Novels like The Faraway Wanderer
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- 1 Seventh Master 七爷 I climb the shore at Baling, then turn to look back at Chang’an. The nation is in decline, its grand edifice on the verge of collapse. With decadent music mingling with the chaos of the apocalypse, no one caught in the game knows who will be cast aside and who will prevail. When a devious schemer meets someone stubborn enough to follow one path to the bitter end, let’s see who can outlast the other. Last time, we talked about criminal psychology. This time, let’s discuss political power and stra 205.6kFavorites267.6kClicks/ch48kGifts
- 2 The Blade in the Beast Thicket 兽丛之刀 A story about eating meat, drinking, and fighting monsters in a wild world of beastfolk. A fake-goofball, fake-cute seme versus a naturally airheaded, savage uke~ Thanks to Xiao Li for the cover~ VIP status begins May 11, with three updates that day. After that, long review comments will earn points. Thanks for your support! Author's page Theme: 69kFavorites120.1kClicks/ch23.4kGifts
- 3 Side Story 番外 At the request of the folks in the group, here's the requested mahjong-table reunion medley of extra stories. 22.9kFavorites361kClicks/ch1.8kGifts
- 4 Ultimate Blue Seal 终极蓝印 The story of how a good-for-nothing little flat-chested girl, who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun and has just been dumped, grows into a real man who's an expert at every kind of trickery and deception. Soft sci-fi, a coming-of-age story... All right, actually, it's fantasy sci-fi, and it's pure nonsense. Minors, don't try this at home = = 1v1, happy ending, no abandonment Author's column This story will go VIP on February 17. Reposting is prohibited. If you reposted it before, ple 32.1kFavorites57.9kClicks/ch8.2kGifts
- 5 The Traveling Healer 游医 In 2041, a remarkable device was invented. People in the industry jokingly called it a "projector." It can connect to the human mind and project complex thoughts into a bizarre, tangible space. This space may or may not be stable. The laws of physics are irrelevant, and anything strange can happen. And so a new kind of psychologist emerged. By transforming the space, they enter the world projected by the mind and investigate the root of a patient's condition through adventure. And so... this is 33.9kFavorites40.4kClicks/ch12.2kGifts
- 6 The Zither 锦瑟 A melodramatic human-demon romance set in a xianxia world... All right, a demon top and a human bottom. A hypocritical bottom VS an obsessive top Darling, let's rebel! 1v1, happy ending, won't be abandoned P.S. This story is entirely made up. I occasionally do research on a whim, but most of it isn't reliable... Minors, please don't imitate = = Author's page This story will become VIP on June 27. Reposting is prohibited. If you reposted it before, please delete and remove it immediately. Th 109.7kFavorites148kClicks/ch21.4kGifts
- 7 A Traveler's Return 逆旅来归 (Thanks to a certain Cai for the cover, and to my editor for fixing it up after the title change ^^) All right, this is really a chaotic story packed with all the cliched tropes: modern-day rebirth, an old cucumber painted green, an older character raising a younger one, and so on. (Why do I feel like I can see thunderbolts everywhere... shudder.) Ahem. But as a non-typical person, our shou is still a non-typical shou, and our rebirth... is probably non-typical too. The reborn part doesn't begi 37kFavorites50.8kClicks/ch13.8kGifts
- 8 Defective: Radio Drama Finale Extras 残次品广播剧完结番外 I had nowhere else to put this, so I’ll leave it here. This is a freebie, please don’t throw stones. A memento for the completion of the Defective drama audio series. Thanks to the production team. Theme: What can you even establish with just eight thousand words 89kFavorites429kClicks/ch19kGifts
- 9 Capitalist Swordsman 资本剑客 A story about a nouveau riche who finds a down-and-out older young woman. A light, fluffy story. Some place names and other names are fictionalized, and some events are pure speculation. This is a birthday story for my universe's most beautiful, super invincible queen mother~~mua~~ Author's Column Link to my new story: Theme: 34kFavorites47.5kClicks/ch9.3kGifts
- 10 The Last Guardian 最后的守卫 Ancient times to modern day. Set on a fictional continent, this is a story about lovers who reunite after breaking up. The top stays the same. Scheming top VS troublemaking bottom Author's page This good-for-nothing, trashy author loves switching tops, so this story goes very much against my own tastes, and writing it will be a struggle. - - I hope readers who also like switching tops won't egg me on. This story will go premium on Wednesday, December 28. Reposting is prohibited. If you've repos 61.4kFavorites74.6kClicks/ch22.8kGifts
