Novels About the Nine Streams and the Eight Inner and Outer Schools 三教九流，内外八门的小说
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Thirty Years in the Jianghu (Seven-Volume Set) 江湖三十年（全七册）
Dai Gou spent his life roaming the martial world. Over several decades, he witnessed all kinds of scams and cons. In his later years, he gave up that life and revealed its tricks and rules to the world, hoping to keep future generations from being swindled. These scams include human trafficking, fortune-telling, artificially aging antiques, theft, card sharping, beggar gangs, cheating at games, confidence schemes, and honey traps... After decades of hard knocks, Dai Gou finally became the boss o
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My Casino's Golden Eyes Can See the End of All Life 我的赌场金瞳，能见众生末路
I’m Zhao Fan. I make my living in casinos, with a pair of eyes that can see through fate. But who knew this wasn’t some divine power? It was nothing but a shackle, one that bore the weight of human hearts and human nature. After spending enough time around gambling, I came to understand: Nine out of ten games are rigged, and every gambler loses in the end. Stay away from gambling. The moment you sit at the table, you’re taking the first step toward ruin. You’re after money, but everyone else is
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Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮
[Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on
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The Book of Fortune-Telling 算命簿
I am a fortune-teller in real life. I was 83 years old when I wrote this book. No one knows what sort of writing an 83-year-old man might produce, and neither do I. I just want to write a book while I still have time, and finally put one matter to rest... Synopsis: A wandering fortune-teller speaks of hidden mysteries, yet has a past unknown to all. This forbidden volume records a century's worth of secrets about practitioners of the occult. In the instant when dark arts clash with fate, the mys
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The Thirty-Six Thieves' Guilds 三十六路盗门
A bizarre haunting plunged the middle school in a small county town into panic. But it was only a master thief from the hidden Third School using a supernatural technique to snatch objects with a gust of wind. I splashed sulfuric acid on one of the thief's arms, and by pure chance became his apprentice. He taught me two secret arts, The Cloth Pouch Scripture and The Rat-Taming Method. Before long, I became the foremost of the Four Great Thieves of the Bandit Way, with the alias Night Sky King. W
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Wildfire Scorches Ling 野火烧灼翎
Love at First Sight / Marriage Before Love / Equally Matched / Each Other's First and Only / Winning Back His Wife At just 22, He Jinye took the helm of the He Group, purging the old guard and forcing his own grandfather to step down. His ruthless methods struck fear throughout the business world. When his grandfather forced Xiao Zhuoling on him as his wife, he made no effort to hide his disgust. “I hate everything he arranges, including you.” Xiao Zhuoling insisted on seeing through his act. “T
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- 7 Miss Shi Is Being Naughty Again Today 时小姐今天也不乖 [The print edition of Three Parts Sweet is now available. You can buy it at the Little Tomato Books Flagship Store.] Han Zhan is a notorious playboy in Beijing's elite circles. His trademarks are womanizing and having fun, and his byword is idleness. To rein in his wild ways, his parents pressure him into marriage. Young Master Han has just one requirement: "She has to be sweet and obedient." Shi Yin is the most well-behaved person Han Zhan has ever met. Born with the face of a perfect young lad 20.5kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 8 He's the One Who Married Up 他才是高枝儿 [Powerful man bows his head + domineering CEO + both are pure in body and mind + intense romantic tension + office romance] [Chilly, abstinent boss vs. gentle, resilient secretary] The night she caught Zhou Lu having a one-night stand, she had three parts of drunken courage and turned around to sleep with her own boss, Gu Yanzhi. Everyone hoped Shen Yu would land a wealthy catch, but when she learned her fiancé had cheated, she resolutely cut that golden opportunity loose. If she had to find a m 2.7kReads8.8Score24314d adds
