Novels like I Bury the Heavens with Shadow Puppets
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- 1 God-Tier Slacker: The Lazier I Get, the More Money I Make? 神级摆烂王：我越懒，钱越多？ In his previous life, he was a 996 office drone who worked himself to the bone for money yet had none, looked down on by everyone. After transmigrating, he fully awakens his “couldn’t-care-less spirit,” only to unexpectedly activate the God-Tier Tycoon System. On the surface, he is a lazy, unambitious rich young master. In reality, with the System’s help, he gradually uncovers the truth about the world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 I, Lord of the Three Sins, Control Greed, Terror, and Desire! 我，三罪之主，掌控贪！恐！欲！ Zhang Fendou is an ambitious young man making his way in the workplace. When he gets angry, people around him become afraid and keep their distance. Then, while protecting the workplace goddess, he awakens a talent. It turns out he can control other people's desires, fears, and greed. I am the Lord of the Three Sins! I am the Demon among demons, the God among gods! With a mere thought, the goddess will hang on my every word! The mystic sects? Cultivators? As long as they have emotions, I can con 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Love in My Heart 情在意中 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! New chapters every day. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 My Roommate Wants to Keep a "Humanoid Pet" in the Dorm, and I'm Terrified 舍友要在宿舍养“人形宠物”，我直接吓傻 My Roommate Wants to Keep a "Humanoid Pet" in Our Dorm, and I Nearly Freaked Out 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Xuanhuan: I Cultivate to Godhood by Ranting 玄幻：我靠吐槽修炼成神 Xuanhuan: I Cultivate to Godhood by Ranting —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Man With a 100% Misogyny Score Played the Devoted Husband for Seven Years 头顶厌女值100的他，演了七年宠妻 He Had a Misogyny Score of 100 Over His Head, Yet Played the Devoted Husband for Seven Years —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 After Hearing My Unborn Daughter's Thoughts, I Tore Up the Divorce Papers 听到腹中女儿心声后，我撕了离婚协议 After Hearing My Unborn Daughter's Thoughts, I Tore Up the Divorce Agreement —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Orange and White 橙与白 Orange and White —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Splendor Fills Chang’an 锦色满长安 A distinctive career-focused storyline: Centered on “intangible cultural heritage Shu brocade,” it combines traditional craftsmanship with women’s entrepreneurship, offering the appeal of traditional culture while resonating with women who want to “make money on their own.” Appealing across age groups: The romance is sweet with no angst, and the male lead steadfastly protects his wife. The household and business rivalries aren’t complicated, as the heroine easily outmaneuvers her opponents with —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Reborn Doctor: Defying Fate and Bound by Love Across Two Lifetimes 重生医女，逆天改命，情牵两世缘 A reborn healer defies fate, with love connecting two lifetimes. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Transmigrated with Four Daughters to Flee the Famine! 穿越，带着四个闺女去逃荒！ The ratings are low at first, but they'll gradually rise. Please be patient and keep reading, dear readers. Yang Tian was once a city lord in a high-martial world. When demonic beasts laid siege to his city, he fought four Beast Emperors alone, then detonated his core and perished alongside them. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a place resembling an ancient world, with four little girls standing before him. Disasters followed one after another, and chaos descended. The entire villag 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 My Takeout Deliveries Connect to the Underworld 我的外卖连着阴间 [Underworld Delivery Rider: A Female Ghost Gives Him a Bad Review from the Start] On a rainy night, delivery rider Chen Mo takes a navigation-broken alley to save five minutes. From then on, an unremovable “Underworld Orders” System appears in his app. Delivering blood porridge to a cemetery, feeding lollipops to children at an abandoned school, sharing a ride in a paper car... Bad reviews cost him his life; good reviews extend it. All he wants is to lie flat, but he is forced to race around mak —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Shackles of Divine Revelation 神谕镣铐 In a fate dictated by divine prophecy, we are each other’s sharpest weapons, and the only keys capable of piercing these shackles. Dongfang Yao can foresee destiny, yet fell in love with his destined nemesis, Nangong Ci, before the prophecy ever came to pass. Nangong Ci can twist reality, but cannot change the rule that makes his heart flutter for that person again and again. When the prophecy locks four noble heirs inside the same academy, they are forced to become the enemies and lovers fate h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Running Into Your Arms 奔向怀抱 Youth is a memory; the height of summer witnessed their meeting, their growing closer, and their falling in love. “Hello, my name is Huaiyu. It comes from the saying, ‘Cherish jade of virtue, and be a gentleman of grace.’” For her, that year was both a misfortune and a blessing: she met him. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 An Epic Song Through the Ages 青史长歌 (No Romance + Historical Court Intrigue + Exploration of Human Nature + Strong Female Lead + Historical Court Intrigue) A historical political-intrigue novel with a strong female lead. From a pawn forced to depend on others to a female chancellor wielding power over the entire court, only Ming Tang knows how many storms and trials she has endured along the way. No villains in the narrative: Conflicts arise from differing positions, interests, gaps in information, and the limitations of the era, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 I Died, but the King of Hell Says My Resurrection Failed 我死了，但阎王说我还阳失败 Shen Songyi met an unjust end. A bowl of "calming soup" personally served by her husband made her bleed from all seven orifices and die on the night of her eighteenth birthday. While waiting in line in the underworld, she saw the girl who had borrowed her lifespan to return to life smile sweetly at the Book of Life and Death in the Hall of the King of Hell. "Thank you for your life. I'll make good use of it." When she opened her eyes again... Shen Songyi had become the most notorious eldest daug 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Creation God System: Dungeons Open, the Counterattack Begins 创世神系统：副本开启，逆袭序幕 [Creation] + [System] + [Reborn] + [Rule Horror] + [Judgment] In the apocalypse: “How can there still be do-gooders when the world’s ended? Looking out for yourself should come first.” “My name is Yang Qi. I’m a hero.” “Even in the apocalypse, I will serve the people.” Under the rules: “Who exactly is Xiaoya? Who am I? Xiaoya... I miss you so much.” Judging evil: Was I really wrong? It turns out someone really did follow my example. I really am a villain... “How can it be you? Is this my punishm —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Apocalypse Is Here, and I’m One Hundred Million in Debt from the Start 末日降临，开局负债一个亿 Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance! It's an apocalypse game, so what's wrong with going a little crazy? La la la la la la la la! I'm a hundred million in debt, so what's wrong with going a little crazy? La la la la la la la la! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 With the Nameless Sword in Hand, I Am the Heavenly Dao 手握无名剑我即是天道 Three years ago, she was the senior-most disciple of the Xuantian Sect, at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment and just one step away from the Golden Core stage. But after Mu Xue appeared, everything changed. She became a manure hauler, despised by everyone. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Moon Tugs at the Threads of Fate 月牵尘缘 Xiao Yuexian, a matchmaker from the Moon Goddess Palace, causes chaos in the mortal realm after mistakenly tying the wrong red threads, leaving true love nowhere to be found. Heartsick men and women are everywhere. The Matchmaker God is furious and banishes Xiao Yuexian to the mortal world, ordering her to bring one hundred couples together and make them happy before she is allowed to return to the heavens. So she takes her shikigami, Little Ali, and transmigrates across different planes to help —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 At the End of Time, an Unclosed KPI Loop 时间尽头，是还没闭环的KPI The End of Time Is an Unfinished KPI tells the absurd and brutal story of office life. At the Time Management Bureau, which oversees all of history and the future, low-level repairman Li Wei spends every day patching up timelines that have gone off track. His tasks range from correcting typos in Leonardo da Vinci’s manuscripts to stopping Qin Shi Huang from claiming too much for a business trip. The employees here hail from across the millennia: Crusader knights have to learn Excel, and Tesla ha —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 A Thousand Orders to Ascend to Godhood 千单封神 Interstellar fleet commander Lin Feng is gravely wounded and stranded on Earth, his powers sealed away. The ridiculous condition for unlocking them: deliver 1,000 orders that earn five-star reviews! Climb to the 21st floor, take on thugs, rescue the stunning heiress Su Qing... Bad reviews eat away at him like poison, while good reviews send life-saving warmth coursing through him! A bully of a station manager gives him a hard time? The mastermind, Chairman Zhang, tries to assassinate him? A mech 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Half-Ghost Awakening: My Ghost Hand Devours All Ghosts 半鬼觉醒：我的鬼手吞噬万鬼 [Cultivation] + [A decisive, ruthless protagonist] + [Two equally formidable leads] After transmigrating into an age of chaos where humans and ghosts coexist, Lin Ye has barely opened his eyes when his father drags him into a ghost-sealing ruin! Surrounded by evil ghosts and on the verge of death, he seizes an ancient severed arm covered in silver patterns. His left arm instantly transforms into a ghost hand: devour the power of ten thousand ghosts and forge a half-ghost body! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Pikachu’s Bizarre Earth Variety Show Adventure 皮神的地球综艺奇遇记 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Follow the fun journey of humans and Pokemon from the Pokemon world as they gradually come to know and become partners with the people of Earth. This story brings the cuteness, strength, and intelligence of Pokemon to life for all my dear readers. Break through the dimensional barrier and experience the differences betwee 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 From Humble Beginnings to Regent: I Renounced Power and Traveled the Nine Provinces with My Beloved 从寒门到摄政，弃权携美游九州 In the final years of the Daye era, the Sui dynasty was on the brink of collapse, and flames of war spread across the land. The realm was divided among rival warlords, while orthodox and heretical martial sects fought without cease. Fragments of the Nine Provinces Cauldron, a secret treasure of the Sui court, emerged, sending all under heaven scrambling to claim them! Lu Yan, a modern all-around elite, transmigrated into Xiao Che, a dying commoner in the final years of the Sui dynasty. With a so 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 A General in Her Best Friend's Body Goes on a Rampage in the Capital 将军魂穿闺蜜，杀疯京城 [Strong heroine, devoted male lead, mostly wholesome] [Straight-talking female general x protective, devoted crown prince] In the thirteenth year of the Da Ji era, the capital's two great beauties, Xie Shu is ambushed at a mountain pass and encounters Song Zhao, who has fallen off a cliff while worshipping Buddha... When Xie Shu wakes again, she finds herself in Song Zhao's body. Facing the Marquis of Mighty Valor's manor, a den of demons and monsters, Xie Shu uses her own blunt, forceful method 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Heatwave Era 热浪纪元 The world is burning, but the human heart burns hotter than any furnace. The last time Zhao Linshan tried to steal medicine for her daughter, the black-market broker jabbed at the price list with greasy fingers. “Fifty thousand heat credits for three more years of her life. Can you pay?” She couldn’t. All she had was her feverish daughter, Xiaoyu, in her arms, and the glowing blue lines on her left arm, each one a death sentence. They were the mark of “Frostmark Syndrome,” the brand on a wante 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Tracing the Past to Repay Love: Bai Xie's Fate-Binding Pavilion 溯世还情：白邪的渡缘阁 Back in Chapter 19! {Chapters 25 and 26 made me cry so hard} I was just an ordinary person in an ordinary class, having an extraordinary dream, when my ferocious teacher interrupted me and deliberately made things difficult. Only after I got home did I discover that a spirit named Xiao Qing had somehow appeared. She was incredibly powerful, and I knew this wasn't a dream. The next day at school, I thoroughly humiliated my enemy. After class, I happened to run into Su Wan, the girl I had owed so —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Exiled Immortal's Return 谪仙归途 Ji Shuangyu deliberately violated the heavenly laws back then because he discovered that the “Heavenly Dao” itself was a lie. He chose to be banished so he could dismantle the System from within. He wasn’t a victim; he was a revolutionary. Shen Tingwan’s identity as the “last surviving member of an ancient spirit clan” is fake. She is a “calamity seed” deliberately planted in the mortal world by the Celestial Court. Once fully awakened, she will unconsciously detonate the spiritual veins of the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Sword and Book in the Mortal World 书剑人间 The ancient meridians are severed, and the Three Realms have fallen into disorder. The Book of the Palm appears in the world, mending the broken strings and restoring order. He is a young book restorer and an inheritor of the literary tradition. With pine soot ink in his left hand, he repairs damaged ancient texts; with a horn-handled knife in his right, he cuts down evil spirits and treacherous villains. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Questioning Fate, Becoming a God 问命封神 When fate becomes a stake that can be seized or defended, the Conferred Gods Altar is no longer the end of cultivation, but a purgatory that devours one’s life force. Lin Yan has eyes that can see the patterns of fate, Su Wan possesses a Fate-Reading Mirror that can break formations, and Lin Wei has awakened the power to guard fate. Carrying half a fate disc and clues left by their mother, the three search for a way to break the deadlock while being hunted and besieged by the Fate Fog, Fate-Eros —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Legend of Tu Shenze 屠申泽的传说 The Legend of Tu Shenze 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 I, Zhu Youxiao, CEO of the Great Ming 我朱由校，大明CEO Workplace drone Zhu Youjiao was reborn as the Tianqi Emperor of the Ming dynasty. He had planned to slack off and retire early, but one wild move after another sent the Ming dynasty hurtling down the road to modern industrial civilization, with no turning back. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 My Root Cellar Connects Past and Present, So I Help a Down-and-Out Prince Turn the Tables 菜窖通古今我让落魄王爷反败为胜 [Ancient to Modern + Modern to Ancient + Devoted Couple + Infrastructure Building + Stockpiling Supplies + Revenge] Yun Luoyan, a university graduate who can't find a job, discovers by chance that her family's vegetable cellar is connected to ancient times. A fair-skinned man suddenly appears out of nowhere. What a great deal! A free laborer. Of course she has to put him to work. But why does the man disappear after only a few days? No, she has to find him... If you can't come here, then I'll go 39Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 35 Digital Dawn 数字破晓 This is the story of Zhao Peng, an ordinary orphan from a poor rural family. Even in desperate circumstances, he keeps working hard and stays true to himself, ultimately turning his life around and reaching the peak of his career, while finding love along the way. The story explores the transformation of the building materials and home furnishings industry, as well as the bright prospects of future digital development. Technology can change not only a person, but also lives and the world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Double Pupils, a Life of Wealth 眼生双瞳，财富人生 Lu Chen, a junior employee at a pawnshop, is unexpectedly knocked unconscious by a meteorite falling from the sky. When he wakes up, he discovers he can see the future of all things. A damaged ancient painting? At a glance, he sees it being fiercely fought over at auction. A down-and-out beauty? At a glance, he sees her becoming an unparalleled female emperor. Finding hidden treasures in uncut jade? That's child's play. He can even spot flaws in cultivation manuals and predict his enemies' next —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Trace Chaser No. 1 追痕者壹号 The Gobi's raging sandstorms conceal its crimes. Veteran detective Lao Pao follows the evidence in the sand to hunt down the smuggling ring known as the “Raven Flock.” The mystery surrounding a comrade missing for ten years, a mole in their midst, and his daughter taken hostage all intertwine into a deadly web. Relying on a decade's worth of tracking expertise, he unravels the conspiracy amid the desolation of the Yardangs and the shadows of Crescent Spring, defending justice and family through 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Jade Bearing Ten Thousand Ways: Returning to the True Profound 玉承万道：玄意归真 A young Earth Immortal who has just ascended to the Heavenly Realm encounters a calamity. By a twist of fate, his name happens to correspond with the Five Elements, and he carries the Primordial Five-Soul Jade, formed from a fragment of Hongjun's soul, into a new life in the Cangwu Abyss of Xiniu Hezhou. Reborn as Wusheng, a boy of the Heavenly Path, he awakens the Five Elements Spirit Nexus from birth. To awaken his companion, a Qilin, who lies dormant after being corrupted by a demon soul, he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Heaven’s Defiant Scale: The Reborn Xianfeng Emperor 天命逆鳞：咸丰帝重生录 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Man Who Changed Ming's National Fate: Shen Yanzhi 大明国佐改变者：沈砚之 When Shen Yanzhi, a physicist from the 21st century, transmigrates to a dilapidated village in the 35th year of the Jiajing era amid the explosion of a particle collider, a legend begins: one that will use science to illuminate the ancient world. As a newly arrived, impoverished scholar, Shen Yanzhi faces primitive medicine, barren land, and villagers who can barely feed themselves. He decisively puts his cutting-edge knowledge to use: making disinfectant to save lives, improving farm tools, an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 I Became a God in a False Space-Time 我在虚假的时空成神 [Urban high martial arts, superpowers + Eastern fantasy + spiritual qi revival + reincarnation] That enormous gate in my dreams: where is it, really? A phone call from my late father: what is going on? The toll of a bell that feels both distant and close: what does it mean? Monsters have appeared across the world. How can humanity fight them? The toll of a colossal bell echoed across the world, and a sudden spiritual rain fell for half a month. Spiritual qi revived, and monsters arose. Countless —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 My Haunted House Sleep-Test