Novels like My Brilliant Life: An Armless Man's Road to the Top
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- 101 If I Have No Shame, Ascension Is Just Around the Corner 只要我不要脸，飞升指日可待 System + absurd comedy + invincible, mortifyingly embarrassing antics After transmigrating to the cultivation world, everyone else meditates, comprehends the Dao, and bitterly cultivates for ten thousand years. I, Hao Xian, get bound to a ridiculously unscrupulous System that trades public humiliation for merit! The System shop lists only the names of its wares, never what they do. Before buying: What a bargain! After buying: I want to die. Spirit-Gathering Pill? Makes you fart all day. Ligh 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Help, I Swallowed an Eyeball 救命，我吞了颗眼珠子 Help, I Swallowed an Eyeball 6Reads—Score114d adds
- 103 Urban Supernatural Bounty Hunter 都市异能赏金猎人 Synopsis: This is a remarkable world where people with supernatural abilities coexist with ordinary humans. Gifted individuals make up around five percent of the world's population. Since most of them are placed under government control and choose to serve their country, they receive no special treatment in this world. Wang Ze is a naive young man with the rare ability to wield two different powers. When he arrives in this bustling metropolis, all he wants is to fulfill his parents' last wish an 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Reborn in 1992: Burying Love, Young Master Kun Goes on a Killing Spree in Shenzhen 重生九二葬爱昆少杀疯深圳 Hilarious rebirth + the opportunities of a booming era + ruthless action + multiple heroines + a grassroots entrepreneur + playing the fool to catch the tiger In 1992 Shenzhen, opportunities are everywhere, but so are wolves. Xu Mingkun returns with a lifetime of memories. He digs his first fortune out of a garbage heap, then sweeps aside every wolf in his path with a fire extinguisher. People laugh at him as a deranged, flashy punk and call him a shameless scoundrel who'll stop at nothing. But —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Don’t Dig Any Further, Old Ancestor! That’s Your Own Grave! 老祖别挖了，那个坟头是您自己的 [A Different Kind of Cultivation World] + [Transmigration] + [Sneaky Schemer] + [Lighthearted] + [Xuanhuan] + [Comedy] + [Absurdist] + [Laid-Back] After transmigrating into a cultivation world where spiritual energy is on the verge of drying up, Shen Xinghai obtains a crystal coffin from the start. With his sect about to go under, he decides to dig up his own grave, only to run into his hilariously disrespectful grand-disciple, Lin Ke'er. Shen Xinghai: “We have to make the Ancient Path Sect thri 5.8kReads6.5Score70714d adds
- 106 A Colorful Life 多彩的人生 A Colorful Life 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Path of Medicine in the Primordial Yellow World 玄黄医途 The Path of Medicine in the Xuanhuang Realm —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The Great Derivation, Escape One 大衍遁一 The Great Derivation, the One Who Escaped 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Awkward Campus Love: The Jilted Campus Belle Gets Clung to by a Dumb Dog Again 校园呆恋：悔婚校花又被笨狗缠身 [Ensemble cast + heiress + one-on-one romance + sweet love + campus life + love at first sight + mutual devotion + engagement + personal growth + lighthearted daily life + 10086] [Emotionally clueless puppy Xia Mo & cool on the outside, warm on the inside Su Ningbing] “Does Xia Mo know he’s been cucked?” Uh... does that even count? On the first day of school, Su Ningbing’s fiancé-to-be refused to let her join his club. Disappointed, she gave up on the engagement and decided to find a “bad boy” t 20Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 110 The Eccentric Teacher's Diary of Pursuing His Wife 抽象夫子追妻记 The Eccentric Tutor’s Quest to Win Back His Wife —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The County Magistrate's Daughter Ascends to the Heavens 县令小姐登天记 [Lighthearted] [Humor] [System] [Transmigration] [Romance] [Wild Imagination] After failing her missions in two lifetimes, she is banished to the ancient past. This time, she has to win over a prince who seems cold and aloof but is secretly a hopeless romantic. A county magistrate's daughter, with no power or status to speak of, pulls out every trick in the book to get close to him. She welcomes him into the city, offers to work as his servant for free, gives him gifts, and even lets him grope 111Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 112 Grey Dog Is Up to No Good 灰狗不正经 Gray Dog Is Up to No Good 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 113 Professor, Be Good and