I'm Out of Books! Looking for Satisfying Male-Oriented Novels, Not Mindless or Formulaic 书荒！求男频爽文，不要无脑的，套路不要太单一
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Something's Off About My Old Man 我的老爹不对劲
[Ensemble cast + imperial examinations + daily life + farming + court politics later on] Father and son join forces to build a Ming dynasty on which the sun never sets. Yan Xun transmigrates to the Ming dynasty and discovers that his father can do everything except study. His dad has so many secret identities, like an onion with layer after layer to peel back. Huh! If I push Dad hard enough to make him Grand Secretary, can I become a Junior Grand Secretary? The filial son Yan Xun sells everythin
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The Imperial Exams: A Top Scholar from a Poor Family 科举，寒门状元
Imperial Examination, One-on-One Romance After an accident, a young man from the modern era transmigrated into the Great Qian Dynasty. Looking at his family’s dilapidated brick house, Qi Wenyu wondered how he would make a living from then on...
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The Imperial Exams: From a Duke’s Bastard Son to a Powerful Official 科举！从公府庶子到权臣的青云路
[Not a BL novel! Not a male-male romance! One male lead, little to no romance, and a plot-focused story.] [Transmigration + Illegitimate Son of a Duke’s Estate + No System + Imperial Exams + Political Intrigue] He transmigrates, and the good news is that he’s now an illegitimate son of the Duke of Wei’s household, with food and clothes taken care of and no need to worry about making a living. The bad news is that he’s not only unloved, but also mocked and looked down upon. Heh. Never look down o
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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
1.2MReads9.9Score176.7kShelves
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I’m Just a General, So How Did I Become a Star Deity Who Guards the World? 我只是个武将，怎么成镇世星君了
During the Tianbao era of the Tang Dynasty, nine "world-guarding meridians" exist between heaven and earth, corresponding to the fortunes of the nine provinces and each governed by one of the ancient "Nine Luminaries Star Lords." Should the meridians fall out of balance, catastrophe will follow. Centered on the timeline of Guo Ziyi's life, this novel weaves historical events together with fantastical conflicts across four major stages: "a young man's extraordinary encounter, suppressing the An L
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Beyond the Cycle of Reincarnation: I Wield Immortal Bones to Break Free from the Mortal Cage 轮回之外：我携仙骨破尘笼
A hundred lifetimes of torment. In every one, I was trapped in the mire of depression and the coldness of the world: fragments of my parents’ arguments, the dull ache of bullying at school, the indifferent looks of relatives. They had long since worn “being alive” down to a numb routine. Born frail and quiet, I was the shadow in a crowd that no one noticed. Then, when I was nine, a recurring nightmare tore open a sliver of light: a white-robed disciple bowed before me, saying that I had once bee
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The System Abandoned Me, So I Took the Heavenly Dao as My Father 系统弃我不顾，我认天道为父
[No female lead + no System + traditional cultivation + comedy + bloody slaughter] Fifteen-year-old Li Chuyi finally awakens a System, only for it to try to run away before the day is out. Fortunately, before leaving, the System tells Li Chuyi to make the Heavenly Dao of this world his godfather. From then on, Li Chuyi becomes the Heavenly Dao’s godson, the darling of the world, blessed with good fortune. He finds money on the road and stumbles across so many senior cultivators’ graves that he c
21.9kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
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Pokemon: This Is My Journey Through Sinnoh 宝可梦：这就是我的神奥之旅
(The Sinnoh arc is complete. The Unova arc is underway.) (Slow-burn story + no System + no aptitude rankings + no four-move limit. This is simply an attempt to tell the most authentic story and show Ash's most genuine growth. He won't lose battles he shouldn't lose, or casually win battles he shouldn't win.) (If you don't enjoy a slow-paced story, read with caution.) Just as he was about to become a Pokémon Master, Ash was reborn in the Sinnoh Region and given an Encore. Given another chance, As
26.2kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
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This Emperor Is Not Only Lazy, He’s Also Rude 这个皇帝不仅摆烂，还没有素质
Ying Yi transmigrated into a strange dynasty and became an emperor! But Ying Yi had no desire to be emperor. All he wanted was to find a reasonable way to die and abdicate as soon as possible, so he could go back and inherit his hundreds of billions in wealth! So he set out on a path of nonstop suicide by bad decisions! Politics is all about compromise, but Ying Yi never compromises! The empress dowager wreaking havoc in the harem? He chews her out! The literary, lovesick empress? He chews her o