- 9 A Marriage in the Capital 京婚演绎 [A marriage drama about a powerful, business-minded, crazed couple in the style of Mr. and Mrs. Smith] [Both leads are each other’s first, one-on-one romance, arranged marriage between wealthy families, marriage before love, husband pursues his wife] Ji Tanyuan went from a wealthy heiress to a married woman in the capital, and got a taste of the highs and lows. The Zhong family had great power but plenty of rules. Her husband was handsome and refined, but domineering. And in Zhong Yan’s eyes, 10.8kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 10 Just My Brother-in-Law 姐夫而已 A domineering, cold-blooded CEO x a gentle, patient secretary Mutual first love | Brother-in-law romance | The powerful man bows to love | Sweet HE Yan Shuang was the disregarded second daughter of the Yan family. She was sent to Shang Qiuzhu to play the part of a docile secretary and keep an eye on her future brother-in-law for her older sister. But as she watched him, night after night, in Shang Qiuzhu’s bed, Yan Shuang was the woman pinned beneath him and taken at his whim. At first, he contr 5.3kReads8.9Score53514d adds
- 11 Personally Training the Second Male Lead to Take the Crown 亲自调教男二上位 [Exposing scumbags and making them eat their words + groveling to win back his wife + the second male lead rises to the top] A well-trained heiress awakens to her rebellious side × a free-spirited castoff of a wealthy family returns for love One breaks out of her cage, the other is tamed by love Lu Weizhou’s creepy half-sister is back again! Lin Ting watched her apologize with an innocent, timid expression. “Tingting, I’m sorry.” Then she watched Lu Weizhou gently coax her. “All right, Niannian 3.3kReads8.9Score44714d adds
- 12 Luring Her to Fall from the Clouds 诱她向云端沦陷 [No Reconciliation After the Breakup + He Chases Her, but She Never Turns Back + Second Male Lead Wins + Unrequited Love Comes True] Xie Weiyi thought she had married for love after dating Sheng Shuran since college and eventually walking down the aisle with him. But on their wedding anniversary, she received a photo of Sheng Shuran having dinner with another woman. When Xie Weiyi confronted him, all she got was a dismissive reply: “I married you, didn't I? Can you stop being so sensitive?” “If 7.3kReads9.0Score73614d adds
- 13 Lover in Beijing 京北情人 [Just started getting ratings, so the score is low! Please don't let that affect you] [Both leads are each other's first and only|Age gap|Rekindled romance|Winning her back at any cost|Happy ending] [Gentle and captivating Lin Nan × cool, dignified Zhou Sheng] “A blizzard bore witness to love at first sight; malice tore their fairy-tale dreams apart.” In the winter when she was twenty-three, Lin Nan fell in love with someone. He was a dazzling star in the heavens, the most exceptional of them a 891Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 14 Double Happiness 上上禧 [Marriage First, Love Later + Older Man + Secret Crush + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] Song Xi had a good friend. Her friend said her second brother was rich and handsome, tall with long legs, and urged Song Xi to go on a blind date and win him over. Then she could become her beloved second sister-in-law. Song Xi got carried away and agreed. The good news: They slept together. The bad news: She slept with the wrong person. The crazy news: She got a marriage certificate with the wrong person. Whe 52.2kReads9.0Score8.2k14d adds
- 15 A Spring Night in the Capital 京春夜 [A college student who doesn't realize how captivating she is x a powerful, high-libido figure in Beijing's elite circles] [Beijing political elite + age gap + coercive love + he chases his wife after losing her] Song Qingnan first met Xie Zhi in Beijing in early spring, during the season when the crabapple blossoms were at their brightest. In front of a luxurious old mansion, the man stood in a tailored suit, his gaze deep as he fixed on her like a falcon locking onto its prey. At the time, she 18.5kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds
- 16 Flowers Bloom in the Buckwheat Grove 荞林生花 [Reunion] + [Both Pure] + [Secret Crush] + [Career Growth] + [Supportive Lover] Shiyao Group, a publicly listed company in one of China's top-tier cities, held a campus recruitment drive at Jiang University. Su Qiaonan submitted her resume, thinking she might as well give it a try. There were too many competitors, so she hadn't expected much. Then, a month later, she received an offer. It was the only offer Shiyao made at Jiang University. After joining the company, she was entrusted with high h 12.3kReads8.7Score1.5k14d adds
- 17 Love at First Sight 乍见欢 [Beijing Elite Circle + Age Gap + Realistic + Female Growth + Powerful Man Bows for Love] [Emotionally Steady, Cold-Hearted Young Master vs. Clear-Eyed, Obedient Beauty] Everyone knows Shen Yanzhi is disciplined, proper, and virtuous. Only Wen Xi knows how uninhibited and voracious he is when they’re alone together in private. Wen Xi moved into the Shen family home with her mother as a child. Living under someone else’s roof, she learned to be quiet and well-behaved. She guarded her body and hea 69kReads9.2Score7.1k14d adds
- 18 Falling into Love: Lawyer Qi Gets Played Like a Fish on a Hook 落入情网，祁律师被钓成翘嘴 [Neither lead is pure!! + intense push and pull + adult romance + flirtatious heroine + obsessive, unhinged male lead] [Unhinged, refined scoundrel lawyer from Beijing’s elite circles x gorgeous, ambitious, snake-like TV host] (One more note: the heroine isn’t a traditional type. She’s not saintly, she’s extremely ambitious and very scheming, and she’s a player. If you don’t like that, please move along~) Qiao Shuyi’s trashy boyfriend gave her to Qi Zhan. After one wild night, she decided to get 2.6kReads9.0Score32514d adds
- 19 The Contract Is Up, and This Kept Beauty Is Done Playing Along 合约到期，金丝雀她不伺候了 An eccentric CEO with an unconventional way of thinking versus a principled, clear-eyed translator Shen Xingran became Shi Yan’s kept woman for a year to save her younger brother. When the year was up, Shen Xingran refused to renew the arrangement. Shi Yan: “A good horse doesn’t eat the grass behind it. Shen Xingran, once you walk out that door, don’t expect to come back.” Later, Shi Yan: “I’m not a horse.” 1.9kReads8.7Score17514d adds
- 20 A Marriage of Convenience with Extra-Sweet Romance 凑合夫妻，糖分超标 Originally titled The Secretary’s Little Lamb [Clearheaded, sensitive saleswoman X composed, divorced male official] [Heroine: 28, hero: 35, seven-year age gap, flash marriage, lightly sweet] Yang Mian & Xie You’an What is love? Yang Mian didn’t understand it, nor did she expect it. With thirty fast approaching, at an age when even friends, family, and dogs were sick of her, she hurriedly got married. Love was nothing at all. Xie You’an had seen through it. At an age when he still had ne 3.8kReads8.9Score35514d adds
- 21 A Marriage in the Capital, Still Strangers 京婚不熟 A true marriage-first, love-later story / Marriage between wealthy families / Five-year age gap / The powerful one learns to lower his head Clear-headed and gentle heroine vs. stern, fatherly hero When her older sister runs away from her wedding, Jiang Ni obeys her father’s arrangements and marries her would-be brother-in-law. Her new husband is the head of the top-tier Zhou family in Beijing. He’s said to be a workaholic with no worldly desires, cold and stern. He leaves on a business trip on t 76.3kReads9.0Score12.3k14d adds
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The Crooked Path 走偏门
[Adapted into the short dramas Fishing in the Shadows, Taking the Crooked Path, and The Mastermind; and the animated dramas Fishing in the Shadows: Drifting North, A Crooked Road to Comeback, A Thousand Faces in the Underworld, and Tales of a Shady Deal. Check them out if you’re interested.] What is the crooked path? Those who walk it seek a way to survive for themselves and plot certain doom for others. Once you step onto this path, it stretches as deep as the sea. You’ll roam far and wide, mix
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Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水
Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa
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The Swindler: Through Fire and Water for You, Uncle! 老千：赴汤蹈火啊，二叔！
If you learn the art of cheating, you’ll see me as a mayfly sees the heavens. My name is Feng Shiqi, a veteran swindler who came out of the mountains. PS: The best quit-gambling novel on the whole internet, and the most wholesome swindler story online. ⚠️ Don’t open it at night, or you won’t be able to sleep.
