Novels like Misty Rain Tower
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- 101 Tales of the Shanhai Tomb 4 山海惊墓录4 A low, eerie chuckle drifted from deep within the desolate woods. The red cloth that had been offered in worship swayed from a branch. Ancient paper ash and dying incense lay scattered on the ground, and faded red cords hung deep in the forest. It looked up at me, its mouth splitting into a grin. 406Reads—Score238Shelves
- 102 Tales of the Shocking Shan Hai Tomb 山海惊墓录 I was born in Northeast China, at the western foot of Changbai Mountain. From there, my journey began, crossing rivers and enduring hardship. Everything started there. The strange and uncanny things I encountered in those years, I wanted to bury deep in my heart and let time wear them away. But nightmares came again and again, disturbing my sleep. Whenever I woke with a start, I often felt I could barely breathe, and the pain cut to the bone. Thinking it over, I finally decided to put pen to pap 7.7kReads7.0Score914Shelves
- 103 Records of the Shocking Tombs of Shan Hai 3 山海惊墓录3 Some hear breathing but cannot find its source; some see a shadow but cannot tell whether it is their own or some being from the sea. It feels neither anger nor joy. The moment you step inside, it remembers you, and you will never be able to leave. 483Reads—Score255Shelves
- 104 Tomb of Mountains and Seas 2 山海惊墓录2 Where will we end up if we keep going down? At the Earth's core? The darkness seems to cling to our skin and seep into our bones. Aren't we underground? Then why is there an endless river of stars above us? 775Reads—Score265Shelves
- 105 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to the Mystic Thunder 修真文明指南——序章1,玄雷前传 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to Xuan Lei 2.2kReads—Score130Shelves
- 106 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 124.2kReads9.1Score9.1kShelves
- 107 Origin Master 元尊 Heaven and earth are the furnace, all things are copper, yin and yang are the coals, and creation is the smith. In the struggle for fortune, serpents and sparrows devour dragons. Will the serpent and sparrow reign supreme, or will the holy dragon rise and tower above all living beings? This is a world where qi rules the universe, vast and magnificent. With a breath of qi, one can move mountains, overturn seas, turn the heavens upside down, and command yin and yang and the cosmos. The world’s sou 5.4kReads9.2Score496Shelves
- 108 Martial God Asura 修罗武神 As for potential, I may not be a genius, but I can master profound arts and martial techniques without a teacher. As for strength, no matter how many treasures you possess, you still cannot match my army of World Spirits. Who am I? The people of the world see me as an asura, but they don’t know that I used the asura path to become a Martial God. 133.9kReads8.7Score6kShelves
- 109 Ordinary Immortal of the Nine Domains 九域凡仙 The path to immortality is uncanny, and humanity is lowly. All living beings are but pagodas, while the immortal heart is cold as frost. The young Fang Chen unexpectedly gains an immortal opportunity, but he has only one wish: to wield the immortal sword in his hand and bring peace to the world for all generations. 63.6kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves
- 110 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 74.5kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 111 The Gods Devour Earth 神噬地球 [Ensemble Cast] [Anti-Cheat Story] [Political Intrigue] [Slow-Burn, Not a Power Fantasy] [No Stereotypical Characters] [Intellectual Battles] [A Mix of Classical and Modern Chinese Prose, Not for Everyone] (Revised through Chapter 34 of Volume Two. The remaining chapters will be updated gradually.) Thermodynamics applies in this book. You cannot regenerate mana forever. Any method of increasing one's power will gradually be discovered by others over time, causing its benefits to diminish until t 48.8kReads9.5Score9.1kShelves
- 112 EN Heavenly Domain Alchemy Sovereign 天域丹尊 A legendary Pill Emperor returns to the age of fifteen. In this life, he will not only make up for every regret from his previous life, but also attain the supreme heights of martial arts! Comparing cultivation techniques? Every one of my underlings has a divine-grade technique. Comparing pills? I use my top-grade pills to feed the dogs. Geniuses? Every genius who crosses my path is doomed to be crushed! Those who follow me will prosper; those who oppose me will die! 28.9kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
