Novels like The Supporting Cast Strikes Back Across the Multiverse
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- 1 The Outcast: Key to Order 异人之下：秩序之钥 Su Li is the “strongest warehouse manager” in the South China branch of Everywhere Express. Her golden finger isn’t combat prowess, but control over space! Her ability, “Pocket of Order,” turns her into a human arsenal. She can store anything and trace its origin with pinpoint accuracy, making her the frontline Outsiders’ most reliable support. A crisis erupts in Biyou Village, the spatial artifact “Cicada Shell” is exposed, and the mastermind, Starry Sky Society, watches with predatory interest 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Tales of the Dark River: Tang Lianyue’s First Trip Out of the Village, Where He Meets the Top Succubus Mu Yumo 暗河传:唐怜月新手出村遇顶级魅魔慕雨墨 Tales of the Dark River: Tang Lianyue's First Trip Out of the Village Leads Him to Top-Tier Succubus Mu Yumo 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Tales of the Dark River: Slay the Wolf 暗河传，杀破狼 Tales of the Dark River, Wolf Killing 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Tales of the Dark River: Reach the Other Shore and Welcome the Light 暗河传，到达彼岸，迎来光明 Note: The heroine is an original character, and this story changes the original course of the Dark River. (I haven't read the novel, only watched the TV series.) Xiao Ruoli is the most unusual princess in Tianqi City. She has no interest in courtly banquets and is far from perfectly docile. Her quiet rebellious streak is expressed in her intense curiosity about the jianghu. To her, that world hidden in the shadows is a more tempting mystery than the rules of the royal family. Su Changhe rules th 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Tales of the Dark River: Why Is the Assassin Family’s Accountant Like This? 暗河传：杀手世家的账房先生为何那样？ Dark River Chronicles: Why Is the Assassin Clan’s Accountant Like That? 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Dark River Is Working Hard to Stay in Business Today, Too 暗河今天也在努力营业 The Dark River Is Still Hard at Work Today 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Tales of the Dark River: Yuyao 暗河传：玉窈 Yu Yao VS Su Changhe/Su Muyu Two rookie assassins meet a peerlessly beautiful woman born with irresistible charm, and the three fall in love at first sight. Wait, they’re interrupted while removing the Gu, and the two men pledge themselves to her. Just as their passion reaches its height, the beauty vanishes without a trace. When they meet again... 800Reads—Score103Shelves
- 8 Tales of the Dark River: A Reunion 暗河传之再相逢 Main CP: Mu Yumo and Tang Lianyue Apologies if anyone is out of character. Other couples will also appear. “I’ll come to marry you riding a bright red phoenix.” “One pluck for flowing waters, one pluck for the moon. Half the music enters the river wind, half the clouds. In the Pipa Pavilion of Jiujiang, he made his name throughout the world with three hidden weapons.” “Our story began the first time I tried to kill him.” Tang Lianyue, a steady and measured man who likes to plan before acting and 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Under the Silent River: The Overworked Office Drone Makes It to Shore 暗河传之社畜上岸 I’m Lin Yao. Before I died from working overtime, I saved a child, earned enough merit, and bound myself to a farming System. The System said my reward was to transmigrate to a picturesque wuxia world and live out my retirement by farming. But how is the Ghost-Crying Abyss, with its black clouds overhead and bones strewn everywhere, a retirement paradise? To make matters worse, Su Muyu’s blade and Su Changhe’s poisoned palm came at me at the same time. “Who are you?” I hugged the tomato seedling 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Dark River and Dawn Light 暗河与熹微 Luo Xining, daughter of Jiangnan's wealthiest man, flees her arranged marriage on the eve of her wedding. While wandering, she encounters Su Changhe in a ruined temple, a member of the underworld's top assassin organization, Dark River. He is gravely wounded and poisoned with a strange toxin, on the brink of death. Kindhearted Luo Xining uses her medical skills to bring him around. Claiming he owes her his life, she "clings" to the cold, stern stranger and demands that he escort her to evade her 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Surviving the Dark River: After Su Muyu Was Forced to Marry, the Whole Martial World Went Mad 暗河求生：苏暮雨被迫成亲后全江湖都疯了 Surviving in the Dark River: The Whole Martial World Goes Crazy After Su Muyu Is Forced to Marry 161Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Head of the Family's Little Mutt 大家长的小土狗 Fan Yunfei x Su Changhe. The Dark River transforms from an organization of killing tools into one that serves the light, while Su Changhe, its coldhearted leader, learns to love and trust. Fan Yunfei grows from a