Novels like Asking About the Origin
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- 1 Sequence Four: I Can Be Reborn Without End 序列第四，我能无限重生 A mysterious invitation to enroll at an academy changed the life of an ordinary high school student. From that moment on, a vast new world, and one strange adventure after another, began to unfold around Su Che. “Forbidden Sequence 004: Nether Butterfly.” 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 2 I, Cao Mao: My Six Vengeful Ghosts Will Topple the Sima Jin Dynasty! 我曹髦：我的六道怨魂，掀翻司马晋朝！ I, Cao Mao, will use my six vengeful spirits to bring down the Sima Jin dynasty! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Childhood Friends, Sparks Reignited 竹马惹青梅 Childhood Sweethearts Stir Up Romance —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The General’s Legitimate Daughter: A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix 将门嫡女：百鸟朝凤 [Strong heroine, political intrigue, ambition, true love, devoted couple, ensemble cast] Heroine: Situ Qingzhao, a brilliant physician who is determined to master martial arts. Kindhearted but no pushover, she always has extra patience for the women around her. [Four key allies: Bai Su, Nan Xing, Yuan Hua, and Mu Jin. Note: All their names are drawn from Chinese medicinal herbs.] Why must a woman’s life always depend on someone else? Why was the reward for a mother who fought countless battle 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Eerie Instance: The Male Lead Is a Real Jerk 诡异副本，男主是真狗 The Bizarre Instances: The Male Lead Is a Real Dog —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 My Haunted House Sleep-Test Livestream 我的凶宅试睡直播间 Driven to the brink by loan sharks, Gu Yebai is forced to accept death-defying missions from the mysterious app Haunted House Expeditions: livestreaming his attempts to survive in haunted houses. His beginner’s trial turns out to be a murderous ghost hunt in the haunted house at No. 404! After narrowly surviving, he’s plunged into an even more terrifying mission in a morgue. Carrying an obsession-laden keepsake left by Liu Hongmei, he is forced to cross paths with the mysterious military dagger 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Break the Cycle! 轮回破局！ [Not a Frustrating Story, Not Mindless, Plenty of Foreshadowing, No System] I can't remember anymore. I don't even know when this damn apocalypse began. In this endless cycle, I die again and again, only to start over again and again... They say good people go to heaven after they die, and evil people go to hell. But why do people enter the cycle of reincarnation...? Who are they, and why do they say I'm in the wrong? Who am I, really? What have I done? Who is to blame, him or me? As my investig —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Nuclear Domain Era: Humanity’s Shackles 核域纪元之人类枷锁 [No System + reborn + xianxia + passionate adventure + no transmigration] He wakes up to find himself in a military base, with nothing but a pistol by his side. He struggles to piece together his shattered memories. The world has already been destroyed, but where has he ended up? This story leads us into a world that feels both real and unreal, with love, family, nuclear war, destruction, and AI robots. What will ultimately become of humanity? Why did the world of the past meet its end? What sec —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 My Love Story in Nanjing 我的南京爱情故事 Jiang Nan, a radio host newly transferred to Nanjing, is getting ready to embrace a brand-new life, until three women quietly enter his world... Faced with three very different relationships, what will Jiang Nan choose? Will he chase the flutter of his first love, embrace an unknown romance, or return to the simple warmth of everyday life? A modern tale of love, growth, and choices slowly unfolds in the streets and lanes of Nanjing... 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Don't Panic, Junior Brother 师弟莫要慌 Before you read: [“Fake transmigration into a book” reborn junior brother x “Real transmigration into a book” soul-transmigrated senior brother] [One-on-one, pure love, slow burn, unconventional rebirth. There will be a little confinement later on. Includes the vulgar trope of the top dressing as a woman.] The story is mainly told from Lin Jiang’s (bottom’s) perspective. Lin Jiang is a cheerful, sunny young man who graduated not long ago and finally managed to land a job and pass his probation. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Breaking Off the Engagement from the Start: All My Disciples Are Empresses 开局退婚：我的弟子全是女帝 [Good-for-nothing’s rise + System-driven story + Founding a Sect + Everyone’s a powerhouse + Passionate ensemble cast + Sect-building + Peak battles + Wish-fulfillment + Strong female lead + Cultivation + Power couple] Chu Yang transmigrated to the cultivation world ten years ago. With his good-for-nothing aptitude, he suffered endless humiliation, and even his fiancée publicly broke off their engagement. At death’s door, the Myriad Worlds Sect System awakens, instantly granting him the peak of —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Heaven-Refining Coffin: All My Disciples Are Great Villains 炼天棺：我的弟子都是大反派 Mo Li died in a car accident while saving someone, then his soul crossed into the Celestial Palace. Moved by his nine lifetimes of good karma, the Celestial Lord granted him a chance at fortune and sent him to another world, where he was reborn into the body of someone with the same name and a Sacred Profound Ice Constitution. In this life, Mo Li’s previous incarnation had been coveted by the entire world for his constitution. His bones were ripped out, his soul refined, and he endured endless h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Years I Didn't Become a Flood Dragon 我不做蛟龙的那些年 Three times I stormed the underworld to save my beloved, only to meet my end beneath the Five Thunderbolts. Good deeds bring good karma, and the soul never perishes. Watch me reincarnate and turn my life around. Expose the wicked, defeat great evil, untangle karmic ties, and sever worldly attachments. Will I pursue love to the very end, or ascend to become a dragon...? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Transmigrating to a Strange, Empty World 穿越之异空飘零 (Bad at titles + bad at blurbs + fake mystery + feel-good thrills... What are those? Can you eat them?) Not following the latest tropes, but still following tropes, probably. Not a traditional transmigration story, but still a transmigration story, with her body coming along. After suddenly transmigrating, Die Miaoyin shivered. What kind of place is this? It feels so cold. Everyone here is completely bonkers, so bonkers they're flying off the handle! She can barely handle this, hey! Also, th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Please Spare Me in This Instance 我在副本里求放过 When Yan Wan, an author of sweet romance novels, dies suddenly after getting writer’s block, she opens her eyes to find herself in the body of a “useful extra” who never existed in her own story: a goddess who was kicked down to the mortal realm by the Star Lord of Fate to undergo a tribulation. In the imperial palace, the empress says disturbing things, while the heroine’s fiancé, the Imperial Preceptor, hides scheming intentions behind his smile. Even cannon fodder who should have been written 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I Swear by Neverland: For the Rest of My Life, I'll Spoil Only You 永无岛为誓，余生只宠我一人 I Swear by Neverland: For the Rest of My Life, I'll Cherish Only You —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Book of the Ashen Night: The Phoenix Hairpin’s Prophecy 烬夜书：钗头凤谶 [Two powerful leads who flirt with each other | Southern Song political intrigue and tragic romance | A Mobius-loop of fate and reincarnation] Three lifetimes of entanglement in the Southern Song era A modern medical student transmigrates into the discarded Tang Wan and uses a System to defy fate and change her destiny. Yet across two lifetimes, she becomes entangled with a devoted prince and a timid poet, spending half her life caught between them. She rewrites history through medicine and defi 3Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 18 A Bewildering New Life 恍遑新生 After a stifled life and an unexpected reincarnation, the protagonist arrives in another world of swords and magic, blessed with the talent to cast spells without incantations. How will he grow, overcome every hardship, face his past, and find a happy ending with the heroines? Follow Reborn in a Hazy New Life for ongoing updates. There are lots of clues, so keep your wits about you as you read! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 What If I Weren't a Humanoid Computer? 假如我不是人型电脑 What If I Weren't a Humanoid Computer? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Dream Journal: The Deep Sea of the Subconscious 梦境日记，潜意识的深海 [Not a mindless story. Fast-paced, heartwarming, and original. Comments welcome.] I write whatever I dream of, so I promise it’ll be different from everyone else’s stories. My best friend is actually the villainous boss? The psychiatrist has defected? Am I really supposed to just take a beating? No way. Haven’t I awakened the power of purification? I, Lin Wan, am about to save the world! This is more than self-healing: it’s a head-on confrontation with the shadows within. My diary is a treatment 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 After Wu Erlang’s Soul Transmigrates Into Xiangling 武二郎魂穿香菱后 After Wu Erlang's Soul Enters Xiangling's Body Classic novels are made to be taken apart! When Wu Song's soul collides with Xiangling's body, a crack appears in the barrier around Dream of the Red Chamber. The flames of war from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the outlaws of Water Margin, the bold spirit of The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the absurdity of The Scholars, Jigong's madness, Marshal Tianpeng's infatuation, and Song Shijie's cunning all pour through that crack and into Dre 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Are You Crazy? Is This Really a Date with a Zombie? 