A Satisfying Story About the Underworld? Sounds Interesting 黑道爽文吗？有点意思
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The Northeast Gang 东北黑帮
(Not a mindless power fantasy. Underworld, urban setting, no invincible hero, first person, tight logic, humorous writing. Read with caution if that’s not your thing!) A cursed, tragic fate. A life in the underworld that cannot be escaped. A band of brothers who stand together through life and death, and a dark life longing for redemption. You’ve never endured years of hardship, so of course you can’t understand the underworld in my heart. My story begins after I get out of prison in Ice Cit
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You Don’t Understand How Fun It Is to Be a Villain: Starting with the Campus Beauty Maid 反派快乐你不懂：从校花女仆开始
[Icy CEO] [Campus Belle Maid] [Twins] [College Best Friends] [Underworld Big Sister] [Beautiful Badass] [Young Divine Doctor] [Queen of Hidden Weapons] [Superstar Diva] [Genius Girl] [Senior Sister of the Daoist Sect...] [Fast-Paced!!!] [Urban Villain] [Feel-Good Face-Slapping] [Humorous and Hilarious] [Summon the Invincible] [Ding! 100 trillion yuan has been deposited into your Fortune-Building Account!] "Butler, I have too little money. I'm anxious. I don't feel secure." "Young Master, just te
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Villain: My System Is Up to No Good! 反派：我的系统不正经！
[Scheming, shameless, hilarious. Pure-love fans, beware] Jiang Che transmigrated into the role of a rich second-generation villain in a modern wish-fulfillment novel, and was bound to a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he happened to catch the heroine trying to sneak a peek at the exam papers. A villain’s choice was triggered! [Choice One: Pretend you saw nothing] [Choice Two: Shout at her, drawing a crowd] [Choice Three: ...] And so, a perverted supervillain was born. To avoid being
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The Urban Underworld: Power and Influence 都市江湖：权势滔天
The short drama of the same name premieres on January 4, 2026, at 10 a.m. on Hongguo Short Drama: Urban Underworld: Power Overwhelming Chen Yi had never met his biological father. Then one day, his parents were summoned to school, and he watched helplessly as his teacher was beaten badly enough to end up in the hospital...
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Undercover, Reel Them In Already or I'll Become Utterly Corrupt! 卧底，再不收网我就恶贯满盈啦！
[Undercover in a gang + ruthless and decisive + no bleeding-heart heroine + no System + patriotic + special agent] Lu Chengfeng transmigrates to the year 2000 in a parallel world. After dropping out of police academy, he begins his life undercover. He rises quickly by preying on the criminals themselves. With a beautiful woman on his left and a rich wife on his right, he becomes so feared that even the ruthless gangsters blanch at the mention of his name. “I’m not the boss, so don’t call my wife
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United on the Road of Blood 血路同归
(Not a wish-fulfillment story, and the hero isn't invincible. Enter at your own risk.) A youth stained with blood, vows made without regret, inexperienced love, sincere friendship, the cruelty of society, and the complexity of human nature. An unforgettable, turbulent era! A piece of underworld lore passed down to this day! A band of brothers who shared honor and disgrace, life and death! An unmatched era, with a flag-bearer standing at its peak! Laughing as we watch the tides of fortune, marchi
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A Gentle Breeze Rises by the River 江边柔风起
[System + family + one heroine + sweet everyday romance + lighthearted comedy] Su Jiang is a first-year university student who unexpectedly awakens a System. [Host, confess your feelings to someone of the opposite sex within thirty seconds. Fail, and you die immediately!] With no other choice, Su Jiang confesses to An Rou, the class beauty, in front of the whole class. Su Jiang: “An Rou, I like you. Would you go out with me?” An Rou: “What do you like about me?” Su Jiang: “Uh… your legs are real
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Underworld Turmoil After Prison 出狱后的江湖风云
(Original title: The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain) The short drama based on The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain is now streaming on Hongguo. After accidentally killing a sleazy old thug, Li Hu spends three years in prison. When he gets out, underworld boss Hong Weijun seeks him out and immediately gives him a bar. At the same time, the police approach him, hoping he’ll help send Hong Weijun to prison.
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Other Undercover Agents Get Nervous, but You Go Undercover with Kidney Deficiency? 别人卧底心虚，你去卧底肾虚？
[Decisive and ruthless + never a saintly heroine + multiple heroines + wildly satisfying] Lei Zhen transmigrates to a parallel world in 1995. Starting out as a low-level underling, he rises through the ranks with ruthless force, amassing wealth and beautiful women until he rules everything with an iron fist!
