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- 1 Reborn in 1980: My Ten-Thousand-Acre Spirit Spring Space 重生1980：我的万亩灵泉空间 An act of bravery cost modern young man Li Tiejun his life, but his legend began anew in 1980 in Songling Village, a mountain village in the north. Reborn into a home stripped bare by poverty, he was surrounded by loving family who nonetheless struggled to make ends meet. Fortunately, he had brought along a mysterious spiritual spring dimension: it accelerated growth, enhanced everything, and healed injuries. Above all, it was the supreme secret he could never let anyone discover. From then on, 6.2kReads8.2Score507Shelves
- 2 After I Transmigrated, I Opened a Bank in Dali 穿越后我在大郦开起了银行 I dropped dead from overwork in marketing, and when I opened my eyes, a creditor was standing over me with a knife, ready to take my leg. I'm a modern-day bank debt collector, reborn as a poor scholar who owes fifteen strings of cash in high-interest debt! I calculated interest from water stains to expose the "parent-child interest" scam, and shut the collector up so thoroughly that Master Zhou snatched me up on the spot! Could the Zhou household's three-way debt, which had stumped them for fiv 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Shadows of Glory 光耀的阴影 Yang Guangyao, a middle school teacher, firmly believes that "strictness is love, leniency is harm," and that controlling his children harshly is the right way to raise them. Under his violent discipline, all four children get into prestigious universities and become the envy of the neighborhood. Yet beneath the shining surface lies deep trauma: his eldest daughter, Shenglan, spends her whole life trying to heal herself; his second daughter is also full of heartache, suffering beyond words. His 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Strange Tales from the Ethereal Pavilion 缥缈阁志异 Ancient supernatural mysteries + a male and female lead fighting side by side + episodic investigations + a central conspiracy There's a strange tale in Chang'an's West Market: at the third watch of every midnight, a Misty Pavilion appears out of nowhere at the boundary between the worlds of yin and yang. The fox spirit selling goods always sits with one leg crossed over the other, cracking sunflower seeds. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Snow Wolf's Eye 雪狼之瞳 That year, a blizzard sealed off the mountains in the Great Northern Wilderness. Amid the howling of wolves, old hunter Zhao Laogen dug a swaddled infant out of the snow. "It's a boy!" He named the baby Zhao San and raised him on wolf's milk. Everyone in the settlement said Zhao San was a wolf cub reborn as a human. He could venture alone into the old forest on a snowy night and return alive, and his eyes glowed green in the dark. Eighteen years later, a bulldozer from the land-reclamation te 19Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 6 A Huang the Police Dog and His Hapless Partner 警犬阿黄和它的冤种搭档 "What the heck?!" Li Yunfeng steadied himself, nearly tossing the mug out of his hand. He squinted and looked closer, only to find an unexpected visitor in the courtyard: a little dog with sandy-yellow fur, maybe two or three months old. Its fluffy head and round eyes bobbed as it stood by his feet, digging furiously at something in a crack between the bricks. "Hey, where did you come from, little pup?" Li Yunfeng spat out the last of his mouthwash and crouched down, curious. The yellow puppy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Supercop Xu Yang and Super Special Forces Soldier Xu Mingming 超级警察徐阳与超级特种兵徐明明 Xu Yang is a top-tier PhD with a fortune worth hundreds of billions, skilled in both academics and martial arts. He gives up a comfortable life to work on the front lines of criminal investigation, becoming a super cop feared by criminals. Xu Mingming is a steely, formidable fighter and a national-level super soldier, a blade protecting the country. When a bizarre shooting erupts in downtown Jinan, the surveillance system is hijacked by AI and the scene yields no clues. What appears to be an ord 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Chronicles of the Great Song Coal Rush 大宋石炭风云录 A heavy snowfall and a bottle of old liquor somehow sent me to the Great Song. Had I become my own ancestor from a thousand years ago? What a mess. The generations are all mixed up, and I can’t leave my family without an heir. Otherwise, where would the twenty-first-century me come from? But