Novels like Innkeeper from the Start, Gathering Information by Grinding
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- 101 American Crime Drama: Summoning the Unforgivable Sins 美综：大罪指定不赦召来 From the moment he transmigrated, Kevin knew he had landed in a world of American TV shows. Still, he could console himself that at least it wasn't Marvel, with some purple potato guy constantly trying to snap his fingers. Until many years later... Kevin: So, um... is it still too late to find someone to snap their fingers? I feel like I'm not far from seeing Cthulhu and the Four Chaos Gods of the Warp... Everyone: You have a lot to answer for yourself, but you never say a word about that, do yo 241Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 102 My Supreme Immortal Bone Was Dug Out, So I Chose to Master the Martial Way! 至尊仙骨被挖，我选择武道通神！ In a desert dynasty, bandits run rampant and demons plague the land. Those born with extraordinary bones can cultivate the Dao and seek immortality. Sixth Prince Ye Shouyi has his immortal bone ripped out from the start and is exiled to the Demon Suppression Bureau. But he ends up on the path of the ultimate martial arts! His vital energy flows like mercury, his body cannot be destroyed. He can uproot mountains, cross seas, and send sand and stones flying! “I’m a refined and easygoing prince who 3.1kReads8.8Score193Shelves
- 103 Paranormal Invasion: From the Start, I Became a Devourer of the Paranormal 诡异入侵：开局成为食诡人 New book out: Artifact Sequence. Hope you’ll show it lots of support! Light and darkness, black and white! When the light is devoured, darkness descends! For reasons unknown, the Void Realm began appearing across the world. It is the world's dark side, absorbing all its negative energy and giving birth to immortal, uncanny creatures that feed on living beings! By a stroke of fate, Yan Shi was pulled into the Void Realm. There, he was killed by one of its creatures, but unexpectedly fused with a 535Reads8.8Score106Shelves
- 104 Genshin Impact Simulator: I Fall into Darkness to Give Her Peace 原神模拟：我坠入黑暗，换她安宁 [Sweet romance + a touch of angst + passionate battles + smart characters + pseudo-invincible protagonist + heroine regrets it too late + sexually capable protagonist] Yilan transmigrates into the adopted son of the Gunnhildr family. A year later, he awakens the Good and Evil Simulator. Good deeds earn positive energy points, while bad deeds earn negative energy points. Positive energy points let him start a simulation, while negative energy points let him enter immersive mode. Completing the ta 458Reads9.2Score104Shelves
- 105 I Logged In Ten Thousand Years Early, but I’m the Mastermind Behind It All 提前一万年登录，但我是幕后黑手 (Ensemble cast · Western fantasy · world creation · epic · players arrive · protagonist never takes the stage, remaining purely in the background) After unexpectedly acquiring an ancient book, Chen Jiu becomes the Creator. With enough Creation divine power, Chen Jiu can do anything. There are only three ways to obtain Creation divine power. First, the world periodically repays him with Creation divine power. The stronger the world, the greater the reward. Second, whenever an epic, world-sha 31.2kReads8.5Score3.4kShelves
- 106 With My Secret Identity, I Can Do Anything 披上马甲的我无所不能 [Supernatural resurgence + System + multiple secret identities + no female lead + behind-the-scenes mastermind] The age of spiritual qi revival suddenly arrives, and worlds begin to evolve! The dead smile as they offer up their hearts. A vengeful woman in red slaughters an entire village. Steel-hard zombies butcher the living… Panic! Terror! People desperately pray to the gods for heroes to come. At the brink of despair, one powerful figure after another appears before the world. A white-robed s 1.1kReads7.5Score101Shelves
