Novels like The Heaven-Defying Immortal-Eating Art
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- 1 The Ladder of Old Clothes 旧衣天梯 At twenty-eight, Shen Zhi went from design director at an international fashion brand to an outcast in the industry. She refused to plagiarize and exposed the company’s dirty secrets, only to face a multimillion-yuan lawsuit and betrayal by her boyfriend. In a rental room in an urban village, an old-clothes recycling bin and a pair of ripped jeans sparked a makeover video that went viral overnight. Her cousin arrived with a suitcase. Laid-off garment workers came, then a senior from college quit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Star Cage! 星笼！ In 2029, the world was suddenly “formatted.” An alien creation known as the “Seed” descended upon Earth and initiated the global “Cradle Project,” tearing down everything from the old era to build a new order controlled by a System: efficient and cold. The survivors struggle amid the ruins, facing not only rubble and monsters, but also the pursuit of “Cleaners” and the ideological battles among the “Awakened,” survivors who have gained special abilities. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Starved Cast-Off Wife Is Back for Revenge 那个被饿死的弃妇杀回来了 Transmigration, rebirth, farming, building an information network, establishing a power base, household intrigue, palace intrigue, rising to the pinnacle of power Shen Zhao, a modern-day female assassin, transmigrated to ancient times and into the body of Yuan Yihe, a discarded wife who had suffered abuse for years. Her family had always ignored her, left her hungry, and married her off in place of her elder sister to a spoiled young master. On her wedding day, the groom ran away. She asked to 1.4kReads9.1Score17914d adds
- 4 The Mortal's Path to Ascension 凡人飞升道 A borderland youth with an incomplete Spirit Root accidentally gains a mysterious ability to “devour flaws in cultivation techniques.” Starting from the very bottom of the cultivation world, he gets caught up in the feuds of the martial world, the rise and fall of dynasties, and battles between immortal sects, ultimately uncovering the cultivation world’s greatest secret. “Above mortals lies the path to immortality; along that path lies the martial world.” 229Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 On the Night of Our Divorce, I Learned My Husband Was the Nation’s Guardian 离婚夜，我才知老公是护国战神 After three years as a live-in son-in-law, everyone called him a good-for-nothing. Only his wife, Jiang Churan, risked her life to protect him. On the eve of their divorce, she knelt before him with red eyes and begged, “Don’t reveal who you are. I’m afraid they’ll hurt you.” No one knew that this despised son-in-law was actually the Kunlun Commander, guardian of the nation's borders and a man whose power reached across the land. He had hidden his identity to repay a debt of gratitude. Now, for 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Wicked Woman Puts an End to Evil 恶女止恶 13.9kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 7 I Have the Company's Layoff List in My Hands 我手握公司裁员名单 I have the company layoff list in my hands. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Mortal Realm Martial Venerable: One Punch Shatters Chaos 凡界武尊：一拳碎混沌 Lin Chen, a body-tempering apprentice, is humiliated by a powerful clan and watches as the demon race slaughters his town. At death’s door, he awakens a bronze fragment left behind by his father. From then on, he shatters his constraints with his fists and rises against all odds! He slays demons and seizes treasures in the Black Wind Mountains, then establishes an alliance against the demons in Qingfeng Town. With only his Body Tempering cultivation, he stands against a Grandmaster and unites th 28Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 9 The Heart-Stealing Thief 缚心贼 [1980s | Strong heroine | Both leads reborn | Military marriage | Revenge on scumbags | Business | Treasure-filled space | A battle to bind the heart] In 1983, Min Jiahui was reborn on her wedding night. In her past life, a scumbag trapped her with a fake marriage certificate and made her live as a wife in name only for the rest of her life. She served his parents, cared for his younger siblings, and raised the son he had with his mistress. In the end, his mistress showed up with a marriage cert 960Reads8.3Score16614d adds
