Novels like I'm Really Not a Charlatan
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- 101 Spirit Realm Express: Ten Miles of Wedding Finery 灵界专列：十里红妆 Every night at eleven, a last subway train that doesn't exist pulls up right in front of me, always on time. The conductor's deathly pale face leans out. “Going to the underworld? There's a seat.” To find my missing sister, I board this train bound for the spirit realm. The passengers are all silent. The only sound is the rustle of the spirit money in my hands. “A bride shouldn't sit here,” a woman in a red wedding dress suddenly grabs me. “You're in my seat.” Her icy hand presses against my sis —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Ouyang's Path to Immortality: The Rebirth System Takes Me to the Top 欧阳修仙之重生系统带我飞 Ouyang was a poor soul who seemed to have been forgotten by the god of fate. To him, life felt like an endless nightmare. Just when he thought his miserable life would go on like this forever, fate played a huge joke on him... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 I Only Take on the Most Ominous Cases 我只收大凶之物 [Supernatural] + [Traditional Folk Customs] + [First-Person Narration] + [Chinese-Style Horror] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Not a Do-Gooder] + [One Female Lead] I was born in a rural village in the mountains of Southwest China. I'm a third-year university student, and I'm also a yin-yang master. Calling myself a yin-yang master is really just to make myself sound impressive. Back in my hometown, people in the countryside call someone like me a Daoist ritual master. Most people probably know a l 53Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 104 My Fox Immortal Wife 我的狐仙老婆 The original novel behind the hit web series. Liu Yi is an ordinary high school student, until a celestial maiden seals a mischievous and cunning fox fairy inside his right hand. From then on, he embarks on an extraordinary path of cultivation. The fox fairy says, “Come cultivate immortality! Even a loser can make a comeback! Come cultivate immortality! You can crush the rich and handsome in an instant!” 1.7kReads8.9Score200Shelves
- 105 The Reborn Young Master Returns 重生弃少归来 Three hundred years ago, Zhuo Bufan, a discarded young master, was ambushed and thrown into the sea. Luckily, his master, Immortal Venerable Junhe, happened to be passing by Earth and took him away to cultivate among the stars, where he swept across the universe! Three hundred years later, Zhuo Bufan failed to overcome his tribulation and was reborn in the city as a young man, returning with overwhelming power. He would right past wrongs with his fists and command mountains and rivers beneath hi 5.1kReads8.3Score562Shelves
- 106 Ultimate All-Rounder 终极全才 Lin Tiancheng, a student at a third-rate university of traditional Chinese medicine, merges with his phone. A flashlight app gives him the ability to see in the dark and through solid objects. What surprises might apps like Meitu Xiu Xiu and 360 Antivirus bring him? 1.4kReads8.1Score204Shelves
- 107 With a Pure Yang Dragon Body, I Fought My Way From Earth to the Divine Realm 纯阳龙体的我，从地球杀到神界 [Urban power fantasy + invincible cultivation + ruthless killing + multiple worlds] Struck by a bolt of purple lightning and fused with a dragon’s bones, the young urban heir Yi Xinghe embarks on an extraordinary life! A Ninth-Rank Martial Artist is weak? Maybe for other people, but that doesn’t apply to me, Yi Xinghe! A Grandmaster? One punch and they’re done! A Great Grandmaster? One punch and they’re done! A Martial Venerable? One punch and they’re done! When faced with the pinnacle of martia 657Reads7.4Score110Shelves
- 108 The Fox Seeks a Wife 狐讨妻 When I was born, I fell gravely ill. To save my life, my father sold me to a white-haired fox. Fifteen years later, the fox came to collect its debt and demanded I repay it by becoming its disciple. From then on, I began encountering all kinds of bizarre things I could never have imagined. I thought the fox and I had nothing more than a simple debt to settle, but later I discovered a shocking secret hidden beneath it all. 400Reads9.0Score100Shelves
- 109 I Am a Taoist 我是一个道士 I'm a freak who combines the traits of a ghost, a virgin boy, and a star of ill fortune, and I also possess yin-yang eyes. I join a cursed Daoist sect. Watch as I struggle to make my way along the path of cultivation while bearing this curse. 159Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 110 Urban Cultivation: Invincibility Begins at the Foot of the Mountain 都市修仙：无敌从下山开始 [Invincible + Expert Returns from the Mountain + Dotes on His Younger Sister + Immortal Emperor Reborn] The age of cultivation is drawing to a close, and spiritual energy is running dry. After ten years of cultivation in the mountains, Zhou Heng becomes the last Nascent Soul cultivator on Blue Star! Yet despite having long since become invincible in the world, he has a small cauldron suppressed inside him. Sealed within it are the gods and demons of countless worlds… Also known as: [Invincibilit 900Reads8.5Score101Shelves
