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- 1 The Jianghu of Those Years 那些年的江湖 Quiet! Class is about to begin!!! At Uncle Two's shout, the hall and the streets packed with people fell completely silent. Just then, the young crowd parted, making way without being told. Wen Hua walked through, hearing his brothers call out to him as he passed. “Brother Hua!” “Greetings, Brother Hua.” 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn: I Went on a Killing Spree in the Underworld 重生后我在黑道大开杀戒 [Everyday urban life + wild imagination + powerful lead + scheming + reborn + billionaire + thrilling and suspenseful + laugh-out-loud comedy + invincible face-slapping + underworld + big boss] Li Wei’s family is hounded by loan sharks until their lives are destroyed. Fleeing for his life, Li Wei loses his footing and falls to his death from the 21st floor. To his surprise, Li Wei is reborn as Mo Lingfeng, the son of the billionaire Mo Xiaotian. He gets his revenge using underworld methods. Afte 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Reborn: A Hundred Million in Breakup Money? I'll Make My Comeback 重生：一亿分手费？我要逆袭了 [Reborn] + [Lighthearted Comedy] + [Patience] + [Play the pig to eat the tiger] + [Face-slapping] + [No System] + [Decisive and ruthless] Chen Feng, a small-business owner who went bankrupt in his previous life, is reborn in the early twentieth century with an extraordinary identity. His ex-wife is immensely wealthy. From the start, she tosses him a bank card with 100 million yuan on it, smacking Chen Feng's handsome face, but sets a daily spending limit of just 5,000 yuan. Chen Feng secretly sw 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Restless Youth 躁动少年 My name is Lin Yi. In middle school, I used to throw my weight around alongside the big brother I looked up to. But when I entered high school, I got beaten to a pulp. After meeting a group of dependable brothers, we started out at school and swore to conquer this ruthless city. As our influence grew and we grew stronger, we were drawn into a series of events we'd never had any contact with before. 168Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Back Then, We Were All Bad Kids 那些年，我们曾是不良少年 That year, we were young and reckless. Back then, we feared nothing. Looking back, we can't help but sigh and shed tears. Time flies by in the blink of an eye. Do you still remember the brothers who fought by your side? Do you still remember being a delinquent? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Underworld Tales: The Ruthless Boss of Yuncheng 黑道往事之云城枭雄 After the 2002 college entrance exams, Ye Haonan scored high enough to get into a top university. Overjoyed, he was preparing to share the good news with his family when disaster struck at home. In that moment, he raised the axe in his hands and swung it at the criminals. It was clearly self-defense, yet he was sent to prison for exceeding its limits. From then on, his life changed beyond recognition. The well-behaved boy became a demon everyone feared... 306Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 7 After Getting Kicked Off the Police Force, I Took Down the City’s Criminal Underworld 被警队开除后：我掀翻全城黑恶 Forced to take off the uniform I wore to defend the righteous path, I won’t join the underworld. I’ll punish it and fleece it. I devise clever schemes and turn their own force against them, specializing in fleecing underworld bosses. I’ll take ill-gotten gains, clear out their criminal territory, and settle every score. Today they ignore me. Tomorrow there won’t be anywhere left for the wicked to swagger. I’m Xiao Zhang. I do things with a swagger, and I’m the godfather to every thug in the city 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Rascal High School 痞子高校 My name is Zhang Yan. After graduating from junior high, I started high school at No. 5 Middle School. The days that followed were nothing like what I had hoped for. It was as if an abyss was staring at me, and I had to use every ounce of strength to contend with it: falling into the abyss, struggling within it, and finally climbing back out. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Kingpin in the Making 黑道之少年为王 Sometimes, campus life is dark, and society is cruel. Through my eyes, I’ll take you along to experience every hardship I endured on the road from boyhood to ruling Longcheng. My name is Qi Yu. In elementary school, I followed a group of older boys and caught a glimpse of young men showing off on motorbikes, scraping steel pipes along the ground. A gust of wind, carrying the cold gleam of steel pipes, swept past my ear. Flames sprang up in the boy’s chest, and even his breath burned like molten 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 This Was Supposed to Be a School Romance, So Why Is It a Delinquent School? 