Novels like Madam, Please Restrain Yourself
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- 1 Cloudside Express: From Orphan to Immortal Realm Powerhouse 云间快递：从孤儿到仙界大佬 Ordinary people love to say, “All roads lead to Rome.” But some are born in Rome and still have a life full of misfortune. Ordinary people are always dreaming of cultivating to immortality, imagining that in the immortal realm, everything will go their way. Yet even the immortal realm is just another world of strife. He is an utterly ordinary skylark in the immortal realm, an orphan abandoned by the Jade Pool. He has also taken in an eight-trigram tortoise who is blind, terribly frail, and speak 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 God-Tier Mechanic: From Auto Repairman to Automotive Legend 神级技师：从汽修工到车圈神话 Feel-good story + skill upgrades + no female lead + fast pace + getting rich + friends everywhere + low-key flexing!!!!! Zhang Xiaonian awakens a god-tier vehicle modification System. The harder the vehicle is to work on, the stronger the skills he receives. The rich line up to throw money at him, while his competitors kneel and call him Master. 15.9kReads6.9Score949Shelves
- 3 Mount & Blade: Rise to World Domination in an Era of Peace, Starting with Patricide 骑砍：太平年从弑父开始问鼎天下 Just started getting ratings, and they'll rise later [historical epic + political scheming + ensemble cast]. The protagonist is Han Chinese, but he isn't the author's favorite. [You can enjoy this even if you don't know the Mount & Blade games! The System can train super-strong soldiers, and they're all normal people, not brainless NPCs.] He transmigrates to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and becomes the adopted son of Zhang Yanze, the "Cannibal Ogre." On the very first day, his fath 34.9kReads7.4Score4.1kShelves
- 4 I Earn Merit by Reporting Cultivation Powerhouses 我靠举报修仙大佬攒功德 The Heavenly Dao has undergone a transformation, and a cultivation civilization has invaded reality. While everyone else begs powerful cultivators to take them as disciples, Lin Mo obtains a strange System: reporting cultivators who violate the rules earns him merit points. The senior showing off on the athletic field, the hunting group stealing people’s spiritual energy, and the underground forces offering a bounty for his assassination are all just experience packs for him. Until one day, the 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Invincible from the Start: What Do You Mean I'm in the Author's Realm? 开局无敌，什么叫我是作者境 [Ruthless] + [Never Takes a Loss] + [Invincible] Su Yan is eating instant noodles in his rented apartment when an out-of-control truck speeding down the road runs him over and kills him. He transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. At first, Su Yan is all set to endure thirty years of hardship and then turn the tables. But then he unexpectedly awakens a System! Overjoyed, Su Yan hurriedly asks what it can do. Can it reveal people’s fortunes? Give him an Ancient Desolate Sacred Physique f 203Reads—Score118Shelves
- 6 The Unorthodox Saint 偏门圣徒 [A book that could get you sent to prison just for reading it] He was known as the God of the Underworld. He calculated others' paths to ruin, while plotting his own way to survive. From making money through online games at twelve, to being forced to head south to northern Myanmar at twenty, to founding the Saints Group at twenty-four. While most people still thought the underworld meant theft, gambling, kidnapping, and fraud, he made his first fortune at twelve by writing scripts and game ch 123Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 7 The Han Dynasty 大汉王朝 Across the vast Tengger Grassland, tribes battle by the law of the jungle, with war fires burning and bloodshed everywhere! Tribal warriors, curved sabers and sharp arrows, fine horses and armor: these determine who can enslave others in the chaos of the grasslands, and who will be enslaved in turn. Curved sabers wielded by grassland riders clash with the longswords of noble knights; nomadic warriors swift as the wind face the armies of lords entrenched in their castles. Fire and steel collide, 1.3kReads8.7Score103Shelves
