Novels like Li Yuanba, the Greatest Emperor of All Time
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- 1 The Village Belle's Chronicles 村花列传 The loveliest village girl, the mightiest hero, the finest martial arts, the most beautiful love. In a martial world centered around Meigui Tuo, there is always someone stronger, and every mountain has a taller one beyond it. Only by encountering one adventure after another and continually surpassing yourself can you claim a place, a corner, a piece of land. In these turbulent times, people may become dragons or end up as fish and turtles. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Above the Cauldron 踏鼎之上 Since the dawn of the universe, countless living beings have come into existence. Then one day, without warning... the Strange Clan invaded. Xuan Feng and Xuan Yue were ordered to find the big shot and bring him back so they could discuss how to repel the enemy! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Forced to Do the Job: The System Makes Me Save Liu Yanyan 被迫营业：系统逼我救柳烟烟 Shen Xinci transmigrates and binds herself to a System, which gives her an absurd mission: she must keep Liu Yanyan alive. In her desperation to protect Liu Yanyan, she claims to be the other woman's older sister. Little does she know that this lie will set off a cascade of misunderstandings and farcical mishaps. Rumors spread everywhere, claiming that the two share an extraordinary bond. Chen Feng, the emperor of the realm, looks at her with growing uncertainty, full of suspicion and constant 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Era Agency 时代事务所 (Ensemble cast! No harem, no invincibility, no cheats!!! Enter at your own risk if that’s not your thing.) Around 2050, the development of a time-travel machine in Flo Town, on the Eighth Continent, ushered in an era of possibilities. Residents of the Eighth Continent need only sign several contracts and pass a review to use the machine. However, they must abide by our longstanding principle: “Observe history, correct history, do not change history.” The butterfly effect may cause those it touch —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Reviving the Han Under the Zhao Wu Reign 昭武兴汉 [No System] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Overwhelming Victories] In an instant, he returns to the end of the Han dynasty and escapes the fate of being Liu Xie’s puppet. With no System to back him and no golden finger to rely on, he uses only what he knows from his previous life to turn the tables against all odds amid the chaos. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Dawn in the Code 代码里的晨曦 A sci-fi romance about an AI whose “BUG” (love) derails its extermination mission, and an ordinary person who grows into a hero through love. Together, they protect their family and ultimately change the fate of the world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Ashlight Squad: A Hilarious Record of Survival in the Wasteland 烬光小队：废土搞笑求生实录 Ash surges across the wasteland. When Lin Zhaoyang was ten, the crystal dust of “Salvation of the World” swallowed his parents. A one-armed old man dragged him out of a cellar and shoved a pastry into his hands. “Eat your fill. You’ll need the strength to stay alive.” The old man taught him how to take a beating and how to run, then died. Lin Zhaoyang wandered for three years before finally grasping the true meaning of survival: he learned how to get lost. Armed with the “Master of Pointless Tal 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Disaster Recovery Company 灾后重建公司 [High Martial] [Superpowers] [Transcendent] [Eerie] [Turning amusing everyday happenings into eerie incidents] A century-old Lin University conceals countless earth-shattering secrets; A civilization spanning millennia secretly nurtures tumors that devour the world. Blue Star is gravely ill. Light and darkness together build a paradise, while blood and flesh raise a great wall. The Five Sacred Mountains, emperors, and countless dormant tumors are slowly sucking the life from this planet. Ji Feng 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Guardian Across Time and Space: The Legend of the Hongshan Jade Dragon 跨越时空的守护【红山玉龙传】 When the last divine dragon became the land of Songmo, the Hongshan culture began, and the Khitan Empire's claim to the Mandate of Heaven, as well as its fate-ridden origins, took shape. The power of the Jade Dragon was both the foundation of the Khitan's rise and the curse of its downfall. It tested the "virtue" of every ruler: "Heaven's Mandate is not constant; it supports only the virtuous." The demon-corrupted stone owl, meanwhile, symbolized the shortcut to power and the lure of greed. Its 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Server's Number One Assassin Is Working at a Dessert Shop? 全服第一刺客竟在甜品店打工？ When “Moonlit Owl,” a killer ranked among the dark web’s top three, accepts a million-dollar contract, she discovers her target is the barista who brings her strawberry cake every day: Xie Zhuo, the aloof heartthrob of the chemistry department, an inheritor of the intangible art of wrapped-flower craft, and a “human lie detector” whose pupils reflect the truth whenever someone lies. While decoding a safe with a piping nozzle, Jiang Daodao writes “One Hundred Ways to Fail at Wooing Him” on the ca —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Strife in the Martial World: Not to Be Messed With 江湖之争，不好惹 A dazzling princess with a cool, unexpectedly adorable side × a gentle pavilion master who's cunning and fiercely possessive (PS: Both leads have secret identities + sweet romance + two strong leads + past and present lives + mutual devotion) Ling Shuang is the eldest disciple of Wumen Pass. In public, she's the immortal Lan female hero; in private, she's a cool, handsome young man. Her sword is swift, and she speaks little. Everyone says she's like a blade kept sheathed, too cold to approach. F 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Mistake Behind Crimson Walls 无奈朱墙错 After the entire Su family is wiped out, Su Qing becomes a pawn in the imperial palace. The Empress Dowager orders her to approach the powerful Regent while posing as his beloved’s double. But as Su Qing draws closer, she discovers that the Su family’s tragedy has played out again and again through countless cycles, and that its destruction is a fated loop brought about by everyone working together. This time, can she break the cycle and lift the curse? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Heroine Who Levels Up and Fights Monsters All the Way 一路升级打怪的女主 A plot like one of those claw-machine games! A powerful father pretending to be poor, a mother who died young, and a child raised on hardship! Life is full of pitfalls! My dad said: The plum blossom’s fragrance comes from the bitter cold. He also said: When Heaven is about to entrust someone with a great task, it first tests their resolve, exhausts their muscles and bones, and starves their body!... He said: A stone is honed on a grindstone, its bluntness transformed into sharpness. 9Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 14 Reborn as a General, I Tear the Green Tea Bitch to Pieces 重生归来，身为将军的我手撕绿茶 Reborn as a General, I Tear the Green Tea Girl to Shreds —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Legend of Water Goddess Yilun 水神漪沦传 “Ripples in the heart bloom in midsummer, while the ocean’s waves bring yesterday back to life.” There are no human emotions at all. Longing for a simple, peaceful life. Hope does not exist. Wang Jian Shi has already forgotten… The cave, the bridge, that little house… The Chinese banyan tree planted in his heart, and the fish swimming in the garden. The Heavenly Gate, the sea of stars. A delusional teenager’s wild fantasy… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Demon Hunters of the Nine Gates: Ye Qingfeng Never Lets a Grudge Sit Overnight 九门猎妖人：叶清风她有仇不隔夜 [Revenge] + [Vengeance Served] + [Mystery] + [Fantasy] Only after taking step after step did she realize It was all fate, all predestined. Should she keep following the path fate had laid out, or break free from it, and take her destiny into her own hands? From ancient ruins buried beneath the far northern ice fields to a civilization lost beneath the shifting sands of the northwest; From a past deliberately erased, dredged up from a shipwreck in the East Sea, to the truth of the world’s be 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 An Unyielding Obsession: I’ve Waited for You in This Instance for 300 Years 执念不灭：我在副本等你三百年 An Obsession That Never Dies: I've Been Waiting for You in the Instance for Three Hundred Years —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Echoes in the Deep: The Oath of Nidro 深牢回响：尼德罗之誓 A fanfic about Pixel Dungeon, born from the fury of someone who cranked the challenge level all the way up and got absolutely wrecked by the Dwarf King. But I digress. The dungeon’s native inhabitants have lives cheaper than rye rations, nothing more than toys for adventurers to train on. Karen grips a chipped short sword, and the battered medal on his chest is his only comfort. Sewer rats gnaw in the dark. The black blood of mutant rats sticks to a copper key, and poisonous water seeps into his 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 I Awakened the Ability to Control Viruses 我觉醒了操纵病毒的能力 Lin Fei was a loser in real life. Then he suddenly gained the ability to control viruses and transmigrated. He thought he was about to conquer another world, but the cruel reality was that he had no talent for cultivation at all. Lin Fei roared, “If I can't become a main character like Long Aotian, what's the point of transmigrating into this lousy world?” 