timid prince into a courageous bridge between people. The two meet by chance, are drawn together by their similarities, and complement each other through their differences. In the end, they build a bright future of their own. 235Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Tales of the Dark River: A Max-Level Wanderer and Her Devoted Puppy 暗河传：满级神游与她的专属小狗 [The Young Blood / Dark River] So what if she reached the Mysterious Realm at just fifteen? Situ Lin, the world's greatest, has only two pleasures in life: sticking close to her elder sister and roaming the martial world, and... walking the little “puppy” she picked up. Dark River assassin Su Changhe strikes fear into everyone who sees him, but when they're alone, she always crooks a finger and teases him: “Puppy, come here.” He gives a helpless laugh, yet willingly bends down: “Woof.” From then 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Furiously Raising My Presence Across the Film and TV Worlds 综影视之疯狂刷存在感 P.S. The author is a beginner, and my writing isn’t very good. Please bear with me. This is a lighthearted, funny story with a touch of madness, and the heroine has an unusual way of thinking. Some couples may not end up together. The first world is Young Blood. The second world is The Outcast. The third world is I Have a Friend. 111Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Film and TV Crossover: Words Beyond Meaning 综影视：言殊意 [Feel-good story / no fixed pairing / female-lead focused] Yan Shuyi smiled warmly, her eyes crinkling as she spoke in a gentle voice: “Blood? How inelegant.” With a wave of her hand, the person turned to ash. She was once the spirit of an ancient thousand-year-old mountain cherry tree. After grumbling to Heaven that taking human form was too difficult, she was unexpectedly given a green gourd by the Heavenly Dao! From then on, she traveled through three thousand worlds, saving tragic character 679Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Tales of the Dark River: A Love That Won't Break 暗河传：情骨难折 As the master of Dark River's Hundred Ghost Tower and Mo Chen's apprentice, Lingzhou has grown over the past decade into the tower's second-in-command and its heir. Whenever she takes on a mission, she brings only two things: a fan in her sleeve named Spring's Return, and a flute called Autumn's Farewell. She is highly skilled in martial arts and a master of poison. Word on the Jianghu says that whoever she wants dead is beyond saving. But in the end, there were only two people she truly wanted 1.2kReads8.1Score112Shelves
- 17 A Dream of Qinghe: An Under the Silent River Fanfiction 暗河传同人之清河梦里 Who am I? Who are you! You fell for my looks at first sight. Shouldn't you take responsibility for me? All right, Su Changhe, I admit I was attracted to your looks! So what? Hmph!!! 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Dark River at Dusk: Vengeance Fills the World, Yet the Land Is a Painted Scene 暗河昌暮：仇满天下，江山亦如画 The world sees the Dark River as a haunt of gutter-dwelling ghosts. They insist on wielding their swords to become immortals, raising those ghosts above the nine heavens! Su Changhe and Su Muyu: two names that have relied on each other for survival in the Abyss of Ghostly Cries, now long since fused into one. So what if the imperial court has its schemes? So what if the whole world is out for revenge? When Su Muyu becomes a Sword Immortal who roams the heavens, and Su Changhe grasps the Way o 128Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Tales of the Dark River: Crossing Calamity 暗河传之渡厄 A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Tales of the Dark River: Zhaoyun Crosses the Dark River 暗河传：昭云渡暗河 Mu Yunzhao thinks Su Changhe is vicious and a real bastard. She kindly saved his life, but he wanted her to be the Dark River’s “free doctor.” Su Changhe thinks he was incredibly lucky to meet Mu Yunzhao, and to find a clue to the path that could lead the Dark River to the other shore. This may be out of character, and the plot may differ from what you’ve seen. 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Su Changhe, Come Here to Big Sister 苏昌河快到姐碗里来 Whenever people speak of the Dark River, they say it is a darkness tempered into one’s very bones and blood. Su Changhe was a young man whose very name represented hope, yet his ending was so far from happy. I thought he deserved a fulfilling ending, and so this book came to be. (This book is not officially authorized and was written purely for enjoyment.) (An outwardly warm, innocent little flower × the Dark River’s new patriarch) I’ll leave the story here for now. 