Novels like Strange Tales of Mountains and Rivers
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- 1 The Red Chamber Succession Struggle 红楼夺嫡 After transmigrating into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, he becomes an unimportant, carefree prince, the fifth son who is overlooked by everyone. He plans to use this identity to live freely and enjoy his life, but never expects his utterly insignificant princely father to become emperor through a twist of fate. Overnight, he goes from an unknown nobody to one of the top three heirs to the throne. He has no interest in the throne and no desire to fight for it. But reality pushes him forw 0Votes5.2kRecs66.8kFans
- 2 I Can See the Cost of Every Choice 我能看见选项的代价 At midnight, a questionnaire he couldn't close popped up on Chen Mo's phone. [Question 1 (choose one): How many people are in your room right now?] [A. One] [B. Two] [C. Three] He lived alone. He was sure of that. But just as he was about to tap an answer, a face emerged beneath option C: the old woman across the hall, who often slipped him a box of pickled radishes through the door and reminded him not to eat so much salty food. When the countdown reached thirty-one seconds, he answered truthfu 0Votes118Recs5Fans
- 3 All My Projections Have Sacred Spirit Roots 我的投影都是圣灵根 Xu Jun awakens a golden finger that lets him project himself into other worlds. Name: Xu Jun Age: 7 Cultivation: Unity of Man and Sword Talent: Sacred Sword Physique, Clear Sword Heart At the end-of-term martial arts exam in his second year of high school, Xu Jun relies on his newly comprehended Unity of Man and Sword to take first place in his class and a spot in the top three of his grade. A year later, he enters the Innate Realm, opens the Heavenly Gate, casts off mortality, and becomes an im 0Votes67.6kRecs249kFans
- 4 The Wedding Is Tomorrow 明日拜堂 He woke up to find himself in the bridal chamber on his wedding night? The room was covered in wedding characters, and the bride was as beautiful as a flower. Luo Qingfeng, who had just transmigrated, was left utterly bewildered… This is a world where demonic thoughts are sown throughout the land, and anyone can become a demon. Every person around you could turn into a demon. My completed novel, My Wife Is Not Acting Right, is available to read. I hope you'll enjoy it. 0Votes88.9kRecs292.4kFans
- 5 Saving the Eldest Grandson of the Ming Dynasty 大明从挽救嫡长孙开始 What sparks will fly when a veteran Ming-dynasty hater transmigrates to the first year of Hongwu and meets Zhu Yuanzhang? After transmigrating to the Hongwu era, he only wants to lie flat and live out his days in peace. Who knew he’d be swept up in the tide of the times? If you won’t let me live, don’t blame me for flipping the table. The eldest imperial grandson, Zhu Xiongying, is criticall 1Votes48.3kRecs510.9kFans
- 6 Surviving in a Chaotic Age: Starting by Caring for My Sister-in-Law 乱世：从照顾嫂嫂开始修行 Chen Mo transmigrated to a martial-arts world at the end of a dynasty and became a frail, sickly scholar. It was a chaotic age, and each day was uncertain enough as it was. On top of that, he had a delicate, beautiful sister-in-law to look after. While helping his sister-in-law chop firewood, Chen Mo discovered that every swing of his blade made him stronger... 0Votes62.8kRecs460.3kFans
- 7 Myriad Worlds: Beginning with The World's Best Martial Artist 诸天，从一世之尊开始 I was reincarnated into the nightmare world of "Gods' Grave". The good news is that I have a golden finger that lets me transmigrate across the heavens. The bad news is that the first world I transmigrate to is "The Sage Who Transcends Samsara"... I inherit the Daoist Lord of Morality's legacy and gain the supreme ability to create three pure selves from one breath... I am both the Heavenly Emperor and the one who sets reincarnation in motion... I cultivate the Eighty-Nine Mysteries, wield the F 0Votes69.1kRecs240.8kFans
