Novels like Fairy Tales from the Old Ones’ Bookshelf
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- 51 Pipi the Stray Puppy: A Forest Healing Journey with Xiao Hei the Giant Ant, Volume 2 《流浪小狗皮皮：和巨蚁小黑的森林自愈之旅》第二卷 Pipi the Stray Puppy: A Forest Journey of Healing with Xiao Hei the Giant Ant, Volume Two 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Pipi the Stray Puppy: A Forest Healing Journey with Xiao Hei the Giant Ant, Volume 3 《流浪小狗皮皮：和巨蚁小黑的森林自愈之旅》第三卷 Pipi the Stray Puppy: A Forest Journey of Healing with Xiao Hei the Giant Ant, Volume Three 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Pipi the Stray Puppy: A Forest Healing Journey with Xiao Hei the Giant Ant, Volume 5 《流浪小狗皮皮：和巨蚁小黑的森林自愈之旅》第五卷 Wandering Puppy Pipi: A Forest Journey of Healing with Giant Ant Xiao Hei, Volume 5 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Pipi the Stray Puppy: A Forest Healing Journey with Xiao Hei the Giant Ant, Volume 4 《流浪小狗皮皮：和巨蚁小黑的森林自愈之旅》第四卷 Wandering Puppy Pipi: A Forest Journey of Healing with Giant Ant Xiao Hei, Volume 4 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Creepy Game: I Have a Lovecraftian Wife 诡异游戏，我有一个克系老婆 [The Uncanny + Cthulhu Mythos] What would you do if an eldritch being claiming to be your wife appeared? How would you survive after finding yourself in a game called The Uncanny Game, filled with countless terrifying entities? If you could see the weaknesses of these uncanny beings, how would you play the game? And what choice would you make upon discovering that you and your eldritch wife shared some fundamental connection? Let's put it this way: What would you do if you had an eldritch wife? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Cthulhu: The Primordial Call 克苏鲁：原初的呼唤 [Transmigration] [Cultivation] [Taoist Elements] [Somewhat Saintly] [Gets Good Later] [Cthulhu Mythos Setting] A jade hairpin carrying a world within it sent Yu An transmigrating to an unknown, dark world. Armed with Taoist magical artifacts, can Yu An help humanity survive in the cracks of this dark and desperate world? Heretic, watched by countless abysses, perhaps Yu An stepped into the chaotic game of the gods the moment she arrived in this world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 When Fairy Tales Come to Life: I'll Protect the Princesses! 童话降临：公主们由我来守护！ The fairy-tale world has arrived. The real world and the world of fairy tales merge. The landscape changes dramatically, and lairs spring up everywhere. Witches roam the world, tempting everyone with desires in their hearts. Princesses are scattered far and wide, hidden among the bustling streets of the cities. An evil queen lurks in a dark castle, coveting the fertile human lands. Terrifying magical creatures appear and disappear without warning, threatening human lives at every turn. The colli 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Seven Days of Burning Sin 七日焚罪 A bizarre car accident drags Shen Qingzhou, an environmental reporter; Zhou Yi'an, a cold-blooded executive; Chen Jinkui, a self-serving businessman; and Wang Meng, the driver responsible, into a strange and twisted hell. Here, neon lights coexist with decay, Ox-Head and Horse-Face roam through steel jungles, and the eyes of beast-faced, human-bodied creatures burn with a thousand years of hatred for humanity’s slaughter of animals. To obtain survival supplies and supernatural abilities, they ar —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Shadows in the Mountains 群山中的阴影 Shadows in the Mountains —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Master of the Paranormal: I’m an Undercover Agent in the Paranormal Faction 诡异主宰：我在诡异阵营当卧底 The protagonist becomes an entity of the uncanny to take revenge. After getting his revenge, he hopes to settle down and live a lazy life, but an invisible “hand” keeps pushing him forward. When he finally comes to understand the whole world, he realizes that... well, uncanny gods are still gods. He begins his undercover journey in the uncanny world, tricking the uncanny beings. The uncanny world has nine world-ending... In the real world, multiple organizations are shouldering the burden and fi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Paranormal Mad Detective: Slaying Demons and Gods in My Dreams 灵异疯探：我在梦中斩鬼神 When Doomsday came, some people tried to fight back, while others clung to wishful thinking. But no matter which they chose, every last one of them died. [The early story leans toward exploration. This isn't a conventional power fantasy; it's a dark story that gets better the further you read.] The story's core elements: [Cthulhu style] [Doomsday] [Gods] [Eerie] [Despair] [Scheming] [Fate] [Sacrifice] [Endless madness] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Childhood Ruined: Starting with Nawa 崩坏童年：从拿瓦开始 [Dark Story] [Collection] [Killing Protagonists] To gain immense power, Chen Cong resolutely set out on a path of destruction. To seize the source energy of childhood cartoon worlds, he began a spree of slaughter. Armor Hero Lava world: Chen Cong snatched the Lava Armor from the start, then killed the male and female leads! Ultraman Monster Battle world: Chen Cong raised Zetton to devour all kinds of monsters, aliens, the Spheres, and countless trillions of humans, eventually breeding the mighti 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 63 Wrecking Childhoods: I'm Really Not Homelander 毁童年：我真不是祖国人 Cao Shuo floated in the sky, the golden antlers on his forehead shining brightly as golden light filled his eyes. "I'll do whatever the hell I want!" This is a story infused with positive energy. [Currently exploring: The Divine Warriors] [Worlds completed: Boonie Bears] [All worlds featured in this book are parallel worlds. They are definitely similar to, but different from, the original works. Please treat them as parallel timelines. Some aspects will inevitably differ, so please don't get too 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 An Alien Cat Fell on Me on My Way Home From School 放学路上，我被外星猫砸中了 On My Way Home from School, I Got Hit by an Alien Cat —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Cat Observer’s Cosmic Adventure: Bubble Planet 猫猫观察员的宇宙冒险-泡泡星球 A Cosmic Adventure by the Cat Observer: Bubble Planet 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 A Dark Fairy-Tale World, Completely Remade 爆改暗黑童话世界 A Dark Fairytale World, Completely Transformed 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 I Was Transported into a Dark Horror Fairy Tale 穿进恐怖暗黑童话了 I found a mysterious note. It listed the rules of this world. [Welcome to the Dark Fairytale series: Little Red Riding Hood. Here, you must follow the rules to find a way back. 1. Cats have nine lives. 4. Little Red Riding Hood is a good person, as long as she's wearing her red hood. 6. Grandma isn't Grandma, the wolf isn't a wolf, and the forest isn't a forest. 7. Don't forget, you're human. You've just entered a cat's body.] That's right, I'd transmigrated into Little Red Riding Hood's pet cat 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Zth World Has Me Stumped Z个世界有点懵 [Unhinged drama + dark fairy tales + role-playing + System + quick transmigration] On the first day after losing my memory, I went off the rails and got tricked into binding myself to a System. What? This train takes you to all kinds of fairy-tale worlds, and you turn into a random form when you get off? Completing plot-repair missions can restore my memories? What a deal! But these fairy-tale worlds seem to have gone dark... [Snow White puts ashes on her face every day] And I'm the huntsman, ch 14Reads—Score114d adds
- 69 Lord of the Feast 欢宴之主 This is an age without redemption, an era in which human civilization has fallen back into an abyss of savagery and madness. In the fifteenth millennium of the slumber of the Old Ones, viruses, brutality, heresy, and war once again engulf the world. Order disintegrates, and the apocalypse quietly descends. A young man from the northern frontier accidentally picks up the supreme Yellow Sign left behind on the continent by the King in Yellow, Hastur, and embarks on a feast that will devour the god 1.2kReads8.1Score27014d adds
- 70 In a Fairy Tale, I Can Extract Magic Traits! 人在童话，我能提取魔法词条！ Su Lin transmigrated into a world blending together fairy tales and awakened a magic-tome System that could extract magic entries. Little Red Riding Hood, the miller's apprentice, Snow White, the Thorn Princess, the Frog Prince, Thumbelina, Pinocchio, Aladdin's lamp... Magic is truth! As a mage, Su Lin meets those famous characters and changes their fates. From then on, the true name of the legendary mage Su Lin is celebrated in song! 520Reads6.0Score10414d adds
- 71 Face the Apocalypse of the Old Ones 直面旧日末日 [Cthulhu Mythos, Lovecraftian, infinite-flow, eerie, no female lead or one female lead] The madness of the Old Ones has descended once more. The sea that gave birth to countless universes is here, and the flames of civilization are about to go out. You can choose to record the final histories of these civilizations, or try to save them. At the beginning, the worlds the protagonist encounters are generally limited to planets with human civilizations. Only those who have experienced three world-en 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 What's It Like to Fall in Love with an Outer God? 和外神谈恋爱是什么体验 [The most miserable protagonist in history × the most absurd romantic comedy] Other people look at someone’s face, home, and car on a blind date. Lu Renjia looks for signs that his date might suddenly grow tentacles. A veteran loser whose first ninety-eight blind dates all ended in failure, Lu Renjia finally met his “destined girl” on his ninety-ninth: Yu Ge, a librarian who neither eats nor sleeps and whose pupils occasionally split into six petals. She said she was Yog-Sothoth, the all-knowing 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 A Rose’s Ashen Verse 蔷薇烬诗 Roses coil with resentment, the cycle of reincarnation never ends, consciousness shatters, and the domain goes on without limit. Chapters 1–9 are introductory; you can start at Chapter 9. The missions vary between instances, including rule-based horror, mystery-solving, and survival games… Resentment clings like vines, hiding vengeful souls and buried pasts. Interwoven halos illuminate the search for truth through trials of life and death. Break free of the domain's restraints, undo the curse of 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 I Reincarnated as Snow White, but My CP Is the Frog Prince? 