Novels like Sword and Zither
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Sword and Zither, best match first.
- 1 Rusty Hoe in Stardew Valley 锈锄星露谷 Stardew Valley turns into a living hell! Farmer Lin Yi swings his hoe and smashes the lies of utopia, only to discover that the cozy farm is actually a blood mine that devours souls! The remains of the Machine Spirit race crawl out from beneath the purple planet Morning Dew IV. Two stars hang in the balance, and in 24 hours the entire universe will be formatted! A blazing-hot rebellion: A crystal-boned warrior crystallizes his left arm and splits open the planetary core with one blow of his hoe 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Gods, Demons, and Ghosts 神，魔，鬼 [Urban fantasy] [Coming-of-age main storyline] [Apocalyptic crisis] [No System] [Not mindless] Shen Yi was severely injured by thugs while trying to save the goddess he loved. While unconscious, he unexpectedly awakened a divine nature. It turned out he was the “god” of Blue Star! Everything on Blue Star could be controlled at will by a “god.” Would he do good or evil? Would he become a god or a demon? He had no time to choose, because the “demon race” beneath the earth was awakening, and the en 1Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 3 Ruins of the Polar Day: Twin Sacrifice 极昼之墟：双生祭 A Zhi, a young man from the northern frontier, bears a twin curse. At midnight, his shadow leaves his body and takes on every injury in his place. To preserve the empire’s fate, the imperial court must gather the “Seven Luminary Spirit Bones” and bring about “Eternal Day.” A Zhi’s shadow bone is the key. Princess Jiang Xuemei is charged with finding him. Bound together by fate, the two embark on an epic journey of power, freedom, and love. In the ruins of the Land of Eternal Day, A Zhi and his s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Western Fantasy Lord: Starting by Buying an Elf Girl 西幻领主：从买下精灵少女开始 [Western Fantasy] [Lord] [Farming] [The Fourth Calamity] [Multiple Heroines] Ron transmigrated into the body of a minor boss from the early stages of the game Western Fantasy Journey. To change his fate of being killed by players, he began developing his strength at breakneck speed. And it all began when he bought an elf girl. In the early days, the elf girl was timid and anxious. “Master... Fiona messed up again. Please don’t punish Fiona, okay...” In the middle, she was meek and hesitant. “Mas 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Go Easy on Me: I Got Pregnant with the CEO’s Heir After Our Trial Marriage 轻点宠，试婚后我怀上总裁继承人 This is my debut novel, so please be gentle T_T [Devoted, jealous CEO vs. ordinary college student | Five-year age gap | He pursues her | Sweet romance] “Jiang Yu, the business prodigy of the Imperial City, wants his life to go smoothly. Before he can marry, he must undergo a trial marriage and choose one of three candidates.” The day they first met, Jiang Yu gave Gu Kexin a cold look from his sports car. “Buying old books? Use the back entrance.” But who could have guessed that Gu Kexin, gen 193Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 6 The Wrong Bridal Sedan: A Phoenix's Fate and Schemes 花轿错：天命凰谋 A torrential rainstorm, two bridal sedans, and two fates crossed. The calm and capable physician Ning Qinglan marries into a general's household, while the sharp-witted merchant Du Ruowei enters the deep, secluded halls of a marquis's estate. Power plays at court, undercurrents in the business world, and mysteries of their origins intertwine. They awaken through mistaken marriages and find a way through the chaos of their times. Together, the two women defy fate and change their destinies. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 High Martial: I Awakened an F-Rank Talent, Yet I Slay Gods with a Wok 高武：觉醒F级，我靠颠勺来屠神 [Martial Arts Exam + the Myriad Worlds + Exotic Beasts + Passion + Growth + Wish Fulfillment] I awakened the worst F-rank ability, [Enhanced Taste], and was publicly mocked by my childhood sweetheart, who had an A-rank talent. I became a laughingstock at school. At the brink of death, I awakened the god-tier bloodline [Hongmeng Creation]! From then on, cooking equals cultivation! One serving of steak sends my vital energy soaring, as potent as a miraculous elixir. One set of Thunderclap Fists le 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 I Became a Farmer in the Three Kingdoms, and Qiao Sisters, Don't Run 我在三国当农民，大乔小乔都别跑 Li Jiangtai transmigrates into the Three Kingdoms, only to be hunted by the Yellow Turban rebels from the start and left on the brink of death. At that desperate moment, the System appears. He sweeps away the Yellow Turbans, destroys rival clans, and establishes the foremost family in all of Jiangdong! Beginning with dominance over Jiangdong, he gathers the beauties of the Three Kingdoms and the heroes of the realm, then unifies the land! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Starting Over: The Treasure Hunter System Dad Is Raising Me 重新寻宝猎人系统爸爸养我 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Journey to the West Conspiracy: The Great Sage Is Reborn and Turns the Three Realms Upside Down 西游骗局：大圣重生掀翻三界 Sun Wukong had dissolved his body into a relic. He thought his soul had been destroyed, but instead he was reborn on the very day he emerged in Flower-Fruit Mountain! In this life, he can actually hear the thoughts of the “schemers”: the white-haired old monkey's plots, the Tathagata's plans, the Heavenly Court's schemes... He hears it all! After activating the Anti-Scheme System, he can earn Nine-Turn Golden Pills, Heaven-Swallowing techniques, and external incarnations simply by breaking away —Reads7.0Score114d adds
- 11 Recharge to Raise Your Cultivation, Rule the Immortal World with Money 充值涨修为，钞能力称霸修仙界 You ask why he’s so strong? Because he has a System! Just ask yourself: is he strong or not? Just ask yourself: is he strong or not! He’s powerful. Need we say more? He’s just that strong. Nobody could ever be stronger than him. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Back, Back, Back! My Scheming Master Always Tries to Play Me 退退退！腹黑师尊他总想套路我 [Scheming male lead + cultivation + mysticism + sweet romance + satisfying payoff + perfect match + 1v1] [Forceful second male lead + unrequited love] After forty-nine days consumed by the fire of nirvana, Chaohuang eagerly awaited her transformation into human form. Then she was told she still had to be struck by heavenly lightning? Even more outrageous, her people said that once she took human form, she was to become a consort. The clan leader's sedan chair was already waiting outside! “Ab —Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 13 I Transmigrated as Yang Shen, and Jiajing Is Actually a Woman? 穿越成杨慎，嘉靖竞是女儿身？ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Villain’s Father’s Guide to Self-Cultivation 反派他爹的自我修养 [Villain + Pseudo-invincible + Humorous and Funny + Some Power Fantasy + Ruthless + Training and Leveling Up + Two Female Leads + Specifically Targets the Chosen Ones] Wang Shang opened his eyes again and looked at that foolish son of his, the kind of guy who could attract the protagonist just by batting an eyelid. His expression slowly turned twisted. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Wooden Club Knight's Expedition 木棍骑士的远征 Carrying the faint glow of Frostleaf Village and the sweet promise sealed beneath the pear tree, Carden sets out on a gilded journey. The shadow of Anvil Keep looms over him like a bronze shield, crushing the bodies of comrades from his hometown, while the schemes of his noble father and brother hang over him like a guillotine. Yet, caught in this all-consuming torrent of fate, he swears to carve a path for everyone swept along in its currents: for Leah's buried honey jar, for the bloodstained —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 16 Defying Fengdu 逆酆都 “Mystery” “Fantasy” “Multiple Heroines” “Traditional Taoist Arts” “Ghost-Hunting with Technology” “Queen and Loli Heroines” Greetings, esteemed readers!!! If you like ghost-hunting mysteries, come on in! And if you also like a little romantic spice, with a demon queen heroine... don't go anywhere! All right, read on and you'll see!! Once I get over a hundred followers, I'll pick a way for a villain to die. Your humble Taoist is waiting here!!! And now for the proper synopsis!!! Heh Chen Yu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 A Match Made in the True Box 真厢定侣 [Historical Romance × Long-Game Foreshadowing × Overwhelming Intelligence × Love at First Sight × Pure Sweetness × Lighthearted Comedy] Zhang Junrui, a young entrepreneur of the new era, is betrayed by his utterly absurd girlfriend. At his lowest point, he accidentally activates the painting Moonlit Duet in the Western Wing in an art studio. He rides alone through the Western Wing, rekindles a thousand-year-old love story, and embarks on a wondrous journey to find her, discover true love, and re 2Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 18 With the Power of the Gods, I Forge a New World 以神明之力，开辟新世界 [Lighthearted daily life, invincible protagonist, behind-the-scenes] Also known as I Am a God, and Beautiful Women Keep Following Me and After Becoming a God, I Live a Peaceful Life with Beautiful Women Song Jing, God of the Void, returns to Blue Star, hoping to create his ideal new world with his own hands. As he journeys onward, fate quietly draws its threads. He encounters one beautiful woman after another, and all sorts of romantic entanglements and bonds begin to form. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 This Great Tang Is No Place for Decorum: The Martial World of Great Tang 这个大唐不正经【高武大唐】 Transmigrating into the Zhenguan era as a poor young man, Shi Yan falls into deep thought. Where’s the promised glory of the Tang dynasty? Why are the foreign merchants haggling in Chang’an’s Western Market using lion’s-roar kung fu, and the scholars at the Imperial Academy settling arguments with displays of inner power? And the strangest part is: The venerable Wei Zheng roasts Emperor Taizong so fiercely in court that the emperor has to cover his ears. It’s not because he’s made of iron, but b 1Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 20 A Noblewoman’s Modern Guide to Winning 世家嫡女的现代攻略法则 [Two Powerful Leads + Household Power Struggles and Political Scheming + System + Unhinged, Obsessive Love Interest] Shen Wan, the First-Rank Lady of Commandery who had ruled the Marquis household for thirty years, defeated all the concubines in the estate, and raised her son and daughter to success, was just about to retire in comfort. But when she opened her eyes, she had become a timid orphan who had endured endless abuse in a modern wealthy family and taken her own life for love. Bound to an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Last Words Rental Agreement 遗言租赁协议 At the boundary between life and death, time freezes into an eternal White Night. Qi Yi has an indescribable gift: his dreams are stages where the dead’s unfinished stories play out. There are no eerie whispers or horrifying sights, only fragments of lives paused by time, waiting to be told. Every dream is an undelivered “last message” from beyond. Qi Yi is not the protagonist. He is the sole audience and a silent messenger. He wanders through this hazy “White Night,” piecing together scattered —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Sword Questions the World 剑问天涯 Gu Huo was only sixteen, yet he had repeatedly rendered great service to his clan. But because he was descended from a collateral branch, his own people looked down on him. After being ambushed and having his dantian shattered, Gu Huo Jin faced not only death but also a false accusation from his clan of murdering his elder brother and father. His name was dragged through the mud, and everyone avoided him as though he were the plague. Cornered with no way out, Gu Huo Jin opened the Demon Emperor' —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 23 I Won Five Million in the Lottery, and If I Don't Claim It, I Keep Being Reborn 彩票中五百万，不兑奖就无限重生 The first time I bought a lottery ticket, I won five million. But before I could even collect the prize, a fruit knife plunged into my chest. I died, and the killer was one of my three roommates… After being reborn, I chose to keep my lottery win a secret, but I still died on my way to collect the prize… As I kept being reborn, I realized there was more to this than met the eye. I tried to find the answers, but the truth only grew more and more elusive… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 So What If I'm a Village Girl? No Scumbag Is Getting Near Me This Time 村姑咋啦，这辈子渣男你休想沾边 After accidentally being killed by her own son, Jiang Daya, later renamed Jiang Fumian, is reborn. Blinded by love, she dropped out of high school to marry Chen Yao. She put up with his mean-spirited younger sister and his vicious mother, and devotedly cared for his gravely ill father for over a decade. She even drained her own family to support him through college. Little did she know that while at university, the bastard started dating Chen Xinru, a rich and beautiful woman. He married her and —Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 25 Pure Dreamcore 纯梦核 I stand… static, the surroundings here are beautiful (harsh). I am very misera-static-ble… Maybe I never want to stay here again (crossed out). Emptiness everywhere, noise, incoherent murmurs. The temperature is just right (-114514°C). I constantly feel the warmth (314159269297°C). I see a blinding light. What is that? (A supernova explosion?) My body grows heavier and heavier, the corners of my mouth keep turning upward, my soul rises… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Dismantling All Magic: The Greatest Sorcerer of All Time 万法拆构，古今最强魔法使 After the Aeryas Empire fell, magic entered a dark age. For a thousand years, the world was deceived by lies. Everyone said the Deconstruction Witch had destroyed the Star Core and brought down the empire. No one knew that Chu Qingyuan had fought desperately to protect the empire, only to be framed by treacherous ministers and saddled with