Novels like When Pride Still Mattered
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- 101 The Swordplay Fan in Gu Long's World 古龙世界里的吃瓜剑客 Let go of your urge to help others, and respect their fate! Those protagonists don't need help. After finally getting the chance to transmigrate, aside from a few unresolved regrets, all that's left is to witness some iconic scenes, watch the drama unfold, and make snarky comments. And, of course... Famous swords, fine wine, and peerless beauties! 4Votes203.1kRecs713.5kFans
- 102 I Became a Literary Giant in Russia 我在俄国当文豪 (The first foreign-literary-giant novel on Qidian to average over 10,000 monthly subscriptions) Many years later, when Nabokov was teaching Russian literature in America, this was how he did it. In a darkened room, he first switched on a lamp in the corner and said, “Pushkin was the first beacon of Russian literature.” Then he switched on a lamp in the middle of the room and said, “This is Gogol.” He turned on another lamp and declared, “This is Chekhov.” Then he strode to the window, yanked ope 734Votes169.4kRecs430.8kFans
- 103 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
- 104 The Great Song Dynasty's Great Detectives 大宋神探志 After transmigrating to the early years of Emperor Renzong’s reign in the Northern Song, before the luminaries from his language textbooks had made their mark, he was preparing to take the imperial examinations and hopefully become one of the era’s shining stars when he heard about the young Bao Zheng’s crime-solving exploits. A few casual words could clear up a mystery? Some inexplicable urge could make me keep searching? … Bao Zheng, Zhan Zhao, Gongsun Ce: one familiar stranger after another a 4Votes168.4kRecs327.7kFans
- 105 The Netherworld Skin-Painting Scroll 幽冥画皮卷 The print edition has been published. It is titled Formless and available from platforms such as Qidian and JD.com. Generally speaking, Li Wuxiang gives himself a little maintenance every six months or every five thousand li. The main jobs are tending to his outer layer and renovating his internal organs, with a little fatty fluid added if necessary. When applying a new skin, he has to be careful with the materials. Otherwise, in extreme weather, it might peel or de 171Votes229.8kRecs401.3kFans
- 106 EN The Mad Demon of Myriad Lives 万生痴魔 Get a bowl, fill it with soil, count one, two, three, four, five. Plant a toad and grow a train, plant a soybean and grow a tiger. Cultivate a fine craft, and you'll enjoy a life of ease, free from hardship. There are three hundred and sixty trades among all living things. Which path is the one to rule them all? That carpenter has real skill, snapping a chalk line to divide yin from yang, joining mortise and tenon to subdue the eight wilds. This blacksmith has a knack, making iron and fire ring 5.3kVotes400.6kRecs723kFans
- 107 EN After Signing with AC Milan, I Started Slacking Off 签约AC米兰后，我开摆了 Lao Ye has a new book out. Title: If You’re Brothers, Come Play Soccer Kaka: Huang was the biggest hero of the Istanbul night, even if he didn’t play much. Ancelotti: Huang is a super talent. It’s a shame he’s not in great shape. Maldini: Huang is the team’s most important player. I recommend the club renew his contract for another five years. Barcelona: To show our sincerity in signing Huang Kaiwen, we’ve decided to offer his cousin a salary of one million euros a year. Milan’s team doctors are 9Votes232.9kRecs361.3kFans
- 108 Naruto: After the Hyuga Massacre, I Defected from Konoha! 火影：灭族日向后叛逃木叶！ Year 58 of Konoha. This was the year the Uchiha were destined to be destroyed. Yet it was also the year Hyuga Branch Family prodigy Hyuga Tsukimi was born, along with seven authorities. Humility, forgiveness, gentleness, diligence, contentment, temperance, and chastity. [Forgiveness: You choose to forgive your kinsmen for their sins and claim their power as your own, using it to evolve the power of your eyes.] The sky howled as thunderbolts swirled overhead. Darkness engulfed everything! Prosper 0Votes196.4kRecs68.1kFans
