Novels like Young Master Ming
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- 1 Night Shift: Strange Tales of the World 夜班 世间诡谈 They say Chun Xi was raised by wolves. She drank wolf’s milk and ate raw meat as a child. She never got sick or cried out in pain. At eight, she died at the hands of her adoptive father. At fifteen, she appeared at her own grave. At eighteen, she started working the night shift at a funeral home, doing the jobs no one else wanted. She spent her days among corpses, some beautiful, some ugly, all quiet, picking through them. What was she looking for? Suitable souls. What for? To feed a prisoner. W 1.1kFavorites4.5kClicks/ch184Gifts
- 2 Fox Tales and Demon Ways 狐说魃道 I thought I was just running a little dessert shop that didn’t make much money, but strange things kept showing up there. I thought he was just an ordinary, slightly dimwitted fox spirit, but he was on brotherly terms with the King of the Underworld. I thought he was just a taciturn, naive drifter, but he was an ancient qilin who once plunged the whole world into chaos. I thought life was nothing more than earning and spending money, growing old, and dying, but who could have guessed... Latest 33.8kFavorites106.9kClicks/ch19.9kGifts
- 3 Ghost Stories of the Precious Pearl 宝珠鬼话 Sometimes I can see things other people can’t: messages from another world. One day, as Fox basked in the sun by the window, I watched his back and wondered if I should write them all down: the stories that belong to me, to Fox, to Qilin, and to that other world. This is a series of ghost stories, with each volume telling a complete tale. Part One: Tales of the Pearl Ghosts. Part Two: Fox Speaks of Demons. Both parts are complete. A few bonus stories for Fox Speaks of Demons will be add 22.1kFavorites96kClicks/ch619Gifts
- 4 The Mummy 木乃伊 The heroine, A, is greedy, cold-hearted, and selfish by nature. She makes a living in Egypt appraising and trading ancient Egyptian artifacts. While searching for a specific mummy for an oil tycoon in the Middle East, she brings back a mummy suspected to be that of Pharaoh Phetlaman II of the Seventeenth Dynasty. Just as she is preparing to sell it for a high price, she discovers a startling change in the mummy. From then on, her fate begins to grow strange and perilous because of it. This stor 9.2kFavorites42.4kClicks/ch1.5kGifts
- 5 Ghostly Casebook 鬼事手札 People often say: The Way of Heaven is constant. It does not endure for Yao, nor perish for Jie. I never understood that before, but fortunately, I understand it now, and it is not too late. Over the years, I have learned that everything in this world exists for a reason and follows its own laws. Sometimes, we must approach all things with reverence, observe them closely, and judge them with kindness. I believe these nine years have been the most extraordinary, most perilous, and most otherworl 8.5kFavorites7.6kClicks/ch2.4kGifts
- 6 National Beauty 国色 Liu Zhen thought, if her father became the founding emperor, wouldn't that make her the daughter of the founding emperor? But that was for the future. Before then, let's focus on the practical problem of improving our meals. After all, this is an era when dumplings won't even be invented for another three hundred years! Content warnings: 1. Set in the Qin dynasty. History diverges after the Qin, and the Han dynasty will never exist. History buffs, please stay away. 2. There is food, but 24.1kFavorites146.7kClicks/ch17.4kGifts
- 7 Beneath the Locust Tree 槐树之下 (This story has been contracted for publication. I posted two bonus chapters on Weibo, and the rest will probably only be available in the print edition.) Have you ever heard any ghost stories connected to locust trees? I have. They all happened back in the nineties. Even after I grew up and returned to my hometown, I could still find traces of the past beneath that tree, along with the shadow of that man. A note from the author: I'm not sure if writing this counts as breaking some kind of taboo 43.9kFavorites55kClicks/ch13.8kGifts
