Novels like From the Start, I Played Matchmaker, and Tying Red Strings Earned Me an Ancient Dao Body
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- 1 You Call This Villain Training? 你管这叫反派养成？ [Today's Choices] [1. Steal the new disciple's Heavenly Spirit Root to shore up your Dao Foundation.] [2. Go beneath the cliff at the back mountain and obtain the demonic cultivator's Nascent Soul inheritance.] [3. Humiliate your junior sister mercilessly.] [Note: Another day spent doing every bad thing under the sun, keh keh keh keh keh keh keh keh keh keh!!!!!] “Thanks for asking. I'll pick number three.” 1.2kReads7.4Score139Shelves
- 2 My Obsessive Online Ex-Girlfriend Became My Counselor 网恋的病娇前女友成了我的辅导员 (The rating just opened! Please help boost it!) [Mild yandere] + [One female lead] + [Campus] + [Sweet romance] + [Everyday life] Shen Ci spent the entire summer blocking and deleting his yandere ex-girlfriend, finally escaping their three-month online relationship. On the first day of school, he walked into the welcome assembly full of anticipation, only for his luggage to hit the floor when he looked up and saw the counselor’s face. It was her. The obsessively possessive “delusion” had become 384Reads6.4Score131Shelves
- 3 We Agreed to Keep Things Innocent, So How Did This Turn Into a Darkening Love Triangle? 说好清清白白，咋成了黑化修罗场 Multiple heroines + growing-up story + romantic rivalry + yandere + maximum possessiveness + jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, jealousy When Ye Qiuyuan first appeared, everyone felt sorry for him. Not just because he was so adorable, but more because his tragic fate meant he was destined to die young. Even the stunning, mature elder who found him felt some pity for him. He had the Five Elements Sacred Body, making him the perfect medicinal vessel for Song Yingxue, the Demon Path's Sacred A 1.1kReads6.2Score113Shelves
- 4 Reborn: The White Snake’s Tribulation Begins 重生之白蛇劫起 After an explosion in the lab, a modern biology PhD awakens as a remnant soul in the body of a silver-ringed snake. Only then does he realize he is in the vast Earthly Immortal Realm. By a fortunate twist of fate, he becomes a disciple of the Old Mother of Mount Li and a fellow disciple of Bai Suzhen. In an unusual body, he seeks the Great Dao, forging a new path through the wondrous arts of the Daoist sect and unraveling the mysteries of creation. His senior sister Bai Suzhen often sighs, “Juni 477Reads6.8Score107Shelves
- 5 After Transmigrating Into a Dating Sim, I Became Sichuan University’s King of Simps 穿游后我成了川大舔狗之王 [Yandere] [Chasing Him After the Breakup] [Lighthearted, Funny Daily Life] At last, I've got the chance to write something that makes people happy… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 After I Transmigrated as an Imperial Scion, I Made the Immortal Maiden Perform an Erotic Dance 穿越帝子后我逼仙子跳艳舞 An Wuchen transmigrates into a new world with a prestigious identity: he is a prince of the supreme Immortal Dynasty in the Xuanhuang Dao Domain. He possesses the Supreme Bone, has a talent that has stunned the ages, and is peerlessly handsome. This is the perfect setup for the child of destiny, blessed by fortune itself! But before he can enjoy his new life, the memories he has just absorbed plunge him into despair. This is not how the story is supposed to go! He is not the protagonist at all, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 What! My Grandmaster Is a Loli! 什么！我的师祖是萝莉！ (Gender swap, transformation, little girl, cultivation, slow burn, nurturing, no angst, lighthearted and cheerful daily life, single.) A sect with a thousand-year legacy is facing an unprecedented crisis. With no other choice, they have to ask their ancestor, who has been in seclusion for a thousand years, to come out. Two disciples go to the cave where the ancestor is meditating. To their surprise, a soft and adorable little girl appears, dragging a head of white hair even longer than she is ta 2.2kReads8.4Score334Shelves