说好的校园爱情番怎么是热血高校 (A golden finger that barely counts as one + high school fighting + youth + a fictional world much like our own) Cao Min, a shut-in, transmigrates into the body of a high school student in a parallel world. He thinks he’s about to begin a youthful campus romance, but what awaits him is a school of fierce delinquents! Fortunately, there’s always a way forward. By chance, he inherits the legacy of a Martial God! If this isn’t a romance series, then I’ll fight my way through this action series to t 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Edge of Youth: Blade of Contention 少年锋芒之峥刀 [Underworld story] [Fast-paced plot, no filler] [One heroine] [Revenge] [Urban] Lu Zheng grew up in the old district of Qingxi County, raised by his father, Lu Zhenting, who ran a repair shop. Outsiders all laughed at his father, calling him a useless roughneck who dressed in greasy rags and did nothing but fix junk cars. Then one day, a classmate spat out an insult in front of everyone: “Lu Zheng, your dad’s a pathetic loser from the bottom of society!” With all the fire of youth, Lu Zheng st —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Delinquent at High School 我在高校当不良 [Delinquents + school life + wish fulfillment + hiding your strength] Takahashi Yoshiki comes from the countryside. After moving to Chiba Prefecture with his parents, he sets his sights on becoming the strongest man around. After transferring schools, he meets Ito Shinji, who shares his dream, the frank and passionate Akasaka Riko, the hilarious Imai Katsutoshi, and others... “The Blonde Demon” and “The Righteous Hothead” will become legends of Chiba Prefecture! (This blurb is short and not very —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Evil Emperor: Eternal Calamity 邪皇：天煞永劫 [Underworld Emperor] + [Underworld] + [Ancient Martial Arts] Nine death-row prisons across the nation, thirty-six death-row squads, all fighting for control of the national underworld! Left Chen, the strongest death-row inmate in Western China, leads sixty-seven convicts to found the Heavenly Fiends, battle the Lone Dragon, wipe out the Azure Nether, and clash with the Blood Eagle! He paves the road to imperial power with countless bones and subdues the heroes of the four seas through endless sl 9.2kReads6.5Score56114d adds
- 14 I Enter the Underworld After Catching Them in the Act 从撞破奸情开始踏入黑道江湖 There is no golden finger, no System, and no miraculous stroke of luck from the heavens. This is not another cookie-cutter power fantasy about cheating your way to godhood. Drawing on his own experiences, the author tells a realistic story of ordinary people struggling to survive and make their way in the underworld. Through real events from his own life, the author shows readers what the real underworld is like beyond the world of movies and television. If you’re tired of fictional plots that h 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Road of No Return: Tales of the Jianghu 不归路之江湖风云录 Everyone says the jianghu is wonderful, but every year, people meet their end in it. You can make a fortune out in the world, but how many can escape judgment? Street toughs and gangsters end up unable to afford even a bowl of rice. Brotherhood never ends, but once you’re in this life, you’ll have to pay your debts... 178Reads—Score814d adds
- 16 My Wild Youth 凭我少年狂 From a cowardly student to the true boss of the South District! Students, street punks, gangsters: three levels, each step paid for in blood. The protagonist, a ruthless enforcer, and a scheming strategist: together, they take on the underworld. Follow a big brother who stands by his friends, fighting from the school all the way to the South District. No showing off, no cheats. He earns his place with brains and grit. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Jianghu's Point of No Return: My Years as the Big Brother 江湖不归路：我做大哥那些年 What is the jianghu? Passion, sorrow, parting, and regret: that is the jianghu. Where is the jianghu? Wherever there are people, there is the jianghu. Drunken indulgence is its outward face, brotherly loyalty its innocence, life-and-death partings its core, and deceit its way of survival. This is a story of the jianghu, a story unique to that era. 196Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 18 Dragon's Spine: Blood-Red 1999 龙脊：血色1999 In the bitter winter of 1999, scalding lamb broth spilled from the copper hot pot in the He family residence. Chen Jiu of the Green Dragon Gang stared at the red dragon birthmark on the baby's back, while frozen soil from Beiling crumbled from the soles of his boots. Everyone in Shencheng's underworld would remember that dusk twenty years later: when He Yu was born beneath a blood-red sunset, the wails of thirty motorcycles from the Hunhe Gang couldn't drown out the twelve Jetta police sirens ro —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Jianghu in Its True Colors 江湖本色 [New book: River Dragon on the Loose] Many years ago, a group of cocky young boys smoked cigarettes that cost just a few yuan a pack and talked big about their dreams. Longing for the day they would grow up, they shouted, “Our future is bright!” Looking back in an instant, the old street is still there, and the stars shine as they always did. But are the brothers from those days still the same? A man remains a boy until the day he dies! Just like youthful passion, it may cool, but it never dies! 966Reads7.2Score10214d adds
