Novels like The First-Rank Tough Minister
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- 101 When the Male God Is a Rabbit Spirit 当男神是兔子精 [Mutually Devoted, Sweet Romance and Light Comedy, Male Lead Turns into a Rabbit, Self-Conquest, Mutual Salvation] [Warm on the Outside, Cool on the Inside, Theatrical Talented Girl × Sharp-Tongued but Soft-Hearted, Self-Conquest-Type Jealous School Hunk] Song Qirui had been secretly in love with Xie Yanqing for three years. She'd even gotten his WeChat only by collecting class forms. Then her younger brother gave her a short-eared cat-rabbit with an outrageous attitude, one that rolled its eye 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 With the Tyrant’s Mind-Reading System, the Lazy Imperial Consort Goes on a Rampage 有了暴君读心术，咸鱼皇妃杀疯了 [Transmigrate into a Book + Slacker + Tyrant + Mind-Reading + Comeback] “Stuck in the cold palace, I just bound the tyrant’s stomach with a bowl of fermented-rice dumplings.” At the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, the socially anxious slacker Jiang Huan was pushed forward to perform for the tyrant. The emperor before her had a sinister look in his eyes and was burning with rage. Jiang Huan realized she was in danger of losing her life! But a voice thundered in her ears: [More toasts, more toasts. I h 7.7kReads8.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 103 A Fleeting Moment 寸阴 [Infinite-loop adventure in the early stages + an intelligent villain + detailed supporting characters + haven't figured out the later stages yet ^_^] Urging someone to study medicine is a recipe for disaster! Even with a golden finger, you still can't overcome human nature! So let it go. Take off that white coat, as if shedding the shackles weighing you down, only to fall into a cycle, an apparently endless loop. Within the cycle of 2015, you uncover a shocking secret from hundreds of years ago 7.3kReads—Score58814d adds
- 104 Killergarten 2: Frozen Throne 杀戮幼儿园2冰封王座——Killergarten2FrozenThrone Killergarten 2: Frozen Throne —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Xi Shi Meets a Thousand-Year-Old White Fox 西施遇上千年白狐 The Fox Spirit of a Thousand Years Meets Xi Shi tells the story of Xi Shi, the beauty of ancient Yue. Fan, a subordinate of the King of Yue, brings her to the palace, where she undergoes rigorous training before being sent to Wu to seduce and subdue its king. With Fan's help, she is to bring down the state of Wu in one fell swoop. But on the way to Wu, Xi Shi's boat capsizes. After she falls into the water, a cargo ship rescues her. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself in a world she doesn 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 A Slacker at Work, Who Stumbled into the Rich-People Fast Lane 摆烂打工人，误闯富人赛道 A slacker office worker accidentally wanders into the rich kids’ world 69Reads—Score114d adds
- 107 My Entire Clan! Supports My Imperial Exams 全族！供我科举 Imperial exams + transmigration + imperial exams + no golden finger, no System. The story draws on the privileges enjoyed by scholars in the Ming dynasty! The clan elder was a licentiate, and that was the only reason Baihu Village was protected. Now the elder is gone, and no new licentiate has appeared. The entire clan can only pool its strength to support one child. Just one licentiate can improve life in the village, give the children a future, boost the village economy, and make officials thi 13.8kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 108 The Peaches Are Ripe 蜜桃成熟了 The Peaches Are Ripe 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 My Secret-Crush Comic Went Viral, and the CEO Himself Is Begging for Updates 暗恋漫画爆火，霸总亲自催更 Her secret-crush comic goes viral, and the domineering CEO personally begs her for updates. 349Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 The Person in the Mirror: Who's Living My Life? 镜中人：谁在替我活着 The Person in the Mirror: Who Is Living My Life 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Moneylender Was Reborn Seven Days Before Me 钱庄先生早我七天重生 [Career-Focused Female Lead + Supportive Male Lead] + [Beautiful, Unhinged Second Female Lead + Sharp-Tongued, Proud Second Male Lead] + [Sincere Romance] "Boss Chen, my eldest sister doesn't like having her picture taken. She looks about the same as my second younger sister. You've met her, after all." With that one sentence, Hu Lingyi became Boss Chen's second wife. Boss Chen thought she looked ordinary, but he had to admit she had a gift with numbers. Not a single transaction in the Chen fami 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Age of Beast Taming: I Can Boost My Pets' Stats 御兽时代：我能给宠兽加状态 In the age of universal beast taming, beast tamers are symbols of status and strength. The most powerful can even cross the stars with nothing but their physical bodies. Chen Yang transmigrates into this world with the ability to grant his pets different statuses. His first pet, a Fang Hound, is lazy and refuses to obey? Put it in a state of hunger for 24 hours, and it instantly becomes a well-behaved little darling! The Fang Hound lacks aptitude? Put it in a state of sudden enlightenment, and k 3kReads8.8Score19614d adds
