Novels like Dream of the Red Chamber: A Concubine's Son Turns the Tide
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- 1 A Concubine-Born Son's Revenge in Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼庶子复仇记 Jia Shang was one of Jia Zheng’s illegitimate sons in the Rongguo Mansion. He was born after Jia Zheng got drunk and slept with a maid. His birth mother was even lower in status than Concubine Zhao, who was already considered lowly, and she suffered constant abuse in the Rongguo Mansion. But Jia Shang was exceptionally clever. By secretly studying outside the school, he actually earned the title of scholar. This infuriated Wang Furen, Jia Zheng’s wife. Afraid her own son would be outshone by Jia 12Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 2 Honghuang: Fairy Yunxiao? But I'm a Man! 洪荒：云霄仙子？可我是男人啊！ After transmigrating into the primordial world, Li Yunxiao becomes the first wisp of cloud between heaven and earth: Fairy Yunxiao? B-b-b-b-but... I'm a man! Li Yunxiao looks at Fairy Yunxiao in front of him and lowers his head in silence. A moment later, he says softly, “Big Sister, please spare me!” 471Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 3 Dream of the Red Chamber: I Bear the World on My Shoulders, and You Raid the Jia Estate? 红楼：我肩抗天下，你查抄贾府？ [Power Struggles] [Officialdom] [Imperial Exams] [Multiple Heroines] [Original Characters] [New Worldbuilding] He woke up in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, as Jia Huan, a concubine-born son. To avoid being dragged down by the Jia family’s ruin, Jia Huan chose to enter officialdom through the imperial exams and fight for a chance to survive. In officialdom, he struck hard and crushed his political enemies. Back at the Jia residence, he advanced step by step, seizing the family’s highest a 533Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Gourmet: One Bowl of Pork-Killing Stew Makes the Whole Village Weep 美食：一碗杀猪菜，吃哭全村老少 [Gourmet]+ [Rural Banquet Cooking]+ [Everyday Life]+ [System]+ [Humor] Shen Fei had just graduated from college when someone hired him to cook for a funeral banquet. He was still hesitating when he heard the System awaken. Accepting the job would bind him to the Gourmet System. What was there to hesitate about? He knew the ins and outs of wedding and funeral banquets better than anyone! He’d secretly learned plenty by following his grandpa around. From then on, whenever anyone held a wedding or 191Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 5 Dream of the Red Chamber: Reborn as Jia Huan, I Defy Heaven Through Demonic Cultivation 红楼：重生贾环，修魔逆天 You can enjoy this even if you've never read Dream of the Red Chamber. After failing to ascend as a demonic cultivator, he is reborn and transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, becoming Jia Huan, an unloved son born to a concubine. The two Jia households are rife with infighting, and he is oppressed at every turn. Fortunately, Jia Huan regains his cultivation, rises step by step, builds his influence, and joins the army to slaughter his enemies, eliminating everyone in the Jia 485Reads6.5Score10714d adds
- 6 The Fake Young Master Is Forced Back to the Countryside, and His Educated Youth Sister Throws Herself at Him 假少爷被逼回农村，知青姐姐倒贴 Xu Changge returns to the 1960s and, from the start, is pressured by the biological son of his adoptive parents into giving up his urban household registration and returning to the countryside. But he obtains a space within a jade pendant and uses immortal cultivation techniques to farm. With a casual turn of the soil, he can reap a massive harvest. He can also teach, spend time with his family, and dote on cats and dogs. Life is a breeze. Meanwhile, in the city, his adoptive parents are beset b 59Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 7 A Stepmother by Marriage, with Little Ones Eager to Call Her Mom 做个继室，萌娃抢着叫娘 [Stepmother] [Adorable kids] [General’s doting love] Does a stepmother’s heart sting like a wasp? Is this general cursed to outlive his wives? A rebellious boy? A frail girl? And two mute children? What a disastrous start! Being a stepmother is no easy business. 114Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 8 From the Start, It Was a Cat Swap for the Crown Prince 开局就是狸猫换太子 [Ensemble of film and TV worlds + System + comeback + emperor growth plan] Xun Shuang has been reborn as a baby! He discovers that he is being hunted from the start, and thinks that in this life he will be a drudge all over again! But the Emperor Growth Plan in front of him leaves him stunned!!! Xun Shuang: You’ve given me an Emperor System, but there’s no guarantee I’ll even live long enough to grow up! System: As long as you train in the game, you’ll receive the benefits in real life too. Xun 15Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 9 Dream of the Red Chamber: Cast Out of the Family, I Stage the Dragon King's Return 红楼：逐出家门后，上演龙王归来 He arrives in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber and becomes Jia Cong. Faced with the bleak fate awaiting the Jia family, Jia Cong refuses to go down with them. With disaster looming, he has no talent for letters, so he has no choice but to take up arms. He kills Lai Da, is cast out of the family, and joins the army on the frontier. He earns military honors, takes command of the Inspectorate Guard, and rises to immense power. When a coup breaks out, he quells the turmoil and achieves a l 3.6kReads7.3Score12914d adds
- 10 Oh No, Senior Brother Has Run Off Again! 不好啦，大师兄他又双叒叕跑了！ [Fantasy] + [Hearing Inner Thoughts] + [Escape] + [Cultivation] + [Reincarnation] + [Reborn] After transmigrating into a book as a villain with the same name, Liu Xuanxin was in despair... Liu Xuanxin: I'm leaving Tianchi Mountain! I'm defecting from the sect! Miserable male supporting character: No! Master has been so kind to me... Liu Xuanxin: She's been kind to you. What does that have to do with me? And so Liu Xuanxin began his escape from the sect... Liu Xuanxin: The Chosen One is using Jun 2.6kReads6.8Score14314d adds
- 11 Dream of the Red Chamber: Unmatched Martial Might, I Alone Subdue the World 红楼：无双武力，我一人镇天下 [Dream of the Red Chamber] + [Invincible] + [War God] + [Conquest] After transmigrating into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, he becomes Jia Tanchun's cousin and a hereditary slave of the Jia family. Because of his transmigration, his strength keeps growing without stopping. He can lift ten thousand jin with ease, and blades and spears cannot pierce his body. Just as he is trying to find a way out of his status as a servant of the Jia family, the Jurchens invade the northern frontier. He a 3.6kReads8.0Score18614d adds
- 12 The Heaven-Connecting Sect's First Disciple? No, Its Rebellious One 通天首徒？不，是逆徒 Chen Xiao, one of countless transmigrators, was born in the primordial world. Before the great Witch-Demon Tribulation, before Nuwa had created humanity, he became the first innate human. Born with an innate Daoist body and sword bones, he was blessed with deep fortune and the destiny of humanity. By a twist of fate, Tongtian saved him, then forced him to become his disciple and the eldest senior brother of the Jie Sect. When he learned that, during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, the J 17.7kReads7.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 13 Cultivation, Futuristic Style 未来式修仙 Centuries after the spiritual qi revival on Earth, spiritual technology reigns supreme. Cultivation no longer requires spiritual roots, talent, or insight. A miniature spiritual qi reactor can be implanted in the dantian, and a chip can be implanted directly in the brain to attain enlightenment. Even the Heavenly Dao is just something that can be observed and exploited by a supercomputer. Yet on this Earth, where even pigs can become immortals, the rampant proliferation of cultivators has caused 12.3kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 14 I Traded My Father and Brothers, So Why Are You Crying When I'm the Prince's Favorite? 交换父兄，我成王府团宠你哭什么 In her previous life, Wen Xingluo had poured her heart and soul into securing a bright future for her father and brothers. At last, just as her family reached the height of its power, her sister suddenly returned home and stole their affection, along with her marriage to the crown prince. Only when she was dying did Wen Xingluo learn that her father and brothers had always hated her for being calculating and manipulative. They loved only her sweet, gentle sister. When she opens her eyes again, W 88.5kReads8.4Score12.3k14d adds
