Novels like The Bronze Furnace in Troubled Times
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- 51 The Swordstep Court 步剑庭 This is an age when legends grow old: In the north, the Old Dragon King rolls over and the earth shudders. In the west, the peacock lounges amid beauty and has no wish to move. Two old men who wield swords have no grievance against each other, yet must fight to the death. And a poor, miserable scholar tosses aside his books, suddenly draws his blade, and chops apart half the land. This is an age when legends are born anew: The beauty destined to topple kingdoms has yet to learn how to put on mak 2Votes299.2kRecs249.3kFans
- 52 Solo Play 独游 Important tips for adventuring on the continent of Falvey: 1. Never give anything of value to the city gate guards. 2. Chickens are vicious creatures. 3. Your life is worth no more than a chicken's. 4. A skilled archer is a companion you can count on in battle. But not every archer is skilled, so... good luck. 5. Treasure your life and love living. Don't try making an atomic bomb on a whim. 6. Don't be fooled by appearances. 7. Knowing a few extra languages is useful. 8. Don't fear death. Most p 0Votes138.4kRecs69.8kFans
- 53 The Investiture of the Gods of the Mystic Sect 玄门封神 I transmigrated to a world where immortal arts flourished, and worked hard at my cultivation. I thought that after arriving in this world, I would spend my whole life getting to know it. But one day, when I commanded Yin and Yang and ruled over all beneath the heavens, I learned that this world knew me, too. For half a lifetime, I cultivated in obscurity. In a single day, I mastered the way, and the whole world was stunned. 0Votes232.8kRecs106.4kFans
- 54 The Path of a Cultivation Sect Leader 修真门派掌门路 Fate is bestowed by Heaven, and one's fellow cultivator walks the path alongside. Together they roam free, chanting the Yellow Court Sutra as one. In this boundless world, cultivation brings together spiritual roots, one's innate destiny, and a companion spirit. The protagonist, Qi Xiu, unexpectedly becomes the sect leader and leads his small, struggling sect in its fight to survive. From a middle-aged man in his thirties at the lowest level of Qi Refining to a wise old man who looks down upon a 32Votes895.5kRecs543.8kFans
- 55 Conquering the Savage Wilderness 雄霸蛮荒 While the geniuses cultivate techniques created by the ancients, Zhang Ye is already practicing techniques of his own invention. While others fight tooth and nail over a single martial arts manual, Zhang Ye makes money selling manuals he created himself. While the geniuses bask in pride over their meager achievements, Zhang Ye has already beaten their masters so badly they fled, spitting blood. Others devote their entire lives to mastering a technique and still fall short, but Zhang Ye can compr 0Votes275.9kRecs356.3kFans
- 56 EN Reforming Great Wei: A World of Immortals and Martial Arts 我在仙武大魏搞变革 An age of great upheaval is coming! The Great Wei is rotten from top to bottom. The civil and military officials, the Hundred Schools of Thought, traditional crafts, and demons, ghosts, spirits, and monsters are all emerging in this chaotic age. Some will set the world in order and restore balance. Others will wreak havoc and bring misery to all. And into this world came Lin Ke. “The age of chaos is coming, and change never ceases. Through countless trials, our generation will stand tall!” 0Votes729.6kRecs247.5kFans
- 57 EN The Immortal's Path of the Purple Mansion 紫府仙缘 A boy leaves home to find food during a famine. Starting out as an herb gatherer, he embarks on the path of cultivation, refining medicines, tasting poisonous herbs, and testing remedies... In a world where corpses litter the ground, he survives as tenaciously as a weed. Cultivation, Qi refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul. He cultivates, gathers herbs, makes pills, and crafts artifacts in an immortal realm, while farming and building a community in his Violet Palace 0Votes895.4kRecs345.2kFans
- 58 The Super Electric Eel Clone 超级电鳗分身 By sheer accident, Chen Fan gains an electric eel as his avatar! As someone with plenty of ideas, Chen Fan naturally intends to conduct thorough research on this electric-eel avatar. Captains, are Somali pirates still giving you headaches? Come hire me through the website. I guarantee your ship will be safer than one escorted by an aircraft carrier! What? That Indian nation just launched a new stealth frigate? Could that fool have forgotten that I call the shots in the ocean? Spend one million d 0Votes321.8kRecs127.9kFans