- 113 The Playboy Heir: Seeking the Female General's Hand in Marriage from the Start 纨绔世子，开局求娶女将军 Li Mao, the only son of a powerful prince of a different surname, was sent to the capital as a political hostage. Li Mao’s wish was to make such a mess of the capital one day that the emperor would see him for the useless second-generation heir he was, and realize there was no point in keeping him. So, when the dynasty’s most celebrated female general returned victorious from war, Li Mao asked the emperor for her hand in marriage, hoping to destroy his good reputation once and for all. At court, 31kReads8.8Score3.5k14d adds
- 114 The Legend of Shen He of Chang'an 长安禾火之沈禾传奇 The Legend of Shen He of Chang'an 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 I Revived the Great Powers of the Primordial World, and the Entire Journey to the West Is in Turmoil 我复活洪荒大能，全西游都麻了 After transmigrating into Journey to the West, Ye Yun acquires a System! As long as he shocks people, he can earn rewards! He can even bring the dead back to life! After accumulating enough shock points, Ye Yun decides to go big! He will resurrect the ancient Demon Emperor, Dijun! That day, in front of Huasheng Temple, Dijun hovered in midair and slapped Guanyin, who was choosing a pilgrim for the journey, right out of the way! The primordial world was shaken! … Next, the Twelve Ancestral Witch 21.3kReads7.9Score1.8k14d adds
- 116 The Brocade Gambit: A Record of Power Plays in the Tang Dynasty 霓裳弈：大唐权谋录 Silk and Strategy: A Record of Tang Dynasty Power Plays 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Mountains and Rivers Endure, Dyed in Ink 墨染山河在 In the final years of the Dasheng Dynasty, the court falls into chaos and the realm crumbles. The emperor is obsessed with eternal life, neglects the affairs of state, and cares nothing for the people. Regent Zhu Heng seizes the opportunity to monopolize power. His allies fill the court, and he controls both the military and the government. Crushing taxes and forced labor burden the people, driving them from their homes and leaving the realm in misery. The once-prosperous dynasty teeters on the 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 My Own Son Sent Me on a Variety Show to Get Bashed? Now His Mom’s Making a Comeback! 被亲儿子送上综艺挨骂？我妈逆袭翻红！ My Own Son Sent Me on a Variety Show to Be Torn Apart by Critics? Mom Makes a Comeback and Becomes a Star Again! 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Da Mimi: How Many Kidneys Do You Have to Think You Can Date Me? 大幂幂：你有几个肾就想追我？ After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Xian became a fan of Yang Mi. He also joined the variety show New Year with the Stars. In the end, he successfully talked Yang Mi into coming home with him to celebrate the New Year, and everything took a wild turn. “You were supposed to take Yang Mi to celebrate the New Year in the countryside, but you took her to blow up a dog bowl?” “You freeload at banquets instead of giving a gift, and you have no shame. But Big Mi Mi still has a reputation to p 8kReads8.2Score53914d adds
- 120 If I Don’t Take the Imperial Exams, Should I Just Farm? 不科举，难道种地？ The new novel Sequence: Creator is currently being serialized. Give it a read! It's a story about surviving the apocalypse. Thank you 🙏. [Alternate History] [Imperial Examinations] [Plagiarist] [Political Scheming] [Farming] [No System] The barbarians on all four frontiers: anyone who dares invade will see their nation destroyed, their people wiped out, and their descendants cut off. I want this golden age to be exactly as I envision it. History is long, but I need only make the slightest effort 5.7kReads8.6Score39214d adds
- 121 The Traditional Chinese Medicine Gravekeeper 中医守墓人 The rating has only just opened, and it will gradually rise, so feel free to enjoy! [A book that will help you rediscover Treatise on Cold Damage] [No System, no cheats] Young miracle doctor Jiang Chen runs the old clinic his grandfather left behind, using his peerless medical skills to take the Chinese and Western medical worlds by storm. The old-school doctors in the field look down on him for being young, while Western medical bigwigs mock Chinese medicine as useless. One difficult case after 5.4kReads6.6Score74314d adds
