Novels like Slaying Demons with Nothing but Throwing Knives
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- 51 Sichen 嗣尘 Lin Yan, an illegitimate son from a collateral branch dismissed as dust by his family, lives with his mother in the coldest corner of the main family's mansion. She dies of illness, bitter to the end, leaving him only a warning that “the main family is a den of wolves” and a secret ledger detailing the matriarch's embezzlement and his legitimate elder brother's seizure of the family estate. Living under the legitimate heirs' disdain and the servants' contempt, Lin Yan finally wakes up. He gives 15Reads—Score114d adds
- 52 I'm a Rideshare Driver and a Ferryman of Souls 我是网约车司机之灵魂摆渡人 A white rideshare car weaves through the neon-lit city. Its driver, Du Heng, is a traveler from three thousand years in the future. His car is a mobile sanctuary, and his mission is to help people find their way. He doesn’t pick up passengers so much as guide souls trapped by romantic entanglements. With a touch of his finger to an ancient wooden button inside the car, he can trigger a soul swap, letting each passenger live as someone else for forty-eight hours. Only by experiencing another pers 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Ancient Tomb in a Desolate Village: The Yin Coffin Shows the Way 荒村古陵：阴棺引路 Ancient Tomb in a Desolate Village: The Yin Coffin’s Call Chen Jiu, a young man born in the 1990s, has Yin-Yang Eyes and can see evil spirits. A frantic call from home tells him that his grandfather has died under mysterious circumstances. He rushes back to a desolate village deep in the mountains of western Hunan, unaware that he has already walked into a deadly trap. For three generations, the Chen family has suffered strange deaths in the middle of the night. The entire village is silent with —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Goodbye, Mr. Lu 再见陆先生 Everyone knew Lu Shenxing and Jiang Qi's marriage was nothing but a scheme. Jiang Qi herself believed the same. Everyone said Mr. Lu was so determined to play the part of a good husband that he came to pick up his wife in the rain, day after day. Until one day, Jiang Qi couldn't take it anymore. “Mr. Lu, you really don't have to do this. I don't care what other people think.” Lu Shenxing sneered. “Even you think I'm only putting on an act?” “Isn't that what you're doing?” Then Lu Shenxing looked 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Borrow a Dream to Hold You 借场幻梦拥抱你 [Redemption + Happy Ending] Chunfeng, a young teacher sent to teach in the countryside, meets A Cao, a troubled girl. She is lost, then finds redemption, but when she wakes from her dream, all the beauty shatters. Only then does she realize that she is the “A Cao” waiting to be saved. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Springtime Longing Revealed 春心昭 [Sweet romance + both leads are each other’s first and only + marriage before love + no angst for the female lead] After coming of age, Sheng Wanning’s wish was to find a satisfactory prince consort and keep a few handsome companions... spending her days sightseeing and enjoying life. What could be better? Wake up. That dream is shattered. Heaven showed no mercy. She was sent away in a political marriage, and through a twist of fate, she became the wife of Li Yanzhi, the battle-hardened god of w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Lone Path to Supremacy 独道成尊 [Decisive and ruthless + no female lead + fiery revenge] Those who follow me will prosper; those who oppose me will perish. “It's all because of you that they died!” “I saved you, and now you blame me? Fine, then...” As soon as the words left his mouth, Gu Qingyao's head hit the ground. She didn't utter a sound. Ding Yu, the supreme human, was framed and killed. By a twist of fate, he was reborn with the Yin-Yang Scripture, the cultivation technique he had learned in his previous life. “Since 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Cultivation: I Mistook My Future Husband for My Dad 修仙之我把未来夫君误认成爹 A xianxia tale of misunderstandings, revenge, and true love. When the ancient God of War Yun Li descended to the mortal realm to undergo a trial, he fell in love with a mortal woman, Su Li. But the war between gods and demons forced him to return to the heavens ahead of time, where he died in battle. Their daughter, Su Ling, grew up under her mother’s loving care. After learning the truth about her birth, she resolved to cultivate immortality, find her father, and demand answers. Gifted with ext 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 59 We Live in Montreal 我们生活在蒙城 We Live in Montreal —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Orange and White 橙与白 Orange and White —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 After Leaving with Nothing, I Was Proposed to by a Trillionaire CEO 净身出户后，我被千亿总裁求婚了 [Overbearing CEO + adorable child + secret identity + sweet romance + first-person narration] Less than three years into their marriage, Xiao Zhen, the lucky Cinderella envied by the entire internet, was thrown out of the Wang family with