Novels like The Clever Fool Detective
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- 101 Why Do Zombies Go Out of Their Way to Avoid Me? 僵尸见我绕道走，为啥 Lin Xiaojiu was granted reincarnation by the will of Heaven. In his previous life, he was Maoshan's greatest Celestial Master, who had reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao. Reborn in this life to cultivate anew, he's invincible from the start! Others go weak in the knees at the sight of ghosts. When he shows up, zombies turn and run, while evil spirits kneel and beg for mercy. “Zombie bros, don't run! I haven't exorcised you yet!” “Are there no evil spirits in this generation who can put up a 8.1kReads9.5Score817Shelves
- 102 I'm Both a Divine Healer and a War King 我是神医又是兵王 He is the sole heir to an ancient medical tradition, as well as a super soldier with a mysterious identity. Following his master’s orders, he comes down from the mountains to fulfill a marriage contract arranged in his childhood, only to be assigned to work as an intern at a community hospital by his beautiful CEO wife, who can’t stand the sight of him. 17.8kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
- 103 Death Row Inmate from the Start: My Immortal Palace Levels Up Without Limit 开局死刑犯：我的仙宫无限升级 [The rating has just been posted and will rise later] After being reborn, underground kingpin Huang Yu is framed and sentenced to death. As the lethal injection floods his veins, the dormant Netherworld Immortal Palace, Hall of Reincarnation, awakens within him! A hundred years pass in the immortal palace for every instant in the outside world. Huang Yu returns from years of prison cultivation with the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Art perfected. His Nine Nether Ghost Eyes see through the underworl 1.3kReads8.6Score104Shelves
- 104 Evil Emperor 邪帝 In a chaotic age, seven factions of formidable power reign: the Demon, Buddhist, Devil, Confucian, Mystic, Ghost, and Daoist factions. Each follows its own path, seizing the wonders of heaven and earth and vying to become the overlord of this troubled world. Whoever rises above the rest will attain eternal life and uncover the secrets of chaos. A useless young man of the Ye family rises proudly, pacifies the four corners of the world, and pursues the ultimate Heavenly Dao, eventually unifying al 7.8kReads8.2Score900Shelves
- 105 A Fantasy World: From the Start, I Awakened the Devouring Talent 玄幻：开局觉醒吞噬天赋 [Fantasy + Transmigration + Martial Spirits + Invincible + Passion] Yuan Feng woke up to find he had transmigrated to a world where martial spirits reigned supreme, and awakened a devouring talent at the same time! In one leap, he became a martial arts prodigy who stunned the continent! Powerful martial techniques came naturally to him, and formidable enemies were crushed beneath his feet. A mysterious family, unknown realms, and endless wonders await in The World of Martial Spirits! 1.7kReads8.4Score206Shelves
- 106 The Weasel Spirit Demands a Title: I Grant You Eternal Damnation 黄皮子讨封：我封你永世不得超生 The Weasel Spirit Seeks a Title: I Decree You Shall Never Be Reborn 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Yuhe Goods Depot 裕和货栈 Yuhe Trading Depot 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 Blood Wolf of the Golden Triangle 金三角血狼传 The Legend of the Golden Triangle Blood Wolf has no System, no cheats, and no golden finger! When the bullets run out, the knives come out. My name is Jiang Shijun, codename “Death.” I’m a legend in the mercenary world. But now, my Death Squad and I are trapped in the man-eating jungles of the Golden Triangle, surrounded by more than a hundred guns. This isn’t a game, and no one comes back reborn. One wrong step, and you’re torn to pieces. The ground beneath us is a poisonous swamp, and sniper 56Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 109 Proud God of Alchemy 傲世丹神 A good-for-nothing young man receives an unparalleled legacy, gains a heaven-defying divine meridian, learns peerless techniques, and masters extraordinary alchemy. From then on, his path in martial arts is smooth sailing, and he looks down on all under heaven! 4.5kReads8.8Score539Shelves
- 110 The Emperor of Life and Death 生死帝尊 A bolt of heavenly lightning went astray, and Fang Yue, a stubborn holdout, died in the street. After extorting compensation from the Celestial Court, he was reincarnated. Watch how the great demon king Fang Yue stirs up the world and turns everything upside down. 4.3kReads8.7Score406Shelves
