Novels like The Great City Lord
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Great City Lord, best match first.
- 1 Global Lord: I Have a Book of a Hundred Ghosts! 全民领主，我有一卷百鬼录！ [Lord Fiction + Decisive and Ruthless + Evolving Troops + Sweeping All Before Him] A long-buried myth has been revived, and the Cloud Court beyond the Nine Heavens has returned to the world. The extinguished altar will kindle divine fire and forge a throne high above the heavens! A mysterious contest begins, forcing the lifeforms of the Primordial Starfield to take part in this battle for godhood. Faith, resentment, baleful energy... Life, death, karma... Is this the cycle of death, or an eter 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 I, a Golden Core Cultivator, Have Descended Upon Earth 我，金丹修士，降临地球 [Urban Cultivation] [The Only One with Supernatural Powers] [No Ancient Martial Arts] [Truly Invincible] From the start, he searches souls and learns everything. He exerts pressure over all living beings, and the world submits. "Inform the world that a grand banquet at the peak will be held to welcome my arrival. Invite political leaders, tycoons, celebrities, and scholars from around the globe... Gather the hundred thousand people who stand at the very top of their respective fields on this pla 7Reads6.0Score114d adds
- 3 Since I Have a System, I Might as Well Play at Being the Universe’s Richest Man 都系统了，先当个宇宙首富玩一玩 [Brainless wish fulfillment + tycoon + System + showing off and face-slapping + no cultivation] Now that I have a System, why not aim big and become the richest person in the universe first!!!!! 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Gods Invade: I Defend the Battlefield with Chinese Martial Arts 神明入侵：我用国术守战场 On New Year’s Eve in 3024, Amaterasu-Omikami descended upon Earth with the gods of the Island Nation. In just a few short days, the Island Nation was declared destroyed! On the Mid-Autumn Festival of 3024, Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu descended upon Earth with the gods of the Dance Nation. After the Beautiful Nation refused to help, the Dance Nation was declared destroyed! After ten years of war, Huaxia was the last one standing. During the fifth divine invasion, as Yahweh unleashed a fatal blow, H 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Urban: Five Old Fools Kicked Me Off the Mountain 都市:我被五个老家伙赶下山了 [Master + Divine Doctor + Top Student + God of War] The wealthy Jiang family is left with nothing after a mysterious fire burns everything they own. Twenty years later, Jiang Chen emerges from Mount Kunlun. To uncover the truth behind what happened back then, he'll kill any god or Buddha who stands in his way. What? You say you're a top student? Then I'm the top student of top students. Barbarians dare to invade our border? Jiang Chen takes one step forward. Who dares face me in battle? His arri 362Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 6 From the Start, I Pick Up Attributes and Become Invincible Across the Myriad Worlds 开局捡属性无敌万界 Synopsis: Luo Fan transmigrates and activates the Attribute Pickup System. “Ding! Picked up 10 Strength points. Obtained the strength of ten oxen.” “Ding! Picked up one Space attribute point. Obtained the Law of Space!” “Ding! Picked up a strand of the Nine Heavens Goddess’s hair. Obtained a red marriage cord from the Old Man Under the Moon!” He can pick up anything that gets dropped. Is becoming a god really that hard? “Ding! Picked up a piece of the Goddess’s armor. Obtained a divine essence. 903Reads6.7Score10014d adds
- 7 Super Chef System 超级厨神系统 A legendary figure who conquers the world with his cooking emerges from a run-down dumpling shop! Life has a thousand flavors, and you can't please every palate? That's only because the chef hasn't mastered the heat. I'm Xie An, and no one has ever had a bad word to say about anything I make! Even immortals have to get in line and wait patiently if they want a bite! 697Reads5.8Score10314d adds
