Novels like Picking the Day to Become Famous
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- 1 The Grim Reaper Comes to America 死神降临美利坚 Worship Him, observe Him, merge with Him, control Him! A wisp of a remnant soul, asleep for two thousand five hundred years, is reborn in a sacrifice. Like duckweed without roots, he drifts through a foreign land. He is the emissary of the God of Death. He will awaken the Nine Gods of old. On this strange land, he will unleash a storm of blood and terror!!! 0Votes10.3kRecs10.8kFans
- 2 You Were Supposed to Confer Godhood, So Why Did You Make Yourself the Jade Emperor? 让你封神，你封自己做玉皇？ When Jiang Wang woke up, he had become the ruler of Qi in a game. The good news: the rulers of the various states were at the heart of the game. They could confer divine titles on Heaven's behalf and appoint deities. The bad news: he was a puppet. Within the court, a treacherous chancellor controlled the government; beyond its walls, the rightful crown prince, who had escaped the palace, was watching him like a hawk. According to the normal storyline, he had only three years to live. Jiang Wang 0Votes3.6kRecs31.7kFans
- 3 An Immortal Maiden? That's Just My Avatar! 仙子？那是我分身！ Everyone knows that the junior sister of Lingyuan Sect is exceptionally gifted. Hailed as the sect’s hope, she is doted on by the sect leader and looked after by her senior brothers and sisters. But no one knows that she is only my clone! As for who I am? Well, I’m just an average cultivator who mainly practices the Everlasting Spring Art. I love farming and peace, and I never get into fights. I follow the way of keeping a low profile! But while my true self is mild-mannered and courteous, my cl 0Votes7.5kRecs31kFans
- 4 The Skeleton's Path to Becoming King 骷髅的成王之路 Ten years after his death, Wade rises again as a skeleton in a wasteland. He thought he would fade away like dying embers, but never imagined that a mysterious twenty-sided die would lead him into one legend after another. This is simply the story of a dead man who keeps moving forward. Swords and sorcery, farming, and adventure. 0Votes25.2kRecs34.1kFans
- 5 I Build the Jade Capital with the Netherworld 我以幽冥筑玉京 Some cut off the Way of Mountains and Rivers to become gods who command serpents; Some cut off the Way of Joy to become the White-Browed God; Lu Wujiao, a mortal who cut off the path of reincarnation, stared at the women praying for children as they burned incense. His scalp prickled. What was he supposed to do when he had no way to grant them children? Anyone there? I need an answer, fast… … Snakes have their own paths, and rats have their own burrows. There are three thousand great ways to bec 0Votes12.8kRecs53.7kFans
- 6 1595: Opening Up a New World 1595开拓新世界 “Report to the drill ground tomorrow to collect your pay. Do not wear armor or carry weapons.” Those words, a “famous quote” that echoed through the ages, left Yun Tianyang, who had transmigrated to the end of the Ming dynasty, no choice but to flee the empire with a band of defeated, battered soldiers. What would become of him on the vast open sea? The world was in the latter half of the Age of Discovery. Europ 0Votes19.4kRecs88.4kFans
- 7 The Myriad-Eon Embryonic Transformation Scripture 万世胎化经 [Human] clan: costs thirty years of lifespan, naturally intelligent. [Wolf] clan: costs ten years of lifespan, naturally intelligent, can absorb the moon's spiritual energy. [Jiao] clan: costs three hundred years of lifespan, naturally intelligent, naturally possesses the bloodline divine power to avoid water and the might of a dragon. [Golden-Winged Mantis] rare species: costs three hundred years of lifespan, naturally intelligent, its golden wings beat and its blades leave no shadow. [Clear-Si 0Votes7.9kRecs66.4kFans
- 8 I’m a Landowner in the Arctic Circle 我在北极圈当地主 0Votes45.1kRecs135.7kFans
- 9 I Only Learned I Was in a Pocket Realm After Becoming Emperor 称帝后才知身处小洞天 In his late thirties, Huang Yan rebelled and declared himself emperor. Only after becoming emperor among mortals did he learn that he was inside a small grotto-heaven. Demons and seductive fox spirits lurked in the harem, harboring sinister intentions; people from beyond the heavens hid in the shadows, coveting this place. To secure a way to survive, Huang Yan played along with them. Countless years later. Huang Yan shattered the bones of false immortals and pierced the divine shadow i 0Votes10.9kRecs94kFans
