Novels like The Struggle for the Martial Way, the Contest for Freedom
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- 101 The Double Pupils Reappear 重瞳再现 For eight hundred years, the throne of the Xuantong Kingdom has passed not through bloodlines, but through a pair of eyes. Anyone born with double pupils is named heir to the throne: the left eye creates, the right eye destroys the world. The current ruler, Xuan Jun, is the most powerful in eight hundred years. He saved the people and subdued an evil flood dragon, but on a night when he lay unconscious from exhaustion, his most trusted Daoist priest, Xu Ziji, gouged out both his eyes. The left 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 From the Start, I’m in an Apocalyptic World and Make Others Transmigrate for Me 开局末日世界，让别人替我穿越 Rating just released! [Decisive and Ruthless] [Never Lets a Grudge Go Unsettled] [Mastermind Behind the Scenes] [No Female Lead] [Ascension of an Entire Nation] [the Myriad Worlds] [SSS-Rank Talent] [The Way of Survival] Chen Wuyou woke up one day to find himself bound to a transmigration System. What? He had to transmigrate to a zombie apocalypse world within thirty minutes? "Are you sending me there to be a zombie buffet?" "There’s no starter pack or other rewards. What am I supposed to transm 49.2kReads6.3Score6.4kShelves
- 103 Reborn as ???, I Rule the Human World 重生之成为？？？，我在人类社会称王称霸 Reborn as a ???, I Rule the Human World —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 A Hundred Ghosts on the Road 百诡行 As long as you're alive, there's hope! Only then dare you hope! Keep living, Ren Ping'an. Live at all costs! Live on, bearing everything! As long as you're here, hope remains! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 On the Wolf King's Wedding Day, I Had Only Seven Days to Live 狼王婚礼那天，我的生命只剩七天 On the Day of the Wolf King's Wedding, I Had Only Seven Days Left to Live 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 After My Husband Left on a Business Trip, I Saw His Body at the Funeral Home 老公出差后，我在殡仪馆看见了他的尸体 After My Husband Left on a Business Trip, I Saw His Body at the Funeral Home —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Is It True Love or Not? It's So Hard to Choose! 到底是不是真爱？好难抉择呀！ A lighthearted romantic comedy! She saves him! [True Love + Sharp-Tongued Best Friend + Beloved Little Sister + Sunny Heroine + Overthinking Hero + A Little Angst + Funny Tone + School Setting] Li Shi Yan, troubled by the uncertainty of her future at school, meets Li Shi Yu, whose name differs from hers by only one character. Can Li Shi Yu, mired in a swamp of pain, be saved by Li Shi Yan? Is Li Shi Yu truly Li Shi Yan's destined love? Though she keeps agonizing over it, her best friend's matchm 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 The Birthday Song Outside the Delivery Room Taught Me What Divorce Meant 产房外的生日歌，我听懂了离婚的意思 The Birthday Song Outside the Delivery Room: I Finally Understood What Divorce Meant 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 Farewell Among the Red Leaves 红叶别离 I came from a distant place, with no ambitions in my heart. We met in the height of summer and parted among the red leaves. I found a purpose in my heart, and I vowed to protect the peace of this world for the rest of my life. 200Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 Fated Dreams, Born of Me 缘梦，源我 (No harem + no holier-than-thou protagonist + no dumbing down the characters; the protagonist is aloof on the outside but warm inside.) (This book contains plenty of foreshadowing and clues. But if you don't catch them or feel like thinking too hard, you can just read it as a feel-good power fantasy.) Reborn amid flames and leaving the past behind, yet still unable to escape its influence entirely. Holding back the inferno with one hand, he faced the warm corpse in his arms and whispered to her 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 Above the Thunder, Below the Dragon King (Sikong Zhen X Storm Dragon King) 雷霆之上，龙王之下（司空震x风暴龙王） Above the Thunder, Below the Dragon King (Sikong Zhen x Storm Dragon King) 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 I Pretended to Be a Fool, and the Possessive Villain Coveted Me Night After Night 装傻后被偏执反派夜夜觊觎 System life extension | Play dumb to stay alive | Possessive male lead | Push and pull between two hearts | [Soft on the outside, ruthless within, playing-dumb heroine x gloomy, obsessive, possessive villain] [Synopsis] After waking up from drowning, Ai Ni binds herself to a life-saving