Novels like You Were Told to Investiture the Gods, Not Start an Industrial Revolution
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- 1 Desert Spy: A Tech Whiz Crushes the Invading Army 大漠谍影：技术流吊打侵略军 [Hardcore Tech + Spycraft and Intrigue + Overwhelming Technological Advantage + Feel-Good Story] On the surface, they’re laborers installing cell towers. In reality, they’re Dragon Nation’s top tech team. They move like shadows in the dark, then crush their enemies with cutting-edge technology in the open. An undercover unit from a civilian team uses modified microwaves and civilian software to overwhelm invading forces in the desert with technology from a higher dimension! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Life Turned Around When an Older Woman Wanted to Marry Me 人生开挂从大龄女要嫁我开始 Life Gets a Cheat Mode When an Older Woman Wants to Marry Me 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Defying Heaven, I Make the Immortals Step Aside 反骨登天，众仙避让 A hilarious, stress-relieving cultivation romp that reveals the full picture of the Immortal Realm. Lin Xuan, the Holy Son of the Xuantian Sect, has heaven-defying talent, a cunning mind, and a wicked sense of humor. When the Seven Fairies of the Heavenly Court descend to the mortal world for a wager, he wins a hundred million immortal crystals from them. The Seven Fairies honor their bet: “Come to Heaven with us!” Lin Xuan: “Let’s go! There’s even more fun to be had in the Heavenly Court!” As s 1Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 4 Everyone Misjudges Me, but My Adoring Wife Subdues the Heavens and Qin 全员误判，我靠娇妻镇天秦 [A middle-aged man biding his time, a supportive wife, everyone misjudges him, schemes and martial arts, a miraculous comeback] At thirty-six, Feng Xu is blunt and never flatters anyone. He has spent half his life without learning to play along, and has long been pushed aside and oppressed by society. Burdened by enormous debts and poor health, he is an unremarkable middle-aged man who has achieved nothing. People mock him without restraint, saying he isn’t worthy of his peerlessly beautiful, s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I Went Viral Online for All My Wacky Antics After Deciding to Lie Flat 躺平之后花式整活爆红全网 [All wild ideas] [Comedy] [Ridiculous nonsense] Shen Yan transmigrated into a book, becoming the hopelessly untalented trainee on a talent show who was about to get roasted by the entire internet for courting disaster. The director told him to cry. He yawned. “What's so bad about quitting the industry? Isn't waking up naturally the best?” The whole internet thought he'd gone crazy. But then livestreaming himself asleep gained him a million followers, his unconventional product pitches sold ou —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I'm Just a Traffic Cop, How Did Cultivating to Immortality Make Me Invincible? 我就一交警，修个仙怎么无敌了？ [Hilarious and Unbeatable | A Traffic Cop Crashes Into the Cultivation World] Don’t be fooled by “unbeatable” in the title! This isn’t a conventional cultivation power fantasy about grinding through monsters and crushing immortal venerables. Zhou Shougui, a traffic cop who died on duty, accidentally transmigrates across the myriad worlds. Through a series of mishaps, he ends up with the complete King of Fighters skill set, but is born without a spiritual root and rejected by the Qingyun Sect. By 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I Said I’m Not Crazy 我说我不是疯子 This book blends absurdity, exaggeration, and occasional bouts of madness. The jokes come thick and fast, but beneath them lies a warmth, along with the occasional pang of sadness. It tells the story of someone obsessed with proving “I'm not crazy,” and how, on the absurd road of life, he uses his own eccentric logic to fight everything deemed “normal.” Many people call him crazy, but he refuses to accept that. Lin Ye doesn't have many principles in life, but his most important one is this: prov 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Fortune-Teller Comes Down the Mountain, and a Glamorous Older Woman Begs Him to Find Her Match 神棍下山御姐跪求红鸾 [Urban cultivation + laugh-out-loud comedy + System + invincible hero + feng shui and metaphysics + ghost hunting and demon subjugation] Wu Xuance spent eighteen years cooped up in a mountain temple on Yandang Mountain before his master finally kicked him out. He also had to bring along Da Huang, a chatterbox mutt, and a haughty rainbow-colored cat, and read the love fortunes of eighty-one wealthy married women, or he would be struck by lightning. The moment he stepped down the mountain, the Red 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The More I Embarrass Myself, the Stronger I Get: I Strike Back by Calling Down Lightning to Annihilate the Ghost King 社死就变强，我反手引雷灭诡王 After eighteen years of hard study, all I wanted was to attend college quietly. I never expected the System to choose me. From the start, I had to perform a “Thunder-Summoning Ritual” in front of three thousand people. Chen Xuan, an ordinary first-year clinical medicine student, clutched a broken mop handle. Facing eerie ghostly shadows reaching out from the screen, he had just one thing to say: “Everyone, don’t panic. The thunder hasn’t arrived because I haven’t finished calling it yet!” From a 35Reads—Score214d adds