- 8 Longevity: Beginning as an Unorthodox Cultivator 长生，从旁门修士开始 Build steadily, work hard to make up for your shortcomings, and defend your Dao through courage and force. Refine your qi and form your core, and only then can you begin to prove your way to immortality. After unexpectedly transmigrating to a world of cultivation, a lowly unorthodox cultivator starts from the start and advances cautiously, step by step, on the path to immortality. Breathing in qi, practicing techniques, crossing swords in fierce competition: it has everything. 4Votes40.9kRecs127.8kFans
- 9 Celestial Master, I Have a World Beyond This One 天师，我有一个异世界 A chance encounter, A journey between two worlds. From then on, wealth and glory... 0Votes66.5kRecs280.4kFans
- 10 This Twisted Three Kingdoms Game Is Brutally Insane 这个诡异三国游戏太凶残了 [A completed classic, with over 19,000 premium subscribers. Come and read!] Hang Yu arrives in a Three Kingdoms world where the sky is shattered, Outer Gods lurk, and everything is steeped in sinister, dark horror. Twisted, insane monsters are everywhere. The famous generals and historical heroes of the Three Kingdoms are trapped in an endless cycle of nightmares, and most have been corrupted into unspeakable, forbidden beings, controlled and influenced by the will of the abyss. They cannot die 0Votes67.3kRecs232.7kFans
- 11 The Nightless Marquis of Lin'an 临安不夜侯 “Yang Yuan requests that Chancellor Qin die!” “What evidence do you have to accuse me of a crime?” “None whatsoever!” Yang Yuan of Youqiu Media accidentally wanders into Lin’an during the Southern Song dynasty. He intends to return to his old line of work and become the first crisis PR expert in ancient times. Instead, he ends up expanding the empire, uniting Xia and Jin, and making waves across the realm. I shall be the Son of Heaven! 33Votes1.1MRecs836.6kFans
- 12 My Younger Brother Is Zhuge Liang 舍弟诸葛亮 This is a story about the Zhuge clan, the "teachers of all ages." In Xuzhou during the first year of Jian'an, Lü Bu secretly seized Xiapi while Yuan Shu attacked Huaiyin. The transmigrator Zhuge Jin was accidentally surrounded by Yuan's army inside Huaiyin City and had no choice but to help Liu Bei, who was trapped in a desperate situation, counterattack and kill the enemy. Since thos 0Votes148.6kRecs368.6kFans
- 13 Romance? This Reborn Me Just Wants to Cash In 恋爱？重生的我只想爆奖励 Work hard? Work hard my ass! No matter how hard people born to toil work, they can never reach the bare minimum of those heaven-blessed geniuses. The gaps in talent, background, looks, luck... Even a single gap can swallow up every struggle of those born to toil. Stack them together, and life becomes utterly miserable. Su Huai is furious about it. Then he is reborn, gets a System, and suddenly fortune smiles on him. Heaven-blessed geniuses? Kneel and be dismissed. Let dogs handle romance. I just 0Votes289.9kRecs576.8kFans
- 14 EN The Urban Horror Game Designer 怪谈游戏设计师 “Doctor, the game I made seems to have become reality.” “Isn't that a good thing? People are under so much pressure at work these days, yet you can escape all that, play at life, and live the life you've always dreamed of.” “But I'm a horror-game designer. I've devised 126 murder cases and created dozens of killers with different personalities. To find material, I've also watched 95 thriller films, read more than 400 horror comics, and collected over 2,000 urban legends. Now they all seem to hav 80Votes1.1MRecs1.5MFans
- 15 EN These Players Are More Sinister Than Ghosts 这群玩家比诡更诡 Monsters run rampant, and evil spirits are everywhere. Ning Zheng, who controls the Sword-Forging Manor, summons a band of lunatic blacksmiths from another world. “This Sword-Forging Manor reminds me of Palworld.” “Mine ore, forge metal, haul bricks, build houses.” “Be a blacksmith in life, become raw materials after death, then die again and become a weapon spirit.” “We didn’t die two or three times. We’re players who advanced to level two and turned into swords, spears, sabers, and halberds.” 4Votes114.7kRecs385.7kFans
- 16 Fahai Wants to Return to Secular Life 法海想还俗 Fahai, you don’t understand love. Leifeng Pagoda’s coming down! Xu Xian glanced timidly at the beautiful, rich young woman before him, and said he didn’t want to work hard anymore... They say two adorable yet feisty little snake demons have recently arrived in Hangzhou. Well, it’s time for this little monk to return to secular life! 0Votes13.7kRecs35.8kFans