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Underworld Boss! 黑道枭雄！
(Hot-blooded) (Brotherhood) (Youth) (Fast-paced, no dragging things out) The law-abiding worry all day, while the mighty sing all night. Those who harm others for their own gain ride in comfort, while the honest and fair go hungry. Those who build bridges and mend roads go blind, while those who kill and set fires have plenty of sons. I went to the Western Heaven to ask Buddha. Buddha said, “There's nothing I can do either.” This novel tells the blood-and-tears story of Shen Congwen, a great und
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The Legend Reborn 传奇重现
The four-part series by Wei Jie: We Were All Bad Kids, I Am Legend, Legend Reborn, and Hidden Dragon on the Right Path. A young man, still green, left his hometown in a fit of anger. Four years later, he returned, weathered and bearing the glory of success! In a city built from reinforced concrete, old friends were gone and legends had faded into retirement... Faced with his family’s reproach and his friends’ disdain, he had once wandered at a crossroads, pointing into the dark sky with his
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Godfather of the Underworld: Planting My Flag in Mong Kok 黑道教父：从旺角插旗开始
Hong Kong is in turmoil, and crime lords rise on every side! Chen Kun is a low-ranking 49er in the 14K triad, with no power or influence. But he's both clever and brave, fearless, and full of brotherly loyalty. With the New World and Wo Shing Wo watching him like tigers, and the ruthless, bloodthirsty Big Circle Gang closing in, he's caught in the maelstrom of a chaotic era. His only way to survive is to risk his life. He rises through bloody underworld battles and makes a name for himself on th
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Temptations of the Jianghu 江湖诱惑
“The new book’s rating has just been released, and it’ll climb soon.” [Underworld + Mature Beauties + Conquest + Feel-Good Action + Multiple Heroines] [The first five chapters take their time, but the story gets thrilling later. Read ten chapters, and if you’re not hooked, come chop me up!] Wang Xiaohu leaves the countryside for Jiangcheng, hoping to live a quiet life, but a clash draws him into the whirlpool of the underworld. He meets Qian Jiajia, gets close to Cui Meng, and is even forcibly h
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Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君：顺我者昌，逆我者亡！
[Class Belle, I’m out of prison. You’ll pay in blood for what you did!] Betrayed by the class belle he loved, Wang Erchui was falsely convicted and spent three years behind bars. The grim years in prison transformed the once-young man into someone hardened by blood and steel. But it wasn’t until he got out and sought revenge that he gradually realized there was a terrifying truth lurking beneath the surface. The thing that had ruined his life was never just a love affair. It was a vast, carefull
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The Bad Guys: The Storm Rises Again 2 坏蛋之风云再起2
[People have names, and trees have shadows. Who is Xie Wendong? Everyone knows.] As the scorching sun slowly sinks away and the half moon hangs high, as neon lights begin to flicker and night descends, what can we use to prove that we exist?
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The Underworld: Beautiful Women by My Side on a Wild Jianghu Road 黑道：红颜伴我野性江湖路
(Feel-good period drama + multiple heroines + top student and leader + fast-paced + passionate and explosive) With a blood feud to settle, he claims his enemy's daughter on the very first day after getting out of prison! He once thought he was an orphan, never imagining his libertine father had left behind many younger siblings! On the blood-soaked road through the underworld, stepmothers keep appearing. There are also brothers and sisters bound by deep affection, and a prodigal son who turns ov
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Officialdom: That Night, the Blood of Power Ran Hot 官场：那一夜，官血沸腾
[A genuine political-intrigue novel] Cheng Bo was just starting his career and was thrilled to become an assistant to the town mayor. But after taking up the post, he discovered that he had also been saddled with a daunting mission!
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The Top Spy in Officialdom: Sent to an Asylum from the Start 官场第一秘：开局就被送进疯人院
[An underrated political drama with real-world relevance] Locked up in a psychiatric hospital from the start? How is he supposed to hold office now? Secretary Jiang Nan's act of standing up for what was right became a trap carefully laid by his rival, and he was illegally confined to an asylum. Was this merely a provocation by local power brokers, or a deadly strike aimed at the leader behind him? When word was secretly delivered to the top, the real power struggle had only just begun... Watch h
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Overwhelming Power: My Rapid Rise Shocks the Political Elite 权势滔天：我晋升速度震撼权力圈
His new book, The Number One Secret in Officialdom: From the Start, I Was Sent to an Asylum, is now available. Your support is welcome! Two paternity tests shattered Zhao Shu’s world: neither child was his! His wife had betrayed him, and he angrily divorced her! At the lowest point in his life, his ability and resolve happened to catch a superior’s eye, and he entered the world of officialdom. Fueled by the anger of betrayal, Zhao Shu cuts through every obstacle, rising from head of security to
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Fake Eunuch, True Emperor 假太监真皇帝
A general practitioner from a family of traditional Chinese medicine doctors transmigrates, only to be dragged into the imperial harem as a eunuch on his very first day. He has no choice but to negotiate with the eunuch in charge of castration: could you let me off this once? I still have a blood feud to avenge! The eunuch says, “Sure!”
