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- 1 Lotus Tower: A Cook's Great Adventure 莲花楼之厨娘大冒险 Comrade Shen Nannan, a thoroughly wholesome female college student, is working hard at home to prepare for her graduate school entrance exams. She meant to put on the TV series Mysterious Lotus Casebook for a little break, but unexpectedly transmigrated right into it. Oh, heavens! Could you at least have let me watch one episode first? But wait, why did my tablet come along too? Oh? So this is my golden finger! Come watch a college student turn her life around and become a cook, and see how her 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: The Moon-Singing Heavenly Sword 莲花楼：天剑月歌 After a friend fervently recommended it, Shen Yuege opened the drama Mysterious Lotus Casebook out of curiosity. Halfway through the first episode, a flash of white light suddenly appeared, and Shen Yuege immediately fainted. When she woke up, she had transmigrated into the show. Shen Yuege arrives just after Li Xiangyi and Shan Gudao have been adopted by Qi Mushan. And so Shen Yuege studies under a renowned master, learns martial arts, ventures into the martial world, investigates mysterious ca 178Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 3 Lotus Casebook Fanfiction: Love Among the Lotuses 莲花楼同人之莲花情 Li Lianhua, also known as Li Xiangyi, peerlessly elegant. Hobby: growing vegetables and raising Fox Spirit. Feng Gu, the top-ranked genius on the Mingzhou Continent. Hobby: alchemy. Fang Duobing, young master of Tianji Manor, who ventures into the martial world with an earnest heart. Hobby: solving cases. Di Feisheng, leader of the Golden Duck Alliance, a martial arts master who seeks only to be the strongest under heaven. Hobby: sparring with Li Xiangyi. 33Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 4 Becoming the Villain, Surpassing the Villain 成为反派，超越反派 No! No! No! This is so painful to look at. A mess, an absolute mess. Nan Hui not only transmigrates, but ends up in Mysterious Lotus Casebook, too. He possesses the purest inner energy, but has no idea how to use it. As he investigates one case after another, he discovers that Qiao Lianqiao is actually his half-sister?! Nan Hui thinks this is actually fine. She’s just a lovesick fool with a brain, and Di Feisheng doesn’t like her at all. As long as she doesn’t cause trouble, Li Lianhua is sure t 1.4kReads8.7Score12414d adds
- 5 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: When the Wind and Grain Rise 莲花楼之风禾尽起 “Li Lianhua, are you having fun messing with me?” Li Lianhua calmly poured him a cup of tea. “Why are you angry again? You might as well change your name to Unhappy.” “Have some tea and cool off.” Fang Duobing sat down and set the teacup aside with a loud clunk. “I’m not drinking it. I’m afraid it’s poisoned.” Li Lianhua gazed at him with a smile. “Why would I poison you? Do you know how much effort goes into making a single packet of poison? It would be such a waste to use it on you.” “You…” “W 43Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 6 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Li Taibai, the Green Lotus Sword Venerable 莲花楼：青莲剑尊李太白 Li Taibai, an office drone from Blue Star, was struck by heavenly lightning after complaining online about Li Xiangyi’s tragic ending. He was reborn in the world of Mysterious Lotus Casebook as Li Xiangyi’s twin brother, awakened a golden finger, and became the greatest sword master of his generation. 3Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 7 Lotus Tower: Lotus Blossoms Everywhere 莲花楼之莲花处处开 [Lotus Tower fanfiction + no romance + no female lead + happy ending + solving cases together] Ten years ago, the greatest under heaven was Li Xiangyi, who wielded the sword Shaoshi. Ten years later, Li Xiangyi was no more. But Li Lianhua remained. Li Lianhua had planned to die in peace, but unexpectedly survived. He had no desire to get involved in the jianghu's troubles again, so he went into seclusion in a fishing village. Still, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was missing. X 51Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 8 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Live Quiz Show, I Buzz In and Become a God! 莲花楼：直播答题，我抢答成神！ [Power Fantasy + Mysterious Lotus Casebook + Livestream Quiz + Invincible + Righting Past Regrets] Su Bai transmigrated into the world of Mysterious Lotus Casebook, but without a golden finger, he could only live as an ordinary person. Just as the story was beginning, a livestream room appeared! It asked questions about the past, present, and future. Answer correctly, and you could receive all kinds of rewards. Su Bai smiled. “I know the answers to all of these!!” [Congratulations! You received 251Reads6.7Score10314d adds