- 10 The Mystic Deceives Heaven 方士欺天 On the day the First Emperor secured the realm of the Nine Provinces, the old gods fell, transforming into a golden core sun that hung high beyond the heavens. All under heaven longed to grasp it in their palms and steal eternal life! But where could the path to Heaven come from!? From that day on, extraordinary people of every kind emerged across the realm. Some had immense strength, some could breathe fire or spit water, and others had far-seeing eyes and ears that could hear the wind from a t 0Votes19.2kRecs117.6kFans
- 11 League of Legends: When You Take Everything to the Extreme LOL：当你将一切做到极致 He was Korea’s Number One Mid Laner in S3! Korea’s Number One Top Laner in S4! Korea’s Number One Swordsman in S5! After spending two and a half years as an RNG substitute, Xiang Wenlong gets kicked out after offending Uzi because he can’t play a utility top laner for a protect-the-carry comp. By chance, he binds himself to the “Ultimate System”! He gains Astonishment Points from haters, which he can exchange for [Champion Meditation Cards]. As long as he pulls off a champion-specific “ultimate” 0Votes48.2kRecs254.2kFans
- 12 This Director Must Apologize 这个导演要谢罪 The story of a bottom-tier director making movies in a parallel world (False) The story of ruining the classics (True) 0Votes7.9kRecs34.3kFans
- 13 I, Lu Zhishen, Am Being Repaid by the White Snake? 洒家鲁智深，白蛇来报恩？ “My lady, why is your body warm by day and cool by night, your skin whiter than snow?” “My lady, why do you always hide in cool, damp places and use an umbrella to shield yourself from the sun?” “My lady, why do insects flee from wherever you stand, while mosquitoes and flies never land on you?” It was the Dragon Boat Festival, on the fifth day of the fifth month, at the hour of utmost yang. Lu Da looked at the pale, pain-wracked Lady Bai, whose body on the bed was that of a snake topped by a hu 0Votes20kRecs117.9kFans
- 14 Great Ming: The Longevity Emperor Cultivates Immortality! 大明：万寿帝君修仙了！ Zhu Cong transmigrated! And became the Jiajing Emperor of the Great Ming, Zhu Houcong! But this was Jiajing near death. If the timeline was right, he had only six years left to live. What was he supposed to do? Just as Jiajing stared at his frail body in a panic, he discovered that he could enter a world of immortal cultivation... And so, a Jiajing who traveled between two worlds and cultivated immortality was born! In the hands of the true Lord of Longevity, a brand-new Great Ming would become 0Votes24.2kRecs222kFans
- 15 The Azure Immortal Seeks the Dao 青仙问道 Xu Qing is reborn and, with the help of a bronze mirror, rides the ups and downs of the mortal world, avoiding misfortune, seeking good fortune, and pursuing immortality and the Dao! 0Votes45.8kRecs202.1kFans
- 16 The War Drums Sound, and the Song Dynasty Falls 鼙鼓揭天破宋来 Save the people, and I’ll bear the blame. Zhang Xun had already decided to play the role of Zhang Xun, the man who chose to sacrifice the innocent. He didn’t much care if he went down in infamy for all eternity. But while bearing Zhang Xun’s famous name, he had ended up in the eighth year of the Xianchun era of the Southern Song. He’d heard that Bayan was marching south of the Yangtze and wouldn’t kill the common people, but the elders and locals of this commandery all turned to look at him. Do 0Votes69.6kRecs62.6kFans
- 17 Clan Cultivation: Rising in the Untamed Wilderness 家族修仙：崛起蛮荒 Dew falls again at dawn after the night; when the dead depart, when will they return? Living a second life, Li Xiangming keeps pondering this question, and the obsession with becoming an immortal, etched into his very bones, begins to stir. Yet humanity thrives, while the immortal realm remains beyond reach. Even in the boundless world of cultivation, where prodigies abound and opportunities are countless, how many dare call themselves immortals? Li Xiangming looks back and sees familiar faces b 92Votes50.6kRecs105.7kFans
