Novels like The Singing Serpent in the Sky
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- 51 I Went to College Orientation as a Corpse Driver, and the Director of Bureau 749 Wept 大一赶尸去报到，749局长哭了 [Urban Fantasy] [Corpse Driving] [Absurd Comedy] [749 Bureau] [Funny Horror] Zhang Wei, heir to the corpse-driving tradition of western Hunan, is kicked down the mountain by his father during his first-year summer break. His mission: take a "client" who died far from home back to their hometown, so they can return to their roots. To save on travel costs, Zhang Wei simply rides the talisman-covered "client" like a shared bike! On the road, he meets a weasel spirit seeking a title: "Do I look like 69.1kReads7.5Score7.9kShelves
- 52 Nuo Mask: I Can Devour Ghosts and Monsters Without Limit 傩面：我能无限吞噬鬼怪 Chen Mo, a college student, takes on odd jobs dealing with “family inheritance,” such as rewriting the script for a ghost opera troupe from 1943, reasoning with shadow puppets made of human skin from the Qing dynasty, and dropping into an old painting to fish out his father, who has been missing for years. His support tools are a little dubious: a rogue app that keeps pushing “nearby anomalies” and a Taotie mask that gets hungrier the more he uses it. Then the Veil shatters across the globe, t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 After My Husband Died, the Mad Governor Took Me by Force 夫君去世，被疯批都督强取豪夺 [Forced love + taking by force + both leads’ first and only love] Jiang Yaomiao, the legitimate daughter of a marquis’s household, marries Xiao Yunjing, the disabled governor of Yan, to save her family. Who could have guessed that on her very first day, she would be sent to the wrong bridal chamber and accidentally witness her brother-in-law, Xiao Yingshu, committing murder? From then on, he corners and threatens her day after day. He says, “Miaomiao, sometimes I find you so meek and pleasing. B 411Reads6.7Score117Shelves
- 54 At First, People Thought He Could Still Strike a Second Time 起初，人们以为他还能砍出第二刀 [High Martial] [A satisfying, fast-paced level-up story] [Lighthearted and funny] (New book, rating will rise later) In the Age of Disaster and Martial Arts, the mightiest superhumans can move mountains and overturn seas. Ding! Your System is now online! Xu Shang looked at his System, a little confused. Wasn’t this... a bit too bare-bones? Name: Xu Shang Level: Lv. 0 Sword Aura Level: Lv. 10 Why was his System so different from everyone else’s? Years later, Xu Shang stood amid a wasteland 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 The Love and Hate of Two Mosquito Coils 两盘电蚊香的爱恨情仇 [Two male leads + System + instances + wild imagination + pure love + both virgins] Hotheaded, sharp-tongued attack × aloof, teasing receiver. Lin Ye is unexpectedly pulled into an instance world, where he meets Shen Yi. This NPC is a little different. What kind of NPC risks his life to protect a player? When Shen Yi finally dissolves into streams of data in Lin Ye’s arms, Lin Ye makes a decision: he’ll stay in the instance world. With every new world he enters, the System erases his memories. H 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 The Camellia Blossom Demon 山茶花妖 Three thousand years ago, the Divine Lord Cangming went to Linghu Mountain, where the mortal realm borders the Demon Realm, to stop a rebellion. Little did he know that a camellia branch atop the mountain would tear his cloud-weave robes. It was still early. Looking at the camellia spirit, who had already developed a consciousness, Divine Lord Cangming curled his lips into a smile that could captivate an entire city. “Little flower spirit, you’ll have to mend the robe you tore.” “Then hurry and 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Shipping Everything Only Makes My Grades Better 什么都磕只会让我成绩优异 Complete · [Ensemble Cast + School Life + Healing + Daily Life + Based on True Events] The school scenes feature an ensemble cast, while the story outside school focuses on the main characters. The plot serves the characters. This is a utopian-style school, with some deliberately far-fetched shenanigans. If that's not your thing, please feel free to leave. Choose your deskmate: The sunshine social butterfly, the shy and sensitive introvert, the drama-loving art student, the law-abiding citizen, 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Consort Hua Becomes a Marquis's Wife and Whips the Whole Family into Shape 华妃穿成侯夫人，整顿全家 After becoming the Marchioness of Dongchang, Nian Shilan hadn’t even had a chance to whip the hollow shell of a marquis’s household into shape before three things left her reeling: First, her eldest daughter was seducing the heir to the Marquis of Ningyuan, and the whole city knew it. Second, the emperor ordered an investigation into the debts owed by the noble families. Third, after auditing the books, she discovered that her daughter’s marriage, her husband’s debts, and an unspeakable secret i 22Reads—Score150Shelves
