Novels like The Great Idle Man of the Zhenguan Era
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- 101 The Eighties-Era Shaolin Abbot 八零后少林方丈 Heaven must be blind! It sent a fine young man in his prime, born in the 1980s, back to ancient times, and not only that, he had to become a monk. Becoming a monk would have been bad enough, but he had to be an abbot! And as if being an abbot weren't enough, he got saddled with an Abbot System to keep him in line! Master the boy's training? Make Shaolin the greatest sect under heaven? Become the martial arts world's leader? The System's demands are outrageous. I'm just an ordinary guy from the 1 0Votes390.9kRecs397.8kFans
- 102 EN Warlock of Marvel 漫威世界的术士 Demons are my servants, fel energy is my strength, and shadow and flame walk by my side. I am a warlock. A warlock makes his way through the Marvel Universe. (No System, kid. You’re on your own.) Welcome to the Marvel Universe warlock readers’ group. 0Votes721.2kRecs677.1kFans
- 103 One Word Reaches Heaven 一言通天 One day, an iron tree blossomed, and spring buds sprouted in winter. One year, the great river reversed its course, and white crows filled the sky. One lifetime, right and wrong were indistinguishable, and every day was perilous. One man, with a single word, laughed proudly over the world. He said: Heaven has nine levels, and the earth has eight reaches. I will vie for supremacy over the seven realms, asking for no place among the six paths. I have seized the people's grain and roamed the world 1Votes752.5kRecs305.2kFans
- 104 A Small-Time Rich Farmer in the Hills 山洼小富农 Wen Xu dislikes life in the big city. It makes him feel as if he is always in a hurry, with no chance to rest, body or mind. His paycheck never seems to stretch far enough, and that is before you even get to the skies where you can barely see the stars and the smoggy days that give you endless reasons to complain. At last, he gets the chance to escape the city and return to the countryside. Though life is a little hard at first, the land and scenery of his hometown finally bring peace to his res 0Votes601.8kRecs236.7kFans
- 105 EN Naruto: The Savior 火影之救世主 A story about Mizuki, a nameless extra in Naruto who transmigrates into the world as an ordinary person, yet has no choice but to save it. 0Votes301.3kRecs288.9kFans
- 106 Please Answer, Naruto 请回答火影 A Shuriken came flying through the air. It came from an angle he never expected. At the instant it was right before his eyes, Yu Xiaobai widened them, not because of the deadly weapon, but because behind the enemy leaping out of the shadows appeared a line of text that should not exist in this world. [To be continued…] “To be continued?” … After transmigrating to the world of Hokage, Yu Xiaobai went through a period of confusion before gradually accepting reality. Just as he finally became an ho 2Votes221.1kRecs234.4kFans
- 107 Commoner Shi Buyi 草根石布衣 In The Memorial on the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang wrote, “Your servant was originally a commoner, tilling the fields in Nanyang.” Scholars and strategists throughout the land humbly call themselves commoners. This is the spirit of the commoner: withdraw, and cultivate oneself; step forward, and serve the world. It has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. But by the year 2000: “Occupation?” “…Military strategist, aide, adviser?” “Are you kidding me? What er 4Votes1.4MRecs279.2kFans
- 108 The Homebody Master 宅师 Being a homebody is not merely a way of life, but a state of being! Yin dwellings and yang dwellings, the art of feng shui and geomancy: looking up to observe the celestial phenomena, looking down to examine the terrain, and studying human harmony in between, grasping the profound principles of change between heaven and earth, and foreseeing fortune, calamity, good luck, and misfortune. Not only are there feng shui artifacts worth ten thousand pieces of gold and coveted by ordinary people, but a 0Votes336.8kRecs560.4kFans
- 109 I Want to Become a Powerful Clan 我要做门阀 In the middle of the Western Han dynasty, the people were struggling to make ends meet, and the nation was in decline. Countless celebrated scholars cried out: "If Zhang Sheng does not emerge, what will become of the world?!" And so the saying went: "Zhang and Liu share the realm." 0Votes1.3MRecs474.3kFans
- 110 The Godfather of Showbiz 文娱教父 The greatest web novelist, the godfather of pure romance, a master of mystery, the king of fairy tales, a sci-fi legend, even the emperor of wuxia. Others use literature to convey the Way, but he proves the Way through literature! 0Votes415.1kRecs455.3kFans
