Novels like Illuminating the Ages
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- 151 Disaster! Qin Shi Huang Secretly Learned Everything I Know 糟糕，秦始皇偷学了我的知识 Lin Mo, a science-education streamer, never could have imagined that after explaining to his viewers how the pyramids were built, a few days later they would unearth a magnificent pyramid near the Qinling Mountains! He explained how hybrid rice was developed, and they actually dug up hybrid rice from the Qin Dynasty! There was also someone who kept showing off his mastery of classical Chinese, urging him to update and asking all sorts of strange questions! Who was Qin Er Shi? What did he think o 893Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 152 Global Freeze: I Am Humanity’s Guardian 全球冰封：我为人族守护神 The world ends, and the whole planet is frozen over! The Ice Age returns. Humanity collapses, and civilization crumbles! In the final year before the apocalyptic disasters strike, Qin Ge transmigrates here with the mission of saving the world. An underground Dragon Nation seems to appear out of nowhere, becoming famous worldwide overnight. “My ancestors came from Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty, so I count as half a citizen of the Dragon Nation. Please, let me in!” “Move aside! My family only e 491Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 153 The Sword in the Martial World 剑在江湖 Every time the Seven-Star Sword appears, it stirs up a storm of bloodshed across the martial world. Some say the sword conceals an unparalleled martial arts manual; others say it is tied to a treasure worth more than an entire kingdom. The only thing everyone knows for certain is that every owner of the Seven-Star Sword has died by its blade. He is the Pure Yang Qingxu Sect’s chief disciple, and the senior brother to the entire younger generation of the Pure Yang Sect. Yet he becomes the latest 2.1kReads9.0Score19914d adds
- 154 Myriad Worlds: Get Stronger Just by Checking In 诸天：打卡就能变强 He unexpectedly gets a check-in System, but must check in across the worlds of film and television to earn rewards. Powerful martial arts, Taoist arts, and magic; valuable gold bars, jewelry, and antiques. Even the legendary ginseng fruit: a single sniff grants 3,600 years of life, while one bite grants 47,000. For those rewards, he has no choice but to give it everything he's got. 4.2kReads7.7Score20414d adds
- 155 How Did I Become Invincible by Cultivating Through Word Games? 用文字游戏修仙的我怎么无敌了？ [Immortality + passion + memes + cultivation + text-based game + one female lead = ???] Chu Bai transmigrated to a world of cultivation and unexpectedly obtained a Heavenly Dao mirror. Strange text-based games appeared on its surface: “Chug this bottle of pills. It’s all chemicals and nasty stuff! Your cultivation realm will plummet!” “You accidentally ate a premium Qi Refining Pill. Your Qi Refining limit has increased by 1,000 levels!” “You cultivated diligently for one year. Qi Refining level 2.2kReads8.9Score20514d adds
- 156 I Became an Emperor in a Hundred Years and Left the Dark Sovereigns Stunned 我百年成帝，直接震麻了黑暗至尊 [2025 completed fantasy novel with a wild premise and satisfying power fantasy] [Covering the Rise of the Great Emperor, invincible protagonist, rapid cultivation, and maximum presence] The Great Emperor's Dao Marks have faded, and a golden age is about to begin! Xuan Xiao transmigrates to another world with a sign-in System. To claim generous rewards, Xuan Xiao risks his life to visit a forbidden zone of life and sign in. They say the bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish. Sure enough, X 4.2kReads6.3Score17814d adds
