Novels like The Mountains and Rivers Remain, I Journey into the World of Mortal Life
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- 1 The Pool and the Reflections in the Clouds: Let’s Make This More Than a Secret Crush 水池与云影：我们就不止步于暗恋吧 The Pool and the Cloud's Reflection: Let's Make This More Than a Secret Crush 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Li Ang and Zhang Lei 李昂和张磊 Li Ang and Zhang Lei —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Handprint, Thursday, and the Knife That Cuts Nothing 手印、星期四与那把不切东西的刀 Hand Signs, Thursday, and the Knife That Won't Cut Anything 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 A Fleeting Dream, Crossing West into the Mortal World 浮生一梦，西渡人间 A fleeting dream in this mortal world, journeying westward through life 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Winter Snow Waltz of Love and Faith 光明的信仰冬雪恋舞曲 Many years ago, the Origin Source of the Qiguang Universe suddenly fell. The entire Qiguang Universe was thrown into turmoil, and the so-called Origin inheritance was split into several parts. Qiguang, a girl adopted by Guiyuan and named after the universe, possessed one part of the inheritance. Thus began her thousand-year journey in search of the light. Within the universe, other lightseekers (prospective Origin successors who possess an Origin inheritance) watched her covetously. Beyond it, o 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Private Thoughts Across the Screen 屏幕两端的私心 A casual post on social media brings sensitive teacher Xu Nian into contact with three white-coated doctors, each with a completely different personality. An old love, a crush from behind a screen, and a silent protector: little by little, she realizes they don’t have to become lovers. Just chatting is healing enough. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Moonlit Beauty Is Always Coveted 月亮美人总被觊觎 [Irresponsible 1 x Aloof Beauty 0] [Two Male Leads! Older Man and Younger Man! Both Strong!] Ximen Changge, the most gifted young man of the Ximen clan, is exceptionally talented, cool, and otherworldly. Ji Chen, the son of the Star Palace's master, is carefree and does whatever he pleases. The two first met as boys at Y Rui Palace. Ji Chen's first impression of Ximen Changge: "What a dull, stuffy guy!" Ximen Changge's first impression of Ji Chen: "Loud, unruly, and impossible to reason with!" . 55Reads—Score219Shelves
- 8 Double Ice Cream 双冰淇淋 He waited three years for her, but when they reunited, she said, “Who are you? I don’t know you.” She had lost her memory. She forgot him, forgot the nickname “Ice Cream,” and forgot everything they had shared. He was Hu Mingle, a devoted and obsessive man. He spent the night writing her name over and over and sticking it all over a tree, only for her to coldly say, “That’s so childish.” The colder she was, the harder he pursued her. He carved wooden figures, hauled water to block her way, an 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 She Said: Let's Not Fall in Love Again in the Next Life 她说：来世别再相恋 No System! No transmigration! No rebirth! An ordinary young man with extraordinary strength! He takes down a bunch of superpowered immortals through sheer muscle! So satisfying! A hitman-turned-novelist leads a lovable male idol and an incredibly cool female police officer in a fight against a mysterious organization that uses supernatural powers to threaten society, all to rescue the angelic little girl they brought back from Siberia. This is the essence of all the storytelling power I've built 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Nothing Much Today: Zhou Yuan and Su Wan 今日无事，周远和苏晚 Multiverse theory. Zhou Yuan's character is modeled on Shen Congwen, while Su Wan's is modeled on Lin Huiyin. Most of Volumes One through Four are short stories, while Volume Five is a full-length novel about events in a parallel universe. 1Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 11 Love for Purple Baby's Breath 爱给紫色满天星 A wish that went completely wrong somehow led me into the one-of-a-kind tenderness of Wen Ziqian. He wears soft purple hoodies and is quiet and aloof, the unattainable dream boy everyone else can only admire from afar. He ignores everyone’s advances, but gives all his affection to me. He gives me the desserts girls bring him, and, wanting to protect me with his jealous little schemes, creates a special prize so I’m the only one who can win. He helps my mom get her flower shop back on its feet, 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Assassin's Creed: The Starved 刺客信条：饿殍 (The first half of this book reimagines The Plague of the Late Ming: A Thousand-Mile Journey through the lens of the Assassin's Creed universe. After that, it will move into an original story, with some elements from The Lament of the Wild Geese woven in. As for whether the ending will be HE or BD... I'll leave that for you, dear readers, to decide :)) The land lies shattered, famine victims litter the fields. We till the soil in darkness and serve the light. Gao Liang and Man Sui travel a thous 359Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 There Are Treasures in the Human World 人间有器 Hope, compassion, benevolence, life, courage, protection, judgment, tolerance... Are these the laws of Heaven, or the order of humanity? Heaven's laws are constant, while humanity's order is flawed, in a society where everyone has selfish desires. If one day Heaven's laws were to judge the order of the human world, would you, an ordinary person wielding a divine artifact, look out only for yourself or stand against Heaven? And all for the sake of the very ordinary people who are just like you. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 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