- 111 The Fox Wife Chosen by Fate 天命狐妻 Born with a frail fate that draws evil spirits, I married a fox under the terms of a written betrothal. She unfurled her nine tails and protected me, granting me a lifetime of peace. I cultivated the Dao and cut down every wicked ghost in the world. Together, human and fox, we roamed between yin and yang. Blessed with a fox wife, I alone stand guard against a hundred ghosts! 5.3kReads7.4Score278Shelves
- 112 The Book of Buried Ghosts 葬诡经 Most people know about Thailand's black magic, but few realize that China's own Jiangmen tradition is the true source of all such sorcery. As the saying goes: “A master of sorcery has no ancestors in the Southern Seas; reverence for the Three Teachings is the true tradition.” Let me tell you all about the Chinese sorcerers and their craft… 3.2kReads8.4Score410Shelves
- 113 Venerable Soul Martial Lord 神魂武尊 [Who in this world can stop me from sweeping through the ages? Who in all the land dares stand in my way as I conquer every direction?] A martial emperor of his generation was murdered and met his end. Ten thousand years later, he is reborn in the body of a young man named Qin Feng. Awakening an unparalleled divine soul and cultivating the supreme martial path, he stirs up a storm and contends with countless prodigies. The Myriad Worlds will tremble at his return! 844Reads7.9Score105Shelves
- 114 The Abandoned Cultivator in the City 修真弃少在都市 A good-for-nothing? With one move at my disposal, the world is mine! Ye Tao is reborn and makes his way in the city! The campus belle, the career elites! He rises again, conquers the business world, cultivates immortality, slays demons, and returns to the pinnacle! I may not be a dashing playboy, but I'm easy on the eyes, and beautiful women all like honest guys like me. I'm naturally low-key, but people keep pushing me, so face-slapping and drawing hatred become my path to the heavens; 3.3kReads8.4Score319Shelves
- 115 Corpse Driving in Western Hunan: The Soul-Calling Guide on the Night Road 湘西赶尸：夜行引魂人 A sudden disaster at a mass grave! Wu Liangzi is struck on the back of the head and wakes among rotting coffins and bones, clutching a bloodstained piece of yellow paper. It bears the name of the man he has spent three years tracking down for murdering his father! Seven corpses in black robes dance around him all night, their lifeless eyes seeming to “acknowledge their master.” A mysterious corpse driver tosses him a life-and-death contract. “Four of your seven souls have scattered. If you can’t 240Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 The Fox Immortal Madam Chose Me as Her Son-in-Law 狐仙娘娘选我做女婿 Since I was born in a yin year, yin month, yin day, and yin hour, I'm especially prone to attracting unclean things. To stay alive, I had no choice but to marry a fox immortal and make her my wife. From then on, my life... 107Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Reborn as the Strongest Abandoned Son, Arrogant in the City 仙帝重生，狂傲都市 Immortal Emperor + reborn + urban cultivation + scheming + no saintly do-gooder + martial arts versus cultivation In his previous life, Nangong Junmo was a once-in-a-million cultivation prodigy. He cultivated his way to becoming an Immortal Emperor, only to be stabbed in the back by his senior brother and reborn on Earth. With everything starting over, he gets the chance to cultivate the strongest technique in the cultivation world, the Supreme Scripture, and become the strongest of all. Those w 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 After Reaching the Pinnacle of the Mahayana Realm, I Return to Earth to Attend University 大乘期圆满后，我回地球读大学 [Urban Cultivation + Campus Beauty + Invincible] Qin Chen died during his tribulation and was reborn on the day he was about to start college. Aunt Tang arrived to pick him up in a supercar, with the Xu family's heiress, Xu Shuqing, in the back seat. She glanced at Qin Chen's faded clothes and bargain-brand shoes, then curled her lip. "What a country bumpkin." But soon, this so-called country bumpkin would... Crush the powerful families with his left hand and dominate the martial arts world with 4.2kReads6.3Score425Shelves
- 119 Period: I'm a Post-70s City Cultivator 年代：我是70后都市修仙者 [Historical era, growing personal space, decisive and ruthless, immortal cultivation, strategy] The soul of a modern person from 21st-century Earth transmigrates to the early 1980s in a parallel world. It also brings along a golden finger in the form of a personal space. This golden finger can be upgraded step by step. Once he gathers the nine origins of the world, he can create a real continent of his own. And each time he gathers an origin, the golden finger grants him knowledge of a new skill 3.4kReads8.4Score202Shelves