- 157 Qin Shi Huang KO's the Qing Dynasty: No More Vocabulary Drills at Last 始皇KO大清：终于不用背单词了 [Qin Dynasty + passionate adventure + humor + the Myriad Worlds] After Qin Shi Huang died, a wisp of his soul drifted to the banks of the River of Time. Qin Shi Huang: “Heavenly Dao, why do those young people of later generations furrow their brows and sigh, looking so troubled?” Heavenly Dao: “They’re memorizing English vocabulary.” So the Heavenly Dao showed him the many wonders of later ages in the River of Time. Heavenly Dao: “As the Ancestral Dragon, you have one chance to be reborn. Choose 27Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 158 The Great Zhou Dynasty’s Number One Immortal Merchant 大周第一仙商 Chen Lu transmigrates to a xianxia world, born with blocked meridians and unable to cultivate. After lying low for more than twenty years, he schemes across the realm, holding power in one hand and wealth in the other. Without the talent to cultivate, he proves the Dao through business, step by step becoming the Great Zhou Dynasty's foremost immortal merchant! A humble birth is no disgrace. The ability to bend and rise again is what makes a true man! “Lay down your butcher's knife and become 809Reads8.9Score10214d adds
- 159 Livestream: The Birth of the King of Lurking 直播：苟王的诞生 [Livestream] [Infinite Flow] [Scheming] [Not an Invincible Protagonist] [No Female Lead or One Female Lead] Billions of viewers in the Livestream room watch Ye Xiao, who's been hiding in a corner without moving for three days and nights, on the verge of breaking down. Other people are livestreaming. This is just a still image. “I want to chop him up.” “It's already the third day, right? He's still hiding?” “How can anyone be so shameless?” “As expected of the King of Hiding.” “I left, but then I 895Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 160 The End of the Universe 宇宙尽头 The universe is so vast, and I want to see it. As a Level 0.75 civilization, I can’t build a spaceship, but I can buy one from a higher civilization, because I have an alien interstellar network trading device! 3.9kReads8.0Score32514d adds
- 161 I Became a Superpowered Grandpa Across the Heavens 我在诸天当超能力爷 After transmigrating to a world of superpowers, Xia Ji awakened the ability “Fool’s Stone.” Like the legendary Philosopher’s Stone, it could “turn stone into gold,” except it made fool’s gold, otherwise known as pyrite. What a tragedy. What do you mean I have the “Book of All Worlds,” which lets me send avatars with different superpowers into the Myriad Worlds, then absorb their achievements to grow stronger? Hallelujah, I’m taking off! Fool’s Stone: attain the [Fool’s Gold] Dao Fruit in vain. 481.4kReads9.0Score85.7k14d adds
- 162 My WeChat Connects to the Dragon Palace 我的微信通龙宫 [A Ning Xiaoyao Production] Luo Yun is an all-around model young man, excelling in both academics and character. After someone pulls him into an East Sea Dragon Palace chat group, he sets off down a path of no return. Ding! Congratulations, you snagged the East Sea Dragon King's red envelope and obtained an Ancient Dragon Pearl. It makes you impervious to blades and bullets, lets you summon clouds and rain, breathe underwater, store items in an inner space, and control lightning. It grants you a 434Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 163 Returning to the Ten Thousand Paths of Guizang 归藏万途 When he crawled out of a pile of corpses, he was clutching a piece of jade. Ten years later, every faction in the Western Continent would kill for it. The day his master faked his death, he told him to deliver a hard, unyielding fruit to Lingxu Palace within two years. And never take off the jade he had worn since childhood. He thought that was all there was to it. No one told him what the jade was. He thought it was a treasure that could suppress the Ruins, a key to seize power, or a life-savin 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 The Fateful Needle of Xiang Embroidery: The Son-in-Law's Deadly Reckoning 湘绣绝针：赘婿索命 The Unerring Needle of Xiang Embroidery: The Son-in-Law Claims a Life 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Fairest Is That Crimson Flower 最美是那一朵血花 The Most Beautiful Flower Is a Bloodstain 58Reads—Score214d adds
