Novels like I Really Didn’t Want to Be Born
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- 51 This World Is Such a Mess! 这个世界好混乱啊！ Who am I? Where am I? Am I dreaming? Everyone in the world seems strange. What was that I heard… My heart hurts so much. At last, I picked up my knife… I died… I came back to life, but I no longer had a heart… This is a world with just one continent and a few islands, and it is on the brink of an eerie apocalypse. Can someone without a heart feel the warmth and coldness of human life? How can I hold on to my heart in a world gone mad? Why can I calmly watch the living die right before my eyes? 188Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Strike Against Mary Sue 创击玛丽苏 [Mary Sue + secret identity + melodrama] Liu Li, the world’s number-one princess, whose full name is Liu Li. Bingjing. Dieying. Feiwu. Ruoli’er. Xue. Luoying. Qiangwei Meigui Lei. Zidian. Shangxue, falls in love with Lei Ting, the world’s number-one prince, whose full name is Lei Ting. Gaba. Ye Ao Nai Wo He. Wudi. Kuang Zhua Ku Xuan. Baolong Zhanshi. Pili. She is obsessed with his breakdancing, bewitched by his arrogant, wicked charm, and even jumps off a building, donates her brain, and has hem 489Reads8.8Score105Shelves
- 53 The Heavens of All Living Beings 众生之天 The Immortal Dao is ethereal, the Ghost Dao strange and uncanny; The Buddhist Dao rests in the heart, the Demon Dao is ruthless. But only with an unwavering Dao heart can one attain immortality and freedom. The heart changes easily, the Dao fades easily; People grow old, flowers wither; When will the Dao finally be attained!!! The heavens encompass all living beings, yet are themselves just one among them! 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 My Heaven-Defying Kidney-Tonifying System 我的逆天补肾系统 Han Gao's life hit rock bottom. His marriage was over, and so was his dignity. Just then, a mysterious delivery arrived at his door: an unremarkable thermos. From that moment on, he began quietly growing stronger... 1.7kReads6.3Score103Shelves
- 55 The Sheep Village Son-in-Law: Wolffy Is an Invincible War God 羊村赘婿：灰太狼竟是无敌战神 Hong Tailang never dreamed that the Grey Wolf she had cheated on would turn out to be a wolf clan ruler who could pluck the stars from the sky and command the world! In medicine? Even Bian Que and Hua Tuo are beneath him. In martial arts? He can stabilize the realm, drive off foreign enemies, and ride to victory on the battlefield, unrivaled beneath heaven. In strategy? His knowledge spans heaven and earth, and no one can match him! From then on, he stops keeping a low profile. For the woman he 252Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Financial Ruin 破財 Dead... They're dead. The day the secret sealed away for nine years was revealed, everyone in Yunshui Town died! In the past, Cen Ziyu always thought the mountain demon that ate children was just a bizarre tale the adults had made up to scare them. Until one day, he uneasily remembered something. When he was little... he had eaten a person! Cen Ziyu and his grandmother depend on each other. Their life is hard, but the uncles and aunties in Yunshui Town have always been kind to them, ofte 286Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Global Deluge: I Stockpile Ten Billion Supplies 全球暴雨，我囤积十亿物资 [Rebirth + Stockpiling + Card Drawing + Natural Disasters + System + Comedy + Lighthearted + Absurd] A collision between stars triggers endless global rain. Floodwaters swallow every city, turning the world into a submerged hellscape. In his previous life, Lu Chen was softhearted and shared his supplies. He lasted less than two months before his selfish neighbors joined forces to kill him. Reborn seven days before disaster strikes, he binds to the Destiny Card System the instant the torrential r 451Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 The Moneylender Was Reborn Seven Days Before Me 钱庄先生早我七天重生 [Career-Focused Female Lead + Supportive Male Lead] + [Beautiful, Unhinged Second Female Lead + Sharp-Tongued, Proud Second Male Lead] + [Sincere Romance] "Boss Chen, my eldest sister doesn't like having her picture taken. She looks about the same as my second younger sister. You've met her, after all." With that one sentence, Hu Lingyi became Boss Chen's second wife. Boss Chen