Desperate for Something to Read: Novels by Experienced Authors with Fresh, Original Premises 书荒求资深作者的小说，不要千篇一律，求题材新颖
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When I Turned Around, That Person Was Still There 蓦然回首，那人依旧
After leaving her child behind and being forced out, she has returned to settle the score... "From beginning to end, all I wanted was to hold on to his sleeve and follow him to become immortals... But... I can never hold on to that sleeve... I thought fate had finally smiled upon me, but what awaited me was an imperial decree ordering that I be killed after giving birth, while my child was kept... A person whose life is as worthless as grass has only one way to stand tall before others..."
19.7kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
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Why Build a Rebel Army When Ruling the Underworld Is More Fun? 混江湖哪有造反爽
A distinctive power fantasy + distinctive wuxia + distinctive rebellion story + a hero who can’t help meddling + no System + no gimmicks + no harem + no romance + plot-focused + the Hundred Schools of Thought + a lighthearted, humorous style + a cultured yet uncouth martial artist + the art of overthrowing dragons + personal opinions + angst + not a dark, selfish power fantasy “Miss, I’m just an ordinary martial artist. Why are you so intent on pursuing me?” “An elusive demonic sect’s young ma
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The Rat King Forced Me to Cultivate, and I Got Rich Across Worlds by Snagging Bargains 鼠王逼我修仙，我靠捡漏暴富万界
[Ordinary Mortal's Treasure-Hunting Cultivation] [Treasure Hunts and Mysteries] [Secret-Realm Expeditions] [Unearthing Treasures Across the Myriad Worlds] [Laid-Back Immortal Cultivation] [Secret-Realm Dungeon Adventures] [Lighthearted and Relaxed] Qin Lie: “Immortal, demon, or Buddha, I don't care. Anyone who gets in the way of my treasure hunt and path to immortality dies!” Treasure-Hunting Mouse: “Kid, you've got a big mouth!” Qin Lie: “If we can't kill them, we'll just run!” From antique s
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Cold War Wolf: The Ivanov Files 冷战之狼：伊万诺夫档案
Ivanov, an outstanding cadet from a military academy’s special forces program, is drawn into a Cold War conspiracy and hunted around the world by three factions. He breaks through with a wolf’s tenacity and paves his way with revenge, facing one high-stakes twist after another as he fights back to the bitter end! You won’t regret reading this!
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A Comprehensive History of Commerce 商史通鉴
A sweeping historical novel that lays bare six centuries of power games in the Shang dynasty. No myths, no romanticized tales, only the truest human nature, the cruelest contests, and the deepest lessons of rise and fall. My writing on Shang history began with questions about the origins of Chinese civilization, and ended with a reunion with myself. The Shang dynasty was a pivotal era when the rites, royal authority, and divine power of Huaxia took shape together. Yet scarce historical records a
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The Five Strokes of the Spirit 灵之五划
No one gets to define what web fiction should be! Within books lies a path to heaven; between the lines are the deeds of ten thousand ages. Three thousand great characters, each taking root; roots plunge deep into the earth, branches flourish and pierce the sky. Where does the mystery lie? Where does the fantasy begin? Hold a staff in either hand, swing blades with every stroke, hook your fingers around a cup, and join me for a drink.
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Duchuan Agency 渡川事务所
The day Lu Jianxing receives his uncle’s final letter, there’s no vast inheritance waiting for him, just a yellowed IOU with his own name written in the debtor’s column. He hasn’t even figured out how to dodge the debt when his icy creditor shows up at his door. “Your uncle sold you to me.” So he goes. The agency called Crossing River is tucked beneath the shade of an old locust tree. It helps the restless dead fulfill the wishes they left unfinished. His new boss loves money more than life itse
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Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批
The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou
248.3kReads9.7Score28.4kShelves
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Mortal Bones 凡骨
The world’s spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade, Heavenly Spiritual Bone. Second grade, Golden Spiritual Bone. Third grade, Profound Spiritual Bone. Fourth grade, White Spiritual Bone. All the rest are mortal bones, with no chance of cultivating. Xu Taiping, born with mortal bones, swears to prove to the cultivation world that mortal bones can slay demons, mortal bones can vanquish devils, and mortal bones can ascend to immortality!
