Novels like I Haven't Been a Big Shot for Many Years
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- 101 Grinding Skills in the Military 我在军营肝技能 [This isn't a special forces novel! It's about military life! The tags make no sense.] After his business failed and he lost everything, Ye Fei was powerless to pay for his gravely ill parents' treatment. All he could do was watch helplessly as they passed away! An accident sends Ye Fei back twenty years, to two months before he enlists. Seeing his parents' familiar faces again, Ye Fei is overjoyed, and makes a silent vow! This time, he'll stay in the army and make something of himself! Y 0Votes62.3kRecs264.2kFans
- 102 National Beer 国啤 The reformist winds are blowing strong, and the beer industry has emerged as an early winner in the adjustment of the national economy, being designated as a short-supply product for priority development. Before long, breweries sprang up across the land... In this age of beer and this beer-filled world, 813 breweries rose and fell amid the fierce clashes of rival powers, expansion, and consolidation. With China joining the World Trade Organization, foreign beers poured through the gates. Dark cl 0Votes125.8kRecs61.8kFans
- 103 The Tycoon with a Learning Panel 拥有学习面板的神豪 If studying could bring you both wealth and a powerful body, would you be willing to study with everything you’ve got? Just as Li Shi is about to lose his job, a “Study Panel” suddenly appears in his mind. By studying knowledge and skills, he can increase two attributes at once: “Wealth” and “Physique.” Each additional point of Wealth can be exchanged for one kilogram of any substance he has ever possessed, while each point of Physique boosts his physical fitness by one tenth of that of a health 151Votes116kRecs349.4kFans
- 104 Naruto: Resigning from the True Legacy 火影:辞真传 He transmigrated into the Uchiha clan, but Uchiha Ci had no intention of saving the Uchiha. He only wanted to scam some insurance money and go home. As it happened, the Third Shinobi World War was underway! 0Votes49.3kRecs390.3kFans
- 105 Suppressing the Rebels 讨逆 The most pathetic rebellion in history. Looking at his only two followers, Yang Xuan wonders if this rebellion is a bit of a joke. “My lord, it's not a rebellion. It's... a campaign to punish the traitors!” Yi Niang says earnestly. “You are the rightful ruler. The one in Chang'an is a false emperor.” Then one day, Yang Xuan opens the miraculous scroll from a thousand years in the future. So rebellion, no, so this campaign to punish the traitors really is no big deal! 1Votes623.1kRecs407.9kFans
- 106 Wandering the World of Myriad Heavens 人在诸天,浪迹天涯 A Myriad Heavens crossover featuring a mix of film and TV worlds. The first world is a little long, and the story doesn't follow the original plot. Same old rules. 0Votes109.6kRecs189.9kFans
- 107 EN Movie Savior 电影救世主 We took the helm during a 2,500-year voyage of wandering across Earth; we piloted mechs in a world invaded by monsters; we saved humanity in a world ravaged by viruses; we rebuilt a sanctuary in a city devastated by a zombie outbreak; we recovered civilization from the wilderness left behind by raging natural disasters... Amid the boundless ocean, Zhang Tianyuan acquired an island and became one of the players in a game of lordship. Looking at his own base, which could open portals to movie worl 1Votes84.9kRecs705.6kFans
- 108 EN Harry Potter and the Legacy of Hogwarts 从霍格沃茨之遗归来的哈利 After spending his sixth year at Hogwarts a century in the past, Harry returned to the cupboard under the stairs in 1991 and received his Hogwarts acceptance letter all over again. “You mean both my parents were killed by a dark wizard?” Harry asked. “Who was this dark wizard? Why are you so afraid of him that you won't even say his name?” “It's Vol, ” Hagrid answered cautiously. “All right, Voldemort. He personally killed hundreds of people.” Harry nodded, unconvinced. “What about the next day 21Votes102.9kRecs452.5kFans
