Ensemble Cast, Mystery, and Historical Romance 古言群像悬疑文

1. 51 鲛 The Merman’s Path to Godhood 鲛人化神传 Mu Ziyao木子遥Ancient Romance240k WordsCompleted [Xuanhuan] + [Comedy] + [Transmigration] + [Wild Imagination] He Yu, a modern woman, swaps souls with the only merfolk in the deep sea… And she's a male merfolk? A ridiculously weak one at that? And he hits it off with the Demon Lord at first sight, even becoming sworn brothers? She doesn't want to be the Demon Lord's brother! She swears to become a god and turn back into a woman… She struggles to cultivate in the Firmament Forest, and keeps getting beaten up by the Qilin and its phantom —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 52 农 The Tough Farmer’s Wife and Her Frail Husband’s Unbridled Devotion 农门悍妇，病弱相公宠妻无度 Full Belly, Ready to Write吃饱饱好码字Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted Li Miaomiao transmigrates into the body of a woman who was abandoned by her groom, went mad and married Xiao Xian, who had come to attend the wedding feast, then demanded the next day to go back and become the groom’s concubine. She fell into a river and died. The guests all laugh at the useless cripple, who has nothing but a handsome face and lives in abject poverty, unable even to keep the jilted bride. Everyone expects her to wake up and torment Xiao Xian. Instead, she picks up a toolbox and 15.1kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
3. 53 路 The Supporting Nobody Keeps Taking Hits for the Main Cast 路人甲又在给主角团挡刀 Chicken Stewed with Fries小鸡炖薯条Two Male Leads365k WordsCompleted A full-cast audio version is now available [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + xianxia + a touch of ensemble cast + slow burn + one-on-one, both pure] An ordinary, resilient, laid-back nobody bottom, Shen Liuchun, x a tsundere prodigy who means what he says, Xie Xiaohan The timid office drone Shen Liuchun died at his desk from overwork, only to transmigrate into a power-fantasy cultivation novel he had read in his second year of high school. At least other transmigrators get to be conne 13.1kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
4. 54 我 I Made a Pact with the Gods, and Now You’re All Turtles 我与神明画押，你们都变王八 Sine and Cosine Live in the Sun正余弦生活在太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ridiculous comedy] When Yan Luo was put on the spot from the start and expected to confess in front of everyone, she thought fast and called out to the young master: “Classmate Cang Zhu, wise people don’t fall in love. Let’s build a beautiful homeland and work together to create a harmonious society!” The young master: ... The young master at first: “Go away! Keep your distance! You’re scaring me!” The young master, winning himself over: “Holy crap, she insulted me. Does she like me? Holy crap, 37.8kReads9.6Score5.9kShelves
5. 55 沙 My Hilarious Junior Sister Is a Laid-Back Cultivator 沙雕师妹咸鱼修仙 Fu Yiling傅衣凌Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Xianxia + comedy + immortal cultivation + suona] Yun Qiqi spent her whole life as a happy slacker in the modern world. She never expected that after dying, she'd transmigrate to an immortal cultivation world where everyone was a workaholic. But she still refused to work! When choosing a master, Yun Qiqi thought it over for a long time. Sword cultivators worked too hard and had no money. Talisman cultivators drew talismans all day, and she couldn't even write properly, let alone draw talismans. 40.1kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves
6. 56 别 While Others Cultivate Immortality, I Focus on Staying Alive. Only the Mad Have Ironclad Lives 别人修仙我保命，唯有疯批才命硬 Half Tipsy, Half Rain半醺半雨Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as: The Only Omega in the Cultivation World [Two male leads + original ABO setting + everyone dotes on the protagonist + sweet romance + multiple couples + ensemble cast] Ye Luo is a sweet, soft, and cuddly omega who transmigrates into a book and wakes up in a cultivation world full of blades and bloodshed. To make matters worse, he has become a cannon-fodder villain destined to be killed by the heroine. Fine, if we can't beat them, we'll run. But a few days later, he's completely bew 3.1kReads9.5Score436Shelves
