Novels like I Have a Notebook of Strange Tales
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- 1 The Mind Transcends Matter, Ascending Beyond the Mortal 心胜于物，超凡入圣 To all you experts who transmigrate across the myriad heavens, I have a question. I'm a hacker who just transmigrated to a cyberpunk world called Terra. Mega-corporations are everywhere, and people walk around with cybernetic implants. By convention, am I supposed to pursue mechanical ascension? Genetic ascension would work too, but there's also a nascent Warp in my mind, so I could go for psychic ascension or apotheosis through becoming a calamity. What do you think I should be, an evil god or 0Votes15.3kRecs80.4kFans
- 2 Starting on a Folklore Forum, I Invent Talismans 从民俗论坛开始，编造镇物 To ward off calamities and suppress evil, this world where ghosts and monsters roam openly needs a little surprise. After copying comments from a folk-custom forum to create his first warding artifact, Chen Xin knew that this surprise... was him! [Artifact Name]: House Guardian: Candlelit Night [Use]: Protects a yang residence [Current Suppression Rank]: Yin Messenger [Artifact Description]: The rooster crows, and the candlelit night ends. An image of the south, a creature of fiery yang... (Cli 0Votes75.1kRecs299.8kFans
- 3 I Become the Cult Leader of the Underworld 我在黄泉当教主 Wu Lang, an ordinary office worker, transmigrated to the prehistoric era of the xianxia game The Underworld's Ghostly Bailiff. In the First Yellow Springs Demon Sect, he had no choice but to pose as a sage to survive. Using the silly, hilarious techniques devised by players in later generations, he educated the masses, took on disciple after disciple, and taught the world cultivation techniques, ushering in a new era. And so, the cultivation world was swept up in a bizarre new trend. 1Votes54kRecs115.9kFans
- 4 From Puppet Prince to Lord of the Night 从傀儡皇子到黑夜君王 A lowly servant of the Lu family in Jiangnan is kidnapped by the Celestial Organization because he looks exactly like the current dynasty’s Sixth Prince. The servant impersonating the Sixth Prince is swept up in a tangled power struggle and unexpectedly placed on the throne. He appears to have boundless glory, but in secret he is treated as nothing more than a pitiable puppet. Yet no one knows that On the very first day he transmigrated, Bai Yuan was recognized as the master of the supreme treas 0Votes55.7kRecs247.1kFans
- 5 Operating Batman from the Start 开局操作蝙蝠侠 Ancient beings awaken in the abyss. Demons whisper in people's ears, unknown horrors gnaw at their minds, and madness takes root in the darkness of the human heart. But darkness isn't the only thing to descend upon this world. An armored Dark Knight prowls the shadows, passing judgment on evil; a wisecracking hero in a skintight suit wanders between buildings, playing the friendly neighborhood protector; a playboy in a high-tech 0Votes58.7kRecs196.4kFans
- 6 This World Is on the Brink of Collapse 这个世界，危在旦夕 If playing games in front of a computer is all it takes to save the world... Then I can do it too! 0Votes55.4kRecs182.3kFans
- 7 The Eunuch Governor 督公 Are lords and generals born to their stations? I’ll climb from the very bottom, starting as a lowly eunuch, step by step, all the way to the top… 0Votes61.5kRecs195kFans
- 8 The Mystery of Screenwriting 编剧神秘 After transmigrating to a parallel-universe America, Zhao thought he was destined to become a Hollywood mogul. That was before the System was repaired. From that moment on, the world began to take a very different turn. In the silent woods along Devil's River in Texas, a werewolf's growl rang out. On the streets of New York, nameless drifters roamed, peddling mysterious artifacts. On London's nighttime streets, the clear chime of bells rang out. In short, this is a story about wreaking havoc 0Votes44.5kRecs115.2kFans
- 9 EN My Universe in a Bottle 我的瓶中宇宙 Li Qing, a psychiatrist, received a patient who claimed to be the “Creator God.” The patient told him about his transmigration: “Dr. Li, I've discovered that I have a superpower. I can create a microscopic civilization in this room. I've unleashed a great flood to destroy the world more than once, wiping out all its people. But I'm about to die, and I'll die as Pangu.” Li Qing reassured him: “I believe you. I believe you.” The man said, “My death is fated. It will usher in a new era of civilizat 3Votes84.4kRecs337.3kFans
- 10 American Comics: I Drew Superman During the Great Depression 美漫：我在大萧条画超人 Kelin discovers that whenever he closes his eyes, he can wake up in a normal world set during the Great Depression in America, leaving behind a world that is almost, but not quite, like a superhero universe! Then the world's first superhero, Superman, is born! Simply put, this is a story about selling newspapers in America during the Great Depression. 0Votes46.2kRecs173kFans
