Novels like Special Transmigration: Cooking Homestyle Dishes in a Parallel World
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- 101 Chaos Cards: From Good-for-Nothing to Ruling the Divine Realm 混沌卡牌:从废柴横扫神域 Chaos Cards: From Good-for-Nothing to Sweeping the Divine Realm On the continent of Archmond, where cards monopolize everything, humanity can only use the lowest-tier blank cards, while elves, dwarves, and orcs trample them at will! As the son of the Lin family patriarch, Lin En summoned three blank cards in a row during his coming-of-age test at seventeen. Branded a “cardless failure” in front of everyone, he had his cards crushed and was about to be seized by the elves as a sacrificial offerin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 A Hundred Thousand a Day: I’m Choosing Saints in the Apocalypse 日薪十万:我在末世筛选圣人 In 3026, an invisible haze blankets the globe. Breathe it for more than three hours, and anxiety drives you mad. Endure it for six months, and your consciousness collapses. Only the Duoluo Bead can keep you alive. A hundred thousand a day to join a mysterious organization. With relic glasses, I can read the energy levels of thousands and seek out the world's saints. War intensifies the haze, villains manipulate the data, and humanity has only thirty years left. With a mortal body, I will forge a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Where Spiritual Energy Meets Gunfire 灵气染枪火 In a beggars’ den in Feicheng, two boys share the last piece of steamed cornbread, already frozen hard. In a cargo warehouse outside the city, the once-untouchable underground emperor is destroyed amid the winter snow. At Qingyun Pavilion, a disciple fires shot after shot, forging his own path through fear and reverence. By the gambling tables of Jincheng, a merchant wealthier than a kingdom is merely a supporting player in a succession of grand dramas. Outside the Federal Headquarters, how shou —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Max-Level Dark Powers: I Protect the Whole World 满级黑暗异能,我守护全世界 Deep inside the compound, Ye Xun is a violent, dark-powered esper who does whatever he pleases. His only weakness is Auntie Liu. In the library, Lin Mo is a reticent genius with psychic powers. He follows the rules and devotes himself to protecting the world. No one knows fate has already laid a trap to make them switch places. Ye Xun thought he would spend his whole life as a destroyer, but after Auntie Liu passed away, he learned to protect someone for the first time. Lin Mo believed the ru —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Pandora's Memories 潘多拉的记忆 Pandora's Memories —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 My Phone Can Evolve 我的手机会进化 [Dark cultivation + one female lead + written with absolute care + a slow start] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, he discovered that his phone had come along too: fully charged, connected to the internet, and even capable of evolving. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Break the Cycle! 轮回破局! [Not a Frustrating Story, Not Mindless, Plenty of Foreshadowing, No System] I can't remember anymore. I don't even know when this damn apocalypse began. In this endless cycle, I die again and again, only to start over again and again... They say good people go to heaven after they die, and evil people go to hell. But why do people enter the cycle of reincarnation...? Who are they, and why do they say I'm in the wrong? Who am I, really? What have I done? Who is to blame, him or me? As my investig —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The Reborn Young Heiress and My Ridiculous Double System 重生大小姐之我的离谱双系统 Upon transmigrating, I wake to find two Systems activated at once, each with a completely opposite objective. The [Villainess System] demands that I shower the ordinary heroine, Mary Sue, with affection, while the [Antagonist System] tells me to put her down and project authority. My split-personality act makes the young lady seem moody and impossible to read to everyone around her. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Flower, Bird, Fish, and Bug Market 花鸟鱼虫都市场 [One-on-One Romance] [Older Man] [Both Leads Are CEOs] [Male Lead Takes His Brother's Place in an Arranged Marriage] [Everyday Sweet Romance] [Angel? × Knight? | Gentle, Scheming Man × Blunt, Awkward Woman] This is an utterly conventional story. "He is the most unorthodox religion she believes in; She is the most convoluted poem he recites." Mo Yuan is the CEO of the Su family, but her status as an adopted daughter means the wealthy families of the capital don't accept her, and she is mocked beh 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 The Sky Is Vast, the Sea Is Boundless, I Long for the Azure; The Sword Is Azure, the Dao Is Azure, I Long for the Azure Soul 天苍海沧慕清苍,剑苍道苍慕魂苍 This is the story of a group of protagonists. They will go on all kinds of adventures and match wits with their various enemies. In the end, they may each find what they deserve, or things may not turn out as they hoped. What will their stories be like? Let’s look forward to finding out! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Matchmaker System: No Romance, No Luck 红娘系统:不恋爱就倒霉 [1v1 sweet romance | lighthearted comedy | System romance missions | fated encounter] A beautiful, sweet-natured art student with an incredibly active inner monologue, and an aloof CEO who acts cold but is actually shamelessly seductive toward his wife A matchmaking System with a screwball sense of humor, constantly getting roasted by the heroine until it cries System missions include, but are not limited to: Flowerpots falling from the sky, burping in public, meowing while speaking, and all kin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Onmyoji: I Woke Up and Found I Had to Save the World 阴阳师:睡醒觉发现要拯救世界 (This is my first time writing a book, and my writing is terrible, so please go easy on me.) (It leans more toward comedy.) (I came up with this book purely because I got way too obsessed with playing Onmyoji.) Yan Qingkun is a veteran player of both Onmyoji and Onmyoji Arena. One day, after grinding away at Onmyoji, he logged on to claim a reward from his Shikigami's daycare, only to discover that the game had suddenly disappeared. The next day, during a school field trip to the mountains, he f 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 To Lost Youth: Dungeons and Goblins 致逝去的青春,地下城与哥布林 System, brainless fun, and nostalgia for the old version of Dungeon Fighter Online. “Haha, did that guy get his brain bashed in by goblins or something? He's going to grind the Loran King's Road map with his bare hands.” After playing DNF through sixty straight overnight sessions, Wang Qiang drops dead in an internet cafe, only to have his soul unexpectedly transmigrate to another world inside the game. He even comes with a cultivation System. Complete missions, and gold coins and cultivation pr 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 I’m Building a Family in a Strange World 我在诡异世界组建家庭 [Male lead, no romance, family bonds throughout] Some say that when people die, their light goes out, their souls return to the underworld, and they enter the cycle of reincarnation. But Chen Min can tell you with certainty that after death, you enter the World of the Weird. It resembles reality, but is enveloped by rules and suffering. Here, he met like-minded friends, found a family he could entrust his life to, and witnessed the joys and sorrows hidden behind countless strange phenomena. “Shh 370Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 The Tale of Jiang Li, Human Emperor 人皇江离传 Tags: Fanfiction, transmigration, cultivation, comedy, trope subversion, law students rejoice, no one is dead, power fantasy Based on the original novel The Reversal System Only Activates at the Mahayana Stage by Zui Bai De Wu Ya Guys, does anyone get me?! Other people transmigrate into cultivation worlds with a chosen-one template. I came to with barely a breath left. The original owner was literally angered to death by his cousin! The good news: cultivation is real in this world. The bad news: 370Reads—Score10214d adds
- 116 Fragments of Memory: The Self in the Fog 记忆碎片:迷雾中的自我 ⚠️ Serious content warnings upfront. Please proceed with caution if these bother you. No System, no golden finger, no wish fulfillment, no brainless plot: no effortless power-ups and face-slapping, no crushingly satisfying victories. Every character is intelligent, and logic comes first. Slow-burn storytelling, with psychological suspense in the first half: the early chapters lay down many clues and eerie details. The romance develops gradually, not as love at first sight on fast-forward. Both l 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Game Streaming: My Viewers Are Outer Gods 游戏直播:我的观众是外神 I used to be a game streamer, and now I'm a game streamer. Other streamers interact with their viewers through the screen. I have to fight for a way to survive inside the game world. Other streamers get gifts from their viewers, things like private jets and rockets. My viewers' gifts are nothing but malice and schemes. Some people like watching ants struggle inside a glass tank. I'm that ant. I'm a game streamer, but what are my viewers? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Yin Peeker 窥阴人 Yin and yang are distinct, and life and death belong to separate realms. Only the “Watcher of the Underworld” can travel between them, communicate with spirits and gods, and lay resentful souls to rest. Chen Sanyi was supposed to be dead! A chance encounter with a bronze coin let him walk the boundary between yin and yang, helping the living, the dead, and even demons cross over... Behind every eerie case lies a hidden web of cause and effect. Between the realms of yin and yang, who is really pr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 My Harem Showdown Crashed and Burned, and Now Every Yandere Wants Me All to Themselves 修罗场翻车,病娇都想独占我 “Welcome to another world! Dear Host, twenty meters ahead is a lost snake demon, Medusa. Fifty meters ahead is an obedient little bunny nibbling on a grass cake, waiting for you to take it home. A hundred meters ahead is a stranded mermaid, whose tears turn into pearls. How pitiful and lovable! Every one of them is S-rank. Which one would you like to win over?” “If that’s not enough, there are plenty more here. For example, that demon dragon carrying you on its back is taking you to its lair!” T 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Between Tenderness and Fury 温柔与狂暴之间 In the future, meteorites bring radiation. Those exposed to it are divided into three groups: the naturally violent but physically strong Frosts, the Grendels, whose minds and bodies remain unchanged, and the gentle but frail Roscentes. The changes to humanity bring social turmoil as well. In this world, now utterly transformed, how will people survive? Will they numb themselves, or face reality alone? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 A Single Thought: Fate 《一念之间•命运》 A Single Thought Away: Destiny 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Thirty Strange Tales of the School 校三十怪谈 What does it feel like to survive for thirty days in a special school where death is always close? Life and death are separated by a single instant. The “college entrance exam” for more than a hundred people is about to reveal the truth... Is it really called the “college entrance exam”? Can they really graduate successfully? "Three protagonists, no wish fulfillment, no System, dual male leads, special-school setting, protagonists who grow over time" —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Brother, You Are the Last Light in My Life 哥哥,你是我最后的光 “Brother, the sound of your heartbeat is the only lullaby that calms me.” Ziyin’er once wrote of her devotion to her brother in her diary. But the brutality on the grassy hillside left her soul forever trapped in the summer she was fourteen. Wearing the pink princess dress her brother had given her, she walked toward the traffic as if toward a grand final curtain call. It was the last way she could think of to protect her dignity and her brother’s: if the world had no place for a pure soul, then 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Ginkgo Leaf Letter: Loving You for Seven Years Through Oblivion 银杏叶信笺:在遗忘里爱你七年 Ginkgo-Leaf Letter: Loving You for Seven Years in Forgetfulness —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Record of the Last Embers: I Guard a Tomb in a Cultivation World Gone to Waste 残烬录:我在废土修仙界当守墓人 In a cultivation world where spiritual energy has run dry, the land has become radioactive wasteland after an ancient war between immortals and demons. Cultivators must wear gas masks and rely on “spirit-core batteries” to power their magical artifacts. Mortals can have “artificial spiritual roots” implanted through genetic modification, but the success rate is only five percent. Lin Jin is an “ancient tomb restorer” who excavates the tombs of ancient cultivators to recover damaged cultivation t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 People Are Like Trees 人亦如木 Yan Qing was the real heiress, her life stolen from birth by a wicked nanny. When she was kidnapped, she refused to accept that she was going to die. Her own family had abandoned her in favor of the fake heiress, Qing Ge. She fought desperately, determined to die alongside the kidnappers. But the two of them fell off a cliff together and entered a dungeon. There, she gained the power of