- 111 Underling: Protecting the Villain's Stepmother from the Start 跟班：开局保护反派后妈 [Master Schemer + Multiple Love Interests + Villain + Subverting the Tropes] Lu Yun wakes up one day to discover that he's transmigrated into the world of a novel. He's nothing more than a villain's lackey, and it looks like he won't even survive ten chapters. So he has no choice but to subtly steer the plot in a different direction... The villain's wife: “Fine, fine! You rotten Lu Yun, so you're eating what's in your bowl while eyeing what's in the pot, huh!” The beautiful CEO: “Why would you r 5.6kReads8.2Score498Shelves
- 112 A Song-Dynasty Mason: Transmigrating to Build Cement and Fortify the Realm 大宋泥瓦匠：穿越造水泥筑山河 A Song Dynasty Mason: Transmigrating to Make Cement and Build the Realm —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 EN Heavenly Calamity 劫天运 I was schemed against before I was even born. I was born with all five yin traits and naturally attracted vicious ghosts. A knowledgeable fortune-teller said I wouldn’t live past seven, and that after I died, someone would turn me into a blood-clothed child ghost to harm others. To save me, my grandmother arranged for me to marry a child bride, and I was able to live in peace... I’d been scraping by since childhood, and had long since grown used to enduring whatever came my way. But my grandmoth 12.4kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
- 114 The Snowland Mastiff King of the Northern Tibetan Grasslands 藏北草原上的雪域獒王 The Snowland Mastiff King of the Northern Tibetan Grasslands 178Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 EN Dragon War God 龙血战神 In the ancient era, when heaven and earth were first created, the Dragon Sacrifice Continent belonged to the Divine Dragon clan. Now, the dragons have all but vanished, and a mysterious cataclysm threatens once more, placing all living beings in grave danger! The young Long Chen bears the glory and mission of his forebears as he pursues the mystery behind the dragons' extinction. By a twist of fate, he becomes the only Ancestral Dragon martial cultivator in millions of years, rises to the pinnac 15.7kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
- 116 A Rank-One Mortal Cultivator 一阶凡修 A classic mortal's path to immortality. With a mixed Five-Element spiritual root, the protagonist overcomes one obstacle after another through hard work and fortuitous encounters, rising to prominence in the cultivation world. Stages: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Golden Core → Nascent Soul → Spirit Transformation → Void Refinement → Body Integration → Great Ascension → Tribulation Transcendence 4kReads6.8Score390Shelves
- 117 I Picked Up a Killer to Be My Wife 捡个杀手做老婆 One moonless, windy night, he finds a beautiful, seductive, sexy, and enchanting woman. And so begins his tumultuous, thrilling, and extraordinary life... 15kReads7.9Score2.1kShelves
- 118 Awakened by a Spark, Gifted with the Power to Analyze All Things 星火觉醒，万象解析天赋 Starfire Awakening: The Gift of Analyzing All Things 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 Flowers Bloom Amid the Neon Lights 霓虹深处，有繁花盛开 Flowers Bloom in the Heart of the Neon Glow 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 The World of Dao 道界天下 A mysterious young man emerges from a mysterious village. He has no Daoist heart, no Dao spirit, and no Daoist physique, yet he is determined to seek the Dao. He joins the Wenda Sect and embarks on an utterly unconventional path of cultivation! 38.8kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves
- 121 The Evening Star Kisses the Rose, Year After Year, Never to Part 晚星吻玫瑰，岁岁年年，永不分离 The Evening Star Kisses the Rose, Year After Year, Forever Together 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 The Bone Lantern of Kunlun Ruins 昆仑墟骨灯 The Bone Lantern of Kunlun Ruins 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 Crossing the Beacon Fires: The Princess and I Share the Rest of Our Lives 烽烟渡：我与公主共余生 Crossing the Beacon Fires: The Princess and I Share the Rest of Our Lives —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 The Powder and Rouge Shop at the End of the Alley 巷尾的粉黛坊 The Rouge Shop at the End of the Alley —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 A Collection of Folk Feng Shui Records 民间风水集录 Also known as The Dragon-Seeking Secret: The Five Masters of Jingmen. Main characters: Tao Duoyu and Ren Shiyu; The Five Masters of Zhongzhou: Xiong Lei of the Northeast, Zheng Xuan of western Hunan, and Su Mei of Jiangnan; My name is Tao Duoyu. My master is Tao the Blind, the foremost of the Five Masters of Zhongzhou. Twenty-four years ago, he saved me when I was at death’s door, snatching fate from the heavens to extend my life by more than twenty years. Twenty-four years later, my master myst 2.5kReads9.1Score389Shelves