- 109 The First-Rank Elixir Immortal 一品丹仙 “Are you Wu Sheng, the assassin?” “I am Wu Sheng, the assassin!” “Then why did you become an alchemist?” “Well... because alchemy really pays!” “Then why are you wanted?” “Because... the academy doesn't allow me to sell the pills I make in private.” “So how are you supposed to make money?” “The more they forbid me from selling them, the more profitable they are!” 6Votes478.4kRecs508.9kFans
- 110 I'm Not a Literary Giant 我不是文豪 (This is not a copycat novel. No transmigration, no rebirth, no System, and no golden finger.) Many years later, when Wang Zixu stood at the Nobel Prize in Literature ceremony, he would remember that distant afternoon when his wife cut her hand. Back then, he was a clerk at a public institution in a small city. He had little money, and the literary world was a door he could find no way into. Now, he was the literary world's undisputed leading figure across the lands of three rivers, four lakes, 271Votes149.6kRecs183.3kFans
- 111 After a Failed Blind Date, My Anime Wife Came Looking for Me 相亲失败后，二次元老婆找上门 After Lin Tian's blind date goes badly, a beautiful young woman named Hojo Miyoko shows up at his door, claiming to be his fiancée and to have come from the world of Food Wars! (This story features romance, food, and everyday life.) 0Votes512Recs4Fans
- 112 EN My Immortal Dad 仙父 “I transmigrated, and so did my dad.” Li Ping'an had already arranged everything. He'd secured a solid livelihood for his old man back in the mortal world and pulled strings to get himself into an immortal sect. Then he planned to dedicate himself to the path of immortality and stake everything on his chance to become an immortal. But on the day he went for an aptitude test in the mortal world, everything changed... [A lighthearted xianxia comedy with an everyday-life feel. The author has comple 5Votes438.2kRecs1.6MFans
- 113 Reshaping the Millennium Era 重塑千禧年代 At the turn of the millennium, officials were chanting slogans about GDP, bosses took pride in bringing their secretaries along, and rough-and-ready entrepreneurs fought with blades flashing amid the waves of the times. Fang Zhuo returns to the year 2000. Ten years later, a group of venture capitalists and private equity firms storm the company headquarters, demanding an answer from a stunned Fang Zhuo: “Mr. Fang, all your other projects have gone public. When on earth will this first one li 47Votes867.3kRecs825.4kFans
- 114 What Do You Mean, a Roaming Mid Laner? 什么叫游走型中单啊 {A League of Legends esports novel} Taking on three enemies alone or two-on-one, roaming and providing backup: Lin Ran excels at all of it. He’s also exceptionally good at farming gold and scaling, treating jungle monsters like his own minion waves. His team’s Garlic Turtle can barely take it anymore. Making his debut in S6, Lin Ran strives to break through the darkness before dawn and join his teammates in raising a beacon of hope for the LPL. 9Votes252.4kRecs639.2kFans
- 115 EN 1984: Starting with a Sichuan Restaurant 1984：从川菜馆开始 Also known as Sichuan Flavors, Human Life [Period piece, food, everyday life, farming] Food blogger Zhou Yan is reborn in 1984. From the start, he takes over a bankrupt Sichuan restaurant. In this era of scarce supplies, he'll give diners a taste of truly exceptional food! Qiaojiao beef, couple's lung slices, mapo tofu, Dongpo pork knuckle, rabbit cooked in boiling water... Stir-fried, seared, braised, steamed, deep-fried, boiled, marinated, smoked... Sichuan cuisine has a hundred flavors, with 11.3kVotes718.8kRecs1MFans
- 116 Reborn in 2008: Diagnosed as a Medical Authority 重生08，我被确诊为医学泰斗 [A career-focused novel with one heroine, averaging 30,000 paid subscriptions] Reborn in 2008, Jiang He holds medical technology twenty years ahead of its time. That year, the medical community was still helpless against the King of Cancer. Minimally invasive surgery was still considered off-limits in oncology, while genetic screening remained a barren wasteland... From revolutionizing the Whipple procedure and stunning the medical world to developing broad-spectrum anticancer drugs ahead of sch 490Votes143.7kRecs771.2kFans