- 59 The Heaven-Piercing Great Sage 通天大圣 New book: My Uchiha Are So Steady As a Naruto fan, I read every Naruto fanfic and still felt like none of them scratched the itch. So I geared up and got to work myself! 0Votes575kRecs351.5kFans
- 60 Chronicles of the Great Han Empire 大汉帝国风云录 Guided by the principle of “delving into history while stepping beyond it,” this novel depicts the intricate historical developments and grand wars of conquest that took place more than 1,800 years ago. The story follows Li Hong, nicknamed Leopard, who rescues a Xianbei commander while still a slave and escapes back to the Han. Starting as an ordinary soldier, he repeatedly distinguishes himself in battle and rises to become a general, ultimately influencing the course of history at the end of t 0Votes1.4MRecs546.4kFans
- 61 The Exorcist 驱魔人 Synopsis: Life is like a game of chess, nothing more than a game. But what if you find yourself facing one deadly setup after another: sinister traps, baffling mysteries, crises, and dead ends? Clues fit together piece by piece as each layer of mystery is peeled away: long hair twisting beneath the water, a young woman stripped of her face before a mirror, a vicious and uncanny “seal man,” an inexplicable shadow in the basement... They will send a bone-deep chill through you on a summer day. Rea 1Votes254.3kRecs338.9kFans
- 62 Soul Painter 灵魂画手 When Gao Fan tried to paint a picture of what “God” looked like, madness descended. It surged up from the sea, rose from the earth, and fell from the sky… From the beginning and the end of time, it came toward all living things, bearing despair. 0Votes65.8kRecs356.5kFans
- 63 The Eight Wilds of the Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海八荒录 Among the dwindling tribes of the ancient wilderness, a young man quietly inherits a forbidden Zhuyou curse lost for millennia. He joins one of the great houses of the Great Jin and stirs up the winds of change across the Eight Wilds. Make a straw doll and curse your enemy to death. Shed your shell like a golden cicada. Unleash the Flying Immortal Slaying Knife. Buddhists and Daoists vie for supremacy, great houses scheme against one another, sects wage fierce battles, and every race seeks domin 11Votes412.4kRecs152.3kFans
- 64 Heart of Canaan 迦南之心 Xiao Fen gently gripped Darkwrath. The twisted wooden staff answered with a peculiar feel beneath his fingers. He parted his lips slightly, sensing his life ebb away from his body with every passing second... The Plunso Shadowstalker stood silently on his shoulder, its pupils fixed on him with a knife-sharp gaze. A divine light glimmered in its eyes. Xiao Fen needed time. Yes, he clenched his staff as long strings of incantations poured from his lips. His life was being drawn from his body, bit 0Votes1.1MRecs127kFans
- 65 The Spring and Autumn of the Chu Clan 楚氏春秋 Dragons devour the world, and winds and clouds surge. The Central Plains had enjoyed a hundred years of peace, but the Northern Zhao's Chu clan was rising, the young ruler of the Western Qin was being restored to power, Southern Qi and Eastern Wu were forming an alliance, and the northern barbarians were stirring... In this chaotic age of heroes, who can stand against whom? 1Votes1.8MRecs171.9kFans
- 66 The Path of No Duality 不二大道 The new book, The Creation of Japanese Weird Tales, is officially on sale. [Nearly 6,000 average paid subscriptions] Wei Bu'er thinks that joining Yun Yin Sect will let him pursue the Great Dao, only to discover that he has to start out as a menial worker. And in this unassuming-looking sect, you can trip over a whole crowd of senior brothers and sisters with golden fingers just by kicking a rock. The women of the cultivation world are all gorgeous. Wei Bu'er thinks he'll surely find a good girl 2Votes335.9kRecs291.8kFans
- 67 Moving Mountains 搬山 Liang Xin was born into a family of convicts and thought he would never amount to anything in this life. Unexpectedly, when he was eight, a ghost servant who had once served his ancestor came to pledge his loyalty to him... To cultivate heaven's way and comprehend the Dao, one must sever mortal attachments. In a cultivator's eyes, only the Heavenly Dao matters; external things cannot move them, and worldly honors and disgrace mean nothing. The Daoist heart is not the human heart. Liang Xin, howe 0Votes202.6kRecs156kFans
- 68 The Absolute Death Game 绝对死亡游戏 [A game of life and death, a game hiding countless secrets. Victory grants supreme power, and everything in the game can be brought back to reality. But everything comes at a price. If you die in the game, you die in reality as well. When the boundary between game and reality becomes illusory, you can win everything or lose everything. Would you dare to play?] My new book, "The Book of Another World", is now being serialized, with its first release on Qidian. This is a brand-new work born from m 0Votes208.9kRecs150.3kFans
- 69 An Engineering Student in the Tang Dynasty 唐朝工科生 A little incident took place at Xuanwu Gate, and before long, the Tang Dynasty had a new emperor. For one wild engineering student, one thing led to another, and he ended up in Chang'an at just this moment in time. Since he was related to a big shot, one of the twenty-four meritorious officials honored at Lingyan Pavilion, he had planned to coast through life. But he never expected the big shot to kick the bucket in just a few years. So this wild engineering student who had stumbled into the Tan 2Votes518.8kRecs300.4kFans
- 70 Spirit Mountain 灵山 Mei Xi, an undergraduate at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, had wandered the world from a young age. After struggling his way into university and reaching his second year, he transmigrated through an extraordinary chance encounter and arrived in the prosperous Tang dynasty. To his surprise, the world he found was not quite like the one described in history books. Things that existed only in myths and legends were right there before his eyes. How should he make his way in this world? Were 5Votes696.7kRecs484kFans
- 71 One Sword, Flying Immortal 一剑飞仙 Tempered a thousand times in raging fire and thunder, ten years to forge a sword whose light chills the world. I endured every hardship, keeping my claws sheathed, all for this day, when I soar into the heavens! 0Votes1.9MRecs543kFans
- 72 Transmigrating as Ning Caichen 穿越宁采臣 Ning Fei had a dream. He dreamed he was in Lanruo Temple, where there was a female ghost named Nie Xiaoqian, a big-bearded man named Yan Chixia, and a thousand-year-old tree demon... Then Ning Fei woke up and discovered that he had become Ning Caichen, dressed in white with long sleeves, like a scholar from ancient times! 0Votes235.7kRecs216.8kFans
- 73 Chronicle of the Tyrant Emperor 霸皇纪 My enemies come in only two kinds: those on their knees and those lying down. My name is Gao Zhengyang, the most domineering and willful man in the Myriad Worlds. 0Votes805.2kRecs153.4kFans
- 74 The True Immortal of Bright Jade 皓玉真仙 (A feel-good power fantasy with a single male lead, not an ensemble cast. The protagonist has already attained the final great realm, True Immortal, so the slaughter can begin.) Heaven and earth are a chessboard, and all things are its pieces. When I take up the pieces, I’ll sweep them all off the board with a single stroke of my sleeve! A mighty cultivator with a false core seizes a spirit and starts cultivating anew. Armed with a supreme treasure, he becomes the greatest True Immortal in the h 29Votes14.4MRecs1.3MFans
- 75 The Great Physician 大国医 No deep-seated vendettas, no struggle to rule the world, no plots and schemes, no machinations: this is the romantic story of a Jiangnan youth who, quite by accident, grows into a renowned physician whose work bridges the past and the future. 0Votes243.5kRecs520.4kFans
- 76 The Greatest Sect Leader in History 史上第一掌门 I transmigrated, and even became the leader of a sect! It seems pretty good, except this sect is a little too weak, and there are a few too few people... “Senior Brother, Master said the task of revitalizing our sect is now yours!” my only fellow disciple, a junior sister, said with an annoyed look. “If you can't do it, hurry up and hand the sect leader's position over to me!” 0Votes381.5kRecs228.5kFans
- 77 The Champion's Godfather 冠军教父 The protagonist is not particularly likable. But some people love him passionately. And he himself does not seem to care what people think of him. His love life attracts widespread attention. He is the team's number-one star. He knows Chinese football inside and out. He is loved and hated by the media. But no matter what, his players are his most devoted followers. He is the most individualistic, successful, and controversial coach in the history of English football: Tony Twain. In the end, this 5Votes1.9MRecs521.6kFans
- 78 The Witch Arrives in Another World 巫临异世 A bizarre form of witchcraft passed down from the age of ancient tribes, humanity's oldest art. Soul shamans practice the most evil branch of witchcraft, cultivating by taking the blood and souls of living beings. For the first time, ancient witchcraft descends upon another world... What is a shaman? It is not some ritual dance or a pretense to fool the masses! After the age of the gods that began with the creation of the world, it was the pinnacle of all living beings in the ancient wilderness 0Votes335.2kRecs108kFans