- 166 EN Great Xia Lords 大夏王侯 As eternal night descends and demons run rampant, a shy young man walks into the Summer Palace on the eve of a century-long darkness. 281Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 167 Primordial Lord Hongmeng: Jiang Qinghan's Investiture of the Gods, Wiping Out Evil Across the Nine Heavens 鸿蒙元主：封神姜清寒，肃尽九天邪 Primordial Hongmeng Lord: Invest Jiang Qinghan with the Gods, Purge Evil from the Nine Heavens 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Infinite Upgrade System 无限升级系统 Yang Xu transmigrated with the [Unlimited Level-Up] cheat. One devastating strike, and instantly reaching Level 999 is no longer the limit! Resurrection, paralysis, and teleportation artifacts are all yours just by fighting monsters! Nine Suns Divine Skill, Six Meridians Divine Sword, and Demon-Seeded Dao Heart Skill: kill someone and they’ll drop! Divine maidens, holy maidens, and demonesses throw themselves into his arms, while Heavenly Emperors, gods, and Demon Emperors compete to become his 5.6kReads8.4Score66714d adds
- 169 Global Lord: Starting from Scratch to Build the Supreme Honghuang 全民领主：从零开始打造至高洪荒 [Everyone a lord + Primordial World + scheming protagonist + strategic genius] Lords are known as the scourge of the heavens and the nightmare of countless worlds! Powerful lords can command immortals and gods and wage war across the heavens! They can harness the protagonists of heaven and earth and establish supreme divine kingdoms! Su Ye unlocks the Infinite Enhancement System and gets an SSS-rank lord identity from the start. Starting as a lowly monkey spirit, he enhances himself step by 454Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 170 Showbiz: I Play Villains, and They Tell Me to Tone It Down 娱乐：演反派，他们叫我收敛一点 (Anyone interested in adapting this into a short drama can search for From Extra to Movie Star.) Su Han, a background actor working in Hengdian, activates the Villainous Movie Star System. He simulates the villain Feng Yuxiu from the film The Wrath of Vajra. After simulating Feng Yuxiu for three months in the System, he has mastered every aspect of the character's circumstances and feelings, and even acquired his martial arts skills. Before the audition, Director: “Aren't you that hopeless extra 5.2kReads7.9Score36014d adds
- 171 Nine Dreams Like Illusions 九梦如幻 Nine Dreams, Like Illusions 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 172 I Am a Dream, and You Are an Illusion 我是梦～你如幻 I am a dream~ You are an illusion 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 The Great Luo Immortal Venerable 大罗仙尊 My father is the Eternal Great Dao, my mother is the Eternal Heavenly Emperor, my uncle is the Demon Lord Luo Hou, and my wife is Nuwa Houtu. I am the Eternal Crown Prince. At home, I have 36 Heavenly Dao War Gods, 3,000 Immortal Emperors as my ministers, a million quasi-sages as my soldiers, and billions of Great Encompassing Golden Immortals as my slaves. 186Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 I Am Wu Dalang: With Future AI, I Conquer the Northern Song 我武大郎：携未来Al踏平北宋 A portrait of a group of super-AI beings from the future! Wu Dalang, poisoned by Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing working together, is snatched away at death's door by a time-space rope from the future's Ancient Rescue Service for People in Peril. In the year 13520, he masters top-tier cooking skills and business secrets, and brings back twelve AI assistants, each with different abilities. Armed with two hundred taels, seeds for space wheat, and futuristic technology, Wu Dalang makes a triumphant retu 11Reads—Score314d adds
- 175 I’m a Primordial Saint, and I’ve Joined the Chat Group 洪荒圣人的我加入聊天群 (Invincible from the Start + the Myriad Worlds + chat group + No Female Lead + Pokemon) After transmigrating to the Primordial World for countless eras (one era is approximately 100 yuanhui, and one yuanhui is 129,600 years), Ye Tianfan became a Sage. In this world, no one could ever threaten him. Even Hongjun could not defeat him, and the Heavenly Dao had to treat Ye Tianfan, this Sage, with respect. His combat power was simply too great: he had attained the Dao through sheer strength. Just as 5.3kReads8.4Score33014d adds
- 176 The Great Era of Cosmic Revival 宇宙复苏大时代 [Spaceships and warships + cultivation + interstellar adventure + comedy + power fantasy + no System] Have you ever seen the dazzling sight of billions of Blue Star people rushing toward deep space? Have you ever witnessed tens of millions of starships crossing the void? The universe awakens, and countless races rise! While deep-space adventurers are still opening up new frontiers and exploring, when Jiang Ming looks up at the stars, everything in his gaze becomes fuel for his growth. With his a 3.7kReads8.2Score21914d adds
