Novels like Making It to the Top
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- 151 The Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Has Fallen, but Senior Brother Is Still Running a Stall! 万仙阵已破，大师兄他还在摆摊！ [Honghuang] + [Investiture of the Gods] + [System] Taishang: I have the Taiji Diagram, which can stabilize the fortune of the Human Religion. Yuanshi: I have the Pangu Banner, which can stabilize the fortune of the Chan Religion. Jieyin and Zhunti: Our Western religion has the Twelve-Rank Merit Golden Lotus. It can stabilize our fortune too. Tongtian gave a scornful smile. “Can any of those compare to my eldest disciple’s street stall?” The assembled saints: … Lin Duofu transmigrated to the er 4.3kReads7.8Score39614d adds
- 152 The Official and the Kingpin 官枭 There is a set of rules to the art of public office. The ruthless are called fearless officials! The domineering are called strong-willed officials! The kindhearted are called officials who care for the people! Li Dong is a grassroots civil servant. Step by step, with help from the people and friends around him, he climbs to the pinnacle of his political career! 12.3kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 153 In the Era of Forced Childbearing, I Received a Little Fox Cub 强制生育时代，我领到一只小狐崽 [One-on-one, both are each other's first and only, little fox cub, cross-species romance, Fox Lord, mutual protection, political intrigue among the demon clans, cool heroine, flirtatious tension] Liang Yi told Jiang He, "Let's break up. My parents can't accept that you're adopted." Jiang He didn't cling to him. She calmly let him go. But a policy announced by the civil affairs department left people no way to avoid it: Anyone who turned thirty without a child registered in their name would have 378Reads—Score12514d adds
- 154 The Road to Standing Tall 站立的路 Eighteen-year-old Hua Mingqing leaves the army and returns to his hometown, carrying excellent results but also the disappointment of seeing his dream of becoming an officer fall apart. He comes back to a rural home that is still mired in poverty. Faced with this turning point in his life, he is lost for a time, but with encouragement from his high school teacher, he decides to change his fate through the college entrance exam and make the leap of a carp over the dragon gate... 2.4kReads6.8Score16714d adds
- 155 The Young Emperor: Shunzhi 少年天子：顺治皇帝 This novel vividly recounts the short life of Fulin, the first emperor after the Qing entered the Pass. He ascends the throne at six, a puppet ruler under Dorgon’s regency, quietly gathering strength to rule in his own right amid the power struggles between Shengjing and the Forbidden City. After taking power at fourteen, he promotes a policy of “governing the Han with Han,” appoints Han officials, revises the laws, and attempts to “spread the tax burden across the population.” Yet conservative 4kReads7.8Score10014d adds
- 156 A Portable Women's Prison: Taming a Goddess from the Start 随身女子监狱，开局驯服女神 Fresh out of college and already a corporate drone, Lin Yi is more exhausted than a donkey. Then he awakens the Beauty Prison, a portable prison! The rules are simple and ruthless: it only holds stunningly beautiful female villains who have committed all manner of wicked deeds. Cold-blooded romance scammers, icy and heartless female CEOs, ruthless top assassins, gods who control life and death... Any peerlessly beautiful woman who breaks the rules gets thrown in prison overnight for reform! Wh 5.6kReads—Score51414d adds
- 157 No Lamps, No Moon, So What? 无灯无月又何妨 If two hearts understand each other, what need have they for lamps or moonlight? If one day we’re caught in the same snow, then we’ll have shared a lifetime of gray hair. Even if we lived together in perfect harmony, there would still be regrets! May you weather every storm and still keep the light in your eyes, never straying from your original purpose. 35Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 158 Power Struggles in Politics: A Junior Official Defies Fate 宦海争锋，从科员开始胜天半子 The path to officialdom is never smooth sailing. Only those who can turn the tables against the odds can become its true masters. Chen Changshan had no connections and was a low-ranking civil servant pushed to the sidelines. He was destined for a life of obscurity, until he accidentally crossed his superior's line. With a clever move, he turned the tables, escaped the crisis, and changed his fortunes. From then on, he embarked on the road to promotion, pulling off one upset after another as he c 18.9kReads9.0Score73114d adds