- 117 The Ultimate Divine Profession 最终神职 Starfighter mechs twist through the sky like dragons, while gods and demons whisper and roar in the abyss. In an age when new arts collide with old, and technology clashes with divine power, Lu Yuan arrives in a stumble, carrying an attribute panel that lets him change careers without limit. “Career [Martial Arts Grandmaster] + Material [Heart of the Abyssal Hydra] can be used to advance and change careers into [Darkfall Dragon Grandmaster]...” Lu Yuan watched as patches of black scales graduall 5Votes242.9kRecs1.9MFans
- 118 EN Celestial Being's Codex 天人图谱 If human life could grow ever stronger without limit, then one day we would reach the heavens! 465Votes3.7MRecs1.8MFans
- 119 Men and Women, Food and Drink 饮食男女 Eldest Uncle: The funeral arrangements are hard to settle Second Uncle: Holding office and enjoying good food Third Uncle: Careful budgeting Qin Huairu: A pretty face He Yuzhu: Fighting and cooking Lou Xiaoe: Unable to escape the courtyard Once Li Xuewu shows up, the uncles' years of effort go down the drain, and even Silly Zhu wishes he could trade places with him. 654Votes925.6kRecs909kFans
- 120 Looking North at the Rivers and Mountains 北望江山 A story about a modern person struggling to survive in the late Yuan dynasty, in every sense of the word. 6.2kVotes745.2kRecs592.5kFans
- 121 EN My Life in America: My Uncle Don Quixote 人在美利坚：我的叔叔堂吉诃德 [Successfully completed, read with confidence] [Over 10,000 first-month paid subscribers, 38,000 average subscribers, 150,000 peak subscribers: the highest first-month and average subscriber counts for an American-set novel] My name is Li Wei. After my parents passed away and left me saddled with a huge debt, I was taken in by a distant uncle in America and went to live with him in New York. Wait, what is this medieval adventure System? Why does it think my uncle is a mad knight? Why is the Uppe 972Votes209kRecs1.4MFans
- 122 Arceus’ Pirate Journey 阿尔宙斯的海贼之旅 New book: Pirate: My Piltover Tech Is Far Ahead In the Great Pirate Era, countless people flocked to the sea. The one who gained Arceus's power came to this world as a newly born Arceus and formed a connection with the Lunarian tribe. Since anything can be a Mythical Zoan in this world, he could now be considered a Mythical Zoan ability user. Whether Pirate King or bandit king, neither has anything to do with him. All he needs to do is recover the lost plates. Along the way, the New World's famo 13Votes191kRecs388kFans
- 123 The Tribulation of Ten Thousand Dynasties 万朝之劫 [A 87,000 Premium Subscription, 34,000 Average Subscribers, and Over 10,000 Monthly Subscribers! Quality Guaranteed, Read with Confidence!] (Original title: The Plot of Real Historical Games Is Known Only to Me) “That Ma Su guy has a clear head. The key to victory at the Battle of Jieting is holding the high ground! Anyone who wouldn't even occupy the mountain is an incompetent fool, nothing to worry about!” “Don't bother grinding in Stalingrad. I just came out of the Western Front instance, and 9.4kVotes172.6kRecs1MFans
- 124 Fame and Fortune in America 美利坚名利双收 Get famous early, make money early, and enjoy the good life in America with both fame and fortune. America, Hollywood, business battles, showbiz, stars, and movies. 0Votes305.3kRecs335.9kFans
- 125 The Racing Champion’s Spokesperson 车神代言人 “Fei, their car accelerates way better than ours. What do we do?” “There are cowardly drivers, but no cowardly cars! Drop into second, rev to 7,300, and take him!” “Racer Fei, your car has plenty of horsepower, but the front end is too heavy. It understeers every time you enter a corner. Unless you overcome that problem, you can't beat my GTR.” “Ever heard of taking a corner through the drainage ditch? Look it up if you don't know. Kids these days!” “Zhang Yifei, your opponent in the nex 0Votes258.8kRecs123.3kFans
