Novels like Tingwan in Tales of a Dark River
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- 151 Film and TV Crossover: Shiyin’s Travels 综影视：时音游记 The heroine is a quick transmigration traveler who has risen above vulgar interests. She won’t limit herself to the so-called plot. Instead, she continually hones herself, cultivates her character, and grows stronger. The world is vast, and she walks her own path alone... I never cultivated the Dao to make life interesting. As for loneliness, the Great Dao is perilous and long, and few can walk alongside you. That is simply part of the cultivator’s journey. If you fear loneliness, why cultivate 11.3kReads6.9Score21214d adds
- 152 Taking Skills Into the World of Film and TV 带着技能去影视 Hehua, the daughter of a human and a demon, is fortunate to be taken in as a disciple by Qingfeng of Kunlun. Clear-minded, upright, and exceptionally gifted, she descends the mountain to rid the world of evil spirits and wicked practitioners, bringing honor to Kunlun! She will also put an end to the conflict between humans and demons, and help Hehua find peace. 1.7kReads—Score10514d adds
- 153 Film and TV Crossover: The Enchanting Maiden Game Takes Me on Adventures Everywhere 综影视：倩女游戏带我到处游 [Space-time + games + film and television dramas + legends + invincible protagonist + strong female lead + spatial powers] Liu Xiyue had played A Chinese Ghost Story for nine years. After becoming a True Immortal, she was inexplicably trapped inside the game for a hundred years, grinding through daily quests the entire time~ Then one day... after returning from the Doushuai Palace, where she'd just beaten up some fairies, something changed on her quest panel~ Heavens above~ The quests have final 3.5kReads6.7Score13114d adds
- 154 Film and TV Crossover: Crimson Clouds Beyond 综影视：绯上云端 The Yun Zhi Yu arc is currently updating! The heroine has the same name in every story only because I'm too lazy to come up with new names. They're actually all different people. E1: New Life Begins, pairing: Yin Zheng E2: The Blood of Youth, pairing: Lei Wujie E3: Chong Zi, pairing: Chu Bufu / Wan Jie E4: Hua Liuli's Extraordinary Tales, pairing: Pei Jihuai E5: Till the End of the Moon, pairing: Tantai Jin E6: The Blood of Youth, pairing: Wushuang (short story) E7: The Blood of Youth, pairing: 2kReads8.4Score10114d adds
- 155 Film and TV Crossover: Sun and Moon Light the Way Across the Mountains and Rivers 综影视：日月掌灯越山河 Lotuses cannot rival a beauty's adornments; the breeze through the waterside palace carries the fragrance of pearls and jade. Clever, beautiful, and ambitious, the girls in these stories always know exactly what they want. Every story is one-on-one. Completed stories have been moved to the author's notes. Planned stories: Three Lives, Three Worlds + Immortal Incense: Zha He, young lord of the Demon Clan, VS Emperor Qingli, Ying Yuan Primordial Era: Imperial Princess of the Eastern Emperor (Ling 31.5kReads8.6Score91914d adds
- 156 Afterlife Entertainment in the World of Film and TV 综影地府娱乐 The sequel to Part Two, To Earn a Job in the Underworld, I Work Hard at Acting Qing Mo, an underworld civil servant, has transferred departments and reported to the Entertainment Office. She is debuting as an actress in the underworld, taking on all kinds of over-the-top murder-mystery scripts. Current worlds: 1. The Legend of Yang Guifei, in the Young Blood world 2. Open the Door, Sister-in-Law, It's Me, Your Brother, in the Young Blood world 3. The Spear Immortal's Transmigration, in the Young 5.7kReads8.7Score19814d adds