- 8 Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Born with Markings, Inheriting the Legacy of Tsugikuni Yoriichi 狐妖：天生斑纹，传承继国缘一 (This is a new book, so its initial rating is low. It'll gradually rise over time.) Li Yuanyi transmigrates to the world of Fox Spirit Matchmaker after a fire. Born with a birthmark on his forehead, he inherits all of the abilities of Yoriichi Tsugikuni from Demon Slayer. He is the illegitimate son of the Li family of Peach Garden, Li Mucheng's younger brother, and utterly devoted to his older sister. His mother married into the Li family to protect the formula for the Immortality Drug, which tu 132Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 9 I’m the Chosen of Elation, Here to Cure Every Bitterness and Grievance 我，欢愉神选，专治各种苦大仇深 #Transmigration #SubvertingExpectations #LightheartedAndFunny #Fantasy #Troublemaker Transmigrating into a hellish fantasy world where everyone tortures themselves to get stronger? Sorry, I refuse to follow the beaten path! I awaken the divine mask of Elation. Pulling stunts, telling jokes, and harvesting laughter are all it takes to become a god. The ascetic sects see me as a heretic? Then I’ll put on a grand show in front of everyone and leave you all completely rattled! I’ll laugh and joke my 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 After Failing to Reform the Yandere Witch, I Was Imprisoned by Her Instead 感化病娇魔女失败后，反被她囚禁 [Yandere heroine with a strong possessive streak + mostly everyday life + sweet romance + lighthearted fluff] (The male lead transmigrates into a book, the heroine is reborn, and the System barely features.) On the day he transmigrated into a book and awakened his System, Lin Zhihuan received a death notice: [In three years, Ruan Wuling will turn you into a human swine, refine you into a puppet, and slaughter every last member of the righteous sects] What should he do? Nip the threat in the bud 436Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 11 The Shadow That Exists Only in the Depths of the Heart 只存在于心底最深处的阴影 [Unhinged characters + everyone is obsessive and unstable + irreverent + groveling redemption] He was their savior, yet became a shadow that would haunt them forever. They loved him with every fiber of their being, but an accident gradually twisted their love into something monstrous. Caught between pursuit and escape, they tormented one another until the shadow buried deep in their hearts consumed them all. In this game of love and hate, who has fallen into whose abyss, unable to escape? 303Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 My Girlfriends Come After Me with Dangerous Love 女友们带着危险的爱向我而来 [Yandere] [Husband Chases His Husband] This is a slow-burn yandere story, but it’s guaranteed to be satisfying. Lin Fan, the young master of the Lin family, is a rich playboy who never applies himself to his studies. He enjoys using his money and good looks to deceive respectable women. Then karma catches up with him, and he gets hit by a truck. But instead of dying, he transmigrates to another world. In a world almost identical to his own, he naturally gets a System too: a flirtation system. Li 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 After I Ran Away, the Yandere Young Lady Dragged Me Back to Her Basement 逃跑后，被病娇大小姐抓回地下室 After escaping, she was dragged back to the basement by the yandere heiress. 2.6kReads—Score118Shelves
- 14 Honghuang: Oh No, I Raised My Little Sister into a Yandere 洪荒：坏了，我把妹妹养成病娇了 Thanks for the invite. After transmigrating into the Primordial World, I became Fuxi. I'm no good at fighting in this vast wilderness, so what should I do? No problem. Looking at his naive, innocent little sister beside him, Fuxi decides to raise her well. The strongest sage? Absolutely impossible. Wait, why does his sister's gaze seem a little strange the more he raises her? 2kReads6.6Score267Shelves
- 15 What the Heck! I Transmigrated into a Dog, and the Heroine Is About to Kill Me! 离谱！穿越成狗，女主要噶了！ This is a story about a devoted dog. A message: For C·X·N I wrote this story just to cheer you up. This is a flower I'm giving you. I wrote these words with my own hand, hoping only to make you smile. No matter how your day has gone, I hope you feel warm inside by the time you finish reading. Your happiness matters to me more than anything. I hope you're smiling right now. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Is This Not a Game? How Did I Get Trapped in a Yandere Love Triangle? 不是游戏？怎么深陷病娇修罗场！ [Yandere] + [Love Rivals] + [Multiple Heroines] Su Chen binds himself to the Dream of a Thousand Years System, enters the Dao through love, and reincarnates a hundred times. In his first life, he trains a sword immortal who will kill her master. In his second life, he saves a demoness born with a fate of certain death. In his third life, he faces twin monarchs, only one of whom is destined to survive. And then there’s… a little fox who has followed him for nine lifetimes. Each dream ends in deat 84Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Are You Insane? All My Contracted Beasts Are Yandere Psychos 疯了吧？