- 59 A Dream Beneath the Bamboo Moon 篁凉一梦 A Dream Beneath the Huang Liang Tree —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Why Are You Sending This King a Princess to Marry? 给本王送个和亲公主是要干甚？ Why on earth are you sending this prince a princess for a political marriage? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Help!!! My Best Friend Has Shrunk! What Do I Do? 急！！！闺蜜变小了怎么办？ Urgent!!! What should I do if my best friend has shrunk? 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 When a Quack Meets a Crooked Merchant 当庸医碰上奸商 Completed. [The cool beauty who cross-dresses as a man x the attention-seeking goof with a brain full of holes] #Mystery #TwoMaleLeads #TenYearsOfHiddenPlots #SlightEnsembleCast #ShiftingFirstPersonPOV #ATouchOfSupernaturalInTheExtras "I'm a quack. If you're not dead, don't come in." When Shen Qi pushed open that broken door, he thought it was just a joke. He met an "icy mountain" of a female doctor in a Ming-style long robe, half a head taller than him. He thought it was love at first sight. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 From the Start, the Chosen One Sweeps Through the Four Quarters 开局，位面之子横扫四合 Heroes as mighty as Ma Wu unsheathe their swords; youths like Zhong Jun volunteer to serve. Every inch of the land is bought with blood, and a hundred thousand people make a hundred thousand soldiers! Emperor Guangwu endured countless hardships in his life, yet was fortunate to have the generals who restored the dynasty and the Twenty-Eight Star Mansions at his side. They destroyed Wang Mang, defeated Wang Lang, reclaimed Hebei, advanced into Henei, fought the Lulin rebels, crushed the Chimei, s 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Scars and the Road Ahead 刻痕与前行 [Fantasy + Multiverse] [Note: This isn’t a traditional power-fantasy novel with an overpowered cheat. The style is closer to realistic fiction.] The old monarchy has fallen into decline, and a new generation of powers is beginning to vie for supremacy. The Three-Phase Stone, which guarded peace in all directions, has been shattered and scattered. Space and time are in turmoil, and history is being rewritten... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 My Name Is Jiang Yating 我叫江亚霆 "Jiang Ting was my benefactor, and he's the only family I have left. He's disappeared, so I'll carry on his will and finish what he couldn't. That's why my name is... Jiang Yating." —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Childhood Sweethearts Among the Bamboo Groves 青梅竹马绕竹林 Childhood Sweethearts Through the Bamboo Grove 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 My Robot Jun 我的Robot俊 A love story between a humanoid intelligent robot and the lover fate has chosen for him. From the moment they meet, the gears of destiny begin to turn. What will become of family, friendship, and love? Who is pulling the strings behind it all, and what is the truth? Once a robot develops a will of its own, will “love” drag him into the abyss? Can ethics triumph over true love… 2Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 68 The Escort of the Mountains and Seas: The Langyin Garment Tomb 山海押镖人之琅音衣冢 (Fantasy adventure!! If you love adventure, come along.) Escort work isn't like hosting a banquet, writing an essay, or drawing and embroidering flowers. There's nothing refined or genteel about it, and certainly no room for being mild-mannered, respectful, frugal, and yielding. Escorting cargo is a skill for surviving in the martial world, a matter of life and death, and a contest of intrigue and deception. Bandits, robbers, crooked inns, charlatans, and all sorts of factions will stop at nothi 37Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 69 The Young Manor Lord’s Growth Diary 少庄主成长日记 [Strong female lead + ensemble cast + 1VN + character growth] Chi Yunyan, young mistress of Buquan Manor, lost her mother when she was young and was neglected by her father. Everyone she meets seems to have an extraordinary identity: the young princess of the merfolk raised by her family, a senior fellow disciple who sacrificed himself to be reborn, a junior fellow disciple bound by an imperial order, a badly injured boy they found and took in, a Demon Lord entangled with her by fate, a betrothe 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Bureau of Supernatural Investigations 超自然事件调查局 A bizarre murder case draws me into the investigation of mysterious supernatural events: crew members on a deep-sea fishing vessel inexplicably slaughtering one another, immortals hiding in the city, legendary vampires, Nazi doomsday troops of a godlike race and their Aryan holy city, and a gigantic human-face structure on Mars. We are not alone in the universe, and human society is just as complicated. 358Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 71 Case Files of the Unusual: New Century 异案调查录2：新世纪 A century marks one hundred years. In this new century, technology and information are advancing at breakneck speed, and all kinds of bizarre cases are springing up everywhere. News of them spreads faster than ever before. A boy who can only walk by hopping, another person's face appearing in the village well, a human shadow appearing on a factory warehouse wall in the middle of the night, and more... Only the Unusual Cases Investigation Bureau can handle this series of bizarre incidents... 