- 157 Film and TV Crossover: I'm Not a Kunpeng, I'm a Carp 综影视不是鲲是鲤鱼 There are fish in the Northern Sea. Not only the Kun, but fish as well. Brother Kun rises from the water and soars through the skies. Heh, he even swats Little Sister Li the little carp away. Transmigrating through all kinds of TV worlds to wreak havoc (ahem, I mean, to save people), Li Xiaoyu is here to rescue her darling boys~ 1.1kReads6.3Score11714d adds
- 158 Film and TV Crossover: The Supporting Lady Must Stay Clear-Headed 综影视：女配要清醒 (Under contract, copying and reposting prohibited) I want to write about characters whose stories left me feeling they deserved better. I won't bash the original male or female leads unless I can't help it. I won't abandon the story; if I stop updating, I'll post a notice. Current world: Yezi from Fireworks of My Heart Independent college student Yezi × reserved, proper CEO Meng Yancheng 1. Ode to Joy: Qiu Yingying (complete) A somewhat blunt STEM girl, Qiu Yingying × investment banking tycoon C 14.9kReads8.0Score45914d adds
- 159 Film and TV Crossover: The Little Immortal from Siming Hall 综影视，小仙来自司命殿 I recommend starting with the third story. Skip the first and second stories. Start with the third one; I highly recommend it! Third story: Dashing Youth + the Dark River arc, Chapters 220–504 Wu Ming CP Baili Dongjun Fourth story: The Outcast, Chapters 505–683 Feng E'e CP Wang Ye Fifth story: Enter the Azure Clouds Mu Tianxuan CP Ji Bozai, Chapters 687–941 Sixth story: Mysterious Lotus Casebook Nian Gao CP Tangyuan, Chapters 942–1072 Shaoyun was kicked down to the mortal world to carry out a mi 5.6kReads6.0Score17814d adds
- 160 The Blood of Youth: I Start Tearing Down Houses at Wangcheng Mountain 少年歌行：从望城山开始拆家 [No breaking up established couples (except Hua Jin and Lan Yuehou) + no CP + ship whoever you like] Wangcheng Mountain has a female disciple whose talent for breaking up couples rivals Lei Erha's. The Great Dao is fifty, Heaven's Way allows forty-nine, and one escapes its grasp. Her arrival was no accident. Her arrival gave some people a glimmer of hope against their fate. I have a sword, and the galaxy endures forever. Weng Yuqing, known as the Primordial Sword Immortal. (Not a crossover antho 4.4kReads9.4Score32914d adds
- 161 Film and TV Crossover: Beauty in a Cage 综影视：笼中美人 Completed: The Blood of Youth: A young madam flees the residence of Prince Chi and stumbles into the martial world. NPCs: Lei Wujie, Xiao Se, Xiao Yu, Tang Lian My Journey to You: Gong Shangjue brings a delicate young woman back from Gusu. NPCs: Gong Shangjue, Gong Yuanzhi, Gong Ziyu Coming soon: The Untamed: A frail young woman is seized by Wen Ruohan. NPCs: Wen Ruohan, Jin Guangyao, Jiang Cheng Lost You Forever: A frail-born nine-tailed fox girl is sent by the Tushan clan to marry for an allia 662Reads8.6Score4114d adds
- 162 Film and TV Crossover: A Sudden Spring Awakening 综影视：春色惊觉 Not a female-lead power fantasy; the heroine has little sense of morality. Elementary-school-level writing, so let’s grow together. Volume One: The Golden Sparrow: Empresses in the Palace + Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace Volume Two: From The Lost Tomb to Ultimate Note Volume Three: The Mystic Nine: The Pillow Book's Xuan Nü Volume Four: A female original character in The M School, paired with Mi Yaxing Volume Five: The Dream of Splendor: Pei Sijing Volume Six: The Five Blessings: Fuhui I post t 606Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 163 Film and TV Crossover: A Boat Full of Sweet Dreams 综影视：满船清梦 Shen Qingmeng died. She was stabbed to death. It was an unjust and undignified end. She couldn’t accept it. She was far too young to die like that. As her resentment reached a fever pitch, a System suddenly came knocking... A friendly reminder: The heroine is selfish! She schemes, plots, acts, and has all the tricks in the book! Not every world has a happy ending! World One: My Journey to You, bad ending World Two: Mysterious Lotus Casebook 3.8kReads8.6Score13714d adds