- 8 Half-Demon Sitoeng 半妖司藤 Half-Demon Si Teng A person needs a goal in life, something to strive for. Even elementary school students write essays about “My Dream.” “What’s your dream?” “To become human again. What about you?” “To become a demon again.” Author’s Note *I still can’t find a suitable category for this story on Jinjiang. I feel like it’s a little supernatural, a little suspenseful, and just a tiny bit scary. It’s not simply a romance, but there has to be some romance in it… *I’ve thought it over again. Y 149.1kFavorites261.7kClicks/ch85.2kGifts
- 9 Five Elements, But No Chicken [Classic Tales] 五行缺鸡[综话本] This story updates extremely slowly: monthly, seasonally, or whenever inspiration strikes. Update schedule is irregular. Here's the blurb. An accident turns heaven and earth upside down. Wu Ji dies and comes back to life, feels below his navel, and lets out a howl. *Wu Ji, the popular finance whiz, dies young and transmigrates. *He leaves behind Italian handmade calfskin shoes, '82 Lafite, and goddess Wang Zuxian to enter a wondrous world of cultivation… *…And loses the dignity of a man, 22.7kFavorites27.9kClicks/ch26.9kGifts
- 10 The Grudge-Ringing Bell 怨气撞铃 Resentful Spirits Ring the Chimes A string of wind chimes that only the resentment of the dead can set ringing A drifting journey with no end in sight Author's note * I revised this once before, but since chapters marked VIP can't have their word count changed, I posted the revisions in the author's notes. Lately, lots of people have messaged me saying the repetition affects the reading experience, so I took the opportunity to delete it all at once. Let's keep the original, in its simplest fo 221.4kFavorites642kClicks/ch52.8kGifts
- 11 The Unnameable Town 不可名状的城镇 📖 The physical book goes on presale at 8 p.m. on October 31. Updates on Weibo: @Ziqiong Has Turned Dark [Important reminder: This is categorized as romance, and the male lead is not a background character. The romance runs throughout the whole story. If you grit your teeth and put up with the romance just to read the plot, you will only find this book hard to enjoy. Please don't derail the discussion, thank you!] [This story was serialized in 2020 and thoroughly revised in 2025. Changes include 58.6kFavorites74.4kClicks/ch32.2kGifts
- 12 Flesh and Bone Cage 肉骨樊笼 When the Shentu jade shatters, it transforms into nine seals. I will guard half the gates of the mortal realm. Theme: Legends from traditional Chinese culture. 191.2kFavorites263.1kClicks/ch392.9kGifts
- 13 West of the Jade Gate 西出玉门 West Out of Jade Gate They say the earthen city you glimpse through the sandstorm late at night is the ghost of Jade Gate Pass. Feel free to check out my other completed novels. New novel: Theme: Traditional Chinese legends and folklore 231.5kFavorites396kClicks/ch204kGifts
- 14 Mulan Has No Older Brother 木兰无长兄 This is a story you won’t see coming. A 28-year-old female forensic pathologist transmigrates into Hua Mulan after she has laid down her arms and returned to civilian life. He Mu Lan is under a lot of pressure. Things turn out completely differently from the story’s ending. There are no flowers or applause. This Hua Mulan, who has retired from the army and is now thirty, has become a monster in the local gossip. She is of mixed Xianbei and Han descent, tall and not particularly beautiful. She 118.6kFavorites374.1kClicks/ch76.3kGifts
- 15 Meowsilla 喵斯拉 Cats are adorable, but what if a cat the size of Godzilla suddenly appeared in the city? A disaster... So many years, so many things, so many people... Nothing had ever "awakened" the God of War Iroka. Until one day, someone hit his cat. Protagonist: Who the hell knows what I've been through... Note: 1. The cat won't turn into a human. The CP isn't the cat, but the cat's owner. 2. This isn't a pet story about cuteness overload. Theme: 56.6kFavorites158.1kClicks/ch180.1kGifts
- 16 Winter Honeysuckle 忍冬 Theme: A story about redemption. 163.3kFavorites346.9kClicks/ch49kGifts
- 17 The Owl Rises from the Green Wastes 枭起青壤 Rise of the Blue Earth Late one night, more than two thousand years ago, Xu Fu’s treasure ship, bound for the Eastern Seas in search of immortals and their elixir, unfurled its sails and set out. Few knew that at the same time, a band of soldiers with black cloth wrapped around their heads had secretly entered the vast, primeval forests of southern Ba... A thousand years passed, yet the dark legend continued to grow in the darkness. Note: This story is not updated daily. Theme: Traditional le 261.9kFavorites399kClicks/ch520.6kGifts