- 20 The Dragon City Kingpin 龙城枭雄 At the end of the last century, Longcheng was a haven for countless criminal gangs, and most of its people were driven onto a path of no return... In that era of flashing blades and bloody battles, a man named Yao Chutian unleashed a storm of bloodshed and chaos. 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 21 I'm a Hoodlum: Two Strokes, One Vertical, That's How We Do Things! 老子是流氓，两横一竖就是干！ “Hello, my name is Fang Xiu. The ‘Xiu’ in ‘to the bitter end’!” In this bloody underworld where people prey on one another, Fang Xiu is swept against his will into one whirlpool after another! Only after stepping into it does he realize that the underworld is a bottomless vat of dye, filled with schemes, treachery, and betrayal! By the time he wants to turn back, he’s already sunk deep into the mire, with no way out! All he has left are the few brothers at his side, standing shoulder to shoulder 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Toughest Man in Yunnan 云滇第一狠人 {Urban Fiction + Power Fantasy + Nonstop Action} In high school, an accident landed me in prison for five years. Thanks to the guidance of a benefactor, I got out and worked my way up from nothing. Build big! Rise again! Rule Yunnan! 445Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 23 Reckless Youth: No Way Back from the Jianghu 放肆青春之江湖不归路 My name is Wang Hao. Because I was a coward, I transferred to Chenghua, where I met five brothers who shared my hardships and stood by me through thick and thin! We went from being bullied to ruling the school, going through so much and making so many sacrifices together. With one foot still at school and the other already stepping into the underworld, what happens in the end? Let me tell you the story! P.S. The story is set around 2006, and all the major characters are adults. (The ages, educat 515Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Reckless Youth: A Passionate Heart 不良之热血方刚 Underworld + school life + passion + brotherhood + supremacy struggles + multiple heroines One day, I’ll rise like a dragon and conquer the underworld in a river of blood. Through flashing blades and piles of bones, I’ll stand at the front to shield my brothers. Shen Xiao, a freshman in high school, looked so frail that on his first day, a teacher made an example of him in front of the whole class. After class, he went to the restroom. As soon as he stepped out of a stall, he was kicked to the f 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 My Years as a Delinquent 我当不良的那些年 The year I began to remember things, my parents left for reasons unknown. The moment I stepped into Seventh High, the story began, and a legend unfolded. There is no tree that reaches the heavens. Everything has something that can bring it down… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Seventh Brother on Campus 七哥在校园 Dragons have reverse scales, and touch them at your peril. Wolves have hidden spikes, and anyone who spies on them is doomed. Qi Wan is a young man with neither father nor mother, going from a freewheeling member of society to a student on campus. He gets caught up in one feud and tangled affair after another, stirring up storms of bloodshed. He once said, “If you can't even protect yourself, how can you talk about protecting others?” “Anyone who messes with me, I'll take them on! Let them kill 191Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 27 Bloodsoaked Underworld: Gangland Storm 浴血江湖之黑道风云 By a stroke of fate, Wang Tian embarked on an extraordinary path: the road of the underworld! An older brother who was like a father and mentor, and five brothers who would share life and death with him. He has been gravely wounded and left on the brink of death, and he has also enjoyed immense wealth and a life of extravagance! This is the story of an ordinary man’s hard-won rise, a cry of defiance from those at the bottom! Wang Tian is determined to create a legendary life! P.S. Wang Tian and 20Reads—Score10614d adds
- 28 An Underworld Odyssey: Is This Really the Right Path? 黑道征途，这条路真的对吗！ My name is Jiang Cheng. The Cheng in my name means “to become a god,” and I became the god of the underworld. The road here was grueling. My brothers and I all got the lives we wanted, but when I finally reached the top and watched my old brothers get arrested or cut down one by one, I fell into deep thought. Was this road really the right one? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Peerless Dragon Soul 绝世龙魂 A passionate tale of a student, a nobody who loves life, fighting his way forward and crushing every enemy. Once I set foot on this thorny road, I was destined to fight to the bitter end. I will have the world bow to me alone! 781Reads7.0Score10314d adds
