Novels like Deceiving Dreams, Floating Life
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- 51 Formatted City: Starting With a Stray Dog 格式化都市：从一只土狗开始 In this age of overwhelming data, no one noticed the stray dog crouching in a corner of the urban village. It doesn't bark or cause trouble. It doesn't even eat leftovers. It just “listens.” It listens to the hum of electricity running through the cables, the sigh of server fans, and every byte collapsing in this forest of steel. Urban cultivation? No. This is my single-player game. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 High Martial: No Great Generals Among the Gods? This Daoist Will Do It Himself! 高武：神中无大将？道爷自己上！ [Gender-Bender + Second Transmigration + National Fortune? Style + No Last-Minute Rescue + No Cultural Break + Cards] (A powerful tune starts playing: “Oh, life, can’t you let me off just this once? ♪...”) Ling Xing: ! So, can I transmigrate after the crash, at least? “You are destined to be bonded with this ‘vessel.’” In her dream, a nine-tailed fox spirit, bewitching and regal, pierced her heart with a single finger. This was a pact spanning three thousand years. The ancient secrets of the I 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Give the Shooting Star Back to the Night Sky 把流星还给夜空 Give the Shooting Star Back to the Night Sky —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 I'm Invincible with the Daoist Arts System 道法系统我无敌 The protagonist, Ye Nanchun, grew up fending for himself in the world. By chance, he obtained a Daoist Arts System and embarked on the path of the Dao. After a series of bizarre cases, a mysterious organization slowly came to light, along with a massive conspiracy and one crisis after another. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Xuan Yan: Reincarnation Through Life and Death, Ascending Beyond the Sacrificial Dao 玄衍：生死轮回，成祭道之上而上 A new work is here! You can read my novel on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Shipping Everything Only Makes My Grades Better 什么都磕只会让我成绩优异 Complete · [Ensemble Cast + School Life + Healing + Daily Life + Based on True Events] The school scenes feature an ensemble cast, while the story outside school focuses on the main characters. The plot serves the characters. This is a utopian-style school, with some deliberately far-fetched shenanigans. If that's not your thing, please feel free to leave. Choose your deskmate: The sunshine social butterfly, the shy and sensitive introvert, the drama-loving art student, the law-abiding citizen, 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Dumped Right After Graduation, Then a Healing Girl Appears 毕业即失恋，天降治愈系 [Healing] + [Redemption] + [Mutual Devotion] “Hey! Watch out!” A petite figure tackled him to the ground, and from that moment on, his life changed completely. Zhou Xuyuan first met Lin Lingjiu beside an ordinary bus stop. After being dumped by his girlfriend, he was walking down the street in a daze when he nearly collided with a bus. She saved him and nearly got hit herself. At the time, he had no idea that this warm-smiling girl would become the deepest bond in his life. Lin Lingjiu suffers f 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 A Dream Beneath the Bamboo Moon 篁凉一梦 A Dream Beneath the Huang Liang Tree —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Why Are You Sending This King a Princess to Marry? 给本王送个和亲公主是要干甚？ Why on earth are you sending this prince a princess for a political marriage? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Help!!! My Best Friend Has Shrunk! What Do I Do? 急！！！闺蜜变小了怎么办？ Urgent!!! What should I do if my best friend has shrunk? 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 When a Quack Meets a Crooked Merchant 当庸医碰上奸商 Completed. [The cool beauty who cross-dresses as a man x the attention-seeking goof with a brain full of holes] #Mystery #TwoMaleLeads #TenYearsOfHiddenPlots #SlightEnsembleCast #ShiftingFirstPersonPOV #ATouchOfSupernaturalInTheExtras "I'm a quack. If you're not dead, don't come in." When Shen Qi pushed open that broken door, he thought it was just a joke. He met an "icy mountain" of a female doctor in a Ming-style long robe, half a head taller than him. He thought it was love at first sight. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 I Was Ready to Prove the Saying 'Never Look Down on a Poor Young Man' Wrong, Then Found Out My Fiancée Was My Childhood Sweetheart 准备莫欺少年穷发现未婚妻是青梅 [Multiple heroines + passionate high-martial arts + academy setting + light novel + no toxic drama or angst] A hundred years after the Great Cataclysm, the Federation was established. Civilization rebuilt itself after its destruction, and city-states rose from the ruins. In the Federation’s year 496, inside the shabby workshop of an “ordinary alchemist”: “There’s another path: artificial gods, original-sin weapons, the [Fallen Angel].” “Hey, Old Yang, is that something you should have? Don’t com 1.3kReads—Score117Shelves
