Novels like William Yes’s Fourth Book
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- 1 Lord of the Mysteries: Seed of Blasphemy 诡秘：亵渎之种 “Two months...” he murmured. His breath turned to white mist, torn apart at once by the cold wind. He had been thrown into this familiar yet strange world a full sixty days after that “fellow,” Klein Moretti. It was familiar because he had read the thick epic that described this world; strange because once the words became a bone-chilling reality, every breath carried the maddening whispers of Beyonder Characteristics, and the experience was utterly different. 321Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Mysterious Douluo: I Achieved Omniscience and Omnipotence 诡秘斗罗：我成就全知全能 [No Female Lead] [Primordial Sun God] [Mild Angst for Yu Xiaogang] George is reborn in Spirit City as a beggar, bringing his memories and System with him. Watch as he rises step by step to godhood and fills the land with his followers. 62Reads—Score13914d adds
- 3 Spirit of the Heart Abyss 心渊之灵 In the mysterious world of 1352, he revives in a cemetery in Trier, Intis, and becomes Ace Wayne. From then on, he becomes an Extraordinary who follows the sole pathway. This is a redemption of the self, and the overture to the end. Oh! Praise the Fool! 210Reads—Score12114d adds
- 4 Lord of the Mysteries: I Can Anchor Fate 诡秘之主：我能锚定命运 [Lord of the Mysteries Fanfiction + Transmigration + System + Mind Games + Mastermind Behind the Scenes] After transmigrating into the world of Lord of the Mysteries, he finds himself in the Forsaken Land of the Gods from the start, where eternal darkness is the only epitaph. While everyone else is still struggling to survive, Li Wei hears the whispers of fate. [Prophecy One: You will live to see the sunrise over the City of Silver.] [Anchor established! Reward: “Mystery Pryer” potion formula.] 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Lord of the Mysteries: The End of the Old Ones 诡秘之旧日终焉 The protagonist accidentally enters a mysterious world, and two mysterious forces come along with him. Two brand-new pathways are born! With every blessing comes a responsibility. Growing with each step of his journey, he will carve out his own story in this world of steam, machinery, magic, and mysteries! I am the end of all the Great Old Ones. This place shall become their graveyard. A Lord of the Mysteries derivative fanfic 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Reversed Path of Fate 逆位命途 My new work is here! You can 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! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Lord of the Mysteries: An Eastern Visitor Awakened from the Gray Fog 诡秘：从灰雾中醒来的东方来者 A rationalist from an Eastern fantasy world is summoned along with everyone else above the Gray Fog when Klein first summons the Tarot Club. He enters the supernatural world through the Marauder pathway. As he pursues the truth behind his transmigration, he gradually discovers that his very existence is the world's greatest "error." The collision of two different systems of rules has brought power beyond the ordinary, along with unpredictable costs, and in the end, he chooses to embrace this err 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Ninth Book by Er Dong Zhiyuan 耳东至远的第9本书 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Cowherd’s Horror Stories 牛郎恐怖故事 A Terrifying Tale About a Cowherd 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Western Fantasy: From the Start, I Have Half an Ancient Sun God Template 西幻：开局半个远古太阳神模板 No heroine, feel-good power fantasy, legendary lover king. From the start, he unlocked the Ancient Sun God template from Lord of the Mysteries through the System, but only got half of it: a demigod with the Sun and Hanged Man pathways. A Western fantasy world. The protagonist will eventually become its emperor. In the end, Auer had fallen in love with this world, and with the people in it. He had vanished. Auer picked up the thorny crown, the only thing left behind where he had disappeared. He 258Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Lord of the Mysteries: Tarot Traveler from the Start, Slaying Outer Gods with Cards 诡秘：开局旅法，卡牌镇杀外神 Mysterious Universe x Planeswalker golden finger x Transmigration Across the Heavens x Card Battles! [Hell from the start? No, the center of a divine war!] A divine war hits him in the face from the start, accidentally creating the first-ever "three-in-one" hot pot. Cards are power! Magic: The Gathering abilities sweep through the mysterious world. Evil gods? Outer gods? They'll all be turned into cards! After successfully reincarnating, Lin Mo, a wage slave who thought he'd died from staying up 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Lord of the Mysteries, Master of the Battlefield 诡秘之主战场主宰 (Not a brainless power fantasy, and the protagonist is not invincible. Enter at your own risk.) In the distant future, the universe is shrouded in a mysterious fog that conceals endless unknowns and dangers, while also harboring extraordinary powers. Humanity has entered a golden age of steam and machinery, even as mysterious forces stir beneath the surface. Potions, divination, curses, Sealed Artifacts, and other occult phenomena come together to create a strange and wondrous world. Lin Xiao wa 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Xu Ermu: Ermu Connects the Myriad Realms 许二木：二木通万界 A variety of infinite-world stories inspired by Xu Ermu’s Turtle Soup riddles, divided into two parts: standalone short stories and a survival guide to the Turtle Soup worlds for a group of four. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Toad Who Eats Wealth’s Eighth Book 食财蟾蜍的第8本书 My new work is out! You can 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! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Lord of the Mysteries: A Gourmet of the Error Pathway 诡秘之主：错误途径的美食家 Lord of the Mysteries: A Gourmet on the Error Pathway —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I Transmigrate into Lord of the Mysteries and Become a Higher-Dimensional Observer 穿越诡秘，我成为了高维俯视者 When God and the Celestial Venerable were locked in battle, I transmigrated to the world of Lord of the Mysteries and became an observer looking down from a higher dimension. Knowing the story, I created a world inside a painting and let my true body sleep within it. I never expected the painting to fall into the hands of the future Miss Magician. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Beneath the Nuo Mask: The Unspeakable Observer 傩面之下：不可言说的观测者 On an ancient opera stage, once a mask is put on, it can never be taken off again. Deep within the forbidden ruins of ancient temples, forgotten by modern civilization, lie secrets even the gods refuse to face. When the first bloodstained Nuo mask whispers in the dead of night, a ritual of faith and madness quietly begins. He thought he was merely a bystander who had strayed into danger, unaware that the eyes lurking in the darkness had already locked onto him. Here, what your eyes see may not b —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Lord of the Mysteries: The Beginning and End of Reincarnation 诡秘：轮回的终与末 Strange whispers drift through the gray mist; Beyond the stars, the divine grace of the end descends. All things begin, and all beings meet their end When will the sealed “Gate of All Wonders” inscribe its first “1”? The blooming “Eternal Tributaries” must flow back to the final “0.” Change returns to what is ordained, and origin returns to the end. Being and nonbeing give rise to each other; all things ultimately perish. Self-consistent eternity, an endless cycle. Is it a blessing? Is it fate 87Reads—Score1214d adds
- 19 My Days as a Nanny in Lord of the Mysteries 在诡秘之主里当保姆的日子 Yeyue was a tough guy who cried himself to death on the spot while reading the final chapter of Lord of the Mysteries. As a reward, he got a transmigration starter pack: from the start, he had four Beyonder Pathways, becoming a walking “human contradiction machine.” Other people get cheats for their golden fingers. His golden finger is “multiple personalities”: [Warrior] advances by taking the scolding for his teammates and “protecting” Captain Dunn’s hairline; [Sailor] levels up by showering, 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Lord of the Mysteries: The Goddess Who Symbolizes Destruction 诡秘：象征毁灭的女神 [Lord of the Mysteries fan fiction + female protagonist, no romance + original pathway + canon couples + Leonard/Klein pairing] I've tagged this as a story with two male leads. If that's not your thing, don't come in. Du Ruiyu transmigrates into the world of Lord of the Mysteries and becomes a symbol that was split apart and fell in the beginning. As a devoted fan who knows the story inside out, she immediately goes to find Zhou Mingrui. But it seems she arrived a little too early: life on Earth 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Became the Ringmaster of a Circus in a Mysterious World 在诡秘世界当马戏团团长的我 In a desperate world ravaged by a century of warfare and plague, a farcical disaster has brought the fighting to a halt: nobody is growing food, and corpses litter the land. The vengeful spirit Elliott answers a mysterious summons. He arrives at the “Reborn Circus,” a pointed tent redolent of rosin and rust, whose glamorous exterior conceals endless horrors. Six other “freaks” trapped there greet him: Arthur, an elegant musician hiding deep fear; the cold Kyle, who manipulates wooden puppets ca 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 22 Lord of the Mysteries: The Roots and Flames of Struggle 诡秘：根源与斗争之火 This is an utterly tragic story, a meaningless fragment of ethereal prose, one tiny possibility fused together from the boundless, chaotic information of the universe. This book has been heavily revised for no reason due to copyright issues, and will soon be taken down and brought to an end. 