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Strange Tales from the Northeast Paranormal Investigation Bureau 东北民调局异闻录 This is an organization dedicated to investigating and handling all kinds of bizarre supernatural events. To avoid causing public panic, it was established under the name Bureau of Folklore Investigations. The novel reimagines and develops various supernatural legends from Northeast China. Its strange events and compelling stories are presented with a distinctive Northeastern sense of humor. All manner of mysterious incidents, mountain spirits, and ghosts are told here! 415Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 I Escorted Him All the Way, and My Brother Finally Became the City Lord 一路护送，哥哥终于当上城主了 Xianxia mystery-solving + overprotective brother fanatic + power struggles in the city lord's manor + no System + ensemble cast [Not a female-power fantasy + adorably contrasting older brother + ruthless younger sister + powerful allies] At thirteen, Sang Yu met her older brother for the first time. Their parents were each city lords in their own right, and they had their reasons. She had expected a joyful reunion, but instead, disaster struck. As the heir to two cities, Sang Ji should have been 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 I Just Want to Play Games, So Why Am I the World’s Only Savior? 想玩游戏的我，是世界唯一救星？ Chen Keke, whose growth had been guided by a hidden mastermind since birth, unexpectedly becomes a superpowered being one day. To defeat the mastermind, he actually enters the game world? He only wants to play games, yet turns out to be the world's only hope? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 The Long Road Home 长路归航 This book is dedicated to the friends who have walked alongside me all this way. This is a story written for you, a gift to you. When you read it, I hope you will remember the carefree days of our youth together. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Case Files of Unusual Investigations 异案调查录 Throughout the vast world, from ancient times to the present, there have always been mysterious events that humans cannot explain. And there is a group of people who endure countless hardships in their pursuit of the truth. The cases they investigate are all considered paranormal… 501Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 77 Top Secret: Paranormal Investigation Bureau 绝密：灵异事件调查局 To investigate and handle supernatural incidents, the nation established a special task force. All files, mission reports, and research are classified as the highest level of national secrecy. As a field operative, I was fortunate enough to take part in handling all kinds of cases: the madness of thousand-year-old corpses, the wonders of supernatural abilities, and incidents involving hybrids of spirits, demons, and monsters... 152Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 I Dropped Out of College, Then Turned Around and Wreaked Havoc on Bureau 749 大一退学，我反手祸害749局 [Pure wish fulfillment + ruthless action + comedy + endless memes + cunning protagonist] “Li Xuan, you’ve been expelled from school.” “Why? All I did was ruin the freshman welcoming ceremony, sneak into the girls’ dorm twice, blow up a few toilets, and break a couple of windows.” The principal clutched his chest. “Go! Disappear! Get the hell out of here!” As Li Xuan stood bewildered at the school gates, a bald man approached with a young man. “Li Xuan, we’re investigators from Bureau 749. Join u 468Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 I Cut Off the Gods' Incense Offerings in the Mortal World 我在人间断了神明香火 [No System + no female lead + no transmigration + no saintly do-gooder] The gods sit enthroned above the heavens, feeding on the incense of the mortal world. The common people scrape by in the world below, crushed by hardship and oppression. From the moment I set foot on the path of martial arts, I inherited the faith, will, and courage of all living beings in their fight against the gods. If their faith demands that I bow and scrape, then I'll show these gods the pride of a martial artist! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Reborn, She Goes Viral With Her Ridiculous Antics 重生归来她靠沙雕火出圈 In her previous life, she trusted the wrong people and ended up trapped in a quagmire. Her career in show business left her battered and humiliated, ending in regret. Reborn, she is determined to take back everything that belongs to her. She throws away her gentle, refined persona and lets loose, embracing a goofy new style! While others act with poise and elegance on set, she cracks jokes and causes a stir. While others charm their fans with sweetness, she says the most shocking things in every 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 I’m a Folklorist in a Lovecraftian World 我在克系世界当民俗学者 [Cthulhu] [Western Fantasy] [Victorian Steampunk] [Wizarding World] This novel is also known as: Outsiders Are the Real Bosses. We’re both possessing bodies, but do you really think you can beat me to it? A poor boy from another world, bullied and humiliated by his noble classmates? The protagonist says: Sorry, I’m an evil god. Open the door! I’ve got a blessing for you! These are the best of times, and the worst of times. Knowledge pursues scholars, the Old Gods stir in the depths of the world, 621Reads5.6Score114Shelves
