Novels like Borrow the Way to Seize Heaven
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- 151 Everyone Calls Me a Vixen, but No One Knows I’m Not Human 世人皆骂我狐狸精，可没人知道我不是人类 Everyone calls me a vixen, but no one knows I’m not human. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 My Dantian Shattered, and My Immortal Disciple Forced Herself on Me! 丹田破碎，被仙子逆徒强推！ [Unhinged master and disciple | Mutual salvation | Outsmarting their way through impossible odds] Qin Shi transmigrates into the eunuch novel he wrote, becoming the tragic master whose divine bones have been ripped out. According to the plot he wrote, she should be turned into a medicinal catalyst the very next moment, helping his “frail” disciple Mingyue awaken and become the Nine Nether Demon Lord who massacres the Immortal Realm. But she doesn’t kill him. She strokes his bloodstained cheek, t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Crossing Souls in a Lonely City 魂渡孤城 [Xuanhuan + Alternate setting + Beautiful but tragic female lead + Light BG + Irregular soul transmigration] Lively, cheerful modern girl Xu Kexin x Yan Xue, a leader surrounded by enemies on all sides During a trip, her friend dies in another world. Xu Kexin begins to enter Yan Xue's body at unpredictable intervals, forced to plunge into conflicts in a perilous otherworld. A face exactly like her own. "Who are you, really?!" "I... am another you." 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 The Anomalous Law Archives 异律档案 Xu Chen has died once. But he doesn't know it himself. Until one day, a redwood comb that had been sealed away for years suddenly began to seep blood, and everyone who had touched it started dying one by one. During the investigation, Xu Chen discovered that these things never killed at random. They had rules. Find the rules, and you could survive. But as he encountered more and more anomalies, he gradually realized that the one who truly didn't fit the rules seemed to have always been himself. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 My Demon Sister's Forced Love 恶魔姐姐强制爱 My Devilish Older Sister Forces Her Love on Me 44Reads—Score114d adds
- 156 A Carpenter's Home Has No Stool to Sit On, While Ghosts Sing in a Taoist's Home 木匠家中无凳坐，道士家中鬼唱歌 [No System + Not a power fantasy + No cultivation + Supernatural + Fantasy + Horror + Suspense + Realistic thrills + First-person diary style] If that bothers you, proceed with caution~ "The carpenter has no stools at home, and ghosts sing in the Daoist's house." This is a common saying. It means that people tend to be too lazy to do their own line of work at home. Similar sayings include "The tailor wears tattered clothes" and "The doctor can't treat himself." Rather than call this a book, it w 21Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 157 What, Still Feeling Shy? 怎么，还不好意思了？ Secret campus crush | Mutual misunderstandings | A touch of bittersweet longing | Reunion after years apart | Happy ending When we were young, Chen Yu hid all the affection he felt for me. He used Truth or Dare to get closer, stayed up late trying to grow a pink-and-white Christmas tree, and wrote down all the tenderness he couldn't bring himself to say on scraps of paper. After three years without contact, we met again. He rode his bike to take me to the alley entrance, then teased me with a sm 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 The Jade Inkstone of Jiangnan 江南玉砚 Jiangnan Jade Inkstone 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Psychic: A College Girl's Rise to Ruler of Another World 灵能者：女大学生逆袭异界之主 Female-led story + another world + psychic powers + family feuds + ensemble cast + slow burn + not a Warhammer fanfic Lingzi, an ordinary college student, finds a talking little black creature. The next day, she can see the “light” of psychic power in everyone. The Psychic Research Bureau comes knocking: “You’re a psychic. Come with us.” Lingzi panics. She isn’t a psychic at all. She’s just relying on the little black creature to keep up appearances. She disguises her identity, infiltrates 352Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 160 The Fifth: My Apprentice Ran Away, and Now I'm Free 【第五】徒弟叛逃，为师的自由啊 The main story is complete. There are currently esports SRE bonus chapters, with two female leads, a backstory-style Identity V fanfic, a pairing of Fa and Kong (readers can also ship Fa with Fa or other characters), a disciple pursuing her master, and appearances by other characters. So far, these include the Journalist, the Archer, the Bloody Queen, and all of Faction 6, Group B. The author is very open to feedback, keeps improving their writing, and replies to comments. Disclaimer: The author 302Reads—Score11814d adds