- 164 Film and TV Crossover: I Take on Tasks Like Crazy in Little Worlds 综影视：我在小世界疯狂做任务 [New book: Comprehensive Film and TV Worlds: I Draw a Little Paper Person from the Start] [Transmigration + strong female lead + no fixed CP] [The focus is always on the shows and films: each world has a CP, so don’t read if that’s not your thing.] Zhang Chuyue, born with congenital heart disease, was bound to System 911 after her death and sent to various derivative worlds to complete missions. World 1: Ultimate Note: Hei Xiazi (an upgraded version of the Eight Trigrams of Feng Hou) World 2: My 28.3kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 165 Film and TV Crossover: Bright Moonlight 综影视：明月皎皎 An immortal descends into the mortal world, undergoing endless cycles of reincarnation in search of a chance to survive. Popular TV and film fan fiction. (There are lots of original interpretations, so you can read it as half original.) Currently updating: The Young Brewmaster's Adventure + The Blood of Youth, Mu Jiaojiao (wild and unrestrained fiction) 27kReads8.8Score72014d adds
- 166 Film and TV Crossover: A Radiant Beauty 综影视：顾盼生辉 [Power Fantasy + Sweet Romance + Mary Sue + Overpowered Golden Finger + OOC Warning] Note: If you only want a single male lead, don't click in. The female lead occasionally acts like a drama queen, except in the Three Lives world. Yaole (Rongrong)'s transmigration journey~ The female lead will not be tortured! The female lead will not be tortured! The female lead will not be tortured! Three Lives, Three Worlds: Xuan Nu ✓ Mysterious Lotus Casebook & My Journey to You: Jiang Lili ✓ The Blood of Yo 17.3kReads8.7Score61614d adds
- 167 The Blood of Youth: The Qingcheng Daoist Master Comes Down from the Mountain 少年歌行：青城道爷下山了 [No heroine, the male lead stands alone, no breaking up couples] A prodigy emerged from Qingcheng Mountain, entering the Mysterious Realm of Spirit Travel at just seventeen. Zhao Yuzhen: Everyone says my swordsmanship is unmatched, that I guard Qingcheng alone with my sword and forced the Demon Sect to take an eight-hundred-mile detour. But they don't know that back then, my senior brother spat out a burst of sword energy that swept across those eight hundred miles. My senior brother, Zhou Huanz 17.6kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 168 The Male Gods of Film and TV Can't Resist My Charms 综影视之男神放肆宠 My dream guy is mine. 4.8kReads8.3Score16014d adds
- 169 Film and TV Crossover: Constantly Switching Between Blowing My Cover and Walking into a Love Triangle 综影视：在掉马与修罗场之间反复横跳 The Blood of Youth is currently being updated! Ye Qingge helps all kinds of protagonists and supporting characters fulfill their wishes as she transmigrates through different worlds. As the top-ranked freshman in the Interstellar Management Department at the Interstellar Academy, she finds her own way through each mission and carves out a path of her own. The style is lighthearted and funny. The heroine is scatterbrained and loves to crack jokes, but this is still a power-fantasy story with a st 9.8kReads8.5Score30814d adds
- 170 Film and TV Crossover: Flirting with the Men According to Their Character Settings 综影视：按照人设撩男神 World One: Ultimate Note, complete World Two: The Glory (1V1), complete World Three: The Blood of Youth, complete World Four: Lost You Forever, complete World Five: Mysterious Lotus Casebook, ongoing 5.6kReads9.2Score—14d adds