- 10 I Transmigrated into a Romance Novel as the Villainous Heir, and Went on a Rampage 穿进女频成反派世子，我杀疯了 No System + Historical Ensemble Cast + No Saintly Protagonist + No Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Everyday Interactions with the Female Lead He loses all his inner power and becomes a good-for-nothing from the start, then is sent to the capital as a hostage, where he stirs up trouble amid the vortex of rival nations. All schemes are trifles. Only by growing strong through your own efforts can you earn Heaven's help. He charges into battle with spear in hand and slays the flood dragon, then laughs a 37.4kReads8.1Score3.2k14d adds
- 11 Reborn: Peerless Splendor 重生：绝世风华 (Rebirth and comeback + Ex-husband chases after her too late + Cold-faced CEO's exclusive devotion + Divorced wife is both beautiful and formidable) The night I finally gave up, I burned every recipe I'd learned for Zhou Yuchen with my own hands. After five years of marriage, I'd become the “frumpy housewife who couldn't show her face in public,” as he put it. His beloved female colleague sneered at me: “Without President Zhou, you're nothing.” I smiled, handed over the divorce papers, then turn 20Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 12 The Great Azure Tribulation 太苍劫 Prologue: Dao Fire Ten thousand years ago. Fire, Dao fire filling the skies. Crimson flames erupted from beneath the earth, turning the entire Divine Capital the color of a hellscape. The bronze palaces that had once towered into the clouds collapsed one after another in the blaze. The dragon carvings on their upturned eaves warped in the heat, as if they had come alive to let out silent cries of agony. The man on the imperial throne had not left. He sat alone amid the collapsing palaces and bur 2.3kReads—Score23814d adds
- 13 Great Ming Court: Your Majesty, Hug the Cute Chicken and Achieve Enlightenment 大明官场：圣人，该抱萌鸡顿悟了 In The Scholars, Fan Jin passes the imperial exam. Do you remember the egg-laying hen that he nearly sold at the market? With the male lead, a fortune-teller cradling that adorable chicken, as their link, watch as the oddball official Fan Jin from The Scholars and the hilarious sage Wang Yangming form a three-man-and-one-chicken team, their fates resonating in perfect sync during the Zhengde and Jiajing eras! The first fifty chapters are packed with hilarious commentary as the protagonist rises 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Female Truck Driver in the 1980s: I Tore Up My Marriage Contract and Made a Fortune on the Road 80年代女货车司机：我撕了婚书，跑长途成了万元户 A Woman Truck Driver in the 1980s: I Tore Up the Marriage Certificate and Made a Fortune Hauling Freight 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Reborn at the Turn of the Millennium: My Era of Capital and Romance 重生千禧：我的资本与红颜时代 Reborn in 1999, Lin Zhe wants only to make money and make up for the regrets of his past life. But as he invests, twenty-four breathtaking women gather around him: a technical genius, a movie star, a brilliant lawyer, a wealthy heiress, and more. They are not just his lovers, but also the strongest partners in his business empire. This is a high-stakes gamble between capital and love, and he wants it all. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 My Fiancée Wants to Fire Me, but She Forgot I’m the Real Boss of the Company 未婚妻要开除我，可她忘了我才是公司真正的老板 My Fiancée Wants to Fire Me, but She Forgot I’m the Real Owner of the Company 343Reads—Score1014d adds
- 17 You’re Tainted! Why Do You Still Want to Get Engaged to Me? 你都脏了！为什么还要跟我订婚？ You’re tainted! Why do you still want to get engaged to me? 2.3kReads—Score10114d adds
- 18 On the Day of My Divorce, I Sent My Ex-Husband and His Mistress to the Tax Office 离婚当天，我把前夫和小三送进了税务局 On the day of my divorce, I sent my ex-husband and his mistress to the tax office. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Ming Dynasty 1572 大明1572 In the first year of the Wanli era, the ten-year-old emperor ascended the throne. Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng enforced the Kaocheng system and the Single Whip Reform with an iron hand, filling the dying Ming treasury and securing its borders over the next ten years. But the deeper the reforms went, the fiercer the opposition became; the greater his power, the deeper his loneliness. He had once been the "Teacher Zhang" most respected by the emperor, but ultimately became the person the young so 139Reads—Score12414d adds