nothing. Everyone was waiting to see her make a fool of herself. But after reporters camped outside her home for three days and nights, all they captured was Song Yuancheng, rumored to have a fear of women and owner of half the city, gripping Xiao Zhen by her s 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 62 Mr. Gu, Someone Has Switched Your Fiancée 顾总，你的未婚妻被人换了 I died in a car accident. So what? This screwed-up life wasn’t worth holding on to anyway. Only after I died did I learn I was actually a rich heiress. Someone had stolen my perfect life from me, and even my domineering CEO fiancé had been taken away. Worse, that fake heiress had even caused my car accident. How could I let that go? Given another chance at life, I’ll take back everything that belongs to me. Wait, why does this fiancé look so familiar? This is getting awkward! 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 A One-Second Embrace 一秒钟的拥抱 [A quirky, sunshine-bright girl × a spirited, aloof boy] [The leads start interacting in Chapter 5!!!!!!] After the class assignments, Ji Yue Bai heard there was a handsome guy in her class. She thought she’d spend the next two years happily studying while sneaking glances at him every day, until one day their homeroom teacher posted a new seating chart! On the chart, beside Ji Yue Bai’s name, was the handsome guy’s: Qiu Guming. The purple butterfly turned down the warm orange sunlight and accep 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Twin Silver Mirrors: Two Very Different Teachers Save Each Other 银镜双生，两个反差女教师的双向救赎。 Twin souls reflected in a silver mirror: two teachers with contrasting personalities save each other. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Echoing Empty Courtyard: Between What Exists and What Does Not, You Must Choose 空响间庭，在那不存在与存在间，你要做出选择。 In the hollow, echoing courtyard, between existence and nonexistence, you must make a choice. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Lost in Misguided Love (I) 错爱迷途之（一） Lost in Misguided Love, Part One —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Northeastern Strange Tales: The Fox Immortal Helps Me Solve a Rural Mystery 东北奇谭：黄大仙助我破局乡村谜案 Northeastern Strange Tales: How the Yellow Immortal Helped Me Solve a Rural Mystery —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Endless Hardship of Karma 因果无尽难 Absolutely original!!! Fresh and inventive, tightly paced, and crisply written. A cultivation system that breaks the mold: Dust, Sprout, Life, Earth, Sea, Sky, True Star, Black Hole, Origin Realm, Boundless, Saint, Mortal Step, No Return, Transformation, Misty Immortal, Venerable Radiance, Emperor Ascendant, and Return to Truth. One-of-a-kind creations and weapons: Godslayer: Three Thousand Tears, Demon-Winged Heavenly Emperor Lizard, Creation Continent, True-Slaying Spear, The Way of Wuji, and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 On Awakening Day, I Became an Out-of-Sequence Being 觉醒日，我成了序列之外 In his previous life, the brother he trusted most pushed him into a horde of beasts, leaving not a trace of his remains. On the day of his awakening in his reborn life, everyone was waiting to laugh at him. Then the Awakening Stone exploded, and Forbidden Sequence Number 000 appeared “That is the source of all sequences, above every single S-rank!” In this life, he would protect his mother, destroy the Book Pavilion, and kill his way across the Northern Frontier! The Book Pavilion’s leader —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Solving Cases by Listening to Echoes: I Slacked Off and Became a Paranormal Big Shot 听残响破案，摆烂后我成灵异大佬 Strange incidents plague Jiangcheng, and the Hidden Cases Bureau specializes in investigating paranormal cold cases. Pei Zhao is the only psychic-restoration specialist. He can hear the lingering thoughts of the dead in objects, but sees his ability as a curse. Yan Xiaoxian is a laid-back novelist who writes ghost stories to scrape together a living and believes in doing as little as possible. Forced to work together on a student disappearance case, she lies flat while he takes everything seriou 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Reborn: The Thousand Doors' True Heir Returns to the Jianghu 重生之千门正将再战江湖 This story follows a master swindler who is reborn in the parallel world of Hankou in 1926. Amid that turbulent era, he navigates the chaos, turning the tides with a flick of his hand! Perhaps in another world, such a band of heroes really did exist! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 I Have Loved You for More Than Three Thousand Years, So Come Into My Trap, Fox 爱你何止三千年，请狐入瓮来 “Little fox, there’s no need to be so hostile.” “I’m not the one who hurt you.” “Besides, you’re just my pet.” At their first meeting, Shao Ying lifted Wen Jiu’s chin with interest and carefully examined the handsome young beastman she had bought. Unlike the other beastman slaves who fought tooth and nail, Wen Jiu only stared silently at the woman before him. But soon, he accepted the reality of his situation. It didn’t take long for the little fox to be tamed. He gazed at Shao Ying with all th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Ancestor, Shall We Practice Dual Cultivation? 祖宗，双修吗 Demon Lord Tu Nian vows to attack Youxian Mountain unless they hand over their unwanted, ill-omened junior sister, Ti Ying. The people of Youxian Mountain decide there’s no way they’d pass up such a bargain, so poor little Ti Ying is bundled up and thrown out of the immortal sect in the middle of the night. After she’s taken in, Ti Ying cries, kneels, and begs the Demon Lord to spare her, doing everything she can to act pathetic and plead for mercy. Unexpectedly, he says, “I want to cultivate wi 3Reads—Score214d adds
