Novels like Strange Tales from the Folk: My Paper Effigy Shop
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- 151 I Just Want to Lie Flat, So How Did I Become a Miracle Doctor? 我想躺平啊,怎么成神医了 I Just Want to Lie Flat: Don’t trust the title, there’s no lying flat here! The male lead says he’s just slacking off, but secretly awakens superpowers and accidentally becomes the nation’s trump card. The pacing is lightning-fast, and you won’t regret giving it a try! 234Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 A Broken Sword Hides Two Souls: My Sword-Spirit Girlfriend Is a Sissy 残剑藏双魂:我的剑灵女友是伪娘 Please, Other Me! Let’s protect the people we love and cherish together! Here’s a little secret: The fake sword-spirit System is just my disguise! #GenderSwap #Femboy #Corruption #TimeTravel #the Myriad Worlds #Multiple Couples Author: This story really, truly has no System 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Half a Lifetime of Enduring, Half a Lifetime Beloved 半生隐忍半生卿 When Gu Yan was nine, his dying father entrusted him to his old classmate, Shen Dean. From then on, he lived under the same roof as the Shen family, growing up alongside their daughter, Shen Wan. She was the cherished daughter of the household, while he was the child of an old friend. An invisible wall separated their stations in life. Yet she had warmed him with porridge on cold nights, and he had shielded her from the rain that poured across the city. Love took root in their everyday closenes 230Reads8.2Score10314d adds
- 154 I Won't Be a Superstar 不做大明星 [New King of the Dark Web vs. Powerful CEO] [Both Leads Are Inexperienced] [Showbiz] [Elite Families] The dark web’s new king goes undercover as “QQ,” a little-known performer, and joins Fanxing Entertainment. Beneath his delicate, stunning looks is a hacker’s mind with an IQ of 162. His direct superior turns out to be Shen Linxing, the iron-fisted CEO who controls half the entertainment industry and the close friend who “disappeared” from his life when they were young! He joins the company to h 182Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 155 The Demon Catcher of Great Qi 大亓捉妖人 Demons run rampant across Great Qi, bringing misery to the people. Ding Fan, a demon hunter in the Imperial Demon-Suppression Bureau, is driven by a deep-seated hatred of demons and travels far and wide to hunt them. At first, his cultivation is weak, and powerful demons often abduct him. Though danger lurks everywhere, he also encounters countless opportunities. He joins a sect, obtains a famed sword, and masters the Nine Swords of Tai Bai. From then on, he cuts down demons and cultivates along 3.9kReads9.3Score39214d adds
- 156 School by Day, Cultivating Immortality in My Dreams by Night 白天上学,夜梦修仙 A strange dream split Chen Ze’s life in two. One half was an ordinary modern school life, The other, a vast world of fantasy cultivation. Sleep = transmigration. Dreaming = cultivation. Waking up = getting stronger. He thought it was all just a dream, Not knowing it was an extraordinary opportunity connecting two worlds. He cultivated both yin and yang, and lived between two worlds, His identities as an ordinary person and a cultivator overlapped in him at a dizzying pace. The school beauty fell 1.5kReads6.6Score18714d adds
- 157 Three Hundred from the Start, Destined to Become the Heavenly Emperor 开局三百人,成就天帝 From the start, he transmigrates into the Great Wilderness and becomes a tribal chief, taking charge of a weak tribe of three hundred people. To survive in a world overrun with ferocious beasts, relentless natural disasters, and hostile tribes, watch as Ye Tian, a young man from another world, builds a heavenly kingdom on earth amid a harsh and unforgiving land! 651Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 158 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
- 159 I Have a Home in Azeroth 我在艾泽拉斯有个家 Late at night in an office building, programmer Lin Yun sat with enormous dark circles under his eyes, his hands toiling nonstop over the keyboard. He had been awake for three days and nights. He was utterly exhausted from trying to finish this PowerPoint before tomorrow's meeting. Just as he took a sip of coffee and steeled himself to keep fighting, a sudden pain stabbed through his heart. "Ugh..." With a muffled groan, Lin Yun collapsed onto his desk. "Damn capitalists! I..." Those were his la 43Reads6.3Score414d adds