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Lord of the Mysteries: Investing in the Tarot Club, I'm the Secret Financier 诡秘：投资塔罗会，我是幕后金主 I transmigrated into the world of Lord of the Mysteries and became Austin Hall, the older brother of Audrey Hall, the Tarot Club's Justice. From the start, I awakened the Investor System! Invest in the Fool, Klein, and gain the Fool's protection! Invest in the Hanged Man, Alger, and gain the abilities of an Ocean Songster! Invest in the Star, Leonard, and gain the skills of a Marauder! By investing in Tarot Club members, I earn all kinds of miraculous rewards and become the club's biggest backer 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 24 Klein 克莱恩 Klein 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Lord of the Mysteries: Should I Join the Tarot Club Too? 诡秘：我也要参加塔罗会吗 (Fan fiction, slice of life) A sudden rush of memories revealed to Chen Xiaoqian Xiling, a seventeen-year-old noble girl, that the world she lived in was exactly like an unfinished novel. The unfamiliar events in the book unsettled her, but she soon latched onto the one part of the plot she recognized. On June 28, the Royal Navy would exhibit its new ironclad at Pritz Harbor, and Audrey from the story would arrive there that day. With the written fate about to become reality, Chen Xiaoqian decid 531Reads—Score13714d adds
- 26 The Displaced Traveler of Lord of the Mysteries: The Fool Who Unites the Three Paths 诡秘之错位旅者，三途归一的愚人 When you wake up, you've become an unlucky transmigrator who arrived two months after Klein. Faced with the ever-present mental corruption, you smile calmly: your golden finger is an immunity to corruption. So you have the Fool in your left hand, Mr. Door in your right, and an Extraordinary Characteristic belonging to Amon in your pocket. You had planned to lie low, but the Nighthawks, the Aurora Order, and even Amon's avatars all stare at you in horror, as if you're a madman. “How are you not d 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 In the World of Mysteries, I Play the Lord Tongtian 人在诡秘，我扮演通天教主 [Behind-the-Scenes Mastermind] [Wits and Strategy] [No Saintly Hero] [Family Saga] After transmigrating into a mysterious world overrun by monsters, Moen Lister becomes the useless heir to a declining noble family in Backlund. The Church is watching them like a hawk, enemies are closing in from behind, the family fortune is about to hit zero, his grandfather is on his deathbed, and his uncle is paralyzed... It's a hellish start from the start. Even a dog would shake its head. At the critical mom 451Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 28 Sequence: Lord of the Nuo 序列：傩之主君 After clearing his head in the Gray Fog, transmigrator Fang Yan acquired a Sequence Path beyond the twenty-two known ones: Nuo. He also gained its corresponding uniqueness, the Mask of Purification, and its Source, the Shrine of World Cleansing, becoming the Nuo God as it began to revive. “The exile of calamities from time immemorial.” “The Lord who grants protection through sacrifices and shamanic dances.” “The Sovereign of Nuo, who drives out evil and purges disease.” 229Reads6.7Score3514d adds
- 29 Lord of the Mysteries Fanfiction: No Holds Barred as an Outer God 诡秘同人：穿成外神后不择手段 A Lord of the Mysteries fanfic. Original female protagonist x Amon A story born of wild imagination (the plot touches lightly on Leonard/Klein and has a little Leonard/Dunn. Any rumors about possible couples in the story are mostly there to help the original protagonist digest the Mother Tree of Desire's corruption. Some are true, some aren't, and some are exaggerated.) I got hooked by the anime's ending promo and read the whole thing. In the end, I basically wrapped up a whole basket of dumplin 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Global Superpowers: My System Is Called Mysteries 全球异能，我的系统叫诡秘 Qin Yu transmigrates to a supernatural world where everyone awakens an ability. Roaring flames, thunderous lightning, spatial teleportation... Those with powers bask in glory and the public's attention. But just as he awakens the most useless F-rank ability and despairs of having any future, the [Lord of the Mysteries System] suddenly awakens within him! Potion pathways, Sequence advancement! The Acting Method is the one and only rule! While others are still struggling to develop their C-rank ab 479Reads—Score11214d adds