the Grievance Warden's Flower, which could devour and control anything. She killed Madam Fu and took control o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 In the Clouds, I Know Immortality 云深知长生 Immortality, xianxia, slow-burn, imaginative, no saintly heroine, no System, alternate history A journey that can only be reached after death, and a meeting of forgetting and farewell. A nameless boy strays into the Flower Realm of the Divine Realm, where he meets a flower fairy imprisoned for a thousand years and Lu Shanshan, a girl who is always smiling. During half a year of wandering, he sees all the splendor and desolation of the Divine Realm, yet can never remember who he is. Until the day —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Chen Yu’s Taming and Counterattack Plan 陈屿的驯养反杀计划 Shen Sisi only wanted to keep her relationship with Chen Yu strictly master and servant. She thought Chen Yu would always be obedient and gentle, and know his place. But one late night, Chen Yu barged into her room and slowly closed in. Shen Sisi panicked. “Chen Yu, what are you doing? I’m your master.” Chen Yu’s gaze was obsessive as he spoke in a low voice. “Sorry, Master. I want to move up in the world.” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The Cultivation Chronicles of Crazy Frog Grandpa 神经蛙爷修行记 I transmigrated without a System, cultivate without any cheats, and the protagonist isn't the strongest among his peers. I just wanted to read something like this, then realized I was coming up with the story as I wrote it. It was basically like reading a novel. Never mind whether it's any good, writing it makes me happy. If you like it, you're welcome to join in and create the story together. It's like looking down on the world as a god! We can give him fortuitous encounters, take away his frie —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Yandere: The Senior and the Boss Have Both Gone Crazy! 病娇:学姐,上司都疯了! The year Lin Mo was completely broke, he took on part-time job after part-time job. That same year, he rescued Su Qingge, the student council president and campus beauty, after she collapsed with a fever. From then on, the aloof beauty Su Qingge drove her luxury car to invite him out to eat, study, and see the world. He went from an unknown poor boy to the male student everyone at school envied. Plenty of people said he was living off her, deluded, and unworthy of standing by An Ya's side. Lin M 371Reads6.3Score10014d adds
- 131 Doomsday: After Turning into a Soft, Cute Girl, I Awaken a Healing Ability 末日:变身软妹后,觉醒治愈异能 [Apocalyptic survival] [Dual protagonists] [Thrilling battles] [Gender transformation, 1v1 romance] [Slow burn] [Lighthearted] (Dear readers, since you’re already here, why not read a few more chapters? May everything go smoothly for you, and may wealth, influence, and a bright future be yours.) Qianxia takes revenge for her parents and protects her childhood friend by killing a councilman’s son. After her death, a mysterious being transmigrates her to a zombie apocalypse and awakens in her an a 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Devouring the Demon Emperor: Starting as a Good-for-Nothing Turtle 吞噬妖帝:从龟族废柴开始 Xuan Xiaowu was a lowly little tortoise, scorned by everyone in the demon realm and forced into marriage with an arrogant young Vermilion Bird heiress. On their wedding night, the bride used him as a stepping stool and kicked him off the bed. “A useless thing like you thinks you’re worthy of my bed?” On the brink of death, he unexpectedly awakened the devouring bloodline of the Primordial Ancestor of the Black Tortoise. Not only did he devour all the Vermilion Bird’s true fire, he also pinned th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 After the Divorce, I Took Over His Company 离婚后,我接管了他的公司 [Reborn + contemporary business world + wealthy family + strong heroine + sweet on the outside, ruthless within + mutual salvation] In her previous life, Shen Zhiwei never understood, even on her deathbed, why Lu Chenzhou, who clearly loved her, refused to hand her the divorce papers. Only after he died did she learn that he hadn’t written the agreement. Someone else had forced it on him. He didn’t give it to her not because he didn’t want a divorce, but because he knew she would die if they div —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 After the Breakup, the Spirited Girl Shows Up to Cheer Me Up from the Start 分手后,精神小妹,开局送温暖 A must-read urban power fantasy from a veteran author. Quality and updates are guaranteed! The blurb doesn't do it justice, so please read the story itself! 69Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 135 Reborn in My Second Year of High School: I Stockpile the Era’s Fortune by Trading Stocks 重生高二:我靠炒股囤积时代红利 A down-and-out forty-year-old man is reborn in a high school classroom in the year 2000, carrying twenty years of intact memories. Starting with five thousand yuan in New Year money, he storms into the stock market, seizes every opportunity the times have to offer, and quietly builds a top-tier business empire. This time, he won't let anyone slip away. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 NPC [Slow-paced + lots of daily life + romance + ensemble cast + classic novel-style “late-game” cultivation? + heartwarming and healing?] Note: (1) The author is a beginner and isn’t good at writing details, so the early chapters may be a little dull. (2) The System will become less prominent, as will the male lead, so the male and female leads get more page time later on. (3) The tags are misleading. The entertainment-industry part of the story is just one variety show at the beginning.) [The worl 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Sword Immortal Returns: I Tear the Scumbag Apart from the Start 剑仙归来:开局手撕渣男 Cui Mingyue had just been sent to hell by her scumbag boyfriend and best friend working together, only to find herself in another world moments later, publicly dumped by her fiancé. Looking at the maid gloating before her, she laughed in fury and ran a sword through the scumbag’s heart. From then on, the cultivation world gained a ruthless female demon whose immortal sword left rivers of blood wherever it went. The day she returned to Earth, she smiled and ran a hand over the Soul-Suppressing Pa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 100 Rules for a Poor Man's Comeback 穷鬼的逆袭法则100条 No one gets to choose the family they’re born into. Li Fei: Born into extreme poverty and a broken home, with a gambling-addicted father and a drug-addicted mother. He’s a bright high school graduate, but his surroundings have held him back. Desperate to change his miserable fate, he’ll put into practice the “100 Things Poor People Must Do” and avoid the “100 Things Poor People Must Never Do,” lessons usually learned through bitter experience. Let’s see whether he can turn his life around by fol 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Sword Dance Across the Jianghu: The Mystery 剑舞江湖:迷 The martial world is rife with conflict, and the tides of fate are ever shifting. Xiao Han, newly arrived in the jianghu, chance meets Su Yao, the Holy Maiden of the Five Poisons Sect, and Zhou Jingyan, a master from Zhou Family Fortress. At a grand martial arts gathering, the three are suddenly attacked by mysterious men in black and drawn into a shocking conspiracy. In this struggle over the fate of the jianghu, can they protect their secrets and foil the sinister plot? And what tale of clashi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Star Fate: The Apocalypse 星命:启示录 Not a power fantasy, no System, no clichés! (This book is a slow burn, and the pacing may be a little slow at first. I hope all you dear readers will stick with it to the end. This is a very long story.) Have you ever wondered if the world before your eyes is not real? Have you ever wondered if the sky was once without stars? Have you ever witnessed a divine revelation in that first paradise? Have you ever heard sin’s quiet whispers 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Yandere Witch Chased Me into Becoming the World Boss 病娇魔女把我追成世界boss [Online Game] [Another World] [Mostly Slice of Life] [One Female Lead] [Chaotic Neutral] My name is Thorne. I opened my eyes and found I had transmigrated into the Online Game Continent of Ryan as a minor boss. If I had a choice, I’d just be an ordinary person, an NPC who hands out quests every day and coasts through life. But fate wouldn’t let me slack off. From the moment I was born, I was destined to stand against the players. To survive, I worked hard to grow stronger, strong enough to make 427Reads6.1Score11414d adds
- 142 After Faking My Death, My Yandere Girlfriend Gets Me for Real Offline 假死后,被病娇女友线下真实 (The rating just came out and is skyrocketing) [Yandere + single heroine + everyday romance + comedy with a twist] To escape my extremely possessive, yandere online girlfriend, I faked my death overnight and had a buddy mail her a box of “ashes made from powdered milk.” Who knew she’d not only eat them, but also turn around and call the police to report that I’d mailed her some unknown powder! After my own uncle hauled me into the police station, a Ferrari pulled up and blocked the entrance to m 1kReads6.9Score11614d adds
