Novels like A Leisurely Retirement and a Good Show in Every Drama World
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- 1 Quick Transmigration: The Protagonist's Halo Harvesting Handbook 快穿：主角光环收割手册 Lin Qingci's mission is to save the supporting characters trampled by the protagonists. But she soon discovers that the Chosen Ones in these worlds seem to be carefully “nurtured” by an invisible hand. They act without a shred of logic, yet nothing ever goes wrong for them. Every world she sets right lets her steal a sliver of its origin power and brings her one step closer to the truth behind it all. The man who keeps appearing at crucial moments, neither wholly good nor wholly evil, watches co —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Tales of the Dark River: Slay the Wolf 暗河传，杀破狼 Tales of the Dark River, Wolf Killing 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Tales of the Dark River: Reach the Other Shore and Welcome the Light 暗河传，到达彼岸，迎来光明 Note: The heroine is an original character, and this story changes the original course of the Dark River. (I haven't read the novel, only watched the TV series.) Xiao Ruoli is the most unusual princess in Tianqi City. She has no interest in courtly banquets and is far from perfectly docile. Her quiet rebellious streak is expressed in her intense curiosity about the jianghu. To her, that world hidden in the shadows is a more tempting mystery than the rules of the royal family. Su Changhe rules th 13Reads—Score214d adds
- 4 Film and TV Crossover: The Moonlight Falls into My Arms 综影视：明月入我怀 I write a lot about the Young and White series, the Dark River series, and the Song of Youth trilogy, with the occasional crossover with other dramas, like The Lost Tomb and Story of Minglan... It all depends on inspiration. Sweet romance. The female lead is the best in the world. If you have a favorite couple, feel free to mention them in the comments. There won't be any golden finger. The author is the female lead's biggest source of support. The characters will definitely be out of character, 1.5kReads—Score11514d adds
- 5 Tales of the Dark River: The Other Shore 暗河传之彼岸 After watching The Tale of the Dark River, I was left in tears. They’re all so miserable. I wanted to find a sweet story to read, but it seemed there wasn’t one I wanted. So I decided to write one myself. The main idea is to face your own hardships, and the story should be much like The Tale of the Dark River, except there’s one more person to heal all those regrets, before they join hands and journey toward the other shore. 27Reads—Score214d adds
- 6 Tales of the Dark River: I Transmigrated into a Villain for Su Changhe 暗河传，为了苏昌河我穿成了反派 Tales of the Dark River: I Reincarnated as the Villain for Su Changhe 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Twilight Over the Green Rain 暮落青雨 [Wuxia heroine × scheming young master] The martial world had been peaceful for many years, with the various factions living in harmony. Over time, however, it had grown stagnant. Most of the younger generation lacked ambition, few heroes emerged, and the spirit of the martial world had declined. Mo Qingluo had roamed the martial world for years, believing herself both clever and eloquent, until she met Su Muyu. Their first encounter ended badly, and they kept running into each other after 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Tales of the Dark River: The Bright Moon Shines on My Heart 暗河传之明月照我心 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Tales of the Dark River: The Bright Moon Rests in Your Arms 暗河传：明月入君怀 Original female lead × Su Changhe “Undertaker of the Dark River, how about a deal?” A gentle yet commanding woman’s voice comes from within a plain, unadorned carriage. Su Changhe raises an eyebrow and toys with his inch-finger sword. “Oh? May I ask your name, and what gives you the nerve to make a deal with the Dark River?” The person in the carriage falls silent for a moment before answering. “My surname is Xiao.” Su Changhe pauses, then asks tentatively, “Xiao? Could you be from the imperial 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Tales of the Dark River: Hidden in Plain Sight 暗河传：大隐于市 First, this novel is a sequel to Tales of the Dark River. Second, it fully respects the original story's logic, but completely rewrites the ending of the Dark River arc in The Blood of Youth. Changhe not only survives, his character remains true to form. Third, this is an ensemble story. Everyone in the Dark River has their own moments in the spotlight. No one is just a plot device. Fourth, there is no Bai Hehuai and no dual male leads. There are no romance plots apart from Qingyang and Xuewei's 1.1kReads8.2Score10014d adds
