Novels like The Lethal Secret Recipe
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- 101 I Make a Fortune by Controlling Dreams 我靠控梦赚大钱 Lin Zhouyue was an easygoing office worker who just wanted to lie flat. She had no lofty ambitions and didn't care about promotions or raises. But one day, she woke up to discover she could bring things from her dreams into the real world. Soon, she realized she could control her dreams and make all sorts of things happen. Before long, she became a high-paid success who made money hand over fist. Just as life was going swimmingly, the unexpected happened... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Celestial Pivot Guards of the Great Ming 大明天枢卫 In the early twentieth century, the body of an extraterrestrial higher-dimensional life-form spontaneously disintegrated in the skies over Siberia. Countless meteorite fragments scattered across the globe, some landing in a village in the Qilian Mountains of the northwest. As children, Zhu Mingyu and Zhu Mingchao, brothers from the Zhu family, were playing when fragments cut them. Their fates were sealed. Ten years later, the brothers were forced into a chain of mysteries spanning a century and 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 A Love Story in Suzhou 苏州的爱情故事 A Love Story in Suzhou 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Stardust on the Immortal Path 仙途星尘 Born with a special constitution, a young man becomes a pawn exploited by the major powers of the cultivation world. When he learns of the conspiracy behind it all, he sets out to take control of his own fate. After enduring trial upon trial, he uses stardust as his game pieces and shatters the shackles that have bound the ages. Trapped in a vast killing game laid by the great powers, he carves out his own path to immortality. 39Reads8.6Score114d adds
- 105 After Marriage, President Lu Fell for Me 婚后，陆总他沦陷了 [Marriage Before Love × First Love × Heiress × Domineering CEO] Lu Hanzhou is known throughout the business world as a cold-faced king of hell. He’s never short of female companions, yet no one has ever gotten close to his heart. Then a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Su Xiaoqing, now living abroad, appears and stirs up a subtle ripple in his life. Summoned back to China by her family, Su Wanqing returns to his world with her sharp tongue and keen mind. She’s the daughter of a family f 684Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 In This Life, I'll Be Your Little Sidekick 这一世，我来做你的小跟班 "Urban Everyday Life"+ "High School"+ "One Heroine" If a car accident hadn't taken his life, perhaps he would never have realized just how lonely his life had been. Chu Fan was dead. He had spent half his life striving. He'd once called the shots in conference rooms and sung his heart out at karaoke. But only after his death did he discover how deserted his funeral could be, a stark contrast to the lively life he'd led. Chu Fan quietly watched his funeral from beginning to end, as if he were wat 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 She Won't Comfort Me Anymore 她不哄我了 [Signed, awaiting publication] Inspired by the author's own experience of secretly loving someone for six years, even though he already loves someone else. Xu Ci is outwardly a cool, gifted young man, but inwardly sensitive. Wanyue is outwardly sunny and cheerful, but inwardly sensitive and insecure, a sweet, well-behaved girl. One summer, amid the buzzing cicadas, Xu Ci and Wanyue fell in love at first sight. Xu Ci had to leave early for something, and Wanyue thought she'd never see him again. 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Ghosts in Pieces 散装见鬼 Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? I think that question is as impossible to answer as whether there are dragons in this world. The answer you hear most often is: Believe in them, and they exist. Don’t believe in them, and they don’t. But if you ask me, my answer is simple: Yes! Not because I believe, but because I can see them. Of course, I wasn’t able to see them from birth. It all goes back to the strange experience I had when I was six... 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 My Junior Sister Has Quit Being Love-Struck, and the Whole Sect Can't Adjust 师妹不再恋爱脑，全宗竟不太适应 [Transmigration] + [System] + [Strong Female Lead] + [Xuanhuan] + [Romance] If you’re tired of female leads who are always out to conquer the world or save all its people, you have to read this book! The heroine just wants to lie flat and be a carefree slacker, but the System insists on giving her a golden finger. The more she lies flat, the stronger she gets, and the stronger she gets, the more miserable she becomes, because everyone comes knocking to force her to “get to work.” It’s packed wi 478Reads—Score11214d adds