- 74 The Strange Casebook of Cangling 沧陵诡案录 Cangling City. A bizarre incident has occurred at a fertilizer plant. Two bloody holes mark the victim’s neck, all the blood has been drained from his body, and he has shriveled up, his limbs as stiff as iron. The crime scene is spotless, with no clues or traces left behind. What could explain this strange death? Twenty-four-year-old Lin Yan is the last heir to a family of exorcists. Armed with his police academy diploma, he joins the city’s criminal investigation unit. He wants to fulfill his g —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Land Beyond Lifespan 无寿域 The more powerful your cultivation, the shorter your life. An immortal prison, where all living beings are treated like pawns. Young Lu Chen inherits a peerless legacy and sets out on a path to defy fate and break the deadlock, accompanied by his Jiugong companions. He battles rogue cultivators, slays demonic overlords, and exposes the Eternal Council’s fraud of immortality. With a mortal’s body, he challenges the laws of heaven and earth; with the bonds of friendship, he breaks the deadly stale —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 What If the Virus in The Boys Were a Zombie Virus? 假如黑袍里的病毒是丧尸病毒 Billy Butcher is dying. His brain tumor has left him only a few months. Before he dies, he decides to do one right thing: release a virus that can kill all superhumans. One injection, and the world will be clean. But the virus is contaminated in transit. It doesn't kill the superhumans. It turns them into something else: neither dead nor alive, but some in-between state that should never exist in this world. The infection spreads like wildfire, burning from the morgue to the streets, from the Se 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Tenfold Cashback, and I'm Freaking Out 十倍返现，我慌了 [Slow-paced]+ [Multiple heroines]+ [Everyday life]+ [Realistic] Spend money on beautiful women and get ten times the amount back? This is amazing. Doesn’t that mean I’ll be invincible before long? Lin Ziqing began daydreaming. Don’t be naive. The world is nowhere near as simple as you think. Keeping a low profile and quietly building your strength is the way to go. See how nobody Lin Ziqing turns his life around. 7Reads6.4Score914d adds
- 78 Bear Bro's Paranormal Investigation Agency 2 熊哥诡异调查所2 Bear Bro's Paranormal Investigation Office 2 is the sequel to Bear Bro's Paranormal Investigation Office. It continues the immersive first-person narration, combining real-world crimes with folk tales of the uncanny, and focuses on psychological horror grounded in realism. The Paranormal Investigation Office never runs out of cases. A missing-girl case sets the story in motion. Someone steals a dead person's account and uses it to pose as them online, carefully luring unsuspecting users into a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Master Surgeon: The Marquis’s Stand-In Wife Is Done Playing Along 外科圣手：侯爷的替身夫人不干了 A scalpel can save lives, and it can also cut open this cruel world that devours people. Su Qingyuan, a top surgeon, died in the instant an operating table short-circuited. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the substitute bride of the Anping Marquis's household, slashing her wrists on her wedding night. The red candles flickered. The man named Chu Lingfeng gripped her chin, his voice icy. “Remember, you're only Wan'er's shadow.” The original owner had been forced into marriage, humi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 I Earn 30,000 a Month to Support the Family, but My Mother-in-Law Throws a Fit and Demands I Quit? I Lay It All on the Table and Strike Back 月薪三万养全家，被婆婆摔碗逼辞职？我直接摊牌反杀 I Earn 30,000 a Month to Support the Whole Family, and My Mother-in-Law Smashes a Bowl to Force Me to Quit? I Lay My Cards on the Table and Strike Back —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Urban: My Medical Skills Come from the Cultivation World 都市：我的医术来自修仙界 When the Alchemy Venerable of the Cultivation World Says No to You, Even the King of Hell Dares Not Claim Your Soul! Chu Luo, an Alchemy Venerable from the immortal realm who died after being betrayed, wakes to find himself in a modern city, a good-for-nothing medical student mocked by everyone and humiliated by his ex-girlfriend. Modern medicine is helpless against terminal illness? One Body Tempering Pill makes cancer cells vanish without a trace. Ordinary medical skills can't save you from 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Nine Heavens Chaos Daoist Chronicles 九霄混沌问道录 > Jiang Chen had spent ten years as a menial disciple of the Xuantian Sect, yet his cultivation remained stuck at the first level of Qi Refining. > It wasn't until the celestial phenomena changed across the Nine Heavens and an ancient ruin appeared that he realized he was the embodiment of the laws of the Heavenly Dao. > The nine great sects fought bitterly over the inheritance within the ruins, unaware that an even greater crisis was about to descend. > When the first bolt of Purple Heaven Divi 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 My Takeout Deliveries Connect to the Underworld 我的外卖连着阴间 [Underworld Delivery Rider: A Female Ghost Gives Him a Bad Review from the Start] On a rainy night, delivery rider Chen Mo takes a navigation-broken alley to save five minutes. From then on, an unremovable “Underworld Orders” System appears in his app. Delivering blood porridge to a cemetery, feeding lollipops to children at an abandoned school, sharing a ride in a paper car... Bad reviews cost him his life; good reviews extend it. All he wants is to lie flat, but he is forced to race around mak —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Heart of Total Eclipse 全蚀之心 [No brainless protagonist], [not invincible]. The early chapters are a little slow-paced and slice-of-life, but the story expands into an epic narrative in the middle and later stages. I hope to give readers an experience unlike any other. "I'm sorry, Chen Qingsi. But you have to do this. Otherwise, we'll all die. If you have anyone to blame, blame yourself for being born into such an unfortunate family." The day before, I was an unremarkable high school boy in a highly advanced human civilizati 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Xuanhuan: It All Began When I Obtained a God-Tier Cultivation Art 玄幻：从获得神级功法开始 The martial path is often accompanied by bloodshed. It is destined to be a road where the strong prey on the weak: the victor becomes king, and the defeated are branded outlaws. Nine Abysses, Red Peony, fire in a daze, waves losing their color, snow that shocks the world, the moon lost in the night, twin spirits confronting each other, the great formation at its heart, the Great Dao in its name, a spear that reaches the heavens, standing firm between earth and sky! Demonic armies wreak havoc acr 221Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Reckless Seduction 肆意诱引 [Top-tier wealthy family + coercive pursuit + obsessive, unhinged lead + intense push and pull + devoted couple, happy ending] (Defiant, bold wild rose Shi Yi vs. ruthless, calculating devil Gong Shengchi) To repay the debt she owed him for saving her life when she was sixteen, Shi Yi secretly stayed by Jiang Yiheng’s side for seven years. During that time, her feelings for him slowly changed. In the year she loved him most, Jiang Yiheng married into the Shi family for power. Just as she thought 143Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 87 He Is His Keepsake 他是他的遗物 A tragic HE/BE novel with two endings, so you can choose for yourselves, darlings. Jiang Chensheng died. His master, who had raised and loved him, was gone. He had meant to sacrifice himself to bring his master back to life, but instead he somehow ended up two hundred years in the past, when his master was seventeen. Only at the very end did they discover that it had all been a perfect closed loop. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Half a Lifetime Gone, and I Still Haven't Lived the Life I Wanted 半生过去没有过上自己想要的生活 In the blink of an eye, half my life has passed. I (Lin Guilan) stand before a familiar beauty bed, the warmth of essential oil still on my fingertips. But when I look back on the road I've traveled, I realize I've long since strayed from the path I dreamed of as a young woman and become someone even I no longer recognize. I'm a post-80s woman who came out of the mountains, armed with only a junior high school education and an unyielding spirit. I plunged headfirst into Hangzhou's neon-lit stre 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Divorced with Two Kids, I Picked Up a Prince for a Husband 离婚带俩娃，捡个王爷当夫君 At 35, renowned traditional Chinese medicine expert Liu Nian finally escaped a decade-long abusive marriage. Did she really get drunk and die suddenly while celebrating that very night? She transmigrates into the body of an ancient-era orphan, an 18-year-old carrying twins, a boy and a girl. The moment she opens her eyes, she has to deliver her own babies? Luckily, the mysterious wealthy merchant Li Qi happens to pass by and is forced to play midwife. Armed with her medical skills from her previ 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Douluo Dalu: The Wind Whisperer 斗罗之风语者 Mondstadt's wind still sings its ballads of freedom, but after an “accidental teleportation” while drunk, Wendy tumbled into an unfamiliar world. No Vision, no Knights of Favonius, just dandelions flying everywhere and his ever-faithful Skyward Harp. While others fought bloody battles to advance their cultivation, he gently plucked the strings and turned the wind element into the softest