thought she looked ordinary, but he had to admit she had a gift with numbers. Not a single transaction in the Chen fami 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Working Overtime Again Today to Stop the Universe from Going Crazy 今天也在努力加班阻止宇宙发癫 Also known as: A Record of Cultivation Across the Multiverse. Fantasy + Sci-Fi + Wonder + Comedy; Exploration + Ensemble Cast + Everyday Life. Ji Wuxiu is a mediator for the Interuniversal Administration Bureau. His job used to be breaking up fights between the three great universes, but a disastrous teleportation accident sends him to a strange world of cultivation. Here, the Hehuan Sect is actually an orthodox sect, the little Saintess is a succubus, and his senior brother's flying sword hides 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Infinite Spiritual Power? No, I'm a Human Power Bank 无限灵力？不，我是人形充电包 Infinite spiritual power + dantian constipation + a power-supplying formation + play the pig to eat the tiger Others cultivate based on talent. Lin Que cultivates based on his battery level. He transmigrates with infinite spiritual power, but suffers from "dantian constipation syndrome," with spiritual power so blocked up that it leaks out through his lower half. Sect Leader: Go relieve yourself at the mountain-protecting formation every day. And so he becomes the Qingniu Sect's mobile power so 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Infinite Reincarnation: I Was Forced to Become a Vicious Woman from a Thousand Years Ago 无限轮回：我被迫成为千年前的毒妇 Infinite Reincarnation: I'm Forced to Become the Villainous Woman from a Thousand Years Ago 822Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Shocking: My Wife Is Breathtakingly Beautiful 震惊：我的妻子倾城倾国 A revered god is betrayed by his subordinate. With his dying breath, he uses his primordial spirit to activate the Heaven-Devouring Spirit-Transforming Bell, destroying the villains who attacked him. He expects his soul to return to the cosmos, but instead, the bell carries his primordial spirit to the Douling Continent, where it enters the body of a useless live-in son-in-law. To make matters worse, the useless man’s wife is an unparalleled beauty with a face that could topple kingdoms! And so 58Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 63 When the Evening Breeze Rises, Love Runs Deep 晚风起o衍情深 A newly appointed boss and I started off at each other's throats. After a long period of adjustment, we went from colleagues to lovers. After we got married, our life together was so sweet, joyful, and happy. 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Life as an Extra in a Cultivation World 在修仙世界做路人日子 Li Xiaoniu is an ordinary passerby, as ordinary as they come. So why do I have a spiritual root? Why was I assigned to live with the male lead? Why do I have to take the blame for him? And why do I have to deliver a letter from the female lead to him? Please stop treating me like a useful tool. Even passersby have their dignity… Years later, looking at the male and female leads living in blissful wedded harmony, and the pile of gorgeous supporting heroines tossed my way, I suddenly think this is 6kReads8.1Score475Shelves
- 65 There’s Nothing Special About Me, So I Can’t Be the Protagonist! 平平无奇的我，才不会是主角呢！ Wu Qi always thought he was an ordinary person. He believed that, as someone with no particular talent, the most important thing was to keep a low profile! Everyone else: ... You call punching someone so hard they fly around the Earth once keeping a low profile? You call lifting objects weighing several tons with one hand and casually dragging them along with the other keeping a low profile? You call treating demon beasts that everyone considers dangerous as snacks keeping a low profile? Most im 15.1kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
- 66 Who Says a Factory Worker Can’t Achieve Their Dreams? 谁说工厂普工，不能实现梦想 Who Says a Factory Worker Can’t Achieve Their Dreams? 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 That Good-for-Nothing Is Me? Then I'll Wipe Them Out 那个窝囊废是我？灭了 That Useless Loser Is Me? Take It Down. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 我知道她的秘密后，她却带我去了民政局 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 69 EN Apocalypse Choices: Starting with 100 Million American Cockroaches 末世选择：开局一亿只美洲大蠊 (The rating just came in and will rise.) “If you were given three bags of bread and had to choose one of the following options, which would you choose...” “A: Defeat a C-302-type apocalypse cockroach.” “B: Spend one hour in a sealed room with one hundred million American cockroaches.” In 2028, the Apocalypse Choices arrived. The uncanny invaded, monsters appeared, cities fell, and humanity was forced to abandon its homes and migrate in search of a slim chance of survival. At the same time, glowi 1.1MReads9.0Score175.7kShelves
- 70 Transmigrating to Become "Uncle Mary" 2 穿越成为“玛丽叔”2 [Updated with the latest chapters on November 10, 2025] [Chapters 153-275, including bonus scenes] Yang Dong, an ordinary 30-year-old office worker, transmigrates into a Mary Sue novel and becomes the female protagonist. Though he still looks like an uncle to himself, everyone else sees him as a cute high school girl. What's more, the school's four handsome male leads, each with a distinct personality, are all in love with her... 2.3kReads9.3Score367Shelves
- 71 Ming Dynasty 1572 大明1572 In the first year of the Wanli era, the ten-year-old emperor ascended the throne. Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng enforced the Kaocheng system and the Single Whip Reform with an iron hand, filling the dying Ming treasury and securing its borders over the next ten years. But the deeper the reforms went, the fiercer the opposition became; the greater his power, the deeper his loneliness. He had once been the "Teacher Zhang" most respected by the emperor, but ultimately became the person the young so 139Reads—Score124Shelves
- 72 Enlisted at Seven: Carrying Nuclear Weapons with Me 七岁入伍：随身携带核武器 I was born standing at the very top of the pyramid. I’m also a rich young master who grew up with a silver spoon in my mouth. And I’m the world’s first person to be so handsome at birth that I killed the doctor. I wanted to keep a low profile, but my abilities wouldn’t let me. 546Reads6.4Score105Shelves
- 73 Living Sacrifice 活人祭祀 Living Sacrifice 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
- 74 The Legend of Lu Hua and Hua Fei 吕华与华飞传说 The Legend of Lü Hua and Hua Fei 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Dark Web 暗网 How terrifying is the dark web? You may have brushed against its edges without even realizing it... Have you heard of the dark web? Hackers call it the other side of the internet. Every day, things that seem impossible to ordinary people happen there. A young woman goes missing for seven days. By the time we rescue her, she can hardly be called human. Then she tells me something so outrageous it makes my blood boil. She stumbled onto the dark web and was sold by human traffickers. She saw what s 8.3kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
- 76 A New Dungeon Every Day: Players Across the Worlds Are Stunned 一天一个新副本，诸界玩家惊呆了 A game of human nature, death, reproduction, and an unbelievably lifelike dream world. One day, Wu Qin discovers that he enters an unbelievably lifelike dream every night, right on schedule. At first, he is terrified and at a loss, but gradually he starts treating it like GTA 5. Red light floods the classroom as the so-called game of human nature suddenly begins. The first round's theme is: Reproduction. Under the influence of the lifelike dreams, Wu Qin has forgotten what fear feels like. He ta 5.4kReads7.6Score442Shelves
- 77 The Legend of Tang Xiaoming and Ye Hua 唐小鸣与叶华传说 The Legend of Tang Xiaoming and Ye Hua 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Civilization Collapses, and the Ancient Era Reappears 文明崩塌，上古纪元重现 The comic adaptation is now available. [Apocalyptic Disaster] [Realistic Style] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] [Character Growth] [Slow Burn] [Ensemble Cast] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Smart Protagonist] [Survival] [Global Evolution] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Invasion from Another World] The apocalypse arrived. Earthquakes, tsunamis... volcanoes erupted one after another, and the global ecosystem completely collapsed. Plants grew wildly overnight, swallowing cities. Vines hung hundreds of corpses u 379.8kReads8.5Score50.4kShelves
