Novels like A Quiet Retreat
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- 1 Immortal in a Cage: After the Bell Tolls 笼中仙：钟鸣之后 After the Bell tolled, one thing spread across the world: cages. Anyone trapped inside a cage would be devoured. People like me are called Cage Breakers. Some say Cage Breakers are bound to die in a cage sooner or later. But I want to find out: will I die first, or become an immortal first? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Wind and the Love Letter 风与情书 When Bai Feng was betrayed by his subordinate and had fallen into despair, he saw the pendant the girl had given him. He was reborn in 2006, back on the day he met that girl. In his previous life, Xu Qingshu and he had barely crossed paths. But in this life, Bai Feng discovered that their fates seemed to have become completely entwined. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Redemption: An Autumn of Heartbeats 救赎：心动的秋天 (I'm a new author with a new book, so please share any suggestions.) [Redemption] + [Pure Love] + [Single Heroine] + [Youth and School Life] My name is Lu Ling. I'm a school delinquent, the kind of hopeless case teachers are always talking about. To be honest, I think so too. With no parents and no money, do I really have a future? Then, on the first day of senior year, a timid girl stumbled into my life in the clumsiest way possible. She moved into my heart without asking, and I think I'm lucky —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Unbelievable! My Sister Forces Me to Chug Paint to Turn White 离谱！妹妹为变白逼我吨吨灌颜料 Ridiculous! My sister force-feeds me gallons of paint to make herself fairer 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Reincarnating Through the Martial Arts World 从武道世界开始轮回 Hello, everyone. My name is Li Zhao. The Li is the one in my surname, and Zhao is the character made of the sun and moon together. As a high school senior about to take the college entrance exam, I was chosen by the Paradise and became an Apostle the day before the exam. I woke up and found myself in the body of Chovy! Where the heck am I? Is this still China? [First World: Martial Arts] The White Lotus Sect and the emperor are in cahoots, Beiliang eyes the throne, and natural and man-made disas —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Tales of Another World: The Age of Nonsense 言异世界：戏言时代 Did the world make Xie Zhiyan see what he shouldn't have? His ability may not have been born here, but at this moment, it mutated and began to spread. 1.2kReads—Score71014d adds
- 7 Transmigrating to Journey to the West: How Did I, Lu Bu, Become the Weakest? 西游穿越：我吕布怎么成最弱了 [Journey to the West Spinoff] [Fantasy] [Transmigration Fanfic] [Three Kingdoms Crossover] [Cultivation Comeback] [Gods and Demons Battle] [Strategies for Lü Bu and Advice-Listening Sun Wukong] "A real man lives between heaven and earth. How can he stay cooped up in a place like this for long?" After Cao Cao killed him, Lü Bu transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West. After spending far too long in Flower-Fruit Mountain, he had grown restless. He was a great man who stood tall betw 117Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Underworld Leaderboard Mission Guide 冥界榜一任务攻略指南 [One-on-one romance | A flexible, survival-minded, drama-loving heroine × a distant, devoted, and steadfast male lead | Several secondary couples with tragic romances | The second male lead's pursuit of love ends in heartbreak] After a disastrous turn of events, Meng Jiang transmigrates to the Underworld a thousand years in the past. What? Save all living beings? (You've got to be kidding. I always keep a low profile; empty fame means nothing to me.) What??? I only have a year of yin lifespan, a 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Divining for Heaven’s Reward: The Good-for-Nothing Is Unbeatable at Cultivation 卦酬天道，废柴无敌好修仙 Solve the question, divine the opportunity, and claim the reward! The art of the Book of Changes conquers the myriad worlds and the thousand paths! A top-tier xianxia fantasy with an original premise, coherent logic, and brisk pacing. At its heart is a one-of-a-kind “Hexagram Reward Exchange System,” set in a vast world where technology and cultivation coexist, and personal struggles intertwine with the survival of civilizations. The protagonist grows along two paths and employs ever-changing ta 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Princess, You'd Make the Most Delicious Deep-Fried Dish 公主，油炸你是最美味的菜肴 Princess, You Are the Most Delicious Dish to Fry 