Novels like A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to the Mystic Thunder
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- 101 The Jade Wave Immortal Lake 碧波仙湖 The Emerald Lake of Immortals 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Yunhua's Time Travel 云华时空穿梭 Yunhua's Journey Through Time and Space 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 The Demon Dragon and Diancang 魔龙与点苍 The Demon Dragon and Diancang 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Bearing the Five Turbidities, I Walk Through a Wicked Age 身负五浊，行于恶世 [Xuanhuan] [Superpowers] [Single Heroine] [Two Powerful Leads] [Pseudo-Ensemble Cast] [No System] [Slow Burn] “When you look back on your life, how would you define yourself?” In 2050, alien species invaded Blue Star. Led by the “Dream Masters” who had awakened their “Strange Eyes,” humanity raised the banner of resistance against the all-consuming tide. The Five Turbidities: the turbidity of kalpas, views, sentient beings, afflictions, and life. As you journey through this evil world of the Fiv 2.3kReads—Score230Shelves
- 105 Laughing My Way Through a Perilous Path to Immortality 笑闯凶险仙路 Ye Bufan, a useless mortal unable to cultivate, obtains a Nascent Soul spiritual treasure. Traditional cultivation, slow-burn and cautious, no brainless decisions, no harem, no female lead, the Myriad Worlds, decisive and ruthless, and an invincible protagonist. The cultivation realms are Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, and beyond… 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 What Do You Mean, Wicked Heiress? That’s How We’ll Always Love Her 什么恶毒千金，那是我们永远爱她的心 What do you mean, wicked heiress? That's the heart that will always love her. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Survival in Another World: I Get the Devouring Golden Toad from the Start 异界求生：开局获得吞噬金蟾 The luxury cruise ship Sea God is struck by a supernatural typhoon, sending all its passengers transmigrating to the otherworldly realm of Ten Thousand Scars, where ferocious beasts roam. Killing monsters yields talent tattoos and weapons and equipment. From the start, Lin Mo devours a golden toad and awakens the divine skill of Infinite Devouring. Devour flesh and blood to gain attributes; devour runes to acquire talents, then wipe out every race! From surviving on a deserted island to sweep 15.1kReads6.9Score1.6kShelves
- 108 Qingyun and Jiange 青云与剑阁 Qingyun and the Sword Pavilion 139Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 After Failing the Teacher Qualification Exam Again and Again, I Wrecked the Three Realms 师资多次考不过后，我轰了三界 After Failing the Teacher Certification Exam Time and Again, I Wreaked Havoc Across the Three Realms 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 Life as an Extra in a Cultivation World 在修仙世界做路人日子 Li Xiaoniu is an ordinary passerby, as ordinary as they come. So why do I have a spiritual root? Why was I assigned to live with the male lead? Why do I have to take the blame for him? And why do I have to deliver a letter from the female lead to him? Please stop treating me like a useful tool. Even passersby have their dignity… Years later, looking at the male and female leads living in blissful wedded harmony, and the pile of gorgeous supporting heroines tossed my way, I suddenly think this is 6kReads8.1Score475Shelves
- 111 The Legend of Shushan 蜀山传说 The Legend of Shu Mountain 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 The Demonic Sect’s Path to Enlightenment: I Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks! 魔门悟道，我悟出偷袭相对论！ The manhua series [I Comprehended the Dao in the Demon Sect and Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks] is now available. [Everyone is intelligent, no female lead, slow-paced, with detailed worldbuilding] [The protagonist has a top-grade spiritual root, not a useless-protagonist type, and won't get any blatantly overpowered cheats] [Tight logic, comprehensive worldbuilding, and a newly reimagined cultivation world] Senior Brother, you're way too cautious! Aren't we a demonic sect? 96.2kReads8.4Score10.7kShelves