- 120 Tomb of the Yin 镇阴棺 I was always at my grandfather’s side, helping people relocate graves. There was a special burial practice involved in moving graves called a second burial. It required opening the coffin, gathering the bones, and dressing them in new clothes. The first time I encountered a second burial, I dug up a female corpse that looked lifelike... 122Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 121 Maoshan Ghost-Banishing Celestial Master 茅山捉鬼天师 [Taoist Master] + [Ghost Hunting] + [Supernatural Mystery and Suspense] Light a lamp and tell ghost stories; observe the taboos of yin and yang. The inscrutable secret arts of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Maoshan traditions; the uncanny spirit-possession tablets; and mysterious taboos that inspire dread. The only Maoshan sect leader in history to vanish under mysterious circumstances seizes the secrets of heaven and earth and travels between the realms of the living and the dead. Let him reveal 3.2kReads6.5Score205Shelves
- 122 Cultivation Master at School 校园修真高手 Who would have thought that the poor student everyone at the academy looked down on was secretly a peerless master? After Tang Zheng happens upon an ancient heavenly tome, he gains the Nine Yang Divine Art and ventures into the city, writing a blood-pumping legend of a man. 4.1kReads7.5Score351Shelves
- 123 Spiritual Qi Revival: A Tycoon Begins Cultivating by Spending Money 灵气复苏：神豪修真从氪金开始 [Spiritual qi revival + Tycoon + System] “Young Master, Madam spent seven billion to buy you a place in the cultivation department at Longzhong University.” From the start, he reports to the cultivation department in thirty helicopters, at a cost of a million. [Registration successful. System reward: 10 billion RMB and a 100-million-square-meter mustard-seed space] [System notification: The conditions to purchase Marrow-Cleansing Pills are now available. Price: 10,000 each.] Ye Nan: Give me 10,0 314Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 124 My Cute and Fierce Undead Bride Protects Me as She Slaughters Her Way Through! 我的女尸老婆萌凶甜，护我杀疯！ [A Taoist priest becomes a demon king, protected by his corpse bride][Ghost hunting, traditional supernatural fiction] [By the command of the heavens, I’ll take your life!][Strange tales from the folk tradition] I slept in a pigsty and drank sow’s milk. Later, I shared a bed with a female corpse. After our wedding ceremony, she awoke. I rely on her to keep me alive, while she relies on me to grow stronger. Our fates are intertwined. My fate is unusual. An old man’s guidance helped me survive, an 1.7kReads7.6Score126Shelves
- 125 In the City, Cultivation and Gods and Demons Are Not for Me 都市修真神魔非我 A new book to hone my skills. It's already been wrapped up at lightning speed, so feel free to check it out if you're interested… 10Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 126 Tianjin Meridian Master: With One Hand, I Command the Pulse and Subdue the World 津门捏筋师：我一手定脉镇天下 Zhang Xian, heir to the Zhang Family's Tendon-Setting Shop in the old quarter of Tianjin, can banter his way down an entire alley in a thick Tianjin accent. The neighbors all know how skilled his hands are. A stiff neck, a sprained ankle, a slipped disc, or an overworked back, and two presses of his fingers are enough to set things right. But no one knows that the Zhang family's ancestral Art of Tendon Adjustment and Meridian Setting works on tendons, controls qi, suppresses evil, and alters fat 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 The Night-Sealed Door 夜封门 Seven months pregnant, the woman was brutally hounded to death, and her seven-month-old baby was thrown into a well. Her wronged soul is cut off from the road ahead, and evil spirits come to claim their due. The gates of hell swing open, and the underworld seals its doors in the dead of night. 2kReads8.3Score159Shelves
- 128 A Female Ghost Comes to Be My Bride 女鬼嫁到 Cao Susu’s shoulders shook as she wept pitifully. Zhao Cao couldn’t help putting an arm around her shoulders and drawing her closer. With his arm around her, Cao Susu simply let herself fall into his embrace, sobbing softly. … A loser with the extraordinary fate of having lived ten lives makes an invincible comeback as a Taoist master. He mixes it up with female ghosts and the underworld, then, with the help of female ghosts and demons, takes back ownership of the Hongyuan Group… 466Reads8.2Score101Shelves
- 129 The Little People’s Kingdom: I Deceive All, Becoming the Supreme One 小人国：欺诈众生，我成无上至尊 Zheng Le arrives in a world of superpowers, where he gains the talent to make the false become real and binds himself to a multiverse System. He opens a portal to another universe and enters the Land of the Little People. There, countless tiny humans worship Zheng Le as a mythical race: a Titan. He gains the power of the people’s faith and uses it as energy to make the false become real, granting himself the true, divine strength of a mythological Titan. His mount, a tiny MINI, is regarded by co 396Reads8.5Score100Shelves