- 107 I Transmigrate Across the Heavens, and My Starting Skill Is Completely Random 穿越诸天，我的初始技能完全随机 Shi Yuan arrives in the City of Dawn, where he can draw a random skill to strengthen himself before every mission. Make good use of these random skills, get through one mission world after another, and he’ll survive. But after Shi Yuan draws his first skills, he realizes this place really can give you any bizarre ability imaginable: [No Need to Try It On]: Whatever size clothes you wear, they’ll fit you perfectly. [Dual-Use Circuit]: You can turn a three-prong outlet into a two-prong outlet. [P 2.1kReads9.2Score167Shelves
- 108 Global Game: I'm an Elegant Riddler 全球游戏：我是优雅的谜语人 [Riddle Master + Highbrow + Light Novel + Roleplay + No Heroine] After an accident, Mu Qing transmigrates twenty years into the past, to a time before the Game of the Gods descended upon the world and before the true gods made their appearance. The SSS-tier supreme talent known as “Prophet” comes back with him! He can see anyone’s future and the outcome of every game. From then on, Mu Qing sets out to turn himself into an elegant “riddle master.” What’s a riddle master? Someone who could speak p 3.6kReads9.3Score381Shelves
- 109 Fleeing Famine from the Start, I Keep a Low Profile and Become a Powerful Figure in Troubled Times 开局逃荒，苟在乱世做权贵 Lin Rui, who’d gone back to his hometown to loaf around, transmigrates into a chaotic era: warlords fight for power, foreign tribes invade, the emperor is weak, and the people are displaced. The foreign cavalry is about to reach the capital, and the emperor and officials have already fled. Unfortunately, Lin Rui has transmigrated into a poor commoner, with barely a copper to his name. Fortunately, his mansion has come along too. Its functions are stingy and pretty useless, but at least it keeps 9.7kReads8.6Score767Shelves
- 110 I Ascend to Godhood in the Apocalypse, and Save Humanity Along the Way 我于末世登神，顺便拯救人类 (Completed) [Ascension to Godhood]+ [Behind-the-scenes]+ [Urban Superpowers]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [No heroine]+ [Infiltration and development in the early stages, seizing power and uncovering secrets in the middle, stepping into the spotlight for the final battle] After attending his team's celebration banquet, game writer Lin Qingliu has an unexpected stroke of luck and ends up in another world: A meteorite? What meteorite? What do you mean humanity has only one city left, and the outside is full 5.9kReads9.0Score557Shelves
- 111 One Pickaxe to Godhood: I Struck It Rich Mining in the Haunted Realm 一镐成神：我在诡界靠挖矿成首富 A world where monsters, demons, ghosts, and gods walk the earth, a world where chaos and order coexist. The protagonist is so poor that he goes to the strange realm to find work, only to discover, to his delight, that it is far easier to make money there than in the human world. He builds his business in the strange realm, then expands into other territories, eventually becoming a renowned tycoon. 6.8kReads7.9Score556Shelves
- 112 A Chaotic Age of Demon Warriors: Absorb Beast Blood and Steal Their Talents 妖武乱世：吸纳兽血夺取天赋 [Not a mindless power fantasy + Demons + Ferocious Beasts + Survival Through Caution + Decisive Killing + Evil Spirits + Extreme Path] (The number of foreign beasts he can assimilate increases with his cultivation realm.) After transmigrating into an ancient world in chaos, teeming with demons and ferocious beasts, Lin Sheng started from the very bottom as a slaughterhouse worker. To his delight, he discovered that by absorbing blood, he could assimilate all kinds of foreign beasts into his body 26.6kReads7.6Score2.9kShelves
- 113 The Fateful Needle of Xiang Embroidery: The Son-in-Law's Deadly Reckoning 湘绣绝针：赘婿索命 The Unerring Needle of Xiang Embroidery: The Son-in-Law Claims a Life 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Xuanhuan: I Can Modify Entries 玄幻：我能修改词条 [Feel-good power fantasy + Overpowered talent + No heroine + Ruthless and decisive + A contest among prodigies + Never hides his strength + Invincible among peers + Fake System] This is a world where a Great Emperor died ten thousand years ago. Now heaven and earth are changing, and demons are awakening... Across the Myriad Worlds, countless ancient powers are beginning to walk the world once more. Celestials are reincarnating, Great Emperor Supremes are living a second life, and inheritances of 5.7kReads8.1Score367Shelves
