Novels like Lin'an, Gaze North
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- 101 Sunder Yin and Yang 裂阴阳 Huang Qifeng was born after twelve months in the womb. At fifteen, he had a chance encounter in a mountain valley with the Yin-Yang Divine Art. By day, he was a young hero admired by all. By night, he became a cold-blooded demon who slaughtered countless people. On a blood-moon night when the Seven Stars aligned, his flesh and bones split apart, and he became two people: One was appointed Grand General Who Guards the Nation by the imperial court. The other joined the rebel army, murdered his lor 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Wind at Fourteen, the Words I Never Said 十四岁的风，没说出口 The Wind at Fourteen, Left Unspoken —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Master Your Emotions, and Be Reborn 情绪自渡，便是重生 Master Your Emotions, and Be Reborn —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 A Sichuan Girl Sets the Illusion Realm Straight 川妹整顿幻境 [Chaste Leads] [Silly and Hilarious] [Both Transmigrate Through Illusions] [Golden Finger] [Wildly Imaginative] [Happy Ending] A quick transmigration story about two equally formidable leads. After passing through a series of illusions, including a desert oasis, an undersea mermaid realm, a chessboard wonderland, a cultivation fantasy, a parallel world, a matriarchal realm, and the far reaches of outer space in the future, a bold, perceptive Sichuan girl and a refined, fiercely protective heir 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 I Passed Out During an Injection and Dreamed of My Own Death 打针晕倒后，我梦见了自己的死亡 A shot for a cold sends Song Shanyi, a high school senior, collapsing into a strange vision. While unconscious, he watches the tragedies of the next thirty years unfold before him like a movie: someone else takes the recommendation spot that should have been his, he fails the college entrance exam and loses his future, and ends up teaching in a remote area, living an utterly ordinary life. Worse still, after trusting the wrong people and getting married, he is betrayed by his wife and framed by 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Three Years of Hardship: The Downfall of a Liberal Arts Student, Part One 沧桑三年：高考文科生的末路一 Three Tumultuous Years: The Downfall of a Liberal Arts Student After the Gaokao, Part One 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Three Years of Hardship: The Downfall of a Liberal Arts Student, Part Two 沧桑三年：高考文科生的末路二 Three Tumultuous Years: The Downfall of a Liberal Arts Student After the Gaokao, Part Two —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The Old Days at the Bottom of a Cup and Through a Telephone Receiver 杯底与听筒里的旧年 Have you ever looked at the years settled at the bottom of a glass on a slightly tipsy night, as memories came rushing back like the tide? Have you ever heard a familiar voice on the other end of the phone and found yourself retrieving stories buried by time? In "Old Days at the Bottom of a Glass and Through the Receiver", you'll step into a friendship among classmates that spans decades. In the play of light and shadow across wine glasses and through the telephone receiver, stories of youth, dr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Reborn as Daiyu, I Became an Internet Sensation by Clapping Back 穿成黛玉后，我靠怼人爆红全网 [Hilarious chaos + transmigrate into a book and turn the tables + face-slapping and crushing scumbags + sweet romance] Lin Yanqiu, a tenth-level expert at snarky commentary, wakes up to find herself transmigrated into the tragic, obscure actress Lin Daiyu from the bizarre novel she had just finished reading. She’s being exploited by a heartless talent agency and cyberbullied by fans of the fated couple until she jumps off a building! Looking at the flashing police lights below and the stream of 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Tempest at the Imperial Examinations 科场风云 My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Sea Level, Part One 海平面【上篇】 [No System] [No Superpowers] A science fiction novel set in the apocalypse. A black celestial body with no mass and no reflected light silently appears in near-Earth orbit, moving soundlessly along the Moon’s orbital path. It absorbs all electromagnetic waves and precisely manipulates the orbits of tens of thousands of artificial satellites. Some intelligence beyond human comprehension is at work. The North American space station is the first to detect the anomaly, but when it tries to evade it, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 My Body Houses a Crowd of Ordinary People Who Never Quit 我的身体，住着一群从不辞职的普通人 My Body Is Home to a Group of Ordinary People Who Never Quit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Eternal Azure Sea 万古沧溟 Dear readers, wait up! Since you're already here, why not try reading a few chapters and see how you like it? A friendly reminder: this novel has no System and is Xuanhuan and Cultivation. In ancient times, there was the Canglan Water Realm, which governed the world's waterways and maintained the cycle of life and death. The gods of the Divine Realm also each established their own immortal sects. But ten thousand years ago, the Water God sacrificed himself to seal the Source of Corruption and fe 1.2kReads—Score11314d adds