I’m getting ahead of myself. I should figure out how to stay alive and make sure the Li family doesn’t end up without descendants. What did my ancestor do again? He passed the imperial examinations, held a m —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Love Through the Years on a Rainy Night 雨夜悠悠岁月的爱情 On a rainy day in 2004, fifteen-year-old Xu Xiaozhi meets transfer student Su Wanwan during morning reading. Her bright eyes steal into his heart, and from then on, his budding feelings grow wild amid the chalk dust of the classroom. He braves the rain to bring her an umbrella, gladly taking a beating from his father for it; she quietly gives him hints during dictation and offers him silent support on a misty mountain road. Glances across the basketball court, notes in exercise books, and promis —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 A Love Story of Promises Beneath the Cherry Blossoms 樱花树下的约定的爱情故事 In a quiet town, a devastating fire suddenly breaks out and quickly spreads to the cherry tree at the town center. Everyone believes the tree, revered as sacred, is doomed. Chen Yuze and Chen Xueying stand beneath it and pray devoutly. In an instant, a miracle occurs: a spring gushes from the trunk and extinguishes the flames. Afterward, the cherry tree thrives more than ever, and they know their duty to protect it is far from over. Though the tree brings the town closer together and residents —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Love Apartment 7: A Modern Romantic Comedy 爱情公寓7现代喜剧爱情 Love Apartment 7: Modern Comedy Romance 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 A Romantic Love Story on Campus 校园的浪漫爱情故事 Su Xiaoxiao and Lin Xiaofeng meet on the campus of Harvard Institute of Technology. Once classmates, they eventually become each other's true love. Lin Xiaofeng comes from a special forces background. Tall, composed, and dependable, he turns to academic research after hanging up his uniform, where his brilliance as a top student shines. Su Xiaoxiao is clever and gentle, a standout translator on campus whose eyes reveal a quiet strength. They discuss ideas side by side in class, spend their days —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Eternal Love of the Promise Beneath the Cherry Blossoms III 樱花树下的约定永恒之爱三 Su Xiaoyun and Yang Xiaohui meet and fall deeply in love. Their feelings for each other are pure, and they share a heartfelt sense of responsibility toward their hometown, joining hands to protect the land they call home. To honor their promise of protection and preserve their true love, they resolutely transform into two cherry trees with blossoms of two colors, pledging an eternal bond that will transcend life and death. Taking root as trees, they shelter their homeland and nourish future gene —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Goddess Who Serves Pork Feasts Is Dating a Beggar? 杀猪饭女神竟然和乞丐谈恋爱 When city office worker Zhu Xianyue films the family slaughterhouse to avoid being pressured into marriage, her short video goes viral overnight. She becomes the internet's much-adored “Slaughterhouse Feast Goddess” and unwittingly opens Pandora's box of fame and trouble. On New Year's Eve morning, she meets a ragged drifter named Ma Xiaofeng beside a woodpile. The “beggar” needs her blood to save his life, but he is actually the heir to a trillion-yuan conglomerate, driven into the river by his —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Road Home 通往老家的路 This book traces my personal growth, gathering the scattered fragments of time: mottled memories of childhood, the fresh green years of student life, and the tangled experiences of the workplace, picking them up one by one and weaving them into a story. It includes both the warm moments of friendship between classmates and the intriguing ways of the workplace. In striving to recreate things faithfully, I have given the characters a little “makeover,” dressing them in a literary secret identity. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 I'm Suing My Online Lender 我和网贷平台打官司 The story of how Lin Xiaoyang takes an online loan platform to court all on his own. Have you ever been ripped off by an online lender? Sky-high interest, hidden guarantee fees, and oppressive terms can leave you gasping for air! When I discovered that the platform had used my electronic signature without my knowledge or consent, I was furious! So what if I couldn't afford a lawyer? I consulted a lawyer friend, organized the evidence myself, and went to court to defend my case! The law doesn't p 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Battered but Moving Forward 颠簸前行 No transmigration, no rebirth. Just the perspective of ordinary people, observing and experiencing the everyday lives of ordinary people. If I don't write something down now, this stretch of time will be forgotten. I hope someone will read it a hundred years from now, or that it won't be read until a hundred years from now. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Little Master of the Zhouyi 周易小宗师 Gu Beichen, a young master of the art of divination, enters the world hoping to scrape by in the old quarter, only to accidentally become the downfall of wealthy families and powerful capitalists. Bursting water pipes, tracking down a golden cat, cracking theft cases, predicting natural disasters... Using the ancient Book of Changes, he face-slaps the most arrogant capitalists. When offered billions as a bribe, he replies with a cold laugh: “If the money's wrong, so is your life.” He's an advise 9Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 19 The Legend of Su Banxian 苏半仙传奇 The down-on-his-luck fortune-teller Su Yang returns to his hometown with a Jialing motorcycle and half a tattered copy of the I Ching. In Xinglong Town, he's “Master Su the Clairvoyant,” able to find lost pigs, read faces, and change people's fortunes. In Haizhu City, he's a “mechanic,” crouched in an auto repair shop with grease-stained hands and a cold eye on the wealthy. A tide of capital sweeps in, the small town launches into a frenzy of demolition, and the rich become mired in a swamp of c 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Indigo and Vermilion 青黛朱砂 In 1937, the medicine trade in Qizhou was in turmoil. Su Qingdai, the talented daughter of the Su family, dazzled a world in chaos with her uncanny ability to identify medicinal herbs. This is a story of steadfast devotion spanning half a century. From the century-old braised recipe of Jidetang to cutting off her hair to declare her resolve amid the flames of war; from risking her life to protect prescriptions beneath the Japanese invaders’ iron heel to stubbornly preserving her craft alone amid —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Mysteries of Feng Shui 风水玄机录 Do you think feng shui is mysterious and impossibly hard to understand? Do ancient texts full of terms like “dragon, sand, cave, water, and orientation” put you off? This book will completely overturn your assumptions. It doesn’t deal in empty theories. Instead, it weaves all the secret arts of feng shui into vivid, realistic urban stories. Follow the protagonist into one “sick” office, apartment, and shop after another, and watch how he: Looks at an office building and, with just the words “Whi 24Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 22 I'll Be Waiting for You in Nujiang 我在怒江等你 I Wait for You by the Nujiang River is an epic, heartfelt story of love and redemption, telling of a pure romance that crosses mountains and seas, from Beijing to the Nujiang River. After his career collapses and his heart is betrayed, financial elite Qi Fengyu leaves for Lushui, Yunnan, where he rescues Feng Shanhua, a Lisu woman, by the banks of the Nujiang River. A chance meeting beneath the moon draws two wounded souls together. Like a wildflower blooming stubbornly in the depths of the moun 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Frontier Passions: The War God's Cherished Wife 《边关风月：军神娇宠》 Frontier Passions: The God of War's Cherished Wife —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Red Lanterns in the Night Rain 夜雨灯红 Night Rain Umbrella was later renamed Night Rain, Red Lanterns due to a title clash, but its quality remains unchanged. This novel is not only a story about a mine disaster and the rescue effort, but also a hymn dedicated to those who work deep beneath the earth. It tells not only of a race against death in the mine, but also of the many lives played out against its walls; not only of technical procedures battling the forces of nature, but also of humanity's brilliance shining under immense pres —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 From the Start, I Snatched a Wife, Made a Fortune, and Hunted in the Mountains 开局抢个媳妇，发财上山打猎 (A pure period-piece novel, with no space and no System, ordinary flesh-and-blood people, bow hunting, hunting dogs, wild mountain produce, trapping, cathartic workplace drama, wild vegetables, and