- 115 Qiang Ge, Starting with Boonie Bears 从熊出没开始的强哥 [System + Everyday Life + Movie Worlds Along the Way + Later, Transmigration into Chinese Animated Worlds] When he woke up, he found he'd become Qiang the Bald, the tragic lumberjack in Bear Ridge who's constantly chased by two bears and never gets paid. Qiang the Bald was ready to give up and lie flat, but then discovered that there was more to this world than met the eye. Luckily, he awakened a tree-planting System. From then on, Bear Ridge lost one unfortunate lumberjack and gained a man call 1.4kReads9.2Score140Shelves
- 116 Primordial Lord Hongmeng: Jiang Qinghan's Investiture of the Gods, Wiping Out Evil Across the Nine Heavens 鸿蒙元主：封神姜清寒，肃尽九天邪 Primordial Hongmeng Lord: Invest Jiang Qinghan with the Gods, Purge Evil from the Nine Heavens 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 The Ultimate Martial Saint Who Fought His Way Out of Death Row Camp 从死囚营杀出的极道武圣 Demons are powerful from birth, their bloodline strength reaching to the heavens and penetrating the earth. Ghosts are grotesque and hideous. Wherever they run rampant, no living people remain, only dry bones. Gods are peerless and mysterious, flowing through the endless river of time, concealed behind the myths passed down by countless people. And humans? What do we have? Lifespans of less than a hundred years, frail bodies, and laughable strength. To demons, we are delicious food. To the royal 149Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 118 Kidnapped Six Times at Five, I Get Blacklisted by Every Human Trafficker 五岁被拐六次，人贩子集体拉黑我 Shen Fan transmigrates into the body of a little kid in kindergarten. And this body actually has a constitution that practically invites kidnappers. At two, he was playing outside his home when a kidnapper nearly carried him off. Luckily, a neighbor spotted them in time. At three, he went to the supermarket with his aunt, where a kidnapper nearly abducted him. Luckily, the supermarket owner called the police. At four, he ran off to play in the park and was carried into a car by a kidnapper. Luck 4.2kReads8.5Score531Shelves
- 119 Xuanhuan: I'm Really Not a Great Calamity! 玄幻：我真不是大凶人！ [Body That Reaches the Divine] + [Overwhelming Force] + [Ultimate Path] + [Invincible] The monster in the painting, the bloodthirsty pig, the money paid to buy a life, the paper figures escorting a bride, the pit of the dead, the White Bone Temple... I traveled from south to north, I traveled from white to black, With a butcher's knife in hand, I hacked my way from the Southern Heavenly Gate to Penglai East Road and back again for three days and three nights without blinking. If you want to ask 2.9kReads8.0Score225Shelves
- 120 The Sword Emperor’s Saga 剑帝风云 On the True Martial Continent, countless sects stand, and martial arts reign supreme. When the strong unleash their wrath, rivers of blood flow. At the end of the martial path, one can pluck the sun and moon from the sky and reverse the flow of time and space. [Traditional fantasy. This blurb does it no justice… Please read the novel itself.] 4.4kReads8.7Score263Shelves
- 121 Playing an Organization, Everyone Is My Secret Identity 扮演组织，全员都是我马甲 [The bizarre arrives, secret identities, mastermind behind the scenes] Spiritual qi revives on Blue Star. Mysteries awaken, demons run rampant, and bizarre phenomena emerge everywhere. Transmigrator Liming awakens the Faith Roleplay System. As long as he stirs people's emotions, he can harvest energy. In that case, why not claim both sides, righteous and evil? From then on, countless ancient organizations awakened across Blue Star. Choose your mysterious organization: Human and Bizarre Protectio 3.4kReads8.4Score275Shelves