- 114 Farming? No, I'm Building a Financial Empire in Ancient Times! 种田？不，我在古代搞金融！ Shen Yanshu, a certified public accountant, suddenly dies and awakens in the northwest of the Great Yin dynasty, where she becomes an orphan with no one to rely on. A dilapidated thatched hut, a vicious uncle pressing her for money, and not a penny to her name. She has no miraculous advantage, only modern financial know-how. She earns her first capital selling goods from a stall, then opens a money exchange and builds an ambitious chain of exchange houses along the northwestern frontier. 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 No. 13 Lantern Alley 灯笼巷13号 The rating will go up with time! No romance | Family and friendship | Ensemble cast | Mystery and deduction | Supernatural folklore | Case-of-the-week | An alternate world Jiang Zhibai × Bai Wanyue × Yuan Qing Deep in Lantern Alley stands an old shop at number 13. Open the door, and you might find three women chatting over tea. The gentle woman in a qipao is Jiang Zhibai, said to be a Bai Ze who has lived for an unknown number of years. The spirited young woman with a ponytail is Bai Wanyue, an 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 I Escorted Him All the Way, and My Brother Finally Became the City Lord 一路护送，哥哥终于当上城主了 Xianxia mystery-solving + overprotective brother fanatic + power struggles in the city lord's manor + no System + ensemble cast [Not a female-power fantasy + adorably contrasting older brother + ruthless younger sister + powerful allies] At thirteen, Sang Yu met her older brother for the first time. Their parents were each city lords in their own right, and they had their reasons. She had expected a joyful reunion, but instead, disaster struck. As the heir to two cities, Sang Ji should have been 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 From the Start with Liu Bai’s Template, I Settle a Telecom Fraud Compound with One Sword 开局柳白模板，一剑平定电诈园区 [Parallel World, Blue Star: Modern Technology + Martial Arts + Spiritual Qi Revival + Awakened Ones + Secret Realms + Western Magic] Weapons currently available: Frostfall Sword, Aurora Sword, Asura Blood Sword, Angelic Holy Sword, Poet Immortal Sword, Dragon God Sword The legacy of the Sword Saint’s swordsmanship merges with reality. Trapped in a telecom scam compound in northern Myanmar, he gains combat skills and part of a divine soul’s telekinetic power, and awakens the divine ability Sword 360Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Rustsleep 锈寐 [Post-apocalyptic ensemble cast + Everyone’s a little eccentric + Coming-of-age + Semi-cultivation] Ye An, female, 17, a social anxiety sufferer. She stupidly clicked on a post-apocalyptic novel about playing house and couldn’t help complaining about it. Then, for some inexplicable reason, she choked to death on a potato chip. She reincarnated as a brainless female side character who looked just like her and had the same name. But she soon realized that neither the plot nor the characters’ perso 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Cause and Effect 平因，安果 “I... wasn't I dead?” “What do you think?” a voice replied, amusement lurking in its tone. Half-human and half-ghost, Bei Chengpeng had already fallen on the execution grounds. Now, suddenly, he had returned. In the distance stood three gods. Farther still was a shadow, faint and elusive. “The world is an illusion, and nothing is as it was. Despair, won't you? You don't need to understand. Why look for so much meaning? “Keep a calm heart and let everything go. Be puzzled, won't you? You have to 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Eerie Revival: Refining a Grave with Thunder and Fire from the Start 诡异复苏：开局雷火炼坟 [Hunting the Uncanny] + [Spiritual Qi Revival] On Blue Star, the protagonist Ye Ye gains an Emotion Points System and becomes a big shot in the uncanny world as he searches for the truth behind it. Passerby: “I know. If you run into him, you've got