Novels like I Mend the Cracks in the Mortal World
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- 51 Conquering the Cultivation World with Strange Pills 用奇怪的丹药席卷修仙界 [Lighthearted comedy, easy wish fulfillment, silly antics and meme references] Xiao Yi transmigrated to a cultivation world and bound himself to a God-Tier Alchemy System. The System offered not only powerful Heavenly Flames, but also a Divine Pill Lucky Wheel! The wheel was loaded with all kinds of god-tier pills: [Explosive Divine Pill: After taking it, any enemy with a lower cultivation level than yours will explode if they look at you one too many times. Effect lasts 30 seconds.] [Elbow Stri —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 A Temporary Worker from Northeast China’s 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Tore a Tomb Tiger Apart with My Bare Hands 749东北临时工，开局手撕墓虎 Mu Ye was found in the Greater Khingan Mountains with all his memories gone. He didn’t know who he was or why he was there. But he knew that if he wanted to uncover clues about his past, he couldn’t leave the region. The Greater Khingan Mountains were perilous, but whenever Mu Ye faced danger, his body would grow dramatically, and his speed, strength, and other physical abilities would surge. The price was an overwhelming hunger. In his hunger, he devoured everything in sight, whether it was edi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 A Mystery with a Wild Premise: A Cross-Time Confession 悬疑脑洞《跨时空告白》 A Suspenseful, Imaginative Tale: Across-Time Confession —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Demon Slayer of the City: This Taoist Master Kills, He Does Not Save 都市斩妖人：道爷只杀不渡 In the modern city, all seems peaceful and prosperous on the surface, but demons lurk beneath. The Taoist sect has fallen into decline, and swindlers are everywhere. The protagonist is one of the very few heirs who possess true teachings and ruthless methods. Hardcore Taoist arts, meticulous folk customs, brutal aesthetics, no female lead, intelligent characters 237Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 55 The Sound of an Axe 斧声 I work at a state-owned factory. The coworker who had lived next door for three years had been silent for three days. The moment I opened the door, I saw an axe embedded in her head... 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Research Report on Abnormal Deities 非正常神明研究报告 When mythology invades reality, indescribable ancient gods lurk beneath neon lights. Everyone else kneels in terror and prays, but he’s wondering where to make the first incision. The morgue beneath City Third Hospital: freezer 444 is suddenly kicked open. Xiao Xiao, whose cause of death is listed as “heart failure,” sits up inside his body bag. Looking at the Night Watch squad arriving to contain the reanimated corpse, he calmly pushes up his nonexistent glasses. “Don’t panic. I just died in a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Star Insignia, Celestial Chart 星勋辰图 A mysterious zodiac medallion passed down from his grandfather becomes the key that plunges an ordinary college student into an endless vortex. As bizarre murders occur one after another around him, he is dragged into a darkness beyond anything he could have imagined. At the end of his painstaking investigation, an ancient and colossal shadow organization emerges: the “Astral Chart.” Using stars as codenames, its influence reaches into every shadowed corner of the world. In a cold safe house, th —Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 58 With My Heart, I Question Heaven’s Heart 我以己心问天心 His master’s soul lamp is about to go out, but the Underworld Division has already come to claim his soul, and the Directorate of Fate has secretly altered his lifespan. The young Daoist Chen Shaowei travels from Yunzhou to the capital, uncovering the secrets of the Temple of Heaven, the black accounts of the Ghost Market, and old entanglements in Fengdu along the way. Only then does he realize that the ones devouring people are not a single person or one department, but an old web spanning both —Reads6.9Score12514d adds