- 177 You Were Asked to Study the Weather, So Why Are You Hitting the Eagle Fleet with an EMP? 让你研究气象，你磁暴鹰酱舰队？ Internal intelligence report: June 27, 2026. Location: Central Pacific Ocean. Incident: The 46 countries of the Ugly States Alliance sent a combined force of 78 major warships to participate in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise. Midway through, an extremely fast-moving object suddenly appeared in the sky. After descending to sea level, it generated a free-floating electromagnetic field. Several allied warships sent to investigate lost contact... Also: The Uranus, a reconnaissance vessel from the D 12.4kReads8.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 178 From Rain of Swords Across the Heavens 诸天从剑雨开始 It all begins with the Forty-One Moves of the Water-Repelling Sword. He paid his respects to the Sword Demon’s remains in the sword mound outside Xiangyang City. He roamed the martial world alongside the Goddess Dragon, broke the Dragon Soul Saber at Guantian Gorge, and heard the Phoenix Blood Sword wail. He once subdued the Six Paths of the Demon Sect with his sword and ordered Cihang Jingzhai to seal its gates for a hundred years after reaching Zhongnan. He also mastered flying swords and took 83Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 179 What If the World Had Sequence Games? 假如世有序列游戏 [Light novel, chuunibyou, takes off in Chapter 91, becomes the top-ranked player] Beneath the blue and purple neon lights that stained the night, in a bustling city teeming with people, the System granted players the abilities of their fantasies. Immortal arts and martial disciplines, yin-yang sorcery, supernatural technology, curse seals and spirit summoning... Players from different systems began fighting for supremacy in the sequence rankings... My name is Bai Yu. By the time you read this me 7.9kReads9.1Score64614d adds
- 180 Wasteland: One-Click Extraction, Permanent Immortality Buff from the Start 废土，一键提取，开局永久不死buff Ye Jue fell in the battle against the Demon Gods after the world became a wasteland, only to return to the very beginning! On top of that, he got bound to a buff-extraction System! What shocked him even more was that the buffs he extracted were permanent. From the start, he extracted a permanent immortality buff! Now he could do whatever he wanted. Life-restricted zones, mutant nests... even early on, he could stroll right in and crawl back out without a care! When he emerged carrying an Awakene 2.8kReads6.6Score33114d adds
- 181 From the Start in Debt, I Became a Tycoon by Reporting People 开局负债，我靠举报成首富 [Urban Power Fantasy + One Heroine + Lighthearted Everyday Informant Life + Criminal Investigation + Auxiliary National Security] Owing a million after his deadbeat dad saddles him with debt from the start? Lin Ning awakens the [Bounty Eye] in a stunning turnaround: Red names = criminals = walking rewards. Catch a spy first and earn 500,000 to pay off the debt! Gold = good fortune = hidden opportunities. Invest in promising young talents and ride the wave to easy money! From then on: He reports 3.4kReads8.7Score33514d adds
- 182 Me, a Prodigy? 我，妖孽也 There are two kinds of cultivators in this world. One follows a proper, orthodox lineage, whether practicing the righteous arts or demonic cultivation. Either way, they have a master. The other studies from books and practices blindly on their own. These are commonly known as self-taught outsiders, or fox-spirits practicing Zen. An Lin belongs to neither the orthodox sort nor those self-taught outsiders who blindly follow books. By observing the “phenomena” within himself, he grasps the true mea 284Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Immortal Qin: Ying Zheng Opens the Heavens and Leads Great Qin into Honghuang 仙秦：嬴政开天，携大秦，入洪荒 “Fellow ministers, tell me, is this a deer or a horse?” Seeing that no one answered, Zhao Gao turned to the ministers behind him and asked again, his expression threatening. “It is, it is...” Just as the ministers below were about to submit to Zhao Gao's tyranny, a loud, commanding voice suddenly rang out from beyond the palace hall. “But I say it's neither a deer nor a horse. It's a stinking rat skulking in the shadows!” (The blurb doesn't do it justice, so please head to the main text! This no 3.3kReads8.9Score29914d adds
