Novels like The Male Lead’s Self-Cultivation
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- 151 Rich Beyond Measure Across the Heavens 人在诸天，富可敌国 “Name your price. I’ll buy your heart.” “And what makes you think you can, ordinary man?” “Seems you don’t want to name a price. No matter, I can do it for you.” “Everything in this world has a price. If you can’t buy it, then the price simply isn’t high enough.” “Unfortunately for you, you can’t refuse my offer.” An accident gave Tang Sen the ability to transmigrate through the myriad worlds, turning him into an unusual procurement agent. And his very first item was called [Davy Jones’s Hea 1Votes64.3kRecs433.6kFans
- 152 Madam, Please Show Some Self-Respect 太太请自重 After transmigrating here, he skipped the romance stage entirely and instantly gained a son and a daughter. Liu Changqing was deeply depressed. His eldest son was sensible and clever. His young daughter blamed Liu Changqing for her parents' divorce and was hostile toward him. The previous owner of his body had been such an extreme simp that, under an agreement from his mother-in-law, his ex-wife took all the property in exchange for custody of their two children. After the factory went bankrupt, 0Votes377.2kRecs644.9kFans
- 153 I Am the Curator of a Spirit Hall 我是灵馆馆长 In the shadows of the city, the supernatural has never disappeared. As technology advances, more and more of it is revealed to the world. Ever since arriving in this world, all I wanted was to quietly run the spiritual clinic passed down through my family. But those who call themselves "players" received quests from mysterious supreme beings, and they keep coming in droves to conquer me. Even as a Primordial Spirit powerhouse, I'm feeling the pressure. 2Votes178.8kRecs110.5kFans
- 154 I Transmigrated as Myself 我穿越了我自己 My new book, Transmigrating Through the Heavens, Starting with the Ancient Tomb Sect, is now out. I hope you'll support it! 0Votes101.3kRecs72.3kFans
- 155 I Lived for Thirty Years in Another World 我在异界活了三十年 My name is Deke Shi. I'm 32 years old, and I transmigrated here. I've been living in another world for thirty years. 0Votes77.6kRecs157.6kFans
- 156 First Player 第一玩家 [If all of humanity places its hopes in one person, will civilization have an easier road ahead?] “When you read these words, a game of planetary survival, with everything at stake, will already have begun. Only by winning to the very end can you win back your home civilization.” “I am Su Ming’an. I possess the ability to rewind after death, and I alone know it.” “I guard a secret even the planetary invaders don’t know: whenever civilization falls into despair, I’m the only one who can retur 180Votes1.2MRecs2.3MFans
- 157 The Power of One 一人之力 A realm from another dimension descends. Gods manifest before his eyes, and ancient roars echo endlessly in his ears. Ding dong! Eating hot pot alone, watching a movie alone: +1 to the Alone Value. Training in martial arts and meditating alone, enjoying the view from a hundred-meter skyscraper: +2 to the Alone Value. Chased by a pack of wolves, a lion, and a god, then turning around to chase the wolves, beat the lion, and cleave the god: +5 to the Alone Value. “I’m afraid of dying.” “But I’m eve 0Votes382.2kRecs341.7kFans
- 158 Strange Tales and Unusual Happenings 怪谈异闻 @Strange Tales and Unusual Accounts 2Votes258.2kRecs85.3kFans
- 159 From Big Shot to Martial Arts Alliance Leader 从大佬到武林盟主 I roamed the martial world, roamed and roamed, but even after reaching the end, I still couldn’t figure out what this martial world was really like… VIP full-subscription group: Tianxia Association 109158714 (verification required) 0Votes344.4kRecs322.4kFans
- 160 Deconstructing the Uncanny 解构诡异 During the transmigration, I fused with a computer, which evolved into a supercomputer. Sounds pretty good, but this is a world of the paranormal, hello! A walking supercomputer, with processing power so immense that it can use the butterfly effect to influence people who seem completely unrelated. It can even reliably calculate and predict the future. Does that count as knowing fate? I use science to explain the mysterious. There's nothing in this world whose truth can't be calculated. And if t 0Votes124.9kRecs530.8kFans
