Novels like The King of Soldiers’ Underworld Life
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- 51 1980: A New Order in the Underworld 一九八零：江湖新秩序 What is the martial world? Wherever there are people, there will be conflict! The strong survive, and the weak perish. That is the martial world! Relive the 1980s and pay tribute to a youth long gone! This is the story of Han Yue, and how he rose from the bottom to the top of the provincial capital, only to fall again! The road through the martial world is treacherous. Everyone survives by their own wits! Hold on, and you can make something of yourself. Give up, and you're out... (This book is p 4.4kReads8.7Score28314d adds
- 52 This Godfather Isn’t Proper 这个教父不正经 [Underworld epic] [Dark, forbidden mother-daughter angels] [Love for a widow] [A failed life: the rise of a dragon and an elephant] This is a lament for everything lost. His birth mother abandons him, and he is crowned the voice of the underworld. He takes the blame for the woman he loves and goes to prison, only for her to become a British princess he can admire on the news. He alone falls from a street vendor selling candied hawthorn skewers to a prisoner locked away from the light of day. Th 1.5kReads9.1Score15614d adds
- 53 The Strongest Man to Emerge from Vocational School 从职校走出的强者 When Li Feng stepped into vocational school, his life began to change... Youth is meant to be lived boldly and without restraint! A legend is about to unfold! May you roam far and wide, then return still young at heart... 155Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 54 [The Underworld: The Storm Rises Again] 【黑道，风云再起】 “Once you’ve drawn the bow, there’s no turning back.” “When I chose the path of the underworld,” “I’d already passed the point of no return.” “Then I’ll stand at the very top of the underworld,” “so the world can only look up to me, and everyone will know my name: Lin Mo...” 155Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Urban Blood Wolf 都市血狼 Dongfang Pengfei came from a powerful and distinguished family, yet was forced to leave his homeland! Six years later, he returns to the city to settle every old score... and ultimately reign supreme across China! With wealth enough to rival a nation and formidable martial arts skills, he kills while chatting and laughing, surging forward every step of the way! Wherever his blade points, nothing can stand in its path! 4.6kReads8.8Score40714d adds
- 56 The Swindler: Through Fire and Water for You, Uncle! 老千：赴汤蹈火啊，二叔！ If you learn the art of cheating, you’ll see me as a mayfly sees the heavens. My name is Feng Shiqi, a veteran swindler who came out of the mountains. PS: The best quit-gambling novel on the whole internet, and the most wholesome swindler story online. ⚠️ Don’t open it at night, or you won’t be able to sleep. 18.5kReads8.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 57 After Three Years Carrying Corpses, I Took Control of the Global Underworld 背尸三年，我掌控了全球黑道 [Corpse-Reading System] + [Become the Dead] + [Get Rich] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Suspense] + [Scheming Big Shot] Other students work their way through school washing dishes abroad. Ai Lao works part-time carrying corpses. With his bank balance running low, he’s forced to take a job carrying bodies at a morgue, where he awakens the [Corpse-Reading System]! On his first night, he touches a corpse and the System activates: Read the dead person's memories, take over their identity, fulfill their dy 6.5kReads8.9Score91914d adds
- 58 I'm a Gangster: I Smack an Angel with a Brick from the Start 老子黑社会，开局板砖拍天使 [High Martial] [Gangsters] [System] [Passionate] [Decisive] A century ago, the world changed dramatically. American gods descended, supernatural horrors returned in Sakura Country, and mutants ran rampant in Goryeo. Meanwhile, some people in Long Country gained the chance to awaken. Lin Xiu has a gangster System. He develops his power openly and grows more brazen by the day, smashing angels with bricks and hacking supernatural horrors with cleavers! Before anyone realizes it, a force rivaling an 5kReads7.9Score41814d adds