- 9 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Storm Clouds Gather 莲花楼：风起云涌 [Transmigration + Sword God + Sword Immortal + two swords united + male-male couple + no female lead] (If you haven't watched the original TV series, don't worry. You can enjoy this book without knowing it.) A rumor circulates through the martial world. Ten years ago, Li Xiangyi pacified the martial world with a single sword. Ten years later, Li Fanqi will settle the fate of the realm with one sword. The Azure Lotus Sword Immortal and the Limitless Sword God once again stir up the martial world. 95Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 10 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: A Song of Longing 莲花楼之相思引 [Fanfiction, follows the drama adaptation, CP, Transmigration] “Little brother, life is hard. Have a candy and make it a little sweeter. If one isn't sweet enough, have two!” “What a coincidence~ If you put our names together, wouldn't they make… ‘Lovesick Lure’?” “Then do you know what a ‘Lovesick Lure’ is?” “With a name that lovely, it can't be some kind of murder weapon, can it? I'll bet it's something good!” “Something good? Perhaps… it is!” “My writing isn't the best 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Wuxia Crossover: I Enter the Jianghu Starting from Mysterious Lotus Casebook 综武：从莲花楼开始走江湖 [Wuxia Crossover] + [System] + [Invincible] + [Farming] Lin Jue unexpectedly arrives in a Wuxia Crossover world and encounters a true jianghu. Even when he has no intention of getting involved in its conflicts, one thing after another drags him into them. Since that's the case, Lin Jue decides to meet the jianghu head-on. It all begins with Mysterious Lotus Casebook. (The blurb doesn't do it justice. Please read the story.) 795Reads8.7Score10814d adds
- 12 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Drunk on Lovesick Red Beans 莲花楼：红豆醉相思 A conversation ten years ago shaped the An Hongdou of today. When they meet again, both are down on their luck, but this time they have companions traveling alongside them. How will the wheel of fate turn now? (Romance: one-on-one with Li Lianhua; main story: everyone dotes on her) Male leads: Li Lianhua (Li Xiangyi), Fang Duobing, Di Feisheng. Female lead: An Hongdou Guest appearance: Xiang Liu 76Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 13 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: The Junior Sister Is a Force to Be Reckoned With 莲花楼：小师妹厉害 Watching Mysterious Lotus Casebook made me so sad that I wanted to write my own story. While Wen Tantan is traveling to gain experience after leaving the mountain, she gets bound to something claiming to be a Medical System. It says it will help her become a legendary physician. But she only knows how to fight and doesn't know the first thing about medicine, so she takes the System's prescriptions and simply copies them down. While watching a show at an inn, the System gets incredibly excited an 372Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 14 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: A Socially Anxious Soul's Struggle to Survive 莲花楼：社恐艰难求生记 Also known as Lotus Tower: The Socially Anxious Man Doesn't Want to Be Everyone's Crush What do you do when you transmigrate and accidentally smash Li Lianhua's Lotus Tower? There's only one option: repay the debt with your own body~ But later, faced with all the strange looks from the people around him, Shen Changqing could only cry out Help! This socially anxious straight man really doesn't want to fall in love!!! [Two male leads] [Everyone's crush] 241Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 15 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: My Heart Belongs to You 莲花楼之我心向你 Also known as: Lotus Tower: I Want Li Xiangyi to Be My Empress! For twenty-two years, she lived a quiet, uneventful life. Then a transmigrator from the modern world appeared, and Beichen gained a heaven-sent lucky star: Princess Zhaohua. “I am Li Xiangyi.” Disguised as a man, she solves one strange case after another. While roaming the martial world, she runs into an “old acquaintance.” “Brother Li, please!” “Brother Li, do you know?” “Brother Li does good deeds without leaving his name.” When h 76Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 16 The Lotus Tower: A Thousand Years of Strange Cases 莲花楼之奇案千秋 A new detective story inspired by Mysterious Lotus Casebook. Li Xiangyi may be gone from the martial world, but Li Lianhua is still here, with two companions by his side: Fang Duobing, the young master of the Tianji Hall, and Di Feisheng, leader of the Golden Yuan Alliance. Together, they roam the martial world and solve cases. [Lotus Casebook must have a happy ending] 63Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 17 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Reborn as Qiao Wan Mian, I Protect Li Lianhua 莲花楼，穿成乔婉娩守护李莲花 Ten years ago, Li Xiangyi, the greatest swordsman in the martial world, fought Di Feisheng in the East Sea and was left gravely wounded. Rumors about him have circulated through the martial world ever since: he created the Xiangyi Taijian, stunning the world with a single battle, and once performed thirty-six