Novels like Shan Hai: The Youngster Yao
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- 1 Awakening in the Mortal World 尘间觉醒 In a remote border town, the young Chu Feng was born with a useless spirit root, scorned by the world and betrayed by the one he loved most. In the great hall, a divorce letter was flung at his feet. The divide between immortal and mortal left him drowning in humiliation. On a rainy night, his sworn enemy was closing in, leaving him with no chance of survival! At the brink of despair, he made a desperate leap, only to stumble upon the ancient treasure, the God-Slaying Pearl, deep inside a cave! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Star Emperor of Annihilation 寂灭星帝 Top forensic pathologist Lin Feng was swallowed by the black markings on the heart of a mysterious ancient corpse while dissecting it. He unexpectedly transmigrated to the ninth level of Star Prison, where he awoke as a condemned prisoner. His cultivation was gone, and he was on the brink of death. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 After the Sect Exiled Me, the Grand Elder Personally Took Me as His Disciple 被宗门发配后，我得到太上长老的亲自教导 After being banished by my sect, I received personal instruction from the Grand Elder —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Ballad of the Wind Ruins 风墟辞 (No System, not a wish-fulfillment story, one heroine, grand-world adventure) Old Zhang once told me that even in the moment life fades away, it can still blossom into a beautiful poem. I never understood him as a child, because every life that died left me with nothing but emptiness and grief. Only when he died before my eyes did I suddenly understand what he had meant. After that... the fragments stained onto spirit artifacts, their lives, burned without fear. They were telling me not to despa 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Sykes: From the Start, I Awaken a Forbidden Sequence 赛克斯：开局觉醒禁忌序列 [Cyberpunk] [Dark and Intense] [Ensemble Cast] [Data-Driven] [Clash of All Races] [Superpower Sequences] [Power Fantasy] On the planet Sykes, where might makes right, a young primitive human dismissed as “useless” by every faction accidentally awakens a superpower sequence classified as “forbidden” during a life-or-death crisis. From then on, he wields the power of gods in a mortal body, shakes up the five factions, and uncovers the brutal truth of a world ruled by technology. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 After Three Complaints, the Courier Makes a Quiet Comeback 被投诉3次后，快递员的静心逆袭 After three complaints, the courier’s journey to a calm-minded comeback —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Sinner's Remains 罪人之骸 (Plot-focused, a little angsty, satisfying revenge, cultivation, and battles) Amid the ashes of Tieniu Village, the boy Xiao Lingyun picked up a bloodstained fragment of jade, becoming the tragedy’s only silent witness. The scent of ink in the schoolmaster’s study could not erase the bloodstains. Then a spirit-infused strange stone awakened the cold mark that had lain dormant in his spine. A forgotten legacy quietly stirred within the broken jade pendant. The mist had yet to clear, and a web of 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Cauldron Pearl Rules the Nine Realms 鼎珠定九域 Shen Moyan, an intern studying Qin dynasty history on Earth, transmigrates through the Nine Domains via a Terracotta Warrior formation and becomes the disgraced heir of the Eastern Defender Marquis’s household. By chance, he obtains the Nine Domains Cauldron and the Yin-Yang Pearl. Using his knowledge of Qin history, he breaks a poison plot, exacts revenge, and takes control of the marquis’s estate. To rescue his father, trapped in the Western Wastes, he breaks into the Spirit-Devouring Prison, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Qin Feng Enters the World 秦风入寰 In 210 BC, a deep-blue meteor fell on Mount Li. The consciousness of modern scholar Su Mo became attached to the meteorite, and he transmigrated to the waning days of the Great Qin Dynasty. The only visitor from another world able to decipher the secrets of the dragon veins, he found his fate entwined with that of Crown Prince Fu Zhao, who possessed the power of foresight. The ruler was gravely ill, treacherous ministers Li Si and Zhao Ge secretly plotted a coup at Shaqiu, and the remnants of th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 High Martial: My Simulated Life Can Rewrite Fate 高武：我的模拟人生能修改命运 “This is a journey where the future can be foreseen and fate rewritten, but every time he plucks the strings of destiny, he must pay a steep price: the echoes of death, or the burning of his life.” “In an era of high martial arts, with alien races invading and humanity on the brink of ruin, the powerful clans monopolize every path to advancement while beast hordes tear through the walls protecting people’s homes. A young man from the slums, armed with a divine artifact that can simulate the futu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Primordial Heaven-Swallowing Art: Chaos Divine Bones 太古吞天决之混沌神骨 Lin Hao stood at the center of the platform, spiritual energy surging around him like the tide. Before his chest, a crystal-clear bone engraved with