Looking for Novels Where the Protagonist Uses Threads, Like Ming Ge, a Puppet Master, or Spiritual Power Woven into Threads 求主角用丝线的小说（明哥/傀儡师/灵力化丝）
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Who Says These Evil Spirits Are Fierce? I Specialize in Taking Down the Worst! 谁说这邪祟凶？我专治大凶之物！
[No female lead] [Decisive and ruthless] [Unlimited growth] [Slow burn] “You all call it an evil spirit, but I say it's clearly a good omen!” “Do you really think I don't know whether it can help me cultivate?” “Hand it over to me!!!” Shan Liang wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and strode forward with a knife... Evil spirit: “Don't come any closer!!!”
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In One Piece, I'm the Ultimate Blonde 人在海贼，我就是顶级黄毛
Doflamingo + Cheat Ability + Nearly Invincible Villains don't need to be redeemed. All they need is greater power, to claim victory again and again, and prove who is truly on the right path. P.S. This is my first book, and I'm not very good at writing yet. The early pacing is a bit slow, so you can skim the first fifty chapters without missing anything. Kill achievements unlocked: Beat up Momonosuke's kindergarten, kicked the Golden Lion's nursing home to pieces. Destroyed the hat and severed th
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Forging Fateweaver Threads! From Massage to Ruling the High Martial World 铸造戏命丝！从按摩开始横推高武
[Level-Up Progression] [Stat-Boosting Panel] [Thread-Based Martial Arts] After transmigrating to a martial world where everyone forges astral fate weapons, Shen Yi awakens an A-rank fate weapon made of threads: [Origin · End · Fate-Playing Thread]. People say threads are only good for sewing clothes or putting on puppet shows? Shen Yi just smiles, binds himself to the Heavenly Mandate System, and earns Heavenly Mandate Points by activating skills. Talent [Mastery Through Practice]: The more you
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He's Just a Puppeteer, So Why Are You All Ganging Up on Him? 他一个傀儡师，你跟他玩群殴
Yuan Ge transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by monstrous beasts. A strange thread had appeared inside his body, and he couldn’t control it. In this world, every child had to attend a class-change ceremony upon turning eighteen. Boys who failed to change classes were sent to the Black Mining District to dig for ore. Girls were sent to the Paradise Garden, where they were married off to disabled, retired class-changers. Yuan Ge successfully changed into a D-rank class, Puppet Master. But no
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The Gods Descend, and I Go on a Rampage When I See Their Health Bars! 神明降世，看见血条的我杀疯了！
[Hunter: You can see the health bars of all things, and every attack is guaranteed to deal damage, even to gods!] [Stalker: Stealth through the darkness, hunt beneath the light!] [Executioner: The time for your sentence has come!] “Come on, come on, take a blade!” “Immortal? Once your health bar hits zero, you die!” “As long as it has a health bar, I can kill it, even if it’s a god!” The dark side of the world, a shattered map, strange creatures from the abyss... There is no light behind them,
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Horror: From Puppet to Demon God of Fear! 恐怖：从木偶到恐惧魔神！
When Lin Qi opened his eyes, he had become a puppet of the “paranormal” type. All he had to do was earn fear points to grow stronger and stronger. “When you see me, it means fear has arrived!” “Struggle! Scream!” “I am the Demon God of Fear!” An era of resurgent terror, an era when ghosts roam the night. Lin Qi commands fear!
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The Outcast: Corpse Driving in Western Hunan? I'm the Strongest Warlord! 一人：湘西赶尸？是最强七武海！
Liu Fusheng transmigrates into The Outcast and becomes the cousin of Liu Yanyan, a corpse driver from the Xiangxi tradition. On top of that, he also works for the Everywhere Express Company. Dismissed by his family as a good-for-nothing, Liu Fusheng unexpectedly fuses with the template of Doflamingo, the White Night from One Piece! Whenever someone feels negative emotions toward him, he gains emotion points, which increase his fusion progress and unlock new abilities. “Detected 1,000 hate points
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A Heaven-Defying Start: The Online Game World Where I Became a Little Girl 逆天开局：变身萝莉的网游世界
[Male-to-Female Transformation] [No Gender-Bender Marriage] [Becomes a Little Sister Later] [Game Descends] Zhou Ling is a boy blessed with unbelievable luck. In a lottery with three billion participants, he wins the rarest golden character. "But why is it a girl?!" "And a blonde little girl, too!" "Wasn't I supposed to have an incredible start? Why am I a little beggar from the start!!!"