- 122 Back to the 1980s: From the Start, I Sell a Human Trafficker 重活80年代，开局卖掉人贩子 [Nostalgic rebirth + beautiful wife and devoted dad + making amends and turning over a new leaf + no System + witty humor + cozy everyday life + getting rich through farming] He was once a good-for-nothing, yet also a peerless patriot! Burdened by immense guilt and regret over his wife and daughter, he lived alone to old age, then donated his entire trillion-yuan fortune before he died. But life begins anew. Through tears, the powerful Qin Dongfang returns to 1986, just before his poor, beloved 5.3kReads9.1Score57814d adds
- 123 After Heaven's Army Attacked, the Great Sage and I Joined Forces to Slay the Gods 天庭来袭后，我和大圣共赴斩神榜 [Multiple Heroines] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Ensemble Cast] [Steal Divine Powers] [Careful, Step-by-Step Farming] The mortal Li Chanshe sacrificed himself to save someone and ascended to the Celestial Court, only to become a crippled immortal. His cultivation stalled, and his life hung by a thread beneath the fangs of an immortal beast! At the brink of death, a shocking truth came to light. The turbid energy that every banished immortal dreaded becoming tainted by was the one-of-a-kind source of 2.6kReads9.4Score27514d adds
- 124 The Twin-Pupil Covenant: Throne of Thorns 双瞳盟约之荆棘王座 The Covenant of Twin Pupils: The Thorn Throne —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Three Kingdoms: Your Majesty, Why Have You Rebelled? 三国：陛下何故造反 "No Harem" "Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel" "No Overwhelming Power Trip" "Enter at Your Own Risk" “My name is Dong Mo. One day ago, I was a well-rounded young man in the twenty-first century. One day later, I found myself in Luoyang on September 25, 189 AD. The man before me is my grandfather. His name is Dong Zhuo, courtesy name Zhongying. Three days from now, he'll do the idiotic thing of deposing Emperor Liu Bian and enthroning the Prince of Chenliu, Liu Xie. To prevent history's tragedy from r 4.3kReads8.6Score38814d adds
- 126 The Amnesiac Sword Immortal 失忆剑仙 The Amnesiac Sword Immortal 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Ashes of the Old World 旧日余烬 "Some say the world is one enormous nightmare, and everyone lives in it with painstaking care. What do you think, sir?" "Me? I don't have time to watch. Because for me, there's more than one nightmare like this..." At first, no one cared whether they'd had a nightmare the night before, until one day people woke up to find traces of their dreams still lingering before their eyes. And so the world changed. Disaster swept across the land, fear followed like a shadow, and reality crumbled away. 101.8kReads9.3Score16.2k14d adds
- 128 Innkeeper, Don't Think You Can Escape: The CEO's Runaway Pregnancy 民宿老板别想逃：女总裁的“带球跑” The B&B Owner Can't Get Away: The CEO's "Pregnant and on the Run" Romance 183Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 With a Photographic Memory, Isn’t It Only Natural I Came First in the Imperial Exam? 过目不忘，我中状元正常吧？ Lu Chengan forgot to drink Granny Meng’s soup. One day, he transmigrates to a remote mountain village in the Great Zhou dynasty and becomes the second son of the Lu family’s second son. To take the imperial examinations, Lu Chengan has no choice but to urge his father to better himself. Before he knows it, his father becomes an official. Lu Chengan: Does he still need to work hard? 45.5kReads8.6Score4.8k14d adds
- 130 Flowing Water, Fleeting Youth 流水不芳华 The Flowing Water Knows No Springtime 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 After Taking Down My Beautiful Master, I Took the Martial Arts World by Storm 撂倒美女师父后，我火爆了国术界 [Urban romance + life among all walks of society + traditional martial arts underworld] Also known as Wind Over the Martial Gate. During the summer vacation of 1984, a troupe came to our village. Its middle-aged troupe leader, a master of countless skills with his hair tied in a little braid, stayed at my house. He treated me terribly. Not only did he trick my beautiful mother into leaving with him, he also stole our family heirloom and drove my father mad before making him disappear... I was le 11.4kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 132 The Zither Plays Without Cause, and the Emperor and His Consort Bleed Along the Road 锦瑟无端，帝妃喋血路 The Zither’s Strings Ring for No Reason, and Emperor and Consort Spill Blood Along the Road 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 A Base Strength of One Hundred Billion Tons, and I Can Transform Three More Times 基础力气千亿吨，我还有三次变身 [Invincible + Infinite World + Decisive and Ruthless + Rapid Leveling + Pure Adrenaline] The world awakened too late. By the time the first superhuman awakened and alien probes arrived, I was already in the vacuum of space, striding across the sun like a god. They called the Battle of Jiangcheng a disaster. It was nothing but the aftershock of my power. They revered human nuclear bombs capable of destroying a continent, while I had just destroyed a planet. During the Second War on Hongyao Star, 15.2kReads8.0Score98414d adds
