Novels like A Cultivator’s Cookbook
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- 1 After Becoming the Short-Lived Female Lead 穿成短命女配之后 She transmigrates into a book as the supporting female character, and her fiancé is the devoted male supporting character who only loves the heroine. According to the plot, she won't live another month... orz * The Mary Sue heroine of the book smiles as she plucks a flower: Reborn, I see blossoms everywhere. The devoted male supporting character confesses once again: You're the only one in my eyes. There's no one else. The minor male supporting character, ranked twenty-eighth from the bottom, fu 0Votes60.7kRecs29.6kFans
- 2 Bai Limeng 白篱梦 The heir to the Dongyang Marquisate, who had kept vigil for his late wife for nine years, suddenly took another wife. When the Dongyang Marchioness saw the young wife sent back home, she nearly fainted with rage. And with the arrival of this young wife, many people found their peaceful dreams disturbed. [Romance] 12Votes890.1kRecs201.6kFans
- 3 Luo Jiuzhen 洛九针 The Third Young Master Lu has studied hard for four years. With his studies complete, he’s on the verge of a bright future. His mother is delighted that her son has such promising prospects, but she also worries about his future. So she decides to break off his unsuitable engagement and drive his fiancée out of the house. [Not a political intrigue story, but a romance, with a male lead and a male supporting character] 3Votes1.1MRecs252.8kFans
- 4 The Art of Handcraft 素手匠心 Woodblock printing: reproducing the world’s masterpieces! Xu Danling, a modern master of traditional crafts known as the “Sage of Langya,” unexpectedly returned to the Ming Dynasty after his death and found himself in the body of Lian Baitang, the young son of a family of woodblock engravers in Nanjing. Unfortunately, Baitang was an idle, cowardly ne’er-do-well with a terrible reputation. How was he supposed to survive like this?! 0Votes163.5kRecs104.2kFans
- 5 The Imperial Court Psychologist 御前心理师 A story about a transmigrator healing her life in ancient times. 0Votes87.4kRecs50.1kFans
- 6 The Empress of Chu (Original Novel of the TV Drama The Rising Star) 楚后（影视剧《翘楚》原著） The story begins when several postal station guards in Beicao Town meet a girl asking for help. [Not a wish-fulfillment story. A romance with a male lead and other male characters.] 2Votes1.8MRecs242.3kFans
- 7 The Perfect Farmer's Wife 极品农妃 A modern literature PhD becomes the inheritor of a blacksmithing tradition in a village of blacksmiths? 0Votes232.6kRecs30.4kFans
- 8 The Primitive Cuisine Handbook 原始美食宝典 Lu Qingqing was an agricultural technician and a foodie. Ever since she was little, she had dreamed of owning a grand estate, but because of her parents’ cruelty, she died on the operating table while donating a kidney to her older brother. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a primitive tribe, where she had become the chief’s “eldest son” and was being held over a bonfire as a sacrifice, in the hope that the God of Food would grant them grain. Lu Qingqing was furious. “There’s food a 0Votes27.6kRecs21.2kFans
- 9 Airo's Life in Dream of the Red Chamber 艾若的红楼生活 After transmigrating, she accidentally stumbles into an illusion... The Grand View Garden hasn't been built, Cao Xueqin hasn't finished his book, and the world of Dream of the Red Chamber has yet to take shape. As the one destined to be “pregnant with jade,” should I leave the Rong and Ning Mansions to forge a life of my own, or stay within this great household and await the fate that is about to come? Knowing t 0Votes263.1kRecs65.7kFans
- 10 As You Wish 如意事 My new book, On a Sunny Day, is being updated now When Xu Mingyi opened her eyes again, she was back at sixteen, the year she came down with a strange illness. At the time, her hale and hearty grandfather had just returned victorious. “This young man we rescued on the way looks quite handsome. Bringing him home to bring good luck to my granddaughter couldn't be more fitting.” And so, the unconscious heir to the Prince of Dingnan was bundled off to the capital, his fate already decided... 3Votes361.8kRecs165.8kFans
- 11 Seeking Dan Zhu 问丹朱 Everyone wants to ask Chen Danzhu: Does your conscience ever hurt? [Not a female-centric power fantasy, romance] 3Votes2.8MRecs656kFans
- 12 The Story of Ding Wei 丁薇记事 Synopsis: Ding Wei, a thirty-two-year-old woman who had just gained a younger brother, was reborn one day and discovered that she had returned to her university's military training in 2005. She felt the six yuan and fifty cents in her pocket and quickly decided to escape her impoverished life. Using her foresight, she would write and publish a book, becoming a legend with a single work! But then a question arose: before 0Votes908.9kRecs226kFans
- 13 Ink Mulberry 墨桑 The story of Headwoman Li and all the men listed in her household… The long version: Dark Horse: My surname is Ma, my given name is Shaoqing, my courtesy name is Yuncan, and my nickname is Dark Horse. It’s because I’m ruthless, not because I have a dark face! I, Master Ma, come from a distinguished family and am skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, and flowers. I’m here to back our boss Sang! Big Chang: My surname is Chang, my given name is Shan. I’m as broad-shou 18Votes1.9MRecs365.8kFans
- 14 Transmigrated as an All-Round Livestreaming Star 穿越全能网红 Liu Man transmigrates from ancient times to the modern world. She was penniless before her transmigration, and still struggles to make ends meet afterward. To support herself, she starts out as an online influencer, reselling goods, posting pictures of her cats, and showing off her little talents. Before she knows it, she has become an all-around superstar. Her new novel, “Transmigrating into an All-Round Academic,” is being serialized at the same time~ 0Votes546.3kRecs269.9kFans
- 15 Mastering the World 掌清 Lang Qingyu, a mature woman from the modern era, accidentally transmigrates to the Qing Dynasty. See how an ordinary concubine’s daughter rises from the imperial selection to enter the palace as a consort, then becomes empress just eight months later. 0Votes188.1kRecs41.6kFans
- 16 Joy Brightens the Brow 喜上眉头 The new novel, Meeting on a Clear Day, is currently being serialized The emperor and empress of the Great Jing dynasty, a model of monogamy and celebrated as a perfect match, were reborn together after their deaths. This is the story of an emperor who, after being reborn, wants to find a good match for his little empress and play matchmaker, only to end up tying the red thread back around himself... 1Votes408.7kRecs220.2kFans
- 17 A Treasure Before Your Eyes 珠玉在前 After transmigrating into a book, Meng Yue finds herself cast as the ex-girlfriend of the eighteenth-ranked male character. She thinks, “All right, this trope isn't too complicated.” That is, until she's forced to go to the capital and become the heroine's foil~ Meng Yue: Now that's heartbreaking. I want out of this script! Of course, bringing in powerful allies is an option too~ Well, life teaches us that even with a gem right in front of us, we should still let ourselves run wild. Please check 0Votes148.2kRecs56.8kFans
- 18 The Lucky Little Girl of the Farming Family 农家小福女 The fourth brother of the Zhou family lost money gambling, their mother became seriously ill, and the people from the gambling house even wanted Manbao to repay the debt. The villagers all said that the Zhou family’s precious darling had reached the end of her good days, and even her old mother clutched Manbao’s little hand and sobbed. But Manbao had the System on her side. She led her brothers and sisters-in-law to clear wasteland, farm, grow medicinal herbs, open shops, and more... Their lives 50Votes2.9MRecs541.5kFans
- 19 Noble Lady Doctor 名门医女 Qi Yue stumbles into a strange era. Her hair is styled like a married woman’s, but her husband is nowhere to be seen. She lives alone in a separate courtyard, with cold pots, cold stoves, and cold stares. What kind of joke is this? Since I’m the principal wife of this household, then what I say goes. Good food, comfortable lodging, and we’ll all mind our own business. Keep picking fights with me, just you try. I’m a master surgeon. I’ll scare you out of your wits! 4Votes381.9kRecs367.2kFans
- 20 The First Marquis 第一侯 Li Minglou dies a wretched death, then is reborn ten years in the past. But she feels no joy at the prospect of taking revenge for every wrong done to her. If she wants to live like a normal person, she must first keep a low profile. [Romance] 3Votes4.2MRecs677.8kFans
- 21 The Clan Leader Has a Lot on His Plate 族长压力大 Some debts always have to be repaid. The sins committed by the first generation of transmigrators, for instance, can only be borne by the second. Gui Chongyang, a second-generation transmigrator, returns to Mu Family Village and sets out on the path to becoming clan head. Where are the legendary main and collateral branches, the clan elders, and the clan lands? There is a house: three thatched rooms. There is land: two mu of saline-alkali flats. And there are people: a houseful of old and young, 0Votes231.4kRecs86.8kFans
- 22 Chronicles of Huai Xia 槐夏记事 This story has no romance. Blurb: I've turned green, and I've gotten stronger. After transforming into a human, the locust tree spirit has to learn how to be a person, raise little ones, and find herself a partner... Most importantly, why is the flower bed that is her true form being demolished?! My completed works include Qing Gui's Records, Ding Wei's Records, The World of Kong Fang, and Chu He's Records. 3Votes746.8kRecs133.4kFans
