Novels like Slaying Demons with Nothing but Throwing Knives
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- 1 Pear Blossoms in the Rain 带雨梨花 A woman of incomparable beauty, she faced every kind of hardship as she made her way through life. She went through three divorces over the course of her life. Each time, her happiness was brief, while pain, loneliness, silence, and anguish came crowding in. At times, she even thought of dying! It was only when another person came into her life that the flame in her heart was rekindled. In the end, all that remained for her was a life of hardship and tears. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Haters Made Me Transmigrate into a Book, and I Became a Star in Republican-Era China 黑粉拉我穿书，我在民国C位出道 Before I transmigrated into a book, I was a morbidly obese shut-in who did nothing but type. After I transmigrated into a book, I became the top female singer in the capital. With a top-tier support and a whale of a patron, I make my big debut in the Republican era! Only later do I learn the truth: the story of my life before I transmigrated into a book was even more exciting. The lead characters’ strange adventures, and the push and pull between the villains. A chuunibyou, hilarious, touching, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Returning to the Matriarchy, Surviving in a Golden Age 言归母系，盛世求存 Sun Mengyan, an inconspicuous office worker in the modern world, works overtime until her soul transmigrates. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself in a world on an entirely different level. It’s a prosperous age that doesn’t appear in any history books, in a remarkable dynasty where women rule and society is entirely matriarchal! Women hold power, inherit property, and have the final say, while men are responsible for looking handsome and taking care of the household. Even more absur 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Convenience Store Night Shift: I Became a High-Risk Awakened One 便利店夜班，我成了高危觉醒者 (One female lead + supernatural abilities + a funny protagonist; a bit of a slow burn) Sixty years ago, someone fired a shot into the ground. No one knows what that shot opened. All they know is that after it, cracks began spreading deep beneath the crust, and Abyssal Beasts poured out, turning the entire continent into a hunting ground. The survivors built towering walls and constructed the last city directly atop the ruins. Su Yang works the night shift at a convenience store in the South Di —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 A Slap to My Future Partner 一巴掌扇到未来的对象 I slapped my future partner. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Let Me Spend a Little More Time with Him! 我再陪陪他吧！ Let me stay with him a little longer! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 When the False Is True and the True Is False: A Counterattack! 假亦真时真亦假——反杀！ When the false seems true and the true seems false, strike back! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The CEO's Little Quail Egg Has Arrived! 总裁大人的鹌鹑蛋来啦！ The CEO's little quail eggs are here! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Ne Zha: Transmigrating to Chentang Pass, Starting as a Minor Character 哪吒：穿越陈塘关，从小配角开始 Ever since Nezha descended into the world, Chentang Pass has known no peace. That day, thunderbolts blotted out the sky over Chentang Pass, destroying the bodies of Nezha and Ao Bing and leaving a shocking crater in the earth. Countless homes were reduced to rubble. Even immortals suffer casualties when they fight, let alone mortals, who are no more than ants… Then, one day, the Boundless Immortal Elder appeared above Chentang Pass and signed an agreement with the three Dragon Kings. Countless s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 When the Ruins End, All Returns to One 墟尽归一 The Eighteen Realms: No Answers for the Living [Eastern fantasy + ensemble cast + wars across the realms + no System + foreshadowing of reincarnation] The First Realm had been gone for far too long. So long that all the people of the Seventeen Realms had come to regard the Second Realm as the edge of the world. Then a tentacle from beyond the realms crossed the sea of stars and landed in Yunmeng Water Town, which Gu Changchuan was charged with guarding. He severed the tentacle, summoned his disc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Meeting You Is Already a Miracle 我能遇见你已经是很不可思议了 This is a story of youthful innocence. Youth should leave no regrets, but time moves forward without caring whether the colors of the story are fading. Gu Xia is in love but cannot find the words to say it. Li Xinran finds true love but still has doubts. In the end, their memories are marked by regret. Sometimes you really don’t know how to express your love so the person you care for will understand how lucky she is, when meeting you is the greatest luck of all. If fate made you choose, would y —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Is My Mixed-Race Agent Secretly in Love with Me? 