Novels like Reborn as a Jianghu Boss, Starting with Obeying the Law
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- 101 The Underworld King of Campus: The Campus Belle Falls for Me 高校黑道枭雄，校花为我倾倒 Qin Ling should have grown up happily under his parents' protection, but they were brutally murdered. Qin Ling had a rough childhood and even spent three years in prison after being framed. By the time he left prison, he had grown into a young man standing 194 centimeters tall. He also happened to find his way onto a university campus. [Violence?]“Sorry! I like it too.” [Stealing?]“My bad! I'll pay you back double.” [Loan sharks?]“Isn't this basically free money?” [Human traffickers?]“Prepare to 712Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 102 Tattoos, Brawls, and Turf Wars: You Call This Justice? 纹身干架抢地盘，你管这叫正义？ (Daily 10,000-word updates + the underworld + undercover work + hard-hitting fights + ruthless decisiveness + Justice System) Li Tianhua is a deadbeat student at the police academy. After stepping in to help someone in need, he unexpectedly gains the Justice System. To claim its rewards, he volunteers to go undercover. Ding! [Beat up a gang of unscrupulous punks. Reward: All-Round Combat] [Comfort a mob boss's wife and urge her to go straight. Reward: Physical Enhancement] [Rob criminals and bus 13kReads7.7Score1.3k14d adds
- 103 The Rise and Fall of a Nobody 混子风云 [Adult-themed story] [Ensemble cast] [Not mindless] No saintly protagonist, no System Are his parents' divorce the final straw that breaks Li Qian? Absolutely not. His ambition will drive him ever higher. If nobody believes in me, then I'll climb over their heads and become the king of Laicheng. This story does not promote violence in any way. We hope everyone will obey the law. Anyone who breaks the law will be severely punished. Society won't go easy on you. You alone are responsible for every 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 After Getting Fired, I Became the Strongest Bodyguard to a Mafia Heiress 我被开除后成黑道千金的最强打手 The rating just came in, so it’ll go up later. [For adults only. No one under 18 may read this.] [Urban + underworld + multiple heroines + all-powerful protagonist + brotherhood] Lu Fei was expelled from middle school for fighting and spent four years guarding his village... At last, he came of age! Newly 18, Lu Fei hadn’t even had time to establish his own gang in the village before the aunt he lived with kicked him out and sent him to the big city to stay with her daughter. After arriving in 55Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 105 The Northeast's King in the Nineties 九零：东北王中王 (No System, a passionate tale set in a bygone era! A fairly realistic farming story! This book was originally titled King of Northeast China in the 1990s.) [The bitter winter winds of the Northeast cut to the bone, but the passion of its underworld never dies.] In 1988, Li Mingyu and his brothers left school, full of ambition. They had bright futures ahead of them, but a series of unavoidable conflicts ultimately changed the course of their lives. Reckless youth, an unpredictable fate. A man car 1.1kReads7.7Score10214d adds
- 106 Blood Prison's Mad Overlord 血狱狂枭 The down-and-out youth Zhao Tian suffered the slaughter of his entire family as a boy. After vanishing for many years, he returned to exact revenge, rise to power, establish the Blood Prison, and dominate the world. With a band of brothers who would lay down their lives for him, he embarked on one journey after another, stirring up waves of bloodshed across the martial world… 15.7kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 107 Rise to the Top of the Underworld! 引领黑道巅峰！ [Power fantasy] + [Undercover agent] + [Clash of black and white] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No System] + [Patriotic] Three years, then another three years, and another three years! Jiang Wuqing, you’re a cop! No! I’m the gang’s top enforcer! If you weren’t a cop, why wouldn’t they arrest you when they took down the gang? I play both sides! Years later… Please, when you take them down, take me with them. I can’t take it anymore! There’s really no crime left anywhere in the world. I’ 853Reads6.9Score10614d adds