- 18 Life Game: Signing Up Internet Celebrities, Starting with a Bar 人生游戏：从酒吧开始签网红 Chen Jincheng was reborn in 2018 with a game called Life Management, which was bound to the MCN media company under his name. He started by signing the hottest nightclub DJ goddess of his previous life at a bar. As he continued earning rewards from the game, he signed more and more internet-famous goddesses, gradually becoming the godfather of online influencers. Years later, all he wanted to say was that “never let a good girl down, and never waste a bad girl” was the biggest misunderstanding p 0Votes81kRecs193.7kFans
- 19 In America, the Winner Takes All 美利坚胜者为王 A 120-by-53-yard field of green, U-shaped goalposts set 18 feet apart, one whistle, four 60-minute quarters, 11 players on the field, a 30-person coaching staff, a 46-man roster, hundreds of sideline staff, tens of thousands of fans roaring in unison, tens of millions watching from home, and hundreds of millions of dollars in commercial sponsorships. This is just an ordinary weekend of football. The winners take the glory and the money, and get everything. The losers leave in despair, with nothi 0Votes23.3kRecs89.7kFans
- 20 I Only Took the Money to Join a Dating Show, So Why Did They Pick Me? 拿钱上恋综而已，都选我干嘛 Chen Shen, who came from another world, gets a call from the director of a romance-drama show. He assumes he's being invited to act in a romance drama, but it turns out to be a dating reality show. The director has just one request: if no couples leave the show having successfully paired up, Chen Shen gets a million yuan. And so Chen Shen becomes the troublemaker on the dating show. What Chen Shen doesn't know is that the director has also met someone else. The director gave her the same offer: 0Votes28.2kRecs118.3kFans
- 21 The White Coat 白衣披甲 Luo Hao collected practice certificates in seven disciplines and summoned the System. 7Votes400.1kRecs262.9kFans
- 22 FBI: You're Playing a Criminal, So Play One, Got It? FBI：让你演罪犯，演！懂吗？ Learn scams in no time, master the art of cracking vaults, and escape by road with zero experience… Tune in to The Great Escape for one handy trick to get out of trouble every day! “Welcome to America’s most popular variety show! The Great Escape!” “Here, you’ll see the most advanced pursuit tactics! You’ll see the most elite hunters in action!” “You’ll learn that no criminal can escape a net this tight!” “…” “Oh, wait a second… The director just sent over a new line…” “What did you say!?” 0Votes15.5kRecs114.4kFans
- 23 EN The Great Star Voyage 星辰大远航 The vast universe, glittering with countless stars, is deep and mysterious. When intelligent life first gazed up at the starry sky, curiosity had already raised the sail of its thirst for knowledge. Across the boundless stars, countless civilizations: where are they, and why do they compete to voyage into the distance? Is it because some treasure lies in that distant galaxy? Or because some secret is hidden in the dark reaches of space? Or perhaps simply to seek that faint glimmer of hope? Where 16Votes138.4kRecs107.6kFans
- 24 Controlling Mountains and Rivers, Starting in the Warring States Period 从战国开始掌控山川 Transmigrate to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, not a noble, not a commoner, and certainly not a human! Beginning with “Ximen Bao Governs Ye,” starting at the rushing Zhang River, I slowly pass through two thousand years of history. Confucius stood by the river and said: “Everything flows away like this, never ceasing day or night!” [Not a Divine Cultivation story] [It's really historical fiction] [I'm terrible at coming up with titles] >_<¦¦¦ 0Votes33.7kRecs104.7kFans
- 25 The Great Flood of the Apocalypse: My Neighbor Comes Over to Borrow Food 末世大洪水：女邻居上门借粮 After six straight months of torrential rain, massive floods erupted all over the world. The Arctic glaciers melted, sea levels rose, and seawater poured back into rivers. Ancient viruses trapped in ice resurfaced, causing organisms to mutate and species to evolve. Everyone was trapped at home, unable to go outside. Liang Yuan unexpectedly awakened a lottery System. It could draw all kinds of everyday goods, and even grant him various attributes. While everyone else was short on food and clothin 4Votes103.8kRecs481.5kFans