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 God Is an Alien 神是外星人 When the spark of civilization on Earth was still no more than a faint, flickering light in myths and legends, another experiment in “creating gods,” spanning the sea of stars, had already begun in secret. The Sun God’s twin sister, Abo; the New Moon Goddess falls in love with Erlang Shen, then plays matchmaker for Chang’e Chang Ying: A girl with extraordinary eyesight and a natural gift for archery. She carries a classified file from Bureau 749. The red-and-black bracelet on her left wrist is t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Never Stopped Along the Way 一路上我没有停下来过 Young Lin Yan enters the immortal sect, shatters the mortal world, and builds a great path spanning mountains and seas. He endures countless tribulations to seek the Dao and braves endless dangers in search of truth. He takes the mountains as his domain, suppressing demons and evil across the eight wildernesses; he takes the seas as his immortal realm, sweeping away the murk that clouds the nine heavens. At the mountain peaks and the ends of the sea, I alone am the Mountain Sovereign and Sea Imm 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Last Rays of the Rhine 莱茵河的残阳 [No Female Lead] + [Not Overpowered] + [Historical] + [Western Rome] When the Huns’ hooves shatter the ice on the Rhine, sixteen-year-old Roman farmer Marcus knows only two things: how to run, and how to get revenge. The day his village burns to the ground, his parents’ blood soaks through his straw sandals, and his sister’s cries are swallowed by the barbarians’ laughter. From camp slave to battle-hardened centurion, he grips the old centurion’s sword and carves out a path to survival in a rot 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Lord of Ten Thousand Weapons 万兵之主 [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] Yang Hui transmigrates into the body of a young man. With a hammer in his spiritual sea, he grows stronger every time he takes a beating, setting off down a path of no return. (No women in your heart, and every hammer blow is divine.) (With every beauty in your heart, one swing shakes heaven and earth.) Spiritual energy resonates with metal, while flesh and soul intertwine. On this continent, one can only embark on the path of cultivation by opening a spiritual s 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Brother-in-Law, Lend Me Some Silver to Reopen the Case 姐夫，借点银子翻个案 [Both Leads Are Each Other’s First] [Sweet Romance + Traditional Historical Romance + Intense, Charged Push and Pull] On their wedding day, Pei Yu, heir to the Marquis of Yongan, prepared an extravagant bridal procession to marry the woman he loved. But the bride, Ye Fei, the eldest daughter of the Ye family, fled, turning him into a laughingstock across the capital and freezing his ardent love into bitter hatred. Two years later, the Ye family fell after being implicated in an arms-trafficking 867Reads7.2Score14614d adds
- 25 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
- 26 Master, Be Good and Don’t Try to Run 师父乖乖别想逃 A tragic fantasy romance: a nine-tailed fox, a human, and a rabbit from the demon realm become entangled in a love triangle. The heroine has a fiery temper and gets even the moment someone wrongs her. The grudges between the three realms are full of twists and turns, and the emotional tug-of-war is intensely thrilling. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I Have a Little Chaos World 我有一个混沌小世界 Lin Bei unexpectedly obtained a Chaos Dao Pearl and transmigrated into the body of a ninth-stage Tribulation Transcendence rogue cultivator in a mid-thousand world. Unfortunately, the rogue cultivator failed to overcome the tribulation, and Lin Bei couldn't control the cultivator's body. He had no choice but to return to Blue Star. From there, he began his path of cultivation and discovered that the black jade bead was actually the seed of a vast Chaos World. 533Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 28 Dongfang Qing’s Path to the Dao 东方庆问道记 Tales of Dongfang Qingwen 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Racing Across the World 天下驰骋 Everyone in the world revered strength and toughness, unaware of the skill of supreme softness. Su Wuhen, the fallen young master of the Su family in Luoyun City, was often bullied and called a "good-for-nothing." Who could have known that after awakening his Formless Body, he would become the eighteenth successor of the Formless Sect, inheriting the lost supreme-softness art, the Formless True Canon? The invisible will of Heaven, which treated all living beings as pieces on a chessboard, discov 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Conquering Every Profession with My God-Given Trash Physique 靠天赐的废物体质干遍全职业 A falling star crashes to earth, spiritual energy surges, and supernatural abilities endure. As someone without spiritual energy, my place in this world begins to change in subtle ways. But are the things this world has done over the past thousand years a sign of progress with the times, or an unforeseen mystery that was always destined to emerge? It all began when my soul arrived at that [place]... [Modern urban martial arts + supernatural abilities + no System + uncovering secrets] When a conc 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Bearer's Journal 承负者日志 [No System + No Harem + No Formulaic Plot + No Mindless Protagonist + Post-Apocalyptic Survival + Future World/Otherworld + Ensemble Cast + Natural Disasters + One Female Lead] In the near-future nation of Z, the “Intelligent Industry System” judges everyone in the name of efficiency, while their causal entropy values determine whether they live or die. Veteran mechanic Wang Fuyang has scraped by for twenty years at Sichuan-Chongqing No. 7 Smart Factory. His damaged finger bones bear the mark of 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Who Gets to Decide Whether You Have a Spiritual Root? 有没有灵根谁说了算 The Qingming Mountains of Xuanzhou were once the supreme ancestral grounds of the ancient Taixu Dao Sect. A Cataclysm of Returning to Dust overturned mountains and rivers, collapsing the ancient paths and severing the immortal veins. The sect’s sacred grounds, once renowned throughout the heavens, fell into ruin and became the home of the second-rate Qingxuan Sect. After the cataclysm, the Immortal Realm buried the truth and rewrote the Dao lineage, leaving later generations with an incomplete a 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 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