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Second Cruelty Hidden Beneath the Skin 藏在皮囊里的第二重凶 A Second Layer of Murder Hidden Beneath the Skin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Blunt Truth System Activates: I Tell Everyone Exactly What I Think 直言系统启动：遇人就说大实话 The Blunt Truth System Activates: Tell Everyone the Unvarnished Truth 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 I Was Watched While Sitting on the Toilet 我上马桶的时候被围观了 I Got Watched While I Was on the Toilet 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Zombie Tide Is Coming, So I’m Stockpiling Supplies and Laying Low 尸潮来袭，专心囤货苟天荒 The Zombie Horde Is Coming, So I'm Stockpiling Supplies and Laying Low for Good 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Adorable Diviner: Making Money Comes First, Romance Can Wait 卦仙有点萌：搞钱为主，恋爱靠边 The Adorable Diviner: Making Money Comes First, Romance Can Wait 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 God-Tier Beast Tamer: I Conquer the Myriad Worlds 超神御兽：我，征服诸天万界 [Beast taming + System + divine shop management + the Myriad Worlds] Someone spent twenty-two thousand yuan on an unremarkable bean, and the people around him laughed, saying he'd been ripped off. The very next second, his pet beast, which had been stuck at a bottleneck for half a year, swallowed the bean and immediately rose two levels, completely transformed! The news spread across the city, and crowds soon flocked to the once-quiet little shop. The wealthy queued for three days and nights j 285Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Help! The Disciple I Picked Up in the Mortal Realm Turned Out to Be the Immortal Prince 救命！下凡捡的徒弟竟是仙界太子 A soft, adorable little lotus with no System and no golden finger scrapes by in the immortal realm with her excellent cooking. Even a trip down to the mortal world to buy ingredients leads her to take home a cool, aloof young boy as her disciple. Who could have guessed that this sweet, obedient disciple was actually the crown prince of the immortal realm, undergoing tribulation in the mortal world? The early chapters are a sugary-sweet, everyday tale of a master and her disciple in the mortal wo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Half a Lifetime of Enduring, Half a Lifetime Beloved 半生隐忍半生卿 When Gu Yan was nine, his dying father entrusted him to his old classmate, Shen Dean. From then on, he lived under the same roof as the Shen family, growing up alongside their daughter, Shen Wan. She was the cherished daughter of the household, while he was the child of an old friend. An invisible wall separated their stations in life. Yet she had warmed him with porridge on cold nights, and he had shielded her from the rain that poured across the city. Love took root in their everyday closenes 230Reads8.2Score10314d adds
- 19 Autumn Passes Over Jing Mountain 禾过璟山秋 [Modern siblings transmigrate together + two equally matched political players + nation-building + imaginative historical romance + devoted couples with happy endings] After a car accident, modern siblings Rui He and Rui Zheng both transmigrate into a political intrigue novel, only to find themselves bound to a doomed, unfinished story set in a chaotic age. In the original, Emperor Murong Jing is isolated and outmatched, hemmed in by powerful aristocratic families and ministers, as well as the a 70Reads—Score53814d adds
- 20 Junior Brother, Don’t Be Like This 师弟，你别这样 The day Ye Xiucheng reports for duty at Qiaonan Community Clinic, everyone asks him, “Why would a graduate of a top medical university come to a poor, remote place like this?” He just smiles without answering. He can’t tell them why he came here: It’s because of his beliefs, and because of his senior, Su Xixi. He thought she would always be by his side. That is, until the new vice president, Liang Shuo, tells her, “If something’s weighing on you, you can talk to me.” Ye Xiucheng finally panics. 