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 A Cool Beauty's Transmigration 清冷美人穿越记 After Chang’e gets drunk, the mischievous Chaos Pearl chooses her to travel to countless worlds and earn merit. Once cool and aloof, she grows sweet and endearing, meets handsome men from all walks of life, and falls in love with each of them. 258Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Film and TV Crossover: The Great Mission to Save the Male Leads 综影视：拯救男主大作战 Tales of Dark River: Su Changhe, currently updating “Where I'm going, even Buddha cannot save me.” “Where are you going?” “To the other shore.” Each world is independent, with original settings and plot changes. Feel free to read only the volumes featuring worlds that interest you. 585Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Tales of the Dark River: Shadows Guide the Way Home 暗河传之影照归人 This story is adapted from the TV series An He Zhuan. The Dark River surges with icy currents; the swordlight of Wuyou gathers. Xiao Qianling, princess of Wuyou Commandery in Beili, is aloof and solitary, walking the line between good and evil. Amid the flash of swords, she meets Su Changhe, a funeral master of the Dark River. Love at first sight is the collision of ice and fire, and the beginning of a descent into darkness and a path to redemption. Burdened by the age-old afflictions of the Dar 136Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Tales of the Dark River: Moonlight Shines on Xin Chang 暗河传：月明心昌 Su Changhe, someone like you has arrived. I'm Tian Xinyao, an orphan, a witch, and a poison master. I should thank Second Master Tang for dying. Otherwise, how could I have met you? I'm a ghost that crawled out of hell. I once glimpsed the sunlight, and when I saw you, I recognized the same longing in you that I felt in myself. That's why I got involved in certain things. That night, I saw not only your past, but mine as well: a hazy past I had never known. It turns out that my falling in love w 601Reads—Score100Shelves
- 26 The Legend of the Dark River: Deep as Ink 暗河传：墨色情浓 948Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Dark River Glass: Su Changhe, I Adore You 暗河琉璃：苏昌河，我心悦你 Original female lead. This story explores another possible path for Su Changhe and gives him a complete, happy ending. The headcanons are extensive. Everyone will feel differently, and some may think the characters are OOC. The story does not follow the original plot exactly. Beili has Zhaoning, whose heart is as bright as the moon. He is the Asura of the Dark River, a figure of the martial world. Everyone says Su Changhe is a ruthless, treacherous killer, someone no one should touch or love. Y 1kReads—Score100Shelves
- 28 Tales of the Dark River: At the King’s Side 暗河传：君王侧 I just ascended the throne and need people. The handsome men of Dark River look good, so I'll take them all. The martial world is mine, and so is the realm. And beauties? Of course. All of you, all of you, come straight into my arms. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Film and TV Crossover: Su Changhe Turns into a Ghost and Transmigrates 综影视之苏昌河变成鬼后穿越啦 (Also known as: Su Changhe Transmigrates: The Buddha Won’t Save Them, So I Will!) After Prince Bai, Xiao Chong, ascended the throne, Prince Yong’an, Xiao Chuhe, defeated Nanjue and then vanished with the Four Guardians of Tianqi. Wary of the Dark River, Xiao Chong ordered a purge of its members, who had already returned to civilian life. In a single night, the streets ran red with blood. When the news reached Su Muyu, he was keeping watch in a secret chamber beside Su Changhe’s body, laid inside 28.6kReads—Score5.7kShelves
- 30 Dark River: Flirt with This One! Then That One! 暗河：撩完这个！撩那个！ A new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 157Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Tales of the Dark River: The Black Tortoise Envoy Fights to Claim Him 暗河传：玄武使他又争又抢 Tales of the Dark River: Mu Yumo + Tang Lianyue 1. Lots of headcanon~~ 2. The Lianmo pairing is the main storyline, with several side pairings (Xueyang and Heyu will both appear~) 3. The story continues after the battle in Tianqi City More than a month has passed since the battle in Tianqi City. Tang Lianyue sat alone by the window, polishing a finger blade until its cold sheen gleamed at his fingertips. Su Muyu arrived without a sound. He gently laid an eye-catching wedding invitation, red with 2.2kReads8.0Score118Shelves
- 32 A Marvelous Transmigration Journey Through the World of TV Dramas with He Ning 综影视之何宁的奇妙穿越之旅 He Ning Series, Book Two After He Ning dies in the world of Mysterious Lotus Casebook, she assumes she'll return to her original world. But something goes wrong along the way, leaving her soul gravely injured while also granting her an immense opportunity. Thus begins a wondrous journey... For details on what kind of journey it is, see the main story. World One: Mysterious Lotus Casebook World Two: The Young Brewmaster's Adventure + Blood River World Three: The Knockout World Four: Romance in th 3.6kReads—Score178Shelves