Lower Your Head. Let Me Suck Your Yang Energy 教授乖低个头，让我吸吸阳气 (A hilarious, wildly imaginative sweet romance. Don't forget to read the extras!) Help! She wants to stay alive, so she sucks up yang energy like crazy every month on the fifteenth, but everyone thinks she's mentally ill. And yet the only person who can save her is the cold professor Ou Tianrui. In the emergency room, Wu Ke'er was barely clinging to life. “Hurry up and touch me. I have to get back to class,” Ou Tianrui urged. What a good man! Wu Ke'er instantly felt a steady stream of yang energ 238Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 114 Reborn: My Nemesis and I Are No Longer Related by Blood 重生之，和死对头没有血缘关系了 [Reborn + real and fake heiresses + childhood friends + personal growth] Sensitive young lady VS sharp-tongued but warm-hearted young master Wang Songyi is a fake heiress who was reborn, but no one killed her. She brought about her own downfall. In this life, she wants nothing. She just wants to live a good life. But her sharp-tongued, universally disliked former cousin keeps popping up in front of her. He even insists on pretending to date her to fend off pressure to get married. She really do 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 I Conquered the Cultivation World by Watching Ads 我靠看广告称霸修仙世界 This story features silly humor, a lighthearted and comedic tone, cultivation, a System, a golden finger, farming, and an ensemble cast. If that's not your thing, this isn't for you. When a master con artist transmigrates to another world of cultivation and binds himself to an advertising System, he meets an inexperienced female cultivator, a kindhearted buddy, a resourceful subordinate, an energetic and quick-witted sect maiden, and a dazed old monk. What kind of unconventional cultivation adve 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 I’m Really Not a Judge of the Dead 我真的不是判官 Unemployed and staying at home, Ren Ping'an heads downstairs to buy breakfast when he suddenly notices colors and numbers appearing above the heads of passersby and the shop owner. “Holy crap!” Ren Ping'an is terrified. He rushes home, looks down from the window, then picks up his phone and dials a number: “Bai Chun, I think I'm seeing some really strange things...” That day, Ren Ping'an discovers that the world is nothing like he thought. Immortals and gods really did exist, and so did the und 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 My Immortal Cultivation Journey Is Bursting with Spring! 我的修仙之路，春意盎然哪！ [Immortal Cultivation] [Everyday Life] [Comedy] [Wild Imagination] [Mythology] [Monsters and Spirits] [Fantasy] [Cultivation] My name is Li Po. After being reborn, I became Zhu Bajie's disciple by a twist of fate, inherited his teachings, and entered the world of immortal cultivation through his introduction. Immortal cultivation, comedy, daily life, and a bevy of beauties have become the defining features of my cultivation journey, because I know full well that my way of cultivating is nothing —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Don't Count on Doubao, He's Nothing but Trouble in Another World 别指望豆包了，它在异世纯添乱 Hiking vlogger Lin Xiaoman was about to end her livestream when she unexpectedly transmigrated to a primitive world called the Great Wilderness. The good news was that she had a golden finger. The bad news was that it was a stupid AI assistant named Doubao. Its navigation was always wrong, and its item identification was pure nonsense. And she could even unlock the Meituan app? After going to great lengths to unlock Meituan, she had to unlock it all over again because she'd tried to save money. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Sold from the Start, I Forge My Path to Victory in the Prince's Manor 开局被卖，我在王府开启逆袭之路 [Scheming Young Lord vs. Purehearted Girl + Innate Herculean Strength + Lighthearted + No Angst] A Nu was born into a family so poor they could barely afford to eat. When her younger siblings both fell ill at the same time and the family had no money at all, she had no choice but to sell herself as a servant to the Guangling Prince’s household. She’d heard that the masters of wealthy families were hard to please, and that if one of them took a fancy to her and made her a concubine, the principal 72.4kReads8.9Score3.5k14d adds