- 184 The Legend of the Black Hole Kid: Battle in the Desert 黑洞小子传奇之沙漠大战记 This novel is the first installment in my epic science-fiction fantasy series, The Legend of the Black Hole Kids. It aims to create a new generation of cosmic heroes, led by the Black Hole Kids Jingjing and Liangliang, who are even mightier and more extraordinary than Nezha and Sun Wukong! The story follows the spectacular arrival of six young cosmic heroes: the Black Hole Kids Jingjing and Liangliang, Ruirui, Yingying, Fire Boy, and Ice Girl. Together, they defeat the forces of desertification 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 The Record of Exorcism at Zhengyang: The Evil Pestle Restores Spring 正阳诛魔录：邪杵回春 The Record of Slaying Demons in Zhengyang: The Evil Pestle Restores Life 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 One Word from Me, and a Hundred Thousand Chosen Disciples Descend the Mountain! 为师一句话，十万天命弟子出山！ [Comedy + lighthearted + goofy + behind-the-scenes] Ye Xun transmigrates to a world where teachers are revered, only to be suppressed by the academy and banished to a savage wasteland. At the crucial moment, a System appears. And everything changes. While other teachers are still racking their brains to find talented disciples, Ye Xun is already swinging his ruler and beating the protagonists from every plane until they howl. While other teachers are still painstakingly guiding their disciples’ 512Reads8.5Score10114d adds
- 187 Xuanhuan: The Supreme of Ten Thousand Tribulations Is Seriously a Coward! 玄幻：万劫至尊，你是真的苟啊！ [System + Invincible + Imperial Clan + the Myriad Worlds + Decisive and Ruthless + Pure Power Fantasy] Born with a Chaotic Body and accompanied by a Supreme Immortal Bone, he also awakens an overpowered System bolstered by an invincible domain. “What? You think your physique can measure up to my Chaotic Body? My Chaotic Body and Supreme Immortal Bone will crush you!” “What? You can control countless laws? They’re all u 1.1kReads6.1Score10414d adds
- 188 The Legend of Black Hole Boy: Wanwan, the Boy with Two Brains 黑洞小子传奇之双脑奇人小万万 The Legend of the Black Hole Kid: Xiao Wanwan, the Two-Brained Prodigy is the second installment in my long science fiction and fantasy series, The Legend of the Black Hole Kid. It mainly tells the story of a foolish child from ancient times. His private school teacher taught him that one was a horizontal stroke, two was two horizontal strokes, and three was three horizontal strokes. After that, he thought he had learned everything and no longer needed the teacher. He was the foolish son of a la 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 A Yin Bond Before the Coffin on Yin Mountain, Guiding the Dead to Their Fates 阴山棺前结阴缘，赶尸渡魂定三生 A Yin Bond Before a Coffin on Yin Mountain, Exorcising Corpses and Guiding Souls to Settle Three Lifetimes 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Legend of the Black Hole Kid: The Two Tigers and Frogs Versus the Sky-Swallowing Wolf 黑洞小子传奇之二虎蛙大战吞天狼 This is the ultimate showdown between a high-tech immortal from the future, Black Hole Boy, and the immortals of heaven. One day in the future, a ferocious super beast from our primordial universe, the Devourer Wolf, set its sights on our beautiful home, Earth. It began swelling until it was dozens of times larger than Earth. Then, planting one foot on a star at a time, it strode through space like a moving mountain range, heedless of everything in its path, arrogant and overbearing as it charge 1Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 191 National Fate: Invasion of the Myriad Races, I Forge a Mythic Civilization 国运：万族入侵，我缔造神话文明 A game called “Civilization Evolution” descends upon Blue Star, and one person from each country is chosen at random to enter the Battlefield of Myriad Races. Everyone starts with a city and must defend it against monster attacks. If they successfully defend it, both the city lord and the country they represent receive immense rewards. If they fail, then for every monster that captures the city lord’s manor, ten thousand identical monsters will appear in the city lord’s country. Just as Jiuzhou 2.8kReads8.4Score18414d adds