- 122 The Record of Exorcism at Zhengyang: The Evil Pestle Restores Spring 正阳诛魔录：邪杵回春 The Record of Slaying Demons in Zhengyang: The Evil Pestle Restores Life 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 Primal Chaos Heavenly Body 混沌天体 A good-for-nothing? Unable to cultivate? No! Murong Yu has a rare constitution, the most powerful Chaos Body in all creation! He punches flying swords out of the sky, tramples immortal artifacts underfoot, has a body comparable to divine weapons, and withstands heavenly tribulations without a scratch! Great cultivation sects? Famous prodigies? Dare to provoke this menace, and their entire clans will be wiped out! He strides across the earth, shoulders mountains, and holds up the sky! Watch a goo 7.8kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 124 High Martial: No Golden Finger, but Success Comes Late 高武：没有金手指，但大器晚成 [No heroine or one heroine] [High martial arts world] [Invasion by myriad races] [Humanity united] [Decisive and ruthless] [Cautious but not cowardly] [Late bloomer] When Lin Chen was six, he awakened memories of his past life and learned that he was a transmigrator from Earth. He had transmigrated, but had no golden finger: no System, no mysterious treasure, no old man living in a ring, and no great talent for cultivation. Fortunately, although he was an orphan, the family he belonged to was ki 7kReads8.5Score457Shelves
- 125 A Yin Bond Before the Coffin on Yin Mountain, Guiding the Dead to Their Fates 阴山棺前结阴缘，赶尸渡魂定三生 A Yin Bond Before a Coffin on Yin Mountain, Exorcising Corpses and Guiding Souls to Settle Three Lifetimes 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Apocalypse Rebirth: Evolving from a Maine Coon 末世重生：从缅因猫开始进化 [Apocalypse Rebirth + Beast Evolution + Evolving into a Nine-Tailed Cat + Stays a Cat, No Romance + Near-Invincible] Good news: I’ve been reborn! Bad news: I’m a cat. After being reborn in the apocalypse, Zhang Yang became a stray Maine Coon. He was already planning to find a two-legged human and settle down as their pampered cat. But then he discovered the apocalypse was out to kill him? It turned out he wasn’t a traveler from another world, but a soul from the old days. Just as he started fran 282Reads6.4Score108Shelves
- 127 Behind the Scenes, I Can Fuse Materials! 人在幕后，我能够进行素材融合！ [Behind the scenes]+ [Gacha]+ [Material fusion]+ [No heroine]+ [Doppelgangers] The protagonist, Su Yi, transmigrated into the body of someone with terminal brain cancer. He unexpectedly obtained a gacha System, allowing him to draw all kinds of materials and fuse them together. For example, [The King in Yellow's tattered cloth + rosemary mask + electrostatic spider silk] fused into [Robe of the Old Ones]. And when [photon jellyfish + fissile flesh + Su Yi + ...] were fused, they granted him the 6kReads7.8Score763Shelves
- 128 Creating Mihoyo from the Start to Bring Healing to Players Worldwide 开局创建米忽悠，治愈全球玩家 Lin Yuan transmigrates to a parallel world. Technology here is highly advanced, but the gaming industry is extremely backward. The market is full of low-quality online games, all priced outrageously, leaving players miserable. Lin Yuan awakens a Game Developer System, and the beginner's gift pack gives him Genshin Impact. What an unbeatable start! Although he owes the System ten billion, he isn't worried in the slightest. Lin Yuan immediately establishes Mihoyo and releases Genshin Impact, bille 2.9kReads8.3Score247Shelves
- 129 Genshin Impact: Building the Fatui from the Start 原神：开局建立愚人众 [No Female Lead + Roleplay + Behind the Scenes + Invincible Power Fantasy] After transmigrating, Fu Li obtained a System that let him roleplay as characters from Genshin Impact. From then on, the world began to dance to his every move. In the frigid north, the Fatui cried, "For the noble Tsaritsa!" They founded Snezhnaya, stunning the world. In a land of enslaved demihumans, a poet sang the Song of the High Sky and led countless slaves to overthrow the wicked dynasty in the name of freedom. Amon 1.9kReads9.4Score157Shelves
