Novels like The Longevity Project
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Longevity Project, best match first.
- 1 Tomb of Words 文冢 Tomb of Literature —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Ancient Rock: Imprint a Thousand Years, Carve All Things 古岩：印千年，刻万事 This book is also titled "Runshu, Why Are There So Many Villains Around You? Oh, Turns Out I'm One Too" A little spice-shop owner who had given up on ambition and started enjoying retirement early accidentally set off on a path with no return because of a bet. In the Qiu Dragon Tomb, demons guarded the dead while Qiu Dragons coiled around the pillars. Gazing at the bronze locks and golden coffin in the distance, someone remarked, “Nine bronze dragon pillars lock the golden coffin. Once it touche 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Yin-Yang Eyes: Born to Attract Spirits, I Swore a Godmother to Save My Life 阴阳眼：招阴体质，我拜干娘保命 (Horror folklore, zombies, great demons, evil spirits, Taoist magic, and urban underworld enforcers) The jade pendant I've worn since childhood struck a gravestone, and from that moment on, a vengeful spirit in red began haunting me. With nowhere else to turn, I fled back to my hometown to seek help from my godmother. She summoned a fox immortal from the depths of the mountains to form a pact with me, giving me temporary protection. To subdue the vengeful spirit, I joined forces with Qingshan, a 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Nighttime Lantern-Bearer's Chronicles 提灯夜行录 Chen Zixiao has been able to see all kinds of monsters since he was little. As he grows older, some of them even come knocking at his door, asking him to solve their problems. Assigned to the very last class in the school, he finds himself among the worst of the worst students. As they deal with one monster after another, they keep stumbling into all sorts of ridiculous, laugh-out-loud mishaps. I went to pour myself a Coke, and an earthworm suddenly sprang out of the glass. I went to take my med 82Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 5 Apocalypse Descends: So I’m the Leader of the Mutants 末世降临：原来我是异种老大 In 2056, a solar storm swept across the globe, plunging the world into darkness for seven days and seven nights. Earth's ozone layer was destroyed, and solar radiation reached the ground. After that, the whole world changed. Then the crisis arrived, officially ushering in the Age of Death. A hundred years later, Fang Duonan, a boy from an ordinary border city, was supposed to go out and complete a task as required. But someone tried to kill him. When he woke up, he had a strange ghost hand attac 145Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 6 My Curse Came True: The Truth Is Revealed 我的诅咒应验了之真相由此揭开 [Curses + two male leads + Uncle Jiu + nine great families, each with their own skills + growing stronger with a golden finger + supernatural shop + schemes and conspiracies + transmigrate into a book + clever protagonists] During the Republic of China era, the country was in turmoil, and demons and monsters ran rampant. After his grandfather disappeared, Yan Chen quelled internal strife, overcame every obstacle, and took over the supernatural shop. Together with Gu Yankai, he handled supernatur —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Ode to the Mountains 与山赋 Between history and nature, how can little people like us find our place in the world? What is Heaven? What is Earth? What a joke. The talkative Yin Changfeng has always been unaware that his best friend, Qi Fang, has a secret: he can see a strange world that Yin can't. A journey to find someone, arranged by their elders, leads the two boys into a bizarre and uncanny realm. Are spirits, deities, and demons truly real? Driven by a desire to uncover the truth, the young boys stride boldly into the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Yellow River Mystery Journal 黄河惊奇手札 The white fish in the Yellow River, the stone tortoise resting on the riverbed, the black boat drifting by at midnight, the red carp leaping through the Dragon Gate: these are stories passed down among the people who live along the Yellow River. 139Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 9 Chasing the Wind by Moonlight 乘月追风 [Mystery and horror + supernatural + ghost stories + not a power fantasy + no heroine] Intern doctor Lu Zhuifeng's family is framed by villains, and from then on, all kinds of spirits and ghosts frequently possess him, forcing him to get involved in supernatural incidents. He has only one unreliable, half-trained young fortune-teller by his side. How will they overcome the crises they face? As they get drawn deeper into the fray, a filthy conspiracy begins to emerge... 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Hidden Treasure 密藏 On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth month of 1998, Qiu Ming receives a mysterious phone call telling him to pick up a file from a specified location the next day. The file comes from the distant Kunlun Mountains and records some of the Qiu family’s past, including part of the truth about his grandfather’s death. One passage in the file catches Qiu Ming’s attention. It concerns a hidden treasure kept secret by an ancient Western Regions kingdom. For generations, members of the Qiu family have 844Reads—Score180Shelves
