Novels like Butterflies Flutter Through the Dust
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- 101 Quick Transmigration! I’m a Straight Guy! 快穿！我是直男啊！ Infinite-World Survival + Two Male Leads + Shard-Splitting Top + An Avoidant Bottom. The bottom warms up slowly, so feel free to move on if that’s not your thing. They’re both each other’s only partners. This is a fictional setting, so please don’t relate it to real life. Please be patient with this newbie! The story is told mainly from the bottom’s perspective. The top is 1.9 meters tall, and the bottom is 1.83 meters tall. The reason the top is split into shards is that the author can’t write —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The World Is Crumbling, Yet We Will Slay the Gods 世界崩坏，而我们终将弑神 This is my first time writing a novel. The pacing is slow from the start, but I’ve truly put my heart into it, so I hope you’ll give it a chance. I’ve included a summary of the key points from the earlier chapters in the author’s note for Chapter 40. If you couldn’t get through the first few chapters, please take a look at the Chapter 40 summary and what comes next. I’m begging you. The moment Lu Li stepped into the Tianyan Bureau, the gears of fate began turning once more. Though still young, h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 His Majesty Is Going to Class 朕，上课了 An ordinary college student playing online games with friends is transported, with no clothes on, to a chaotic parallel world of ancient times. He struggles to survive a drought and leads his team to make a fortune, nearly building a great enterprise... and then you tell me I have to go to class? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Doomsday: Resonance 末日：共鸣 The gods fell on Earth... And the rules of the world were rewritten. Disasters raged on, calamities never ceased... At the same time, countless secret realms appeared across the land. Humans entered them to gain power. From then on, humanity stepped into a new era: The rise of superpowers! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Chronicles of the Immortal Against the End Times 逆末仙纪 This is a [Journey to the End] whose finale has already been foretold. Ye Qianchen crawls out from the bones of his clan and awakens amid the lingering memories of an ancient god. He cultivates the uncanny path and commands a thousand shadows, searching for a glimmer of hope to save the world in a cultivation realm strewn with corpses. His confidantes are sacrifices to awaken the ancient god; his brothers-in-arms are stepping stones to the truth; his staunch allies are pawns to buy time. He face —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Poisonous Consort’s Rise in the Inner Residence 冲喜毒妃的深宅逆袭路 The Poisonous Consort’s Rise to Power in the Inner Chambers After a Fortunate Marriage —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Stop Guessing, I'm Really Just a Tofu Seller 别猜了，我真只是一卖豆腐的 [No CP] [Supernatural] [Food] [Plot-Driven] [Cultivation Through Qi] [Protagonist's Growth] The pace is fast at first, with quick scene changes and no dragging things out. The worldbuilding is a little complicated, and there are an absurd number of clues, but they'll all be paid off later. Yu An transmigrates and gets bound to a System that only ever forces him to make tofu. He must play the original owner's role and complete the mission to the highest possible degree to stay alive. He diligentl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Invincible Right After Graduation: Starting with Killing Cockroaches! 毕业即无敌：从击杀蟑螂开始！ Question: If one day you suddenly got a System that made you stronger every time you killed an insect, how would your life change? Others can only imagine it, but this incredible stroke of luck really did befall Wu Sheng, and right when he was at the lowest point in his life, no less! 181Reads—Score31114d adds