- 8 I Am Lü Bu, Serving My Country and Its People 我是吕布，为国为民 In a Three Kingdoms era of extraordinary myths, Lu Bu is the greatest warrior under heaven. After transmigrating, Lu Bu only wants to do something for his country and its people. Those who serve their country and people are true heroes. Lu Bu says, “Lords from every corner, we're all good brothers. There's no point in brothers fighting each other. Why not join forces and fight our way outward? The world is so vast. Don't you want to go out and see it?” 281Reads7.0Score113Shelves
- 9 Forging the Golden Realm 筑金瓯 [War, lighthearted, meticulously researched, history, no System] This is the Tang dynasty, a dynasty forged on the edge of a blade. The Tang emperor Xuanzong's dream ends in the Tianbao era, and the banner of the great Tang falls. There can be an Earlier Han and a Later Han. There can also be an Earlier Tang and a Later Tang. If the great Tang is gone, then we will build another great Tang. If the golden age is gone, then we will create another one. Let every child have a home, every elder have 3.4kReads8.2Score272Shelves
- 10 A Pastry Chef Slacking Off in the Siheyuan 四合院里摸鱼的糕点师傅 A food blogger transmigrates to 1948. Does mentoring apprentices bring triple returns? “No Qin family, no Lou family, no hostility.” While everyone else who transmigrates into a siheyuan is busy fighting scoundrels and seizing opportunities, Shen Yan just wants to live like a lazy salted fish: as a pastry chef at a grocery store, he has little work and few worries. After work, he takes the homemade pastries from his pocket dimension, sits by the courtyard gate, cracks sunflower seeds, and watche 74.7kReads7.7Score4.3kShelves
- 11 The Reaper's End 死神的终焉 [Death] is undoubtedly the [enemy] of [humanity], an [existence] that must be wiped out. And the [Bleach] are even more so... But [humanity] can't do it. Because only an equally powerful [god] can kill a [Bleach]. But what if... what if the [Bleach]... No, that's not right. What if [Death] itself longs to die? "Gods of the future... My name is [Ye Li]. I am an 'ordinary' [Bleach]. Perhaps I was lucky, or perhaps unlucky. I witnessed everything." "Everything has gone mad... [humanity] has gone ma 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Warring States: I Rose to Power by Scamming Nine Farewell Drinks 战国：骗喝九次壮行酒的我崛起了 [Warring States Era] [Master Schemer] [System] [Conquer the Realm] [Chinese Style] [Lay Low] Also known as: The Most Stubborn Soldier of the Warring States Era: He Fakes His Farewell Toast Nine Times. His Commander Begs, “Please, Just Don’t Come Back Alive!” “Does your family make a living collecting condolence money at funerals?” After transmigrating into the chaotic Warring States Era, my superior sends me to my death. I fake my farewell toast nine times and return safe and sound. With my prof 3.5kReads9.0Score200Shelves
- 13 Who Says I'm Invincible? The Body-Tempering Brute Who Fought His Way Out of Earth 谁言无敌？从地球杀出的炼体暴徒 [The title was a mistake. This novel is called: Old Arts Are Extinct? The Body-Tempering Fiend Who Fought His Way Off Earth] [Spiritual qi revival, high-martial world, one female lead, qi-and-blood body tempering, becoming a saint through a divine physique] [Note: This is a plot-driven power fantasy. Enemies who deserve to die will die. If they survive another page, it's only to set up the plot or characters that follow. Thanks for understanding.] Three transcendent civilizations descended upon 60Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 14 Wherever the Mo Dao Points, There Is the King's Land 陌刀所指，皆为王土 Ancient tribes, totems, savage beasts, iron tools, Mo Dao troops. A slow-burn, lord-focused story. Readers, come and take a look... The old man at the Mountain-Shifting Realm glanced at the saber-toothed tiger. “Why the hell are you hiding so far away?” Wangzai wanted to tell him, “I'm afraid I'll hit you by mistake!” While he was distracted, Wang Xiaobai's blade came down, a flash of red streaking past.. 1.7kReads8.6Score111Shelves