- 59 The Misty Immortal Path: The Human Realm Arc 缥缈仙途传人界篇 [Mortal cultivation, no System, slow-paced, traditional xianxia] The road to immortality drifts through mist and haze, while worldly ties and mortal affairs teem with danger. The seasons turn and storms rise; seas change into mulberry fields as the journey home awaits. 392Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 60 Rule Horror: Starting with Ascending to Godhood Through the Supernatural 规则怪谈：从诡异封神开始 [Rule Horror] [Investiture of the Gods] [National Fate] [Utterly Insane] [Cthulhu] The will of Blue Star descends. Nations are wiped out, and the National Fate of the Dragon Nation hangs by a thread! Shen Ce, a patient at the Third Mental Hospital, enters the Rule Horror instance, Investiture of the Gods. King Zhou is a writhing mass of flesh that cannot be looked at directly. Daji is a faceless, nine-tailed reaper of flesh. The heart Bi Gan cut out is whispering the words of an ancient god. Whi 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 There’s Someone on My Back 我的背上有个人 I always thought I'd slept wrong. I tried medicated plasters and got X-rays, until I met an old man who said, "Young lady, someone has been riding on your back for nearly half a year. You need to send her on her way, right now..." —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Yin-Yang Travels in a Mountain Village 山村阴阳行 My name is Chen Jiujin, and I'm a wandering tradesman. To put it plainly, when someone has a haunting on their hands, they hire me to take a look. This time, I came to Zhou Family Village. A seventeen-year-old girl had been followed by something foul. She drank chicken blood, dug up graves in the middle of the night, and kept repeating the same words: “Give me back my life.” I thought it was just an ordinary wandering ghost. But I was wrong. The thing inside that girl's belly wasn't a ghost. It 2.7kReads6.4Score22114d adds
- 63 The Missing Pages of History 史阙 Time flows like water, never resting, never stopping. The world's obsessions surge like a tide, throwing the river of time and space into chaos. Some defy the natural order, trying to rewrite the years and throw the world into turmoil; Others hold fast to the rules, facing eerie shadows to defend the source of time and space. Ordinary books conceal countless rifts. Strangers who meet on unfamiliar paths become companions, while obsessions and rules clash without end. The path of order is thorny —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 In the Reincarnation Game, I'm Not the Patient 轮回游戏我不是病人 (Infinite Survival + Instance Worlds + Suspense + High Intelligence + Decisive and Ruthless) Settle in and enjoy the ride. The pace is lightning-fast. The Survival Game of the Myriad Heavens descends, and Lu Chen is swept into the Black Mist Hospital, where the death rate is as high as ninety percent. Monsters roam here, and the rules determine life and death. But Lu Chen awakens the S-rank talent “Precise Analysis,” which lets him see through monsters' weaknesses and loopholes in the rules. Whi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Rule Horror: One Wrong Step in Correcting History Means Instant Death 规则怪谈：修正历史错一步就抹杀 Office drone Zheng Jie hadn’t even finished slurping his instant noodles when he was yanked straight into the Titanic! [Time-Space Correction Mission activated: Save 3 deviants. One wrong move and you’re erased!] A faceless female attendant in a white dress, a strange knocking sound at the door, a killer crewman with no features… This cursed ship is full of rule-based traps, and the Titanic still has to sink on schedule. In 30 minutes, time and space will collapse and everyone will be wiped out! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 I Became a God Under the System's Watch! 我在系统的监视下成神！ [Heavenly Dao System] [Legacy Artifact Spirit] [Emotional Clones] After waking with no memories, the boy Lin Xiao sees the [Heavenly Dao System] appear in his sea of consciousness. Dazed, he ventures with the System into the Ancestral Land of the Fire Source, where he accidentally awakens an ancient human legacy artifact spirit. Guided by the spirit, Lin Xiao learns that the continent is shrouded in shadow and humanity stands on the brink of extinction. Saving humankind becomes his mission. From —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 I'm Just a Photographer, So Why Do I Keep Seeing Ghosts?! 我就是个摄影师，为什么总见鬼！ [Original Work] [First Published Here] [Supernatural Horror] [Mystery and Puzzles] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Folk Supernatural] [Light Transmigration] Photographer Lin Shen ventured alone to an abandoned manor in the wilderness, hoping to capture a series of supernatural photographs that could turn his career around. Instead, he was lost in a ravine forever. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated into the body of He Xun, another freelance photographer. Like before, he made a living wi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Idle Tales of a Hundred Demons 百妖闲谭 This is a series of poignant, beautiful legends about monsters and spirits. I will maintain a warm, healing style while adding more delicate emotional descriptions and elements of traditional culture. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Livestreaming Crime Consultations: I Go Viral with the Dead’s Comments 直播问凶，我靠亡魂弹幕爆红全网 Guest appearances welcome! Open indefinitely! Chen Mo is a 22-year-old penniless medium who livestreams. Born with Yin-Yang Eyes, he can see the dead, and his livestream comments are full of ghosts begging for help. During the early days of the spiritual qi revival, ordinary people can't see ghosts, but he goes viral by “fortune-telling.” One comment, “There's a woman in red behind you,” and viewers catch a shadow on camera, setting the entire internet ablaze. Ghosts crowd into his livestream to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Who Stole My Luck? Pay It Back Tenfold 谁借了我的运气，十倍还回来 Beneath the surface of the modern city, ancient feng shui arts truly exist as a system unto themselves. True feng shui masters command four levels of mastery: “reading qi, arranging the landscape, seizing momentum, and changing fate.” By stirring the power of heaven and earth through the human heart, they determine life and death, prosperity and decline, without a sound. —Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 71 I Give Final Comfort to Bosses in Horror Dungeons 我在恐怖副本给BOSS临终关怀 [Strange Tale Dungeons + Gentle, Healing Vibes + 1v1 Romance + No Angst or Filler] Meng Ling is a palliative care nurse who has spent seven years witnessing life and death. One rainy night, a door that appeared out of nowhere dragged her into the Stagnant Realm, a world frozen from the lingering obsessions of the dead. Living people who venture inside have almost no chance of survival. The moment she arrived, the resentful spirits were more nervous than she was. Two-hundred-year-old ghosts line 8Reads6.6Score10114d adds
- 72 0713: Black Screen Record 0713：黑屏记录 In 2010, in Plaburg, a small town in northern New York State, A Country, campus and town surveillance cameras always go black for seven minutes and thirteen seconds at critical moments after an accident on a snowy night. During one of those missing intervals, Tu Yaoyang, an international student in the physics department, sees something for the first time: a transparent spirit, and another figure who looks like him, yet is colder and more familiar. He is forced to join forces with Leslie, a Chi 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 World Order Research Institute 世界秩序研究学院 In 2012, spiritual qi revival began. Unexplained supernatural phenomena started appearing around the world. Urban legends, online ghost stories, and unidentified creatures emerged one after another. To maintain human order, the government secretly established an organization: The World Order Research Academy, or the Prefectural Academy. It studies the supernatural, contains people with special abilities, and suppresses ghosts and gods. Every student selected is among the finest young humans. Li 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Call Off the Engagement? I Transmigrated into a Book, and the Powerful Men Regret It 退婚？我穿书，大佬们后悔莫及 “Break off the engagement? No, I’m the one divorcing you.” That day, as snow and wind swept through the city, I tore up the marriage contract, left the Su family, and headed for the highest seat of judgment in the Starfall Sea. Afterward... Xie Tingyun betrayed his sect for me, Lin Yan burned his family records for me, and Master Liuli built a continent-spanning intelligence network for me. They all thought I wanted revenge. But I simply opened the Code and said softly to the nobles kneeling acr 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Gate to the Prison Realm 界狱之门 [Seeking immortality and the Dao + tempering the heart and training in martial arts + classic fantasy + no System + ruthless and decisive + a touch of ensemble cast + multiple heroines who aren’t just accessories + a slow start, but stick with it and take a look] Before the Creation Era, a supreme powerhouse commanded Yin and Yang and held the sun and moon in his hands, bringing a mighty calamity upon the Myriad Worlds. He carved out an age in which everyone could become a dragon, and immortal a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 City Supernatural Shelter: I Balance the Books and Vanquish Ghosts Across the Land 都市收容所：我靠查账平了天下鬼 On the third day after passing the civil service exam and starting my new job, I finally learned that my department was a containment facility specializing in urban anomalies. The section chief slapped a stack of old case files onto my desk. "Xiao Shen, settle the mess this building left behind thirty years ago." I opened the first page. It read: "The last person who investigated these accounts is buried behind the hill." 7Reads6.4Score18514d adds