- 111 The Creator of Entertainment 文娱缔造者 You can be lonely or you can be vulgar. P.S. I'm here to set entertainment fiction writing straight. That's all. 0Votes412.6kRecs313.2kFans
- 112 The Ming Dynasty's Spoiled Brat 明朝败家子 Important notice: The Ming Dynasty's Spoiled Heir, also known as Ming Song. The eleventh year of Hongzhi. It was a beautiful morning. Zhu Houzhao had just come of age. Wang Shouren and Tang Bohu were sharpening their blades, preparing for the imperial examinations. The Little Ice Age had arrived, and its prolonged cold was ravaging the land. And at the Nanhe Earl's residence, Fang Jifan, the landlord's foolish son and the legitimate heir of the Nanhe Earl... began his shameless life of squanderi 14Votes4.4MRecs2.2MFans
- 113 Reborn as a God-Tier Spendthrift 重生之神级败家子 “I have to waste money! Otherwise, wouldn't I be wasting my parents' talent for making it?” That's what Hong Dali said in an interview with a reporter. As soon as the interview ended, Hong Dali opened the “Big Spender System” interface. Looking at all the amazing things on display, he stroked his chin and muttered, “If I waste another two hundred billion, I can get the blueprints for the core technology of this ultimate humanoid mobile weapon, [True Granzon], the ‘Annihilation Engine.’ Looks lik 1Votes1.4MRecs929.7kFans
- 114 EN I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student 我只想当一个安静的学霸 "Do you yearn for knowledge?" "Once you reach the pinnacle of human knowledge, you can have anything you want." "Then I yearn for knowledge!" 0Votes940.8kRecs693.2kFans
- 115 The Emperor of the Mountain Valley 山沟皇帝 The protagonist's father had a dream and thought he was the Son of Heaven. Then a Taoist from a run-down temple read his fortune and said he was destined to be emperor. And so, this little landowner, who had never even been to the prefectural city, declared himself emperor and founded a country in a remote mountain valley. (According to reader feedback, this book moves at lightning speed: he becomes emperor in just three chapters, and before you know it, the whole nation is at war…) 0Votes455.9kRecs334.3kFans
- 116 EN Porter Between Two Worlds 两界搬运工 Travel freely between the real world and a fantasy world, quietly working as a transporter between the two realms. 0Votes648.2kRecs554kFans
- 117 The Great Mischievous Monkey 大泼猴 There are always people in this world who are brave and fearless, stubborn to the point of being single-minded, unruly, proud, and arrogant. Even when they’re pushed to the brink, they refuse to compromise. They would rather die than lose. P.S. 3Votes323.7kRecs1.4MFans
- 118 I Want to Be Emperor 我要做皇帝 By the Mandate of Heaven, may the dynasty endure forever. I have drawn on the hard-won achievements of three generations and invoked the great cause of all under Heaven. With a three-foot sword in hand, I shall become ruler of all the world. The head of the Wiman king of Joseon now hangs above the northern gate of the Han capital. The Zhao rulers of Nanyue have surrendered their lands and submitted to the empire. The Central Empire, the Celestial Empire above all nations, is about to take shape. 0Votes1.4MRecs739.6kFans
- 119 The Immortal Medicine Supplier 仙药供应商 New novel, Dragon Subduing. Welcome! A remote village, half a mountain and a few houses. People travel thousands of miles to get here, their luxury cars crowding the narrow mountain roads, because a young man lives here, whose single dose of medicine can heal even the dead and restore them to life! 0Votes616.3kRecs455.4kFans
- 120 Online Game: Reverse Progression 网游之倒行逆施 Unable to afford a gaming helmet, Li Huailin got desperate and built his own gaming pod to enter the new online game Heart of Glory. He never expected his character to get bugged. Other players gain experience from killing monsters, but he loses it. Others earn experience and money from quests, but he loses both. Just when he thought the game was unplayable, his character died once, and his experience suddenly skyrocketed. Then it all clicked... If you don’t court death, you won’t die. To level 8Votes255.9kRecs330.2kFans
- 121 I’m a National Treasure, Who’s Afraid of Whom? 我是国宝我怕谁 Some say a giant panda’s bite force is second only to a polar bear’s, on par with a brown bear’s; that a mountain runner can outrun Liu Xiang at his top speed on flat ground; that it can climb trees over twenty meters tall; that it can use three or four wolves as cushions... This ferocious beast somehow makes a living by being cute! And it spends all day eating and sleeping, without a shred of shame. It’s completely unfair! Gu Cang used to agree wholeheartedly. Until he became a little bear hims 0Votes91.9kRecs82.4kFans