- 11 The Bad Path 坏道 (Thanks to Gui Chacha for the cover ^_^) This is a crime-solving story packed with people who behave strangely and people with twisted minds, featuring all sorts of bizarre cases and plenty of lovely, handsome men and beautiful women. Dominant, secretly seductive top x naturally spacey bottom with an unclear dark side Also featuring a secondary couple: clingy top x playboy bottom A string of mysterious child disappearances, a corpse in the sewers, a killer returned from the dead, a bomber who 122.4kFavorites160.1kClicks/ch20.3kGifts
- 12 Fifteen Years of Passing Time 流光十五年 Uncle Qu Yuan said, "The whole world is muddy, but I alone am clear; the whole world is drunk, but I alone am sober." Then, grief-stricken, he jumped into the river... This story teaches us that even though we often dream of being different, we still long to belong somewhere, to be part of a particular group of people with a shared label. Because humans are social animals. This is simply a story about growing up. If, at some point while you were growing up, you felt out of place among the people 22.8kFavorites45.1kClicks/ch4kGifts
- 13 A Life Like a Tree 一树人生 (Thanks to Guichacha for the cover ^_^) The first person to fall in love is the first to lose. Xie Yi said, “I’ve lived for twenty-eight years, and I finally understand what that means.” Unrequited love is a form of self-destruction. But what about hopeless unrequited love? Little Xie Yi waited until no one was around, then kicked an empty soda can into the air, acting entirely without shame. “Hopeless unrequited love takes more dedication than those human-bomb suicide terrorists. Pah!” “Wang 39.2kFavorites76.9kClicks/ch4.5kGifts
- 14 Mountains and Rivers Within and Without 山河表里 A grand adventure about two people secretly in love with each other. Please note that this is a fantasy story. Don't let the prologue mislead you. Couple: The bottom appears first. Updates are scheduled for 11 a.m. every day. Barring unforeseen circumstances, if I can't update, I'll post a leave notice ^_^ Content warnings: The setting isn't scientifically accurate, the characters aren't scientifically accurate, and neither are the plants and animals. Thanks to “...” for the cover. I genuinel 259.6kFavorites347.1kClicks/ch81.8kGifts
- 15 Twenty-One 21岁 A Birthday Story for Xia Xiaohei Theme: 36.7kFavorites519.3kClicks/ch7.1kGifts
- 16 EN Guardian 镇魂 As the title says, an urban supernatural story. Gentle, reserved beauty top VS hot-tempered, split-personality... bottom who thinks he's the top. Beware of possible role reversal. Please read the blurb. Thanks to Xiao Li for the cover! VIP serialization starts December 21 (what an unlucky day to rush for). Three chapters on the first day. From then on, leaving a long review will earn points. Those who reposted this, please take it down as soon as possible. Thanks for supporting the official v 853.5kFavorites1.1MClicks/ch892.6kGifts
- 17 Dog 狗 Short story No moral compass. Read at your own risk. Thanks to Xiao Li for the cover~ But it really is a short story... Theme: 28kFavorites131.9kClicks/ch1.4kGifts
- 18 Six Lines 六爻 A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a vain monkey, a troublemaker, a sharp-tongued jerk, a fool, and a little rascal. The pairing is with the eldest senior brother, older man-younger man~ Fussy top × caustic, sharp-tongued bottom Many thanks to O-Tsu! Cover by Xiao Li! Column link VIP status begins Sunday, July 6. Three chapters that day. After that, I will award points for long reviews. This work is exclusive to this site; repost 761.8kFavorites662.8kClicks/ch748.9kGifts
- 19 Off the Rails 脱轨 Thanks to the lovely “Put on That Secret Identity!” for the cover art =w= Do you believe there are countless parallel universes identical to the one you live in? The very same person might be an arrogant heiress in one universe and a penniless working girl in another. All parallel universes are supposed to remain separate, never intersecting. But one day, after a long-planned accident, the haughty heiress Jiang Xiaoyuan becomes another version of herself in a different universe. Once family b 128.9kFavorites198.4kClicks/ch43.6kGifts
- 20 Crossing the Threshold 过门 “The gate is narrow and the road is small.”, Matthew See the main character section for the CP. This time, the gong is a two-character type. Happy ending. Beware of role reversal. =w= Chapter 26 onward is VIP. Three updates that day. Points for long reviews. If you’ve reposted this, please take it down as soon as possible. Thanks for supporting the official release! Cover art thanks to “Riding a Donkey to Watch Baji 481.2kFavorites533.3kClicks/ch640.8kGifts