- 77 Urban Hauntings: My Paper Knife Can Pierce Illusions 都市诡异：我的纸刀能破妄 The rating has just been released, so it may still go up. Zhang Ping, an unemployed advertising copywriter, is attacked by a paper figure with a slit mouth in his shared apartment on a stormy night, at the lowest point in his life. On the verge of death, he desperately throws out an old piece of yellow paper he has carried for years, unexpectedly activating a fragment of the ancestral “Blade of Illusion-Breaking” and a mysterious “Night Watchman System.” The System turns terrifying supernatural 3Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 78 King of the Strange Realm 诡界之王 [Top recommendation: The King of Mystery-Filled Realm Detective Fiction, Tomato’s Number One “Master of Deception”] Zhao Luo thought this was just a murder-mystery game arranged by the God of Fun. He never expected to be trapped in an endless spiral of wits and survival. A one-eyed monster cat fed with sacrifices, over a thousand bizarre artifacts that defy description, eerie monsters that drain your Sanity, player companions dying one after another, and sudden flashes of forgotten memories... O 48Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 79 Friends with Demons: The Monsters Are Here to Help 狐朋狗友：妖怪帮帮忙 Towering buildings line the streets, neon lights blaze, and the city is spreading at an astonishing pace. “They” were forced to leave their original homes. They blended into our society, disguising themselves so we would hardly notice them. Some mean well, others do not. They cultivate, hunt, and evolve in silence... Perhaps “it” is right beside you, or maybe it’s someone you know well. 3Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 80 Consultant for Unusual Cases 非正常案件顾问 I'm Cheng Xiaozhai, nineteen years old, and a perfectly ordinary college student. After unexpectedly gaining the ability to learn how someone died by touching an object, I was coaxed and cajoled into becoming an unofficial “consultant” by my cousin, a homicide detective. On my first case, the first thing I touched was the victim's treasured limited-edition figurine. His final moments had been filled with heartfelt confessions from his anime waifus. Spitting blood, I couldn't help remarking, “Man 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Cheng Xiaozhai’s Home Quarantine Diary 程小宅的居家隔离日记 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Hymn of Evolution 进化赞歌 They embarked on the path to godhood, unaware that someone had already walked it before them. Su Yi led a team into the legendary Land of Enlightenment. They said that anyone who could comprehend the universe's [Rules] there would earn the right to challenge the Creator and become a god in the new world. The team members had no memories of their past. They knew only that this was the one and only path. They supported one another, comprehending the Rules at death's door time and again and pushi 1Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 83 Floating Balance 浮衡 [Rules-Based Horror + Thrills + Supernatural Mystery] When black fog pours from cracks in the city and devours people, and every rule corresponds to a human life, no one knows that the source of the Cataclysm of the Ruins engulfing the world is nothing more than a father's obsession with bringing back his son, who died young. Sun Tianyi, designation Y-001, is the world's only stable S-rank original anchor. A ship's-anchor mark on his palm can dispel contamination, rewrite rules, and raise a defe 18Reads7.2Score13414d adds