- 15 The Abyssal Giant Attacks, and I Grow Ten Centimeters Taller Every Day 深渊巨人来袭，我每天长高十厘米 After transmigrating to a world under attack by giants, Chen Yuan awakens two traits: [Any Body Part Grows Ten Centimeters Every Day] and [Slay Colossal Beings, Gain Divine Powers]. And so begins his long career of hunting giants in the abyss. [Titan-Class Giant] [Strength of a million tons, divine body, one punch can destroy a city] [Title: War Behemoth] [Mountain-and-Sea-Class Giant] [Tall as mountains and seas, reaching up to ten thousand meters, looking down upon the human world] [Title: 15.1kReads6.4Score1.7kShelves
- 16 Online Game: My Health Bar Can Grow 网游，我的血条能成长 Kill a player, and your maximum HP increases by 5. Kill an NPC, and your maximum HP increases by 10. Take down a boss, and your maximum HP gets an extra 100. When Qin Wu finally beat the divine beast Phoenix to death after it had revived nine times in a row, the Phoenix couldn’t understand why this guy’s health bar was longer than all nine of its lives combined! 1.6kReads8.7Score116Shelves
- 17 Back in the Spring and Autumn Period, I Became a Tyrant 回到春秋当暴君 The history of the Spring and Autumn period is half a history of Jin. A soul from the modern era transmigrates to the state of Jin in the late Spring and Autumn period, becoming Zhi Xiao of the Zhi clan. In this era... Laozi organizes the Zhou court’s ancient records and travels around teaching his principles. Confucius takes on disciples in droves and travels among the states, drawing the attention of the world. King Fuchai of Wu and King Goujian of Yue are bound by love and hatred, while Xi Sh 1.8kReads8.9Score129Shelves
- 18 The Son of Heaven 明天子 Reborn in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, he finds himself inhabiting the body of an eight-year-old child. But that’s not important. What matters is that he is the crown prince, the heir to the throne! In simple terms, this is the story of an eight-year-old emperor’s rise: seizing the palace, governing the court, bringing peace to the people, quelling internal unrest, recruiting talent, improving agriculture, and developing commerce... Through civil and military accomplishments, he will restore 151Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 19 The Black Dragon Roars, the Ink Dragon Sings, and the Halberds Ring as One 黑龙啸，墨龙吟，长戟齐鸣 Also known as The General. [War god] + [national warfare] + [political intrigue] + [fictional setting] + [military commanders] His father died on the battlefield when he was young. His mother passed away when he was a child. An orphan, he was fortunate to be raised with help from his uncle and aunt in the same village. Unwilling to accept the fate laid out for him, he joined the army in his early teens. A boy from a mountain village ultimately rises step by step to become a dynasty's general, gr 2.9kReads8.7Score189Shelves
- 20 San Francisco Blood Prison: My Husband Is Hiding Evidence of Three Clans' Massacre 旧金山血牢：我丈夫藏着三族灭门证据 San Francisco Blood Prison: My Husband Is Hiding Evidence of the Massacre of Three Clans —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 I Never Expected to Win, but a Billion-Yuan Jackpot Hit Me 我真没想中奖却被10亿大奖砸中了 I Never Expected to Win, but a Billion-Yuan Jackpot Fell into My Lap 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 My Brother Is Calling for Help, but Grandpa Says Never to Look Back 弟弟在求救，祖父却说千万别回头 My younger brother was calling for help, but Grandfather said, "Whatever you do, don't look back." 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Apocalypse? It’s Really a New Era 末世？应该是新纪元 For humanity, this is the end of the world. Zombies, mutated beasts, and the uncanny lurk everywhere, leaving danger at every turn. But only human civilization has been destroyed. For all things, this is the turning point ushering in a new era. Opportunity waits for no one. Join Lin Yu as he steps into this magnificent new age. 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Homeland 家园 During the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, a young boy from Shanggu in Hebei fled conscription and entered the vast grasslands. There he adopted a silver wolf, which the grassland tribes regarded as a sacred beast. He met Han Chinese people on the plains and learned archery, military strategy, and more from people from the Central Plains who had been stranded there. After offending the nobility, he returned to the Central Plains and joined the campaign against Goguryeo, where he won recognition! 2.5kReads9.2Score363Shelves
