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Looking for Martial Arts Stories About a Powerful Protagonist Who Retires, Opens a Restaurant, and Gets Caught Up in All Kinds of Trouble 求主角很强归隐，开酒楼，遇各种事情，武侠类

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The protagonist is powerful but low-key, has seen through the world and retired from it, and runs a small restaurant. Then all sorts of trouble crops up and forces them to step in. A wuxia setting would be best.

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1 Wuxia: Telling Stories in the Valley of Villains, Little Fish Works for Me 武侠：恶人谷说书，小鱼儿打工 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Ye Chen arrives on the Jiuzhou Continent, a wondrous world where the martial arts worlds of countless legends converge. Here, Li Xunhuan’s flying daggers never miss, and Lianxing and Yaoyue dazzle with peerless beauty. And so, in front of the Valley of the Villains, there appears a Peaceful Inn that stays out of the martial world, along with an “ordinary” storyteller who only wants to earn popularity points. One tale, Sword and Fairy, brings countless lovers to tears. “Mr. Ye, what medicine can 46.7kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
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"Brothers, I have to say, this book has completely captivated me. The writing style and plot are both so compelling that I can't put it down. It's a masterpiece on Tomato, I give it a perfect score ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. I highly recommend it to you, don't miss it!"
2 Charge One Silver Coin More, and Even the Great Emperor Has to Pay 贪一银加一点大帝来了也得交银子 A Thousand Paths Through the Mortal World千道红尘Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Short drama now streaming: As a Brocade Guard, Is There a Problem with My Having Absolute Power? (Ruthless and decisive + no distinction between good and evil, only differing sides + clear-headed. In short, just sit back and enjoy. Do-gooders, please keep away.) On the Xuanqing Continent, people held martial arts in such high regard that they even sought to become immortals and attain the Dao. Li Hanjiang transmigrated to this continent, into the territory of an empire called the Chiyan Empire. 23.8kReads8.7Score2kShelves
3 EN The Great Emperor Is Stunned! You Call This a Demon-Suppression Guard? 大帝惊了！你管这个叫镇魔卫？ Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Grow stronger by slaying demons + System + transmigrate + double agent + invincible + no female lead + Demon Suppression Office] From the start, Chu He joins the Demon Suppression Office and awakens the Super Stat-Boosting System! With peerless talent, he rises at an astonishing pace and quickly takes control of the Demon Suppression Office! “Chu He, you lackey of the imperial court! You dared wipe out my entire sect. May you die a miserable death!” “Chu He, you actually colluded with demons 49.9kReads9.0Score4.2kShelves
4 A Hound of the Imperial Court? You’ve Never Faced the Six Fan Gate’s Blades 朝廷鹰犬？没挨过六扇门的刀 Tian Yan天衍Eastern Fantasy5.8M WordsOngoing Also known as: Six Doors: Confiscating Estates and Wiping Out Clans [Transmigrate into a book + ruthless and decisive + single or no heroine] Reality isn’t a game, nor is it a storybook. Reality has rules, and breaking them brings retribution. My name is Li Jun Su. I paid the price for breaking the rules. After that, I was reborn. Unlike the real world, this world was dominated by martial arts, and the path to immortality flourished. Power mattered more than authority. The Great Qian Dyna 65.7kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
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What? You want to read these? Then take them quickly! The title alone should pique everyone's interest. The second book features the sixth prince, a highly skilled martial artist who has debated swordsmanship with sword saints and immortals. He's intelligent, has a secret organization, and orchestrates everything. He marries a female demon. The third book features the son of the Prince of Jingbei, a resourceful and intelligent man who starts at the late stage of the fifth realm of martial arts, using the world as his chessboard, serving his country and its people.
5 The World’s Number One Blundering Assassin 天下第一乌龙刺客 The World's Mightiest Little Fox宇宙无敌小狐狸Historical7k WordsCompleted The World’s Greatest Accidental Assassin 162Reads—Score—Shelves
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A good martial arts movie.