- 109 The Film and TV Worlds Begin with A Little Thing Called First Love 影视世界从小舍得开始 While appearing in The Heavyweight, Zhou Chen happens to get the chance to transmigrate through TV drama worlds. It all begins with A Little Dilemma! The story mainly visits modern urban settings. So far, it has covered A Little Dilemma, Let's Get Married, All Is Well, Blossoms Shanghai, A Little Reunion, Spring Breeze Ten Miles Is Not as Good as You, Nothing But Thirty, Ode to Joy, A Lifelong Journey, Under the Zhengyang Gate, With You, My Dear, I Am Yu Huanshui, Feather Flies to the Sky, 85Votes202.2kRecs434.3kFans
- 110 Li Zhi, Don't Be a Coward 李治你别怂 “Must Your Majesty insist on opposing me?” Empress Wu’s phoenix eyes flashed with menace. Li Zhi fearfully took a step back and swallowed. “I wouldn’t dare… No, wait! Minister Li, where is Minister Li?” Li Qincai, descendant of three generations of meritorious officials, darted out and held back Li Zhi as he continued to retreat. “Your Majesty, don’t be a coward!” Li Zhi looked as if he had found his savior. Grabbing Li Qincai’s sleeve, he whispered, “I’m not a coward, not one bit. Minister Li, 2Votes333.2kRecs539.8kFans
- 111 My Startup Years 我的创业时代 Lei Jun once said, “If you catch the right wave, even a pig can fly!” As someone reborn, Shen Yi is exceptionally good at predicting where the next big opportunities will be. Watch as he rises from humble beginnings and gradually builds his business empire! 0Votes63.5kRecs29.6kFans
- 112 Second Lord Lian of Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼琏二爷 After transmigrating into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber as a super-handsome man, Jia Lian faces his tyrannical, lecherous father, his domineering and ruthless beauty of a wife, and the second branch of the family: relatives who look like pigs but are sharp as can be. Jia Lian decides it’s time to whip them all into shape. This is a story about restoring the soul of the Jia family. 22Votes175.9kRecs335.9kFans
- 113 After Becoming Roommates with My Marriage Partner 和结婚对象成为室友之后 They’ve been married for over six months. They’re roommates sharing a rental, not a married couple. But lately, Lu has noticed that his wife seems to be looking at him differently. 0Votes34.4kRecs228.5kFans
- 114 Myriad Worlds: Starting as a Father in A Little Reunion 诸天:从小欢喜当爹开始 Transmigrating through the heavens is a lot of fun, but why am I someone else’s dad in every new world I visit? New book: The Heavens: Starting as Lin Pingzhi’s Father 1Votes55.3kRecs204.9kFans
- 115 Reborn in the Soaring Years 重生飞扬年代 Du Fei has been reborn. In this difficult era of extreme scarcity, he begins an extraordinary life with cheat-like powers... 13Votes542.5kRecs747.2kFans
- 116 Reborn in 2008: I Earn Money by Reading 重生2008:我阅读能赚钱 [The most intense industrial technology urban novel] [Over 40,000 premium subscribers and more than 10,000 average subscribers, quality guaranteed] Mu Yang was reborn in 2008 and unexpectedly acquired a Reading System. In this life, he just wants to earn money through hard work, develop cutting-edge technology, break foreign monopolies, and make his country strong through science and technology! Starting with plasma overlay welding, hot-wire automatic TIG welding, handheld laser welding, and rob 0Votes208.2kRecs685.6kFans
- 117 Working as a Cop in Mexico 混在墨西哥当警察 The four surest ways to get yourself killed: Become a police officer in Mexico! Here, absolute justice gets you shot. BIU BIU BIU. The protagonist transmigrates into the body of a prison guard and discovers he can see a person’s criminality score! The only way to uphold justice is to outgun the criminals! This prison is called the “Highland Prison”! It has the highest security rating in Mexico. And one man is currently locked inside. His name is Gallardo, nicknamed the Godfather, one of the foun 6Votes215.3kRecs494.8kFans