- 8 Hundredfold Class Attributes: What’s Wrong with Starting as a Skeleton Soldier? 兵种百倍属性，开局骷髅兵怎么了 [Lord game, undead, decisive and ruthless, leveling up, fast-paced!] The moment he opened his eyes, Shen Yi realized he had been reborn, back on the very first day he became a lord! In his previous life, he had been a six-star lord, only to die an inglorious death on the Battlefield of All Races! This time, he would never make the same mistakes again! “Damn it! My starting unit is a Tier One Skeleton Warrior? How am I supposed to play this?” When he saw the unit unlocked from the start, She 356Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 9 Global Lord: From the Start, Everything Depends on Getting Things for Free 全民领主：开局巅峰全靠白嫖 [Stat-based, everyone descends, races vie for supremacy, steady pacing, nation-building and mass recruitment] In 2060, the Starsea Spatial Battlefield opened, connecting the living planets across the universe and launching a war between lords. Once all the lords of a planet were defeated, that planet would be destroyed. Everyone on Blue Star descended into the cosmic Starsea and became lords, taking part in the battlefield where countless races fought for supremacy. After descending, the protago 14Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 10 Myriad Worlds: I'm the Strongest Instance Boss Across All Worlds 诸天：我是万界最强副本boss [Summoning + Mythical Beasts of Chinese Mythology + Mythical Treasures, Mythical Troops, and Mythical Dungeon Scenarios] Across the myriad realms of the universe, celestial realm-hunters of every race lead their worlds’ elites to invade other worlds. They plunder resources from other realms to strengthen their own, and extract the origins of other worlds to empower their home realms. When realm-hunters enter other worlds, part of their own realm transforms into a terrifying dungeon that devours 163Reads6.6Score27214d adds
- 11 Stop! I Promise I Won't Make a Life-Size Figure of You 别打了，我保证不做你的等身手办 Young Miss, please go easy on me! I really didn't mean to make a life-size replica of you. I swear! And all the other life-size figures in my room were accidents too. You've got to believe me! Lin Xian transmigrates to another world and gets a belt from the System that can equip engraved seals. From then on, he sets out on an otherworldly journey to deepen his bonds with his companions and collect precious seals. Which lovely girls will he meet along the way? Let's wait and see. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The World Became My Single-Player Game 世界成了我的单机游戏 A game interface appeared before him. With no class to choose, Mo Lin had no choice but to treat the world like a game and play it. 1.6kReads5.5Score19914d adds
- 13 A Carefree Life in the Countryside After Quitting My Job 辞职后的乡村逍遥人生 Yang Yu was an employee at a company, living a nine-to-five life, when a stroke of fate granted him the immortal art of cultivating plants. Feeling that his life had been rewritten, he resolutely returned to his village to build a future there. Using the Spirit Rain spell, he grew all kinds of delicious vegetables and began enjoying a carefree, leisurely life, “picking chrysanthemums beneath the eastern hedge, gazing serenely at the southern mountains.” 534Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 14 The Star-Locked Nine Abysses 星锁九渊 [Inspirational wish fulfillment] + [Fantasy imagination] + [Multiverse] + [Jaw-dropping twists] + [Supernatural horror] One book to understand everything about the underworld Are these real memories from a past life, or nightmares that haunt him in this one? The three ancient seal-script characters for “Qin Guang Hall” above the doorway look as if they are dripping with blood, chilling anyone who sees them to the bone. “I’m just a gamer. Why have I ended up in a place like this?” An uncontr 7Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 15 Supreme Dragon God System 至尊龙神系统 Want to become the Nine Dragons Supreme? Then start by bullying a caterpillar. Zhan Tianming, a game-obsessed shut-in, wields the Supreme Dragon God System and achieves the Nine Dragons Supreme physique. He wants to become the strongest man on the Nine Dragons Continent, sleep with the most beautiful women, and drink the finest wine. Anyone who dares challenge him will be crushed beneath his feet. Then he'll shout, “Damn it, who else wants some?” 409Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 16 EN Evil Insect God 邪虫神 Between righteousness and evil, on the boundary between good and wicked, lies heresy. Reborn in the Spirit Realm Continent, Huo Hai possesses a secret art for raising insects and vows to bring it to its fullest potential. Rare spiritual techniques, heavenly treasures, beauties: he gathers them all under his command, becoming the Insect God of a generation. 3kReads8.0Score41214d adds
