Novels like To the Night, to the Dust
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- 51 After Awakening the Villainess Script, She Became Everyone's Darling 觉醒女配剧本后，她成了团宠 Awakening + everyone’s favorite + redemption + comedy Su Jinrou awakens to the story she has seen: she and her biological sister become prisoners, her family loses their lives because of her reckless behavior, and the legitimate older sister she has always targeted becomes empress? Wait, that can’t be right. It seems her older sister was forced into it, and the new emperor is the very man she once looked down on, then fell for? After waking up, Su Jinrou resolves to change her and her family’s f —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 The Long Road of the Assassin Squad 漫漫杀手组 The shadow follows; the gun is still warm. A name carved by vengeance sets the blood ablaze. A soft click of a hidden weapon, and a thousand mountains fall silent. The tale of the storm is left to be told on paper. My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 I Fell for You Before the Rain Stopped 在雨停之前爱上你 Lin Xiaoman ducks into a cafe during a downpour. In the ginger tea the owner, Gu Yuan, hands her, stardust from another world drifts and swirls. What she doesn’t know is: - The black-and-white photo on the wall shows a street corner in Paris she has never visited - Images captured by an old film camera reveal the future when developed in the darkroom - And the scar beneath Gu Yuan’s collarbone is engraved with the dates of every time they meet and part When the quantum clock at the Glacier Mus —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 My Wife Came Home Late from a Mountain Hike, with a Deadly Secret in Her Bag 老婆爬山夜归，包里藏着夺命秘密 His wife returns from a late-night mountain climb with a deadly secret hidden in her bag. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Cultivation: Masters Are Meant to Be Won Over by Their Rebellious Disciples 修仙之，师尊就是要被逆徒攻略的 Male-male romance, two strong leads, cute and sweet. The top is weaker early on. Both leads are devoted to each other. Ensemble cast, multiple couples. The story has a slow start, but I hope you'll enjoy it. A mature, steady master on the bottom x a brash, hot-blooded young disciple on top. The master spoils the top. When Yong Luoxing was being hunted, he met his master, who saved him. The boy's parents' deaths and his master's kindness both drive him to grow stronger. In time, he reaches the pi 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Make Way, I’m About to Show Off 麻烦让一让，我要开始装逼了 [Play the pig to eat the tiger] [Decisive and ruthless] [Face-slapping] [Multiple heroines] [Epic power-ups] Lin Fan transmigrates to a fantasy world, where his good-for-nothing aptitude earns him endless abuse! Just when he’s in despair, he awakens the remnant soul of an ancient Sword God inside him: Jun Xiaoyao! [Jun Xiaoyao: Even the dog I raised back in the day was stronger than you!] [Lin Fan: ...Then how about teaching me something useful?] [Jun Xiaoyao: You want to learn? Sure! First, f 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 The Thousand Mechanisms Manual: Assorted Tales 千机册：什锦 [Xuanhuan] [Demons and spirits] [Beautiful shou] [Loyal dog gong] [Multiple couples] A Shi (gong) × Su Fujin (shou) Three hundred years ago, Mu Liushu suddenly died. To investigate his teacher's death, Su Fujin faked his own death and went into hiding. Following a lead, he headed to the Southern Wilderness, where he picked up a wild boy and brought him home, naming him A Shi. The boy isn't as innocent as he seems… Schemes and counter-schemes, forces stirring beneath the surface, and a vast plan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 The Tide of Commerce 潮涌商途 The story begins in 1978, with the launch of reform and opening-up. As the wave of change from a planned economy to a market economy sweeps across the country, Yiwu and Wenzhou, at the forefront of reform, are the first to break with traditional economic models. Building on its trading tradition of "exchanging chicken feathers for sugar," Yiwu grows from a roadside market into a world-renowned hub for small commodities. With their bold, pioneering spirit, the people of Wenzhou expand into light 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 The Purple Palace: A Duel of Twin Blades 紫宸宫阙：双锋竞艳 • During the Great Yong Dynasty's imperial consort selection, Shen Lanyi, daughter of a prominent family, enters the palace to protect a fragment of the family’s secretly guarded Return to Origin Heart Sutra. She has practiced her family’s inner cultivation since childhood, and beneath her gentle, refined manner lies profound inner strength. • Mu Qingshuang, daughter of the jianghu’s foremost assassination sect, the Cold Shadow Pavilion, enters the palace under the alias Lin Qing, posing as the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 The Virtual Realm of Desire 虚拟欲界 Sixteen-year-old high school student Yun Feng enters an AI digital world, where dark currents churn beneath a neon-lit city. A mysterious organization conducts illegal experiments, and a virus devours everything in its path. He becomes classmates with the AIs, and together they struggle to survive in this perilous world. With the sword of his ideals in hand, should he cut himself off from the virtual world, or embrace this “Realm of Desire” that could rewrite his destiny? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Master Fu 符真人 Yong Wuhuanben was an ordinary wage earner. But an accident sent him transmigrating to a world of talismans. How is he supposed to survive in this world? How can he establish himself? 71Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 From Humble Beginnings to Regent: I Renounced Power and Traveled the Nine Provinces with My Beloved 从寒门到摄政，弃权携美游九州 In the final years of the Daye era, the Sui dynasty was on the brink of collapse, and flames of war spread across the land. The realm was divided among rival warlords, while orthodox and heretical martial sects fought without cease. Fragments of the Nine Provinces Cauldron, a secret treasure of the Sui court, emerged, sending all under heaven scrambling to claim them! Lu Yan, a modern all-around elite, transmigrated into Xiao Che, a dying commoner in the final years of the Sui dynasty. With a so 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Phoenix Soars Through the Nine Heavens: The Good-for-Nothing Princess Consort Is Too Arrogant 凤凌九霄：废柴王妃太嚣张 My new work is here! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your follows are what keep me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Eternal Calamity 永浩劫 He takes a difficult first step toward immortality, entering a cultivation world unlike any other. A merchant from the village accidentally discovers the threshold to cultivation. And so begins an extraordinary journey on the path to immortality... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Detective Chinatown: My Cousin's Surname Is Zhang 唐人街探案之我的表妹姓张 Transmigration, no romance, Before they get close: Zhang Xiaochun: “Hello, everyone.” Qin Feng: “Old Tang, has, has Xiaochun always been like this?” Tang Ren: “Once you get close to her, you're done for.” After they get close: Zhang Xiaochun: “You want to hit me? Too bad you can't. Hehe.” Qin Feng: “Old Tang, she, she's gone crazy! Do, do something!” Tang Ren: “Don't ask me! Go get someone else! Especially someone who doesn't know her!” 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 The Seven-Rainbow Art 七虹诀 In the 27th year of the Republic, the seven members of the Seven Star Temple, master and disciples, head north to fight the enemy. Only one young Taoist novice remains at the temple. Blessed by the temple’s founding patriarch, he studies the arts of cultivation within the Seven Star Command. Seventy years later, the novice has mastered his studies and emerges from his cocoon. Now that he has acquired extraordinary skills, how will he fare in this whole new world, and what sparks will fly? Let —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Film and TV Crossover: The Republic-Era System Makes Me Rewrite the Plot 综影视：穿民国系统让我进行反剧情 [Crossover TV Worlds + System + Villain-Tormenting + Romance + Devoted Husband] When Li Yunman woke up, she found herself lying in a huge bed in a room decorated in Republican-era style. A phone call came in, and the caller introduced himself as Cao Ruofei. Next, a pink, doll-like figure appeared and explained that it was the System for the crossover TV series world of The Chaser. A thought crossed Li Yunman's mind: Had she become the heroine? The System said that she could return to her origina 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 An Empire Begins from Humble Roots 帝业起于微末 In the final years of the Dayong Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made calamities leave the land strewn with the starving dead. On the northern frontier, Tatar cavalry raze a village. The young Liu Zheng loses everything amid flames and blood, and is forced to flee. Ahead lies an endless wilderness stretching south. Behind him, smoke from the fires devours his homeland. The chaos of war is a furnace, and human lives are no more than weeds. Along the road to survival, he meets his brave but si 95Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 69 After 112 Bad Endings, I Finally Get a Happy Ending 在112次BE后，终于迎来HE [Cyberpunk + supernatural powers + infinite-instance survival] [Sweet-faced, cunning heroine x celibate mentor] In 112 loops, he took bullets for me. On the 113th, I blew the entire wall into fireworks. After a wave of genetic diseases swept the world, humanity built towering neon walls. Outside them lay the “safe zone”; inside was a “living gene bank.” Wen Jiuzhao, file number 001, was born to two pureblood parents, yet she is the most dangerous abnormal mutant. She was pinned to an operating t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 The Cheat-Code Princess Consort, Doted on Exclusively by the Prince After I Transmigrated 穿越后被王爷独宠的开挂王妃 [Xuanhuan romance + historical romance + devoted to one another + sweet pampering + doting husband + transmigration + pocket dimension] (The early story takes place in the mortal world; later, it moves to the cultivation and spirit realms.) (They remain devoted to one another and unmarried in the early story. They will marry as time goes on in the later chapters, though the wedding comes fairly late.) She was once the all-purpose assistant nicknamed “the shit-stirrer” to a 22nd-century assassin 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 A Killer Reincarnated in a Runaway Bride’s Body, Working at the Wangyou Tower 杀手魂穿逃婚在忘忧楼打工 [Faithful couple + sweet romance + secret identities + married first, love later + episodic plots] [A not-so-cold-blooded transmigrated assassin heroine VS a mysterious tavern owner VS a whole host of monstrous customers] After transmigrating, Su Qingyue did two big things: First, she ran away from her marriage to the Prince of Zhenbei. Then, she took a job at the Wangyou Inn. It’s a great workplace: the boss is handsome, room and board are included, and the customers just aren’t human! Then s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 I'm a CEO in My Own Imagination 我在脑洞里当总栽 Hey! Haven't we met somewhere before? At my sister's engagement banquet, remember? What's up? ...I feel like we met before my sister's wedding. Uh... Sis, you're still using such a cheesy pickup line? But I really feel like I've met you somewhere before! I can't explain it, but you always seem so familiar to me. Ah! In a dream! I remember now, I met you in a dream... Sis, why have you been talking so much about that weird dream you had lately? Hehe! She first started telling me about that dream 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 The Racing Girl 赛车女孩 Physics ace Lin Sa is obsessed with speed and has extraordinary racing talent. When she borrows the motorcycle of a racing club president to catch a thief, their paths become entwined. Lin Sa trends online and makes her way into racing, overcoming one challenge after another. In the end, she wins glory and finds love. 61Reads—Score104Shelves
- 74 The Apocalypse Is Here, and I’m One Hundred Million in Debt from the Start 末日降临，开局负债一个亿 Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance! It's an apocalypse game, so what's wrong with going a little crazy? La la la la la la la la! I'm a hundred million in debt, so what's wrong with going a little crazy? La la la la la la la la! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Cultivation Is Too Dangerous, So I Choose to Create a World Within Myself 修仙太危险，我选择体内创世 Lin Mu, a menial disciple of the Qingyun Sect with a false Five-Element spiritual root, has little hope of advancing on the path of cultivation. Steady as a rock and a master of keeping his head down, he is driven to the brink by a setup. At death's door, he unexpectedly sacrifices his blood to a broken stele, activating the Primordial Realm within him and becoming the guardian of the flame of Huaxia civilization. This is no ordinary pocket dimension, but a nascent world awaiting revival. A spr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Sichen 嗣尘 Lin Yan, an illegitimate son from a collateral branch dismissed as dust by his family, lives with his mother in the coldest corner of the main family's mansion. She dies of illness, bitter to the end, leaving him only a warning that “the main family is a den of wolves” and a secret ledger detailing the matriarch's embezzlement and his legitimate elder brother's seizure of the family estate. Living under the legitimate heirs' disdain and the servants' contempt, Lin Yan finally wakes up. He gives 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Prince Andrasf 亲王安德拉斯夫 Prince Andrasov —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 That Unnamed Sea 那片未命名的海 Love and endurance amid the everyday realities of life. Human weakness buckles under the pressure of reality, while misunderstanding piles upon misunderstanding. What began as two people reaching for each other ends in complete estrangement, before concluding with a dignified parting and nothing but regret. Love can't withstand the grind of reality, let alone the selfishness, suspicion, and cowardice in human nature. Every misunderstanding that seems accidental is an inevitable consequence of hu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 The Moon Tugs at the Threads of Fate 月牵尘缘 Xiao Yuexian, a matchmaker from the Moon Goddess Palace, causes chaos in the mortal realm after mistakenly tying the wrong red threads, leaving true love nowhere to be found. Heartsick men and women are everywhere. The Matchmaker God is furious and banishes Xiao Yuexian to the mortal world, ordering her to bring one hundred couples together and make them happy before she is allowed to return to the heavens. So she takes her shikigami, Little Ali, and transmigrates across different planes to help —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Reborn: The Word-Slaying Game I Built Has a Health Bar 重生：我建立的千词斩有血条 (Updating with 10,000 words