- 21 Big Brother 大哥 At thirteen or fourteen, Wei Qian was a boy without parents, struggling to make ends meet while looking after his little sister, who was a burden he couldn’t get rid of. Then he picked up a vagrant who clung to him shamelessly, and named him Xiao Yuan. Wei Qian dreamed of making something of himself. He was a money-grubber who valued money over his own life, and spent the first half of his life fighting his way upstream with an iron will, making success and fame his top priority. After finally g 440.5kFavorites458kClicks/ch238kGifts
- 22 The Great War Against Procrastination 大战拖延症 Ye Zilu, a chronic procrastinator, has been muddling through life, caught between the torment and comfort of her “loyal, good friend.” Then the old cloth teddy bear by her bed gets possessed by a hapless man who was left in a vegetative state after a car accident. After that, misfortune starts drifting over Ye Zilu like a contagious disease, and at last she can’t even muddle through life anymore. What’s a girl to do...? Fight procrastination! [Procrastination refers to “putting things off unti 46.3kFavorites93.8kClicks/ch9.8kGifts
- 23 Blazing Fire, Burning Sorrow 烈火浇愁 “On the crest of the magma waves, embers burn without end.” Ancient times to modern day, younger love interest. Thanks to the lovely little friend “Chengzi Lvya Lv” on Lofter for the cover art. The lettering is so beautiful =w= Theme: 1MFavorites1.4MClicks/ch2.6MGifts
- 24 EN Sha Po Lang 杀破狼 HE, trust me =w= Gentle, devoted, sickly-yandere younger top VS good-for-nothing, deaf-and-blind bottom, trust me =w= Unconventional steampunk =w= Important things must be said three times: The top appears first! The top appears first! The top appears first! …But overall, this isn’t a top-focused story =w= Many thanks to “Riding a Donkey to See Ba Ji” for the cover! Author page link VIP s 1.3MFavorites1.1MClicks/ch1.3MGifts
- 25 A Perilous Journey Through the World 诡行天下 Blurb: Greed, anger, love, desire, and delusion: good and evil can hinge on a single thought. Zhan Zhao's elder brother has gone missing, leaving behind only the name of a place as a clue. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang set out to find him, only to encounter one baffling case after another... Are there really ghosts and monsters in this world? Are folk legends, lost ancient arts, and sorcery and incantations all real? Is it occult magic, or a devil of the mind? Join a cat and a mouse as they uncover l 42.2kFavorites79.5kClicks/ch49.7kGifts
- 26 A Pearl Needs No Casket 有珠何须椟 Every breath brings a stench that fills the air. Scruffy and disheveled on both sides. Duanmu Huichun never imagined he would one day fall so low. But life goes on, so all he can do is act like a nobody while down on his luck. The Mischievous Officials series: The Full-Dive Online Games series: The Dream Continent series: Theme: 25kFavorites74.5kClicks/ch12.9kGifts
- 27 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
- 28 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
- 29 Pure White Devil 纯白恶魔 He blinked, and woke up apparently diagnosed with dementia. He couldn’t remember his name or even his family name. All he vaguely recalled was the strange left eye that kept him fed. When that eye saw a corpse, it could tell how the person had died and who the killer was, if there was one. Well, he could be a “Sherlock Holmes 2.0,” “Poirot’s godson,” or “Conan’s big brother”… Or he could just take the civil service exam and become a police officer. Who knew the world would change so fast? He ope 310.2kFavorites271.6kClicks/ch1.2MGifts
- 30 The Age of Great Heroes 大英雄时代 (Originally titled Tomboy) In 2429, Earth's last era of peace came to an end amid a bustling twilight, ushering in a prolonged war. The heroes, still naive and not yet grown into their wings, were already being sent beyond the atmosphere into a brutal battlefield. The age of blood and fire began, and in an instant reduced the endless neon lights of the central business district and the glamorous model posters in the shop windows to ashes. “To my fellow people of Earth: Our enemies are not invi 93.9kFavorites150.7kClicks/ch48.6kGifts
- 31 EN Peerless 无双 In the third year of Kaihuang, the great Sui dynasty, which followed the Northern Dynasties and would pave the way for the glorious Tang, has only just begun. Emperor Yang Jian establishes the Sword-Bearing Office to plan for the future, keep his schemes secret, and unify the realm. On a snowy night, a tribute caravan from the Kingdom of Khotan is ambushed and slaughtered en route, leaving no survivors. Feng Xiao, second chief of the Sword-Bearing Office, is ordered by the emperor to investigate 352.4kFavorites346.8kClicks/ch423.7kGifts