- 31 Mi Family: I Hold the Mysterious Blasphemy Cards 米家：我手握诡秘亵渎纸牌 [Lord of the Mysteries + MiHoYo Universe (Honkai: Star Rail, Honkai Impact 3rd, Genshin Impact). You can read this even if you haven't read Lord of the Mysteries.] Gods, Phanes, Khaenri'ah, Emanators, Aeons, Beyonders, Blasphemy Cards, the Old Ones: this is a story about “existence”... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Lord of the Mysteries: Twilight 诡秘之黄昏 Li Hao transmigrated into the world of Lord of the Mysteries and became Damir Volkov of the Feysac Empire. Faced with this mad and despairing world, he embarked on a path toward dusk... 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 National Fate: Playing the World 国运：扮演世界 “Madness is an anchor, and gunfire forges divinity.” This is the best of times, and the worst of times. As wars between civilizations rage and ordinary people are driven from their homes, a hunter moves through the darkness beneath the gray world beyond the reach of common sight. As the death knell tolls, another hunt is complete. “The death knell rings for you...” 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Lord of the Mysteries: The Rewriter's Oath 诡秘之主：改写者的誓言 After finishing Lord of the Mysteries, I couldn't help asking myself: What is its greatest regret? …I considered many possibilities, but never came up with a clear answer. Not until I went there myself to seek the truth. 10Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 35 A Heretical Cultivator from the Start, I Pretend to Be a Supreme Deity 开局邪修，我扮演无上神明 [Gathering] [Amon] [Unorthodox Cultivation] [Partly Behind the Scenes] [Not a Power Fantasy] [Decisive and Ruthless] Lu Mingyuan transmigrated to the Xuantian Continent, only to end up in a demonic sect where people were eaten alive. He became an obscure outer disciple, and a hotheaded fool bold enough to challenge Zhang Lan, the top outer disciple. Faced with this dire reality, he stumbled upon an ancient token in his mind, engraved with intricate runes. At a mere thought, he found himself in 188Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Reborn as a Librarian in the Mysterious World 重生在诡秘当图书管理员 Su Zhou, a veteran web-novel author, stayed up all night and died suddenly. When he awoke, he had become an ordinary librarian in a mysterious world. He planned to draw on his writing experience from his past life, copy books to make a name for himself and earn some pocket money, then live a quiet life. But the moment his pen touched the page, the entire city began murmuring indescribable whispers, and countless hidden beings turned their gaze toward him. Only then did Su Zhou realize in horror: 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Portrait of the Fool 愚者肖像画 A plot-driven story with two male leads, a spin-off of Lord of the Mysteries, featuring Leonard Klein, Klein Leonard, Amon Klein, Klein Amon, and a few random little extras. Blah blah, still a collection of short stories. Everyone is welcome to give it a try. The bronze door bears the rust of ancient history; amid surging gray fog, Sefirah Castle murmurs low. The Worm of Time gnaws apart the threads of time, while the Fool lowers his eyes and casts the dice of fate. He was once a Nightwatcher wh 480Reads—Score10614d adds
- 38 Lord of the Mysteries: From Serial Killer to Queen of the Tarot Club 诡秘：从连环杀手到塔罗会皇后 The protagonist is the “Empress” of the Tarot Club, a Beyonder with sequences from two Outer Gods, and a madman who will stop at nothing to exact revenge. He was an archaeology PhD during the Oldest One era. After an accident while translating ancient texts, he learned a truth humanity was never meant to know: “They fear bugs.” The sequences above the gods are called the Oldest One, and learning this drew the gaze of hidden beings. But witnessing his mother’s gruesome death when he was six nearl 16Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 39 Secret Game: I Get Dracula’s Blood Spirit from the Start! 诡秘游戏：开局获得德古拉血灵！ “This is an age of supernatural invasion and the merging of myriad races. A mysterious fog has swept across the entire world. Monsters and demons, spirits and ghosts, evil fiends and vengeful wraiths, ancient transcendent titans, even divine beasts and immortal spirits... Chests, instances, and secret realms are the unchanging themes of this world. The fog is filled with endless opportunities, but it also conceals limitless dangers. Objects and beings invaded by mysterious forces are collectivel 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Everyone's Sailing, But I've Seen It All Coming 全民航海：而我早已看透一切 [Seafaring] + [Survival] + [Talents] + [Lord of the Mysteries Spectator Pathway] + [Light Cthulhu Elements] + [No Romance] + [Disasters] Lu Yin was born into this world and became a woman named Selena in Rome, Italy. Then, on her sixteenth birthday, the entire world was swept into a seafaring survival game. Sequences, madness, suspicion, deception, darkness, chaos, fog, and endless natural disasters. This continent has never lacked people to use up. When Lu Yin and the others arrived here as a n —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Transmigrating Into Lord of the Mysteries, I Bind a Sequence System! 穿越诡秘之主，我绑定序列系统！ I transmigrated into Lord of the Mysteries and bound a Sequence System! 826Reads—Score1014d adds
