Novels like The Cure for Every Kind of Defiance
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- 101 That Year, Because of the Campus Belle, I Ran Off to Guangdong to Become a Handsome Lad 那年因为校花，我跑路广东当靓仔 [Jianghu]+ [Workplace]+ [Romance]+ [No System]+ [Not reborn] [Based on the author’s real experiences working in Guangdong, this is a story about migrant workers in cities like Dongguan and Shenzhen. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, so don’t read it if that’s not your thing!] In 1997, Zhang Zaiye, Li Yaocong, Jiang Xinyue, and others met while working summer jobs in Guangdong, and formed a deep friendship. At the time, Dongguan’s economy was growing at a breakneck pace. Workers poured in fr 7Reads—Score114d adds
- 102 Who’s Calling Heaven? Please Hang Up! 谁在呼叫天界？请挂断！ Spiritual qi is abundant, and everyone can cultivate. Some use spiritual qi to meditate and temper their bodies, simply hoping to live longer. Some study techniques and practice magic, seeking to improve their skills. Others reach for a higher level, seeking to overcome death and explore the possibility of “becoming an immortal.” But everyone who reaches the “Divine Refinement” stage encounters a “bottleneck,” also known as “failing to ascend.” They remain stuck in the mortal realm, unable to ad 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 A Trap Within a Trap, a Lie Within a Lie 局中局，骗中骗 Greed grows in people’s hearts, and scams can find their way through any opening. No one is born lucky or immune to being deceived. The only reason you haven’t fallen into a trap is that you haven’t yet encountered one designed specifically for you. Desire is the bait, weakness is the opening. As long as greed remains, there will always be a scam waiting to draw you in. 2.2kReads8.3Score25714d adds
- 104 My Wife Cheated, and I Awakened Memories of a Past Life 妻子出轨觉醒前世记忆 [Cultivation + fantasy + urban + alchemy + medicine + supernatural abilities + treasure appraisal] After his parents, the richest people in Jianghai City, are persecuted and murdered by powerful figures, Xu Fei loses his family and everything he owns. He goes into hiding and scrambles to survive. Fortunately, an ancient corpse, the Immortal Emperor, passes its teachings on to him. He masters the mystical art Yin-Yang Formula, gaining medical knowledge, understanding yin and yang, reading fate an 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 The Three Treasures of the Mortal World 红尘三宝 What should you do when the Immortal Realm is being kept as livestock by aliens? The Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning borrows a soul from the Ancestral Star. Beauties of every kind arrive one after another. He cultivates alongside his wife, braves the mortal world, breaks through the void, refines chaos, and saves countless worlds! 98Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 106 The Richest Families Offer Sacrifices to Evil Spirits, So I Wield Purple Thunder to Punish Them in Heaven’s Name 当世豪门供鬼邪，我敕紫雷代天罚 [The evil, powerful families of this age build commercial temples as a front. Fake monks deceive women into sleeping with them, fake nuns steal yang energy to nourish yin, and offerings are made to ghosts and evil spirits to siphon away the incense and fortune of the living. They manipulate feng shui and wield secret arts to drain people’s lives, cultivating themselves into corpse-liberation ghost immortals.] Outwardly, they build temples and shrines, but in secret they blind the gods, install g 10Reads6.7Score314d adds
- 107 The Village War God: A Miracle Doctor Unmatched Under Heaven 乡村战神名医，天下无敌 Li Yang is a poor country boy who is looked down on and bullied because he has no money. By sheer chance, he gains superpowers, and from then on, his love life and career take off as if he had a cheat code, with everything going his way… 250Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 108 Urban: The Divine Emperor Is Reborn, Starting as a Live-In Son-in-Law 都市：神帝重生，从上门女婿开始 [Invincible + Ruthless + Power Fantasy + Live-in Son-in-Law + Immortal Cultivation + Urban Cultivation] Divine Emperor Long Junlin tried to defy the heavens in the divine realm, only to be beaten to death. Reborn in the modern city, he begins a spectacular journey of cultivation to regain his Divine Emperor status. Then one day, he discovers that chasing women is more fun than cultivating. And so, a wily old monster who puts seduction first, cultivation second, and is always ready to defy the he 4.3kReads8.1Score46014d adds