- 113 A God of Drama? When I Go Mad, You Are All Mere Ants! 戏神?我若癫狂,尔等皆为蝼蚁! [Urban high martial arts] [A cast of prodigies] [Slay the gods and avenge the fallen] [Doomsday Descends] [Sci-fi mechs, the cosmic expanse, and a universe teeming with countless races] Dimensional storms ravage the universe, while humanity is “imprisoned” in nine regions on Earth! The gods descend. Chosen Ones are the only way to escape, and those selected stand above all laws! The Chosen Ones run rampant, carving bizarre runes into the bodies of the Forsaken just to make them suffer unbearable 356Reads—Score104Shelves
- 114 Heaven Does Not Answer 天不应 Three myriad mounds of yellow earth and white bones, a sword's light like a shadow, the moon like wine. The spring breeze cuts through all the world's troubles. Tell me, peach blossoms, will you turn white-haired too? In the year 547 of the Yong'an era, a pitch-dark snowstorm fell over Kuhai County, a border county in southern Qi. In a dilapidated temple outside the county, Wen Chaoshen found a crippled woman, gravely injured and on the verge of death. He thought she was merely a refugee in dist 85.4kReads9.1Score6.1kShelves
- 115 EN The First God of Ten Thousand Ages 万古第一神 [This Year's Hottest Xuanhuan Power Fantasy] Li Tianming could laugh himself awake just thinking about it. His pets were all legendary Primordial Chaos Behemoths. His family's chicken was the “Eternal Inferno Phoenix,” which fed on the sun. His black cat was the “Primordial Chaos Thunder Demon,” which refined the Myriad Worlds with thunder. Even the cockroach in his home was the “Myriad Worlds Immortal Beast,” with a trillion undying clones... From then on, he commanded ten Primordial Chaos Behe 21.2kReads9.1Score941Shelves
- 116 The Legend of Qin: Trails of the Dream Immortal 寻秦记之云梦仙踪 Transmigrated into the Warring States era, only to become an ingredient for immortal cultivation? Why keep this Heavenly Dao around until the New Year? Watching the "immortal seed" squirm in his dantian, Xu Shenwu finally understood that ascension was all a lie. The spiritual energy ordinary people painstakingly cultivated for a thousand years was nothing but fertilizer for the great medicine grown for the immortals of the Upper Realm! The year he transmigrated to Yunmeng Mountain, he spent a wh 7.9kReads9.5Score705Shelves
- 117 The Thief's Way 贼道 My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.1kReads9.6Score10.7kShelves
- 118 EN Purple Cauldron Immortal Fate 紫鼎仙缘 Ye Han, a poor cowherd, accidentally loses his cattle, but what seems like a misfortune turns out to be a blessing: he obtains a mysterious purple cauldron that devours the heavens. Watch as he rises against fate with nothing but an ordinary talent, enters the ranks of the top cultivators, and makes the name Ye Han resound across countless worlds. He looks down upon the Five Elements and roams freely through the Nine Heavens! Cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core 56.7kReads8.7Score6.1kShelves
- 119 Arknights: Medicine Can't Save Terra 明日方舟:学医救不了泰拉 (Arknights) (Transmigration) (Younger Sister) (The early plot develops normally, then things go off the rails later) (So much angst) (Also known as: Arknights: Studying Medicine Won't Save Terra; On Terra, Weak and Pitiful Yet Invincible) This land has a long history of devouring white-haired people without leaving so much as a bone. But Qi Yan says, fine by me. I can just grow them back anyway. Faced with this land that thrives on tormenting people, Qi Yan can only turn the tables and torment i 52.7kReads9.7Score5.3kShelves
- 120 EN The Wei Clan's Cursed Son Becomes Grand Secretary—Now They Beg Me to Return 魏家孽种成首辅,全族跪求我认祖 (Also known as The Wei Fox) [Political Schemes][One Female Lead][Ensemble Cast][The Wei Faction] Condemned from birth, I was given the name Niesheng. On the day I was born, my mother died in childbirth, and my grandfather mourned before the ancestral hall. The whole household looked at me askance, all calling me a disaster star who had stolen another's fate. My biological father hated me like an enemy, my elder half-brother regarded me as an omen of bad luck, and my stepmother hid a knife behind 645kReads9.2Score90.3kShelves
- 121 Supreme Lord of the Primordial Wilderness 太荒主宰 His flesh can hold back the vast sea, and a single sword strike can shatter the sun, moon, and stars. With a flick of his finger, the heavens collapse; with a glance, the myriad worlds rise and fall. Born among vast mountain wilderness and raised amid the smoke and mud of ordinary life, an ordinary boy sets out from the mountains. He tempers his body, cultivates his soul, refines his qi, and braves countless dangers and hardships. Rising step by step from humble beginnings, he pushes against the 5.1kReads6.7Score297Shelves
