Novels like Absolute Power in the Political Arena
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- 101 I Take Trillions of Netizens Back to the Eighties to Rebuild the Nation’s Heavy Industry 带万亿网友回八零，重铸大国重工 [Industrial powerhouse + period setting + livestreaming + no heroine] After transmigrating to the Great Northwest in 1980, Lin Xi didn’t want to spend his life as a mere draftsman. When Mr. Qian tried to recruit him, he replied with astonishing boldness: “I’m not going to the design office. I want to make money at the labor services company!” He knew that without money, wind tunnels would shut down, projects would be cut, and the nation’s master craftsmen wouldn’t even be able to afford a new pa 66.3kReads9.2Score8.9kShelves
- 102 Spiritual Qi Revival: Starting to Slay Evil in a Mountain Village 灵气复苏，从山村斩邪开始 As spiritual qi revival swept the world, night grew unnaturally dark and ghostly flames spread across the land. A hundred ghosts roamed at night, and myriad races descended upon the world. Lin Fan happened upon a rusty sword that passed on its power to him. He unearthed ancient cultivation manuals and shared them with his village companions. Wild boars mutated, skeletons crawled from their graves, and ghosts attacked at night. A hundred ghosts slaughtered the village as the myriad races fought f 3.3kReads—Score361Shelves
- 103 Bloody Romance: On the Road 血色浪漫之在路上 The romance of the powerful, the bloodshed of the common folk. I’m still young, and I long to set out, carrying my original passion with me as I search for my original dream and seek out new experiences. Come on, let’s hit the road! 17.7kReads9.2Score884Shelves
- 104 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. 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 In the Name of the People: We’re All Comrades, So Why Form Factions? 名义，都是同志哪来的山头 Xiao Jinzi: “Factionalism isn't allowed in Handong. How can the Handong University clique be allowed?” Pan Zelin: “We're all comrades. What Handong University clique?” “There's no Handong University clique, but the Sha family clique is starting to show signs of forming.” 67.2kReads8.4Score3.3kShelves
- 106 The Heaven-Defying Immortal-Eating Art 逆仙吞天诀 Ye Tian, the good-for-nothing young master who cannot cultivate, unexpectedly obtains the inheritance of the Heavenly Emperor. He enters the Dao through the sword, rises from a good-for-nothing, slays his way across the world, and reaches the pinnacle of the continent! My swordsmanship is unmatched beneath the heavens. Where my sword points, gods and demons alike are destroyed! 37.7kReads8.8Score3.6kShelves
- 107 Better to Strive for Yourself Than to Find a Godfather 认义父不如自强不息 (This is a wildly imaginative fantasy novel, dedicated to fellow wage slaves as busy as I am. May life get a little easier for us all!) Lü Bu is reborn in the modern era. No Three Kingdoms this time, but China! It was bad enough being strangled to death at White Gate Tower, but the history books also branded him with the shameful label of “the man who stabbed his foster fathers.” He had only been forced by those powerful old men to do their bidding. He put those scoundrels to death with his own 680Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 108 I Am a Warrior 我是战士 Have you ever faced a setback? Have you ever endured a blow? Have you ever felt your life plunge into endless darkness, as if you were destined to sink into it forever? Faced with this overwhelming darkness, should I fall to my knees and beg for mercy? Or should I lie flat and let a thousand blades mercilessly tear me apart? No! I will always stand by my own fate! I will always be the master of my own soul! I am a warrior, and I never retreat! I am a warrior, and I fight to the death! 1.5kReads8.7Score185Shelves
- 109 The Demon King Wife I Spoiled Only Wants to Sleep All Day 【男频短篇】我养废的魔王老婆只想天天睡觉 [Male-Oriented Short Story] The Demon Queen I Spoiled Has Become a Good-for-Nothing and Just Wants to Sleep All Day 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 Core Earth Survival: I Write Guides for the Entire Server 地心求生：我给全服写攻略 [Survival game] [Mining and crafting] [Journey to the earth's core] [Terraria] [Minecart upgrades] Everyone on Blue Star is pulled into a survival game. Each person gets a crude minecart and must keep exploring deeper into the earth's core. They might dig up useful ore, or run into dangerous monsters... Fortunately, Lin You awakens a god-tier walkthrough System. All he has to do is write guides and earn positive reviews to receive super rewards! And so Lin You sets off on a cheat-fueled journey 171.8kReads8.3Score29.4kShelves