- 126 I Really Don't Want to Fight the Gods 我真不想跟神仙打架 Back in the 1990s, that innocent era when gods clashed, Jing Xiaoqiang puts his peerless instincts and voice, along with his unflappable, couldn't-care-less attitude, to work as a top-tier arts professional. He clocks in, takes the stage, clocks out. Worship and glory in the music world? To hell with all that. 5Votes1.5MRecs460kFans
- 127 The Great Demon Holmes 大恶魔福尔摩斯 God is creating a legend!!!!! A little faith, so people have someone to lean on; then a few man-eating demons to get everyone fighting! Add some love... then some hate... rebellion, and impulsiveness. Finally, throw in a familiar protagonist. Give him just a touch of darkness, or it won’t be any fun. Damn... that’s too much! And so, in a narrow alley off a London street, Sherlock slowly emerged from the shadows, carrying a head. Blood trickled from its spine onto the ground, drip, drip. Good 3Votes81.7kRecs516.9kFans
- 128 EN Late Bloomer in the Immortal Cultivation World 我在修仙界大器晚成 Mountains and rivers change, and the world grows old. Wei Tu transmigrated to a world of immortals and awakened the Destiny Trait [Late Bloomer]. [Destiny Trait: Late Bloomer.] [Attribute: Persevere without faltering, and you are sure to succeed.] Seeing this Destiny Trait, Wei Tu, whose rough edges had long been worn away, finally felt hope kindle in his heart. But he still didn't know whether he could rise from humble beginnings to become an immortal patriarch. All he could do was seize the pr 82Votes5.5MRecs1.3MFans
- 129 The Sword Emerges from the Tang Dynasty 剑出大唐 Zhou Yi woke up to find himself in the Taiping Daoist Temple. The Old Heavenly Master said, “Heaven is dead, and the Yellow Heaven shall rise. From now on, you will be the leader of the Taiping Sect.” Zhou Yi said, “What, me?” … In the world of Twin Dragons of Great Tang, a failed art student sets out to bring order to a chaotic martial world! 34Votes743kRecs1.3MFans
- 130 War Smoke and Beauty 烽烟揽姝 The peerless beauty of Jiangnan, Shen Qingdai. Caught amid the flames of war and chaos, she is trapped in the power struggles of a military camp. With no way out, she fights to survive, using her wit to save herself. In a chaotic age, gentlemen are powerless to act, while a ruthless warlord can quell the turmoil. Wolves must be brought to heel by someone fiercer still. When they first meet, the iron-blooded general feels no love at first sight. He sees her only as a prize to seize in their conte 0Votes877Recs0Fans
- 131 Go: I'm Evenly Matched with AI 围棋：我和AI五五开 “He says he has a fifty percent chance of winning, haha. Even if he had a thousand percent chance, his odds still wouldn’t exceed fifty percent. It’s time for the legend to end.”, Ying Jie. A story about a young Go player on the verge of going pro, carrying the top Go AI, Fine Art, in his System, who transmigrates to a parallel world where the age of Go AI has yet to arrive. From amateur ranks to professional qualification, titles, world championships, becoming the world’s number-one Go player, 0Votes128.9kRecs416.7kFans
- 132 A Floating Life in the Late Tang 晚唐浮生 In 878, the fifth year of Emperor Xizong’s Qianfu era. That year, Wang Xianzhi died in battle at Huangmei. His followers chose Huang Chao as their leader, gave him the title of Grand General Who Reaches the Sky, and campaigned across the south. That year, Li Keyong killed Duan Wenchu, the military commissioner of Datong. He and his father launched a rebellion, and Shatuo troops pillaged Hedong. That year, bandits rose throughout Jiangnan, capturing prefectures one after another. That year, Henan 72Votes938.1kRecs1.1MFans
- 133 Splendor Across the Tang Dynasty 满唐华彩 The Tang Dynasty flourishes in all its splendor, but a cataclysmic upheaval is imminent. In the fifth year of Tianbao, he opens his eyes to the majestic prosperity of “radiant Tang, favored by Heaven, with all nations beneath its sway.” Famous generals abound, its borders stretch far and wide; capable ministers are plentiful, its granaries overflowing; poetry shines brilliantly, its culture dazzles; beauties take your breath away, and song and dance fill the land. He also sees a court utterly in 39Votes987.8kRecs2.5MFans