- 130 Detective Conan: I'm Ran's Older Brother 柯学：我是小兰的哥哥 Li Qi was a mercenary in his previous life. During a mission, he was killed by a bomber while protecting his eccentric old man and his fellow soldiers. When he woke up, he discovered that he had been reborn in another world. From his first to third year of middle school, he fought with Suzuran and Hosen. In high school, to support his family, he had no choice but to return to his old line of work. In the days that followed, he met Lupin III, the Cat's Eye sisters, Kaito Kid, and others. His extr 39Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 131 My Heart Commands the Heavens 我心御天 [Male lead who isn't a Mary Sue + passionate action + comedy + playful references] A fateful connection begins with an interview at a bathhouse. A former genius wins the approval of a sharp-tongued old man, and the two embark on a partnership defined by love and rivalry! (P.S. This book pays tribute to some famous memes and iconic scenes from films and TV. I hope it makes readers smile. If you spot any, share them in the comments and join the discussion!) 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 The Millennium Jade Disc: Zhaoshan's Deadly Plot to Root Out Japanese Collaborators 千年玉盘：昭山绝局锄倭奸 The Millennia-Old Jade Disc: A Deadly Trap at Zhaoshan to Root Out Japanese Collaborators 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 The Iron-Blooded Swordswoman 铁血巾帼剑 Iron-Blooded Heroine's Sword 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 Infinite Shadow Clones: Find the Original and I’ll Admit Defeat! 无限影分身，找到本尊算我输！ [Seriously Ill Teen + No Female Lead + Mischievous Clones + Real-World Instances + Unlimited Restarts + Lighthearted Comedy + Rivers of Blood + Not a Cowardly Survival Story!] [Sequel: “Stars: I’ve Never Lost, So Why Are You Calling Me a War Criminal?”] In a revived cultivation world, Tang Gao gets the Shadow Clone Technique from the start. His shadows can idle automatically, project their consciousness, and enter all sorts of instances based on the real world to reap rewards. What’s more, Tang 3.3kReads9.1Score325Shelves
- 135 The Haunted House of the Big Dipper 北斗鬼屋 The Big Dipper Haunted House 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 A Tale of Mystic Embroidery at Sanshengpo 三省坡玄绣记 The Strange Embroidery of Sanshengpo 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 The True Essence of Yin and Yang 阴阳归真诀 The True Art of Yin and Yang 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 Forging a Sword with a Lotus Heart, a Graceful Shadow Takes Flight 莲心铸剑，荷影惊鸿 A Sword Forged from Lotus Hearts, a Lotus Shadow Startling as a Swan 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 The Undying Overlord Technique 不灭霸体诀 A lowly young man unexpectedly awakens memories of his past life. He cultivates the Indestructible Overlord Body Art and gains the ability to awaken bloodlines after birth. Others can awaken only one bloodline in their lifetime, but he can awaken ten, a hundred, and even fuse them at will, ultimately forging an indestructible Overlord Body! I forge an Overlord Body from a mortal frame, shielding the heavens with one hand as I suppress the world! The Nine Extremes Sacred Body? The Desolate Heaven 14.6kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
- 140 Why Does Everyone Come to Me for Fortune-Telling? I’m Just a Gaming Streamer 我一个游戏主播，都找我算命干嘛 [Fortune-telling livestream, identity exposed from the start, no heroine, no romance, lighthearted and funny, mildly scary, and no repeated plotlines across the stories] Shi Yi was once the most notorious demonic cultivator in the cultivation world, and countless cultivators wanted him dead. So Shi Yi died, killed by a crowd of thousands while undergoing tribulation. But Shi Yi came back to life. After he kept causing trouble in the underworld, the Great Emperor of Fengdu got sick of him and kic 22.1kReads8.4Score3.3kShelves
- 141 I Cultivate Immortality by Raising Corpses and Farming 我靠炼尸种地成仙 [Corpse Refining]+ [Beast Taming]+ [Cultivation] The world of cultivation is perilous day and night. The four seasons have vanished, and calamities run rampant. Cultivators harbor spiritual energy within their bodies. If buried, their remains may be absorbed by plants and give rise to spiritual fruit; if eaten by beasts, they may give rise to strange creatures. And if a corpse is not handled properly, the erosion of the [Solar Eclipse] and [Lunar Eclipse] may even cause a terrifying anomaly to e 4kReads7.7Score346Shelves
