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- 51 Wolf Hunt 狼狩 Lin Qiwen watches his honest, hardworking parents get beaten right before his eyes. As a boy, he’s falsely accused and sent to juvenile detention. Five years later, he walks out and stirs up the underworld. Revenge is only the beginning. He wants far more than that. Watch Lin Qiwen climb step by step to the very peak of power! 624Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 52 The 11th Book by Qu Shen 去甚第11本书 That year, the train bound for Guancheng became the turning point that changed his life. No one could have guessed that from then on, he would set out on a road of no return, one all his own. Years later, there was only one thing he wanted to say to that city... 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 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
- 54 Underworld Storm: Southeast Asia 黑道风云之东南风云录！ In the 1990s, the southeastern provinces were a chaotic mix, with criminal gangs flourishing everywhere. They controlled the underworld, disregarded the law and morality, and kept crime rates high… In Min City, Minzhou Province, Li Tianju is forced back onto the road of no return after getting out of prison. He rises like a storm, crushing all challengers until he becomes a crime boss in his own right! (This book has no harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, and no filler. It’s h 140Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 55 The King’s Battleground: Gangster School 黑道校园之王的战场 I used to be a weakling who was bullied at school, living every day in darkness and fear. Then I learned that my brother, who had cut off contact with me and died in a car accident, had been the leader of one of the biggest gangs in the city: the Golden Dragon Gang! And somehow, I gained the means to control the entire gang, becoming its hidden mastermind. From that moment on, I swore to make everyone who had bullied me pay dearly. I would use the power my brother had built to clean up the schoo 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Skybreaker: Born Stubborn 擎天之生来倔强 [Urban + action-packed + youth] From the city’s nightlife to the front lines of the war on drugs, he uses underworld tactics to serve his country and people! In the end, he burns the drug dens to the ground and etches his bloodstained underworld legend into the backbone of his people! 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Tale of the Twin Flood Dragons 双蛟记 [Brothers bound by deep affection, sharing life and death] [A flood dragon lies hidden in deep waters. After enduring bitter hardships, it can emerge transformed into a dragon.] 693Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 58 After Getting Out of Prison, the Underworld Princess Pursued Me 出狱后的我被黑道公主倒追 [Passionate youth] [Ruthless and decisive] [Tattoos covering his back] [A crowd of loyal brothers] On the eve of the college entrance exams, Li Shu lands in prison for using excessive force in self-defense. Three years later, having “successfully completed his studies,” he returns like a king. After surviving one bloody battle after another, he finally stands at the top of the city. Only then does he suddenly realize that his seemingly sweet and clueless girlfriend is the biggest boss in the ent 2.8kReads7.0Score19914d adds
- 59 Bloodshed in the Black Abyss 黑渊血戮 (Realistic + Period Setting + Underworld + Political Battles) What is the underworld? It is an endless abyss. Once you take a single step into it, you’ll be trapped forever, with no way out. To make a name for yourself in the underworld, you have to be ready to end up dead in the street or locked away for life at any moment. Now, let me take you back to the late 1980s and show you how the son of a worker gets dragged into this dark abyss and rises step by step to become a crime boss of his era. 898Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Underworld Boss Who Came Out of a Martial Arts Academy 从武校走出来的黑道大佬 [Youthful passion + Ruthless + Absolutely no saintly do-gooder] What kind of legendary life will Gu Feng write for himself after returning from martial arts school? A young man in fine clothes, riding a spirited horse: may he make the most of his youth and live without regrets! May you wander far and wide, yet return still young at heart! 15Reads6.5Score314d adds
- 61 Underworld Chronicles: Rising from Selling Leather Shoes 黑道往事：从卖皮鞋开始崛起 [Period Jianghu] [The Rise of an Ordinary Man] [Brotherhood] "Everyone else pays fifty. You pay two hundred! If you don't want to pay, get lost!" Zhou Zheng couldn't understand why it was so hard to do something as simple as sell shoes from a street stall. After three years of reeducation through labor, he couldn't find a job when he got out. He and his parents scraped together what they could, and he swallowed his pride and borrowed another three thousand yuan before he could set up a shoe stal 14.1kReads8.1Score73614d adds
