Novels like The Poor Scholar Doctor
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- 1 The Dragon and Elephant Rule the Heavens 龙象御天 The good-for-nothing youth Qin Yi obtains the ancient Dragon Abyss Sword and cultivates the Supreme Dragon-Elephant Scripture. Rising from humble beginnings, he sweeps aside the mainland’s powerful foes, becomes a peerless Dragon-Elephant Martial Emperor, seals the demons beyond the borders, and writes an eternal legend of rising to supremacy. 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 2 I Turned My Life Around with a Bowl of Instant Noodles 我靠一碗泡面逆袭人生 My new work is finally here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to keep writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Doomsday Sealed Inside Me, So I Refined It from the Start 体内封印个末日，开局反手炼了它 The young Lin Fan ventured deep into the Imperial Ruins to save his mother and unexpectedly became the only person capable of balancing the powers of chaos and the stars. Forced into urban conflicts and global disasters, he ultimately refined the abyss into Earth’s spiritual ley lines to eradicate the threat. Then, with his family and friends, he piloted a starship into the depths of space, becoming an “Interstellar Traveler” who spread the path of balance throughout the universe. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Reborn to Defy Heaven: The Good-for-Nothing's Road to Empire 逆天重生：废柴的霸业征途 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Beast Tamer Reigns: A Calico Cat from the Start 饲者为王：开局有只狸花猫 [The author wanted to write something AI couldn't come up with, so while the story is humorous and entertaining, it may also get a little wild. Please bear with me.] Another world descends, and the apocalypse strikes. Monsters call themselves “gods” and raise humans as food. Amid the story of humanity searching for a way to survive, I’m just a nobody who dies young. Luckily, my tabby cat takes up the banner of leading its owner on a rampage through another world. [A heads-up: The protagonist sta 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Price of a Deal 交易的代价 The Price of a Deal 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Iron Besieged City 铁围城 A world ravaged by war, where living conditions are incredibly harsh. Zhang Hao, a drifter who survives by scavenging, is determined to become a sky rider. Hu Naonao, a rich kid who loves to fool around, is determined to become a thief. Liao Huiwen, a descendant of an empress, enjoys collecting scrap. 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After the Divorce, I Took Over His Company 离婚后，我接管了他的公司 [Reborn + contemporary business world + wealthy family + strong heroine + sweet on the outside, ruthless within + mutual salvation] In her previous life, Shen Zhiwei never understood, even on her deathbed, why Lu Chenzhou, who clearly loved her, refused to hand her the divorce papers. Only after he died did she learn that he hadn’t written the agreement. Someone else had forced it on him. He didn’t give it to her not because he didn’t want a divorce, but because he knew she would die if they div —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Generations of Big Shots 世代大佬 The Fei family is no financial conglomerate, yet generation after generation has made fortunes that seem like legends. Its corporate group is no industry giant, yet even the giants hold it in high regard. They are not stock market gods, because the Fei family has always been the one setting the terms. They stay out of politics, yet enjoy the protection of every faction. The Fei family has upheld one belief for generations: Whatever the country needs is what they must do, braving every obstacle a 215Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Back to High School: I Became the Talk of the School 重返高中时代：我成全校风云人物 Jiang Chenyue used to be an ordinary office worker, pulling late nights at the office every day while his life trundled along without a ripple. Then a sudden car accident sent him back to the summer after his high school entrance exams, the most important turning point of his life. In his previous life, his introversion and low self-esteem left him unnoticed throughout high school, and he ultimately settled for mediocrity. But this time, armed with memories of the future, he resolves to change 1.6kReads8.0Score10014d adds