- 159 Emperor Yongle: The Iron-Blooded Throne and a Grand Vision of Prosperity 永乐大帝：铁血王座与盛世宏图 As we turn the pages of Ming dynasty history, the Yongle Emperor, Zhu Di, is undoubtedly one of its most controversial and legendary rulers. A prince of the imperial family, he raised an army to quell the rebellion and seized the throne amid the flames of war. After ascending the throne, he devoted himself to governing and ushered in the “Yongle Golden Age,” yet his iron-fisted methods and centralized rule also left their mark on history. Spanning the years from 1360 onward, this book is divided 1.1kReads7.8Score—14d adds
- 160 Reborn, I Tear Apart My Vicious Brother-in-Law's Family 重生后，手撕恶毒弟媳一家 After Being Reborn, I Tear Apart My Vicious Younger Brother's Family 66Reads—Score414d adds
- 161 With a Warehouse Full of Weapons, I Built an Invincible Kingdom in Another World 满仓军火物资我在异世建无敌王国 [Transmigration + Spatial Storage + Strong Heroine + Face-Slapping and Punishing Scoundrels + Infrastructure Building + Golden Finger] The animated dramas "My Warehouse Is Full of Supplies, and I Become a Queen in Another World" and "The County Princess Who Defied Fate: My Warehouse Is Full of Supplies, and I Become a Queen in Another World" are now streaming. The special agent Ye Meiling transmigrates into another world and becomes Nangong Wu, a county princess of the Western Yan Kingdom. The o 124.2kReads8.6Score14.2k14d adds
- 162 Hong Taiji: The Founding Emperor of the Qing Dynasty 皇太极：清朝开国皇帝 Emperor Hong Taiji: Founder of the Qing Dynasty follows the extraordinary life of Hong Taiji, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty. From the birth of the eldest son in Hetu Ala in 1592 to Hong Taiji's death in Shengjing in 1643, the book vividly portrays his transformation from a young beile to Emperor Taizong of the Great Qing. He fought alongside his father as a youth and first distinguished himself at the Battle of Sarhu. After succeeding to the throne, he abolished old practices, establi 4.6kReads7.9Score11714d adds
- 163 The Pinnacle of Politics: Who Can Stand Against Me? 巅峰官路之谁与争锋 The political arena is a chessboard, and there’s no taking back a move. Those who can read the game survive; those who can break it win. Knowing when to advance and retreat is wisdom. Understanding people is a skill. Read the game, know when to stop, plan wisely, and know how to understand her. In this arena of fame and fortune, who will have the last laugh? 714Reads—Score10914d adds
- 164 I'm a Tycoon in Another World 我在异界当神壕 Every day, Wang Chen wakes up in a bed covering fifty thousand square meters, surrounded by more than two hundred maids as beautiful as celestial maidens. And yet he feels no joy. “I’ve never touched money. I’m not interested in it!” “Let’s start with a small goal. How about spending a hundred million first?” “No, no, no! Divine sons and daughters, please show some restraint. Don’t call me Dad. I’m not your father!” “Ah, so this is how painful it is to be rich!” A lighthearted, funny story about 733Reads7.2Score10314d adds
- 165 In the Name of the People: Dropped into Handong from the Start as Number One in the Province 名义：开局空降汉东成省一 When ideals are struck by the hammer of reality, when convictions face the abyss of self-interest Transferred to Handong, he finds himself facing a vast, deeply entrenched web of vested interests and a group of “clever people” who know the rules inside out but are divided beneath the surface. Others see a crisis. He sees a chessboard. He wields the blade of economic reform with precision and ruthlessness; he plucks the strings of personnel changes, unleashing thunder beneath the calm. Using poli 1kReads6.0Score12514d adds
- 166 Sinking into Temptation After Dark 入夜沉沦 Marriage first, love later + whirlwind marriage + super sweet + mature adults A traditional Chinese-style domineering CEO VS a resilient, sickly beauty At thirty, Xin Tong nearly died from overwork. She decided to quit and take her 750,000 yuan in savings, earned over five years on the job, to lie low in a small county town. At thirty-five, Ji Jinnian read her resignation letter and asked, “Will you marry me?” He needed an honest woman to sit in the position of his wife: someone who wouldn't cau 27.4kReads8.9Score2.8k14d adds