a day, read with confidence.) Lin Wenjie felt as though every bone had been pulled from his body. He slumped heavily into his chair at the desk, eyes fixed as if magnetized on the glaring English CET-4 score on his computer screen. This was his tenth time taking the exam, yet that miserable score remained an insurmountable chasm, shattering his hopes to pieces. “How can this be… I worked so hard…” His lips trembled as he muttered to himself, his voice full of exhausti —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 The Star Ring Without End 无烬星环 Gu Jin awoke in a cold metal coffin and found himself floating amid the ruins of an endless stellar ring. This was neither heaven nor hell, but the living nest of a cosmic organism known as the World-Devouring Chrysalis. The inner walls of the ring were covered in devouring runes left behind by an unknown civilization, while countless beings struggled to survive amid radiation storms. To unravel the mystery of his lost memories, he was forced to absorb violent stellar energy. To his astonishment —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 My Cat-Demon Boyfriend 我的猫妖男朋友 A nine-tailed cat demon, a thousand years of cultivation, and a promise made a century ago. Through reincarnation after reincarnation, he searches for the woman destined to be his, all to repay the debt he owes her for saving his life a hundred years ago. After a century of reincarnation, he finally finds her in the twenty-first century: Lin Youyou, the girl bound to him by a blood pact. They meet, fall in love, and stay together in this life, creating a romantic fantasy journey all their own. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 A Dream of Being Reborn 重生的一场梦 A Dream of Being Reborn —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 I Weave a Fleeting Life for All Creation 我为苍生织浮生 #Eastern Fantasy #Modern Cultivation #Epic Fantasy #Clash of Civilizations #Ensemble Coming-of-Age #Awakening of Fate Chen Jingwei, an immortal who weaves the threads of fate, is banished to the mortal world. He hides in a modern city, working at a company called Jingwei Creative. Hoping to forget his past and watch the world’s joys and sorrows from a distance, he is forced to break the laws of Heaven when he saves Su Xiao, a girl destined to die. One good deed becomes the first domino to fall. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Transmigrated Into a Book: The Cold School Heartthrob Has a Secret Crush on Me 穿书后，高冷校草暗恋我 A modern-day office drudge transmigrates into an unfamiliar high school romance novel. She becomes a third-year high school student, a nobody, and gets a System. She can only return home after the story reaches its ending. During classes, she interacts with Xiao Yuyan, the aloof campus heartthrob, and builds what she thinks is a sincere friendship with him. She doesn't realize that Xiao Yuyan has fallen for her, but never says a word. After the college entrance exams, Lin Ran goes abroad to atte —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Global Rampage: From the Start, I Contract the Ferocious Beast Hundun 全球暴走：开局契约凶兽混沌 Spiritual qi revival, and all things run amok! “The spiritual qi tide was never a disaster. It is the birth canal of civilization’s evolution, and I was born to tear apart this filthy placenta.”, Qin Yuan, Chaos Form The spirit beast contracted by Qin Yuan turns out to be the incarnation of Chaos, devouring the world’s spiritual energy for the sole purpose of destroying the world! “A savior? No. I’m the ultimate BOSS!” While other Beast Tamers are trying to save the world, Qin Yuan is wondering: —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Reborn as a Disgraced Prince: From the Start, I Strike Back 废皇子重生：开局就反杀 In my previous life, I was the Crown Prince of Great Liang. I was appointed because I was too capable, and deposed for the same reason. The Third Prince joined forces with the Second Prince and the empress, forged evidence that I had colluded with the enemy, stripped me of my position as heir, and exiled me to Liangzhou. Only on the brink of death did I learn that even my most trusted fiancée was one of them. A cup of poison ended my life. Reborn, I returned to the days before I was made Crown P 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Dragon Soul Awakens: I Transmigrate into a Book and Possess the Purple Dragon 龙魂觉醒：穿书我上了紫龙的身 Prologue: The Call of Fate The glow on the computer screen had yet to fade completely, and that powerful suction still lingered around me. When I opened my eyes again, what greeted me was no longer my familiar room, but a magnificent waterfall. "Zilong, focus! Feel the energy flowing through your body!" The voice... was old, yet full of strength. I looked down at the water. My reflection had long black hair, a resolute face, and a vermilion mark between my brows. I, Zhang Hao, an ordinary homebo 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 A Backflip Into Youth 背越式青春 Promote positive, healthy attitudes toward sports and challenge the stereotype that only geniuses can compete in athletics. Show ordinary people pursuing their dreams and reveal the extraordinary within the everyday. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Reborn: Living for Myself This Time 重生，为自己活一次 Reborn, Living for Myself This Time 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 As Snow Falls to the Sound of the Qin, Prince Jing Protects Yunshu 琴音落雪时，靖王护云舒 When the Zither Falls Like Snow, Prince Jing Protects Yun Shu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 My Husband Cheated, So I Turned Around and Got Pregnant by His Cousin 丈夫出轨我转身怀上堂哥骨肉 [Multiple Male Leads / Family / Love and Marriage] Luo Lulu discovered the truth about her husband Zhang Heng's womanizing ways. In despair, she agreed to spend the night with her cousin Zhang Yuchen, at his request. Unexpectedly, she became pregnant. Just as she was at a loss for what to do, Zhang Yuchen firmly told her to get a divorce. The two went together to confront Zhang Heng, and only then did Zhang Yuchen realize that his cousin's betrayal was nothing new. When Luo Lulu returned to her 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 The Legend of the God-Sealing Rebel 逆世封神传 Mortal cultivation + everyday cultivation + traditional cultivation + schemes and intrigue + original cultivation techniques + playing the fool to catch the tiger. Transmigrate into hell mode, with the mysteries of time and space yet unsolved. Break through the shackles of the Heavenly Dao and turn the tides with heaven-defying ingenuity. The demonic path becomes my stepping stone, while the righteous path sharpens my blade. I will bend the Heavenly Dao to my will. No divine sense can hide in th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 I Was Reborn in High School 我重生回到了高中那时 In his thirties, Lu Xiaojia's life was full of heartbreak and helplessness. He lived in a cheap rental, worked a nine-to-five job, and was married to a woman he didn't love. Every day, he came home to a mess of household troubles. At a company dinner, he drank to drown his sorrows. When he woke up, he discovered he had been reborn in his high school days. This time, he was determined to change his fate, make up for past regrets, and chart a new course for his life. He would run with all his migh 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 A Fragrant Array Reaches Chang’an: The Failed Scholar’s Rise to the Throne 冲天香阵透长安：落榜生逆袭称帝 It's much easier to fight your way into Chang'an than to pass the exams and get in! In the late Tang dynasty, powerful clans monopolized privilege, eunuchs held sway, regional warlords carved up the empire, the court was corrupt, and the people were destitute. After failing the imperial examinations time and again, he furiously wrote: “A heavenly fragrance fills Chang'an, and the whole city is clad in golden armor.” With nowhere left to retreat, he might as well risk everything! He raised the ba 733Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 The Down-and-Out CEO’s Second Career 落魄总裁再就业 After a family upheaval and her stepmother's schemes, Xiong Yu was forced to give up the CEO position. With nothing else to do, he decided to experience the everyday bustle of life by setting up a jianbing stall outside the university district... By chance, he met Qin Bei, a cross-dressing heartthrob returning to campus. Going by the name Qin Bei, he happened to add Xiong Yu on WeChat. On Qin Bei's Moments, Xiong Yu spotted a short-haired guy and assumed he was Qin Bei's boyfriend. The photo was 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 For the Sake of Being One of a Kind 为了独一无二的我 [Transmigration + System + Magic + Support Mage-Assassin + Growth + Power Fantasy + A Little Bromance] I, Xiao Feng, have transmigrated, so I’m going to remake myself into someone truly unique. Only after arriving in this world did I realize that the real stranger wasn’t just everything around me. It was me, too. The rules here are nothing like the ones I know. Every step feels like a test of the unknown, and one slip could see me swallowed by darkness and danger. But more than any of that, I c 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 A Crescent Moon in a Watery Sky 一钩新月天如水 The idea behind A Crescent Moon Hook in a Sky Like Water A lighthearted, funny, heartwarming, and healing love story about a writer and a photographer. The writer Zhen Xingzi is preparing to publish a collection of essays and takes a liking to the photographer Xie Sanyou’s work. The two meet while negotiating the rights to his photos. They have plenty of interests in common and soon fall in love. Xie Sanyou is always on the move, leaving Zhen Xingzi behind on her own. Their long-distance relatio —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 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—Shelves
- 100 After I Became a Substitute Bride, My Sickly Husband Came Back to Life 替嫁冲喜后，病秧子老公突然生龙活虎 After Marrying in Her Sister's Place to Bring Good Fortune, Her Sickly Husband Suddenly Became Full of Vigor —Reads—Score—Shelves