- 161 EN Jade Palace Golden Seal 玉宸金章 Jade signifies harmony through the four seasons, with the unity of three as its meaning. Those three are Heaven, Earth, and humanity. Chen means the innermost chamber of a house. Later, it came to refer to an emperor’s residence, since emperors lived in the Northern Palace, where Heaven and Earth converge. This is the story of someone who transmigrates to the southern wilderness of the Shaman Xia Divine Dynasty, carrying the true meanings of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Powers and Seventy-Two 0Votes173.6kRecs156.2kFans
- 162 Shadows Across the Marvel Universe 美漫世界阴影轨迹 Merlin awakened to the faint stirrings of fate and beheld this new world: Steel had yet to awaken, while the glory of the divine realm soared. Amid freezing glaciers, God's righteous servant kept a lonely watch. The orphan was still wandering, the child had yet to return home. Upon raging tides, the queen of the ocean depths struggled to voice her sorrow. Outlaws pursued the fleeing, while the spark of hope endured. Beyond the distant stars, the soul of data gazed about in bewilderment. The king 0Votes396kRecs245.5kFans
- 163 The Old Daoist Canon 旧日之箓 He'd thought he'd transmigrated to ancient times, and Chu Qiguang was just wondering how to make his fortune when he suddenly discovered that a corpse-reanimation case had occurred in the neighboring county. The Taoist priests at the temple were busy subduing demons, and even the village's stray cats had started talking. He was just wondering whether he should start slaying demons when he realized that, without even noticing, he was becoming the most terrifying monster of all. 11Votes559.2kRecs902.4kFans
- 164 Demon Painter 画妖师 This Buddhist disciple treads the earth and makes lotuses bloom, changes in size, exhausts his afflictions, and wields wondrous supernatural powers. This Taoist travels a thousand miles with sword in hand, roams in spirit and commands the vital energy, flies free of all traces, and practices marvelous arts. But I have only one brushstroke, with which I portray the human heart and paint across heaven and earth! 1Votes146.1kRecs184.6kFans
- 165 The Li Clan 李氏 The bold ride dragons and tigers, while the timid ride cats and sit on rabbits! At the end of the road, the awakening of humanity marks the beginning of divinity. (Seven Deadly Sins Series II: Greed) 1Votes60.2kRecs249kFans
- 166 EN I Created the Myth of the Old Ones 我打造了旧日支配者神话 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Ban only wanted to make some movies and earn money. Then he awakened a System that rewarded him for completing missions. Awesome! Wait, looking under the bed at midnight? Hearing a piano in a theater abandoned for twenty years? An artist at an exhibition going missing? As Lu Ban completes these missions, he realizes that this world might actually have ghosts! There's something wrong with this System. He discovers that the System not only sends him to 6Votes140.6kRecs541.5kFans
- 167 Special Forces Years 特种岁月 Among the things a man can be proudest of in his life are serving in the military, being a special forces soldier, and facing off against the strongest soldiers in the world. And giving a piece of your youth to your homeland, risking your life for the people of this land. Zhuang Yan has done all of these things. (This book pays tribute to every soldier of the Republic who has given their youth to the country, shed blood, and worked hard! 7Votes555.1kRecs320kFans
- 168 Randomly Punish a Lucky Viewer 随机惩罚一名幸运观众 System: “Host, please complete the mission as soon as possible: capture a dragon alive.” Li Wenqiang: “Not happening!” System: “The Host's attitude is extremely poor. Mission failed. A random lucky viewer will be struck dead.” “…” A thousand miles away, a certain Grand Ascension Ancestor looked up in terror at the heavenly tribulation clouds overhead and cried in despair: “What does Li Wenqiang failing his mission have to do with me? No!” “Thank goodness there's a three-hour time limit. I shoul 0Votes88.3kRecs288.8kFans