- 84 Schrödinger’s Wage Slave: I Issue Fines to Urban Legends 薛定谔的打工人：我给怪谈开罚单 What is life like in a world of cutthroat competition monitored by an AI mainframe? In a world ruled by absolute logic, what future is there for high-entropy emotions? Can AI truly develop feelings? What is a cyber forest? Welcome to Jiangcheng, a sick city of cutthroat competition, closely monitored by its mainframe. A super AI that can calculate every possibility tries to use causality to erase all variables. It can predict the laws of physics, yet it cannot calculate what power might be conce —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Wuniang's Cookbook 五娘食谱 Deep in the neighborhoods of Chang'an, a light from a cooking fire always glows quietly at night. It belongs to Wu Niang's food stall. Sometimes it sits on a street corner; other times, it becomes an unremarkable little shop, as if carried along by the wind. She makes food so delicious that people can't stop thinking about it. She knows her true customers are not just people, but the desires and resentments churning within their hearts. Wherever greed burns brightest, wherever old grudges run de 131Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 86 I Am a Life-Pawn Broker 我是赊命人 [Life on Credit + Past and Present Lives + Destiny + Growth] Past and present lives, the river of fate, and sealed memories on the verge of awakening. He was born under a fate marked by three misfortunes and seven defeats. But after inheriting the Heavenly Soul of King Wu, a twist of fate led him into the Azure Dragon Sect, where he became a Life-Borrower. Life-Borrowers use soul power to wield Daoist arts. Thanks to this unusual profession and the soul of King Wu, Shen Rufeng possesses extraord 12Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 87 The Ten Gods Fall to the Mortal Realm 十神坠凡 [The ratings just opened and are still climbing! Volume One has just concluded~] In ancient times, the Yin and Yang Gods established order in heaven and earth. They governed life and death, maintaining the balance of all things. Beneath them were the Ten Gods: Companion, Rob Wealth, Eating God, Hurting Officer, Indirect Wealth, Direct Wealth, Seven Killings, Direct Officer, Indirect Seal, and Direct Seal. Each had a role to play, governing the laws that set the world in motion. Beneath the Ten G —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 88 The City of the Dead Descends: I'm the Only One in the City Who Hasn't Been Forgotten 冥城降临：全城只有我没被遗忘 A strange knocking suddenly echoed from beneath the Dongzhuang antiques market. The streets cracked open, blood flowed backward, and armored ghosts crawled out from the depths of the city. A Western Regions royal city that had vanished more than two thousand years ago began to overlap with modern skyscrapers beneath the dark clouds. Ordinary young man Gu Chuan was trapped in the sealed-off zone. He joined forces with Wu Taifeng, a mysterious antiques dealer, to survive. They soon discovered that 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Just Because You Can't See It Doesn't Mean It Doesn't Exist 你看不见不代表不存在 There are many strange events involving spirits, ghosts, and monsters in this world. To most ordinary people, they're just jokes or stories. Science explains them as changes caused by magnetic fields. But science ends where the occult begins. Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Ji Shisan grows from a novice who has just entered the spirit world into a powerful figure who shapes it. Alongside his companions, he safeguards order throughout China, gathers ancient div 2Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 90 Notebook No. 9 第九号笔记本 An unsigned letter leads Lu Jing, a special police instructor, to a deserted village that has been erased from the map. At the bottom of a well, he finds records of Japanese military experiments from 1939. That same night, he encounters something that should not exist: mutated people who move sluggishly and have black blood. He escapes by sheer luck, but an undying black pattern remains on his left arm. The hexagonal particles in his blood sample match the investigation notes of Li Zhiwei's late 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Nuo Dancer's Ordeal 傩人难 Isolated and misunderstood, two people just alike meet because of fate. What kind of story will unfold? Will it be funny or terrifying? Everything takes place beneath a vast shadow. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 My Wife Is a Snake 我的老婆是条蛇 When I was born, nine snakes were coiled around the roof beams. They called it Nine Dragons Sending a Son, and it meant I’d face eighty-one calamities before turning nine. If I could get through them, I’d enjoy great wealth and success. To keep me alive, my grandfather made me marry a snake as my wife. He also had me marry into someone else’s family and take their surname… 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 I’m the Protagonist, So How Could I Lose? 