- 11 Reborn as a Patrolman: I Can See Resentment 重生当巡卒：我能看见怨气 Xiao Yan, the Spirit Venerable of the Spirit Realm, was surrounded and hunted by Dao Venerable Cangwu. His remnant soul was sealed inside the Guixu Jade for three hundred years. Three hundred years later, he was reborn in the mortal realm's Qingshi Town as the third son of the Shen family, who had just been poisoned to death. Though his cultivation was only at the first layer of Qi Refining, his left eye could see the trails of resentment. To return to the Spirit Realm and take revenge, he joine 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Scheme Set Seven Hundred Years Ago: I Guard the Nation's Fate with Fragments 七百年前谋局，我以碎片守国运 A staggering hundred million! A fragment of an ancestral carpet struck Lei Zeyang, and six fragments drew him into a seven-hundred-year-old secret about the nation’s fate. A direct descendant of a mysterious organization’s founder, he awakens to his bloodline and loses control of his urban supernatural powers. As the fragments are pieced together, the coordinates hidden within grow ever more bizarre… Will unlocking the mystery reveal that the secret organization has planned a shocking plot, seve —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Name of the Abyss 渊虚之名 [Chinese-style Cthulhu × Awakening System × Mystery and the Supernatural × The Collapse of Daoist and Buddhist Mythology × Instance Dungeons] [Memory Erosion × Power at a Price × Six Paths × Ancient God Fragments × Cognitive Contamination] This isn't a monster-bashing power fantasy. It's the kind of story that makes you want to hold the pages still after you've finished reading. His mother died in a small town in the Gobi Desert, leaving behind a map and a direction she never explained to anyon 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Broken Jade Woven into Brocade 碎玉成锦 Three qian of silver for a three-year contract. Life or death is no concern; any child belongs to the Wen family. On an autumn night of rain in Suzhou, her father coughs up blood and the family has nothing left. With a single stroke of her brush, Shen Xiuniang sells herself into a wealthy household, becoming the lucky-bride bride of Wen Yan, the ailing young master of the Wen family. The payment is three qian of silver a month, and the contract lasts three years. She thinks it is merely a cold t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Unruly Empire 桀骜江山 On the day the beacon fires of the You Shi clan were extinguished, Mo Xi was pushed into a carriage to be presented to Xia Jie. She was no longer the most honored girl in her tribe, but a razor-sharp blade in the palace of Xia. She used her beauty as armor and love as a trap, sowing discord between ruler and ministers and draining the people and the treasury. She would cast Xia Jie, a man who cried “Conquer the world!” every day, from his throne and grind his magnificent realm to dust, all to co 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Sorrowful Chaobai River 幽怨的潮白河 The Melancholy Chao Bai River —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Something Wicked Lurks Behind Me 背后有诡 A game I played because I couldn’t sleep late at night somehow led me to experience paranormal events. Were these incidents one by one the work of people, or something supernatural? From then on, the paranormal seemed bound to me. Wherever I went, strange events followed. Survive. 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Xu Changchuan's Romantic Entanglements 许长川的桃花情缘 Xu Changchuan is 28, still single, and divorced. He was born in a poor mountain village in the northwest. Although it’s already the 21st century, the village still hasn’t completely escaped poverty. After graduating from college, Xu Changchuan was eager to make his fortune. He quit his stable job without hesitation, returned to his hometown with his girlfriend, and leased a fishpond to raise fish. But things didn’t go as he’d hoped. A torrential rainstorm destroyed all his dreams: the fishpond e 2.5kReads—Score11214d adds
- 19 My Crazy Girlfriend 我的神经病女友 [Super Sweet Romance] + [Novelist] + [Psycho] + [Multiple Heroines] (Early Story) [Pervert] + [Hunting Criminals and Solving Cases] (Later Story) The story of a down-and-out novelist and a mentally ill woman: a daughter's tears are worth 8,000 yuan, while a son's tears aren't worth a cent. I just picked up your phone to check your name, and you called it an invasion of your privacy and demanded 8,000 yuan in compensation. Talk about the farmer and the snake! I should've crushed you back then! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn in Dongguan in 1998: From the Start, You Want Me to Live Off a Woman? 