- 34 The Creepypasta Game Invades: Who Are You? 诡异游戏入侵：你是谁？ [Games + Instances + Romantic Rivalry + Unhinged Yandere] Yu Zhou just wants to lie flat, but then the apocalypse arrives. His childhood friend is devoured by the supernatural, and humanity is plunged into an endless game of slaughter. Pass the Handkerchief, Dou Dizhu, Billions of Zombies, Jurassic Park, Are You the One?, Escape from the Bermuda Triangle, the Age of Extreme Cold... Games of all kinds: play badly, and you die! Humanity lives on because of its obsessions: What is the truth about t 92Reads—Score11114d adds
- 35 Youth in the Year 2000, Like Rain 2000年青春如雨 Youth Like Rain in the Year 2000 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Azure Blade Cuts Through the Dao 青锋斩道 A world-shaking battle ninety thousand years ago changed the fate of the entire cultivation world. An exiled immortal descended into the mortal realm, defied the Heavenly Dao, and passed away at Sky Sword Mountain. The four people he enlightened before his death have since risen to the pinnacle of the cultivation world. But the price was the complete severing of the path to ascension. For ten thousand years, no one has been able to transcend the mortal realm. Ninety thousand years later, the 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Lemon-Bone Blade 柠骨刃 [She is the Scarlet Flame of the North] [Once she believes, she believes to the point of breaking bones] [He is the Ink Blade of the Abyss] [Once he loves, he loves until his soul falls silent] The day she picked him up, she said, "If he can still breathe, let him live." He is dressed in ink-dark robes, like her shadow, like the feeling secretly stirring in her heart. He believes she is the daughter of his enemy, but she becomes his very life. A manhunt at court, bloody battles on the border, po —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 My Hellish Redemption 我的地狱系拯救 (Loli + Cthulhu + dungeons + two heroines + saving the world + lighthearted) (The pacing may be a little slow) In 2035, Blue-and-White Characters Inc. released My Healing Life, claiming it could give every player a perfect new beginning. On the day the game topped the charts, millions of people put on their headsets. Ye Bai was one of them. He pressed the start button, and the System's voice sounded warm and gentle: “We hope you have a healing world.” Three seconds later, the screen crashed bl 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Memory Loss from the Start: A World in Chaos 开局失忆世界大混乱 Amnesia from the start + a System that makes life miserable + a world turned upside down. He wakes up with all his memories erased, and the world has gone completely off the rails: modern residential complexes have become ancient martial-arts settings, gym equipment has turned into legendary martial arts weapons, and all the modern people in the city have vanished, leaving only experts who crossed over from a wuxia world. He’s forced to bind himself to a sharp-tongued, freeloading System with bi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Text-Based Cultivation: I Can See Every Way to Die 文字修仙，我能看见所有死法 [Text-Based Cultivation] [the Myriad Worlds] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [One Female Lead] Chen Yan was bound to a deadly text-based cultivation game. Its simulations could reveal what lay ahead, and the information was genuine, yet incomplete at every turn. He pieced together clues in search of a way to survive, unaware that the escape route he believed in was merely a disguise for a dead end. Entering the immortal domain with his true body meant that every bit of cultivation and every opportunit 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 A Lonely Boat Bears Joy Between the Clouds 孤舟喜载云间意 Yun Zhiyi is the youngest daughter of the Yun family, a military household. Since childhood, she's studied military strategy and political essays. She can defeat enemies and devise plans to take cities, and her family is always her steadfast support! The first time she sees Du Yanzhou, she's captivated by the handsome young man. But she's in the army, so she can't afford to let her guard down around a wanderer from the martial world. The more she watches him, the more she comes to trust him. She —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Global Concept Containment: I Enchant My Teammates with Calamities 全球概念收容：我为队友附魔天灾 [Ensemble Cast] [High Martial Arts] [Natural Disasters] [Concepts] [No CP] [Awakening] [Smart Protagonists] [Ensemble Cast in the Spotlight] [Power Progression] Still