- 113 A Hundred Thousand Levels of Qi Refining in the Womb, Invincible from Birth! 娘胎练气十万层，落地即无敌！ Sign-In to 100,000 Levels in the Womb: I Opened My Eyes and My Whole Family Fell to Their Knees! The Xuanwu Continent is about to be turned upside down! Golden light suddenly shoots into the sky from the belly of the Chu family’s good-for-nothing young lady. Three Golden Core elders raid the family home in the dead of night, only to be sent to their graves with a single glance from a newborn baby! “That’s it? You think you can lay a hand on my mother?” Wrapped in swaddling clothes, Chu Chen wigg 2.6kReads7.6Score316Shelves
- 114 My Own Son Sent Me on a Variety Show to Get Bashed? Now His Mom’s Making a Comeback! 被亲儿子送上综艺挨骂？我妈逆袭翻红！ My Own Son Sent Me on a Variety Show to Be Torn Apart by Critics? Mom Makes a Comeback and Becomes a Star Again! 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 I Played a Low-Stakes Card Game on a Variety Show, and the Movie Emperor Set His Sights on Me 我在综艺节目上耍小牌，被影帝盯上了 I played a dirty trick on a variety show, and the Best Actor set his sights on me. 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 The Future Holds New Beginnings 未来皆为新生 The future is all about new beginnings 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Duchuan Agency 渡川事务所 The day Lu Jianxing receives his uncle’s final letter, there’s no vast inheritance waiting for him, just a yellowed IOU with his own name written in the debtor’s column. He hasn’t even figured out how to dodge the debt when his icy creditor shows up at his door. “Your uncle sold you to me.” So he goes. The agency called Crossing River is tucked beneath the shade of an old locust tree. It helps the restless dead fulfill the wishes they left unfinished. His new boss loves money more than life itse 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 EN Immortal Cultivation: This Is How the Unorthodox Do It 修仙：旁门左道就是这样的 [Classical-style cultivation] [No System] [Growth] [The clash between new and old cultivation methods] [The passage of time] [Some farming and management] [No level suppression] [Decisive and ruthless] [Fellow Daoist, rent a set of internal organs and a brain to help you cultivate!] [When you practice the Golden Core, you can dig up your ancestors and have them help you cultivate] [My family has a lineage stretching back ten thousand years, with the bones of a hundred thousand grandmaster martia 146.7kReads8.5Score12.8kShelves
- 119 System Tasks Too Hard? The Nation Says, “Leave It to Me” 系统任务太难？国家：放着我来 [Signed for print publication] [An unconventional story about turning in a System, focusing on the protagonist's growth and the country reaching out to him in return] Good news! I've got a System! Bad news! The System seems to have a bug and keeps trying to kill me! Faced with a System devoted to erasing its Host, Li Ce made a decision that went against his ancestors' wishes. He turned the System over to the country! P.S. The author has only posted on Dianzi. It's a great book, but I'm not very 2.3MReads9.2Score381.1kShelves
- 120 The Secret Histories of the Four Great Beauties 四大美人秘史 [The Four Beauties, classical historical romances, complete uncensored public-domain editions, stories of celebrated women in history, ancient tales] This complete collection contains the original, unabridged texts of The Romance of Xishi, The Romance of Wang Zhaojun, The Romance of Yang Guifei, and The Romance of Diaochan. It recounts the turbulent lives of the Four Beauties, whose beauty was said to make fish forget to swim, geese forget to fly, the moon hide, and flowers blush. Together, thes 476Reads9.2Score100Shelves
- 121 After the Divorce, Dr. Su Caught the Eye of a Powerful Man 离婚后，苏医生被大佬盯上了 [Season One of the motion comic is now available] [The early chapters focus on family disputes, with more emphasis on her career] [The male lead appears later] [It only gets better as the story goes] She's a cold, sharp cardiothoracic surgeon who wields a scalpel and is divorced with a child. He's a roguishly handsome power player with connections in both the underworld and the legitimate world. It was love at first sight for him, and he won't stop pursuing her. Then there's a gentle, refined yo 57.3kReads8.7Score6.3kShelves
- 122 Zhang Xiaojiu's Adventure Journal 张小酒的冒险笔记 [The animated series is now available] Zhang Xiaojiu has died once. In his original world, the Demon Realm overturned the Human Realm, wiping out humanity across the globe. His soul, carrying regrets, transmigrated into the body of a baby born before the catastrophe. This time, he wanted to hide away and survive in peace, but fate set him on the path to saving the world. A white-clad angel wept for him, a fiery policewoman took a blade for him, and a gentle spirit demon faced death for him witho 6.1kReads9.1Score518Shelves
