Contending for the Great Dao

💥Dark, Cold, Ruthless, and Rational: No Female Lead or One Female Lead💥

I mainly recommend novels with no female lead, a single female lead, or a cool, ruthless protagonist who isn't an idiot. Mm-hmm, the list owner is a bit of a slacker, so updates are irregular.

Reason Above All

This list mainly features books with no female lead, sensible characters, and imaginative premises. I'll make this a trustworthy list. I hope you'll follow and save it.

A Collection of Worthwhile Reads

There are so few people here. Any fellow cultivators around? Make some noise!

A Showcase of Ordinary Reads

A new list! Please follow and leave flowers. Comments would be even better. All you great authors are welcome to come chat! Fans of xianxia, come on in! I don't care whether a book is on the main site or the female-oriented site. Any good xianxia story is welcome, whether it's by a big name, a newcomer, or an author who's still struggling to find readers. If your story has something distinctive and appealing, it might catch my eye. A book by an unknown author isn't necessarily bad, and a big-n

A Veteran Reader's Picks

Personal favorites

Books Truly Worth Reading

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The Gold-Standard Recommender’s Book Nook

Every novel on this list is a top-quality completed work from a different genre.

A Reading Slump Is the Norm

2026 2024: Another difficult year-end, but at last, a new year 2023: A new year, a new chapter 2022: Hit a wall and went in circles looking for a door. Guess I'll need an axe. 2021: Stepped in a pile of crap in real life during the first lunar month. Sigh, at least the world of web novels is safe. 2021: Stay safe. It's 2020, and it's so hard to find anything readable these days. Either the male lead grovels over a woman, or a bunch of women grovel over the male lead... And the mindless panderi

[Soaring to Immortality] A Little Righteous Spirit in the Mortal World, 108,000 Dreams of Youth 🏜️

What is this reading list about? It's about how the whole mortal world can be a place of cultivation. It's about how the vastness of heaven and earth isn't found in the eight directions, but within the space of a single thought. It's about how no matter how boundless the land, it cannot go beyond the speck of dust in one's heart. It's about how dead trees bloom again, all things have spirits, and life exists beyond life. It's about the boundless future, endless beauty, each tribulation a fl

Long Reviews: Ongoing Updates

A selection of bestsellers serialized from 2017 to 2026, along with all kinds of completed classics. Please favorite this list to show your support! Books are selected according to the following seven criteria: 1. Number of subscribers 2. How popular the chapter comments are 3. Number of tips and donations 4. How positive the reviews are 5. Honors and rankings on various charts 6. How many lists the book has appeared on 7. Whether it pioneered a genre, introduced a fresh premise, or led the way

My Heart Is Set on You

Personal reading list

My Reading List

I've paid for and read every book on this list, so I'm qualified to review them. My ratings reflect my personal taste, so they'll differ a bit from those of other readers. Take them as a guide, and I especially recommend books rated 3.5 or higher. I've also been reading for over a decade. My main goal this time is to put together a collection, so there will be plenty of books from more than ten years ago. If you don't like them, there's no need to be rude. Let's get along. Here's my rating scale

[Brilliant Stars] That Summer Night, We Gazed at the Milky Way

👌☝🖐 Every novel worth recognizing is a thrilling vortex leading to a real world, capturing a moment of glory as its author ascends to godhood. A good novel should be a vivid world that runs on its own, with an internally consistent logic. These fictional worlds are like stars of varying brightness, shining across the heavens. This list gathers a selection from that galaxy for your consideration. The most important criterion for evaluating a novel here is its [world-building completeness]. For no

Novels I Like and Recommend

Books with one female lead or no female lead, plus overpowered-protagonist stories

Some Shores Are Eternal

In this vast, ever-changing world and boundless sea of books, a little me once passed through. Those abandoned books that leave us with a thousand regrets The Dog in the World of Gods and Ghosts Global Superstar Begins as a Trainee The Great Sage Global Movie Emperor White-Haired Demon Master Master of the Arts Entertainment's Wilderness Food God

Xianxia

Different Strokes for Different Folks

From literary fiction to brainless wish fulfillment

[Man Ci Pavilion] The Spirit of Books, Words That Fill the World

I've browsed a little of all kinds of books. I like books with interesting values, original plots, and sensible characters. The way things play out should make sense. Some may not quite fit that description, but I have to read them first to know. So feel free to have a look. Wuxia, fantasy, historical fiction, xianxia, urban stories about business and politics, classical romance, game fanfiction, and more. (Sometimes I suddenly get into a certain genre for one reason or another.) (You can tell

Handma's Reading List

Please follow and save this list! ... Many of these books are completed, because waiting for updates is painful. Qidian books are usually great early on, then tend to go off the rails later. Our motto: don’t waste your money! (Though I can’t help it either.) ... The biggest problem with mainstream genre fiction is that it can’t write romance. I haven’t seen a book on Qidian that gives its heroine real depth. Could Qidian start a writing workshop? Have the site’s editors teach the classes: theory

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.

No Female Leads: Xianxia, Wuxia, and Online Games with Smart Characters and Underdog Comebacks

I don’t like transmigration, naive characters, or female leads. I’ve been reading for over ten years and only read the best, with great plots. I like fresh ideas and characters who act weak while hiding their strength.

My Reading List

The mortal world stretches out in a thousand dazzling hues, while clouds and waters lead far along the road to the horizon. Now, the ways of the world return to heaven and earth, and nothing shines brighter than the moon reflected in the water.

Interesting, Smart Reads for Passing the Time: Neither Pretentious nor Dumbed Down

1. At least decent fare, with prose that's readable. 2. The premise or plot should be interesting. No need to bother with mediocre works. I'm no literary intellectual, but I do have some standards for prose. I was pickier about what I read early on. These days I'm tired from work and often just want something light, but I can't stand mindless power-ups and endless hookups. This list is based on those standards. I think these books are pretty good, and ideally they have something special. I've