- 143 Not Enough Time to Confess 时间不够告白 Lin Chuxie finds a dusty old diary in a shabby rental apartment. Using a QQ number, she unexpectedly gets to know Song Shenghan, who lives a thousand miles away. Lin Chuxie never imagined that a stranger a thousand miles away could heal the dark, suffocating world of her eighteenth year. They share their innermost thoughts through a screen, healing one another across mountains and seas, and quietly fall for each other in a time no one else knows about. In this vast sea of people, to meet among m 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 From Now On, I’ll Think of You Every Day 从此岁岁念朝朝 “Muchen, your father is getting on in years. He's now in prison, suffering every humiliation, and he's come down with a serious illness. If he's really sent to the frontier to serve in the army for three years, the long, bitterly cold journey will be as good as sending him to his death. Please, have a heart and save your father. Your mother is begging you on her knees.” Before she could finish speaking, Lin Muchen's mother threw herself to her knees before her. The people waiting to see the doct 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 A Dream of the Mortal World, a Carefree Wanderer 一梦红尘逍遥客 How can you speak of carefree freedom without entering the mortal world? In Huaiyin Village, a mischievous boy named Shitou heard a heartbeat beneath the earth by the well. He had no idea that he bore the karmic debt of eighteen thousand ancestors of the Luban Sect, who had all sacrificed themselves for the Dao. Nor did he know that the thunderstruck jujube-wood Pixiu in his arms was both a blessing and a curse. When the old well began to seep with rusty blood, and the cries of the "Dancing Dead —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 The Grotto-Heaven Project 洞天计划 [Slow-burn pacing, no System, mecha + modern warfare, technology + cultivation. Is there potential here?] Chen Shi has one problem. As a descendant of a distinguished military family in the Dongyao Empire, he was blessed with extraordinary talent, but not with a body capable of cultivating normally. Just when he was about to despair, a mysterious teacher named Cong Yun brought him hope... “What do you mean, my dantian has a problem, so I should just open up a new one myself?” At their very first 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 One Thought Between God and Demon, Wreaking Havoc Across the Heavens 一念神魔之祸乱诸天 Bury the gods, bury the immortals! Let blood rain across the heavens! When I cultivate for another eighty thousand years, I will send the Empress to the underworld. I have a sword that can sweep away immortals. If I become a demon, all beneath heaven will become demons. If I attain Buddhahood, all the gods and Buddhas across the heavens will answer my call! With a single thought, gods and demons will mourn, the myriad worlds will tremble, and heaven and earth will fall into chaos! In his previou —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Otome Game Breakdown Manual: All the Male Leads Are Out of Character 乙游崩坏手册:男主们全员OOC [Hilarious Chaos + Reverse Pursuit + The Male Leads All Fall Apart] Lin Xiao is transported into a hit dating game, where the System forces her to speedrun five dreamboat male leads. Lu Jinnian, the aloof, wealthy CEO; Jiang Che, the gentle yet deadly doctor; Gu Chen, the bewitching top-tier star; Su Yan, the pure-yet-sensual genius who knows how to charm; and Han Ye, the untamable, wild-at-heart race car driver. The System roars, “Win them over! It’s your only way to survive!” Lin Xiao prompt 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 For You, I Activated a Reversal of Time 为你,我开启了逆时重启 Trapped in a reverse time loop, she must save the boy who is about to jump from a building. Su Xiao is caught in a backward time loop. Time keeps rewinding, while danger draws closer with every passing moment. She searches alone for the truth behind the loop, determined to prevent a tragedy. Then Zhao Xiaolei gets drawn into it, and together they do everything they can to save Lin Xiaoman, the boy about —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Seeking Immortality, Starting in the Detention Center 从拘留所开始寻找长生 3Reads—Score—14d adds
















