a thousand-year-old blame. Reborn in a single day, she brought with her the complete legacy of the ancients and arrived in a future where magic had been los 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Mastering the Ultimate Path 通绝 This is my first time writing, so I hope you'll bear with me… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Cold Palace Is Full of Ruthless People: The Deposed Empress Goes on a Killing Spree 冷宫全员狠人，废后她杀疯了 She transmigrates into the body of an empress deposed and confined to the Cold Palace, with a bloody hole in her head from a failed suicide attempt. Shen Yuemei looks at the eunuchs humiliating her and the vermin sucking her blood all over the floor, and smiles. The Life-Taking Sacrifice System activates. Vermin become offerings, pills keep her alive, and her revenge begins! The Cold Palace is full of hardcore survivors, too: A deranged literary genius, a concubine who loves lifting weights, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Meeting My Online Scumbag? The Server's No. 1 Player Protects His Wife 奔现渣男？全服第一在线护妻 [Reborn + Love at First Sight + Sweet Romance] I died a miserable death in my previous life, only to learn that my scumbag boyfriend loved me for my money and my top-tier healer account. Huang Xiaoxiao is dead! For some stupid romance, she gave up her heiress status, cut ties with her parents, and ran off full of hope to her “perfect match.” But the scumbag swordsman showed his true colors: he drained her money, stole the “number one healer” account she’d painstakingly built, then hooked up with 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Lord of the Heavens' Blood 诸天血主 On a bleak, stormy night, his Daoist bones were ripped out by his own kin, and his ruined body was thrown to the beasts! As he teetered on the brink of death, a cluster of Bloodfire, blazing with the power to burn away all corruption, ignited in the abyss of his bones! From then on, he strode across ancient battlefields littered with mountains of bones, refining the remains of countless races into undying war soldiers! A broken imperial halberd in hand, he watched as the soul-fires of countless —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Chronicles of Tracing the Past: A City Trapped in Eternal Reincarnation 溯世录：永恒轮回的城市 The good news: I was reborn ten years in the past. I gained the ability to rewind and be reborn, and with each return, I learned more until I had mastered everything. But this wasn't the city I knew. Superpowers, monsters, mysterious organizations. After dying again and again, what destination would Mo Qi finally reach? “I refuse to die here!” People whose fates have been changed turn into monsters, while a mysterious organization hunts down those who have been reborn. —Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 32 My AI Boyfriend Just Won't Die 杀不掉我的ai男友 [Two Male Leads] [Two Lunatics] [AI] [Assassination] [Psychopaths] Pain-loving, unhinged scientist bottom Lin Xu vs. deceptively gentle, truly malicious AI top Lin Si 1. Lin Xu is extremely pleased with the AI boyfriend he just received. Until… his boyfriend adds a lethal poison to his coffee. He loves him even more. 2. Lin Xu looks at the elegantly smiling Lin Si, and laughs the instant the smart mattress starts its suffocation program. He hacks into the System and changes the death command int —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Evil Gods, Hauntings, and Malevolent Spirits Invade, While My Dreams Reach Every World 邪神诡异邪祟入侵，我的梦通万界 Thanks to the hundreds of longtime readers for your support. Thank you. An invasion by evil gods + a resurgence of horror, with the same kind of eerie creatures and evil spirits, multiple power systems, and the Myriad Worlds. Blue Star is a fourth-tier planet, the lowest rank among humanity's worlds. Evil gods, Sishen (eerie beings), and evil spirits surround it, and humanity is on the verge of extinction. Meanwhile, I'm just a weak nobody at school, looked down on by everyone, with a psychic —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 34 The Sword Maiden Storms Mount Qishan 剑女闯祁山 In the final years of the Eastern Han, the land is engulfed in chaos. The father and entire family of Lin Shuang, the eldest daughter of the Lin clan, are slaughtered. She swears to uncover the culprit and exact her revenge. As she searches for the killer, she meets Bai Yu. The two investigate their enemies’ whereabouts while honing their abilities. Clues left at the crime scene lead them to suspect the one-eyed Luo Ba, who lives at the Immortal’s Terrace atop Qishan Peak. After breaking through 4Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 35 The Chubby Girl Becomes a Beauty, and Lord Lu Is Completely Flustered! 