- 169 Endless Debt 无尽债务 “Hello, my name is Borogo Lazarus. I'm a debtor.” The wounds on Borogo's face were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The blood still on his face flowed back into the wound, and his skin joined together again, as if time were turning back. Facing the demon, who was dying in terror, he spoke softly. “This is my ‘gift,’ the ‘debt’ I owe.” … Sixty-six years ago, with the end of the Scorched Earth War, Ophis, the Oathbound City, rose from the ruins of the Holy City. Sixty-six years later, 44Votes285.4kRecs1MFans
- 170 Reborn to Rule the Internet 重生之网络争霸 Reborn in 2001. The timing is a little awkward. Tencent has been founded, Alibaba has appeared, and Baidu is already making money... So what's the point of being reborn? No worries. Since being reborn is useless, I'll come back and live off a woman instead. But Chen Yu, who only wanted to be a kept man, accidentally ended up unifying the internet. From the author of the completed works Reborn: I Am a Book Maniac, with over 40,000 subscriptions, and I Am an All-Round Superstar, with over 20,000 s 3Votes291.8kRecs218.7kFans
- 171 This Cheat Is Way Too Chuunibyou 这个外挂过于中二 [Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to their stations? Looking at the foolish woman smiling on the throne, an inexplicable urge wells up inside you.] “No, no, no! I can't do it, I can't do it!” William's head shook like a rattle drum. [If she can rule a country, why can't I? Only I can bring this world, which is on the verge of destruction...] Hey, don't go saying things like that! This world is doing just fine. Could you stop making up extra drama, please? [The path to kingship beg 5Votes249.4kRecs591.8kFans
- 172 Field Report on an Endangered Cultivation Sect 濒危修仙门派考察报告 On this journey to the Yellow Springs, I shall summon my old comrades and dare to make the sun and moon shine upon a new heaven. Note 1: It was not originally endangered, but after the protagonist went there, it became endangered... Note 2: This is a story about a villain who specializes in dissecting people for research. After transmigrating, he studies hard, strives every day, saves the world, breaks through feudal superstition and sectarian prejudice, and promotes love and justice with overwh 0Votes193.1kRecs33.6kFans
- 173 Dawn Doctor 黎明医生 The bustling streets of the past now lay in a grotesque, deathly silence. Hoarse, frenzied whispers coiled across the sky, while indescribable ancient giants drifted beneath the sea. Unknown diseases broke out, terrible disasters ravaged the land, and panicked people searched day and night for imaginary places of refuge. Blood-rain fell. Lightning revealed the gathering crows. Nevermore, nevermore, they answered. “We can see that this aberrant creature has twelve pairs of ribs, just like a human 15Votes603.9kRecs793.4kFans
- 174 Pokemon: Dark Rising 精灵之黑暗崛起 [Pokemon novel, updated with 10,000 words a day and 400,000 words a month] Qingmu, a commoner Trainer reborn for the second time, gets a fresh start with Team Rocket. His experiences in his first life taught him about the bond between humans and Pokemon! “In this life, I’ll take you all to look down upon the world!” PS: This is really just a writer who has already flopped once, trying to avoi 3Votes262.4kRecs249.6kFans
- 175 The Nameless Commoner Clan 庶族无名 Every era has a few geniuses who shine like comets. Those whose names go down in history are undoubtedly brilliant, but how many talented people have been lost in the river of time? At first, Chen Mo’s only dream was to bring glory to his family and elevate his humble clan into a true gentry family, overtaking the main branch and reducing them to commoners. He never imagined he would come so far. Sometimes he wonders: if the “god” who chose him in the shadows hadn’t done so, would he have achiev 0Votes309.1kRecs220.8kFans
- 176 I Descended into the Myriad Worlds 我降临于诸天世界 New book: You're Cultivating Immortality All Wrong has started serializing! Welcome, readers! Lately, rumors have been spreading through the myriad worlds that I, Chen Chushi, am devious and treacherous, cruel in my methods, and willing to do anything to get what I want... Slander! I'm an upright man who stands up to bullies and helps the weak! The Descent of Kui, The Curse, The First Rule, Seven Days After the Zombie Rebirth, The Great Zombie Era, The Tag-Along, The Haunted School, The Ten Curs 1Votes147.2kRecs758.7kFans