- 59 The Bad Guys 坏家伙们 When the jianghu is no longer traditional, it’s bound to become driven by self-interest! After the turn of the millennium, a new generation of “bad guys,” born in the eighties and nineties, began to take the stage in their own jianghu! These newcomers no longer revered the spirit of chivalry. They let money clear the way and put profit above all else! To carve out a place for themselves in this treacherous jianghu, they had to stop at nothing and plan every move! The great waves sift the sand! M 5.4kReads8.9Score31914d adds
- 60 Weapon System from the Start! Surviving the Apocalypse with My Sister-in-Law 开局武器系统！带着小姨子闯末世 [Apocalyptic underworld + power struggles + sister-in-law from the start + modern warfare + zombies + System + not reborn + lots of beautiful women + decisive and ruthless + no supernatural abilities, but people can evolve] [An apocalyptic underworld story that starts with the jianghu and moves on to the struggle for dominance. The protagonist is invincible and never gets tortured.] A mysterious blue fog engulfed the cities of Blue Star. Order collapsed, and zombies ran rampant. Three years afte 3.5kReads8.2Score29914d adds
- 61 Tales of the Underworld: My Extraordinary Life 江湖往事：我的妖孽人生 [Urban slice of life + multiple female leads + the underworld] My name is Tang Haichao, and my nickname is Giant Wave. In 1995, I started a bloodbath to protect my girlfriend. When I got out of prison in 1998, she was already married to someone else. Qiao Xuefei, the wealthy heiress from a family that had been close to mine for generations, introduced me to the real underworld. The underworld is far bigger than you can imagine. Different ranks, different circles, bloody turmoil and countless twi 788Reads8.6Score16114d adds
- 62 The Charismatic Hero 枭雄 The goddess who looked down on me back then now wants to partner with a company under my name… A golden-scaled carp is no mere pond fish. When its destined moment comes, it transforms into a dragon. I’m going to become a ruthless tycoon and make everyone who looked down on me regret ever crossing me. 596Reads8.5Score10114d adds
- 63 The Blood Dragon of Carnage 狂煞血龙 To find her, he enters this battle for power with a band of beastlike brothers at his side... After she is murdered, he raises his blade and unleashes a massacre that shocks the world... His bloodthirsty nature earns him the fearsome title of the greatest killer emperor in history... With his arrival, the underworld is shrouded in a bloody haze for decades... 1.6kReads8.9Score11814d adds
- 64 Sentenced to 25 Years at Six! Released and Instantly Invincible! 六岁被判25年！出狱便是无敌！ No System + No transmigration + Urban + High martial arts + Exploring Kunlun + Cultivation + Invincible protagonist A crime boss was hacked to death by his enemies, and his woman was thrown in prison. Already pregnant, she gave birth to Su Xiaokun in prison. Raised behind bars, Su Xiaokun took four masters and learned to drive out ghosts, enter dreams, and practice ghost medicine, setting out on an unknown path. The ultimate aesthetics of violence, supernatural ghost-controlling arts, and di 3.3kReads8.7Score47414d adds
- 65 The Man Who Reached the Top of the Underworld 黑道触顶之徒 The underworld is shallow waters teeming with big shots. Thousands shout my name: Brother Tian. Xia Tian, a young man from the bottom of society in Northeast China, gets caught up by chance in the feud between two underworld bosses. From then on, he sets out to climb to the top of the criminal world. Benefactors, moles, bandits, desperados… all sorts of characters take the stage, and the action is heart-pounding. Watch as he leads his brothers from small-time nobodies to become the biggest kin 3.7kReads8.8Score25114d adds
- 66 The Peerless Young Master 公子无双 Lin Qi seems like an ordinary delivery driver, but in this city, whether they are business tycoons, renowned doctors, or underworld bosses, everyone treats him with the utmost respect and calls him, "Young Master!" 334Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 67 The Bad Guys: The Storm Rises Again 2 坏蛋之风云再起2 [People have names, and trees have shadows. Who is Xie Wendong? Everyone knows.] As the scorching sun slowly sinks away and the half moon hangs high, as neon lights begin to flicker and night descends, what can we use to prove that we exist? 12kReads9.0Score78814d adds