- 10 Reborn as a Peashooter: From the Start, I Turn Against Dave and Nuke the Zombies 重生豌豆射手：开局反戴夫，核平僵尸 Reborn as a Peashooter: From the Start, I Turn Against Dave and Nuke the Zombies 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I Watched Short Dramas and Became Unstoppable 刷短剧，刷出无敌之姿 When other people transmigrate, they become emperors, generals, or, at the very least, miracle-working doctors or CEOs. Me? I was a food delivery rider before I transmigrated, and I’m still a food delivery rider now! So what was the point of transmigrating? But even delivery riders deserve a chance at love. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 My Wife Is a Goddess 我家娘子是神仙 Tang Huaiyu, a tofu seller, discovers that his gentle, virtuous wife, Lin Xing'er, has been replaced by Qingchen, an immortal official from the Jade Lake Palace in the Heavenly Court. While carrying out her duties, Qingchen accidentally took over his wife's mortal body, and the real Xing'er had already passed away peacefully in her sleep. Ordered to maintain the body's ordinary routine, Qingchen turns life in the mortal world upside down: she fries eggs into black weapons, sweeps the floor hard 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Water Margin Staffing Plan: Hilarious Records from the Liangshan Simulation Training Base 水浒编制：梁山模拟演练基地爆笑实录 The Water Margin Roster: Hilarious True Stories from the Liangshan Simulation Training Base —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 From the Start, I Auctioned Off the Throne, and Buyers Keep Coming Back for After-Sales Service 开局拍卖皇位，买家天天找售后 [Lighthearted stress relief, perfect mealtime entertainment] He was Zhang Qiang, a special forces soldier who woke up in the Great Sheng Dynasty in someone else's body, only to become “the poorest crown prince in history!” How poor was he? He had to budget carefully even when using the latrine, tearing off toilet paper one inch at a time. Meanwhile, his six younger brothers, all princes, were rolling in wealth! Zhang Qiang grinned! Poor? He wasn't worried! He had a portable hidden armory, stocke 236Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After Pain Made Me Immortal, My First Love Went Mad 痛觉赐我长生后，白月光疯了 After Pain Granted Me Immortality, My White Moonlight Went Mad 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Self-Cultivation of the Cultivation World’s Top Paparazzo 修仙界第一狗仔的自我修养 The Self-Cultivation of the Cultivation World's Top Paparazzo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Cultivation World’s Top Health Supplement Saleswoman: Getting Rich by Conning Ascension-Stage Masters 修仙界保健品销冠：靠忽悠化神大佬爆赚飞升 The Cultivation World's Top-Selling Health Supplement Mogul: Making a Fortune by Fooling Nascent Divinity Experts into Ascending —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Necromancer and His Skeleton Boy Band 亡灵法师与他的骨架男团 The Necromancer and His Skeleton Boy Band —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Patriarch’s Wedding Night: Five Thousand Disciples Turn Gray Overnight 老祖洞房，全宗五千人一夜白头 The Patriarch's Wedding Night: Five Thousand Members of the Sect Turn Gray-Haired Overnight —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Oh No, Animals Have Killed Me 12 Times 夭寿了，我被动物杀了12次 Disaster! I've Been Killed by Animals 12 Times 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Master Math and Science, Fear No Road: A Struggling Student’s Overwhelming Advantage in Another World 学好数理化走天下都不怕-学渣降维打击异世界 Master Math and Science, and You Can Go Anywhere Without Fear: A Struggling Student Dominates Another World with Superior Knowledge 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 I’m Rewriting the Script of a Tragic Novel: Change One Word and the Whole Cast Gets Humiliated 我在虐文改剧本，改一字全员社死 [Absurd Comedy]+ [Revenge in a Tragic Romance]+ [Text-Editing System]+ [Everyone Loses It] I transmigrated into a melodramatic tragedy and became the unlucky heroine: the domineering CEO tormented my heart, the scheming mistress smeared my name, and I even had to donate a kidney to save his white-moonlight love. Just as the scumbag was about to make me kneel in front of everyone, the [Literary Inquisition: Text-Editing System] came online Change a single character in a key plot point, and realit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Went to Suppress Bandits and Found My Own Daughter, Sending Her Chancellor Father Into a Breakdown 剿匪剿到亲闺女，丞相爹爹崩溃了 [Silly, No Romance] [Female Lead Stands Alone] [High-Energy, No-Brainer Wish Fulfillment] In her previous life, Song Chuyi was a top-notch bandit. When her enemies surrounded her as a group, she couldn't hold out and kicked the bucket. Reborn as an orphan girl abandoned during wartime, she was born with absurdly great strength and a divine-power buff. She could snap an ancient tree with one punch. She gathered a band of refugee underlings, built a stronghold and fortifications in the mountains, 2.1kReads6.4Score17414d adds