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A Thousand Paths 千人有道
[Modern underworld] [Stories of crooked gambling] [Gambling scams] [Anti-gambling] When I was six, my grandaunt said I was doomed to a life of loneliness. She sold me. She sold me to an old man who had lost one hand. An old man who made his living as a swindler. From then on, I learned how to cheat at gambling from him. The old man became my master, but he told me to call him Fourth Master. I became a professional swindler, too. But on the day I graduated from my apprenticeship, Fourth Master di
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The Horse-Riding Hidden Scheme 走马藏局
Geomancy and the Yin-Yang arts rule the world, while the Jianghu is full of schemes! At twelve, Shen Qianfan became an orphan and was cast adrift in the Jianghu. He grew up teaching himself from books scavenged from trash heaps, cleared his father's name, and pressed on through one Jianghu con after another, setting schemes and breaking them, navigating schemes within schemes. He cut a path through every obstacle, built a business empire, and leveraged his influence to establish a regional milit
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Breaking Into Pengcheng at the Millennium: I Rule the World with the Eight Unorthodox Schools 千禧闯鹏城，我靠外八门只手遮天
[Urban Underworld] [Period Setting] [Outsider Sects] [Traditional Occult Arts] [Wish Fulfillment] [No Protagonist Abuse] [Consistent Updates] In the spring of 2000, Wu Jiuchuan arrives in Pengcheng, a city overflowing with gold, carrying the secret skills of the Eight Outsider Traditions. Back then, Pengcheng was overflowing with opportunities, but also with rules. For an outsider hoping to find his footing, it was harder than scaling the heavens. But no one could have guessed that this young ma
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Gold Hunters of the Northwest 西北摸金人
My name is Ma Shouyi. I'm from Pingliang in the northwest, and I've worked the loess earth since I was a boy. In this life, I've gone down into more than thirty pits, dug into Han tombs and plundered Western Xia mausoleums. I've seen the living, the dead, and things I can't explain. Later, someone asked me what I feared most in this line of work. I took a puff from my dry tobacco pipe, thought for a long while, and said: What scares me most is climbing out of a pit and finding an extra footprint
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- 29 Tianxia Bachang's Tomb-Raiding Legends (Five-Book Set) 天下霸唱摸金传奇（共五册） This series consists of five books: Tracing the Sacred Spring, The Mysterious Tombs of Xiangxi, The Monster Tombs of the Mountains and Seas, The Poisonous Gu of Fuxian, and The Wild Sands of the Treasure Vault. Tracing the Sacred Spring: The greatest tomb-raiding trio in history, Hu Bayi, Wang Pangzi, and Shirley Yang, are back in full force. They venture deep into the distant Amazon rainforest to begin a new expedition! The Mysterious Tombs of Xiangxi: The greatest trio of gold-touching experts 20.6kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
- 30 Tales of the Sea 海上奇谈录 [Mystery and crime-solving + eerie tales + human greed + Republican-era secrets] Shanghai isn't all bustle. When the city grows quiet, it's just as suited to storytelling as the old storytellers' tales. Like two branches blooming, each with its own story: the first looks to the past, devoted to tales of ghosts, monsters, and gods; the second turns to the present, delving into mysteries and the supernatural. Whether they feature gods and monsters or eerie phenomena, the hardest part is making all 1Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 31 Archaeology of China: 11-Volume Set 考古中国：全11册 The Archaeology of China series is a collection of investigative nonfiction works by authors including Yue Nan. Written over the course of thirty years, it explores eleven major archaeological projects and discoveries in China. Drawing on field interviews with people involved, archaeological reports, and extensive historical sources, the author vividly reconstructs the inception, excavation, and research of eleven projects: the Dingling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty; the Terracotta Army at the Mausol 1.4kReads9.6Score36014d adds
- 32 The Ancient Tomb Code 古墓密码 I was sentenced to life in prison for tomb raiding. I thought that was bad enough, but then The Dragon Head Maze, the Flying Ancient House, the ghost ship at sea... They all led me to a huge secret. “Open this door. Everything you want to know and everything you want is inside.” 5.2kReads8.1Score75814d adds