- 109 After He Slept His Way to the Top, He Became the Cruelest Cheater-Hunter 他偷情上位后，抓小三最狠了 [Stealing Someone's Wife + The Emperor Steals His Subject's Wife + Forbidden Love + Male Rivals + Dark and Unhinged + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] Gu Lanze: Sister-in-law, the one who isn't loved is the other woman. Tao Su: Keep your voice down. Is this something to be proud of? Gu Lanze: ...Call me your husband. Tao Su: You are my husband, but not my only one. After her husband's older brother set his sights on her, she wept every day, consumed by guilt. But her husband had long since grown ti 201Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Wild Dog Milk: The Whole Internet Jokes About It, but I'm the Only One Who Really Drinks It 野生狗奶：全网玩梗，就我真喝 The whole internet is joking about wild dog milk, but I'm the only one who actually drank the real thing. Special edition from western Guangdong. Shelf life: forever. Instructions: Do not drink. Worship recommended. I drank it anyway. After work that night, I saw a woman in red hanging beneath a streetlight, counting the lights with her toes three inches off the ground. When she realized I could see her, she lunged at me in delight. My voice cracked as I screamed, and she shattered into pieces. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 She Regretted Climbing into the Brocade Guard's Favor 攀上锦衣卫后，她后悔了 [A cold-faced but warm-hearted Embroidered Uniform Guard ✘ a sweet and beautiful heroine, female lead is not a virgin, deliberate seduction ✘ clear-headed surrender, romance-focused, fateful encounter, devoted love, sweet romance, not a strong female lead, set in a fictional dynasty similar to the Ming] Xia Yue was kept as a concubine by the salt smuggler Shen Yan for half a year. She escaped four times, and each time he caught her and brought her back. To free herself from this life, she set h 11Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 112 Reborn, I Handed Over the Household Rivalry System 重生后，我把宅斗系统上交了 In her previous life, she relied on the System to defeat her legitimate sister and marry into a marquis’s household, convinced she was the chosen one. Only as she lay dying did she understand that she was nothing more than a carefully nurtured pawn. Every “comeback” the System arranged for her was really draining her blood and taking her life. This time, she’s done playing. The System assigns a task? She refuses. The System threatens to punish her? She takes it in stride. The System says, “I can 7Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 113 Typhoons, Torrential Rain, and Zombies: Heaven, Are You Messing with Me? 台风暴雨加丧尸，上天你演我 The typhoon tears roofs away, torrential rain floods the streets, and zombies chase people through the city, hungry for flesh. Lin Xiao crouches in a leaking rooftop room with just half a box of instant noodles left. He looks up at the sky and sighs, "With this many buffs stacked from the start, you'd think I'd at least get a System!" And, sure enough, one arrives. It's the apocalypse edition of Teamfight Tactics: a Hextech System. He gets to choose three augments from the start and picks [Pando 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Immortal Shepherd 仙牧 What heavenly spirit roots and earthly spirit roots? Cultivators in our world rely on spirit springs! When chaos first formed, two primordial beings were born between heaven and earth: the Spirit Root Realm and the Spirit Spring Realm. The inhabitants of the two realms fought over the origin of the world in a decisive battle at Star Ash Abyss. Later generations called it the Great War of the Two Spirits. In the end, the Spirit Spring Realm emerged victorious. From birth, every mortal develops 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Snow in the Eastern Palace 东宫有雪 Mistaken identity of the one who saved him ✖️ angsty physical and emotional torture ✖️ reunion after a long separation ✖️ pregnancy and running away This is ridiculously melodramatic! In the twelfth year of Yongjia, she saved him on a snowy night. In the seventeenth year of Yongjia, they married by imperial decree. In the nineteenth year of Yongjia, she wrote a divorce letter in blood. She had been his wife for only two years! “You saw the letter in blood?” “All I ask is to leave. I no longer wa 1.4kReads8.1Score11614d adds
- 116 Eight Liang 八两 A devoted, powerful couple in a purely classical setting. No melodrama, no yandere behavior, no crazed characters. The leads grow together. Just launched, so the rating is low. Don’t be afraid to give it a try. Bright, free-spirited guard top × gentle, kind prince bottom Wei Siyu grew up in a bandit stronghold, where he was trained as a personal guard from childhood. He was told that if the person he was meant to protect ever faced certain death, he would have to die first. He loathes having his 105Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 117 Endtime Zombie Trail: One Man and One Dog Hold Back the Horde 终末尸途：一人一狗镇尸潮 The long night stretches on, and the dead never stop howling. A meteor shower fell from the sky, and a zombie virus