- 111 A Demon’s Days Working at the Escort Agency 魔在镖局打工的日子 [Traditional xianxia + no System + multiple characters + growth] Twenty years ago, humans, ghosts, immortals, and demons defeated the Demon Lord and restored peace to the Three Realms: The elite of the four races: “What happened to the Demon Lord?” “Probably turned to ashes.” “And his sword?” “Smashed to bits, probably.” “Quit messing around! Hurry up and look!” The escaped Demon Lord: “I’m looking too!” For twenty years, the demonic sword has remained nowhere to be found. The four races hear th 3.3kReads9.5Score313Shelves
- 112 Transmigrate as an Empress, and Become Best Friends with Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei 穿越皇后我和小燕子紫薇成了闺蜜 A stage accident sends me transmigrating into the harem of the Great Qing, where I even become the Empress. But my situation is tough: the Emperor dislikes me, the Empress Dowager loathes me, and the other consorts refuse to accept me. But how hard can that be? Just watch me win the Emperor's heart and the Empress Dowager's affection. Singing and dancing aren't enough? Then I'll tell jokes and do magic tricks... Oh, and there's Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei, too. Hehe, come be my besties! 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Chronicles of the Demon Suppressors 镇妖纪 In ancient times, spiritual qi was abundant, and humanity, demons, and spirits stood as three powers. A great war known as the “God-Sealing Cataclysm” depleted spiritual qi, drove immortals and Buddhas into hiding, and weakened the demon race, leaving humanity dominant. Three thousand years later, the Age of the End of Magic came to an end, and the spiritual qi revival swept across the land. The world is divided among three great dynasties: Dynasty Inspiration Territory Characteristics Great Son 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Sixty Years of Demon Slaying: This Taoist Gets Stronger with Every Kill! 甲子荡魔：这个道士杀怪就变强！ [Animated adaptation now airing] There are only fake tragic twists, no real ones, so enjoy without worry! [Decisive and ruthless] [Dark cultivation] [Slow burn] [Gender equality] [No female lead] [Sword immortal] War and calamity rage across the land, monsters run rampant. The human world is a furnace, and its people are mere weeds. Shen Hui transmigrates one day and becomes a Taoist priest at Qingfeng Temple on Qilu Mountain. He intends to spend each day meditating and cultivating qi, pursuing 272.9kReads8.5Score34.9kShelves
- 115 A Young Man's Years in the Jianghu 少年之江湖岁月 The jianghu is a road with no return, a maze, an abyss. Some manipulate events from the shadows, while others struggle for their lives in the mire. Watch who rises above them all, and who comes crashing down. 19.7kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
- 116 Transported to the Wasteland at the Start—I Choose to Hand It Over to the State 开局传送废土，我选择上交国家 [Two-way portal]+ [Wasteland farming]+ [Handing everything over to the state]+ [Ensemble cast] Lin Xian is forcibly transported to a wasteland after a nuclear war. His only advantage is a 21-cubic-meter storage space. After struggling alone for a day, he makes the only sensible choice: carrying samples, he heads straight for the military district's gates. “I have intelligence that concerns national security. I request to hand it over!” When mysterious samples from another world and horrifying im 31.8kReads8.4Score2.2kShelves
- 117 I Get Stronger with Every Blind Date: I Have a Dating System 相亲就能变强：我有一个相亲系统 [Multiple adaptation rights sold, with over twenty versions of the short drama and animated comic released] [All life's joys and sorrows become stories; every laugh and scolding becomes prose] "Mom, I'm this old and still don't have a partner. Aren't you worried? Can you really bear to watch me grow old alone? I'm going back in a couple of days, so hurry up and set me up on blind dates. I want ten of them!" "Hello, matchmaking agency? How many blind dates can I get in a month with a membership? 108kReads8.9Score10.6kShelves
- 118 The Two-World Trader: From 1988 to 2025 两界倒爷：从1988到2025 Period setting + everyday life + transporting goods between two worlds + building a business + multiple heroines + no drawn-out romantic angst + remember road safety Lu Wei unexpectedly discovers that he can travel back and forth between 1988 and 2025. In the 1980s, industry is underdeveloped, and manufactured goods are expensive. Lu Wei starts out reselling vegetables, nylon stockings, digital watches, and clothes, then goes on to start companies and build factories. Step by step, he brings mod 76.9kReads9.1Score8.7kShelves
- 119 Live-Streaming Cultivation in the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗直播修仙 Live-Streaming Cultivation in the Acacia Sect 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 EN My Years as a Demon Hunter in Supernatural 我在邪恶力量当猎魔人的那些年 I ended up in the great ol’ USA and inherited a fortune. I thought I could lie flat from then on. When Sam appeared, I reassured myself it was just a coincidence! No way! I wasn’t that unlucky! Then Dean showed up, and my heart shattered~ 672Reads—Score104Shelves
