Novels like I Haven't Been a Big Shot for Many Years
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- 151 Twenty Years in the Underworld of Republican-Era China 民国江湖二十年 [Everyday life in the martial world, bandits of the greenwood, and strange folk customs] If someone greets you with “You must be tired,” you know you’re in the martial world. In the late Qing and early Republican era, the nation was crumbling and chaos reigned. Beyond Shanhai Pass, greenwood heroes rose in droves. In the streets of Beijing and Tianjin, extraordinary figures of the martial world emerged one after another. In times like these, every hero ought to have a bit of a bandit in him!!! … 315Votes249.3kRecs237.8kFans
- 152 The Blue-Robed Wanderer of the Wuxia World 武侠江湖里的青衫客 Pour a pot of aged wine, gather two or three friends, say “jianghu,” and drink away every grudge! This book is not an original infinite-flow story. If that's not your thing, don't read it. 0Votes78.5kRecs329.5kFans
- 153 The Mage of the Late Qing 清末的法师 The Anti-Newton Azure Armor, the Unbreakable Elven Engraving Knife, the Construction-Site Potion Strength Pill, the Balance Technique That Works on Anything You Look At, the Crucible Imprint That Can Refine Anything, the Eightfold Scope with Its Own Crosshairs, the Devil Crystal Glasses… Turn the pages to obtain equipment, infuriate Empress Dowager Cixi, and terrify the great powers. His allies call him the God of War, while his enemies call him the Butcher of the Far East. From then on, the Bea 0Votes127.3kRecs347.9kFans
- 154 The New Super Rookie in Marvel 美漫新来的超级萌新 He thought that transmigrating and becoming a rich second-generation heir meant he could spend his life doing nothing, but Fisher hadn't expected this to be a disaster-prone American comics universe, crawling with all kinds of superheroes and villains. He knew very little about it, but fortunately, he could still travel to other worlds for adventures. Power, magic, technology... Yet when he grew strong, Fisher declared that he had no interest in becoming a superhero. “I just want to make humanit 1Votes85.4kRecs161.8kFans
- 155 League of Legends: The Champion Coach 联盟之冠军主教 0Votes57.9kRecs129.7kFans
- 156 The Great Era: 2010 大时代之2010 Also known as Reborn: The Mobile Internet Empire In 2010, the PC era, the three giants BAT dominated the internet industry, towering above their rivals. The rise of Apple and Android smartphones opened the door to the mobile internet. Zhou Yujie, a senior ByteDance programmer, returns to his youth and builds a vast mobile internet empire... (The author has also completed an older novel, Reborn: The Rise of a Tycoon, a purely business-focused urban story. If you enjoy this genre, go check it out! 0Votes41.5kRecs82.5kFans
- 157 He Came from the Void 他来自虚空 Kayn, whose life began under a dark omen, transmigrates to the most dangerous corner of Runeterra: lost Icathia. In the lightless underground, no one ever comes, and starving beasts roam everywhere. If not for the girl who had turned into a monster, Kayn might have ended his own life and become the shortest-lived transmigrator in history. To survive, he has no choice but to cling to Kai'Sa's coattails. But he can't live off her forever. He begins trying to recreate the medical miracle that happe 0Votes103.2kRecs182kFans
- 158 The Great Lord of Spring and Autumn 春秋大领主 He wakes up in the State of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period, reborn as a minor lord. Not long before, the ruler of Jin had called on several noble houses to join forces and wipe out the Zhao clan. The turmoil at home had yet to subside, and the world beyond its borders was in constant upheaval. Lü Wu, now a minor noble after his soul transmigrated into the past, decides to use knowledge from later generations to improve his life before setting out to become a great lord… It is an age whe 0Votes226.1kRecs150kFans
- 159 What Do You Mean, a Red-Faced Top Laner? 什么叫红温型上单啊 Song Wen transmigrates into S7, and his opening line, “I'm going to take a shower,” immediately gets the haters riled up. What? His first match as a pro is against RNG, then at the height of their powers? Facing the “world's number one ADC,” Song Wen has no choice but to pull out Jayce and punish him with the world's number one shock blast. What? The GSLs still aren't convinced? Song Wen picks Rumble and uses his superb heat control to cool Uzi down. What? The fake coach Zhu Kai is telling him w 1Votes46.2kRecs399.7kFans