- 63 Infinite Flow: Big Shot, Please Act Like a Human 无限流：大佬求求你干点人事吧 [No Female Lead + Mild Horror + Comedy + Power Fantasy] When night falls, an unfamiliar world instantly becomes a strange forbidden zone where no living person should venture. Lu Qiguang discovers that he has been drawn into a deadly survival game. Here, day and night are cleaved into two entirely different worlds: daytime seems normal, while nighttime becomes a terrifying hunting ground governed by strict rules. Even more despairing, this cursed space is teeming with indescribable monsters and 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Abducted by Bandits, I Became the Female Emperor 被山匪掳走后，我成了女帝 After Being Abducted by Bandits, I Became the Empress 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is a Femme Fatale 快穿宿主是个祸水 Yue Xian is stunningly beautiful and exceptionally good at spotting the weaknesses in people’s hearts. She has no idea how she ended up here, but she decides to go with the flow! Wherever she is, she can have fun acting, and she’s best at making villains believe she’s innocent right up until they die. What?? Does she ever catch real feelings?? No. (No fixed pairing) 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Live-Streaming Incense Offerings: Even Gods Have KPIs 香火直播：神明也要KPI The gods never die. They simply find new ways to live. Traffic is incense, comments are offerings of faith, and livestreaming platforms are the modern Investiture of the Gods. Overworked office drone Lin Che is putting in overtime past midnight when a shady pop-up hits him with an “Incense Eye.” From then on, he sees the truth: a top-tier star is a nine-tailed fox, a food-delivery rider is an Earth God on the verge of starving to death, the Marriage God sits behind dating apps with a perpetually 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 A Lingering Warmth in Your Words 留有语温 Even if you call in the middle of the night, I'll come to you. As long as you need me, as long as you miss me, I'll appear in front of you right away... Though maybe I can't do that anymore. I failed so badly at being your big sister. I couldn't stay with you until the end. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 The Writer's Book of Immortality 执笔者的不死录 When I woke up, I had somehow transmigrated into the Western fantasy world of my imagination. Golden finger, when are you going to show up? Oh, yeah, you're here! My golden finger is called the [Book of Records]. But you're so useless! I have to unlock the hidden features myself?!! No, I don't want to die. After I died, I somehow entered a library that could rewind time... I'm back... To find a way home, I'll keep exploring this Western fantasy world...! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 The Legend of Enzo 恩佐传说 “Please, witness my death.” Blood moon, black tide, crimson eyes, golden flames. In an apocalypse shrouded in black mist, with the world on the brink of destruction, Enzo, who emerged from a remote border town, is he the prophesied child of divine punishment, or the savior whose golden flames will consume the world? The whereabouts of the eighteen elemental elf kings, the mystery behind the dragon-type elves' seclusion, the secret of the Katis prophecy... Karmic flames consume the world, salvati 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 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
- 71 Divine Disciple: Purge 神徒：肃清 "The gods declined, and humanity rose through greed... The divine disciples were born to save the world. This is what the System, in other words the gods, told us. Is that really the truth... Or rather, which parts are true, and which are false?" "No one knows anything. Those who do know have all gone mad." "Everything is part of a deal made by the gods, a deal hidden from the light of day." "They used high-ranking divine disciples as blades... Then, when the birds were gone, the bow was put awa 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Snow on Frostlit Blossoms 雪染霜华 King Zhao Xi is ordered to return to the capital by imperial decree and assist the young crown prince. But the third prince, Chen Jingxuan, seizes the opportunity to usurp the throne, then falsely accuses Zhao Xi of treason and massacres the entire Zhao clan. Only Zhao Chen, the heir, escapes with his life. During his flight, Zhao Chen meets Su Wuya, an old friend of his father, and Su’s two daughters. From that moment, the wheels of fate begin to turn, and the love, hate, and tangled grudges be 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 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