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Romance in the Ancient Village 古寨情缘
The new book, The Number One Secret in Officialdom: Sent Straight to the Asylum from the Start, is now available. Your support is welcome! When someone bullies his sister-in-law, Wang Ye steps in without hesitation, kills a man, and ends up in prison. There, he unexpectedly acquires peerless mystical arts and learns that in his previous life he was the True Dragon Emperor of another world, his sister-in-law was a tiger spirit, and his childhood friend and sidekick was a little white rabbit spiri
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The Underworld: I Hold All the Power and Rule the World! 江湖：我权势滔天，君临天下！
That night, I took my childhood sweetheart to a small hotel, where I made the transition from boy to man. I never expected an unwelcome guest to show up at the hotel. She died taking a knife meant for me, and only then was her true identity revealed. From that day on, I embarked on a life in the underworld. In this dark, merciless world, the only way to survive is to become a shadow...
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The Black Sheep's Road Through the Underworld 黑二代的江湖路
Original title: Leaping Through the Dragon Gate Leaping Through the Dragon Gate: The Struggle for Supremacy has premiered on Hongguo App. Song Yu, a senior at the Foreign Trade College, hits rock bottom after his girlfriend betrays him and a rich heir bullies him. Then his mysterious older brother, Song Chen, returns and arranges for "Old Wolf," a powerful figure in Yuncheng, to protect him from the shadows. Song Yu refuses to rely on connections. Using his grit and intelligence, he lands an int
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The Underworld 黑道
What is the Dao? It does not arise because of one person's goodness, nor perish because of one person's evil. Good and evil are determined by people; rise and fall are determined by fate. The people of the world think they are fighting for money, power, or pride. Only in the end do they understand that they were fighting for nothing but illusion. The Dao knows no black or white. All living beings are within the game. (Note: This book is extremely realistic and even somewhat oppressive. Re
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Fists of Fury: The Underworld’s Strongest King 拳拳到肉：最强黑道帝王
[Black X Evil Emperor]+ [Passionate]+ [Reborn Big Shot] Nine death-row prisons across the country. Thirty-six top death-row fighters are selected to dominate the underworld. Reborn in the world of the Evil Emperor, he faces Blood Eagle and fights Lone Dragon. What has he to fear from the life-taking Azure Darkness? The strongest gladiator in the country, Chen Zui is the one and only!
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Alpha Wolf II: One Hand Shrouds the Sky 头狼Ⅱ只手遮天
For the sake of the goddess, I crossed the big shot in the county. To stay alive, I fought my way up, one step at a time, until I became the boss... One day, the hidden dragon will find the rain it needs. With a single roar, it will shift the mountains and rivers and move the Big Dipper. Stories of the underdog rising to the top will always set the blood racing.
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The Bad Boy of the City 都市坏少年
“When a righteous bloodline flows through the veins of darkness, how should a person choose their path?” This dark realist novel blends coming-of-age, family ethics, power struggles, and an epic tale of the underworld. Its central conflict is that of a delinquent student who rises to become an underworld king, yet comes from the most righteous of families. The story explores fractured identity, the paradoxes of fate, and the possibility of redemption. At its heart is the coexistence of light and
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Tales of the Northeast Underworld 东北黑道往事
Formerly titled The Northern City's Underworld Boss, also known as Tales of the Northeastern Underworld. They say the underworld is all about human relationships and worldly ways, but have you ever seen the real underworld? The underworld is dangerous, but the human heart is even more dangerous. Spring ice is thin, and human nature is thinner still. The underworld is nothing more than a game of chess. Once you enter the game, you can no longer control your own fate. I will use my own experie
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The Underworld: Ruling the World 黑社会：雄霸天下
The campus beauty he'd loved for three years was brutalized and killed! Chen Xuewen, who had done nothing, was framed and sent to prison! His honest, hardworking parents both died horribly while seeking justice for him! After nineteen years of living by the rules and obeying the law, Chen Xuewen finally saw the true face of the world. “Those who kill and burn their way to riches wear golden belts, while those who build bridges and roads leave no bones behind!” “If others can kill and burn, why
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The Allure of the Underworld 黑道诱人
[The short drama adapted from this book, From Here on, Rivers Flow into the World, is now available. Come watch!] [Urban + underworld + big shots + all-powerful + feel-good story + period setting + invincible protagonist + multiple heroines + ruthless and decisive] When I was little, my dad often told me that the path of the underworld was a road of no return. It was hard to walk, and few people ever came to a good end. I never understood what he meant. Instead, I thought the underworld was all
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Second Sister-in-Law, Don't Be Afraid! I'm Here! 二嫂，别怕！有俺在！
Framed by the village bully and thrown into a deep pool, the simple-minded Er Zhu accidentally unlocks his family’s ancestral medical arts! With a single hand, he uses miraculous needles to save children and punish local tyrants. Naive in public, fierce in private, he devotes himself to protecting his frail second sister-in-law. The real show is only just beginning...