- 26 How Did He Get Into Showbiz? 他怎么混进娱乐圈的 Starting out as a lowly assistant director, he builds his own circle step by step. What does it take to make it in show business? Acting talent? Money? Ability? No, no, no. When you’re out in the world, you make your own status. I’m going to see for myself what this entertainment industry is all about. Seniority? All those rules and regulations? You think I’ll let you push me around? I’m going to throw my weight around and bully men and women alike in show business! [A different world. Any resem 0Votes45kRecs205.5kFans
- 27 Beyond Genius 天才之上 Thanks to the geniuses of this age, your life’s work may save me an afternoon’s worth of time., Qiao Yuan (A no-prerequisite, slice-of-life urban fantasy about the daily life of a math genius. No System, with a focus on everyday life.) 206Votes62.6kRecs276.8kFans
- 28 Now That We're Reborn, Who Wouldn't Raise a Little Sister? 都重生了谁还不养个妹妹 A father who’s gone, a mother who disappeared, and a girl whose life has fallen apart. Why does this plot sound so familiar? Xu Mingyuan looks at the tearful little Yangzhi. Well, serves you right for deceiving me in your past life. Seeing how miserable you are now, I can finally relax. 2Votes62.1kRecs277.1kFans
- 29 EN Witnessing the Fall of Immortals 坐看仙倾 I’m a college student, and I’m lost. Everyone here calls me Young Master Ji and tells me to accept my condolences. Before I can even react, the county magistrate’s daughter, who has been selected to join an immortal sect, comes to break off our engagement. Hah, what an interesting start. I begin to learn about this strange world and see the starving masses stretching for miles beneath the prosperity of immortal cultivation and the flourishing dynasty. These cultivators have drained the people dr 27Votes360.6kRecs1MFans
- 30 EN This Isn't How You Cultivate Immortality 仙不是这么修的 When that Xiang fellow started hunting down demonic cultivators across the land, I didn't step forward, because I don't practice demonic arts. When that Xiang fellow started hunting down monsters across the land, I didn't step forward, because I'm not a monster. When that Xiang fellow started hunting down sword cultivators across the land, no one stood up for us, because they weren't sword cultivators. When that Xiang fellow started hunting down... He stopped hunting people, and peace returned t 0Votes401.2kRecs693.3kFans
- 31 Don’t Farm, Cultivate Immortality 不要种田要修仙 There are monsters, magical arts, and ordinary people. This is simply a lighthearted, heartwarming story about a child growing up in an extraordinary world and experiencing all kinds of adventures. (Keywords: farming, business, folk customs, monsters, legends) 0Votes31.8kRecs101.1kFans
- 32 This Primordial World Is Anything but Proper! 这个洪荒不正经！ [A book with over ten thousand paid subscribers. It's a little unhinged, but the condition is stable; this is a serious story.] Keywords: [Comedy] [God of Mischief] [Irreverent] [Quirky Style] [Mythic Daluo] [Classic of Mountains and Seas] [High-Powered Prehistoric World] "As the big shot of the Netherworld, opening a branch office in the starry sky and acting as the Heavenly Emperor of Taiwei is perfectly normal, right?" "There are eleven seats at our branch office. We refuse to let respec 7Votes231.5kRecs336.2kFans
- 33 Detective Chen Yi 神探陈益 Chen Yi, a world-class detective, transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers himself handcuffed to a chair in an interrogation room. His first task is to clear himself of suspicion in a murder case. Bizarre, inexplicable cases. The unfathomable depths of the human heart. From suspect to homicide detective, from police inspector to superintendent, he brings the rhythm of criminal investigations to life at every murder scene. This is the story of a top detective who overwhelms the competition 5Votes129.7kRecs668.8kFans
- 34 The Path of Magic Comes to America 魔道降临美利坚 Also known as I Earned Sainthood Through Good Deeds in America A demonic cultivator transmigrates into a group of people making their way across the border. The bad news: he's lost all his cultivation. The good news: he's about to arrive at a holy land of demonic cultivation. But after reaching his destination and beginning his life as a demonic cultivator, he falls into deep self-doubt. Why? I lead people into evil, but instead of demonic energy, I gain merit? I kill and pillage, but instead of 0Votes41.6kRecs230.5kFans