innate Dao patterns radiated boundless divine light, drawing upon the power of the stars across the heavens and turning it into shafts of silver light that streamed down. This was the “Chaos Divine Bone,” a treasure seen only once in a century. It was the source of his innate superiority and the hope for the rise of the Qingyun Sect. Below the platf 8Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 12 The Last Keeper of the Register 末代执册人 Our protagonist, Chen Mo, is an ordinary young man who runs a little folk-custom shop. By chance, he discovers an old black ledger and a beast-headed scale hidden in his attic. There’s something downright sinister about them: whenever someone in the city is plagued by an evil ghost or a monster, that person’s name and “collateral” automatically appear in the ledger. Chen Mo can then visit them and use a “pawn” transaction to remove the evil entities clinging to them. In the end, all the evil ent —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Underworld Special Forces: The Side Story 黑道特种兵之翻外篇 The car glided through the streets of Paris. For a moment, the cabin was quiet, broken only by the engine’s low hum and Chen Qing’s slightly labored breathing. Lin Wei drew her gaze away from the morning light streaming past the window and looked at his lips, still pressed into a tight line, and his faintly furrowed brow: those two words, “It’s over.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 An Immortal Realm Disciple: The Yin-Yang Master of the Mortal World 仙界道徒之凡间阴阳师 Qing Feng was no ordinary person. He was adopted into a family of Yin-Yang masters. Later, two of Guanyin’s chief guardians opened his Heavenly Eye, and his extraordinary life began. He started learning the Tao at eight, and by nine had mastered 108 kinds of talismans and all sorts of esoteric incantations. He formally entered the Taoist path, catching ghosts, healing the sick, and changing people’s fates against Heaven’s will. At thirty, he happened upon the art of cultivation and roamed the wo 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 My Spirit Beasts Come from a Myriad of Worlds 我的灵兽来自万界 [Multiple heroines]+ [Power-up progression]+ [Overpowered lead]+ [Feel-good story] The icy sword immortal, the bewitching fairy, the girl-next-door junior, the nine-tailed celestial fox, the five-clawed golden dragon, the primordial thunder sparrow... Their pride and cool reserve quietly melted away before him, turning into an indescribable closeness and entanglement. Watch Lin Xuan wield desire as a blade and see through the myriad worlds, as he writes his own immortal legend in this treache —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Record of Nine Reincarnations: Forbidden Divine Godhead 九世轮回录：禁忌神格 [Sharingan from the Start: I Fight My Way Back to the Sect] Ling Chen was the once-in-a-thousand-years genius of Qingyun Sect, a beloved inner disciple who had been the center of attention just yesterday. Today, they pinned him down in front of the sect and crippled his spiritual meridians before everyone. "His spiritual meridians are completely destroyed. Keeping him around would only waste resources. Throw him into Fallen Spirit Valley!" At the Great Elder's command, they tossed him like a dea —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Where the City Folds 城市折叠处 Where the City Folds —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 A Banquet of the Elite: A Triumphant Return 豪门盛宴之强势回归 When Shen Yan was thrown out by his powerful family, all he took with him was the battered notebook his mother had left behind. His family laughed at him: “A good-for-nothing like you belongs in the trash. Go on, starve to death!” Three years later, at the International Metaphysics Summit, the Shen family resorted to any means necessary to claim the top spot. Shen Yan walked calmly onto the stage, a faintly glowing ancient book resting in his palm, and smiled. “The Judge’s Brush is in my hand. A —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 All Are Mere Insects to Me, the One Who Forges the Supreme Immortal 世间皆蝼蚁唯我铸至仙 On a snowy day, a couple takes in an abandoned baby. They name him Luo Zelin. His younger sister, Luo Qingyan, has been exceptionally gifted since childhood. Then, one day, a demon beast attacks their village, and his sister mysteriously vanishes. He realizes that only by becoming powerful can he protect the people he loves. Resolute, he sets out on the endless path of cultivation. At sixteen, he takes part in a sect recruitment trial. His Immortal Spirit Root turns out to be a once-in-ten-thous 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The War God Talks Big, and the Demon Lord Won't Stop Protecting Him 战神嘴炮，魔主追着护 “A good-for-nothing dares to call himself the reincarnation of the God of War?” At the Shushan training grounds, Zhou Hao stomped Liu Ziye’s wooden sword to pieces, drawing laughter from the crowd. The next moment, a demonic tide struck Qingxi Town. Liu Ziye drew his ancestral rusted sword, and golden light erupted. “A dog doesn’t bite its own kind. You’re worse than a dog!” One slash shattered five demons and half a mountain, awakening the Skyreach God of War System! From then on, the good-for- 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Old