疯了吧！这是我和僵尸有个约会？ [Transmigration + golden finger + apocalypse + fantasy + adventure + wild imagination] High school student Kuang Xuantian was an ordinary student until he witnessed the mysterious Ten Radiant Stars phenomenon and accidentally transmigrated into the world of My Date with a Vampire. But the story of this world did not unfold along the course he knew. When the apocalypse arrived and human civilization stood on the brink of destruction, Kuang Xuantian discovered that the mysterious sigil on his arm 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Before the Dust Settles 染尘前篇 Jiang Luochen encounters the spirit fox Chi Ran in a secluded woodland paradise. They spend their days together, caring for one another, and gradually fall for each other. Chi Ran follows him home and learns that his mother is seriously ill and needs nourishing food. She secretly brings him fish to help, and the two spend their days side by side, making a living by fishing. While buying cloth for his mother, Jiang Luochen meets Meng Xiyue and Meng Muyao. Later, he goes to admire lotuses at Mist 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I Won’t Be a Good Person 我不做好人 In his previous life, Hao Shuang was a good-natured pushover, yet he was betrayed by his brothers and let down by his girlfriend. After unexpectedly transmigrating to a parallel world, he got a new lease on life. He won't suck up to anyone or wear himself down. He'll cast off his moral baggage and settle every score on the spot! In this life, he just wants to live for himself for once! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Demons and Dragons: The Last Transmigrator 魔与龙：最后的穿越者 [Coming of age] [Slow burn] [Fantasy] [Another world] [Laying the groundwork for a grand plot] [A satisfying ending guaranteed] [Happy ending] [A good-hearted protagonist] [Saving the world] This is simply the story of an ordinary person trying to find a way home. Of course, it is also a story about going from seeking salvation to saving others. At the same time, it is a story about changing from cowardice to rebellion; from insignificance to greatness; from dwelling on a sorrowful past to looki —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The I Ching's Blind Images 易经瞎象传 The Book of Changes: A Fool’s Commentary | This is just something I came up with by “blindly mulling over” the hexagrams myself. I never asked anyone to treat it as a “serious interpretation of the classics.” From hexagrams to line statements, I’m unpacking the yin and yang as I see them; from words to principles, I’m writing down the answers in my heart. There’s no polite “please forgive me if this isn’t well written,” just the honest “I interpret it, I enjoy it.” Read it if you like; if not, w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Orchid of Dreams 梦之兰 Three years ago, as Su Yao’s father lay dying, he gave her a plastic orchid. Guided by the flower, Su Yao gradually uncovered the truth behind a series of crimes: murder, baby trafficking, the abduction and trafficking of women, organ transplants... In the end, evil will be punished. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Sealed Sword Awakens 封剑启尘 (No harem; the villains are smart) A hundred years ago, we suffered a crushing defeat. A hundred years later, we have the brightest future ahead of us. Beneath the Tree of Eden, that figure stands as steadfast as ever. Can the sealed history of the past century break this stalemate? Eyes from beyond the heavens watch us, their gaze filled with both greed and indifference. Seal a hundred lifetimes, set out on the path to kingship, and follow the final chapter. We will reclaim everything that belo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Red Flowers, Green Willows, Big White Duck, You're My Favorite 花红柳绿大白鸭，你是我的最爱呀 [Fated couple + fantastical cultivation + lighthearted and fun] Ding Li lives on Xuanji Mountain with her master and three senior brothers. On each disciple’s sixteenth birthday, their master gives them a magic treasure. Her senior brothers’ treasures are wonderfully fantastical, and Ding Li can hardly wait to receive her own. At long last, her eagerly anticipated sixteenth birthday arrives. But to her surprise, her magic treasure is a duck. The duck spouts all sorts of nonsense and claims it ca 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Cao Nixing's Journey Through Dreams 曹倪星的回梦之旅 What is real? Is this world real? Are the things we see, hear, and touch real? Are the things we believe happened, and the details we can remember, real? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 A Bloody Past, A Tangled Fate of Life and Death 血色身世，生死纠葛 There is no single protagonist, only people caught up in mysteries. The truth about their origins is an unsolvable knot, while the stories along the way that seem unrelated are actually hidden threads connecting the truth. When every clue points to the same destination, you realize the most terrifying mystery lies in everyone's past. 20Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 32 Farewell, Great Sage 再见了大圣 Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west. Never look down on a middle-aged man just because he’s poor... A three-year pact? No, a ten-year pact. His first love left without a word ten years ago. Ten years later, they meet again at a class reunion. Zhang Hao is beaten to a pulp as soon as he arrives. Helpless against the threats, he can only suffer a cruel death. Even as he dies, he dreams of spending his life with the girl he has always adored. Is that really where his story ends? No. I 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 [Quantum] 【量子】 In 4510 AD, human technology had reached unprecedented heights. But a vicious cycle of unchecked development gave rise to monsters from quantum space known as “Type Seeds.” Their appearance brought sudden spatial quakes and all manner of natural disasters, bringing human civilization to the brink of extinction… 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 34 The Stand-In Becomes Empress 替身为后 Su Nian never imagined that a face resembling someone’s “one true love” would drag her into the whirlpool of a wealthy family. Gu Tingchen, a cold and ruthless tyrant of a CEO, held her in the palm of his hand, yet wounded her heart again and again, because she was nothing more than a replacement. She loved him and endured his coldness and humiliation for his sake. He used her, but before he knew it, he had fallen deeply for her. When his “one true love,” Lin Sheng, returned, the truth came to l 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Wine-and-Women Alchemist 酒色丹师 An ordinary man who has struggled through life in the real world transmigrates one day, only to become a good-for-nothing cultivator with a mixed spiritual root. He loves money above all else and lights up at the sight of spirit stones. He’s a lecher, always sneaking extra glances at the beautiful immortals of the cultivation world, and he loves his liquor so much that he never goes anywhere without his wine gourd. Though he has a natural talent for alchemy, he has no aptitude for combat and run 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Paranormal Tales That Give You Cold Sweats 冷汗直冒的灵异故事 This Book: Start reading at midnight, and you won’t sleep before dawn! ⚠️Warning: This book contains intense horror. Readers who scare easily, proceed with caution! The night-shift nurse keeps hearing sobbing from an empty hospital room; The reflection in the mirror of an old house suddenly grins at you; On the last bus of the night, the feet of the passenger in the back row... dangle above the floor. Tomato’s No. 1 supernatural horror pick: ✅ One self-contained horror story per chapter, shor 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 My Master Is Way Too Laid-Back 我家师尊太佛系 [Goofy Female Protagonist + No Romance + Pure Master-Disciple Relationship + BE Ending + HE Bonus Ending] First-person narration + asides + omniscient-perspective bonus chapters [Enter at your own risk if you dislike these] The heroine's life motto: “If you have any shame, you suffer yourself. If you have none, you make others suffer. No matter how hard life gets, never make yourself suffer!!” After an accident, Yang Tianzhao ended up owing the immortals a huge debt. To help her complete her mis 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Human Survivors: A Collection of Fairy Tales 人类幸存者【童话集】 Who is the true survivor? The ageless performer onstage, or the audience that lives on forever below? Seen from above, the audience becomes part of the story too. In the very end, who is the survivor in this dreamlike illusion? This is an original work by Rabbit Vampire, now authorized for publication on Royal Road. Reproduction is permitted. All rights reserved. Infringements will be prosecuted. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 From Army Brat to Immortal: The Invincible Ancestor 兵痞变仙人之老祖无敌 Invincibility is so... so lonely! He was once a special forces king, and “he” was once a genius of an immortal sect... He fused with “him” and inherited “his” legacy, determined to rebuild the system in another world. He also had a goal of his own: once his work was done, he would search for a way back home... He Ming, a special forces king from Blue Star, transmigrated to a cultivation continent after being shot in the back, where he became an invincible ancestor. To establish a new order of cu 649Reads9.5Score14414d adds