shield. While people painstakingly honed their skills, he blew dandelion seeds into the air and used the wind 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 I, the Heaven-Burning Immortal Venerable, Am Reborn 我焚天仙尊重生归来 As Immortal Venerable Lingyun breaks through to the highest realm, his close friend Lu Fan and his Dao companion Su Yue betray him. They steal his Dao foundation, and he dies with hatred in his heart. When he awakens, he has been reborn five hundred years in the past, as a sixteen-year-old boy in a remote border town. His family is on the brink of disaster, with powerful enemies bearing down on them. Armed with memories of his previous life and a meager cultivation base, Lingyun makes a stunning 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Only Yi’s Promise: Burning Desire 唯奕承诺之燃烧欲望 This book is the sequel to A Promise Only We Made, but it is nothing like the familiar domineering CEO romance. It tells the story of a young man born into the shadows, and how he walks a perilous path between the lust for power and true affection. [Xie Weiyi] He is the posthumous son of the Xie family's Fifth Master, someone who “should never have existed.” To ensure his safety as he grew up, Xie Jin publicly declared him the legitimate eldest son, giving him the most prestigious identity and a 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Eternal Zero 平零永恒 Fate is set in stone. Everyone’s destiny is recorded by the “Radiant Altar.” It cannot be changed, nor can it be known. But… what is fate? And why are we worthy of being recorded? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Running Into Your Arms 奔向怀抱 Youth is a memory; the height of summer witnessed their meeting, their growing closer, and their falling in love. “Hello, my name is Huaiyu. It comes from the saying, ‘Cherish jade of virtue, and be a gentleman of grace.’” For her, that year was both a misfortune and a blessing: she met him. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Awakening: The Game 觉醒：游戏 [Not a mindless power fantasy + urban fantasy + supernatural abilities + wild imagination + apocalypse] Failed to awaken? Rich kid Wang Xin humiliates him in public: “You poor loser. If you failed to awaken, you’re useless!” A mysterious beggar shoves a black bottle into Fang Ming’s hands. After drinking from it, Fang Ming awakens a never-before-recorded sequence talent: Copy. Fang Ming copies Wang Xin’s ability and charges into a rift in space and time. He encounters a Sequence Four and learns —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Porcelain Man 瓷人 [Workplace fiction] [Supernatural] My name is Sato Kenta, and I'm twenty-eight years old. I live in the Storl (STORE) Apartments in northern Tokyo. I work at Naxos Planning Co., Ltd. and get home every night at 8:00. I don't smoke, and I drink. Every night before bed, I have a glass of warm milk and do half an hour of stretching exercises. At eleven sharp, I go to sleep and enjoy baby-like rest. The next morning, if my skin feels a little loose, I take an ice bath. The doctors all say I'm perfec —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Transmigrated as Liu Shan: I Sent Zhuge Liang Down a One-Way Road 穿越成刘禅：我把诸葛亮送上不归路 Transmigrated as Liu Shan: I Send Zhuge Liang Down a Road of No Return 14Reads—Score114d adds
- 98 You Use Information to Cultivate, So Why Are You Using It to Snatch Bargains? 让你靠信息修仙，你却用来捡漏？ [Others fight over spirit veins and snatch immortal pills, but he scavenges with an information database and cultivates into an Immortal Venerable!] When Lin Feng found a century-old wild ginseng root in his delivery box, he had no idea that the family heirloom watch on his wrist held a secret capable of turning the cultivation world upside down. The day he activated the “Heavenly Dao Information Database,” he was caught in a rainstorm and suddenly saw the legs of a mosquito a hundred meters awa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Painting a River of Stars 落笔画星河 Also known as “Her” The first time they met, he was young and down on his luck, while she was fresh-faced and naive. It was supposed to be an encounter with no romantic overtones, but he thought of her for years afterward. The second time they crossed paths, he was a rising star in his field, while she was a clueless student struggling through her studies. Before they could even ask each other’s names, a basketball hit him and everything went black. Once again, they missed their chance. By the t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 An Adventure That Began After I Went Home with My Rival 和对家一同回家后开始的冒险 Male-male romance + Western fantasy + expansive world + mystery-solving + ensemble cast “Do you think we’ll defend justice forever?” “Of course, just as we’ll be together forever.” Upright, proud, and innocent bottom × scheming, cool-headed, slow-to-warm top More couples to come (A first-time writer, updating irregularly) An adventure through the Kingdom of Evernight, set in motion by a rebellion. As the group sets out on their journey, the gears of fate begin to turn, and the story begins. Ques —Reads—Score—14d adds