- 68 The Supreme Dragon Lord Who Emerged from Prison 从监狱中走出的龙头至尊 Eight years ago, Jiang Li got involved with the eldest daughter of Qin Zongdao, Jiangcheng's richest man, then left the city for a million yuan. Eight years later, the heiress of the past had become Jiangcheng's richest person. And he had become the youngest top general in Xia Country! 14.8kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 69 Tiger Husband 虎夫 [Born to be somebody, just going through a rough patch for now!!!] 4.4kReads8.8Score37814d adds
- 70 I'll Write My Own Youth 青春我来写 Synopsis: When I was very, very young, I had a beautiful older sister. My parents were always incredibly busy and often had to leave home to work in other places. So one day, they brought home an older sister they had adopted for me. She treated me wonderfully and took care of me in every way. But Dad was exceptionally cruel to her. Then one day in middle school, my sister left. I studied as hard as I could, and by the time I reached high school, I finally got into a school in the city and foun 234Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 After Holding My Big Sister-in-Law, Are You Going to Start Building a Crime Empire? 抱着大嫂后，你要开始黑道发家？ 3.8kReads8.3Score31714d adds
- 72 The Arrogant Tycoon's Alluring Ways 傲娇大佬撩卿心 [Domineering CEO + one-on-one romance + both virgins + height difference + suit-wearing enforcer, a ruler of the district + sickly beauty who can foresee the future in dreams + exclusive devotion + extra sweet romance + mutual flirting] Has Fu Xiaoye, the all-powerful ruler of the district, gone “missing”? No. He's just been caught around the waist by a sleepy, sickly beauty. On a rainy night, his mission is exposed, and an accident leaves him wounded at her house. Famous Scene One: Blood soakin 365Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 73 Day One of College: I Start Running with the Underworld! 大学第一天，从混黑道开始！ A powerful underworld boss is reborn as a college student. With the System’s help, he rises once more to the pinnacle of the underworld. [Feel-Good Revenge + Urban + Underworld + Boss + School] Starting out as a college student, the male lead Lin Ao works his way to the top of the underworld, dominating both the criminal and legitimate worlds. He has powerful backing and influence that reaches everywhere. Dear readers, please be patient as you read. The story starts off ordinary, but the excitin 902Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 74 I'm No Little Punk: The Shorties' Hero Squad 我不是小混混之矮子英雄队 I'm determined not to become a hoodlum. Even a short person can stand tall. Not every hero is tall, but every passionate heart deserves to be seen. I won't go along with the ways of the world. I'll walk my own path through the jianghu. The road is long, so may we meet again at the summit... 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Butcher Who Walked Out of Prison 从监狱中走出的人屠 Being part of the underworld isn’t about fighting and killing. It’s about dealing with people. Su Bai had no connections, no powerful backers, and had just spent ten years in prison. After his release, he was penniless, so his older brother found him a job as a computer lab attendant. Watch him turn his life around and make his way in both the underworld and the legitimate world. In the underworld, he’s a big shot with people ready to answer his call. In the legitimate world, he has powerful fri 28.4kReads8.5Score2.3k14d adds