- 25 The Eldest Son of the Yuan Clan in the Three Kingdoms 三国之袁家长子 Establishing the Han (Han as in the Han people, not the Son of Heaven), also known as The Eldest Son of the Yuan Family in the Three Kingdoms. Yuan Tan, who had read Romance of the Three Kingdoms cover to cover, transmigrates to the end of the Han dynasty and becomes Yuan Tan. (Based on historical events, with some comic relief from Romance of the Three Kingdoms early on. No System. Not a wish-fulfillment story for beginners, so proceed with caution.) The protagonist is cunning, not a saint. (Cu 5.2kReads8.6Score601Shelves
- 26 A Good-for-Nothing with No Soul, I Am the Wolf Clan's Saintess of Ten Thousand Years 废柴无魂，我是狼族万年圣女 A good-for-nothing with no soul: I am the Wolf Clan's Saintess of Ten Thousand Years —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Back in My Wife’s High School Days, I Cut Our Ties with My Own Hands 重回妻子高中，我亲手斩断我们的姻缘 Back in My Wife's High School Years, I Cut Our Fated Ties with My Own Hands 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 I Escaped That Cannibalistic Old Street with Nothing but a Skewer of Candied Hawthorn? 我逃出那条吃人的老街，只靠手里的一串冰糖葫芦？ I escaped that man-eating old street with nothing but a skewer of candied hawthorn berries in my hand? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Han Cavalry: A Warrior's Unwavering Heart 汉骑：戎马丹心 [Transmigration + Passion + Ensemble Cast + Political Intrigue + War + Farming + A Powerful Han Dynasty + Not a Power Fantasy + No System] This book starts a little slowly, so please give it a chance. The early chapters spend too long on development, but from the middle to the later chapters, after chapter 141, it becomes a power fantasy! Main characters: Zhao Ji, Liu Che, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing A thousand years pass in the blink of an eye, yet the palaces of the Han still stand! Modern young ma 21.3kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves
- 30 My Father Pretended to Be Mute, and My Boyfriend Lied to Me 装哑的父亲和骗我的男友 A father who pretends to be mute and a boyfriend who deceives me 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The First Day After I Was Reborn, My Whole Family Wanted Me Dead 重生后第一天，全家想让我死 On the First Day After I Was Reborn, My Family Wanted Me Dead 125Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 EN Lord of Ashes 灰烬领主 He comes from an exiled underground world, where survival follows the law of the jungle. He is a seeker of truth, a wizard walking the line between reason and madness. When myths come to an end and order collapses, power becomes the world’s only rule. Not every dark place needs light. 336Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 33 From the Start, I Become a Slave: My Subordinates Force the Yellow Robe on Me 开局成奴隶：被手下黄袍加身 Luo Xia transmigrated to the continent of Calradia with the Mount & Blade System, only to open his eyes and find himself a slave. Survival, rebellion, plunder: the brutal Middle Ages taught Luo Xia how hard it was to live with dignity. He led those who followed him in amassing wealth and searching for a way out. As Luo Xia's followers grew in number, so did their ambitions. He went from bandit chief to mercenary commander to noble lord. Luo Xia cried out, “Who put this imperial robe on me? Who p 3.2kReads9.0Score226Shelves