- 130 From the Start, My Dantian Was Shattered. Who Ever Heard of Such a Powerful Servant? 开局丹田碎裂，谁家杂役这么猛？ [Traditional Fantasy] [No System] In his previous life, Gu Qingzhou inexplicably exploded and died. Though reborn, his dantian was crippled, leaving him a menial servant. But so what if his dantian is crippled? So what if he’s a menial servant? We cultivators contend with Heaven for the Dao, defy fate, and struggle against ourselves. As long as we persevere, even a menial servant can charge beyond the heavens! As the great battle erupts, Gu Qingzhou stands proudly in the void, sword in hand. “En 193Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 131 My Transmigration Failed, So I Can Only Pretend to Be Cultivating Immortality 穿越失败的我只能假装修仙 Huang Musong successfully bound himself to a System and was supposed to transmigrate to a cultivation world, but instead he unexpectedly found himself reborn in the summer right after graduating from high school. But the System he bound to is still a cultivation-type one! What is he supposed to do now? The way of life in a world of immortals and the real world have absolutely nothing in common! Is he going to have to fool the System and pretend to cultivate? [System Quest 1: You are about to enc —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Return of the Cultivator 修真归来 Ten years ago, his girlfriend was stolen from him, and he died unexpectedly in disgrace. Ten years later, he returns from an incredible world of cultivation. He only wants a peaceful life, but the overly kind are always bullied. The only choice is to shine again and become a demon! He turns the tide, rewrites history from this moment on, and begins his path to a comeback! 625Reads8.5Score169Shelves
- 133 The City's Number One Immortal Venerable 都市之第一仙尊 Reborn, I will trample all living beings beneath my feet in this life! 8.7kReads7.9Score712Shelves
- 134 The Ghost-Hunting Chronicles of Chang'an 长安御鬼行 (A bold, dashing female Yin-Yang Master from Chang'an + The sharp-tongued, arrogant King of Ten Thousand Ghosts) Ye Yaoniang is a renowned Yin-Yang Master in Chang'an. Born with Yin Eyes and extraordinary abilities, she walks between the worlds of yin and yang. Clad in red and armed with a golden blade, she roams the land, vanquishing demons and slaying ghosts without batting an eye. Even the ghost officials of the underworld show her respect. One day, she accidentally takes a sharp-tongued Ghos 7Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 135 The Dream of the True Page Tao: A World Made Real from Illusions 真页道之梦化虚界 The supernatural returns, alongside alchemical arts, thunder magic, talismans, the 749 Bureau, and battles between Chinese and foreign practitioners. This is a secret chronicle of cultivation, ghost slaying, demon-smiting, and god-killing. Mysteries are gradually awakening. Where do ghosts, monsters, spirits, and demons come from? Immortals have attained the Dao, but the gods are hard to summon. The world is mired in desire. How can anyone cross over to safety? With the power of the Dream Realm, 229Reads8.0Score100Shelves
- 136 I Married a Dragon, and I Was Born to Eat Yin Energy! 嫁给了龙，我天生吃阴饭！ I was born amid a blazing fire on a yin year, yin month, and yin hour, right at the witching hour. A fortune-teller said I had a "demon-encountering fate and must never leave my hometown." On the day I turned sixteen, I went with the other girls from my village and accidentally stepped onto land belonging to the neighboring village. When the witching hour came, I gained the ability to see spirits. The first thing I saw was the sweetheart of a girl from the village. He smiled at me, then flicked 826Reads9.2Score100Shelves
- 137 He Said: I'd Spend a Hundred Lifetimes in Reincarnation to Be Anchored to You 他说：愿囚百世轮回，与子同锚 He said, “I would gladly be imprisoned through a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, bound to you as your anchor.” 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 The 90s-Era Celestial Master 九零后天师 Everyone knows the Book of Lu Ban, but few have heard of the Gongshu Manual. The art of creation has been passed down through the generations. A Celestial Master descends into the mortal world, stirring up storms across the land! 4.4kReads8.8Score626Shelves
- 139 Fox Wife 狐妻 As a child, I was alone and had no one to rely on, so I depended on a little fox I had found. But one day, it suddenly disappeared. I still remember that an old woman came looking for her granddaughter the day before, and then all sorts of strange things started happening. Why has my brother, who hasn't come home in years, suddenly returned? He says he'll find me a wife, and that we'll have to go into the mountains to look for her. Who could have guessed... 2.7kReads8.1Score213Shelves