- 160 Starting Out as Manager of a Spanish Football Giant 从执教西超豪门开始 Gao Shen transmigrates to early 2006 and, through some strange twist of fate, becomes the head coach of Real Madrid. His squad is packed with the biggest superstars of the era: Ronaldo, Zidane, Raul, Beckham, Casillas, Carlos, Ramos... Every one of them is a force capable of shaking world football just by stamping a foot. How can a rookie with no clout whip this bunch of rebellious superstars into shape? 1Votes185.4kRecs317.9kFans
- 161 Black Myth: Tang Dynasty 黑神话：大唐 In the early Tang dynasty, the immortals and Buddhas are dead, and demons and monsters run rampant. A copy of the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Book lets Li Daoxuan obtain miraculous pills and divine spells whenever he slays demons and monsters. The Third Eye of Erlang Shen, the Golden Body of the Tathagata. The Five Thunders of the Divine Empyrean, the Law of Heaven and Earth... From the Zhenguan era to the Tianbao 0Votes358.2kRecs770.6kFans
- 162 EN I Can Enter the Game! 我可以进入游戏 Qin Lin gets electrocuted while playing a nostalgic Harvest Moon game and suddenly gains the ability to enter it. He also discovers that he can bring watermelons grown in the game into the real world. At first, he does the math: if he sells watermelons for 2 yuan per jin, all he has to do is grow 10,000 jin in the game each day and sell them to earn 20,000 yuan a day. Then he discovers that upgrading the ranch gives him advanced crops beyond anything in the real world, raising livestock yields b 0Votes174.6kRecs349.1kFans
- 163 EN Reborn in Russia as an Oligarch 重生俄罗斯当寡头 Reborn at the turn of the century, he’s in Moscow, just off the plane and getting ready to study abroad... Wang Ye had only wanted to be comfortably well-off and live a simple, happy life. But pushed along by the hand of fate, he finds himself heading down the path of an oligarch! 5Votes175.3kRecs418.3kFans
- 164 EN Reborn as the Sandaime: Orochimaru, You Be the Kage! 穿越三代：大蛇丸，你来当火影 A wealthy young man who failed to achieve the Baodan stage transmigrates into the era of the Third Hokage, but all he wants is to focus on martial arts. Konoha is still a mess in the aftermath of the Nine-Tails' attack, and he'd rather retire and pass the position of Hokage on to someone more worthy. One of his students is Orochimaru? You're the one! He immediately called Orochimaru over. “Orochimaru, you're going to be 0Votes35.7kRecs323.4kFans
- 165 Finance of a Great Nation 大国金融 Shen Hui accidentally took a blow to the head, and it somehow unlocked a mysterious part of his brain, awakening his sixth sense. 0Votes212.2kRecs181.7kFans
- 166 The Movie Emperor's Reincarnation Across the Heavens 影帝的诸天轮回 Short on money, Su Yi took a temporary job as an extra, never expecting it to launch him on a journey through the myriad heavens. In "The Rocking Sky", he leads the band to break into the big leagues and becomes a new-generation rock drumming sensation! In "Infernal Affairs II", he becomes Luo Ji, Ngai Wing-hau's bodyguard, and saves both his own life and Inspector Lu's. From extra to featured extra, suppo 0Votes216.5kRecs289.6kFans
- 167 Reaching for Supremacy in the Ten Kingdoms 问鼎十国 At the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Chai Rong has just ascended the throne, and Zhao Kuangyin is beginning to make his mark. Luo Youdu, a petty official driven to take his own life, becomes a stock transmigrator. From the start, he kicks the legendary charioteer of Gaoliang River, dominates the Ten Kingdoms, expands his influence in every direction, and restores the splendor of the Han and Tang dynasties. 3Votes122.1kRecs305.4kFans
- 168 EN Laying Low in the Demon Realm: Cultivating One Stat Point at a Time 苟在妖界加点修行 The Primordial Wilderness, the Nine Realms, and the Eight Desolations across the Four Seas. Countless demon clans gathered together, determined to kill the greatest demon lord in the demon realm and restore clear skies and peace to it. All of this was witnessed by a figure above the Ninth Heaven, its body touching the earth, it 0Votes70.8kRecs379.1kFans
- 169 The Kingdom of the Long Night 长夜国 Beneath the vast night sky, a boy in straw clothes; a heart like the bright moon, a dream like a realm. A snake from the start for the apothecary; the boy with the snake staff is the man. One wife is plenty, but three secret identities are even better. “My lord, it’s time for your medicine.” Coming, coming! As Grand Historian Tai Shi once said: The Way, Confucianism, Buddhism, and the Legalist school go into the great medicine, all refined together in the furnace of the mortal world. The ills of 0Votes263.8kRecs263.7kFans