- 17 Spoiling History: Starting with the Three Kingdoms 剧透历史：从三国开始 The viewers of Wen Mang's videos wrote down their identity records: The first fan looks vaguely familiar, like the ruler of some country. The second fan killed his brothers, yet is still the true Son of Heaven. The third mistreated a mother and her daughter, and his dynasty never unified the realm. Finally, everyone's eyes turned to the last one. What character was he playing? Wen Mang replied, “I'm a tycoon, a collector, an appraiser, and an investor.” 66Votes317.9kRecs416.4kFans
- 18 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
- 19 EN No Retreat South 衣冠不南渡 The ancient empire has fallen, and jackals watch hungrily from the sidelines. Cao Mao never wanted to become an emperor. It is just that the Wei and Jin dynasties know no elegance, and white bones lie everywhere. Thinking of the great catastrophe that will befall Huaxia fifty years from now, Cao Mao can only mount the war chariot once more and launch a final charge. The Han and its traitors cannot coexist! The cultured people must not flee south! Sima clan, aristocratic families, Five Barbarian 6Votes403.4kRecs3.4MFans
- 20 EN Warhammer: I Refuse to Be a Stinky Can!!! 战锤：我不要成为臭罐头啊！！！ This is a world of utter darkness. The Emperor walks among mankind, striving to restore the glory of the Imperium. But humanity’s fate has long been toyed with by the Chaos Gods. In a storm-tossed future, there is nothing but endless darkness and war. Until Hades, a Death Guard, appears. As the threads of fate intertwine, can an outsider turn aside the tragedy destined to befall countless lives? The gods place their bets. But Hades knows nothing about any of this right now. He’s crying like a gr 41Votes205.4kRecs526.4kFans
- 21 A Roll Call of Great Men 数风流人物 A late-Ming, half-alternate-history, Dream of the Red Chamber-inspired officialdom cultivation novel by Ruigen, absolutely packed with flavor! The second year of the Yonglong era of the Great Zhou. Prosperity conceals danger. The Four Kings and Eight Dukes bask in glory, while civil officials and military generals thrive in luxury. Within the court, the Northern and Southern civil and military factions feud without end. Beyond the borders, enemies eye the nine frontier regions and the coastal te 0Votes2.9MRecs719.8kFans
- 22 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
- 23 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
- 24 Mecha Storm 机武风暴 To investigate the mysteries of the soul, the Solar System Alliance secretly established a genius program: the Apocalypse Youth Class. It brought together gifted young people from the four federations of the Solar System. But a major accident occurred during the research, leaving many dead and wounded. The principal offender was imprisoned, the youth class was disbanded, and its files were sealed and forbidden. Five years later, after returning empty-handed from the Pan-Solar System Mecha Tourna 5Votes6.1MRecs4.1MFans
- 25 EN The Mage: Grinding Experience from the Knight's Breathing Technique 巫师：从骑士呼吸法开始肝经验 After transmigrating to another world, he becomes the lord of a fallen noble house. With the help of a proficiency panel, he starts grinding experience with his family's ancestral knight breathing technique, following in the footsteps of wizards as he embarks on a mysterious, fantastical journey. 29Votes397kRecs952.8kFans
- 26 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
- 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 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
- 29 The Long Sword at the End of Jin 晋末长剑 As the Tang poet Xu Yin wrote in his poem “The Two Jins”: “Deep schemes across three generations laid the foundations of an empire. What a pity for the widow and orphan. Cheng Ji’s crime brought Heaven’s wrath; the spear that struck a wise ruler is mourned for all eternity.” The Western Jin came to power through illegitimate means and made far too many mistakes, inheriting every ill that had accumulated since the Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms. By the end of the Jin dynasty, the damage had b 123Votes2MRecs2.1MFans