混血经纪人竟然暗恋我？ Xiao Lin curled up in the shadows of life, like a weed forgotten by the world. His parents’ abandonment had long ago taught him how cold the world could be. He was used to going it alone, used to breathing quietly on the fringes of a crowd, as if he were no more than an invisible passerby in this noisy world. He avoided socializing and relationships, wanting only to spend his surplus, pointless life quietly in some corner where nobody would notice him. But one ordinary day, on an ordinary street —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 From Debt to Success: My Training Center Became a Trending Topic 负债逆袭我的培训机构成热搜 At thirty, Shen Zhixia is two million yuan in debt, and her tutoring center is on the verge of going under. She sleeps on the office floor, and both her house and car have been seized. She once gave up her future for love. Now reality has backed her into a corner. Parents bang on tables, the landlord demands rent, and her employees are losing faith. She can barely keep going. During a livestream, she angrily calls out an anxious parent and accidentally exposes their deception. Then the “Emotio —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Dragon Mound Pavilion 龙圩阁 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Supreme Star Emperor 无上星帝 The gods and demons have been wiped out, and great fiends roam the land. Humanity is dwindling, and underworld demons are invading. The lower realm has nine domains; the upper realm has eight wildernesses. The road among the stars is endless, and the four realms stretch without limit. The good die, while the wicked live. What does it matter if one is a god? Or a demon? The stars of the heavens are mine to command, And gods and demons alike can be destroyed with a single thought. I desire life, a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Abusive Scumbag Husband and His Gold-Digging Mistress 暴虐渣男老公和拜金小三 My Abusive Scumbag Husband and His Gold-Digging Mistress —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Reborn: I'm the School Bully! 重生之我来当校霸！ Reborn: I'm Going to Be the School Bully! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 A World of Beacon Fires 烽火世界 A fifty-year-old public security bureau chief, frustrated in his political career, unexpectedly transmigrates to another world. Everyone there cultivates Beaconfire, but he conquers the world through political machinations. Beaconfire ranks: Lin Beacon, Ji Beacon, Kan Beacon, Yu Beacon, Guan Beacon, Meng Beacon, Jie Beacon, Zhen Beacon, Ding Beacon, Xuan Peak —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 I'm a Good-for-Nothing, but I Have Cheats 虽然是个废柴，但是我是开挂的 Corporate drone Lin Ye transmigrates to the Nine Profound Realm. His dream isn't to become an immortal or a god, but to build the cultivation world's version of SF Express, monopolize logistics, and live a comfortable life as a rich second-generation heir. Unfortunately, his aptitude is so poor that after ten years of cultivation, he's still a beginner-level nobody. Worse still, his father takes on a mysterious delivery job, getting the whole family hunted down and shattering his dream of a logi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Wealth Has Arrived 财来 In a bustling, prosperous city, the surface is calm, but beneath it, undercurrents churn. One night, strange beams of light suddenly slash across the sky. A fierce battle has broken out in the Heavenly Realm. The gods are no match for their powerful enemy, and as they face defeat, they expend the last of their divine power, turning into shooting stars that rain down upon the mortal world. Each shooting star carries the will of a god. When they merge with the city, they transform into all kinds o 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Otherworldly Human Pet 异世界人宠 This story is entirely fictional. A cultivation fantasy world + soul transmigration + pets. The male lead's soul accidentally crosses into another world, where he becomes a little wolf demon and someone else's pet. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 An Empire Begins from Humble Roots 帝业起于微末 In the final years of the Dayong Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made calamities leave the land strewn with the starving dead. On the northern frontier, Tatar cavalry raze a village. The young Liu Zheng loses everything amid flames and blood, and is forced to flee. Ahead lies an endless wilderness stretching south. Behind him, smoke from the fires devours his homeland. The chaos of war is a furnace, and human lives are no more than weeds. Along the road to survival, he meets his brave but si 95Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 23 After Our Reunion, Director Liang Turns on the Charm and Makes His Move 重逢后，梁局又撩又抢 [Reunion after years apart + mutual secret crushes + married first, fall in love later + adorable twins] One panicked escape severed the bond between Yu Yin and Liang Yi at the police academy six years ago. Now they’ve met again. She’s a junior police officer with adorable twins, and he’s Deputy Director Liang, newly assigned to Feng County. “Back then, you were the one who rejected me. Why are you running away now? You didn’t choose me, so shouldn’t I be the one feeling awkward?” “You know I wa 487Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 24 From the Start, I Scrape by in a Dungeon, and Anything Can Be a Pal 开局地牢苟活，万物皆可当帕鲁 [Transmigration + System + Beast Taming + Cultivation + Multiple Races + Palworld] After transmigrating, Chen Mo wakes up naked in a dungeon strewn with corpses. His contamination level is off the charts, and a ring of undead is waiting to chew him up. The one bright spot: he has bound himself to the Palworld System, which lets him catch anything. Undead? Caught. Giant rats? Caught. Elite skeletons? Caught. The mutated monsters everyone in the dungeon hates become his workers: mining, hauling br —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 I Reincarnated as a Domineering CEO 穿成了霸总 Cheng Nian had just gotten into a heated online argument over The CEO Falls in Love with Me when she transmigrated into the book as a supporting female character. The moment she opened her eyes, the halo above the male lead's head nearly blinded her. At first, all she wanted was to avoid the fate written for her, but she soon discovered that the male and female leads kept appearing in front of her in all sorts of uncontrollable ways. As she changes the plot step by step, will the supporting fema 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Ding Slave, Magical Girl, and Transmigrator 鼎奴，魔法少女与穿越者 The protagonist is indecisive about killing, but the people who deserve to die always end up dead through some inexplicable coincidence. The heroine goes from being a cultivation furnace to dual cultivation, all the way to becoming the top celestial empress. If the protagonist can't bring himself to kill someone, the author will have another character do it 🙊 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Silver Mist Sea at Sunset 夕阳下的银雾海 At first glance, our paths of fate seem to run separately. Yet fate is most inscrutable where countless strands of affection have long since woven themselves into a cocoon. If we could pierce the veil of self-deception and glimpse the prophecy etched into the depths of our hearts, those ancient strokes that foretell our entanglement, perhaps we could steer clear of that fateful shoal and avoid this chapter that begins in bewilderment. Main characters: Ye Yu, male, 177 cm; Xie Xuran, male, 185 cm 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 28 War Fires Across the Nine Domains: A Game of Power 九域烽烟：权弈天下 On the night the dynasty fell, Xiao Ce, heir to the Northern Frontier, crawled from a mountain of corpses with a blood feud against those who slaughtered his family and a mysterious bone pendant in his possession. He had no idea that he had become the most crucial living piece in the game being played across the realm. The Empress Dowager rules from behind the curtain, great clans carve up the land, barbarian tribes threaten the passes, and the martial world seethes with hidden currents. In the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Old Farmer of Zhuolu: Three Ancestral Divine Bloodlines Awaken in My Fields 涿鹿老农：我家地里觉醒三祖神脉 [Three Ancestral Divine Bloodlines + Immortal Cultivation Through Farming + Livestreaming + Rural Revitalization + Gods at Work + Donating Everything to the State + Silver-Haired Immortal Cultivators] Gods show up every day, and the live chat explodes every day. Sun Wukong steals corn | Zhu Bajie mukbangs | Buddha stirs up trouble making rice cakes | Zhang Guolao delivers manure | Nuwa kneads oat dough The main idea: Get the fields in order, and you’ll make it. Read one chapter, laugh for three. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Gang Boss's Little Consort 黑帮大哥的小男妃 A devastating fire more than a decade ago left Tianlin’s family destroyed and forced him into a life of hardship and displacement. But he was a resilient weed, and when he returned, he had become someone no one dared to offend lightly. Step by step, he would personally send his enemies plunging into the abyss of hell. Along the way, he unexpectedly met Yang Guang, a college student unloved by both his father and mother. Through their repeated encounters, Tianlin became Yang Guang’s salvation, wh 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Fading Lilies: Alia Novaris 凋零百合之艾莉娅诺瓦里斯篇 In the turbulent land of Moss, the gods rule over everything. The noble Princess Alia Novaris of the Novaris Empire is slowly coming to understand the cruelty and complexity of the world. She must face unprecedented challenges, fight against fate, and stand against the world. “Well, if it isn’t our empire’s foolish princess! They must have locked you in the castle until you went mad. The empire’s peaceful days are over!” Divine punishment descends, and the empire falls into decline. On this land —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Human Emperor's Inheritance: The Golden Seal and Jade Letter 人皇传承之金篆玉函 What is the point of one person reaching the very top? With the women I love and my brothers by my side, I don’t want to reach the peak alone... I want to travel across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands with the women I love, gazing down on the splendor of countless worlds... I want to return to those turbulent years with my brothers, honor their loyalty, and see it through to the end... Since I have been given a chance to start over, why should I be lonely and forlorn...? 7Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 33 The Origin of the Dao 道法启源 [Awakening] [Eerie] [Resurgence] On the day the void shattered, the Awakened and the Eerie on Blue Star discovered that they... had a common enemy! So what now? Make peace?! Before the great extinction, the Lord of the Eerie and Huaguo forged a pact of [Human-Eerie Symbiosis]. The one with three heads and six arms isn't Nezha, but a power-type Awakened who shares a body with the Evil Child! And the one who soars through the skies and burrows underground isn't an immortal, but a wind-type Awaken —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Sword Spirit: Nine Heavens 剑灵九天 Sword Reaches the Nine Heavens: “Sword” makes the protagonist’s profession clear, while “Nine Heavens” conveys the lofty scale of his ambitions. The title evokes a hero who cuts through every obstacle and rises to the summit of the immortal realm. A series of cultivation adventures unfolds around the protagonist, Jing Xiao, and Zhi Fu? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Drained from the Start, I Lay Low in the Demon Sect and Become a Heavenly Venerable 开局被吸干，苟在魔宗成天尊 [A Strange Cultivation World + No System + No Female Lead + Cautious Early Game + Primordial World Setting] Wu Kun dies suddenly after staying up all night and transmigrates to a strange cultivation continent. With spiritual energy scarce, righteous and wicked cultivators alike practice unorthodox methods. To break through their bottlenecks, they slaughter millions of living beings without hesitation. To cultivators, mortals are nothing but resources. From the start, Wu Kun is drained dry by a d —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Twins Bring Warmth: Defying Fate, Peace Year After Year 双生予暖：逆命而行，岁岁安澜 Twins Bring Warmth: Defying Fate, Finding Peace Year After Year 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Scripture of the Spirit Abyss 灵渊经 The Sutra of the Spirit Abyss —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Scripture of the Spirit Abyss: Extra Chapter, Li Yi, the Lantern Keeper 灵渊经番外：李逸·守灯人 The Sutra of the Spirit Abyss: Side Story: Li Yi, the Lamp Keeper —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 After Seven Lives, I Became a Flaw in the Heavenly Dao 轮回七世，我成了天道漏洞 Lin Yuan believed he was a cultivator who had reincarnated seven times, a lucky man blessed with a System. As he investigated the causes of his deaths in his first six lives, his strength grew at an astonishing pace. While others were still fighting to the death over tokens to enter secret realms, he had already used his System to bypass the restrictions and plundered the treasures guarded by the Dragon Clan for ten thousand years, then drained the spiritual veins nurtured deep within the earth. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Entire Immortal Realm Hates Me to the Bone, Except the Demon Lord, Who’s a Hopeless Romantic 全仙界都恨我入骨，唯独魔尊他恋爱脑 The Entire Immortal Realm Hates Me to the Bone, but the Demon Lord Is the Only One Who’s Love-Struck —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Phoenix Palace, Wuyuan (Season One) 凤阙梧渊（第一季） Phoenix Tower, Wutong Abyss (Season One) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Reborn in 1985: The Stars Shine Bright Over the Loess Hills 重生1985：黄土坡上的星辰大 After failing in middle age, Lin Weidong was reborn at the end of his life, back in 1985, at the very moment he was born beside a rural latrine in China. Armed with the memories of two lifetimes, he vowed to change the tragedy of his previous life, when his family was destroyed and his loved ones died. Starting from the impoverished yellow-earth hills, he led his family in building their initial wealth, rode the waves of the stock market, invested in real estate, and created a vast business emp —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Contract Expired? The Immortals and Demons Won't Leave Me Alone 契约到期？仙魔双双赖上我 Zhao Yulong thought he was just an ordinary Taoist priest his younger sister had shoved into the 749 Bureau for a second career. His biggest worry was making next month's mortgage payment. Then, beneath the Dragon Palace in the East Sea, inside the tomb of an ancient Qi cultivator, the chaotic-colored “origin essence” within him awakened for the first time, revealing a power that transcended the rules. The saintess of the Immortal Dao, Yun Zhi, believes he is the one destined to face the calamit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Timid Cook Defies Fate and Stirs Up the Palace 怂厨也疯狂逆天改命搅动宫廷风云 A timid cook defies fate and stirs up a storm in the imperial court. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 A Spring-Breeze Boy Ventures into the Martial World 春风少年闯江湖 A Young Man's Springtime Adventures in the Martial World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Canglan Sword Rises 沧澜剑起 The Canglan Sword Rises tells the story of Lin Xiao, a pampered young wastrel who’s glib and afraid of death. After the beastfolk invade and his country is destroyed, he transforms from a comic layabout into a protector. The early chapters feature humorous everyday life in the capital; the middle chapters temper his resolve in the fires of war; and the later chapters begin his journey into swordsmanship. Across four volumes and a million words, the story follows an ordinary man’s awakening in a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Heavenly Dao Customer Service: Returns Accepted Online 天道客服，在线退货 Other people cultivate immortality through talent. She does it through KPIs. Shen Qingqiu just wants to lie flat and retire, but she unexpectedly gets bound to the Heavenly Dao Group as a BUG-fixing specialist working 996 hours. Her job is to retrieve the “fortune packages” that were delivered to the wrong people. Take Lin Yaoyao, the ultimate white lotus, for example. Her century of cultivation, ancient sword manuals, and divine beast contract... Every last one is a misdelivered package! When —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Records of the Xinhai Loyalists 辛亥遗民录 Shen Qian, a young man from the modern era, accidentally transmigrates to a village in Jiangnan in the autumn of 1911, taking over the body of a tenant farmer's son who shares his name. The storm of the Xinhai Revolution is sweeping across the country, shattering the peace of his farming life. A succession of villainous figures appear: the greedy local gentryman, Master Zhao; Chen San, an opportunistic junior revolutionary; and Wang Mazi, a bandit leader who preys on the chaos. They threaten the 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Chronicles of a Young Hero 少年英雄志 Ling Zizhi, son of Ling Zhan, a founding hero of the Great Xia, is a noble heir renowned as the greatest genius in the land. After his attempt to arrange a marriage with Cui Mingli, a scion of a great aristocratic clan, fails in the imperial capital of Chang'an, he flees into the martial world. Renaming himself Ling Xiaoyao, he meets the daughter of an old and esteemed Lingnan family, the Song clan. As they spend time together, affection grows between them. In the end, Ling Xiaoyao gives up his 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Cultivation Is Too Dangerous, So I Choose to Create a World Within Myself 修仙太危险，我选择体内创世 Lin Mu, a menial disciple of the Qingyun Sect with a false Five-Element spiritual root, has little hope of advancing on the path of cultivation. Steady as a rock and a master of keeping his head down, he is driven to the brink by a setup. At death's door, he unexpectedly sacrifices his blood to a broken stele, activating the Primordial Realm within him and becoming the guardian of the flame of Huaxia civilization. This is no ordinary pocket dimension, but a nascent world awaiting revival. A spr 1Reads—Score—14d adds