- 192 EN Mecha: Full Metal Storm 机战：全金属风暴 [Apocalypse + Giant Beasts + Mecha] Giant beasts invade, and the apocalypse descends! Luo Yan, a surface survivor, awakens a mysterious eye technique, pilots a mecha, and takes on the giant beasts. Metal clashes against metal! Humanity's final roar! A legend of heroes... 380Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 193 The Legend of Beland 贝兰德传说 Survival or death, rebirth or ruin, conquest or enslavement? War is an inevitable choice on the path to a race's survival! A human youth who grew up in an orc camp accidentally uncovers the secret behind a race war buried for ten thousand years. Magic and battle aura shine side by side, dragons dance with magical beasts, and the age-old feud between humans and orcs continues. Elegant elves, brutal dwarves, mysterious sea folk, and the vanished giants all make their appearance, as the continent o 3.8kReads8.8Score39014d adds
- 194 Great Qin: Shocking the First Emperor from the Start 大秦：开局震惊秦始皇 Lin Tian is a history enthusiast. When he gets home, he awakens the Secret Realm of the Quiz House. Inside, the secret realm randomly summons famous historical figures from different dynasties to answer questions. Qin Shi Huang, Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Wen of Sui, and many others are summoned in turn. [How many years did the Qin Empire last?] Choice One: Fifteen years. Choice Two: One hundred years. Choice Three: A thousand years. Choice Four: It will last forever. The First Emperor la 918Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 195 Master the Art of Conversation and Become a Great Speaker 回话有招练就好口才 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.7kReads6.4Score16014d adds
- 196 Gazing Across the Four Seas 观四海 This isn't a conventional web novel. It features multidimensional space, rotating and traversing time sequences, and a diverse world of mutated races (beastfolk, insect races, marine life, and more), with varied narrative styles, interlocking plotlines, major foreshadowing, and tightly closed logical loops. The male lead, Qin Wei, can communicate with marine life and is also the chosen one most trusted by the Insect Queen. He seems to keep awakening as time turns, yet fails again and again. He m 178Reads—Score1114d adds
- 197 The Millennium Jade Disc: Zhaoshan's Deadly Plot to Root Out Japanese Collaborators 千年玉盘：昭山绝局锄倭奸 The Millennia-Old Jade Disc: A Deadly Trap at Zhaoshan to Root Out Japanese Collaborators 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 The Iron-Blooded Swordswoman 铁血巾帼剑 Iron-Blooded Heroine's Sword 22Reads—Score314d adds
- 199 Global Class Change: Starting with Infinite Firepower 全民转职：从无限火力开始 [Class Change for All + Comedy + Passion + Ruthless Action + Multiple Classes] Games descended into reality, bringing countless dungeons, secret realms, and abysses. Only by becoming a class changer and leveling up continuously could one reach the pinnacle of the world! On the day he changed class, Chu Feng became a hidden-class Thunder Mage. But since the Thunder Mage's skills consumed too much mental energy and had excessively long cooldowns and casting times, it was labeled a useless class. F 301Reads8.6Score10614d adds
- 200 Horror Tales: The Whole Nation Begs Me to Cross-Dress! 恐怖怪谈：全国跪求我女装！ Luo Lin transmigrates to a parallel world and is chosen to enter the world of rule-based horror games. Every contestant directly affects the fortunes of the country they represent. With the whole nation placing its hopes in him, Luo Lin decides it's time to show what he can do. [Dear man living alone, please disguise yourself as a woman and remember the following rules.] [One: It only needs a little time to notice that the women's clothes you've left on the balcony are fake.] [Two: It's very cle 658Reads8.6Score12414d adds