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Life Is a Rare Gift 人生难得 The National Security Ministry’s Fourteenth Division is a department created specifically to manage spirits. It oversees the work and daily lives of spirits living in secret among humans. Chang Xiaoying, an employee in the Fourteenth Division’s Benefits and Welfare Section, was injured on duty in an accident. She lost three years of memories, as well as her ability to feel hunger and dream. Once she recovered and returned to work, she was assigned to a post in Gongcheng, Yuesheng Province, as a 74Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 22 Chronicle of the Twin Bracelets 双镯记 [Transmigration to Another World] [Powerful CEO] [Women's Growth] [Mutual Devotion] A wealthy heiress and a princess from another world transmigrate and switch places. How will the rich young heir handle it? Told across two timelines, ancient and modern, this story focuses on women's growth and a love that brings two people together to save each other. Family, friendship, career: she wants it all! In the modern world, there's a wealthy young heir who has been her childhood sweetheart. In the anc 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Smiling, Proud Wanderer: The Great Ming Embroidered Guard 笑傲江湖之大明锦衣卫 Jiang Yue transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and into The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, becoming a notorious low-ranking officer in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Yet he has a handsome, refined face, and keeps stealing the spotlight from the righteous sects at every turn! This novel follows The Smiling, Proud Wanderer as its main storyline, while bringing together stories from other works set in the same era, such as World's Finest and Changfeng Escort Agency. Characters include Ren Yingying, Yue Ling 3.1kReads6.3Score16914d adds
- 24 All Things Must End 皆有尽时 Everyone has a hurdle they can’t get over alone, and sometimes they need someone to give them a hand. Chen Yan knows his life has long been as rotten as his reputation, beyond saving. He has turned every hardship from his past into a cross on which to judge himself, carrying it on his back and refusing to let himself find even a moment’s relief. He can be someone else’s umbrella, even if he’s always standing in the rain himself. Thankfully, everyone who has taken shelter by his side wants to see 146Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 25 My Phone Connects to Tomorrow 我的手机连明天 After his divorce, Xu Yan unexpectedly gets a phone that can connect to the internet of tomorrow, and begins a new life. From then on, wealth and women come pouring in. Love, family bonds... He discovers that having money can be a real headache too... 908Reads5.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 26 My Doctor Lin 我的林医生 [A blend of sweetness and heartbreak + slow burn + delicate prose + a working woman’s growth + episodic format] Radiologist Lin Xiaoya can see every bone in the human body, yet she can’t read the heart of the person in front of her. Other people’s love is a two-way journey, but theirs is a tale of mutual misunderstanding... 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Can a Masculine High School Boy Transform into a Greatsword-Wielding Magical Girl? 阳刚男高会变身大剑魔法少女吗 [Magical Girl + Transformation + Diesel Punk + Urban High Martial Arts + Urban Supernatural Powers + Everyday School Life + High-Level Political Intrigue + Female Lead (Main Female Supporting Character)] [Inspired by Chinese-style dieselpunk magical girls. I thought the idea was fun, so I decided to write a story about it. The narrative follows three threads in parallel: battles, daily life, and political intrigue. The battle thread begins from the start, the daily-life thread starts in Chapter 32Reads—Score16714d adds
- 28 After My Divorce, I Embarked on the Path to Immortality 离婚后我开启了仙途 A real man can't go a single day without power, and a true man can't go a single day without money. When you have neither power nor money, people will nitpick you no matter how good you are, and look down on you no matter how well you treat them... 2.8kReads8.2Score17014d adds
- 29 Transmigrate to the Three Kingdoms: I Am Liu Qi 穿越三国：吾乃刘琦 [No System] [Political Intrigue and Scheming] [Building an Elite Cavalry and Infantry] [Cold Weapon Duels] [A Rich Sense of Three Kingdoms History] [Massive Infantry and Cavalry Battles] [Marrying Beauties, but Not as a Womanizer] [Dedicated Civil Officials and Loyal Generals] [A Kinsman of the Han Imperial House, Rebuilding the Han Dynasty Three Times] A modern special forces soldier and PhD in Three Kingdoms history transmigrates as Liu Qi, eldest son of Liu Biao, governor of Jingzhou. Inside, 290Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 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—Score614d adds
- 31 Who Says I Don't Like You? 谁说我讨厌你啦？ "I like him more than anyone, and I hate him more than anyone." -[Sweet and angsty, high school romance, healing, two top students Content warning: The female lead has suicidal tendencies, depression, and anxiety] At first, they couldn't stand each other. Until her deliberate efforts to keep her distance started getting under his skin, so he deliberately kept making his presence felt around her. Through his efforts, he succeeded in falling for her. And she became unable to live without him. But 32Reads—Score10914d adds