the worst luck in the world.” Knock-Knock Ghost: “I don't know! Who knows what happened? He caught me off guard!” Pockmarked Bro: “What the hell, Ye Ye, you little,” (Hey, little ghost, watch your language!) While everyone else cautiously forms gro 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Twin Worlds of Ashen Passion: Reborn, I Make My Brother-in-Law a Piece on My Chessboard 双世烬欢：重生后姐夫成我掌中棋 [Sisters reborn + revenge and court intrigue + palace and household schemes] Reborn sisters turn their act into reality, burying their treacherous father and his schemes together, then help the Grand Princess ascend the throne in imperial robes, stepping over the underground palace to become emperor. -- What you see may not be true, and memories can lie. -- Xi Gu, an orphan raised in a Jinling pleasure house, was not found by her biological father, a man who wielded power over the court, until 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Unbelievable! I Fulfill the Dead's Last Wishes and Inherit Their Skills 离谱！帮逝者圆梦，继承一身技艺 On my first day working at a funeral home, the moment I touched the body of top-tier star Song Ran, a man's voice exploded in my head: "You were so off-key you might as well have been singing on the other side of the world. With skills like yours, you think you're qualified to prepare my body?" Song Ran was dead. But his consciousness remained in my mind. A socially anxious mortician and a sharp-tongued top-tier star were forced to become partners. Whenever I touched a deceased person, I cou 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 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
- 124 The Silent One 孤语者 A light novel, just for casual reading, with no pressure. The main thing is that it’s light. Yu Mu, who grew up in a remote mountain village, has never been one to back down. After awakening his domain, he has a goddess spirit by his side all the way. As it turns out, the two of them are either running for their lives or getting ready to run for their lives. The goddess spirit says that to win in a domain, you have to rely on its rules. Yu Mu refuses. He uses nothing but the opening and closing 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Magical Girl, What's Wrong with Me Riding Your Coattails for Some Traffic? 魔法少女，我蹭点流量怎么了 [Unconventional Magical Girls] [Gender Swapping] [Friendship] [Combat] [Light Yuri] [Light Novel] This is a world with magical girls, a world with powerful monsters, and a world where the more fans a magical girl has, the stronger she becomes. Lu Zhuiliu, a science blogger who transmigrated after eating a poisonous plant, gained a magical-girl growth System and the ability to transform into a magical girl. “The more followers I get, the stronger I become? Is that for real?” Chasing trends, lives 53Reads—Score10214d adds
- 126 An Ancient Scroll Lets Me Read Minds 古卷赐我读人心 At seventeen, Lou Wangan was a timid boy who barely registered in his class. By chance, he obtained a tattered ancient book on reading people. It recorded millennia-old wisdom about understanding others, carefully breaking down microexpressions, unconscious body language, and the unspoken meanings behind people's words. It revealed the subtle rules of navigating human relationships. Little by little, Lou Wangan developed exceptional emotional intelligence and a clear understanding of the world. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 A Bewildering New Life 恍遑新生 After a stifled life and an unexpected reincarnation, the protagonist arrives in another world of swords and magic, blessed with the talent to cast spells without incantations. How will he grow, overcome every hardship, face his past, and find a happy ending with the heroines? Follow Reborn in a Hazy New Life for ongoing updates. There are lots of clues, so keep your wits about you as you read! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 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
- 129 Reborn: Starting from Ordinary 重生之从平凡开始 This novel has no System, no womanizing protagonist, and characters with their wits about them. The pacing may be a little slow, so please be patient. Synopsis: A man willing to do anything for love, a man who bet everything on the woman he worshiped. But he lost, and lost everything. So he leaped from a tall building, only for fate to play an enormous joke on him and send him back to the eve of the college entrance exams! 8Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 130 The Lives of Ten Debauched Emperors 十位荒淫帝皇帝的一生 1.4kReads6.8Score13314d adds