- 76 A Young Man's Years in the Jianghu 少年之江湖岁月 The jianghu is a road with no return, a maze, an abyss. Some manipulate events from the shadows, while others struggle for their lives in the mire. Watch who rises above them all, and who comes crashing down. 19.7kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 77 The White Rabbit and the Tough Guys 白兔与狠角色们 [Well-Read Literary Girl vs. Ruthless Street-Wolf King] [Gangsters + 1990s Road Adventure + Everyone's Darling + Female Growth + Exotic Flavor] Evelyn has endured more than a decade of psychological torture at the hands of her family. She thought she'd finally escaped. But even in death, her father wants to drag her down with him. Creditors from two continents gather at the funeral: the Sicilian Mafia blocks the entrance, while the Medellin Cartel from South America takes over the church. Everyo 754Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 The Big Circle: Asia’s First Chinese Gang to Break Out 大圈：冲出亚洲的华人第一黑帮 "The Great Circle: The First Chinese Gang to Break Out of Asia" recreates, from the most realistic perspective, a complete underground kingdom truly built by the Chinese. "The Great Circle: The First Chinese Gang to Break Out of Asia" tells the story of how, though China has no underworld in the true sense of the word, Chinese people are far from voiceless in the underground order of the world. On the contrary, they have always played an important role in international organized crime and are ev 3.6kReads9.2Score50714d adds
- 79 Big Brother 大哥 At the end of the last century, before the rules were fully established, all sorts of people emerged in great numbers. They exploited loopholes, ran gray-market businesses, and moved between the worlds of crime and respectability. A young man returned from military service, only to be dragged into the underworld. More than a decade of life on the fringes followed: wine and laughter with friends in spring, late-night talks beneath the lamplight; hardship at first, then glory at last. He had walke 4.1kReads9.0Score29214d adds
- 80 The Beguiling Flower of the Other Shore 彼岸花娇 [Sharp-tongued, domineering CEO × carefree, clever heiress in dire straits + both devoted only to each other] “You are a hidden flower from the other shore. Only I may touch you and make you mine.” Yan Zhimu accompanied her heartbroken best friend on a trip to an ancient city. By chance, she crossed paths with a mysterious, brooding man. Who could have guessed that the next time they met, he would treat her like a gift? She was set on making a run for it, unaware that in the eyes of the whole ci 1.4kReads8.9Score10314d adds
- 81 Tales of the Northeast: The Turbulent Nineties 东北往事之九零风云 (Hot-blooded) (Brotherhood) (Youth) (Fast-paced, no dragging things out) The law-abiding worry all day, while the mighty sing all night. Those who harm others for their own gain ride in comfort, while the honest and fair go hungry. Those who build bridges and mend roads go blind, while those who kill and set fires have plenty of sons. I went to the Western Heaven to ask Buddha. Buddha said, “There's nothing I can do either.” This novel tells the blood-and-tears story of Shen Congwen, a great und 6.8kReads8.9Score44114d adds
- 82 Hong Kong Films: More Children, More Blessings, and I Can Summon an Endless Army 港片：多子多福，我能无限爆兵 [Multiple heroines, no exclusive pairing] [More Children, More Blessings] [Decisive and ruthless] [No holier-than-thou heroine] He transmigrates into a Hong Kong movie world, becoming the heir to the East Star Society and binding himself to a More Children, More Blessings System. He can grow stronger simply by having more children. Chan Ho-nam: Big B, there are too many of them. We can't win! Big D: I have more men and money? Compared with Luo Tianhao, I'm just a nobody. “Ding...” Successfully e 30.9kReads9.0Score2.8k14d adds
- 83 I’m No Punk: Three of Us Together 我不是小混混之三人行 Determined not to become a thug, he knows that those who walk different paths cannot work together. Brotherhood, and the revival of the Eight Gates of the underworld. Is a sinister force behind it all, or is something far worse on the horizon...? 323Reads—Score1914d adds
- 84 The Underworld: The Jianghu Big Shots I Brought to Heel Over the Years 黑道：我那些年收服的江湖大佬 The underworld is a road of no return. It's a last chance for those with nowhere else to turn to make a comeback. Win, and you reach the height of power and become fabulously wealthy. Lose, and at best you die; at worst, you become a cripple. This road takes three parts vision, six parts luck, and one part relying on yourself. By some stroke of luck, I won. When I got out of prison, I didn't have a penny to my name. Now I'm surrounded by beautiful women and rule this whole territory. This road w 6.7kReads8.6Score55614d adds