- 121 Who Dragged the Underworld's Soul Reaper into a Horror Instance? 谁把地府勾魂使拉进诡异副本的？ [Creepy Dungeons] [Comedy] [Power Fantasy] [Global Livestream] As medical care improves, the human mortality rate has dropped significantly. This has caused the Underworld’s Soul-Reaping Bureau’s performance to decline year after year, driving the soul reapers into a vicious rat race for better numbers. Lin Feng is an utterly ordinary soul reaper with no power or connections. To meet his KPI, he can only work overtime like crazy, yet he still comes in last every month. Then one day, he’s une 56.4kReads8.3Score4.9kShelves
- 122 I Survived the Harem to the Grand Finale by Being Brazen 我靠嚣张在后宫活到大结局 The groom died suddenly, and the imperial edict turned to ashes. With my power as an imperial relative, my immense wealth, and the blade of my childhood sweetheart, I donned the dragon robe amid the chaos and secured this vast realm. I thought ruling the world was the end, until a teasing voice rang down from beyond the heavens on the day of the sacrifice to Heaven: "This mortal world really is more interesting than a game board." So the three years of people trading their children for food, the 12Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 123 Berlin in Another World: In the Kaiser's Name 异界柏林：以德皇之名 [Transmigration + no System + 10,000 words updated daily + white-haired protagonist + old-school tsundere + one heroine + history + morally gray] The Ruthless Man of Tongliao, Issue 114514: From Commoner to Royal Consort, How Does a Lowly Adviser Win the German Empress? If you don’t like it after reading, you can challenge the author to PvP. My name is Claude Bauer. I was just an overworked office drone pulling a late-night shift when a bolt of lightning struck, and I returned to the German Empi 18.2kReads9.5Score773Shelves
- 124 Earth: Why Me?! I Just Want to Live! 地球：为什么是我！我只想活着！ An ordinary young man on the brink of death awakens the ability to travel freely between two worlds: a modern city with scarce spiritual qi and the apocalyptic wasteland of “Nine Heavens Cloudwild,” where spiritual energy runs rampant. He trades cheap modern goods for priceless spiritual materials in Nine Heavens, making enormous profits and advancing his cultivation at astonishing speed. When the spiritual qi revival sweeps the globe and forces from beyond the borders begin to stir, Lin Chen ha 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 The Village: Carefree Divine Healer 村野，逍遥神医 [Feel-Good Rural Fiction + Farming Your Way to Success] The meek old farmer Niu Dagen unexpectedly awakens the cultivation techniques from his past life! From then on, Niu Dagen coasts to success in the countryside, growing crops, building wealth, curing the sick, and face-slapping bullies. He lives a carefree life and turns a poor mountain village into a paradise on earth! See how Niu Dagen uses his heaven-defying cultivation techniques to enjoy a happy rural life that even the immortals envy! 488Reads7.7Score106Shelves
- 126 The Righteous Sect's Leader Slacks Off, and the Female Demon Comes Knocking 正道第一宗摆烂，女魔头找上门了 [Defying the master and seducing the disciple + multiple heroines + a touch of yandere + System + daydream simulations + angst and sweetness, but overwhelmingly sweet] [Also known as: Daydream Simulation: Why Are the Fairies Showing Up at My Door?] My name is Xie Ci. I was raised by a beautiful master and grew up in the foremost sect of the righteous path. But my talent is mediocre. Okay, it's terrible. After eighteen years of cultivation, I'm only at the ninth level of Qi Refining and just can' 28Reads—Score211Shelves
- 127 From the Start, Everyone Mistook Me for an Otherworldly Heavenly Demon 开局就被当成了域外天魔 [Xuanhuan Cultivation + Incredibly powerful background + Hidden big shot + Cultivates body and magic + Invincible wish fulfillment + Playing the pig to eat the tiger] Lin Dongqing stayed up all night reading a novel. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into a newborn baby. No golden finger, no System, just an ordinary mortal body. But can someone tell him... Why does Daoist Taiyi look at him as if he were an otherworldly demon? When Taiyi tries to examine him, the spiritual energy of h 917Reads5.7Score115Shelves
- 128 You Sent Me to Infiltrate, and I Cleaned Out Old Rice? 让你去潜伏，你把老米搬空了？ [Undercover in America] [AIC Agent] [Cutting-Edge Technology] [Rivalry Between Great Powers] “Boss, if you don’t close the net soon, I’m going to end up as head of AIC!” Lin Feng is reborn in 1949, awakens the Super Undercover System, and becomes an agent for America’s AIC. On the surface, he is the most hard-line hawkish agent, constantly targeting Xia Country. Behind the scenes, he takes Uncle Sam’s funding and promptly strips the enemy of everything they own. Fighter jet blueprints, top-secr 267.2kReads8.5Score23kShelves