- 11 Tales of the Dark River: Su Changhe 暗河传：苏昌河 [Su Changhe pairing + mostly no pairing changes (Tang Lianyue and Mu Yumo's pairings change in every world) + currently only writing Su Changhe] Black Xiangling VS Su Changhe: What happens when a Ye Luoli fairy meets the head of the Dark River? Su Zhiyou VS Su Changhe: When a happy-go-lucky college girl from the 21st century who thinks she's useless meets a funeral master plotting a rebellion, of course she joins him! Cui Lingyu VS Su Changhe: Cui Lingyu, the Cui family's eldest legitimate daugh 2.7kReads—Score13814d adds
- 12 Hidden River: Zhiyu 暗河：之钰 I lived for seventeen years as an “unknown” member of the Dark River. It wasn’t until the System unsealed my memories that I realized I was living inside a book. Images flashed before my eyes: Su Changhe’s future madness, Su Muyu’s final silence, and the Dark River’s inevitable downfall. Why should it be this way? I looked at Su Changhe, lazily wiping his Yanmo Palm, then glanced out the window at Su Muyu calmly practicing his swordsmanship. To hell with the destined plot! Since I’ve returned wi 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Boy Sleeps Beneath the Stars 少年枕星眠 [Main pairing: Su Changhe; original female lead, original setting, pairing change, one-on-one romance] Baili Heting, originally named Wen Heting, and Bai Hehuai, originally named Wen Hehuai, were twin sisters born into the Wen family. Later, the elder sister became the Medicine King’s apprentice. Their aunt, worried that she had no one to look after her, took her back to Qiandong City, adopted her as her goddaughter, and raised her alongside her sworn brother, Baili Dongjun. The female lead has 1.2kReads—Score23114d adds
- 14 The Head of the Dark River Is Flirting with Me Again Today 暗河大家长今天又在撩我 The head of the Dark River family is flirting with me again today. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Film and TV Crossover: A Guide to Surviving the Love Triangle 综影视：修罗场自救指南 Female lead: Yan Xi [Everyone’s favorite + forced love + a toxic female lead + a touch of Mary Sue + a battlefield of competing suitors] Not a traditional strong female lead; may include characters turning evil. “Blood River”: A poison girl adored by everyone; Mu Bai from “Dark River” gender-swapped. “Dashing Youth”: Taking the whole cast. “The Blood of Youth”: The many temples cherish Xing, the immortal maiden Ye Xi... 702Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Tales of the Dark River: Why Is the Assassin Family’s Accountant Like This? 暗河传：杀手世家的账房先生为何那样？ Dark River Chronicles: Why Is the Assassin Clan’s Accountant Like That? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Dark River Is Working Hard to Stay in Business Today, Too 暗河今天也在努力营业 The Dark River Is Still Hard at Work Today 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Transmigrated into The Dark River, I Betrayed It for Su Changhe 穿越暗河传，背叛暗河只为苏昌河 Yuqing transmigrates into Tales of the Dark River and finally meets Su Changhe, the man she's long dreamed of. But there's no place for the weak in the Dark River, and Su Changhe feels the same. The only way for the young girl Yuqing to stay by his side is to grow stronger and become an assassin of the Dark River. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Tales of the Dark River: A Reunion 暗河传之再相逢 Main CP: Mu Yumo and Tang Lianyue Apologies if anyone is out of character. Other couples will also appear. “I’ll come to marry you riding a bright red phoenix.” “One pluck for flowing waters, one pluck for the moon. Half the music enters the river wind, half the clouds. In the Pipa Pavilion of Jiujiang, he made his name throughout the world with three hidden weapons.” “Our story began the first time I tried to kill him.” Tang Lianyue, a steady and measured man who likes to plan before acting and 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Film and TV Crossover: Words Beyond Meaning 综影视：言殊意 [Feel-good story / no fixed pairing / female-lead focused] Yan Shuyi smiled warmly, her eyes crinkling as she spoke in a gentle voice: “Blood? How inelegant.” With a wave of her hand, the person turned to ash. She was once the spirit of an ancient thousand-year-old mountain cherry tree. After grumbling to Heaven that taking human form was too difficult, she was unexpectedly given a green gourd by the Heavenly Dao! From then on, she traveled through three thousand worlds, saving tragic character 696Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Tales of the Dark River 《暗河传》 Tales of the Dark River 255Reads—Score114d adds