System. The System issues a cold warning: [Host must have intimate contact with the villain Tao Cixi and maintain it at regular intervals. Otherwise, your intelligence will regress, and you will permanently becom 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 In the 1980s, I Gave My Job Placement to My Younger Brother 八零年代，我把招工名额还给了弟弟 In the 1980s, I Gave My Job Placement Back to My Younger Brother 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 In the 1980s, We Switched Grooms: My Sister and I Reassigned Our Men 八零换嫁：我和姐姐把男人重新分了分 Trading Marriages in the Eighties: My Sister and I Swapped Our Men Around 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Dream of the Red Chamber: The Grand Prospect Garden Rules Horror 红楼梦：大观园规则怪谈 Dream of the Red Chamber: The Strange Rules of Grand View Garden 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 My Sister Says She'll Steal Everything I Own 姐姐说，我的东西她都要抢 [Both Pure, Happy Ending] Her sister's fiancé turns out to be the childhood friend she has secretly loved for years. In the bathroom Ling Shaoyang looked a little awkward. He opened his mouth, trying to explain. "You threw up all over yourself just now. I was helping you..." He didn't get to finish. Huo Ran seemed not to understand his explanation. She gazed at him quietly, then reached out to tug at him. Water splashed everywhere. "Brother Shaoyang," she said, her voice hoarse and soft, blurred 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 The Rift Is Still Playing Cupid Today (Governor Zhou Isn't Jealous Today Either) 峡谷今天也在谈恋爱（周都督今天也没吃醋） The Rift Is Dating Again Today (Governor Zhou Isn’t Jealous Today Either) 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 When the Wind Blows Through Jixia (Yao X Xi Shi) 风吹过稷下的时候(曜x西施） When the Wind Blows Through Jixia (Yao x Xishi) 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 Doomsday Descends: I Calculate a New World with a Pencil 末日降临：我靠铅笔算出新世界 In 2080, comet fragments tore through Earth. A forty-meter tsunami swallowed Donggang City in an instant, and billions perished. While others relied on AI and brain-computer interfaces to save them, Qin Hanming needed only a pencil: to calculate tsunami speeds, mine-shaft load limits, and spaceship fuel valves. As the whole world waited to die, he alone used a pencil to usher in a new era: stockpiling supplies, expanding his team, building underground city-states, exploring the new Earth, and es 173Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 I Reincarnated as a Nobody, Just Watching the Drama, Then the Male Lead Kidnapped Me! 穿成路人甲吃瓜，被男主掳走了！ [Forcing Love + Transmigrate into a Book + Ruthless CEO + Sharp-Tongued, Hilarious Heiress with an Odd Way of Thinking + She Runs, He Chases] Huo Xiaozhou is the original male lead, the most mysterious big shot in the capital. He keeps his distance from women and has businesses all over the world. In the original story, he falls in love at first sight with the heroine, Bai Niannian, and forces her to be his. But Zhang Ying'er suddenly transmigrates into the book as an extra, and this extra happe 3.8kReads—Score178Shelves
- 121 Wang Zhaojun Thinks Something Is Off About All of Them 王昭君觉得他们都不太对劲 Wang Zhaojun Thinks Something's Off About All of Them 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Fifteen Seconds After the Screenshot Was Retracted 截图撤回十五秒后 Fifteen Seconds After the Screenshot Was Retracted 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 Falling Star Trajectory 陨星轨迹 (I'm a new writer, so please feel free to point out anything I haven't done well.) On his eighteenth birthday, Wei Ni awakened a spatial ability. He thought his future was bright, but one problem after another soon arose. What do you mean my mother, who disappeared five years ago, is coming back to kill my dad? What do you mean I'm the product of a biological experiment, and there's a second consciousness inside me? People with ulterior motives approached Wei Ni, setting off one vortex after ano 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Hack Through the Cultivation World 砍翻修真文明 Wang Qiye transmigrates into a cultivation civilization and wants nothing more than to cultivate in peace, keep his head down, survive, and make pills. But fate has other plans, and he never gets the life he dreamed of. Instead, he’s left scrambling for meager spirit stones… Only when Wang Qiye first descends the mountain does he realize that “justice isn’t in people’s hearts. It’s in my hands, as I question Heaven.” What lies above