- 108 Transmigrated as the Heiress of a Crime Lord 穿成黑道大佬的千金 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Don't Shout, I'm Panicking Too! 你别喊，我也慌啊 [Two heroines, readers who aren’t into that, please turn back] After transmigrating, Xu Zhe, a former gangland thug, decided to turn over a new leaf and become a good person. He helped old ladies cross the street, helped a tea-selling girl whose grandfather was sick, supported girls who had dropped out of school, taught in a poor mountain village, and did good deed after good deed. Ten years later, when he walked out of the airport, burly men in suits lined both sides of the road and bowed in un —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 The Thirteen Hawks of the Underworld 黑道十三鹰 He was once a shining star in the military, rising to prominence through his fearlessness. But fate took a sudden turn during a brutal battle with drug traffickers. In the midst of a fight to the death, he had no choice but to kill a captured drug lord, a decision that forced him to leave the military. From then on, he entered the underworld, burying his former glory and sense of duty deep within. Like a lone wolf, he roamed the world of darkness and began a life in the criminal underworld that 878Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Black Shark 黑鲨 I can’t stand you, so I’ll beat you up! You made me unhappy, so I’ll make you pay! White can be black, and black can become white, because even under the brightest lights, shadows are always there. Blunt and revealing, but not judgmental. This may not be the pinnacle of crime fiction, but it is absolutely a trailblazer in the genre! Just wait and see! 557Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 112 Tales of the Southern Underworld 南方黑道往事 A highly realistic and utterly authentic autobiographical story about the underworld. Many readers who have started reading have already been drawn deep into it. Open this book, and you'll see a real underworld: helplessness and betrayal, a deeply immersive world of bloodshed and brotherhood. 5.7kReads8.9Score44114d adds
- 113 The Boss of the Underworld 江湖话事人 [Not many readers, so the rating just won’t go up] One wrong turn brought me into the jianghu. Watch as I summon storms with one hand and calm them with the other. Starting from nothing, I’ll carve out a path through the jianghu. They say you become what you eat, so if you want to climb higher, there’s only one thing to eat... 2.7kReads7.8Score20314d adds
- 114 1980: A New Order in the Underworld 一九八零：江湖新秩序 What is the martial world? Wherever there are people, there will be conflict! The strong survive, and the weak perish. That is the martial world! Relive the 1980s and pay tribute to a youth long gone! This is the story of Han Yue, and how he rose from the bottom to the top of the provincial capital, only to fall again! The road through the martial world is treacherous. Everyone survives by their own wits! Hold on, and you can make something of yourself. Give up, and you're out... (This book is p 4.4kReads8.7Score28314d adds
- 115 Reckless Youth 年少轻狂 Once, we had nothing at all. Like lost lambs, we searched for a place where we could build the dreams of a lifetime. Boys, let your blood run hot! Brothers in name, brothers for life. The worst that can happen is begging for food. As long as we live, we'll make something of ourselves. We will never abandon each other, sharing every hardship and facing life and death together. Across the ends of the earth, we'll embrace for eternity. Our youth was wild and unrestrained. Our lives were reckless an 2.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Storms in the Southeast: The Crime Boss 东南风云：大角头 [Southern underground world + a clash of black and white, a slow-burn story with a fresh premise] [No System, not brainless, not a power fantasy. Read with caution if that's not your thing.] Local Bosses, the Youth Association, and the Grand Temple Council. Together, these three groups form the Fengnan Clan Association. Though outsiders have never heard these terms, they describe Fengnan's true uncrowned king, the sole ruler of its underground order. [The only gangland novel online centered on l 9Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 117 A Gang Shootout Breaks Out at the School Gate, and I Scare Everyone Off 校门口黑帮火拼，我出现吓退全场 At noon, outside the gates of Harbor University. Two local gangs, nearly a hundred men in all and armed with knives, guns, and clubs, are about to fight it out here. At the sight, all the students are terrified and hurry to a safe distance. Only one young man in a white shirt strolls forward with his hands in his pockets, as calm as can be, as if he can’t even see the crowd. The moment he appears, every gang member tenses up. The two leaders nervously walk up to him and bow their heads. “Today’s 3.1kReads6.2Score23714d adds