- 15 Sweetness Hidden in Time: Changge and Their First Meeting 藏在时光里的甜：长歌与初遇 Come on in! This is a sweet, angst-free romance set against the sunset. The everyday moments between Chuyu and Changge are filled with tender little things: sharing sunsets, singing together, and playful bickering. Their slow-blooming, mutual feelings grow quietly over time, and every moment is sweet enough to warm your heart. You won't regret giving it a try! 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Things in the Candy Jar 糖罐里的事 The story of Chang Ge and Chu Yu continues. I'm Chu Yu, an ordinary girl who writes sweet romances. I met Chang Ge, a steady, reserved nurse. He transferred jobs to be by my side, joined me in taking on the Spicy King Challenge, saw through my little moods, and gave me a tenderness and devotion meant only for me. Osmanthus cakes in the morning light, walking side by side beneath the sunset, and the understanding and affection tucked away in the passing years. The Things in the Sugar Jar is about 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Weaving Dreams in the Mortal World 现世织梦 [A slow burn, ensemble cast, not a wish-fulfillment novel, no brainless characters, the male and female leads are not a couple, mainly told from the female lead’s perspective, not a true high-martial-arts setting, with more focus on emotions. Read with caution if any of this bothers you.] When another world invades our own, an ordinary girl who became a pawn of that other world before she could even understand what was happening sets out alone on a journey to save the world, pitting herself agai 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 From the Start, I’m in an Apocalyptic World and Make Others Transmigrate for Me 开局末日世界，让别人替我穿越 Rating just released! [Decisive and Ruthless] [Never Lets a Grudge Go Unsettled] [Mastermind Behind the Scenes] [No Female Lead] [Ascension of an Entire Nation] [the Myriad Worlds] [SSS-Rank Talent] [The Way of Survival] Chen Wuyou woke up one day to find himself bound to a transmigration System. What? He had to transmigrate to a zombie apocalypse world within thirty minutes? "Are you sending me there to be a zombie buffet?" "There’s no starter pack or other rewards. What am I supposed to transm 49.2kReads6.3Score6.4kShelves
- 19 I Transmigrate into a Book and Become the Foolish Legitimate Daughter of the Prime Minister's Household 穿书，成了丞相府的傻子嫡女 Ji Yeqing died while carrying out a mission, then was pulled into a book by a little creature called Yun Bao. She became the foolish legitimate daughter of the Chancellor’s household in the Sui Jian Dynasty. An imperial decree betrothed her to Prince Li, Yan Qingwei. Her birth mother had died young, and her father had neglected her for years. Her stepmother and stepsister had long since wanted her gone. Taking advantage of the marriage decree, her stepsister pushed her into a river and drowned h 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 You Lured Home a Little Wife with a Bottle of Soda? 你用一瓶汽水拐回一个小老婆？ (One heroine + mutual salvation + lighthearted comedy with no angst + gradual yandere development + sweet everyday romance + happy ending) Rest assured, this one's guaranteed to be sweet. (This is a brand-new book, so please, everyone, don't let it pile up in your reading list. It'll get buried to death (ToT)) The first twenty years of Gu Hui's life were shrouded in an endless rainy season, but he fought to become a ray of sunshine breaking through the clouds of Hangzhou's plum rains. Then, one 32Reads—Score103Shelves
- 21 The Old Pact of Immortality 长生旧约 In the Great Wilderness of the Nine Provinces, everyone seeks immortality. The immortal sects dwell high above the clouds, while mortals are as insignificant as grass. The boy Lu Xingchen grew up in a small frontier town, in an old shop that sold spirit artifacts. He repaired low-grade artifacts for the immortal sects, such as spirit-testing disks, talisman lamps, and formation plates. He had seen countless people change their fate when a spirit-testing disk lit up, and just as many lower their 37Reads—Score121Shelves
- 22 Demon Lord Who Wards Off Evil 辟邪魔君 A Central Plains swordsman versus Naruto! Martial arts techniques + explosive ninjutsu + outsmarting the enemy + exploiting loopholes in the rules + twists galore! With a sword in hand, he will strike down every injustice under heaven! Thrilling battles, a storm of youth: don’t miss it! A bell in his left hand and a sword in his right, a jade-faced Asura with three eyes. He storms the island of Japan alone, cutting through the pirates in the Hokage arc. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Beyond the Table: The National Table Tennis Prodigy Falls for a Movie Star 球台之外：国乒小天才恋上女明星 [The rating is low because the novel was just listed. It will gradually rise.] [If you don't like it, please move on. Don't leave a low rating just to be spiteful.] In 2013, Song Wanli, representing the entertainment world, filmed a promotional video for table tennis. She stepped into the national team's training hall and saw Lin Yizheng for the first time. From then on, she never looked at another boy. He went from substitute to starter. She weathered the ups and downs of money and public opini 18.3kReads6.1Score1.5kShelves