- 15 My Days Catching Dragons in the Arctic 我在北极抓龙的日子 In the modern world, you're telling me those rare and exotic beasts actually exist? My name is Xu Yuan. After nine years of compulsory education and three years of high school that no human should have to endure, I stood out and got into a... pretty terrible university. I thought I was about to begin four years of lying flat at college. In my first month on campus, two soldiers took me all the way to the freezing Arctic. And that's how my... well, bizarre and downright absurd dragon-catching lif 86.6kReads9.0Score9.6k14d adds
- 16 Villain Simulator: From the Start, My Supreme Imperial Bone Is Stolen 反派模拟：开局被挖走至尊帝骨 [Villain Simulations + High-Martial World + Invincible Domination + Ruthless Killing] Lu Qian transmigrated and became a playboy villain from the Lu family, one of the top families in the Great Xia Empire. From the start, he saw the drunk, unconscious fated heroine, Liu Ruyue, lying right in front of him. Yet the fated male lead, who served as the icy beauty Liu Ruyue’s bodyguard, was nowhere to be found. Wait, this plot... [Ding! An unconscious fated heroine has been detected ten meters ahead.] 29.2kReads8.7Score2.7k14d adds
- 17 Reborn, I Chose a Playboy to Be My Father! Somehow, I Raised an Emperor 重生选纨绔当爹！结果养成皇帝了 [Satisfying revenge + a touch of ensemble cast + regret and redemption + turning a wastrel dad into a lovestruck fool] Song Shihuan was reborn. In her previous life, she was the Crown Prince’s legitimate daughter, but spent ten years living away from home. After being brought back, she tried to please everyone, groveling for the tiniest scraps of family affection. But what did she get in return? The Crown Prince and Crown Princess were ashamed of her, her three legitimate brothers treated her wi 21.8kReads9.3Score2.4k14d adds
- 18 Dream of the Red Chamber: A Chancellor of Unmatched Grace 红楼：风华首辅 [No System + intellectual battles + political intrigue + everyday life] Every line is stained with bitter tears, every page filled with absurdity. You might think this is merely a tale of infatuated, indulged young men and women behind closed doors, but who could know that the rise and fall of the world are all intertwined? Are the fortunes of the four great families destined to change? Is the dynasty beset by internal and external threats destined to fall? Must the path to a noble title and hig 43.2kReads9.2Score3.5k14d adds
- 19 Why Pick on Her? She's Got Powerful Backing 你惹她干啥！她下面有人 *Original title: “CEO, Your Wife Is Pawning Knives Again” A knife is a pledge, and a word is a promise. When a prophecy comes true, it’s time to collect the reward. That’s what a knife pawnbroker does in the world of mysticism. Tu Shanjiu is the 283rd-generation knife pawnbroker. Her talent for the mystic arts surpasses everyone else in her family. Her divinations are uncannily accurate, and she can communicate with ghosts and gods. Unfortunately, because of a curse placed on the Tu Shan family 34.6kReads9.2Score4.7k14d adds
- 20 My Food Refreshes at Random, Leaving Customers Drooling 我的美食随机刷新，顾客馋哭了 This book is also known as: Selling Extra-Spicy Grilled Wings Outside a Colorectal Hospital [Food + no female lead + everyday life + comedy + perfect with a meal] Lin Xuan didn't want to go to work, so he unexpectedly bound himself to a food System. Every week, it assigned a random location and a random dish. But the very first week's task left him dumbfounded. What? Sell extra-spicy grilled wings outside a colorectal hospital? What kind of devilish task was that? And that was only the beginnin 82kReads9.3Score8.5k14d adds
- 21 Master Calligrapher? Poet Immortal? Chief Minister? That's Right, I'm All of Them 书圣？诗仙？首辅？没错，都是我 In his previous life, Cui Xian was a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature at a top-tier university. In this life, he transmigrated to ancient times, into a poor family with no connections: A destitute home, a pregnant mother, young siblings, an uncle who had failed the exams six times and was hopeless at studying, a grandmother so obsessed with imagining her son placing high in the imperial examinations that she had become delusional, and Cui Xian, who was only eight years old. Cui Xian: This 28kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