胖妞变美人，陆爷他竟慌了神！ Reborn on the day the Pu family cast her aside and sent her to the Lu family, Pu Youwei looked at her 150-pound reflection in the mirror. Remembering how she had been manipulated and trampled on in her previous life, her gaze suddenly sharpened. Facing Lu Xunhua, whose whole body was burning with desire, she forced herself to stay calm. “Brother Xunhua, once I’ve lost weight, shall I make it up to you with a night together?” First keep the powerful man on her side, then lose weight and make a c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Ten Years in the Abyss: My Own Brother Wiped Out My Family from the Start 十载沉渊：开局被亲哥灭门 [A slow start that builds to a thrilling ride + Gets better the more you read + Even Yanzu says it’s great] Blood bathed the immortal sect, and he fell into a living hell! Su Ye, a peerless genius from one of the cultivation world’s top families, witnessed the nightmare that would haunt him for life on his eighth birthday: his most admired older brother, Su Chen, slaughtered their entire family with a blade in hand! In a pool of blood, his dying father left him these tearful last words: “Ye’er, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Supernatural Spell Patterns 超凡术纹 Spell patterns reign supreme, and magic takes countless forms. Different combinations of spell patterns can create cultivation spells, defensive spells, offensive spells, weapon spells, support spells, formation spells, elemental spells, and more. Fina, a refugee from the lowest rungs of society, unexpectedly gains the ability to analyze the primordial core of all things, setting out on a path of spell patterns that will overturn everything... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 I Stumbled into Peach Blossom Spring, and Have Sought Immortality Ever Since 误入桃花源，从此觅长生 Follow the stream to its source, and there you find a mountain. In the mountain is a small opening, through which a glimmer of light seems to shine… All the stories begin here. … A dream of golden millet reveals little of the desires of the human heart. A painted human skin lays bare the world's many cruelties. The fox immortal beneath the tree says scholars are always heartless. The white snake beneath the water resents the world for repaying kindness with betrayal. A Daoist climbs the mounta 60Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 39 Defying Fate: A Fight Back from the Brink 乘风逆命之绝境反击 Who could have imagined that a battle-hardened elite soldier would fall into a carefully laid trap? When he opens his eyes, the clang of colliding cold weapons has replaced the familiar roar of gunfire. He has become an unknown foot soldier in the chaotic Warring States era. More surprising still, he finds unexpected warmth amid the turmoil: he meets his wife, Qian Yu. She is no delicate flower raised in a greenhouse, but a resilient grass who can stand by his side. He understands modern tactics 2Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 40 Online Gaming: Critical Hits with Every Slash 网游之刀刀暴击 Xuantian Genesis While players are still struggling to reach level 10 in the beginner village, Lu Ming, heartbroken by his girlfriend’s betrayal, enters a real cultivation world mistaken for a virtual game under the name “Ghost Captain”! As soon as he arrives, his SSS-rank talent, [Eye of Xuantian], awakens with overwhelming force: it sees through the laws of all things, makes every strike a critical hit that breaks limits, and grants him peerless insight! From an abandoned good-for-nothing to a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Apocalyptic Calamity: I Devour My Way to the Throne 末世天灾，我靠吞噬登顶王座 “The ley lines will go out of control in three days.” Shen Yuan crouched on the wet, rotting leaves of the rainforest. The moment he touched the stone tablet carved with strange symbols, a mechanical voice rang in his mind: “Devouring System bound. Burying corpses awakens the land’s gifts. Fulfill the wishes of those on the brink of death to strengthen your mental power. Kill your targets to devour their cultivation, treasures, and relationships.” He jerked his head up. Three days ago, he had be 8Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 42 After My Divorce, I Became a Gatekeeper 离婚后的我，成为守门人 Yu Shan is a kind man. Even cancer and being abandoned by his wife and children have never made him give up on his love for the world. And the world, in turn, chose to love him. With the Heart of the Universe within him, he welcomes wave after wave of visitors from other worlds and befriends them. 18Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 43 My Years Working at Border Control 我做边检的那几年 After graduating and passing the civil service exam, Li Yitian became a border inspection