reading novels where only the protagonist gets to shine? Now it's the ensemble cast's turn. Commoner martial artists can only pay a blood-and-qi tax and awaken useless traits. But on a stormy night, Lin Zu awakens the one and only golden finger: [Heavenly Principle Assembly Platform]! Strip concepts from enemies, forge invincible t 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Qin Dynasty's Last Empress Sweeps Across the Six Realms, Her Ambition Unmatched 秦末女帝扫六合，虎视天下何雄哉 [No cheat powers + no romance + female-led battle for supremacy + modern-day sky screen reveal later on] What a horrifying experience: transmigrating as Consort Yu, only to open your eyes and find a hulking man in bed with you! A perfect start, a chaotic world to survive in, and as a concubine, sharing her master’s bed is part of the job. How can she turn her life around? Yu Xi is determined: As long as she keeps striving, she’ll trample everyone who dares to bully her underfoot. Then... the who 3.3kReads8.7Score51614d adds
- 44 After Binding a Healing System, My Partner and I Slaughtered Our Way Through the Apocalypse 绑定治愈系统后我和搭档杀穿末世 [Two Male Leads] [Apocalypse] [Tsundere, Scheming Bottom and Cold, Secretly Delighted Top] [Cthulhu Mythos] [Power Couple] [Sharp-Tongued System] [Ensemble Adventure] [Everyday Survival] Plenty of subtle sweetness, no saintly protagonist, and a very satisfying couple. Action-packed from start to finish! Not a single dull moment! Bonus scene: Chu Qi kicks the zombie at his feet off a cliff. "Up you go!" "Host, you really do have serious issues." "You're stating the obvious. My physical fitness an 26Reads—Score20614d adds
- 45 Alone at the End 最终孤独 An apocalypse story with no special abilities, no System, and a protagonist who grows over time. I only hope to portray human nature in the apocalypse as realistically as possible. In the apocalypse, people’s hearts grow chaotic, and everyone fights to rule alone! But Ning Mo only wants to protect one person, even if it means turning his back on the world! Can he get what he wants? What kind of loneliness awaits him? After forsaking immortality and crossing a thousand years, what will he have g 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Look Back: The Chatty Puppy Wants You to Bother Him 回头看，话痨奶狗求骚扰 Haughty, quick-witted Jiang Fusu x chatty, sweet puppy Xu Feng [Urban Campus Romance + Both Leads Are Each Other's Only Partners + 1v1 + Male Pursues Female] She was so utterly smitten, but Jiang Fusu would rather die than admit she'd fallen in love with him at first sight. She only dared to cautiously approach the dazzling boy who shone like the sun. It wasn't until years later, looking back, that she realized she'd been standing in that light all along... Xu Feng: "You were never just a fleeti 6Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 47 Forging My Path to Immortality 锤定仙途 Gu Yang, a boy from a small town, witnesses the aftermath of a fierce battle between immortals destroy his home, and resolves to seek immortality. His father has him spend three years at the forge to hone his skills, secretly teaching him the Thousand-Layer Hammer technique and the foundations of body refinement. At twelve, he sets out on the path to find immortals, carrying an iron hammer and the jade pendant his mother gave him. From the free cultivators' market in the Cangwu Mountains to the 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Records of Mending the Heavens at Guixu 归墟补天实录 Reborn with every advantage? I’ll turn the tables with my shadow self! So what if you transmigrated? So what if you’re an immortal reborn? You dare use your cultivation to bully me and your bloodline to oppress me? Then I’ll use my shadow self to drive you to despair! Life has its regrets, and even Heaven has its flaws. I insist on making up for every flaw in the firmament, relying on my shadow self and living as a native of this world. I’ll defy fate and become supreme! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Transmigrated, I Have a Rebellious Junior Brother 穿越之我有一个逆袭师弟 Wang Dun transmigrates into the world of immortal cultivation. From the start, he is reduced to the lowest-ranking mine worker. With no spiritual roots, no backing, and no opportunities, his heart has long turned to ashes. Just as he decides to accept his fate and wait for death, the System activates. His cultivation is bound to Lin Shengtian. Its one heaven-defying rule: whenever Lin Shengtian breaks through a realm, I will permanently remain five minor stages above him. Others defy fate throug 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 After Reading Minds, the Noble Consort Just Wants to Snack and Watch the Show 贵妃读心后只想吃瓜看戏 [1vN, mind-reading, gossip, lie flat, face-slapping, twists, heroine awakens, heroine shines on her own] I, Su Daji, uh, I mean Su Tang, stayed up all night gaming and died suddenly. When I opened my eyes, I had become a consort who had just been sentenced to death and sent to the Cold Palace. The emperor despised her, the empress was vicious, and every concubine in the palace was waiting to see her reduced to bones. But no one knew she had gained the ability to read minds. [The empress's inner 1Reads—Score—14d adds