- 18 The Art of Romance with the Gods [Book Transmigration] 与神明的恋爱法[穿书] After transmigrating to another world, Lucia has to go to church with her mother every week and sit through two hours of prayer. She is restless and fidgety. Unable to stand it any longer, Lucia slips outside the confession booth and playfully says, “Listen, you’re better off believing in yourself than in God.” “My mom prays every day, and she hasn’t gotten rich yet.” The God who happens to descend just then: ??? Theme: Observe the many sides of humanity and feel the warmth of human kindness 136.3kFavorites448.4kClicks/ch253.5kGifts
- 19 Attached Life 附生 The wealthy district of U City was like a magnificent deep-sea pearl oyster. Inside its shell were rare delicacies, glittering jewels, and also filth and mud. The shantytown where Zhu Weixing lived was the most glaring bit of filth. They were only one street apart, yet they belonged to different worlds. Born poor and beautiful, Zhu Weixing was willful, selfish, materialistic, and vain. He schemed relentlessly and stopped at nothing to climb into the good graces of the wealthy. But he never made 166.1kFavorites189.1kClicks/ch203.4kGifts
- 20 Seven Evil Slips 七根凶简 The Seven Murderous Slips Legend has it that when the Zhou royal house fell into decline, the great sage Laozi resolved to withdraw from the world and rode a green ox through Hangu Pass. When the official Yin Xi heard the news, he hurried over. Unable to persuade him to stay, he said, “You’re a man of such great learning, sir. Won’t you leave something behind for the world?” According to historical records, Laozi lingered for three months and left behind the roughly five-thousand-character Da 204.8kFavorites362.9kClicks/ch130.5kGifts
- 21 The Lost Continent 失落大陆 A lost continent, a civilization of strange beings A romance between a human girl and an inhuman creature^^ Theme: Self-reliance and strength. 51.7kFavorites161.4kClicks/ch14kGifts
- 22 Dragon Bones in the Burning Chest 龙骨焚箱 The Dragon Bone's Burning Casket The bell's sound ends, the seven slips vanish, the water ghosts disappear, and the mountain ghosts scatter. Note: This novel does not update daily. If there's no update at eight in the evening, then there isn't one. Feel free to check out my other completed works. Theme: Traditional legends from ancient Chinese culture 239.8kFavorites429.5kClicks/ch447kGifts
- 23 I Transmigrated as Emperor Huizong's Princess 穿越成宋徽宗公主 Zhao Luming thought the perfect heroine’s story would go like this: She’d be reborn as a princess, adored by the emperor and cherished by her brothers, clever, charming, and beautiful, with a host of handsome young men from the greatest aristocratic families in love with her. Then she’d embark on a thrilling, eventful life. The story Zhao Luming actually got was: Everything above was true, except the emperor was Emperor Huizong of Song, her brothers were Emperor Qinzong and Wanyan Gou, and the 115.4kFavorites112kClicks/ch1.1MGifts
- 24 Phantom Skeleton Painting 骷髅幻戏图 Lin Banxia seems to have caught the attention of something strange. His home, where he lives alone, is always filled with strange noises: a wardrobe rattles as if someone is knocking, though there’s nothing inside; a faucet drips even though there’s no water; and there’s a strange chewing sound outside the window. Then, one midnight, he suddenly wakes up and opens his eyes to see a snow-white skeleton sprawled across his ceiling. It turns its head, grins at him, and flashes a bright smile. The 410.1kFavorites703.7kClicks/ch1MGifts
- 25 Northern and Southern Sundries 南北杂货 I transmigrated to the Tang dynasty with a whole assortment of odds and ends in my spatial storage, and from then on took on the responsibility of supporting my family, making a fortune, and changing the world. [This story is mainly focused on the plot, with very little romance.] [It's a story about the protagonist changing the world: going to court at five in the morning, pairing a turtleneck sweater with a robe, and all sorts of elements thrown together. If you're looking for a purely authenti 163.9kFavorites391.2kClicks/ch884.1kGifts