- 118 The Tiger Taoist 虎道人 The first step in cultivation is to raise a tiger. Enter Tiger Perch Temple to cultivate and raise tigers, all while keeping a low profile. Then venture into the world to cultivate, earn money, and make a name for yourself. Seek eternal life, travel the world, and become immortal and indestructible. The cultivation world isn’t 0Votes40.2kRecs87.1kFans
- 119 My Reborn Life in 1999 重生我的1999 Before long, Su Xing was nearing thirty, with the pressures of life bearing down on him. The currents of fate swept him back ten years, and he vowed to make something of himself. 0Votes68.6kRecs156.8kFans
- 120 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
- 121 EN Film and TV Worlds: Starting from Drug God 影视世界从药神开始 An ordinary person, living one extraordinary life after another... ,,,, Aiming for urban stories, no cultivation. Dying to Survive, Infernal Affairs, Nothing But Thirty, The Year We Chased the Wind, The Grandmaster, Ode to Joy, Feather Flies to the Sky, New World, Beijing Love Story, Brotherhood of Blades, Spring Breeze Is No Match for You, The Greed of Man, All Is Well, Malena, Let’s Get Married, In the Name of the People, Chasing the Dragon, A Lifelong Journey, Water Margin, So Young, The Gold 205Votes416kRecs509.6kFans
- 122 Seizing the Yuan 扼元 In 1213 AD, the Jin Kingdom is beginning to weaken, while the Southern Song remains in decline. Western Xia, Dali, Goryeo, and Japan are even less of a force to be reckoned with. An unprecedented power is rising on the plateau, ready to drench the Eurasian continent in the blood of hundreds of millions. With calamity looming, a young man grips his bow and blade, determined to seize fate by the throat. 6Votes283.9kRecs301kFans
- 123 The Myriad Heavens, Beginning at White Deer Plain 从白鹿原开始的诸天 A journey through the worlds, beginning with The White Deer Plain. Bai Gui is reborn in White Deer Village at the end of the Qing dynasty. Here, there is Gantian Town from Mr. Vampire 2, Zhou Ying from Nothing Gold Can Stay, Bai Xiuzhu and Leng Qingqiu from The Story of a Noble Family, Xiaodouzi from Farewell My Concubine, the martial arts of The Master, Chu Renmei from The Imp, and more... Taoist arts? Martial arts? Bai Gui just wants to study first, learning the Confucian classics from Xu, the 0Votes73.1kRecs199.7kFans
- 124 EN The Magician of the Fairy Tale World 童话世界的魔法师 Synopsis: When he arrived in this world, many familiar stories had yet to begin Sleeping Beauty had not yet been born. The magic lamp lay buried at the bottom of a vault. Snow White's father had only just married a new wife. The Little Mermaid was still playing with her sisters in the sea. The Land of Oz, at the heart of the desert, had yet to receive a girl named Dorothy. Then he came The wizard of miracles and wishes. Many years later, even children who couldn't read had heard the legen 0Votes53.5kRecs424.5kFans
- 125 True Lord, Please Calm Your Anger 真君请息怒 The military path is a way of engaging with the world: refining baleful energy to temper the body, drilling formations to rout bandits, slaying demons and vanquishing evil, and defending one's home and borders. But those who do not cultivate both body and spirit will live no longer than a hundred years. Wang Xuan's soul transmigrated into the cultivation world, but he has alr 0Votes201.8kRecs406.4kFans
- 126 EN The Unorthodox Daoist 玄门不正宗 Everyone in the world must cultivate their physical body to perfection before they can nourish their soul, after which their Yin Spirit can leave the body and gather the essence of Heaven and Earth. Wang Qi began cultivating by skipping straight to leaving the body... Thus, he could absorb the essence of Heaven and Earth from the very beginning of his cultivation. All the myriad arts of the world: learn them, master them, alter them slightly, and change their form. At a time when the Son of Heav 0Votes107kRecs147kFans