重生98东莞：开局你让我吃软饭 [Passionate Jianghu] [Everyday Urban Life] [Feel-Good Read] [Human Relationships] [Multiple Heroines] [Underworld] [Business] One day, Zhou Mo wakes up transmigrated back to 1998, at the height of Dongwan's "Heaven on Earth." In his previous life, he scraped by on weekends by throwing fixed fights and acting as a sparring partner for the rich. This time, Zhou Mo vows to make something of his life. Armed with a sense of grievance and information from the future, he moves from the entertainment in 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The End of Time 时之终点 Elements destroyed one civilization in the course of their evolution, while giving rise to another. On a distant planet, changes driven by the elements created the new continent of Ersi. Here, courage and cunning coexist, as do redemption and destruction. And the story begins with a young man on the continent… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 One Wave Settles, Another Rises 一波未平一波又柒 A Journey of Devotion and Mutual Love: Beneath the ironclad authority of the teacher-student relationship, how can affection grow into a wildfire? Every stern glance and every silent act of protection is another tick of the countdown to love! 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Apocalypse Farming: Back to Africa, 2014 末日种田：重返非洲2014 Keywords: #Reborn #ApocalypseVirus #GrowthAndBreakthrough #Farming #TribalChief Among the Dogon people, renowned for their astrology, an ancient legend has been passed down through the ages: when catastrophe strikes, a red dragon from the East will lead the Han people and the Dogon first to the moon, then onward to Sirius... A middle-aged tech company employee loses his job and, while traveling in Tibet, gets into a car accident. By chance, he returns to a small African nation where he worked el 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Jianghu’s Turmoil: The Man Who Should Never Have Existed 江湖风云，本不该存在的人 [Not xianxia · Historical power struggles · Two storylines spanning the jianghu and the imperial court] After his soul transmigrated to another world, Zhao Zhen only wanted to live out the rest of his days in peace as an ordinary man. But a packet of strange scarlet-burning powder was like a poison-coated key, forcing open the door to his quiet life and bringing the Xuan Ying Cult’s relentless pursuit down upon him. His friends and family were repeatedly dragged into the danger, and innocent pe 452Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 25 To Marry His Dream Girl, He Hired Someone to Seduce Me. Little Did He Know, I Had Already Set a Trap for Him 为娶白月光，他雇人勾引我，殊不知，我早已布局等他跳 To Marry His Ideal Woman, He Hired Someone to Seduce Me. Little Did He Know, I Had Already Set a Trap and Was Waiting for Him to Fall Into It —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Heroes in a Troubled Age: Dawn of the Revolution 乱世群英之革命破晓 Assassinate the Qing emperor? Storm the imperial palace? Beat up traitors and confiscate the estates of corrupt officials and landlords. Sneak into Japan to wage a spy war? Bomb the emperor's palace? Adapted from real history, with explosive new plotlines and vividly drawn characters. Dedicated to the eightieth anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan. It celebrates patriotism, honors heroes, and promotes a people-centered view of history. 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 His Little Sunshine Is Online 他的小太阳已上线 [If you think it's decent, could you give me a five-star review?] Fanfic | One-on-one romance | Pure campus love | Haven't decided on a secondary couple yet [Tsundere Wen Chengye x top student and little sidekick Chu Zhan] As a child, No. 4 had barely begun to feel sad about being stood up when she found the lost Chu Zhan. “Big brother, why are you crying?” “Don't make things up! My friend stood me up, so I'm just a little bit sad!” “Then I'll keep you company. I won't stand you up.” With the co 402Reads—Score10414d adds
- 28 A Taste of America: You Just Have to Try It 美利坚之瓜，不得不品尝 A man in America gets stronger just by following the drama. [Parallel-world America] + [Wild imagination] + [Superpowers] + [Homeless from the start] + [Slow burn] Li Cha Ping was just an ordinary guy who loved keeping up with other people's drama. Then an accident sent him to a parallel-world America, where an unknown force amplified his old hobby until it became an irresistible instinct etched into his soul. A mysterious System also appeared, giving him the chance to keep growing stronger by 28.8kReads8.4Score2.3k14d adds