630.7kReads9.3Score93kShelves
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Cultivating Immortality Starts With Finding a Little Cauldron 修仙从拣到小鼎开始
On a bitterly cold winter day, Zhang Yiqun is forced by his uncle to chop firewood. Just as hunger and cold are getting the better of him, a bronze cauldron falls from the sky, smashing through a tree and leaving a huge crater. The cauldron can automatically absorb spiritual energy and duplicate items, helping him solve the problem of going hungry. But when he enters the world of immortal cultivation, he discovers the cauldron's powers go far beyond that. It can heal wounds, refine pills, and ev
1.1kReads9.0Score148Shelves
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Fallen 堕
That year, I was twenty-nine, and Mo Huai was thirteen. When I, someone who no longer wanted to live, met him, someone else who no longer wanted to live, we somehow found the strength to keep going, at least for a little while. So we decided to rely on each other and make it through together.
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A Guide to Raising an Apocalypse Empress 末世女帝养成指南
[Transmigrate + Struggle for Supremacy + Chaotic Era + Powerful Female Lead + Fleeing Famine + Infrastructure Building + No Romantic Pairing + Portable Space] Original title: Transmigrating Through Chaotic Times, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation by Robbing Others When Jiang Jin awoke, she discovered that she had become a princess of a fallen kingdom and was being sent to Liang City to become a plaything for the barbarian Jiao Liang. She thought about it and decided it would be better for others
170.9kReads9.5Score21.5kShelves
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Heavenly Abyss 天渊
(The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw
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The Silent Sword’s Path to Immortality 默剑长生
Modern painter Shen Mo transmigrates into the body of a constable’s son in the Great Liang dynasty. Using the Daoist art of ink painting as a key to cultivation, he turns ordinary skills into a path to immortality, practicing amid the everyday bustle of life as he sets foot on the road to becoming an immortal...
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A Journey to Conquer Him 征他个途
A fat guy, an opportunity, and a natural rise to the top. As he fights off an alien invasion, he finds himself going further and further down that path, while gaining even more happiness along the way. One chance changes the course of his life!
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A Journey to Conquer Him: The True Domain 征他个途之真域
The fat guy’s road to a comeback continues, and this time he faces an even more unusual set of circumstances. The granddaughter of a big shot, a saintess, foreign beauties, a demon princess: they all come to him for help. He is also the bane of the demons. See where this different life takes him!
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Quantum Immortal Sect 量子仙宗
Good grief! Why do we have to study fluid mechanics to fly on a sword? Sect Leader: Do you know what happens if you don't study? I'll hang you up and beat you! Fellow Daoists, wait up! Let's wield our swords as pens and build the immortal sect anew!