6 Transmigrated as the Obsessive Male Lead's First Love, His Senior Sister 穿成偏执男主的白月光师姐 Greedy Lazybones咸鱼贪财Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted Yan Qing had spent seven or eight hundred years in a world of cultivation before discovering during her tribulation to reach the Deification stage that she had transmigrated into a master-disciple romance novel and become the male lead's doomed senior sister, his first love. In the novel, the male lead was in love with his senior sister. The first thing Yan Qing did after waking up was test whether her gentle, refined junior brother liked her. Once she confirmed he did not, she went down the mou 8.9kReads9.0Score979Shelves
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This one fits the bill perfectly. The male lead is incredibly devoted to the female lead, who runs a restaurant, fakes her death, but is still discovered…
7 The Demon-Slaying Chronicles of Dajing 大靖捉妖记 Huanran y焕燃yAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Food, revenge, court intrigue, mystery-solving, demon hunting, two strong leads) A small eatery has opened directly across from the notorious Censorate. Most of the dishes served there are unheard of and never before seen. They’re delicious, generously portioned, and reasonably priced. No wonder Changlin Street, usually avoided by passersby, is packed with diners come mealtime. The charming and bewitching Boss Sang The all-knowing ancient demon, Old Vine The demon monk Misha, a master chef The 3.5kReads9.1Score468Shelves
8 The Dustblade Guards the Palace 尘锋镇阙 Awareness觉性Martial Arts663k WordsOngoing The protagonist is both righteous and wicked, neither wholly good nor evil, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals! He takes revenge on the spot. If he can’t get even right away, he’ll find a way to do it later. No saintly do-gooder, no brainless characters! Rescuing a gravely wounded noble on a snowy night draws him into the martial world, the power struggles at court, and the conflict between good and evil, as he investigates the secrets of the Imperial Bones. Welcome, new and longtime 2.9kReads6.0Score181Shelves
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Recommended, recommended
9 Martial World, Don't Bully Me: I Have a Demon Blade 武侠，休要欺负我，我有一把魔刀 Huang Xiaozhao0黄小招0Martial Arts216k WordsOngoing The martial world was never a place for settling scores with satisfying vengeance. It was a place filled with deceit, coldness, and hurt... Yan Xiaoxiang watched his family home destroyed and his loved ones die with his own eyes. His young heart was burdened with the pain of the world. A demonic blade fell into his hands. It could kill, and it could ensnare the mind... In the end, he chose to kill! 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
10 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 198.1kReads9.5Score24.7kShelves
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When Master serves food, you turn the table; when Master chants incantations, you chatter. When Master rests, you sing; when Master stays in bed, you bang on the pot. When Master lives a long life, you die young; when Master buries you on the hillside. When Master raises a cup, you don't drink; when Master chatters, you don't speak. When Master holds a banquet, you leave the table; when Master summons the soul, you scatter the doves. Spring comes again on the hillside, but you are forever separated by the netherworld and the underworld.