- 22 Dark River: Flirt with This One! Then That One! 暗河：撩完这个！撩那个！ A new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 168Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Under the Silent River: The Overworked Office Drone Makes It to Shore 暗河传之社畜上岸 I’m Lin Yao. Before I died from working overtime, I saved a child, earned enough merit, and bound myself to a farming System. The System said my reward was to transmigrate to a picturesque wuxia world and live out my retirement by farming. But how is the Ghost-Crying Abyss, with its black clouds overhead and bones strewn everywhere, a retirement paradise? To make matters worse, Su Muyu’s blade and Su Changhe’s poisoned palm came at me at the same time. “Who are you?” I hugged the tomato seedling 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Tales of the Dark River, 《暗河传》， Tales of the Dark River, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Tales of the Dark River: Moonlight Shines on Xin Chang 暗河传：月明心昌 Su Changhe, someone like you has arrived. I'm Tian Xinyao, an orphan, a witch, and a poison master. I should thank Second Master Tang for dying. Otherwise, how could I have met you? I'm a ghost that crawled out of hell. I once glimpsed the sunlight, and when I saw you, I recognized the same longing in you that I felt in myself. That's why I got involved in certain things. That night, I saw not only your past, but mine as well: a hazy past I had never known. It turns out that my falling in love w 565Reads—Score10014d adds
- 26 The Legend of the Dark River: Deep as Ink 暗河传：墨色情浓 982Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Crossover Transmigration: Retirement Failed, and My Job Turned Into a Murder Mystery 综穿：退休失败后上班秒变剧本杀 #Multiverse crossover #Not mindless wish fulfillment #No using cannons to swat mosquitoes #Follows the basic rules of each original world Note: The heroine is a total slacker. She won’t be anyone’s workhorse, does whatever she wants, and has little empathy for the characters in the plot. Feel free to skip any world you don’t enjoy. Each arc can be read on its own without affecting the others. Empresses in the Palace: Yu Ying’er, takes the emperor out of the picture from the start √ Love O2O: Zha 4.5kReads8.1Score28414d adds
- 28 An Adaptation of Tales of the Dark River 改编暗河传 The greatest assassin organization in the martial world is made up of the Su, Mu, and Xie families. It can kill members of the imperial family at court and wipe out powerful clans and sects beyond it, making it the most feared organization of assassins in the martial world. While carrying out a mission to assassinate the Second Master of the Tang Clan, the head of the Dark River family is struck by a deadly poison. The three families begin to stir, each intent on seizing the Sleeping Dragon Swor 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Tales of the Dark River. 暗河传. Tales of the Dark River. 224Reads—Score114d adds
- 30 Tales of the Dark River Fanfic: Su Muyu Reborn 暗河传同人：苏暮雨重生 Tales of the Dark River fanfiction: Su Muyu Reborn 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Tales of the Dark River: From the Start, Kidnapping Su Muyu Makes Me Stronger 暗河传：开局绑架苏暮雨就能变强 Tales of the Dark River: Kidnap Su Muyu from the Start and Become Stronger 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Film and TV Crossover: Character Profiles Across the Ten Thousand Worlds 综影视：万界人设集 She is a traveler who wanders the Myriad Worlds, bearing a mission whose purpose is unknown. Each time she arrives, she must don the mask of a different powerhouse and live out their fate, yet she never loses herself in the role. In the first world, she is “Li Lun” from Tales of the Dark River, clad in black with ink-dark hair and peerless martial prowess. She watches coldly from the sidelines, casually saving Su Changhe, the venomous snake struggling in the mire. From then on, he clings to her 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Film and TV Crossover: The Great Mission to Save the Male