Novels like The Soul-Calming Shop
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- 1 Mahjong Cultivation: From the Start, I Win with a Kong and Instantly Defeat an Immortal Venerable 麻将修仙：开局杠上开花秒仙尊 [Unconventional cultivation + tile-based card strategy + slow burn] My name is Zhou Yuan, an ordinary cultivator who awakened the legacy of the Way of Cards. Others cultivate through techniques, pills, and talent. I cultivate by playing cards. One Wan, Four Wan, Seven Wan, Nine Wan: the four seasons turn in an endless cycle, and every card is a deadly move. A Soul Transformation powerhouse stands in my way? Four Seasons Cycle, Four Symbols United: off you go. The Guixu Society comes after me? I 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Midnight Mysteries: 50 Chilling Truths to Think About 午夜诡事：50个细思极恐真相 A mirror at midnight, an empty elevator, a friend who always likes your posts within seconds, a shadow that comes to life... 50 uncanny experiences so real they'll make your scalp tingle. Every one happens in everyday life, and every one exposes the darkest side of human nature. You think they're ghost stories. In truth, they're about the human heart. Volume One The home you live in, the takeout you order, the mirror you look into, the people around you... All of them hide strange things you don —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 My Younger CEO Is So Thoughtful, This Actress No Longer Has to Hold Back 年下霸总太贴心，影后姐姐轻点宠 [Imperfect Characters | One-on-One Older Woman/Younger Man Romance | Both Each Other's First | Sex Before Love] It all began with attraction at first sight. Physical chemistry kept two people with no connection to each other together for a long time. They were both tacitly agreed never to talk about love. Until one day, Wen Xiyue grew tired. She'd had enough of this anxious, uncertain life that went against her principles, and decided to end this one-sided relationship. But can someone tell her 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Life of Bai Ze 白泽本生 I am Bai Ze, an ancient divine beast. Over the years, I have traveled far and seen much... To demons, I am the Demon Sage, possessing a bearing that makes all demons tremble and submit. Blood and authority led me through muddy pools of blood... Among humans, I am an auspicious ancient beast. Wearing the Bai Ze mask, I command blessings and fortune, protecting the human world. Kindness and generosity raised me to the altar... As a demon, I am the Dao-Demon Scion, master of the power of emotions. 11Reads—Score10014d adds
- 5 Strange Happenings at the Ancestral Hall Back Home 老家祠堂里的诡事 After my grandfather died, I was forced to return to a mountain village in southern Anhui and keep watch over the ancestral hall on the seventh day after his death. The old hall was thick with yin energy, and every taboo the villagers warned me about was more terrifying than the last: Don't light the perpetual lamp at night. Don't strike the wooden fish. Don't answer anyone outside the door. No matter what you hear, never open it. On the night of the seventh day, I heard fingernails scraping at 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 From the Start: I Teach Li Shimin to Cultivate Immortality 开局：我教李世民修仙 Tang Chen, a history student, transmigrated to the thirteenth year of the Zhenguan era and became a menial servant in the Taiji Palace. With a single remark, “The pills are poisonous,” he exposed a fangshi’s scam in front of everyone and saved the gravely ill Li Shimin. From then on, he taught the emperor the path to immortality, won over court officials, united Buddhism and Daoism, and swept across the Turks and Goguryeo, forging an everlasting immortal dynasty with the fate of the entire natio 744Reads—Score11314d adds
- 7 Follow the Sage, and Let Talented Scholars and Emperors Run Wild Together 跟着圣人，才子和天子一起浪 Huang Xiaowen somehow transmigrates to the Zhengde era of the Ming Dynasty, where he encounters three major figures of the time one after another and gets caught up in a series of amusing adventures. Entertainment and the pursuit of the Dao go hand in hand... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Mess With My Fiancée and I'll Ruin You 敢欺负我未婚妻我让你倾家荡产 Dare bully my fiancée, and I’ll leave you penniless 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Chronicles of the Ten-Day Yin Guest 十日阴客录 [Infinite Worlds + Rule-Based Horror + Popular Characters Crashing In + Unhinged Female Lead + Mystery and Deduction] Ten days to survive, with rules as the blade. A clueless, adorable girl with a Sichuan accent and a shovel in hand barges into a ten-day death game where everyone is obsessed with following the rules... In the ten-day death game, everyone clutches the rules like a talisman that will save their lives. Only the woman in the red dress laughs as she walks over red plum petals: “The 23Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 10 The Bride in Red 红衣厉嫁 The Red-Dressed Bride of a Vengeful Ghost 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Wind Howls at the Mass Grave at Midnight 夜半风哭乱葬岗 The Wind Weeps at Midnight in the Mass Burial Ground —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Yellow Fairy Demands a Title on a Snowy Night, and My Mom Tricks Me Into Dying 雪夜黄仙讨封，我妈骗我去死 On a Snowy Night, a Yellow Immortal Demands a Title, and My Mom Tricks Me Into Dying —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Don't Comb Your Hair at Midnight 午夜十二点，别梳头 At Midnight, Don’t Comb Your Hair —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Making Peace with Myself, Gently 我与自己，温柔和解 Making Peace With Myself, Gently —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Snow Over the Crossing Bridge 渡桥雪 Snow Over the Crossing Bridge —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Corpse-Driving in Xiangxi: The Yin Bell Calls the Soul 湘西赶尸：阴铃引魂 Corpse-Walking in Western Hunan: The Yin Bell Calls the Souls —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Night of Terror at the Three-Way Junction 三岔口惊魂夜 A Terrifying Night at the Three-Way Junction —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The God of Wealth Descends to Earth 财神下凡 The God of Wealth Descends to the Mortal World 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Time Pawnshop: Deposit No. 7 时间当铺：第七号寄存物 The Time Pawnshop: Deposit No. 7 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Wild Grass in a Cold Village 寒村野草 Wild Grass in a Cold Village 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Xuanhuan: I Meddle in Other People's Business and Become a Martial Sage of the Mortal World 玄幻：多管闲事，成人间武圣 [The rating has just been released and will rise later!!!] Chen Zui transmigrated into a chaotic martial-arts world. He awakened a bizarre System. The only way to become stronger was to meddle in other people's business. Thus, this world gained an idle fellow who carried a long spear and meddled in other people's affairs wherever he went. As two peerless sword immortals began their decisive battle, Chen Zui slowly walked onto the battlefield. “Sorry, I am only here to deliver a message for 98.4kReads8.5Score11.4k14d adds
- 22 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 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 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. 69Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 24 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... 36Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 25 Jia Baoyu Becomes a Martial Arts Master 贾宝玉成了武林高手 Dream of the Red Chamber is a realist masterpiece rooted in Cao Xueqin's reflections on his own life. Though the book contains mythical elements, they are merely a veil of “false words and village talk.” This time, the author boldly reimagines the story, casting Jia Baoyu into the chaos of the late Ming dynasty! Watch him master peerless martial arts, raise his sword to the heavens as the empire teeters on the brink of collapse, protect his family, and fight injustice throughout the land! Histor 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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—14d adds
- 27 I Am You, and Also Your Ultimate Enemy 我是你，亦是你终敌 [Imaginative fantasy + alternate world + otherworld + parallel universes + chosen one] Chu Chen only wants to live an ordinary life, but he has never gotten his wish. As the young master of the Sheng Chen House, he can never escape his duties and obligations. But no one knows that all of this has been rewritten. In the fate that was originally laid out, he devoured the entire world. Light and darkness are the essence of the universe. Everything has an opposite, including the world itself: a plac 10Reads—Score114d adds