- 142 Wanted Worldwide 全球通缉 With an almost demonic IQ, Song Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and joins four celebrities, including Yaya and Huang Bo, in a reality survival show, Global Escape! The show aims to educate the public on how to balance crime, freedom, and security. Faced with an inescapable net woven by the world's top special agents, intelligence experts, famous detectives, and network hackers, will the fugitives surrender or fight against the tide? When their fangs are bared, will the roles of fugitive a 533Reads9.2Score101Shelves
- 143 The Yin Thread Gu's Lure 阴丝蛊引 The Yin Thread Gu Lure 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 The Haunted Tombs of Xiangtang: Three Graves Lock the Soul 享堂幽陵：三墓锁魂 The Haunted Mausoleum at Xiangtang: Three Tombs Lock Away Souls 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 The Passive Monster Who Dominates Another World 制霸异界的被动怪 After transmigrating, Xing Feng, a student at the Central Academy of Drama, acquired a book called The Potion Book of Passive Skills. Once he brewed and drank a potion, he gained a passive skill. Critical hits, counterattacks, damage reduction, rebirth… All sorts of strange skills and bizarre attributes. With a whole arsenal of passives, he was as tough as a cockroach. He looked around at the powerful figures and challenged them: “Come on, try to beat me to death.” 1.8kReads8.5Score160Shelves
- 146 Body-Tempering Reigns Supreme: I Charge All the Way to the End! 横练为王：我一路莽到底！ A reckless bruiser fears nothing! With an invincible, muscle-honed body, all you have to do is fight! (A feel-good story with no female lead, pure satisfaction from start to finish, no toxic plot points, and no protagonist suffering. Read with confidence!) There are countless martial arts under heaven, but muscles alone last forever! Demons and monsters run rampant, warlords carve up the land, gangs wield great power, and the dynasty grows weak. These are hard times, and for a martial artist to 6.4kReads7.6Score393Shelves
- 147 The Jade Mirror of Qingqiu Protects the Human Emperor 青丘玉镜护人皇 The Qingqiu Jade Mirror Protects the Human Emperor 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 This Trash Ability Is S-Rank If You Don't Use It as Directed 垃圾异能不按说明使用它就是s级 [Satisfying battles + no saintly do-gooders + innovative fighting styles + fast-paced plot] At the Bauhinia Academy of Special Abilities, there’s a remarkable teacher. Whenever the Superpower Review Council declares someone’s ability a useless, worthless power, he always finds an ingenious way to make it shine. “What? You can make all kinds of powders? They’re telling you to go to the domestic skills department and make steamed buns? “Come on, I’ll teach you how to fight: deadly poison, powder e 182Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 149 The Ancestor's Path, Beginning with a Golden Core Immortal Clan! 从金丹仙族开始的老祖之路！ There are already plenty of stories that start with a Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment family. I want to write one about a Golden Core family beginning its revival. The synopsis is a bit weak, but if you're interested, come read the first fifty chapters. [Family Saga] [Genius] Traditional cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification 391.6kReads8.8Score47.4kShelves
- 150 I, Who Forged Five Thousand Years of Chinese Martial Arts Legends! 我，打造华夏武侠神话五千年！ Zhuo Yifan, a young man from Earth, transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a tour guide. Because history and culture have been severed, this world has no Jin Yong wuxia novels, and ordinary people have never even heard of internal energy. So when Zhuo Yifan checks in at Mount Hua, the System rewards him with The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and he livestreams the Mount Hua Sword Debate. When he checks in at Xiangyang City, the System rewards him with The Re 11.4kReads8.3Score888Shelves