- 40 Blood Spirit Ghost Eyes 血灵鬼眼 I was born into an apocalypse overrun by ghosts and strange phenomena. This ghost eye has been with me since birth. Seeing is believing? What you see isn't always real! I... I'll use everything I have to see through it all! Are you sure? From this day on, I will believe everything I see. Hm... Impossible! Only a clap of thunder answered him... These are a pair of nimble hands. Are you ready to welcome them? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Solar Eclipse Apocalypse 日蚀启示录 [Rules Horror + Mind Games + Terror + The Supernatural] Strange regulations, an eerie head of security You must follow the rules on the night shift, or you'll die Visitors must not ask anyone's name Do not look in mirrors without a reason If a child cries, give them candy At first, Wu Ming thought the old man was just playing a prank on the newcomers Until one day, he saw a dark figure standing behind him in the mirror Even more terrifying, the candy in his pocket kept multiplying every day And —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I Transform Twelve Times in My Notebook 我在笔记中12变 The story begins with a notebook. The protagonists, Zhu Huai’an and Su Jianshan, transmigrate into it by different means and experience different stories and different lives. They fall in love within the stories, and part ways within them... No one knows whether the ending will be happy or sad. 14Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 43 The Rainbow Robe: Yang Guifei 霓裳羽衣之杨贵妃 The Rainbow Dress and Feathered Robe: Yang Guifei 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Frostfall Snow 霜飞雪 Flowers in the snow, bestowed with the power to cut down flowers amid the snow; frost will sever the feathers and seal the borders with flowers. "Frost in Flight" Circling birds all cast their shadows down, Halfway up the mountain, wind and rain; halfway up, bones. Wild words cleave through clouds and mist for ten thousand miles, Shatter stone to make a ladder to the sky, leap ravines like swimming fish. Crash through nine thousand layers of mountains, Laugh and point as layered clouds cover the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 My System Is Way Too Good at Stirring Up Trouble 我的系统太会搞事了 After Lu Shiyi cursed out his boss, he got a lottery System. It offers all kinds of items, as well as limited-time trial passes for other systems. A lighthearted, humorous slice-of-life story with a slow-burn plot. No mindless antics or forced showing off. 277Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Dawn of the Ancestral Spirits 先灵启源 [Fantasy Transmigration]➕ [No System]➕ [Cyberpunk-Style Combat]➕ [New Fantasy]➕ [All Handcrafted]➕ [Comedy] Liu Xuan only wanted to cultivate in peace and quiet, while sampling all the finest wines under heaven. Who could have guessed that fate would intervene? A seven-colored insect took up residence in his body, awakening his Divine Eye, which could see through all things and defend against soul attacks! But turmoil soon swept across the land. Hidden currents stirred within the sects, and war 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 A Tangled Parallel Line 一条交错的平行线 [Everyday life + School life + One heroine] (The ratings just opened. They should go up later, right?) (Big boss, big boss, does anyone actually read our book?) (They will, they will. There’ll be readers like Yifei and Yanzhu.) Who doesn’t want a colorful youth? High school lasts long enough for all kinds of things to happen and for you to meet countless people. Relationships that once grew distant and encounters that never got the chance to begin will quietly take a turn at some point. Liang Ji 147Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 48 Showbiz: I’m a Rich Second-Generation Heir, and I’m Taking the Entertainment Industry by Storm 娱乐：我一个富二代爆杀内娱 [Lighthearted Slice of Life + Dating Show + Livestreaming + Entertainment + Multiple Heroines + Feel-Good] Mo Chen transmigrated to another parallel universe as a child and was born into a wealthy, close-knit family. Doted on from a young age, he grew up without any clear ambitions and wanted nothing more than to enjoy life. When he turned eighteen, the sudden arrival of a System added some color to his life, though it seemed no different from not having one at all. His father, Mo Tianlin, could 1.3kReads8.1Score10114d adds
- 49 I’m the System, and My Host Is a Husky 我是系统，我的宿主是条二哈 When other people transmigrate, they either become the protagonist and rule the world, or become a powerful big shot and stir up trouble. Even at worst, they can be a good-for-nothing who shouts, “Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river!” before showing off and getting revenge. And me? I became a System. A virtual one, with no body, that can only blabber away. I could put up with that. But! The System’s rules forcibly bound me to a Host: A dog. A purebred husky that wrecks 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 I Won't Be a Superstar 不做大明星 [New King of the Dark Web vs. Powerful CEO] [Both Leads Are Inexperienced] [Showbiz] [Elite Families] The dark web’s new king goes undercover as “QQ,” a little-known performer, and joins Fanxing Entertainment. Beneath his delicate, stunning looks is a hacker’s mind with an IQ of 162. His direct superior turns out to be Shen Linxing, the iron-fisted CEO who controls half the entertainment industry and the close friend who “disappeared” from his life when they were young! He joins the company to h 182Reads8.2Score—14d adds
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