- 110 I Took the Wrong Phone, and Now the Abstinent Tycoon Won’t Leave Me Alone 拿错手机，我被禁欲大佬缠上了 [Top Student + Both Pure + Secret Identity + Real and Fake Heiresses + Suspense + Male Rivals Competing] Fu Yiyi, the campus belle of Qing University, accidentally collided with the aloof campus heartthrob Lu Zhiheng, and they picked up each other's phones by mistake. Through a twist of fate, they signed an agreement to pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend, beginning an unforgettable romance. Female Lead: Fu Yiyi is a top student and campus belle. Raised in an orphanage, she earned her way int 5.9kReads9.3Score79214d adds
- 111 The Saga of Hot-Blooded Great Tang Continues: The Endgame 再继热血大唐，棋局终焉 [No System + Hard-Nosed Political Intrigue + Farming and Infrastructure + Epic Wars + Epic Ensemble Cast] [Three Generations · A Century of History · Reforging China's Backbone] He transmigrates into the heir to the northern borderlands of the Great Xi, and finds himself in hell mode from the start? His father, Li Huiming, is afflicted with demonic poison and may not live to see another day; His aunt, Wu Xinghuang, ascends the throne as emperor and regards the Li family as a thorn in her side; 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 I Devour All Things and Rise to the Top of the Heavens Through Feedback 吞噬万物我靠反馈登顶诸天 An overworked factory hand transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing disciple and awakens the Devour All Things System! Plants and herbs, pills, monsters and enemies, treasures and techniques: whatever he devours makes him stronger, letting him fuse them straight into Heaven-ranked martial skills and high-grade spiritual treasures! He hides his strength in the outer sect and trounces the sect’s geniuses. Eight grand elders compete to take him as their disciple and give him divine weapons 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 From Nothing to a Business Empire 从一无所有到商业帝国 “The company went bankrupt, I’m a million in debt, and even my girlfriend of seven years is riding around in my rival’s luxury car.” When Lin Shen woke up in a damp basement, faced with debt-collection texts and a life in ruins, he thought he had hit rock bottom. Then his father fell seriously ill, making matters even worse. Starting from nothing, with stone as his foundation In Qingshi Town, he started from scratch, building a team one step at a time. Chaotic computing power, rewriting the rule 76Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 114 From a 38-Yuan AI Writing Gig to Web-Novel Greatness AI码字成神从38元到网文大神 Chen Mo, a 34-year-old interior designer, spent three years writing web novels, but both were flops. He earned less than 3,000 yuan in royalties, while his seriously ill mother urgently needed 500,000 yuan for surgery. With nowhere else to turn, he accidentally unlocked the ultimate secrets of AI writing and turned writing into an industrial assembly line. From earning 38 yuan on his debut to becoming a web-novel master, from a low-level wage earner to a legend in the online fiction world, he se 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Plunge! 坠！ I was born in a small city blanketed in coal dust. By chance, I reunited with the girl who had once lived next door, whom I hadn't seen in many years. There were many versions of the rumors about her past, and it was hard to tell truth from fiction. This time, she slowly told her own story. I had just finished reading Fallen. Her life had some similarities to Mo Huai's in the book, but the differences between them were fundamental. I wrote down this memory not to compare whose fate was more trag 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 I'm the Only Sane Person on This Film Set 这剧组就我一个正常人 I'm the only sane person on this film set. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Reborn in the 1980s: I Became a World-Famous Doctor Through Chinese Medicine 重生八零我靠中医绝世医名震天下 Reborn in the 1980s, a story of traditional Chinese medicine saving lives, face-slapping satisfaction, rural revitalization, fame in the city, and the passing down of traditional Chinese medicine. Grounded in professional expertise, not quackery; packed with satisfying moments without resorting to melodrama. It balances real-life resonance with cultural heritage. Its core tone is heartwarming healing, satisfying triumph, and professional expertise. It does not smear Western medicine or indulge i 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Chronicles of the Red Sash 绾红记 Chronicles of Crimson Silk 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 A Heart Like Heng 锦心似蘅 Just started ranking, so the numbers will rise later! [Intrigue, historical setting, romance, court politics, strategy, intelligent cast (not a mindless wish-fulfillment story)] He thought she was just a pawn. She thought he was a caged bird trapped in an abyss. In this game that began with lies, whoever fell in love first was destined to lose everything. “I got close to you to use you.” “I know. I got close to you to turn your scheme against you.” It turned out that all their deep affection 364Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 