Novels like The Secret of Preservation
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- 101 Breaking into Showbiz, Starting by Playing a Corpse 进击娱乐圈，从扮演尸体开始 [Nonhuman male lead + forced to perform + evolving acting skills + livestream chat commentary + daily life + light technical focus + light subversion of tropes] I’ll die if I don’t act? System, did I kill you in my past life or something?! Why are you making someone with a deadpan face like me perform? Other people join the industry to get famous. I joined to stay alive. As for whether I get famous? We’ll see. By chance, Cheng Lan obtained an acting System, and from then on went from playing min 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Provide After-Sales Service for the Villainous Brat 穿书后，为坏种反派提供售后服务 [Book Transmigration + No System + 1v1 + Younger Male Lead + Both Are Inexperienced] "A romance author with a head full of dirty thoughts who loves teasing men × a wicked yet pure-hearted, easily flustered, obedient villainous younger brother" “He began by using her, and she fell for him while trying to save him. This game of lies ends with them burning for one another in earnest.” Xie Feifei transmigrates into the novel she wrote but never published, the entire manuscript already finished! And 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Before the Dust Settles 染尘前篇 Jiang Luochen encounters the spirit fox Chi Ran in a secluded woodland paradise. They spend their days together, caring for one another, and gradually fall for each other. Chi Ran follows him home and learns that his mother is seriously ill and needs nourishing food. She secretly brings him fish to help, and the two spend their days side by side, making a living by fishing. While buying cloth for his mother, Jiang Luochen meets Meng Xiyue and Meng Muyao. Later, he goes to admire lotuses at Mist —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 How I Just Wanted to Keep My Head Down, Yet Somehow Picked Up a Saintess of the Demon Race 关于我只想苟着却捡到魔族圣女这档事 The Story of How I Just Wanted to Keep My Head Down, but Ended Up Picking Up a Saintess of the Demon Clan 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 After My Ninety-Ninth Failed Proposal, I Left 第九十九次求婚失败后，我离开了 After my ninety-ninth failed proposal, I left. 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 The Netherworld Lord Is Panicking: His Wife Runs the Underworld Relocation Office 冥君他急了，老婆是地府搬迁办 Sang Luo is full of baleful energy, born with an iron-hard fate and the ability to beat ghosts bare-handed. After twenty years on the job, she tops the Underworld’s annual list of “Most Unwelcome Visitors.” The Ten Kings of Hell get a headache the moment they hear she’s coming. After all, whenever this formidable woman shows up, she not only makes the government reimburse her taxi fare, but also swipes a few jars of Meng Po’s soup to drink. Then she takes a job from Fu Yun Ci, the president of t 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Live Comments Spoiled My Cultivation Journey 弹幕剧透了我的修仙路 [Transmigration + pocket dimension + supporting-character comeback + golden finger live-commentary + feel-good power fantasy] She transmigrates into the body of a doomed supporting character, complete with a live-commentary room full of readers of the original novel. From then on, she keeps a low profile as she grows stronger, snatches opportunities, and dodges every death flag. When she finally comes to her senses, she wonders: How did I become a big shot? She has a portable pocket dimension w 120Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 The Jianghu’s Turmoil: The Man Who Should Never Have Existed 江湖风云，本不该存在的人 [Not xianxia · Historical power struggles · Two storylines spanning the jianghu and the imperial court] After his soul transmigrated to another world, Zhao Zhen only wanted to live out the rest of his days in peace as an ordinary man. But a packet of strange scarlet-burning powder was like a poison-coated key, forcing open the door to his quiet life and bringing the Xuan Ying Cult’s relentless pursuit down upon him. His friends and family were repeatedly dragged into the danger, and innocent pe 426Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 109 A Goddess Is Chasing Me? But I Just Want to Drive a Ride-Hailing Car! 女神倒追？可我只想开网约车啊！ Zhang Jie, a ride-hailing driver, happens upon a special System that lets him accept ride requests spanning different worlds. On one trip after another, he meets travelers from all kinds of worlds and experiences their vastly different customs and ways of life. Opportunities keep appearing along the way, and many travelers offer him a place at their side. Though he has the chance to embark on an extraordinary path, Zhang Jie’s own wishes never change. He only wants to complete every ride diligen 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 The System Was Gifted to Me from the Start 开局就送系统 After transmigrating to another world, Xiao Lin unexpectedly binds himself to an overpowered System. Short on resources? Trade for spiritual energy and easily make up for gaps in your cultivation. Weak cultivation? Master both alchemy and artifact forging, and watch your strength soar. Even ordinary weapons can be tempered and upgraded, while common pills can be refined to perfect quality. He lies low and builds his strength in Qingyang City as turmoil rages across the Central Region, where a my 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 I Get Stronger Just by Saving Money 只要我攒钱就能变强 Lin Xin loves saving money. In the apocalypse, he awakens a Pixiu System that makes him stronger the more money he saves. He gets a Divine Emperor Art from the start, and his true form leaves every villain stunned! Watch him protect humanity, sweep through the universe, and restore glory! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Demon Hunter of Chang'an 长安妖探 Demons harbor obsessions, and people conceal their own dark schemes. Any case in Chang’an can be solved, but the trials of love are impossible to escape. Thirty years ago, He Xingzhi was the chief of the Demon Suppression Bureau, the court-appointed greatest demon investigator in the land. With a demon-slaying sword in hand, he kept the demon clans across the four seas from stirring up trouble. But after he was convicted of mistakenly killing a commoner and stripped of his post, he withdrew to Z 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Xiaojiang Town 晓江镇 Amid the clashes of interest and struggles of human nature in the trenches of the workplace, Mo Ye is a hands-on doer who remains true to his original aspirations. How can he break through the obstacles and achieve a win-win for his own ambitions and local development? This story explores how idealism can survive and bloom in the soil of reality. 25Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 114 I Have a Blade That Can Slay the Tathagata 我有一刀，可斩如来 #Slay the Buddha #Buddhist Disciple’s Rise #Evil Buddha #Slay the Buddha to Attain the Dao They say I am the Buddha’s chosen one, destined to kneel before the blood-soaked lotus throne and sacrifice the mortal world to nourish the new Buddha. But all I want is to slay the Tathagata. So I replaced my right arm with the hand of an Impermanence Ghost, planted a Flower of the Other Shore in my right eye, and tore my own name from the Book of Life and Death with my left hand. I swallowed sword inte 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 The Laid-Back Dark God and His Beloved Little Wolf Girl of Light 摆烂黑暗神，偏宠光明小狼女 [Darkness Protects Light + Redemption + Enemies-to-Lovers + Devoted Love + Slacking Off + Invincible + Defying Fate] An Mu Tian is the last direct descendant of the dark creator, Shitian Yuan, and the most powerful member of Shitian Yuan’s bloodline. He was born with the mission of destroying the world. But he loves freedom and has no desire to fight for power, so he chooses to be an ordinary mechanic in the spirit realm. Every day, he does nothing but slack off, dreaming of retiring early and d 2Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 116 The Powerful Man Got Tired of Me and Asked to Break Up. I Agreed at Once. Later, He Cried and Asked If I Still Wanted Him 大佬厌倦提分手，我秒同意，后来他哭着问我还要不要他 The big shot got tired of our relationship and asked to break up. I agreed instantly. Later, he cried and asked if I still wanted him 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 117 On the Day We Were to Register Our Marriage, I Fled South. My Fiancée’s Comeuppance Came Twenty Years Late 领证日，我逃婚南下，未婚妻的报应迟到了20年 On the day we were supposed to register our marriage, I ran away south. My fiancée’s comeuppance came twenty years late. 602Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 The Tigress in Rouge: Liu Sanniang's Tale of Taming Her Husband and Managing the Household 胭脂虎：柳三娘驯夫掌家记 The Tigress in Rouge: Liu Sanniang's Guide to Taming Her Husband and Running the Household 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 My Childhood Friend and the Newcomer Are Both Clingy, but I Just Want to Lie Flat 竹马天降太黏我，我只想躺平 After transmigrating as the young master of the Duke of Dingguo’s household, with wealth, looks, and an illustrious family, Zhai Hongsheng wants nothing more than to lie flat and coast through life! Who could have guessed? His obsessive childhood friend Su Yanghui murmurs sweetly, “When you turn eighteen, I’ll marry you with a grand procession. You’ll be my one and only for life.” The green-tea beauty Shangguan Chunshui pursues him at every turn: “I’ve been devoted to you for twelve years. You’ 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 The Madman Special Cases Unit 疯子特案 [Four lunatics, solving cases that expose the darkest sides of human nature] My name is Lu Chenyuan, and I lead Special Case Unit Four. All four people on my team are lunatics… Forensic pathologist Su Lianxin saw her father murder her mother when she was seven. Since then, she has trusted only the dead. Technical specialist Jiang Su made a mistake that wrongfully condemned an innocent person. He swore he would never make another mistake for as long as he lived. Criminal profiler Wen Jin was on 536Reads—Score100Shelves
- 121 Transmigrated into a Pirate King, I Picked Up a Female General from the Start 穿越成海盗王，开局捡到女将军 Lin Feng transmigrates and becomes a pirate king. He thinks he's in for an adventure conquering the seas, but instead finds himself facing a government manhunt and a mutiny. He's left with a single battered ship and seven or eight old, weak men: a hellish start. Lin Feng isn't afraid of any challenge, no matter how great! I'm going to be the King of the Pirates! Think the ship is too small and shabby? I'll draw up plans for a modern warship right here! Still relying on traditional boarding tacti —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Reborn: I Returned to the Day I Met My Husband, and Decided to Stay Far Away From Him 重生，回到与老公相遇时，我决定躲他远远的 Reborn, I return to the time I first met my husband and decide to stay as far away from him as possible. 3.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 123 The Princess’s Beloved Consort, Steadfast as an Inkstone 砚定安宁驸马的掌心宠 Ancient historical romance + bickering couple + sweet romance + clever leads + mutual devotion The heroine, Princess Anle Yang Ninger, is arrogant and domineering. She prefers a whip to makeup and is bold, spirited, and unafraid to love or hate. She's dumped from the start, only to become the most sought-after woman in the blink of an eye. The top scholar treats her like the apple of his eye... The two go from bickering rivals to protecting each other through danger, and gradually fall in lov 914Reads8.6Score105Shelves
- 124 So Satisfying! My Husband Tried to Kill Me to Ascend, but I Had Him Thrown in Jail 酸爽！夫君想杀妻证道，反被送进大牢 So Satisfying! My Husband Tried to Kill Me to Prove His Dao, but I Got Him Thrown in Jail Instead 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 Transmigrated as a White-Haired Girl, She Raises Her Right Hand 穿越成白毛她向上举起了右手 (A powerful physique, a people-centered historical perspective, slow burn, farming, revolutionary spirit, epic length, nearly 200 years of revolutionary history) In the autumn of 1120, the second year of the Xuanhe era, Fang La led his followers in a rebellion, setting in motion the last major uprising within the late Northern Song dynasty. It became known as the Fang La Rebellion. On the eve of the uprising, Xuan Yuanqi transmigrated to the Northern Song. In the history he knew, China suffered 1.9kReads—Score319Shelves
- 126 In the Wasteland Era, I Heard I Awakened the Worst Talent 废土时代，听说我觉醒了最差天赋 [Apocalypse] [Urban superpowers] [Single female lead] [Comedy] A century after nuclear disaster, the survivors cling to life in a wasteland. The high-walled fortresses were never a paradise for the weak. Gu Yuan escaped a sea of corpses in the wilderness with his younger sister, Gu Ningshuang, and made it into Fortress 21, hoping only for steady meals and a safe, peaceful life for his sister. Who could have guessed that the Superpower he awakened would be “Luck,” ranked 108th in the sequence, a 1.4kReads8.3Score—Shelves
- 127 Black Otherworldly Immortal 黑异恒者 Across countless universes, gods run rampant and overlords clash for supremacy. The Black Prison finally erupts. … Lu Jun, male, twenty-six, single, with no home or savings. A ruthless Black Adept who cares only about profit. One day, a white-haired girl suddenly appears out of nowhere in his shop. “Miss, what do you want?” “This humble one wishes to experience the most complex emotion in the world… love.” “Any special requirements?” “The love I desire must be pure as a lily.” Lu Jun understood 2.5kReads8.2Score166Shelves
- 128 The Servant’s Rise: I Want Both a Career and Romance 杂役逆袭：搞事业和谈恋爱我都要 [Female-led + cultivation comeback + concealed identity + mutual devotion + character growth] A Xu, a demonic cultivator's servant, has endured endless hardship and is dismissed as a good-for-nothing with no spiritual roots. No one knows that seven years of struggling in the demon caves have made her highly capable, or that she possesses rare Five Elements spiritual roots that have simply been misidentified all along. To escape her miserable life, she changes her appearance, takes the name Yan Q 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 In the Palworld, Why Can’t I Be King? 到帕鲁世界，怎就不能当王 [Business Warfare] [War] [Pokemon Battles] [Palworld] [Multiple Heroines] [Can Pals Cultivate Immortality Too?] [Multiple Transmigrators] This is a strange Palworld, where people from all kinds of eras have arrived. They have to explore it little by little before discovering that this world is completely different from what they expected. Go conquer it and rule it! Make the trip count! 300Reads—Score367Shelves
- 130 A Breath of Fresh Air 一缕清风 If there is another life, I wish to be neither immortal nor human, but only a breeze resting on your shoulder. A deep love thwarted by fate, destiny playing cruel tricks: amid the clash between the fated struggle of good and evil and the greater good of all living beings, individual feelings are fragile and tragic. 67Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 131 Human Survivors: A Collection of Fairy Tales 人类幸存者【童话集】 Who is the true survivor? The ageless performer onstage, or the audience that lives on forever below? Seen from above, the audience becomes part of the story too. In the very end, who is the survivor in this dreamlike illusion? This is an original work by Rabbit Vampire, now authorized for publication on Royal Road. Reproduction is permitted. All rights reserved. Infringements will be prosecuted. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 The Path of the Gods Across Ten Thousand Lives 魂穿万世之神路 Who knows how vast heaven and earth are? Who knows how long the ages last? Who knows whether the cycle of souls being born, dying, and reincarnating is real? Lin Xuan, an unparalleled powerhouse, spent countless years and treasures to uncover a trace of the secret of reincarnation. For one person, he reincarnated through countless lifetimes, yet remained trapped in the mortal world by a trial of love... 31Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 133 Return to the Inn 归栈 Return to the Inn 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 A Record of Heart-Piercing Crimes 诛心记 Autumn of the first year of Baozheng, the night before Frost’s Descent. Silver King Ye Wuqing launched the “Black Armor Coup” in the imperial capital. Iron cavalry trampled the moonlit streets, and smoke from the fires advanced toward the ninefold palace walls. Emperor Ye Wushuang wept as he stood before the palace hall. Unwilling to treat the people as mere straw dogs, he removed his crown and issued an edict of abdication. That night, the emperor climbed the Star-Gazing Tower alone, gazed no 116Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 135 The Divine Physician’s Hands Can Heal All: The Good-for-Nothing Legitimate Daughter Defies Heaven 医手遮天：废柴嫡女要逆天 Transmigration and rebirth + palace intrigue and household battles + two strong, calculating leads + face-slapping A modern doctor transmigrates into Tang Muxue, the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Estate. Carrying the grievances of her previous life and blessed with peerless medical skills, she leaves her former timidity behind and makes a place for herself through medicine. She saves lives and heals the sick, and unexpectedly meets the cold-faced Prince Jing, Xiao Mochen. Xiao Mochen suffe 6.3kReads8.8Score644Shelves