- 62 Tiezhu and His Women 铁柱和他的女人花 Divine doctor + making a fortune + farming + entrepreneurship Zhao Tiezhu, a country doctor from a small village, just wanted to live quietly as a village physician. But the local tyrant bullied him, nearly killing him. At death's door, Zhao Tiezhu unexpectedly gains an inheritance, and from then on begins his life of turning the tables! 3.6kReads8.7Score40114d adds
- 63 That's Called Keeping Your Wealth Under Wraps 这叫财不露白 I'm tired of those stories where the protagonist was inexplicably stupid and suffered one injustice after another in their previous life, then somehow became a god in this one. This book is different: a fresh take on the rebirth of an overworked corporate drone. The protagonist has no powerful family or influential benefactors. He grows by cheating, builds his career by bluffing, and is the sort to paint grand schemes with all his heart, work the leeks nonstop, start out in dropshipping, and dab 745Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 64 Dongguan: Starting by Conquering a Powerful Woman 东莞：从征服女大佬开始 [Guan City fiction + urban underworld + period drama + passionate + ultimate wish fulfillment] A man must have courage and grit. When his cousin was carried back to Niulan Village, crippled, Chen Xiaolong accompanied his cousin's wife south to Dongguan the next day. Dongguan in 2008 was a chaotic place, crowded with all kinds of people and gangs. To protect his cousin's wife, Chen Xiaolong stepped onto a blood-soaked path through the underworld. The worlds of black, gray, and white were turbulen 30.9kReads7.8Score1.7k14d adds
- 65 Black Panther: The Bloodstained Throne 黑豹：血色王座 [Black Gangster Revenge Thriller | Two Powerful Leads Raised Together | Strong Female Lead’s Growth | Ensemble Cast | Love Triangle Chaos] At twenty, she became the youngest female gang leader in Dong Province. But her story began in a corner of Dawnlight Orphanage, where Xiao Mo gave her a name. “A smile that can beguile Yangcheng and captivate Xia Cai. I want you to bloom into the most dazzling flower in the world.” She thought they would be together forever, until he fell into the hands of B 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Heavenly Gate of the Jianghu 江湖天门 The martial world is awash in blood and turmoil. Who will shape the course of history? What is the true reason for Ming Jia's return? A hidden dynasty emerges once more, the sinister Yamaguchi-gumi refuses to stay buried, and the powerful Xiao clan is shrouded in mystery. As the struggle for supremacy looms, the story of Tianmen continues... 117Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Dragon Rises in the Martial World: A Father's Promise 龙起江湖·父诺 The Dragon Rises in the Martial World: A Father's Promise 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Years We Shared, Brothers 兄弟们的那些年 [Underworld + Ensemble Cast + Decisive Action + Dramatic Rescues + Passionate + Expansive Worldbuilding] A boy watches his parents die horrifically in a gang war, then is forced to leave school behind and descend into the bottomless abyss of the underworld. He forms a bond of life and death with four brothers, growing amid bloodshed and making his stand amid tangled grudges and passions. Through this gauntlet of flashing blades, he swears that every blood debt will be repaid in blood. 22Reads—Score214d adds
- 69 Underworld Jianghu: From Death Row Inmate to King of the Underworld 黑道江湖：从死囚到黑道之王 [Urban + underworld + wish fulfillment + big shots + realism + no System + multiple heroines] Is the underworld all about human relationships and social etiquette? No. It’s about the relationships and social etiquette that come after the fighting. The only people qualified to sit down and talk about such things are those who have earned their place through violence. Plant your flag, make your name, set up shop, stake out your turf. In the underworld, there’s a mountain ahead of you and another b 257Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 70 A Song for the Underworld 混子的挽歌 [Raise our cups and toast the rugged road through the underworld.] [Through blood and fury, a brotherhood that lasts a lifetime.] A naive, timid young man, to keep from losing the brothers at his side again, chooses to take up a three-foot steel blade and step into a world stained red with blood. Behind the brotherly bravado and drunken revelry of the underworld, the only things that never change are ruthless exploitation and cold reality. The people he meets make him sick. And little by little, 2.4kReads7.3Score23914d adds
- 71 A Bull on the Rise 牛冲天 My dad was a king of the battlefield in the Vietnam War and a national second-class merit award recipient. In 1989, something happened to him while he was home on leave. He escaped after being surrounded and pursued by eighty plainclothes detectives. The authorities never said what he was guilty of, and rumors said he was either a master thief or a defector. I was the only one who believed he was a good man, because he told me he was someone I could be proud of, and I believed him. I was eight t 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Anime Crossover: I Create Cultivation Techniques in Republican-Era China 综漫：我在民国创造修仙功法 [Invincible protagonist] [Behind-the-scenes schemer] [The Outcast] [Demon Slayer] [Tokyo Ghoul] [Ling Cage]... Wang Heng looks at his own pale, tender hands and realizes he may have transmigrated. The good news: he's finally escaped the rat race. The bad news: it seems he's been abandoned. When in doubt, take a nap first. And so, Wang Heng is found by an old Taoist priest from Wudang Mountain and becomes a little Taoist during the Republican era. The government is corrupt, warlords run rampant, 638Reads6.3Score10014d adds