我的契约物全是病娇疯批 [Post-apocalyptic + multiple heroines + succubus + yandere + unhinged + romantic rivalries + strong female characters + System + transmigration] Two hundred years ago, a virus appeared, turning countless people into infected beings! Worse, infected beings could mutate a second time and evolve into Calamity Ones! They were more destructive than the infected, yet retained their own thoughts and free will! Fortunately, among the survivors emerged people capable of forming contracts with Calamity On 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Mystic Truth Cultivator Tills the Fields 玄真锄禾修士 [Farming, cultivation, ensemble cast, food, historical style] The Way of Heaven takes from what is abundant to make up for what is lacking. The way of humanity takes from what is lacking to serve those who already have plenty. The way of humanity may not sound fair, but it is indeed the foundation of human society. The strongest members of the human race were unparalleled in the world, and eventually became the masters of the Xuantian Realm. The Dao Ancestor unified the three thousand Daoist art 1.2kReads7.4Score102Shelves
- 19 I'm a Great Golden Immortal, but I'm Working as a Priest 大罗金仙的我正在当牧师 After transmigrating to a small town where people are cold and indifferent, Bige feels like he’s only minutes away from meeting God... “Ding! Host is on the verge of death. System forcibly awakening.” Bige: “System! My best buddy! You’re finally here. Heal me, quick!” “System awakening countdown: one hour.” Me: “System, you son of a!” One hour later “The Path to Enlightenment System is at your service.” Bige, just rescued from the River Styx by a goddess: “You piece of electronic junk! You’re su 4.2kReads7.5Score286Shelves
- 20 Cultivating Immortality, Starting with a Heavenly Spirit Root 从天灵根开始修仙 Transmigrated as a beggar? No, I’m a genius alchemist with a Heavenly Spirit Root. Zhou Hao brought his memories of Earth with him when he transmigrated into the cultivation world as a beggar, only to test as a fire-type Heavenly Spirit Root and enter the immortal sect Yunshang Tian. He thought he was starting out with the destined hero’s script, but every pill he concocted came with a little “side effect”: the Clothes-Exploding Bone-Tempering Pill, the Tell-the-Truth Pellet, the Rainbow-Flatter 34Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 21 The Yandere Ugly Duckling 病娇丑小鸭 The Sickly Yandere Ugly Duckling 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Are You Guys Crazy? Why Are You All Yandere? 疯了吧！你们怎么都是病娇 [Yandere]+ [Urban]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Love Rivals] Lin Xuan unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a novel, becoming a cannon-fodder villain who drives the heroine to darkness and meets a gruesome end. To rewrite his fate, he changes the plot and prevents Liu Zhiyun from turning evil. He thinks he can finally settle down and start a new life once he has stopped Liu Zhiyun from turning evil. But gradually, he realizes something is wrong. Liu Zhiyun: Be a good boy and stay by my side, li 2.2kReads8.0Score100Shelves
- 23 Senior Brother, How Many Sects Do We Still Have Left to Rob? 大师兄，账上还有几个宗门没抢？ “Invincible, hilarious, and more satisfying with every chapter.” A little boy, barely two or three years old, asked timidly, “Eldest Senior Brother, which sect are we robbing next?” Zhang Bufan flicked the boy on the forehead and said crossly, “You don't know what you're talking about, so don't go saying stupid things. We're not robbing anyone. We're taking back what belongs to us. Got it?” With that, Zhang Bufan pulled out a thick ledger and flipped through it, muttering, “This one, this one, a 1.4kReads8.4Score144Shelves
- 24 My Neighbor Is a Yandere, and She Imprisoned Me Until I Went Mad 邻居姐姐是病娇，我被囚禁到发狂 [Yandere + Confinement + Forced Love + Multiple Heroines] Three months ago, Mo Bai caught the attention of a yandere. He began receiving piles of anonymous gifts. Clothes kept disappearing from his balcony, and the words “I love you” repeatedly appeared on his front door. Only when the yandere broke into his home did Mo Bai discover that she was the older girl next door who greeted him every day... 8.9kReads6.9Score680Shelves
- 25 Help! All My Yandere Villains Want Me All to Themselves 救命！我的病娇反派都想独占我 (Volume One, Redemption Arc, is complete. Tags: #Protagonist #YandereHeroine #MultiplePersonalities #TransmigrateIntoABookForRedemption) (Volume Two, Possession and Collection Arc, is nearing completion. Tags: #Villain #YandereHero #MultiplePersonalities #LovingFatherAndFilialSon #DarkCultivation) He is the perfect Divine Son, revered by countless people across the Divine Realm: gentle as jade, bright and noble. No one knows that beneath that sacred exterior lie nine souls darker than the abyss. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Big Sister, I’m Serious 姐姐，我是认真的 Sister, I’m serious. 