- 109 The Immortal Emperor Returns to Learn Magic 仙帝归来学魔法 Enemy: We’re all at the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm, standing at the very summit of cultivation. What makes you so much stronger than us? Yun Hao: The peak of the Immortal Emperor realm is the summit of cultivation, not my summit. If I so choose, I can destroy peak Immortal Emperors with a wave of my hand. 392Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 110 A Qi Refiner Transmigrates to the City 练气士穿越都市 Xu Shan was a low-level Qi cultivator in the Netherworld. After buying a copper ring at the marketplace and putting it on, he somehow transmigrated to a modern, high-tech city. This world was short on spiritual energy, and immortals existed only in legends. Xu Shan was the only cultivator in the entire city, with no one else able to follow his path. The copper ring could take him between worlds, and by drawing on the resources of several different worlds, he rose from a lone cultivator to a powe 396Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 111 The Awakening of Guixu 归墟的苏醒 The story takes place in a remote town. A series of bizarre disappearances leads the young detective Lin Yu to an abandoned warehouse, where he discovers an entity known as the “Guixu.” It is neither a monster in the traditional sense nor another dimension, but a membrane beneath the world: a conscious being that has slept for billions of years. It is both the embodiment of the “void” in the collective human consciousness and a fundamental structure of the world itself. The central conflict revo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Blazing Dream That Burns the Heavens 炽梦焚天录 Is everyone born with a mission? Do things really happen because they are destined to? Do cause and effect, and the Way of Heaven, truly exist? I hope that no matter how wretched this cruel, devouring world may be, there will always be a ray of light in the darkness, shining resolutely and persistently into this endless abyss, awakening the last flicker of justice within everyone who has lost their way. “The returning is the movement of the Dao; weakness is the means of the Dao.” 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Reborn as a Carefree Immortal in the City 重生都市休闲仙 [Reborn] + [Daily Life] + [Only I Can Use Magic] + [Modern Cultivation] + [Multiple Heroines] A Great Ascension Immortal Lord fails his tribulation and is reborn in his youth. In modern society, he experiences the human world and enjoys the leisurely life he never got to experience in his previous life. 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The Great Physician's Fool's Dream 大医的黄粱美梦 First traditional Chinese medicine, then officialdom, and finally, where will it all lead? Read on and find out. The sections on traditional Chinese medicine are highly technical, so readers without a grounding in the subject may want to skip them. The officialdom storyline is realistic and focuses on the lessons of life. You're sure to take something away from it. Those who understand will see the many sides of life. Those who don't will only see… No one is perfect, and we're all ordinary p 8.7kReads9.1Score86014d adds
- 115 The Ming Dynasty's Heroic Doctor 大明侠医 [A friendly warning: Every medical case in this book is based on real, verifiable records. Those who are hostile to traditional Chinese medicine should read with caution.] A young doctor at a county hospital transmigrates into the most ill-fated official’s son in the fifteenth year of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty. So what if he starts off on the brink of death, in a situation straight out of hell? With the combined advantages of two lifetimes, he studies under renowned physicians, establi 34Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 116 I Am the Emperor! How Dare You Call Yourself Supreme? 吾为帝！尔敢称尊？ [Emperor Lord + Reborn + Invincible + Modern World + Power Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless + No Saintly Heroics + All the Heavens!] Lu Qingxuan was once a native of Blue Star, but after an accident transmigrated to the Immortal Mystic Continent, where he became known as Lu Jiuxiao. He once wielded the six great Origin Emperor Weapons, ruled over the nine great sacred grounds, and suppressed the three forbidden lands. He was the greatest Emperor Lord in the Immortal Mystic Continent’s history. 5.5kReads8.2Score53414d adds
- 117 Don't Cry, I'm Your Ferryman 别哭，我是你的摆渡人 [Doctors] [Healing] [Ensemble cast, to an extent] [Obsessive, coercive love] [Deeply angsty romance] [An extreme push and pull] [Rekindled love] Four doctors, two couples The intertwined paths of four doctors, a story of contemplating fate, making difficult choices, and growing through them. (Redemption in the name of love, a lone boat ferrying someone across.) Setting: The world we humans inhabit may be the laboratory of a creator. By a twist of fate, Li Yuexi becomes Yu's agent, intervenin 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Jade-Faced Asura's Cherished One 玉面修罗的掌心宠 A tale of warlord clashes, love and hatred for family and country, and the struggle between love and power. My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 The Young People of Chemen Courtyard 车门院里的年轻人 This is a symphony of destinies spanning generations. In a small courtyard in northern China in the 1970s, several families struggle and drift with the tides of the times. Lei Shaxiao, an orphan whose parents died young, falls in love with Aiai, another orphan from the neighboring courtyard. They were an ordinary couple, but amid the raging currents of the era, Shaxiao rises to become a renowned lawyer who commands the room. Money, power, and desire come one after another. He loses himself in th 35Reads—Score314d adds