- 120 The Early Years of the Late Tang 残唐初土 The Early Years of the Late Tang 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Nobody Is More Absurd Than Me 没有人比我更抽象 [Absurdist fiction] [Comedy] [Silly memes and jokes] [Mysterious Sequences] Netizen A: “Streamer, why is your head so pointy?” Chu Nan: “Then let me ask you this: are you a man or a woman...” Netizen B: “Streamer, what do you think of sugar-free cola?” Chu Nan: “Compared with sugary cola, chilled cola is way more refreshing!” Netizen C: “Are you streaming tomorrow, streamer?” Chu Nan: “I might stream tomorrow, but it’s not very likely I’ll stream tomorrow.” The rest of the netizens: “No wonder t 25Reads—Score214d adds
- 122 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Am the Great Demon King 灵气复苏之我是大魔王 [Spiritual Qi Revival]➕ [Comedy]➕ [Hot-Blooded]➕ [Urban High Martial Arts]➕ [Spatial Powers] In the age of Spiritual Qi Revival, humanity awakens supernatural abilities, and the strong rule all. During the practical portion of the college entrance exam, eighteen-year-old Su Chen awakens an ability: a mysterious long saber with the rare spatial attribute from the very start, stunning everyone present! He is taken as a disciple by the strongest spatial-type War God in Huaxia, the “Void Venerable 10Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 123 Shipgirls: Mercury's Type 055 舰娘：水星的055 On a shipgirl planet called Mercury. In an era when battleships with massive guns are giving way to missiles, and propeller planes are being replaced by jets. The story of Zhang Heng, who transmigrated here, and his Chinese shipgirls. Transmigration + shipgirls 139Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 124 What? You Won't Read It Because It's Too Absurd? Then Open It Up Yourself 什么！因为太抽象不看！自己掰开 [Urban Slice of Life] [Absurd Humor and Memes] [Campus] [System Glitch] [The System Transmigrated, Not Me] [Light Novel] (The rating just came out, so it's a bit low. Don't run off!) “Doctor, I think my friend is sick.” “What is your friend's name?” “Dog System.” “What symptoms does it have?” “It keeps treating our world like a cyberpunk world. It thinks the internet is the Origin World, the girls who dance while wiping glass are desire-cultivating evil cultivators, and our phones are peerless m 565Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 125 Immortal Bonds: The Adventures of a Girl from Another World 不朽仙缘，异界少女奇遇录 Reject traditional cultivation novels, reject traditional Western fantasy. Fusion, begin! Leaning toward everyday life, imaginative storytelling, anime influences, romance routes, and plot-driven adventures, with a Western fantasy world as the main setting. The story blends in the backdrop of an Eastern nation while playing down cultivation and magical training arcs. (The cover is hand-drawn by me and depicts the heroine of this novel.) Li Tianyi once stood at the peak of the cultivation world, 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Playing the Rogue in Ancient Times 回到古代当无赖 Content: Updated punctually every day before 1 a.m. An ordinary man from the bottom rungs of modern urban society, the shameless male lead has a sharp mind but no scruples. He accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world in ancient times. Armed with a modern outlook, a thick skin, and a little cleverness, he navigates the competing powers of the era while crossing paths with two heroines who have completely different personalities but are both formidable fighters. Through a string of cons, sch 440Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 127 Even Ordinary People Can Journey to the West 凡人也西游 A comedic story that takes a winding route through ancient history. “Your Majesty: I Want to Go Home” [Anti-tropes + no System + hilarious Journey to the West] With a chipped bowl and a gift for talking people into things, I set out on the journey west. In this world, there are no gods, Buddhas, demons, or Systems. It breaks free of the traditional Journey to the West’s divine schemes and System tropes. The so-called monsters are just bandits, and the so-called immortals are nothing but local bu 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Chronicles of the Balance Between Humanity and Heaven 人天衡纪 The Chronicles of Human and Heaven —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Bottom of the Class in the Superhuman Era, I Awakened an Alien Battlesuit 高武垫底我激活异形战甲 Wu Wuzu of Jiangcheng No. 3 High School is a complete good-for-nothing, dead last in the entire school, with absurdly low combat power. His classmates laugh at him and bully him every day. By chance, he picks up an Ironclad Battle Armor System, but the System is a real pain: it never has enough energy, and he has to sing off-key to activate it! Nobody knows that his mother, who sells goods at a street stall, is no ordinary woman. She’s a peerless expert who has kept her true strength hidden exc 