- 42 Zhou Family Village: A Mystery of the Occult 周家村：诡秘之谜 [Lord of the Mysteries Fanfiction + Horror Game + Cthulhu + Suspense + Puzzles + Immersive] The ancient Zhou family shrine in Zhoujia Village, on a night lit by flashes of lightning and rain. When Zhou Jianlong opened the first page of the genealogy, he thought he’d merely been struck by lightning. But he didn’t know he had opened a mystery. An origin… In another world, I was a missing person. In this world, I’m a clerk in the Nightwatchers of Tingen, Sequence 9, responsible for organizing an 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Slay the Gods: Beneath the Gray Fog 斩神：灰雾之下 The crossroads of fate began with a “door” that should never have existed. He awakens in a shabby room with fragmented memories. The only image burned into his mind is the ultimate door he glimpsed while traversing the torrents of time and space: a key to all things, made of countless twisted symbols and writhing time-space worms. In this world tainted by Cthulhu, only he knows that another identity has been imposed upon him: he has become the agent of the one who commands good fortune, the Lord —Reads—Score47614d adds
- 44 I Became Daiyu’s Father 穿成了黛玉他爹 I Reincarnated as Daiyu's Father 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Mysterious Creator’s Travels Across the Myriad Worlds 诡秘造物主万界见闻 The original Creator, an animated Lovecraftian universe that transmigrated across the multiverse and captured a System. Power had long since ceased to be the goal. The game mattered more than anything, and he colored some fates that had once seemed set in stone with utterly unbelievable hues. A not-quite-invincible power fantasy + a protagonist who does whatever he pleases + raising kids across the entire multiverse. A Certain Magical Index (completed), the Foundation universe (ongoing) 131Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Lord of the Mysteries: Don't Be Afraid, Fellow Countryman, I Don't Know the Plot Either 诡秘：老乡别怕，我也不知道剧情 Lin Mo, an avid gamer, transmigrated. When he woke up, he found himself in a completely unfamiliar world. Fortunately, life here was fairly peaceful, so Lin Mo took it easy and got by without a care in the world. Just like that, two years went by. Then one day, a passage of text suddenly appeared before his eyes. It looked like it came from a novel. And the novel's protagonist had just awakened. Lin Mo stared at the text. Could it be that he'd been living in a novel's world all this time? Worse 993Reads8.1Score14314d adds
- 47 Amon, Angel of Time 时之天使阿蒙 [No Female Lead] [Fanfiction] [Character Growth] [Xuanhuan] [Lots of Humanity in the Early Chapters] [Scheming] [Anime Crossover] [Transmigration] [Ensemble Cast] [Playing It Safe] [The protagonist is Amon, with a personality combining Klein and Amon] There is too much focus on humanity early on, so you can jump straight to the middle without missing much. In the world of Mysteries, one of Amon's avatars ends up in another world after an accident. To return to his original world, he has no choi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Lord of the Mysteries: I Transmigrated Into a Book, At Least I Came as a Human 诡秘：穿书，好歹穿来的是个人吧 A Lord of the Mysteries fanfic. The tags are wrong and I can't change them. A little found-family feeling, a little ensemble cast, multiple people transmigrating into a book, original character with their own Sefirah, female-oriented, no CP, mostly everyday life. Apologies for OOC... The protagonist is overpowered, and the System is an artificial idiot. The System took its Host on a high-risk mission. Before they could complete it, they were dragged into another Book World. Some System from who 2.2kReads—Score18814d adds
- 49 A Few Tales of Klein and Amon 克莱恩与阿蒙两三事 This story has two male leads (I can't change the tags), and is told through short stories. It's fan fiction with both Klein/Monocle and Monocle/Klein, so please enjoy! > Peace descends in the Fifth Epoch, and Klein hides among the people while recovering from his wounds. > Amon suddenly arrives, wagering the cognitive corruption of an entire city. > “Let's play a game: find the real me, or the whole city goes mad.” > Klein struggles desperately, and just as he's on the verge of death, he sudden 346Reads6.4Score10814d adds
- 50 I'm Your 25th Book 我才是你的第25本书 Teacher Huang Mingtao unexpectedly transmigrates as Trowde Anthony of Tingen City, forced to inherit the extraordinary destiny of the Pathway of the God of Law. From Sequence 9's Mediator to the God of Law who wields the rules of the universe, he compiles legal codes, judges angels, and rewrites the iron laws of civilization. Amid the Blood Worshippers' sacrifices, the Bronze Code Society's schemes, and the corruption of outer gods, he pits order against madness. When contract brands and logical 10Reads—Score—14d adds