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 His Love Will Last Until Death 他的爱至死方休 His love lasts until death. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 I’m His First Love, but He’s Forgotten Me 白月光是我，可惜他忘了 I was his moonlight, but he forgot me. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Live on in Her Place! 替她活着！ Live in her place! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 He Loves Me Like His Life Depends on It 他嗜我如命 He loves me more than life itself. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 He Loves Me in Chains 他用铁链爱我 He Loves Me with Iron Chains 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Livestream at the Foot of the Mountain 山脚下的直播间 The Livestream at the Foot of the Mountain 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 His Love Is a Cage! 他的爱，是囚笼！ His Love Is a Cage! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Did You Feel It? 你摸到了吗 Did you feel it? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Reckless Alchemist: One Dares to Sell, Another Dares to Eat 逆天制药师，一个敢卖一个敢吃 [Low rating because I’m bad at this] [wild] [funny] [absurd] [bizarre] [sanity-draining] [high-martial-arts everyday life] “So what if your cardiovascular system is a tiny bit hardened? Isn’t it normal for supplements to have side effects?” “You’re saying they bought them specifically for the side effects?” “All the extra-large underwear in the city is sold out?” “So what?” “Should we apply to the Hidden Weapons Administration for poison certification?” Qin Ze, who had been lounging around just 904Reads8.8Score101Shelves
- 36 Wasn’t This a Rebellion? How Did Everyone Turn into Yanderes? 不是造反吗？怎么全成病娇了？ Lin Qingfeng unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a prince. He holds a high rank and great power, with everything under his control. He thought his status would let him live peacefully in this new world, but on his very first day there, he was swept into the turmoil of a rebellion. “Your Highness, come on~” “I won’t make you take responsibility~” A domineering palace maid, a frustrated empress, a mysterious princess... Why are all the women I meet so weird? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 I’m the Number One Gaming Companion in the Qian Kingdom, Just Kidding 我是乾国第一陪玩，我装的 [Obsessive love + older women + big-sister vibes + multiple heroines + love rivals + mostly everyday life + redemption] My name is Bai Jinyan. I’m the most sought-after “happiness broker” in the elite circles of the Qian Kingdom, and the young ladies’ undisputed “number-one gaming companion.” I’m gentle, obedient, short on money, and easy to manipulate. Of course, it’s all an act. The orphanage needs rent, and my younger sister needs tuition. For money, I can play any role. Until one day, a bamb —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Yandere: Captured by the Ice-Cold Sword Immortal and Corrupted Beyond Redemption 病娇：被高冷剑仙抓住狠狠恶堕 [Yandere] + [Multiple heroines] + [Love rival chaos] + [Corruption] Please keep the following dangerous usage warnings in mind when using this System. 1. Do not get intimate with the yandere Phoenix Proud One!!! 2. Do not fall in love with the yandere Phoenix Proud One!!! 3. Do not get caught up in the yandere Phoenix Proud One’s love rival chaos!!! Mo Li transmigrates into a world destroyed by “scumbag” vermin. To save the Phoenix Proud Ones from the scumbags who would prey on them, and keep th 298Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 39 Huh? This World Is Truly Wonderful 咦？这个世界真奇妙 [Ridiculous comedy] [Light and funny] [Fantasy with a wild premise] [Absolutely bonkers] [A mash-up of multiple mythological tales] [Mostly comedy] My name is Wang Dachui. I never imagined I'd transmigrate, let alone become a kid. One day, I find a seed and grow three gourd spirits. They want to take me as their adoptive father. What do I do? What? Fahai wants to take me as his apprentice? Not a chance, even a dog wouldn't go! What? The Gold Star of Venus wants me to go to the Western Heaven to 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Xuanhuan: Cultivation? I Get Strong by Being Absurd! 玄幻：修仙？我变强全靠搞抽象！ [Feel-Good Fiction + Lighthearted + Shameless + Memes + Invincible + Unhinged + Anti-Trope Cultivation] Mad mad mad mad mad mad mad mad mad mad mad mad mad mad mad mad… [A new writer and a new book. Please forgive any shortcomings.] [This book is mainly about comedy and fun, with a somewhat slow pace. If that's not your thing, don't read it.] “Alas... I've spent my whole life saying sorry to everyone.” “That's not a gesture of apology. I'm telling you, bro, you've still got a lot to learn. 2.4kReads7.9Score417Shelves