- 136 A Future to Look Forward to, Morning and Night 朝暮可盼 Cheerful, healing, adorably goofy art student × aloof on the outside, warm-hearted and proud academic ace On the second day after Shen Mu transferred schools, her homeroom teacher assigned her to Lin Lizhao, the grade's top student and resident “ice block.” People said he was cold and taciturn. Even classmates who had been with him for three years didn't dare strike up a conversation. Then one day, the usually stone-faced top student cornered her in the stairwell, his voice low and plaintive. “D 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Lock the Sane People In 把清醒的人关进来 Lock the Clear-Headed Inside 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 The Hilarious Life of a Rich Girl Married to a Fake Rich Guy 富家女嫁假富公子的搞笑生活 The Hilarious Married Life of a Rich Girl and a Fake Rich Heir 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 我想娶你表妹，你却先当我爹 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 The Hidden-Edge Son-in-Law 藏锋赘婿 The Hidden-Edge Live-In Son-in-Law 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 Traveling Together on Misty Island 雾岛同行 Companions on Misty Island 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 深山祖宅惊魂 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Good Lord, the Mad Homeless Man I Picked Up Is the Missing Trillionaire Tycoon Everyone Online Has Been Searching For 天，我捡的疯癫流浪汉，竟是全网失踪的千亿首富 Oh My God, the Deranged Homeless Man I Picked Up Is Actually the Trillionaire Who Vanished from the Internet 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 A Chilling Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 惊悚悬疑故事：第七个收件人 A Gripping Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Women Who Have Fallen into Pit Toilets Have Especially Keen Noses 掉过茅坑的女人，鼻子都比较灵 Women Who’ve Fallen into a Pit Toilet Have Especially Sharp Noses 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 The Demon Lord Is Back: I Crawled Out of My Own Grave 魔头复活了：老子从坟里爬出来了 Xuanhuan, revived demon lord, wish fulfillment, ghosts and monsters, comedy, dark tone, no female lead, gender transformation, ensemble cast, court politics, martial world, mystery, transmigrate, reborn, no System, antihero protagonist (Also known as The Ghostly Genius of a Thousand Years) Ten years ago, Chen Changqing was hunted down by twenty-three masters, to the delight of the world. Ten years later, two tomb raiders opened his coffin. There were no bones inside, only a yawning young man. “T 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 Apocalypse! A Good-for-Nothing? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 末世！废物？回收！我能成为这片区域的神！！！ Apocalypse! Useless? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 Memories Awaken, and I Rise to the Top of the Police Force 觉醒记忆重现，登顶警界无人能及 Objects tainted by sin all bear invisible traces. He was once the least noticeable intern: mediocre, quiet, and, in everyone’s eyes, the team’s outsider. Until one day, he gained the ability to “see” the secrets criminals could never tell. He rose from the dust, following the traces of sin as his clues and wielding the truth as his blade, tearing away every disguise one step at a time. People call him a “great detective,” but no one knows that the longer he gazes into the abyss, the deeper its u 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 Blazing High Martial: The Dungeon System's Reversal 热血高武：地下城系统的逆袭 With spiritual qi revived and martial arts supreme, Lu Chen unexpectedly binds himself to a Dungeon System. Clear dungeons to get god-tier gear, and grow stronger with every instance. While others spend ten years in arduous cultivation, he needs only one run to clear a dungeon. From bottom of the class to someone all look up to, he uses his DNF System to carve a bloody path through the entire high-martial world! 495Reads—Score109Shelves
- 150 I Went Undercover in a Scam Compound 我在诈骗园区当卧底 I'm an Undercover Agent in a Scam Compound 162Reads—Score—Shelves
