Novels like To the Night, to the Dust
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- 1 I Just Made Up a Cultivation Rat, and Now the Authorities Want Me to Stop Writing! 刚编出修仙鼠，官方求我别写了！ [Comedy] + [Everyone Misreads Everything] + [Behind-the-Scenes Mischief] Reborn as a good-for-nothing, I awakened a Script-Becomes-Reality System. My whole thing is stirring up trouble because I’m bored! First test run: I posted that there were cultivation rats in the sewers. They wore secret identities, did tai chi, and could smash concrete with a single strike. Netizens mocked me: “What a dumb poster. Read too many novels?” Then an influencer filmed one and proved it was real. The entire inter 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Moonlight Cannot Reach the Living 月光不渡未亡人 Moonlight Does Not Reach the Bereaved —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Northeastern Strange Tales: The Fox Immortal Helps Me Solve a Rural Mystery 东北奇谭：黄大仙助我破局乡村谜案 Northeastern Strange Tales: How the Yellow Immortal Helped Me Solve a Rural Mystery —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Madam Qu’s Tale of Passion 瞿娘子贪欢记 Madam Qu’s Memoir of Indulgence —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Searching for Traces in the Guixu Ruins 归墟寻踪 Mortals gaze at the heavens, fighting to survive in desperate straits; Yuanshi bows his head and defies heaven for love. On the night the sects of the lower realm were wiped out, Lin Yuan, a young man of mediocre talent, awakened the Guixu Sacred Blood within the “Starlight Jade Pendant” his mother had left behind. From then on, he embarked on a cursed path of cultivation. He had once trembled with his sword in hand as his beloved betrayed him, once seen his Dao heart shatter before the annihila 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 BlindLoop: Blind Ring, Deep Link BlindLoop盲环深链 📌 No romance | Ensemble cast | 🕵️ Four ace detectives + one hapless errand runner 🎭 Tragedy at its heart, comedy on the surface | 🧠 Mystery and wild ideas | 🌍 Grounded yet absurd Yin Ke, a 22-year-old good-for-nothing who just graduated and can't find a job, is forced to seek help from a mysterious detective agency called Shadow Chasers after his younger sister, Yin Lin, vanishes under strange circumstances in Los Angeles. But then he discovers 1️⃣ Every member of the agency is a weirdo: Zhong —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 An Epic Song Through the Ages 青史长歌 (No Romance + Historical Court Intrigue + Exploration of Human Nature + Strong Female Lead + Historical Court Intrigue) A historical political-intrigue novel with a strong female lead. From a pawn forced to depend on others to a female chancellor wielding power over the entire court, only Ming Tang knows how many storms and trials she has endured along the way. No villains in the narrative: Conflicts arise from differing positions, interests, gaps in information, and the limitations of the era, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Even Bad Boys Want to Fall in Love 不良少年也想谈恋爱啦 [Pure Love + BL + GL + GB + Graphic Violence + Mild Sexual Innuendo] The author is a student who doesn't know how to write novels and isn't very cultured. The plot is original and contains graphic violence. The author is Chinese, but most characters have four-character names or two surnames and one given name. Please don't flame me if that's not your thing. The boy in the snow screamed. What had he dreamed of this time… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Escaping the Temporal and Spatial Enigma 时空脱诡 At the age of eight, he was chosen to enter the borders of the Underworld. He founded his own "Original Sin District," but let a little snake rule over it. As for himself, he sealed away his memories and returned to his own world. More than a decade later, chosen once again, he unraveled the mysteries he had left behind and rescued one vengeful spirit after another from the Underworld. Every Spirit Master mission brought him "divine power." He would rule this place once more. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Old House's Vengeful Ghost 老宅鬼魅戾影 The Vengeful Ghosts of the Old House —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Spring Had Come by the Time You Arrived 自君来时已逢春 [Powerless to resist + Willingly Surrendering] [Historical Romance + Bad Ending] Yu Wanning is a false princess, though she does have royal blood. She had no choice about being born in the cold palace, no choice when she was sent to Consort Yu, and no choice in many of the things she did. But she did choose one thing: marrying Bai Ziheng. She chose well. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Hunted from the Start, I Built the Mightiest Dynasty 开局被追杀，我反手打造最强王朝 [Transmigrate into a book, revenge, twists, and a journey of growth. No superpowers or golden fingers.] Han Chen, a military surgeon, is caught in a fatal car accident. His soul transmigrates into an unfamiliar novel, where he becomes Han Yu, a prince of the Yue Dynasty whose family is killed from the start and who is hunted down himself. The System tells him he must help the original Han Yu take revenge before he can return to reality. To escape his pursuers, he flees alone to the homeland of t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Chasing Killers Through Fading Memories 残忆追凶 In the future, a technology called “memory replay” has been put to use. Special equipment can connect to the residual brain waves of the deceased or people in comas, rendering fragments of their final 72 hours of memories visible for criminal investigations, medical care, or the pursuit of their last wishes. But the technology has strict limitations: memories are subjective and may be distorted, users’ mental health can be affected, and the law strictly prohibits its use on living, conscious peo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 I Just Want to Lie Flat Now. Nobody Better Mess With Me! 