- 11 My Hair Can Create a Demon Kingdom 我的头发能创造妖国 Fu Qingjun discovered that countless civilizations could grow from his hair. And so, the myths began. He crossed endless shadows and whispers, lurking among malevolent abominations. He began to transform into the most terrifying evil god in the castle beyond the mist. The knowledge disaster he brought spread across countless dimensions. He often traded people's hairlines for forbidden knowledge... It was an unprecedented natural disaster! The balding were all powerful. Their ancient stories were 0Votes138.9kRecs209.5kFans
- 12 The Long Night Is Almost Over 长夜将明 By accident, Qiu Sheng broke into the home of a blind girl named Xia Youyou. The girl did not notice him and went about her life right in front of him. This gave Qiu Sheng a peculiar feeling: it was as if he had become invisible. From then on, he became a regular visitor to the girl's home. 1Votes28.6kRecs272.5kFans
- 13 EN Human Brain Ranch 人类大脑牧场 Zhu Zhengwei discovered that he could see other people's dreams. He soon realized that the human brain was as deep and vast as the stars and sea. The shallow layers of the cerebral cortex, the conscious mind, were like a storm: strange, bizarre, and fantastical. The deep mind held the secrets of humanity's ancestral genes, a vast, mysterious treasure trove. So he used human brains as cloud servers, building an enormous dream world within the deep mind and simulating the development of one extrao 0Votes65.9kRecs154.9kFans
- 14 EN A Hundred Lifetimes to Renew the Heavens 百世换新天 A transcendent yet decaying world. The strength of individuals determines the order of things. Great clans control knowledge, monopolize resources, and build up their foundations with every passing generation. Destiny, constitution, spiritual sense, comprehension, spiritual roots, Dao artifacts... Every path to the Great Dao has been severed. For tens of millions of years, order has endured without change, leaving no room to breathe. Only the True Immortals look down upon the mortal world. Then 2Votes60.1kRecs309.1kFans
- 15 EN Ascension Through a Hundred Lifetimes 百世飞升 “Sigh, this life is a lost cause. I might as well see how the next one goes.” “Second life ended. Calculating... Final rating: B-. Rating reward: Choose one attribute, skill, or talent to inherit. Please make your choice.” Hmm, I'll inherit the talent “Dynamic Vision.” “Talent inherited... Congratulations on achieving the following life milestones: Born Grandmaster; more children, more blessings (10/10).” Achievement reward: Two random rewards. You can draw an attribute, skill, or talent, or 0Votes135.2kRecs685.4kFans
- 16 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
- 17 Without a Heroic Spirit, I Have to Take the Field Myself 没有英灵的我只能亲自下场 In the Spirit Summoning Age, people can form a bond with a heroic spirit and contract one from another world to fight for them. Jiang He transmigrates into this world, unable to contract with any heroic spirit, but awakens the [Book of Heroic Souls]. With the Book of Heroic Souls, he can travel to the worlds of heroic spirits and, drawing on his own experiences, inscribe myths and legends to shape one invincible heroic spirit after another! He once beheaded a dragon at the execution grounds, its 1Votes78.9kRecs518.1kFans
- 18 The Age of the Yellow Sky 黄天之世 The Azure Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise. In the year of Jiazi, all under heaven shall prosper! “Hardship, corruption, oppression!” “We common folk have suffered hardship, while corrupt officials run rampant and oppress us at will. We're nothing but peddlers, laborers, farmers, and soldiers. We have no place to call our own, and the Han emperor doesn't even know we exist. To the lofty emperor of the Han, we're nothing but ants!” “The government troops call us the Yellow Turbans!” “ 0Votes123kRecs303.6kFans
- 19 EN Heavenly Dao Takes a Day Off 天道今天不上班 Whether it is environmental stimulation or material corrosion, whether it is energy damage or conceptual laws, once something threatens its life, it will rapidly become immune. Once something damages its body, it will quickly evolve. This is absolute adaptation. In this chaotic age, a world like purgatory, demons want to eat it when they see it, while immortals want to refine it into pills. It is the finest heavenly treasure in the world, as well as the most perfect cauldron. Yet all things that 12Votes409.8kRecs598.8kFans