the immortals? Wang Qiye grips the Heaven-Questioning Sword and 32Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 125 He Has Three Thousand Harem Women, but Loves Only His Late Wife 后宫三千他只爱亡妻 [Childhood Friends + Devoted Love + Both Pure] They fell in love before they understood anything. Only after they understood everything did they realize that this was love. In the palace when they were young, the innocent little prince Pei Yilang was always following Yun Wan around, looking up at her with admiration. "Sister Wan, how come you're so good at everything?" As emperor, Pei Yilang would wrap his arms around Yun Wan, looking aggrieved as he murmured, "Sister Wan, I miss you." But later 1.1kReads—Score147Shelves
- 126 Can a Domineering CEO Really Be This Innocent? 霸总也可以这么纯良吗？ [Subtle emotions + romantic tension + utopian love + eccentric sensibilities + sweet romance + everyone's darling + size difference + gap moe + mutual pampering, with the bottom more dominant + a sarcastic, narcissistic bottom] *Flirtatious incubus with impeccable morals: sweet-toothed, proud and vain, a drama queen and a miser, astonishingly strong, an innocent and sarcastic catlike bottom, 176 cm* *Overbearing 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 Is It Possible That You’re All Sick? 有没有一种可能，你们都有病？ Zhou Yi transmigrates to a world of cultivation. On his first day there, he discovers that everyone’s logic is incredibly strange. His master tells him: “The first step in cultivation is to sever your worldly ties.” Zhou Yi: “How do I do that?” His master pulls out a knife: “Literally.” Zhou Yi: “???????” Every day at three in the morning, his senior brother stands on the mountaintop and yells: “My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven’s!” Zhou Yi asks him why. Senior Brother: “Because I have to go —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 Re:Zero: The Arrogant Archbishop, Supreme Above All Re0：傲慢司教，唯我独尊 [Re:Zero Fan Fiction] [Villain Protagonist] [Original What-If Storyline] [Archbishop of Pride] [Cathartic Angst] The protagonist, Jason, transmigrates into the world of Re:Zero right after leaving a convenience store. Convinced that destiny has chosen him, he sets out to save the world and become a hero to Emilia and the others! But as it happens, he is the Witch Cult's Archbishop of Pride! Jason wants to follow the original story and win over the beautiful girls, and fit in with the protagonist 1.6kReads—Score142Shelves
- 129 Chains That Bind the Heart 囚心枷锁 [Unhinged + Obsessive + Artist + Pretty-boy Top x Straight + Everyone’s Best Friend + Friendship First + Intelligent Bottom] [Top: Jiang Yuche x Bottom: Song Yuan] [Author’s note: This work is recommended for readers aged sixteen and up. This is a work of fiction. The plot and characters are entirely imaginary and should not be associated with real life.] [Modern alternate setting + Younger Top (one-year age gap) + One-on-one romance + Pure love + One-sided love at first sight + Both are each 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 The Bard and His Guide 吟游诗人和他的引路人小姐 Western fantasy adventure|One-on-one romance|Mutually devoted couple|Happy ending A shameless, smooth-talking hero who saves the world while pursuing his own agenda × a self-sacrificing, sharp-tongued little elf The story of an irreverent hero who saves the world and wins an elf’s heart along the way Also known as My Hero Is Not Quite Like the Others and What Do You Mean He Only Put Points into Intelligence and Nothing Else? Ke Le is a bard. His greatest wish in life is to sing, write songs, and 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 Tide of Pus 脓潮 [No System + No Rebirth + Hard-Core City Defense + Worldbuilding Foreshadowing] Low-level filth beasts shouldn't have eyes. Three days after he encountered one, people began dying in that city. His adoptive father pressed a pocket watch into his hand and managed to say just one thing: "Take this to Yunqi." Inside the watch was a secret that even monsters couldn't digest. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Beneath a Cruel World 恶世之下 Vicious ghosts run rampant, humans and ghosts coexist, and rules become deadly traps... See through the rules, use ghosts to fight ghosts, banish the supernatural, but never underestimate the human heart... The ghosts in this book follow fixed patterns when they kill. Some humanoid ghosts retain the consciousness of the living. It follows the rule that only ghosts can deal with ghosts. Ghosts can be killed, but it's very difficult to kill them... The Headquarters in this book is the most righteo 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Survival for the Nation: I Build an Army with a Ghost System 国运求生，我靠亡魂系统组建大军 [National destiny + livestreaming + wilderness survival + primeval wilderness] The National Destiny battlefield appears, randomly selecting contestants from a hundred countries around the world and binding them to their nations! If a contestant dies or finishes near the bottom, their country will suffer natural disasters! The Dragon Nation's contestant is born in a harsh environment, while earthquakes and extreme weather frequently strike back home. The country has become a laughingstock around 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 The Six Realms Have No Boundaries: This Time, Fate Is Mine to Decide! 六界无界：这一次，命不由天！ [Newly Rated] [Xianxia Ensemble] + [Beautiful, Tragic, and Powerful Cast] + [Wildly Intertwined Couples] + [Plot-Driven] + [Turning the Tables Against All Odds] The Six Realms have always been ranked, with the strong reigning supreme. That’s only natural. The six young people chosen by the Heavenly Dao said, “Bullshit!” The Heavenly Dao sent them across the Six Realms to seek six fragments and save all living beings. They said, “Sure!” And while they’re at it, they’ll defy fate and turn the en 1.4kReads6.7Score278Shelves
- 135 Trapped Realm: The Fallen Star Arc 困界：沉星篇 [Not a Power Fantasy] [No System] [Slice of Life] [Transmigration] [Read at Your Own Risk] After transmigrating to the Sunken Star Realm, Lin Yan realized he might not need to work so hard after all. He got into the Tai Xu Heavenly Pivot Academy, where there were pretty girls, the classic mysterious old man, and fellow enthusiasts to visit brothels with. He had food and lodging covered, and could even earn a little pocket money now and then. As for cultivation... that could wait until tomorrow. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 The False Myth: The Vermilion Bird's Tale 假神话朱雀传 Wu Yan was just an ordinary demon hunter, but by a twist of fate, he awakened the divine bloodline within him. Then he was possessed by the Vermilion Bird, one of the Five Elements Divine Lords. From that moment on, a storm of blood and violence swept across the three realms of gods, humans, and demons. 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Returning to the Ten Thousand Paths of Guizang 归藏万途 When he crawled out of a pile of corpses, he was clutching a piece of jade. Ten years later, every faction in the Western Continent would kill for it. The day his master faked his death, he told him to deliver a hard, unyielding fruit to Lingxu Palace within two years. And never take off the jade he had worn since childhood. He thought that was all there was to it. No one told him what the jade was. He thought it was a treasure that could suppress the Ruins, a key to seize power, or a life-savin 131Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 The Tower of Dark Dust and Bright Moon 暗尘明月楼 He spent his whole life achieving nothing, made it to the age of forty-nine, and then transmigrated. As if transmigrating weren't strange enough, he transmigrated into someone his own age. The average life expectancy in this world was only forty-eight, so he'd already lived to a ripe old age. Worse still, he had a whole family to support. In his new life, he had no official position or power, no land, and no money. He was dirt-poor, with nothing but the title of marquis to his name. The title wa 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 The Blade's Shadow in Love and War: A Choice Between Power and Loyalty 风月刀影：权谋与情义的抉择 When a great fire devours the red gates of the Jun family estate, the young man who emerges through the smoke is no longer the dashing, carefree playboy who once spent his days cockfighting and chasing dogs. His eyes hold fire and blood, and in his hand he clutches half of a broken jade pendant, the last keepsake his father gave him before the family fell. Fate sweeps him like a tide into one abyss after another. From a life of luxury to utter poverty, from the son of the powerful to an outcast 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 The Immortal Realm Ancestor Gave Me a System, Now I Live It Up in the City 仙界老祖赐系统，我在都市乐逍遥 Peng Zhuiyi obtains a “Karmic Merit Exchange System” and discovers that the world is far more complicated than it seems. Since he’s cultivating immortality, he may as well live freely, without regrets, at ease and invincible! Earth, the