- 171 How Useless Can the System Be in a Crossover Through Film and TV? 综影视之系统到底能有多没用 What use is being bound to a lottery System? The answer: it makes an already less-than-perfect life even worse. Lin Manyu is the daughter of Princess Royal Li Yunrui and the younger sister of Lin Wan'er. At the age of three, she was bound to a lottery System called Xiao Ba. Her beginner’s gift pack hit the jackpot, and from that moment on, her unlucky life began... 8.3kReads7.3Score26114d adds
- 172 (Crossover) Conquering the Martial World with a Red Packet Group （综影视）靠红包群称霸江湖 Shen Yixiang transmigrates to a martial world of flashing blades and clashing swords. She thinks she's just a wage slave, quietly doing her tasks and keeping her head down until old age. Who could have guessed? “Ding! Red Envelope Group loaded successfully!” “Ding! You got a copy of the Nine Yin Manual!” “Ding! You got a medical genius's handbook!” “Ding!” “Ding!” “Ding!” And then she becomes the greatest martial artist under heaven!!!??? “Ding! You got one peerless husband!!!????” This isn't qu 6kReads8.1Score30614d adds
- 173 Film and TV Crossover: Rushing to the Front Lines for Gossip 综影视：奔赴吃瓜第一线 [Gossip + Reverse Mind-Reading + Goofy Mary Sue Sweet Romance] [Read the First Chapter for Content Warnings] Jian Youyou loves gossip and watching the drama unfold, but one of the people involved goes berserk and chops her to death. After risking her life for gossip, she binds herself to a top-tier gossip System. From then on, she resolutely heads for the front lines of every juicy story, unafraid even of death! And she doesn’t just enjoy the gossip herself, she brings everyone else along for th 6.1kReads8.8Score22814d adds
- 174 Film and TV Crossover: The Beloved Beauty Everyone Adores 综影视：娇美万人迷 A word of warning: The characters may be out of character. Expect a crowd of admirers, a sweet, clueless heroine, and more than just a second male lead. The male lead is fair game too. If he's handsome, he's in. Every story stands on its own in a different parallel world, with a distinct style, so you can enjoy them individually. Since fate brought us together, why not sit back and enjoy the show? 18kReads6.0Score33914d adds
- 175 Film and TV Crossover: The Alluring, Seductive Female Lead 综影视：娇软女配魅惑勾魂 Quick transmigration through TV dramas: Su Wanwan is bound to Daji's Nine-Tailed Fairy Fox System. With a bewitching aura, she rides others' luck to cultivate! Wanning from The Double / Song Si from My Journey to You 11kReads7.9Score22714d adds
- 176 Crossover: A Mother Rises Through Her Children with the Childbearing System 综：靠生子系统母凭子贵 7. Blossoms in Adversity: Xiao Heng (currently drafting) 6. Joy of Life 2: Li Chengze (complete) 5. My Journey to You: Gong Shangjue 4. Mysterious Lotus Casebook: Li Lianhua 3. Lost You Forever: Tushan Jing 2. My Journey to You: Han Yaqi and Young Master Yue 1. The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng: Hua Manlou A heroine who grows stronger over time. Powerful! Sweet romance + mutual devotion + healing. No angst! 5.2kReads7.9Score5714d adds
- 177 Film and TV Crossover: The Madam Starts Affairs and Then Abandons Them 综影视：夫人她始乱终弃 [My Journey to You: Yun Que arc in progress] [Mysterious Lotus Casebook × The Blood of Youth in progress] [The Legend of Anle in progress] [Worlds] ① The Untamed: Original Character [✔] ② Meteor Shower: Zhao Meiran [✔] “Airheaded beauty vs. computer genius” (couple: Ye Shuo) ③ Romance in the Rain: Keyun [✔] “When Keyun finds success in both love and her career” ④ The M School: Wu Ke Nana [✔] “Defying fate, a powerhouse” ⑤ The Journey of Chong Zi: Sima Miaoyuan [✔] “The senior sister wants to bec 16.7kReads9.0Score37614d adds