- 79 The Legend of Hua Xiang and Ling Zifei 华翔与灵子飞传说 The Legend of Huaxiang and Lingzi Fei —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 This Is Hilarious! The Good-for-Nothing Little Celestial Master Is Haunted by a Ghost 笑死！废材小天师被鬼缠上了 (Now available on Tomato and Red Fruit animation platforms) In the ancient age of the Primordial World, Heaven and Earth were divided into yin and yang, and Mount Tai stood over the underworld. Zhang Xiaolin was an heir to the Celestial Masters' Mansion, but he was no good at exorcising ghosts or drawing talismans. He was also ridiculously cowardly. In a fit of pique, he ventured into the back hills and accidentally entered a sealed chamber, releasing the imprisoned Ghost King, Meng Guang. He me 186Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Thirty Meters Underwater, a Bride-Clad Corpse Opened Her Eyes 水下30米，一具女尸穿着嫁衣，睁开了眼 Thirty meters underwater, a female corpse in a wedding dress opens her eyes. 3.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Three Realms Middleman: Raising a Husband in Ancient Times 三界倒爷：古代养夫郎 (Starting from Scratch: Farming and Raising a Husband) He Xiao is a mercenary feared throughout the rainforest at Dalian Pass, the infamous Lord Xiao of the lawless borderlands, and the ruler of diamond and jade mines. One day, his cultivation-obsessed father gives him an ancient jade, and he becomes bound to the [Three Realms Space System]. He can not only see through everything, but also travel bodily at will between the modern world, another world, and ancient times! The very first time he st 1.4kReads—Score367Shelves
- 83 System Tasks Too Hard? The Nation Says, “Leave It to Me” 系统任务太难？国家：放着我来 [Signed for print publication] [An unconventional story about turning in a System, focusing on the protagonist's growth and the country reaching out to him in return] Good news! I've got a System! Bad news! The System seems to have a bug and keeps trying to kill me! Faced with a System devoted to erasing its Host, Li Ce made a decision that went against his ancestors' wishes. He turned the System over to the country! P.S. The author has only posted on Dianzi. It's a great book, but I'm not very 2.3MReads9.2Score381.1kShelves
- 84 A Great Brawl of Technicians: A Tidal Wave of Skills Sweeps the Heavens 技师大混战，技能狂潮席卷诸天 [Infinite Flow] + [Ridiculous Skills] + [Lighthearted Comedy] The Gods’ Game suddenly descends, forcing all living beings to take part in round after round of games. This game sweeping across the heavens is a grand feast laid out by the supreme rulers. The male lead, Wei Ji, awakens the core skill [Man Among Men, Lu Bu] and the divine skill [Fated to Be Alone]. He becomes a celibate Lu Bu, invincible and peerless beneath the heavens. (There are frequent scenes of betraying his sworn fathers.) We 3.5kReads8.1Score201Shelves
- 85 The Bandit Bull's Reeducation Through Labor 牛拦山匪劳改记 [Goofy and Unhinged] [Shameless to the Core] [Swindling and Deceiving] [A Cast of Maniacs] [Master of Twisted Logic] A model young man of the new century, disgusted by the decline of worldly morality, slapped his thigh and transmigrated to the cultivation world, determined to find a paradise where "everyone serves me." Dayi soon found debating the Dao with his fellow disciples exhausting, until he stumbled upon a flock of lost lambs on Niulan Mountain, all about to stray down the wrong path. 157Reads—Score103Shelves
- 86 Flowing Water, Fleeting Youth 流水不芳华 The Flowing Water Knows No Springtime 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 It's Sesame. He Added Sesame 是芝麻，他在加了芝麻 [Cultivation World + Food + Ensemble Cast + No Toxicity + Lighthearted Comedy + No Female Lead + No Harem + No Angst] After transmigrating into a cultivation world as a menial disciple of the Wudao Sect, he awakens the Culinary Dao System. The entire sect goes crazy competing for a taste of his cooking. From menial disciples and outer- and inner-sect disciples to personal disciples, elders, and ancestors, everyone gets involved. Their tricks are endless. No one is more shameless than the next. T 484Reads—Score102Shelves