- 82 Winning Over the Host Is a Bit of a Challenge 攻略宿主有点傻 [Slow-paced. The title of the only world can't be changed.] [System, campus, ensemble cast, redemption, mutual devotion, healing] An innocent little Host × a tsundere, sharp-tongued cat System. They bicker in their daily lives while helping their friends heal. This is a slow-burn story. Bai Li has lived in an orphanage since she was little. The only person who was kind to her was the headmistress. Bai Li is very beautiful, but her mind is only that of a seven- or eight-year-old child. When the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 After My In-Laws Rejected Me, I Became the God Who Protects the Nation 被婆家嫌弃后，我转身成了护国神 Cruelly abandoned by her boyfriend because of their difference in social standing, and mercilessly bullied by workplace schemers. At thirty, Shen Changge was reborn from the depths of her darkest despair. She saw through the city’s disguise and glimpsed the truth of the demons lurking among ordinary people. She awakened her very own “Demon Devouring Inheritance System”! Kill a demon, inherit all its cultivation, supernatural abilities, savings, property, and shares. The more she kills, the str 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Summer of 2005 零五逢夏 A transmigration-themed story about entrepreneurship. At 50, after a life of mediocrity and years of being put down and emotionally manipulated, a woman transmigrates and finally discovers the ambition to reach for the sky. The coldness of the world is crushed and swept away. The human world isn’t a dead end, but a vast sea of mortal life. Golden finger: reborn, meets fellow reborn people, and later the male lead’s soul transmigrates into another body. The leads are not each other’s first. Both 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Doomsday: The Other Side of Success 末日：成功的彼岸 (Slow burn + female characters + no harem + no brainless plot + eerie horror + apocalypse) “The world shouldn’t be destroyed like this. I will... create the world anew...!!!” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 The Star Art Chronicles: The Destiny of the Divine Descendant 星诀录：神裔的宿命 On the day the divine beasts fell, the Four Tribes ran rampant. Twenty-eight Star Art Seals were scattered across the land, awaiting the chosen one destined to save the world. The legendary Star Art patterns spread across the body, but who could wield their power to destroy heaven and earth? An ordinary man, Baili Weiyue, bears the burden of saving the world and sets off alone on a legendary journey. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 I Became Invincible After Maxing Out Every Stat 我，全修后无敌了 [Reading Guide] This is a slow-paced ensemble coming-of-age story with a CP. Not a traditional cultivation novel. The world has evolved from a matriarchal society into its present form. Liking someone does not mean being in love. Love encompasses many kinds of intimate bonds. No harem or love triangle, only one CP, with a clear romance arc. [Synopsis] Born into this world from the womb, Song Xichen enters the path of cultivation by a twist of fate. The path of cultivation here is unlike any othe 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 My Packages Are Delivered to an Eternal Dynasty 我的快递，送达万古王朝 Chen Fan was delivering takeout during a torrential downpour. After climbing twelve flights of stairs, all he got was a one-star review and a forty-yuan fine. Then the System arrived. It wasn't the kind that let him cultivate immortality. It was for delivering packages. First delivery: King Wu Ding of Shang requested a "sacred flame in the rain." Chen Fan delivered a two-yuan lighter, and Wu Ding fell to his knees. Second delivery: Di Xin requested a "miracle medicine for warriors." Chen Fan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Bureau 749, Section 13 749局13科 Bureau 749 is a mysterious department dedicated to handling supernatural phenomena and incidents. Psychics are peculiar, unknown beings with special abilities that defy explanation. To maintain social stability, Bureau 749's main task is to control and monitor psychics and prevent them from committing crimes. But the darkest things in society aren't psychics or criminal acts. They're the human heart, and the incomprehensibly mysterious, unfathomable force known as fate... A top agent forced into 3.2kReads7.7Score399Shelves