swept across the globe. Human civilization collapsed in an instant, and order became a wasteland. Giant zombies, a red-clad female zombie carrying an umbrella, abominations... They keep evolving, until they can even speak! Survivors struggle to stay alive amid the zombie hordes and human malice, but the most terrifying thing has never been the flesh-eating dead. It is the human hea 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 General, Your Wife Is Coming Clean 将军，夫人她摊牌了 [A decisive, icy beauty vs. a steady, gentle great general] Shangguan Chen is the top assassin of the Hidden Moon Pavilion. Every criminal who has seen her has died by her sword. She is someone no one wants to speak of. After her master dies, however, her senior sister schemes against her, poisoning the entire organization. To get the antidote, Shangguan Chen has no choice but to obey her senior sister's arrangement and pose as the disowned daughter of the Wen family, marrying Yun Tingsi, the cu 74Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 119 Barkley’s Taxi 巴克利的出租车 Su Qinghe was inadvertently caught up in a bitter office power struggle. After scheming at every turn, he lost not only his job but his family as well. He came to City C to recover and became a taxi driver. Later, he met a cheerful, lively, optimistic, and kind young woman, and began a new life tinged with romance. But can this new life really be his final destination? The wheels of fate keep turning, and nothing in this world is absolute. Friendship can be steadfast, but even a seemingly in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Retired Soldier King: My Wife Is a CEO 退役兵王：我的老婆是总裁 [Two equally formidable leads] [Veteran soldier + female CEO] [Devoted husband] [Fast-paced] [Wish fulfillment] [Slow burn] [Hidden powerhouse] [Both leads are each other's first and only love] [Tender feelings for country and family] After eighteen years of military service, Jiang Ye is an elite soldier feared by his enemies. To protect his country and people, he delayed his retirement, burying his youth in dangerous places no one would ever know about. When he finally takes off his armor and 300Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Meeting You, Like Blossoms in a Dream 遇见你，梦若花开 [Dashing, free-spirited young master × quirky young woman] [Sweet romance and healing + devoted love + unwavering affection + dreams blossoming like flowers] She is Lin Wanqing, a quirky girl from a poor family with a pure heart. He is Xie Zimo, a dashing, free-spirited young man from a wealthy family, steadfast in love. At first, she can't stand him, while he likes her from the very beginning. After this bickering pair has weathered life's hardships and its twists of fate, will they finally fin 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 After Breaking Off My Engagement, I Became the Regent's Beloved 退婚后我成了摄政王的心尖宠 Shen Zhaozhao, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, gave everything for love in her previous life, only to be plotted against by her half-sister, betrayed by her fiancé, and left to die miserably in the Cold Palace. Reborn, she tears off her gentle disguise. She breaks off her engagement, turns the tables, takes on her half-sister, and kicks her worthless ex to the curb, fighting her way back to the heart of power and vowing to make her enemies pay in blood! What she never 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Broken Jade, Sunken Palace 碎玉沉宫 [Political intrigue + strong female lead + reborn for revenge + childhood friend] The empress who holds power over the court × the childhood friend and powerful minister who lives only for her × the fourth prince whose fortunes have declined, bound to her across two lifetimes In her previous life, blood stained the Phoenix Palace, her young child perished, and her clan was destroyed. After killing the faithless emperor with her own hands, Ren Lingyi accepted her death without regret. After wakin 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 124 After My Childhood Friend Confessed, I Ran Away 竹马告白后，我逃跑了 I Ran Away After My Childhood Friend Confessed to Me 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 A Mortal's Cultivation Journey: From Being Possessed at the Start 凡人修仙，从开局被夺舍开始 Mortal cultivation, needle cultivation, sword cultivation, spell cultivation, body cultivation. Gu Changsheng happened upon an ancient bronze cauldron that could refine discarded pills. The useless pills and scraps everyone else threw away all became cultivation resources in his hands. What do I care if the sect is short on cultivation resources? You can all fight over them. I’ll just take my pills, grow stronger, and cultivate in hiding. If you get on my nerves, I’ll refine you on the spot. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 I Became the Boss's Roommate After a Night of Drinking 酒后我成了BOSS室友 Gender swap | Sweet romance | Comedy | Marriage before love | Powerful CEO | Both leads are each other's first After downing a glass of wine, I, Bai Xiaoqi, turned into a man! This god-awful constitution is all my scientist dad's fault! To keep my secret safe, I lived like a monk: utterly averse to skirts and afraid to touch a drop of alcohol. That is, until the handsome older guy next door tricked me into joining Ruizhi Group, where I reunited with my secretly beloved, icy senior, Guan Zhengyu! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The CEO's Contract Ex-Wife Is a Princess of an Ancient Kingdom 总裁的契约前妻是古国公主 While searching for inspiration for my novel, I wandered into a little book café in an alley, only to discover that the protagonist in the owner's handwritten manuscript was my past-life self! When his family tried to force him into a political marriage, I stepped in to help, photoshopped a marriage certificate, and became his contractual wife. He gave me a necklace he had designed himself, saying he had no idea why, but it felt like it belonged to me. Then my brother saw it and went completely —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The One Who Defies the Gods 抗神之人 [Open World + Story-Driven + Chosen Heroines] Across the two continents of the Middle Realm, beneath the radiance of four eras, countless stories remain unconnected. They exist in this world; they are by no means mere fantasies. [Chronicles of the Myriad Gods] After the Creator God turned his back on the world, the world's divine power began to fade. The gods of the old world used human souls as divine power, so Gu Xing joined those who opposed the gods and embarked on a journey to fight them... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Strange Tales of the Countryside: A Battle of Yin and Yang 乡野诡事阴阳斗 My grandfather died a gruesome death after being struck by an evil spirit. In the dead of night, a vicious ghost came to the mourning hall to claim my life. At the brink of despair, I awakened the divine power to create dreams. In dreams, I can glimpse the thoughts of ghosts and gods. By creating dreams, I can shatter evil spirits and their souls! Yet the feng shui world branded me an aberration! Thus began a century-long struggle between good and evil, linking me to the feng shui masters! T 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The High-Paying Job Trap: A Mom's Diary of Getting Scammed 高薪陷阱：一个宝妈的被骗日记 [Anti-scam advice] This book is based on a true story. Any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidental! Junyue, a full-time stay-at-home mom, was crushed by mortgage payments and the cost of formula, and desperately wanted to find a work-from-home side job to help make ends meet. An ad promising “300–500 yuan paid daily, part-time positions available with a film and TV production crew” dropped into her life like a lifeline. She could earn five yuan instantly just by liking and following, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 She Burst into My Youth During My Final Year of High School 高三最后一年，她闯进了我的青春 Senior year, the final year of high school. It should have been a time to study hard and prepare for the college entrance exams, but Lu Qian fell for his classmate Bai An. She was a light that made no sense, piercing his once peaceful life as if it were only natural, barging into his youth with both force and tenderness. That summer of ceaseless cicada calls and autumn of falling leaves, Lu Qian made a decision that defied all reason: Even if the road ahead was uncertain, even if they were desti 147Reads—Score1114d adds