- 30 The Immortal Cage 仙笼 In these forests of Phoenix Pools and Dragon Pavilions, I once dreamed the millet dream and had my fill of five thousand years of rise and fall. That Rotten Peach Mountain does not bear the surname Sun. Pigs squeal in Fuling Cave, while owls roost in the ginseng fruit trees. The sun sets over the western mountains. Oxen, horses, snakes, and spirits roam, while a young man becomes addicted to chanting and spins one bizarre tale after another about immortality. A story of cultivating th 9Votes192.8kRecs648.4kFans
- 31 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
- 32 You’re Forcing Me to Be Reborn 逼我重生是吧 Young and successful, Cheng Zhu came across a question online: “If you had the chance to go back in time and be reborn, would you take it?” Known around his circle for being the biggest show-off, Cheng Zhu saw thousands of people in the comments saying they wanted to be reborn. He couldn’t resist showing off, replied “No,” and attached a screenshot of his impressive bank balance. But the very next moment… He was reborn! … Also known as "Don’t Let Down Good Girls, Don’t Waste Bad Girls", "W 58Votes953.8kRecs5MFans
- 33 Peninsula Prosecutor 半岛检察官 Xu Jingwen transmigrates into South Korea and, from the start, kills his twin brother, who was plotting to murder him. With their identical faces, he assumes his dead brother's identity and takes his job as a prosecutor, his house, and his fiancée. Having taken the place of one man with another, he decides to be a good person and wipe out every corrupt official and criminal. But on his very first day at work, he discovers that the corrupt official is... himself. PS: The protagonist is a playboy 0Votes184.4kRecs800.1kFans
- 34 EN Hold Your Blade, Heroine! 女侠且慢 “Hold on, heroine. Do you know who I am?” “I do. You’re the empress’s favorite courtier, the rebel leader’s lover, and the young master of a prestigious martial arts clan. You’re playing all three sides. You’re exactly the kind of person I cut down!” The author has completed two novels with over 10,000 paid subscribers, “The Heir Is Fierce” and “The Immortal Maiden Is Fierce.” You can count on their quality and the author’s integrity. Interested readers are welcome to check out their earli 119Votes1.3MRecs2.8MFans
- 35 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
- 36 This Daoist Is Ascending 道爷要飞升 "Disciple Li Yuan humbly begs the Heavens to bestow upon me a register of divine investiture!" … … Completed works include The First Cause of All Realms, Projections Across the Heavens, and The Chronicle of the Great Dao. 160Votes962.6kRecs3.1MFans
- 37 EN One Dragon Against the World 以一龙之力打倒整个世界！ [Guided by a true dragon: no wild assumptions or careless writing] Steel for scales, flames for bones. The bloodlines of a red dragon and an iron dragon intertwine and merge within me, forging a radiant new life. Flame and steel are my inborn talents, while adaptation and evolution are the powers through which I attain eternity. The weak are full of misgivings. Kings have no taboos. Whatever doesn't kill me will only make me stronger. Before me, those who kneel live, and those who stand die. All 3.7kVotes457.3kRecs1.6MFans
- 38 Chronicles of the Realm and Its Beauties 江山美人志 A wondrous continent, countless peoples, and nations locked in a struggle for supremacy. Throughout history, countless heroes have risen, but the greatest are yet to come. After long unity comes division, and after long division comes unity. For the survival of their people, the strength of their nations, and the realization of their ideals, countless heroes and prodigies make their mark in these turbulent times. Who will emerge victorious? Time will tell. Behold how Li Wufeng, a peerless hero a 0Votes7.3MRecs651.6kFans