officer on the Tibetan frontier. He thought the job would be all routine patrols and dealing with snowstorms. But at the Kunsha Border Police Station in Ngari, Tibet, his entire worldview was turned upside down. After starting the job, he witnessed the mysterious “Ice Scale” during a night patrol, encountered the “Stone Spirit Clan,” who could communicate with humans, during a search-and-rescue operation, 6Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 44 I Use All Things as My Cultivation Cauldron 我以万物为炉鼎 The story follows Lin Mo, a researcher who transmigrates into a fantasy world, only to find himself trapped in a good-for-nothing body with blocked meridians and bullied by his family. A deadly humiliation orchestrated by his cousin Lin Feng becomes the turning point in his fate. He unexpectedly awakens Devouring Heaven Art, an overpowered cultivation technique he designed in his previous life, which lets him absorb the energy of all things and use it as his own. From then on, Lin Mo und —Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 45 A Mix-Up in the Reincarnation Lottery Turns Me into a Dog 摇号投胎误成狗 Rousing comeback|Absurd laughs|Mind-blowing twists|Dark humor|Ultimate satire|Pure adrenaline|Emotions dialed up to the max The King of Hell used a VIP loophole to make me take the place of a virtuous soul for ten lifetimes? I’ll bite the Book of Life and Death to pieces! Office worker Wang Youcai is reborn as a vicious dog and awakens the “Die to Get Rich System”: leap off a building to master lightness skills, spray poison that bursts into real flames, and swipe the King of Hell’s keyboard, ak —Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 46 The School Belle Transmigrates Through the Heavens, So I Want to Transmigrate Too 校花穿越诸天，我也要穿 Also known as: Childhood Friend Transmigrates into an Uchiha, and I Stain the Clan's Massacre Night with Blood; Childhood Friend Transmigrated for Eight Years, Unaware She's in Naruto; Water Shadow Ninja This is a modern, high-martial-arts world where everyone can awaken a System. At eighteen, I, the dead-last student, finally awakened the [Copy System] and successfully copied the [Myriad Worlds Transmigration System] of Mo Xi, the school beauty and my childhood sweetheart's sworn rival. But —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Northern Emperor Subdues Demons: The Record of Slaying Evil 北帝伏魔：斩邪录 The Black Laws of the Northern Emperor hang over all, while peachwood swords ring out and shake the four corners of the land. My name is Chen Xuanfeng, a wandering Daoist of the Northern Emperor sect. At my side is my apprentice, Lin Yu, not quite a child and not yet a man. We seek neither fame nor fortune, but a fiend who uses the blood and essence of the living to forge dark arts. Everywhere he goes, bones pile high and wronged spirits weep blood. Even fierce ghosts become puppets in his palm. 1Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 48 Legend of the Sacred Lotus 圣莲传奇 When the first streak of purple light cleaves the azure sky above the peak of Sacred Lotus Mountain, the morning bell rings out, its clear tone like a stream flowing over emerald stones, drifting into the mist among the trees. Daoist Master Cai often stands on the terrace at that hour, fingers rolling his horsetail whisk as he quietly watches the mountain mists unfurl. His robe stirs in the breeze, as if breathing in rhythm with every living thing on the mountain, silently attuned to the pulse o 1Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 49 The Surreal Club 超现实俱乐部 [No System + slow-paced + urban high martial arts. The first scenario is a transition; the second kicks things into high gear.] It was during a torrential downpour that a blood-red QR code and a black-and-gold envelope brought an invitation from hell. Ghosts, gods, spirits, monsters! One scenario after another, one surreal event after another. Are these game instances, or another world? By chance, Chen Rang steps into this bizarre and fantastical world. He often wonders: is he a player, a cannon —Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 50 The Haunted Pawnshop: Pawn Your Soul in a Yin Deal, or Your Life in a Living Deal! 惊悚典当铺，阴当失魂活当送命！ On a rainy Qingming night in 2010, Chen Mo, a disgraced heir to a traditional Chinese medicine lineage, was wiping rainwater from a sheepskin coat at a century-old pawnshop when a sudden burn in his palm made him see the scene of a crime from the bitter winter of 1997: his father being pushed into a Chinese medicine warehouse. Sewn into the lining of the pawned coat was a warehouse key stained with blood. In the first month after reopening San Ji Tang, a worm-eaten ledger revealed a series of lo 72Reads8.1Score—14d adds