- 32 Supreme Year 太岁 “If I had a choice, I’d rather be a tiny ant among the mortal world, living in ignorance and dying in obscurity, never seeing the light of day beneath the fog of Jinping City. That would be better than taking this treacherous path to the heavens.” A steampunk cultivation world. Updates around eleven. If I can’t update, I’ll post a notice. Warning: Long and tedious. Theme: Overthrowing subjective idealism 485.2kFavorites516.3kClicks/ch1.7MGifts
- 33 Big Dipper 北斗 Overnight, everything turned upside down. Ling Shu went from a lazy little cop who was content to coast through life to a criminal suspect condemned by everyone. With no other choice, he had to fight to survive and clear his name. Yue Ding Tang couldn’t stand Ling Shu’s habit of taking it easy and never lifting a finger if he could avoid it. Then one day, he suddenly realized that the person he’d been trying to criticize and reform might not be a useless, lazy pig after all, but a ferocious bea 127.8kFavorites174.6kClicks/ch189.9kGifts
- 34 Pollution-Free, Harmless 无污染、无公害 “When I was a kid, the last line of my essays was always, ‘I aspire to become someone useful to society.’ I probably made that resolution twenty or thirty times a semester. I never meant a word of it.” “Only when I grew up did I realize that being harmless to society is already the greatest achievement of my life.” The martial arts alliance leader is in a foul mood after working late and nearly working himself to death. He refuses to organize the next annual martial arts tournament. The descend 283.3kFavorites427.1kClicks/ch568.9kGifts
- 35 Azure Dragon Totem 青龙图腾 A gong who begins as a righteous, austere, resolute monk, later learns the truth of his background, returns to secular life, and finally ascends the throne & a shou whose style is ruthless and whose vibe is rather sinister. All history here is fictional. An old-fashioned, melodramatic, angsty romp, written for readers who don’t want anything too complicated. Theme: 187.2kFavorites268.3kClicks/ch72.2kGifts
- 36 Shang and Shen 参商 He has four unfilial disciples. Each has now made a name for himself and founded his own sect. The awkward part is that all four struck out on their own only after he expelled them from his sect. One day, an accident leaves him without his cultivation. With his life hanging by a thread, he ends up on the territory of his third disciple. What should he do? Urgent, answers wanted online. Mountains and seas can be leveled, day and night can be erased. Only you are irreplaceable, and I cannot bear 138.1kFavorites198.7kClicks/ch168.6kGifts
- 37 The Great Hero Tang Wrote a Thousand Danmei Stories 唐大侠写了一千篇原耽 [The next novel I'll be working on is Reviving an Abandoned Haunted Mall Made Me Filthy Rich [Business Management]. It has supernatural comedy, business management, people misunderstanding the truth, and an invincible protagonist. The blurb is below.] The author often revises the novel and takes no responsibility for versions posted on other platforms. Tang, a great hero with a hundred secret identities in the martial world, needed to steal an antidote for a poisoned friend. He decided to use on 17.6kFavorites20kClicks/ch28.6kGifts
- 38 EN Silent Reading: Mo Du 默读 Childhood, upbringing, family background, social connections, trauma... We keep tracing and searching for the motives behind criminals' actions, exploring the faintest shades of their joy and sorrow. Not so we can put ourselves in their shoes and sympathize with them, let alone forgive them. Not to find excuses for their crimes. Not to bow down before the so-called complexity of human nature. Not to reflect on social conflicts, and certainly not to let ourselves become monsters too. We're only 1.7MFavorites1.6MClicks/ch2.6MGifts
- 39 The Submissive Emperor 君为下 Cover artist: Kuding Chachacha Theme: 177.2kFavorites290.2kClicks/ch20.9kGifts
- 40 Gold Beneath the Rot 败絮藏金玉 The Demonic Sect collapsed overnight. The Venerable fled in disarray. The Marquis in White pursued him relentlessly, issuing a warrant across a thousand miles. … But life never goes exactly as planned. If you’re going to make it in this world, you’d better have a few tricks up your sleeve! Magic series: Celebrity novel: Ghost series: Playful Jianghu series: Theme: 61.7kFavorites114.8kClicks/ch22.7kGifts