- 178 Film and TV Crossover: The Gods Favor Me 综影视：神明偏宠 Yan Chu, ruler of all things and an ancient deity. Across three thousand worlds, she carries a book and commands a thousand bells, helping the world resolve its troubles as she pleases. * [World One: Eternal Love World Two: The Mystic Nine World Three: Under the Skin World Four: Go Go Squid! World Five: Ultimate Note World Six: Heavenly Palace on the Clouds World Seven: Sand Sea World Eight: Till the End of the Moon World Nine: Destined World Ten: Fireworks of My Heart World Eleven: The Untamed] 1.3kReads8.3Score7714d adds
- 179 Film and TV Crossover: Yunqi 综影视：云栖 Rules have gained sentience, and the worlds of the heavens are left with a single thread of hope. Yun Qi: I am the chosen woman destined to save the world. Love at first sight, all the way to the end. The Blood of Youth: The little fairy of Qingcheng Mountain x the peerless one √ A young couple known throughout the entire martial world [Chapters 1–169] Three Lives, Three Worlds: paired with Donghua Dijun The Daoist partner Donghua erased: Xuanling, Queen Mother of the Jade Pool The Blood of Yout 15.9kReads8.9Score42414d adds
- 180 Film and TV Crossover: Wandering Through One World After Another 综影视：各个世界荡一荡 Till the End of the Moon: A Few Unspoken Things Between Zhou Heiya and Her Master, Tantai Jin A friendly reminder: Everything from the Till the End of the Moon world onward is in plain text~ The Glory: Ha Do-young, the boyfriend with a fatherly vibe The Starry Love: The legendary tale of the three Liguang sisters: one becomes a Heavenly Empress, one a Queen of the Abyss, and one an Empress of the human realm. The Empress and her shy little puppy: Qingheng, the handsome, refined, gentle, and 4.4kReads7.1Score12114d adds
- 181 Film and TV Crossover: A Jade Maiden's Affair 综影视：玉女情事 [Peerless beauty + sweet romance + Mary Sue + shamelessly adored by everyone + dreamlike fiction + money-loving couch potato who lies flat] Tang Yu makes a wish: if she can become a peerless beauty, she'll pay any price. Then Tang Yu starts completing missions with her System, traveling from one world to the next. This story is all about romance and pure Mary Sue wish fulfillment. Maybe she'll pursue a career in one world now and then, but most of the time she just lies flat. Life is exhausting. 41.4kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 182 Film and TV Crossover: The Sweet, Soft Beauty Is Breaking the Plot 综影视：娇软美人在线崩剧情 (An utterly shameless, universally adored character; forced love; severe OOC and extensive headcanons, so please don't overthink it.) The modern-day sweet and delicate beauty Yun Yaoyao brings her golden finger King System into the worlds of TV dramas, derailing their plots as a shameless, universally adored character. It's all full of headcanons, so please don't overthink it. 6.4kReads8.3Score10914d adds
- 183 The Blood of Youth 少年歌行 The live-action adaptation of The Blood of Youth premieres exclusively on December 26. A passionate young man dressed in red, a penny-pinching owner of a dilapidated tavern, and the first disciple of a powerful martial clan: the three seem to have nothing in common, until they meet one snowy night. Each with their own agenda, they set out together to escort a coffin made of gold to the frontier city of Bilo. Along the way, they are hunted by forces from every side: the elite assassin duo Yue Ji 5.3kReads9.5Score64714d adds
- 184 A Daily Routine of Watching the Show Across Worlds 综穿之看戏日常 To save his ten little nephews, the Little Golden Crow began his transmigration journey. 1. Ashes of Love √ 2. Love Like the Galaxy √ 3. Ultimate Note √ 4. The Blood of Youth 4.9kReads6.3Score11814d adds