- 120 The Supreme God King in the City 至尊神王在都市 (My new book has reached 1.4 million words and is still updating. It's an apocalyptic zombie story that turns the usual tropes on their head, with an intelligent plot that follows the logic of real life. Fellow readers who are interested can click my profile picture and check it out. Thanks so much! "I Really Don't Want an Apocalypse" is also known as "The Zombies Came, but My Apocalypse Wasn't Like the Web Novels") [Urban Cultivation + Superpowers + Alien Technology + Invincible] What would you 465Reads5.0Score10014d adds
- 121 High-Heel Mystery (Sequel) 高跟疑云（续） The High-Heel Mystery (Part Two) 44Reads—Score114d adds
- 122 The Revered Healer of Guigu 鬼谷医尊 Fang Tianchou was framed and sent to prison. Six years later, he returns to the city with overwhelming power, only to discover that his wife has abandoned their daughter, leaving her homeless on the streets, while his wife is about to marry the very man who framed him... 15.6kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 123 My Icy CEO Wife 我的冰山女总裁 By chance, he obtains the Star-Raiding Immortal Chessboard from the Immortal Realm and wins all kinds of miraculous rewards. Beautiful women surround him, he kicks elite soldiers aside and punches invincible assassins into oblivion. From then on, life is carefree and full of fun... 1.1kReads8.0Score10914d adds
- 124 Bargaining Chips on the Road to Promotion 升职路上的筹码 Song Minghui is like a spider at the center of a web, maintaining relationships with three women in different ways. A 26-year-old workplace newcomer, a 35-year-old sales director, and a 41-year-old corporate executive: the web is beginning to unravel as its three “bargaining chips” awaken. - The rules of survival in the workplace's dark forest - How the “prey” turns the tables from a male perspective - The growth of three women, from being used to awakening - Emotional manipulation and counterma 2.2kReads6.3Score13014d adds
- 125 The City's Supreme Wizard Immortal 都市极品巫仙 [Four Pillars of Destiny + Feng Shui + I Ching + Family Witchcraft + Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism] Qian Yi was born with a perfectly Yang Four Pillars chart, with the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches identical in his year, month, day, and hour pillars. A one-in-ten-thousand rarity. He bears the mission of carrying on an ancient tradition of witchcraft, and must find a girl with a perfectly Yin chart whose four pillars are all identical so he can find a partner. Only by joining Yin and Y 467Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 126 Getting Something for Nothing 不捞而获 When 36-year-old divorced “ordinary gold digger” Sun Xiao decides to use a zero-cost “karate” playbook to extract resources from worthwhile men, she must remain coldly rational as she carefully screens each target. Otherwise, her six-million-yuan safety net will eventually run dry. Meanwhile, a deadly game far beyond the limits of her understanding is quietly closing in on the everyday life she thinks is safe: a counter-harvest orchestrated by a true high-level predator. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Power and Ambition in the Underworld: The Road to a Comeback 权欲江湖：逆袭之路 He Yu Hui started out as nothing more than a humble doctor. What opportunities did he encounter? What did he do? How much did he accomplish for the people? How high did he rise in government? What kind of story did he live as a man? This heartfelt work will show you one man’s path to growth and the rise of an honest official! [Grounded + Beauty + Political Career + Smart Protagonist] The early chapters are a bit cautious, but the later ones are incredibly satisfying. A must-read gem from Tomato 30Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 128 Zhi You: Mom, Take Me with You 知柚：妈妈，带我一起走 [Growing Up with a Little One] [A Post-90s Mom's Comeback] [No Romance] [No Male Lead] "Mommy, don't go..." Youyou buried her face in Lin Sui's neck, her muffled sobs coming one after another. "Youyou will be good. Don't leave me..." Lin Sui stroked her daughter's back again and again. Her voice steadied, then trembled, then steadied again. "Be good and listen, Youyou. Mommy is only leaving for a little while. I'll find a way to come back for you, I promise." The man standing in the entryw 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 I Cultivate Immortality in the City and Crush Anyone Who Dares Defy Me! 我于都市修仙，杀穿一切不服！ Reborn into a second life, Ye Hao has died twice. In his first life, he died a miserable death. In his second, he rushed into the forbidden Abyssal Rift in pursuit of a higher realm and died with his head held high. Now he has entered a third life, returning to the moment he died in his first. This time, Ye Hao won't be reckless. He is determined to perfect both his cultivation and his life. And so, a god who kills without hesitation arrives in the bustling city. The campus belle throws herself 294Reads7.3Score10314d adds