- 22 EN Job Class: Boss – The Nation’s Geniuses Work for Me 转职老板，全国天才替我打工 [Global Class Change] [Cooperating with the Nation] [Ensemble Cast] [New Classes] What’s it like to be a boss in a world where everyone changes classes? Yi Tian transmigrates to a world of Global Class Change on the day of the class change ceremony. In this era, the ceremony isn’t a celebration, but a gamble. Class awakenings are entirely random. Some good-for-nothings rise to the top overnight, while even geniuses can plunge into the abyss. And Yi Tian awakens the class [Boss]! Recruit employe 65.4kReads8.9Score8.3k14d adds
- 23 Historical War of Nations: The Yellow Turban Rebellion from the Start 历史国战：开局黄巾起义 (History + nation-versus-nation war + famous generals + livestreaming + national destiny + political scheming + passion) The historical nation-versus-nation war begins. Having lost its historical records, Huaxia forfeited the initiative and spent twenty years mired on the battlefield, losing all its accumulated strength. Li Chen, who transmigrated here, is inexplicably chosen as the sixteenth contestant. Bearing the name of Huaxia, he enters the battlefield to fight for a glimmer of hope. Lookin 67.3kReads9.0Score5.3k14d adds
- 24 EN Dream of the Red Chamber: The Strongest Imperial Guard—The World Is Mine! 红楼：最强锦衣卫，我只手遮天！ [You can enjoy this even if you've never read Dream of the Red Chamber] After transmigrating into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Huan becomes an unloved son born to a concubine. The dynasty is nearing its end, officials are corrupt, martial artists flout the law, and court factions scheme for power. Fortunately, Jia Huan awakens a golden finger and joins the Embroidered Uniform Guard, rising through the ranks. If anyone crosses him, he slaughters them, while also taking the opportuni 112.9kReads8.9Score11.8k14d adds
- 25 Reincarnated as a Divine Tree, I’m Building a Yin Soldier Clan 转生神树，我打造阴兵家族 [Ensemble Cast + System + Clan Saga + No Female Lead + The Protagonist Isn’t Human!] Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people is injured! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree! Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people is on the brink of death! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree! Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people just passed away! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree. We can’t let the body get cold on the way! Reincarnated as a frail locust tree, Ji Yang only wanted to bask in the sun, 102.4kReads8.8Score11.2k14d adds
- 26 EN Online Gaming: The Peerless Poison Lord 网游之绝世毒尊 A cross-generational game called Oracle was born, and quietly began changing the world. When a game's abilities can be brought into reality, should you be excited or afraid? Wu Shaochen, an utterly ordinary office worker, gets food poisoning after eating expired food. But after logging into the game, his misfortune turns to fortune when he gains the special talent Source of Venom, setting him on the path to the top. [New novel: Doomsday: I'm Really Not a Bandit] 177.5kReads9.2Score17.4k14d adds
- 27 Elm Immortal 榆仙 The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi 166.5kReads9.1Score19k14d adds
- 28 My Years in the Great Ming 我在大明那些年 [The first long-life novel set in the Ming Dynasty on the entire internet] Li Qing transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty and, through a twist of fate, becomes a disciple of Zhang Landa. He lives a carefree life for years. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Empress Ma falls gravely ill, and by chance, Li Qing becomes her attending physician. From then on, Li Qing begins his journey through the Ming Dynasty. He experiences the bloodshed and turmoil of the Hongwu era and gets caught up in t 244.6kReads9.4Score19k14d adds