- 17 I Find Treasure Chests in the City 我在都市捡宝箱 Tang Xuan can see treasure chests hidden throughout the city streets and alleys, and open them. Inside, he can find all kinds of cultivation techniques, manuals, secret arts, and items. From then on, Tang Xuan lives life on his own terms, dominating the city. A chest yields a treasured manual from Longhu Mountain, granting him mastery of heavenly thunder and earthly fire so he can slay demons and monsters. Another yields the Perfect Male God Ring, which gives him the ideal male-god look and make 424Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 18 Urban: I Keep a Low Profile Until I Become a Legend 都市：我苟成了神话 “The Cunning God System has activated!” “Host has played it safe once again. Reward: Height +2 cm.” “Ding… Congratulations, Host. Medical skill has reached Level 1.” “Ding… Congratulations, Host. Xingyi Fist has reached perfection.” “Ding… Congratulations. Your mastery of the way of cunning has improved again, and your achievements have increased. Please draw a prize!” Chu Chen: “No way, I actually drew a divine flying dagger?” … Reborn in a parallel world, Chu Chen is bound to the Cunning God S 74Reads8.4Score14414d adds
- 19 How Boring Would Life Be If Humans Could Never Die? 人这种生物一旦不会死会有多无聊 You never know just how bored someone can get if they can’t die. Especially when there’s a whole group of idiots who can’t die! A Cat Heihei production is guaranteed to be top-notch! 4Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 20 Otherworldly Offering System 异界供奉系统 Across three thousand worlds, the Great Dao has existed since time immemorial, and countless races and powerful figures fill the land. Yet no one knows that everything is part of a grand conspiracy. With the System in hand, Ye Xuan ascends the path to heaven and cuts through the waves. From then on, he will rule this world! 118Reads7.1Score14914d adds
- 21 The Great Lord of the Illusory Moon 幻月大领主 [Not a Power Fantasy + Farming + Conquest + Multiple Female Leads + Slow Burn] The struggle of an ordinary person in another world, building up from a dilapidated little village into a vast domain that commands the attention of the entire world. There’s everyday life, romance, family, and friendship. I can’t write power fantasies, so I’ll write what I want to write. The early chapters are a little rough, but the story gradually hits its stride. That’s what readers say, and it’s my own honest ass 10.9kReads6.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 22 The Ultimate Field Energy Controller 超级场能掌控者 (Complete, free, and packed with the thrill of an invincible hero) Control magnetic fields and soar through the skies or burrow beneath the earth! Control electric fields and become the God of Thunder! Control genetic fields and transform from a good-for-nothing into a genius! Control the field of life and rule over the life and death of all races! Control the field of the universe, and you become... the master of the Heavenly Dao! This is the story of a young man who can control the energies of 1.1kReads8.4Score11414d adds
- 23 Lord of Ten Thousand Worlds: Sowing the Seeds of Divinity 万界领主：播种成神 Multiple female leads, Myriad Worlds battlefield. The protagonist's talents: 1. Lock: Establish an intimate relationship to forcibly lock in the other person's loyalty. 2. Copy: When establishing an intimate relationship, there is a chance to randomly copy the other person's stats, skills, or talents. 3. Heir Sacrifice: After an heir dies, the protagonist permanently gains 1% to 10% of one of their random stats. [Only stats stack, not levels. Levels increase through experience earned by killing 131Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Lord: The Road to Glory 领主：荣耀之路 [No System + Otherworldly Lord + Knights + War + Daily Life + Alchemy + Epic Worldbuilding] Amid the tides of history, countless bones rise and fall! The course of fate seems impossible to fathom! A troubled age? Hah! When has this land, brimming with ambition, ever known peace? To claim that cold, exalted Iron Throne, there is only iron and blood! 633Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 25 Reborn: The Tumultuous Year of 1982 重生：激荡1982 Also known as: Reborn in 1982, a Groom from the Start. Zhu Yunqing is unexpectedly sent back to 1982, where he starts out as an illiterate young gambler and groom in a remote, impoverished village. He wants to run away from his wedding and escape an era of utter poverty. But he comes to understand how much his family hopes for him, and ultimately decides to make a fresh start. Drawing on the life experience he gained in his previous life, he discovers the unique charm of the era, where treasures 678Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 26 The Strongest Awakened Is a Healer 最强觉醒者是个奶妈 [Ability Awakening + Mutation + No Harem + Growth Story + Everyone Has Issues] Male lead He Ling: [A healer with off-the-charts combat power, with other new abilities to be added. Skilled with bows and crossbows. (Attractive to men and women alike. If you can't accept a protagonist who kills women, this isn't for you.) + occasional bouts of craziness] Female lead Yun Ying: [A ruthless mission machine.] Note: Very little romance! The male lead isn't lustful! The female lead is just there in the e 6Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 27 The Underworld King Returns to the City 都市冥王归来 Ye Luo, the king of assassins known as the "Underworld King," grew tired of killing and returned to the city. Every day, he sets up a barbecue stall with Little April, whom he found by chance, hoping to live a quiet, ordinary life. But things rarely go as people wish. When someone forces him back into the underworld, Ye Luo is happy to oblige. Dressed in white, Ye Luo holds a book in his left hand and a pen in his right. Smiling, he says: "Hello, I'm Ye Luo, a scholar. You can also call me... th 1.7kReads8.4Score13414d adds
- 28 Divine Realm: Awakening as a System Hunter from the Start 神域：开局觉醒系统猎杀者 The Divine Realm descended, and the Destiny System came into being. I, Mu Wanyong, bear the fate of countless cycles of reincarnation. I awakened as the only player on the server with the unique class [System Hunter], able to see through every System’s hidden trump cards. But something seems to have changed in this cycle. Perhaps this time, I won’t have to walk that road I’ve seen countless times before, the one with no way back. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Transdimensional Cognition: My Era Begins 超维认知：我的时代开始了 [Urban Superpowers] + [Academy Squad] + [New Sequence] + [Omniscient Cognition] + [Golden Finger] Xu Yi awakens a fourth-dimensional ability, “Omniscient Cognition,” but the barrier between the third and fourth dimensions makes it impossible to measure his ability’s energy. With help from the academy and his squadmates, his own hard work, and a string of extraordinary encounters, he finally puts an end to the threat posed by the Gate Organization. But this is not the end. Xu Yi’s *??? Chapter* f 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Gods Reclaim Their Authority? I'll Copy and Paste It Instead 神明收归权柄？反手复制粘贴 (The score is low because there aren’t many words. The book’s quality can be judged from the reviews.) [The author has a formula and is showing off a mountain of crap] [No heroine + no System + ensemble cast + vivid prose + original worldbuilding + no cookie-cutter tropes + careful, intelligent characters] That day, at 5:15:43 in the morning, Everything changed. When projections etched with stars covered the Earth, when the Titans’ chaotic divine voices exploded inside our minds, Humanity lost 256Reads8.8Score11014d adds
- 31 Heroic Spirit Simulation: I Can Enter Your Past Life 英魂模拟，我能进入你的前世 [Simulation + Wild Imagination + Decisive and Ruthless + the Myriad Worlds] In this world, humanity can awaken their past lives, summoning their incarnations and projections from the Myriad Worlds to inherit their powers and search for lost history. Some were sword immortals in their past lives, arriving from the west with a single slash to shatter a chaotic age. Others were emperors who led a million troops and ushered in an age of prosperity. But Su Yu transmigrates here with no past life. For 286Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 32 On My First Day Down the Mountain, My Mother-in-Law Kicked Me Out 下山第一天，被丈母娘扫地出门 Five years ago, Jiang Chen, the famous live-in son-in-law of Tianyang City, disappeared... Five years later, he returns to the city with extraordinary medical skills... This time, he will repay kindness and take revenge! A story about a divine doctor making his mark in the city! 26.7kReads8.9Score2.9k14d adds
