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- 101 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! 441Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 102 Hong Kong Crossover: From the Start, I Worked Under Big D 港综：开局在大D手下当马仔 Han Chenhui never expected to be poisoned by bird feed. Afterward, he'll transmigrate into the world of Hong Kong crime dramas and become a low-ranking member of Da D's gang. In his previous life, the iron chains of family kept his ambition firmly locked away. This time, he's alone from the start. With no weaknesses left, he's determined to see what's waiting at the very top. 425Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 103 The First Book by Moyou Lingling 魔幽灵灵的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Hong Kong Films: I'm in Hop Shing, Handling Both the Killing and the Burial 港片：人在和联胜，管杀又管埋 Before you try to break my rules, think about my fists. Hongxing? Dongxing? I don’t care what kind of star you are. The underworld needs rules, and rules bring order. Anyone who breaks my rules dies! 478Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 105 From Undercover Agent to Hong Kong Island Crime Boss 从卧底开始成为港岛枭雄 Ye Chen was unexpectedly reborn into the world of Hong Kong crime dramas. Starting out as an undercover cop in the 1970s, he rose to become the first Chinese assistant commissioner. Time magazine called him a legendary figure who spanned the century in Hong Kong. But those who watched him climb to the top always addressed him respectfully as “Mr. Ye” to his face, while privately calling Ye Chen a crime lord who surpassed the Four Great Detectives! 53Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 106 Reborn in North America: From Mogul to Tycoon 重生北美：从大佬到财阀 Because of a bug in a System called “Trading Lives,” Li Xinghe transmigrated to the other side of the ocean in a parallel universe, where he became the head of the Anliang Tong. After learning that being killed would restart the System and send him back to his own time, Li Xinghe began a life of recklessly courting death. Washington Post reporter: Mr. Li, after all this time, how did you manage to defeat one powerful opponent after another? Li Xinghe: I gave them a chance. They just weren't up t 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 A Life Gone Awry 错乱的人生路 This book tells the story of a young man from a county town in the 1990s who accidentally ends up on a path that was never meant to be his. The old days of the underworld are gone. (This story is entirely fictional. Do not take it as fact.) The book warns readers never to set foot on such a path, no matter what. Good and evil bring their own consequences, and fortune and misfortune follow one another. You must bear the consequences yourself; no one can do it for you. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Reborn: Back at School to Become the Boss 重生：回到学校做老大 I was reborn, but somehow it feels like I wasn't! After being betrayed by my own brother, I woke up as a high school student. He may be a deadbeat couch potato, but he also looks like a total creep! “Since Heaven has given me another chance, I'll use the methods I know best to take back everything that belongs to me!” “Wang Qiang is dead. Now it's time to build a dynasty that belongs to Xiao Yuan!” 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Hong Kong Films: Kicked Out by Brother B, I Become the Leader of the Tung Sing Gang 港片：被b哥赶走，我成东星龙头 Su Long transmigrates into the world of Hong Kong action films and becomes Big B’s top henchman. In just a few years, he helps Big B conquer all of Causeway Bay, making a name for himself in the underworld. But when Chan Ho-nam joins the gang, Big B chooses to trust the man he watched grow up. He kicks Su Long out of Hung Hing without a second thought. Furious at being cast out, Su Long joins Tung Sing instead. He recruits the Tony brothers, Gau Man-lung, Flying Dagger Ah Ji, Lok Tin-hung, and W 5Reads5.9Score414d adds
- 110 Wife, Come Save Me! 娘子，捞我！ Tianling City is about to host a wedding between two prodigies. The Xie family’s prodigy is marrying the Shang family’s prodigy. It was supposed to be a marriage joining two powerful families. But now everyone knows it’s a sham. The Shang family’s prodigy cultivates a technique that forbids her from losing her chastity, while the Xie family’s prodigy is on the verge of dying from illness. This marriage is nothing but a transaction. The whole city is waiting, waiting to attend the wedding feast, 14Reads6.0Score214d adds