- 32 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—14d adds
- 33 The Star River's Abandoned Young Master 星河弃少 Su Mo was once a core disciple of the Star Evolution Dao Sect in the Star River Star Domain. When the sect was besieged and destroyed by extraterrestrial demons, he carried its supreme Star Core treasure, tore through the planes, and fell onto Blue Star. He was reborn as the despised, disowned young master of the Su family in Jiangcheng, Huaxia. A marriage contract was torn up in public by Cheng Chuchu, the heiress of a top-tier family. She publicly humiliated him, saying he came from a lowly ba 16.5kReads—Score2.1k14d adds
- 34 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 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Immortal World's Idol 仙界的爱豆 The Idol of the Immortal Realm 255Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Miss Witcher, I'm Really Not a Vampire 猎魔人小姐，我真不是血族 [Single Female Lead + Villain Protagonist + Action-Packed Battles] After transmigrating as a vampire, Lu Zhou discovered he was different from his fellow vampires. He wasn’t afraid of sunlight, silver weapons, or holy water. He was truly immortal and indestructible. Growing overconfident, he made a vow: “One day, I’ll unite the vampire race.” “One day, the Blood Moon will hang in the sky forever!” “One day, the vampire race will be great again!” But that could all wait. First, he had to figure o 539.8kReads8.5Score89.8k14d adds
- 37 I Have a Hypnosis App for Female Ghosts 我有一个女鬼催眠APP Qin Ming meant to download a hypnosis game app, but ended up with a female ghost hypnosis app instead. As he gazed at the app’s dazzling array of female ghosts he could romance, then watched one actually appear in the real world, he fell silent. If he wanted to stay alive, he had no choice but to romance the female ghosts! Female Ghost Hypnosis App: Activate! 204.9kReads8.5Score27.6k14d adds
- 38 Warning! The Evil God's Followers Are Storming the Horror Instance 警告！邪神眷属正在杀入诡异副本 Weird dungeons + livestreaming + lighthearted + no pressure (no couples, no romantic tension). Successfully adapted into a live-action series and a comic, so enjoy with confidence. Weird dungeons descend upon the world, randomly selecting players and leaving everyone in a state of panic. Then Qi Xie, a follower of an Evil God, enters a dungeon and immediately breaks down sobbing! Heavens above! Who knows how many haunted houses he’s slept in and how many mass graves he’s dug up just to keep that 223.9kReads8.9Score31.7k14d adds
- 39 Words That Never Miss 言出次随 Say it, and it happens next time 863Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 If There's No Way Forward in This World, Then I'll Take the Heavenly Path 既然人间无路可走，那就走天路 Li Xue was an architect. After losing his job, failing in business, and being abandoned by his wife, he was left with nowhere to turn. With the aid of the Immortal Light Sword, and after a chance meeting with his confidante Zhang Yingxin, he resolutely set off for an alien world. There, he navigated the star systems, battling demons, evildoers, and forces of darkness. After enduring arduous cultivation, he ultimately forged a legend... 131Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Zombies Descend Across the World, and You Say the Taoist Class Is Useless? 全球僵尸降临，你说道士序列没用 Purple-hair zombies, white-hair zombies, black-hair zombies, green-hair zombies, fur-covered zombies, flying zombies, wandering zombies, lurking zombies, unrotting-bone zombies, and drought demons… This is a world overrun by zombies across the globe! Xu Yi arrives in this world and awakens the Taoist path. But people accuse him of being inferior to those on the fire-element path. Xu Yi scratches his head and looks at his Dragon-Tiger Evil-Slaying Talismans, Golden Light Incantation, corpse-dr 255kReads8.8Score29.9k14d adds
- 42 The God of Deception Never Lies 欺诈之神他永不说谎 [Sharp-tongued, scheming goofball bottom × older, imposing commander top] [Ensemble cast, power couple, satisfying story, mutually faithful, everyone has their wits about them, plot-driven] The leads meet relatively late. Includes mild coercion by the top toward the bottom, as well as voyeurism. Cheng Ling, an elite lawyer at a Jiangcheng law firm and a demon on the debate stage, had the misfortune of dying violently in the street. The three gods in charge of his life and death told him, “We can 55.1kReads9.5Score7.5k14d adds