- 127 The Origins of Magic 魔法始记 After transmigrating four years ago, Les has been forced to slog away in a military camp. At last, carrying his hatred with him, he returns to civilized society. The parliamentary nation in the south is breaking through the blockade, while the nobles in the north are growing ambitious. A new era is about to begin. With his dreamlike floating city, Les steps into this unfamiliar world and lets out his first cry... This book is a slow burn. I believe the story is reasonable, and it is not a strai 0Votes60.2kRecs105.6kFans
- 128 EN My Past Life Simulator 我的前世模拟器 A cash-on-delivery package sent He Zhao down a path he had never imagined. “To all my past lives, I thank your ancestors for eighteen generations!” New book: My Ultimate Modifier. 0Votes100.5kRecs541.6kFans
- 129 Farming and Training in Martial Arts to Pacify the World 种田练武平天下 The world is harsh, and all the family has is three acres of poor farmland. Yet Chi Qiaosong manages to cultivate a brilliant world from it. A new story for 2022, painstakingly conceived by Bai Yuhan. Please enjoy. 2Votes154kRecs330.1kFans
- 130 EN Building an Eternal Clan as a Live-In Son-in-Law 从赘婿开始建立长生家族 Lu Changsheng transmigrated to a world of immortals and martial heroes, becoming a farm boy who had failed to qualify for an immortal sect. Fortunately, he had the more children, more blessings System. As long as he expanded his family and raised his children, he would receive rewards. So from the start, Lu Changsheng married into a cultivation clan and embarked on the path of cultivation, avoiding rivalry and conflict, making friends far and wide, raising a large family, and building up the cla 188Votes54.2MRecs1MFans
- 131 The Underworld: I’m the Only Living Person 阴曹地府:活人只有我自己 My older sister sat before her vanity, combing her hair. The hair cried out as it fell to the floor, spreading throughout the room. My little sister held a needle and thread, sewing a rag doll. The doll let out a delightful, ear-piercing shriek, its loose threads darting about. The old dog by the door hunched over, stood up, and gave me a cackling grin. Li Wei transmigrated into a world resembling the Republican era, except the whole world was full of the eerie and uncanny. What could he do? Luc 0Votes93.9kRecs197.6kFans
- 132 Treasure Hunting Begins in England 寻宝从英伦开始 An amateur web novelist arrives in a parallel world. This world is not all that different from the one he left behind, but there are obvious differences in many details. Liang En discovers that there are countless things he can do in this world. Just as he is preparing to make a grand start, however, a card System sends him down the path of searching for treasures around the globe. 1Votes102.5kRecs141.6kFans
- 133 Base No. 7 7号基地 After the Silver Star Empire fell, interstellar war broke out. Beneath the stars, mecha pilots, cyborgs, genetic warriors, superhumans, engineers, and warship commanders all took the stage. I gaze up at the stars amid the ruins, and I fight for civilization across the sea of stars! 0Votes225kRecs837.5kFans
- 134 You Call This Entrepreneurship? 你管这叫创业? Qin Shaoyan, social media mogul, marketing expert, award-winning game producer, and investment guru, spoke to the press in a fury: “Recently, some people in venture capital and the internet industry have been spreading rumors and slandering me behind my back, calling me a master of empty promises, a master con artist, an expert at passing the buck, and a man with no business ethics…” “I’d like to set the record straight: I’m not a con artist.” “I’ve just been a little flexible with my startup me 0Votes75.2kRecs239.6kFans
- 135 EN Marvel: Wolverine Reversed 漫威逆转金刚狼 In a world of dragons and serpents, a martial arts grandmaster with extraordinary talent but a frail constitution is reborn as the sole heir to Canada's largest estate in the nineteenth century. He thought he'd just practice his boxing and make some money. He'd become a titan of his age by riding the Industrial Revolution. With a mean fist in one hand and U.S. dollars in the other, he'd live a carefree life. But it turns out the original owner was an incurable invalid, too! And his claim to the 14Votes64.2kRecs286kFans