- 122 Showbiz for All 文娱万岁 With the splendor of this shore, he will make a legend of the other shore. This is Luo Yuan’s story. The story of a director. 0Votes519.1kRecs417.6kFans
- 123 Wukong Checks His Private Messages 悟空看私聊 You probably won’t believe this, but after Guo Dalu’s knockoff phone was struck by lightning, someone named “Sun Wukong” mysteriously appeared in his WeChat contacts. Sun Wukong was an eccentric sort who sent red packets at the drop of a hat. Fortune-telling and divination, meditation and training, communing with the divine and summoning sages, somersault clouds, seventy-two transformations, heavenly wine, peaches and ginseng fruit, Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs, immortal delicacies and wines... He h 0Votes411.6kRecs277.6kFans
- 124 EN The Record of Unusual Creatures 异常生物见闻录 Hao Ren is a good man, just as his name suggests. His ideal life is to get by in peace, renting out a modest home and making enough to live on without ever getting rich. At least, that was the plan before a bunch of lunatic creatures moved into his house. A remote, dilapidated mansion, a bunch of abnormal nonhuman creatures, and an employment contract from “the gods.” Put those three things together, and Hao Ren becomes the busiest landlord and most capable babysitter in the world. And so begins 101Votes6.1MRecs2.6MFans
- 125 Shen Gongbao’s Inheritance 申公豹传承 The protagonist, Yu Duxiu, obtains the inheritance of Shen Gongbao, who was born from the Great Dao of Calamity. By chance, he then merges with a trace of the origin of all the calamities in the heavens, gaining the power to command and unleash great tribulations and bring calamity upon all living beings. He can also harness these tribulations to speed up his cultivation. See how the protagonist commands calamity and strives to attain immortality. “I pl 0Votes756.6kRecs341.2kFans
- 126 Soaring Through the Heavens 飞天 Beneath the heavens, the world is harsh and cold; demons and ghosts cannot withstand the warmth of human kindness! Delicate hands, beauties like jade, yet sword energy blazes like a rainbow between heaven and earth! Vast starry skies, the seven emotions and six desires, greed, anger, and delusion, Buddhist truths and the Tathagata: your magic may be boundless! The teeming masses offered their heartfelt prayers, only to be met with a sea of blood! Ghosts wail and gods howl, the sea of blood stret 27Votes2.9MRecs957.9kFans
- 127 The Empress's Pretty Boy 女帝家的小白脸 This is a world where a single person can tear down a city wall with their bare hands, the empress keeps a qilin, a dragon lives in a pond in the Great Xia imperial palace, and there is a legendary Sword Mountain from which spirit swords sometimes descend to seek their masters. Ren Baqian clings tightly to the empress’s coattails and strides toward the pinnacle of life. Behind every successful man, there’s a woman. 0Votes840.8kRecs546.9kFans
- 128 Mythical Version of Three Kingdom 神话版三国 Chen Xi watched a soldier toss aside a boulder weighing hundreds of pounds and stared speechlessly at the heavens. Is this really the late Eastern Han? Lu Bu single-handedly tore through an army of ten thousand. There’s no way that’s scientifically possible. Zhao Zilong really seems to have a dragon’s soul possessing him. He split a mountain with one sword. Is he even human? Dian Wei protected Cao Cao by himself as they fought their way out of the enemy camp, casually slaughtering thousands of e 1.8kVotes11.8MRecs2.8MFans
- 129 The Pure Yang Martial God 纯阳武神 Beneath the vast starry sky lies a world overrun by demons and monsters. Here, Flowing-Cloud Iron Sleeves can swallow wind and clouds, the Nine-Character Mantra can subdue demons and exorcise evil, and Taiji Fist and Sword can twist the universe. This is a great Han heavenly dynasty belonging to the martial path. When the descendants of the mighty severed their inheritances, and the battle blood of billions of years evaporated the primordial chaos. When the dormant battle souls awakened, when sp 6Votes1.8MRecs663.6kFans
- 130 The Great Sage of Liaozhai 聊斋大圣人 Ten thousand mu of fertile land, hundreds of servants, a grand mansion… Li Xiuyuan transmigrates into the body of a landlord’s eldest son. With no ambition whatsoever, he plans to live as a wastrel, acting like a spoiled young master, flirting with beautiful maids, and riding out in fine clothes. Until one day, he suddenly discovers that his family lives in Guobei County, and that there’s a Lanruo Temple outside the county… 3Votes264.5kRecs467.4kFans