- 43 I'm Reborn, So Why Would I Still Play Esports? 都重生了谁还搞电子竞技啊 To escape the suffocating pressure of facing his mother, Zhang Rui resolutely left home to pursue a career in esports. But fate dealt him a rough hand, and, consumed by obsession and thrown off balance, he eventually lost himself. Luckily, fortune smiled on him, and he unexpectedly came back reborn! Having finally come to his senses, he begins to enjoy life. With a carefree school life, a smooth-sailing entrepreneurial journey, and a beautiful woman by his side, life couldn’t be sweeter. Until t 867Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 What Do You Mean I Became a World-Ending Urban Legend? 什么叫我成了灭世级怪谈？ [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Turns Into a False Person in One Chapter] [The Protagonist Is a Pure Monster] Su Yuan transmigrated to a bizarre world rife with danger. Here, everything from horror legends had become real: false people, vengeful spirits, old gods hidden beneath the ocean... And an official organization lurking in everyday life: the Cleanup Bureau. This was an age of despair. With urban legends becoming reality, ordinary people could hardly fight back, and even the authorities we 280.2kReads8.3Score47.5k14d adds
- 45 Seeing Through Half a Lifetime 看破浮生过半 Life is a journey of self-cultivation. As we keep moving forward, we correct our mistakes in time and gradually become better versions of ourselves. Life is full of suffering, and we can only save ourselves. If only we could live our lives over again. At the very least, we could avoid a lot of detours. 623Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 EN The Evil God Is Stunned: Are These Players Even Stranger Than Me? 邪神懵了：这群玩家比我还诡异？ After transmigrating to a world overrun by the uncanny, Lin En discovers that he has become a backwater fake god, his divine power depleted and his existence about to fade away. Outside the church, indescribable monsters are pounding on the door. The desperate countdown has begun. To save himself, Lin En grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR game called Ancient Gods Awaken, summoning a group of hardcore players from Blue Star to serve as his followers. He thought the players would cower 762.2kReads9.0Score136.8k14d adds
- 47 How Can I Cultivate Without Cheats? 不开挂我修什么仙 [Signed for publication] [Two male leads + cultivation + ensemble cast + equally matched leads + transmigrate into a book + hilarious, passionate wish-fulfillment story] A goofy, flashy show-off who always has a trick up his sleeve, 0 × the cultivation world's number-one prodigy, a cold-faced, adorable natural-born airhead, 1 Unconventionally handsome 0 and beautiful 1, mutual devotion, powerful leads, and a protagonist team with cheat abilities who never have to suffer Xie Weixing was an FPS ( 307.5kReads9.5Score39.7k14d adds
- 48 Running Wild in the Big Shot's Dreams 在大佬梦里撒野 [Tech tycoon pretending to be an ascetic x Brilliant AI genius pretending to be a sweet, innocent girl] [They dream of each other x Older man dotes on her alone x A carefully laid plan x Devoted one-on-one romance and mutual salvation] Genius girl-next-door Yu Youzhi suddenly gets cracked over the head. When she wakes, she discovers she's in bed with her own boss, so she slaps herself. "That didn't hurt! Then let's see how I kill you!" "Zhi Zhi, you're a little wild today. I like it!" Ji Yan 1.1kReads—Score10414d adds
- 49 Didn't You Say You Were Retiring? Officer, Why Are You Back? 说好退休呢？执法官你怎么回来了 [Enforcer Bottom x Player Top] [Infinite Survival / Horror Game / Supernatural Entities Descend / Global Open Beta / Leveling] Jiang Xun was the chief enforcer in a horror game, tasked with maintaining order in the System's dungeons. He had enemies throughout the entire game. After working for the System for two hundred years, Jiang Xun finally retired. On the day he left, the whole horror game celebrated as if it were New Year's, thrilled to be rid of the old menace at last. But barely had Jian 348.6kReads9.5Score65.4k14d adds
- 50 My Glory Days in Dongguan 我在东莞的高光岁月 My name is Chang Da Qiang. I was born in a small, underdeveloped county town in the late 1980s. My parents were farmers, and in those days, when everything was desperately poor, I graduated from a junior college and looked for work in my hometown. After hitting one dead end after another, I made a bold decision: I headed south to Guangdong to try my luck. Through hard work, I finally had the experiences that inspired this novel. 2.1kReads—Score12214d adds