- 131 The Roaring Tiger’s Fangs 猛虎啸牙 Realistic historical fantasy + steady pacing + intelligent characters Also known as The Northern Spear King: The Tiger’s Hundred-Forged Spear With each new emperor comes a new court; each generation brings the new, and leaves the old behind. The late emperor is dead, and his parents are gone. A new ruler takes the throne, bringing new grudges and old enmities. Enemy nations invade, the borders fall into turmoil, the land is shattered, and the winds of change gather. Xiao Leng, courtesy name Chan 741Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 132 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
- 133 The Doctor Consort Faked Her Death, Then Married Her White-Moonlight General 医妃死遁后，改嫁了白月光将军 ◤Transmigrate + Physician Consort + Winning Her Back + Two Powerful Leads + Remarriage◢ The renowned Chinese medicine expert Gu Luomian transmigrates into the body of a vicious supporting character from the start, only to find herself awaiting execution? After finally being rescued from prison by the handsome prince she just happened to pick up as a husband, he leaves her stranded in some out-of-the-way place and ignores her? When her husband finally ascends the throne, he wants to make her a fa 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Teahouse Owner Who Cut Through the Martial World 那个茶馆老板杀穿了江湖 The Daily Life of a Green-Robed Teahouse Owner Forced to Work Su Buyan had planned to open a teahouse in a small town and spend his days in retirement, but a puppet-murder case toppled his signboard. The puppeteer’s mechanisms, the shifting lights and shadows on the stage, the silvery-gray powder beneath the victim’s fingernails... How could this be an ordinary murder? Someone was clearly treating human lives like puppets on strings! Even more absurdly, three strange people suddenly barged into 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 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
- 136 Winning Over the Host Is a Bit of a Challenge 攻略宿主有点傻 [Slow-paced. The title of the only world can't be changed.] [System, campus, ensemble cast, redemption, mutual devotion, healing] An innocent little Host × a tsundere, sharp-tongued cat System. They bicker in their daily lives while helping their friends heal. This is a slow-burn story. Bai Li has lived in an orphanage since she was little. The only person who was kind to her was the headmistress. Bai Li is very beautiful, but her mind is only that of a seven- or eight-year-old child. When the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 I Entered an Infinite-Dimensional World and Became a Weapon 进入无限空间的我变成了武器 [Original Instance] Also known as Bound to Me, You Can't Lose How a Proper Spirit Artifact Tricks People into Working for Him Qi Ling may have been born under an unlucky star. First, a truck hit him and sent him to a parallel world. He had barely opened his eyes in his new world, and hadn't even had time to celebrate, when another “fateful” truck sent him into an infinite space that had just started up as a business. As a veteran newbie, he got one chance to draw a prize and, with incredible luc 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The Abyss of the Gods 诸神之渊 ⟦No System + Dungeon Progression + Rules-Based Horror + High-Stakes Mind Games⟧ “My name is Su Yun. In people’s eyes, I’m a savior. To the authorities, I’m a murderer. I’m the guide for all living beings, the link to the skies in the domains of the uncanny, and the one every god sees as a thorn in its side.” This is a world overrun by uncanny entities, where danger and opportunity go hand in hand. Some obtain items that let them control time and return to the past. Others gain divine artifacts t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 I Have a Spear That Can Shake Heaven and Earth 我有一枪，可撼天地 Three hundred years ago, a sect war erupted in the Great Xia Empire. Jiang Xuan, the youngest sect master of the Extreme Dao Sect, fought alone against three sects. Later, when his beloved Chu Muyao was ambushed, he fell into a deep slumber. Jiang Xuan gave up on himself, his cultivation regressed, and he withdrew from the world. Then one day, a disciple suddenly reported that Chu Muyao’s soul lamp had lit up once more. Jiang Xuan regained his confidence and set out on the path of cultivation ag 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Forty-Eight Hours After Death: A Final Monologue of a Life’s End, Witnessed by No One 死后四十八小时：一场无人见证的生命终末独白 Forty-Eight Hours After Death: The Unwitnessed Final Monologue of a Life 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The River Rehe Seal: Season One 热河印第一季 Seventeen-year-old tour guide Guan Xiaofei sees a