- 140 The Demon Wife at Home 家有妖妻 Grandma arranged a marriage for me. Only after the wedding did I learn that the bride I'd brought home was a fox spirit... Chapter preview: …I stole a glance into the pool. A beautiful older girl was standing by the washing platform, washing her hair. She was gorgeous, with snow-white skin, delicate willow-shaped brows, an oval face, and luscious red lips like ripe cherries. Most striking of all were her captivating, tender eyes, deep as a pool of spring water. She was alluring to the very cor 1.9kReads8.2Score130Shelves
- 141 Guardians of the City: Becoming a God 守护之都市封神 Dai Wei's soul travels to the Celestial Realm, where he becomes a Heavenly Venerable. Betrayed at his concubine-taking ceremony, he returns to Earth with a priceless treasure. To protect his homeland, he subdues all kinds of prodigies and monsters, and rebuilds the Heavenly Court! The Way of Medicine! The Immortal Way! The Martial Way! The Way of Protection! When invaders from the stars descend, he accidentally awakens ancient gods from Eastern and Western mythology. Together, they fight off the 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 The Carefree Path to the Azure Clouds 逍遥青云志 (1992–2023): From the Southern Tour Talks to the New Era’s campaign to eliminate poverty, spanning major historical milestones including the reform of state-owned enterprises, the tax-sharing reform, the wave of urbanization, and the anti-corruption campaign. Yang Xiaoyao, an outstanding economics student, arrives in Qingshi Town with The Wealth of Nations and wuxia novels in tow. An idealist with political acumen, he encounters the Hongxing Textile Factory amid restructuring and saves its accou 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Tales of the Supernatural 灵异怪谈 Yin-yang masters are fated to suffer the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies. Is there any way to escape their fate? A life-and-death romance with a bloodthirsty vampire zombie! After desperately searching for the Strange Records of Yin and Yang, he discovers it is all part of an even bigger conspiracy! The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, bloodthirsty vampire zombies, an inn in the underworld, an ancient Warring States tomb, and the Strange Records of Yin and Yang all feature in Strange Tales of the S 1.6kReads8.8Score137Shelves
- 144 Taking a Fox as My Wife 养狐为妻 When I was eighteen, I accidentally injured a fox. To my shock, my master forced me to marry her... 1.3kReads8.6Score102Shelves
- 145 Twin Souls, Hearts as One 双生魂，心相依 Twin Souls, Hearts as One 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 After Reincarnating as a Cannon Fodder Heroine, I Fell for the Villain 穿成炮灰女配后，我和反派好上了 After Reincarnating as a Cannon Fodder Female Lead, I Fell for the Villain 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 After the Sky-High Bride Price Broke Me, I Took Many Wives in Ancient Times 天价彩礼压垮后，在古代妻妾成群 Crushed by an Astronomical Bride Price, I Ended Up with a Houseful of Wives and Concubines in Ancient Times 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 My Rise to the Top Began When I Got X-Ray Vision 我从拥有透视眼开始逆袭 Emperor Xuanyuan took the form of a little golden snake and burrowed into Li Chen's body. A country boy who had left his mountain village received Emperor Xuanyuan's legacy and made a promise to honor his wishes: to promote the treasures of Chinese culture and revive the declining art of traditional Chinese medicine. From being abandoned by his childhood sweetheart to winning the favor of the campus belle, Li Chen's rise to greatness was nothing short of spectacular. Qi Refining, Foundation Esta 2.8kReads8.8Score253Shelves
- 149 The Xuanpin Teahouse 玄牝茶馆 [The author's profession is unusual; this book is best suited to readers in the field] (This is a mid-length novel, with an upper part, a lower part, and a prequel. I'm typing away as fast as I can!) Feng Cai is a hereditary ritual master in a folk religious sect. After receiving a favor from someone, he opens a teahouse in the capital. Though this quiet teahouse sits in a bustling part of the city, it takes on all sorts of baffling commissions... Young woman: “Hello, could you get me into a top 79Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 150 Snake Sacrifice 蛇祭 Two virgins + Sweet romance + Strong female lead leveling up The Snake Lord is fearsome. A promise made a thousand years ago, a meeting in dreams, a bracelet carved from nine dragons’ bones, protection for his wife, a Soul-Devouring Demon Blade, souls scattered to the winds, old grudges brought to an end... On the night of the Ghost Festival, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, Old Song carried me back from the village’s Spirit Snake Mountain. Strange changes swept across the sky: ligh 343Reads9.1Score116Shelves