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The City Mystic Wu Xiaogou's Path to Immortality 都市神棍吴小苟修仙记 [Invincible power fantasy + divination + urban cultivation + miracle doctor + comedy + flirting + demon slaying + ghost hunting] At the foot of Wusheng Mountain, the young Wu Xiaogou is raised by an old Daoist nicknamed “Lao Se Pi,” who teaches him “how to pick up girls,” “flirting techniques,” and “how to bluff with divination.” By a stroke of luck, his pet husky, the “Poop-Catching Emperor,” leads him into an ancient tomb, where he obtains the [Martial Saint Thunder Beast Divination System]. F 123Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 An Empty Fate, A Player at the Board 空命执棋 Playing the Game with an Empty Fate —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 After I Turned in a Blank Exam, My Whole Family Panicked 我交白卷后，全家不淡定了 After I Turned In a Blank Exam, My Whole Family Lost Their Cool 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 A Park Encounter: The Overbearing CEO Insists on Marrying Me 公园奇遇：霸道总裁非我不娶 A Chance Encounter in the Park: The Overbearing CEO Won’t Marry Anyone but Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Myriad Sword Sect? Just Kidding, It's the Myriad Radish Sect! 万剑宗？骗你的，其实是万萝宗！ [Sect Building] + [Raising Disciples] + [Multiple Heroines] Mo Yugui has two disciples. One is useless, and the other is useless too. The eldest disciple is cold as frost, single-minded, and devoted to the Dao. Unfortunately, she's dull, ignorant, and stuck in a mortal body. The second disciple is the reincarnation of a Heavenly Venerable, gifted beyond compare and sharp enough to see the smallest detail. Unfortunately, she's lazy, idle, and expects everything to be handed to her. And Mo 4.6kReads8.2Score79914d adds
- 135 The Splendor of the Kingdom: Making a Visit to the King 观国之光：利用宾于王 Behold the Splendor of the Land: A Guest at the King's Court 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 A Sequel to Ghostly Laughter, Life Forgotten: Nuwa Creates Humanity and the Gods Sing the Song of Creation 幽冥笑忘生外传：女娲造人与诸神的创世长歌 Beyond A Laughing Life in the Netherworld: Nüwa Creates Humanity in an Epic Song of Creation 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 A Comedic Take on Transmigrating into One Piece 穿越海贼王搞笑版 [Transmigrate + Pirate King + two male leads and a love-triangle showdown + hilarious wish-fulfillment story + livestreaming later on] Sanji parodies the new Four Emperors, Buggy pulls off stunts, and Ace is brought back to life at Marineford, Season One Akainu and Fujitora develop a vile magma fist that reeks of piss and farts Blackbeard joins Marine Headquarters, rises to admiral, and toys with the 48th Marine Division Ace is revived at Marineford, Seasons Two and Three: The Promise The two ma 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 I Ruined Yours, You Ruined Yours, and Then We Ruined Sword and Fairy 癫完你的，癫你的，癫剑奇侠传 (Wild imagination + hilarious + completely unhinged + transmigrate into a book + reborn + transmigrate + brainless wish fulfillment + if you don't laugh, come yell at me, but don't leave a bad review + nonsensical + revenge + villain + cultivation + household drama + transmigrate + ensemble cast + forced love + soul transmigration + all-in-one hodgepodge) Xu Qianhua transmigrated into a book, and ended up in a brainless wish-fulfillment novel aimed at male readers. As a cannon-fodder female supp 3.2kReads7.3Score32014d adds
- 139 The Bizarre Little Town I Bought for 250 250淘到的怪奇小镇 Open World ✖️ Infinite Transmigration Want to party with famous figures like Li Bai and Einstein? Warning! This book is full of Easter eggs! Hold on tight! The miserable coder Zhen Tianzhen accidentally falls into a town of famous figures beneath a glass dome, beginning his “Ridiculous Life 2.0.” Here, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei come from parallel universes and don’t even know one another. Li Bai is lovesick and crying as he gets drunk, Confucius is fretting over parenting problems, and eve 331Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 140 Don't Let Down Your Youthful Ambitions 莫负少年凌云志 Ever since his parents' marriage fell apart, he had been like a lonely shooting star, plunging into the dark abyss of a broken home and becoming a neglected, unwanted child. His childhood was a miserable nightmare. His father's inaction was a merciless blade, cutting off every hope he had and bringing one misfortune after another. His grandmother unleashed her resentment toward his mother on him like a plague, subjecting the young boy to relentless torment that wore down both body and mind, as i 