Cultivation Realm; The Immortal Realm, the Demon Realm, the Devil Realm, the Ghost Realm, the Buddhist Realm, the Spirit Realm; The Divine Realm, the Sacred Realm, the Sea of Chaos… He journeys through them all, unraveling every mystery, and ultimately achieves 357Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 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 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Number 1500: Space Visitor 编号1500：空间访客 (Not nonsensical, not a wish-fulfillment story. Both leads are strong, devoted to each other, and cunning.) There are 10,000 spaces in the world. Each space has seven transmigrators and one space administrator. The story unfolds in Space 1500. Explaining the world is too boring. Let's jump straight into exploring and scheming in Space 1500. Good luck, transmigrator! 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Quick Transmigration: Every Romance Leaves a Regret 快穿，风月皆憾 An alternate history. Don't overanalyze it. Not a sweet, doting romance!!! Not a feel-good story!!! Not a female-lead power fantasy!!! Each world has a different style, sometimes melodramatic and over-the-top. The male lead is sexually inexperienced. World One: Emperor Wu of Han, the spirited young emperor × his gentle, composed older cousin World Two: Alternate history, brother succeeds brother. She is a lively, uninhibited young woman in Chang'an, and becomes empress twice in her life. World T 19.4kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
- 144 The Journey of Tianhen 天痕行 [Traditional Xuanhuan] [Exploration and Travel] [Heavenly Marks and Wonders] [Ensemble Cast and Friendship] [No System] [Coming of Age] [The World Unfolds Gradually] On the Tianhen Continent, humans and demons coexist, and the ancient world has left countless traces behind. Some traces endure through the ages, bearing powers and mysteries all their own. They are known as Heavenly Marks. Some spend their entire lives in pursuit of them, while others fight over them without end. But no matter how 12Reads—Score122Shelves
- 145 After I Danced with a Sword Under the Moon, the Prince Mistook Me for His White Moonlight 月下舞剑后，王爷认错白月光 In the Great Yan Dynasty, Wang Wanru, the principal wife of Grand Secretary Gu Chongwen, and Liu Yunniang, his concubine, give birth on the same day. The legitimate daughter, Gu Qingyi, and the illegitimate daughter, Liu Weiyue, are born one after the other. A fortune-teller declares that the girls look alike, but one has been born to pave the way for the other, and one is fated to grow up amid hardship... 787Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 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 32Reads—Score103Shelves
- 147 Caregiving at the Mental Hospital 我在精神病院当陪护 A troubled heart can be healed with medicine. A troubled mind means something is wrong with your mental health. The moment I walked into a psychiatric hospital with my daughter, my world collapsed! As I stayed by her side through treatment, for a moment I wondered: Why did I have to come into this world? Why was I given a family like this? Why did I have a child like this? When all these questions surfaced, I wanted to cry. I didn't want to live! 175Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 The Junior Sister Is Still So Delicate Today 小师妹今天也很娇气 Delicate, willful junior sister × Cunning, reserved, and emotionally intelligent senior brother The story of a handsome senior brother who refused to admit he cared in his past life, regretted it too late, and ended up giving his heart away after being reborn. Jiang Shibai, a junior sister from the immortal sect, is beautiful and refined, but notorious for being pampered and difficult. She hates getting tired while practicing swordsmanship, complains that medicine is bitter, and will cry for hal 154Reads—Score352Shelves
- 149 I Can't Believe I'm the First Emperor's Older Sister 我竟然是始皇他姐 [Transmigration + A System for Fixing Unresolved Regrets + Lighthearted + No Romance] Zhao Yue has a sharp tongue. She transmigrates as Ying Yue, a daughter from a remote branch of an unloved royal family in Zhao, so far removed from the main line she doesn't even qualify to haul bricks for the First Emperor. At least, that's what she thinks. Every day, she racks her brains trying to keep her family from meeting a terrible end. She has only just begun when her parents run off. No matter. She can 4.3kReads9.0Score621Shelves
- 150 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 211Reads8.2Score103Shelves