120 No Way Forward Amid the Apocalypse's Chaos 末世乱战之前行无路 A glimpse of the real world 100 years in the future: a catastrophe that kills 3 billion people! Technological progress strips humanity of its civilizational dominance! The moon shatters, and Earth is about to plunge into the abyss of space! Lin Zicheng and his family leave the prosperous cities of the future and move to the countryside to survive, only to find that the entire social order has collapsed and everyone has been swept into a chaotic and complicated age of turmoil. First they clash wi 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 A Strange Immortal Fate: The Good-for-Nothing Without a Spiritual Root Turns His Life Around 奇仙缘：无灵根废柴的逆转之路 [New release] + [Fantasy with a System] + [Laugh-out-loud fun] + [One heroine] Su Qingxuan, a humble errand boy of the Qingfeng Sect, was born without a spiritual root. Amid the crowd’s scorn, he unexpectedly found an immortal gourd and became bound to a System! Later, a mysterious voice in a secret realm told him that he wasn’t actually without a spiritual root. He had the legendary… spiritual root. The little System is adorable and mischievous, and always good for a laugh. A fox demon at t 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The Sound of Memory 记忆的声音 People grow up, but stories remain. How much is left of the stories we used to hear? The twelve zodiac animals, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, nature and history: what have we left behind... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Unbelievable: My Love Rival Takes Me Around Beating Up Scumbags 离谱：情敌带我到处虐渣 [爽 and satisfying] [No saintly protagonist] [Multiple female leads] [Decisive and ruthless] The protagonist's group enjoys gossip and has no desire to hurt anyone, yet they get caught up in a series of plots and schemes. To protect themselves, they have no choice but to fight back, step by step embarking on the path to becoming powerful. At first, the group is weak and often bullied. Later, they grow strong and become rulers of their own domain. 1.1kReads8.3Score10414d adds
- 124 Global Ascension: I Defy Fate as a Gambler 全球升华：我以赌徒逆天命 [Fast-paced, consistently high quality, one heroine + mind games + plot-driven + grand setting + no mindless power fantasy. Takes off after 40 chapters. Frequent updates, no filler.] “My profession is gambler, Chen Si. Oh, you mean my real-life job? Still a gambler.” Ever since Chen Si transmigrated and somehow got dragged into the world of [Divine Oracle], he’d been completely baffled. “You’re telling me this is a game?” “Everyone else is a knight or a mage. Why am I a gambler?” “And why did th 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 The Arrogant Farm Girl Will Turn the Tables 狂妄农女要翻天 Farming with a pocket dimension, cultivating immortality amid chaos. The heroine rises from a farmer’s daughter to become the empress of the world. She’s wild, truly wild. Known as the Little Tyrant of Qianlan, she never lets a corpse grow cold. Because her pocket dimension likes its corpses fresh. After arriving in ancient times, she accidentally activates a pocket dimension, but it needs corpses to level up. Anyone who betrays her becomes fertilizer for the pocket dimension. The same goes for 443Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 126 Go to Sleep, I'm Here 睡吧，我在呢 Go to sleep. I'm right here. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The 1990s: A Business Empire Built from Five Thousand 90年代：五千起步的商业帝国 [Stock Trading + Ancient Wisdom + Comeback + Entrepreneurship + Opportunities of the Era + Romance] In 1997, on the eve of the handover, Lin Tiebo entered the stock market at its peak with 5,000 yuan in his pocket. It was all the money he had, and his only hope of finding Xiaomei. The first time he made a move, people laughed at him in public for “not even understanding the rules.” Yet this outsider used ancient wisdom from works like the Biographies of Merchants to buy precisely at the bottom a 1.3kReads8.8Score10014d adds
- 128 The Two Heroes of the Yang Family Defend the Yellow River 守黄河杨家双雄 The Yellow River roars as Khitan cavalry smash through Yanmen Pass, leaving half of the Northern Song’s realm on the brink of disaster! The Yang family of Linzhou has spent three generations building an unyielding Great Wall along the Yellow River with their own flesh and blood. Yang Wudi, Yang Ye, leads his troops in holding the Yellow River crossing, covering hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians as they cross. He fights until he is captured, then refuses food for three days to sho 529Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 129 Half a Lifetime of Enduring, Half a Lifetime Beloved 半生隐忍半生卿 When Gu Yan was nine, his dying father entrusted him to his old classmate, Shen Dean. From then on, he lived under the same roof as the Shen family, growing up alongside their daughter, Shen Wan. She was the cherished daughter of the household, while he was the child of an old friend. An invisible wall separated their stations in life. Yet she had warmed him with porridge on cold nights, and he had shielded her from the rain that poured across the city. Love took root in their everyday closenes 230Reads8.2Score10314d adds
- 130 The Demon Catcher of Great Qi 大亓捉妖人 Demons run rampant across Great Qi, bringing misery to the people. Ding Fan, a demon hunter in the Imperial Demon-Suppression Bureau, is driven by a deep-seated hatred of demons and travels far and wide to hunt them. At first, his cultivation is weak, and powerful demons often abduct him. Though danger lurks everywhere, he also encounters countless opportunities. He joins a sect, obtains a famed sword, and masters the Nine Swords of Tai Bai. From then on, he cuts down demons and cultivates along 3.9kReads9.3Score39214d adds
- 131 Five Elements Grotto-Heaven: I Cultivate in Secret and Become an Immortal Through the Eight Trigrams 五行洞天，我靠八卦苟成仙 Portable grotto-heaven + mortal cultivation + divination + alchemy + artifact crafting + spirit insects + spirit beasts. After inheriting the legacy of his ancestor, King Wen of Zhou, Ji Chang, he comprehends the Art of the Zhou Yi Eight Trigrams, allowing him to discern opportunities, locate dragon veins and auspicious sites, and see fortune and misfortune at a glance. He gradually unlocks a portable Five-Element Grotto-Heaven secret realm! Its area keeps expanding, and the flow of time within 127Reads—Score27114d adds
- 132 I Refused to Be a Marquis's Concubine and Married a Prince Instead. The Heir Apparent Regrets It 拒做侯府妾，转身嫁皇子世子悔晕 She is the legitimate daughter of the chancellor, famed throughout the capital and betrothed to her childhood sweetheart, the heir to a marquis’s household. She believes they will be together for life, just the two of them. He is the fourth prince, brilliant and gifted, but so reserved by nature that he keeps his love buried deep in his heart, silently protecting her for years. Then the political winds shift. He is framed and demoted, and her family is dragged down with him, falling into ruin. A 753Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Kunlun Myth: The Hidden Immortal of Primordial Chaos 昆仑神话之混元仙隐 Beneath the moon, he meets an immortal and a beauty, their fates bound across three lifetimes as they cultivate to immortality. Destined across three lives and three worlds! A charming beauty who has barely seen the world! 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Acting and Having a Baby, Two Goals at Once: Reborn to Make My Rival Furious 拍戏生娃两手抓，重生后气死对家 [One-on-one romance] [Both devoted to each other] [Happy ending, very sweet, no angst] [Seven-year age gap] Quirky, fussy heroine x fatherly CEO hero After being reborn, Xia Yunshu, a new student at an acting school, becomes a theme park NPC, scaring visitors for work and sending a ridiculous blind date to the police station on the side. Her awful aunt storms into the school and throws a fit: “We sold you for an 80,000-yuan bride price. Hurry up and come back to have a son!” Xia Yunshu immediate 1.8kReads8.2Score11314d adds
- 135 Survival by Sequence: The Money-Spending System 序列求生之消费金钱系统 [Written by the author personally + not mindless + not invincible + Sequences + the eerie + road survival + apocalypse survival + sci-fi + clear logic] The world suddenly plunges into an eerie apocalypse. The only way to survive is to awaken a Sequence, join a convoy, and obtain a ghostly artifact. All kinds of powerful horrors attack the convoys, which also encounter other groups on the road. Survivors scheme against and slaughter one another. The protagonist, Yue Nan, obtains a System that let 2.1kReads5.9Score10414d adds
- 136 Lone Shadow over the Cold River, Moon-Hanging Blade 寒江孤影悬月刀 Hanjiang is a major military stronghold guarding the vital route between north and south, as well as a prosperous haven for merchants. It is said that its waters stretch for three thousand li, its sails carry grain from across the land, and its splendid nightlife rivals that of Jiangnan! Every faction in the realm has a foothold here, from warlords and great clans to martial arts sects and even the Buddhist and Taoist faiths. History-making battles... one coup after another, as power changes han 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Farming: I Carry a Living Spirit Vein to Grow Spirit Plants in the Back Hills 种田我抱着活灵脉在后山种灵植 Don't panic about the rating, it just came out and can still rise! [Male-Oriented Farming Power Fantasy] [Smart Protagonist] [One Female Lead] [Devoted Husband] [No System] [Everyday Life] [Face-Slapping] Starting with everyday life, family affection, and business rivalries, the story expands into elements such as turning the tables, family disputes, and devotion to the country. After the protagonist unexpectedly signs a contract with an ancient Ink Spirit Vine, he gains the power of life and sp 985Reads8.2Score11014d adds