- 126 The Ten Arts of the Three Pure Ones: The Celestial Venerable Descends the Mountain 三清十诀：天尊下山 Gu Feng possesses the ten strongest immortal arts in the world. He is a mortal emissary of the Nine Heavens, sent to walk among humanity. By his master's order and out of duty, Gu Feng enters the modern city… After wiping out a series of demons, ghosts, and wicked practitioners, he discovers that the mastermind behind it all is hiding on the legendary Immortal Island of Penglai! This earth-shattering conspiracy reaches far and wide. It involves the demon Taoists of Mount Mao in Yan Country, a 3.4kReads6.6Score189Shelves
- 127 Republican-Era Detective Tales 民国侦探诡事录 [Standalone cases + Republican-era investigations + criminal investigation and deduction + paranormal mysteries + powerful partners] In the chaotic Republican era, the land is shattered and strange events abound. One bizarre case follows another, but the truth remains as elusive as a mist... In a village at midnight, residents die one after another. Rumors say the “Stinking-Mouth Ghost” has returned to exact revenge, leaving everyone terrified. A haunted house by the lake conceals an old massacr 372Reads9.1Score100Shelves
- 128 The Supreme God Emperor 无上神帝 Mu Yun, an immortal king of his generation, is reborn ten thousand years later as a useless instructor bullied by everyone? Troublemaking students? Kneel before this immortal king. A beauty offers herself to him? Sorry, you're not worthy. Back to the top, starting as an instructor 8.2kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
- 129 Under the Shadow of Demolition 拆迁之下 Under the Shadow of Demolition —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 One Piece: Final Battle, The Four Emperors Close In, and Luffy Tears the Sky Apart 航海王：终局之战·四皇合围·路飞撕裂苍穹 One Piece: The Final Battle, The Four Emperors Close In, Luffy Tears Apart the Heavens 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 The Chaos Jade Reveals Its Power: One Day of Cultivation Equals Ten Years 混沌玉显威，修炼一日抵十年 The Primal Chaos Jade Unleashes Its Might: One Day of Cultivation Equals Ten Years 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 A Starlit Promise at the Corn Building 玉米楼的星光约定 The Starlit Promise at the Corn Tower 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Transmigrate and Rise from Good-for-Nothing to Dragon Lord 穿越废柴逆袭，万道龙尊露锋芒 Transmigrating as a Good-for-Nothing, I Rise to Prominence, and the Ten Thousand Dao Dragon Lord Unleashes His Power —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 The Xuantian Bracelet 玄天镯 Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core... Zhang Yan, an ordinary mortal, obtains the Xuantian Bracelet, which can accelerate time within its spatial realm. Ran Tian, a powerful figure from the True Immortal Realm, uses the spatial treasure Xuantian Bracelet to battle the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Demons and seal him away. But Ran Tian is gravely wounded as well. On the verge of death, fearing the demon dragon might obtain the treasure and break the seal, he tears through space and 21.1kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves
- 135 Hilarious Cultivation: Kicked Down the Mountain 爆笑修仙：被踢下山 You bastard, now you remember the spatial ring?! A bunch of bald monks from the Buddhist sect get together to meditate and chant sutras. What the hell does that have to do with you? You just had to make them skip straight to becoming Buddhas, you bastard, by tossing two hornet nests into the crowd! Getting beaten up for it would have been bad enough, but you just had to sneak into their merit pool, and wreak havoc on the Sacred Merit Lotus they’d cultivated for ten thousand years, eating all the 56.2kReads8.7Score4.9kShelves
- 136 Legend of the Demon-Slaying War 平魔传 This is a work I wrote many years ago, now revised and presented to you! Its original title was The Demon-Slaying War. If you've read it before, feel free to keep reading! No System, no evolution, no being reborn. It's been restored to the fantasy world of old! 284Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Transmigrating into One Piece: From the Start, I Shatter the Auction House and Make Every Goddess Fall for Me 穿越海贼：开局震碎拍卖场，女神全沦陷了 One Piece: Transmigrate into the Pirate World, Shatter the Auction House from the Start, and Make Every Goddess Fall for Me 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 The City's Miracle Physician 都市奇门医圣 Intern doctor Ye Haoxuan unexpectedly comes across an ancient book containing the legacy of mystical arts and medicine. From then on, his life takes an extraordinary turn. He heals people with silver needles and exorcises ghosts with magic, devoting himself to helping the world while enjoying a carefree life in the city! 4.3kReads8.7Score397Shelves
