Novels like Reborn, Lao Da Elbows His Way Through the Martial World
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- 1 I Add Immortal Points at the Auto Repair Shop 我在修车铺加点仙 On his eighteenth birthday, Zhou Tianming saw Uncle Lin crush a steel bar with his bare hands for the first time. “Kid, there are evil fiends in this world that bullets can’t pierce.” He thought he’d be able to throw his weight around from then on, but discovered that each new enemy was more twisted than the last: A suit-wearing monster in an office tower that devoured the lifespans of overworked employees, cybernetic warriors in an underground garage, modified with parts taken from living peopl 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Zoo 319 319动物园 When you decide to walk into a dark room late at night, be sure to watch out for the “black plastic bag” above your head. It really will drop over your head. Lions and tigers battle for dominance in the zoo, A tiger has three cubs, and one is bound to be a rogue, Sharks play in the water, and phoenixes rise from the ashes. Even owls dare to provoke adult brown bears. Foxes don't “slip up,” and snow leopards are “cold-hearted,” While giraffes keep “attracting attention.” [This story is based on r 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Our First Choice 我们的第一选择 Our First Choice —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Arctic Temple 北极神庙 In the feudal chaos of the Fourth Era, eunuchs have brought the Great Celestial Dynasty to ruin. Liu Jianbei of Northern Yan, Li Yunye of Southern Qing, and Liang Qiyuan of Great Liang stand in a tense three-way balance, while the people suffer amid war and misery. Beneath a polar night, the snow awakens the Third Era’s Temple. Situ Jing, carrying Ye Qingmei’s memories, and Wuzhu, an AI emissary from the Second Era, flee with a sniper rifle and peerless martial arts in hand. The Temple’s plot to —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 After Scraping My Way to Millionaire Status, One Word from Dad Turned Me into a Billionaire in Debt 摸爬滚打成为百万富翁后，老爸一句话让我变成亿万负翁 After scrabbling my way up to become a millionaire, one sentence from my dad turned me into a billionaire in debt. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Only Him and Him 只有他和他 A friendly reminder: This work is currently undergoing major revisions. This is a tragedy through and through, and nobody gets a happy ending. If you can't handle sad stories, enter at your own risk! Seriously, don't read it! This is pure bad-ending fiction! The plot is toxic, with plenty of angst! If you like sweet stories, stay away!! Seriously, stay away! Most of the characters are crazy, with very few genuinely good people. There are even more deranged characters! Once again, because it's im —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Kill That Monster 杀死那个怪物 [Dual male leads + suspense + mild horror + wild imagination and logic + decisive and ruthless action] He was murdered at dusk and buried beneath the shattered stars. The eighteen-year-old boy opened a bloodstained envelope, and his life came to an abrupt end. But at that moment, the gears of fate slipped out of alignment. He unexpectedly traveled through time and space. Each time he successfully completed a task assigned by a world, would he randomly gain a special ability beyond ordinary human —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Honest Wage Slave Gets Carried by a Genius's Nightmare 打工老实人，竟被天才梦魇带飞了 [Hilarious daily life + underdog comeback + feel-good healing] After failing her art school entrance exams, an art student sees her dreams crumble to dust and reluctantly dives into a railway factory to paint equipment with oil! Her boss treats her like a pack mule, and her coworkers boss her around like a dog! She thinks her life has gone completely dark, but on her first day at the factory, a genius nightmare clings to her like a bandage and insists on teaching her railway engineering, a field 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 A Poor Young Man’s Joyful Adventures in the World of Water Margin 穷小子欢喜游水浒世界 Xiao Tian has only 3,000 yuan left in his pocket and is about to buy an electric scooter to deliver food when Heaven’s Dao tosses him into the world of Water Margin. With Heaven’s Dao backing him, he can summon the wind and rain and uphold Heaven’s justice. Life is really great! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Candlekeeper Era 烛守纪元 In the year 2500, at humanity's last fortress, I look back on how we lost. My mentor handed me a pair of gloves and said, “Put them on. You'll be able to see who isn't human.” But I saw her shadow grinning at me by candlelight. To bring her beloved daughter back to life, she created the God of False Humans. To cling to what remained of our lives, we launched the Xuanyuan Project. They said I was the last spark of hope, the sword that would slay the gods. But when dark matter fused with my s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Reborn a Hundred Times, This Life I Transmigrate with a Book to Seek the Ultimate Realm 重活百世这一世我带书穿越求极境 [An idea eight years in the making has fallen to me, someone with no writing experience at all. As my first book, it faces many challenges; Perhaps I won't always find the right words; Perhaps I won't always say what I truly mean; But I sincerely hope you'll step inside and take a look at the world in my heart.] I would be a horn, a mighty, magnificent horn! I am but an ordinary man, devoted to novels. In this world of dust, I was deeply drawn to that fantastical realm. In a daze, I seemed to 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Path of the Seal Master 印师之路 [A cast of highly intelligent characters + traditional fantasy + one heroine + ruthless and merciless] “If you had nine lives, what would you do?” “I’d spend eight lives learning to forget, and use the last one to end everything.” “Spirit Aptitude” has been awakened. Nine lifetimes of reincarnation begin here. This world has flourished for countless ages. Clans stand side by side, sects rise in their multitudes, and good and evil are locked in conflict. Becoming a Seal Master is the only path fo 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Divine and Demonic Emperor’s Duel 神魔帝决 Once we know how things will end, can we still find the courage to press on? Even when we give everything we have and still fall just short of our goal, giving up feels unbearable, yet moving forward seems impossibly hard. This is the dilemma of life, a choice many people must face. And yet, it is these hardships and challenges that shape our character and resolve. A young man who only wants to live like a spoiled heir has little hope or ambition for the future. But fate has a way of taking unex —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Splendor of Southern Han 南汉风华录 The Bride in the Coffin: A Game of Wits in a Turbulent Age After dying suddenly, she finds herself the most bizarre “bride at a funeral” in the chaotic world of the Southern Han. Su Wanjing, a modern girl, unexpectedly transmigrates to Baihe City in the late Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, just as Liu Chang ascends the throne as the last ruler of the Southern Han. She opens her eyes to a horrifying scene: someone has hanged herself, and she is trapped in a coffin. She has become Su Nin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Red Robes Take the Cauldron: From the Kitchen to the Top of the World 红妆执鼎：从后厨到世界之巅 On my 40th birthday, my husband decided I was past my prime, and my company exiled me to wash dishes at a roadside diner. Everyone was waiting to watch me fall from the top into the dirt. I joined my archenemy's company instead and took it to number one in the country in just three months. My ex-husband begs me to take him back? Sorry, I'm headed for the stars and beyond. My former employer tries to blacklist me worldwide? I smile and buy its headquarters. International giants gang up on me? I b —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Abyss of the Gods 诸神之渊 ⟦No System + Dungeon Progression + Rules-Based Horror + High-Stakes Mind Games⟧ “My name is Su Yun. In people’s eyes, I’m a savior. To the authorities, I’m a murderer. I’m the guide for all living beings, the link to the skies in the domains of the uncanny, and the one every god sees as a thorn in its side.” This is a world overrun by uncanny entities, where danger and opportunity go hand in hand. Some obtain items that let them control time and return to the past. Others gain divine artifacts t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Demon Lord Sacrifices Himself to the Three Realms to Win Back His Wife 魔尊为了追妻拿自己献祭三界 He shattered a realm for her, and guarded a realm for her. In the first life, he was a young general who had distinguished himself protecting the emperor. She was an upstart who'd kicked her way to fame in the capital, taking up armor and