- 134 Wanli Emperor 万历明君 In the year 1572, seventy-two years remained before the fall of the Ming dynasty and the loss of its lands. At this time, Japanese pirates ran rampant in the southeast, the Tatars battered the northwest passes, local land annexation was growing worse by the day, the military and government were exhausted, the people were suffering, and the Longqing Emperor had just died. Yet at this moment, Shi Yue transmigrated into Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor who would later go thirty years without attending 6kVotes735.4kRecs1.6MFans
- 135 What Do You Mean, a Hexagonal Jungler? 什么叫六边形打野啊 [A League of Legends esports novel] Teamfighting, ganking, vision, mechanics, game sense, champion pool... He maxes out every stat! Gu Xing shows through his pro career what it means to be a true six-sided jungler! … At eighteen, Gu Xing unexpectedly discovers his unique talent. He had only planned to use his summer break to earn some spending money and ease his family’s financial burden, but by sheer chance, he plunges headfirst into the 2016 LPL. Within the league, EDG dominates all comers, R 8Votes362.4kRecs1.4MFans
- 136 EN Lord of Pro 普罗之主 His name is Li Banfeng. Feng as in mountain peak, not as in going crazy. His doctor has told him he isn’t insane. To save a friend’s life, he went to Platform 96, boarded Steam Train 1160, and arrived in Puluo Province, where the world had been stuck in the age of steam. He met a confidante in an old gramophone, peerless beauties on calendar posters, a swaying lady in an antique clock, and a worldly master in a wine gourd. Here, food cultivators grow stronger the more they eat, smoking cultivato 145Votes729.7kRecs2MFans
- 137 I’m Really Not Doing My Job as Emperor 朕真的不务正业 On the nineteenth day of the first month of the first year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli, Zhu Yijun, sized up the Iron Triangle before him. His first ally looked rather kind. She was the Empress Dowager of the Ming. His second ally was just a eunuch whose job was to kowtow. His third ally was a powerful minister who practically radiated authority. At last, everyone turned their eyes to Us and asked what role We were playing. We looked at Our identity and said: We are The Great Emperor Who Neglects His 129Votes518.6kRecs841.9kFans
- 138 The Ball Hog's Black Tech System 球霸的黑科技系统 The story of a rookie in Los Angeles who became a ball-hog... This story sounds a little familiar. “What? Playing basketball doesn't count as black technology? If I hack everyone, how is that not ‘black’ technology?” Sheep Group: 321-941-893 0Votes384.4kRecs152.9kFans
- 139 EN Shepherd's Secret Covenant 牧者密续 During a ritual to summon a demon, Aiwass finally recovered his memories of his previous life. This was supposed to be an online game published and operated by his own company for six years. His adoptive father was now the leader of the villainous organization in the latest version. Six years from now, Aiwass would be exposed and, after hesitating on the side of the protagonists, switch sides. In the end, he would decide to take a fatal blow for a player character and be killed by his thoroughly 139Votes489.5kRecs1.2MFans
- 140 Rebooting Mythology 重启神话 Dawn. The first light of day was long overdue, while the last glow of the setting sun had already faded into darkness. In a city shrouded in mist, a church hid in the shadows, veins clung to cracks in the walls, something gnawed in the sewers, and dark figures murmured in hushed whispers... The lamplighter strolled onward. 3Votes455.2kRecs1MFans