- 136 This Foreign Aid Is Ridiculously Strong 这个外援强到离谱 He’s the wings beneath his sisters. He’s the strongest external support working in Korea. He’s the greatest flirt in history. Everyday life interwoven with esports. Give it a try! 16Votes234.4kRecs352kFans
- 137 I Never Meant to Become a Movie Star 我没想当影帝 Shen Ming had planned to save up thirty thousand yuan and return to his hometown, but then he inherited the legacy of Kominski, an award-winning actor from the future... A story set in the Chinese entertainment industry. The timeline is all over the place, so don’t read if that bothers you... 0Votes238kRecs137.8kFans
- 138 With a Scales of Equivalence, I'm No Demon 拥有等价天平的我不是妖魔 The calamities of time are strange, the calamities of fate are uncanny, and the calamities of destiny are beyond description. When immortal calamities strike, all living beings suffer! Ever wondered what the population dividend is like in the world of cultivation? This book has the answer! Wang Zijia transmigrates and obtains a golden finger that allows him to convert anything into something of equal value, making any transformation to his body 0Votes68.7kRecs355.6kFans
- 139 The First Cause of All Realms 诸界第一因 The vast world is coming back to life, and the gods and demons who departed are about to return. Holding a Gluttony Cauldron, law student Yang Yu transmigrates into this world and opens his eyes in a remote border town, gazing upon a realm that seems both familiar and strange. He sees an ancient dynasty nearing its end across an endless land, with dragons and snakes rising everywhere amid the beacons of war. He sees ceaseless warfare leaving the people destitute. Lands containing a thousand hous 6Votes676.1kRecs1.7MFans
- 140 Doomsday Ring 末日圆环 In the wasteland era, four massive circular walls separate humanity from the world of alien species. People call them the Rings of the Apocalypse. To Lu Luo’s surprise, he finds himself in this world. Just as a sudden crisis leaves him at a loss, a message appears before his eyes: [You’re so weak it’s suffocating. You’ve awakened S-02 Devourer and S-04 Fusionist, but they’re practically useless. The only thing that can actually get you out of this mess and lead you to the pinnacle of life is Seq 1Votes77kRecs497.5kFans
- 141 Chinese Showbiz: I Was Reborn, Yet They Still Make Me Play the Bad Boy 华娱:重生了,还逼我做渣男啊 (In two years, this went from 300 to an average of 10,000 subscriptions. A very slow-burn, serious story about an actor. The scumbag stuff is all just a joke :) A stunning internet celebrity with tens of millions of fans is reborn in 2004. Good news: He’s twenty years younger. Bad news: There’s no System. Good news: He’s just started his final year of high school. Bad news: He scored 351 on the placement exam. Good news: His family is pretty rich. Bad news: A financial crisis is coming. So… 1.4kVotes186.6kRecs607.3kFans
- 142 The Earthy Superstar 土味巨星 Country bumpkin Li Tiezhu accompanies his good friend Qin Tao to audition for a talent show. Li Tiezhu: “If you become a star, you can open a pig farm ten times bigger than your dad’s. I’ll do the construction work for you.” Qin Tao: “Damn it! I’ll be famous by then. Why the hell would I open a pig farm?” “If you’re not raising pigs, what will you raise?” “How do you not get it? Once I’m a big star, I won’t raise pigs any 0Votes129.4kRecs224kFans