- 160 Plunge! 坠! I was born in a small city blanketed in coal dust. By chance, I reunited with the girl who had once lived next door, whom I hadn't seen in many years. There were many versions of the rumors about her past, and it was hard to tell truth from fiction. This time, she slowly told her own story. I had just finished reading Fallen. Her life had some similarities to Mo Huai's in the book, but the differences between them were fundamental. I wrote down this memory not to compare whose fate was more trag 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 A Heart Like Heng 锦心似蘅 Just started ranking, so the numbers will rise later! [Intrigue, historical setting, romance, court politics, strategy, intelligent cast (not a mindless wish-fulfillment story)] He thought she was just a pawn. She thought he was a caged bird trapped in an abyss. In this game that began with lies, whoever fell in love first was destined to lose everything. “I got close to you to use you.” “I know. I got close to you to turn your scheme against you.” It turned out that all their deep affection 364Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 162 The Book of Fated Bonds 兰因簿 [Underworld Temp Worker + Civil Service Bureaucrat + Yin-Yang Romance] Do you think Fengdu opens its gates to the human world only on the Ghost Festival? It doesn't. The gates of the netherworld don't wait for any one particular festival. They stand open every day, day and night. Do you think that once you cross the Naihe Bridge and drink a bowl of Meng Po's soup, all love, hate, and longing will vanish without a trace? That's not true either. Countless obsessions will wander the depths of 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 No Way Forward Amid the Apocalypse's Chaos 末世乱战之前行无路 A glimpse of the real world 100 years in the future: a catastrophe that kills 3 billion people! Technological progress strips humanity of its civilizational dominance! The moon shatters, and Earth is about to plunge into the abyss of space! Lin Zicheng and his family leave the prosperous cities of the future and move to the countryside to survive, only to find that the entire social order has collapsed and everyone has been swept into a chaotic and complicated age of turmoil. First they clash wi 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Survival by Sequence: The Money-Spending System 序列求生之消费金钱系统 [Written by the author personally + not mindless + not invincible + Sequences + the eerie + road survival + apocalypse survival + sci-fi + clear logic] The world suddenly plunges into an eerie apocalypse. The only way to survive is to awaken a Sequence, join a convoy, and obtain a ghostly artifact. All kinds of powerful horrors attack the convoys, which also encounter other groups on the road. Survivors scheme against and slaughter one another. The protagonist, Yue Nan, obtains a System that let 2.1kReads5.9Score10414d adds
- 165 I Saved a Female Lead Before I Died, and She's a Total Badass 临死前救了个女主,她超猛的 [Strong male lead + strong female lead, no System, no clichés, sharp-tongued, gets more satisfying as it goes, a little unhinged, no cheating, enjoy!] Before dying, the sect leader saves an incredibly powerful and beautiful fox demon. To fulfill the sect leader’s dying wish to revive the sect, the heroine searches everywhere for a man who resembles him, hoping to make him the next sect leader. “I’m just a demon. I have no feelings for humans other than the sect leader.” “If I catch you, don’t bl 1.2kReads—Score12914d adds