- 33 The Strongest Playboy System 最强纨绔系统 Xu Liusu, a top-tier thief player, transmigrates into another world. But fate plays a joke on him, putting him in the body of a spoiled young master. “Ding! Host, don’t panic. You just focus on cultivating. Leave everything else to the System!” Xu Liusu: “Huh? A System? Hahaha, what a classic setup. I like it!” And so, a spear-wielding military man, a spoiled young master in white and a god of the spear, bursts onto the scene, singing his way to victory and crushing every obstacle! A heaven-defy 647Reads6.4Score10314d adds
- 34 Reborn as a Carefree Immortal in the City 重生都市休闲仙 [Reborn] + [Daily Life] + [Only I Can Use Magic] + [Modern Cultivation] + [Multiple Heroines] A Great Ascension Immortal Lord fails his tribulation and is reborn in his youth. In modern society, he experiences the human world and enjoys the leisurely life he never got to experience in his previous life. 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 I'm the Old Heavenly Master of the Daoist Sect: Miss, Your Brows Foretell Trouble 我道门老天师：姑娘你眉带凶兆啊 [Taoist Novel + Livestreaming + No Female Lead + Do Whatever You Like = System] Chen Xuan transmigrates into the one and only old Taoist priest in the world, and gains a System to revive the Taoist tradition. In this life, the Taoist lineage has been severed. To restore it, Chen Xuan starts livestreaming to spread Taoist teachings far and wide. With a thought, wind rises and flowers bloom; with a turn of his hand, clouds gather and rain pours [Art of Commanding Wind and Rain] Rain, come! My righ 413Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 36 Tycoon: Are You Crazy? Beautiful Women Throw Money at Me, and I Get Rich? 神豪：疯了吧！美女砸钱我暴富？ [Urban Tycoon + Multiple Heroines + Landlord System + True Love Isn’t Invincible, Pure Gold Is!] Yang Wenbin spent years slogging away at a hospital, a modern-day office drone who couldn’t even win a participation prize. On the very day his girlfriend dumped him, he activated the landlord System. Spend money on beautiful women and get a thousandfold rebate! He meets a top property saleswoman and monopolizes homes in prime locations. From pure and wealthy heiresses to icy CEO women, they all come 43Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 37 Pacifying the Troubled Times: I Start by Grinding Proficiency to Become a God of Slaughter 荡平乱世：从肝熟练度开始当杀神 Ji Chen transmigrates. This is a chaotic age. The northern barbarians surge south, and there’s human meat to eat to your heart’s content. Meanwhile, the nobility in their palaces care only for pleasure. Sons kill fathers, younger brothers kill older brothers, women are enslaved, and men become concubines. It’s a deranged age where everyone indulges in depravity. All Ji Chen wants is to survive the chaos. A powerful clan: “Young man, you’re a very handsome fellow...” Luckily, the System activates 25.5kReads8.3Score2.8k14d adds
- 38 Superpowers Descend: An E-Rank Ability Ravages the World 异能降临，E级异能蹂躏世界 [Everyone Has Superpowers] + [Superpower Organizations] + [No Harem] + [Clever Protagonist] + [Near-Future Post-Apocalypse] After a nuclear war, everyone awakened superpowers. Those with high-level abilities became the elite, while those with low-level abilities were reduced to beast-people. Eighteen-year-old Shen Yan had once been a star everyone admired, but he awakened the lowest-grade superpower ever recorded: E-rank. His childhood friends abandoned him. The person he had once loved looked d 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Legend of Mir: Bringing the Game into Reality, Skills Made Real 传奇世界：映照现实，技能具现 Lin Fan was owed back pay by a disreputable factory. Unable to put up with it any longer, he filed for arbitration with the labor bureau. After half a month, with help from a friend, he got two months’ wages back. After quitting his job, he set off alone to visit Mount Hua in the West, but accidentally fell off a cliff. When he woke up, the world had changed… He was in a parallel world in the new millennium. Even more incredible, the world of Legend had become reality… Lin Fan was thrilled. H 5.5kReads8.1Score23114d adds