- 74 Champagne 香槟 Su Jiu wants to be the champagne glass at the very top of the tower. [Glittering stardom + modern romance + 1v1 + secret crush + mutual devotion + entertainment industry] She used to be the face of a popular girl group, a sweetheart adored by millions of fans. But on the day her three-year contract expired, she tore up the renewal agreement. Su Jiu stormed out of the conference room with nothing to her name except an audition email she’d sent to Xingyu Media and an acting dream everyone laugh —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Unbelievable! I Fulfill the Dead's Last Wishes and Inherit Their Skills 离谱！帮逝者圆梦，继承一身技艺 On my first day working at a funeral home, the moment I touched the body of top-tier star Song Ran, a man's voice exploded in my head: "You were so off-key you might as well have been singing on the other side of the world. With skills like yours, you think you're qualified to prepare my body?" Song Ran was dead. But his consciousness remained in my mind. A socially anxious mortician and a sharp-tongued top-tier star were forced to become partners. Whenever I touched a deceased person, I cou 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 The Way of Exorcism 除魔之道 Unlike the worlds that came before, this world is home to beings far stronger than humans. Can humanity still defeat them? Can humans remain masters of the world? This story features a whole new approach to demon hunting, unlike anything seen before. Here, you'll encounter all kinds of demon-slaying techniques, as well as demons born in countless different forms. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 A Guide to Saving a World with a Bad Ending 烂尾世界拯救指南 [Not a Power Fantasy] [Transmigrated Into Her Own Novel] [Growth-Oriented Female Lead] [Slow Burn] [Light Ensemble Cast] Jiang Ning transmigrated into her own unfinished novel. The System said, "Host, you dug the hole yourself, so of course you have to fill it in yourself ^_^" She didn't take it seriously. Wasn't it just becoming someone's disciple, cultivating, fighting monsters, taking a beating, dying once, then dying again? She did it. Halfway through, she realized something was off. Why did 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 An Ancient Scroll Lets Me Read Minds 古卷赐我读人心 At seventeen, Lou Wangan was a timid boy who barely registered in his class. By chance, he obtained a tattered ancient book on reading people. It recorded millennia-old wisdom about understanding others, carefully breaking down microexpressions, unconscious body language, and the unspoken meanings behind people's words. It revealed the subtle rules of navigating human relationships. Little by little, Lou Wangan developed exceptional emotional intelligence and a clear understanding of the world. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Random God-Tier Concepts at the End of the World 末日随机神级概念 [Conceptual Powers + Formidable Enemies + Catastrophic Infection + Sequence Talents + No Excessive Saintliness + Not a Power Fantasy] Give him the concept of being able to teleport instantly to any point along any line, and he asks: “Does that include timelines?” Give him the concept of clothes that always stay clean, and he says: “I’m invincible.” Give him a coin that’s guaranteed to land heads, and he says: “I’ll kill even the gods for you.” As an apocalyptic frenzy sweeps the globe, he naviga 38Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 80 The Realm of Guixu 归墟地界 On hiatus... [Infinite Flow | Rule-Based Horror | Ensemble Cast | Subverting the Usual Survival Tropes] Two male leads, no romance-obsessed characters, pure mind games, and a bond between close friends. I thought I was the only one who had lost my past. Who knew everyone traveling with me would have amnesia? I wanted to keep my head down, follow the rules, and stay alive, but every step led deeper into the abyss, with death traps lurking at every turn. I once thought death was the end. Only lat 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Youth in the Year 2000, Like Rain 2000年青春如雨 Youth Like Rain in the Year 2000 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 The Demon God Grants Wishes 魔神还愿 I... might be called Bai Suli. I think the Su is the one in "long-cherished wish," and the Li means "to leave." I had a wish I'd lost sight of, but just as it was about to come true, I transmigrated to this absurd and eerie world. It has no past, no future; dreamlike and illusory, sinister and bottomless. It traps the body and sets the soul free. In the tear-filled marsh, a "female ghost" who seems to have a split personality comes to me. Offering "power" as a bargaining chip, she makes a stra 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 My Secret Crush Became My Boss and Roommate 暗恋男神成了我的上司兼室友 New book [Mutual pining + gentle only with the heroine + childhood friends + scheming male lead + winning her back] On her eighteenth birthday, just as she can no longer hold back her feelings and is about to confess to him, she learns that he already has a girlfriend and is about to leave the country. Her heart aches, and from then on she buries her feelings deep inside. At twenty-two, he falls for his younger sister’s friend. The four-year age gap somehow becomes an unspoken obstacle in his he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Winning Over the Host Is a Bit of a Challenge 攻略宿主有点傻 [Slow-paced. The title of the only world can't be changed.] [System, campus, ensemble cast, redemption, mutual devotion, healing] An innocent little Host × a tsundere, sharp-tongued cat System. They bicker in their daily lives while helping their friends heal. This is a slow-burn story. Bai Li has lived in an orphanage since she was little. The only person who was kind to her was the headmistress. Bai Li is very beautiful, but her mind is only that of a seven- or eight-year-old child. When the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 The Abyss of the Gods 诸神之渊 ⟦No System + Dungeon Progression + Rules-Based Horror + High-Stakes Mind Games⟧ “My name is Su Yun. In people’s eyes, I’m a savior. To the authorities, I’m a murderer. I’m the guide for all living beings, the link to the skies in the domains of the uncanny, and the one every god sees as a thorn in its side.” This is a world overrun by uncanny entities, where danger and opportunity go hand in hand. Some obtain items that let them control time and return to the past. Others gain divine artifacts t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 I’m Done Being This Rich Young Lady 这大小姐我可不当了 This is the story of a fallen heiress who is seduced by a tycoon, takes the initiative to pursue him, and ultimately becomes a god. Qianyuan was the sole heir to a family of spirit summoners, born with a natural gift for communicating with spirits. Then she accidentally discovered that her family had raised her as nothing more than a sacrifice. Determined to survive, Qianyuan secretly fled and made her way to Haicheng. After a chance encounter with Nian Xingyuan at a temple, he offered her a sta —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Seriously? You Call This an Immortal? 不是吧？你管这叫仙人 [UMA] [Fake Cultivation] [A Work of Madness] They call themselves immortals, and so pilgrims flock to them one after another, becoming their food. My name is Nan Xun. They say I'm crazy, but I'm not. I'm just an ant struggling desperately to claw my way up and survive. Pilgrims, I want to ask you: ordinary people... Do they count as people? My name is Nan Yue. I saw my brother kill our parents with my own eyes. I hate him, that lunatic. I couldn't understand why the police let him go. The 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 The County Magistrate Can Lift Mountains and Reach the Underworld 县令她力拔山兮通地府 [No romance + a touch of ensemble cast + superhumanly strong heroine + knows people in the underworld + early growth + strong heroine later on + a little catharsis (?) + absolutely female-centered] Zhu Rong died in an instant, but was lucky enough to become the 99,999th client of two underworld officers still in training. "Congratulations! You've won a reincarnation gift pack!" "Is your underworld even legitimate?" So she was born again with an adult's memories, as Zhao Sanya, a girl whose s 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 A New Era for All Under Heaven 天下更始 The Chen Dynasty has stood for three hundred years since its founding by the Grand Ancestor. Though it has had several emperors who revived the dynasty and rulers who diligently maintained the realm, its institutions have grown rigid. When a foolish emperor takes the throne, generations of effort can be undone in an instant. Faced with a broken realm, Emperor Ling wanted to make a difference, but fate was against him. A crushing military defeat and a ruined economy left him with no choice but to 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 All My Magical Treasures Are Maniacs 我的法宝全是疯批 The reporter grabs the white-bearded old man. "I heard you have a young disciple here who squats on the ground every day, talking to chunks of iron?" The old man strokes his beard. "Don't spread nonsense. He's doing ideological work. Our sect has three hundred swords. Last night, two hundred and ninety of them went missing. They all ran off to find him on their own." "What about that rusty sword? The one that's been sulking and rusting for eight hundred years?" The rusty sword slides an inch fro 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Summer of 2005 零五逢夏 A transmigration-themed story about entrepreneurship. At 50, after a life of mediocrity and years of being put down and emotionally manipulated, a woman transmigrates and finally discovers the ambition to