- 30 A Disciple of the Generation 一代门徒 In the 2000s, we entered a new century. Tower after tower rose from the ground, and people moved from a simple, kindhearted world to one filled with complicated struggles of human nature. The times changed and taught us so much, so very much. We also lost so much, so very much... 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Leaving the Fortieth Parallel 离开北纬四十度 I fell from the capital to the bottom of the school food chain in a county town. Three years of humiliation forged my courage and won me brothers. I fought fire with fire. It looked like I had won, but in the end, all I could do was flee in disgrace. There are no heroes in this story, only a survivor who refused to remain a victim. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 I Didn’t Tell You to Join the Underworld, Yet You Became the Boss 没让你混社会，你却当了大哥 [Not invincible, not brainless, no System, and full of passion] In the early 1990s, Li Luoyang was sentenced to three years in prison for accidentally killing a street thug while acting in self-defense. After his release, he chose to stay in the urban village, waiting for news of his girlfriend. Instead, he was unexpectedly drawn into one gangland feud after another. From disputes over table fees at a mahjong parlor to life-or-death fights at construction sites, he was repeatedly thrust into the 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Zhou Bufan’s Road to a Triumphant Rise in the Underworld 周不凡的黑道逆袭路 [No dogs are harmed in this book.] [This book is based on real events. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.] A hopeless case? A pushover anyone can pick on? When Zhou Bufan, once trampled underfoot, enters the chaotic North City covered in scars, all he wants is to keep his head down. But in this wretched world, even staying alive is too much to hope for! When fists rain down on him again, when his dignity is crushed once more, he can’t take it anymore. He won’t take it anymore! “Either live —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Schoolyard Storms, Northeast Underworld 校园风云，东北江湖路 [Wherever there are people, there will be a world of the underworld] [A Northeast underworld story] [Decisive and ruthless] [A road of no return] [First person] [Recollections] [This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] My name is Han Tian. I was kidnapped by human traffickers as a child and forced to beg on the streets. It wasn't until Uncle Han rescued me from them that I was given a name. He showed me that a person could live like a re 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Everyone Else Has Transmigrated and Stands Unrivaled. Why Haven’t You Changed? 都穿越谁与争锋了，你还不改变？ A feel-good story with a slow pace and no soap-opera drama. It won't change the direction of the five-man group. After the protagonist meets them, the story focuses on him in another district, with the city's development revolving around him. My name is Xiang Yun, and I'm someone even a dog can kick around. I'm an orphan, and at school the school bully would often demand money from me and pick on me. Then one day, I couldn't take it anymore. I beat him so badly he ended up in the hospital. I tho 335Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Let the Young Be Wild 任少年轻狂 Multiple heroines + brotherhood + no System + a little cathartic wish fulfillment Lin Chen is beaten up by the school beauty’s thug of a brother just for looking at her one too many times in class. I will never give in. Push an honest man too far, and he becomes even more terrifying. 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Rise of the Wind and Clouds in 1990, Starting in Niujia Village 风云1990，从牛家村开始崛起 Name’s Goudan. The only college student in the village? Bullshit! Now all I want is to be the biggest bastard around! That old lecher Wang the Lame thinks he can touch Liu Xue, the goddess I’ve had a crush on since we were kids? And he even wants to strip her naked in front of everyone? My brother gets beaten, my goddess gets humiliated. How the hell am I supposed to swallow that? The old Goudan died with that slap. Let me introduce myself again: I’m Goudan. “Dog” as in son of a bitch, “dan” as —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Years That Were 往往之年 Decisive, ruthless, and no bleeding-heart do-gooder. Hard-hearted and merciless, he's no champion of justice. He'll stop at nothing to achieve his goals. Even the dirtiest tricks are fair game if they win, including a kick to the groin. A young man steps into the underworld and climbs higher, one step at a time. Let me tell you the story through what I've seen and heard. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The King of Soldiers’ Underworld Life 兵王的黑道生涯 China's strongest soldier is unexpectedly ordered hunted down by his own grandfather. Returning to the city with a top-secret plan, he infiltrates the underworld and changes its dark rules outright. He and the heroine weather the rise and fall of their families together, and he ultimately becomes a devoted wife-adorer. One heroine only! The first half is a cerebral, high-stakes thrill, while the second is wonderfully sweet as he spoils his wife. 1.6kReads7.8Score16914d adds