- 23 The World of Kong Fang 孔方世界 Synopsis: A slow journey through small worlds, taking a portable dimension to the apocalypse, the interstellar age, and the cultivation world… Then she comes back to help her dad run a noodle shop. Zhou Shuangshuang always thought this was what her life would be like. She never expected the apocalypse to strike her own world one day. As usual, no romance, no awful characters, and no catfights. Warning: Open ending. 0Votes377.7kRecs167.7kFans
- 24 Immortal Stew 仙炖 This is not a stir-fry novel, not a steamed-dish novel, not a stew novel. It really is not a cooking novel, ah! What should a woman who fears dirt and pain, bugs and ghosts do after she transmigrates into a cultivation world filled with brutal competition and monsters everywhere?! Lin Qing: “The immortal path is long. Let’s see how I grow stronger and carve out a different path as a gossip-loving supporting female character!... But Wu Si, do I really not have the bloodline that gathers we 5Votes185.6kRecs103.6kFans
- 25 After the Big Shot Retired 大佬退休之后 [New novel, "Step Aside, Let This Empress Handle It", now updating. Fantasy setting, literary hearts and martial courage, power struggles and nation-building] When other people retire, they raise their grandkids and dance in the square. When Pei Ye retires, she spends money raising paper-doll characters. Before spending money: What a trash game. They can't even be bothered to fleece players properly. After spending money: This game is amazing! I can spend money, and I can grind, too! Raising pap 1Votes2.9MRecs1.3MFans
- 26 The Medical Classic of a Delicate Lady 娇娘医经 Cheng Jiaoniang’s simpleminded son has recovered. But she can’t help feeling that she is and isn’t Cheng Jiaoniang. Strange memories have appeared in her mind. As the daughter abandoned by the Cheng family, she still has to return to them. But she’s there to recover her memories, not to be scorned and bullied. [Romance] 1Votes930.3kRecs455.5kFans
- 27 I'm Just This Adorable 我就是如此娇花 Everyone in the capital knew that Second Master Feng's standards for choosing a husband were outrageously strict. Short men were out. Fat men were out. Men with troublesome relatives were out. Men without an official title were out. Men who weren't accomplished in both letters and arms were out. Men with too many sisters were out... When someone finally met all the requirements, she found fault with his looks, s 0Votes299kRecs212.6kFans
- 28 Glory of China 盛华 The legend of My Family’s A-Nuan begins! Come on in! Empress Dowager Li had fought her way through every obstacle and governed the country on behalf of the emperor for over a decade. Then she suddenly found herself back in the body of her five-year-old self. Well, I suppose she’d just have to start over. The new book Warm Lord is now being serialized. 3Votes1.9MRecs295kFans
- 29 Slay the Sand 诛砂 When it comes to wishes, perhaps no one would believe her. But Xie Rouhui's greatest wish was simply to be able to say no. Starting one summer when she was twelve years old, if she had said no back then, her sister would not have been swept away by the water, she would not have been rejected by her family, she would not have abandoned her own child, she would not have been married off by her father to Prince Zhenbei as his second wife, she would not have been humiliated by her stepson, and she w 0Votes648.3kRecs281.7kFans
- 30 Destined to Be a Queen 天命为凰 Lu Mingshu has never believed in fate. Not when her father remarried and her family fell apart, nor when she was abandoned in a mountain valley to fend for herself. Not when she lacked the resources to cultivate, and even less when everyone turned against her. She clawed her way up from the dust, and in a single day soared to the clouds, drawing the world’s attention! If justice won’t come to me, I’ll take it for myself. If fate won’t grant me a way forward, I’ll carve one out. So what if fate h 0Votes1.3MRecs821.6kFans
- 31 The Great Empress 大帝姬 After transmigrating, Xue Qing discovers she’s been pretending to be a man to trick someone into marriage. And that’s not all. She’s hiding an even bigger deception. This is the story of someone with many secrets. 4Votes5.4MRecs1.6MFans
- 32 Riding the Phoenix 乘鸾 In her previous life, Mingwei struggled to make ends meet, but in the end she couldn’t change her fate and lost the person dearest to her. When she opened her eyes, she found she had returned to a time seventy years earlier. 1Votes1.5MRecs315.7kFans
- 33 Reborn: The Villainess Boss 重生反派女boss She solves every psychological problem, no matter how difficult. She has won every major psychology award. She’s the most expensive psychologist in the field, charging by the second. She’s the undisputed queen of psychology, recognized around the world. Then she’s reborn, standing at a crossroads at eighteen. Determined to become a villainous boss and make money for her treatment, she can’t help 0Votes589.1kRecs356.5kFans