- 166 They Never Believed in Me, and I Proved Them Right 他们不看好我,偏偏我也不争气 They Never Believed in Me, and I Wasn't Exactly a Success Either 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 167 Hush! It's Here 嘘!它来了 Stray cats appear on campus, awakening a curse of murder sealed away for fifty years. Long ago, cats protected the school by killing rats, but when their numbers grew too large, they were burned alive. Their resentment coalesced into a nine-lived shadow cat. It uses humans to wreak havoc, draining the vitality of the living in a blood sacrifice to avenge its burning. Strange incidents, gruesome deaths, vengeful spirits demanding lives night after night: the only way to survive is to destroy all 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Immortal Cultivation: I Have a Heart for Refining Corpses 修仙,我有一个炼尸之心 By a twist of fate, a young man joins a sect of immortal cultivators and steps into the mysterious, cruel world of cultivation. Just as he’s at a loss, he awakens the Heart of Corpse Refining. Not only does it grant him far greater vitality than ordinary people, it also lets his refined corpses advance in cultivation alongside him! 354Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 A Strange Immortal Fate: The Good-for-Nothing Without a Spiritual Root Turns His Life Around 奇仙缘:无灵根废柴的逆转之路 [New release] + [Fantasy with a System] + [Laugh-out-loud fun] + [One heroine] Su Qingxuan, a humble errand boy of the Qingfeng Sect, was born without a spiritual root. Amid the crowd’s scorn, he unexpectedly found an immortal gourd and became bound to a System! Later, a mysterious voice in a secret realm told him that he wasn’t actually without a spiritual root. He had the legendary… spiritual root. The little System is adorable and mischievous, and always good for a laugh. A fox demon at t 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Keep Sleeping, Don’t Wake Up 继续睡,不要醒 [Infinite Dreams + Mystery + Wild Imagination + Horror + Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + Bizarre + Romance + Sophisticated] Lin Du has been dreaming ever since he was born. He often wakes with a start in some strange room and desperately flees to a subway station, only to discover that his every move is being livestreamed and everyone is watching. When he rushes out of the subway, he finds himself sitting in a car with no end, where every passenger is horrifyingly strange. The car stops at one st 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 The Legend of the Zhongnan Sword Immortal 终南剑仙传 Gu Zhaoran, the Sword Immortal Qingxuan, was reborn after surviving a tribulation. He braved a serpent's lair, battled demonic cultivators, and encountered an evil monk. His path was fraught with danger, and he narrowly escaped death time and again before returning to Zhongnan and rejoining his sect. When his immortal master ascended, Gu Zhaoran was entrusted with leadership in a time of crisis and became the sect's new head. He repelled enemies at the rear cliff, joined the Five Elders in elimi 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Breaking the Deadlock Across Two Lifetimes: I Storm the Imperial Stronghold in Ancient Times 两世破局:我在古代捅皇家老巢 [Comedic transmigration, smart protagonists, equally matched and devoted leads, political intrigue and murder investigations] Forensic pathologist Xia Nanfeng opens her eyes to find a corpse lying beside her! Wait! Why am I poor and crippled? Did I transmigrate? In the blink of an eye, she gets herself into serious trouble and nearly kills the head of the Seventh Palace Bureau. He is cold and suspicious, closing in on her step by step. “Tell me! Who are you really?” “...” She’s just as baffled 335Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 173 Unbelievable: My Love Rival Takes Me Around Beating Up Scumbags 离谱:情敌带我到处虐渣 [爽 and satisfying] [No saintly protagonist] [Multiple female leads] [Decisive and ruthless] The protagonist's group enjoys gossip and has no desire to hurt anyone, yet they get caught up in a series of plots and schemes. To protect themselves, they have no choice but to fight back, step by step embarking on the path to becoming powerful. At first, the group is weak and often bullied. Later, they grow strong and become rulers of their own domain. 1.1kReads8.3Score10414d adds