- 111 Divine Runes 神纹 He hated soldiers, but was forced to enlist. All he wanted was to find his father and then leave the military, but people kept provoking him. He had always yearned for the warmth of family. Yet when he received his father’s first gift, it marked the beginning of a hellish ordeal... He grew stronger, fought on, and won again and again. Thus began a passionate life of struggle. 6Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 112 In The Knockout, I Level Up by Binding Myself to the Big Sister-in-Law! 人在狂飙，绑定大嫂就能升级！ (If you don’t like following the original plot, some characterizations will be changed. Don’t read if you can’t accept that.) He woke up in Jinghai... at the police station. Gao Xin felt he had ended up in the wrong place, but the right situation. Choose the right path, and life becomes a sports car speeding down the highway. In Jinghai City, the Gao family calls the shots. And that Gao is Gao Xin! (Across the Heavens, with some Hong Kong crossover films.) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 A Chef's Broken Blade 一个厨子的残刀 He was a cook, a taciturn cook in the inn's back kitchen. His job was to cut meat and vegetables. There was always more meat and produce to chop, just as the sorrow in his heart was endless and impossible to untangle. He was skilled with a knife. Everyone who had seen him wield one said so. His knife was a butcher's cleaver, its edge already full of nicks, much like his life. His life had always been incomplete. But his hands were terrifyingly perfect: broad, rough, with prominent knuckles, and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Snowfall in the Mortal World 人间挽雪 Everyone says Baiyujing is wonderful: the far shore of eternal life, the pinnacle of martial arts. Only I know it is an abyss that devours people, a grave that buries humanity. She is Ye Baiyi. The greatest Snow-Listening Sword Immortal under heaven, her body transformed into crystal, her feelings severed and her heart closed. She sat alone on the frozen plains of the far north for twenty years. One step more, and she would become a lofty deity, nothing more than an ornament on Heaven’s desk. He 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Black Shark 黑鲨 I can’t stand you, so I’ll beat you up! You made me unhappy, so I’ll make you pay! White can be black, and black can become white, because even under the brightest lights, shadows are always there. Blunt and revealing, but not judgmental. This may not be the pinnacle of crime fiction, but it is absolutely a trailblazer in the genre! Just wait and see! 557Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 116 The Jianghu: A True Account of Half a Life in the Underworld 江湖：混社会的半生真实经历 A chaotic age, filled with flashing blades and clashing steel! The martial world is like a cup of tea. Everyone tastes it differently. My name is Zhao Long. Back then, most people called me Long Si, Brother Si, or Fourth Master! I'm not exaggerating when I say my reputation back then was almost as great as that of the famous Fourth Master Qiao up north! I was a poor kid who couldn't afford a meal. Through sheer grit and ruthl 4.7kReads7.1Score20114d adds
- 117 Tales of the Jianghu: The Storms of Luocheng 江湖故事之罗城风云 Lu Yongqiang was seventeen when he met Brother Da, who ran gambling games. That was the start of his life in Luocheng’s underworld. He went inside the walls in 1983 and got out in 1989. By then, Brother Da’s operation had fallen on hard times, and many debts were never repaid. Lu Yongqiang regrouped and reasserted his authority. There was no avoiding fights, rivalries, and struggles for power along the way. He made many brothers and friends and dealt with all kinds of people. His best friend, Qi 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Hong Kong Films: Transmigrating into Tung Sing, I Swindle the Boss’s Wife Out of a Billion from the Start 港片：穿越东星，开局坑大嫂十亿 Feilong transmigrates to Hong Kong Island in turbulent times, becoming a core member of East Star and the most trusted enforcer of Camel. Crow: If Chan Ho-nam takes out Brother Camel, we'll be in luck. Smiling Tiger: We can give him a hand behind the scenes. Liang Kun: Big B, if you do wrong, own up to it. If you get beaten, stand up straight. Tony: That's how we do things. Tai Bao Qiu: Leave the car here for repairs. My head's worth at least two hundred brothers. Money First: I only care about 1.6kReads5.2Score—14d adds
- 119 The Underworld King of Campus: The Campus Belle Falls for Me 高校黑道枭雄，校花为我倾倒 Qin Ling should have grown up happily under his parents' protection, but they were brutally murdered. Qin Ling had a rough childhood and even spent three years in prison after being framed. By the time he left prison, he had grown into a young man standing 194 centimeters tall. He also happened to find his way onto a university campus. [Violence?]“Sorry! I like it too.” [Stealing?]“My bad! I'll pay you back double.” [Loan sharks?]“Isn't this basically free money?” [Human traffickers?]“Prepare to 712Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 120 Hong Kong Island: From Country Boy to King of Hong Kong 港岛：从乡下仔开始，雄霸香江 He has just transmigrated to the crime-ridden world of Hong Kong Island in the 1990s when the great Sha Tin chaos breaks out. As a low-ranking member of a gang, he has no choice but to carve out a place for himself against the odds! Watch how Lin Yiqing rises from a low-level member of the Yirong Society to become a Hong Kong tycoon who commands everyone's attention! 898Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 121 Northeast Storm: Running Wild 东北风云之一路狂奔 One day in 2000, Zhenghe Teahouse in Maizidian, Liangmaqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, was wiped out, but two people escaped: the Little Tyrant, Gao Zejian, and the top hitman, Li Yun. What happened? This book reveals in detail how Gao Zejian, Li Zhengguang’s ace enforcer, managed to escape. 6.6kReads8.9Score33114d adds