- 130 Shenzhen Stories: Sister Ji 深圳往事霁姐 You resent that I was born too soon; I resent that you were born too late. Though we could not live at the same time, we can still share a grave. Mo Chou happens to meet Wu Zhiji, a beautiful, kind-hearted young widow ten years her senior. Was it that love came too early, before she knew how to cherish it, or that by the time she learned to love, they had become strangers? Disclaimer: The locations, people, companies, and events in this book are unrelated to real life! 56Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 131 Beneath the Form 形体之下 A story about a woman, for whom beauty is both an asset and a sin. Yu Jie is thirty-one, an aerobics instructor who believes hard work pays off. When a real estate tycoon offers her a 180,000-yuan bonus and a 300,000-yuan endorsement deal, she scoffs, resists, then convinces herself to “get just a little closer.” She doesn’t know the rules of that world: once you step inside, there are no boundaries. From prized mistress to businesswoman, from a broken marriage to having nothing at all, it tak 63Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 132 The Last Cartridge Case 最后一颗弹壳 The Last Cartridge Case 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 I Cultivated into a Great Golden Immortal in the City 我在都市修成大罗金仙 Xu Changsheng, a prospective university student, accidentally falls into the ruins of Yuxu Palace. By a twist of fate, he obtains the Investiture of the Gods and inherits the legacy of ancient deities. Thus begins his path of cultivation in an age when the world’s spiritual power is waning. As his strength steadily grows, he gradually uncovers the secret behind the ancient gods’ downfall. To grow stronger still, he sets out in search of the other gods. 959Reads7.5Score9814d adds
- 134 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 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Debts of the Lustful Sea 欲海孽债 Desire is half angel, half devil. Jian Ting is a police officer not yet thirty. Loyal and righteous, he dares to take responsibility for his actions. He has repeatedly distinguished himself in major cases involving stolen cultural relics and corruption in Hedong. In just three years, he has made a remarkable leap forward in his career. In a world awash with materialism and rampant selfishness, cause and effect always catch up with you. Debts must be repaid! The truth behind the cases is shrouded 1.9kReads7.5Score17514d adds
- 136 Hello, System 您好，系统 The Human Devolution Report: Don't be fooled by this civilized getup. We're all lining up to take part in a grand pantomime of devolution. We meekly surrender our right to get lost, hand over our memory cards, and even turn our joys and sorrows into ready-made meals you can eat straight from the packet. Five poor souls twisted into knots by the times: an old sailor bets his life in a storm as the satellites fail; a gourmet can no longer taste the warmth of his father's last bowl of hand-pulled n —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Secrets of My Wife: The Truth Behind the Phone Calls 妻子隐秘：电话背后的真相 Liang Xiaojun had always worked for his father-in-law. One day, after returning home from the construction site, he heard his daughter, who was gaming, say she’d received a strange blackmail call. After looking into it, he uncovered a huge secret about his wife. Faced with a cruel reality, what choice should he make? 678Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 138 Cultivators from the Realm of Truth Come to the Village for a Pilot Program 修真界来村里搞试点 1998, Hegou Village. A group of cultivators in brocade robes blocked the village entrance, saying they planned to turn the place into a "mortal pilot program." Those with spiritual roots could cultivate immortality; those without would farm. The villagers called them peddlers. Village Chief Zhao mistook "Du Ziteng" for "my stomach hurts" and promptly pulled out two tablets of tetracycline. Li Chengjun squatted on his doorstep and said, "He doesn't look like an honest man." When they shouted, "Ga 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Record of Reborn Cultivation 重生修行录 A second life, and a life full of excitement. Office workers, young wives, sisters, celebrities… Beautiful women are just one of the lovely sights along the road to the top. I’m no saintly gentleman, but I’m not despicable enough to have no limits. Since ancient times, the strong have always had more! 6.1kReads7.9Score41114d adds
- 140 The One Who Returned Home 返乡的人 An ordinary young man with no education, connections, or family background, going from the countryside to the city and then back again. We are the ones born in the seventies and eighties, running as fast as we can... The accident seemed to have been foretold, but so much still took us by surprise. For example: losing our jobs... 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Playboy and the Five Golden Flowers 风流之子与五朵金花 [Completed] If you happened to click on this, please read a few more pages, or even a few dozen, and help boost my stats. Thanks for your support! This is the story of a group of people who came from elsewhere to work and put down roots in Zhuhai. They fall in love, get married, buy homes, and have children. The first half covers their lives up to marriage. The second half explores marriage, human nature, changes in society, and growing up in middle age. This novel has a calm and gentle tone, pe 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 A Cultivator Returns to the City 修仙归来在都市 Looking back on the past, it all seemed like a grand dream... Three years before, on Earth, his parents had died with regrets in a tragic car accident. The once-mighty Li financial empire had passed into someone else's hands as a result. From then on, he spiraled downward, drowning his sorrows in alcohol day after day to escape his pain. Later, for reasons unknown, he somehow found himself in the mysterious world of cultivation. In that world, where human lives were as worthless as grass, life w 1.4kReads8.3Score10914d adds