- 170 This Transmigration Came a Little Too Early 这个穿越有点早 (New book: Starting a Fortune with a Tractor After Transmigrating to the 1980s) A modern person arrives in an era of shortages, bringing a warehouse full of grain. Does that make him the richest man around? 2Votes192.3kRecs400.1kFans
- 171 My Wife Is a Legendary Star 我老婆是传奇天后 He found a drunk, aloof superstar singer. What should he do when she clings to him from then on? Readers' group: 719150276 (Southern Country Cicada Nest) 0Votes174.5kRecs323.3kFans
- 172 If You're Reborn, Be a Little Harder on Yourself 重生就要对自己狠一点 I came back from that glorious era to walk the road again, not to make up for any regrets, but to find out what my true limits are. If you’re ruthless enough with yourself, even Heaven will lend you a hand! 0Votes526.1kRecs366.2kFans
- 173 I Have a Fortune Altar 我有一座气运祭坛 My new book, From Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Disaster to Riding the Tide and Becoming a God, is now available. [Over 20,000 premium subscribers, a top-quality read. Ten thousand words a day during update marathons. Don’t miss it!] Chen Yuan, a constable in Ping’an County, transmigrates into this world with a sacrificial altar of fortune hidden in his mind. As long as he offers up fortune, he can receive the secrets of heaven as guidance: divine abilities, cultivati 5Votes85.5kRecs569.1kFans
- 174 Reborn in 2009: The Synthesis-Type Heartthrob 重生09：合成系男神 Zhou Rui is reborn on the eve of the 2009 college entrance exam and awakens the Life Trait Synthesis System. Complete trait missions by performing the corresponding actions to gain experience. Most importantly, traits can be combined again and again to increase their rarity. “Student” + “Self-Disciplined” = [Top Student]! [Top Student] + “Inspiration” = [Academic Genius]! “Engineering (I) to (IX)” = [Master Engineer]! Before college, he only wanted to make a name for himself and earn a little ca 0Votes160.6kRecs713kFans
- 175 Reborn as King of South America 重生南美做国王 In 1868, the tumultuous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement drew to a close, and the Far Eastern continent entered the so-called Tongzhi Restoration. At court, an illusory scene of “song, dance, and the revelry of a golden age” prevailed. In the countryside, starving people were everywhere. Countless poor people left their homes overseas in search of a way to survive. Heading south to Nanyang and west through the passes, a mass migration that would last a century and affect tens of millions of peo 0Votes70.3kRecs104.5kFans
- 176 My Account Was Stolen from the Start, So I Turned Around and Recharged a Million 开局账号被盗，反手充值一百万 Also known as: I Just Love Being Picky! His long-owned Original God account is suddenly reclaimed, so he retaliates by topping it up with a million yuan. He wants nothing else, just to get the person who reclaimed it sent to prison. His company suddenly fires him for taking sick leave, and does so verbally. They brazenly claim there’s no contract and challenge him to sue. A double blessing: he files a labor arbitration case and two lawsuits. Double wages are so satisfying. The courier refuses to 9Votes422.7kRecs1.4MFans
- 177 EN My Eternal Life in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界长生不死 When he wakes up, Zhou Yi has become a prison guard in the Heavenly Prison. He is blessed with the Dao Fruit of Immortality, but has no way to protect himself! With demons and monsters running rampant in the cultivation world, dangers lurk everywhere. Zhou Yi decides to hide away and cultivate for hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of years! The tides of fortune shift, and time flows on. The child he let go a century ago becomes the founding sage ancestor of the Great Qian. The young ma 2Votes368.1kRecs1.3MFans
- 178 EN I Devour Gods 我以神明为食 Thirty years ago, a meteor fell, and the Divine Ruins appeared! Gods emerged from within, feeding on humanity. From that day on, humans became food for the gods, except me! Because I feed on gods. 5Votes399.9kRecs868.8kFans
- 179 I Have a Catalog of Ghosts and Gods 我有一卷鬼神图录 Jiang Zhou is brought to the Great Ji by a scroll of ghostly records. Using half an episode of Journey to the West on his phone, he fools a vicious demoness into complete submission. Claiming to be a disciple of Mount Lingtai Fangcun and the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars, he sets out on a path to the heavens... Demons run rampant, yet immortals dwell in the mortal world. With one ancient register, he gains the blessings of creation. He commands the execution of ghosts, confers titles 1Votes132.4kRecs494.2kFans
