Courtroom Novels with a Hidden Ace Protagonist 扮猪吃老虎官场小说
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The Official's Ladder 官梯
No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but
265kReads9.5Score29.6kShelves
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We’re All Reborn, So Who Needs to Take the Civil Service Exam? 都重生了，谁还考公务员啊
Reborn in 2003, Liang Weishi had never intended to enter public service again. Yet through a series of fortunate coincidences, from the day he passed the civil service examination, he rose smoothly through the ranks, advancing all the way...
152.2kReads9.1Score18.1kShelves
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Ten Years in Politics: The Men and Women I Knew 官场十年：那些男人和女人们
In his previous life, Lin Feng earned rapid promotion after he arrested a powerful figure during a drunk-driving investigation, refusing to bend the rules. Reborn on the night of that same assignment, he realized his girlfriend had also been reborn when she insisted on rushing out to investigate the drunk-driving case first... However, she didn’t know that in his previous life, his rapid rise through the ranks hadn’t depended on that case at all... Refusing to bend the rules wasn’t a virtue, it
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Reborn in the Political Arena! Helping Grandpa Dominate the Ranked Match from the Start 官场重生！开局帮爷爷打巅峰赛
[Original + Reborn + Modern Urban Politics + No System + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Unbeatable Background + Multiple Heroines] In his previous life, the Qin family backed the wrong side three times, going from first place among the Four Great Families to a truly miserable state! As a result, Qin Huaishu never amounted to much in his entire life. At fifty, just as he was about to get a job in the county, he was in a car accident and died. Thankfully, when he opened his eyes again, he was reborn! I
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Suspended from the Start? I Join the Discipline Inspection Team Instead 开局停职？我转投纪委调查组
His superior was investigated, his girlfriend cheated on him, and petty people conspired against him, forcing him to take a leave of absence. Yang Dong faced the darkest moment of his life from the start, but he was not nervous in the slightest, because he had already experienced it in his previous life. Having returned to 2008, he could deal with all of this more calmly. What he never expected was that the course of his life would change because of a single phone call. To save his superior, he
523.6kReads9.3Score25.5kShelves
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Seeing the Future: Rising to Success from the Grassroots 洞彻先机：从基层开始平步青云
As the saying goes, officialdom is all about power and intrigue, where deception and danger far surpass anything in the martial world. Liu Fusheng believes that a career in public service is about balancing laws and principles, distinguishing right from wrong, upholding integrity throughout one’s life, and working for the people’s welfare. Once, he was timid and overly cautious, and his attempts to play it safe only backfired. He was wronged and his ambitions went unfulfilled. Now, he sees what’
152.7kReads9.4Score14.6kShelves
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At the Pinnacle of Power: Super Civil Servant 权力巅峰：超级公务员
There are ten ranks in an official career, and every step takes you to a higher level! In my previous life, I spent forty years as a low-ranking civil servant, made a scapegoat and a sacrificial pawn, and only reached the rank of senior staff officer by the time I retired. Now that I’ve been given another life, I must soar straight to the highest heights! Now that I’ve been given another life, I must keep pace with the economic tide! Now that I’ve been given another life, I must do something tan
58kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves
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A Diary of Renting in an Urban Village 城中村租房日记
Goofy comedy + Buddhist and Taoist teammates + episodic mysteries + an overarching mystery. Eat, sleep, and save the world on the side. Shen Wuyou moved from a shabby little apartment with 1,200 yuan rent to an even shabbier, tinier place that cost 600 yuan. He only cared about one thing: it was cheap. People online said the place was unlucky and anyone who moved in would have bad luck. He didn't care. Unemployment, a breakup, and illness? He didn't have a job, a partner, or a weak constitution,
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King of Eternity 万古之王
Ye Wushuang, the young master of a fallen family, was married into his bride’s family. On his wedding night, he was framed for making advances on his sister-in-law and died with hatred in his heart. At the moment of his death, he merged with the memories of his previous life as a Heavenly Emperor and fully awakened. His old enemies now sit securely at the very peak of the heavenly realm. His former disciples have become peerless powerhouses. The women he once loved still wait eagerly for his ret
68kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