- 129 The Water Margin Demon Stars Are All My Resources: From Traits to Kingship 水浒魔星皆我资粮：从词条到王业 The Oath of the Liangshan Brotherhood? A legacy of loyalty and righteousness? Wang Ying, the Short-Legged Tiger, takes hearts and livers to sober up. Zhu Gui, the Dry-Land Crocodile, uses human fat to light his lamps! Deng Fei, the Fiery-Eyed Lion, eats human flesh until his eyes turn red! Song Jiang plots to cut off Qin Ming's escape route. Wu Yong kills Zhu Tong's young master to force him up the mountain! Dong Ping steals a man's wife and daughters, then wipes out his entire household! Sun Er 97.7kReads8.6Score12kShelves
- 130 Dawn Over Guigu 鬼谷破晓传 [Traditional wuxia fantasy, no System, no transmigration, no fanfiction, no wild flights of fancy, rich historical knowledge, tightly plotted story, a tribute to traditional martial arts, a work of conscience] One thought separates ascension from demonic corruption. Defy the heavens, and live forever, undying. If you ask where the path to immortality lies, look to the ninefold Kunlun, ninefold abyss. A young swordsman bearing the weight of his family's vengeance ventures through the martial worl 3.1kReads8.7Score363Shelves
- 131 I Transmigrated to the Republic of China: The Number One Assassin 穿越民国：第一杀手 PS: (This isn't a brainless power fantasy. It respects the era, history, heroes, and our compatriots who lost their lives.) If you want a transmigration story where the protagonist becomes invincible overnight, don't read this. Don't read this. Don't read this. The first 100 chapters follow an ordinary person's transformation! If you want an ordinary person to transmigrate and dominate the world and the universe, stay away!!!! (The first 100 chapters include failures, overconfidence, and all kin 2kReads6.8Score126Shelves
- 132 The Tycoon’s Son-in-Law Turns the Tables 豪门赘婿，倒反天罡 When Ye Liuqing woke up, he had become a live-in son-in-law to a wealthy family. But after three years of marriage, Ye Liuqing had endured nothing but scorn. Even the servants in the family treated him however they pleased. He bonded with the [Uphold Justice on Heaven's Behalf System]. If he successfully gets divorced, he can take a hundred billion and return to reality! Uphold Justice on Heaven's Behalf System: Being warmhearted is a path, clearing pipes is a path, and the path to a woman's hea 2.2kReads6.2Score173Shelves
- 133 A Rank-One Mortal Cultivator 一阶凡修 A classic mortal's path to immortality. With a mixed Five-Element spiritual root, the protagonist overcomes one obstacle after another through hard work and fortuitous encounters, rising to prominence in the cultivation world. Stages: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Golden Core → Nascent Soul → Spirit Transformation → Void Refinement → Body Integration → Great Ascension → Tribulation Transcendence 4kReads6.8Score377Shelves
- 134 Chen Jiuchen, Feng Shui Master 风水大师陈九尘 Chen Jiuchen, Feng Shui Master 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 Why Pick a Fight With Him? His Wife Is the Strongest Ghost Empress 你惹他干嘛，他老婆是最强鬼皇 [Reborn before the game + game and reality merge + contracting ghosts + stockpiling supplies + seizing the initiative + decisive killing + revenge on a scheming girlfriend + saintly heroine dies] The peaceful Earth was shaken by an eerie apocalyptic online game, which merged with the real world. In an instant, countless people were slaughtered. Lin Haoran was ambushed and killed by the woman he loved most and his brother, then devoured by a horde of ghosts. Unexpectedly, a mysterious ghost broug 16.6kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
- 136 No System, No Cultivation: Even Immortals Are Commonplace 无系统，不修仙，大罗神仙皆路边 Entirely handwritten, with no AI. Three chapters every weekend and holiday! Transmigrate into the second generation of an immortal clan +爽, talented-genius story + [Super Cultivation System] + [Attribute Panel] + [Traditional Cultivation Realms] + romance with different beautiful older-sister figures (multiple heroines, lots of flirtation) + settling scores clearly + ensemble cast + [Hundreds of thousands of words already written] [Summary: This is a cultivation novel focused on growth. The over 469Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Star-Patterned Cage: My Star Patterns Can Devour Everything 星纹囚笼：我的星纹能吞万物 Lu Bufan is trapped in the lowest level of the Death Stairwell District in the East China Floating Fortress, a forgotten dead end for refugees where survival depends on hunting aberrants for meager supplies. He struggles to stay alive with the help of the Hunter’s Log left behind by his father, who mysteriously disappeared three years ago, leaving