- 143 Reborn as an Ordinary Cultivator 重生之俗人修真 After drifting aimlessly through his thirties, Chen Hao is reborn in 1998. In his previous life, he achieved nothing and faded into the crowd, constantly scrambling to make ends meet and trapped by money. He was nothing but an ordinary, worldly man! In this life, the ordinary Chen Hao starts a business while cultivating immortality, using his advantage of knowing what lies ahead to build a financial empire. Through cultivation, he discovers an astonishing world he never knew existed in his previ 313Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 144 Bullied by My Boss, My Aunt Helps Me Fight Back 被上司欺压，阿姨带你去反扑 During a round of layoffs at the company, Xia Zhan was abandoned by the leader he trusted most, something he never saw coming. But Xia Zhan refused to give up. He teamed up with Hou Xiaotian and planned his moves step by step. Watch Xia Zhan enjoy life in the workplace. 377Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 The Ghost Valley Physician of the City 都市鬼谷医道高手 His wife of four years has been unfaithful. Lin Changfeng, who is suffering from cancer, is devastated, then unexpectedly awakens memories of his past life and inherits the legacy of Guigu. With the profound medical arts of Guigu, he reaches the Dao, understands yin and yang, reads fates and physiognomy, and identifies spiritual treasures... He takes the city by storm, commanding wealth, beauty, and power, and begins his comeback. 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Nationwide Cultivation: I'm Really Not a Scumbag Detector 全民修仙：我真不是渣男鉴定器 Shen Zhou was a postgraduate archaeology student who unexpectedly transmigrated into Blue Star after the spiritual qi revival, becoming the bottom-ranked deadweight in Class F of a cultivation academy. He had a heavenly spirit root but zero affinity, leaving his path to cultivation completely blocked. Just as he was preparing to lie flat, a mysterious System appeared before him. All he had to do was check in at scenes where girls were getting played and watch the drama unfold to earn rewards. So 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Pick Up the Phone! No, Mom 接电话啊！不了，妈妈 This is not an isolated tragedy, but the “acceptable” waste produced by a finely tuned social machine. Reporter Lin Yue goes through the files of four children: a prodigy in Beijing, a dreamer in Hangzhou, a top student in Nanjing, and the pride of a small town. She discovers that what pushed them to the brink was not failure, but precisely the “one right path” to success laid out for them by their families, schools, and society. The report ultimately reveals how we conspired as a society to tur 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 I Only Wanted My 10,000 Yuan Back 我本来只想要回一万块 I used to be just an ordinary programmer. In 2019, I moved to Chengdu and joined a company that didn’t look like much, but would change the course of my life. At first, I thought I’d simply run into a poorly managed small company that couldn’t keep its promises: my probation period dragged on, my salary was changed, they failed to pay my social insurance, mishandled my housing fund, and kept putting off raises until next month, the second half of the year, year-end, or after the company reforme 11Reads8.5Score114d adds
- 149 Livestreaming Medical Consultations: I Became the Ancestor of Chinese Medicine 直播看病：我竟成了中医祖师爷 [System + Traditional Chinese Medicine + livestreaming + miracle doctor + melodrama] After studying Traditional Chinese Medicine for three years, he still hadn't had a single patient. Just as he was starting to think there was no future in it, a System appeared. Complete the System's missions and earn rewards. Ding! Congratulations, you've acquired god-tier pulse diagnosis skills. Ding! Congratulations, you've acquired god-tier bone-setting skills. Ding! Congratulations, you've acquired god-tier 371Reads8.7Score10314d adds
- 150 Urban Comeback: Terminally Ill College Student Inherits an Immortal Venerable’s Legacy 都市逆袭：绝症大学生获仙尊传承 [Urban Cultivation] [Multiple Female Leads] [Easy, Over-the-Top Wish Fulfillment] [Invincible] Just as I was getting ready to graduate, I was diagnosed with a terminal illness? College student Li Kun thought his life had reached its end, but unexpectedly inherited the legacy of an ancient Immortal Venerable, changing his fate against all odds! Hey, hey, hey, what's the Cosmic Essence Condensation Art? What's the Phoenix Yin Cultivation Technique? Cultivation, alchemy, medicine, formations, ta 2.7kReads6.4Score28114d adds