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Martial Dao Shakes the Three Thousand Realms 武映三千道
Xu Wuzhou transmigrates and is astonished to discover that he has become a live-in son-in-law, a universally recognized good-for-nothing parasite who even ended up in his bride's best friend's bed on his wedding night. He accidentally wanders into a brothel while out for a meal. His aloof wife is utterly disappointed in him, and his father-in-law sends him off to the family martial arts hall, leaving him to sink or swim. But transmigrating grants him a battered Samsara Bowl that can only be repa
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Why Pick on Her? Even the Old Heavenly Dao Protects Its Little Ones 你惹她干嘛？天道老东西最护崽
Tian Ning was the long-lost bloodline of the Wenren family in the cultivation world. At fifteen, she was brought back to them. Everyone thought she was nothing but a country bumpkin from the mortal realm, nowhere near as good as the fake young lady, Wenren Xue, who had been raised in luxury. Wenren Xue was exceptionally talented. At a young age, she had successfully formed her core and bonded with the young prince of the Dragon Palace. Her brothers and senior brothers doted on her, making her th
72.2kReads9.4Score9.7kShelves
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I've Lived for Ten Thousand Years. What's the Harm in Having a Few Million More Acquaintances? 长生万年，多亿点熟人怎么了？
Chen Changan stayed by his beautiful master's side for ten thousand years. He neither aged nor died, yet he was never able to cultivate. In the end, his master drove him away, and he traveled through the mortal world with his companion, the qilin Da Huang. After returning to the Chen family, he obtained a natural embryonic pearl and finally acquired a method of cultivation. Even Chen Changan never imagined that his cultivation talent had actually been lying in the womb all along?
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Heavenly Emperor of Chaos 混沌天帝诀
The claws of primordial beasts crush the stars across the heavens. Alien evil clans howl, seeking to confuse all living things. Demons in the dark abyss open their eerie, blood-red eyes, while ancient gods awaken from their slumber. This is an age of great strife! Humanity’s strongest warriors reach for the heavens with their swords, standing tall and unyielding among the myriad races of the universe! By chance, Chu Jianqiu obtains the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Art, rises from humble beginnings, an
81.4kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
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Nine Star Hegemon Body Art 九星霸体诀
Was he an Alchemy Emperor reborn, or had he fused with another soul? Long Chen was a talentless youth whose spiritual root, spiritual blood, and spiritual bone had been stolen. Relying on the divine alchemy techniques in his memories, he cultivates the mysterious Nine-Star Hegemon Body Art, pierces through layer upon layer of mystery, and uncovers a world-shaking plot. He commands the universe in his palm, treads upon the sun and moon, and suppresses evil spirits and wicked gods. Rumor has it in
207.8kReads9.3Score10.5kShelves
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Cultivators of Immortality and Demons 仙魔同修
The sea of clouds stretches into the distance, and the heavens are boundless. Who among the multitude of living beings does not yearn for them? The Heavenly Way is elusive, beyond anyone’s sight. Amid the endless mortal world, who does not long for eternal life? The grudges of a pair of lovers spanning three lives and seven lifetimes, and the age-old feud between the righteous path and the demonic sect. With one man and one ancient sword, how will he face the entire world...?
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Villain: You Asked to Break Off the Engagement, So Why Are You Crying Now? 反派：退婚你提的，现在哭什么
[The hottest high-martial-arts villain novel of 2026! Collected by millions! A smash-hit completed book with as many as 2.47 million readers at its peak!] Heir to one of the world’s top martial sage families! His father is the Dragon Kingdom’s strongest fighter, a Ninth-Rank Grandmaster! His grandfather is one of Blue Star’s transcendent martial sages! Su Yu transmigrates into an urban fantasy novel. But instead of becoming the protagonist, he ends up as the female lead’s villainous, groveling c
25.7kReads8.7Score2.4kShelves
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The Sweet, Delicate Heiress and the Yandere Heir Who Keeps Her Busy Every Night 绿茶千金软又酥，病娇世子夜夜忙
[A delicate flower in public, a big boss in private heroine x a sickly cat in public, a crazy, jealous man in private hero | Substitute marriage revealed, two strong leads, sweet romance] To save her father and brothers, Di Xiaorou gritted her teeth and took her sister’s place in marrying the sickly, short-lived Ling Yuheng, planning to run away at the first opportunity. On their wedding night, they were both drugged. One night of passion later, they fell deeply in love. The supposedly sickly gr
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