- 20 My Salvation Game Became Reality 我的救世游戏成真了 Shadows quietly fall over the world, and unseen horrors spread among the people. The world seems to be plunging into an abyss. Fang You can only stay cooped up at home to survive, until he gets a game that can save the world. From then on, he recruits Apostles, builds a base, and expands his organization. Then one day, when the world-saving organization, Kindling, emerges into the open... The world is left stunned. The author has completed two acclaimed novels: From Contracting Spirits and My D 0Votes125.7kRecs527.5kFans
- 21 I Create Urban Legends in Tokyo 我在东京创造都市传说 After transmigrating to a parallel-world Japan, Kamiya Shinji received a notebook titled The True Record of Urban Legends. Anything he wrote in the notebook as an urban legend would become real. But Japan in this world was missing many of the urban legends from his previous life. Hanako in the bathroom, the Hell Girl, Sadako's videotape, the Eight-Foot-Tall Woman, Mary's phone call, the Seiryuu Temple Tunnel, the Gaze Between the Cracks, Tenjin Elementary School… “Let me unleash chaos across Jap 1Votes220.8kRecs0Fans
- 22 The Immortal Just Wants to Lie Low 仙人只想躺着 With the spiritual qi revival, faith comes first. Some impersonate the Heavenly Father, Buddha, or the gods and immortals, hoping to attain the Dao through false belief. Some publish autobiographies, believing they are legends in their own right and have no need to borrow someone else’s name. Others become celebrities, idols, and every other kind of figure people worship, convinced that even counterfeit faith is still faith. Li Yi has returned, too. He was not reincarnated; he simply returned to 25Votes162.3kRecs1.3MFans
- 23 EN In the Divine Realm, I Became a Humanoid Anomaly 人在神国，刚成人间收容物 I came from the mortal world to the Divine Kingdom, then fell from the Divine Kingdom back to the mortal world. Wherever the light of my lantern reaches, all supernatural things are contained. Who am I? I am the black-eyed outsider whom the people of the Divine Kingdom shun and fear. I am the reality warper whom the people of the mortal world fear and depend on. I am the Keeper of the Lamp. I am ████. (Lovecraftian horror + Lord of the Mysteries, no System.) [Warning: With your SAN below 70, rea 4Votes78.2kRecs387.1kFans
- 24 EN Homo Sapiens 智人 The spiral that runs through the evolution of life. The base pairs that hold the secrets of evolution. A mutation at a single moment, millions of years ago, bestowed the prefix “wise” upon an ape beneath the order of primates. But the true power of evolution seems to remain hidden within those pairs of bases. 2Votes185.5kRecs254.4kFans
- 25 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
- 26 I Have a Fate-Binding Die 我有一枚命运魔骰 An ancient demon god cast a die that could change fate into the mortal world. Whoever obtains it can roll the die and have three wishes granted for free, depending on the number rolled. Over the ages, countless owners of the die have altered their destinies and changed the world time and time again. Some wished their way onto the throne of the gods, while others wished for immortality. Chen Qi, at the lowest point in his life, was lucky enough to find the die. His first wish was to become a bill 1Votes153.9kRecs573kFans
- 27 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
- 28 Cthulhu in Tokyo 我在东京克苏鲁 [In Tokyo, My SAN Is Plummeting] [You Cannot See the Horror That I See] Su Qi, a social genius. Killed in a car accident, he was reborn in Tokyo. This is a world of the deep sea and anchors. The occult, Cthulhu madness, objective idealism, groupthink, mass psychology. Strange events published in magazines appear on city streets. Bizarre videos online play out in real life. Rumors on social media come true. The widespread circulation of public opinion and trending topics creates monsters. Trendin 1Votes100.8kRecs196.2kFans
- 29 EN Secretly Cultivating Beside the Demoness 苟在女魔头身边偷偷修炼 Jiang Hao transmigrates into an ordinary family, is forced to be sold to a demonic sect, and becomes one of its disciples. He only wants to focus on cultivation and grow stronger bit by bit, so he can survive in the world of cultivation. But a female demonic cultivator “humiliates him in every way.” Outmatched by a vast difference in strength, all he can do is endure and stay alive, hoping never to encounter her again. With no one to rely on, he earns the favor of the demonic sect’s leader and i 24Votes846.1kRecs1.6MFans
- 30 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