Drunken Mad Sword forms on the rooftop of the Jiangshan Xiao in Yangzhou to make a beauty smile, among other tales. No one wants to believe that such a peerless prodigy met his end in the r 217Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 18 My Dashing Days as a Young Man 我鲜衣怒马的少年郎 After watching Mysterious Lotus Casebook, I felt so sorry for Li Xiangyi that I decided to write a story of my own. There are plenty of original details, so please don't flame me if you don't like them. The female lead is Li Xiangyi's junior sister, the daughter of his master, and his childhood sweetheart. After learning that Li Xiangyi was poisoned by Bicha poison and had gone missing at sea, she changed her name and established a medical valley. She searches far and wide, all for the young man 116Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 19 The Hidden Lotus Beyond Lotus Tower 莲花楼外花隐莲 Li Shuning transmigrated into a book sixteen years ago. It was only when news arrived that her sworn brother had died that she suffered a sudden seizure and fell unconscious, recovering her memories from her previous life. By the time she went looking for Li Xiangyi again, Sigu Men had disbanded, leaving only Baichuan Yuan to uphold her sworn brother’s legacy! Now that her memories had returned, she learned the truth and severed all ties with Yun Biqiu. From then on, she vanished from the mortal 122Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 20 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Turmoil Made Manifest 莲花楼之风波具现 [Complete | Lotus Tower Fanfiction] Trouble stirs once more, and the jianghu has yet to find peace. The past Li Lianhua left behind has come knocking again. No bad ending, true to character, a continuation for those who can't let go of Lotus Tower. "Li Xiangyi, the greatest swordsman under heaven, ultimately became Li Lianhua, a wandering physician of the jianghu. He sent off a farewell letter with the current, then opened his eyes to find himself fifteen years in the past, on the eve of the Eas 417Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 21 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Lotus of the Past 莲花楼：往事莲花 No romance, no female lead, some original details, minor transmigration elements that don’t affect the trio. Save Li Lianhua and uncover the final Nanyin conspiracy. This is a continuation of the TV series fanfiction. How could the story of a family of four in the martial world simply end? [Li Lianhua (Xiangyi), Fang Xiaobao (Duobing), Di Feisheng (Afei), Fox Spirit] A year has passed since Li Xiangyi left that farewell letter behind in the East Sea. For the past year, Fang Duobing has never sto 179Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 22 The Sequel to Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Li Lianhua, Everyone's Favorite 莲花楼续之团宠李莲花 Long-form story continuation: [Redemption + everyone dotes on the protagonist + mystery-solving]. The original characters and setting are retained. This is a beginner's work, and some of the plot is angsty because so many readers left bad reviews over the angst. Feel free to skip it if it's not your thing! The little boat sails away; I entrust the rest of my life to rivers and seas. Fang Duobing and Di Feisheng find Li Lianhua on the shore, poisoned and on the verge of death. They vow to find a 219Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 23 Lotus Tower: I Promise You a Worry-Free Life 莲花楼之许你无忧 While being hunted down, Xiao Hechuan used a magical treasure and, with his last ounce of strength, tore open a rift in the void, reaching a world completely different from his own. The people there used inner strength, and spiritual energy was scarce. As a result, it was difficult for Xiao Hechuan to heal his injuries in this world. There, Xiao Hechuan met someone suffering from a strange poison. His name was Li Lianhua. As he slowly came to understand Li Lianhua, Xiao Hechuan couldn't bear to 231Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 24 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: The Red Silk Flies 莲花楼之红绸快 Three people travel back twenty years, accompany Li Xiangyi as he grows up, help him become the greatest under heaven, and change his fate. Happy ending. [There is a Xiangyi-Wan pairing. If you spot it, please ignore the no-romance tag. I couldn't change the tag after adding it when I first planned the story. As I wrote, everything became interconnected, and I couldn't control the paths some characters took, so I had to change my plans. I'm really sorry!] Official blurb: The three of them, Li 956Reads9.3Score11114d adds