- 26 Sabbath 安息日 The simplified Chinese edition will be available for preorder as a signed copy on August 24, 2024, at 8 p.m. See my Weibo @@ He took off his heavy, magnificent crown and robes, and met him in paradise. One-line summary: A Gui and Xiao Mei's rural love story, by Vertically Centered Jun A more glamorous version: A Gui the robot and Xiao Mei's otherworldly rural love story Theme: Life holds endless possibilities 129.2kFavorites217.4kClicks/ch1.2MGifts
- 27 Outlive Then Ascend 从长生苟到飞升 Lin Nanyin transmigrates into a world of cultivation, becoming an ordinary mortal. The heavens give her a golden finger: eternal youth and immortality. Yes, her lifespan is endless. She arrived at eighteen, and will be eighteen forever. But being immortal doesn’t mean she can’t die. To stay alive, Lin Nanyin decides to keep her head down. No one is going to outlast her. Much later, the underlings she once led become pillars of the righteous sects, the pets she raised become leaders of the d 199.1kFavorites313.2kClicks/ch944.1kGifts
- 28 The Tenth Year of the Apocalypse 末世第十年 It's the tenth year of the apocalypse. I'm still alive, but somehow, for no apparent reason, I've given birth to a little monster. [A woman surviving in the wasteland after the apocalypse. First-person narration, proceed with caution.] [Not dark. The main point isn't to expose the dark side of human nature, either. It's probably children's literature.] Theme: 138.7kFavorites324.6kClicks/ch95.4kGifts
- 29 I’m Not An Immortal 我不成仙 [Note: Only volumes 1–5 have been published in simplified Chinese, covering chapters 1–177 of the online version. If you bought the simplified edition but haven’t read the ending, start at chapter 178.] Even if you become an immortal, you won’t escape my sword. She wielded her sword across the world, and countless immortals died by her blade. So people with time on their hands gave her a nickname: The Immortals’ Bane. The Immortals’ Bane, the Immortals’ Bane, even immortals fret when they see 304.7kFavorites667.2kClicks/ch538.4kGifts
- 30 Buying Life 买活 Food is paramount to the people, and Heaven is indifferent, treating all things like straw dogs. Yet there are always those with hearts devoted to the people, working day and night and overcoming every obstacle to secure their livelihood. *1+ Basic setup, updated every day at noon 2+ Infrastructure development + food + ensemble cast Theme: Strive tirelessly and reach for the heights. Human determination can overcome fate. 206.4kFavorites246.1kClicks/ch2.6MGifts
- 31 Bandits 有匪 “One day, you will cross the silent, tranquil Ximo River, leave the old Peach Blossom Spring encircled by mountains, and enter a night sky shrouded in endless gloom. You will witness countless unclimbable mountains collapse one after another, and impassable seas dry up into fields. Remember: your fate hangs on the tip of a blade, and that blade must always point forward.” “May you glimpse the light of day before the cold iron blade is blunted.” A birthday tribute for our beloved Empress Dowager 507.9kFavorites586.7kClicks/ch382.5kGifts
- 32 EN Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu 千秋 Yan Wushi had made his way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He believed neither that human nature was good nor that anyone in this world could be truly benevolent or selfless, thinking of others without expecting anything in return. One day, Shen Qiao, leader of Xuandu Mountain, known as the greatest Taoist sect in the world, accepts a challenge but falls off a cliff due to unforeseen circumstances. Yan Wushi happens to be passing below. Seeing Shen Qiao gravely wounded and close 458.7kFavorites472.6kClicks/ch329kGifts
- 33 Good Morning! Three Kingdoms Wage Earner 早安！三国打工人 “The land is in turmoil, and the people are suffering.” Lu Xuanyu doesn't really understand what those words mean. Ever since she landed face-first in the earth in the sixth year of Zhongping, the brief dream she'd once had has long since vanished. She has an unremarkable face, poor social skills, no family background, and a strange debuff that makes everyone hate her. Not becoming some warlord's unattainable dream girl isn't a big deal. She has two good hands and two good feet. She can do a 195.9kFavorites205.7kClicks/ch993.3kGifts