- 118 The Bad Guys 坏家伙们 When the jianghu is no longer traditional, it’s bound to become driven by self-interest! After the turn of the millennium, a new generation of “bad guys,” born in the eighties and nineties, began to take the stage in their own jianghu! These newcomers no longer revered the spirit of chivalry. They let money clear the way and put profit above all else! To carve out a place for themselves in this treacherous jianghu, they had to stop at nothing and plan every move! The great waves sift the sand! M 5.4kReads8.9Score31914d adds
- 119 Southwest Storm: Turmoil on the Black Sea 西南风云：黑海沉浮 When I was eighteen, I met someone who led me down a certain path. Some describe this path with the idealistic word “jianghu.” But the jianghu you actually find yourself in is better summed up by a rather funny saying: “After all this time, I’ve made no friends, only learned lessons.” My name is Lin Dongxia, and I’ve learned my fair share of lessons. 33kReads9.3Score3.2k14d adds
- 120 The Underworld Boss Who Came Out of a Martial Arts Academy 从武校走出来的黑道大佬 [Youthful passion + Ruthless + Absolutely no saintly do-gooder] What kind of legendary life will Gu Feng write for himself after returning from martial arts school? A young man in fine clothes, riding a spirited horse: may he make the most of his youth and live without regrets! May you wander far and wide, yet return still young at heart! 14Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 121 Gangland: Starting by Winning Over a Stunning Beauty 黑道：从拿下极品红颜开始 [The short drama adaptation of this novel, Urban Good Guys, is now streaming. It’s exciting and thrilling, so come watch!] [Urban life + underworld + mature beauties + conquest + multiple heroines + comedy + feel-good power fantasy + period setting + underdog comeback] An underdog comeback story with multiple heroines! In 1990s Donghai, country boy Chen Feng starts out guarding a nightclub. With his fists and his brains, he carves out a bloody path, gathering brothers, seizing territory, taking 64.9kReads8.3Score4.9k14d adds
- 122 Selfish Desires: Tales of the Underworld 私欲：江湖往事 [This book is based on a true story] Three years ago, I was convicted of intentional assault and sent to prison. After getting out, I wanted to live an ordinary life. But then my younger sister went down a path of no return. For her sake, I had no choice but to return to the underworld! This book is packed with thrilling action and satisfying moments! 1.1kReads7.5Score11114d adds
- 123 Hong Kong Films: I'm the Jade Qilin of Tung Sing, Fresh from Stanley Prison! 港片：我东星玉麒麟，来自赤柱！ Xing Tian transmigrates into the Hong Kong crime world of the 1980s! As soon as he arrives, he discovers that he has taken the fall for an East Star boss and is on his way to Stanley Prison. After obtaining the Crime Lord System, Xing Tian decides to carve his way through the prison and beyond! Jiang Tiansheng, Camel, Uncle Deng, Lei Gong, Wang Bao, Lian Haolong. The gangs under him, including Hung Hing, East Star, Wo Shing Wo, and the Number Gang, along with major syndicates and powerful tycoon 1.8kReads7.9Score10414d adds
- 124 Neither Black nor White? A Quack Doctor Twice Over 亦黑亦白？双料庸医 I'm a clinic owner. One act of justice made me enemies with the underworld, and from then on I began walking a path where I could operate in both the criminal and legitimate worlds. The world isn't simply black or white. It's both black and white. This isn't exactly a power fantasy. There are gangs, passion, and humor, as well as brotherhood between men who support one another and rise to the top together. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Hong Kong Crossover: Starting in Tsuen Wan, Rebuilding a Money Empire 港综：从荃湾开始，重铸金钱帝国 “Big D, you're a big shot now. Stop going around hacking people up, and try to be a little more level-headed.” White smoke rose from the cigarette between Zhang Zhen's fingers as he spoke with a hint of teasing. “Out here, if you don't hack people up or fight for territory, how are you supposed to make money? Ah Zhen, didn't you say there were three things you needed to make it big: people, money, and the guts to take risks?” Big D said from the sofa, holding a glass of liquor. “Remember this, B 43.3kReads5.6Score2.5k14d adds