11 Opening a Little Restaurant in Shengjing 我在盛京开小馆 Four Bayberries四颗杨梅Ancient Romance381k WordsCompleted [Alternate world, slow burn, not a wish-fulfillment novel, food + court intrigue + transmigration. Read with caution if that’s not your thing.] Miss Li’s Changhuan Eatery, tucked away on Qingxing Alley, serves delicious food at affordable prices. The officials who get up early for roll call tug at their increasingly tight uniforms, but still can’t help ordering another bowl of fresh pork wontons. Pei Hongzhi happened to eat there once and discovered that Miss Li didn’t just make excellent breakf 27.9kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
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❗❗❗The owner of the always-packed restaurant turns out to be a martial arts master, fighting against a hundred enemies to uncover the truth behind that massive fire. While upholding a noble cause, he also enjoys a touch of romance. [Shy]
12 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 I Am the Ox Warrior我是牛战士Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [The only imaginative ensemble martial arts novel on the entire site!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Come on in and see for yourselves, dear readers!] [Ensemble cast + System + Traits + Martial Arts] Chen Ye transmigrated to the Great Wu Dynasty and became bound to the Orphan-Raising System. By raising orphans, he could earn points, which he could use to draw traits and bestow them upon the children. 116.4kReads8.9Score12.3kShelves
13 You’re All Chasing the Heroine? Then I’ll Marry the Demoness 你们都追女主？那女魔头我娶走了 Paper Parcel纸包Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsOngoing [One heroine + everyday affection + guaranteed sweetness + cultivation system + grand setting] Shen Yi'an transmigrates into a rather outrageous novel. Born into the world, he discovers that he’s the original protagonist, the one with a massive green hat hanging over his head: the Sixth Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, His Highness Prince Chu! The second, third, fourth, and nth male leads all like the heroine. Whoever wants that whole field of green can have it. I don’t. You’re all going after 121kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves
14 You're an Immortal Emperor, So Why Are You Running a Restaurant in the Outer Sect? 你一个仙帝，窝在外门开餐馆？ Green Vegetables and Cucumbers青菜黄瓜Eastern Fantasy378k WordsCompleted Gu Yuan transmigrated to a fantasy world and became an outer disciple of the Tianyan Sect. While sorting through his master's belongings, he found a diary about a hopeless simp. As it turned out, the old man had run a restaurant in the outer sect his entire life just so his goddess could eat a meal he had cooked himself? Poor Gu Yuan. Even on his deathbed, the old man made him promise to keep the restaurant running. “Master, as your disciple, of course I must carry on your legacy.” “This little 598Reads8.1Score107Shelves
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The protagonist starts as the world's number one martial arts master, his name known throughout the martial arts world. However, tired of fighting and killing, he opens an inn and lives in seclusion. The first three books and the last three are especially popular, with millions of readers online and a rating as high as 9.9. I don't need to elaborate on the prestige of a provincial-level author, right? This is a list of twenty of Tomato's best works. I hope you enjoy reading! [Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece]
15 Snow Blankets the World, the Wind Carries the Blade 大雪满风刀 An Ren Dao Ruo Shan安仁道若山Historical3.3M WordsCompleted [No System, alternate history, political intrigue, a touch of cultivation, no mindless characters, no invincible heroes] A mysterious woman is imprisoned in the depths of the imperial jail. The first time jailer Yang Zhan met her, he cursed her, calling her shameless! From then on, she had a name... Bilian! 23.9kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
16 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves
17 EN Fantasy: The Ultimate Store Manager 玄幻：神级大店长 The Witch's Bride魔女的新娘Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsCompleted On the Tianlan Continent, there’s a miraculous shop called the Origin Mall. Its cola can instantly restore you to full health; its spicy strips let you fight opponents above your level; its games can raise your cultivation; and its novels can help you comprehend techniques... The shop has countless products, including leisure, entertainment, dining, and cultivation goods... Oh, and remember one thing: never cause trouble in the shop, because its owner is incredibly powerful... 7.4kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
18 The Maniac Opens an Inn: The Entire Martial World and Court Bow Before Her 疯批她开客栈：江湖全朝堂全跪了 Hidden Ink Carp鲤鱼墨隐Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Strong heroine + invincible lead + a touch of ensemble cast + business management + no romance] Ling Zhizhi has just killed an entire family of scumbags. Before she can even escape the mental hospital, she's bound to an inn-management System?! The System thumps its chest: “Act like a powerful big shot! The more convincing you are, the better the rewards!” And so, deep in the woods of a martial arts world, an inn called “The Inn” suddenly appears. Ling Zh 10.6kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
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Family, this is a perfect match! The female lead is incredibly strong; she runs an inn in a place no one else dares to go, and she even gains some powerful figures who become her waitresses or do business with her. She's super, super powerful, and she even has a system! It's truly super, super good! Highly recommended! [Heart emojis]
19 EN My Junior Disciples Are All Overpowered, So I Have to Cheat! 师弟们都是大佬，那我只能开挂了 Rain Falls from South of the City to the West城南有雨落城西Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The second junior brother is the chosen one of the plane. The third junior brother is reborn. The fourth junior brother is an ancient Sword Immortal reincarnated. The junior sister is the future Demon Empress. Everyone from top to bottom is a hidden powerhouse! Ouyang, the eldest senior brother, gives a crooked grin. “Well, then I guess I'll have to use cheats!” 124.3kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves
20 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.6kReads9.5Score38.8kShelves
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It's hilarious, especially the second book, where the main character is a real old man.