- 24 The CEO Is Right Next Door, So I Get Him First 近水楼台先得霸总 [Alternate Universe] [Comedy] Because of a System malfunction, Xinghe, who should have been living on the Blue Star, spent sixteen years in another world. When the error is discovered, the System has no choice but to correct it and bring her back. In the original story, Xinghe is the neighbor of Xia Yanxin, the true heiress. They grow up close as sisters. Even after Xia Yanxin is found by her biological parents, she faces a family that favors others and a scheming, faux-sweet impostor heiress, l 1.7kReads8.7Score32414d adds
- 25 The Insane, Heaven-Defying Brick! 疯批逆天大板砖！ A crazed, heaven-defying brick! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Entered the Wrong Book and Survive a Haunted House on CEO Quotes 穿错书，我在凶宅靠霸总语录续命 I Got Into the Wrong Book and Now I’m Staying Alive in a Haunted House with CEO Catchphrases 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 While Everyone Else Awakens Powers, I Collect Chinese Characters 别人觉醒能力，我在收集汉字 Everyone Else Awakens Powers. I Collect Chinese Characters 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Fang Yiai of the Tang Dynasty: This Man Is No Simpleton 大唐房遗爱，这个家伙不简单 Reborn in the body of Fang Yiai during the Zhenguan era, he seems foolish on the surface but is actually playing the pig to eat the tiger. Sharp-tongued, witty, and full of clever schemes, he rewrites his tragic fate without relying on a golden finger. At home, he resolves his conflicts with Gao Yang and befriends a host of lovely confidantes. Beyond his household, he navigates the imperial court and ranges far and wide. He turns his fortunes around at every step, eventually rising to the pinnac 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 I Get Stronger by Scaring People, and I Was Reborn Thanks to My Ridiculous Antics 吓人就变强，我靠沙雕重生了 Scare People to Get Stronger: I Was Reborn Thanks to My Ridiculous Antics 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 From Martial Arts School Good-for-Nothing to Ruler of Heaven and Earth 从武校废柴到天地共主 Urban martial arts + shameless antics + comedy + infinite clones + good-for-nothing's rise Funny scenes offset the shamelessness: after every underhanded stunt, the protagonist pays the price and suffers the consequences, or his clones mess things up and leave the original to clean up. This creates a comic effect of “trying to hurt others and hurting yourself instead,” making the shameless antics more endearing… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 After Making It in the Underworld, I Became a Gig Worker Between Yin and Yang 地府上岸后我成了阴阳两届打工人 Just got my results / Strong female lead / Urban fantasy / Wild imagination / Wacky comedy / Episodic / Workplace / Supernatural mystery / Yin-Yang Eyes / Underworld / Civil service exams / Funny / Daily life / Metaphysics Su Ran took the civil service exam for three years and finally made it through. Her office was a little out of the way: the Underworld’s Human Realm Affairs Office. On her first day, Director Bai Wuchang sent her an offer letter using fifty reaction images. In her first week, 173Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 32 Stellar-Core Prodigy: The Bottom-Ranked Good-for-Nothing Becomes a Legend 星核天才：垫底废柴她居然封神了 [Absurd comedy + face-slapping + going off the rails + a cast of lunatics + unhinged banter] An unserious, face-slapping coming-of-age power fantasy. Whoever shows up, they're all complete weirdos to begin with~ Dead last in every subject, timid and easy to bully, Party Yehong is laughed at by everyone at the Mecha Academy. They call her a good-for-nothing dunce, a bottom-feeder who doesn't belong among the elite. No one knows that this seemingly helpless girl is the last descendant of an ancien 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Everyone in the World Has a Golden Finger Except Me 全世界都有金手指，只有我没有 Everyone in the World Has a Golden Finger Except Me 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Reborn with a Goofy System, I Punish Every Bully at School 重生后我用沙雕系统制裁全校恶人 Reborn, I Use a Ridiculous System to Punish the Villains at School 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Ascending to the Immortal Realm: I Became an Eternal Immortal Emperor by Playing It Safe 飞升仙界：我靠腹黑苟成万古仙帝 Lin Yuan, from Blue Star, ascends to the Immortal Realm. With his cunning, strategic mind and heaven-defying luck, he changes his fate, starting as a low-ranking immortal servant and rising all the way to the upper echelons of the Immortal Realm. The once-in-a-million-years War of Investiture begins, and the competition among the greatest prodigies of the myriad realms becomes its opening battle. Relying on his wits and formidable strength, Lin Yuan survives the brutal contest across the heavens 61Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 36 Adorably Cute Villain: The Sneaky System Helps Me Win Without Lifting a Finger 软萌反派：老六系统带我躺赢呀 Transmigrate into a book + lighthearted, satisfying power fantasy + scheming rule-breaker + System. The writing is crisp and lively, packed with snark and briskly paced. Protagonist: Lin Wanxing, a transmigrator and the original novel's second female lead, a standard villain who is “arrogant and domineering, obsessed with the male lead, and constantly targeting the female lead.” In reality, she's a sarcastic schemer with a natural knack for playing dirty. She lives by “Keep your head down if you 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I'm Jin Fan, and My Web Novel Is Absolutely Fire 我是金番，我的网文吊炸天 [No System + Joke Machine + Laughing Like a Pig at Midnight + The Secrets of a Golden Tomato Author Revealed] Every word written with care. No AI! I swear on my chastity that this is the funniest novel you've ever read, packed with more jokes and memorable lines than any other, and full of practical value. So many great lines they'll make your head spin, and a plot you won't be able to put down! If it's not good, come beat me up! Buckle up and hold on tight. Here we go: Oh my god! I'm Qin Shi Hu 2Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 38 Conquering Myriad Worlds, Starting with the Closet 从衣柜开始征服万界 Zhou Jian never dreamed that one dating site his mom signed him up for on a whim would send his life completely out of control. His wardrobe became a portal that refreshed every week. The good news: Everyone who came through fell for him. The bad news: He fell for everyone who came through. 339Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 39 From the Start, I Had a Spoonful of Three-Flower Evaporated Milk: Setting the Cafeteria Straight in 1987 开局我一勺三花淡奶，我在1987整顿食堂 From the Start, I Had a Spoonful of Three-Flower Evaporated Milk: I Whip the Cafeteria into Shape in 1987 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Square-Dancing Auntie: Scavenging in Another World, Even the Gods Make Way 广场舞大妈：异界捡破烂，诸神靠边站 Square Dance Aunties: Scavenging in Another World, Even the Gods Give Way 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 I Conquered the Cultivation World by Watching Ads 我靠看广告称霸修仙世界 This story features silly humor, a lighthearted and comedic tone, cultivation, a System, a golden finger, farming, and an ensemble cast. If that's not your thing, this isn't for you. When a master con artist transmigrates to another world of cultivation and binds himself to an advertising System, he meets an inexperienced female cultivator, a kindhearted buddy, a resourceful subordinate, an energetic and quick-witted sect maiden, and a dazed old monk. What kind of unconventional cultivation adve 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 This Damn System Isn’t Human, It Wants Me to Call It Daddy 狗系统不当人，要我喊爸爸 Pure, mindless comedy, with no dull moments and one laugh after another. The plot moves fast. Friends, if you’re willing to read it, just don’t curse me out. I may update a little slowly because I have to think up the plot, and I’m aiming for less than 100,000 words a day. The story is about the protagonist activating a Dad System. System novels all follow the same formula, and I didn’t want to go down the same path as everyone else, so this is a bit of an unconventional take. Just have fun, giv 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 If You Can Have Jiahao, Then So Can I! 许你嘉豪，就许我嘉豪！ I'm Wang Jiahao, a forty-year-old old man. One day, I woke up to find that my soul had somehow ended up in the body of a college student named Ouyang Jiahao. I'm a failed, greasy, bald, ugly, short nobody, and now I have a young, handsome, well-educated body. Isn't this Heaven giving me a second chance? I thought I was the chosen one, but it turns out there's a second Jiahao right by my side! If you get to be Jiahao, then so do I. When it comes to being Jiahao, I'm even more Jiahao than you! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I’m Bound to a Foolish System 我绑定了个傻子系统 I Bound Myself to a Dumb System 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 I Became the Villain’s Mother 我穿成了反派他娘 I Became the Villain’s Mother —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The System Sent Me to Be a Simp 我被系统派去当舔狗 The System Sent Me to Be a Simp —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Doing Science in the Cultivation World 我在修真界搞科研 Doing Scientific Research in the Cultivation World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 In the 1970s, I Took a Supermarket to the Countryside 七零之我带着超市下乡 In the 1970s, I Took a Supermarket to the Countryside 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 I Became the Dowager Empress Who Held the Court in Her Grip 我成了权倾朝野的太后 I Became the Empress Dowager Who Held the Court in Her Grasp 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Noble Consort Is a Double Agent 贵妃是双面间谍 The Noble Consort Is a Double Agent —Reads—Score—14d adds