- 126 Day One of College: I Start Running with the Underworld! 大学第一天，从混黑道开始！ A powerful underworld boss is reborn as a college student. With the System’s help, he rises once more to the pinnacle of the underworld. [Feel-Good Revenge + Urban + Underworld + Boss + School] Starting out as a college student, the male lead Lin Ao works his way to the top of the underworld, dominating both the criminal and legitimate worlds. He has powerful backing and influence that reaches everywhere. Dear readers, please be patient as you read. The story starts off ordinary, but the excitin 902Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 127 My Bad Teacher 我的不良教师 [Nonsensical Humor] [play the pig to eat the tiger] [No System] [No Superpowers] [Urban] [No Female Lead] [Lighthearted Humor] [Teacher] Class 2, Year 2 has gone through five teachers in a single month, earning a citywide reputation as the “Class of Death.” No homeroom teacher assigned to the class has ever lasted more than a week... They drug teachers, plant maggots, and even use violence to force them into submission. Their pranks have no limits, and they keep coming up with new tricks... The 969Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 128 Bad Boy: Who Can Compete? II 不良之谁与争锋【二】 This book, written by Fuqin de Ren, is a sequel to Bad Boys: Who Can Compete? and Young King. It's just as thrilling, and familiar characters such as Houzi, Zuo Fei, Zheng Wu, Huang Jie, Ma Jie, and Wang Wei all appear. 848Reads7.0Score10714d adds
- 129 The Charismatic Hero 枭雄 The goddess who looked down on me back then now wants to partner with a company under my name… A golden-scaled carp is no mere pond fish. When its destined moment comes, it transforms into a dragon. I’m going to become a ruthless tycoon and make everyone who looked down on me regret ever crossing me. 596Reads8.5Score10114d adds
- 130 The King of the Underworld, Forged in the Dark District 从暗黑区走出的黑道之王 (Tough gangsters + big shots from every walk of life + rich young heirs in the capital + starts at school + ruthless + a thrill ride from start to finish) The first book, The King of the Underworld: From the Dark Zone, is complete. Read with confidence, there isn't a dull moment. The sequel, King of the Underworld: I Rule with Unrivaled Power, is currently updating. The author can post ten thousand words a day, so remember to threaten him in the comments. One day, twelve young men came from the 414Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 131 Hong Kong Films: As a Hung Hing Red Pole, I Take Out Boss B from the Start 港片：我洪兴红棍开局干掉大佬B Su Wenlong transmigrates into the world of Hong Kong crime films and goes undercover in Hung Hing. He takes the fall for Boss B, the gang's big boss, and returns after two years in Stanley Prison, having made a name for himself. But he never expected Big B to ignore the rules of the underworld and try to swallow up his territory while Su Wenlong was locked away. Watch Su Wenlong turn the tables against the odds, take down Big B, and bring Jiang Tiansheng to heel, becoming the most powerful branc 6.7kReads6.8Score17314d adds
- 132 Wang Hao, the Inverse Scale King 逆鳞王皓 A comeback, a defiance of fate. Bullied for years because of his weight, he finally reaches his breaking point and vows never to be weak again. He fights back, step by step descending into hell, and soon dominates the campus... 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 High Martial: I Look Too Scary, So the Bad-Girl Campus Belle Confessed to Me 高武：长得太凶，被不良校花表白 Qin Han landed in a parallel world where everyone practiced martial arts. Here, might made right, and the strong could shatter mountains with a single punch and change the color of the sky. Qin Han became a fearsome, muscular tough guy with a blue dragon tattoo around his waist, and activated the Tough Guy System. As long as he made the people around him afraid, he could increase his vital energy. Completing missions also earned him generous rewards. From then on, Qin Han began a ferocious life. 224Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 134 Kidnapped and Sold by a Jerk, I Became the Gang Leader’s Wife 被渣男拐卖后，我成了帮派大嫂 [Love grows over time, two powerful leads working together] Bai Xiangpu has been searching for her mother, who died many years ago, but after her best friend jumps from a building for no apparent reason, a