21 I'm Just a Mortal, So Why Does Everyone Call Me the Holy Land's Ancestor? 我一凡人，为啥都叫我圣地老祖？ Silver Vow银色誓言Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Fantasy + Misunderstandings + Light System + Subverting Tropes + Funny and Easygoing] My name is Lin Fan, and I’m in a real fix. I have no cultivation, no schemes, and no connections, yet I’ve suddenly been mistaken for the ancestor of a sacred land and saddled with the fate of all humanity. This plot doesn’t seem right! “Just as expected of the Ancestor. None of us can see through your cultivation!” That’s because I don’t have any cultivation at all! “The Ancestor’s brilliant plans have dealt 66.1kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves
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The male protagonist starts out with no cultivation, but he is the patriarch of a holy land. Everyone in the holy land says he is invincible. He goes to the toilet and comes back to find that the demon race has been wiped out.
22 Defy Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, Prove Eternal Immortality 断阴阳五行，证万古长生 Fish Hidden in the Deep鱼潜在渊Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [System + Sign-In + Taking an Empress as His Master + Imperial Clan + Invincible + Immortality] When I was three, the System granted me the cultivation of an Immortal King, but I decided to keep a low profile. The newbie gift pack gives me an Emperor-grade cultivation technique? I'm the young master of an imperial clan? I was born with the Third Divine Eye, the Rinnegan? And I have the bloodline of an Immortal Emperor? But none of that matters much, because I also have six unbelievably powerful 2kReads6.2Score137Shelves
23 After Retirement, My Wife Brought People to Arrest Me 退休后，老婆带人来抓我了 Storytelling Lazy讲故事的LazyUrban1.9M WordsCompleted From the start, a beautiful woman proposed to him. Liu Xuedong was a fake psychologist and, in reality, an S-Rank Cleaner. Just as he was happily anticipating a perfect life, he realized things weren't going quite the way he'd imagined… Wait, isn't my wife the one I hate most? (A professional writer registered with the Provincial Writers Association. Credentials verified, so read with confidence.) 47.8kReads9.0Score4.2kShelves
24 Lying Flat at the Brothel, Listening to Music, and Now the System Is Panicking 躺平勾栏听曲，系统急了 Open Wide for Candy张嘴吃糖Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + funny + invincible master lineage + bandit System + powerful backer + whole sect full of sneaky schemers + everyone’s favorite + throwing his weight around + cultivation, but not too serious, all about mining] After spending five years listening to music in the pleasure quarters, the System can't take it anymore. [System: Buddy, do you want to be invincible in this world? Just complete the beginner's quest...] Xu Anshan: Do you think I need that? I am the Peak Master of Wushi Pea 50.1kReads9.4Score5.1kShelves
25 After Guarding the World for a Million Years, My Disciples Beat Everyone 镇守百万年，我的徒弟吊打诸天 A Pen Becomes a Blade无笔成锋Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Traditional fantasy, no System, one female lead! Hilarious + Absolutely exhilarating] Important: [Both leads are men. There’s no master-disciple romance] His master, Bai Fengliu, is known as the Sword Lord of Jingzhe, a man so powerful that all the heavens tremble before him. He commands life and death and defies the cycle of reincarnation. His disciple, Xiao Ke, possesses the world’s strongest skill: Summon Master. So you’re an Emperor? So your cultivation reaches the heavens? Sorry, but all i 14.4kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
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He single-handedly guarded the world for millions of years, ensuring its peace. When his disciple emerged from seclusion, his overwhelming power astonishing all, how will the master and disciple continue this earth-shattering legend?