- 28 The Six Realms: A Stroke of the Brush Determines All Under Heaven 六界浮沉：执笔定苍生 Everyone says the Heavenly Dao is impartial and the immortals and Buddhas are compassionate. Yet they do not know that above the nine heavens, the Heavenly Dao treats all living beings as pieces on a board, while the immortals and Buddhas regard mortals as mere dogs. Su Yan, the direct son of an ancient Immortal Venerable, was born with a primordial chaos Dao body. His parents sealed him away with their lives while he was still an infant, leaving him to drift into the mortal world, where he beca —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A Debt-Ridden Wage Slave Inherits a Mansion, but the Tenants Aren’t Human 负债牛马继承豪宅，但租客不是人 Chen Mo, a wage slave on the brink of being crushed by loan sharks, receives a mysterious phone call just as he’s losing hope. To his surprise, he inherits a mansion worth 30 million from a distant relative. He moves in overjoyed, only to discover that one of the tenants isn’t even human. The more he learns, the more shocked he becomes. It turns out a huge conspiracy is lurking behind it all... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Rise of a Deserted Island: I Rebuild the Eternal Han Dynasty 荒岛崛起：我重塑万古汉家江山 Qin Feng, a modern military industry expert, transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty and washes up on a deserted island in Southeast Asia from the start, with only a group of dying Ming refugees by his side. In this desperate situation, he uses knowledge far beyond his time to smelt steel, build firearms, develop agriculture, and establish institutions, founding the first Han Chinese nation in Southeast Asia. He defeats the Dutch colonists, sweeps across Southeast Asia, takes control of the Strai 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Vast Sea of Stars in the Deep Universe 宇宙深空之星辰浩海 [Science fiction, fictional setting] What kind of world is this? Shall we explore the edge of a world whose very existence is uncertain? Let’s encourage one another as we journey through the boundless sea of stars… International affairs, the vast universe, an endless sea of stars. I dare to write it, they dare to live it. Will you come and see? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Celestial Pivot Guards of the Great Ming 大明天枢卫 In the early twentieth century, the body of an extraterrestrial higher-dimensional life-form spontaneously disintegrated in the skies over Siberia. Countless meteorite fragments scattered across the globe, some landing in a village in the Qilian Mountains of the northwest. As children, Zhu Mingyu and Zhu Mingchao, brothers from the Zhu family, were playing when fragments cut them. Their fates were sealed. Ten years later, the brothers were forced into a chain of mysteries spanning a century and 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Rebooting the Game: I Become a God in Infinite Reincarnation 重启游戏：我在无限轮回里封神 Esports player Su Ye is betrayed by a teammate he trusted and dies a tragic death in the beginner dungeon of The Endgame. On the brink of death, he awakens the Mark of Reboot: every death lets him turn back time, his stats stack permanently, and his memories and equipment are never reset! Carrying the hatred of his past life and the experience of a hundred cycles, he returns to the moment the game descends upon the world. He tears traitors apart, solos dungeons, and builds the strongest team. In —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Nether Pill 冥丸 [Rule-based horror + fateful mind games + Red Plum Opera Troupe + unmarked waystation] The opera stage's sugar debt, the morning mist scented with locust blossoms, the cold jade, and a line from an opera that was never finished. I took a night watch job with the Red Plum Opera Troupe, only to discover that its members had been dead for thirty years. Every rule in the script exacts a life when broken. This book is a prequel to Records of the Ten Days of Yin Guests. All the foreshadowing for the 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Poetry of Lan 澜之诗 They created the world, yet the world forgot them. He painted the mountains and rivers. He granted life its span. She brought color to all creation. He guarded order. Mortals never knew that in the hundred years of human life, some died for love, some became demons out of hatred, and some turned fleeting moments into songs that lasted a thousand years. The day the gods fell, strange phenomena continued for three days and three nights. Then six of the brightest shooting stars streaked across —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Dream Journey: When Dreams Become Tools for Solving Crimes 梦旅，当梦境成为破案工具 Dai Hanna used to work in sales. But after a series of bizarre dreams and strange occurrences, she gradually uncovered a pitiful truth: a huge mastermind was controlling everything! 