- 177 The Asylum of Ten Thousand Worlds 万界疯人院 New book: "Medicine Cannot Save the Qin Dynasty". Go read it! No one knows when it began, but a certain mental hospital appeared in the world. It has been seen on the busiest streets of Gotham City and hidden in the darkest corners of Raccoon City. It may have been briefly described in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", or appeared for a single second in *Hannibal*… Some say the girl in the nurse’s uniform looks a bit like Harley Quinn. Others say the old man in a second-floor ward claims to 0Votes207.1kRecs302.2kFans
- 178 EN Global Collapse 全球崩坏 “I was abandoned at the entrance to the Starting Point Orphanage. Later, the orphanage went bankrupt.” “I once attended a kindergarten. Later, it went out of business.” “In the past twenty years, I've lived through a train derailment, a 28-car pileup, a natural gas leak, a gas explosion… But I'm still alive.” “Life has done everything it can to wipe me out, but I've stubbornly survived.” “But I never imagined life would pull something like this again, ” [Welcome to the Global Evolution Game 44Votes548kRecs783.8kFans
- 179 Starting in Maoshan, Across the Myriad Worlds 诸天从茅山开始 What would you do if you could travel back and forth to a “special” version of Republican-era China? Become the richest man alive and marry a harem of beauties? Take up your brush to serve the nation and become the greatest writer in the land? Prepare for war, then rise to nobility and command armies? Or... Train until your form is as graceful as a crane, with two books beneath a thousand pines. I came to ask the Way, but found nothing left to say: clouds in the blue sky, water in a bottle. P.S. 2Votes246.3kRecs724.5kFans
- 180 My Items Can Level Up 我的物品能升级 You discover that spiritual qi has revived. You gain a supernatural ability: Upgrade Items. You build a mechanical exoskeleton. You create a golden finger: the Ultimate Top Student System. Science fiction means imagining the future, but some of those things now seem within reach. I’m best at talking nonsense with a straight face. Come along and explore a science-fiction world that’s closer than you think (or just made up). 0Votes302.9kRecs258.3kFans
- 181 EN I Really Am One of the Good Guys 我真的是正派 In this vast world, cultivation reigns supreme. Human powerhouses can soar through the skies and burrow underground, while mighty beings of other races can shatter the void. Visitors from beyond the realm descend from the heavens above. This is an age of chaos. A bandit chieftain who refuses to become cannon fodder rises from humble beginnings and eventually leaves an indelible mark on the ever-flowing river of time. My name is Qin Shujian. Thirty glorious years, yet I've achieved nothing with e 7Votes554.3kRecs964.1kFans
- 182 EN Stepping into the Unscientific 走进不科学 (This book currently has over 15,000 average monthly subscribers and more than 50,000 peak subscribers. Come join the story!) I once sat with Newton and debated the principles of the universe, and I once walked shoulder to shoulder with Einstein. I messed up Planck's hair, and gazed at the stars with Deng Jiaxian deep in Lop Nur... In short, this is the story of a top student traveling through time and space, past and present, East and West, and using the wisdom of those who came before to open 41Votes401.6kRecs918.4kFans
- 183 A Million Possibilities 百万可能 Once, a button appeared before Cheng Lin, and he pressed it without hesitation. As a result, Earth was destroyed. Everything returned to zero, then evolved into a new civilization. He thought it was a civilization evolution simulator, but unexpectedly discovered that the story was not what it seemed… 0Votes187.2kRecs341kFans
- 184 The Cicada Stirs 蝉动 Private detective Zuo Zhong returns to the past and fights in the heart of enemy territory. Nicknamed the Smiling Tiger, he excels at stabbing people in the back and is well versed in the principles of the Jade Seat Golden Buddha and the Steampunk Formula. 11Votes491.3kRecs561.2kFans
- 185 I Have a House in the Underworld 我在黄泉有座房 Synopsis: I have a house in the Yellow Springs, with fields and plenty of grain at home. A Guoshui production, not suitable for keeping in captivity. Slaughter it while you can. 0Votes278.2kRecs266.2kFans
- 186 The Strange Detective Agency 光怪陆离侦探社 A gloomy haze blankets the earth Among the ruins of the cities, the traces of humanity's past have yet to disappear from this land Glory has faded, and humanity hides like rats beneath the firelight. The black sun hanging high overhead symbolizes that this place has changed hands: it is their paradise What is rising from beneath the surging deep sea? Thick muttering echoes through the void, while a strange, veiled silhouette silently observes The venomous compound eyes beneath the bed flash and 1Votes358.1kRecs492.4kFans
- 187 The Great Sage of White Bones 白骨大圣 [A premium fantasy novel with over 10,000 average paid subscribers! A live-action short series has been released!] [After two novels both ran into trouble, I changed my pen name. My former name was Yao Huo!] The dead touch the ground, old dogs dig graves, spirits ask for directions, and the living eat their meals. Do you know what it means to run into even one of them? “My other work, There’s Something Strange Here, has over 20,000 average paid subscribers.” “The comic adaptation rights for Ther 31Votes3.7MRecs1.6MFans
- 188 EN The Omniscient Informant 信息全知者 What he sees reveals everything that has happened. What he hears lets him see through the world's deceitful hearts. What he senses reveals the secrets others have buried deep in their memories. The more Huang Ji knows, the less happy he is. Gazing up at the stars, he feels the malice of the entire universe, and the desperate plight of humanity. Just an ordinary country boy from Earth, he can't help but sigh: “I know too much.” Technology, mythology, even the bugs hidden in the universe... Nothin 20Votes1.4MRecs1.2MFans
- 189 EN Embers of the Gun 余烬之铳 This is a damned Victorian fantasy novel. Add a spoonful of steam engines to get that damned tech tree moving! Add a spoonful of love and hatred to give everyone a good reason to fight! Add a spoonful of insanity to make this dark world a little lighter, then finish with a spoonful of calamity for the main boss... Wait! Damn it, I added too much! Year 931 of the Yin Erwei Ge calendar. The city I live in has been named the most advanced city in the West. The main reason? World-changing steam 13Votes220.3kRecs612kFans
- 190 From the Audience Seats to the Entertainment Industry 从观众席走向娱乐圈 New book: My Second Personality Is a Big Shot Reborn right in the middle of one of Jay Chou's concerts, Xu Yang sat in the audience, still groggy. Then came the audience-interaction segment. Jay Chou asked a young woman: Jay Chou: What's your name? What song would you like to hear? Girl: I'm Little Fairy. I'd like to dedicate “What Kind of Man” to my ex-boyfriend. I know he's here tonight. After the crowd cheered and a song was sung, Jay Chou asked: Jay Chou: And what should I call you, m 0Votes395.3kRecs444.2kFans
- 191 Struggling to Survive in the Cracks of the Pokémon World 精灵世界夹缝求生 The story of a transmigrator reborn, set in a real and wondrous Pokémon World, where Pokémon are raised and trained. Ariados, Drapion, Gengar, Chandelure... (Join the group: 693721996.) The glories and humiliations of his past life are over. In this life, he must take the long and arduous road from the beginning. The path to strength is inevitably a lonely one. If coldness, ruthlessness, disguises, and patience are shortcuts to power, he won't hesitate to take them. 0Votes92.2kRecs107.9kFans
- 192 EN The Mind Mentor of Marvel and DC 在美漫当心灵导师的日子 Up next is Great Sage and Founding Master of Hydra, Chief Pontiff of the Purple Potato Freak Psychiatrist to the Avengers, financial advisor to S.H.I.E.L.D. Thesis-slayer of Batman, kindred spirit of the Joker Attending physician at Arkham Asylum, universally acclaimed professor at Gotham University Recipient of the Red Banner Medal, bearer of God's blessing The Iron Curtain of New York, the spring breeze of Gotham Schiller Rodriguez! (All the titles above have been earned in the story. New ones 1.7kVotes1.3MRecs1.2MFans