- 39 EN The Book of Strange Tales 志怪书 The new book, Where There Are Immortals, There Is a Name, is now out. The pine wind scatters the tea smoke. Amidst piles of white clouds, immortals sleep. A dream of the past rises without warning: beneath the village entrance tree, an old man tells tales. The stories of immortals, ghosts, fox spirits, and mountain monsters that once left children wide-eyed are neither wholly true nor wholly unreal, both eerie and romantic, and still as marvelous as ever. How many have dreamed of traveli 86Votes1MRecs1.3MFans
- 40 EN Reborn 99 Days Before the College Entrance Exam 重生高考前99天 Chen Zhe, a provincial civil servant, unexpectedly returns to the year he was in his final year of high school. Once a wooden, shy student who blushed whenever he spoke to a girl and knew nothing but studying, he suddenly becomes adept at handling people and situations, always saying and doing just the right thing. Not only does he change the course of his life, he also draws more and more attention from girls. Girl: Chen Zhe, what are your strong points? Chen Zhe: I’m honest, and I don’t talk m 4.3kVotes2.7MRecs4.6MFans
- 41 Reborn in Journey to the East 重生东游记 Lu Dongbin, you beast! Let go of that Peony Fairy and let me have a turn! That little demon, the pangolin, is flirting with He Xiangu again. This is a bit too much for the eyes... The Lord of Heaven’s Authority has come to face his tribulation. Will the immortals of the Heavenly Court and the Jie Sect turn against him? In this life, I’m going to be a young man who makes every villain tremble. 0Votes21.8kRecs45.1kFans
- 42 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
- 43 Banishing the Dragon 黜龙 There are dragons in this world. Dragons take countless forms: some roam rivers and seas, some soar over mountains, some hide in the deepest abysses, and some race among the clouds. When roused, they can swallow the wind and summon snow, divert rivers and carve waterways, summon lightning and breathe fire, split mountains and part seas. There are dragons among mankind, too. The greatest among men have lofty ambitions and brilliant plans. They hold the secrets of the universe within them and aspi 111Votes1.9MRecs1.6MFans
- 44 Necromancer 死灵法师 The divine kingdom falls, and heaven and earth are torn asunder! I walk the boundary between life and death, uncover secrets buried for countless millennia, and wield the powers of nature and immortality. In an age when order has collapsed, I will become a legend. This is the fate of a Guardian. And the path to my own legend! Part One, Mark of the Dead, is complete. Part Two, Odd-Day Upheaval, is ongoing. Original blurb: After transmigrating into the world of a game, Matthew discovers that somet 7Votes335.1kRecs1.5MFans
- 45 EN Twilight Divide 黄昏分界 Dusk divides the world in two, yin and yang. When the flesh of evil gods forced its way through cracks in the earth, flesh as vast as mountains appeared everywhere. Some were afraid. Some worshipped it. Some burned incense and made offerings. Others took a taste and thought, Huh, not bad. And so the flesh became crops, greedily harvested and fought over by people who consulted spirits and worshipped their ancestors. Hu Ma was reborn out of fear. He ate taixui, tended his furnace, and endured cou 67Votes705.1kRecs3.8MFans
- 46 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
- 47 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
- 48 EN 1979: The Golden Age 1979黄金时代 This is still a somewhat nostalgic story, hmm… 8.7kVotes3.7MRecs2.5MFans
- 49 EN My Attribute Cultivation Life 我的属性修行人生 New book: Dark Night of Desperation, I Alone Am an Immortal in a Strange World. Search for it if you’re interested. The Great Spirit Realm is engulfed in war. Spirit armies mounted on iron cavalry sweep across countless nations, expanding their territory farther than ever before. After arriving in this era, Zhang Rongfang found himself with an attribute panel that let him add points to his martial arts. He looked at the martial artists around him, whose skill was about on par with the combat-spo 8Votes1.4MRecs2.6MFans
- 50 Reborn to Ride the Wave 重生之我要冲浪 Back in the past, Yao Yuan has only one thing on his mind: goofing off… Ahem, I mean surfing! 23Votes1.8MRecs1.6MFans