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 I’m Rewriting the Script of a Tragic Novel: Change One Word and the Whole Cast Gets Humiliated 我在虐文改剧本，改一字全员社死 [Absurd Comedy]+ [Revenge in a Tragic Romance]+ [Text-Editing System]+ [Everyone Loses It] I transmigrated into a melodramatic tragedy and became the unlucky heroine: the domineering CEO tormented my heart, the scheming mistress smeared my name, and I even had to donate a kidney to save his white-moonlight love. Just as the scumbag was about to make me kneel in front of everyone, the [Literary Inquisition: Text-Editing System] came online Change a single character in a key plot point, and realit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Cultivation? Even Dogs Won't Do It. I'll Just Build Muscle! 修仙？狗都不修，我只练肌肉！ [Power system + comedy + fiery battles + struggles across the myriad realms + delicate senior sisters + founding a sect] Wang Gangtian, world bodybuilding champion, collapses amid thunderous cheers. When he opens his eyes again, he has become Wang Dingtian, a frail, penniless young man in the cultivation world. His new body is pathetically weak, and he is bound to a “useless System.” The activation requirement? A 500-kilogram squat! Barely out of the starter village, he is abducted by the demon 6Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 143 A Sequel to Ghostly Laughter, Life Forgotten: Chaos Unleashed, Pangu Opens the Heavens 幽冥笑忘生外传：混沌初开，盘古开天 Beyond A Laughing Life in the Netherworld: Chaos Gives Way, Pangu Creates Heaven and Earth 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Bottom-of-the-Class Student Becomes the World's Richest 学渣逆袭世界首富 From Academic Struggler to the World’s Richest Man —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Don’t Eat Me! I Really Did Transmigrate into a Char Siu Bun, I’m Just a Funny Girl 别吃我！我真是穿成叉烧的搞笑女 In a nutshell: This is a hilarious, sweet romance about a domineering CEO, with a wildly imaginative premise. The heroine, Ding Haha, prays to the God of Wealth every day to get rich, but a meddling System turns her into char siu instead. By chance, a secret, limited-edition CEO takes her home, and her chaotic romantic life begins. (But… what their everyday life looks like depends on whatever wild idea pops into my head today, so… things may get pretty weird.) 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 From the Start, I Had My Brother Try It First to See If There Were Any Side Effects 开局让兄弟先试下有没有副作用 [Try Not to Laugh] [High-Martial-Arts Setting] [System] [Transmigration] [Not Invincible] Jiang Xi... where is this? Where's my System? System, get out here, quick! I can't take this anymore! [Ding! Binding failed...] “Li Hao, be good and take this medicine.” Li Hao, who was as furious as if he'd been fitted with an engine, roared: “Jiang Xi, I treated you like a brother, and you treat me like some guy living the good life?” Meanwhile, Jiang Xi was circling around the pond like a little submarin 122Reads—Score514d adds
- 147 Fortune-Fed Spirit Pets and Treasures on the Road to Immortality 食运通灵宠异宝闯仙界 Synopsis of The Fortune-Eating Spirit Pets and Treasures Storm the Immortal Realm The Fortune-Eating Spirit Pets and Treasures Storm the Immortal Realm creates a delightful world of cultivation. Its protagonist, Wu Xiaoxian, nicknamed “Fortune-Eater,” is a lively and distinctive character. Clever-looking and eager for both good food and wealth, he wears an unusual outfit that exudes opulence and wonder. Each of Fortune-Eater’s spirit pets has a unique ability. The little golden tortoise spits ou 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Countdown to Death: I Gained a Miraculous 100 Days 生命倒计时我获得奇妙100天 An accident leaves me with only 100 days to live! A mysterious shadow gives me a chance, and maybe I can turn things around during the days I have left! If I let this opportunity slip by, I’ll be gone for good. (The second book in the Wonder series. As before, I update this novel whenever inspiration strikes. It still has a touch of the fantastical, using the main plot to spin off a variety of episodic stories. Each regret I put right lets me randomly repair one organ with the “Wonder Organ Repa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 The Duke of Mount Deer: Wei Xiaobao's Modern-Day Joyride 鹿鼎后纪：韦爵爷的现代狂飙 The Duke of Mount Deer: Wei Xiaobao’s Modern-Day Wild Ride 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 I Found a Meteorite and Made It My Spaceship: A Junkyard King Saves the Earth 捡个陨石当飞船：破烂王拯救地球记 I Found a Meteorite and Made It My Spaceship: The Scrap King’s Mission to Save Earth —Reads—Score—14d adds