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Slay the Gods 我在精神病院学斩神
A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled
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Singing for a Living in a World of Immortals 我在修仙世界卖唱讨生活
I sang “Tears Behind Bars” in the prison cell and “Ten Kneels for Father and Mother” for the demon lord. Don't think I'm all that impressive. I'm just trying to stay alive. I've been kind my whole life and never done a single bad thing, yet none of life's hardships have spared me. The world is a fine place, but I won't be coming back in my next life. A kind young man had hoped to spend an ordinary life singing for a living. But after being deceived and betrayed time and again, he was led down a
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SSS-Rank Talent from the Start: Turning the School Belle into a Puppet 开局SSS天赋：把校花做成傀偶
[Spiritual qi revival + ruthless and decisive + urban + supernatural abilities + no female lead] After experiencing life and death, Qi Yan awoke again in a completely new world. This place was filled with all kinds of innate abilities and bizarre beasts. From the start, Qi Yan awakened a top-tier talent: an SSS-rank Puppet Master. Before he could even take it all in, his awakening brought a constant stream of assassinations, domestic scheming, and more... Qi Yan: ...What a pain. His hands were s
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Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬
Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th
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Genshin Impact: I Am the Envoy of Snezhnaya 原神之我是至冬使节
As the newly appointed twelfth Harbinger, known as the Instructor, Bai Luo admits he’s a little nervous. The Tsaritsa has given him a mission: travel to Inazuma as an envoy from Snezhnaya. As someone who transmigrated, he knows exactly what will happen if he goes to Inazuma: the Raiden Shogun will absolutely annihilate him. But if he refuses to go, the Tsaritsa will annihilate him instead. So he chooses Teyvat’s time-honored tradition: slacking off.
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The Puppet Master's World 天下傀门
They say trouble follows a widow wherever she goes. That year, the villagers drove Zhang Wenqing's mother to hang herself. To avenge her, Zhang Wenqing gave up thirty years of his life and mastered the secret arts of the Puppet Sect. In the martial world, among all walks of life, men are ruthless and women beguiling. Zhang Wenqing sees men fighting like vicious dogs over food and women competing to outshine one another. Witchcraft, spirit mediums, corpse walkers, the Thieves' Sect, ancient marti
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High Martial: From the Start, I Master the Crimson Blood Technique and Become a Foodie 高武：开局赤血操术，成为美食家
[High Martial] + [Passionate] + [Funny] + [Ridiculous] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Plot] + [God-Slaying] Transmigrating to a High Martial world of countless secret realms and rampant savage beasts, Lin Tian awakens the weakest talent of all: clearing blood stasis. Is his best career prospect really becoming a masseur at a foot spa? He activates the God-Tier Matching System. Every time he advances in martial arts, he can obtain talent resources best suited to him?! He matches with resources righ
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Will Justice Prevail? Of Course, I Am Justice 正义会胜利？当然了，我即是正义
[Spiritual qi revival + String-String Fruit + Might Makes Right + Ruthless + Slaughter + No Goody-Two-Shoes] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Chen awakens the Corpse-Picking System. He obtains the String-String Fruit from the start and steadily rises to the top. No matter the era, there are only two kinds of people. Those who follow the rules, and those who make them. Lin Chen falls somewhere between the two. He walks the line between them, dancing repeatedly on the brink of death,
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The Gods’ Foolish Game 诸神愚戏
I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m
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How Could I Be a Good Person When I Play with Human Puppets? 我都玩人傀儡了怎么可能是好人
Zou Yu transmigrates into the Naruto world as a prodigy from Sunagakure. Known as the Puppet-Playing Young Master, he encounters the Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze, during the Third Shinobi World War. After they agree on a plan to split up, everything goes black, and he transmigrates again, this time into The Outcast. What will come of combining puppets with the Eight Extraordinary Skills? This book is also titled “The Drifter Who Starts Playing with Puppets in The Outcast.”
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Shh! Watch Out for the Cutting Line 嘘！小心切割线
Lin Wuye, a titan of the business world, transmigrates to another world and plans to live a quiet, unremarkable life. But who could have guessed he would be betrayed once again, only to awaken an ability resembling the String-String Fruit? He is drawn into the hidden side of the world... “Hey, bro, why are you bleeding?” “Where? You’re bleeding too, bro!” “I’m telling you, can you two be careful and stop moving around?” As spiritual energy drifts through the universe and sweeps acr
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I Reached the Pinnacle of Superpowers Through a Comics Forum 我靠漫画论坛登顶异能之巅
[Comic / Superpowers / Forum posts / Slightly glorified character / No CP / Ensemble cast] After An Luo awakens to his true nature, he discovers he’s in a comic book world and is a cannon-fodder character who dies from the start. The consciousness of the comic tells him that the author will eventually ruin the ending, and only he can change it. To stay alive, An Luo agrees. He walks up to the protagonist. “Excuse me, coming through.” He bends down, picks up a female corpse, and begins stitching
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Plane Lord: Starting Out as a Wild Mage 位面之主，从野巫师开始
[Wizards, System, Planes, Puppets, Farming] Stranger, have you ever heard of the Lord of the Planes, the Wizard King, or the God of Puppets? That was a long time ago, when the planes were locked in endless conflict and the wizards' enemies stirred restlessly. A struggling wild wizard with inadequate talent asked, “What can your puppet do?” The puppet replied in a hollow voice, “Help you become the Lord of the Planes!”