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Painting the Stardust of the World 绘世星尘
The universe is a prison, and fate is a lock. Beneath the calm of the Twin-Mind Planet, judgment has long been hidden in the cycle of reincarnation: older than civilization, more secret than breathing. “Deep are the mysteries of the star prison; the delusive crystal conceals the truth. Let the heart turn toward the hidden depths, and when illusion breaks, the Way remains.” The voice from beyond that lit the mind of Qingping Star Sovereign did more than that. It was the first beam of light to pi
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The Mirror of Origin 本源之镜
A blend of science fiction, religion, history, culture, philosophy, and mystery adventure. It champions the integration of religions, a return to the origin of the Great Way, and a world united as one. In 2095, religious archaeologist Ping Yi witnesses a horrifying vision in Jerusalem: experts from three religions die suddenly, their bodies arranged in a honeycomb pattern, their blood forming passages from the Tao Te Ching. Their neural pathways are etched with mysterious symbols from an ancient
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Where There's Light in Your Heart, There's a Road Beneath Your Feet 心中有光脚下就有路
Where There Is Light in Your Heart, There Is a Path Beneath Your Feet
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Supreme Wisdom: The Legend of Jiang Ziya 智慧无上：姜子牙传奇
At the end of the Shang Dynasty, amid a world in chaos, the white-haired recluse Jiang Ziya fishes with a straight hook in the Wei River, waiting for a chance to defy fate and change his destiny. King Wen of Zhou dreams of a flying bear and makes three visits to seek out a worthy man, setting in motion a deadly game between mortals and gods. Questioned at court, targeted by Shang assassins, and caught in the schemes of a nine-tailed fox who stirs up alliances among the feudal lords, Jiang Ziya w
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Cheng Mo Speaks Up 程默不再沉默
Cheng Mo Breaks His Silence
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Humanity's Awakening Day: We Deleted the Hatred Program 人类觉醒日:我们删除了仇恨程序
Humanity’s Awakening Day: We Deleted the Hatred Program
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Moss in the Clouds 云端苔藓
In the ruins of Smart Cloud City, the fates of a pancake vendor, a foreman missing a finger, a Meituan courier, and an elderly petitioner intertwine. As concrete swallows lives and algorithms manipulate human nature, they fight against fate with tears, severed limbs, and cancer cells. Duoduo's genes become the spark of a new civilization, Lao Zhou's plant-like body spreads across the globe, and Xia Yubing's fungal network safeguards the remnants of humanity. From urban villages to interstellar c
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The Legendary Han Xin, the Greatest General of All Time 千古第一将韩信之千古传奇
Han Xin was born a beggar, so where did he learn his astonishing military strategies? Where did he master such superb swordsmanship? How did he win every battle without a single defeat? Why were his victories so decisive, with large-scale clashes against his opponents so rare? How were his battlefield instincts and judgments so precise? This book recounts every one of Han Xin’s legendary exploits in detail.
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The Capital's Mr. Lu Has a Wildcat Who's Both Alluring and Well-Behaved 京圈陆总的小野猫又欲又乖
[The overbearing eldest Miss Xie vs. the capital’s dream man, the powerful Lu] Miss Xie’s favorite pastime is hitting the clubs and flirting with handsome men. President Lu can’t stand women like that, but, unfortunately, Miss Xie is his fiancée. Everyone thinks the powerful Lu would never fall for the brash, domineering Miss Xie. But later, President Lu, so refined and untouchable, is photographed holding Xie Yuwan against a car door and kissing her. “President Lu, should we take down the trend
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After the Apocalypse, I Became the Big Shot’s Most Cherished Darling 末世后，成了大佬的心尖宠
[Apocalypse + transmigrate into a book + infinite storage space + special abilities + stockpiling supplies + base-building + strong female lead + strong male lead + face-slapping] Lin Miaoge never imagined that a single complaint while reading an apocalypse novel, “This author's an idiot, the plot makes no sense, and the protagonist has the most ridiculous plot armor,” would send her transmigrating into the book as a cannon-fodder female side character! Fortunately, she has a golden finger: a st
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Madam Has Secret Identities Galore, and Rules Both Sides of the Law 夫人马甲多又多黑白两道任她行
[[A genuine heiress with secret identities, an outrageously cool and handsome all-rounder with formidable combat skills VS wealthy, handsome, calculating Master Xiao, who dotes on her from the start] [Comeback | Two powerful leads | Satisfying story | Max-level expert | Constantly face-slapping scumbags] Three years ago, a setup nearly cost Ye Qingyuan her life. Three years later, Ye Qingyuan suddenly appeared in the capital, revealing the first hint of her brilliance. Everyone said she was tale
445Reads7.5Score104Shelves
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I Came to Earth to Be a God 我到地球来当神