- 131 Journey to the West Live Stream 西游直播间 “Hello, everyone. This humble monk is a Buddhist monk from the Great Tang in the Eastern Lands. I’m heading west to fetch the Buddha’s damn will.” “Today’s theme is Journey to the West: A Feast for the Senses. Allow this humble monk to demonstrate steamed black bear spirit, boiled sheep-headed monster, white elephant bone soup, shredded green ox, and the three delicacies of Chechi Kingdom.” “Today, my eldest disciple was captured by a monster and forced to breed monkeys, so there will be no stre 0Votes265.3kRecs102kFans
- 132 The Underworld Returns to the Mortal Realm 地府重临人间 A mysterious tattoo of a blue-faced, fanged demon led Feng Qingyan to personally usher in an age of ghosts and gods. 0Votes233.8kRecs233.5kFans
- 133 The Heavenslaying Chronicle 掠天记 Some say he's a stain on the cultivation world, a disgrace to decency and a menace to the order of the Daoist sects! Some say he's the biggest scoundrel in Nanzhan Buzhou, consorting with demonic cultivators, cheating and swindling, and committing every evil under the sun! To all the slander, Fang Xing says, “That's right, I'm that legendary stain. Got a problem with that?” 17Votes918.2kRecs958.5kFans
- 134 EN A Certain Scientific Naruto 某科学的火影忍者 A certain shut-in received three lottery draws and one chance to transmigrate from a certain shut-in god. With incredible luck, he drew an E-rank skin, an A-rank skill, and an S-rank talent. So, according to the conservation law of “ability and danger level,” he was sent to the Hokage world. Assume that a cell can extract one joule of energy per unit of time, a ninja has 130 trillion cells, and the average mental strength is 100. Assume that each C-rank ninjutsu consumes chakra that can be conve 1Votes273.2kRecs293.5kFans
- 135 The Dawn of Lingao 临高启明 They transmigrate to an age of chaos by choice, not because they were struck by lightning. Some want to become kings and conquer the land. Some want to rescue the people from their misery. Others want to use their own strength to stop the final conquest of civilization by barbarism, and thereby rewrite the history of the Chinese people. Of course, some only want to enjoy the extremely decadent life they can’t have in the present day, with three wives and four concubines. This group of ordinary p 94Votes2.5MRecs552.6kFans
- 136 A Perfect Life 完美人生 Li Qian was reborn. It was 1995, in another world. Here, of course, it was easier for him to succeed than it was for ordinary people. But what did success mean? Money? Fame? Status? Glory? All of those things, but not entirely. With that faint smile when she looked back, the warmth of a moment holding hands, and the subtle fragrance in his arms, life could finally be called perfect. 3Votes1.8MRecs871.5kFans
- 137 This Monk Wants to Return to Secular Life 老衲要还俗 The myriad faces of humanity and countless divine powers amount to nothing more than a mountain, a temple, and a monk. My new book, The Rabbit Must Die, starts updating on June 1. If you enjoy Huang Liang’s work, check it out! 0Votes1.1MRecs1.1MFans
- 138 The Mercenary’s War 佣兵的战争 Gao Yang is a military enthusiast, a very ordinary one. He loves knives, guns, and adventure. After an accident sends him to Africa, he is unlucky enough to be caught in a plane crash. He survives by sheer luck, but from then on he can only earn a living at gunpoint, because he has become a mercenary. How far can a military enthusiast rise in the international mercenary world? Wait and see. 25Votes2.3MRecs3.1MFans
- 139 The Commoner's Second Chance 俗人回档 At 33, Bian Xuedao, a newspaper editor who reviews articles, wakes up in his high school classroom. The middle-aged man had planned to buy up houses and live off the rent, but his years of reading newspapers and accumulating information help him achieve dazzling success. After making his fortune, Bian Xuedao establishes an education fund, supports young entrepreneurs, encourages technological innovation, promotes positive values and good deeds, and devotes himself to public service. He becomes a 67Votes3.2MRecs942kFans
- 140 The Finest Houseboy 极品家丁 [How to read this book: Take your cue from Flirting Scholar!] A young sales manager has an accident and ends up in a completely different world, where he becomes an honorable... servant in the Xiao family mansion! Spring arrives late at dusk, Yet comes before the flowers know. Year after year, peach trees are planted, Blooming when hearts are breaking. “Peach Blossom Poem”, it belongs to Third Brother! 36Votes6.3MRecs1.5MFans