- 132 So What If I'm a Monster? 我就是妖怪怎么了 The Celestial Court has fallen, and the Underworld is on the verge of exploding. [Classic of Mountains and Seas] + [Ghost Hunting and Exorcism] + [Gods and Buddhas Plotting in Secret] + [A Little Demon’s Rise] An old monster raised a little monster. Amid the churning waves of the Heavenly Dao’s great river, it rashly poked its head out… 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Consort Rises to Power! Her Majesty Only Wants to Rule the Realm 宠妃上位！娘娘她只想母仪天下 Neither lead is sexually inexperienced. No rebirth. No golden finger. The heroine is kind but not weak, and everyone has their own path. The moment she enters the palace, she realizes she has become a substitute for the white moonlight. The emperor's favor and the deep affection he shows her are all for that face of hers, so similar to another's. After the white moonlight enters the palace, everyone wonders how much longer she can remain in favor. The palace concubines: Wait, why are you still m 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Together Forever in The Longest Promise 玉骨遥同生不离 In our youth, dressed in finery and riding spirited steeds, we roamed the clouds with swords in hand, seeking the Dao. Shen Yao, a visitor from beyond the heavens, enters the mortal world, meets Shi Ying, lives through its trials, and comes to understand the Dao in her heart. They walk side by side and return together! Hand in hand, they will grow old together! 124Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 135 Reborn: I Crushed the Female Lead’s Heavenly Fate 重生后，我碾碎了女主的天道 [Past Life] She was the treasured pearl of the Pei family, beautiful as an immortal and a model of a distinguished clan, yet she became the most ridiculous joke in a popular tale, all because the Heavenly Dao favored Jiang Shuyue, making her nothing but a stepping stone. Her marriage was stolen, her family was ruined, and in the end, even her bones turned to ash in the great fire. Jiang Shuyue climbed to the top over her remains, basking in the favor of fate. Even Heaven sent down sweet rain for 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 A Lone Boat in Qidi 齐地孤舟 A transmigrator who refuses to use cheats: no System and no golden finger. While other transmigrators are busy making gunpowder, reciting Tang poetry, and becoming powerful ministers, Tian Yan is cleaning up filth on the walls of Jimo, organizing archives at the Jixia Academy, acting as a “traitorous minister” at court by arguing against everyone and everything, resigning from office of his own accord, and heading to Qi’s poorest county to serve as magistrate... He discovers that even if you kno 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Regent, His Heart Is in Turmoil 摄政王，他的心乱了 [Both sexually inexperienced + pure love + devoted to each other + strong male lead + strong female lead + sweet romance + reborn + scheming] A book’s title can’t compare to the story inside. The story itself is the real treasure. I’ve racked my brains and still can’t settle on a title. I’m exhausted, so I’m giving up on promoting it! After 200,000 words, this is the best title I could come up with! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Reborn as a General, I Tear the Green Tea Bitch to Pieces 重生归来，身为将军的我手撕绿茶 Reborn as a General, I Tear the Green Tea Girl to Shreds —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Demon Tribulation 劫妖 When I was born, I cried for three days and three nights straight, and my tears were blood. My grandmother said I was missing one of my three souls and wouldn’t live past seven. To save me, she got a little black dog from somewhere and tied it to the head of my bed. Every night, it watched me fall asleep. It stayed tied there for six whole years. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Six Creation Space 六创空间 Chen Tong inherits the legacy of the Ice-Sealing Great Emperor, and the world shatters. The Lord of the Six Creations remakes the world, and Chen Tong’s life begins anew. The icy tattoo on his back is reborn along with him. Just as Chen Tong becomes capable of surviving in the brutal world of demon beasts, a strange chill appears at night, invading his soul. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Last Frontline: Reset Edition 最后战线重置版 At 9:30 p.m. in the year 6001, the Anomaly suddenly appeared. Humanity reclaimed Earth from the Anomaly’s fog, and the years 5000 to 6000 became a golden age. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 What? You Want Me to Kill a God? 你说啥，你让我去弑神？ [Urban high martial arts]/ [Single heroine] Jiang Jingsheng, an ordinary eighteen-year-old college freshman, stumbles upon a mysterious event beyond all reason during an otherwise unremarkable weekend. That night, a mysterious man appears in his dream and reveals a shocking secret, one powerful enough to overturn everything he thought he knew. What hidden truths lie beneath the dazzling lights of Tokyo’s streets, within the undercurrents of political life around the world, and behind the solemn 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Empress of the World 凤冠天下 She, Shen Yinwan, comes from humble beginnings. Once she enters the palace, however, she leaves fragrance in her wake at every step and becomes the most favored woman in the harem. Everyone thinks she is gentle and obedient, merely a soft plaything in a man's hands. Little do they know that she plans her every move, manipulating the power of the entire palace amid the surging undercurrents. She wields gentleness as a blade and tenderness as an edge, cutting down every rival and rising to the ver —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Practicing My Aim in the Canyon by Day, Cultivating Immortality and Becoming a Gun Lord by Night 白天峡谷练枪，晚上修仙做枪尊 [Fantasy + comedy + one heroine] At midnight, Lin Yue is forcibly pulled into the cultivation world by an unreliable System. At eight in the morning, he returns to the real world right on schedule. While everyone else relies on talent and spiritual roots to cultivate, he discovers that playing video games by day makes his cultivation soar at night. Thanks to him, the once-declining path of spear cultivation is stirring up a storm once more. But as his strength grows, fragments of an ancient Sp 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Gathering Autumn Grace 拢秋懿 The most beloved eldest legitimate princess of Liang was betrothed from childhood to the eldest legitimate son of the Marquis Who Guards the Nation. With war against Yan on the brink, she saw him off to battle, and he promised he would return. She thought that once the war was over, she could marry the young man she loved and spend her life with him. But when news of defeat reached the imperial capital, she learned that he had vanished, his fate unknown. Liang had suffered heavy losses in the ca —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Angel of Iron Wings 铁翼天使 Teenager Qin Tianming was an utterly ordinary middle school student. He was bullied by his classmates and deceived by the person he liked, but he could just about get by like that, until an accident led him to discover a battle between [Divine Gift Bearers]. Then two strange men named Qi Pan and Lang Gou tricked and conned him into learning about the world of [Angels], and the doors of [Tianyu Academy] opened to him. As human civilization surged forward like a tide, the angels who had once been 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Phoenix’s Scheme: The Cold-Blooded Minister’s Beloved Spy 凤谋：冷血权臣的卧底宠妃 A princess is reborn, infiltrates the enemy camp, wins over a cold-blooded powerbroker, and turns the world upside down! [Tragic death in her previous life, reborn to rise from the ashes] Yang Xueji, a princess raised among commoners, is reunited with her family only to suffer a rebellion by the Yuwen clan. Reborn, she swears to defy fate and change her destiny! [Infiltrating enemy territory, every step a peril] She sneaks into the Yuwen residence as a cook, all to get close to the cold-blooded 21Reads—Score214d adds
- 148 A Political Marriage? I’m Your Ancestress! 和亲？哀家是你祖宗！ A new work is here! Welcome to read my story 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! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Summer of 2005 零五逢夏 A transmigration-themed story about entrepreneurship. At 50, after a life of mediocrity and years of being put down and emotionally manipulated, a woman transmigrates and finally discovers the ambition to reach for the sky. The coldness of the world is crushed and swept away. The human world isn’t a dead end, but a vast sea of mortal life. Golden finger: reborn, meets fellow reborn people, and later the male lead’s soul transmigrates into another body. The leads are not each other’s first. Both 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 EN One Slot Devours All Treasures: Martial Body Attains Sanctification 一栏吞万宝，武道肉身成圣 [Martial arts + cautious protagonist + equipment slots + no romance + genius protagonist + pseudo-ensemble cast] The buildup is a little slow at first, but the story takes off in the early-to-middle stages. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless. Liu Yunche was reincarnated as the only son of the Liu family in Qinghe County, Great Qian. At sixteen, he was poisoned and unexpectedly awakened memories from his past life, along with an equipment-slot System. Weapons, ancient texts, rare treasures: 1.8kReads5.5Score16114d adds