Leads 综影视：拯救男主大作战 Tales of Dark River: Su Changhe, currently updating “Where I'm going, even Buddha cannot save me.” “Where are you going?” “To the other shore.” Each world is independent, with original settings and plot changes. Feel free to read only the volumes featuring worlds that interest you. 592Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Above the Dark River: A Faint Glow 暗河之上：漾漾微光 [All pairings + beloved heroine + watch-along story + love rivals] The heroine may be an original character or someone from the original story. After watching The Blood of Youth trilogy, I was completely hooked, so I started writing fanfiction. I hope you enjoy it. Volume One: Jintang (Tales of the Dark River) Jintang: “What I want has always been in my own hands.” So what if she was a discarded child of the imperial palace? She would turn the waters of the Dark River into life-giving rain and p 1.1kReads—Score10714d adds
- 35 Film and TV Crossover: The Canary Training Plan 综影视：金丝雀养成计划 All-original male protagonists. OOC warning. The timeline is rather chaotic, so those who dislike that should steer clear. 385Reads—Score1214d adds
- 36 Tales of the Dark River: Tang Lianyue’s First Trip Out of the Village, Where He Meets the Top Succubus Mu Yumo 暗河传:唐怜月新手出村遇顶级魅魔慕雨墨 Tales of the Dark River: Tang Lianyue's First Trip Out of the Village Leads Him to Top-Tier Succubus Mu Yumo 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Dark River and Dawn Light 暗河与熹微 Luo Xining, daughter of Jiangnan's wealthiest man, flees her arranged marriage on the eve of her wedding. While wandering, she encounters Su Changhe in a ruined temple, a member of the underworld's top assassin organization, Dark River. He is gravely wounded and poisoned with a strange toxin, on the brink of death. Kindhearted Luo Xining uses her medical skills to bring him around. Claiming he owes her his life, she "clings" to the cold, stern stranger and demands that he escort her to evade her 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 A Cool Beauty's Transmigration 清冷美人穿越记 After Chang’e gets drunk, the mischievous Chaos Pearl chooses her to travel to countless worlds and earn merit. Once cool and aloof, she grows sweet and endearing, meets handsome men from all walks of life, and falls in love with each of them. 242Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Above the Dark River, Your Heart Knows Mine 暗河之上，君心知我 She fell from the palace towers and came to rest above the Dark River. He was a lone blade in the river: Su Changhe. Awakening in the netherworld, she gathered the beggars, established a new order, and vowed to carve out a way forward for all living beings. He scoffed at her naivety, yet willingly became her blade, ready to cleave mountains and seas for her. When she returned from the other shore, she set her sights on the throne. Only then did the world realize that the undertaker who devoured 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Su Changhe, Come Here to Big Sister 苏昌河快到姐碗里来 Whenever people speak of the Dark River, they say it is a darkness tempered into one’s very bones and blood. Su Changhe was a young man whose very name represented hope, yet his ending was so far from happy. I thought he deserved a fulfilling ending, and so this book came to be. (This book is not officially authorized and was written purely for enjoyment.) (An outwardly warm, innocent little flower × the Dark River’s new patriarch) I’ll leave the story here for now. 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Tales of the Dark River: Yuyao 暗河传：玉窈 Yu Yao VS Su Changhe/Su Muyu Two rookie assassins meet a peerlessly beautiful woman born with irresistible charm, and the three fall in love at first sight. Wait, they’re interrupted while removing the Gu, and the two men pledge themselves to her. Just as their passion reaches its height, the beauty vanishes without a trace. When they meet again... 775Reads—Score10314d adds