- 141 EN The System Protagonist Joins the Chat Group 系统流主角的我加入聊天群 Su Lin had thought he was the protagonist of a System story, and was at a loss over how to earn System points. Just then, a notification announced that he had joined a chat group. “Su Lin, Ye Fan, Xiao Yan, Han Li, Monkey D. Luffy, Emiya Shirou” “Zhongli, Lu Mingfei, Klein…” Seeing Luffy in the group after he had just defeated Kaido, Su Lin found a way to earn his first points. “@Luffy, do you want to save Ace?” So when the dark turmoil began, the Fully Mature Saint Body calmly called in reinfor 203Votes398.3kRecs705kFans
- 142 EN Reigning Supreme Across Eternity, Starting as a Magical Girl 从魔法少女开始独断万古 A ten-year veteran reader of online fiction, Jiang Si is different from everyone else. He has always firmly believed that he, too, could forge a path to cultivation. Taking the great online-fiction heroes of the past as his goal, he constantly searches for a way to set foot on the path of cultivation. Qigong, genetic locks, magic, superpowers, zombie outbreaks... anything will do. As long as supernatural powers exist, there must be a way to pursue the Dao. All powers ultimately lead to cultivati 1.2kVotes321.1kRecs933kFans
- 143 The Peace Order 太平令 The land has been in turmoil for more than three hundred years. Music and dance never cease in the Central Plains, foreign tribes sharpen their weapons and prepare for war, sword immortals roam the martial world, and famed generals hold the four corners of the realm in check. With five years left until all-under-heaven descends into chaos, young Apothecary Li Guanyi kills a man on a rainy night. At last, he opens his eyes and sees this chaotic human world. Beneath horses' hooves lie heaps of bon 38Votes561.2kRecs2.6MFans
- 144 EN Glitch Utopia 故障乌托邦 Metal prosthetics, AI girlfriends, neural networks inside your head, cyberspace. This is a world of ultra-advanced technology, where all kinds of tech can change your life like magic. The terminal cancers that once plagued people are nothing in the face of nanomedical robots. But new levels of technology bring new problems and new troubles, including a new kind of… cyberpsychosis. “What is capitalism, anyway?” Sun Jieke said, hands on his hips, leaning back. 75Votes632kRecs1.6MFans
- 145 Prince of Tennis: Starting with Breathing Techniques 网王之从呼吸法开始 Hōō Byōdōin, Kunimitsu Tezuka, Keigo Atobe, the Big Three of Rikkai, Ryoma Echizen... This is a golden age of tennis. The stars shine bright! And Uesugi Yuu, who unexpectedly arrived in the world of The Prince of Tennis and inherited the Breathing Style from Demon Slayer, What kind of waves will he make in this world where tennis reigns supreme...? 1Votes141.8kRecs312.7kFans
- 146 I Don't Want to Be the Boss 我不想当老大 I don't want to be the boss, and I want to keep a low profile too. But I can't help it, my abilities just won't allow it! A basketball story that begins in 2009... 1Votes1.4MRecs312kFans
- 147 Jingming 靖明 The Ming Dynasty was on the verge of ruin. The Forbidden City, completed just a hundred years earlier, welcomed a new master, while Yang Tinghe often reflected through tears: What kind of monster did I choose? Once Jiajing stopped wasting his intelligence on cultivating immortality, a wise ruler took the throne and fierce ministers filled the court. The might of the sovereign and father spread far across the seas! 0Votes183.3kRecs621.2kFans
- 148 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
- 149 EN I Swear I’m Not a Demon Masquerading as a Human 不许没收我的人籍 “She was a demon to begin with. How could meeting a human like me have turned her bad? Those critics are always saying the most ridiculous things.” In 1798, Cardinal Lanci was asked by a reporter about his past with the exiled princess, the last scion of the demon race, and the recent signs of the demons’ resurgence. He replied: “I’ve done far too much to defend world peace. I’m quite certain that, under her leadership, the demon race has no chance of restoring its kingdom.” … In the winter of 301Votes505kRecs2.5MFans
- 150 EN 1979: The Golden Age 1979黄金时代 This is still a somewhat nostalgic story, hmm… 8.7kVotes3.7MRecs2.5MFans