- 122 The Wolf Raises Its Head 狼抬头 When a wolf turns back, it has its reasons: either to repay a kindness or to take revenge! I stepped over one pile of bones after another, climbing step by step, rung by rung... Years later, standing on a rooftop and looking down at this city, at all those strangers who somehow seemed familiar, I knew I could never turn back! 988Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 123 The Record of the Sunken Lamp 沉灯录 An ill-advised black coffin brought him a host of beautiful confidantes. On a rainy night at Qingshi Ferry, young ferryman Pei Zhaochuan takes on a black coffin he should never have accepted. Inside is someone still alive, and the coffin also leads to a lost old lantern. From then on, he is drawn into a web of old cases alongside Xie Tinglan, a disciple of Shuangting Valley, and He Xilou, a former resident of the Returning Lantern Tower. The cases are intricately linked to the tower’s destructio 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 The Years I Spent as the Big Brother 我当大哥那些年 To live in this world, you have to chase girls, make friends, and take good care of the people around you! Being a good-for-nothing isn't the end of the world. What's important is having the drive to improve! My name is Wu Liang, and I'm a delinquent. I've gotten into fights, gone down the wrong path, and even worn handcuffs! But I've never regretted the mistakes I made when I was young, or the people I loved... We poured our passion into our youth. We were young once, and now we've grown up. In 11Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 125 Storms in the Southeast: The Crime Boss 东南风云：大角头 [Southern underground world + a clash of black and white, a slow-burn story with a fresh premise] [No System, not brainless, not a power fantasy. Read with caution if that's not your thing.] Local Bosses, the Youth Association, and the Grand Temple Council. Together, these three groups form the Fengnan Clan Association. Though outsiders have never heard these terms, they describe Fengnan's true uncrowned king, the sole ruler of its underground order. [The only gangland novel online centered on l 9Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 126 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 196Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 127 The Strange Warriors of the Unorthodox Way 诡道奇兵 Eighteen years ago, a strange weapon nearly wiped out the Kongtong Sect. The sect leader was poisoned and left crippled, while the Second Elder and his wife were murdered! Eighteen years later, the Five Poisons have appeared once more, and the protagonist struggles to take revenge. Who is good and who is evil? It is impossible to tell. The martial world is once again awash in bloodshed... Where there are people, there is the martial world. Perhaps you and I are also great heroes of our generatio 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 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
- 129 Reborn in Yingwan: Starting as a Low-Level Gangster 重生瀛湾从角头小喽啰开始 In the 1980s, Yingwan was both an island and a world of its own. Everyone in this underworld had a fate of their own: kings, politicians, scholars, death warriors, and lackeys. When Luo Baichuan arrived in this world, he refused to believe he was destined to be a nobody, spending his life scraping by in the dirt. And so the story began... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Tales of the Underworld 黑道风云往事 This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is coincidental. This book urges people to choose the right path and serves as a warning to those who have gone astray. At eight, backed by my uncle, I planted the seeds of violence with a kitchen knife and blood. At sixteen, yearning for the world of the underworld, I plunged headfirst into its maelstrom. I saw its filth and darkness, its betrayals and its worship of profit, with only the faintest trace of loyalty. I s 61Reads—Score214d adds