- 134 The Tang Dynasty's Record of Demon Suppression 大唐镇妖录 [Great Tang] [Mystery] [Dual Transmigration] [Humor] [Thriller] One spell scribbled in ghost script, and master and disciple are both transported to another world. The master becomes a state preceptor with power over the imperial court, putting on an act of “otherworldly grace” every day while secretly panicking like crazy. The disciple becomes an unregistered nobody who starts off locked behind bars. He relies on street cons and a “fake manual” that suddenly starts working to fight for his life 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 I, King Zhou, Have Already Become a Sage. Why Are You Still Trying to Deify Me? 我纣王都成圣了，你还封神？ Also known as I Am the Sun in the Great Shang. Those who know, know. It’s really good, and I can’t say more than that. I guarantee it’s a great read! Di Xin’s vision of a glorious legacy for the ages will shine forever. Loyalty! 44.7kReads7.3Score3.7k14d adds
- 136 The Founding of Huaxia 肇造华夏 “Your Highness, please calm down. I only think of her as a younger sister. Don't get the wrong idea.” “How many younger sisters like that do you have?” “Your Highness, you know me. I come from a respectable family!” “Oh? Respectable enough to gather phoenixes and summon luan birds?” “Your Highness, I offer my greetings!” “You heartless man! Why weren't you so courteous when you were pursuing me?” “Your Highness, please mind your image!” “Would you like to be regent?” I'm doomed. I'm surrounded b 27.7kReads8.5Score2.7k14d adds
- 137 After Reincarnating as a Seductive Fox Spirit, I Became the Beloved of Beijing’s Buddhist Heir 钓系魅狐穿成真千金后，我成了京圈佛子的心尖宠 After Reincarnating as a Flirtatious Fox Spirit in the Real Heiress’s Body, I Became the Apple of the Capital’s Buddhist Prince’s Eye 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Bound to a Social Death System, I Kissed the Ice-Cold CEO in Public 绑定社死系统，我当众强吻了冰山总裁 Bound to a Public Humiliation System, I kissed the icy CEO in front of everyone 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Square Dance Leader Returned to the Village and Accidentally Made the Whole Place Famous 广场舞领队回村，一不小心带火整个村子 The Square Dance Leader Returns to the Village and Accidentally Makes the Whole Village a Hit 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 My Brother Is Calling for Help, but Grandpa Says Never to Look Back 弟弟在求救，祖父却说千万别回头 My younger brother was calling for help, but Grandfather said, "Whatever you do, don't look back." 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Prosperous Era's Medical Detective 盛世谋医神探 Tang Wei, a top modern forensic pathologist, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an ancient criminal's daughter who shares her name. The original Tang Wei's family was confiscated after her father became embroiled in an imperial examination cheating scandal. She was reduced to a government servant and took her own life in despair. When Tang Wei wakes up, she is immediately trapped in a desperate situation: her status as a government servant leaves her as lowly as dust, and the shadow of 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Crafting the Persona of a Holy Monk 打造圣僧人设 “Junior uncle, I saw you going out to drink and chase women that day. I’m going to tell the abbot.” “What cultivation technique do I practice? Answer me!!!” “Look in my eyes!!! Tell me, why? Speak!!!” “J-Junior uncle practices the Boy’s Cultivation.” “Exactly! How could a monk like me have any bad intentions???” “But, Junior Uncle, I clearly saw you drinking.” “Those who have left the secular world hold a cup close to their hearts. I was drunk, truly drunk!” “Junior Uncle, you’re so drunk your t 24.3kReads7.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 143 Undercover? Three Years, Then Three More, and I Became the Demonic Sect's Leader 卧底？三年又三年我成了魔道掌教 [Undercover Agent] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Invincible Power Fantasy] + [Hilarious] + [Beautiful Senior Disciple] Li Xing is an oddball in the cultivation world. While everyone else wants to seek the Dao and become an immortal, all he wants is to lie flat and become a peaceful elder. For the sake of a happy sex life, he risked everything to go undercover in a demonic sect. Three years! “Elder, it's been three years. Can I go back now?” “Wait a little longer. The sect is thriving, and we stil 7.2kReads7.9Score78014d adds