- 11 The Darkest Forest: My Criminal Investigation Notes 至暗森林：我的刑侦笔记 Eighteen people who had never existed are found dead together in a minibus. Stranger still, it seems they had all been dead for twenty years… 80Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 12 I Ran into Ghosts on the First Day of School and Became the Paranormal World's Ceiling 开学撞鬼后，我成了灵异天花板 [Campus supernatural mysteries, suspense and horror, male lead's growth, gradually becoming decisive and ruthless, power fantasy, mystery] The Gate of the Underworld lies hidden on campus. Its gatekeeper vanished years ago, and the place has become a gathering ground for evil spirits. Lin Ye was an ordinary student, but was forced onto the path of exorcising evil and guiding souls to their next lives. He dispels resentment, suppresses malice, purifies filth, drives out evil spirits, and guides l 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Dragon Seeking 寻龙 Forty years ago, a great flood unearthed an ancient Warring States tomb. Forty years later, a mysterious will from my grandfather leads me back into the tomb. Carve corridors through mountains and hollow them out for tombs! How many secrets lie hidden in the tombs of ancient kings? To find a dragon, seek the mountain's winding folds. Each winding ridge marks another pass; If a gate has a thousand locks, a prince or lord must surely lie within. Only when I opened the coffin did I realize that som 930Reads6.6Score104Shelves
- 14 Druid: The Truth of Nature and Life 德鲁伊：自然与生命的真谛 After his homeworld collapsed, He Wenjun escaped aboard a spaceship and drifted through the universe for over a million years. He awoke from the ice on a planet inhabited by humans. He decided he would live a brilliant life. But in this world, the only way to get ahead was to become a professional. As an atheist and a “highly principled bleeding heart,” He Wenjun could neither sincerely worship the gods nor overcome his own psychological barriers. Shut out of every profession, he had no choice b 59Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 15 Infinite Time Paradox 无限时间悖论 [No CP, no harem, no System, not invincible, not a power fantasy] Just as Lu Zhen thinks he has been thrown into a place where time flows freely after having his memories taken, like everyone else, he discovers that they are the strange ones among the majority! Just as Jiang Qian thinks he can clear away the clouds and uncover the truth behind this bizarre place, he discovers that the truth is even more extraordinary than he had imagined! Who is behind these overlapping, jumbled timelines? After 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Spirit Realm Tycoon's Daily Pursuit of His Husband: The Aloof Captain Is Too Hard to Woo 灵界大佬追夫日常高冷队长太难撩 When spirit pets run wild and the rules are broken, what kind of story will the two of them share? Su Yichen is a cool-headed team leader who has solved countless cases. Then, during an incident involving a spirit pet running amok, he meets a mysterious man. Mo Yuan, the enigmatic owner of a spirit-pet shop, can control countless spirit pets with a mere touch of his fingertips. He approached Su Yichen to investigate the unusual aura surrounding him, but as they spent time together, he was draw 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Agent of the Supernatural 诡怪代理人 Comic artist Lin You suddenly gets a phone call informing him that he’s inherited an estate. In the blink of an eye, he becomes a rich second-generation heir. Grateful, he burns paper offerings and prays to the gods, never expecting to summon a ferocious ghost... 82Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 18 Spiritual Qi Revival: Brother, You Want Me to Walk the Righteous Path?! 灵气复苏：兄弟让我走正道？！ [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Urban supernatural powers] Brotherhood between two male leads [Light ensemble cast] [No female lead] Not a romance, slow-paced Before the age of five, He Jiunian’s life was a blur. Blood followed him as he grew up, and he watched humanity survive in this world like puppets. Then he met someone who changed his life: Jiang He. He followed him forward, step by step, willingly becoming part of his plans in an attempt to be his most important pawn. “He Jiunian, who do you thin 1.4kReads—Score182Shelves
- 19 China's Mysterious UMA Files 中国UMA神秘档案 UMA, or Unidentified Mysterious Animal, refers to unknown life forms. My name is Su Lie, and I'm a forest ranger in the Greater Khingan Range. By a twist of fate, I met Wu Xianzhang, a biology professor, who asked me to guide his team into an uncharted region. I thought this was my chance to strike it rich, but I never expected to stumble upon the secrets of my own body. The eerie apparition in the Kunlun Mountains, the Xi in Hubei's Shennongjia, the monster of Tianchi Lake, the mysterious flyin 542Reads6.7Score103Shelves