farming. The male lead relies mostly on various traps and snares to hunt.) Chen Jun lived a life full of hardships. Looking back, he was left with too many regrets and too many moments of clarity. Life was too short, too bitter, and too stifling. If he had another life, he would live it for himself, f 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Back to 1980: I Have a Mystical Farm Space 重回80：我有仙田空间 Chen Dezhong dies unexpectedly and returns to the 1980s, when he was young. By chance, he obtains an immortal farmland space where he can grow immortal herbs and cultivate techniques. From then on, Chen Dezhong’s life changes. He uses massage and immortal herbs to heal the sick and save lives. He leads his relatives to prosperity. He grows crops, raises pigs and chickens, and opens a farm inn, leading the villagers onto the road to wealth. “Brother Dezhong, I’m feeling cold. Could you give me a 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Cultivation? No, I’m Grinding My Way to Immortal Emperor in the City 修仙？不，我在都市卷成仙帝 Modern cultivation, workplace immortality, and a refreshing twist on the genre. Wang Mang, a wealthy second-generation heir who has returned from studying abroad, is forced to bind himself to the “996 Blessings of Immortality System.” From then on, his cultivation takes a bizarre turn: to break through to Foundation Establishment, he has to become the top food-delivery rider in his district; to form his Golden Core, he must create the year’s best game; and his chance to reach the Nascent Soul st 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 A Fateful Encounter with Medicine and Divination 医卜奇缘 Deep in Nanluoguxiang, Beijing, there is an old clinic that never solicits customers. Its heir, Lu Chengan, abides by his family motto: “A doctor does not call on patients, and the Way does not see travelers off.” A real estate mogul sees him as a thorn in his side, yet when his young son is on the brink of death, he kneels outside the old residence and begs for a life-saving acupuncture treatment; A Western medicine authority dismisses him as pseudoscience, yet when his academic career collapse 45Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 29 Glory: My Story with Xiahou Dun 荣耀，我和夏侯惇的故事 Honor: My Story with Xiahou Dun 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Back in Uniform, Ready to Charge Again 脱下戎装再冲锋 When the bugle call faded from the military camp, Zhang Chunyun, Li Xiaojiang, and Li Xiaomei took off their uniforms and found themselves at a crossroads in life. What soldiers fear most is not the hardships of the training ground, but the bewilderment of having nowhere to put their skills once they take off their uniforms. This is the story of a group marked by their time in the military, and how they forged the discipline, sense of responsibility, and team spirit ingrained in them into the “s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 With a Spirit Jade Immortal Estate in Hand, a Prodigal Son Turns His Life Around in the 1970s 手握灵玉仙府，浪子回头逆袭七零 When Luo Jian'an closes and opens his eyes, he is reborn in the 1970s, just as his awful family is about to force him to divorce his wife. In his previous life, he was a cowardly, blindly obedient son who listened to his family and made life miserable for his wonderful wife. Now that he’s back, Luo Jian'an will never make the same mistake again! His awful family fears being implicated and forces him to divorce? Then he’ll cut ties with them for good! His awful family and his enemies report him t 31kReads7.5Score3.9kShelves
- 32 Famine Years: I Fattened My Older Siblings with Meat 饥荒年代：我用肉把哥哥姐姐喂胖 The short drama of the same name, Two Five-Six Halves: Breaking Free from a Life of Poverty, is now streaming. During a famine, the villagers' superstitions lead them to tie up Zhang Shan and throw him into a mountain full of wild beasts, offering him to the mountain god in exchange for rain. His older brother rescues him, but a wolf bites off his leg, and he dies of infection. There is no food at home. His two older sisters go hungry themselves, yet do everything they can to find him something 21.3kReads7.8Score1.6kShelves