- 139 Prove the Dao Through Ten Thousand Mines, Open a Path to Immortality Through Mining 万矿证道，矿开仙途 Prove the Dao Through Ten Thousand Mines, Open a Path to Immortality Through Mining 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 A Wind of Cranes and the Rustle of Grass 风声鹤唳 A cuckoo cannot build its own nest. It can only take over the nests of other birds. What Feng Chen took over was not a nest, but someone else’s identity and name. Even the Military Statistics Bureau’s confidential files in Section Eight contained no photograph of him, only a codename known to no one: Red Cuckoo. A top Kuomintang agent, Feng Chen was ordered to infiltrate the Shanghai underground Communist Party to obtain the list of Communist agents embedded in the Military Statistics Bureau’s u 1.4kReads9.3Score171Shelves
- 141 A Good-for-Nothing Finds a Cracked Egg and Becomes Lord of All Beasts 废柴捡个残蛋，成为万兽之主 A good-for-nothing finds a damaged egg and becomes the lord of all beasts. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Past, Present, and Future: Renegade Immortal Defies the Heavens 古今未来：仙逆乾坤 “I have a dream that can draw immortals into it! No matter how many tricks you have or how mighty your powers are, they’ll all be useless.” The Five Elements Celestial Body has a cultivation history of less than three thousand years. The modern cultivation system has never produced a “Divine Venerable” at the Deity Transformation Realm. “Immortal” is merely a title, not a measure of strength, and certainly no promise of living as long as heaven. In the end, they die too! The protagonist, Li Yuan 9Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 143 Spiritual and Martial Conqueror 异世灵武天下 After transmigrating, he becomes the dead young master's good-for-nothing body and meets the mysterious elder Uncle Nan. For family, for the women he loves, and for the people dearest to him, Lu Shaoyou rises step by step from a good-for-nothing to a powerful expert. The road to power is covered in thorns, but nothing can stop a heart set on becoming strong. He sleeps with beauties in his arms and wakes with the fate of the world in his hands. They say that reaching the pinnacle of the Martial D 25.7kReads8.7Score3kShelves
- 144 Nine Refinements of the Soul, Reaching the Summit of the Immortal Path 神魂九炼，问鼎仙途 Nine Refinements of the Spirit, Ascend to the Immortal Path 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 A Cave Salamander Awakens to the Dao and Attains Immortality in Desperate Straits 洞螈悟道，绝境证仙 A Cave Salamander Comprehends the Dao and Attains Immortality in Desperate Straits 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Lessons from Ancient History 3 古史今鉴3 The Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, followed by the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. Beginning amid the Sixteen Kingdoms, the story ends with the fall of the Qing. A novel's surface, forged around the bones of true history. A tale of China's loyal heroes, carrying on the legacy of the Han people. In the early third century AD, the Three Kingdoms were reunited under the Jin dynasty, bringing the realm together. But this brief unity was merely the prelude to an even greater catastr 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 Special Affairs Bureau, Division Nine: The Nanhai Monster Uprising 特殊事物处理九科之南海妖乱 Do you really know the friends around you? The coworkers around you? Your own family? Do you~ know this world? Maybe the people you know, the ones you've met and fallen in love with, aren't human at all~~~ They're demons~! If it weren't for one extraordinary mission, none of this would ever have come to light. And if it weren't for the people who silently stood guard, the Jiuying Sect might already have severed the dragon veins and destroyed our nation's fortune of ten thousand years... 143Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Became a Top-Tier Star in the Cultivation World Through the System 穿书后我靠系统卷成修真界顶流 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became a Top-Tier Star in the Cultivation World by Grinding with the System 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 A Rising Star in Politics: From Grassroots Civil Servant to the Top 官场新贵从基层公务员崛起 Yu Yiqing, a top student in the law and politics department of a prestigious university, suffers a romantic setback. He takes the civil service exam, places first, and is assigned by the organization to the township government in his hometown. On the day he reports for duty, a sudden downpour hits. Ignoring his own safety, he jumps into a reservoir on the verge of bursting its embankment and rescues someone who has fallen in. Exhausted, he slips into a culvert and is presumed dead. When the rese 34Reads6.6Score108Shelves
- 150 An Office Drone Transmigrates to Ancient Times and Activates the Concubine System 社畜穿越古代，激活了纳妾系统 A Burned-Out Office Worker Transmigrates to Ancient Times and Activates the Concubine-Taking System 2Reads—Score—Shelves