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 This Journey to the West Isn't That Journey to the West 此西游非彼西游 This is Journey to the West, but this Journey to the West is not that Journey to the West. No transmigration, no System, no scheming dark heroes. Discover a different world of Journey to the West. A book can change a person, and one person can change the world. 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Cold War Wolf: The Ivanov Files 冷战之狼：伊万诺夫档案 Ivanov, an outstanding cadet from a military academy’s special forces program, is drawn into a Cold War conspiracy and hunted around the world by three factions. He breaks through with a wolf’s tenacity and paves his way with revenge, facing one high-stakes twist after another as he fights back to the bitter end! You won’t regret reading this! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Dragon Clan Resurgence 1: The Storm Rises Again 龙族复苏1之再起风云 [Modern Fantasy + Reincarnation + Dragon Clan + Rise to Power + No System] The Divine Dragon Appears, and the Four Seas Unite! On an ordinary planet in another universe and timeline, Shen Shi was an unremarkable boy who stood out among his peers. Then, on his eighteenth birthday, an unexpected expedition awakened the bloodline sleeping within him. He was a direct descendant of the Dragon Clan, reincarnated through a secret art by his people when their planet faced annihilation, carrying the secr 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Art of the God of War: The Schemes of Huaiyin 兵仙箓：淮阴玄谋 The Art of War: Huaiyin’s Hidden Stratagems 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 A Note from the Corpse Whisperer 尸语者的纸条 A Note from the Corpse Whisperer 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I Wove Brocade Using Ancient Techniques and Took the Internet by Storm 我靠古法织锦，爆红全网 I Went Viral Online with Ancient Brocade-Weaving Techniques 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Heart of the Han, Book Two: The Bronze Cauldron Emerges, War Engulfs the Three Kingdoms 玄汉文心·第二部 文鼎现世·三国烽烟 The Literary Soul of the Mystic Han, Part Two: The Bronze Ding Emerges, Flames of War Engulf the Three Kingdoms —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Minecraft: Unifying the Minecraft World 我的世界之统一MC The first book in the Blue Star Origins series. Far away in the universe lies a blue planet. Unlike the meteors constantly streaking past it or the lifeless celestial bodies moving slowly nearby, it enjoys a pleasant climate and boasts a rich variety of species. It is a habitable planet, and it is called Blue Star... In 5300 BC, the gods created the world, giving rise to countless pantheons. But differences in ideals, culture, customs, and other matters dragged the gods into a conflict that woul 45Reads—Score514d adds
- 45 Showbiz System: Win Over Actresses to Get Stronger 华娱系统：攻略女星就变强 [Not Reborn + System Comeback] In 2004, after failing his arts entrance exam, the stubborn Su Yan went to Hengdian to become an extra. Dreams were grand, but reality was harsh. Playing corpses and cannon fodder day after day made him feel like his whole life was going nowhere. Then, on the day he joined the cast of The Return of the Condor Heroes, a screen suddenly appeared before his eyes: [First Goddess Bound: Heavenly Immortal] [Give-and-Receive System Activated] From then on, the rule 129.6kReads8.9Score13k14d adds
- 46 The Heart of the Han: The Legend of Lu Jia 玄汉文心.陆贾传奇 The Literary Soul of the Mystic Han: The Legend of Lu Jia —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Lantern Light Over Chang’an 灯影照长安 Lamplight Over Chang'an 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Zigong Enters Government: Chronicles of Five Kingdoms in Turmoil 子贡出仕、五国风云录 Zigong Enters Officialdom: Chronicles of the Five Kingdoms 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Spirit Venerable of Guiguzi 鬼谷灵尊 Ghost Valley Spirit Venerable 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Poor-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Won’t Marry 寒门女相：陛下，臣不嫁人 The Common-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Will Not Marry —Reads—Score—14d adds