stone lion open its eyes on a rainy night. Half a bronze seal burns into his palm. Only then does he learn that he is descended from the Seal Keepers. His blood is the lock, his life is the seal, and his duty is to guard what has been suppressed beneath Rehe for three hundred years. The seventy-two scenic spots each have their own spirits. The Four Symbols guardian beasts are covered in old wounds, and a demon dragon sealed away for three hundr 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 My Transmigration Partner Is My Secret Crush 穿越搭子竟是暗恋对象 [Dual transmigration of souls + secret crush + medical space] On her way to meet a blind date, Tang Li is caught in an elevator accident and transmigrates into the body of a love-struck heiress. Xie Rongyu, the second son of the Xie family whom the heiress likes, shows up at her door with the face of the upperclassman Tang Li had a crush on back in school. “Dr. Tang, I’m the blind date you were supposed to meet.” “Why are you here too?” Her blind date is the same person as the upperclassman she 34Reads8.2Score29714d adds
- 143 There Are Too Many Campus Beauties, I Can't Choose! 这么多校花我真选不过来啊 Bullied by the campus belle? Looked down on by the campus belle? No, no, no. Li Mu charges into the campus belle’s circle and leaves no one untouched. He’s in it for the thrill... Watch Li Mu outwit the campus belles. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 On the Night of the Sacrifice, I Became the Lord of Ten Thousand Sects 献祭当晚，我成了万门之主 (Urban supernatural powers + ten thousand revolving gates + Chinese-style horror + gatekeepers + rule-based abilities!) A black gate opens at the end of the alley, and a sacrifice summons ten thousand gates! Gatekeeper Su Qingyuan builds a wall around the human heart with her sealing arts! Shadow Gate Master Ye Li holds on to the pain of being mortal through bloodshed and fervor! A Mian, abandoned by the world across nine lifetimes, carries all the joys and sorrows of reincarnation and becomes a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 X Expedition Records X探险实录 Whatever~ I'm giving up~ The writing is bad~ I can't keep making this up. Respect to everyone who can finish reading it! I can't stomach this story anymore, so read it yourselves. [Not a power fantasy + eerie exploration + no female lead] 9Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 146 The Beast-Taming Ancestor Thrives in the Modern World 御兽老祖在现代混的风生水起 The Ancestor of Beast Taming is reborn in the modern world in the body of someone with the same name. The original owner is drowning in debt and has been betrayed by both her best friend and boyfriend. It's a disastrous start, but she still manages to thrive. Alongside her rise as a beast tamer with pet companions, the story also offers down-to-earth pet-care tips… 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Summer of 2005 零五逢夏 A transmigration-themed story about entrepreneurship. At 50, after a life of mediocrity and years of being put down and emotionally manipulated, a woman transmigrates and finally discovers the ambition to reach for the sky. The coldness of the world is crushed and swept away. The human world isn’t a dead end, but a vast sea of mortal life. Golden finger: reborn, meets fellow reborn people, and later the male lead’s soul transmigrates into another body. The leads are not each other’s first. Both 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 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
- 149 She Turned the Wheel of Fate 她翻开命运之轮 [Female-Oriented Interstellar Tarot Superpower Power Fantasy] [Reborn] [Comeback] [Ensemble Cast] [Funny, Feel-Good Character Growth] When Zang He opened her eyes, the selection for the Judgment Squad was three days away. In her previous life, she had been torn apart by a strange beast. The last words she heard before dying were: "Trash is trash. No one will miss you when you're dead." In this life, she stared at the rusty ceiling of the logistics cabin and found a tarot deck in her pocket. 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Dream of the Red Chamber: The Lin Family's What-If Storyline 红楼：林家if线 Lin Ruhai and Jia Min are both doing fine. Daiyu didn’t grow up in the Jia household, either. The butterfly effect changed so many people and events later on. I originally meant to write about the Lin family, but as I kept writing, the story got away from me and I ended up covering a lot of the Jia family’s affairs. I wanted to change the title, but the book has already been contracted, so I can’t. My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your suppo 36Reads—Score—14d adds