- 34 Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 重生回来，我故意清空了空间 When I Was Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 2.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 35 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Seeking Only Eternal Life 凡人修仙：只为长生 (A mortal’s cultivation journey, immortality.) The world is divided between those with spiritual roots and those without. Those with spiritual roots can cultivate, while those without cannot. But the world is vast and full of wonders. Must one really have spiritual roots to cultivate? I, Xu Changsheng, defy the heavens. I use my sword as my dantian, drawing the qi of heaven and earth into the sword core. From this day on, there is no longer the mortal Xu Changsheng, only the Immortal Emperor Cha 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 In Southern Ming, Beating the Qing Emperor Kangxi 人在南明，搓打康麻子 At the end of the Southern Ming, the last dynasty of Han Chinese rule, the Yongli Emperor fled west to Burma. The dynasty was doomed from the start. After transmigrating as a member of the imperial clan, the protagonist forms marriage alliances with warlords, outwits powerful ministers, schemes and deceives, seizes military command, and trains his troops to the limit. In the final showdown between the Ming and Qing, he turns the tide, slaughters Wu Sangui, drives the Shunzhi Emperor to his death 1.6kReads8.1Score100Shelves
- 37 The Ghost-Backed Confucian Sage 鬼背儒圣 [Confucian cultivation + a scholar-sage with a monstrous back + constantly bursting out of his clothes + smashing everything] A wordless book, chronicling the affairs of all the heavens. Gu Mo arrives in a strange world carrying a heavenly book. Here, reading makes you stronger. “Little monkey, let me ask you this: Confucius said, ‘If a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die content in the evening.’ What does that mean?” “It means if I find out where you live in the morning, I’ll go kill y 7.6kReads8.4Score670Shelves
- 38 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 重生后我放弃保送，他慌了 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 406Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Ming Cavalry 明骑 A modern border defense soldier transmigrates to Liaodong in the late Ming dynasty, taking command in a time of crisis and rising from humble beginnings. He trains a hundred thousand cavalry, rides into battle with lance in hand, crushes the Tartar invaders, puts down the rebels, and conquers the pass at Mount Helan. He fishes in Lake Baikal and waters his horses on the American continent. Soon, the sun-and-moon battle flags fly across the world. Whoever dares invade our Great Ming shall be slai 1.6kReads8.6Score206Shelves
- 40 I Bragged on Bihu, So Why Did the Government Take Me Seriously? 我在逼乎吹牛，国家怎么当真了 [No System + Slow Pace + White Moonlight + No Harem + Building the Nation Through Industry] In 2011, just before the high school class divisions, Gu Yu was reborn. The first thing he did wasn’t buy lottery tickets or invest in property. He switched to the humanities track and took the seat beside Su Nian. The second thing he did was borrow her computer and post a prediction on Zhihu that no one would believe. The European debt crisis, mobile internet, digital payments, new energy vehicles, artif 170.9kReads8.8Score14.8kShelves
- 41 The Mechanic Who Started in the Wilderness! 从荒野开始的机械师！ Lin Feng was reborn in the wilderness. After thirty days of sign-in, he would receive a cosmic treasure. These treasures were said to be capable of changing the balance of power across an entire universe! But who could have guessed that the treasures had to be picked up in person, with no delivery included… 8.4kReads9.0Score584Shelves
- 42 Mount & Blade: Kingdom of Heaven 骑砍：天国王朝 When he opens his eyes, he has become a two-year-old boy: Elias of Anjou, the youngest son of Fulk V, Count of Anjou. In this era, French castles are built of stone, winters are cold enough to leave your fingers stiff, and noble lords fight in the mud wearing chain mail. His elder brother Geoffrey, the historical Duke of Normandy and father of the founder of the Plantagenet dynasty, is the heir to Anjou. The good news is that he has a golden finger: the Mount & Blade: Bannerlord System. Troops, 1.9kReads—Score237Shelves
- 43 Civilization Invasion: Summoning Players to Steamroll the Backrooms 文明入侵：召唤玩家平推后室 [The Fourth Calamity]+ [Pure Wiki Backrooms]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [A Touch of Healing in the Mid-to-Late Story] “If you accidentally noclip out of reality in the wrong place, you’ll eventually fall into the Backrooms...” “Nothing but damp, foul-smelling carpet, maddeningly monotonous yellow, the endless buzz of fluorescent lights running at full power, and roughly six hundred million square miles of empty rooms divided up at random, waiting to swallow you whole...” In 203X, as 302Reads9.6Score—Shelves