Six Transmigrates and Defies Heaven to Become a God 老六灵魂穿越，逆天成神 A new novel is here! The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, fiercely protective of his own, never lets himself be bullied, and has no System. Relying on luck and his own strength, he unifies the cultivation world, conquers the Immortal Realm and the God Realm, and wages war across time and space. This is a satisfying power fantasy. Readers are welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what drives me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Th 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Mr. Fu, Please Guide Me 傅先生，请多指教 Mr. Fu, I Look Forward to Learning from You —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Dust-Reversing Venerable 逆尘尊 In his previous life, he was a Demon Lord who dominated the Sea of Chaos. In this life, he has become a good-for-nothing boy in Qinglan Town, someone everyone can bully. When his memories awaken, the supreme treasure, the Chaos Pearl, returns with him, reborn, and Xiao Fan's defiance of the heavens begins. His meridians are shattered? Chaos energy will reshape heaven and earth! His clan persecutes him? He can wipe them out with a flip of his hand! The shadow of the Netherworld Palace clings to —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 I Have a Sword That Can Defy Chaos 我有一剑，可逆混沌 He cultivates immortality, growing stronger amid chaos. From drifting clouds, he rises to azure heights, surpassing all other prodigies. With a single sword strike, he shatters the heavens. In the war between humans and demons, sword energy sweeps across the land. But when I look back, was I wrong? Are they enemies or allies? I must uncover the truth... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 From a Poor Family, I Tread the Stars and Rob the Nine Heavens 寒门踏星盗九天 Every step is fraught with danger, yet every turn brings a laugh. There are too many liars and too few fools. No womanizing, no cheat powers, no System. Success comes mainly through wit and courage, and even becoming a mighty figure doesn't make life easy. Just when you think you've crushed all your foes and stand above the masses, you discover that the person you love is still utterly out of reach. A gentle, thoughtful, clever, and capable admirer, or a mysterious, noble, and icy goddess: which 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Age of Blazing Martial Arts: The Dragon Seal Awakens 炎武纪：龙印觉醒 Wu Yanbing, dismissed as a good-for-nothing by the Flame Tribe, carries the bloodline of an ancient Flame Warrior God. After being humiliated, he awakens a dragon seal in a forbidden cave and sets out on a path from F-rank strength to the pinnacle of SSSSS-rank. But his journey is thrown completely off course by an unexpected “teammate”: Zhao Guibin, the legendary Sword God known as the greatest under heaven, who has lost his memory. This seemingly goofy teammate is actually a Sword Demon who se —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Underworld Special Forces: The Dragon King 黑道特种兵之龙王 He was once China's sharpest blade, the ultimate soldier of the Dragon Fang Special Forces, code-named “Dragon King.” A long-planned betrayal cost him his brothers and saddled him with a false accusation, forcing him to shed his glory and disappear into obscurity. Now he's back in this steel jungle, tangled in desire. The former god of death puts away his medals and takes up the blade he used to slay his enemies. A dragon always has its scales. A king will always return! 243Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The CEO’s Tackle-Me Scheme 总裁碰瓷计划 My family pressured me to marry and inherit a fortune worth tens of billions, so I decided to marry some random woman just to get them off my back. I drove around the city three times in the middle of the night before finally spotting a girl crouched by the roadside, feeding a cat. I handed her a prenup. “We'll be married for one year. I'll give you thirty million.” She blinked. “Does that include food and a place to stay? My cat and I just got kicked out by our landlord.” Then, on our wedding d —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 On the Day I Called Off the Engagement, I Awakened the Path to Heaven 退婚当天，我觉醒了通天路 On the day my engagement was called off, I awakened the Path to Heaven —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Daring Adventures in the High-Tech Land of the Little People 勇闯高科技小人国 The story follows Zhu Xiaoai, Li Yang, Ma Chao, and Wang Xiaobin, four friends who grew up together. After attending an extraordinary lecture, they decide to travel to Antarctica in search of a mysterious civilization. At the lecture, Professor Wang suggests that a civilization beneath the Antarctic ice may be at least five centuries more technologically advanced than humanity. This bombshell strikes a chord with all four. As children, they used to gather around a black-and-white TV and dream a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Slaying Immortals in the Wasteland 于废土中斩仙 “I wasn't chosen by fate. I just... refuse to bow.” Cultivating Immortals Amid the Wasteland unfolds for you: · A true and brutal world of cultivation, where the strong prey on the weak, resources