26 The Good-for-Nothing Me Became Invincible After My Sister Awakened! 废材的我，在妹妹觉醒后无敌了！ A Memory of Misty Rain一忆烟雨Urban564k WordsOngoing [Slow-paced, everyday life, invincible, doting on his little sister, little sister dotes on her big brother, dual perspectives: brother 80%, sister 20%] In the age of spiritual qi revival, everyone awakens an ability. Su Chen and Lin Tiantian grew up together in an orphanage. At eighteen, he takes part in the awakening ceremony but fails to awaken. Heartbroken, he devotes himself to raising his little sister instead. However, on the morning he accompanies her to her awakening ceremony, Su Chen, 57Reads6.8Score—Shelves
27 Wuxia Crossover: A Tavern Keeper Picks Up Wang Yuyan 综武：人在酒楼，捡尸王语嫣 Remember This Next Time要长记性啊Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Chen Fan transmigrates to a world where martial arts heroes from many realms converge. Great heroes rise everywhere. Some emperors dream of sweeping across the land and conquering every kingdom. Some powerful warriors devote themselves to martial arts, determined to reach the pinnacle. And some immortal beings lurk behind the scenes, manipulating the world. Chen Fan activates a System and receives a tavern called the Drunken Dream House. The System issues a task: anyone who takes on the challeng 4.9kReads7.4Score282Shelves
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🎉Highly recommend *Martial Arts World: Picking Up Wang Yuyan from a Corpse in a Tavern*! The male protagonist transmigrates to a martial arts world, initially an ordinary person, but his fate is forever changed after he unexpectedly "picks up" Wang Yuyan from a corpse in a tavern. Leveraging his familiarity with the original story, he skillfully navigates the world of martial arts masters. Facing numerous crises, his protagonist aura shines brightly, not only protecting Wang Yuyan but also achieving a remarkable comeback, mastering unparalleled martial arts, and embarking on a legendary adventure. In this ever-changing world, watch as he journeys alongside beauties, writing his own martial arts legend – a must-read!
28 My Max-Level Talent Is Scorned? I'll Start My Own Family Tree 满级天赋被嫌弃？我选择单开族谱 Wings to a Thousand Miles振翅千里Urban437k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a world invaded by the Abyss, Jiang Yuan discovered that the ant hatchery profession he had awakened came with two max-level class talents. Super Devouring: By devouring different creatures, you can obtain their characteristic genes and add them to the ant nest's gene pool. Infinite Troop Production: By consuming energy and resources, you can make the ant nest continuously hatch ant units from its gene pool. But before he could use these two talents to start an unstoppabl 767Reads7.4Score103Shelves
29 From the Start, I Had an Inn That Astonished Cultivators Across the Myriad Worlds 开局一间客栈，震惊万界修士 Do You Like Scallions?爱吃大葱吗Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Xiao Yu transmigrated to another world! He opened an inn, upgraded it into a hotel, then developed an entire commercial district! Everything here came with all kinds of special effects! Did cultivating in the rooms double your speed? Could the delicious food heal your injuries? Could that black stuff called coffee improve your aptitude? Powerful figures from all over flocked to the place! But whatever you do, don't cause trouble here! Because the owner is powerful! 5.3kReads7.7Score368Shelves
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The innkeeper is invincible.
