To the Rooftop
上天台
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.6M Words
- Genre
- Xianxia
- Subgenre
- Fantasy Cultivation
- Updated
- 4y ago
- English
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My Reading List 🔥
Different strokes for different folks. I'm not into light entertainment, and I avoid romance and urban fiction, with a few exceptions. I dropped some of these books later on, but they still have something worth reading. I hope you find one that suits you.
A Ten-Year Veteran Reader’s Shelf of Hidden Gems and Solid Reads for Male Readers
Carefully tending a few promising seedlings 🐾 🎯 This list is mainly for male-audience novels, mostly without heroines. I'll note when the protagonist has a love interest.
Personal Reading List | A Storehouse of Plot-Driven Reads
I prefer stories focused on careers. The most important thing is an interesting plot, followed by a well-rounded one. Good writing means telling a good story, not piling on fancy words. Multiple heroines or romantic ambiguity are major drawbacks for me, though that doesn't mean the list has none.
A Veteran Military Doctor Recommends Xianxia 🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑
The Three-Taste Bookshelf
Collecting forgotten web novels, unable to forget their flavor.
Stories with No Female Leads
No heroine, no flirting, and no sleeping around with random people.
Completed Books
2024 Judges' Picks
Just for organizing.
I Might Be a Fake Girl: A Girl's Picks from Male-Oriented Xianxia
Maybe I really am a fake girl, part two is here This time, I am mainly recommending xianxia works. 😂😂😂😂 The first web novel I ever read was the xianxia work Zhu Xian. Back then, as a girl still full of youthful romantic feelings, I cried my eyes out reading it😭😭😭😭😭😭 That is why I have a particular fondness for xianxia works. Boys with swords long as dragons, fairies in robes whiter than snow, and enchanting demonesses all linger in my dreams. So I specially selected the xianxia works I enjoy rea
Novels Without Heroines or Romance
All the books on this list have no female lead and no romance pairing. Your mileage may vary. I'll remove ongoing novels if they introduce romance.
Novels I Like with No Female Lead or Just One
I'll note whether a book has no female lead or a single female lead, along with any major dealbreakers. I removed Late Ming and The Ming Dynasty's Benefactor because they kept getting flagged for supposedly prohibited words and wouldn't pass review. Neither is strictly a no-female-lead story, though. The Ming Dynasty's Benefactor is good and basically has no female lead; I really like it. Both male leads in Late Ming end up with more than one woman, so skip it if that's a dealbreaker. I also rec
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If Heaven Hadn't Made Me a Tireless Reader, I'd Be Staying Up All Night With a Thousand Books!
The protagonist has to be smart! Show off without being cringey!
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Good books.
Lanya's Picks
#TryTheFirstTenChapters# This tag marks new books whose first ten chapters I tried and thought were pretty good. I’ll check out the books recommended in the comments. If I don’t add one, it’s because I don’t want to recommend it. I won’t reply to every comment.
Books I Like
I can finally make my own reading list! Let me be excited for a few days, haha. I like fantasy and cultivation stories with wildly imaginative premises. I mostly read books with either a female-only or male-only protagonist. I’m very particular about looks, and I absolutely won’t read a book if the protagonist is ugly. I’m extremely picky, and even the slightest thing that bothers me will make me drop a story. This list is mainly for personal use. Not every book here is good; most are just proof
No Feel-Good Power Trips, Just Fun and Thought-Provoking Stories
Added a new option: “If I could recommend only five books” The five books that have stuck with me most are Super-Dimensional Wizard, Throne of Magical Arcana, The Primitive Wars, The Azeroth Adventure Guide, and Journey to Klimasha. Of course, Cultivation Chat Group and Lord of the Mysteries are classics too, but those two know far too much, so I won't recommend them. There's also A Scholarly Gathering with My Lich Colleagues, which I've been reading lately. The author hasn't written enough yet
The Ancient Road to Lanzhou, a Lean Horse in the West Wind. A Thousand Scriptures, Seeking Immortal Traces
This is Lanzhou Gudao's list of xianxia novels, carefully selected recommendations from the genre 😙😙😙 I'm an older reader with extremely particular tastes, and I like works with some depth. Beginners, this list probably isn't for you. 🌸🌸🌸 Follow now, and you'll never run out of books to read.
A Taste of Delight
Keeping track of novels that have stayed with me.
Saving These for Later
Notes
Some Handsome Male Leads, Please
Selection criteria: Good writing, solid logic, and a handsome male lead. The author doesn't need to force anything, but the atmosphere should hit my radar. I hope it hits yours too, XD. No CP or one female lead are both fine. I can enjoy multiple female leads if the plot is compelling enough, but I'll flag those recommendations in advance. Desperately looking for fellow readers to recommend books. This poor book-starved soul is about to starve!
A Veteran Reader’s Honest Recommendations
Nothing special, just sorting through the books I’ve read
Great Books That Will Surprise You! Completed and Ongoing
I’ve been reading on Qidian for over ten years. I read all kinds of genres and enjoy a wide variety of books, but when I sum it up, they all have writing styles that make me want to keep reading comfortably. Some older completed books are especially worth revisiting, so I’m sharing them with fellow readers. Everyone is welcome to recommend books and help enrich my bookshelf~ Also, this list is about the books, not the authors, because I’ve always believed that a writer may not produce a classic
So Good, You’ll Want to Read It Again
I recommend books I personally like and think are well written. Most of the books on this list are ones I’ve read at least twice (the second time, I skimmed through them). There are some I love so much that I reread certain scenes over and over. I don’t blindly follow big-name authors. I only recommend what I like. The male leads I like are decisive and unstoppable. No one can stand in their way, and they won’t stop for anyone. They shouldn’t go weak in the knees at the sight of a woman or grov
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It's September 2018 now. Although "Going to the Rooftop" was a poorly written story, its brilliance remains undiminished in my heart. I will always love Cheng Jun! Whether it's his youthful arrogance before his rebirth or his composure and strategic brilliance after his rebirth, I love him to death!
The entire story is filled with supernatural gimmicks, either pretending to be weak to deceive others or deliberately creating mystery. It's always about something, something, or someone, constantly testing this person and that person, never truly explaining anything. It doesn't feel like a cultivation novel; it's more like a suspense thriller.
I'm taking a look today. I've been waiting for the author's new book, but it seems I won't be able to. Has another good author retired from writing?
How can they even recognize relatives like this? Is she some kind of saint?
The protagonist's biological father is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and he comes from a lowly opera-singing background. Given his immense power, it's impossible for him to be a wanderer without a proper family background. The protagonist actually acknowledges this family and treats them like his own parents; he's incredibly saintly.
So many people are praising this terrible book. It just goes around in circles, never writing a main plot, just focusing on three or four minor characters to pad the numbers. The scope is so narrow it's embarrassing to read, and the author's "reincarnation" makes him seem like a frog in a well.
Don't leave after school! See you on the rooftop! 😏
I never expected to find a novel of this caliber 12 years ago. Back then, all I read were novels like "Battle Through the Heavens." Now, Qidian only promotes novels that have made money in recent years. It's hard to find one like that.
The opening suspense is quite impressive, but the writing is immature, and the initial setup is inherently weak, leading to a departure from the outline in the middle, resulting in illogical and disjointed writing. It's truly a pity.
I reread "On the Rooftop" four times last year, and only this year have I felt the need to write a review. I feel that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has always had a slow-burn style (although I've only read two books). The world-building only gradually unfolds in the middle, and some settings aren't systematically explained but are interspersed in snippets, making them easy to overlook…
It's tasteless to read, but a pity to throw it away; it'll just gather dust on the bookshelf.