- 88 The Purple Garment Apocalypse 紫衫启示录 Readers, don't worry. I know what you're resisting deep down, and I'll smash every last bit of it to pieces. “World, we hate each other.” “Without lies, there can be no civilization.” “Organized crime is a stain on society, and you are a stain on organized crime.” “I can break down your moves because you've used those same moves on me.” “Rat race culture is the inflation of hard work.” “You kidnapped me, and now you're asking me about the meaning of life!?” “Hmph! Namo Amitabha!” “Tch! Jesus Chr 1.5kReads—Score219Shelves
- 89 After Daybreak 破晓过后 I walk across the land. Passing through this world, where roads stretch far and horses hurry by. I hold all things in the world lightly. After hello comes goodbye, and after goodbye comes silence. Life is vast as the sea, with mountains rising one after another. 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 When the Wind Rises, the Clouds Soar 风禾尽起云飞扬 I was born to a military family in Yunzhou, on the frontier. My youth was marred by hardship, and I was sent far beyond the border. After surviving countless brushes with death, I finally returned. Then my father and brothers were framed, and I had no choice but to come to the capital to save them. Heaven be praised, they were unharmed. The emperor showed me kindness, and I bore him a son. In times of crisis, I rooted out treacherous officials, defended against foreign enemies, and safeguarded t —Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 91 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin’s Secrets and the Triangle Star Pattern 丝路玉鉴：李烬秘事之三角星纹 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Secrets, the Triangular Star Pattern 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 The Jade Wave Immortal Lake 碧波仙湖 The Emerald Lake of Immortals 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 Guess What? She Really Does Have Two Axes! 没想到吧？她还真有两把斧子！ [A cast full of lovable weirdos + the male lead falling for her on his own + an outrageously powerful heroine + male lead reborn + heroine transmigrates + lighthearted laughs + a true-love romantic + super-sweet everyday romance] Shen Xiaoxi had just won a million yuan when she got hit by a car? When she woke up, she found she had transmigrated and become a poor country girl with nothing to her name, constantly bullied by everyone? Never mind, her unhinged antics would carry on as usual!!! Whoev 394Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 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 225Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Good Fortune, the Stunning Beauty 丝路玉鉴：李烬幸事之绝色佳人 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: Li Jin's Good Fortune and the Peerless Beauty 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 The Imprisoned Immortal Lord, Captured in War 被囚禁的战俘仙君 The story of an imprisoned captive Immortal Lord, held by his archenemy Demon Lord for the sake of all living beings. “Two male leads / forced hatred / imprisonment / humiliation / abuse / coercion / draw-a-bead game” The Immortal Lord and the Demon Lord fought each other for ten thousand years. In their final battle, the Immortal Lord was captured. His archenemy brought the captive Immortal Lord back to the Demon Palace and locked him up. “Kill you?” The Demon Lord gave him a half-smile. “That 7.1kReads8.5Score740Shelves
- 97 Don’t Be Afraid, Tutu! Grandpa Niu Is the Dragon King God of War 胡图图别怕，牛爷爷我是龙王战神 He was a peerless genius the likes of whom appeared only once every 13.5 billion years. He once single-handedly held off a million alien invaders. He was once the strongest fighter in the entire universe. During a ten-year campaign, the woman he loved most left him, and his best friend betrayed him in secret. Heartbroken, he went into seclusion at Fandou Garden Estate. He had planned to stay out of worldly affairs, live quietly on tea and simple meals, and let his life run its course. But then h 1.4kReads9.1Score135Shelves
- 98 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Destiny as an Undercover Agent in Chang'an 丝路玉鉴：李烬宿命之长安卧底 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: Li Jin's Fate as an Undercover Agent in Chang'an 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Li Family Jade Pendant, Key to Hexi 丝路玉鉴：李氏玉坠之河西密钥 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Li Clan's Jade Pendant and the Secret Key to Hexi 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Hua Yan, Heaven and Earth 华炎天与地 Huayan Heaven and Earth 5Reads—Score—Shelves