- 34 Stockpile Supplies, Then Survive 囤货，然后活下去 Zhang Baibai, who was born with little emotional capacity, spent more than twenty years as an ordinary corporate drone, living by the rules and keeping her head down. Who could have guessed that one day, while she was working as usual in the office, she'd get up to pour herself some water and suddenly be pulled into a safe house? Zombies roared outside. The safe house was falling apart, and an electronic 278.2kFavorites273.3kClicks/ch2.6MGifts
- 35 EN The Copper Coin Shrine 铜钱龛世 In the twenty-third year of the Tianxi era, rumors spread that the all-powerful Imperial Preceptor had suffered a sudden calamity and been forced into seclusion to cultivate. In private, the common people cheered. That same winter, a stranger arrived in Ningyang County, Huizhou Prefecture. The newcomer, Dharma name Xuan Min, had lost all his memories but knew a little about feng shui and geomancy. On his very first day in Ningyang, he brazenly exorcised a haunted house and, while he was at it, t 726.3kFavorites640.9kClicks/ch394.9kGifts
- 36 Defective 残次品 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities “I carried a hatred buried deep in my bones and a scheme years in the making. I turned myself into a ghost risen from the dead and sank into the swamp, sank into the abyss. I wanted to plant rotting roots and grow thorns that would kill at a touch, to pierce this hypocritical civilization. I reached the depths of the mire... and found a star.” A top with a three-ton idol image VS a bottom who's a shre 895.3kFavorites837.3kClicks/ch1.7MGifts
- 37 I Clean Up Garbage in a Wasteland World 我在废土世界扫垃圾 Zhu Ning, who was leading the charge against zombies in the apocalypse, transmigrates, this time into a wasteland world. Eighty percent of this world’s land has been contaminated. Humanity is divided into five classes. She ends up in the lowest, a fifth-class citizen, which is just another way of saying she’s a defective good-for-nothing. Penniless and with nothing to her name, Zhu Ning has no choice but to become a cleaner and sweep up garbage. She’s heard that cleaning up trash in the wastelan 828.3kFavorites957.5kClicks/ch3.3MGifts
- 38 Welcome to the Nightmare Live 欢迎进入梦魇直播间 [The full novel is being polished.] Wen Jianyan is best at saying whatever people want to hear, whether he’s talking to a person or a ghost. One day, he was suddenly forced to become a rookie streamer in the Nightmare Livestream. The kind where you really can die. Wen Jianyan: “….” For f’s sake. A rookie streamer became the center of attention because he was so good at scamming people, and he’d scam anyone and anything, ghosts included. This guy is going to crash and burn sooner or later! M 1.5MFavorites1.8MClicks/ch12.7MGifts
- 39 EN Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu 天官赐福 Subscription notice: Chapters 1–220 are the complete text of Heaven Official's Blessing, including the extras. You only need to purchase this section to read the novel, not the full text! Chapters 221–247 are excerpts of content deleted from the serialized version, provided for reference to some readers of the old edition. Not purchasing this section will not affect your reading, so please consider carefully whether to buy it. There is a great deal of newly added plot that cannot be marked 3.4MFavorites3.4MClicks/ch9.3MGifts
- 40 After Entering a Cyberpunk Game, I Killed the Boss and Claimed the Throne 穿进赛博游戏后干掉BOSS成功上位 [I’ve been informed about the incident involving trolls in the comments, and I sincerely apologize to everyone. The inappropriate text in the blurb has been removed. A detailed announcement is in the author’s note for Chapter 1. 2026.04.05] [Updates on the simplified Chinese print edition: See Weibo @An Bai ANBAI. The second volume of the simplified Chinese edition was released on August 22, 2025.] The cyberpunk game with cosmic horror elements, Crimson Earth, is about to be released. Kui Xin 835.4kFavorites1.1MClicks/ch3.4MGifts
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