- 143 EN We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real? 说好体验人生,仙子你怎么成真了 Create different characters and experience extraordinary lives. From the start, he transmigrates into the body of a powerless figurehead emperor. Through the Book of a Hundred Lives, he experiences different lives, and completing missions earns him rewards. Restoring the imperial family's glory is our duty! Inside the Book of a Hundred Lives: I became the holy son of the Myriad Paths Sect and debated the Dao with Holy Maiden Miaolian. Her Daoist heart shattered, and thousands of strands of her h 930Votes196.3kRecs1.2MFans
- 144 A Hong Kong Entertainment Industry Life Simulator 港娱的人生模拟器 Zhao Donghuai transmigrates to Hong Kong Island in 1983 and gets a strange life simulator. [June 1983: By chance, you join the Winners and Sinners film crew as a stunt performer. In mid-June, your good looks steal the scene, and you appear as a masked fast-food restaurant robber. Big Brother Hong kicks you through the restaurant window and out onto the street, where you accidentally injure your spine.] [January 1984: You “create” a new version of Nocturne using milk tea bottles, but get trapped 0Votes180.4kRecs225.3kFans
- 145 I Want to Become a Hong Kong Tycoon 我要做港岛豪门 After transmigrating to 1947, Wu Guangyao wasted no time choosing to keep running and made his way to Hong Kong. First, he followed the path of “Fourth Uncle” Li Zhaoji, opening a gold and silver shop to trade foreign exchange. Next, he followed the example of Japan’s YKK, importing automatic zipper machines from Germany and building a zipper business. Then he entered real estate, pioneering the presale of unbuilt apartments and ushering in the era of presale housing. He became a shipping magnat 0Votes67.4kRecs155kFans
- 146 The Movie Emperor Doesn’t Want to Be a Eunuch 影帝他不想当太监 I'm never going to be a eunuch again! The Ming Dynasty's youngest and most handsome chief eunuch transmigrates into the body of a film extra in Hengdian. The countdown to being sent back has begun! Time remaining: 92 hours, 29 minutes, 48 seconds... Will he become a superstar and earn two million a day, or be sent back to become a eunuch? You call this a choice?!!! The author's previous book, I'm About to Lose Money Until I'm a Muggle, was completed in just 300 words. It's about a wizard who tra 7Votes714.3kRecs587.2kFans
- 147 EN In a Hong Kong Movie World, You Call This Undercover? 人在港综,你管这叫卧底? A fake undercover agent: Carefully hides his identity, swallows his conscience to play the lowlife, and occasionally sneaks off to do good out of pity. Meeting his handler feels like sneaking around with a lover. A real undercover agent: Bold yet meticulous, ruthless and merciless, openly slips the cops a note to report his rivals. 0Votes162.3kRecs443kFans
- 148 The Starrealm Ant Tribe 星界蚁族 The universe is born and dies; time has an end. The light of the stars will eventually fade. The flame of civilization will never go out. With you and me, life will never be lonely. (Insect farming story, farming, farming, farming) 16Votes198.7kRecs191.1kFans
- 149 EN I, Godzilla, An Elder God 我,哥斯拉,旧日支配者 [This book has over 10,000 average paid subscriptions and more than 30,000 peak subscriptions. It's well worth a read!] Kang Qiao awoke at the dawn of the world, only to find himself in the form of a young Godzilla. This is the story of a Godzilla who punches ancient monsters and kicks the gods of faith. At first, He was known as the most ancient god of earth and magma; Then, He was known as the most ancient god of shining stars and light; At last, He became the universe's sole ruler, and the ul 1Votes66.9kRecs378kFans
- 150 Sir, You'll Have to Pay More 大人,得加钱 Lord Jia, whose family has served the Qing loyally for generations, truly loves the Great Qing. For the Great Qing, he would even abandon his ancestors! This is not a serious historical novel. Lord Jia’s shamelessness may not be second to none, but it certainly doesn’t come in second. Completed masterpieces include The Great Bandit, The Directorate of Ceremonial, A Han Should Never Be a Slave, The Ming Wolf Cavalry, and The Evil Slave. 2Votes197.6kRecs444.6kFans

















