- 73 Seventy Years in a Northeastern Family 东北人家的七十年 Based on real events, with artistic embellishments. In these people, we see our grandparents’ generation, our parents’ generation, and ourselves. This story of striving on the black soil is filled with the resilience and wisdom of ordinary people in a momentous era. 1.7kReads8.2Score12514d adds
- 74 The Gray Years 灰色岁月 He walks the edge of the law, yet never crosses the line of his conscience. This is the story of a generation’s wild rise, and of one man’s redemption amid the era’s towering waves. A gritty business-war novel about the entrepreneurial boom in Pengcheng in the 1990s, it follows an ordinary man driven to desperation by fate as he defies the odds and changes his destiny in the tides of the times. 2.8kReads7.7Score24114d adds
- 75 1991: I Become the Richest Man in Coal City 年代1991：我在煤城当首富 In 1990, in a coal city in Northeast China, Bai Hongguang, a discharged reconnaissance soldier, returns home. His whole family is crammed into a tiny house. His father is an ordinary mine worker, his younger siblings are still hungry and needy, and they're so poor they can barely afford to eat! Then he unexpectedly activates his personal System. Protecting his family and following the rules unlocks enhanced combat skills and the ability to anticipate danger, while scarce coal coupons and connect 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Northeastern Warlord: From Underworld Boss to Blade of the Nation 东北枭雄：从黑道霸主到民族利刃 Chen Chen, young master of the Sanjiang Society at Feng'an Wharf, sees his father die a tragic death and his fiancée accidentally killed by the son of a powerful family! With officials and bandits in league, he spills blood in the mansion of his enemies before fleeing for his life to Changbai Mountain! At his side are a brilliant strategist who leaves nothing to chance, a childhood friend strong enough to lift a massive bronze vessel, and a superbly skilled martial monk. His younger brother, a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Southwest Storm: Turmoil on the Black Sea 西南风云：黑海沉浮 When I was eighteen, I met someone who led me down a certain path. Some describe this path with the idealistic word “jianghu.” But the jianghu you actually find yourself in is better summed up by a rather funny saying: “After all this time, I’ve made no friends, only learned lessons.” My name is Lin Dongxia, and I’ve learned my fair share of lessons. 33kReads9.3Score3.2k14d adds
- 78 Sons and Daughters of the Jianghu: That Midnight Sun 江湖儿女：那一轮午夜的太阳 The rules of midnight are a way of life much like the law of the jungle. At midnight, what you see may be the moon, but in their eyes, it is their sun. Set against the real-life underworld of the 1990s, this story follows Zhou Shenghua's life in the jianghu. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Tales of the Southern Underworld 南方黑道往事 A highly realistic and utterly authentic autobiographical story about the underworld. Many readers who have started reading have already been drawn deep into it. Open this book, and you'll see a real underworld: helplessness and betrayal, a deeply immersive world of bloodshed and brotherhood. 5.7kReads8.9Score44114d adds
- 80 Hong Kong Crossover: Starting in Tsuen Wan, Rebuilding a Money Empire 港综：从荃湾开始，重铸金钱帝国 “Big D, you're a big shot now. Stop going around hacking people up, and try to be a little more level-headed.” White smoke rose from the cigarette between Zhang Zhen's fingers as he spoke with a hint of teasing. “Out here, if you don't hack people up or fight for territory, how are you supposed to make money? Ah Zhen, didn't you say there were three things you needed to make it big: people, money, and the guts to take risks?” Big D said from the sofa, holding a glass of liquor. “Remember this, B 43.3kReads5.6Score2.5k14d adds
- 81 Springtime for the Man Left Behind in the Countryside 乡村留守男人的春天 (Rural farming, everyday growth, commercial success, a miraculous doctor’s rise) Wang Hu, a lowly village doctor whom everyone looks down on, is betrayed and beaten by his childhood sweetheart, only to unexpectedly receive an astonishing stroke of fortune! From then on, Wang Hu stands tall and begins his journey to turn his life around! With his Nine-Turn Divine Needles, he can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones! His strength is unfathomable, and he crushes anyone wh 23.7kReads8.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 82 A Gangster's Son Enters the Police Academy and Goes on a Rampage! 黑二代上警校，杀疯了！ Human nature is neither good nor evil; one thought is all it takes for others to pass judgment. [Savagery] [Greed] [Desire] [Power] [A refined and elegant heiress] [A proud and spoiled noblewoman] [A sexy, scheming green tea] [A teacher who stirs up trouble] [A mature, perceptive bathhouse owner] [A sweet, innocent, insecure girl] Violence can't solve everything! But for extreme situations, it's a splendid way to handle things! [Su Hu]: “I want both my brothers and the gold!” (The story begins a 308Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 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