- 41 Taking Disciples: I’m a Laid-Back Master, but Every Disciple Is a Rebel 收徒，我，咸鱼师尊，徒弟皆逆天 [System + fiercely protective + ruthless and decisive + lighthearted] After transmigrating into the sole sect master of a declining sect, Lin Zhou wants nothing more than to walk his bird, tease his dog, and laze around until he dies. The sign-in System he’s bound to is certainly powerful, but it hasn’t made a peep in thirty years. All it does is let him check in every day and collect resources. So he quietly stockpiles divine artifacts all over the mountain behind the sect and builds up immense 974Reads6.8Score106Shelves
- 42 After Working Overtime, I Fell into a Love-Hate Relationship with a Yandere 加班过后我与病娇恨海情天 After Working Overtime, I Fell into a Love-Hate Relationship with a Yandere 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Corrosion of the Great Wilderness 贱蚀大荒 17.6kReads8.2Score30.6kShelves
- 44 Creepy Cultivation, but I Can Turn Side Effects into Benefits 诡异修仙，但我能转正副作用 Li Yan had barely transmigrated to a world of demons, strange beings, and cultivation when an eerie old Daoist forced him to swallow a pill containing a parasitic curse. Just as he was about to become a pill slave and be treated as nothing but a resource, he unexpectedly awakened a System that absorbed side effects. The harsher the side effect, the more powerful the benefit after it was reversed! [Swallow the Blood-Egg Pill. Effect reversed: Steal other people's blood essence and cultivation!] [ 820Reads7.7Score100Shelves
- 45 New Game Plus: They're All Yanderes 二周目，她们全是病娇 Xu Mo: Will someone please take these yanderes away! The synopsis is short and not much to look at, so feel free to go straight to the story. 413Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 46 I Flirted on Someone Else’s Behalf and Won Over Yanderes: Now the Immortal Maidens Are Coming to Kill Me 代撩撩到病娇，仙子们追来要杀我 [Yandere] + [Love Rival Showdowns] + [Villainous Heroine] Pressed by the cost of living, Su Chen started a business flirting on other people’s behalf. But he never expected... The fairies he flirted with to be a little off. What was he supposed to do now? They were coming after him with cleavers raised! Help!! 2.2kReads7.6Score104Shelves
- 47 From the Start, I Set Up a Stall Selling Blind Boxes and Unboxed an Immortal King's Burial Shroud 开局摆摊卖盲盒，开出仙王裹尸布 [The rating is a little low right after release] [A tiny crossover, only items from other books appear] [Invincible] [System] [Comedy] [Blind Boxes] Wang Li transmigrates into a fantasy world and activates the Blind Box System from the start! While everyone else sells spirit sand and spirit stones, he starts the bidding at one spirit crystal! “Hey, System, are you serious? One spirit crystal? That’s worth ten top-grade spirit stones! I’ve never even seen spirit sand, and you want me to charge th 101Reads5.9Score104Shelves
- 48 The Female Demon Emperor Regrets It in the Simulator, Then Comes Looking for Me in Reality 模拟器女魔帝悔恨，现实被找上门 Lin Fan transmigrates to a fantasy world and binds himself to a simulator. "First Simulation" Talent: [The Great Emperor’s Teacher]. It lets him see how to raise his disciple into a Great Emperor. Three-star challenge: Raise a disciple into a Great Emperor. Unfortunately, his talent is too poor. Before he can take in a disciple, his sect tells him to leave. By chance, he finds a filthy little girl in a trash heap and raises her into an unparalleled demon overlord, who claims the Mandate of Heave 5.4kReads6.8Score598Shelves
- 49 Evolution in Another World Begins with Ghouls 异世界从食尸鬼开始进化 [Heartwarming, funny, lots of yandere characters, romantic rivalries, relentless pursuit] Jiannange’s start in another world could hardly be more perfect: loving parents, an adorable little sister, and a house with no mortgage. All he needs is a beginner’s sword to begin a leisurely farming life! Then a “big gift package” falls from the sky: a stampede of magical beasts kicks his peaceful life to the curb and takes him out along with it. The end? No, just “agonizing pain”! His pure, kind, belo 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Was About to Die When a Yandere Girl Set Her Sights on Me 要死被病娇女盯上了 [Deranged yandere romance + urban cultivation + wish fulfillment + reborn, proud heroine + Chapters 1 through 4 contain the full story in vivid detail] I never would have imagined that the woman I once despised so much would change completely and start clinging to me in every way she could. ... I'm terrified of her. I want to get away from her, but I can't. It wasn't until I tried to make things clear that I truly realized how terrifying she was: she even chose to switch to another body so she c 383Reads—Score—Shelves