- 185 Across the Screen: A Thousand Knots of the Heart 综穿影视：心有千千结 Reader’s Guide: The numbers are chapter numbers, included to help you find the story arcs you want to read!!!! Eternal Love: Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, Xuan Nu 1–9 The Untamed, Wei Ying’s Little Grand-Grandmaster 10–39 The Untamed, Qin Su CP Xue Yang 40–76 Ashes of Love, Wind God’s Daughter CP Run Yu 77–120 My Dear Destiny, Original Female Lead CP Su Xunxian 121–155 The Untamed, Original Female Lead CP Xue Yang 156–187 Eternal Love, New Xuan Nu CP Dong Hua 188–215 Word of Honor, Original CP Ye 22.9kReads8.5Score38014d adds
- 186 Quick Transmigration: Defying Fate at Its Core 快穿，逆命为本 One day, a woman with an extremely chuuni name was hit by a car in the most clichéd way possible, then picked by a giant egg in an equally clichéd fashion. System: “…Your mission is to travel through worlds and change the course of their original destinies.” The heroine nodded. “All right.” She’d thought it was some proper, official System, but it turned out to be a wild chicken. So who was really pulling the strings? Treated like an actress performing for an audience, the heroine remained expre 16.3kReads8.6Score41414d adds
- 187 A Journey Through Film and TV: Crossing Paths with the Child-Giving Goddess 综影视之杠上送子观音 No gender swaps. Don’t write them, and please stop bringing it up in the comments. I can’t accept it. 1. Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 1. Lu Muping 2. Consort Ke 3. Chen Wanyin 4. Fuca Langhua 5. Bai Ruiji 6. Hailan 2. Empresses in the Palace 1. Shen Meizhuang 2. Ulanara Yixiu 3. The Story of Minglan 1. Sheng Molan (ongoing) 4. Serenade of Peaceful Joy 1. Miao Xinhe 5. Qing Dynasty transmigration 1. Empress Hesheli 6. Dream of the Red Chamber 7. Bu Bu Jing Xin: Fourth Prince’s Consort 9.8kReads8.7Score13214d adds
- 188 Starting My Journey Through Film and TV in A Dream of Splendor 综影视从梦华录开始 [TV and anime fanfiction + original female lead + soul transmigration] Yi Zhen never imagined she would one day transmigrate into a TV drama. A kindhearted girl can’t help wanting to save the characters whose stories left her heartbroken and rewrite history! Here you’ll find fanfiction based on the TV dramas you want to see. The stories may be different, but they’re every bit as exciting. This is a customizable novel: whoever you want to be the protagonist can take center stage. Feel free to te 8kReads9.0Score30314d adds
- 189 Film and TV Crossover: I Can't Stop Plotting Rebellions 综影视：沉迷造反无法自拔 The Blood of the Youth + Medical Examiner Qin Ming. A crime-busting heroine x Qin Ming, with dual prophetic dreams as their golden finger, solving cases with laughs and fun. Qin Ming: Your dreams are all crime scenes, while mine are all about you. Nan Zhi: Isn't comparing me to a crime scene a little disrespectful? Qin Ming: No. It just shows how much I value you. ❀Synopsis: If she hadn't been hit on the head that day by the Three Thousand Reincarnations Mirror, she wouldn't have been forced to 11.7kReads8.9Score14114d adds
- 190 Film and TV Crossover: A Shi 综影视：阿十 World 45: Tang Dynasty, Li Mao (ongoing...) The Great Dao gives rise to fifty, of which forty-nine are manifest, while the last remains elusive. Those controlled by fate give everything they have for a chance to change their destiny and rewrite their lives. This time, at last, they find the perfect ending! World 44: The Glory, Yin Yuji World 43: Chong Zi, Wen Zi World 42: Story of Yanxi Palace, Chen Bi World 41: The Knockout, Jiang Nianyi World 40: A Dream Behind a Crystal Curtain, Wang Lvp ping 40.6kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 191 Film and TV Crossover: The Supporting Actress Has a Golden Finger 综影视：女配有了金手指 What changes will the lives of the various supporting female characters from TV dramas and films undergo once they gain a golden finger? 58.3kReads8.9Score97914d adds