- 84 A Miscellany on Mind Cultivation: No-Mind Qigong 无念气功之修心杂录 There is a great deal to learn about practicing qigong. These days, many masters go around promoting and preaching their teachings, making it hard to tell what's real and what's not. When I was in junior high, I was fortunate enough to meet a master who passed a few words of wisdom on to me. I practiced until I was twenty-five, then continued on and off for more than ten years. I don't dare claim that others are wrong, and I don't know whether what I learned is genuine. In this age of spiritual 327Reads8.2Score9614d adds
- 85 Sweet Year After Year 岁岁甜 Previously published online under the title A Sweet Kiss for Suisui. Pretty, playful Meng Sang x cool and gentle Gu Yinian. The first class bonding event for Class A, Business Administration, was held at a barbecue stall closest to the West Coast. As luck would have it, they ran into the leader of the gang who had just fought with Gu Yinian and his friends. The atmosphere instantly became tense. Meng Sang wore a white cotton dress and sat there calmly with her legs crossed, watching the drama un 483Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 86 Underworld Storm: The Uncrowned King 黑道风云：无冕王侯 (First person, period setting, underworld) A big brother? A big brother isn't some glamorous, all-powerful emperor who does whatever he pleases. A big brother is just the guy who picks up the tab. The underworld? It's brotherly loyalty, deceit and betrayal. It's a place that strips the tenderness from gentle-hearted men and hardens them, and turns green young boys into grizzled old gangsters. My name is Zhao Qingfeng. I've been around the underworld, and I was once a big brother! 37.3kReads9.2Score3.9k14d adds
- 87 Rising Through the Underworld with My Mommy 黑道从带妈咪开始 Underworld action with supernatural powers, no saintly protagonist, no System, no invincibility, multiple heroines, and an urban setting! The characters grow and develop over time; they aren't perfect. He starts out as a street punk, and a series of events leads him to fully enter the underworld. He rises to the top step by step! If you like it, please recommend it to your friends! I'd be incredibly grateful! 1Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 88 Those Confused Days of Youth 那些年迷茫的日子 One thought can lead to heaven, another to hell. Half a life wasted, with the past too painful to look back on. I once ruled my corner of the world, and I once ended up in prison. From being adored by everyone to the desolation of today, I dedicate this book to the friends I once had. 726Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 89 After I Got Out of Prison, My Sister Forced Me to Inherit a Billion-Dollar Fortune 出狱后，姐姐逼我继承亿万家产 Food delivery rider + Sanhe drifter + brotherhood in the underworld + rise to the pinnacle of power. Revenge and face-slapping + unexpected fortune + underdog's rise + tight, logical plotting. A Southeast Asian power struggle + fierce mercenary battles + leading your brothers to the top. My ex-girlfriend clings to a rich man and mocks me: “All you'll ever be in this life is a garbage picker!” Late one night, three sexy older women corner me beneath a bridge. “Your parents left you hundreds of mi 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Tales of the Northeast: Fortune Is in Heaven's Hands 东北往事之富贵在天 [Underworld] [Not Mindless] [Ensemble Cast] [Realistic] [Passionate] [Not a Feel-Good Power Fantasy] After spending three years in prison for injuring someone while collecting a debt, Chen Yang’s first move after getting out is to track down the lousy bastard who reported him and got him arrested, then demand forty thousand yuan. But that incident sets off a chain of events that once again leaves Chen Yang at a crossroads, just when he had hoped to settle down. So... will he accept the hand fate 125.8kReads9.1Score11.5k14d adds
- 91 My Years as a Gangster 我当混子的那些年 The underworld is an endless wilderness, and every gang member is a man prepared to die! The underworld is a narrow path, and every gang member risks his life just to make it through! The underworld is a pure arena of beasts: the winners become kings, and the losers are crushed! Forced onto this path, the young Jiang Liang must now show how he can rule the world with one hand! 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Sequel to White-Browed Hero 白眉大侠续集 A traditional wuxia story told in the style of Chinese storytelling. Set during the Northern Song Dynasty, it follows upright figures led by Bao Qingtian, the prefect of Kaifeng, as they join forces with heroes from across the martial world to take on the villains. 3.6kReads7.4Score14514d adds