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My Ex's Stupidity Tax: His Wife Valued at 200,000 前夫哥的智商税：老婆估值二十万
The Ex-Husband's Stupidity Tax: His Wife Is Worth 200,000
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Room 302: A Wage Earner Clears His Father's Name Against All Odds 合租302：打工仔逆风洗清家父冤案
Roommates in 302: A Wage Earner Clears His Father's Name Against All Odds
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Haunted by a Bewitching Dream: I Killed That Ghost King Nine Times 诡梦缠情：我杀了那尊鬼王九次
Haunted by a Bewitching Dream: I Killed the Ghost King Nine Times
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After Wandering into the Changing Room, I Had a Cool Coach Chasing Me Down to Teach Me to Swim 误闯更衣室后，高冷教练追着教我游泳
After Wandering into the Locker Room, the Ice-Cold Coach Keeps Chasing Me to Teach Me How to Swim
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Don't Mess with a 42-Year-Old Woman: She's Got All the Evidence 别惹42岁姐姐，她手里全是证据
Don't Mess with This 42-Year-Old Woman, She Has Evidence on Everyone
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Caught Them in the Act, Then Scalded Someone with Boiling Water 撞破好事，滚水烫人
Caught Them in the Act, Got Scalded with Boiling Water
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After My Mother-in-Law Had a Stroke, I Found 800,000 Under Her Bed 婆婆中风后，我在她床底翻出了八十万
After My Mother-in-Law Had a Stroke, I Found 800,000 Yuan Under Her Bed
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President Gu, Please Cooperate with Your Treatment 顾总，请配合治疗
Mr. Gu, Please Cooperate with Your Treatment
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A Date with the Campus Belle 校花有约
A Date with the Campus Belle
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I'm No Little Punk: The Shorties' Hero Squad 我不是小混混之矮子英雄队
I'm determined not to become a hoodlum. Even a short person can stand tall. Not every hero is tall, but every passionate heart deserves to be seen. I won't go along with the ways of the world. I'll walk my own path through the jianghu. The road is long, so may we meet again at the summit...
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I’m No Punk: Three of Us Together 我不是小混混之三人行
Determined not to become a thug, he knows that those who walk different paths cannot work together. Brotherhood, and the revival of the Eight Gates of the underworld. Is a sinister force behind it all, or is something far worse on the horizon...?
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Slay the Gods: My Girlfriend Is Hongying 斩神：我女朋友红缨
After transmigrating into the world of Slay the Gods, Su Yan discovered that he had become Lin Qiye’s classmate. At the heart of the Cangnan vortex, he had even eaten his aunt’s eggs. The mortality rate was terrifying. As someone who had transmigrated here, how could Su Yan survive? Fortunately, he became Fuxi’s proxy, with an ever-changing array of abilities. The Twelve Zodiac Ring: Control twelve kinds of animals. Medusa is a snake, and the Black Goat is a goat, right? The Twelve Earthly
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Invincible from the Start: Building the Greatest Sect Across All Worlds 开局无敌仙帝，打造万界第一宗
After transmigrating, Ye Chen established the Kunlun Sacred Land and was rewarded with the cultivation of an Immortal Emperor. His goal: spread Kunlun Sacred Land across the Myriad Worlds and make it the greatest divine sect! First, a small goal: dominate the Great Desolate Immortal World! “Congratulations, Host, on recruiting a disciple with Saint-grade aptitude. You receive five True Immortal Summoning Cards, a tea tree of enlightenment, and a Primordial Hongmeng Body!” “Congratulations, Host,
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The Legend of Lu Laoqi 陆老七传奇
In the province of Rehe during the Republican era, a catchy rhyme circulated through the martial world: “Lu Laoqi, Li Changjiu, undefeated throughout Rehe; the Beggar, Detective, and Master Shang; Dalong, Qingshan, and Zheng the Crooked; the Driver, Drunkard, and Wang Chaojie; Pockmark, Du Wu, and Liu Minghu; the Twin Fiends, Kou Haiyang, and Yu Xingba.” It vividly described the eighteen peerless fighters of Rehe at the time. Ranked first was Lu Yishan, a boy from a poor family in the province.
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