- 138 Winter Fishing 冬渔 [The currents of youth × one devoted love|He loves the moon’s sacred brilliance, but he loves her imperfections even more] Jiang Yu and Pei Yanhui have known each other since childhood, though they spent years apart in different countries. In those years, she struggled through the darkness, sinking deep into a swamp of malice; he grew up beneath clear skies, openhearted and bright. She locked her past away in ice, believing distance could hide her wounds forever. Until he returned home and disc 475Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 139 I’m Going Wild in the Update-Halt Management Bureau 我在断更管理局癫翻全世界 [Funny infinite-worlds adventure + unhinged wish fulfillment + silly comedy + one-on-one slow-burn sweet romance] [An out-of-control plot-filler vs. a hapless CEO from another dimension] Jiang Mian transmigrates into an abandoned web novel. The moment she opens her eyes, her own mother has her strapped to an operating table, ready to harvest her kidneys. A System pops up with an announcement: "Welcome to the Abandoned Novel Management Bureau!" Job description: Become the heroine of an abandoned 261Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Welcome Back to the Nightmare's Beginning 欢迎回到噩梦起点 (Infinite survival, puzzle-solving, mild horror) Late at night, Shao Jie stumbled sleepily toward the bathroom. The instant he opened the door, the whole world spun upside down! When he came to, he found himself in a gloomy, terrifying otherworld. There, he was forced to take part in a horrifying survival game: eerie footsteps sounded outside the door during the midnight room inspections, villagers mysteriously vanished from a remote village every night, and worst of all... the woman who had onc 15.8kReads7.7Score1.7k14d adds
- 141 Three Little Darlings, Dare You Take Them On? 三个小可爱，你敢要吗 (Transmigration + ensemble cast + academy + redemption + humor + healing + hope + happiness + fantasy + sci-fi) (An art piece that neither attacks nor defends (don't mind the author's self-deprecating joke)) She was fortunate enough to come from a world without soul power. After transmigrating into another world scripted by the "Devourers," she was stuffed into an "unfamiliar" body, assigned fake data claiming she had "Level 40 soul power," and sent to an academy. She cannot use soul power. She 35Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 142 Paper Effigies and the Yin Shop (Part Two) 纸扎阴铺(二) Paper Effigies and the Yin Shop (2) 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Top Outdoor Adventure Streamer Nearly Died Live on Camera 户外探险第一网红，差点死在直播间 The biggest outdoor adventure streamer nearly died live on camera 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Eldest Daughter Doesn't Feel Like Being Sensible Today Either 嫡长女今天也不想懂事 The Legitimate Eldest Daughter Doesn't Want to Behave Today Either 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Tianyan Divine City 天衍神城 [Xuanhuan] [No System] [Smart Protagonist] [Resolute and Passionate] [One Female Lead] A village boy finds a mysterious divine city in the depths of his mind. By chance, he is drawn into a battle between a sacred cultivation ground and the divine beast Black Tortoise. He tempers his Yin-Yang Dao Body, awakens an unparalleled ancient scripture, and discovers that he carries the bloodline born of the union of Heaven's Dao in the realms of gods and demons. Cultivating both divine and demonic arts, 253Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 146 Creatures of the Three Realms, Listen Up: I Am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Titiankong 三界众生，听好了，我乃齐天大圣孙替空 Hear me, all beings of the Three Realms! I am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Tifukong 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Adventures of Li Ergou in Another World 李二狗异界闯荡录 The Eastern and Western Continents, the four realms of humans, demons, dragons, and gods, nine great domains of the void, countless worlds, and a vast universe from time immemorial. A whole new world system, a completely different experience. Humans and demons clash, dragons and gods wage war. From earth to heaven, the battle against gods and demons begins! 237Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Reborn as Zhang Cuishan: Master, Save Me! 重生张翠山，师尊救我！ People say that if Zhang Cuishan had just shouted, “Master, save me!” not one of the Six Major Sects would have made it down the mountain that day. Who knows if that's true? No one actually wanted to kill him. His and his wife's deaths left the Six Major Sects in an awful predicament. They'd gone there to rid the martial world of a menace and uphold its moral order. To keep the fine young man Zhang Cuishan from going astray, all they wanted was for him to reveal Xie Xun's whereabouts. After that 3.4kReads8.3Score22814d adds
- 149 Hua Yan, Heaven and Earth 华炎天与地 Huayan Heaven and Earth 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The Legend of Lu Hua and Hua Fei 吕华与华飞传说 The Legend of Lü Hua and Hua Fei 4Reads—Score—14d adds