- 122 Without Any Talent for Cultivation, I Have No Choice but to Secretly Become Invincible 没有修炼天赋的我只好偷偷无敌了 Also known as: “I'm the Young Master of the Demonic Path. What's the Big Deal About Capturing a Saintess of the Righteous Path?” and “I Have No Talent for Cultivation, So I Can Only Secretly Become Invincible” (No System, one heroine, wish-fulfillment, everyday life, lighthearted, imperial dynasty.) Three thousand years ago, the master of the Bitter Depths Sword, one of the Six Great Divine Weapons, sealed the Sacred Province single-handedly, then vanished without a trace. Three thousand years l 29.8kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
- 123 Intrepid Blade’s Path in the Snow 雪中悍刀行 The jianghu is a beaded curtain. Great and small figures are its beads; great and small stories, the strings that bind them. And loyalty and affection are the spirit that gives those beads their luster. The story is drawing to a close. The final chapter will end with those words: “Waiter, bring us some wine.” 11.5kReads9.7Score603Shelves
- 124 EN The Immortal Treasure Basin 聚宝仙盆 [Mortal cultivation] [No System]. By a twist of fate, He Pingsheng, an outer disciple of the Taixu Sect, obtains a [Cornucopia] and embarks on the path of cultivation. Place a low-grade [Qi-Gathering Pill] into the basin, and one day later, it becomes two pills, both of them top-grade. Put in an ordinary cultivation technique, and it becomes a Heaven-tier technique. Treasures, medicinal herbs, spirit stones, and more can all be placed inside and enhanced. From then on, He Pingsheng walks toward 400.6kReads8.7Score30.8kShelves
- 125 One Sword Opens the Immortal Gate 一剑,开仙门 Classical xianxia romance + swordsmanship + immortal cultivation + love + the heavens and myriad worlds + one heroine + no harem + no stupidity + no mindless decisions + comedy + wild imagination Thirty thousand years ago, a great war to destroy the immortals erupted in the metaverse. The Immortal Court collapsed, the Heavenly Dao was damaged, and spiritual energy dissipated. The entire metaverse split apart into various domains, including the Myriad Heavens, the Sacred, the Demonic, and the Spi 10.6kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
- 126 EN Sword of Coming 剑来 The world is vast, and anything is possible. I, Chen Ping’an, have but one sword. With it, I can move mountains, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, command gods, pluck stars, sever rivers, level cities, and split the heavens! 36.9kReads9.7Score1.1kShelves
- 127 A Journey Through Mountains and Rivers 山水行记 "Not a wish-fulfillment novel, not stupid, and not something to eat with your rice. It’s best enjoyed with a drink. This book is for readers with a long-term mindset. Take your time and savor it, and you’ll find that this novel is as tender as water, like the girl you love, intoxicating you." What seems like an ordinary opening is actually a grand scheme plotted long ago… Guangxi, a rainy night, a dilapidated Taoist temple, and a mystery upon mystery. A helpless young woman encounters a handsome 1.4kReads8.2Score189Shelves
- 128 No Life in the Mortal World 尘间无生 [Sword cultivator + genius + dual bloodlines of demon and immortal + ruthless + no transmigration + no System + not a saint] One man, one sword, roaming a world of dust for ten thousand miles. Amid broken walls and ruins, he beholds all the suffering beneath the sun. May there be no frost and wind to silver our hair, no sorrow to weigh on our hearts, and may every year bring peace and warmth. Life is fleeting, its meetings and partings like smoke, its fortunes and declines ever-changing. May eve 2.1kReads—Score105Shelves
- 129 Yin Immortal 阴仙 Born inside a coffin, the young man honors the dying wish of the old caretaker of the charity cemetery and personally sends his sworn younger sister to join an immortal sect. After she enters the sect, he accidentally stumbles into the Yin Mountain of a Hundred Ghosts and has no choice but to embark on the path of ghosts… Thus begins the legendary cultivation journey of a ghost cultivator wielding a ghost blade, slaying giant demon overlords and cleaving immortal sect masters in two… 16.6kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 130 Spirit Ruins, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman 灵墟,剑棺,瞎剑客 [Watch the short drama The Hidden Ruins of Mountains and Seas: The Eyeless One Sees the Heavens on Red Fruit!] [No System] [Swordsmanship prodigy] [Passionate] [Decisive and ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has suffered a bitter fate. The sect says: “We’ll protect you.” His brothers say: “We’ll stay by your side.” The sword spirit says: “I... will wait for you.” Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his sight returns. Looking back on the road he has trave 434.4kReads9.2Score45.2kShelves