- 29 Sword Sea Tower 剑海楼 The road ahead is long and far; I shall seek high and low. Chen Sanye never dreamed that he, a man from the modern world, would transmigrate to an imaginary ancient era, a martial world rife with bloodshed and turmoil. In this world of thrilling vendettas and constant danger, watch as he either makes a name for himself or ends up in a sorry state, feeling his way toward finding a road home. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Blazing High Martial: The Dungeon System's Reversal 热血高武：地下城系统的逆袭 With spiritual qi revived and martial arts supreme, Lu Chen unexpectedly binds himself to a Dungeon System. Clear dungeons to get god-tier gear, and grow stronger with every instance. While others spend ten years in arduous cultivation, he needs only one run to clear a dungeon. From bottom of the class to someone all look up to, he uses his DNF System to carve a bloody path through the entire high-martial world! 512Reads—Score10914d adds
- 31 Weaving Dreams in the Mortal World 现世织梦 [A slow burn, ensemble cast, not a wish-fulfillment novel, no brainless characters, the male and female leads are not a couple, mainly told from the female lead’s perspective, not a true high-martial-arts setting, with more focus on emotions. Read with caution if any of this bothers you.] When another world invades our own, an ordinary girl who became a pawn of that other world before she could even understand what was happening sets out alone on a journey to save the world, pitting herself agai 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 You Were Born to Hide Your Edge 卿本藏锋 As the poisoned wine burns its way down her throat, Su Yuheng catches sight of the mottled blood curse on the beams of the cold palace. In her previous life, a bowl of saffron tea seared through her insides. Her half-sister Su Qinghe ground her embroidered shoe across Su Yuheng’s bloodied fingertips, then smiled as she picked up the Spirit Spring Jade Pendant that had fallen from Su Yuheng’s arms. When she opens her eyes again, she has returned to her coming-of-age banquet: dog’s blood splashed 4Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 33 The Glazed World: Twin Transformations 琉璃天下之双变 Baili Tongmian, imperial princess of the dynasty, disappeared from Loudou with Xiang Chan Zi, a monk from Baolong Temple, after suffering a cultivation deviation at her eighteenth birthday banquet. Soon afterward, Loudou issued an imperial decree: whoever finds Her Highness Yong’an may be chosen as her consort. The martial world was thrown into chaos. Listening Sword Manor was destroyed, the head of Tianshui Sect was murdered, and everyone was gripped by fear. A girl of about ten appeared in the 4Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 34 After Transmigrating, My Spouse and I Started to Lie Flat 穿越后，我和老伴开始躺平 Li Jianguo, a retired teacher in his sixties, and Wang Xiufen, a retired mediator, transmigrate into the Great Yong Dynasty and land in the worst farming household around. They become Li Laoshi and Zhang Cuihua, a farmer and his wife in their thirties, timid and ineffectual. The family they inherit is a wreck, every member prickly, broken, and falling apart. A mysterious Record of Inheritance appears in their minds. It carries the previous owners’ memories, combines them with the wisdom and li 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Ribose Heart at Weiming Lake 未名湖核糖心 When the splendor of Yanyuan meets life’s crossroads, can love in an ivory tower withstand the impact of reality? At the orientation desk, one fleeting glance sets their romance in motion when he “deliberately picks up the wrong key.” A nighttime stroll by Weiming Lake and his line, “At last, rain after a long drought,” stirs her heart. And at a candied hawthorn stall, a moment dismissed as “childish” hides a deeper meaning. Every scene comes from real memories of youth. He is a brilliant law s 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Identity in the Mirror 惊悚之镜中身份 A Terrifying Identity in the Mirror —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Run! My Mortal Enemy Knows I Secretly Had His Baby 快跑！死对头知道我偷生他的崽了 [Childhood sweethearts + mutual secret crush + adorable kids + sweet and doting romance + both each other’s first] The eldest daughter of the Ning family and the eldest son of the Mu family had been bitter rivals, constantly competing at school, for more than a decade. But when graduation came, Ning Xiyu suddenly disappeared. Mu Shenwei felt as if a piece of his heart had gone missing. Four years later, Ning Xiyu suddenly reappeared, and his grandfather arranged for her to be his assistant. Mu S 665Reads9.0Score10714d adds