- 167 A Popular History of the Later Han 后汉通俗演义 [Historical Romance Grounded in the Official Record, The Complete History of the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms, An Easy Introduction to Official History] A Popular History of the Later Han is a classic historical novel in episodic form and a continuation of A Popular History of the Former Han. Across one hundred chapters, it follows the full historical arc from Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han and Emperor Guangwu's restoration, through the decline of the Eastern Han, to the division of the rea 95Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 168 I Transmigrated as the Heir's Wife, and My Husband Is One of a Pair of Twins 穿越成世子妃，夫君竟是双生子 Reborn + transmigrate + golden finger + playing dumb while hiding one's true strength At twenty-nine, He Fengxi, a committed singleton, finally set off on an RV trip. The moment she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated to an imaginary ancient dynasty and become a prince's consort. She had money, beauty, and a noble status, as well as an impossibly handsome husband. But then again... there's no such thing as a free lunch. 1.4kReads—Score12114d adds
- 169 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
- 170 The Road to Power Begins with a Disaster 权途，从一场灾难开始 A dam burst, and Yang Yi turned the tide against disaster. From that moment on, he began climbing step by step. Serving the people is the foundation of everything. See how he reaches the pinnacle in the name of the people. 20.3kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 171 Officialdom: The Eyes of Insight 官场：透视之眼 749Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 No One Can Be Detained and Walk Away Innocent 无人能被留置后安然无罪 Whose path to promotion and riches isn't paved with blood and strife? You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Secrets of the Three Kingdoms: The Truth Behind Zhuge Liang's Downfall of Li Yan 三国机密：诸葛亮废李严的真相 The Hidden Truth of the Three Kingdoms: Why Zhuge Liang Stripped Li Yan of His Power 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Married the Wrong White Moonlight, Now Worth Hundreds of Billions and Reunited with My Childhood Sweetheart 错娶白月光，坐拥千亿遇青梅 [No System + Not Reborn + Multiple Heroines + She Chases Him + Lighthearted Comedy + Sweet and Angsty] For the sake of an unattainable dream girl, Zhao Chang’an cruelly turned down his devoted childhood sweetheart. He spent his entire fortune marrying his dream girl, only to be repaid with a heartless betrayal. After hitting rock bottom, Zhao Chang’an fought his way up, eventually gaining control of hundreds of billions in capital and becoming the power behind a top conglomerate. On the day he r 27Reads—Score514d adds
- 175 The Official’s Painted Mask 官路画皮 In his previous life... Li Nanzheng’s most respected mentor was deceived by villains and ruined his career in government, leaving him to live in anguish for decades. In this life... When the same events began to unfold, Li Nanzheng decisively left home and cut himself off from his family. Using the advantage of having lived through several decades again, he thrived in the world of officialdom. 46.1kReads8.3Score3.4k14d adds
- 176 After Prison, I Erased My Identity 出狱后，我注销了身份 After Getting Out of Prison, I Erased My Identity 17.7kReads—Score68314d adds
- 177 I Made the Aloof Top Student Lose His Cool 高冷学神被我整破防了 I Broke the Ice-Cold Academic Genius 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Plans Amid the Plane Tree Fluff 梧桐絮里的规划图 [A principled struggle within the system, unexpected turns, power, sex, and an anti-corruption campaign, love that brings a powerful man to his knees, sacrifice for love, realism] Yu Wanqing stood before the mirror in the restroom of the Yuecheng Grand Hotel’s conference center and took a deep breath, straightening the collar of her dark blue blazer. The woman in the mirror was twenty-eight, her shoulder-length black hair neatly tucked behind her ears. As a rising talent at the Municipal Plannin 430Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 The Powerful Female Physician: After the Legitimate Daughter Refused Foot Binding, I Founded a Sect 女医权倾天下：嫡女拒裹脚后，我开宗立派了 The Female Physician Rules the World: After the Legitimate Daughter Refuses Foot Binding, I Found a Sect 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 The Road to Officialdom 官途 Wang Cheng, an ordinary young official at a provincial-level government agency, is unexpectedly chosen to become a senior leader's full-time secretary. From then on, he becomes the leader's right-hand man and embarks on a journey to rise through the ranks… 26.6kReads9.0Score2.2k14d adds