- 180 Starting as Real Madrid's Defensive Midfielder 从皇马踢后腰开始 At first, he was an utterly ordinary defensive midfielder. Then, by chance, he picked up a little playmaking, learned to drive forward with the ball, and even mastered a few free kicks. And that was when the football world got lively. Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo loved him. He was handsome and had a way with words, but more importantly, he covered for them so they could focus on at 0Votes75.7kRecs459kFans
- 181 Alien Ruin Hunter 异星遗迹猎人 For some unknown reason, the Sun’s decay suddenly accelerated... To survive, humanity had no choice but to abandon the home they had lived in for millions of years. The survivors drifted through space aboard the Ark for nine hundred years before finally finding a place to settle: Alpha. But the planet was covered in ruins left behind by the previous civilization. The Alpha civilization had left countless resources and technologies in those ruins. The pursuit of these treasures gave rise to a new 0Votes116.2kRecs147.2kFans
- 182 Fahai Transmigrates Into Tang Sanzang 法海穿越唐三藏 At the foot of Jinshan, the land had become a vast lake. Waves surged and muddy waters ran rampant. Fahai said, “This disciple’s sins are monstrous and unforgivable. I am willing to fall into the Avici Hell... But the flood at Jinshan has claimed countless innocent souls. I have devoted my life to Buddhism, yet now I have nearly become a fiend. I would give up all my spiritual power and cultivation to drive back the flood and restore peace to the mortal world.” The floodwaters receded. Fahai’s p 0Votes30kRecs220kFans
- 183 The Last Light of the Later Ming 后明余晖 Thanks to an elder whose origins are unknown, the decaying dynasty is reborn in another form, surviving for more than two hundred years thereafter. Then, across the vast Pacific, steel, explosives, and oil will compose the most magnificent tableau in human history. So, for the ancient Ming Empire, is this truly a final resurgence before its death? ˉˉˉˉˉˉˉˉˉˉ "How can this Z Fleet have five battleships?" "Can the Shermans still run rampant on the islands?" "Can the Mustangs and Corsairs still dom 2Votes109.3kRecs258.9kFans
- 184 Seeking Immortal Fate 莫求仙缘 Immortality is not something you can beg for. That is how Mo Qiu got his name. 0Votes217kRecs330.4kFans
- 185 The Los Angeles Detective 洛杉矶神探 A detective transmigrates to America and becomes an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. After getting over his initial confusion, he solves one baffling case after another and earns international renown, becoming known as the most legendary detective in history... 2Votes289.6kRecs397kFans
- 186 EN My Scientific Cultivation in A Mortal's Journey 我在凡人科学修仙 Luo Hong stood before the mountain gate of Huangfeng Valley. At last, he had to admit that he had transmigrated into A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality. He pushed up the glasses he no longer wore and declared with conviction, “I have the same fourth-grade pseudo-spiritual root as Han the Old Devil, but no little vial. Looks like scientific cultivation is my only way forward!” Why does a bottleneck appear every four levels in Qi Refining? How can the odds of reaching Foundation Establi 14Votes488.9kRecs406.4kFans
- 187 EN Myriad Lives of Cultivation: Talent Lock-On 百世修仙：我能固定天赋 Chen Sheng transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a worldly prince with no spiritual roots. He thinks he'll spend his whole life achieving nothing, enjoying a century of wealth in vain. Unexpectedly, he awakens the supreme treasure, the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes. It allows him to cycle through a hundred lifetimes within his own bloodline without losing his true spirit. As long as his bloodline endures, he can seek immortality for a hundred lifetimes! Chen Sheng no longer hesitates. I 49Votes92.1kRecs455.5kFans
- 188 EN Unlocking Human Limits 从解除人体限制开始 Break the limits of the human body and enter an endless world. Surpass yourself, surpass dimensions, surpass light and darkness... 0Votes103.9kRecs240.4kFans
- 189 EN Cultivation: A Dead End! 修仙死路一条！ Meng Nan, a young man from Earth, dies in a car accident and transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, only to discover Cultivating immortality! A dead end! … P.S. The author has already completed the ten-thousand-subscriber hit The Yellow Court Taoist Master, as well as Starting with the Dao Fruit, which reached 30,000 peak subscribers. Give them a read if you're interested. 0Votes72.4kRecs208.7kFans