- 40 Divine Lord: An Entrenching Tool from the Start 神爵领主：开局一把工兵铲 Another world + survival + lord + farming + war + godhood + planes. By sheer luck, Chi Mu was chosen by the Alliance of Gods as a trial-taker and arrived in the Divine Continent for the first time. Merfolk, kobolds, goblins, minotaurs, ogres, treants, orcs, and countless other races surrounded him... Watch as Chi Mu takes one step at a time toward the myriad heavens. Power levels: six mortal ranks --> demigod --> divine rank: faint --> divine rank: low --> divine rank: intermedia 270Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 41 The Great Powers: I Am the Empire, and the Empire Is Me 列强：帝国即我，我即帝国 Just as the young emperor, who had inherited the throne before his time, is at a loss and completely bewildered, ding Here it comes, here it comes! Big Bro System has arrived. See how Emperor Zhou Shengming of Qianwu saves an empire and makes it... stand tall among the worlds of another realm. (A reminder: this is a completely different world!!!! The blurb does it no justice, so head to the story itself.) 148Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 42 Red Alert: I Became a Chieftain in the Middle East 红警：我在中东当酋长 The old chief's dying words: "Gah..." Travel vlogger Zhang Ga: "My surname is Zhang, and my name is Ga." Tribal elder: "Seize him! He's our new chief!" On Chief Ga's first day in office, oil burst up from underground, the System activated, and war broke out. Tribal elder: "Chief, what should we do?" Chief Ga: "Don't panic. Drill for oil, train the troops, and build cities." 29Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 43 Record of Reborn Cultivation 重生修行录 A second life, and a life full of excitement. Office workers, young wives, sisters, celebrities… Beautiful women are just one of the lovely sights along the road to the top. I’m no saintly gentleman, but I’m not despicable enough to have no limits. Since ancient times, the strong have always had more! 6.1kReads7.9Score41114d adds
- 44 For Whom the Bell Tolls 警钟为谁而鸣 For Whom the Bell Tolls 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Seizing Power Through Words 权词夺理 Arguing with Authority 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Growing Strong at the Superpower Academy 成长自能力者学院 [Mind games, urban superpowers, clever characters, passionate action, innovative plot] Superpowers are the most extraordinary things in the world, and anything can become a power: colors, metals, substances, plants and animals, time, everyday objects, and more. For special reasons, the protagonist Bai Fan transfers to an academy that trains people with superpowers. What will come of it? Will things stay the same as before, or will this be a new beginning? He arrives at this place without any pow 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 I Cashed Out My Game 我把游戏提现了 “You can make money by playing games! The coins in this game can be cashed out!” Chu Xunkong: “What kind of game ad is this? I’ll download it and take a look.” Chu Xunkong: “Holy crap! I really cashed out the money from the game? I can even cash out game skills and equipment? The Earth is so fragile. I’m worried it won’t survive me messing around!” Cash out game coins and become rich overnight, living like a tycoon. Cash out musical skills and become the music scene’s top songwriting prodigy. Ca 624Reads7.7Score10214d adds
- 48 I Began by Creating an Inner World, and Devouring Makes Me Stronger 从开辟内世界开始，吞噬就能变强 [Behind-the-scenes mastermind + Plundering the myriad realms = Invincible] After transmigrating to a cultivation world, he starts out as the heir of the Prince of the North. Strange signs appear on the day he is born. It should have been a dream start, but after years of cultivation, he still cannot succeed in refining qi. Then, on the day he comes of age, an inner world suddenly forms within his body, and he finally becomes a Qi Refining cultivator. After learning that he can grow stronger by a 460Reads—Score2114d adds
- 49 Su Wanning, the Beauty of Jinling 金陵花魁苏婉凝 Su Wanning, Jinling's Most Beautiful Courtesan 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Phoenix Girl Soars 凤女凌云 The Phoenix Maiden Soars to the Heavens —Reads—Score—14d adds