sword for wealth and status. He died tragically amid court intrigues, while she waited for him all her life. In the second life, she was a fox who stayed by his side, accompanying him through both his rise and his lowest moments. Only when he died was she not t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Mecha Girls: The Delinquent Won’t Make a Contract with the Socially Awkward Boy 机娘：不良少女不会契约社恐少年 (Mecha Girls + Romance + School Life + Corrupted Beasts + Battles + Passion + System...) This is an age overrun by Corrupted Beasts, an age of glorious mecha. We came from the base cities, heading for distant lands! Chen Muyu: What does it take to become a great mecha girl pilot? First, you need a mecha girl who loves you as much as you love her. As luck would have it, he meets one, but she seems a little fierce, like a delinquent girl. Yu Lulu: I'm so hungry. Eat, eat, eat, gobble it all up... 2Reads—Score120Shelves
- 19 The Eerie Instance: I Got Yang Jian’s Template 诡异副本：我获得杨间模板 [No Harem]+ [Fanfiction Power Fantasy] Yang Yue transmigrates by accident into a world ruled by eerie dungeons, where he is chosen to take part in a brutal dungeon game. At the crucial moment, he awakens the [Yang Jian Template System]: by killing evil spirits, he can earn powerful rewards! What surprises him even more is that he has a biological daughter in this world. And she is no ordinary girl: she transmigrated here too and has her own [Dad-Trapping System]. Every time she successfully gets 6.6kReads—Score565Shelves
- 20 The Forbidden Realm 禁令界 Xu Qi'an scored only 90 in three subjects and couldn't get into a junior college, so he was admitted to Bajier School. On the surface, Bajier School is a vocational and technical college. In reality, it is a research institution that studies the world and unknown lifeforms, and trains talent for Bureau 749. Anyone can come, as long as they aren't afraid of dying and aren't scared. And so Xu Qi'an steps into a school that is only a school on the surface, beginning his journey toward seeing the tr 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Arrow of Time 光阴的箭 The mountains are high and the rivers long, and the road through the martial world stretches far, but one day we will meet again. All things move through endless cycles of renewal. Mountains rise, streams flow, and birds sing. A new beginning has arrived, and the next chapter of his story is unfolding. An ending does not have to mean the end. His name is Lu Jian. Jian, as in “simple.” An event five hundred years ago led him to choose nirvana. Now, returned from that rebirth, he shines once more 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 After Dying Unjustly, My Nemesis and I Were Reborn Together 无辜枉死后，和冤家双双重生了 [Reborn + faithful couple + household intrigue, with a touch of mystery] In her previous life, her father and brother died suddenly, and Qin Nanyan fell from the heights of fortune despite having been on track to marry into the Eastern Palace. After a life full of hardship had already passed its halfway point, she unexpectedly died and returned to her youth alongside the sworn enemy who had caused her ruin. This time, she will help her cousin avoid a nightmare of an in-law family and put an e 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Game Streaming: My Viewers Are Outer Gods 游戏直播：我的观众是外神 I used to be a game streamer, and now I'm a game streamer. Other streamers interact with their viewers through the screen. I have to fight for a way to survive inside the game world. Other streamers get gifts from their viewers, things like private jets and rockets. My viewers' gifts are nothing but malice and schemes. Some people like watching ants struggle inside a glass tank. I'm that ant. I'm a game streamer, but what are my viewers? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Drifting with the Tide 随波逐游 From Cowherd to Martial Sage: The Astonishing Rise of Niu Er, a Transmigrator, Packed with Schemes, Romance, and Brotherhood! [Explosive revelations] Niu Er’s double life: After transmigrating, how does he go from a clueless exam candidate to a martial sage and shake up the Three Kingdoms? [The pinnacle of political intrigue] Caught in a web of schemes: As the kingdoms of Daqian, Xiyang, and Jingtai clash, how does Niu Er plan every move and build his empire? [An epic romance] Niu Er’s confid 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Me? I'm a Tree! 我行？我树！ [Transmigration, 99% invincible protagonist, nontraditional cultivation world, no System, multiple characters, many female characters but no harem] The first time she met him, they encountered each other in the midst of chaos. She had form but no substance, and her illusory arm crossed the boundary, reaching out to another world in search of a soul that could depend on her as she depended on it. Then she chose him… Like a feather or a piece of fruit, she plucked him gently. His soul left his 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Crossing Souls in a Lonely City 魂渡孤城 [Xuanhuan + Alternate setting + Beautiful but tragic female lead + Light BG + Irregular soul transmigration] Lively, cheerful modern girl Xu Kexin x Yan Xue, a leader surrounded by enemies on all sides During a trip, her friend dies in another world. Xu Kexin begins to enter Yan Xue's body at unpredictable intervals, forced to plunge into conflicts in a perilous otherworld. A face exactly like her own. "Who are you, really?!" "I... am another you." 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Jianghu Chronicles of Mom and Dad 老爸老妈江湖史 [Written in the style of Wen Rui'an's wuxia novels, with the structure of a TV drama, anti-traditional martial arts, a large cast and multiple settings, and deeply immersive] The story of Li Kuangtu's life wandering the martial world. Today, I want to tell you my story. I've met wise and mighty leaders, gamblers who value loyalty above all, elders who defiled their own daughters, dutiful daughters who killed their fathers, dragon slayers who became dragons, and beggars who rose to become allianc 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 A House Divided: Sand Shortage 一盘散沙：沙缺 Sha Que was considered the most useless castoff of the Sha family. Unable to cultivate and without a spiritual root, he was bullied by everyone. No one knew he could see the threads of karma entwined around all living things. Red meant blood feud, gold meant gratitude, and black meant certain death. And the lifelines of the Sha family's thirty-six clansmen were going out one by one. The mad old man patted his shoulder: “Your ancestors scattered the family. For three thousand years, you’ve been l 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Oops, I've Become the Female Supporting Character in a Novel 不小心，穿成书中女配怎么办 Lu Lin opened her eyes and discovered that she had become a supporting female character with the same name in a novel. In the original story, the supporting character had a husband, Zhou Sui, who was 188 centimeters tall, broad-shouldered and slim-waisted, with an eight-pack and a net worth in the hundreds of billions. And she didn't want him. Instead, she was dead set on a gold-digger who used women to climb the social ladder. After they had a child, neither of them cared for the baby. She was 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I Became a Demon King in Another World, Then Returned to Reality 成为异世魔王的我回到现实 I, the Demon King Ji Nian There’s always someone clueless enough to think I’m an easy target. A group of A-rank Hunters surrounded me. “Kid, we’re claiming this fat sheep!” I waved my hand, and their heads flew off in perfect unison. I said to the fat sheep, who had pissed himself in terror, “You belong to me now.” A hundred-meter mech locked onto me. “Mortal, experience despair!” I stomped down. Its head caved in, and it dropped to one knee. I said to the terrified pilot, “That’s it? Scrap meta 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 A Collection of Beauties 红颜集 The Pipa’s Lament: I once paid for my husband’s studies with the money I earned playing the pipa. But on the day he placed second in the imperial examinations, he flung a divorce agreement in my face. As I left, the prime minister’s daughter laughed in his arms and humiliated me in every way. Not long afterward, he was tortured to death by the prime minister’s daughter. She, in turn, was exiled to a desolate land, where her fate remains unknown. I was behind it all... A Fairy Falls to Earth: I 96Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Transmigrated as a Young Wife, Forced to Raise a Child and Cultivate Immortality 穿越成少妇，被迫养娃修仙 (Female-led, clever and brave, focused on building a career, no System, no romance, with an emphasis on friendship) After dying, overworked office worker Liang Tian transmigrates into the body of Huang Yufei, a sixteen-year-old young wife and the chancellor’s daughter-in-law, with a baby in tow. From the start, she jumps off a cliff. The chancellor’s household falls, and mother and child are hunted down. Things couldn’t get worse. She plans to abandon the child and run, but a surge of maternal i 253Reads—Score100Shelves