Female-Led + Interstellar + No System + Eastern Fantasy + Light-Novel Style + Ensemble Cast Growth + One True Pair The title may give the wrong impression that this is a story about a charlatan or a comedy, but the actual story is a slow burn with a vast world. The protagonist, Youtan, is stranded on Earth after a spaceship accident. In search of energy, she travels across the planet alone, eventually journeying with an Earth mage, a young hunter, and others. The story revolves around the power
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When the Starlight Turns Back 星光回溯时
From a forgotten left-behind child to a military cadet at the National University of Defense Technology, his life is a comeback story written in blood and tears. He lost his mother at two and lived alone in an empty house at five. School bullying wore away his smile, and his desperate longing for friendship nearly drove him to the brink. But the harder life became, the more determined he was to climb his way out. When the words “National University of Defense Technology” took root in his heart,
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Jin Ling'er 金灵儿
She fought her way out of the mire and rose to the very top of the world! Her family was destroyed when she was five, and her mother fell into ruin. She grew up surrounded by cold stares and bullying. But she was born with an unyielding spirit and a will of steel! Using the only inheritance her mother left her, she trained in both the literary and martial arts, carving out a path through bloodshed until she became a soldier king and a spy queen feared around the world! Now, with her strength
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The Tearless Orphan II 弃儿无泪二
From the day she was born, she was abandoned by her family. After many twists and turns, she was finally taken in with compassion by her current adoptive parents. But life still had no smiles for her. For the sake of the family’s livelihood, her adoptive mother often tried to set her life on a predetermined path. Trapped by layer upon layer of restrictions, her future seemed shrouded in gloom. She had no say in her marriage, and even after starting a family and building a career, she could not e
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The Discarded Young Master's Castaway Journal 弃少漂流记
In his previous life, he gave his life for his country on the battlefield of the Korean War, defending his homeland. Through the Buddha’s blessing, he was allowed to be reborn with his memories and special abilities in the womb of a righteous, brave, and exceptionally capable woman. His mother was bold and outspoken, always ready to stand up for what was right, and skilled in both the arts and martial arts. Unable to stomach the schemes and deceit of his father’s family, she was forced to leave.
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Don't Let Down Your Youthful Ambitions 莫负少年凌云志
Ever since his parents' marriage fell apart, he had been like a lonely shooting star, plunging into the dark abyss of a broken home and becoming a neglected, unwanted child. His childhood was a miserable nightmare. His father's inaction was a merciless blade, cutting off every hope he had and bringing one misfortune after another. His grandmother unleashed her resentment toward his mother on him like a plague, subjecting the young boy to relentless torment that wore down both body and mind, as i
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Waiting for the Word, Mistaking Beauty for Love 等字，误红颜
Because of a disability she had from birth, people excluded her. When she grew up, her family’s deep-rooted standing led her parents to arrange her marriage to an ordinary man. But their good fortune did not last. Her parents’ only son had no children after five or six years of marriage. To protect her son’s reputation, her mother came up with a scheme: she had her daughter-in-law conceive a son with another man. Years later, the daughter-in-law could no longer bear the loneliness and found a lo
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The Supreme Abandoned Young Master Cultivates Immortality 至尊弃少修仙
When Ling Chen was born, his mother died in childbirth. Later, his stepmother framed him, and his biological father brutally killed him. The world’s top secret agent, codenamed “Phantom,” died suddenly from an excessive workload and transmigrated into the body of three-year-old Ling Chen. To atone for the sins of killing in his previous life, he did good deeds and accumulated merit. But disaster struck the family of his adoptive parents, and he had no choice but to become a wanderer once more. I
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Divining the Three Kingdoms: The Record of the Mysterious Mirror's Beauties 算鼎三国：玄镜红颜录
No transmigration, no System! At the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, in an age of turmoil as the Three Kingdoms era approaches, Lu Zhao, a young man from a poor family, solves a murder case in Yingchuan with Cai Yan's help, exposes Dong Zhuo's plot to move the capital in Luoyang, cracks a secret case there with Diao Chan, intercepts Yuan Shao's secret envoy at the Battle of Guandu, offers a stratagem within a stratagem at the Red Cliffs battlefield, saves Sun Shangxiang from a raging current, an
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