- 35 This Man Knows All About Hype 这个男人太懂炒作 [One of the few entertainment novels focused on public relations] After top entertainment PR specialist Xu Xiyu transmigrates, he discovers that he has become entangled in a matchmaking scam, whose target is unexpectedly a washed-up actress. To avoid being dragged into it, he has no choice but to strike a deal with the actress, offering her a comeback publicity plan. From then 0Votes68.6kRecs235.8kFans
- 36 Hogwarts’ Sunny, Cheerful Snape 霍格沃茨的阳光开朗斯内普 "Come with me." "I will be your teacher before you enter Hogwarts, taking you in advance to see that colorful magical world and meet all kinds of wizards." "I will teach you everything I know: potions, spells, transfiguration, and even dark magic." "And if one day you can grow on your own and become a truly great, genuine Chosen One, then point your wand at me." "Use everything I have taught you, give it everything you have, and kill me!" "Do you have the courage?" "The son of Lily Evans and Jam 0Votes27.5kRecs112.4kFans
- 37 This Star’s Career Took Off After His Scandal 这个明星塌房后业绩更强了 I transmigrated to a parallel-world Blue Star, and the top-tier star I was became a disgraced celebrity? I awakened a System, and it has a performance-boosting card item that directly increases my numbers when I use it? The fans: “Heh, good riddance to that scumbag. Someone like him deserves to fade into obscurity!” “Wait, how did that scumbag's album sell over nine million copies? Are you people nuts? You unfollowed him and still bought his album?” “Hold on, that scumbag's online shop is sellin 395Votes121.5kRecs560.2kFans
- 38 Reborn in 2008: The Gear-Type God of War 重生08：装备系男神 Zhai Da is reborn in 2008, back at a high school in a small town, and awakens the [Life Equipment System]. Powerful emotions, obsessions, and states of mind can seep into objects. Zhai Da can imbue special items with life and turn them into equipment for his own use. Best of all, equipment can be combined over and over again! Its rarity can be increased, and eventually he can even collect a [Set]. [Old Man's Television]: The shows it plays are addictive? Zhai Da whips out study materials instead 0Votes269.9kRecs477.3kFans
- 39 Marquis Jing'an 靖安侯 Pacify the realm and bring peace to the people: that is Jing'an. At Ganquan Academy in Jiangdu Prefecture, student Chen Qing was beaten to death. His classmate Shen Yi was inexplicably framed and convicted, then beaten with clubs by the county yamen's runners until he was on the verge of death. In the cold, damp jail, the young Shen Yi died unjustly. Another, unfamiliar soul awoke in his body. The two souls fused, becoming a brand-new Shen Y 14Votes135.8kRecs433.4kFans
- 40 Building America: My Campaign Manager Is Roosevelt 缔造美利坚：我竞选经理是罗斯福 My name is Leo Wallace. I'm a history PhD student, and I'm $137,542.89 in debt. At the darkest point in my life, I lost my job. The reason? I trashed a tech giant called Omni online, and they “optimized” me right out of a job. I thought my life was going to be like Rickshaw Boy, until an uninvited intruder showed up in my head. He said his name was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Yes, that one, the guy on the dime. “Kid, stop ranting online. It doesn't work.” “Want to take them down? I'll teach you how.” 0Votes89.4kRecs234.6kFans
- 41 EN Genius Playground 天才游乐场 A text message sent by accident to three days earlier gave Jiang Ran and his two companions the key to a Pandora's box that could alter history and change the flow of time. Winning the lottery, getting top grades, bringing a dead upperclassman back to life, making up for life's regrets... The trio used a time machine to fulfill all kinds of wishes, like gods who could do anything. Until one day, a text message from the future warned them! At that moment, secrets hidden in the fog of history bega 609Votes141.3kRecs492kFans
- 42 Artist of a New Era 新时代艺术家 (The early part of this book is a standard entertainment-industry story, but it really takes off in the middle and later chapters. It started with 400 paid subscribers and grew to over 6,000 average subscribers, with 2,000 still following the latest updates. I hope you'll be patient. You can also jump straight to Chapter 113, which lays out the author's historical perspective and the tone of the book.) Shen Santong, born in 1984, the king of cinema. He forges box-office hits into epic tales, mak 7Votes98.1kRecs297.2kFans