- 33 Tales of the Dark River: Head of the Family, Look! It's a Pineapple! 暗河传：大家长你看，真是菠萝！ Jelly Trio: Pineapple Edition Pineapple Chuixue lives by the West Gate, so people also call him West Gate Chuixue. He's lecherous and greedy, with just a hint of cuteness mixed in with his sleaziness. At least, that's what Su Changhe thinks! 823Reads8.2Score110Shelves
- 34 A Glimmer of Light in the Dark River 暗河传三寸光 This is all made up. There's no logic. Deep beneath the Dark River, secrets colder than blades churn in the depths. They are blades who have faced life and death together, each the other's only support. Everyone says she and Su Muyu are a match made in heaven, and even Su Changhe says so. Outside the window, daylight had fully broken. Golden sunlight spilled into the room, casting the two of them's shadows on the ground, stretching long and overlapping. The light was warm and bright. It illumi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Dark River, Ink-Black Rain, and the Moon's Return 暗河墨雨怜月归 Core premise: The story is set in the jianghu of Tales of the Dark River, retaining key factions such as the Dark River organization, the Tang Clan, and the Mu Family. Tang Lianyue, clan leader of the Tang Clan: aloof and calculating on the outside, warmhearted within, and shouldering the clan’s future. Mu Yumo, the Mu Family’s legitimate daughter: clever and resilient, skilled in poison and strategy, and hiding a secret about her origins. # Mutual growth and a love that goes both ways. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Su Changhe Fanfiction: The Gentle Little Poison Fairy 苏昌河同人：温柔小毒仙 After the Tianqi upheaval, Wen Rou, the young poison-wielding heir of the Wen family, rushes off to escape an arranged marriage and visit her older sister, Bai Hehuai, who is recuperating in Medicine King Valley. On the way, she runs into Su Changhe, the mysterious and dangerous patriarch of the Dark River. They go from clashing at every turn to being forced to travel together, becoming a pair of quarrelsome opposites who can’t stand each other. Wen Rou has barely arrived at Medicine King Valley 90Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Tales of the Dark River: Burying the Netherworld 暗河传之送葬幽冥 The Undertaker vs. the Netherworld Ghost [Su Changhe × Original Female Lead + No transmigration, no rebirth, no System] Apologies for any out-of-character moments The first time they met, Su Manzhu found Su Changhe’s Inch Finger Sword pointed straight at her throat as he demanded to know why she was skulking outside Su Muyue’s room. Su Manzhu’s lashes quivered, a glimmer of tears in her eyes. “You’ve got it wrong…” Later, Su Changhe had a bone fan custom-made for her. She named it “Other Shore 1.1kReads6.8Score102Shelves
- 38 What? The Dark River Clan Leader and I Switched Bodies 什么？我和暗河家主互穿了 [Soul swap + hilarious martial world + two overpowered leads (not really) + adorable contrast] One morning, Su Muyu, the Dark River’s top assassin, wakes up in the body of Shen Wan, the delicate headliner at the Zuoyue Brothel. Meanwhile, Shen Wan, who knows nothing but dancing, has ended up in Su Muyu’s body! And just like that, the martial world takes a turn for the bizarre: At Dark River headquarters, “Su Muyu,” who used to kill without batting an eye, clings to the leg of the family head, Su 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Film and TV Crossover: Character Profiles Across the Ten Thousand Worlds 综影视：万界人设集 She is a traveler who wanders the Myriad Worlds, bearing a mission whose purpose is unknown. Each time she arrives, she must don the mask of a different powerhouse and live out their fate, yet she never loses herself in the role. In the first world, she is “Li Lun” from Tales of the Dark River, clad in black with ink-dark hair and peerless martial prowess. She watches coldly from the sidelines, casually saving Su Changhe, the venomous snake struggling in the mire. From then on, he clings to her 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Film and TV Crossover: A Guide to Surviving the Love Triangle 综影视：修罗场自救指南 Female lead: Yan Xi [Everyone’s favorite + forced love + a toxic female lead + a touch of Mary Sue + a battlefield of competing suitors] Not a traditional strong female lead; may include characters turning evil. “Blood River”: A poison girl adored by everyone; Mu Bai from “Dark River” gender-swapped. “Dashing Youth”: Taking the whole cast. “The Blood of Youth”: The many temples cherish Xing, the immortal maiden Ye Xi... 718Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Transmigrated into The Dark River, I Betrayed It for Su Changhe 穿越暗河传，背叛暗河只为苏昌河 Yuqing transmigrates into Tales of the Dark River and finally meets Su Changhe, the man she's long dreamed of. But there's no place for the weak in the Dark River, and Su Changhe feels the same. The only way for the young girl Yuqing to stay by his side is to grow stronger and become an assassin of the Dark River. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Film and TV Crossover: My Little Sister Has Been Kidnapped Again! 综影视：妹妹又被拐跑了！ In every world, she is heaven’s beloved, the precious younger sister whom the most powerful figures in the martial world and the imperial court protect with all their hearts. Her brothers are decisive killers or wield power over all. No one dares cross them, and their lifelong mission is to keep their little sister safe and innocent, untouched by hardship and far from evil people. But who could have imagined that, no matter how carefully they guarded her, they still couldn’t keep out the “prett 4.7kReads—Score198Shelves