- 141 Happy Little Mayor 逍遥小镇长 P.S. I've started a new book, I'm Really an African Warlord. Please check it out.**** I need work and entertainment, but above all, I want a carefree, comfortable life. Snowy mountain peaks, sailing across clear waters, riding horses on the grasslands, and exploring mysterious forests: my territory is a place of breathtaking beauty. A church, a school, a police station; a hospital, a community center, a club, and even a small government to run. As the highest-ranking local official, I have to ad 0Votes910.6kRecs304kFans
- 142 Online Gaming: The Great Thief 网游之大盗贼 Dancing on the edge of a blade, walking through the shadows. A lone king, an apostle of death, the glory of thieves! Reborn into an online game, I always get there first! I have a heaven-defying ring. I’m not just a thief; I can learn Druid skills, too. I can sneak through the shadows, ambush enemies, and claim the kills. I can turn into a seal and dive underwater to open treasure chests. When I’m bored, I can even turn into a little leopard and act cute... All my life, I have been loyal only t 19Votes1.1MRecs874.3kFans
- 143 The Immortal Realm’s Online Livestream 仙界网络直播间 As an online male streamer, Zhang Xiaodong discovers that a group of mighty immortals has suddenly appeared in his livestream! "Moonlight before my bed, my name is Guo Dagang! The person standing beside me is Teacher Lü Qian." The God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming, showered him with more than a dozen gold ingots and shouted excitedly, "Hee-haw! I know! I know! Smoke, drink, and warm your head!" "Brother Monkey, Brother Monkey! You really are incredible! The Five Elements Mountain can't hold you down. 0Votes395kRecs359.7kFans
- 144 The Imperial Clan of Great Zhou 大周皇族 The souls of Heaven and Earth are always outside, and only the life soul resides within the body. When the life soul resides in the womb, it gives rise to the seven po souls. Everyone's life begins when the life soul takes residence in the womb, but Fang Yun's life began at the very moment it ended… True royalty does not come from inherited bloodlines, but from nobility at the level of one's destiny and soul! 0Votes1.6MRecs691.7kFans
- 145 The Demon Inn 有妖气客栈 A System with a supernatural air, a shopkeeper with a supernatural air, and an inn with a supernatural air. Raise the seven-star stove, boil the waters of three rivers in a copper pot. Set out the Eight Immortals’ table and welcome guests from every direction. Gladly welcome visitors from the four seas, with two supernatural mouths ready to serve. Share a smile upon meeting, and trade white robes for red. When the guest leaves, the cup is still warm, and a donkey lies drunk beside the table. 0Votes375.3kRecs330.6kFans
- 146 The Champion's Heart 冠军之心 “Mr. Zhou, we noticed that as a child, you dabbled in a wide range of fields, including basketball, table tennis, badminton, Go, Chinese checkers, Gomoku, Chinese chess, international chess, calligraphy and painting, guitar and music. Does that mean that even if you hadn't chosen football as your career, you could have achieved the same level of success in another field?” “Well... football is the only thing I've ever been passionate about for more than three minutes.” “So all the things we liste 5Votes1.6MRecs452.4kFans
- 147 A Daring Life 彪悍的人生 My name is Lin Fan, and I have an encyclopedia that lets me know a little bit about everything. At the first International Bragging Championship, every contestant was utterly defeated. Everyone: Big brother, how are you so amazing at showing off? Lin Fan: I never show off… P.S. My old book, The Strongest System, is currently being serialized. I also have two completed older books, I Am a Tycoon, So What Am I Afraid Of? Volumes 1 and 2. Updates 0Votes497.7kRecs564.1kFans
- 148 My 1979 我的1979 When you wake up, you’re back in that era. Facing the past once more, can you guess how it will end… 8Votes6.7MRecs2.2MFans
- 149 EN The Mage Who Started a Revolution 当个法师闹革命 Why is it that transmigrated protagonists can always inherit their predecessors' memories right away and start a new life without a hitch? Why do they always wake up safe and sound in bed after transmigrating, with a sister (older sister, maid) beside them, crying and blubbering, “Thank goodness! You're finally awake!” What if the protagonist discovers they've been kidnapped right after transmigrating, with several perverted witches brandishing whips? What then? “Are you going to talk or not?!” 0Votes180.9kRecs216.2kFans
- 150 Flirting with the Entertainment Industry 调戏文娱 The wind belongs to the sky. I borrowed it for a little while, but it stirred the fires of life below. 0Votes281kRecs316.8kFans