135.4kReads9.1Score13.9kShelves
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Class Changed to Hunter: Hunting the World 转职猎人，狩猎全球
In a world overrun by magical beasts, people have no choice but to grip their longbows and devote themselves to the noble profession of hunter! Weapon Hunters forge weapons from hard metals and the claws and fangs of magical beasts. These weapons are bound to their lives and grow alongside them, making them the strongest in combat. Gourmet Hunters gather ingredients from across the land and draw energy from food to forge the strongest bodies. The mightiest can even fight magical beasts up close,
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My Freshman Internship: You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物
[Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster
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Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会
Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil
245.1kReads9.3Score29.8kShelves
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Water Margin: Reborn, Who'd Still Accept an Imperial Pardon? 水浒：都重生了，谁还招安啊！
Trade height for insight from the start! Ren Yuan transmigrates into a minor character in Water Margin, determined to forge his own legend in the martial world at the end of the Northern Song dynasty! Wherever the banners of the Liangshan army fly, the land belongs to the Han people! I’ll save the people the Great Song won’t save, and fight the enemies the Great Song won’t dare to fight! Jin Wushu: Ren Yuan, stay away from me!
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Keeping a Low Profile in the Immortal Martial World, I Collect Corpses to Live Forever 苟在仙武，敛尸长生
How can you sit back and watch the world change, mountains and rivers shift, and the sun and moon turn, while you remain unchanged? I can tell you from personal experience: one word, lie low! Lie low until the end, and you’ll have everything you could want. I am Chen Changsheng. Changsheng means eternal life.
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Eternal Immortality: A Jailor Hiding Out in the Heavenly Prison 长生万古：苟在天牢做狱卒
[Smart characters, no brainless plotlines]+ [No System]+ [Cautious survival]+ [Immortality]+ [No heroine]+ [A sly schemer]+ [Political intrigue]+ [Prudent and cautious] Zhang Wu transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a jailer in the Imperial Prison from the start. For officials, the end of the road is the Imperial Prison. For soldiers, it is dying on the battlefield. For those in the martial world, it is getting killed in a vendetta. None of them meet a good end. If he wants to survive
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In the Celestial Prison, Immortal and Undying 我在天牢，长生不死
[No System + invincible + wish-fulfillment novel + no female lead + fantasy] After Chen Guanlou obtains immortality, he secures a stable job as a prison guard in the imperial prison and begins spending his days slacking off at work. Throughout the long years, he watches them build towering mansions, then watches those mansions collapse. He watches them ascend to the imperial court today, only to become prisoners beneath the steps tomorrow. He watches their families enjoy wealth and honor, then w
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Longevity: Cultivating Through Martial Arts Until the Immortals Die of Old Age 长生：以武入道熬死修仙者
The System is unreliable. The moment he transmigrated, the Heavenly Dao killed him. Luckily, the beginner's gift pack he'd received beforehand had already made Li Yuanchang immortal. And so, an ultimate survivor was born. What are peerless prodigies and undefeated emperors? Under the erosion of time, they're all fleeting illusions. No matter how dazzling you are, in the end, you can't withstand the merciless passage of time. He lived through the rise of technology. He also witnessed the sp
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Wait, How Is a Taoist This Good at Fighting? 不是，你一个道士拳脚这么厉害？
[Satisfying power fantasy, decisive and ruthless, no goody-two-shoes, no disciples, no harem] One day, he transmigrated into a man-eating world overrun by monsters, demons, ghosts, and spirits. To avoid starving to death, Dao Xuanyi inherited a dilapidated temple and embarked on the path of slaying demons and vanquishing evil. … “Little Daoist, your cultivation is still lacking!” A resentful Ghost King, whose fury had darkened the sky, looked at the still-youthful Dao Xuanyi and curled his lip i
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Martial Master 武神主宰
Qin Chen, a legendary figure of the Tianwu Continent, dies unexpectedly in the Martial Domain after being betrayed by a friend. Three hundred years later, he is reborn as an illegitimate son of a prince, a boy who has endured endless bullying. Drawing on the mastery he gained in his previous life, he cultivates divine arts and refines divine pills, defies fate, and rises to power. Thus begins an astonishing journey that will shake the entire continent.