30 The Apocalypse Is Here, So It’s Only Reasonable for Me, a Taoist, to Be a Little Stronger 都末世了，道爷我强点，很合理吧 Ye Qingxian叶清闲Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn in the City + Superpower Awakening + Somewhat Satisfying + Decisive and Ruthless + Spiritual Qi Revival] His name is Bai Xiaochuan, not Yi Xiaochuan, the guy who transmigrated to the Qin dynasty. He was reborn... back to before the first spiritual qi revival. In this life… He doesn’t want to be an A-rank healing-type Awakened anymore. An A-rank healer sounds impressive? In practice, they’re not much use. He can heal himself back to full health, but save a teammate? Sorry, the coold 49.2kReads8.1Score4.4kShelves
31 Demons and Evil Spirits? They’re Clearly All Auspicious Omens! 妖魔邪祟？明明都是祥瑞！ Someone's Coming, Run!有人来了快跑Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Evil spirit from the start] [Eerie cultivation] [Recruiting demons] [Sheltering humanity] [Believers’ delusions] [No female lead] Chen Zhou transmigrated to a bizarre world teeming with demons and rampant evil spirits. Demons slaughtered humans, specters preyed on them, immortals devoured them. Monsters ran amok, evil spirits wreaked havoc, gods and Buddhas had fallen, and humanity was in decline. Fortunately, Chen Zhou hadn’t transmigrated as a human either. He started out as an evil spirit 88.3kReads8.8Score9.6kShelves
32 Opening a Tavern in Chang'an from the Start 开局在长安开酒楼 Wild Kid野小子Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [A completed novel of over a million words, so dive in with confidence] Chang Feng accidentally transmigrated into the world of the Demon Shadow Continent and became a member of the Chang'an Night Owl Guard. To conceal his identity, he opened a restaurant with the support of the Court of Judicial Review. Li Bai: “When it comes to drinking, Chang Feng can't beat me. When it comes to talent, he's every bit my equal.” Su Dingfang: “Chang Feng is my brother.” Di Renjie: “Chang Feng, what do you make 371Reads8.6Score101Shelves
33 I’m the Lord of the Heavenly Dao Hall! All My Disciples Are Traitorous Apprentices 我，天道殿主！弟子全是冲师逆徒 Ascending to Heaven by Day白日飞升去Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Overpowered wish fulfillment, lighthearted and funny, taking disciples, no angst, disciples who turn on their master, lots of them] [Adaptation of the short drama of the same name now available] After Chen Daoxuan transmigrates, he obtains a System that makes him invincible as long as he takes disciples. Whether they are Immortal Emperors or supreme saints of the heavens, they are like ants before him. None can escape his one-stop service of instant annihilation, spiritual deliverance, and havi 38.5kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
34 I Own a Little Tavern 我有一座小酒馆 Mr. Drinking饮酒先生Urban1.2M WordsCompleted In a bustling city, there's a little tavern. You may never have heard of it, but it really exists. I hope you never have to go there in your life, because if you do, it can only mean one thing: you... You have a story, and I have a drink. Finish this bowl, and your journey through life won't be in vain! 26Reads—Score—Shelves
35 I'm a Chef, Yet Somehow I'm Li Er's Son-in-Law 厨师的我，竟是李二的女婿 Happy Little Crawler幸福的爬爬虫Historical2.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xuan transmigrates to the seventh year of the Zhenguan era in the Tang dynasty, where he becomes the owner of a tavern and awakens the Myriad Realms Cuisine System. From then on, his life changes completely. A plate of tomato and egg stir-fry leaves Cheng Yaojin and his two sons singing its praises, while a bowl of wine gets Li Shimin dead drunk. Every dish he makes sets trends throughout the Tang dynasty. Cheng Yaojin: Little brother, how about we become sworn brothers? We don’t have to be 14.8kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
36 Who Needs a Hundred Beauties of the Martial World When I Have a Book of Weapons? 要什么江湖百美图，我有兵器谱！ Zhixin Is a Bridge志新是座桥Historical1.6M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a chaotic age, Xiao Chen has a “Weapon Rankings” System but doesn’t know what to do with it. Then war breaks out along the border, as the barbarian cavalry tramples across the land and massacres its people. Watch him carve a path through the world and roam the martial world at ease, leaving behind stories that are sometimes heroic, sometimes wondrous, sometimes carefree, and sometimes deeply moving. 13.7kReads7.9Score595Shelves