- 44 Thunderous Crackdown on Black Crime in the Political Arena 官场之雷霆扫黑 The chessboard of power, every move calculated, every step taken on thin ice. No matter how cautious you are, you can never guard against everything. Li Yan, a community officer at a local police station, starts from the very bottom. He refuses to buckle under pressure and fears no powerful figures. With thunderous force, he uproots every criminal gang and underworld faction. Step by step, he rises to the pinnacle of power! 89.1kReads8.1Score6.7kShelves
- 45 Father, Don't Hang Yourself. Your Son Has a Plan 父皇，别上吊，儿臣有办法 “You accuse me of usurping power? Fine, I’ve taken it!” With two thousand personal guards entering the northern frontier, Crown Prince Zhu Cilang of the Ming Dynasty launched a campaign of slaughter. He confiscated the Shanxi merchants’ wealth, executed the regional commander, reformed the frontier army, and secured Xuanfu! The court berated him as “brutal and heartless”? He shot back, “Without brutality, the Ming would have fallen long ago!” An imperial edict summoned him back? He burned it and 51.6kReads8.6Score5.2kShelves
- 46 The Keeper of Ink: The Unburned Book 守墨人：未烬书 Heir to the Mo family, guardian of ancient scrolls and their teachings. A fragmentary Western Xia scroll reveals the secret origins shared by Xia and Han civilization; A perilous journey of deadly pursuit leads across seven regions in search of proof that civilizations can coexist. Su Qiao carries on her ancestors' legacy, disarming ancient tomb traps and fighting off evil spirits and pursuers. What she guards is not merely a forgotten history, but the ultimate belief that all under heaven can u 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Sui-Tang: I Alone Protect the Sui Dynasty’s Eternal Prosperity 隋唐：以一己之力护大隋万世昌隆 After transmigrating to the Sui-Tang era, Yang Xiu finds himself in the middle of the war between the Sui dynasty and Goguryeo! His identity? A scattered remnant soldier! What should I do? I'm freaking out... Alone and helpless on a battlefield where death could come at any moment, he is lucky to activate the Martial Saint System! He immediately fuses with Lü Bu at the peak of his power. Complete the mission to fight bravely and earn the strength of ten thousand jun? Make Yang Guang his sworn fa 8.6kReads8.8Score537Shelves
- 48 Warring States: Jin's Desperate Counterattack to Reclaim Han, Zhao, and Wei 战国：晋国绝地反击，收复韩赵魏 [This novel is set against the historical backdrop of the Partition of Jin. Familiarity with this event will help you enjoy the story.] [Ancient Warring States setting + rival states vying for supremacy + the Hundred Schools of Thought + political maneuvering + battles of wit and courage + no System + no harem + not for beginners] After transmigrating to the early Warring States period, he becomes Ji Jiujiu, the last ruler of Jin. His rise begins with infiltrating the Mohists. He keeps a low pro 3.7kReads8.8Score294Shelves
- 49 Empire's Struggle for Supremacy 帝国争霸 Chen Ziang wakes up to discover that he has transmigrated to an unfamiliar era of clashing armies and devastation. It is a shattered age, and an age of heroes vying for supremacy. It is the best of times and the worst of times. Chen Ziang rises from humble beginnings, builds an elite army, sweeps across the realm, saves the common people, and establishes an unrivaled empire! 7.8kReads8.6Score612Shelves
- 50 After Emperor Taizong, Rebuilding the Tang Dynasty 太宗之后，再造大唐 "The streets are carpeted with the bones of nobles; the imperial treasury has burned to ashes of brocade! Chang'an has fallen six times, and the Son of Heaven has fled nine! The Huang Chao Rebellion erupts; the Tibetans, Dangxiang, and Khitan run rampant. The late Tang and Five Dynasties plunge the realm into chaos, with warlords ruling unchecked and foreign tribes running amok as the common people wail in misery! In an age of chaos, the world is a furnace and all things are copper. Massacring c 84.8kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves
