Novels like Self-Restrained, Tradition-Bound Eldest Son from Shandong ✘ Unrestrained, Outspoken Only Son from Chaoshan
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- 151 My Master Is Way Too Laid-Back 我家师尊太佛系 [Goofy Female Protagonist + No Romance + Pure Master-Disciple Relationship + BE Ending + HE Bonus Ending] First-person narration + asides + omniscient-perspective bonus chapters [Enter at your own risk if you dislike these] The heroine's life motto: “If you have any shame, you suffer yourself. If you have none, you make others suffer. No matter how hard life gets, never make yourself suffer!!” After an accident, Yang Tianzhao ended up owing the immortals a huge debt. To help her complete her mis 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 Online Game: The Pinnacle Throne 网游：巅峰王座 Online Game, Esports. Lai Zhiyi was hailed as a god-tier player in the online game Peak Throne. Near the end of his career, the club he had been with for nine years fired him. But giving up was never in his vocabulary. In the newly opened Zone 21, he took up the new class of Chessmaster, retraced his old path, and formed his own team to return to the summit. 111Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 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
- 154 Reclaiming My Ambition to Rise to the Top 重拾青云之志 Period rural life | A young man’s rise | Farming and business | An inspiring tale of humble beginnings | Family, country, and kindred spirits | Reviving the family Rooted in the rural villages of southern Sichuan along the banks of the Mangxi River, the poor-born Shi Gensheng struggles to grow up amid the hardships of the era and upheavals in his family. Faced with a broken home and an interrupted education, he relies on patience and careful planning to establish himself in the countryside. He 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 Everything I Write Into the Rules Comes True 我写的规矩都会应验 The old city has a street for funeral goods. Half the shops sell wreaths and burial clothes, and the paper crafts shop at the end of the street is the last one still willing to make paper figures by hand. Its rules are older than the shop itself: Never paint a paper figure's eyes. If you do, it will recognize its master. A white horse must not cross a bridge. If it does, it must be burned. Close the shop at sunset. Take no jobs at night. Chen Mo is the grandson of the last paper craftsman. He gr 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 156 The Road Ahead Is Long, and Before I Can Speak, Tears Fall 长路漫漫唯我欲语泪先流 [Coming-of-age + pure love + tragic wuxia romance + fictional setting + short story + original] Xiao Yuyu is the reincarnation of Immortal Lord Ningshuang. The Demon Lord’s seal is about to break, and all living beings hang by a thread. She bears the fate of finding the Ten Void Swords and saving the world. The road ahead will force her to lose her dearest friends and loved ones with her own hands, and endure partings in life and death. Fate turns upside down, and those who love each other canno 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 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 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 Back from Transmigrating into a Book, She Leads the Gods' Squad to Slaughter Her Way to Victory 穿书归来，她带诸神战队杀疯了 [Cultivation + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Ensemble Cast + Academy + Human Civilization + Romance] Bai Youyou has transmigrated into a book! She’s become the foil to the novel’s heroine, Bai Yiyi: Bai Youyou, the legitimate daughter of the Bai family in Frost City of the Northern Wastes, and a good-for-nothing at cultivation. In the novel, the original Bai Youyou’s mother disappeared when she was three. A year later, her father, Bai Wei, brought home a new wife, along with Bai Yiyi, w 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 A Dream in the White Sun 一梦白阳 [Spiritual energy and abilities + Multiple heroines + Everyday life + Exploring ruins + No System + No golden finger] (If slice-of-life stories aren’t your thing, you can start at chapter 150.) Eight lifetimes of reincarnation, all for the sake of becoming a Great Emperor! This is the ninth life, and the one with the best chance yet! But the requirements for breaking through to the Emperor Realm are far too harsh. If it were you... would you choose to protect the people you love, or sacrifice th —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 160 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
- 161 When the Wind Blows Through Jixia (Yao X Xi Shi) 风吹过稷下的时候(曜x西施） When the Wind Blows Through Jixia (Yao x Xishi) 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 Record of Mingmeng 铭梦录 [No Harem + No Invincible Hero + No Saintly Do-Gooder + No Rambling Prose = ?] A wanderer adrift far from home will one day hear the call of his homeland; brilliant feathers will one day paint the colors of a dream. No one could ever know what that eye was watching from behind the emptiness. His story with her began with a rainstorm. That year, he took a purple crystal core through the heart to protect her. Blood stained the petals red, yet she was safe in his arms. When he awoke, he had gained 24Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 163 In This Vast World, How Did We Meet? 世界之大：我们为何会相遇 [No CP for the protagonist] [Ensemble cast] [One book becomes many] [All kinds of couples] [Bad ending] [A little angst, very sweet] [Redemption] [Based on personal experience] Lin Yusheng is an elementary school student. After suffering three years of bullying and finding no help when she cried out for it, despair was born within a lively, cheerful girl. Until one day, fate brought the two who had once been together face-to-face again. But they had both changed. He was no longer Ye Yanchu, but 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 The Book of Fated Bonds 兰因簿 [Underworld Temp Worker + Civil Service Bureaucrat + Yin-Yang Romance] Do you think Fengdu opens its gates to the human world only on the Ghost Festival? It doesn't. The gates of the netherworld don't wait for any one particular festival. They stand open every day, day and night. Do you think that once you cross the Naihe Bridge and drink a bowl of Meng Po's soup, all love, hate, and longing will vanish without a trace? That's not true either. Countless obsessions will wander the depths of 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 Reborn in 1948: I Burned Down the Ancestral Home and Forced My Family to Become Poor Peasants 重生1948：一把火烧了祖宅，我逼全家当贫农 Reborn in 1948: I Burned Down the Ancestral Home and Forced My Whole Family to Become Poor Peasants 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 Falling Star Trajectory 陨星轨迹 (I'm a new writer, so please feel free to point out anything I haven't done well.) On his eighteenth birthday, Wei Ni awakened a spatial ability. He thought his future was bright, but one problem after another soon arose. What do you mean my mother, who disappeared five years ago, is coming back to kill my dad? What do you mean I'm the product of a biological experiment, and there's a second consciousness inside me? People with ulterior motives approached Wei Ni, setting off one vortex after ano 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 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 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 Is It Possible That You’re All Sick? 有没有一种可能，你们都有病？ Zhou Yi transmigrates to a world of cultivation. On his first day there, he discovers that everyone’s logic is incredibly strange. His master tells him: “The first step in cultivation is to sever your worldly ties.” Zhou Yi: “How do I do that?” His master pulls out a knife: “Literally.” Zhou Yi: “???????” Every day at three in the morning, his senior brother stands on the mountaintop and yells: “My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven’s!” Zhou Yi asks him why. Senior Brother: “Because I have to go —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 169 Origin Ruins 元墟 When the ashes of forty-three people returned to the village, the cultivation seats they had traded their lives for already had new owners. Shen Wuchen refused to accept it. Right under the noses of the county office and the great families, he stole back the path to immortality. In this world, where the number of immortal seats is fixed and cultivation is registered, he became the “Seat Thief” everyone wanted dead. But when seven chains of the Ruins locked into the Inner Ruins, he finally und 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 Retiring from Showbiz to Recover: CEO Qin Gives Up His Career to Spoil Her 爆甲退圈养伤，秦总弃业独宠她 [Mutual Devotion] [Secret Identities] [Strong Female Lead] [Modern] [Some School Life] Ruan Xia'an was kidnapped as a child and fortunately rescued by a powerful figure. Her intelligence won his favor, and she grew up by his side, eventually establishing her own mercenary group. Unpredictable by nature and exceptionally gifted, she inspired fear in others even as she rapidly expanded the group. This also made her the target of jealousy, and she was repeatedly ambushed. She had become the top fig 138Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 Chains That Bind the Heart 囚心枷锁 [Unhinged + Obsessive + Artist + Pretty-boy Top x Straight + Everyone’s Best Friend + Friendship First + Intelligent Bottom] [Top: Jiang Yuche x Bottom: Song Yuan] [Author’s note: This work is recommended for readers aged sixteen and up. This is a work of fiction. The plot and characters are entirely imaginary and should not be associated with real life.] [Modern alternate setting + Younger Top (one-year age gap) + One-on-one romance + Pure love + One-sided love at first sight + Both are each 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 Beneath a Cruel World 恶世之下 Vicious ghosts run rampant, humans and ghosts coexist, and rules become deadly traps... See through the rules, use ghosts to fight ghosts, banish the supernatural, but never underestimate the human heart... The ghosts in this book follow fixed patterns when they kill. Some humanoid ghosts retain the consciousness of the living. It follows the rule that only ghosts can deal with ghosts. Ghosts can be killed, but it's very difficult to kill them... The Headquarters in this book is the most righteo 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 The Ye Clan of Liuyun: From Qi Refining to the Number One Clan Across the Heavens 流云叶家：从练气到诸天第一族 [Dual Cultivation in Alchemy and Martial Arts]+ [Clan Cultivation]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Plane Conquest]+ [Child of Destiny] See how Ye Qingyun defies fate with a mortal body, leading his clan from humble beginnings to eternal glory! Ye Qingyun, a youth from Liuyun Mountain, possesses the mysterious Scripture of the Pill Flame. With extraordinary perseverance and talent in alchemy, he leads his embattled clan from obscurity to prominence. Practicing both alchemy and mar 1.6kReads6.0Score—Shelves
- 174 System: I Flagged Down a Car to Catch a Cheater, but Two Women Opened the Door 系统：拦车打算捉渣男，开门俩女 Lin Fan: Driver, are you going or not? Driver: I'm not going. This is a private car, not a taxi. Lin Fan: I'm going to catch my partner cheating. Driver: Catch them cheating? Let's go, get in. 259Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 The Overlord Refuses to Surrender 霸王不认输 [Face-recognition slaughter, the target isn't the soldiers, it's their courage!] By the Guangling River, the sunset was red as blood. Guan Yu sat astride his horse with his blade in hand, five hundred blue-robed cavalrymen arrayed along the riverbank. What he held aloft was not a battle flag, but a portrait. The man in it was Fan Kuai, vanguard commander of the Han army. "Once you recognize a face, you can't take its life." One slash split Fan Kuai's long blade and shattered the courage of t 136Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 [I, the Forgotten Dream, I] 【I被遗忘的梦I】 [Infinite Flow | Rules-Based Horror | Instances | Ensemble Cast | Mystery | No Harem] This is a dream that was once forgotten, a memory that should never have been recalled. By a twist of fate, Wen Xuan and four others arrived in a city born from barren wasteland: [Huacheng]. In one game, instance, and [dream] after another: They experienced disasters caused by human actions. They learned how powerful the supernatural could be. They overcame the evils of human nature. They resisted the destructi 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 Survival for the Nation: I Build an Army with a Ghost System 国运求生，我靠亡魂系统组建大军 [National destiny + livestreaming + wilderness survival + primeval wilderness] The National Destiny battlefield appears, randomly selecting contestants from a hundred countries around the world and binding them to their nations! If a contestant dies or finishes near the bottom, their country will suffer natural disasters! The Dragon Nation's contestant is born in a harsh environment, while earthquakes and extreme weather frequently strike back home. The country has become a laughingstock around 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 I Transmigrated into a Book and Refuse to Be a Love-Struck Fool 穿到书里不做恋爱脑 The original title, "Transmigrated into an ABO World and Refused to Be a Hopeless Romantic", has been laid to rest. (Multiple settings + supernatural powers + transmigration + friendship + growth + leveling up + two male leads + not especially sweet) Shen An transmigrates into an ABO supernatural novel packed with more settings than anyone could count. If the protagonist can't be relied on, then he'll step up himself. After transmigrating, Shen An only wants to lie flat and enjoy his retirement, 199Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 179 Wait, Host, Which One of Us Is the System? 不是？宿主，到底谁才是系统？ Shen Zhidu was a deadbeat shut-in, but then good fortune came knocking when he went out, and he accidentally transmigrated to a cultivation world. Though he possesses endless treasures, he’s an ordinary mortal who can never cultivate. To his surprise, he even has a System? System: “Quest triggered: kill the first-rank demonic beast, the Bloodthirsty Snake, in front of you. Reward: 5 Grade One Marrow-Cleansing Pills.” Shen Zhidu: “You kill it, and I’ll give you ten Grade Two pills.” System: “?” “ 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 The Chronicles of Wu Chen 巫尘记 As the Wu youth Ling Qianya was about to die, surrounded by humans and demons, an ancient primordial soul saved him and passed down an unrivaled cultivation art. He ventured into the barbarian lands, battled countless races, and defied heaven to carve out a broad road to greatness. 93Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 181 Behold the Crimson Starry Sky, I’ll Burn It All for You 瞧瞧那绯红的星空，为你燃尽星空 The most blazing romance isn’t beneath the flowers and moonlight. It’s him daring to burn the stars from the sky, and her daring to cleave the heavens with her sword, then standing together beneath the crimson sea of stars and saying, “Just look at that crimson sky.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 Childhood in the Old Days 旧时光里的童年 The author recalls a rural childhood in Wuchang County, Heilongjiang Province, during the 1970s and 1980s. The book describes rural life and the changes brought about by the household responsibility system in the early days of reform and opening up, along with the joys and hardships of the author’s childhood before the age of ten, major family upheavals, and the warmth and coldness of human nature. 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 A Temp Worker Gets Set Up by the Powers That Be, Then Descends to Earth in the Apocalypse to Master Time 临时工被资本做局，末世下凡到地球修时间 A temp worker was set up by capitalists and descended to Earth during the apocalypse to cultivate time. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 Kill That Tomato Writer 杀死那个番茄作家 [Many years later, facing the firing squad, Kareni Na Ka will recall the afternoon when I dragged him into the book.] “Can I really write the blurb like this...?” “Tsk, I’m imitating One Hundred Years of Solitude.” “Who even reads One Hundred Years of Solitude these days? Do you read it?” “Then... should we change it?” “Never mind, let’s keep it. Nobody reads blurbs anyway.” 1.7kReads—Score155Shelves
- 185 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 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 Keep Sleeping, Don’t Wake Up 继续睡，不要醒 [Infinite Dreams + Mystery + Wild Imagination + Horror + Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + Bizarre + Romance + Sophisticated] Lin Du has been dreaming ever since he was born. He often wakes with a start in some strange room and desperately flees to a subway station, only to discover that his every move is being livestreamed and everyone is watching. When he rushes out of the subway, he finds himself sitting in a car with no end, where every passenger is horrifyingly strange. The car stops at one st 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 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 301Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 188 The Legend of the Zhongnan Sword Immortal 终南剑仙传 Gu Zhaoran, the Sword Immortal Qingxuan, was reborn after surviving a tribulation. He braved a serpent's lair, battled demonic cultivators, and encountered an evil monk. His path was fraught with danger, and he narrowly escaped death time and again before returning to Zhongnan and rejoining his sect. When his immortal master ascended, Gu Zhaoran was entrusted with leadership in a time of crisis and became the sect's new head. He repelled enemies at the rear cliff, joined the Five Elders in elimi 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 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 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 You Lured Home a Little Wife with a Bottle of Soda? 