- 123 The Floating City in the Freakish Sea 畸海浮城 [A World of Strange Realms] [Backrooms-Inspired Setting] [Dark Humor] [Monstrous Creatures] [Light Apocalypse Scavenging] [Uncovering the Truth] The original world has shattered into countless eerie pocket worlds: A silent city where the sun never rises, A man-eating forest where every tree walks, An endless wasteland forever watched by a giant eye... And also, A colossal Buddha traveling beneath the city, Moving walls of steel rebar mixed with rotting flesh, A black humanoid figure stan 138.2kReads9.1Score13.5kShelves
- 124 Supreme Immortal Path: The Genius Alchemist 仙路至尊之天才炼丹师 Li Yishan, an outer sect disciple of the Qingyun Sect, chance upon an ancient wonder, the Grand Compendium of Primordial Alchemy. Through alchemy, he rises within the sect, advancing from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and beyond, step by step reaching the pinnacle of the mortal world. He competes for supremacy on the immortal path and comes to dominate the continent. 1.7kReads—Score237Shelves
- 125 I Bragged on Bihu, So Why Did the Government Take Me Seriously? 我在逼乎吹牛，国家怎么当真了 [No System + Slow Pace + White Moonlight + No Harem + Building the Nation Through Industry] In 2011, just before the high school class divisions, Gu Yu was reborn. The first thing he did wasn’t buy lottery tickets or invest in property. He switched to the humanities track and took the seat beside Su Nian. The second thing he did was borrow her computer and post a prediction on Zhihu that no one would believe. The European debt crisis, mobile internet, digital payments, new energy vehicles, artif 170.9kReads8.8Score14.8kShelves
- 126 Wandering the Wasteland: Trait Bonuses from the Start, a Daily Prophet 流浪废土，词条开局，每日预言家 (The rating just came out, so it’ll rise later.) In the 350th year of the wasteland era, the sky is forever leaden gray, like a rusted iron sheet pressing down overhead. The air of the wasteland era is forever tinged with the sweet, metallic stench of rust, decay, and radioactive dust. Every breath is like swallowing shards of glass. The protagonist, Qin Lang, awakens a Trait System and risks his life to secure the daily prophecy from the start. Watch as Qin Lang, alongside his honest and valian 3.8kReads6.3Score224Shelves
- 127 Dark Shadow 黑黑影 Dark Shadow 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 Making the Most of a Life Full of Ups and Downs 玩转跌宕起伏的人生 [Traditional] [Period] [Romance] [Countryside] [Ensemble Cast] [Revenge] [The 1980s] [Strong Female Lead] [Comeback] [Inspirational]… Li Huiping was bright and talented, but while preparing for the high school entrance exam, she spent time tutoring Qiao Shan, the classmate she had a crush on, and lost the chance to prepare for the exam herself. As a result, she missed out on getting into a key high school. After the exams, Qiao Shan ignored her. Heartbroken, Huiping saw through men’s fickleness 189Reads8.4Score106Shelves
- 129 The Adventures of Li Ergou in Another World 李二狗异界闯荡录 The Eastern and Western Continents, the four realms of humans, demons, dragons, and gods, nine great domains of the void, countless worlds, and a vast universe from time immemorial. A whole new world system, a completely different experience. Humans and demons clash, dragons and gods wage war. From earth to heaven, the battle against gods and demons begins! 237Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Servant Disciple to Sword-and-Talisman Dao Ancestor 凡人修仙：从杂役弟子到剑符道祖 Spiritual roots are ranked from highest to lowest, and the lives of menial disciples are as insignificant as dust. Chen Mo is the lowest-ranking menial disciple of the Qingyun Sword Sect. His spiritual root is poor, and his fellow disciples mock him, saying he will never achieve immortality. While cleaning the old Scripture Pavilion one day, he discovers a fragmentary secret manual of sword talismans. Others draw spiritual energy into their bodies and diligently cultivate their dantians; he uses 5.3kReads—Score445Shelves