- 181 The Road to Power: From Betrayal to Commanding the Storm 官路：从遭人背刺到执掌风云 For love, Lu Xiuyuan hid his identity as the heir to a powerful family, rejected his family’s arrangements, and went to a small county town. He came first in the written exam and eagerly expected to land the position, only to be betrayed by his girlfriend, lose his place, and be mocked in public as a nobody with no connections. Fine. If that’s how it is, then I’ll stop pretending. From then on, the winds of change began to blow. The people who once humiliated him finally learned what it meant to 7.9kReads7.8Score70114d adds
- 182 Back to the 1980s: From the Start, I Cut Ties with My Family 重回八零：开局断亲斩亲缘 Tang Guangyuan has suffered from asthma since childhood, enduring years of hardship and abuse at the hands of his family. After his biological mother beat his own son, who was not yet three years old, Tang resolutely cut ties with her entire family. Overcome with rage and resentment, he unexpectedly became reborn, his soul coming from his modern-day self in the future. After being reborn, Tang Guangyuan awakened the “Farming Spirit Spring System.” The spirit spring water not only cured his ast 682Reads—Score3814d adds
- 183 Absolute Power: I Am the Backer 绝对权力：我就是靠山 Ye Minghao, a secretary to a senior official, is sent back to the countryside. His girlfriend breaks up with him, and his parents' job transfers are put on hold. Starting at the grassroots level, he climbs step by step to the top. 70.8kReads9.2Score4.6k14d adds
- 184 The Fast Track to the Top 选调生之青云直上 “Zhi” represents steadfast resolve and lofty ambitions, while “Lin” evokes blessings spread far and wide, nourishing all things. After earning his doctorate, Zhang Zhilin becomes the ultimate civil servant! The grassroots are both a crucible and a melting pot. Watch as a commoner tempers himself in the fire of grassroots work, turning his trials into poetry and forging himself into gold as he climbs step by step to the pinnacle of power! 99.5kReads8.3Score7.4k14d adds
- 185 The Cat-Paw Martial Heroine: Fleeing Her Way to the Top 三脚猫女侠，逃命成为天下第一 The Three-Legged Cat Swordswoman: Fleeing for Her Life to Become the Greatest Under Heaven 256Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 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 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 187 The Real Heiress Doesn't Care About Family, Only Money 真千金她不认亲，只认钱 The Real Heiress Doesn't Care About Family, Only Money 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 After the Contract Ends, Mr. Zhou Loses Control 契约到期后，周先生失控了 [Strong-Willed College Student x Aloof, Sharp-Tongued CEO] [Contractual Relationship] [Mutual Healing] [He Chases Her After the Breakup] [Happy Ending] A desperate attempt to save herself in a bar late at night brings Cen Xi face-to-face with Zhou Jin, a powerful man at the top of society. He's seen his share of people sucking up to the powerful, but her pride and backbone leave him utterly captivated. When Cen Xi, with nowhere else to turn, sets aside her pride and asks him for help, he takes a 175Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 I Escaped That Cannibalistic Old Street with Nothing but a Skewer of Candied Hawthorn? 我逃出那条吃人的老街，只靠手里的一串冰糖葫芦？ I escaped that man-eating old street with nothing but a skewer of candied hawthorn berries in my hand? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 After Turning into an Old Man, the System Makes Me the God of Love 变成老登后，系统让我当爱神 At thirty-five, with nowhere left to turn and suffering from kidney failure, he takes over the body of a seventy-five-year-old fisherman with dementia. The good news is that he finally has a pension he can count on, rain or shine, and a System. The bad news is that he doesn’t have many years left, and the System is a little unhinged... Tell your beloved “I love you” once a day, and you get to draw a huge treasure chest. All sorts of surprises await. System bro, are you planning to turn me in 6.6kReads8.7Score64514d adds