- 33 I Told You to Play a Villain, Not Turn This Place Into an Execution Ground 让你演反派，没让你把这里当刑场 Extra actor Su Bai awakened the [Villains of Cinema System]. Whenever he played a villain, he gained a perfect psychological profile of the character and their criminal skills. In an age when popularity rules and acting is over-the-top, Su Bai uses his “criminal” performances to show audiences what immersive acting really means. On the set of a suspense drama, he played a deranged doctor. His gaze was so terrifying that a rising star wet herself on the spot, while the director trembled and consi 210Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 34 Incredible! Reborn in the 1960s, I Have a Space Full of Grain 绝了！重生六零，我有空间满粮仓 [Everyday farming + low-conflict + one heroine + pocket dimension + instant teleportation + face-slapping + family life + getting rich + miracle doctor + natural disasters] Qiu Jingming worked himself to death, then opened his eyes to find he had transmigrated to the arduous three-year period. Drought, famine, and epidemics were about to claim tens of millions of lives, and he knew it. But he had a cheat-like pocket dimension. He could grow crops, store supplies without limit, and even access a 99Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 My Great-Grandfather Tricked Me Back to the 1950s 我被祖爷爷坑回到了五十年代 In the 22nd century, the invention of the “Double T” System shocked the world. “Double T” stood for “transmigrating through time.” It could send people back to any era in the past, and came equipped with a range of powerful apps, including shopping, communications, and an encyclopedia. Wang Angxi was born in the 1980s of the 21st century, while his great-grandfather was born in the 1990s of the 20th century. Wang Angxi often heard his great-grandfather talk about how hard life had been in the pa 13Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 36 The Transmigrated Princess and Her General in a Wheelchair 穿越王妃与她的轮椅军神 The Transmigrated Princess and Her Wheelchair-Bound War God —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 I Thought of You as an Older Sister, but You Want to Win Me Over? 我把你当姐姐，你居然想攻略我？ [Redemption]+ [Romance]+ [She Pursues Him] “Do you remember what you said to me when you were drunk last night?” “I do. I told you there were so many stars in the sky, the moon was so round, and the roses in the flower shop were beautiful.” “So I guess you don’t remember saying you liked me.” “I said that when I was sober.” … “Kid, I miss you so much. You can’t leave me.” … “Big sis, I’ll protect you for the rest of my life.” … P.S. Pure sweetness, no angst. Read with confidence. 107Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 38 Reborn in 1973: I Take My Mother-in-Law Hunting in the Mountains 重生73年，带丈母娘赶山打猎 [No System, No Pocket Dimension, Everyday Life, Relaxed, Getting Rich] [No gun bans, no hunting bans. I am the undisputed king at the top of the food chain in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.] In his previous life: His younger sister was abused by her husband and driven to jump into a well and die. Their mother went mad and died of depression. He himself had a lovely wife, but he let her down. Reborn at eighteen this time, he will give his family a better life. 6.2kReads8.1Score586Shelves
- 39 The Little Space-Farming Peasant 空间小农民 With a strange dimension and a miraculous spring, how will Jiang Siyuan, a new farmer returning from the city to his hometown, use them to begin a new life? You want a hundred-year-old ginseng root? Sorry, the thousand-year-old ones I have are still just little sprouts... 776Reads7.4Score101Shelves
- 40 The Green Lotus Sword Song and Blazing Glory: Our Journey to Glory 青莲剑歌与炽热光辉：我们的荣耀征程 The Song of the Green Lotus Sword and Burning Radiance: Our Glorious Journey —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Farming with a Pocket Dimension 带着空间去种田 After enduring one indignity too many, Li Wantian angrily quit his job. On his way home from the company, still fuming, he accidentally swallowed bird droppings dropped from the sky by a passing bird. By chance, he obtained a spatial seed. After activating it without realizing what it was, he gained a portable farm where crops could grow... 102Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 42 I Have a Spirit Spring Space and I'm Building the Most Beautiful Village 我有灵泉空间，打造最美乡村 After suffering a setback in his career and being betrayed by his girlfriend, Ye Xiaotian returns to the countryside, disillusioned with life. By a stroke of luck, he acquires a pocket dimension with a spirit spring, and from then on, his life becomes a cheat-fueled adventure...!!! 547Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 43 Reborn in the 1960s: What's Wrong with Having a Few Extra Household Registrations? 重生六零年代：多几个户口咋啦？ [No System, decisive and ruthless, 1950s, famine era, multiple women, hunting in the mountains, gets better the more you read, grounded and true to its era] Li Yuanyang is reborn in the winter of 1959. From the start, his older brother entrusts everything to him. In his previous life, he accidentally caused the deaths of two sisters. In this life, he will stay by their side, make sure they have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear, and give them a home. But in this famine-stricken era, the mos 11.8kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