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Doll God 傀神
[Puppets] [Master of Weaving Fate] [Cautious] [No System] [Cultivation, Not Chivalry] As a sniper’s bullet pierced Chen Huan’s mind, a godlike tentacle shot through it as well. It left behind a pillar that reached the heavens. The Grand Dao of Puppetry descended from the skies. [Soul of the Divine Puppet] can split into 999,999… divine souls. [Heavenly Artificer’s Puppet-Making Manual] contains an inexhaustible array of puppet designs, materials, formations… [Human Skin Transformation] allows pu
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Marvel: Lethal Protector 漫威之致命守护者
(New book now available: Marvel Symbiote, smashing Carnage from the start. Come check it out!) A boy who died of illness in his bed finds himself in a strange new world. He starts a new life on the streets. In a world full of extraordinary people and strange events, what attitude should he take toward life? When his happy life is shattered once again, he is willing to make a deal with the “devil,” whatever the cost. Pain gives rise to Venom. What mark will they leave on this world? One heroine.
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Naruto: The Pinnacle Puppet Master 忍界：巅峰傀儡师
[Hokage + transmigration + no heroine + minor System + puppeteer + Gundam] Before meeting me, you said puppets were trash. Now that you've met me, are you saying you're the trash? Scorpion transmigrates to the era of the Akatsuki. Looking at his nearly nonexistent human body, he falls into deep thought. So much for having a good time? That's not a problem. With scientific use of puppets, there's nothing you can't imagine, and nothing puppets can't do. From the Aile Strike to the Wing Gundam, he
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The Evil God Descends: I Am the Creator of Magic Cards! 邪神降临：我，魔卡创造者！
Evil gods have returned to this world, and the supernatural is running rampant. Lin Ye transmigrated here and bound himself to a God-Tier Card System. Slay supernatural creatures and evil spirits to obtain white cards. Add just one ingredient to a white card, and you can craft a card with mysterious powers! White card + a bundle of thread = Puppeteer [Ability Card] White card + an old rag doll + a bloodstained dagger = Gothic Lolita Maid [Servant Card] White card + a mirror + a supernatural shad
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From the Start, I Inherit the Weaver Girl's Legacy 开局获得织女传承
[No Female Lead] [Infinite Flow] [Light on Stats] Ji Jinnian died at the age of forty-nine, then was reborn at a certain pivotal moment when he was seven. From that night of bright moonlight and sparse stars onward, the entire future began to branch off. (PS1: The protagonist is very good at creating golden fingers for his various avatars.) (PS2: The protagonist himself won't have a CP, but if the roles he plays as substitutes have an official CP, it may get a little attention.) Worlds cleared:
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From the Start, I Had the Eight-Nine Arcane Art: While Others Train, I Cultivate Immortality 开局八九玄功，别人练功我修仙
Pseudo-invincible, Earth-based cultivation techniques, no System From the start, I have a book of gods and demons. Whether I do good or evil is up to me. With the Book of Gods and Demons at my side, good deeds earn merit, while evil deeds incur karmic debt. Merit can be exchanged for immortal techniques, and karmic debt for underworld arts. When someone who cultivates the Eight-Nine Arcane Art appears in this world, bringing an endless army of puppets covered in talismans, would anyone really wa
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Horror Puppet Master: All My Puppets Are Ghost Emperors 惊悚傀儡师：我的傀儡皆为诡帝
[Horror world + puppeteer + single heroine + invincible protagonist + humor] In the horror world, while players are timidly and carefully scraping by, Mo Li has already opened a factory and started building all kinds of puppets on a massive scale. From then on, a rumor spread throughout the horror world: When you see a player pull out a mecha combat puppet, you’ll know this game is no longer on your home turf... Even more despairing for the monsters is that, when you’re lucky enough to clear awa
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Global Class Change: Double-Talented Puppeteer from the Start 全民转职：开局双天赋傀儡师
[Class Advancement for All + Growth + Academy + Leveling Up and Fighting Monsters + No Harem + No System] Mu Yan had just transmigrated and woken up when he discovered that his friend had betrayed him and planned to sacrifice him to an evil god. He thought he was as good as dead. Then his forbidden SSS-rank talent, Spatial Master, awakened and saved him from being sacrificed on the spot. Soon after, he discovered that the talent stone his parents had left him awakened an S-rank talent, Talent Re