reach for the sky. The coldness of the world is crushed and swept away. The human world isn’t a dead end, but a vast sea of mortal life. Golden finger: reborn, meets fellow reborn people, and later the male lead’s soul transmigrates into another body. The leads are not each other’s first. Both 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Beneath the Soaring Clouds 凌云霄下 [Mortal's Cultivation] [No System] [Traditional Cultivation] [Slow-Paced Growth Power Fantasy] [All by Hand] Xiao Chen, an outer disciple, accidentally obtains a silver booklet with no words. Why is its method of cultivation so different from everyone else's? Everyone says that with my useless spiritual roots, I'll never amount to anything. Then I'll cultivate both qi and body, and leave nothing out! All you geniuses and prodigies, if you don't accept that, come challenge me! I'll shatter you 392Reads—Score119Shelves
- 93 After the World Fell, I Became a Superpowered One 世界沦陷后，我成为拥有神力者 [Superpowers + Ensemble Cast + Mysterious Organization + Slightly Surreal] (The story may be a little slow to get going, and some readers may not stick around long enough to see what comes next. But! I think I really hit my stride in the later chapters. The plot and writing both come together, so I hope some of you will keep reading. Skipping chapters is fine too! Please, I’m begging you, sob sob!!! Someone, come read my novel!!!) After the whole world falls, strange beasts invade and superpowe 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Chuunibyou: I Became the Lord of the Abyss Through Delusions of Grandeur 中二病：我靠中二成为深渊之主 [Chuunibyou] [Invincible Protagonist] [Feel-Good Read] [play the pig to eat the tiger] [System] [Ensemble Cast] [Funny and Lighthearted] "An Ling, are you fighting the air again?" "Hahahaha, there he goes again! This time he even gave himself a new nickname: Lord of the Abyss!" "Ignore him. He's just another chuunibyou." An Ling stood in the middle of the sports field and slowly covered his left eye as the entire school burst into laughter. "I'll gladly accept your ridicule." No one actually bel 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 A Collection of Ideals 理想集 This is a collection of short stories about idealism. In this day and age, it may seem out of place. But that is precisely why it exists. Eight stories, one voice: “Idealism is not dead, and it never will be!” If you have ever carried a torch through the darkness, this book was written for you. 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Young Madam Shi Is an All-Round Big Shot 时少夫人是个全能大佬 They say Third Master Shi of the imperial capital pulled every trick in the book to win over the girl he liked. But which of them was really the prey? An all-around capable heroine, strong female lead, one-on-one romance, both pure-hearted, no misunderstandings, plenty of sweetness and no angst. Ye Ran: “Shi Yiyuan, I've never thought much about love in my life, because I don't know how long I'll live. I might live a peaceful life to the end, or I might give up on myself at any moment. But you s 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 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 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 I Grow Bigger Whenever I Work Overtime 一加班就变大 [Out-of-the-Box Premise]+ [Office Worker]+ [Absurd Comedy] My name is Zhou Huihui, and I'm an ordinary office worker. My only goal is to leave work on time. But Manager Ma won't have it. That day, he @'d me on DingTalk: “Xiao Zhou, I need this proposal tonight.” Then something about me started spiraling out of control. Not my temper, my size. Work overtime, grow a size. 4.7kReads—Score120Shelves
- 99 The Lingering Dream of Chen Lou 陈楼遗梦 [Light horror + folk customs + suspense + puzzle-solving + adventure + mystery + fantasy + supernatural abilities] A treasured pear-blossom jade pendant and a long-sealed book called Records of the Blue Collar lead Jiang Yichen to Chenlou Village, a place shrouded in mist all year round. In the village stands an ancient well known as the Dragon-Locking Well, forbidden for generations. Something unknown seems to be sealed beneath it. Is the ancient Pear Blossom Festival a dance meant to soothe th 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Please Spare Me in This Instance 我在副本里求放过 When Yan Wan, an author of sweet romance novels, dies suddenly after getting writer’s block, she opens her eyes to find herself in the body of a “useful extra” who never existed in her own story: a goddess who was kicked down to the mortal realm by the Star Lord of Fate to undergo a tribulation. In the imperial palace, the empress says disturbing things, while the heroine’s fiancé, the Imperial Preceptor, hides scheming intentions behind his smile. Even cannon fodder who should have been written 2Reads—Score—Shelves