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Longevity: From the Start, I Played the Suona and Buried Myself Through the Ages 长生：开局吹唢呐，我独葬万古
[Immortal Cultivation + Comedy and Memes + Ordinary Protagonist + Heroine + Laying Low + Status Panel] Bai Yu transmigrated to an immortal-cultivation world. From the start, he was immortal, and performing funerals made him stronger. Bury a grandmaster martial artist and gain a max-level Golden Bell Shield, with the vitality of a dragon! Bury a Nascent Soul cultivator and gain a top-tier Heavenly Spirit Root, with extraordinary talent! Bury an Immortal Emperor of the Myriad Worlds and gain the T
42.8kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves
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I Let You Have Your Peak Years. Now That You're Old, I'll Ride Right Over You 你巅峰时我退让，你衰老时我骑脸
Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late
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Nirvana Rebirth, Eternal Through the Ages 涅槃重修万古长存
[Classic Cultivation] [No Female Lead] [Slow Burn] [No Angsty Grudges or Tragedies] Gu Yuan transmigrates to the world of cultivation. A Nirvana Art in his mind lets him undergo Nirvana an unlimited number of times, improving his talent with each rebirth. He begins as an ordinary spirit farmer. After his first Nirvana, he rises from nothing to become the founding patriarch of a sect. After his second, he becomes a fearsome Demon Lord, whose name makes people tremble. After his third, he bec
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I, the Immortal of the Ming Dynasty, Have Lived Through Sixteen Emperors 我，大明长生者，历经十六帝
[The first long-life novel set in the Ming Dynasty on the entire internet] Li Qing transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty and, through a twist of fate, becomes a disciple of Zhang Landa. He lives a carefree life for years. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Empress Ma falls gravely ill, and by chance, Li Qing becomes her attending physician. From then on, Li Qing begins his journey through the Ming Dynasty. He experiences the bloodshed and turmoil of the Hongwu era and gets caught up in t
283.8kReads9.4Score25.5kShelves
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Ming Dynasty Tyrant: I’ll Extend the Dynasty’s Reign by 300 Years 大明暴君，我为大明续运三百年
[Political intrigue]+ [Passionate]+ [Struggle for supremacy]+ [Ruthless]+ [No System] “Zhu Youjian, go in peace. Everything you had will be inherited by me, Ye Xuan. From this day on, I am the sixteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen. I swear here: Those you, Zhu Youjian, could not kill, I, Chongzhen, will kill. What you, Zhu Youjian, could not accomplish, I, Chongzhen, will accomplish. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are rebelling? Then it depends on whether I give them the chance! The J
130.8kReads9.2Score37kShelves
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Forge the Gods 百炼成神
After a family power struggle left him fallen from the position of heir to a lowly family servant, Luo Zheng unexpectedly obtained an ancient art of weapon forging. He would make his body a weapon and his spirit its soul, tempering himself again and again until he forged himself into a god! His path to turning his fate around began with taking a beating. Powerful factions vied for supremacy, and the clans fought for dominance as the winds of change began to blow. With a body forged into a magica
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