穿成童话里的白雪公主，CP竟是青蛙王子？ I transmigrated into a fairy tale as Snow White, but my love interest is the Frog Prince? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Draw Cards! I'm Having a Blast in a Dark Fairy Tale 抽卡！我在暗黑童话开摆了 [A chatterbox System × an unlucky heroine + dark fairy tales + gacha system + infinite flow + absurd comedy + multiplayer dungeons] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully bound the Dark Fairy Tale Escape System!] [Please draw your beginner's gift pack, Host.] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a "Bankruptcy Notice from the Fairy Godmother"!] "???" Jiang Wanwan opened her eyes and looked at the crumpled piece of parchment in her hand. Written on it in ornate script were —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Bound to a Cultivation System, I’m Somehow Made to Cosplay a Witch 绑定修仙系统，竟让我cos女巫 Cultivation and farming System × fairy tales × no romance × female lead “Dezhu, I just want to sit around at home.” “No, you don't. Hurry up, Princess Snow White is almost here. Get that big apple of yours out and put it on display.” “Tell me, Dezhu, which princess is it today?” “Oh, I'm heading out today to deliver that dress to Cinderella. Don't forget the glass slippers!” Zhan Yan is a mildly antisocial worker who traveled from the cultivation world to a second world of fairy tales. Bound 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Creation in the Mirror: Have I Become a Cthulhu Horror? 镜中造物：我成了克苏鲁邪神？ [Cthulhu] [Creation] [Eerie] [Creator God] [Players] “In the most primordial age, there were no stars, sun, or moon in the ink-black depths of the sea. There, our Creator awakened. They created, they loved, and they brought light and beauty to this world!” A devout and fanatical believer stood before a towering bronze gate. “This is the primordial Creator!” “Praise the Creator!” In the most ancient depths, they brought all living things into being. They poured their power into the heavens an 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Cthulhu: The Jobless Me Brought the Gods to an End 克苏鲁：无职的我终结了神明 (Ensemble cast + Lovecraftian + sequences + apocalypse + grand schemes) Have you ever wondered? Was this blue planet once ruled by a terrifying host of beings like these? Have you ever wondered? Does an indescribable entity lie dormant in the depths of the sea somewhere in this world? Have you ever wondered? Does the King in Yellow wander the barren deserts somewhere in this world? They all have fanatical followers. In the gray mist, the indescribable Cthulhu wanders. Alien races invade, the unc 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Bizarre Fairy Tales: Beginning with The Little Mermaid 诡异童话：从海的女儿开始 The graduation party was so suffocatingly loud that I escaped to the seaside just to catch my breath. Then I slipped and fell into the water. The moment my lungs filled, I thought my life was over. But when I opened my eyes again, I was lying on a beach paved with shells. Beneath the moonlight, a mermaid girl sang in an ethereal voice. She offered me a scorching pearl. “Eat it, and you’ll be able to breathe underwater.” The instant her fingertips touched my neck, a hunger as deep as the ocean su 35Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 80 The World in the Mirror: Dark Fairy Tales 镜中世界之黑童话 In The World in the Mirror: Dark Fairy Tales, a book brimming with mystery and horror, classic fairy tales take on a sinister cast, weaving a world that is both chilling and impossible to resist. Here, Snow White is no longer a helpless girl waiting to be rescued by a prince; dark desires lurk within her. Cinderella's glass slipper is stained with blood, and the path to happiness is strewn with thorns and schemes. Little Red Riding Hood is no longer an innocent child. In the forest, she engages 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Even the Shifting Light Whispers of the Unknown 光变也是未知的低语 Lovecraftian + not a wish-fulfillment story Things that people cannot see do not necessarily fail to exist. To observe them, you need special theories and methods. And even if you can see them, are you seeing the whole picture? I’m gathering material for stories to play tabletop role-playing games with my friends, so I can really mess with everyone when I’m the Game Master later. That’s why the protagonist’s power won’t balloon. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Great Unity Record of Sitting in Oblivion 太一坐忘录 [A cosmic-horror serial novel, offering you a different take on history] The prologue, chapters 1–12, can be skipped. Was Liu Xiu able to summon meteorites because he was descended from the Essence of Flame? Was the Ming dynasty’s ban on maritime trade at the end of the dynasty actually because the Deep Ones came ashore? Could the year 1920 bring the possibility of humanity’s history being swallowed whole? Another day with nothing to show for it. The fish have grown legs and run out of the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Fairy Tales Are All Lies 童话故事都是假的 Fairy tales are all lies. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Quick Transmigration Fairy-Tale World: The Plot Has Gone Off the Rails Again! 快穿童话世界：剧情又崩啦！ Quick transmigration + fairy-tale worlds + System Liu Yue'er is a young girl in the bloom of youth. After being unexpectedly bound to a System, she begins her journey through fairy tales. World One: Captain of the Thorn Security Team in Sleeping Beauty √ World Two: Cinderella's stepsister √ World Three: Snow White's stepmother √ World Four: The princess in The Little Mermaid, ongoing —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 I Transmigrated into a Dark Fairy Tale and Became Snow White's Servant 穿进黑童话，成为白雪公主的男仆 Qin Yi transmigrates into a dark fairy tale and becomes Snow White’s servant. From the start, he awakens a Super Identification System that lets him uncover the truth by deciphering mysterious slips of paper. This world holds many untold stories. What seems beautiful on the surface is filthy beneath! Shocking! Snow White’s true identity is actually... The prince is a pervert, the king is a schemer, the stepmother is a scapegoat, and the dwarfs didn’t appear by chance. They all share the same fat 84Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 86 When the Golden Cicada Spreads Its Wings 当，金蝉振翅 [Cthulhu] + [Game] + [28 Arcana Cards] + [Twenty Days to Live] + [Heroic Spirits] + [Three Protagonists] The “Thief” died of generosity on a high bridge. The “Witch” drowned in the mirror of truth. The “Chariot” was crushed by time brought to a standstill. The “Knight” forged a bright road with a medal. The “Decoder” dissolved into ink between the pages of truth. The “Actor” stained a false stage red with real blood. The “Traveler” was strangled by their own footprints on the way home. The “Stow —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Cthulhu, Now a God, and Feeling Great 克苏鲁，已成神，感觉良好 [Cthulhu] [Legendary Investigator] [Bestiary Collection] What? You want to know how a detective can become a legendary investigator? If the cases you investigate bear the hand of Nyarlathotep, your golden key is a Classic of Mountains and Seas capable of collecting every Old One, and you know just how to win their “favor”... Then when the stars come right, your own throne will await you. This is the arduous journey of a returnee, and a story interesting enough to be worth telling. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 An Immortal Body from the Start, So I’m Going to Save the World? 开局不死之身，我去拯救世界？ [Comedy + one heroine + dark fairy tale + nearly invincible protagonist + decisive and ruthless] A brooding, socially anxious man with a sharp tongue and a soft heart, no morals whatsoever, and a built-in thunderous language System transmigrates into a dark fairy-tale world thoroughly corrupted by the Seven Deadly Sins, where every fairy tale has been twisted. Through a series of mishaps, the world's will recognizes him as a fairy-tale knight. “What do you mean I’m a fairy-tale knight now, and m 358Reads—Score10314d adds
- 89 Unfathomable Idiom Tales 不可名状的成语故事 You’ve surely heard the stories behind idioms like “Lord Ye loves dragons,” “pretending to play the yu,” and “a rooster’s crow and a dog’s theft.” But would you be willing to hear my versions of these familiar idiom tales, told in a different way? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Lonely Moon Era 孤月纪元 (A note for readers: This isn't a typical power fantasy. Every step is difficult, though the pacing won't drag. If that bothers you, read at your own risk.) The countdown to death has begun. Hesitate and you die; waver in confusion and you're as good as dead. The Marked, the Favored, demigods, lesser gods, and supreme gods. This is a world where every kind of Cthulhu deity exists, a time and place where theology and science coexist, and Eastern and Western religions collide. Do you believe in go 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Awakened Fairytale 觉醒童话 [Magic + princesses + awakening + a fictional world + romance + wild imagination + special powers] World One: A breathtakingly beautiful, willful mermaid princess × a loyal, devoted nine-tailed fox royal advisor World Two: A Snow White who starts off lazy, then works hard × a ruthless, unhinged fake queen (male) A resentful force sweeps through the worlds of fairy tales, throwing the carefully planned storylines off course. The heroines, who were supposed to have the protagonist’s halo, can only —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Anti-Fairy Tale: The Mermaid's Grandmother 反童话：美人鱼的奶奶 Yan Wu woke up one day to find that she had transmigrated into the fairy-tale world of The Little Mermaid, and had been given the mission of changing the story’s ending. But as she kept making changes, she realized she might have altered history. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Old Era: My Witch's Gate 旧日纪元：我的魔女之门 [Cthulhu + Reborn + Gender Bender + Lone Wolf + Overpowered] When the game link for Whispers of the Old Ones quietly infiltrated the internet, everyone thought it was just an exciting urban legend. It wasn’t until monsters tore through reality and the apocalypse arrived that Su Lin realized the truth: lose once in this game, and you die for real. He was reborn on the day the game first appeared and activated the link without hesitation. [Unique Talent Awakened: Witch of the Key to the Gate] As h 61Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 94 The Coffin That Sealed the Old Ones 棺镇旧日支配者 I Gather Gods in the Wasteland Gray fog blankets the world. Old Gods awaken from humanity’s subconscious, and civilization teeters on the brink of madness. Chen Huang used to be an undertaker at a funeral home, closing the eyes of more than three hundred deceased. After the apocalypse began, tests showed that his contamination index exceeded the measurement limit. He was locked in the lowest level of the Ninth Containment Facility, assigned number 094. There, the bronze coffin sleeping in his —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Cthulhu Era: Starting from Sequence Zero 克苏鲁时代，从第零序列开始 Cthulhu + Sequences + Outer Gods + Calls from the Unknown, Whispers in Your Ear. The age of Cthulhu has arrived. Li Fan accidentally transmigrates into the body of a count’s son. Demons hatch their schemes, the Church fights back, and Cthulhu’s call beckons. Step into the history of sequence evolution and help build a new nation. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Abyssal Sequence: At Last, I Become a Forbidden Old One 深渊序列：终成禁忌旧日 In a desperate world where steam and madness intertwine, Lin En drinks the potion that leads to the abyss. The truth he uncovers is that the world’s foundations rest on an act of theft; the end he foresees is the System’s cold, periodic reboot. From a lowly “Seeker of Secrets” to the “Lord of the Abyss” who commands the rules, he mutates his body, strips away his humanity, and walks the narrow line between destruction and creation. None of this is for the sake of attaining the highest godhood 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Doomsday: The Ancient Ones Loom Above 末日：高悬的旧日 [Cthulhu, ruthless and decisive] Two suns hang in the sky, doomsday has arrived, and the old gods sleeping in this world are about to awaken from their madness. I transmigrated to this world with no System and no superpowers. All I had were my memories, which helped me make some money here. I thought my life would simply go on like that. But then the ruins were discovered, and another sun appeared in the sky. That was when I realized just how terrifying my past life had been. “A man from the fut —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 To Hell with Cthulhu, Give Me Back My Wise Emperor Gaozong of Tang 去你的克苏鲁，还我英明唐高宗 [Plot-driven + character growth + no female lead + light historical flavor + dual transmigration + eerie elements + satisfying action] Evil Outer Gods invade, and the ancient gods of Huaxia fall. Traveling between past and present, a battle over authority and divinity begins. Who will raise the curtain, and who will write the final chapter? I, Chen Zhen, the only history major to graduate with a perfect record, have nothing but a pair of wrecked legs from working overtime. How can I beat up Uncl 12Reads—Score414d adds
- 99 The Huyang City Horror 环阳市恐怖事件 [Cthulhu] [Eerie] [Plot-driven] [Feel-good read] The rainy season in Huanyang never ends. It has simply turned blue. From a detective's missing-person case to a young man's “Buy one, get one free”; from a reporter's investigation of a construction site to an elementary school student's essay; from a graduate's rented room beneath a bridge to a charlatan's inexplicable incense ritual... Everyone is seeing the same color and hearing the same sound: A buzzing rises from underground, whispers coil a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 A Bite Out of the Azure Heavens 苍天一蚀 [Bizarre apocalypse + multiple heroines + sanity meter plummeting + facing the gods head-on + socialist values] I, unable to die, watch myself through the world. Before the black hole, I look up and see countless versions of myself arranged one after another along a Mobius strip. Then I’m sucked into the black hole in an instant. The eerie red moonlight holds the power to bring the dead back to life, while the red false sun in the sky drags everyone into a world of death with its tentacles. The —Reads—Score—14d adds