我现在只想躺平，谁都别来搞我！ A practice piece. It’s not very good, so don’t read it, okay? (Super sweet one-on-one romance + two strong leads + cultivation + a touch of farming fiction + technological innovation + resilience) Sheng Sheng was about to graduate from her agricultural science program when she fainted after staying up several nights to revise her thesis and transmigrated. What! I transmigrated into the flop novel I wrote myself? A lousy book that earns only three cents a year can actually make someone transmigr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Chen Family's Heir 陈家太子爷 On a full-moon night, a strange fire suddenly broke out at the Xuanque Residence. It was no ordinary blaze, but the poisonous Nether Yin Flame, which engulfed the front courtyard in an instant. As the family's experts struggled to suppress the flames and activate the protective formation, two black-clad figures with uncanny movement and concealed auras slipped past layer upon layer of wards, infiltrated the rear courtyard, and snatched away Chen Xuan, the Chen family's eldest legitimate grandson 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Wind Through the Bluestone Lane 风过青石巷 Their love has no grand declarations. Instead, like vines taking root in barren soil, they intertwine and support each other through life’s storms, growing tenaciously toward the sun. This is a story of poverty, responsibility, hard work, and the purest first love. Against a bittersweet backdrop, it paints the hopes and warmth that a young man and woman write with their effort and sincerity. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 My Contracted School Bully Is Kind of Sweet 契约校霸有点甜 The Contracted School Bully Is Kind of Sweet —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Ximen Qing Vs. Pan Jinlian: A Parody 西门庆大战潘金莲：恶搞版 A purely comedic take on Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian, setting the record straight for two people saddled with a bad reputation. Hilarious, lighthearted antics and plot twists make this a fun read. One of us plunged into the darkness, while the other walked toward the light. That was how she and I began our tangled affair in this city. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Splendor Fills Chang’an 锦色满长安 A distinctive career-focused storyline: Centered on “intangible cultural heritage Shu brocade,” it combines traditional craftsmanship with women’s entrepreneurship, offering the appeal of traditional culture while resonating with women who want to “make money on their own.” Appealing across age groups: The romance is sweet with no angst, and the male lead steadfastly protects his wife. The household and business rivalries aren’t complicated, as the heroine easily outmaneuvers her opponents with —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Ancient Sacred Physique 苍古圣体 From a harbinger of disaster to the future Great Emperor Canggu “You’re a disaster! The whole village’s lives have been getting worse because of you, and now you’ve caused so many deaths. You deserve to be burned alive. Maybe then the gods will forgive us!” “Burn him! Burn that harbinger of disaster!” “I’m not a harbinger of disaster! I just want to live in peace! Aah!” The gods are furious. Hurry and burn him... [Please leave your brain at the door before reading. Cultivation doesn’t fol —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Neuromancer: Urban Node Zero 神经漫游者：都市零号节点 In 2077, in Xinhai City. Hovercars weave a dazzling web of light a hundred meters above the ground. Holographic billboards turn the glass facades of skyscrapers into giant screens, playing ads for genetic enhancement drugs and military-grade prosthetics. Beneath the neon lights at street level, wastewater streams along corroded pipes, mingling with the glow of holographic projections to create a bizarre, surreal scene. Lin Mo huddles in a corner booth at the Rusty Nail Bar, a cheap synthetic cig —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Stars and Fire 星星与火 Stars and Fire —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Don't Move! I'll Heal You 别动！我来奶你 [When life wears you out, drop in for a laugh. Guaranteed to get more satisfying with every chapter: late-stage power fantasy, ensemble cast, no brainless decisions, another world, comeback, fiery passion, old-school style, passion above all, a dad saving the world, plenty of detail, and comedy] Huh, what?! I awakened a priest-type ability? But why is my awakened power a bandage?! Come along and see how the protagonist grows step by step into the strongest priest. Lin Xiaoguang, mocked as “the m 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Gu Yan and Liu Cheng’s Little Everyday Moments 顾言与柳橙的小日常 Gu Yan is a senior partner at Zicheng Law Firm. Liu Cheng works at the firm and takes on a side job as a cook after work. By chance, she ends up at Gu Yan’s home. As they spend more time together, Gu Yan gradually falls in love with Liu Cheng, and the two eventually become a couple. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Changbai Mountain Ghost Stories: The Fox Immortal’s Enfeoffment and the Mother-Daughter Evil Spirits 长白山鬼故事之狐仙讨封与母双煞 She said I owed her a life My name is Yang Jianjun, but everyone in the village calls me Er Zhuzi. At the foot of Changbai Mountain, in Heixiazigou, I’m a spirit medium. One day, Er Niu from the village came to me trembling. He said he’d run into a woman in a red padded jacket deep in the old forest. Her feet didn’t touch the ground. She asked him, “Do I look human to you?” Terrified, Er Niu said, “You look human.” That very night, he hanged himself from the old locust tree at the village entra —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Soul’s Cycle of Rebirth 灵魂轮溯 After a string of miserable setbacks, overworked wage slave Zhang San leaps from a skyscraper and seamlessly connects to the Hell System. After a good scare, he makes a deal with a spirit and accepts ten missions to save a body on the brink of death. He goes from newborn to middle schooler, from boy to girl, from middle-aged to elderly, and even becomes a citizen of R, the country he hates most! But why did nobody tell him that when this near-death body wants to live, it's incredibly hard to kee —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 I Turned the Ancient World Upside Down with a Gene Extractor 我靠基因提取器炸翻古代 I Took the Ancient World by Storm with a Gene Extractor 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Tale of Two Souls Refining the World 双魂炼世传 A new work is here! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Demon-Slaying Life Begins with Transferring to a Tokyo School 斩妖生活从转学东京开始 [Urban fantasy + monsters + anime style + lighthearted + not overpowered + multiple heroines + no harem] Japanese signs fill the streets, and Lin Jingxing, a transfer student, finds it quite hard to get used to. But that’s not even the biggest problem. What he needs to figure out now is how to survive in a foreign country without any financial support. So he settles into a life of going to school while looking for ways to make money. But as time goes by, strange and inexplicable phenomena begin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The World Hails Me as a Saint, but I Survive on Negative Energy 全球捧我成圣人我却靠负能量续命 [High Martial Arts + Urban + Face-Slapping + Plot Twists + Internet-Wide Shock] A terminally ill high school senior binds to a Negative Energy System. In a high-martial-arts metropolis, he absorbs the malice of the masses to trade for more time to live, yet is mistaken for a savior. My new work is out! Everyone is welcome to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Realmbound Servant 界役 [Infinite Flow] [Datafication] [Evolution Paths] Jiang Chuan, twenty-nine, is a former Marine officer. Now, burdened by a disabled body and a chest full of honors, he is living out an early retirement in Beichuan City. His battles have left indelible scars on him, until one peaceful autumn morning, when the world revealed a deeper fracture. He discovers that he has been drawn into a silent war between two overlapping dimensions. Branded a “tool,” he is forced to travel through the cracks in time 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Transmigrating as Ni Mantian: Defying Fate 穿越成霓漫天：逆天改命 After a long day at work, Su Jin wakes up to find she has transmigrated into the doomed villainess Ni Mantian, heiress of Penglai, in the xianxia drama The Journey of Flower. Faced with a tragic fate she already knows, Su Jin’s survival plan is simple: stay away from the storm at the center, Hua Qiangu! Avoid the cold, nuclear-bomb-like Bai Zihua! Keep a low profile, work hard at cultivating immortality, and quietly use her modern mindset and foreknowledge to change the plot. Her goal is to make 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 He Is His Keepsake 他是他的遗物 A tragic HE/BE novel with two endings, so you can choose for yourselves, darlings. Jiang Chensheng died. His master, who had raised and loved him, was gone. He had meant to sacrifice himself to bring his master back to life, but instead he somehow ended up two hundred years in the past, when his master was seventeen. Only at the very end did they discover that it had all been a perfect closed loop. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 A Century of Reincarnation: Wan Ning'er’s Lie-Flat Reincarnation Log 百年轮回婉宁儿的躺平轮回日志 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Doomsday: A Chicken's Journey 末日：一只鸡的旅行 After surviving a zombie apocalypse, Chen Feng meets Lin Mo. As the two continue exploring, they find more friends, and together they travel far and wide to save one apocalyptic world after another. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Douluo Dalu: The Wind Whisperer 斗罗之风语者 Mondstadt's wind still sings its ballads of freedom, but after an “accidental teleportation” while drunk, Wendy tumbled into an unfamiliar world. No Vision, no Knights of Favonius, just dandelions flying everywhere and his ever-faithful Skyward Harp. While others fought bloody battles to advance their cultivation, he gently plucked the strings and turned the wind element into the softest shield. While people painstakingly honed their skills, he blew dandelion seeds into the air and used the wind 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 I, the Heaven-Burning Immortal Venerable, Am Reborn 我焚天仙尊重生归来 As Immortal Venerable Lingyun breaks through to the highest realm, his close friend Lu Fan and his Dao companion Su Yue betray him. They steal his Dao foundation, and he dies with hatred in his heart. When he awakens, he has been reborn five hundred years in the past, as a sixteen-year-old boy in a remote border town. His family is on the brink of disaster, with powerful enemies bearing down on them. Armed with memories of his previous life and a meager cultivation base, Lingyun makes a stunning 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Bankruptcy Protection: My System Is the Creditor 破产保护：我的系统是债主大人 Ye Xiaokou transmigrates. The good news: he gets bound to a System! The bad news: the System is nearly bankrupt, and he's its biggest debtor! He starts out with a tiny little mountain of debt, and the countdown to his execution is ticking away. In the cultivation world, the weak are prey for the strong? No! Here, the weak are prey for the stingy! Selling “scrap” pills? They're budget-friendly healing elixirs! Selling “self-destructing flying swords”? They're works of art for collectors! Offeri —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Twelve Earthly Branches Order: The Undying Rewind 十二元辰令：不死的回溯 The world is made up of twelve ancient clans, each bearing a zodiac animal as its totem and inheriting a unique divine power. In every generation, one member of each clan is born fully awakened, with perfect control over their clan’s divine power. They are the heart and symbol of their clan. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Secret of Origins 原秘 [No brainless decisions] [No System] [No harem] [Fast-paced] [Soul transmigration] [Transmigration] Cheng Hao transmigrated to the Tianyuan Continent by accident. He thought he would be just like the other transmigrators, blessed with a golden finger and able to breeze through life. But with a useless body and no golden finger to help him, all he could do was give up and coast along. Then fate intervened, and an accident dragged him into the world of cultivation once more. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Becoming a Military Doctor in Ancient Times 回到古代当军医 Zhao Ling, a cutting-edge modern doctor, uses a time machine to travel through time and transmigrates into the body of a wealthy young woman in the ancient Great Zhou Kingdom who shares her name. She has none of the original host’s memories. After many twists and turns, she and Bai Yi, the God of War of Great Zhou, who was her childhood sweetheart and betrothed to her since birth, finally end up together. Along the way, Zhao Ling is framed by her stepmother and nearly dies in a fire. Forced to w —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Good-for-Nothing Awakens Chaos Powers: The Immortal Venerable's Darling 废柴觉醒混沌异能：仙尊的掌心娇 Awakening Chaos Powers as a Good-for-Nothing: The Immortal Venerable's Darling 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Everyone in the Country Sends Me a Penny a Day, and I Got It 全国每人每天给我一分钱我收到了 [Urban fantasy, comedy and easygoing fun, city life, one female lead, play the pig to eat the tiger, System, tycoon] [1.4 billion people nationwide, 14 million a day, backlash from wishes, revitalize the county, the state takes notice, karmic retribution, collective consciousness, guardian of the dragon vein, a System that can't be switched off] Everyone in the country gives me one fen a day. I'm Lin Bei, a wage slave in Magic City earning 8,000 yuan a month. Overnight, I became a cash cow. The 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 After Being Cheated On and Dying Miserably, I Became a Ghost and Latched Onto a Rich Man 被绿惨死后，老娘做鬼傍大款 After Being Cheated On and Dying Miserably, This Lady Became a Ghost and Found a Sugar Daddy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 I Married a Handsome Officer on a Whim to Ascend Through Writing 为了码文飞升，和军官帅哥闪婚了 I Married a Handsome Officer in a Whirlwind Wedding to Write My Way to Immortality —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Once Upon a Time, There Was a Mountain, and on It Lived a Nun Named Zhen Huan 从前有座山，山上有个尼姑叫甄嬛 Once upon a time, there was a mountain. On the mountain lived a nun named Zhen Huan. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 After My Brother Disappeared 弟弟消失之后 After My Younger Brother Disappeared 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Echoes from the Cemetery and the Light That Guards the Town 《墓地回响与小镇守护之光》 Echoes from the Graveyard and the Light That Guards the Town —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Cave Exploration: Did the Prey Become the Hunter? 矿洞探险被反杀？ The cave expedition ends in a counterattack? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Dig for Castles in the Immortal Realm 我在仙界挖城堡 [Also known as The Days I Spent Making Up the Numbers in the Immortal Realm] Armed with a mysterious immortal pickaxe, he had hoped to enjoy a carefree life in the cultivation world, digging castles and playing Minecraft. But with demons and monsters running rampant, and people's hearts even more treacherous, his sect was destroyed and his fellow disciples slaughtered. Forced into a tide of bloodshed, he suddenly reached enlightenment one day. He would rid heaven and earth of chaos and stand up —Reads—Score—Shelves