- 193 The World Enters the Age of Myth 全球迈入神话时代 In the midst of an ordinary life, Lu Yiming suddenly gained superpowers. He had thought he was about to reach the pinnacle of success, only to discover that the whole world had undergone a drastic transformation! Ancient legends became reality, mysterious prophecies were repeatedly proven true, and all kinds of supernatural phenomena appeared before the public one after another: martial arts, magic, cultivation, demons, ghosts, and monsters. The old order collapsed, and humanity was about to ent 6Votes295.8kRecs503.3kFans
- 194 The Survival Game on the Tip of Your Tongue 舌尖上的求生游戏 Turn legendary monsters into delicious dishes! Today's Special: [Infernal Buddha Jumps Over the Wall] Made with over thirty ingredients and seasonings, each prepared and cooked separately: flying polyps, the tips of Cthulhu's tentacles, the webbed feet of Deep Ones, the chitinous pincers of Rhan-Tegoth, the tips of the Black Goat Mother's tentacles, and eye gunk from an avatar of Azathoth; vegetarian ingredients include Emperor's psychedelic mushrooms, an elemental of fire, Yog-Sothoth's bubbles 0Votes95kRecs88kFans
- 195 Detective Conan: I'm Not a Snake Spirit 柯南之我不是蛇精病 After transmigrating into the world of Detective Conan, Chi Feichi was sent to the hospital. Tuesday. Doctor: “What day is tomorrow?” Chi Feichi: “Wednesday.” Doctor: “Ahem, tomorrow is Friday.” Chi Feichi: “...” August 21. Doctor: “What date is tomorrow?” Chi Feichi: “August 22.” Doctor: “Ahem, tomorrow is January 1.” Chi Feichi: “...” When everyone believes that the distorted timeline is correct, and one person cannot recognize it as such or fit in, that person is an outsider, a patient! Once 39Votes2MRecs962.4kFans
- 196 EN The Last Gentleman 终末的绅士 Weary reader, I’m honored that you have chosen this book among the shelves of this heavy, gloomy library. Unfortunately, this book is sick. Your fingers should be able to feel the raised growths on the surface of its cover. The words written long ago are like parasites taking root in the pages, hoping someone will watch them writhe, feel them, examine them, touch the diseased substance of this story. If you insist on borrowing this book, please be sure to check your physical condition regularly. 20Votes320.8kRecs888.2kFans
- 197 EN What to Do When I Suddenly Ascend 突然成仙了怎么办 Lin Fan and the Saintess transmigrate on the same day, then discover they can transmigrate back and forth without limit. The two soon become rivals across different times and places. Then one day, Lin Fan returns from a transmigration and discovers he has become an immortal! What do you do when you suddenly become an immortal? Asking online, and it’s kind of urgent. 3Votes690.8kRecs1.1MFans
- 198 EN The Immortal's Tranquil Path 我只想安心修仙 Synopsis: I only want to cultivate in peace, but alas, demons and monsters are wreaking havoc throughout the mortal world. A Daoist rides a donkey down Green Mountain, becoming the only immortal in the world and conferring divine titles upon all things under heaven. VIP Group: 812612991 (full subscribers) 0Votes334.4kRecs403.1kFans
- 199 EN The Immortal Craftsman's Creation 仙工开物 Deep inside a volcano, an immortal palace of mechanisms left behind by ancient sages awaits its successor. His mother risked her life to obtain its immortal seal, entrusting it to Ning Zhuo with her dying breath. The Buddha’s Heart-Demon Seal! Save yourself and become a Buddha; save others and turn them into demons. With the seal in hand, one can lightly imprint the heart and command mechanisms as easily as feathers. Others grow weary and burdened when controlling them, but Ning Zhuo can command 550Votes3.6MRecs4.4MFans
- 200 Thief, You’re Not Getting Away 贼人休走 Li Si is a thief, and this is a story about a thief's life in the martial world. It's a lighthearted slice-of-life story, but readers who prefer their protagonists single should beware. 2Votes190.7kRecs211.2kFans