- 85 The Underworld’s Final Ballad 黑道绝响 (Original title: Black Road, Final Echo) What is the underworld? Is it really not about fighting and killing, but about the ways of human relationships? Wrong. Only those who can still stand after all the fighting and killing have the right to talk about human relationships. My name is Luo Ping. I witnessed the so-called underworld in a corner of the southwest go from its golden age to its decline, until at last its echoes faded away. This is my story, and a glimpse into one corner of the underw 51.3kReads9.4Score5.6k14d adds
- 86 Warlord: Gangland Godfather? I'm a Dictator! 军阀：黑帮教父？我独裁元首！ [A ruthless, dark power fantasy!] [Starting from nothing] (Currently commanding four armies with 300,000 soldiers) Wang Xiao: from a desperado to a mafia godfather, and then the leader of the [Youth Army]! Starting with nothing, he steps over the corpses of countless powerful families and clans, fighting his way to the very top, one step at a time! Wang Xiao roars: “A true man should feast from five cauldrons in life! Even in death, he should be boiled in five cauldrons!” [Protagonist Wang X 117Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 87 The World’s Most Terrifying Organization: Ruling the World 全球战力最恐怖组织：称霸全世界 [Assassin]+ [Mercenary]+ [Underworld] I founded the Underworld and hunted down the fiends. A hundred kings under my command wage war across the land, all to reach the pinnacle of the world. Assassins, mercenaries, the underworld, the whole wide world. My name is Zhou Du. I kill… I do not ferry souls! 84.4kReads8.8Score6.5k14d adds
- 88 Number One Under Heaven 天下第一 No money to give you, but you can take my life. I’m the best in the world! Looking at his disheveled reflection in the mirror, Chen Dong slammed a fist into it, his eyes bloodshot. “From today on, no one will ever walk all over you again!” 15.1kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 89 I Am the King 我为王 Betrayed by everyone, I was wounded by those closest to me! I cut off a finger to survive, then lay low for six years before emerging again. Through the grudges and warmth of the martial world, I’ve seen it all. I am the king! 1.7kReads8.4Score12214d adds
- 90 Hong Kong Crossover: Off-the-Charts Luck, Snatching Chicken from the Start 港综：孕气爆表，开局截胡山鸡 Also known as Hong Kong Crossover: A Stroke of Lady Luck, Stealing Chicken from the Start Lin Yaozu transmigrates into a Hong Kong crime drama universe and gets a confession from a beautiful woman from the start. What! You’re Ke En? Doesn’t that mean I’m seducing the Second Sister-in-Law? But I honestly had no idea. Whatever. The System awakens, and Lin Yaozu decides he’s done playing nice... Drink the strongest liquor, date the hottest girls, and build the most powerful business empire! Lin Yao 58.1kReads7.3Score4.2k14d adds
- 91 Hong Kong Films: In Hung Hing, I Became a Loan Shark Tycoon 港片，人在洪兴，放贵利贷成财阀 Gao Ren transmigrates into a world where Hong Kong movies have merged, becoming a low-ranking member of the Hung Hing triad. After Chiang Tiansheng and Big B set him up and get him sent to Stanley Prison, he awakens a moneylending System. As long as he lends money to people and collects the interest, he can redeem any item in the System Shop! His first redemption is the Eye of Truth, which lets him see how much everyone likes him. Chiang Tiansheng: Affection level, 5! Gao Ren: Chiang Tiansheng, 20.3kReads8.2Score85414d adds
- 92 Jianghu Dragon: Underworld Storm in the Northeast 江湖枭龙：东北黑道风云 Three years in prison, and everything had changed. After his release, Lu Tao found himself at a crossroads in life. The snowstorm that year was so fierce it bent Lu Tao’s back. The friendship that year was so warm it helped him emerge reborn and fight his way upstream. Watch as a close-knit group of friends stand shoulder to shoulder, stride through a turbulent era, and build something magnificent! 19.1kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 93 Evil Emperor: Sinful Inferno 邪皇：罪恶无间 [Black X Evil Emperor]+ [Passionate]+ [Reborn Big Shot] Nine death-row prisons across the country. Thirty-six top death-row fighters are selected to dominate the underworld. Reborn in the world of the Evil Emperor, he faces Blood Eagle and fights Lone Dragon. What has he to fear from the life-taking Azure Darkness? The strongest gladiator in the country, Chen Zui is the one and only! 8.5kReads9.1Score50814d adds