only the ominous last words: “Beneath the walls, don’t look down.” To survive and discover the truth behind his father’s disappearance, Lu Bufan risks 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 I Became a Wanted Man Just by Working as a Space Hunter 当个星际猎人，怎么登上通缉令了 As an outlaw in the boundless stars, Mr. Lauren is an outstanding example of his kind. The renowned Interstellar Daily once offered this assessment: Mr. Lauren is a respectable yet mad gentleman. At times, he even acts like a well-mannered aristocrat from a bygone era. He isn't greedy, isn't lustful, and has none of the other perverse vices common among outlaws. Mr. Lauren has only one passion: carrying out terrorist attacks, which he does with tireless enthusiasm. He is always found in dan 31.3kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
- 139 Eerie: Something's Not Right with This Novel 诡异：这个小说不对劲 Instance difficulty: Easy, Normal, Hard, Nightmare, Hell. Lin Han is in a different parallel universe in every instance, and the plots are independent, so you can read them in any order. Lin Han is clever and resourceful, bold and decisive, and really damn awesome. 58Reads—Score163Shelves
- 140 The Rise of a Big Shot: Romance and Passion 大佬崛起之风月 Not a brainless story, and not a power fantasy. Read at your own risk. This is all about romance. Li Fei never imagined he would be taken hostage by a gorgeous woman wielding a watermelon knife... 13.7kReads8.8Score951Shelves
- 141 Climbing the Official Ladder: From Assistant to the Finance Bureau Director 官梯：从财政局局长助理开始 A new novel from the author of Officially, an old hand. Everyone is welcome to come read it. Thank you for your support! Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to make every story a good one! 111Reads—Score117Shelves
- 142 Since I'm Already Here, I'll Save the Great Ming 来都来了，我要救大明 My new work is out! Please check it out on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 92Reads—Score142Shelves
- 143 The Poison Cauldron 毒鼎 (Not the usual mortal-cultivation story, a schemer, multiple women) By a stroke of luck, Lu Lin, a disciple of the Elixir Pavilion, came across a crooked cauldron. It could make him immune to all poisons, and let him refine every poison into something he could use. From then on, he embarked on the path of poison cultivation. Poison cultivators are a sinister, devious lot, and once Lu Lin entered this path, he went all the way. He cultivated blood vines, blood beasts, and secret blood arts all at 49.1kReads8.3Score7kShelves
- 144 EN Don’t Read This Book, or You Might Defy Fate and Change Your Destiny 别看这本书我怕你逆天改命 This is nothing more than an ordinary online novel. It is nowhere near as miraculous as fellow readers claim! The only reason you can click to read it is that your luck has already begun to change. When you start from the first chapter and read carefully, the gears of your destiny may already have begun to turn. 392.5kReads9.4Score61.6kShelves
- 145 Dating Show: My Golden Finger Is the Master of Scumbags 恋综：我的金手指是渣男祖师爷 Tong Nanchen was an editing-channel creator on Earth who made clips of Jiangnan’s most devoted lover and the founding master of scumbags. One morning, he woke to find that he had transmigrated to a parallel world and activated the Scoundrel System. As long as his actions resembled those of the founding master, he would receive rewards. [Money is for women to look at, not for spending on them.], System activated. [When looking at a girl, look at her eyes first. If she isn’t looking at you, then l 12.7kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 146 The Wicked Woman Puts an End to Evil 恶女止恶 13.9kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
- 147 Four Essays Beneath the Banyan Tree 榕树下随笔四篇 Four Essays Beneath the Banyan Tree 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 Chen Xuan, Heir to the Green Satchel 青囊传人陈玄 Chen Xuan, Heir to the Green Satchel 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 Five Thunderbolts, True Heart Art 五雷正心诀 This work is entirely fictional. It features everyday urban cultivation, twin senior sisters who are both masters, daily couple life, distinctive tribulations of lightning, and a disciple-recruiting System. I'll do my best to tell every story well! 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 I’m the Emperor, What Do I Have to Fear? 我是皇帝我怕谁？ He woke up to find that he had transmigrated into the body of the empire's last crown prince. When his useless father abandoned the country and fled, Lin Feng led his subordinates in a fierce counterattack. Many years later, as the empire rose once more from the ruins of defeat, his subordinates draped the imperial robes over his shoulders. Lin Feng could not help but exclaim, “You people have really made a mess of things for me!” 252.1kReads9.1Score17.5kShelves