- 33 Tracking Ancient Ruins 古迹追踪 Trace of Ancient Ruins is like a key to time, unlocking the gates to ancient civilizations. It takes readers on a tour of famous ruins around the world, exploring the historical changes, cultural exchanges, and craftsmanship behind them, and deciphering the traces left behind by the passage of time. The book also features fascinating anecdotes about archaeologists and the latest research, making you feel as though you have traveled through time to speak with these ancient sites firsthand and exp 1.8kReads9.4Score10014d adds
- 34 Tales of the Northern School's Wandering Taoist 北派散土往事 [Tomb Raiding + Antiquities Appraisal + The Ways of the Underworld + Everyday Life] [Tomb raiding is illegal. Don't try it yourself!] I'm Lu Jiufeng. I never wanted fame; I just wanted to stay alive. What I'm about to tell you is about the dark days I lived through myself. Believe it or not, this is what the underworld is really like. (Lights a cigarette.) Before you come in, understand this: the road through the underworld is long, and once you enter, there's no turning back... 96.2kReads8.8Score8.9k14d adds
- 35 An Illustrated Guide to Chinese Tomb Raiding 中国盗墓图志 From the day each imperial tomb was built, countless eyes watched it greedily. Shovels, pickaxes, Luoyang shovels... Tomb robbers brought out every weapon in their arsenal. Hidden arrows, poisonous smoke, fake tombs and decoys... The tomb's owner had all kinds of countermeasures, too. Tomb robbers and those who sought to stop them traded blows, and for more than two thousand years, the struggle never ceased. In bizarre and uncanny tomb-robbing incidents, the mystery and splendor of the undergrou 121Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 36 Hidden Dragon: Secrets of the Sunken Tomb 潜龙：沉船地宫秘录 Lin Shen and his companions venture deep into the underground palace beneath the salt lake and the ghost city in the deep sea. They collect all seven water talismans, fighting bloody battles against salt golems and vengeful spirits along the way. To seal the Abyss of Guixu, they offer their souls to reactivate the seal, protecting the peace of the human world’s waters and fulfilling the generations-old mission of the water ghosts. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I Got the Highest Score in the County, Yet Turned to Tomb Raiding to Pay My Tuition 我考了全县第一却去盗墓赚学费 Zhao Yiming came first in the county on the college entrance exam, but his father told him to apply to a junior college. Zhao secretly changed his application and ultimately chose archaeology after seeing his Third Uncle make money selling antiques. When his father found out, he flew into a rage and ordered Zhao to retake the exam. Zhao firmly refused, but with no money for tuition, he could only silently give in to his father’s plans. When Third Uncle heard the news, he recommended Zhao for a s 8kReads—Score26714d adds
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The Five Elements Span the Heavens 五行经天
In the vast realm known as the Nine Provinces, dynastic domains stretch like crabapple blossoms, and the cultivation civilization shines like the stars. Lin Fan, a disciple of the Five Elements Sect, possesses a Five Elements Chaos Spirit Root sealed beneath layer upon layer of restrictions. In humble beginnings, he receives the supreme secret manual, the Heavenly Cycle Star Arts. With an incomplete body, he contemplates the stars of the celestial cycle and tempers an unparalleled sword intent.
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The Lost Treasures of Zechuan 泽川遗藏
History + wild imagination + scheming male lead + suspense + urban Did you know? Scattered across this land, through the turning seasons and its boundless mountains and rivers, lie countless hidden treasures. Their clues can just barely be made out, yet their secrets remain unsolved. From the hymns of Brahma on the snowy plains of the Western Regions to the bronze ritual vessels of dynasties buried in the Central Plains’ yellow earth; from broken walls and ancient steles in the southern land
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Making a Living on the Side in Australia 我在澳洲捞偏门
This story is based on real events. I came to Australia with a dream of studying abroad, only to be driven to the brink by reality. From a lowly street-level smuggler to a force to be reckoned with, commanding the underworld and crossing the world, I paved my way to power with cunning and bloodshed. Only when I stood at the summit and looked back did I realize that the most dangerous gamble of all is the one you make with human nature. This is a road with no turning back, but who knows which cor
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