- 161 All of Bianjing Calls Me a Fool, but the Crown Prince Won’t Marry Anyone but Me for My Multiplication Tables 全京城骂我草包，太子却因九九算术非我不娶 The Entire Capital Calls Me an Airhead, but the Crown Prince Won't Marry Anyone but Me for My Multiplication Skills 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Oops, I've Become the Female Supporting Character in a Novel 不小心，穿成书中女配怎么办 Lu Lin opened her eyes and discovered that she had become a supporting female character with the same name in a novel. In the original story, the supporting character had a husband, Zhou Sui, who was 188 centimeters tall, broad-shouldered and slim-waisted, with an eight-pack and a net worth in the hundreds of billions. And she didn't want him. Instead, she was dead set on a gold-digger who used women to climb the social ladder. After they had a child, neither of them cared for the baby. She was 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Chronicles of the Tang Dynasty in Another World 大唐异世录 I Am the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, and from the start, I’m caught up in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. A thousand years ago, he was the emperor of the Tang Empire, capable of securing the nation through martial prowess and strengthening it through literature. Blessed with the talent of an emperor, his cultivation reached the pinnacle. He was The Outcast, yet stood above all others. But during the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he was brutally murdered and unexpectedly reborn a thousand years later, wi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 The Song of Severed Waters 断水赋 [The rating just came in, but it's sure to rise] [Classic fantasy + passionate action + ensemble mind games + a long, slow-burning story + polished prose] Draw your blade to cut the water, and the current only flows on. Raise your cup to drown your sorrows, and they only grow heavier. Sever the Calamity Waters! Protect all living beings! This journey leads over mountains of corpses and seas of blood, with the souls and bones of loved ones laid to rest along the way. This blade shall cut down t 6Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 165 Stepping Onto the Path of Immortality: The Evolving Heaven Mirror 凡踏仙途：衍天镜 [Mortal Cultivation] [Fast-Paced] [Tightly Plotted] [Revenge] [From Setback to Triumph] He lost his sense of taste at three, his sense of smell at six, and his voice at nine... By the time he was fifteen, Jiang Li’s world had fallen into eternal darkness and silence. Then, one day, an ancient voice pierced the void. “The five senses you lost were the price of the Immortal Artifact, the Heaven-Deriving Mirror, concealing the secrets of fate on your behalf.” Only then did he learn that his senses 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 The Crown Prince Who Should Have Abdicated and Fled Is Acting Strange 禅位跑路之主角太子不对劲 The Crown Prince, whose story is all about abdicating and running away, is acting strange. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Tales from a Tiny Office 小破单位的故事 The sorrows of community social workers: the stories that have unfolded since I started the job. So many stories come together to paint a picture of life at the very bottom, lived for ourselves and for others. In the end, though, some invisible force keeps pushing us forward. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 I Am the Swordbearer of the Heavenly Dao 我，天道执剑人 A bastard son stuck in the mire happens upon a stroke of fortune. Is it really a calamity written in his fate? He only wanted to shield his frail younger sister from the storm and find a quiet corner where they could live in peace. But invisible shackles were already fastened around him, and there was no way to escape. 2. Is the sister in his arms his path back to the world, or a prison forged by fate? Is the sect he belongs to a righteous force that saves the world, or a butcher wielding a bla 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Reincarnated as a Hilichurl, I Grow Stronger by Eating Sunsettias 转生变成丘丘人吃日落果就能变强 An ordinary Genshin Impact streamer wakes up one day as a Hilichurl. After transmigrating to this mysterious continent, he unexpectedly gains a Sunsettia System. What unusual things will he encounter in this world? 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Grant Me a Breeze of Clear Air 许我一缕清风 [Traditional xianxia + Slow Pace + One Heroine + Faux Ensemble Cast] The tides of the world rise and fall, each in their time, as things are meant to be. Three thousand years ago, you, Li An, silenced the sword cultivators of the Great Wilderness with a single strike. Three thousand years later, I, Xu Qingfeng, struck fear into all the immortals beyond the borders with one sword. Everyone says I am you, but I say, “I would rather spar with myself and remain myself!” The wind should roam freely b 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Saint King's Bone 圣王骨 Ning Tuo, the Northern Prince, had his bloodline power stolen by his elder brother, the Crown Prince. Reduced to a cripple, he was sent to an enemy kingdom and forced to become a hostage son-in-law. But on the journey, he awakened an unrivaled talent for manipulating time and became the heir to the Heaven-Severing lineage. He could seize heavenly secrets and destinies above, and sever fortunes and opportunities below. No matter how peerless a prodigy you were, every opportunity that came your wa 1.1kReads8.2Score10614d adds