- 43 Quick Transmigration: I'm Really Not a Hopeless Romantic 快穿：我真不是恋爱脑啊 Rogue immortal Qu Xianyin couldn’t ascend to godhood because she hadn’t accumulated enough merit. With no other choice, she stole a System and went to three thousand small worlds to earn merit and ascend. Come one, come all! No matter how bizarre your wish, if you can pay the price, I can make it come true. Hahahaha! World 1: Blood River, pairing with Su Changhe World 2: Serenade of Peaceful Joy, Zhang Bihan pairing with Zhao Zhen World 3: Lost You Forever, original female lead pairing with Tu 823Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Tales of the Dark River: Snow Beneath the Umbrella 暗河传：伞下雪影 Su Changhe × Su Jianxue The Mourner × The Cold Moon Envoy She was the Cold Moon Envoy, promoted from a nameless nobody to the side of the Head of the Family. Wielding the longsword “Frost,” she had made her sword intent famous throughout the world. They say frost covers a thousand miles wherever the Cold Moon Envoy appears, and even the fiercest fire cannot melt a trace of it. He too came from humble origins, a Mourner by trade. Ill-tempered and notorious, he nevertheless harbored a grand and sh 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Tales of the Dark River: Does Even the Undertaker Have Someone to Fear? 暗河传：送葬师也有怕的人？ Su Changhe ❌ Original Female Lead, Quick Transmigration Su Changhe, the famed undertaker of the Dark River, is a ruthless figure feared throughout the martial world. He holds the power of life and death and commands the Dark River, never showing the slightest fear. Until Su Wujie appeared. Amid the Dark River’s clashes of blades and shadows, an unfamiliar tenderness crept in, one he himself hadn’t even noticed. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Dreams Return to the Dark River 暗河梦还 Mu Menghuan is the most controversial puppet in the history of the Dark River. She took the position at five years old, and everyone said she was timid, softhearted, and a poor actress, even hesitating when it came to killing. But no one knew she was using human nature as her game board, plotting every move in advance. The Mu, Su, and Xie families, even the Shadow Sect, were all pieces in her game. Later, she wielded the Sleeping Dragon Sword and pointed it at the Shadow Sect. Plucking her qin 551Reads—Score103Shelves
- 47 Dark River: The Family Head Gets Jealous Every Day 暗河心声：大家长他每天都在吃醋 [Greedy, lecherous, and fiercely protective Mu Qingmeng VS ruthless and ambitious Su Changhe] Serious warnings: This story is unfriendly toward Xueyue City, the Tang Clan, the Baixiao Hall, the Xiao imperial family, and Wushuang City (except Little Wushuang). Very unfriendly, the kind that will get them killed. It is only friendly toward the Dark River, so if that bothers you, don't read. Mu Qingmeng turned eighteen before learning that she had transmigrated, and found herself in the Dark River, 4.7kReads8.7Score352Shelves
- 48 Tales of the Dark River: Light on the Other Shore 暗河传之彼岸天光 A soul from another world accidentally enters the worlds of Shaonian Baima and Anhe, and becomes as close as family to the Little Divine Doctor, Bai Hehuai. When she sees the unfair treatment the people of Anhe face, can she change their fates and bring them even a glimmer of light from the other shore? 2.4kReads—Score128Shelves
- 49 My Colorful Life in the World of Film and TV 综影视之我的多彩人生 An orphan girl who “gets lucky through sheer skill” is swept into a transmigration journey by a “baffling” System orb. Along the way, she meets many people, and her once-lonely life becomes colorful and full. First World: Water Dragon Chant (Complete) Second World: Tales of the Dark River (Ongoing) 268Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Dark River: I Am Su Changhe 暗河：老子苏昌河 This story follows Su Changhe from childhood to the very end. It mainly explores the events before the timeline of Tales of the Dark River, while also adding to the story told in Tales of the Dark River! After watching Tales of the Dark River recently, I was completely captivated by Su Changhe’s charm. I read a bunch of fanfiction, but none of it satisfied me, so I decided to write some myself. The whole story revolves around Su Changhe and the brotherly bond between him and Su Muyu! I want that 393Reads8.2Score102Shelves