37 EN The Apocalypse Is Coming? I’ll Arrive First! 末日降临？我先降临！ Noodle King Zai板面王仔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.8M WordsCompleted [The print edition of I'm a Supplier of Survival Plans for the End Times is now available on major platforms] [Character growth · Multi-theme stages · Ensemble cast · Occasional brutal takedowns · No cookie-cutter plot · No mindless wish fulfillment] After facing repeated layoffs and betrayals, Su Jin was at the lowest point of his life when he was accidentally hired by a mysterious company. Countless worlds are on the brink of destruction. Only by saving their clients can the sparks of civiliza 405.1kReads9.2Score33.9kShelves
38 Dad, Stop Hiding and Come Out of the Mountains. You're Truly Invincible! 爹，别苟了出山吧，你真无敌了！ Dream-Chasing Little Kite追梦小纸鸢Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Invincible] [Laying low] [Empress] [System sign-in] [Raising a daughter] [Everyone’s favorite] [One female lead] When your daughter roams the martial world, you fear she’ll get hurt! When your daughter becomes a big shot, she’ll have your back! My name is Chu Mo, an ordinary man. From the start, my wife and daughter had already left me. I planned to live out my life quietly in the mountains, but who could have guessed my daughter would sneak off to explore the martial world and make me out to b 36.1kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves
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39 EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 169.4kReads9.6Score21.7kShelves
40 The Peaceful Inn 安心客栈 Ma Xiaoyun麻小云Eastern Fantasy400k WordsCompleted The jianghu has its own tales to tell. Why see everything under heaven? Young man, don't ask how rough the road ahead will be. The young man asked, “What is the jianghu?” The old man replied, “Ride your horse, cross the river, and plunge into the mortal world.” 2.8kReads8.9Score172Shelves
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Each one more stable than the last.
41 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
42 The Years I Was Number One Under Heaven 我当天下第一的那些年 Zhao Shuxia赵树下Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted At thirty-seven, he stood atop Nethermountain. Tribulation clouds pressed overhead, and thunder roared. The universally acknowledged greatest hero in the martial world sought to overcome his tribulation and become an immortal! Beneath the heavenly tribulation, that peerless figure's soul scattered, vanishing completely from the world. “My name is Lin Cuo. I was once… the greatest hero in the world.” 22.2kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
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The number one in the world doesn't own a restaurant, but it does own an office building, so you could say that [facepalm]
43 Exposed by a Hit Variety Show After Five Thousand Years of Seclusion in Ghost Valley 隐居鬼谷五千年，被向往曝光了 Drunk on Sorghum Liquor高粱酒醉Urban557k WordsCompleted The crew of the sixth season of Yearning for a Better Life came to Yunmeng Mountain to film, and accidentally wandered into a valley. There, they found an old man with a youthful face and white hair fishing with a hookless line. To their amazement, he actually caught a huge fish! They discovered that the old house where he lived was built from top-grade golden-thread nanmu, worth an estimated 1.5 billion yuan! They also found that the flowerpot he used for gardening was a blue-and-white Yuan dyn 1.5kReads7.8Score101Shelves
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While filming a variety show, they accidentally wandered into the depths of a peach forest and saw a fisherman practicing swordsmanship. His posture was so elegant and otherworldly that everyone was stunned! Goddess Lu later learned that this was her great-grandmaster, and Wang Yu was just one of his aliases. He had lived for over five thousand years and had been living in seclusion here ever since.
44 Yaoyue, Since When Did I Have a Husband? 邀月，我什么时候有夫君了？ Fallen Blossoms and Leaves繁花落叶Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted The lands of Jiuzhou are divided among many rival nations. Li Changfeng transmigrates to Snowmoon City, a border town between several nations, and becomes the owner of the Yue Lai Inn. As it happens, the Six Great Sects are about to attack Bright Peak. Juejue: Two taels of silver for one night? Why not just rob us? Kongzhi: You're trying to fleece us. Li Changfeng: What did you think I was doing? Everyone: ... Ding Minjun: Do you know who we are? This will scare you to death: we're the Six Great 10.9kReads8.5Score649Shelves
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A martial arts crossover story where the protagonist runs a small inn.