- 131 Ninety-Two 九二 Hexagram Qian, line nine in the second place: The dragon appears in the fields. It is beneficial to meet a great person. The heroes of the world ought to be scattered, and the champions of the jianghu ought to be alone. Yet these great heroes and champions often find themselves brought together by one person. So they drink together in the wilds, share their deepest secrets, and pledge to live or die together after only a brief conversation. That person is Xie Tingwu. Perhaps he is the great —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 The Underworld: A Life in the Jianghu 黑道：人在江湖 What is the underworld? No one can really say. To me, the underworld is the jianghu. The jianghu has its own rules and its own stories. It’s not all fighting and killing. More than anything, it’s about human relationships and navigating the ways of the world. In 1996, a film about young gangsters influenced countless young people, leading them down a path of no return... That same year, after four years in prison, I walked out through those heavy doors and regained my freedom. My name is Fang We 206Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 133 The Underworld: I Make the Rules 黑道：我才是规矩 Two years in prison, and nothing is as it was. Wherever there are people, there are rivalries and power struggles. Schemes and betrayals are everywhere, and one careless move can destroy an entire family. No matter what, the strong can turn the tables against the odds. Starting today, I make the rules in Philadelphia! 2.4kReads—Score10414d adds
- 134 Hong Kong Films: Jiang Tiansheng Asked Me to Be the Boss, but I Refused 港片：蒋天生求我当大哥，我不要 [Gangster world + System + pure wish fulfillment + wild imagination + lighthearted] Chen Dong transmigrates into a world packed with Hong Kong movies from the 1980s. Gangsters run the place, but he isn’t afraid of them one bit. Others scheme against each other. Who can outscheme me? Others bring knives, I bring a gun. Even when we’re negotiating peace, I bring a gun. What’s this talk of honor among the jianghu? It’s all just an illusion. Staying alive is what matters! Years later… Chen Dong’s na 24Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 135 He and His Thousand Brothers 他和他的一千个兄弟 A sweeping crackdown on organized crime by the municipal Party committee and government brought Kangcheng ten years of peace. But after a decade, criminal forces sprang up like mushrooms after rain and returned in force. A breakup, having his identity stolen in the college entrance exam, and a construction boss’s schemes led Chen Li’an to give up on making an honest living. In the end, he went down a path of no return, turning against society. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Evil Lord Descends into the Abyss 邪主临渊 [Underworld] [Brotherhood] [Passionate] [The author is also a fan of Uncle Qin] I was bullied all through middle school. I thought things would get better in high school, but I was still bullied. Little by little, those people led me down a road of no return... My name is Mo Daoxie. Dao as in “principle,” and Xie as in “evil.” 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 137 Doomsday Tattoo Awakening: I Tattooed the Ultimate Combination! 末世纹身觉醒：我纹出最强组合！ The Matrix collapsed, and the apocalypse began. All races strove to evolve. Some gained the power of yin and yang through a round birthmark. Others awakened the Heavenly Eye through a vermilion mole between their brows. Yet humanity gradually lost ground in this competition, edging toward extinction. Lin Fan was reborn and resolved to use the power of tattoos to protect the last embers of humanity! A tattoo made before the cataclysm could serve as an anchor, guiding the direction of evolution. “ 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Fine Clothes and a Spirited Steed: The Days of Youth 鲜衣怒马，正是少年时 A sword, a horsetail whisk. A young man's story of laughter and tears, and a martial world brimming with every taste life has to offer. The bell tower south of the city rings once more, and the storyteller raises his voice again. Through countless twists and turns, the young man is still there... [A young man rides through the martial world: ten years of storms and rain. Poetry, wine, grudges, and vengeance: love is the hardest trial to overcome.] 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 I Dabbled in the Underworld and Accidentally Reached the Top 黑道玩票，不小心混到了巅峰 (Underworld + passion + brotherhood) You want to force me to the top of the underworld? Then I’ll give you exactly what you want! I’ve weathered bloody storms! Walked through a hail of bullets! Been betrayed by brothers! Faced life and death with indifference! Endured every vicious scheme! I, Wang Dongsheng, will tear through the darkness and shatter every plot! I’ll lead my brothers to rise on this blood-soaked road! I only ever wanted to be a nobody, but you forced me to become a hyena bristli 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 After I Transferred Schools, My Ex-Girlfriend Became the School's Top Dog 转校后，前女友成了学校老大 [Underworld] [Not invincible, not brainless, no harem] [Capable of every