- 131 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 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Reversal: Conquest Is Forbidden 逆袭之禁止攻略 Wu Suowei and Chi Cheng return to the time when they first met. Wu Suowei has a System, and its tasks forbid him from seeking out Chi Cheng first or revealing that he has transmigrated. Even after Chi Cheng finds him, he can't make the first move or try to lure him in. He can only wait and see how Chi Cheng behaves. Once the tasks are complete, the two of them can return to their original world. If they fail or the System shuts down, this world will collapse, and they will disappear along with i 190Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 The Legend of Lu Ding 陆鼎记 After transmigrating into a cultivation world, the impoverished young beggar Lu Hao unexpectedly acquires an ancient divine cauldron. With a mortal body, he steps onto the path to immortality, refining all things under heaven and crushing countless prodigies. From a lowly boy begging on the streets, he fights his way upward and embarks on the road to immortality! 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 A Tycoon? No, Just Call Me the Gentlemanly Kept Man 神豪？别，还是叫我绅士软饭王吧 [Multiple Female Leads] + [Subverting the Usual Tropes] + [System] + [Romantic Push and Pull] + [Living Off Women Without Losing Your Pride] That’s right! Me! Jiang Ye! The god of awkwardness! After binding to the “Living-Off-Women Cash-Back System,” Jiang Ye’s life went completely off the rails: The campus belle showered him with gifts, including stockings, and he got 4,000 back in cash. He played pool with a beauty and won 8,000. Even sending gifts in a voice-chat room earned him a “show of si 229.2kReads8.9Score23.7kShelves
- 135 What Are You Jealous About? 你醋什么？ What Are You Jealous About? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 I Won the Lottery: One Hundred Million, and a Blind Date Revealed Human Nature 中奖一亿彩票，相亲看到了人性 Wang Ming, a single man well past his prime, wins over a hundred million yuan with a 30-yuan lottery ticket, going from wage earner to tycoon. But good fortune and bad fortune go hand in hand: on the day he claims his prize, he gets cheated on and injured, and ends up in the hospital. There, he sees the legendary red thread of fate. In order to go on blind dates and test people's hearts, he chooses to... 20.9kReads6.7Score526Shelves
- 137 EN The Only One Using the System for Normal Cultivation 只有我在坚持使用面板正常修仙 [Absurd] + [Defying Heaven] “I told you, even though I’m from the Heaven-Defying Sect, at heart I’m a traditional cultivator. I’m not some heaven-defying god.” “What? You say I practice the blade every day and don’t cultivate spells or techniques, so how could I become a powerhouse? Are you saying I cheated?” “Rubbish. It’s all because I want to get closer to ordinary people. Don’t talk about hacks or cheating. I’m not that kind of person.” The Daily Life of Cultivating at the Heaven-Defying Sec 75.9kReads9.0Score7.9kShelves
- 138 The Laws? One Sword Is All It Takes 法则？一剑破之 My spiritual roots are destroyed? No problem. I have a sword that cuts down laws. A cultivator’s divine ability? Cut. An artificer’s array patterns? Cut. The laws of heaven and earth? Cut those, too. Three heroines, one sword, one pet, and one sharp-tongued sword spirit. From scavenging in a ruined city to becoming a god with one sword. Lu Chen can solve anything with a single strike. If he can’t, he just needs to charge up for a little while. 9.9kReads9.4Score1kShelves
- 139 Grandmaster Zun 大师尊 A seasoned old hand from the martial world transmigrates into the cultivation world. Thanks to his wife's connections, he gets into an immortal sect. Senior sisters, junior sisters, saintesses, grand elders, sect masters... Pure wish fulfillment, utterly invincible, but not brainless. Overwhelming combat power, a sharp mind, devious beneath a good-guy exterior, and full of schemes. He borrows the tiger's skin to wave a great banner, winning people over with virtue. He throws lime in their eyes a 3.4kReads—Score217Shelves