45 My Students Train Hard While I Slack Off, and I Become a Top Mentor 学生苦修我摆烂，躺成了金牌导师 Five Ridges, Six Beasts五脊六兽Urban2.3M WordsOngoing [High Martial Arts + Ensemble Cast + Rewards for Teaching Disciples + Lighthearted + Absurd + Upside-Down Hierarchy] [A warm, slow-paced comedy] Dong Chao transmigrates into a high-martial-arts world and becomes a slacker teacher at a martial arts university. With his foundation damaged, he is completely unable to cultivate. Fortunately, he awakens the Mentor and Friend System. As long as he earns his students' approval, he can absorb their talents, supernatural abilities, techniques, cultivatio 14kReads8.8Score914Shelves
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The first one's mentor is a powerful figure recovering from injuries and teaching students; the second protagonist has a system and is also a powerful figure.
46 I Run a Funeral Home, I Really Can't Teach You to Slay Demons 我开的是殡仪馆，真不会教斩妖啊 Big Bowl of Beef Noodles大块牛肉面Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [System + urban martial arts + no heroine + decisive and ruthless + ensemble cast + slight delusion] Lu Changsheng transmigrates and becomes the master of the Changsheng Hall, where he is bound to a Disciple Training System. As long as he trains his disciples well, he can share their cultivation progress remotely. System coins can also be used to draw various [skills] and equip them on his disciples. Everything should have been perfect. Unfortunately... [Changsheng Funeral Services] Staring at t 10.7kReads8.7Score925Shelves
47 Reborn, I Made a Fortune Running an Inn in the Martial World 重生我在武林开客栈赚的盆满钵满 Laughing on a Sunny Day在晴天大笑Ancient Romance205k WordsOngoing Reborn in the martial world, I start from the start with a rundown inn and a dirt-poor System. Other people transmigrate with peerless martial arts, divine weapons at their side, and handsome men all around them. Me? I get a stingy System, a leaky inn, and not a single living soul in sight for ten days or half a month. At long last, I take in a handsome, badly wounded man as an employee, only to learn he's the eldest legitimate son of a martial arts clan, hunted by his own father and stepmothe 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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The new book, the female protagonist runs an inn, seems alright. The female protagonist isn't perfect, and her overpowered abilities aren't significant.
48 The Five Heroes Inn 五侠客栈 Lucky Carp Dudu锦鲤嘟嘟Eastern Fantasy337k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Traditional martial arts] [No transmigration] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [No harem] [Secret identities] Twelve years ago A young swordsman burst onto the scene from Mount Cangwu. In just four years, he reached the pinnacle of the martial world, only to fall from grace in a single day. From then on, his fate was unknown, and chaos engulfed the martial world. Twelve years later The sudden appearance of the Sword of Heaven stirs up waves across the martial world once again 4.3kReads8.0Score395Shelves
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Retired and then returned to the martial arts world
49 EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 138.6kReads9.6Score14.4kShelves
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Li Ping'an traveled to ancient times and became a blind man, with only an erhu and an old cow with him. He lived a low-key life thanks to the system that made him stronger by playing the erhu, and even opened a small restaurant. He wanted to live an ordinary life, but was forced to take action due to various troubles. , He has always kept a low profile. Yet fate always pushes them to the forefront. From a useless blind man to a legend in the martial arts world, he proved with his strength that humility is the greatest power. 🔥Click on this book to see how Li Ping'an quietly retires from the martial arts world, is forced to take action when trouble arises, and achieves incredible success all the way!
50 After Coming Down the Mountain, I Open a Restaurant to Raise My Daughter 下山后，开个饭馆养女儿 Dark Sky黑天Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Chen Ning, young master of the Five Gates, discovers that he has a biological daughter who is three years old. For her sake, Chen Ning comes down from the mountain and opens a little restaurant, settling into a quiet, ordinary life. He spends his days cooking, making buns, and searching for his daughter's mother. Life is peaceful and carefree. As the restaurant grows more popular, more and more important figures come to eat there, and many even show up seeking medical treatment! One day, some th 3.3kReads9.0Score344Shelves
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"Family, as a seasoned bookworm, I have to recommend a book that I absolutely can't put down! The first thirty chapters completely captivated me, and I couldn't stop reading! This is definitely a treasure of a novel that you can't miss!"

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