- 20 My Cousin Had My Husband's Son, and I Smiled as I Handed Her a Red Envelope 表姐生了我老公的儿子，我笑着递上红包 My Cousin Had My Husband's Son. I Smiled and Handed Her a Red Envelope —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Space-Time Deliveryman 时空外卖师 The male lead refuses to become an official, yet as a senior engineer in the municipal bureau compound, he empowers his superiors to climb the ranks step by step. Driven by love of country, he occasionally lets go of his low profile, coordinating spacetime energy to help the nation counter the technological blockade imposed by foreign powers! On weekends, famous figures such as Su Dongpo will join you in reliving the timeless spirit of “literary scavenging,” amid the laughter of State Preceptor 82Reads8.1Score314d adds
- 22 A Thousand Faces in One Performance 一戏千面 Stabbed through the heart by the master he revered most from the start, I somehow survived! Instead, I transmigrated to another world and awakened the [Thousand-Faced Divine Core]! [Divine Core awakened. Illusory Disguise activated!] [Warning: This Divine Core is widely recognized as the most useless. It can only change your appearance and has no offensive power!] Good-for-nothing? With a B-rank ferocious beast chasing me, I panicked on the spot. [Activating: Illusory Disguise!] [60% of spiritua 495Reads—Score9714d adds
- 23 The Reclusive Peak Master: Gifts for Taking in Disciples, Reaching the Peak of Shrouding the Heavens 苟道峰主：收徒返还，问鼎遮天 (The protagonist is weak at the start. If you can’t stand him playing it safe and holding back, you can skip ahead and start reading when his cultivation reaches the Four Extremes, at Chapter 49.) Lin Xuan transmigrates to the Big Dipper World two thousand years before Ye Fan arrives. He becomes the weakest peak master of Qingyun Sect in the Eastern Wasteland of the Big Dipper Star Region and activates the Disciple-Acquisition Return System. From the start, he picks up a pair of siblings with 59Reads5.5Score614d adds
- 24 The Day I Was Divorced, I Found a Middle Eastern Prince in Yiwu 被离婚那天，我在义乌捡了个中东王子 The day I got divorced, I picked up a Middle Eastern prince in Yiwu. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 I'm a Delivery Driver, and You Want to Talk Billion-Dollar Contracts? 我送外卖的，你跟我谈百亿合同？ I'm a food delivery driver, and you want to talk to me about a ten-billion-yuan contract? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 A Popular History of the Ming Dynasty 明史通俗演义 [Classical historical novel | An authentic historical epic about the founding of the Great Ming] A popular historical epic spanning all 276 years of the Ming dynasty’s rise and fall, complete in one hundred chapters. It begins with Zhu Yuanzhang becoming a monk in Haozhou and joining the Red Turban movement, then unfolds the grand struggle for supremacy among the warlords at the end of the Yuan dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang, and Zhang Shicheng vie for power, while classic battles such as 16Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 27 The Fate of an Orphan Girl 孤女的命运 This is a sad story. Lin Jiang had an affair, and Shi Qiaosi endured it for three years before suddenly coming to her senses and decisively divorcing him. After the divorce, she secretly gave birth to a daughter of her own, Shixu. The disasters brought upon three generations of a family by an unfaithful man and a scheming woman eager to take his wife’s place. See how an elderly grandmother schemes for her granddaughter, building a bridge through time with her own life so that Shixu can return to 18.6kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 28 Laying Low at a Coffin Shop, Collecting Wandering Spirits 苟在棺材铺收取阴魂 The moon was dark, the wind was strong, and the cold wind howled! A mass grave!! In front of a grave, Zeng Niu clutched Jiang Xiaobai's pant leg and glanced at the yellow-faced old woman holding a “weapon.” He wailed, “Brother Jiang, I can't go through with this. You have to take me with you!” “Your promise to me, brother, is granted.” Jiang Xiaobai then took a blank heavenly book from his clothes. As he said, “May Buddha show mercy,” a stream of fluent, professional jargon followed. The black a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 I Gave the Emperor an Ice-Cold Coke and Became the Tang Dynasty's Greatest Drinker 我给皇上灌了冰可乐，被封大唐第一酒仙 I gave the emperor an ice-cold Coke and was crowned the Tang Dynasty's greatest wine immortal. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 After Seven Days on a Business Trip to Guangzhou, My Cousin Showed Up at My Door with a Baby Bump 广州出差七天，表妹揣着孕肚登了我家门 While I Was Away on a Seven-Day Business Trip to Guangzhou, My Cousin Showed Up at My Door with a Baby Bump 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Five-Element Good-for-Nothing! The Heavenly Dao Forces Me to Become a Heretic 五行废柴！天道逼我做邪修 [What's wrong with cultivating demonic arts? Can't I spend my lifespan to level up?!] Reborn in an immortal cultivation world, Long Chen thought he'd gotten a [Rich Young Master's Life Experience Pass]. But he was hunted from the start, and even his spiritual roots were the useless five-element kind?! Fine, I'll take it. He quietly joined a sect, hoping to keep his head down, grow in peace, farm and slack off, and live as an honest man. Unfortunately, the cultivation world was absurdly cutth 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Emperor Xuanwu 轩武大帝 [Invincible, Passionate, Fast-Paced, Frequent Updates, Recommended by Millions of Readers!] A hundred thousand years ago, everyone was as mighty as a dragon, and anyone could cultivate into an emperor. Then came the Calamity. The Heavenly Dao collapsed, the gods fell, and the First Keeper sacrificed himself, transforming into the Three Thousand Great Dao Seals to protect this small world. Now the seals are starting to crumble, and martial cultivation has ground to a halt. He is the reincarnation 410Reads—Score1514d adds
- 33 This Time, I’ll Be the One to Scheme Against You 这一世，换我来算计你们 Yun Wanfu is a special agent skilled in both medicine and poison. While on a mission, she transmigrates into the body of Yun Wanfu, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister’s family in ancient times. From then on, she sets out to avenge both the original Yun Wanfu and her mother. The empress, Yun Wanfu’s fiancé, the Second Prince Yu Chenxuan, her stepmother Madam Wu, and her half-sister Yun Wanmei are all murderers or accomplices in Yun Wanfu’s death. The empress and her stepmother were als 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Exiled to the Frontier, I Led a Convict's Family to Build a Jiangnan Paradise Beyond the Great Wall 流放边疆，我带罪臣全家种出塞上江南 Exiled to the Frontier, I Led a Convict’s Entire Family to Turn the Borderlands into a Land of Plenty 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 A Popular Romance of Tang History 唐史通俗演义 [An introductory history, a comprehensive history of the Tang Dynasty, a chaptered historical novel, accessible true stories, heroes of the Sui and Tang] Want to learn the complete history of the Tang Dynasty without poring over dry history books? This Popular Romance of the Tang Dynasty is perfect for beginners. Written in an accessible blend of classical and vernacular Chinese, its hundred chapters connect the story of the Li Tang dynasty from beginning to end. Follow the chaos at the end of t 51Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 36 You're Remarried; I'm Single! Why Would I Want You? 你二婚；我未婚！为什么要你？ You're divorced and I'm single! Why would I want you? 7kReads—Score5414d adds
- 37 At the Parcel Station, I Uncovered My Husband's Affair with a Rich Woman 快递驿站，我扒出老公和富婆的奸情 At the Courier Pickup Station, I Uncovered My Husband’s Affair with a Rich Woman 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 I Sell Insult-Me Services on Xianyu, and My First Customer Was My Mom 我在闲鱼卖挨骂服务，首单是我妈 I Sell Insult-Me Services on Xianyu. My First Customer Was My Mom 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Reborn as a Farmer's Daughter, I Became the Village's Richest with One Bag of Fertilizer 穿成农家女后，我用一包化肥成了全村首富 After Reincarnating as a Farm Girl, I Became the Richest Person in the Village with a Bag of Fertilizer —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 My Husband Kept Eight Mistresses, but I'm His Trump Card 老公养了8个情人，我才是他的底牌 My Husband Kept Eight Mistresses. I Was the Ace Up His Sleeve 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Immortal Dao Is Unfathomable 仙道莫测 A modern archaeologist ventures deep into the Kunlun Mountains, where he unexpectedly encounters a psychic three-tailed white fox. Following it to a hidden cave, he chances upon a mysterious gray orb and is transported body and soul to a vast world of cultivation. From then on, he leaves behind his life as an ordinary mortal and joins a small sect in the martial world. Step by step, he advances on the path to immortality and breaks through one barrier after another. Watch as he defies the heaven 47Reads—Score214d adds