- 191 A Popular History of the Former Han 前汉通俗演义 [Cai Dongfan's Historical Romance, The Complete Founding History of the Han Dynasty, The Qin-Han Rivalry, A Plain-Language History, Political Intrigue and War] This book is Cai Dongfan's A Popular History of the Former Han, a classic historical novel that recounts the dynasty's rise and fall from the chaos at the end of the Qin through the middle and late Western Han. Spanning one hundred chapters, it begins with Lü Buwei's extraordinary investment and Qin Shi Huang's unification of the realm, a 129Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 192 Rejuvenation System: The Old Gatekeeper Meets a Goddess 回春系统，门卫大爷遇见女神 When 70-year-old psychology professor Li Tianyang was bound to a “System,” all he wanted was a quiet life as a security guard. But S-rank goddesses kept coming his way. An investment bank CEO was being harassed by a rich playboy? A single round of tai chi sent the guy to his knees, begging for mercy. A legal queen was framed by her ex-husband? Microexpression analysis made the mole crack on the spot. Every time he met a goddess, he grew five years younger and gained a superpower: hawk-eyed vis 159Reads—Score2314d adds
- 193 A Slacker at Work, Who Stumbled into the Rich-People Fast Lane 摆烂打工人，误闯富人赛道 A slacker office worker accidentally wanders into the rich kids’ world 69Reads—Score114d adds
- 194 Don't Mess with Me! I'm My Own Backing! 别惹我！我自己就是背景！ My new story is out! You can read my work 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! 26.7kReads8.3Score2.3k14d adds
- 195 We Corresponded for Two Months, but the Crown Prince Said He Had Mistaken Me for Someone Else? 与太子通信两个月，他却说认错了人？ After two months of exchanging letters with the crown prince, he said he had mistaken me for someone else? 350Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Tales of Mingdu 明都往事 Spring in Mingdu is always marked by rising winds and falling sand, leaving everything hazy and frustrating. But this year was strange: the wind never came, and summer arrived all at once. The heat was unbearable, and the weather was getting stranger by the day. In the end, I decided to ignore it. I slumped into my office chair, narrowed my eyes at the screen, and mechanically tapped away at the keyboard. Life still had to be lived from nine to five, in a dull, orderly routine. What was there to 318Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 197 Chip-Controlled, the Goddess Becomes My Maid 芯片控制，女神成为我的女仆 When an encrypted alien code is accidentally implanted in him, ordinary programmer Zhao Yunfeng becomes a target for elimination by the Kronos, a race of “time raiders.” In his darkest hour, ten extraordinary women implanted with “guardian chips” gather around him under a command they must obey absolutely, from an icy executive director to the daughter of a martial arts family, from a top-tier star to a genius hacker. The chips grant them unrivaled combat power, while also linking them through h 412Reads—Score16014d adds
- 198 The Royal Family Forced Me Into a Political Marriage, Unaware the Northern Yue Emperor Was My Secret Fiance 皇室绑我去和亲，却不知北越帝是我民间未婚夫 The royal family forced me into a political marriage, unaware that the Northern Yue Emperor is my secret fiancé. 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 The Wind Blows Through Xizhou City: Part Two 风过西周城第二部 The second volume of the long anti-corruption novel Wind Over Xizhou City continues the story begun in the first. Planned to span thirty-three chapters and 390,000 characters, it once again unfolds among the offices of Xizhou County, in the western plains. Career and love, human relationships and social customs, the rules of survival, and advancement at work: a series of collisions between people and events, emotion and rules, conscience and human nature. It paints a vivid, tangled portrait of e 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Waiting for Him to Understand My Heart 等他知我意 A story about high-ranking officials, featuring three couples: (1) The son of a powerful family and a once-wealthy young woman fall secretly in love with each other. Their romance lasts from college until they are nearly thirty, when they finally marry. President Lu is gentle and devoted, while the heroine is radiant and ambitious. Highlights: starting a business, and a romance that goes from school uniforms to a wedding dress. (2) A taciturn, thirty-year-old division chief is a man of faith, bu 6.8kReads9.2Score57814d adds