scumbag lures her into the terrifying M District. While fleeing, she unexpectedly crashes into the arms of Wu Wei, a gang boss! To win his protection, she tries every way she can to get close to him and win him over, even attempting to seduce him. It never works, but every time, people get the 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Man Who Reached the Top of the Underworld 黑道触顶之徒 The underworld is shallow waters teeming with big shots. Thousands shout my name: Brother Tian. Xia Tian, a young man from the bottom of society in Northeast China, gets caught up by chance in the feud between two underworld bosses. From then on, he sets out to climb to the top of the criminal world. Benefactors, moles, bandits, desperados… all sorts of characters take the stage, and the action is heart-pounding. Watch as he leads his brothers from small-time nobodies to become the biggest kin 3.7kReads8.8Score25114d adds
- 136 My Days of Being Bullied at School 校园被欺负的日子 The main characters are Wu Ming, Zhang Qiang, and Zhou Yao. This isn’t a brainless power fantasy, but a bumpy story of growing up. When my brothers fight, I run; I’d never touch a friend’s wife, but if my friend’s away, anything goes. A life of gaming on credit and gambling for tokens in the arcade. 11kReads8.2Score67114d adds
- 137 The Peerless Young Master 公子无双 Lin Qi seems like an ordinary delivery driver, but in this city, whether they are business tycoons, renowned doctors, or underworld bosses, everyone treats him with the utmost respect and calls him, "Young Master!" 334Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 138 The Underworld: The Jianghu Big Shots I Brought to Heel Over the Years 黑道：我那些年收服的江湖大佬 The underworld is a road of no return. It's a last chance for those with nowhere else to turn to make a comeback. Win, and you reach the height of power and become fabulously wealthy. Lose, and at best you die; at worst, you become a cripple. This road takes three parts vision, six parts luck, and one part relying on yourself. By some stroke of luck, I won. When I got out of prison, I didn't have a penny to my name. Now I'm surrounded by beautiful women and rule this whole territory. This road w 6.7kReads8.6Score55614d adds
- 139 The Bad Guys: The Storm Rises Again 2 坏蛋之风云再起2 [People have names, and trees have shadows. Who is Xie Wendong? Everyone knows.] As the scorching sun slowly sinks away and the half moon hangs high, as neon lights begin to flicker and night descends, what can we use to prove that we exist? 12kReads9.0Score78814d adds
- 140 The Era After the Martial World 后江湖時代 [Underworld + Passionate + Satisfying + Ensemble Cast + Jianghu + Big Shots + School + Comedy] “After midnight, we call the shots on this land, whether you’re on the right side of the law or the wrong one!” Jiang Nan stood proudly at the summit like a solitary eagle, looking down at the young generation shining like stars across the jianghu below. “The Su District...” “The tragedy from ten years ago will never happen again in our generation!” “I’ll make sure everyone knows that this era belongs 24.8kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 141 Bad Boy: King of the Streets 坏小子：街道之上，我为王 Li Yizhen was an ordinary student at Jiangchuan No. 1 High School. But the school bully, He Min, singled him out, teasing and tormenting him as she pleased. Too timid to fight back, he endured group beatings and was even forced to eat ice pops mixed with dirt. She also led him astray, getting him to smoke and drink. Day after day, year after year… Then, when Li Yizhen finally confessed his feelings to the school belle, she mocked him in front of the whole class. He Min joined in, too. Overcome w 285Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Blue Road: Cardsharps and Beauties 蓝道江湖：老千和尤物 Don't gamble if you want to win. Stay away from gambling. In 2005, I got caught up in a conspiracy involving a gambling scheme and a rigged card game, and met three middle-aged female card sharks. These women were masters of deception, ruthless in their schemes, and had influence far and wide. Caught in their world, I felt like a boat adrift in a stormy sea. I couldn't believe there were so many temptations and traps in the world. I couldn't believe people could go so far as to turn the world up 1.3kReads8.5Score10214d adds