- 24 Divine Punishment Descends 神罚莅临 The virtuous suffer poverty and die young, while the wicked enjoy wealth and long lives. When you are oppressed by evil, have you ever wished, even for a moment, that the underworld existed? If it did, would you dare to peer into it for even one-millionth of a second? The year quantum computing underwent a revolution, Company R offered an answer: the Cyber Underworld. Professor Qi Yuan used computer simulations to resurrect sinners in a virtual world after death, where they would endure eternal 267Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 High Martial: I Become Strong Against My Will Through Infinite Soul Transmigration 高武：从无限魂穿开始被迫变强 At the moment the Antarctic entered its long night, an unknown "thing" slipped past the eternal laws of nature. And so the fusion began... As the fusion brought more intelligent life forms, reproductive isolation arose between the fused beings and the old forms of life. The era when nations were divided by human political systems came to an end, and the era of nations classified by species officially began. Four hundred years later, a college student transmigrated from the underground world to t 171Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 From the Start, a Jinx! Everyone Kneels and Begs Me to Keep Quiet 开局乌鸦嘴！全员跪求别开口 Everyone is waiting for the country bumpkin girl to leave in disgrace? Little do they know that this country girl has a whole stack of secret identities and is a big shot in every field. The most unbelievable and exasperating thing about her is that everything she says with her jinxing mouth comes true! The moment she speaks, payback strikes! No delays! Her adopted sister acts helpless at every turn and lays traps at every opportunity, doing everything she can to drag her into the mire! And her 54Reads—Score113Shelves
- 27 Stockpiling Supplies in the Apocalypse: I Have Your Dad's Survival System 末世空间囤货：我有你爹生存系统 “Sis, are we making a baby together again today?” Reborn and returned from the apocalypse, she sees everyone else fighting to survive, but she picks up a sweet little puppy of a guy who spends every day acting cute, while stockpiling supplies in her space alongside the “Your Dad” System. The most ridiculous part is that the Your Dad System is also obsessed with dressing up. It can transform into a Pretty Guardian Sailor Warrior at any moment, and it even unilaterally cuts down the space availabl 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Mystic Arts Streamer Live: Your Remaining Lifespan Is Running Low 玄学主播在线：你的阳寿余额不足 Who is she? She’s the ultimate master of mystic arts, going viral across the internet by livestreaming fortune-telling and making all three realms bow to her! With a single sentence, she can tell whether an editor is a homewrecker. She’ll beat a vicious ghost until its soul is scattered, then angrily demand to know why a college student thinks she’s unfit to write novels! She’s so infamous in the underworld that everyone trembles at the mention of her, honoring her as the Great Fiend! She’s slep 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Tokyo: Love Comes After the Rescue 东京：恋爱要在拯救后 [Tokyo + Romance + No System + Light Novel + Redemption] “If I died, the world would become a better place, wouldn’t it?” The girl smiled faintly, then leaped onto the tracks, bursting into splashes of brilliant red. Su Ying witnessed everything and assumed it was just an ordinary train accident. But the next moment, time rewound to a few minutes earlier, and the girl was still standing there, perfectly fine. From then on, whenever someone around him died, Su Ying became trapped in an endless ti 65kReads9.3Score7.1kShelves
- 30 Getting Addicted to You 予你入瘾 [The First Time] Lu Shiyan said to Su Wan with a cold expression, “This is the first time, and it'll be the last.” [Later] The second time, the third time... Su Wan cursed him furiously in her heart: What a bastard. Men really can't be trusted. Many years later, Lu Shiyan looked at Su Wan, asleep beside him, and sighed to himself: As expected, getting involved with the same woman more than three times really does lead to trouble. Su Wan thought she was just an unexpected episode in his life 685Reads—Score100Shelves
- 31 Age of Mecha Girls: My Girls are All World-class Racing Machines 机娘纪元：我的机娘都是世界级 [Mecha Girls] + [Racing] + [Sweet Romance and Growth] + [Tomato’s only top-tier star racing novel] Once highly sought after by racing clubs, the top mecha girl is now ignored by everyone at the scrapyard. No one is willing to bond with her, even if she offers herself for free. She’s an “assassin race car” with unbeatable acceleration but terrible handling. Su Nian, a top racing driver from Earth, had hoped to make his mark in a world where racing technology lagged behind and success depended ent 21.9kReads9.7Score2.6kShelves
- 32 The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】 [Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He 5.6kReads—Score492Shelves
- 33 EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 171.3kReads9.6Score22.1kShelves
- 34 EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232.8kReads9.5Score28.3kShelves
- 35 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 981.4kReads9.4Score102.3kShelves
- 36 EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 538.5kReads9.5Score43.9kShelves
- 37 EN The House of Dread 诡舍 [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 711.1kReads9.6Score100.9kShelves
- 38 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.6kReads9.6Score70.4kShelves
- 39 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves
- 40 EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.5kReads9.7Score69kShelves
- 41 EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 473.6kReads9.7Score67.7kShelves
- 42 EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 337.3kReads9.8Score47.3kShelves
- 43 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
- 44 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1MReads9.9Score162.2kShelves
- 45 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves
