Novels like The Exquisite Brothel
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Exquisite Brothel, best match first.
- 151 I Am Divine Retribution 我即是天罚 After the spiritual qi revival, many cultivators emerged, growing stronger by absorbing spiritual energy. Naturally, many cultivation families rose to prominence. The realms, measured by spiritual energy, are Dust, Mud Embryo, Grass and Wood, River, Mountains and Rivers, Sea and Sky, Star System, Nebula, and Singularity. The protagonist, Gu Chen, is an illegitimate son of the head of the Shen family, a third-rate power in the cultivation world. His birth caused strange phenomena in heaven and ea —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 Fir Kisses the Orchid 冷杉吻幽兰 Childhood friends + unexpected cohabitation + rekindled romance + aloof childhood sweetheart + two-faced girl + intensely possessive male lead + workplace reunion + sweet romance and happy ending It turns out every long-awaited reunion is a wish secretly plotted, finally coming true. “Since we're living together, we might as well get married.” In their senior year of high school, she broke up with him abruptly because of her own insecurity, then vanished without a trace. Years later, he used an 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 Yuanchen Era 1: Three Years with Wasted Meridians, I Am the Chaos Origin Body 元辰纪1：废脉三载，我乃混沌元体 Yuancheng Era 1: Three Years with a Wasted Meridian, I Am the Primordial Chaos Yuan Body 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 The Netherworld Lord Returns, and His Wife Works for the Underworld Demolition Bureau 冥君归来，老婆是地府拆迁办 Jiang Li is the only daughter of the Jiang family, an esteemed family of metaphysics practitioners. Born with a Profound Yin constitution, she has been coveted by ghosts since birth. But she’s a force to be reckoned with. At a young age, she became a notorious “Ghost-Troubler,” famous for barging into the Underworld and ransacking the palaces of all Ten Yama Kings. Her three older brothers dote on her as if she were the apple of their eye. The second brother is the least capable, but he’s the mo 3.1kReads8.3Score585Shelves
- 155 A Not-So-Proper History of High School 不正经的高中记史 A boy's flustered shyness and a girl's soft laughter are always youth's most beautiful scene. As children, we long for the freedom of growing up; as adults, we miss the carefree days of childhood. Only the young, with their youthful passion and budding love, make us wish we could stay. We were reckless, and we had regrets, but if time could turn back, we would do it all again. What is a secret crush, and what is love? Faced with these hard-to-understand questions, two boys give different answers 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 156 Forty-Eight Hours After Death: A Final Monologue of a Life’s End, Witnessed by No One 死后四十八小时：一场无人见证的生命终末独白 Forty-Eight Hours After Death: The Unwitnessed Final Monologue of a Life 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 Tales from the Countryside: One Ghost Story Per Chapter 乡野怪谈一章一个鬼故事 A collection of standalone stories, one tale per chapter [Horror] [Supernatural Tales] [Rural Legends] [Folktales] [Based on True Cases] If you don't want to follow a long novel, this anthology of the best, core horror stories is just right for you! Bring along your unlucky friends, and don't go anywhere, because you could get "scared out of your wits" at any moment. 34Reads—Score101Shelves
- 158 The Beast-Taming Ancestor Thrives in the Modern World 御兽老祖在现代混的风生水起 The Ancestor of Beast Taming is reborn in the modern world in the body of someone with the same name. The original owner is drowning in debt and has been betrayed by both her best friend and boyfriend. It's a disastrous start, but she still manages to thrive. Alongside her rise as a beast tamer with pet companions, the story also offers down-to-earth pet-care tips… 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 Broken Jade Woven into Brocade 碎玉成锦 Three qian of silver for a three-year contract. Life or death is no concern; any child belongs to the Wen family. On an autumn night of rain in Suzhou, her father coughs up blood and the family has nothing left. With a single stroke of her brush, Shen Xiuniang sells herself into a wealthy household, becoming the lucky-bride bride of Wen Yan, the ailing young master of the Wen family. The payment is three qian of silver a month, and the contract lasts three years. She thinks it is merely a cold t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Transmigrated into Xiang Yu, I Saved Yu Ji and Built the Great Chu Empire 魂穿项羽，救了虞姬，铸大楚帝国 [Tragic Overlord + Lady Yu who dies for love + engineering graduate's soul transmigration + Wu River death trap from the start + Great Chu Empire + immortal martial life] The Overlord cultivates immortality? No, once I've saved Lady Yu, beaten Liu Bang into submission, and unified the Central Plains, I'll go explore. The starting point of the Overlord's Palace in an immortal martial world. Return to Earth and let Lady Yu experience a different kind of adventure. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 Spirit Vein Sign-In: I Slay Demons in the City 灵脉签到，我在都市斩妖魔 Chen Fan, a 22-year-old unemployed college graduate, was humiliated by a rich second-generation heir and abandoned by his ex-girlfriend. Just as he was sinking into despair, he bonded with the [Urban Spiritual Vein Sign-In System]! Signing in at an ancient tree in an old park earned him Qi Refining cultivation. Signing in at a subway station granted him a spiritual qi shield. Skyscrapers, suburban temples, the heart of secret realms: every spiritual vein node in the city was an extraordinary opp 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 The Classic of Mountains and Seas at My Hotpot Restaurant 我在火锅店妄想山海 [Classic of Mountains and Seas + overworked wage slaves + vote-based ending] Packed with strange beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, with exceptionally strong combat logic. No saintly do-gooders or brainless characters. I'll keep updating my first book! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 From the Start, I’m the Dark Moon: A Villain in the Land of Light 开局即黑月：我在光之国当反派 Morsuos is a thoroughly bad person. He’s cunning and sinister, treats human lives as worthless, and could make ten Jugglus Jugglers furious just by talking. He’s transmigrated through countless dimensions and is sick of watching worlds fall apart and lies unravel. To him, casually destroying a planet is no different from crushing a biscuit. When he arrives on this special Earth, home to the Land of Light and the New Generation Ultraman heroes, he plans to carry on playing his games: watching the 712Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 164 The Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion: Plotting Against the Realm 千机阁：逆谋天下 History + power struggles + the Mohist School + strategy + palace intrigue... “To secure the throne for the second generation, one must first learn the private dealings of the officials.” In a secret meeting late at night, Zhao Gao taps the table, the bronze lamp casting light over his sinister face. Thus, an intelligence network known as the “Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion” is quietly woven through the teahouses, post stations, and hidden spaces between official buildings in Xianyang. Its headqua 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 Tales of Nantang 南塘往事 My name is Chen Damao. When I was seventeen, I sat on the field ridge by Nantang with Liu Tietou, Zhou Xigou, and Zhao Xiulan, sharing a bowl of cold porridge. Tietou said he wanted to buy a big iron pot. Xigou said he wanted to make a nice chair. Xiulan said she hadn’t decided yet. I said I wanted to go to school. In the end, we all got what we wanted. I went to the county seat and put on a Sun Yat-sen suit. Tietou bought an old red tractor and fixed it up. Xigou learned carpentry and made cha 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 The Dao in Chaos: Upholding the Dao Amidst Chaos 道沌：执道于沌 Everything here is my own work. There is no plagiarism. The book was originally titled The Dao in Chaos. It may be better suited to readers who enjoy a slower pace, especially since the first three chapters might not be particularly dazzling. I hope you won't mind. I'm a novice writer, so please give me a chance. It starts with two protagonists, but later shifts to a single protagonist, with more of an ensemble focus. I'll try to include more scenes from the protagonist's perspective as the stor 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 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 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 North America, 1625: From Dragon City to a World Empire 北美1625：从龙城到世界帝国 A Chinese town of more than forty thousand people is dropped wholesale into the North American wilderness of 1625. Spanish matchlock guns lie ahead; hunger and winter close in from behind. They have no System, no golden finger, only a modern industrial and knowledge base on the verge of collapse. In the seventeenth century, they build their way up the technology tree with their own hands. Through reason, cooperation, and steel, they kindle a beacon of civilization on a savage continent, one that 631Reads—Score—Shelves
- 169 Adventures in Another World with Infinite Magic 无限魔法的异世界奇遇物语 In the modern world: Jobs are hard to find, his family is poor, his classmates mock him, and his first love tears into him. Resentment and bitterness churn in his gut, finally turning into a burst of foul gas, a thunderous fart that shakes the heavens! Sitting on the toilet, he transmigrates straight into a magical world! In the other world: He transmigrates and is immediately crushed to death by a demonic dragon. What a disastrous start: his soul and body are torn apart. His wandering spirit ac 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 Chen Yu’s Taming and Counterattack Plan 陈屿的驯养反杀计划 Shen Sisi only wanted to keep her relationship with Chen Yu strictly master and servant. She thought Chen Yu would always be obedient and gentle, and know his place. But one late night, Chen Yu barged into her room and slowly closed in. Shen Sisi panicked. “Chen Yu, what are you doing? I’m your master.” Chen Yu’s gaze was obsessive as he spoke in a low voice. “Sorry, Master. I want to move up in the world.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 Winter Winds Brush My Face, Plum Blossoms Bloom 冬风拂面梅花开 In the Kingdom of Nanye, Zhou Wanruo, daughter of the prime minister, is hunted by her second aunt in the prime minister's residence. She escapes and collides with the poor scholar Zhang Yunze. She brushes past Li Jin, the richest man in the land, Lin Hai, son of a Hanlin Academy scholar, and Wang Zhihao, son of the Minister of Revenue. Later, they meet again and wreak havoc at the examination hall. She returns home, takes her aunt and younger sister with her, steals horses belonging to a foreig 28Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 172 After Losing My Memory, the Ice-Cold CEO Took Me Home 失忆后，我被冰山美女总裁捡回家 The protagonist is thrown off a cliff by his wife and her lover. At the brink of death, his memories come roaring back! For three years as a live-in son-in-law of the Xu family, Zhao Yu did the laundry, cooked, and never complained. He gave them everything he had, only to be repaid with betrayal, beatings, and humiliation. On a rainy night, they wrapped him in a bedsheet and threw him off a cliff on Wuxing Mountain. He should have died in the storm-ravaged wilderness, but the blood running down 59Reads—Score101Shelves
- 173 If I Were to Refine Qi, I Would Be Invincible 我若炼气便是无敌 Ye Yun was an ordinary delivery worker, struggling to survive in the city every day. Then one day, he came across a mysterious stranger and obtained an ancient cultivation manual. With the miniature universe of time contained within it, Ye Yun completed ninety million years of cultivation in just one day in the real world. He stepped straight into the Nirvana Realm and became invincible in the world... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 Entangled by My Fiancé's Brooding Brother 缠她：被未婚夫的阴湿哥哥缠上了 [No holds barred] [A sinister, ruthless villainous man] [Rivals vying for her later] One woman, two men: a stubborn, resilient heroine versus a sinister, ruthless, calculating CEO brother versus his sunny, sharp-tongued, devoted younger brother Lin Du first met Zhou Yan in the third row by the window in their high school classroom. Sunlight fell on his eyelashes as he handed her a pen and said, "That's a lovely name. I'm Zhou Yan." She thought that was the beginning of a love story. Only later d 397Reads—Score185Shelves
- 175 The Mouse I Raised with My Own Hands Was Crushed to Death by a Rich Lady 亲手养大的老鼠被贵妇踩死 The rat I raised with my own hands was trampled to death by a rich lady. 133Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 A Record of Heart-Piercing Crimes 诛心记 Autumn of the first year of Baozheng, the night before Frost’s Descent. Silver King Ye Wuqing launched the “Black Armor Coup” in the imperial capital. Iron cavalry trampled the moonlit streets, and smoke from the fires advanced toward the ninefold palace walls. Emperor Ye Wushuang wept as he stood before the palace hall. Unwilling to treat the people as mere straw dogs, he removed his crown and issued an edict of abdication. That night, the emperor climbed the Star-Gazing Tower alone, gazed no 116Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 177 Heavenly Court PR Department: I Write the Truth of the Three Realms 天庭公关部：三界真相由我执笔 Overworked office drone Ling Yao ascends to immortality and specializes in handling trending scandals involving the gods. At the Southern Heavenly Gate, visitors have to scan a code and queue up. Sun Wukong delivers takeout on his somersault cloud without a license. Meng Po's Soup gets complaints for its experimental flavors. The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas jointly report the Heavenly Court for meddling with the weather and harming the ecosystem. As for Tang Seng's words, “If there is a next l 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 I Just Want to Lie Flat, So Why Is the Entire Cultivation World Spoiling Me? 我只想躺平，为何全修仙界追着宠 The entire cultivation world chases after me to spoil me, but all I want is to lie flat. Damn it, why does this lousy opportunity keep landing in my lap?! Yin Jiuli, the “Buddha-Demon” feared by the entire cultivation world, is back. They say she is ruthless and cruel, having single-handedly annihilated three demonic sects and crushed two immortal sects. Both the righteous and demonic factions tremble at the mention of her name. But no one knows that this female devil, who keeps the entire Xuant 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 The Soldier King Cultivates the Righteous Way, but the Whole Realm Thinks I Practice Demonic Arts 兵王练正道，全界以为我在练魔功 [A soldier king’s soul crosses worlds; he cultivates the righteous path, yet the entire world takes him for a great demon] Yang Zhiyan, a soldier king from the Mortal Star, dies in the line of duty while saving a comrade. He thinks he is about to get his last meal and be reincarnated, but instead, a remnant spirit of the Primordial Shattered Body Dao tricks his supreme soul into the Xuyuan Realm. He lands with a turbid essence root, a useless one. At least he brought his cultivation technique —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 A Young Celestial Descends to the Mortal World to Exorcise Evil 少年天神下凡，在人界驱邪 [Ancient gods + urban fantasy + comeback + apocalyptic terror + agents] An ordinary boy from a small county town gets into a government office in a big city and becomes a security guard. He thinks his life is finally on track, but a case involving “ghosts” completely upends it. The seemingly ordinary boy is actually an ancient powerhouse. “I’m an agent with the Paranormal Investigation Bureau...” “What? A war between gods and demons?” Legends of chaos invade the modern city, shattering everythin 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 Daybreak and Starlight 黎日星夜 There comes a moment when we all look up at the stars, hoping for change, doesn’t there? Even if we’re overlooked like a faint glimmer, even if we walk alone, we’re not truly alone. We all hope for a better future, don’t we? I’ll use my own thoughts to write the dream of my future, to tell this epic spanning a thousand years and record the lives of ordinary people, including the ethical challenges humanity faces after every technological revolution. Sometimes I envy people who seem like walking 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 Forging a God Through Slaughter: The Bloody Path of a Legendary Mercenary Corps 以杀封神：传奇佣兵团的血杀之路 [No transmigration, no cheat, do as you please, stay open-minded, and enjoy the thrills] [Explosive battle scenes, master-level tactical displays, and practical knowledge about firearms and weapons] A retired special forces instructor forms a mercenary group, and the CIA, MI6, the Navy SEALs, and the French Foreign Legion all want to join. He beats up pirates, matches wits with assassins, and crushes telecom fraud operations. He helps the weak and takes on the great powers and their white-glove 1.1kReads—Score111Shelves
- 183 Matchmaker System: No Romance, No Luck 红娘系统：不恋爱就倒霉 [1v1 sweet romance | lighthearted comedy | System romance missions | fated encounter] A beautiful, sweet-natured art student with an incredibly active inner monologue, and an aloof CEO who acts cold but is actually shamelessly seductive toward his wife A matchmaking System with a screwball sense of humor, constantly getting roasted by the heroine until it cries System missions include, but are not limited to: Flowerpots falling from the sky, burping in public, meowing while speaking, and all kin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 My Master Isn't My Master, Either 我的师父又不是我的师父 After the war between immortals and demons, Xiao Yuan'an, the deceased Demon Venerable, is reborn in the body of Xiao Yanci, the eleventh elder of Wanglai Sect. (Not quite an ensemble cast, since one companion will die.) An alternate history. The story is entirely fictional. (The rest is a tale of love and hate, of loving and hating each other. The supporting characters have it rough, and they all have their own stories. Some parts that weren't fully written out are covered in the bonus chapters 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 The Pearl Milk Tea in the Back Office 后台的珍珠奶茶 Pearl Milk Tea in the Back Office 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 The Eternal Imprisonment of Sinful Souls 永锢罪魂 [BE] [Tough on the outside, gentle within; a humble, unloved heroine] [No CP] [Heartbreaking] She was the orphan of a hero. After transmigrating, she fell into the abyss, betrayed time and again. To save her companions, she willingly allowed herself to be imprisoned in hell forever, sentenced to two hundred million years. When the underworld trembled and sinful souls were deified, the tiny shackle around her wrist still seared her soul for eternity: the mark of her eternal sin. They owed her far 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 Republican Era: One Broken Regiment from the Start, Points Can Buy Anything 民国：开局一个残团，积分换一切 Eastern Sichuan, 1920. After his father is assassinated, he takes command of a ragtag force fewer than a thousand strong, surrounded by enemies on all sides. Bound to the Empire-Building System, he earns points by killing enemies and exchanges them for rifles, machine guns, artillery, soldiers, and formidable generals. Yang Sen sends two regiments to "absorb" his force. He just smiles. 2.2kReads6.6Score221Shelves
- 188 High Martial: Child of the End 高武：终焉之子 (Modern Urban High Martial Arts + Decisive and Ruthless + Taciturn + One Female Lead) On this Blue Star, everyone has a chance to awaken their psychic powers at the age of eighteen. Some people awaken early and become psychics when pushed to the brink. 27kReads8.2Score4.2kShelves
- 189 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 676Reads—Score113Shelves
- 190 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
- 191 After I Fell into a Coma, Mom Became My Grandma 昏迷后，妈妈成了我的奶奶 I woke in a pool of blood, with a dead old man lying beside me. When I opened my eyes again, Dad was gone. Mom had become “Grandma,” called me her “good girl,” and said she was a transmigrator. I didn’t believe her. I secretly stopped taking my medicine, but my memories grew more and more deranged Did I kill someone? Am I a transmigrator? Am I a boy or a girl? When I was ten, she forced me into a ghost marriage with a paper effigy. When I was twenty, I saw a bearded man in the mirror. She had ma 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 Infinite Flow: I Started Dating My Unhinged Big Brother, and Now I’m Hooked 无限流：和疯批哥谈上了，真香 In the little black room, Tang Xian turned to Du Sheng and asked: "Want to team up?" "Why?" "You're pretty." "...Let's talk if we run into each other in a dungeon." Tang Xian immediately sang Du Sheng a love song. ...Du Sheng thought the heavens must be blind. In the first dungeon, the very first player Du Sheng met was Tang Xian. "The heavens really do have eyes," Tang Xian exclaimed. Escape from the academy? Let's start by setting a fire and livening things up. Gain power? Then let's rebel! Th 16Reads—Score233Shelves
- 193 From the Start, I Was Lying in My Master's Arms 开局躺在师尊怀里 Su Qingyuan transmigrated into a tragic xianxia novel as a cannon-fodder servant who had just been pushed from the Immortal Execution Platform and was fated to have her soul scattered. As she fell, she landed in a cool yet warm embrace. It was Mo Yuanchen, the revered master of Lingxiao Immortal Sect, the man who had been frozen in ice for ten thousand years, kept his distance from women, and was known throughout the immortal realm as a living King of Hell. She thought she was doomed, but he use 183Reads8.1Score105Shelves
- 194 Five Years of Burning Corpses: I Expose Martial World's Wrongful Cases Through Bone Reading 焚尸五年，我靠摸骨掀翻武林冤案 Lin Mo, a corpse burner in Buried Bone City, carries the blood feud of the entire Guxi Village. Five years of burning corpses have taught him the Bone-Knocking Secret Art. By touching dry bones, he can read fragments of the dead's memories. By touching living bones, he can predict an opponent's moves and spot their weaknesses. But the secret art comes with a curse. Every time he uses it, dark blue-black bone markings eat away at his flesh, and the calamity of death draws ever closer. The arrival 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 A Match Made in Grudges 一对冤家缘 A Fateful Pair of Foes 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 Reborn: The Awakening of the Good Demon 重生之魔善觉醒 [Betrayal + rebirth + revenge + forced love + dual demonic and benevolent souls + political intrigue + strong heroine] She was the purest flower immortal in the world, yet her foolish kindness brought disaster upon the world countless times. Worse still, at the very moment she ascended to godhood, the shadow who had accompanied her for three thousand years tore out her heart, shattered her soul, flayed her skin, and cast her into the lightless abyss. She nurtured the world with kindness, only t 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 Dance, Little Leaf 飞舞吧，叶子 Do you believe in dreams? This is a romantic legend about chasing your dreams and never giving up. Like a single steadfast point of starlight in the pitch-black night sky, it may be distant and faint, but it is there, shining brightly. When pain and exhaustion pull at our bodies, when despair and fear destroy our resolve, when the whole world mocks and ridicules us, urging us to abandon our unrealistic dreams, will we still have the determination and courage to press forward and never give up? B 19Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 198 There Are Too Many Campus Beauties, I Can't Choose! 这么多校花我真选不过来啊 Bullied by the campus belle? Looked down on by the campus belle? No, no, no. Li Mu charges into the campus belle’s circle and leaves no one untouched. He’s in it for the thrill... Watch Li Mu outwit the campus belles. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 On the Night of the Sacrifice, I Became the Lord of Ten Thousand Sects 献祭当晚，我成了万门之主 (Urban supernatural powers + ten thousand revolving gates + Chinese-style horror + gatekeepers + rule-based abilities!) A black gate opens at the end of the alley, and a sacrifice summons ten thousand gates! Gatekeeper Su Qingyuan builds a wall around the human heart with her sealing arts! Shadow Gate Master Ye Li holds on to the pain of being mortal through bloodshed and fervor! A Mian, abandoned by the world across nine lifetimes, carries all the joys and sorrows of reincarnation and becomes a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 I Transmigrated into a Book, but I Won't Be the Marquis's Second Wife 穿书之侯府继室我不当了 5Reads—Score—Shelves
