainer? A: Yes. This article is a live, dated snapshot of the current board. For how the Monthly Vote system itself works, see our separate explainer on the ranking mechanism.

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References

[1] Qidian: official Monthly Vote ranking page [2] Qidian: official Chinese web novel platform