- 25 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Past and Present 莲花楼之前世今生 To fulfill a dream left incomplete... A story inspired by the Lotus Tower TV series: What was Li Xiangyi’s greatest regret? See baby Xiangyi rewrite his life! See the world’s greatest sweep all before him! See him solve cases, cure poison, and roam the martial world at ease! See Yi and Hua join forces, invincible beneath the heavens! Isn’t Li Xiangyi the best under heaven? How could the best under heaven die? I want to tell the story of Li Xiangyi’s legendary life from Li Lianhua’s perspective! 171Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: A Thousand Causes and Effects, All for You 莲花楼：万千因果只为你 Also known as: Lotus Tower: Roaming Free with You [No following the original plot × Mutual healing] [Deeply comforting × Unbreakable bonds × Fated reunions] When Li Lianhua leaves Pudu Temple and “happens upon” Shaoshi and the spirit of the Biting Neck Sword; When Li Xiangyi wakes after falling into the sea, only to find himself imprisoned by Di Feisheng in a cave on Yucheng Mountain; When Li Lianhua is watering the vegetables and looks up to see Li Xiangyi standing at the entrance to Lotus To 627Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 27 Must Li Lianhua Die? I Bring Out the Nine Suns Divine Skill 李莲花非死不可？我拿出九阳神功 [Ding! The Host has made contact with Li Lianhua. The conquest System is now activated!] Li Wanxue was an overworked 996 employee in the modern world, but an accident after staying up late transmigrates her into the world of Mysterious Lotus Casebook. “Good heavens!” “I'm a defenseless woman who only knows a few moves of women's self-defense. How am I supposed to survive in this strange and perilous world?” Word had long spread through the martial world that Li Xiangyi, the world's greatest figh 812Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 28 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Sword God 莲花楼之剑神 Li Xiang Yi thought he was incredibly unlucky. He'd only stayed up all night and worked overtime like crazy for a few days, and now he'd transmigrated?!!! And he'd transmigrated into Li Xiang Yi, seven years after the Battle of the East Sea?!!! Li Xiang Yi: “Wait, I'm just interested in this story, and I happen to share the protagonist's name, except for the last character (voice breaking)!!!” “Question: You're sitting at home when you transmigrate into Lotus Tower as the protagonist, but you do 293Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 29 A Lotus Tower Fanfic: Farewell, Jianghu 莲花楼同人之江湖再见 (Spoiler warning! The extra stories each have their own CP pairing. If that’s not your cup of tea, don’t mix them up! Each extra story’s pairing and plot are separate, not a messy crossover!) When Di Feisheng and Li Xiangyi fought their second battle in the East Sea, the people of the martial world waited in vain for Li Xiangyi to return. A year later, Fang Duobing found Li Lianhua’s fox-fur cloak by the seaside. Di Feisheng found a withered lotus at Pudu Temple. But nobody believed Li Lianhua w 1kReads9.2Score13614d adds
- 30 Film and TV Crossover: The Heavenly Dao Finds Me a Wife 综影视：天道为我薅来媳妇 “I transmigrate just from watching a meteor shower? And I have to start as a baby? Can we be a little reasonable here?” On Qing Ning's bewildered little face lies the ultimate cheat fate has given her: a mysterious Origin Pearl that flashes into view and vanishes in an instant. This isn't an accident. It's her ticket in. From then on, she gains the right to journey through countless worlds. The jianghu, the immortal realm, times of chaos… Every world has a story of her own. Qing Ning enters one 6.4kReads7.3Score37214d adds
- 31 Across TV Worlds: Starting with Mysterious Lotus Casebook 综影视之从莲花楼开始 Make sure you read the blurb. This is a story about a lovesick doormat and a devoted caretaker. I won't bash any of the original male or female leads, no matter how awful their characterization is. If you can't handle that, don't read it. Don't! The writing, values, and logic are all terrible. It's just romance-brain nonsense. If you want to read about a beautiful, strong, tragic male lead, don't think too hard. The female lead is just a plot device. Romance is secondary; her main role is to com 3.2kReads8.9Score14014d adds
- 32 Lotus Tower Fanfiction: I Became the Protagonist's Sword 莲花楼同人：我穿成了主角的剑 No more beating around the bush: this is a work meant to make up for regrets. [Two male leads + the Young Tutor Sword and Li Lianhua + System + transmigration + jianghu] I hate that Li Lianhua gave everyone else a happy ending, yet left himself with a bad ending. Someone as gentle and wonderful as him shouldn't have met such a fate. Just to be safe, I gave the male lead a System, that great golden finger. There's no way I'm letting him lose to that bunch. I swear to my readers: Li Lianhua has to 2.4kReads9.4Score33014d adds
- 33 Mysterious Lotus Casebook: The World Has No Li Lianhua Anymore 莲花楼：世间再无李莲花 Li Lianhua returns to ten years earlier and meets Li Xiangyi, completely changing the story of what happened before. With Li Lianhua's ten years of experience in the martial world, he has what it takes to stop everything before it ever happens. The characters will stay as true to themselves as possible, giving the author a chance to make up for one regret. 6.6kReads9.6Score75314d adds