- 31 EN God Simulator 神明模拟器 Lu Yao accidentally stumbles into a pixel game in which he plays a deity, only to discover that the game is connected to worlds in different dimensions. The game's [sacrifices] can enter reality, while the [blessings] he grants can also reach the game world. As an apprentice deity, there is not much he can do beyond creating various natural disasters. Until he grits his teeth and revives a supermodel apostle. The rules of the game undergo a slight change... (The new book, "Wasteland Development 15Votes215.3kRecs932.1kFans
- 32 Emissary of the Star Realm 星界使徒 Human civilization expands across the stars, its territories spanning the heavens. Amid the great wave of interstellar migration, Zhou Jing unexpectedly awakens the power to travel between worlds. He creates the [Starbound Apostles] as vessels for his soul, sending them to different planes and letting him move among worlds under a variety of identities. His predetermined path in life takes a turn. Each new avatar he creates is like a fresh start. But he gradually discovers that humanity may know 8Votes532.3kRecs1.4MFans
- 33 The End of the Song Dynasty 终宋 The Song Dynasty never recovered Yan and Yun, and throughout its reign it was bullied by foreign enemies… As the Southern Song nears its fall, he will accomplish the great deeds that eluded the dynasty from beginning to end. 81Votes996.2kRecs2.3MFans
- 34 The Common Lord 俗主 [Folklore mystery, Soulslike world, tabletop role-playing experience, cosmic secrets] A text-based tabletop role-playing game called The Mortal World quietly appears. People discover that rewards earned in the game can actually be brought into reality. Thus begins a new age of exploration for all humanity. Some people look up into the depths of space and summon the courage to embark on a journey home, while others set out to mine their way toward the origins of civilization, seeking mysterious t 1Votes218.4kRecs717.9kFans
- 35 Tales of Immortality 长生志异 Changsheng Dynasty, Year Nine of the Mandate. The land of China is in chaos, and the people are destitute. The imperial court’s rule is crumbling, while barbarians from the West arrive with their pantheon of gods. New-style warlords rise up and carve out territories of their own. Taiping rebels run rampant, leaving the land devastated. Floods, severe droughts, earthquakes, sandstorms, tornadoes, acid rain, blood moons, falling meteorites, and other disasters descend one after another. Countless 7Votes405.1kRecs859.3kFans
- 36 Hidden Dead Ends 隐秘死角 New book: The Desperate Night: I Alone Am Immortal in a Strange World. Search for it if you're interested. Have you heard? If, late at night when all is quiet, you open a music player, put on your headphones, curl up under the covers with your head tucked in, and listen to the same song on repeat, then fall asleep after the forty-fourth play, you might wake up somewhere other than your own bed. You will have entered a strange space completely cut off from reality. That space... at first glance, 11Votes812kRecs2MFans
- 37 I Train the Big Shots Behind the Scenes 我在幕后调教大佬 New synopsis This is a story about turning the false into the real. In a world of cultivation where danger lurks at every turn, one must tread carefully. Familiar myths become reality. In an unfamiliar golden age of cultivation, the Heavenly Court becomes the central power of the Three Realms, and the Underworld rules the netherworld. The Human Emperor wields Xuanyuan’s sword to protect all living things, while scholars at Jixia spread the teachings across the Nine Provinces. When I look back, t 2Votes378.2kRecs521.8kFans
- 38 EN Becoming a Weird Tale Counts as Success 成为怪谈就算成功 Urban legends are uncanny things that feed on cognition, wield information as weapons, and use data as currency. They are neither living nor dead, existing in human rumors and dwelling in the shadows of the world. “So this means I’ll become an urban legend?” In ancient times, they were worshipped as gods, growing stronger through faith. “Then I’ll be a god!” In more recent times, they were feared as demons, nourished by fear. “I’ll become the Lord of Urban Legends!” But swept along by the tides 0Votes212.8kRecs675.3kFans
- 39 EN Dying to Replace the Living 死而替生 At the end of his rope, on the brink of death and despair, Le Yu shouted: “If you’ve got the guts, kill me.” His enemy sneered: “I’ve never heard such a strange request.” Le Yu died. Then Le Yu came back to life, inside his enemy’s body. This is the story of a man who possesses whoever kills him. “Why are all the people who kill me cunning, notorious warlords and geniuses, with complicated backgrounds, a million quest lines, and lives that could end at any moment?” “Can’t some honest, down-to-ea 4Votes430.2kRecs409.4kFans