evil] That year, I scraped by like a stray dog. Then I rose like a dragon bursting from the sea. Who would dare stand in my way? That year, I was beaten at school until I cried for my parents. That year, I wielded an AK-47 and killed my way through the school, oblivious to heaven and earth! Only those willing to risk everything, daring to drag the King of Hell from his throne, can become kings! From school to society, from 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Reborn in the 1990s: Riding the Rural Tide with Chen Shuting 重生90年代：和陈书婷狂飙乡村 [Country-Village Foolish Doctor Story + Farming + Getting Rich] Transmigrated into the TV series The Knockout, Li Qing becomes the village idiot of Mang Village! In 1999, Mang Village has yet to be developed, Gao Qiqiang is still selling fish, and Chen Shuting is still working as an assistant to Uncle Tai. Given a second chance at life, Li Qing decides to change everything! Starting by stealing Chen Shuting, the Big Sister-in-Law, from under someone else’s nose, he builds a business from scratch 191Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Hong Kong Crossover: The Underworld Godfather Sends You to Meet Jesus 港综：地下教父，哥送你去见耶稣 [The underworld, passion, gangsters, System] A friendly warning: This book isn't limited to Hong Kong movies and comics. It also incorporates real underworld stories and figures. If you care too much about the timeline or the plots of Hong Kong comics and movies, for the sake of your health, please don't open this book. It may shatter your worldview. Qin Xing, a disgraced soldier discharged for indiscriminate killing, transmigrates by accident to a chaotic era of Hong Kong cinema and activates 410Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 143 The Knockout: In Jinghai, I Have More Than a Few Underlings 狂飙：人在京海，小弟亿点多 [Villain Protagonist + Ruthless + System] Lin An wakes up to find he has transmigrated into the TV series The Knockout as a miserable rich kid. See how Lin An turns Jinghai upside down, wielding power in this city riddled with danger. [P.S. The protagonist won’t suck up to the Gao brothers or An Xin. Everything is in it for the profit.] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Jianghu: No Shore to Turn Back To 江湖：回头无岸 Years later, Cheng Yuan had left the jianghu behind and planned to become a businessman, living out the rest of his days in peace. But an old acquaintance's verdict dragged him back into the blood-soaked mire of the underworld. Once, they had ridden proudly through the world, putting brotherhood first. As the years passed, they either rode the crest of the tide or plunged into the depths. In the end, none of them could withstand the unstoppable current of the times... 23Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 145 Seventeen That Year: The Winner Takes All 那年十七之胜者为王 (Ensemble cast, passionate urban drama, school and underworld, sensible characters, major players in the later story) The bonds of youth are worth more than gold. Ride through the underworld, free to go wherever I please! What is youth? It's a byword for passion, growing up, and loyalty. I was bullied in middle school just because I was honest, well-behaved, and kindhearted. I thought it would all be behind me when I got into the best high school in the county. But on the first day of school, I 123Reads—Score10214d adds
- 146 The Knockout! Open Up, It's Your Brother! 狂飙！开门，我是我哥 The Knockout + The Thunder + Who Is He + The Blood of Youth + Raging Fire + Black and White Forbidden Zone + Tales of the Borderlands... Multiple female leads, a System, and decisive, ruthless action. He transmigrates into a world of TV dramas and becomes An Xin's younger brother, An Xia. From the start, he activates a summoning System, but are all the people it summons complete lunatics? Li Fengtian, Chen Guilin, Crow, Chen Pi Asi... Li Fengtian: Bro, Ziqun beat me up. Crow: Bro, they keep mak 10Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 147 Lin Che’s Sword 林澈的剑 On a rainy night in late autumn, Lin Tian Nan, master of the century-old swordsmanship clan known as Listening Rain Tower, sees his entire family slaughtered. Only his young son, Lin Che, and younger brother, Lin Yuan, survive by a stroke of luck. The two well-dressed youths are plunged into the muddy jianghu, struggling to survive amid pursuit, hunger, and cold. At the brink of despair, they encounter the green-robed drunkard Ye Qingchen, mocked as a “rookie swordsman.” He takes in the fugitiv 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Tang Sect: Clouds over the Capital 唐门风云之京城烟云 Tang Clan Chronicles: Mist Over the Capital —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Tang Sect: Peacock Plume 唐门风云之孔雀翎 Tang Clan Chronicles: The Peacock Plume —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Tang Sect: Kunlun Mirror 唐门风云之昆仑镜 Tang Clan Chronicles: The Kunlun Mirror —Reads—Score—14d adds