- 38 In a Chaotic Age, the Mohists Take Up Arms to Protect the People 乱世墨者持器守苍生 In a chaotic age, a Mohist wields his weapon to protect all living beings. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 When Heroes Gather: The Yang Yi Chronicles 风云际会：杨仪传 A failed scholar makes a trip to the capital and recovers the memories of his past life. A despondent, helpless heroine, an ambitious empress, a scheming witch, a fairy with peerless cultivation, a shrewd constable, a bloodthirsty assassin... Countless beauties gather around you, united by a common ideal. Yet the role you must play is neither the emperor who rules all under heaven nor the martial arts overlord celebrated throughout the jianghu. Behold these splendid lands, so captivating that co 16Reads—Score114d adds
- 40 The Planet-Buster Cannon Fires in 60 Seconds, and the Repair Shop Grandpa Presses Play on an Old Cassette 歼星炮还有60秒发射，修理铺大爷按下了旧磁带 The Planet-Busting Cannon Fires in 60 Seconds, but the Old Man at the Repair Shop Presses Play on an Old Cassette 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 A Step-by-Step Seduction: President Ji Has Been Plotting This for Ages! 步步诱婚，季总他蓄谋已久！ [Marriage First, Love Later + Mutual Secret Crushes + Top-Tier Wealthy Family + Both Virgins + Sweet Romance] The heroine is sensitive and sweet, while the hero is hopelessly in love. Shen Sui liked Ji Huaiming, but she had always kept her feelings hidden, not daring to reveal even a hint of them. She knew she could never marry Ji Huaiming. Her stepmother kept dragging her to one blind date after another, until at the last one, she decided she didn’t care whom she married. It wasn’t going to be 7.3kReads—Score62714d adds
- 42 Eerie Infinite: The Death Script of the Starlight Cinema 诡异无限：星光电影院的死亡剧本 [Infinite flow + ensemble cast + battle royale + death scenarios + horror + suspense + gore + gritty realism + slow burn + character growth] “Remember, trust is a luxury here, and stupidity... is a deadly poison!” “Enough! I just want to work and live in peace. What did I do wrong? Why do I have to die? Tell me why!” “Because you’re just one of the people at the bottom...” “So people at the bottom deserve to die?” “Yes. Unless you make it to the very last day, you’re a god!” A terrifying movie t 1.3kReads6.1Score14714d adds
- 43 The Day He Made His Side Consort, I Emptied the Prince's Mansion and Ran 他抬侧妃那天，我卷空王府跑路了 The Day He Made His Concubine a Princess, I Cleared Out the Prince's Estate and Ran 1.7kReads—Score3414d adds
- 44 The Beginning of the Nine Heavens Origin Star 九天元宇星之初始 A useless young man, unable to cultivate because he has lost his memories, is driven out of his sect. By chance, he awakens a red light within a mysterious pendant and begins to uncover the mystery of his origins. After enduring countless hardships, he finally learns that he comes from another world. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 You Find Your Beloved's Substitute an Eyesore? After I Faked My Death, the Tycoon Regretted It Too Late 嫌白月光替身碍眼？我死遁后首富他悔不当初 You Think Your Beloved's Substitute Is an Eyesore? After I Faked My Death, the Tycoon Regretted Everything 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 After My Roommate's Recommendation Slot Was Stolen, I Helped Her Turn the Tables with Bullet Comments 室友保研名额被顶替后，我用弹幕帮她逆袭 After My Roommate's Graduate School Recommendation Was Stolen, I Helped Her Turn the Tables with On-Screen Comments 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 My Master Cut Out My Exquisite Heart to Save His Beloved, So I Turned Him into a Soul Lamp 师尊剖我玲珑心救白月光，我反手将师尊炼成魂灯 My Master Cut Out My Exquisite Heart to Save His Beloved, So I Turned Around and Refined Him into a Soul Lantern 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 He Chose to Save His First Love, and After I Died, He Fell Apart 他选择救白月光，我死后他崩溃了 He Chose to Save His Moonlight, and Fell Apart After I Died 684Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Only After I Gave Up on the Abusive, Unhinged, Disabled Prince Did He Finally Regret It 我不要受虐疯批残王后，他才悔悟 Only After I Refused to Stay with the Abusive, Deranged Prince Was He Filled with Regret 298Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 I’m Done With the Man I Couldn’t Warm Up After Three Years of Slaving Away for Him 当牛马三年都捂不热的人我不要了 I’m Done with the Man I Spent Three Years Trying to Warm Up 184Reads—Score814d adds