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The Dollmaker Builds a Life-Size Anime Girl Figure from the Start 人偶师开局组装真人手办少女
[Multiple Heroines] [Everyday Romance] [Supernatural Battles] Baili Junxi unexpectedly becomes a puppeteer after receiving a mysterious letter. By making a pact with a clockwork girl, he gains superhuman powers. With one punch, he can split mountains and shatter stone. In an instant, he can travel a thousand miles. With one glance, he can turn back time. With a single leap, he can soar through the skies. His clothing designs win countless awards. His puppet designs earn him legions of fans. His
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The Evolution of an Ordinary Puppeteer 一个普通人偶师的进化之路
Where will the path of evolution, weaving between reality and illusion, ultimately lead? [Other people's paths of evolution always offer some hope. Why is mine so damn sinister? Is it because my profession is puppeteer?] [If you won't give me a way through the world of the living, I'll carve out one myself!] A challenger of the rules: Shen Nan
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Reborn as Doflamingo! I Weave Fate with My Strings! 穿成明哥！我用线编织命运！
A new story is here, and I hope you’ll enjoy it. When a transmigrator’s soul combines with Doflamingo’s gift for madness, he will no longer be the “fallen Celestial Dragon” mocked by fate. Instead, in the name of the Celestial Dragons, he will reshape the world order. This is no simple tale of redemption or corruption, but an ultimate upheaval of the World Government, the Will of D, and every rule that exists. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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The Ultimate Evil Demon Cultivator: Me and My Ten Demon Puppets 极恶魔道：我与我的十个魔偶
This is a world with a hundred-tier ladder. Every tier is filled with countless secret realms waiting to be conquered. And I, Su Xie, am a friendly outsider who transmigrated here and loves dolls. Burdened with the Villain System, I often do good deeds. The unscrupulous media outside have given me plenty of names, too. The Brutal King, scumbag, pervert, chuunibyou, menace to society. As for whether any of those names are true... When he cut off the first tier ruler's head, Su Xie laughed wildly,
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Spirit General Master 灵将师
[Not a wish-fulfillment story + coming-of-age + heroine + threads + urban fantasy + genius protagonist] “Hey, you’re Lu Chuanchuan from Renmin Road, right?” The world awakens, stirring history that has lain buried for countless years. Suiren was the first to discover the power of fire, bringing the first flame into the world. Zhuanxu wielded the mighty power of wind to sever the connection between heaven and earth! An ordinary boy possesses a power unlike any other. A teacher? A senior sister? O
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Wuxia: Choosing the Villain's Path from the Start 武侠：开局选择反派路线
[No female lead; the protagonist has a vindictive villain's personality] [There is a male love interest, but he appears much later] Lu Xiu accidentally transmigrates into the body of an unfavored concubine-born son in a small-town family in the Great Yan Dynasty. He discovers that this is a world where might makes right: the Three Buddhas and Four Daoist Sects, the Five Greatest Swordsmen, the Six Righteous Brotherhoods... The strongest can move mountains and overturn seas, while even ordinary f
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Gender-Swapped Cultivation: There Really Is Something Wrong with This Cultivation World 性转修仙：这个修仙界果然有问题
[Gender Swap] + [No Gender-Bender Romance] + [No Yuri] + [Xuanhuan] + [Farming] + [Wild Imagination] In his previous life, he was just an ordinary programmer who worked himself to death with endless overtime. After being reborn in a Xuanhuan cultivation world, why does everything feel more wrong the more he cultivates? Sure, he was determined to turn this cultivation world into a fusion of fantasy and technology, but why do the monsters invading it look so familiar? Something's not right. This w
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A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Power of Synthesis 凡人修仙传之合成之能
Zhu Yuan transmigrated into the body of a little beggar and struggled to survive. Then an old man found him and took him to a compound full of children his age, where he had them practice an unnamed technique. The old man told them that anyone who mastered the basics within a month would become his disciple, while those who failed would be driven out. A month later, not one of them had managed to master it. But when Zhu Yuan tried to cultivate, he awakened his golden finger: the ability to synth
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