你用一瓶汽水拐回一个小老婆？ (One heroine + mutual salvation + lighthearted comedy with no angst + gradual yandere development + sweet everyday romance + happy ending) Rest assured, this one's guaranteed to be sweet. (This is a brand-new book, so please, everyone, don't let it pile up in your reading list. It'll get buried to death (ToT)) The first twenty years of Gu Hui's life were shrouded in an endless rainy season, but he fought to become a ray of sunshine breaking through the clouds of Hangzhou's plum rains. Then, one 32Reads—Score103Shelves
- 191 Empresses in the Palace: A Rules-Horror Tale 甄嬛传之规则怪谈 Empresses in the Palace: Rules of the Strange Tales 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 My Cheat Is Having Children 我的外挂是生孩子 [Bloodline inheritance + deep mother-daughter bond + family management + children who care for their parents + devoted couple + no harem + bloodline spirit pearls + cultivating immortals as a clan + more children, more blessings + refining qi into spirit] After transmigrating to the world of immortal cultivation, Lin Wanqing gains a bizarre golden finger: the stronger the children she bears, the higher her own cultivation becomes. She carefully plans the best genetic combinations, giving birth t 54Reads5.3Score100Shelves
- 193 From Menial Servant to Immortal Emperor 杂役问鼎仙帝 Xiao Mi is a genius with a Chaotic Divine Physique, yet he can only support himself by working as a menial in his sect. With unparalleled talent, he makes a comeback and becomes the most dazzling genius of the Sword Dao Sect. If his chaotic meridians prevent him from cultivating, then he’ll use the common-as-dirt Tiger Subduing Fist to become the supreme Sword Emperor. If no one recognizes his Chaotic Divine Physique, then he’ll shatter the heavens and become the Divine Emperor of All Immortals, 2.2kReads8.0Score198Shelves
- 194 A Literature PhD Transmigrates and Is Reborn, Rising to the Throne 文学博士穿越重生，登顶皇位 A literature PhD transmigrates and is reborn, then ascends to the throne. 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 One Piece: I Drew the Outer Path Demon Statue 海贼之我抽出了外道魔像 [One Piece Fanfiction] [Naruto System] After transmigrating to the world of pirates, Zhang Chunhui bound himself to the Naruto Gacha System. Starting out by selling kunai on Hachinosu, he drew a White Zetsu physique and became "Mr. White," manipulating events from behind the scenes. God Valley, Rocks, Roger, and the Marines were all pieces on his board. The moment he drew the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from the System, he understood: this world needed a new way to play. Now his Sharingan 461Reads5.5Score107Shelves
- 196 The Mountains and Rivers Endure, Dyed in Ink 墨染山河在 In the final years of the Dasheng Dynasty, the court falls into chaos and the realm crumbles. The emperor is obsessed with eternal life, neglects the affairs of state, and cares nothing for the people. Regent Zhu Heng seizes the opportunity to monopolize power. His allies fill the court, and he controls both the military and the government. Crushing taxes and forced labor burden the people, driving them from their homes and leaving the realm in misery. The once-prosperous dynasty teeters on the 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 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 211Reads8.2Score103Shelves
- 198 The Twin-Pupil Covenant: Throne of Thorns 双瞳盟约之荆棘王座 The Covenant of Twin Pupils: The Thorn Throne —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 The Amnesiac Sword Immortal 失忆剑仙 The Amnesiac Sword Immortal 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 Douluo Dalu: The Spirit Hall Saint, Shocking the Pope from the Start 斗罗：武魂殿圣子，开局震惊教皇 After transmigrating to the Douhun Continent, Chu Xuan awakens Twin Martial Souls of divine rank and has Innate Soul Power at level twenty. He becomes Bi Bi Dong's disciple and takes charge of the Soul Hall! Tang San has Twin Martial Souls? So do I, and mine are even stronger! The Grandmaster claims his theories are unrivaled? Then I'll shatter his pride in front of every Soul Master in the world! In this life, the Haotian Sect will be destroyed, Shrek will be defeated, and even the gods will bo 336Reads7.1Score444Shelves
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