我都是主角了还怎么输 Fu Ci's biggest regret was choosing to save money instead of spending it. If he'd paid for a taxi, he wouldn't have gotten on the bus and ended up inside a supernatural instance. At least this trip hadn't been a complete loss. [Ding-dong~ Your System is now online! From now on, every time you spend a set amount of currency, you'll receive an exclusive skill~] Fu Ci's eyes lit up. From then on, he began spending freely, without a care in the world. While others saved, he spent. Seeing the confusi 158Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 94 Go Soul Girl: A Wonderful Journey Through the Black-and-White World 棋魂少女：黑白世界的奇妙旅程 Ke Xiaoxi has loved Go since childhood. By chance, she discovers an ancient Go board in the attic of her grandfather's house, and gains the extraordinary ability to channel the spirit of Go. From there, she begins to shine in international competitions. This is the story of an ordinary girl who, through hard work and the help of the spirit of Go, sets out on the path to becoming a prodigy, embarking on an incredible journey through the world of Go. 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Edict: After the Hour of the Dog 敕令：戌时之后 A folk-horror tale: one official dispatch has been held up for three years. The speaker is Shen Yan, a registrar in Bianzhou. The dispatch was held up three months ago, and nobody dared take it on. Of the two who did, one grew a black ring around the back of his neck, while the other lost an eyelid. Three lines were written on the dispatch: Wherever it passes, there will be no rain for three years. After the hour of the Dog, do not enter any place with a threshold. There are only three rules: fi 83Reads—Score44214d adds
- 96 Starfield: Beginning on the Dark Continent 星海，从暗黑大陆开始 [Weak System] [Deadpan Humor] [Snarky Narration] [Lighthearted] Luo Ye, once the technology overlord of Blue Star, is assassinated and transmigrates to the Dark Continent. From the start, he takes over the body of a divine-grade Dark Demon God, only to find himself turned into a tiny baby? So, all you handsome and dashing gentlemen, come see how Luo Ye rises from the Dark Continent, traverses the boundless sea of stars, slaughters his way through the Myriad Worlds, and becomes the supreme God ab —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The City Is Overrun by the Supernatural, and She Treats Gods as Food 全城诡异，她把神明当口粮 [No CP + strong heroine + ruthless and decisive + post-apocalyptic survival] “Shh, don’t make a sound. That eyeless lump of flesh outside the door kills by sound.” She woke to a world where the uncanny had arrived, and cities had become hunting grounds for monstrous creatures. Everyone trembled beneath the monsters’ claws. But Luo Ran, an overbearing corporate executive, would do anything to survive. She swallowed an uncanny core whole and began transforming into something inhuman! Superhuman he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Passerby: Secrets of the Ancient Scroll 过路人：古卷秘相 Shen Xun, guardian of the cycle of reincarnation, suppresses evil spirits and keeps the balance between yin and yang. His time is running out, and he must pass on the guardians' legacy as soon as possible. The first successor is Lin Jian, who possesses a supernatural camera. The evil spirits have already set their sights on her. As Shen Xun reaches the foot of the stairs, he senses a pair of eyes watching him from behind. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Collected Records of the Way 行道集录 I am a descendant of Taigong. The gods need not stand aside. Following his ancestors' teachings, Lü Bugu practices the Dao, destroys demons and evil, and uses his mortal body as a hammer to temper his Daoist heart and refine his arts. The Great Dao is not found in famous mountains and ancient temples. The mortal world tempers the heart, and the Great Dao is never walked alone. 40Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 100 My Emotions Can Confer Godhood 我的情绪能封神 [Strong female lead + growth-focused + Cthulhu horror + ship any couple you like] I’m Xu Quan, the only BUG left after reality’s folds invaded. My System sounds the alarm every day, either because an S-rank obsession has formed or because the real world is collapsing. I’m so sick of it. All I want is to quietly collect my obsession encyclopedia. The head of the Stability Bureau can’t stand me? [Ding! Their permissions have been changed to “backyard husky.”] A green-tea rival shows up to stir up 9Reads—Score—14d adds