- 94 Surrender to Temptation: The Black-and-Gold Emperor's Cherished Darling 纵情引诱，黑金冷皇的掌心娇宠 [Cold-blooded Mafia boss x sweet, clueless girl with a troubled past] [Devoted to each other + one-on-one romance + happy ending + seven-year age gap + doting, fatherly boyfriend + sizzling chemistry + mutual salvation] (If you can’t handle a weak heroine, this isn’t for you.) (Not realistic fiction. A completely fictional modern setting, plot-driven, with an ensemble cast and multiple couples.) * The first time Cheng Yi saw Lu Qian, she was covered in dust, huddled in a corner of his car like a 4.2kReads9.3Score40914d adds
- 95 In South Korea, I’m a Fugitive 人在南韩，身份是亡命之徒 At first, everyone thought they were just going after a slightly troublesome fugitive... Many, many years later, countries around the world would rate his threat level as nuclear-bomb class. From an ordinary man to the world's undisputed strongest one-man fighting force. He also founded a world-class mercenary group: the Qinglong Armed Forces. People gave him titles: Martial God of Earth, the modern-day Bai Qi the Butcher, the godfather of our generation's outlaws, the world's most wanted fu 6.6kReads8.3Score33214d adds
- 96 A Heart Full of Tenderness 一腔温柔 [Suited-up ruthless tycoon, lovesick big shot x teary little bunny with a tendency to cry, both virgins, he’s a lone wolf around everyone else but a silly puppy around her, an old flame reignited beyond saving~] [He dotes on her + married first, love later + seven-year age gap + size difference + she’ll always be the exception and his favorite~] Better to offend a gentleman than a scoundrel, and better to offend a scoundrel than Yan Zhao! Who in the capital doesn’t know Yan Zhao’s infamous reput 5.1kReads9.0Score54814d adds
- 97 Hong Kong Films: Rising to Power in Hong Kong and Kowloon from the Prison Quarry 港片：从苦窑开始叱咤港九 Wei Wu transmigrates to the world of Hong Kong action movies in the 1980s. When he opens his eyes, he discovers that he’s a gang member who was framed and sent to prison, working undercover for the police. He’s spent three years behind bars. The superior who was the only person who knew his real identity is dead. The boss who promised to promote him once he got out is dead too. He can’t return to the police force, and his path to the top is blocked. Just as he’s about to be released, he’s 32kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 98 The Drifter's Road Home 混子的归途 With my brothers by my side and guns in our hands, let’s see who gets to call the shots in this underworld! I may stay out of the underworld, but once I step in, I’ll make every thug submit and every boss get out of my way. I’ll become the... king of this underworld! New book: Underworld Boss: Starting as a Veteran. Now serializing to great acclaim! 30.1kReads9.2Score2.2k14d adds
- 99 The Urban Underworld: Power and Influence 都市江湖：权势滔天 The short drama of the same name premieres on January 4, 2026, at 10 a.m. on Hongguo Short Drama: Urban Underworld: Power Overwhelming Chen Yi had never met his biological father. Then one day, his parents were summoned to school, and he watched helplessly as his teacher was beaten badly enough to end up in the hospital... 14kReads9.0Score44314d adds
- 100 The Hidden Dragon of the Righteous Path 正道潜龙 One of Wei Jie’s four-part series A shooting case. An undercover agent lies dead in the street. An investigator once swore an oath beneath the solemn national emblem. At a crossroads of fate, a twin brother makes a dramatic entrance, leading to a lonely yet passionate story... Back to 1998! Our brotherhood is still here, our youth is still here. From this point, we set sail once more and forge the next great triumph! 39.3kReads9.5Score4.7k14d adds
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