7. 57 呸 Pah! Hopeless Romantics Are Banned from Infinite Games! 呸！恋爱脑禁止进入无限游戏！ Heartbroken Mutt伤心大土狗Two Male Leads412k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, One-on-One Romance + Younger Man/Older Man + Both Devoted and Powerful + Thrilling Unlimited-Flow Adventure + Wacky Ensemble Cast] Yu Yan never imagined he’d one day get dragged into an escape game called Trials of Paradise, much less that it would be because of his mother. Yu Yan looked at the ghostly white figure in the void. “So you stayed up all night reading a novel, died suddenly, and ended up here. But the game has an age limit, so you can’t participate…and you bound me t 14.3kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves
8. 58 低 Keep Your Voice Down. Is Getting Pulled into This Kind of Story Anything to Be Proud Of? 低声些，穿进这种文难道光彩吗 Still Haven't Eaten My Fill Today今天也没吃饱Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + 1vN + immortal cultivation + all male leads are virgins + ensemble cast + side couples, do not read if you dislike them] Shen Yun transmigrated into a book, landing in an absurd male-oriented cultivation novel. The original heroine, Bai Qimeng, had a special constitution that drew several powerful men into forcing their love on her. Shen Yun, meanwhile, became the original heroine’s junior sister, a mere backdrop for the plot. Shen Yun was speechless. Shen Yun prayed. Give m 77.4kReads9.3Score10.5kShelves
9. 59 不 Wasn’t This an Arranged Marriage? Why Is Lord Pei So in Love with Me? 不是联姻吗？裴大人怎么这么爱 Deep-Fried Ice Cream油炸冰激凌Ancient Romance275k WordsCompleted Jiang Shiyuan spent ten years pursuing Shen Lüchu, only to receive four words on her eighteenth birthday: “You make me sick.” So Jiang Shiyuan, the girl who made Shen Lüchu sick, turned around and agreed to her family’s arranged marriage, preparing to marry into the Pei family. The Pei family was the most powerful clan in the capital, with influence that reached the heavens, far beyond what Jiang Shiyuan could aspire to. Fortunately, the family was full of talented men, but one grandson, Pei 55.9kReads9.1Score8.4kShelves
10. 60 元 The Yuan'an Chronicles 元安录 Shuiyue Meow水月喵Mystery187k WordsCompleted [Tang-era mystery cases + episodic stories + formidable hero and heroine + one-on-one romance + ensemble cast] [The Night Owl Cries] In the twenty-third year of Yongwei, a woman’s corpse is discovered in a house beneath a locust tree on Sanshui Alley in Chang’an. Rumors spread that a ghostly song is killing people... [The Thousand-Faced Buddha] Nine lifelike clay statues made from living people are discovered at Huazhen Temple. What do they have to do with the children who vanished three years a 1.2kReads6.8Score285Shelves
11. 61 青 The Casebook of the Green Satchel 青囊诡案录 Shi Jiaming释葭茗Mystery122k WordsCompleted During the Zhaoyuan era, undercurrents churned throughout the dynasty. A ghost bride hangs from a locust tree, white bones in the Yellow River sound the notes of the dead, and a body double at the border sparks a war... Behind these strange cases lies a deadly game of strategy between the martial world and the imperial court. The Green Satchel Book, a sacred text said to cure every illness, is in truth a secret tied to the former dynasty's dragon veins. The Longevity Cult manipulates the powerf 15Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 62 重 Reborn to Marry the Prince Regent: The Princess Consort Becomes Famous for Solving Cases with Autopsies 重生嫁摄政王，王妃她靠验尸爆红 A Trivial Reason渺小的理由Mystery238k WordsCompleted [Two powerful leads + contract marriage + satisfying angst and revenge + episodic investigations + ever-sweeter romance] Shen Wei transmigrates, waking up in a morgue with her hands on a corpse. A modern forensic examiner turned the daughter of a condemned official, she hides her identity and examines bodies to survive. Then the regent, a man who holds power over the entire court, arrives through the rain and hands her a marriage contract: “Marry me. I’ll protect you and clear your name.” She sn 65Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 63 诡 The Eerie Case Coroner 诡案女仵作 Qie Qie Isn't Sleepy茄茄不困Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A lazy salted-fish coroner who just wants to lie flat VS a workaholic commander who knows nothing about romance. They crack bizarre cases and fall in love over time. As religious sects rise to prominence, people commit murder in the name of gods and ghosts, and strange cases erupt throughout the Great Qing Dynasty. After dying from overwork, forensic pathologist Jiang Ning joins the Yuning Guard, an organization of imperial investigators, hoping to lie flat and coast along as a low-ranking nobod 2.2kReads9.2Score240Shelves

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