- 172 Stop Dying for Love! I’ll Shatter the Gods with One Sword 别殉情了！我一剑斩碎神明 [Slay the Gods + Two Male Leads + Multiple Women’s Redemption + Unhinged Villain + Apocalypse Power-Up + Dual-Timeline Perspectives + Cthulhu Mythos] When everyone believes in the gods, offering up their love and sacrificing their lives to them, I alone see through the gods’ false masks. He demands that I burn myself as a sacrifice, only to realize he’s been betrayed. I draw my sword in return and cut down those who would die for love! The old humans at the bottom believe that their “masters” ar 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Heroes in a Troubled Age: Dawn of the Revolution 乱世群英之革命破晓 Assassinate the Qing emperor? Storm the imperial palace? Beat up traitors and confiscate the estates of corrupt officials and landlords. Sneak into Japan to wage a spy war? Bomb the emperor's palace? Adapted from real history, with explosive new plotlines and vividly drawn characters. Dedicated to the eightieth anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan. It celebrates patriotism, honors heroes, and promotes a people-centered view of history. 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 The Girls' School Under the Cane 藤条下的女子中学 Welcome to my new book. Please note, I said new book. Chapter One will explain what the new book is. Thank you, everyone. —Reads—Score2k14d adds
- 175 Unrivaled Human King 盖世人王 The birth and death of all things in this world are no more than specks of dust left behind by the turning seasons of the cosmos. Spring, summer, autumn, winter: the crushing cycle of the seasons once cast countless worlds into frozen abysses, snuffing out the lights of innumerable civilizations. Since ancient times, none could resist it. Legend has it that when spring returns to the land, life sleeping beneath the frozen earth will awaken one after another... As time flowed on, a streak of swor 58Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 176 Senior Brother Is Nothing but Trouble 师兄就是个祸害 [Traditional cultivation, invincible protagonist] Han Linxiao, the strongest human cultivator! His beloved, Hong Ling, daughter of the Demon Lord, died a hundred years ago. Heartbroken, Han Linxiao went into seclusion for a century. Thanks to his cultivation, though he was now over a hundred years old, he still looked like a twenty-year-old. He left Misty Mountain and joined another sect to pursue a woman who resembled his lost love... “Senior Brother never cultivates. He lies flat every day and 968Reads6.4Score10014d adds
- 177 The Way, Too, Has Feelings 道，亦有情 After transmigrating into the Tianyan Continent, Mo Li steps into a cultivation world where the strong prey on the weak. The cultivators here all say, “The Great Dao is merciless. Only by severing all feelings and love can you reach the pinnacle.” Only Mo Li scoffs at this. In his previous life, he was utterly alone, and love and affection were distant, unattainable luxuries. In this life, he is fortunate enough to find warmth. The comforts of everyday life and the people he holds dear are tre 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 I Slept for 180 Years and Became the Sect's Holy Son 睡了180年，我成宗门圣子了 Hu Donglai transmigrates to the Xibei Continent, where he binds himself to the first-generation, version 1.0 System and becomes Tantai Jiu, the Sacred Son of the Kunlun Immortal Sect. Later, through quantum entanglement, his soul transmigrates back to Blue Star, allowing him to send information between the two worlds. Many other transmigrators become Tantai Jiu’s customers… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Three Years Ago, He Said His Sister Was the Best. Three Years Later, He Asked, ‘Are You Trying to Drive Me to My Death?’ 三年前他说姐姐最好了，三年后他说你要逼死我吗 Three years ago, he said, “My big sister is the best.” Three years later, he said, “Are you trying to drive me to my death?” 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Transmigrated to a Chaotic Age, I Won the Realm and Its Beauties! 穿越乱世，江山美人皆入我怀！ [System]➕ [Multiple Heroines]➕ [Transmigration]➕ [Face-Slapping]➕ [Feel-Good Story] Ren Qingyun was an ordinary office worker until he unexpectedly transmigrated into an ancient era of chaos. He gets a System from the start and four stunning beauties as his wives. Each has a different personality and background. Before he can even catch his breath, he's forced to begin the march toward unifying the realm. The story moves quickly, with no drawn-out pacing or filler. It focuses on the story, deliv 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Xuanhuan: I Awakened the Chaos Dao Body from the Start 玄幻：我开局觉醒混沌道体 (Classic fantasy, Chaos Dao Body, cultivation, fantasy, decisive and ruthless, not a naive do-gooder, no System, power fantasy) Lin Chen's parents are murdered, and he awakens the Chaos Dao Body. From then on, he rises against the heavens. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 The Eternal Dao Manual 永恒道诀 Beneath the wasteland of the Myriad Worlds lie the darkest secrets of antiquity: emperors perished, gods and demons bled. A rusted, mottled spearhead, however, has endured through countless ages. The youth Lin Yu accidentally activates the spearhead and learns the Eternal Art. From then on, he rises step by step, towering over all the heroes of the ages! 547Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 183 The Teahouse Owner Who Cut Through the Martial World 那个茶馆老板杀穿了江湖 The Daily Life of a Green-Robed Teahouse Owner Forced to Work Su Buyan had planned to open a teahouse in a small town and spend his days in retirement, but a puppet-murder case toppled his signboard. The puppeteer’s mechanisms, the shifting lights and shadows on the stage, the silvery-gray powder beneath the victim’s fingernails... How could this be an ordinary murder? Someone was clearly treating human lives like puppets on strings! Even more absurdly, three strange people suddenly barged into 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 I Am the Mortal Emperor 我为凡帝 [Traditional fantasy + complete story + decisive and ruthless protagonist + no saintly behavior + no System] The world ranks innate talent into nine grades, with the first being the lowest and the ninth the highest. Lin Fan has the lowest grade, a useless first-grade talent. But his talent comes with its own space. While others cultivate for one day outside, he can cultivate for thirty days inside. One day... "Lin Fan, you're nothing but a mere first-grade talent. What makes you think you d 750Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 185 The Clouds Rise Over the Desolate Heavens 云启天荒 Traditional fantasy, not AI-generated. I type slowly, but I’ll try to update often. Suggestions are welcome! “How dare you defile the Yun Clan’s bloodline!” “You are the clan’s Holy Son, yet you dared to marry an outsider and have a mongrel child! From this day on, your title as Holy Son is revoked, and the mongrel is to be executed on the spot!” The Yun Clan ordered the young Yun Tian executed, claiming that his mixed blood brought shame upon the clan. His father, the Holy Son, was impris 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 The Wandering Traveler 游世旅者 [This book is also called “Go! To the Next World!”] Su Bai's life of crime is brought to an end by a truck driver. But after dying, he doesn't arrive in the heaven or hell people talk about. Instead, he finds himself in a mysterious space station, where he meets an “elf” named Bai Yu. Normally, this wouldn't matter much, since Su Bai is already dead, but... “As long as you earn the approval of enough worlds, I can help you come back to life, or even live forever.” Longing for life, Su Bai and Ba 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 He's Vile, Yet Somehow Everyone Hates Him 恶毒的他，竟然是万人嫌 New book / Two male leads / Modern / From universally disliked to universally adored / Younger man Wang Haojie was a poor student who always bullied his classmates, acting like a total creep. But one day, his parents brought another boy home. The boy was only a few years younger than him. He sweetly called him big brother and greeted him with good morning and good night every day. Then, one day, Wang Haojie developed an astonishing affection for him and confessed his feelings. His brother didn't 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Darkness Descends 黑暗沦陷 [By a Twist of Fate, He Became the Savior of Southeast Asia’s Underworld Emperor] The protagonist, Yi Sheng, was tricked into becoming a “piglet” at a scam compound in the Philippines, where he was beaten and starved every day, living a fate worse than death. Then one day, a gang of thugs hijacked a tour bus. Acting on impulse, he risked his life to save an old man he had never met. The next day, he was taken out of the compound and put into a Maybach. The old man patted him on the shoulder. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Glory on the Ye River 邺水黎华 [Cool and Elegant Continent Lord x Stoic Assassin] For a thousand years, she has been tormented day and night by a bone-deep baleful aura, her meridians constantly churning and raging. Only by gathering the four strands of Primordial Essence can she cleanse herself of this murderous energy and preserve her soul. Of the four strands, the Human Vein Essence is the most crucial. It alone can break through the barriers set by the other three. But she has traversed the four continents and searched de 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 The Newcomer Who Triggers My Stress Response 那个让我应激的新人 The Newcomer Who Triggers My Trauma 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 I Took Down the Entire Online Fiction World by Writing Novels 我靠写小说干翻全网文界 I Took on the Entire Online Fiction World by Writing Novels 101Reads—Score614d adds