- 29 I Really Do Have a Soft-Rice-Eating King System 我真有一个软饭王系统 “Over 99 percent of the Host’s cells are dormant. You meet the basic requirements for living off others. Bind the system?” “Yes, yes! Bind it, right away!” Warning: To successfully live off others, you must first learn self-discipline!!! Warning: It’s a soft life, but you’ll still have to work hard. If you don’t like workaholics, don’t open this. Warning: The protagonist will live off lots of people (and animals). If that bothers you, don’t click. 112kReads9.3Score10.2k14d adds
- 30 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会 Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil 142.8kReads9.3Score14.7k14d adds
- 31 Game Invasion: I Became Emperor Before the Players Transmigrated 游戏入侵：我称帝了玩家才穿越 [Transmigrating ahead of time + political scheming + dynastic power struggles + succubus + worlds merging] This book is also known as [I, the Empress's Fiancé, the Strongest Villain Behind the Scenes]. After waking up, Xia Chen finds himself logged into the mysterious game from his previous life ahead of schedule, starting out as the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhendong. What? I have a younger brother named Xia Hao, who seems to have a mysterious bone inside him? It looks just like the lege 451kReads9.1Score45.8k14d adds
- 32 I'm a Cash-Grabbing Streamer! But the Big Spender Really Does Send Gifts! 我，圈钱主播！但大哥是真刷啊！ Jiang Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a livestream money-grabbing System! As long as he earns gifts and tips and meets his cash-grabbing targets, he can receive random rewards from the System! And so, the internet's most shamelessly money-hungry streamer is born! "Boss! Singing, dancing, doing stunts, rapping, standing on my head, whatever other streamers can do, I can do too. And whatever they can't do, I can do even better!" "Boss, just tell me what you want me to do! As lon 162.3kReads9.4Score14.7k14d adds
- 33 Wait, How Did My AI Girlfriend Cultivate into a Sword Immortal? 不是，我电子女友咋修成剑仙了 [Signed for publication, read with confidence] [One heroine] [Fresh premise] [Virtual girlfriend raising + pay-to-power-up] My name is Chen Huai'an. I have cancer, and I'm about to die. Lately, I've gotten hooked on a game where you raise a virtual girlfriend. I spend money to buy her cultivation techniques and magical treasures. Even though my wallet is empty, I couldn't be happier. I always thought it was just a game, until one day my virtual girlfriend gave me a pill. The next second, the pil 183.6kReads9.3Score268.5k14d adds
- 34 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 230.7kReads9.6Score66.9k14d adds
- 35 Immortal Martial Emperor 仙武帝尊 Nine thousand years ago, the Immortal Martial Emperor led a million divine generals into the ancient primordial wilderness. Not one of them returned, and only a wisp of true fire remained in the world. Nine thousand years later, Ye Chen, a discarded disciple, was driven from his sect and left with nowhere to go. By a twist of fate, he came into possession of the true fire and set foot on the path of immortal martial cultivation once more. This is a world where gods, demons, immortals, and Buddha 60.5kReads9.1Score14.3k14d adds
- 36 I Only Make Money, Never Romance: I'm the Best Professional Simp! 只赚钱不谈情，职业舔狗我最行！ (Succubus + winning back the husband + lighthearted comedy + everyday campus life + no System + not reborn + sweet and angsty) A gambling-addicted dad, an alcoholic mom, a sick little sister, and a broken-hearted him. To make money, Lu Xing chose to provide emotional support instead of doing either brainwork or manual labor. Everyone knows Lu Xing is the humble pursuer of the aloof campus beauty Wei Qingyu. He loves her to his very core and takes care of her in every possible way! Wei Q 263kReads9.5Score19.5k14d adds
- 37 EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5k14d adds
- 38 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9k14d adds
- 39 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
- 40 EN The Creatures That We Are 异兽迷城 Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6k14d adds
- 41 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
- 42 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