- 174 The Arrogant Farm Girl Will Turn the Tables 狂妄农女要翻天 Farming with a pocket dimension, cultivating immortality amid chaos. The heroine rises from a farmer’s daughter to become the empress of the world. She’s wild, truly wild. Known as the Little Tyrant of Qianlan, she never lets a corpse grow cold. Because her pocket dimension likes its corpses fresh. After arriving in ancient times, she accidentally activates a pocket dimension, but it needs corpses to level up. Anyone who betrays her becomes fertilizer for the pocket dimension. The same goes for 443Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 175 Zhenwu Subdues Demons: Sixty Years of Peace 真武荡魔:甲子太平 [Invincible Protagonist] [Pure Supernatural] [No Female Lead] I was the True Warrior Emperor in heaven, but could not bear humanity's suffering. Moved by compassion, I descended to the mortal world, to vanquish evil, deliver ghosts, and bring peace to all. The Five Arts of geomancy, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination can determine the fate of the world. Geomancy suppresses demons and evil; medicine saves people. Destiny can be changed, and physiognomy reveals the powerful and the nob 2.3kReads—Score16014d adds
- 176 Go to Sleep, I'm Here 睡吧,我在呢 Go to sleep. I'm right here. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Spirit Power Returns to Qin: I Help the First Emperor Forge a Path to Heaven 灵力归秦:我支援始皇帝伐天路 “Season Two is out now!” Spiritual qi revival sweeps the world, and strange phenomena descend everywhere. Everyone scrambles for spiritual energy and yearns for immortality, not knowing this is no gift from heaven. It is the heroic spirits of the Great Qin returning through tears of blood. The ancient Heavenly Court monopolized the path to immortality, sealed off the mortal realm’s road to ascension, and enslaved all living beings as food. The Shang attacked Heaven and fell. The Zhou attacked He 208Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 You Lured Home a Little Wife with a Bottle of Soda? 你用一瓶汽水拐回一个小老婆? (One heroine + mutual salvation + lighthearted comedy with no angst + gradual yandere development + sweet everyday romance + happy ending) Rest assured, this one's guaranteed to be sweet. (This is a brand-new book, so please, everyone, don't let it pile up in your reading list. It'll get buried to death (ToT)) The first twenty years of Gu Hui's life were shrouded in an endless rainy season, but he fought to become a ray of sunshine breaking through the clouds of Hangzhou's plum rains. Then, one 28Reads—Score10314d adds
- 179 A Spatial Ability and a Lightning Spirit Root? How Could I Be Cannon Fodder? 空间异能加雷灵根,怎会是炮灰? A space- and ability-wielding powerhouse from the apocalypse transmigrates into a cultivation novel she once read. Her father is a womanizer with a harem of wives and concubines and dozens of children. Her mother is an elite disciple of the clan, but also a hopeless romantic to the extreme. And in the original novel, this body of hers isn't mentioned even once! She absolutely refuses to become cannon fodder! With her knowledge of the future, Bai Yiqi latches onto powerful allies and snatches up 8.3kReads8.5Score75314d adds
- 180 The Ascetic Divine Lord Is Seduced Into Breaking His Vows 禁欲神尊,竟被撩破戒 [Ascetic Chaotic God Venerable + Sweet, Adorable Spirit Herb Fairy + Tragic Love in a Past Life + Reborn and Pursuing His Wife + The Heavenly Emperor Steals His Bride] In her past life, Ruan Zhiwan had been hopelessly in love with the Chaotic God Venerable Ye Qingxuan for ten thousand years. He was cold and ascetic, his heart untouched, and he treated her with utter indifference. When the Heavenly Emperor framed her, he shattered her immortal bones with his own hands and cast her into the Infern 69Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 181 A Review of This Life 复盘今生 Wang Yuhan once had a happy family. He and his wife, Yu Meixia, were both teachers. They excelled at their jobs, had a son and a daughter, and were the envy of everyone. But then, one day, it all vanished. If you were the protagonist, how would you react? How would you face betrayal by the person you love and trust most? Drawing on a deep understanding of life, the author tells a moving, vivid story of love and loss, life and death, and tangled passions in plain, flowing prose. The story also ra 750Reads8.8Score10114d adds