- 43 1977: Starting with a Blind Date with the Dragon King's Daughter 1977：开局相亲女儿国王 [Period business story, not about a literary giant, multiple heroines] Reborn in 1977. Li Changhe feels that, having come to this era, he ought to do something for his country! Of course, the first thing he needs to do is win over the queen next door. 32Votes261.7kRecs652.6kFans
- 44 The Millennium's Great Director 千禧大导演 Section Chief Jia: "You sell pirated discs and you want to make movies?" Wu Yuan: "A sudden breeze ripples a pool of spring water." Section Chief Jia: "Speak plainly!" Wu Yuan: "None of your damn business!" Returning to the turn of the millennium, the Fifth Generation directors had already achieved fame and success, while the Sixth Generation directors were still struggling underground. The golden age of Chinese-language cinema had only just begun. Wu Yuan glanced up at the world and chose t 0Votes41.9kRecs225.6kFans
- 45 EN I Really Didn't Want to Play Go! 我真没想下围棋啊！ Go champion Yu Shao transmigrated to a parallel world and became a first-year high school student. Given a second life, all he wanted was to enjoy this wild, carefree youth and keep it from slipping through his fingers again. But… why have I picked up a Go stone again?! Sure, playing Go in a world where AI hasn't put the pros through the wringer yet, and casually dominating an entire era, is just a tiny bit satisfying. A group of professional Go players: “You can play Go like this?” Yu Sha 0Votes274.2kRecs690.1kFans
- 46 Thirteen Years as King of Great Song, Then I Learned It Was Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 大宋为王十三年，方知是天龙 Zhao Ti is the eighth son of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty and the younger brother of Emperor Zhezong. He’s got a lot on his mind. Twelve years have passed since the five-pronged campaign against Western Xia, and less than a year remains before Empress Dowager Gao Tao Tao dies. In seven years, Emperor Zhezong will die, and Empress Dowager Xiang will insist that Prince Duan take the throne. He will later become Emperor Huizong, the Daoist ruler. In twenty-seven years, the Liangshan outlaws 6Votes111.8kRecs686.2kFans
- 47 EN Heavenly Official Grants Evil 天官赐邪 An original infinite-flow story with a roguelike mystery mode, mild horror, a plot-focused approach, and minimal cheat powers. Devotees, welcome to the Blessed Land. Here, the Heavenly Official bestows evil, the Earthly Official delivers punishment, and the Water Official lays curses. Strange spirits and demons run rampant, and ghosts and monsters roam unchecked. Only those favored by the immortals can escape the Blessed Land. Choose a statue to worship and receive a random blessing from the 148Votes124.5kRecs455.9kFans
- 48 EN In North America, You Call This a Coroner? 人在北美，你管这叫尸检官？ [Gunfights + Crime-Solving and Deduction + Ruthless Action + Bloodthirsty Forensic Doctor + Evolution] The red moon hung in the sky. Brian discovered that, like a few rare and extremely twisted people, he had gained a miraculous ability: fulfill the lingering obsessions of the dead, and receive their gifts. He was delighted, but also a little puzzled. He was a good person who treated others kindly, so why had he received the red moon’s gift too? It was the greatest insult to his noble character! 4Votes83.7kRecs478.3kFans
- 49 Literary Titan 1983 文豪1983 (A reborn literary master's story, no System. Every work is interpreted and adapted to fit its era.) Sixty-year-old Yu Qie sat there, gazing fondly at the reflection of his twenty-year-old self in his eyes. Back then, he had just submitted his first novel and was hailed as a rising star in the literary world. Now he was famous throughout the world, the conscience of the late twentieth century and the final pinnacle of human literature. The Akutagawa Prize, the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the Kafka 67Votes89.2kRecs202.8kFans
- 50 The Werewolf Hunting Code 狼人狩猎法则 Three hundred years later, the dark side of the world has stirred once more. The legendary monsters have returned to this world. They’re right there among us. (The protagonist isn’t human. His bloodlust and inhuman traits grow as the story progresses, and he isn’t a good person in the conventional sense.) (This book focuses on nonhumans, not furries. Please take note.) 85Votes109.7kRecs153.4kFans