- 190 Shu Minister 蜀臣 O heavens above, why have you treated me so cruelly…. This is a story about a chancellor finally fulfilling his lifelong wish. 0Votes101.5kRecs158.8kFans
- 191 Pretending to Be an Actor 假装是个演员 Before anyone finds out, I'll pretend I'm an actor. Once I've filmed a web series and cashed in, I'll sneak off and make easy money. (Parallel world, don't take it too seriously.) 0Votes82.2kRecs74.2kFans
- 192 The Cursed Ship 诅咒之船 Ship Combat Skill: Chaos Ray! Using the Strange Eye, fire a blast of chaotic energy infused with the laws of chaos, dissolving and destroying all existence until its chaotic energy is spent... A mysterious magic array grants ships the power to evolve. In a strange world, a young man from a fishing village begins his rise to power with a few broken planks... The Evolution Ship is also known as the “Cursed Ship”... (Note: The protagonist begins in modern-day Europe in a parallel world, not in a pu 0Votes77kRecs137.2kFans
- 193 My Dreamlike Years 我的梦幻年代 Shen Mengxi’s motto was, “I’ll just muddle along!” He never imagined that someone like him would become a big name in the entertainment industry. 0Votes357.9kRecs193kFans
- 194 Chasing the Light Through Darkness 黑暗逐光者 (Important: This is not a self-indulgent chuuni fantasy or an invincible power fantasy! Aimed at seasoned readers. If you want a protagonist who does whatever he wants and slaughters everyone in sight, this isn't for you.) Is having superpowers really a blessing? Would you choose to become a masked hero who fights evil and upholds justice, or live an ordinary, unremarkable life? Set in a parallel world in the 2030s, this is a story about a boy who keeps growing, learning to accept himself and so 0Votes138.6kRecs215.3kFans
- 195 Reborn as a Financial Tycoon 重生之金融巨头 [The new book Reborn in 2013: Super Technology Empire is out. It's a cutting-edge tech startup story with no System. The protagonist is a genius, and the book has three major arcs: Earth, the Solar System, and the Universe.] In battles of capital fought without bloodshed, plain words can become warriors in steel helmets and armor, while rules mastered by heart can turn into an arsenal of weapons wielded with ease. Who knew a war with neither gunpowder nor cold weapons could be so thrilling… Put 0Votes248.7kRecs387.5kFans
- 196 Binjiang Police Affairs 滨江警事 Youth is an asset, but a diploma is essential. For Han Yu, who started working at sixteen, being too young is not necessarily a good thing. Because he was so young, the organization he was assigned to nearly sent him right back. Read the story of how the youngest police officer in Linghai Public Security Bureau history turns his fortunes around. 8Votes589.7kRecs302.8kFans
- 197 Who Are You Calling a Powerhouse? 骂谁实力派呢 Who are you calling a powerhouse performer? Who are you insulting? Do you have any idea what it means to be one of Asia’s Ten Most Handsome Men? 8Votes264.5kRecs843.1kFans
- 198 My Investment Era 我的投资时代 As Xia Jingxing lay dying, he remembered the young man who had set off for a foreign land. Back then, he had thought: If I could live those years over, I would never squander the turbulent, opportunity-filled twenty years that followed. What you never forget will eventually echo back. Returned to the age of eighteen, he began to sing: I'm still the same boy I used to be... PS: The author has already completed a two-million-character novel, Winning the New Fin 0Votes216.3kRecs410kFans
- 199 EN Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest 苟在仙界成大佬 Wang Chen accidentally transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation. He became a low-ranking Qi Refiner in the outer sect of the Yunyang School in Dongcang Continent. Within the sect, the hierarchy was rigid and everyone schemed against one another; Beyond its gates, demons ran rampant and evil spirits lurked everywhere! With his meager strength, Wang Chen decided to keep his head down until the end of time. But as he kept lying low... He realized he had somehow become a big shot! 18Votes343.3kRecs2.6MFans
- 200 Back to 1977: Farming and Raising Kids 重回七七种田养娃 Xu Shiyan is reborn forty years in the past, on the second day after his wedding. His lovely new bride has just arrived, and everything is off to the best possible start. He can grow crops, go hunting, and head into the mountains to dig up a giant ginseng root whenever he likes. Life in the 1970s really isn't so bad. He wasn't much to speak of in his previous life, and he has no grand ambitions in this one. He just wants to live happily with his wife and raise their daughters to succeed. His eld 3Votes131.1kRecs363.2kFans