- 79 Tang Cavalry 唐骑 The gale rages, sweeping across ten thousand miles. Wherever the horses’ hooves tread, there lies the Great Tang! 0Votes401.3kRecs211.1kFans
- 80 The All-Round Martial God 全职武神 This is a story full of chivalry… 1Votes10.1MRecs344.5kFans
- 81 Alien Parasite 天外寄生 Black technology originally referred to scientific technology developed independently by nonhuman beings, far beyond humanity's current technological and intellectual capabilities, and even lacking scientific basis or violating the laws of nature. Used for good, this technology from beyond its time can advance human civilization; used for evil, it can destroy it. Chen Yang, a regular human from Earth, has been parasitized by an extraterrestrial creature. Now he faces a difficult question: having 0Votes118.5kRecs144.5kFans
- 82 The Demon of the Great Ming 大明妖孽 If gods exist in heaven, why are demons running rampant in the world? If there are no gods in heaven, why is the heart filled with so many doubts? During the Chenghua era of the Ming dynasty, a group of Embroidered Uniform Guard officers known as "fox-born and ghost-raised" are ordered to seek the true gods in a godless world and search for the path to immortality within their brief lives. 7Votes676.6kRecs150.6kFans
- 83 Immortal Envoy in Search of Love 寻情仙使 Li Yongsheng travels from the Immortal Realm to a lower plane to serve as an Observer, an official tasked with gauging public opinion and learning the truth of the world below. But he has another important reason for volunteering to descend: he wants to find his immortal companion, who was reincarnated in the lower realm. How can he find her without revealing his identity? For an Observer, that's a bit of a challenge... 0Votes1.7MRecs128.7kFans
- 84 The Legend of the Immortal River 仙河传记 I ask the heavens: where can the Dao be found? Fear neither towering mountains nor the depths of the sea. I want to give you the resolve to take on the whole world! 0Votes259.8kRecs41.2kFans
- 85 Martial God 武神 What is a genius? Someone who can fully master any combat technique, and clear away every bottleneck whenever they cultivate a new technique. That's a true genius! He Yiming was an ordinary boy from He Family Village, with no particularly outstanding talent for martial arts. But after a chance encounter, this unremarkable boy became a genius in everyone's eyes, blessed with an enviable gift for martial arts. Whether it was his family's acquired Five Elements manuals or the legendary innate manua 4Votes2.3MRecs1.4MFans
- 86 Second Green 二青 Cen Qing transmigrates and is reborn as a green snake named Erqing. Later, he learns that this world has monkeys and a White Snake. He roams the green hills, still a snake, and before he knows it, he has become a demon! 0Votes182.2kRecs219.9kFans
- 87 The Gate of Creation 造化之门 This is a broken little corner. This is a forgotten world. That day, Ning Cheng was at his lowest. That day, he was forcibly brought here. With Ning Cheng in it, this corner will make its name among the vast stars. With Ning Cheng in it, this world will shine in the endless universe! 7Votes2.5MRecs1.3MFans
- 88 The Immortal Gourd 仙葫 Countless arts and endless paths to the Great Dao: I ask only one thing, can they grant eternal life? 19Votes2.8MRecs580.5kFans
- 89 Ghost Stock 鬼股 The emerald sea and azure sky lie beneath a deep night, Why ask if the moon waxes or wanes, if fortunes rise or fall? A clear, sharp mirror of frost holds a pure reflection, A bright, polished ice vessel washes a heart clean. Among the flowers, tears fall, yet I raise my cup; Beneath the moon, an oriole sings, and I set my zither aside. In the shade of the parasol tree, I sigh for the noble one, His graceful bearing leaves me moved beyond words. What sort of person is he? Though he possesses no 0Votes51.2kRecs152.4kFans
- 90 Alone in the World 独闯天涯 [A work signed with Qidian’s Third Editorial Group] Feng Xiaoxiao says: No one can defeat me, because… no one can run faster than I can… One Sword Soars to Heaven says: A master must keep a low profile. But I’m a master among masters, so I’m going to be flashy. Flowing Moon says: My special move is drawing my blade to cut through water, not stealing someone else’s love. Sword Without a Trace says: I roam the martial world, yet the martial world has no tales of me. Xiaoyao says: Don’t call me Xia 0Votes669.4kRecs401.8kFans
- 91 Hardcore Crisis 硬核危机 Lu Yuan has a USB drive containing more than a dozen movies. When he discovers he can freely draw objects from those movies and bring them into the real world, it seems like an incredible opportunity! But disaster follows close behind. The dangers caused by the mutated USB drive are gradually threatening the safety of the entire real world. 0Votes259.8kRecs200kFans