- 90 After My Boyfriend and I Broke Up, We Met Again at a Billionaires' Banquet 和男友分手后，我俩在富豪晚宴重逢了 After Breaking Up with My Boyfriend, We Reunited at a Gala for the Rich 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Night Watcher: The Last Lamp in the Eternal Night 守夜人：永夜残灯 [Doomsday Survival] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Ensemble Cast] [Eerie] Every night, a single light comes on at Qingyugang, right on schedule. It is the only light within a thirty-mile radius. It is also the last hope of all the refugees. Lu Chen has kept watch for three years and saved more than a thousand people. Until one day, he brings back an unconscious boy from the edge of a rift. When the boy wakes, he stares at Lu Chen for a long time before saying: “Lu Chen, your wife might still be alive. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Chronicles of the Ashen Earth 烬土录 You can try it, but I wouldn’t recommend it. The book was signed too early, so I can’t change the title anymore. It can only be called Records of the Ashen Earth now. I originally wanted to change it to The Mountain Keeper: I Slay Demons with My Sharp Tongue. Synopsis Deep in the Qinling Mountains lies a town called Ashen Earth, where generations have served as mountain keepers. I, Chen Nian, had kept watch for seventeen years, but on the day the peachwood tablet shattered, my entire clan tre 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 The Little Martial Uncle Who Seeks Dragons 寻龙小师叔 They say that somewhere on the Jiuzhou Continent, someone took a wife and had children deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, wearing no clothes, yet no one dared look; someone founded a sect in a city in the sky, becoming a sect all by himself; someone once united every major power in Jiuzhou and established a unified dynasty, only to vanish without a trace; and someone once ascended to the heavens in a single step, appeared in Jiuzhou, and casually killed a god... It is in this wondrous land —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 The Gods Want to Play a Game with You 神要与你玩游戏 [Infinite Flow] [Ensemble Cast] [Rule-Based Horror] [Extreme Survival] The gods never lie, but they never tell you all the rules. On New Year's Eve, the whole world witnessed a live broadcast. A god descended and announced: Every quarter, ten thousand people will be chosen at random to take part in a game. The winners will take home more wealth than they could spend in a lifetime. The losers... will die. That night, detective He Nian received a letter that had appeared on his desk. He had lost 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 After Seeing the Comments, the White Moonlight Decides to Turn Things Around 看到弹幕后，白月光决定破局 After seeing the comments, the White Moonlight decides to turn the tables —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Strange Tales of Chang'an 长安怪谈录 This book is a prequel to The Chinese Celestial Defense Bureau for Extraterrestrial Affairs. Just read it as a novel. The central ideas of both books are entirely the author's own work, not AI-generated. Updates are whenever I feel like it. To the advanced-civilization infiltrators among my readers: please ignore me. I can't see through your luminous disguises, so I don't know who's who. 256Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 97 Heir to the Spirit Medium 通灵师传人 Supernatural + ghost marriage + strong female lead power fantasy + horror stories + mystery. There are ghosts in every heart. Have you ever seen anything more terrifying than a ghost? It's not about walking a dark road too often and running into an evil spirit. The deadliest thing isn't knowing that it's a ghost. It's the utterly dark heart hidden beneath that perfect face. Shh... Don't make a sound. She's right behind you. Run. Don't look back. The story is even more terrifying than you ca 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 A Love Born of Tokyo's Heartbreak 东京伤痛之恋 [Worthless Male Lead | Tokyo | Pure Love | Redemption | Some Angst Early On | Japanese Light Novel | First Person | Multiple POVs] My high school life was bleak, an endless stretch of pain. As a first-year student at a Tokyo high school, I couldn't see what was so great about this place. My days were woven from fantasies and pain. After school, I would hide at home and watch anime, letting my fantasies heal my heart. I thought I'd be stuck in the dark forever, but a girl sitting next to me was t 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 An Ancient Scroll Lets Me Read Minds 古卷赐我读人心 At seventeen, Lou Wangan was a timid boy who barely registered in his class. By chance, he obtained a tattered ancient book on reading people. It recorded millennia-old wisdom about understanding others, carefully breaking down microexpressions, unconscious body language, and the unspoken meanings behind people's words. It revealed the subtle rules of navigating human relationships. Little by little, Lou Wangan developed exceptional emotional intelligence and a clear understanding of the world. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Game Streaming: My Viewers Are Outer Gods 游戏直播：我的观众是外神 I used to be a game streamer, and now I'm a game streamer. Other streamers interact with their viewers through the screen. I have to fight for a way to survive inside the game world. Other streamers get gifts from their viewers, things like private jets and rockets. My viewers' gifts are nothing but malice and schemes. Some people like watching ants struggle inside a glass tank. I'm that ant. I'm a game streamer, but what are my viewers? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