reign supreme, and cultivation is governed by a rigorous, arduous system. · An ordinary protagonist of intelligence, courage, and resolve, who is decisive in battle but never abandons his principles, with a clear and believable path of growth. · A sweeping chronicle of an era-spanning catastrophe, from —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Peerless Young Marquis 无双小侯爷 A business-world elite is transported into another realm, where his family is surrounded by crisis! How can he navigate the emperor’s suspicions and the great clans’ hostility? How can he pursue progress in martial arts and uncover the origins of magic? How will he face his enemies’ schemes and make use of his benefactors’ support? Can the friends he meets and the kindred spirits he understands break the tangled threads of fate? Meizhe: bent by a hundred blows, but never broken! And so begins a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Campus Belle Is Forcing Me to Marry Her? I Activated the Dao-Devouring System 校花逼婚？我激活噬道系统 The campus belle, Su Xingmei, shows up at my door with her will and says that if I don’t marry her, I’ll die tonight! I think she’s crazy, but the very next second, a Netherworld puppet smashes through the window and tears me to pieces, leaving me gravely wounded. As I teeter on the brink of death, the Dao-Devouring System awakens with a roar. I crush the puppet with one move, and the campus belle is stunned: “You’re actually a successor of the Dao-Devouring lineage?!” From then on, I devour de —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Our Marquis of Wu Becomes a True God 我们的武侯成真神 The flames of war engulf the land during the Three Kingdoms era. Zhuge Wuhou inherits the power of the Sacred Head and transmigrates through time and space to the Outer Six Realms. Though blessed with extraordinary talent, he remains diligent and steadfast, his brilliance rekindling a resilient spirit that shines across the world. Alongside his senior brother Dao Yi and his virtuous wife Yue Ying, he bravely faces the perilous trials of divine resistance, singing as he treads through fields of t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Mirror Opens the Path to Immortality 镜启仙路 In the ancient and mysterious Myriad Worlds, the young Lin Fu once scraped by in an ordinary little town, until a mysterious Fuxi Mirror suddenly changed his fate. When a mountain demon attacked at night, it unleashed the strange power within the mirror. He then ventured into unknown dangers and met extraordinary people from every corner of the world. How will he use the secrets of the Fuxi Mirror to protect civilization and seek the truth of the Great Way in a world filled with danger and oppor —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Di Wuyou 帝无幽 In the chaotic age of the strange, ten thousand years ago, the saints of the world lit up the land with holy fire, building the Great Wall of Holy Fire to drive back the darkness... Ten thousand years later, a young man with a sword on his back set out from the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty for the Great Wall of Holy Fire. He pacifies the wilds, subdues the eastern sea, slays the Nethernight, and claims the throne of the Emperor! Watch as I wield my sword for the sacred dynasty and make my moves acr 5.9kReads7.6Score585Shelves
- 37 Ember Veins, Stellar Source 烬脉星源 “If this star is fated to perish in the tide, then I will burn its ruins as fuel and rekindle its core! If the Heavenly Way sees me as a poison to be purged, then I will shatter the heavens and rewrite the laws!”, Lin Yan 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Pillaging the Myriad Heavens as I Please: Just So I Can Say No 随心掠夺诸天：只为能说No Starforged Body + Chaos Physique + Dual Pupils: three unbeatable buffs from the start! Transmigrate across the Myriad Worlds, roaming freely through movies, anime, games, and manga: snatch the protagonists’ opportunities, seize peerless treasures, and win over all the gorgeous heroines! What are the Twelve Talismans of the Holy Lord to me? I have the power of the holy demon and can tear through the void with my bare hands. What is the Uchiha Sharingan to me? My Dual Pupils can see through every 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Huai Mansion’s Wailing Souls 槐宅泣魂 Synopsis of The Haunted House’s Lament Shen Yanbin, a metaphysics enthusiast born in the mid-1970s, graduated from a prestigious university but was fascinated by the tales of ghosts and spirits in ancient books. One rainy night, as he pored over a rare book at his computer, freshly brewed coffee splashed across the keyboard. Sparks flew in an instant, electricity coursed through his body, and he collapsed. When he opened his eyes again, a mist-shrouded ancient forest swallowed him up. His phone —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Ten Vertical, One Horizontal 纵十横一 (No harem, no System, pure cultivation, pure fantasy) (A thousand dreams leave the heart unbroken; holding fast to one’s original purpose is true righteousness.) (With one righteous sword, he opened the Source Gate; even in death, his fading light shone across the heavens.) Before he transmigrated, Li Haokong was called Li Ming. Later, in order to revive his sect, his master bestowed upon him the name Li Haoran. From that day on, Li Haoran shouldered a heavy responsibility. With a sword case 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Dao Pearl of Mortal Fate 尘缘道珠 When he had endured endless bullying and was on the brink of death, his blood soaked into a stone bead, awakening the long-sealed supreme treasure, the Dustbound Dao Pearl. Only then did Lin Feng learn that the pearl could refine every kind of “mortal entanglement” in the world: grudges, love and hatred, karma, and even the cultivation of enemies he had slain. All could be turned into the purest spiritual energy. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Sacrifice of Immortality 长生祀 This is the land of the True Lord’s creation, where truth is exiled and memories are burned! Here, night is as dazzling as day, and day is as murky as night. The sleepers have their coffins, and the wakeful have their graves! Heaven turns in cycles, earth turns in cycles, and the cycle of mankind goes on without end. Its radiance shines across the world! Beneath a seemingly orderly surface, turbulent forces surge: the unreal and the real, truth and falsehood, an instant and eternity. When the do 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Night Watcher: I Will Guard the Last Glimmer of Light in the Dark 守夜人：我来守护黑夜最后一点光 [Traditional Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless + Multiple Heroines + Steady Pace] After being reborn into a second life and witnessing a massacre, Shi Han becomes ruthless. Killing for treasure is commonplace; wiping out entire sects and clans is nothing unusual. A corpse maiden and a poison sect accompany him as he climbs a ladder to heaven built from bones. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 A Hundred Lords Rise and Fall 百主沉浮 Want to be the protagonist? The kind who becomes invincible in a second and gets to rule over a realm with beautiful companions? Or perhaps a powerful heroine, unmatched beneath the heavens? Come try out for the role of “protagonist”! Perks included: a divine artifact (might be a toy), a fortuitous opportunity (could be a trap), and everyone’s attention (you’ll die especially spectacularly). So far, this position has successfully seen off one hundred outstanding employees, including geniuses, bi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Xuanhuan: A Reborn World 玄幻：重生世界 The world uses me, and I use the world. I help the world be reborn, and the world helps me ascend. So this is a fantasy world? My martial arts have already reached the pinnacle! It's not just the world that's been reborn. I have, too! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Divine Music of the Blind 瞽始神音 From childhood, Ayou was taught that his people could never leave their tribal lands and that outsiders were hunting them down. It was only after Ayou became a Cliff Guard and accompanied his mother on her journey that he gradually realized it might all have been a lie... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Record of the Mirror-Flower Demon Sword 镜花魔剑录 [Wuxia + Fantasy + Swordsmanship + Primordial Chaos] A fantasy cultivation novel that breaks with tradition, blending the secrets of Japanese oni ninjas and the Vedic traditions of Southeast Asia, returning to the source of the Dao and wielding the sword to shatter primordial chaos! As “Phoenix's Call” rings out and a song of parting pierces the heavens, one stroke of my sword moves heaven and earth, revealing the causes and consequences of three lifetimes. Mirrors shatter and shadows take shap 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Starshard Martial Domain 星骸武域 Sci-fi in the stars → Superpower awakening → High Martial world → Exploration of mythological ruins → Intercivilizational alliance → Love and duty → Growth and transformation → Awakening of unknown powers → Cosmic crisis → Fusion of technology and magic [A chaotic interstellar order] [The path to awakening from the bottom] [Crisis and mystery at every turn] [A choice on a cosmic scale] [Dominion and unknown challenges] [Technology] [Magic] [High Martial] [Superpowers] [Ancient mythological ruins 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Profound One Sword Codex 玄一剑典 The Great Xuan Dynasty spans nineteen provinces, and the martial path has nine ranks, divided between Heaven and Earth. Demonic beasts roam the land, making every mountain and river perilous, while sects rise everywhere and rivalries flare. Born into a family in this age of martial prowess, Li Yixuan will wield a sword whose brilliance chills all nineteen provinces! 490Reads—Score103Shelves
- 50 Starting with an Ancient Desolate Clan, I Conquer the Child of Destiny 开局荒古世家，我征服天命之子 [Genius prodigies battling for supremacy, invincible power fantasy, no endless cultivation grind, fast-paced] This book is also known as: [The Ancestor of Heaven's Favored] [I Am Heaven's Mandate] [As an Imperial Heir, I Became Heaven's Favored Villain] [I Lead Heaven's Favored to Conquer the Heavens] Go after Heaven's Favored? No, no, that's too violent. Bringing them under his control is the right way. Ye Wushuang transmigrates into an Ancient Desolate Clan, awakens the Heaven's Mandate Conque 10Reads—Score—Shelves