- 34 Entertainment Headlines 娱乐圈头条 From the cherished daughter of the Feng family, she is reborn as a newcomer from a poor family, wholly determined to enter the entertainment industry by relying on her beauty. 5Votes1.5MRecs584.7kFans
- 35 Danger Ahead 前方高能 Here you'll find the most dangerous missions and the richest rewards. The next moment could bring the end of your life, a bottomless abyss with no way back, or the chance to become a god and stand above all creation! 4Votes2.9MRecs1.6MFans
- 36 The Urban Seed King 都市种子王 A cultivation legacy from beyond the heavens, capable of raising extraordinary seeds. Why farm in the countryside when you can grow crops at home? Why raise chickens in the mountains when you can keep them right where you are? Want to pick grapes from your living-room ceiling? Want to grow an ice cream fruit tree beside your bed? Want to stay indoors and harvest delicious, natural fruits and vegetables every day? Seek out the provider of urban seeds: the Urban Breeder. [Disclaimer: Don’t call me 1Votes632.6kRecs190.8kFans
- 37 Jun Jiuling 君九龄 In the winter of the third year of Taikang, a girl came to the Ning family in Beiliu Town, Yangcheng, claiming to be a long-lost relative; After her marriage proposal was rejected, the girl decided to prove her determination by dying in front of the Ning family home; When the girl who had died opened her eyes once again; The fates of many people were turned upside down. [Romance] 3Votes5.4MRecs1.8MFans
- 38 Brocade Paulownia 锦桐 Li Tong was reborn and finally saw clearly. It turned out he had never loved her or cherished her... Jiang Huanzhang defies fate and returns. This time, he will climb even higher and become the true The Outcast, above everyone but one... Ning Yuan has come from a thousand miles away: Jiang Huanzhang, I make a living out of ruining people, and I never get tired of it... 1Votes1.7MRecs958.1kFans
- 39 EN Life-Sim Culinary Game 生活系游戏 [A poorly presented plate of kung pao chicken] Jiang Feng’s life was turned upside down the moment he accidentally discovered that he could see notes attached to the dishes his dad cooked. … 1. This game offers a high degree of freedom. Explore at your own discretion. 2. This game will not interfere with any of your choices. Do your best to unlock achievements. 3. All explanations are the property of the game. 44Votes2.6MRecs1.4MFans
- 40 The Future King 未来天王 An old legion commander who died in battle during the apocalypse is reborn as a fresh-faced young celebrity in the new century, five hundred years after the apocalypse ended (?)… “Whenever a BGM starts playing in my head, I feel like there's nothing I can't face.”, Fang Zhao. Author of three novels: Star Rank Hunter, Return to the Past and Become a Cat, and Primitive Wars. 4Votes6.6MRecs905.3kFans
- 41 Great Doctor Ling Ran 大医凌然 Ling Ran, a medical student, had a modest goal: to become the greatest doctor in the world. Then, by accident, he achieved it. 53Votes8.5MRecs2.1MFans
- 42 Back to the Past as a Cat 回到过去变成猫 At the gate of the East Family Housing Compound at Chu Hua University, the gatekeeper uncle answered a phone call, then threw open the window and roared toward the nearby grove in a booming voice: “Black Charcoal, your mom’s calling you home for dinner!” Whoosh! A black cat shot out of the dense grass at the edge of the grove and raced toward one of the buildings, disappearing into the entrance in the blink of an eye. After it, one cat head after another poked up from the grass. It was mealtime: 25Votes1.2MRecs1.1MFans
- 43 The King's Avatar 全职高手 The top expert in the online game Glory, hailed as a textbook-level player, was driven out by his club for various reasons. After leaving the professional scene, he took refuge in an Internet cafe and became a lowly manager. However, with ten years of gaming experience, he returned to the game in Glory's newly opened Tenth District. Carrying memories of the past and an unfinished homemade weapon, he began his journey back to the summit. 1kVotes7MRecs5MFans
- 44 Release That Witch 放开那个女巫 Cheng Yan thought he had transmigrated to medieval Europe and become a glorious prince. But this world doesn't seem quite like the one he imagined. Witches really exist, and they actually have magic? A witch-farming story, taking farming all the way. 399Votes7.3MRecs6.2MFans
- 45 The Gourmet’s Supplier 美食供应商 “In the distant East, there is a strange little restaurant that has turned down Michelin three-star ratings several times. It’s expensive: a bowl of egg fried rice with soup costs RMB 288. Oh, I forgot, it also comes with a plate of pickles. Even so, plenty of people line up for a table. The restaurant doesn’t take reservations. You have to queue in person, and countless people fly in on private jets just to get in line. Of course, there’s no place to park your plane or your car. The service is 8Votes8.3MRecs3.3MFans