- 93 Black, White, and Gray? How Can You Get Ahead Without Getting Your Hands Dirty? 黑白灰？不涉灰怎么出人头地 Brotherhood + slow-burn ensemble cast + one female lead + not overpowered + first-person perspective Some people say black is black and white is white, and anyone who falls into the underworld is a bad person. I wanted to be a good person. I never wanted to fall into the underworld. But does being a good person mean being looked down on? Does it mean being powerless when trouble strikes? Only later did I realize that society isn’t simply black or white. The world’s true colors are black, white, 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Underworld Tales: One Hand Shrouds the Heavens 黑道往事之只手遮天 [Realistic, not overpowered, no harem, no System, not reborn] A novel about the southern underworld, telling the story of several young men who avenge their brother and gradually rise to become crime bosses. Whether it is the underworld or organized crime, it is all just a game of chess, a set of rules, fraught with danger and human cunning, and driven by power and desire. Behind the bustling city lies a shadowy underworld filled with darkness and desire, where power and money intertwine, and te 413Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 95 Northeast China: The Tragic End of the Underworld 东北往事黑道悲情大结局 This is a fanfiction inspired by the tragic underworld saga Black Morality. It tells of the people who appeared and the events that took place in the four years after Wang Luoguo's death and before Zhao Hongbing's crew burst onto the scene. Readers of Northeast Tales Prequel: Black Morality 1, Northeast Tales Prequel: Black Morality 2, and Northeast Tales: Twenty Years of Underworld Turmoil may have wondered what happened during those four years between Black Morality and Twenty Years of Underwo 4.9kReads6.9Score27014d adds
- 96 The Alpha Wolf, Who Can Stand Against Me? 头狼，谁与争锋 In the depths of winter, my birth parents abandoned me. Luckily, my adoptive mother took me in and named me Yang Dong. My sister dropped out of school to support my education and went to work in the city. I went to find her with my university acceptance letter, only to witness her being abused to death! Blinded by rage, I took a knife to avenge her, but I was framed and sent to prison instead. Six years behind bars, and my hatred never faded! After getting out, I set off on the road to revenge w 14.5kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 97 The Bloody Underworld: Thirty Years of Organized Crime in North China 血色江湖：华北黑道三十年 [Underworld + First Person + Period Setting] What is the underworld? It’s a place where even if you win in the end, you still feel like you’ve lost. No matter how much you gain, it can never make up for what you’ve lost. My name is Jiang Qiyao. I witnessed thirty years of the underworld’s rise and fall across North China, watching one boss after another rise to power, then fall. After thirty years in that world, I can’t call myself a good person, but at least I haven’t become completely rotten. 3kReads6.7Score13314d adds
- 98 The Era After the Martial World 后江湖時代 [Underworld + Passionate + Satisfying + Ensemble Cast + Jianghu + Big Shots + School + Comedy] “After midnight, we call the shots on this land, whether you’re on the right side of the law or the wrong one!” Jiang Nan stood proudly at the summit like a solitary eagle, looking down at the young generation shining like stars across the jianghu below. “The Su District...” “The tragedy from ten years ago will never happen again in our generation!” “I’ll make sure everyone knows that this era belongs 24.8kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 99 The Person in the Mirror: Rising to Power at College 镜中人：从高校开始崛起 [Two Male Leads + Not a Romance-Focused Story + Character Growth + The Person in the Mirror + Alternate World + Gets Better as It Goes + Mid-Level Martial Arts] [Also known as “I Got MVP, While the Guy in the Mirror Did Absolutely Nothing”] My name is Chen Jin. I’m an “ordinary” high school student, the kind who gets bullied. What, you’re wondering why even the school bullies are afraid of me? They’re not afraid of me. They’re afraid of the “madman” in the mirror. My name is Xiao Jinyan. I’m th 892Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 100 Bandit City 匪城 [Not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy, and the protagonist isn't invincible: a comeback story + underworld conflict + a rock-bottom start + personality reversal + ruthless decisiveness + brains and brawn + ruthless bandits and war criminals abound] I'm Shen Liu. Ever since my father was imprisoned for seriously injuring someone when I was seven, I've endured humiliation at every turn. Then a girl appeared, and my life began to change... Once again, they knocked me down. As they unzipped their —Reads—Score2.2k14d adds