- 41 Southern Zen 南禅 [Any revision notices are for chapters currently being unlocked] I have tasted all eight worldly sufferings. I seek no Buddha, only you. Wild, unruly monster gong x cool, desireless, childish immortal shou One-on-one, happy ending. The koi fish is the gong, the gong, the gong. Not younger, not younger, not younger. The point of view is hard to pin down; both characters have one. [One-quarter is flashbacks and one-quarter is case details. Proceed with caution.] Theme: 245.1kFavorites209.9kClicks/ch129.2kGifts
- 42 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
- 43 Bailey's Beads 贝利珠 You procrastinate, feel empty and depressed, can’t sleep at night and can’t wake up during the day. You’re good at collecting useless trivia, but useless at anything useful. You feel like a limp slug, with only three functions left: breathing, going to the bathroom, and scrolling on your phone with your thumb. Oh, if only you could evolve past the bathroom part, too. One day, you get a phone call. The caller claims to be you from the future, and says that years from now, you’ll become a murdero 172kFavorites122.3kClicks/ch962.5kGifts
- 44 EN The Golden Terrace 黄金台 [The print edition of “Golden Terrace” is now available.] A notorious imperial enforcer and a celebrated general can't stand each other. They're sworn enemies through and through. But fate has other plans: the general is injured on the battlefield, left with crippled legs, and then granted in marriage by the emperor to his sworn enemy. A single imperial decree forces the two men who despise each other to marry and live under the same roof. As time passes, they discover that the other isn't so co 398.4kFavorites400.4kClicks/ch168.1kGifts
- 45 The Alluring Shadow of the Sword 扬书魅影 The martial world is rife with strife. Who will be the greatest under heaven? Notice about the reverse V To all the dear readers who have come to excavate this ancient relic: More than a decade after this novel was completed, I’m preparing to switch it to a paid format. This will happen on September 30, starting from Chapter 60. Thank you all, mwah! Notice to readers: Withdrawal of the noncommercial audio drama licenses for all three Yang Shu Mei Ying novels. Hello, dear readers. The noncommer 55.7kFavorites112.8kClicks/ch9.6kGifts
- 46 Breaking a Branch 折枝 Lu Xiuwen once said he wanted the branch with the most beautiful peach blossoms. In all the nights that followed, did he ever gently stroke its long-dried branches in the dead of night, imagining that they might bloom with incomparable beauty? Just as he imagined, against all hope... that one person might fall in love with another. Theme: 43.8kFavorites79kClicks/ch3.7kGifts
- 47 Records of Exorcising Demons in the Tianbao Era 天宝伏妖录 The phoenix led millions of birds from the edge of the sky, a sea of rolling clouds like flames behind it, as it swept past Chang'an. The golden-winged roc perched high atop Xingqing Palace, its eyes reflecting all the people of this flourishing realm. In the silence, countless fortunes rose and fell, like tides ebbing and flowing. Li Jinglong dragged his battered body forward, a brilliant light shining from his hand as he kept moving toward Hongjun. “The living… are travelers passing through… 419.6kFavorites352.1kClicks/ch408.7kGifts
- 48 The Willful Minister 恣睢之臣 [Currently editing and formatting, and catching typos along the way.] Everyone is wary of Bai Jiu’s mercurial moods. Only Xin Yi can keep him in line. A story about a down-and-out young heir who is doted on by a cruel, vicious, and ruthless older man. A truly ruthless and scheming powerful official gong x a genuinely kind and gentle young heir shou 1v1, sweet and doting, HE. Theme: Give it some thought. 198.7kFavorites227.9kClicks/ch17.1kGifts
- 49 Chaos in the Martial World 霍乱江湖 Huo Linfeng x Rong Luoyun Ruling the world through the winds and clouds! (Not really.) Masters come and go, winning amid the chaos. Both a Gary Stu and a Mary Sue. The “Huo” in the title has nothing to do with the Huo in Huo Linfeng. This novel has nothing to do with any historical figures or events. In short, nothing to do with them. Huo Linfeng, son of the Marquis of Dingbei, falls victim to a treacherous minister’s scheme. His military career is cut short, and he is sent to serve as an offic 122kFavorites142.6kClicks/ch115kGifts
- 50 Upstairs by the Bridge 桥头楼上 You stand on the bridge watching the scenery, while someone watching the scenery looks down at you from the tower; The bright moon turns the tall building into a painting, and hung at the bridgehead, the painting becomes part of the scenery. Adapted from Bian Zhilin's short poem “Fragment” Notes: 1. A short mystery, around 100,000 characters (that's the estimate, anyway; it might not be accurate). 2. I'll probably update 4–6 times a week, at 11 a.m. Jinjiang only allows VIP stories to post abs 258kFavorites248.7kClicks/ch433.5kGifts