- 42 Tales of the Dark River: I Overhear Their Thoughts, and the Heroines Lose It 暗河传：偷听心声，女侠们破防了 [Wish fulfillment + invincible protagonist + no power-level suppression + Dashing Youth and The Blood of Youth] Mu Chen transmigrates into the Dark River world and becomes the adopted son of the head of the Dark River family, known as its number one spoiled young master. After obtaining the Mind-Reading System, Mu Chen can hear the protagonist's thoughts. What he doesn't expect is that every female heroine can hear his thoughts too. [What? The head of the family wants to pass the Sleeping Dragon 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Su Changhe Fanfic: A Voiceless Heart 苏昌河同人文：哑声 Silent He is Su Changhe, patriarch of the Dark River and the most dangerous shadow in the martial world. Gravely wounded and left unable to speak, he falls into a mountain village, where he is saved by the orphan Yue Xing’er. His voice has long since returned, but he chooses to keep playing the mute “Su He,” savoring the rare peace of not having to pretend and quietly watching her innocence. During their three months living in the mountains, she comes to see him as her only family. Her unguard 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Tale of the Dark River: Crossing to the Other Shore 暗河传：蘅渡彼岸 On an immortal mountain overseas, Yu Heng, a nineteen-year-old prodigy of the Free-and-Easy Heavenly Realm, is ordered by her master to venture into the mortal world. There, she is bound by fate to Su Changhe, the head of the Dark River Clan, who is struggling in a blood-soaked mire. Like a sudden beam of light, she shines into his world of schemes and slaughter. To help the one she loves, Yu Heng joins forces with Su Changhe and Su Muyu, wielding the power of her heavenly destiny to stand again 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Tale of the Dark River: The Lone Swan’s Shadow 暗河传：孤鸿影 - Tales of the Dark River: The Lone Goose’s Shadow Everyone’s darling / breaks up the canon pairing / adored by all / a touch of ensemble cast / original female lead - “I offer my shadow as a sacrifice to the martial world.” “A lone goose cannot fly in formation. When the shadow departs, hearts break.” “He is the sharpest blade in the martial world, and the most pitiful prisoner of loyalty and affection.” - Written by Xilege Guazi ooc warning: reposting, plagiarism, and idea theft are prohibited 181Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Empress’s Retirement World Has Become a Dark River 女帝养老位面成暗河了 [Strong Female Lead] [System] [Couple: Su Changhe] [An Underworld River Story Fanfiction] · Who is Beili's moonlight? The former City Lord of Kapok City, Her Highness Princess Xiao Lingyun, Beili's Tenth Princess, who died eleven years ago. Now she's crawled out of her grave, determined to reclaim everything she once lost. Including her rightful throne! The funeral master has someone he cherishes in his heart. But that person has someone else in her heart. Then she died, and her corpse came bac 332Reads—Score14414d adds
- 47 Su Changhe Fanfic: The Peach Blossoms Bloom, and I Return to You 苏昌河同人：桃之夭夭与君归 Yun Yanyu, granddaughter of a former chancellor, hid away in a bamboo grove to escape an arranged marriage. Among drifting peach blossoms, she found a gravely wounded, blind man. For his sake, she took the name “Little Peach Blossom” and pretended to be an orphan. For his sake, she invented a new life and named it “Taosheng.” One was a rebellion against fate, using a child to secure her place in the world; the other was love quietly taking root, building them a paradise. The blind “Taosheng” mad 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Tales of the Dark River: After My Friend Betrayed Me 暗河传：当我被好友背叛后 Tales of the Dark River: After My Friend Betrayed Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 After Becoming the Light of Anhe, His Whole Vibe Changed 成为暗河之光后他画风不对了 After Becoming the Light of the Dark River, His Style Went Completely Off the Rails To save his life, Su Changhe binds himself to a System and transmigrates to another world. His mission is to alter the threads of fate and become the light that saves the world. But when he faces a cannon-fodder girl bullied to death, a genius cultivator whose golden core has been ripped out, and a demonic cultivator who sacrificed his entire clan... Su Changhe smiles and draws his blade. “Nobody move. Let me tea 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Film and TV Crossover: Starting with The Blood of Youth 综影视：从暗河传开始 Tales of the Dark River: Su Changhe x original heroine Qing Wan (Complete) Sword of Coming: Fan Yunfei x original heroine Li Zhixing (Complete) Above the Phoenix Stage: Ling Cangcang (Ongoing) Into the Clouds: Ji Bozai x Mu Tianji (Complete) Tales of the Dark River: Bai Hehuai (Ongoing) Tales of the Dark River bonus chapters released irregularly 2.9kReads—Score—14d adds