- 144 A Full-Element Mage God at Eighteen, One Man Subdues the World 十八岁全系法神，一人镇压全世界 (The rating just came out and is a bit low, but it will go up later.) [Power fantasy]+ [Powerful family background]+ [Skills personified] Lin Mo transmigrates to a world where everyone changes class and awakens as a [blank-slate mage] with no elemental affinity. Without a specific talent, he can't learn high-level elemental skills. Fortunately, he comes from a prominent family, so Lin Mo decides to lie flat and live the easy life of a rich second-generation heir. But then his skills come to life 145.6kReads7.8Score7.3k14d adds
- 145 Hilarious Cultivation: Kicked Down the Mountain 爆笑修仙：被踢下山 You bastard, now you remember the spatial ring?! A bunch of bald monks from the Buddhist sect get together to meditate and chant sutras. What the hell does that have to do with you? You just had to make them skip straight to becoming Buddhas, you bastard, by tossing two hornet nests into the crowd! Getting beaten up for it would have been bad enough, but you just had to sneak into their merit pool, and wreak havoc on the Sacred Merit Lotus they’d cultivated for ten thousand years, eating all the 56.2kReads8.7Score4.9k14d adds
- 146 Spiritual Qi Revival: Bald, but Stronger! 灵气复苏：因为秃头，所以变强了！ [Invincible]+ [Comedy]+ [Pets] After the spiritual qi revival, all things begin to evolve, and humanity enters an age of the extraordinary. Ye Xiaofan has trained relentlessly to become a martial artist. In the end, he really did grow stronger, but he also went bald. That's right, he got stronger and went bald, yet still failed to become a martial artist. But that no longer matters. Because Ye Xiaofan has realized that no one in this world can match him. No matter who he fights, all he needs is 49Reads7.8Score15214d adds
- 147 Xuanhuan: A Map from the Start, and Every Chicken Drops Everything 玄幻：开局自带地图，杀鸡爆一切 The short drama is now online: a servant slays a chicken and gets a Heaven-tier treasure, while the Saintess chases after him, begging for a cuddle. [Food + Divine Emperor + cultivation + lighthearted humor + daily life + ultimate survivor + invincible + 999-drop-rate map System + divine realm and all kinds of golden fingers] My name is Ye Ge. I transmigrated here, and I’m fifteen this year. When I was twelve, an old Taoist tricked me into joining the Piaomiao Sect as his last disciple, claiming 15kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 148 A Brick for Dragons, a Fertilizer Sack for the Gods 板砖拍巨龙，尿素袋子套诸神 [Unconventional Cards + System + Comedy + Irreverence] When Jiang Chen wakes up, he has transmigrated to the Spirit Card World and gained the Infinite Enhancement System. Brick → Heaven-Flipping Seal, fertilizer sack → Cosmos Bag, slippers → Wind-and-Fire Wheels, straitjacket → Yin-Yang Daoist Robe, doll → Empress... One absurd spirit card after another is enhanced into a legendary existence. Dragons tremble beneath bricks, and gods bow to fertilizer sacks... Everyone who sees Jiang Chen wants t 777Reads7.5Score10014d adds
- 149 The Far Shore of the Great Dao 大道彼岸 In the capital, April brings the bustle of everyday life, yet beneath the seemingly tranquil surface, undercurrents are stirring. The young Yang Zhao arrives by chance in this strange and wondrous world of immortals and martial heroes, and gets swept into the heart of the turmoil. … A vast world, home to countless races, where immortals and demons rise together. Sacred lands, sects, the imperial court, clans… This is a story about pursuing the Great Way to Immortality in the name of love. (The 18.1kReads8.4Score1.7k14d adds
- 150 Luxury Goods Counterfeiter: From the Start, I Have Fake Socialites Wrapped Around My Finger 奢侈品贩子复制，开局拿捏假名媛 Liu Jin and his uncle run a luxury goods resale shop in Hangcheng, with Liu Jin as the new shop owner. His everyday customers include music teachers, beautiful internet celebrities, fake socialites, wealthy men, and wealthy women. He awakens a Replication System. Whenever a deal goes through, he can duplicate luxury goods and antiques! "Jin, could you raise the offer a little? I really need the money. Just add two thousand!" Faced with the music teacher's coaxing, Liu Jin is unmoved. "It's not e 16.4kReads8.1Score13.9k14d adds