- 44 Reborn in 1960: I Get Rich by Hunting in the Mountains 重生60，从上山打猎开始致富 Mountain hunting, medicinal herbs, game, wolves, wild boars, tigers, roe deer... A special forces soldier is reborn in the 1960s. His mother has died, his father has remarried, and he and his younger sister have only each other. Once he takes his hunting rifle and heads into the mountains, he always returns with a full haul. While everyone else goes hungry, he has meat at every meal. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Reborn in an Era of Famine, I Feed My Whole Family Well 重生灾荒年代，带着全家吃香喝辣 [Some details are exaggerated. If you dislike that, please don’t read or complain.] [Reborn] [1960s] [Pocket dimension] [Building wealth] [Spirit spring] [Psychic power field] [Pocket-dimension farm] In his previous life, his parents worked themselves to illness, but his selfish grandparents refused to pay for their treatment and even kicked them out of the family home. They died in misery. His sister was forced to marry an elderly widower. He beat and abused her every day, until she could bear 2kReads7.9Score181Shelves
- 46 I Stumbled Upon the Village Beauty Washing Up, and She Mistook Me for a Hooligan 偶遇村花洗白白，被当成流氓 Lin Fei unexpectedly gains the ability to travel between 1978 and the modern day. Keep a low profile? Stay patient? Quietly build up strength? Not a chance! Where did the tractor come from? I have a friend... Where did the rotary tiller come from? I have a friend... Where did the excavator come from? I have a friend... Where did the water pump come from? I have a friend... Where did the television come from? I have a friend... Where did the fighter jet come from? I have a friend... I have some p 10.9kReads7.5Score816Shelves
- 47 Unbelievable! I Transmigrated into a Princess Consort and Put the Court in Order 震惊，穿成王妃后我整顿朝堂 [Transmigration + spatial powers + poison-wielding physician princess consort + poisoned prince + embroidery + farming + painting + sweet romance] In the modern world, the renowned physician Dugu Jinghong ran a winery, owned millions of hotels at home and abroad, and had estates all over the globe. Her fashion and beauty brands were among the most prestigious internationally, and she was also a specially appointed professor in national weapons research. Little did she expect to transmigrate into 165Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 48 The Journey Toward the Light 向光而行的征途 A modern urban workplace romance about ambitious professionals aged 24 to 46. Blending career advancement, professional growth, teamwork, sweet romance, and life philosophy, it follows contemporary workers as they strive to realize their worth and find success in both their careers and love lives. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Young Scholar Who Loves to Fly 小生爱飞翔 (A contemporary coming-of-age story about youth and passion, with no System, transmigration, or supernatural abilities.) In July 2025, Chen Tiansheng and Wang Xiaohai returned to S City for their first-year summer break and found that their hometown was hosting the inaugural Midsummer Cup FPV City Race. Both are obsessed with FPV racing drones. How will they take on this rare city race? Will they seize this rare chance to compete, or give it up and let the opportunity pass them by? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Secret Art of Fortune-Telling 算卦秘笈 This is a guide to divination with the I Ching, presented through stories. The author weaves the meanings of the sixty-four hexagrams and the deeper significance of their line texts into vivid tales drawn from everyday life. There are no empty lectures divorced from reality, nor piles of obscure theory. Instead, abstract ideas like yin and yang and the principles of the hexagrams emerge naturally through real-life situations and the choices people make. The I Ching is a treasured source of wisd 102Reads6.9Score—Shelves