- 131 The Seven Stars Chronicles of Chivalry 七星侠义录 In a modern city, an evil force is quietly taking root. Seven chivalrous heroes from Jin Yong's stories possess seven ordinary people from different walks of life. Through training, they gain powerful martial arts skills and, guided by a mysterious figure, join forces to fight evil... 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 EN Apotheosis 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 3.9kReads8.5Score569Shelves
- 133 My Husband Faked Infertility to Steal My Family’s Fortune, So I Fought Back 老公假装不孕夺我家产,我绝地反击 My husband pretended to be infertile to steal my family’s fortune. I fought back against all odds. 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 134 The Great Mystic Prison-Suppressing Scripture 太玄镇狱经 [Xuanhuan] [Slow Burn] [Lighthearted] [Overwhelming Power] [Slice of Life] [Female Lead] Su Chen, the Third Prince of Great Yan, is regarded as a useless good-for-nothing by the imperial family. Sent alone to Great Xuan as a hostage, he plans to quietly build up his strength at the hostage residence. But the place turns out to be rather different from what he imagined. What do you mean being a hostage is more comfortable than being a prince? What do you mean my maid is actually Great Xuan's elde 54.5kReads8.5Score3.6kShelves
- 135 Bloodstained Path to the Throne 血染皇途 Ye Xiao, the third prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, possessed peerless talent in martial arts. He entered the martial world at fourteen and wandered for ten years. After inheriting the legacy of the Human Emperor, he returned to court, intent on claiming imperial power. But what he never expected was that as soon as he returned to the capital, he would be granted a marriage. His bride-to-be was a female general who had committed an unforgivable offense, whose name struck fear into everyone in t 81.3kReads8.8Score7.9kShelves
- 136 If I’d Known, You Needn’t Have Made Me Transmigrate 早知如此,大可不必让我穿越 [System runs in the background, ordinary-person cultivation, not a wish-fulfillment story, tactical spell battles, starting from scratch] Tang Zhen was among the luckiest transmigrators out there. In the eighteenth year after his transmigration, thanks to a spell-copying System with simple mechanics but ridiculously powerful functions, he became the leader of the greatest generation of prodigies in a thousand years of cultivation. The pillars of the righteous sects looked after him with great ca 23.9kReads8.8Score2kShelves
- 137 I Started by Devouring Gods and Rose Against the Current 我从吃神开始反向晋升 [Urban high martial arts] [Ensemble cast] [No System] The gods descended upon the world, and the Ascenders appeared. At the age of eighteen, everyone can choose a unique path to godhood within the Ascension Tower. But Jiang Qi’s left eye is connected to a forbidden zone. Within the forbidden zone, he embarked on a strange path: he can ascend as long as he eats monsters. The world obtains everything from the Ascension Tower. And my ability is... [When I write the first sentence, the universe coll 238.5kReads9.1Score22.7kShelves
- 138 Ascension Begins with the Primordial Chaos Art 飞升,从天地混沌诀开始 [Traditional cultivation fantasy + decisive and ruthless heroine + mutated dual immortal roots + no transmigration, no System + two heroines] [Includes a space that appears later, spiritual fields, alchemy, formations, talisman-making, and raising spirit insects] The young Yang Che accidentally fell into a cultivator's cave dwelling and obtained the Ancient God Art and a mysterious spiritual herb, the Nine-Leaf Black Sun Fruit! He learned to cultivate spirit herbs, make pills and talismans, set 54.6kReads8.7Score5.2kShelves
- 139 The Dao-Cutting Art 诀天道 (No mindless protagonist, no clichéd plot, a cunning lead, fully realized characters, no System, twin swords) The twin swords ring out, cleaving the heavens. Let souls be severed and bones torn out as you will. The world shall know no more bloody storms. I am both demon and god! With everything shattered, can it be made whole again? Faced with the shackles of fate, he will cut them apart with his twin swords! The gods and demons wage war for a hundred years. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treati 3.2kReads—Score261Shelves
- 140 Guarding Immortal Qin: Sixty Years of Devouring Demons in the Dungeon 镇守仙秦:地牢吞妖六十年 [Great Qin] [Invincible] [Embroidered Uniform Guard] [Passionate] [Imperial Hounds] [Supernatural Powers] [Xuanhuan] [Important note: All cultivation realms in this book follow the system issued by the General Administration of Sport of China: Hidden Origin, Illuminating Insight, Shining Light, Opening Yang, Jade Balance, Celestial Authority, Celestial Pivot, Jade Rotation, Celestial Hub] This is a Great Qin of immortal martial arts, where immortals and Buddhas bow their heads and demons flee fo 34.5kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves
- 141 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization 修真文明指南 The laws of physics in the world of cultivation, the periodic table of chemical elements along the path of cultivation, the theory of biological evolution among fantasy races... See how the protagonist uses his golden finger, a kaleidoscope of lives, to keep acquiring other people's cultivation realms and venture ever farther into an unknown world of cultivation. The book features a huge cast of supporting characters, including Lord Niu (Newton), Xiao Ai (Einstein), Lord La (Lavoisier), and Lord 9kReads—Score819Shelves
- 142 Lord of Ten Thousand Nights 万夜之主 Thirteen years ago, a blood-red demon star fell to earth. Was it the end, or a resurgence? The starry sea dimmed, and all things withered. As dusk fell, a ghostly fog once again spread across the land, revealing a mysterious world... 6.2kReads8.9Score632Shelves
- 143 Ambush 伏杀 [Original title: Ambush] Beneath the awe-inspiring might of Heaven, all living beings are mere ants. And yet he dares, with the strength of an insect, to turn the world upside down. For family, for friends, for the burning hatred in his heart, for the nightmares that haunt him year after year, for justice, and for fairness. This story is set in an imaginary world and has no connection to actual history. Everything in it is fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental. 14kReads8.3Score890Shelves
- 144 War God Rampage 战神狂飙 Ye Wuqian was born with peerless talent, a dazzling genius. But to uncover the mystery of his origins, he willingly vanished from the world, pretending to be a good-for-nothing as he refined the source of the Sacred Battle Art for a full ten years! Now his ten years are up, and the true dragon has returned! An invincible path begins, one where he crushes countless prodigies and geniuses, smashes every royal and divine physique, and tears apart the legends of the heavens, making the myriad worlds 39.8kReads9.1Score1kShelves
- 145 Alone Against the Ages 独斗万古 In the Age of Dharma Decline, spiritual energy has vanished completely. A young boy who knows the secrets of the Daoist sects is persuaded by an old Taoist priest to travel to another world, beginning a dazzling yet perilous journey to prove the Dao... 720Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 The Ancestral Sage of Ten Thousand Demons 万妖圣祖 A half-demon youth obtains the Demon Clan's sacred tome. He transforms into a Heavenly Wolf, devours the moon, and keeps female ghosts as servants; becomes a Vermilion Bird, burning the heavens and boiling the seas; takes the form of a White Tiger and slaughters his way across the world; cultivates into a Divine Dragon and roams the seas and skies; becomes a Kunpeng and soars through the Nine Heavens; devours heaven and earth and transforms into myriad demons. He rules the three thousand worlds, 14kReads9.1Score572Shelves
- 147 The Man Who Walked Out of the Heavenly Prison 从天牢走出来的男人 Chu Ye, heir to the Chu family, is the number one wastrel in the Great Zhou Dynasty, with countless heinous crimes to his name. In just four years, he was thrown into the imperial prison eleven times, yet walked out unscathed every time. The reason was his grandfather, the fearsome Northern Frontier Prince, who commanded a million troops. But this time, Chu Ye crossed the emperor’s bottom line. Imprisoned for the twelfth time, he was exiled to the perilous Abyssal Reach. Countless factions and i 11.1kReads8.9Score883Shelves
- 148 King of Myriad Forms 万相之王 There are ten thousand aspects between heaven and earth. I, Li Luo, will one day become the King of Ten Thousand Aspects. Another epic fantasy from Tian Can Tu Dou, following Yuan Zun. 3.5kReads9.2Score250Shelves
- 149 The Assassination of Ke Bi 刺杀轲比 At the end of the Three Kingdoms period, Han Long, a soldier in the Youzhou army, accidentally saved his enemy, Kebineng, the Xianbei chieftain who had long plotted a rebellion. After being rescued, Kebineng not only laid an ambush that killed Han Long’s mentor, but also nearly murdered his uncle. To make amends for his mistake, win the love he longed for, and bring peace to Youzhou, Han Long decided to kill Kebineng with his own hands. He set out from Youzhou for Longcheng, deep in the desert, 48Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 150 Demon Slayer of the Frozen Abyss 寒渊诛魔 I'm pleased to recommend my new book, Dustblade Suppresses the Palace Gate. Old friends and new, come join us in a world of wuxia, where the imperial court stands tall and the rivers and lakes stretch far and wide. Ordinary people lead extraordinary lives. They pursue vengeance and justice with abandon, and fight for their homeland and family. Each person pushes forward with all their might for the wishes they hold dear. 15.4kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves

















