- 40 Starting with Detective Li Yuanfang 从神探李元芳开始 After transmigrating into Li Yuanfang, the greatest joy of being a great detective comes from two things: First, when I expose a criminal’s true face and he panics and tries to attack the detective, I smile and draw my saber. Second, having the chubby Di by my side. Whenever we come across a case, I can’t help asking: “Huaiying, what do you think?” 0Votes405.4kRecs414.7kFans
- 41 The Mysterious Inland Sea 诡秘地海 Beneath a pitch-black, uncanny underground sea lie mysterious islands and horrifying, deformed monsters. Humanity is not the protagonist in this godforsaken place. Madness and death are. Praying humbly to the things beneath the sea will only let the poor wretches linger in the dark, slowly becoming more twisted. If they want to reclaim humanity’s former glory, their only choice is to steer a steamship int 89Votes172.6kRecs1.3MFans
- 42 Creating a Game World 创造游戏世界 He gains the ability to create virtual game worlds. Expanding a game world’s map requires devouring other worlds. And so, worlds across the universe meet the most greedy, cunning, and terrifying beings in their history: players. 0Votes758.6kRecs618.5kFans
- 43 EN Cultivating in the Demonic Sect as a Talent 苟在初圣魔门当人材 Lyu Yang transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, only to become a disciple of the First Sacred Sect, a demonic sect. Fortunately, he obtains a wondrous treasure, the Book of a Hundred Lives. When he dies, he can begin a new life and start all over again, while bringing back treasures, cultivation, and even lifespan from his previous life. He can even awaken special talents. Unfortunately, his chances are limited. He is not truly immortal. With chaos about to engulf the cultivation worl 577Votes1.8MRecs4.7MFans
- 44 My Simulated Path to Immortality 我的模拟长生路 How difficult is the path to immortality! And all the more so in this cultivation world, utterly transformed by a plague! Mortals carry disease. If immortals come into contact with them, their cultivation may decline in mild cases, or they may return to the heavens in severe ones. Thus mortals and immortals are forever divided. Immortals cannot cultivate together, and the entire cultivation world has become one vast dark forest. Li Fan transmigrated into this world with soaring ambitions, ye 508Votes975.7kRecs2.9MFans
- 45 Ruler of Tomorrow 明日支配者 Fang Ziyu gets a magical notebook from the future... a computer. With this computer, Fang Ziyu can not only see glimpses of the future, but also buy items that exist in the future. From then on, Fang Ziyu is one step closer to reaching the future. VIP group: 587128644 (Join if you have purchased all of The Night Is Coming or have reached Steward rank or higher in Tomorrow's Ruler). 0Votes206.4kRecs139.1kFans
- 46 Hell Apartment 地狱公寓 They become an actor in a real horror movie, struggling to survive in a virtual world! Entering this apartment means setting foot on a road of no return. Only those chosen by it can see it and enter it. And once someone is chosen to become a tenant, they have no say in the matter. Whenever bloody words appear on the walls of a room in the apartment, the tenant must follow their instructions, go to the designated location, and stay there for the specified number of days. Even if they survive and 8Votes95.5kRecs453.7kFans
- 47 EN Starting from the Red Moon 从红月开始 From the moment the red moon appeared in the sky, everyone in the world became a madman. Except me! The From the Red Moon animated series airs every Monday at 7:00 on Tencent Video! Mental contamination is incoming, and everyone is on Level One alert! Come join Lu Xin in uncovering the truth behind the red moon! You can also read the comic of the same name on Tencent Animation~ Volume One of the physical edition of From the Red Moon has now been published and is available for purchase on Taob 40Votes1.2MRecs7MFans
- 48 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
- 49 EN The Sorcerer's Manual 术师手册 In 1668, the city I lived in was named the safest place in the country. I made an indelible contribution to that achievement. Because I got caught. 100Votes1.1MRecs2.9MFans
- 50 EN Cultivation? Ain't Got No Money For That! 没钱修什么仙？ The old man asked, “You want revenge?” The boy replied, “I’ve been humiliated again and again by the powerful, and my master considers me trash. How could I not want revenge?” The old man patted the boy’s head and sighed. “Good boy, let me pass my cultivation power on to you.” The boy exclaimed, “Senior! How could I accept that?” The old man held out his hand. “Give me your phone.” Watching the changes on his phone, the boy cried out in shock, “Senior! Where did all this hundred-year cultivation 17.7kVotes4MRecs7.2MFans