- 92 A Different Kind of Immortal Sect 不一样的仙宗 [The new novel, The Primordial God Within Me, is now out. New and returning readers are all welcome to check it out!] At the inauguration of the seventh sect master of Yingtian Sect, Chen Yuan presided over the ceremony and delivered a speech: “What makes a prestigious sect? It has more spirit stones than you, more magic treasures than you, stronger cultivation techniques, and stronger disciples... And what makes a righteous sect? Whoever listens to me is righteous. Anyone who ignores me is a he 0Votes57.7kRecs53.1kFans
- 93 High Mountain Ranch 高山牧场 Shi Tou's new novel, Starlight Stables, is now online! An ordinary entry-level office worker in the city unexpectedly gets a magical bead, completely changing his life. He makes his way into the heart of America, starts a ranch, improves the cattle and horses, and raises a few wild animals. Under blue skies, beside snowy mountains and lush pastures, he spends his days herding cattle, hunting, and riding horses, living a carefree life. No more worrying about punching in at work, dealing with the 0Votes275.9kRecs282.9kFans
- 94 Ascending to Immortality 升邪 For nine days, the sun has failed to rise after setting. On the tenth day, Su Jing makes a name for himself far and wide. 22Votes817.8kRecs499.5kFans
- 95 EN Dao Fruit 道果 First question: What is the Dao? Answer: The Dao of nature is divinity; the Dao of destiny leads to becoming an immortal. Whether you become an immortal or a god, it is all the Dao. Second question: What is the Great Dao? Answer: The Dao of nature and destiny is the greatest Dao. Third question: How can you be sure it is the Great Dao? Answer: I punch you, and your nature and destiny are both scattered. What Dao could you possibly cultivate then? Born a god, with nature and destiny divided into 0Votes174.6kRecs203.7kFans
- 96 Drifting with the Tide: A Great Military Strategist 随波逐流之一代军师 I have long since hidden away the gold at my waist; such matters are nothing unusual. If the world wishes to know the guest of the humble garden, he is merely a scholar from Jiangnan. Jiang Zhe, courtesy name Suiyun, was born poor. After ten years of arduous study, he finally passed the imperial examinations and entered the Hanlin Academy. But by chance, he was drawn into the struggle over the crown prince of the Great Yong dynasty. Faced with schemes and machinations, he had to match wits and p 2Votes5.8MRecs360.3kFans
- 97 The Red Tassel Record 红缨记 The story is set sixteen years after the events of various original works. In principle, this book will touch on the original plots only sparingly, focusing instead on telling the stories that come afterward. For instance, Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying's married life; Yinggu, the Old Urchin, and Master Yideng living together; Dongfang Bubai, who didn't actually die, climbing out of the lake to continue secretly loving Linghu Chong; Li Xunhuan and Sun Xiaohong's life as an older man with a much y 0Votes123.2kRecs59.8kFans
- 98 Lonely at the Top 高手寂寞 In truth, experts have lonely hearts, because expertise itself is built upon loneliness. If you want happiness, excitement, and a carefree life, don’t become an expert. Lan Di Meichen has completed eleven novels: A Moment in Heaven from the Lan Di Meichen Series, Eternal Crescent from the Lan Di Meichen Series, Lonely Expert, The Fall of Truth, Drink from the Lan Di Meichen Series, Temporarily Untitled, Mechanical D 5Votes1.4MRecs570.9kFans
- 99 EN Legend of the Cultivation God 修神外传 The divine map comes together, thunder roars, forbidden lands stir, and an immortal abode appears! The path of immortality stretches on. Where does it lead? The divine traces remain hidden. Why do they hide? The Heavenly Dao is merciless, yet humans are full of feeling. Countless desires stand in the way of eternal life! Cultivate the Worry-Free Sutra within, train the Thunder Body without, venture alone through three continents and four seas, and boldly battle demons and monsters! Wield the Fiv 0Votes648.3kRecs263.7kFans
- 100 EN The Melody of Dark Winds 邪风曲 Who can decide what is righteous and what is evil? Good and bad are yours to judge. A mountain is a mountain, and water is water. A mountain is no longer a mountain, and water is no longer water. Then the mountain is still a mountain, and water is still water. After seeing through everything, after seeing through its true nature, what of all things? Once you see through it all, what do righteousness and evil matter? What do good and bad matter? Everything one does is simply for the sake of survi 0Votes4MRecs893.3kFans

















