- 192 My Urban Life 我的都市生活 Magical realism: After my soul developed a mind of its own, it packed its bags and set out into the world, inhabiting different lives and experiencing different ways of living. This is the story of what my soul encounters in different worlds, in different genders and species. Along the way, it forms attachments, changes, and gives life a different shape. 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 193 Chronicles of the Abyss 踏渊录 Ning Nian is a poor boy who lost both his parents at a young age. Fortunately, he later inherits his father's post as a patrol officer in the capital, giving him a meager livelihood. All he wants is to live out the rest of his life in peace. But an accident draws him into a shocking conspiracy. The young man struggles to survive in the cracks, and to seize that sliver of hope, he has no choice but to raise the narrow blade in his hand... 16Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 194 After Falling into the Demon Abyss, I Began Slaughtering My Way Across the World 我掉入魔渊后，开始大杀四方 Forced to leap into the forbidden Demon Abyss, a place where death was all but certain, she was rescued by a divine beast calling itself Bai Ze. By chance, she awakened a legendary special constitution: the Primordial Spirit Body. Though she had been unable to cultivate before, she set out on the path of cultivation in this perilous place, determined to find her way home… 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 In Search of the Flint 寻燧 Countdown to removal. It will be sealed away forever. Two hundred days writing for love, a million words of restless thoughts. I meant to write until the end, but my original passion has faded. The bright moon over the ditch: we shall never meet again. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Heavenly Revelation Divine Diagram 天启神图 The Great Sun fell, and the Great Night withdrew from the world, allowing the demonic path to run rampant and plunging the realm into chaos. The young Jiang Chen stumbles upon a Divine Revelation Map. Accompanied by a talking rabbit, he sets out to exterminate demons and banish evil, saving the people from dire straits. 249Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 197 Reborn in the Tang Dynasty: The Corrupted Legitimate Daughter Is the Villain 重生唐朝：黑化嫡女，我是反派 Xue Wan tried to hang herself, but survived. The first thing she did after waking was hide a pair of scissors in her sleeve. Her stepmother, Madam Zhao, thought she was still the same soft touch anyone could bully, while her younger sister, Xue Ning, looked forward to watching her kneel in the ancestral hall until dawn. But they didn’t know that the body had already changed hands. Zhang Li had spent more than a decade fighting office politics in her previous life; dealing with the petty schemes 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 I Am a Patient 我是一个病人 I was lucky enough to escape yesterday and live today, but I couldn't escape the truth that I had become a puppet. Somewhere in the world, there is always another person just like you, in appearance or personality, whether he, she, or it. When you meet, it is all part of fate. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Jian Wuchen 剑无辰 A genius sword cultivator, born with extraordinary talent for the sword and the senior disciple of a sword sect. Why was he reborn in the Manling Realm? Was it a conspiracy, or fate ordained from time immemorial? What secrets does the mysterious Manling Realm hold? An unexpected rebirth reveals an ancient secret!!! He obtains the Sword God’s legacy, the inheritance that has made countless sword cultivators bow their heads throughout the ages… Witness how the sword genius Ye Wuchen turns the tide 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 The 304th Confession in the Black-and-White Village 黑白村庄的第304次告白 If I told you this was my three hundred and fourth time coming to this place called Black and White Village, would you believe me? If I told you none of you are yourselves, that you are assembled from consciousness, would you believe me? If I told you that this place was created by someone from Earth, would you believe me? If I told you that the last time, you were yourselves, and yet not yourselves, would you believe me? Would you really believe me? (There are bonus extras in the author's notes 6Reads—Score—14d adds