- 143 Thirty Years of Turmoil in the Southwest 西南三十年风云 What is the jianghu? Some people might say it’s not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and social conventions. They’re wrong. Let me tell you: the jianghu is about having no say in your own fate. Once you enter the jianghu, you’re a doomed soul. My name is Chu Shanhe. I’ve spent nearly thirty years in the jianghu. I’ve been a low-ranking underling and led a gang. I traveled far to the borderlands of Lincang to face desperadoes, and at the height of my power, no one in the 656Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 144 Reborn as a Soldier King: My Extraordinary Life 兵王重生：我的妖孽人生 [Dark and gritty, no System, ruthless and decisive] Eight years ago, a crazy woman came to Yewan Village. She grinned foolishly at people and urinated in public. The village wives called her shameless. Some beat and scolded her, trying to drive her away. Su Tiegen had his leg crushed at a construction site when he was young, leaving him crippled. His family was poor, and he still hadn't found a wife by his thirties. Seeing that the crazy woman was rather pretty, his grandmother got an idea. She 422Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 145 The Person in the Mirror: Rising to Power at College 镜中人：从高校开始崛起 [Two Male Leads + Not a Romance-Focused Story + Character Growth + The Person in the Mirror + Alternate World + Gets Better as It Goes + Mid-Level Martial Arts] [Also known as “I Got MVP, While the Guy in the Mirror Did Absolutely Nothing”] My name is Chen Jin. I’m an “ordinary” high school student, the kind who gets bullied. What, you’re wondering why even the school bullies are afraid of me? They’re not afraid of me. They’re afraid of the “madman” in the mirror. My name is Xiao Jinyan. I’m th 892Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 146 I Look Too Intimidating, So I Buy Melons From the Start and Scare the Campus Belle I'm Dating Online to Tears 长得太凶，开局买瓜吓哭网恋校花 (One Female Lead + Sweet Everyday Life + Sign-In System + Tycoon) Liu Huaqiang is reborn in his college days and activates the Tough Guy Sign-In System. Signing in earns him all kinds of System rewards, including business opportunities and god-tier skills. At the same time, his looks grow more and more intimidating! After six months of signing in, Liu Huaqiang rides his motorcycle to campus to register, where he spots the campus belle selling melons at a roadside stall. “Campus belle, are these 42Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 147 Turbulent Times: Stories of Our Fathers' Generation 疯狂年代之父辈故事 It was a crazy, absurd, and bizarre age. Those who came of age in those years knew the thrill of creating opportunities and seizing them. Some said, "Coming through that era, we truly took our fates into our own hands!" Others said, "We made it through those years, but we had no choice in the matter!" In those wild years, three men with different destinies either banded together for warmth, sharing life and death, or went their separate ways and fell apart! There was a nerve-racking politica 833Reads9.0Score10114d adds
- 148 Bandit City 匪城 [Not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy, and the protagonist isn't invincible: a comeback story + underworld conflict + a rock-bottom start + personality reversal + ruthless decisiveness + brains and brawn + ruthless bandits and war criminals abound] I'm Shen Liu. Ever since my father was imprisoned for seriously injuring someone when I was seven, I've endured humiliation at every turn. Then a girl appeared, and my life began to change... Once again, they knocked me down. As they unzipped their —Reads—Score2.2k14d adds
- 149 The Gangs Set Up a Fight, and You, a Sneaky Coward, Called the Cops 帮派约架，你一老六喊警察蜀黍 Su Bai is a top legal professional, but after transmigrating to a parallel world, he becomes a blond punk. To make matters worse, a rival gang has him surrounded. What a disastrous start! Luckily, he awakens the [Infinite Skills System] from the start, and thinks he's about to take off. But the System's very first mission is to stab someone from the rival gang twenty times, making sure they only suffer minor injuries! Su Bai is speechless. What? System, are you trying to screw me over? Poli 601Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 150 Tales from the Borderlands: We’re a Gang, Not Bandits 边水往事：我们是黑帮真不是土匪 A new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to keep writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 971Reads6.9Score10314d adds