- 140 The Code Immortal Realm: I Am the Heavenly Dao 代码仙域，我即是天道 My name is Tian Yingxue, and this is the tenth time I've been reborn. The Heavenly Dao played a cruel joke on me. On one hand, it granted me a golden finger of an opportunity, giving me a natural fire spirit root, letting me establish my Foundation at ten, form my Golden Core and keep my youthful appearance at nineteen, and reach the threshold of ascension at a hundred. On the other hand, it made me perish in the tribulation lightning as I ascended, then sent me back to the day before I was to j 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 Text-Based Wuxia: From the Start, a Nighttime Meeting with the Gang Leader's Wife at a Ruined Temple 文字武侠：开局破庙夜会帮主夫人 [Text-based game] [Affects reality] [High Martial] [No female lead, multiple women] Chen Xuan accidentally came across a text-based "game" called Martial Arts. To his surprise, this seemingly unremarkable little game was terrifyingly realistic. Even more astonishing, it could affect reality. He also awakened a special talent: at the cost of reducing his own attributes to zero, he could see the triggers for every hidden encounter quest in the game! [Triggered Mortal-grade hidden encounter: "Years 1.4MReads9.3Score171.5kShelves
- 142 I Sell Fate Across the Heavens 我在诸天售卖命运 [Urban Imagination] + [the Myriad Worlds] + [Invincible Mastermind] + [System Management] + [Trading in Fate] I am Shen Yuan, a merchant of fate who walks through the cracks in time. One bottle of antibiotics buys Chongzhen the Forbidden City. A piece of intelligence from the future swipes ten billion dollars from Wall Street, with twenty extra years of life thrown in for a financial tycoon. Wealth, power, love, lifespan, even the desire to rewrite history... Everything on my shelves is up for 4.4kReads—Score446Shelves
- 143 The Legendary Han Xin, the Greatest General of All Time 千古第一将韩信之千古传奇 Han Xin was born a beggar, so where did he learn his astonishing military strategies? Where did he master such superb swordsmanship? How did he win every battle without a single defeat? Why were his victories so decisive, with large-scale clashes against his opponents so rare? How were his battlefield instincts and judgments so precise? This book recounts every one of Han Xin’s legendary exploits in detail. 4.1kReads8.4Score356Shelves
- 144 Why Does the CEO Keep Running Into Me? 总裁他怎么老是偶遇我？ Qi Yucheng × Yu Dong Scheming, wealthy CEO top × hot-tempered little chili bottom The first time Qi Yucheng saw Yu Dong, he set his sights on the hot-tempered little chili. He carefully plotted every step to win him over. Later, Yu Dong asked what he wanted from him. He replied, “I want you to be my summer, and mine alone.” 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Night's Pardoner 赦夜人 [The author has a completed title on the Top Peak list, “The Usurper (Below the Upper City).” Read with confidence!] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] [Not Invincible] [Plot-Focused] [Dark Tone] [Not Mindless] [Character Growth] Every shift from day to night is a silent contest of survival. After nightfall, the world becomes a playground for the Blighted. A special light source can offer humanity brief protection. Some live high above, beneath the lights. Others cling to life in the mud. No matter how 266.6kReads9.0Score28.4kShelves
- 146 Heaven Has Granted Me a Powerful Minister for a Husband 天官赐我权臣夫 To clear her family’s name and enter the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, Fang Qinyu, daughter of a disgraced official, carefully plots her way into marriage with Qu Xinan, a Vice Minister of Rites who fell in love with her at first sight. She intends to use marriage as a stepping stone, unaware that her cool calculations will soon be met with a battle of devotion. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 Her Camera Tells a Story 她的镜头会说话 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 The Brocade Gambit: A Record of Power Plays in the Tang Dynasty 霓裳弈：大唐权谋录 Silk and Strategy: A Record of Tang Dynasty Power Plays 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 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 636Reads—Score100Shelves
- 150 Daily Life of a Mining-Type Beast Tamer 挖矿系御兽师的日常生活 Beast Tamer is a noble profession. Most people associate it with wealth, protection, and power. But they don’t know that one major at Beast Taming University is called: Environmental Survey and Development. Xiao Sui has regretted choosing this major more than once. The only time he’s happy is when he finds precious ore in certain secret realms. What’s wrong with environmental surveying? It’s absolutely fantastic. (The ratings just opened, so they’re on the low side. A 7.1 opening score is alread 184.6kReads8.8Score20.3kShelves