- 33 Stop Dying for Love! I’ll Shatter the Gods with One Sword 别殉情了！我一剑斩碎神明 [Slay the Gods + Two Male Leads + Multiple Women’s Redemption + Unhinged Villain + Apocalypse Power-Up + Dual-Timeline Perspectives + Cthulhu Mythos] When everyone believes in the gods, offering up their love and sacrificing their lives to them, I alone see through the gods’ false masks. He demands that I burn myself as a sacrifice, only to realize he’s been betrayed. I draw my sword in return and cut down those who would die for love! The old humans at the bottom believe that their “masters” ar 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Teahouse Owner Who Cut Through the Martial World 那个茶馆老板杀穿了江湖 The Daily Life of a Green-Robed Teahouse Owner Forced to Work Su Buyan had planned to open a teahouse in a small town and spend his days in retirement, but a puppet-murder case toppled his signboard. The puppeteer’s mechanisms, the shifting lights and shadows on the stage, the silvery-gray powder beneath the victim’s fingernails... How could this be an ordinary murder? Someone was clearly treating human lives like puppets on strings! Even more absurdly, three strange people suddenly barged into 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 After Falling into the Demon Abyss, I Began Slaughtering My Way Across the World 我掉入魔渊后，开始大杀四方 Forced to leap into the forbidden Demon Abyss, a place where death was all but certain, she was rescued by a divine beast calling itself Bai Ze. By chance, she awakened a legendary special constitution: the Primordial Spirit Body. Though she had been unable to cultivate before, she set out on the path of cultivation in this perilous place, determined to find her way home… 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Newcomer Who Triggers My Stress Response 那个让我应激的新人 The Newcomer Who Triggers My Trauma 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 After I Transmigrated, My Lord Was Always Forced to Follow the Plot 穿越后大人总是被迫走剧情 [Strong Female Lead] [Martial Prowess] [Soul Transmigration] [System] [Redemption] [Fated Love] [宿敌] Xiaoxiao: The System is in way over its head, the missions are out to get me killed, and I can't tell who my love interest is even if my life depends on it. As an external System, Xiao Yi has guided countless Hosts through trials and tribulations, only for them to... Fail every time. After twelve rounds of being bound and unbound, it finally met a "new Host." Sigh, here we go again! Oh well, she 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Look Out! The Hamster Girl Protagonist Is Surrounded 危！小仓鼠女主被包围啦 [Coming of Age + Healing + Everyone’s Favorite + Fantasy] Peng Yuxin is a student at Gallidon University, working hard and growing throughout her studies. Wait, what’s going on? Why is everyone looking at her so strangely? The cool, top-ranking student. The gentle older girl. The gloomy, clingy girl. What, a rift in space and time? And even her own little fox is a handsome man! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The General's Tears 将军的眼泪 [Wen-style anti-traditional martial arts + nonlinear storytelling + ensemble cast and factions + love of country and home + youthful heroes + the greatest under heaven] A novel that encompasses nearly every kind of martial arts fiction. At the turn of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Blood-Drinker General slaughters the Taiping Sect in Sichuan to seize the Manual of Chaos. This gradually gives rise to countless strange and uncanny tales of the martial world, weaving a poignant historical legend 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 I Failed the College Entrance Exam, and the Campus Belle Started Pursuing Me 高考落榜，校花开始倒追我 Chen Songzhi failed the college entrance exams, only to have the campus belle start pursuing him. Jiang Yingxue: "Chen Songzhi, don't disappoint me. I believe in you." Chen Songzhi: "I'm not worthy." Jiang Yingxue: "How about becoming a live-in son-in-law?" Chen Songzhi: "Can I really live off you?" Come on, eat up! There's plenty! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Dali Temple Vice Minister’s Two-Faced Husband 大理寺少卿的双面夫君 [A couple who start out hating each other and become truly devoted] [Mystery and deduction] [Historical romance] [Clever heroine] [Scheming hero] [The story opens with a political plotline] [The individual cases begin in Chapter Five] Cheng Wanrou, an Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, is married off by the emperor to Xiao Qingyuan, the Censor-in-Chief. Since they are pawns in the emperor's power struggle, they can't stand one another at first. Cheng Wanrou always assumes Xiao Q 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Sun Returns 旭归 [Xianxia Fantasy + Woman Disguised as a Man + Plenty of Battles + Cultivation + True Identity + Search for Family + A Main Plot with Many Twists] Hu Xihe suffered from a leg condition and lived in the mountains with her father. One day, members of the Wu family came to their home and took her father away. Hu Xihe was powerless to stop them. She then set out to find her father, only to discover along the way that she was a member of the Hu clan, one of the five ancient clans that had vanished ten 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Parallel Worlds Adventure: Into the Backrooms 平行时空大冒险：深入后室 [The Backrooms] + [SCP Foundation] [Hardcore survival] [Not overpowered] [Superpowers] [Cultivation-style] [Original content] In 2050, Earth's population surpassed 10 billion. A US-based company began implementing a parallel-dimension expansion plan, with irreversible consequences. It forcibly opened a brand-new dimension known as "the Backrooms," causing massive energy fluctuations. Spatial rifts between the Backrooms and reality began appearing around the world. Li Yu, Dai Kun, Chen Li, Lu Wen 117Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Cultivation Stage Is Huge, So Keep Your Cheats to Yourself 修仙大舞台，挂小你别来 [Bizarre] [Anti-cliché] [Surreal] [Everyone is a lunatic] [If you can't explode in silence, go mad in silence.] [The middle of each volume blows up, and every volume ends with a bang. Each one is better than the last!] [If you come across a scene that makes you want to flame me, I sincerely hope you'll read the whole volume first. The parts you want to criticize might all be foreshadowing.] Mo Yu transmigrated, with a ridiculously lucky start and a save-and-reload golden finger! The corner o 6.8kReads7.7Score699Shelves
- 45 Caught in a Death Loop, Honey, Don't Be Afraid! 陷入死亡循环，老公，别怕！ Trapped in a Death Loop, Husband, Don't Be Afraid! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Murder Game: How Did I Become a Suspect? 杀人局，我怎么就成了嫌疑人？ A murder game: how did I become the suspect? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Twenty Years in Captivity 被囚禁的二十年 Lin Yang was an ordinary teacher. Seven years ago, Song Tianqi seized him outside a convenience store, making him the family's secret wife. He thought that was as bad as things could get. Then, the year before last, Song Tianqi took him to the old Song family home for New Year. That's when he discovered the kind of place he'd walked into: locked in the attic was a man who had been imprisoned for forty-five years. He had lost all his memories and didn't even remember his name. In the room next d 22.9kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves
- 48 Infinite Precepts 无限戒律 [Apocalypse + reborn + System + magic + mecha + fantasy + mythology + urban superpowers] “Game victory...” “[Sacred Eye]...” “SSS-rank supreme innate attribute!” Welcome to the god-tier System governed by the laws of the Infinite Precepts. It will set the Host on the path to becoming a god. “Players, please get ready...” “Apocalypse game, begin...” At that moment, the game that had once been a game finally became reality. With his supreme talent, Tang Jun sails through the apocalypse from the st 9Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 49 The Stand-In Who Didn't Want Love Is Doted on Until She Cries by an Obsessive Man 不想走心的替身，被偏执狂宠哭了 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Devour All Things and Rise to the Top of the Heavens Through Feedback 吞噬万物我靠反馈登顶诸天 An overworked factory hand transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing disciple and awakens the Devour All Things System! Plants and herbs, pills, monsters and enemies, treasures and techniques: whatever he devours makes him stronger, letting him fuse them straight into Heaven-ranked martial skills and high-grade spiritual treasures! He hides his strength in the outer sect and trounces the sect’s geniuses. Eight grand elders compete to take him as their disciple and give him divine weapons 6Reads—Score—Shelves