Livestream 我的凶宅试睡直播间 Driven to the brink by loan sharks, Gu Yebai is forced to accept death-defying missions from the mysterious app Haunted House Expeditions: livestreaming his attempts to survive in haunted houses. His beginner’s trial turns out to be a murderous ghost hunt in the haunted house at No. 404! After narrowly surviving, he’s plunged into an even more terrifying mission in a morgue. Carrying an obsession-laden keepsake left by Liu Hongmei, he is forced to cross paths with the mysterious military dagger 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 I Didn't Build My Foundation Until I Was Eighty, and Then the System Arrived 八十岁才筑基，没想到系统就来了 (The novel may not receive high ratings early on, but please stick with it, dear readers. It gets absolutely amazing later.) Yang Hongbo transmigrated, but he was reincarnated from birth. He was born into a cultivation family and was unremarkable before the age of twelve, and just as unremarkable afterward. He thought transmigrators were all heaven’s chosen ones, but decades passed and he got nothing, not even a System! Luckily, he was the eldest legitimate son of the family. Although his cultiv 123Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 44 Halfway to Immortal Essence 半道仙元 Signed Signed Signed A witty, funny, sweet romance… A witty, funny, sweet romance… A witty, funny, sweet romance… In this bustling, vibrant world, everything is worth pursuing, yet everything carries some regret. Time is both the kindest and the coldest of vessels. In the end, it smooths every sharp edge into something gentle. Keep everything in your heart. There is no need to speak it, or let it show. When the wind comes, listen to it rustling through the window lattice. When the rain falls, w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Dragon of Desperate Straits 绝境枭龙 Age: 22. A retired elite special forces soldier and former core member of a top-secret unit, he voluntarily left the military and returned to city life after taking the blame for a teammate. Personality: Cold on the outside but warm within, fiercely protective, meticulous, decisive and ruthless. He doesn't go looking for trouble, but he never backs down from it. He would give everything for his brothers and show his enemies no mercy. He possesses top-tier combat skills, reconnaissance and coun 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Abusive Ex-Husband? I Turn Around and Marry a Rich, Unhinged Tycoon 前夫家暴？转身嫁给豪门疯批大佬 Novel title: You and I Are Perfect for Each Other [CEO Romance | Obsessive Devotion | Beautiful but Broken | Love Triangle | Healing Each Other | Secret Crush | Chaste Male Lead] [Struggling independent reporter Su Mian vs. obsessive tycoon Jiang Chiye vs. androgynous, seductive Shen Qingmu] Su Mian grew up surrounded by love. Just after she got into a top high school, an accident took her parents from her. During high school, she became withdrawn and despondent. She stopped socializing and payi 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Back to 1937: The Lone Wolf, Big Head 重回1937：独狼大头 Yang Mugui, a demolition-compensation heir nicknamed Big Head, returns to 1937, a blood-soaked era, and uses his System to deal devastating blows to the Japanese invaders. This novel focuses mainly on killing Japanese soldiers. Readers who enjoy stories about taking down the invaders, come on in and share your thoughts! 223Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Bride in the Mist 雾中新娘 Wuyin Town lies along the southern coast, its name inspired by the sea fog that shrouds it year-round. For generations, the town has passed down a tale of the “Bride in the Fog.” They say that a hundred years ago, a bride dressed in red fell into the sea on her way to her wedding. Ever since, on nights when thick fog blankets the town, a bride’s sobs can be heard by the shore. Those who hear them often meet with misfortune. Lin Shen, a young folklorist, comes to Wuyin Town alone to investigate —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Taking AI Through the Ages and Cheating My Way to the Top 带着AI在不同时代开挂爽翻 "I bet your gun has no bullets!" "My Brother Shunliu," San Duo, Ga Zi, Old Li, the Jade-Faced Grenade King. A crossover featuring multiple characters, with a rich storyline, mainly about an AI who transmigrates and leads everyone to success and greatness! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Lost for Ten Thousand Generations 万世迷途 The Shadow Realm is the world’s lost land, an exile woven by a mysterious being from beyond the myriad worlds. Will Wan Ning sink into darkness or struggle through despair? She launches a desperate charge toward the light. A story spanning the heavens, with The Legend of Qin: Nine Songs as its first main setting. The author reliably writes over 6,000 characters a day and has even managed 20,000 in a single day. More frequent updates are possible. Big shots, come give the author a hard time! —Reads—Score—Shelves