- 42 Yu Guinian Returns to 1968 as a Ten-Year-Old to Protect the Whole Family 玉归年重回68年十岁顽童护全家 [Period Setting, Reborn, Super-Civilization Space, Coming of Age, Strong Female Lead, Sweet Romance] Nian Baoyu and her husband shot each other dead. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in 1968, before her tenth birthday, on the night her father fled home to escape the armed factional fighting. Her father was hiding in the attic when someone informed on him. The commune's armed militia took him away, and more than ten days later, they sent back his corpse. Her mother was devastated and 23.8kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds
- 43 Cultivating Immortality Through Science: From Good-for-Nothing to Creator God 科学修仙：从废柴到创世神 Wang Linyuan is the good-for-nothing castoff of the Qingyun Sect, someone anyone can bully. Born with damaged meridians, he has no path to cultivation. After enduring endless humiliation, he leaps into the deadly Burial Immortals Abyss in despair, vowing to become a vengeful spirit and take his revenge. Yet what awaits him at the bottom of the abyss is not death, but the skeleton of a transmigrator from another world and an astonishing legacy known as “science.” From then on, he enchants a Gatli 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Premarital Checkup: The Report Is Out! You’re Impure, I’m Done With You! 婚前体检：报告曝光！你脏了，我不要了！ Premarital Checkup: The Report Is Out! You're Dirty. I Don't Want You Anymore! 2.7kReads—Score4914d adds
- 45 Your Majesty! The Goddess of Wealth Has Married Off Another of Your Consorts! 陛下！财神娘娘又嫁你妃嫔了 For female readers: Yao Fuer, the rightful Goddess of Wealth of the Three Realms, came down to the mortal world to undergo a tribulation, only to become an empress discarded in the Cold Palace. The Empress Dowager gave her poison, the emperor’s sister made things difficult for her, and all the concubines hoped she would die miserably. How ridiculous. I govern the world’s wealth and fortune. Do these people in the imperial harem really think they can bully me? With a touch of her finger, she t 50Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 46 On Their Wedding Day, the Bride’s Father Slapped Her Three Times in Public 大婚当天，岳父当众扇了新娘三巴掌 On Their Wedding Day, the Bride's Father Slapped Her Three Times in Front of Everyone 1.5kReads—Score13714d adds
- 47 I Transmigrated into The Return of the Condor Heroes and Saved Liu Yifei from the Start 穿越神雕，开局拯救刘天仙 Whoever transmigrates to the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes would want to save the person who leaves everyone with regrets! For nine out of ten people, that person is probably her. Zhou Tao transmigrates to the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes and activates a System. He leads a whole group of beauties to conquer heaven and earth! 178Reads—Score1014d adds
- 48 The Prince’s Abandoned Consort: The Useless Brats’ Mother Teaches Military Strategy 王府弃妃：废崽他娘教兵法 Female-oriented: discarded consort / cast-off kids / System / a thousand-year-old destiny Su Wanqing, a company’s finance director, transmigrates into a discarded princess consort and binds herself to a past-and-present System. From the start, she has four hopeless children to raise. Her eldest son is an idiot, her youngest son is a good-for-nothing, and her two daughters are the laughingstock of the capital. Instead of teaching them poetry, she teaches them military strategy, political schem 46.7kReads8.5Score4.4k14d adds
- 49 Counting Time at Sunset 在落日里数时间 [Tsundere younger man vs. radiant older woman] [Campus/Urban] [Bad Ending/Both Not Pure] If only we could stay as we were when we first met. Qiao Yuntao: “I’m not bitter. This ending simply isn’t worthy of the heart I put into this, knowing it was doomed and choosing to do it anyway. I gave it everything I had, so I’m not the one who should regret it.” Li Moyang: “The pain came later. Right after we broke up, I wasn’t very sad. I just felt relieved. Now I regret it. I lost everything, and I was 58Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 50 A History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十国史 A focused analysis of the briefest and most chaotic period of division in Chinese history. The book reveals how, behind the military men’s grip on power, society struggled to rebuild its order, and how this turmoil gave rise to the civil official politics of the later Song dynasty. A profound study of social transformation and the patterns of power changing hands, it offers a distinctive perspective and rigorous reasoning. 74.8kReads9.6Score10.3k14d adds