- 40 Heir to the Underworld: Xia Yu of Tianmen 黑道继承者之天门夏宇 Xia Yu, originally named Li Tian, is 18 and a member of Tianmen, a gang company in Haizhou. After offending someone he should never have crossed, he is forced to flee to a special school in Nanwu under his new identity, Xia Yu, accompanied by two loyal underlings. But this school is an educational institution in name only: in reality, it is a training ground where Nanwu’s four major gangs groom their successors, and the gangs’ junior leaders vie for power behind the scenes. Reborn with the hard- 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Underworld? 都重生了，谁还混社会啊！ Underworld #Reborn Big Shot #Making Money #Power and Influence #Going Straight #No Simping #Ruthless Rise Qi Wei, a legendary underworld boss, took his own life in despair when the police sprang an ambush with the help of an undercover officer. When he came to, he had returned to 2008. Would he keep living in darkness, joining the criminal underworld that would one day be judged by the law? Or would he settle for an ordinary life, going to school and taking exams for government jobs and graduate 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Tales of the Underworld in Dongguan 莞城江湖往事 The jianghu isn’t a world of free-spirited heroes, revenge, and fine clothes atop spirited steeds. It’s a filthy, chaotic reality twisted by darkness! I, Zhang Xingheng, entered the jianghu to play the game of schemes and use my brains. Everything in the world was part of my calculations, including myself! So, you ask why I succeeded? Because every big shot in the jianghu fell victim to my schemes! They fell amid blades, guns, and blood! From the moment I stepped into the jianghu, every big shot 11.6kReads6.9Score66514d adds
- 43 Black and White Rule: Overseas Storms 2 黑白为王2海外风云 (No brainless antics + Urban + Underworld + Passionate + Brotherhood + No Harem + Faux-Realism + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Overseas Gang Life) The official sequel to the hard-hitting, realistic underworld epic Three Fingers! Black and White Rule 2: Overseas Storm is now underway! Leaving the underworld of their homeland behind, they set foot on unfamiliar foreign soil. Beneath the surface, the Mekong River region seethes with undercurrents, while cross-border forces from Hong Kong and Macau are 19Reads—Score10714d adds
- 44 Objections Overruled 反对无效 [Power fantasy + crime + passion + Hong Kong action movies + no saintly protagonists + no melodrama] Woohoo! Tell me, does this feel good or what? In a dark world, they’ll defy the world and pay an unimaginable price, shouldering the burden of keeping the world’s order intact. (This novel is entirely the author’s own original creation. Do not learn from or imitate it.) He Jifeng: “I’ve got plenty of people. It’s fine.” Yao Zixuan: “I’ve got plenty of connections. I’m not afraid.” Chen Yi: “I’ve 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Reckless Youth 不良之狂妄青春 “Smash anything you see! Hit anyone you see! Flatten No. 6 High School!” I’m Zhang Ling. I’d only just started high school when I crossed the school’s resident delinquents. At first, I fought back just to protect myself. But as one problem after another came along, it wasn’t so easy to walk away. Before I knew it, I’d become the top delinquent in the school... 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Bloodshed and the Rise of a Young Man 血染，少年崛起 (This work is set in a fictional world and contains science fiction elements.) This is a story about brotherhood and the code of the underworld... Do good people really get what they deserve? Do so-called bad people have their own reasons...? In these chaotic times, perhaps the only way forward is to join the underworld. The saying that good and evil are always repaid in the end is nothing but words meant to comfort people. Before true power, perhaps we are no more than ants. Perhaps only after 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Huh? The Underworld System Begins with a Heartfelt Duet on the Rooftop 啊？黑道系统从天台深情对唱开始 [System + underworld gangs + one female lead + absurd humor] “I am sworn enemies with the underworld System...” [Host, what did you say?] “Uh, I said I’m happy to share the same sky with you.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Underworld: No Way Back 黑道不归路 The underworld: a term that seems to have nothing to do with ordinary people. It represents another world. I was an orphan. I begged, was adopted, stole, and did all kinds of things. Then I failed to find a job and ended up at a nightclub. I never expected to meet someone there, someone who changed the course of my life and sent me down a road of no return... 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Innocent Youth We Can Never Get Back 一去不复返的懵懂青春 Those were our wildest days, our most fearless youth. When steel pipes clashed and sparks flew, when blood stained our school uniforms, when brothers stood shoulder to shoulder, we finally understood that youth could burn with such passion. This is a story written in the blood and fire of a group of boys! This is a memory of brotherhood and loyalty! This is a fiery youth we could never forget! These are brothers who would live and die together! This is a passionate era that belongs to us! 128Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Who Can Compete? The Victor Takes the Crown 谁与争锋之胜者为王 [Underworld + passionate + anti-triad + ensemble cast + realistic] Chu Lan was just an unknown nobody until a lucky chance to ride on someone else’s influence made him the top dog of the second-year class. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