- 182 Chinese Paladin: The Five-Spirit Fist Emerges, and Ling'er Hears My Thoughts 仙剑:五灵拳现世,灵儿听我心声 [Sword and Fairy 1 TV Series Fanfiction + Male Lead Grows Without a System + Mind Reading + Yao Yue CP + Happy Ending] Su Yunyi transmigrates into the world of the Sword and Fairy 1 TV series after an accident, and ends up stranded on Fairy Spirit Island. Zhao Linger kindly takes him in and treats his injuries. But to his surprise, after Su Yunyi wakes up, Zhao Linger can hear his thoughts. What’s more, while on the island, Su Yunyi unexpectedly awakens the Five Spirits Fist, a power that does 433Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 183 Divine Punishment Descends 神罚莅临 The virtuous suffer poverty and die young, while the wicked enjoy wealth and long lives. When you are oppressed by evil, have you ever wished, even for a moment, that the underworld existed? If it did, would you dare to peer into it for even one-millionth of a second? The year quantum computing underwent a revolution, Company R offered an answer: the Cyber Underworld. Professor Qi Yuan used computer simulations to resurrect sinners in a virtual world after death, where they would endure eternal 222Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 You're Forcing Me to Be Reborn as a Tycoon, Aren't You? 逼我重生当神豪是吧 [Rebirth + entrepreneurship + stock trading + beauties galore + business empire + an extraordinary life] Ye Chen graduated from a prestigious 985 university and worked hard until he was forty, yet still couldn't afford a home in Jianghai City. He got stuck in the stock market early in life, and after decades of hard work, he still had nothing to show for it. He felt he had let his parents down, and his life was full of regrets. He was given the chance to be reborn during his college years. This 29kReads7.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 185 Five Elements Grotto-Heaven: I Cultivate in Secret and Become an Immortal Through the Eight Trigrams 五行洞天,我靠八卦苟成仙 Portable grotto-heaven + mortal cultivation + divination + alchemy + artifact crafting + spirit insects + spirit beasts. After inheriting the legacy of his ancestor, King Wen of Zhou, Ji Chang, he comprehends the Art of the Zhou Yi Eight Trigrams, allowing him to discern opportunities, locate dragon veins and auspicious sites, and see fortune and misfortune at a glance. He gradually unlocks a portable Five-Element Grotto-Heaven secret realm! Its area keeps expanding, and the flow of time within 127Reads—Score27114d adds
- 186 Win Them Over? Not a Chance! 攻略他们?不存在的! [Plot-driven, slow burn, ensemble cast, fictional ancient world, borrows some A*B*O elements, plot-focused, includes a side couple. If this bothers you, move along.] Right after winning the lottery, Qin Qi transmigrated. His luck was simply “ridiculous”: he had landed inside an otome game that his former company had shut down, and become a minor NPC named Su Yuzhen. The System he was bound to offered him a way out: “Help the heroine find love, and you can return to your original world.” Qin Qi g 110Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 187 Guo Xiaoqi’s Love Story 郭小七的爱情 Guo Xiaoqi was born into a rural family obsessed with having sons. She had little schooling, but was very beautiful. As an adult, she was pursued by a married man. The two did everything they could to finally get married, but married life was not as wonderful as they had imagined, and she endured all kinds of hardship. After many twists and turns, she finally understood that she could rely on no one but herself. 509Reads8.9Score3714d adds
- 188 The Way of Chaos, Immortals, and Demons 混沌仙魔道 Born with blocked meridians, I refuse to believe fate has the final say... One thought can make you an immortal, another a demon. Whether you become an immortal or a demon depends on a single thought in your heart. Among the myriad paths of the world, the Dao of Chaos reigns supreme. Where the sword points is where the heart longs to go. 712Reads—Score10214d adds
- 189 Farming: I Carry a Living Spirit Vein to Grow Spirit Plants in the Back Hills 种田我抱着活灵脉在后山种灵植 Don't panic about the rating, it just came out and can still rise! [Male-Oriented Farming Power Fantasy] [Smart Protagonist] [One Female Lead] [Devoted Husband] [No System] [Everyday Life] [Face-Slapping] Starting with everyday life, family affection, and business rivalries, the story expands into elements such as turning the tables, family disputes, and devotion to the country. After the protagonist unexpectedly signs a contract with an ancient Ink Spirit Vine, he gains the power of life and sp 985Reads8.2Score11014d adds
- 190 The Childhood Friend Who Tore My Old Belt That Year Spent the Rest of Her Life, Twenty Years, Making It Up to Me 那年扯我旧腰带的青梅,耗尽二十年余生赔我 The childhood friend who tore off my old belt that year spends the rest of her life, more than twenty years, making it up to me 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 The Top Outdoor Adventure Streamer Nearly Died Live on Camera 户外探险第一网红,差点死在直播间 The biggest outdoor adventure streamer nearly died live on camera 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Whoever I Write About Dies: First My Best Friend, Then My Ex-Girlfriend 我写谁谁死,先写好兄弟,再写前女友 Whoever I write about dies. First my best friend, then my ex-girlfriend 161Reads—Score114d adds
- 193 Quick Transmigration: The Soft, Adorable Beauty Is Always Spoiled 快穿,软萌小美人总被宠坏 Male/male, one-on-one, both pure, sweet and doting romance, memory loss in each small world, with a System! Soft, adorable beauty uke × possessive, protective, wife-devoted seme Xue Ci fell into a deep coma after a car accident in the real world. His consciousness shattered, and he was drawn into a restoration system called "Homeward Journey." The System told him that if he entered different small worlds to complete restoration missions and collect scattered fragments of his consciousness, he co 13.4kReads8.9Score2.3k14d adds
- 194 When the Wind Rises, the Clouds Soar 风禾尽起云飞扬 I was born to a military family in Yunzhou, on the frontier. My youth was marred by hardship, and I was sent far beyond the border. After surviving countless brushes with death, I finally returned. Then my father and brothers were framed, and I had no choice but to come to the capital to save them. Heaven be praised, they were unharmed. The emperor showed me kindness, and I bore him a son. In times of crisis, I rooted out treacherous officials, defended against foreign enemies, and safeguarded t —Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 195 Creatures of the Three Realms, Listen Up: I Am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Titiankong 三界众生,听好了,我乃齐天大圣孙替空 Hear me, all beings of the Three Realms! I am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Tifukong 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 After He Took Me by Force, the Dark Overlord Became Addicted 强制侵占后!暗黑大佬他上瘾了 Just got the rating, it’ll go up [1VN + unhinged power players + self-serving heroine + no saintly heroine + no melodrama + holds back at first, then slaps back hard + equally formidable leads] The leads are enemies. Her mother is dead; his younger brother is dead. They’re at each other’s throats in public, but sickeningly sweet in private. Their secret relationship is exposed. People say that if someone had a daughter like her, even her mother wouldn’t rest easy in the afterlife. At one person 1kReads9.4Score13614d adds
- 197 The 1970s: My Whole Family Regretted It After I Remarried 七零:改嫁之后全家后悔了 The 1970s: The Whole Family Regrets Her Remarriage 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 My Youthful Romance 我的青春爱恋 Lin Wan had a secret talent: the poems she wrote reflected the truest colors of people’s hearts. Then, one autumn, Zheng Hao, wearing a dark green sweater, stood in the light and asked her if she liked Yu Qiuyu. For the first time, her pen trembled, and the colors on the page blurred into something out of place. She spent three years of her youth writing poems for him, gave him her first night beneath the moonlight in a white shirt, and even followed him into the neon-lit depths of the night. Bu 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 I Save Another World in My Own Novel 我在我的小说里拯救异界 The author simply wants to write a book, to bring the world and the light in their heart to life! Synopsis: The conflicts and eventual unification of seven worlds governed by independent yet interconnected laws: the worlds of humans, demons, spirits, the underworld, devils, heaven, and the void. A story about growth, bonds, and remaking the rules. (Dear readers, bring your sharp minds! A slow-burn, satisfying read: no brainless antics, no harem, no womanizing protagonist, and plenty of life’s ph 40Reads—Score214d adds
- 200 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won't Make Wedding Clothes for Someone Else 重生八零:不为他人做嫁衣 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won't Live for Others 1Reads—Score—14d adds

















