- 20 Everyone Is Madly in Love with Him, but He Just Wants to Go Home 所有人都疯狂爱他，而他只想回家 Xie Shiyu, 21, is a psychology student: calm, distant, and allergic to love. On his first day in the “Endless Game,” he knows he's drawn the worst possible card: the SSS-rank passive aura “Center of Attention.” Every being becomes obsessed with him in a twisted, fervent, possessive way, showering him with a warped kind of “favor.” To others, it's a cheat code for clearing the game. To him, it's a curse. From the head nurse at a psychiatric hospital to the vengeful spirit of a young woman at an a 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 When a Charlatan Meets a Fortune-Teller 当神棍遇见神算 After graduating straight into unemployment, Lin Canghai is at his wit's end and joins a feng shui studio. There he discovers that his boss is the very charlatan he cursed out the day before. A series of bizarre incidents at the studio opens the door to a whole new world, and Lin Canghai realizes that his boss is a master diviner while he himself is the supposed fraud. Lin Canghai: ...I didn't want things to turn out this way, but the boss is paying way too much! 80Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 22 Searching for Dragon Pearls 寻龙藏珠 [First person + Suspense and exploration + Supernatural arts + Ensemble adventure + Ancient civilizations + No romance] To find my missing childhood friend, I accidentally wander into an underground cave, where a thousand-year-old drought demon bites me and leaves me afflicted with an ancient curse. The only way to suppress the curse and stay alive is to cultivate using Dragon Pearls. Thus begins my perilous and unpredictable quest to find dra 219Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 23 Corpse Town 千尸镇 Today, we're not talking about anything else. We're just telling a story. They say that somewhere in Hebei, there's a very strange paper effigy shop called the Yin-Yang Shop... 524Reads7.3Score113Shelves
- 24 The Ghost's Messenger 鬼遣人 “Offer the three sacrificial animals and fine grain to the ghosts and gods.” At eighteen, I happened by chance to meet a half-baked Taoist priest and got swept into a quest to uncover an ancient sacrificial rite. It all began when I took in a “Lord.” 113Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Gods Must Keep Their Distance 诸神回避 On the very day I completed my training, my patriarch refused to let me through the door. By the rules, I was supposed to fend for myself. I never expected that someone destined to meet me three times and save me three times had been waiting for me at the crossroads all along. He led me into a world beyond the reach of ordinary people. On the banks of the River of the Dead, beyond the boundary between yin and yang, atop Cloudpeak, at the bottom of the abyss, wherever he goes, his first words are 374Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 26 Cheongdam Supernatural Affairs Office 清潭灵异事务所 Legend has it that vengeful ghosts haunt Longhua Wetland Park. After sending one final photo, my cousin Chu Rui’an vanished without a trace here. … My name is Chu Yan’an. I used to be just an ordinary photographer. I ventured into Longhua Park at night to find Chu Rui’an and nearly lost my life. There, I met Qin Shu, the head of the Qingtan Paranormal Affairs Office, with phoenix-like eyes and an otherworldly beauty that defied gender. The female ghost on Red Bridge, the swarms of water ghosts 3.4kReads8.9Score754Shelves
- 27 The Nether Mausoleum 幽陵 A fleeting dream, a glance at passing scenes; eight thousand ghosts emerge from this realm. The Dragon Palace's blue waters are the real world; immortals point out the ancient kings of Shu... With nothing but a treasure-hunting verse, the Xiling Divine Manual, Bai Ze accidentally tore through a veil that had concealed secrets for millennia. The ancient age of slash-and-burn farming, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Yanzi creating the heavens, Fuxi making humankind: all seem both real and 556Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 28 The Corpse Village Puppeteer 尸乡偃师 Fifteen years ago, the once-prosperous Qi family was consumed by fire overnight. He was the last child of this family of tomb raiders. Now, after fifteen years, he has returned to the path of tomb raiding, determined to uncover the mysteries hidden in ancient tombs. Why did the Shang dynasty's master craftsman sacrifice his eldest son and bury him beneath a long street? Did Emperor Taishu of Shang achieve the immortality he sought? What did the Gu family members see when they ventured into the Q 224Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 If You're Afraid to Die in a Horror World, What Makes You Think You Can Win? 在恐怖世界怕死，你凭什么想赢啊 [Infinite Flow]+ [Death Game]+ [Apocalyptic Survival]+ [Horror Mini-Worlds] Warning: This may not be well written, so think carefully before diving in! In the orderly world we know, have you ever imagined a chaotic world that was its opposite? Yun Xiao was snatched from his sleep and brought into such a world. Here, there are no laws, no order, no humanity… In short, there are no rules at all. All that exists are terrifying mini-worlds where you can grow stronger! At first, he thought this was 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 My Dead Wife Returns on Our Wedding Night 亡妻归来新婚夜 My Late Wife Returns on Our Wedding Night 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Ghost Curse 鬼咒 Stars are people too. Let me tell you about the times I followed my master and helped some Chinese celebrities change their fate. Changing someone's fate, of course, starts with raising a little ghost. 3kReads—Score637Shelves
- 32 Jade Curse 玉咒 My family has a blood curse passed down through the generations. None of the men in our family live past the age of fifty. The source of the curse turns out to be a living piece of ancient jade. 1.6kReads8.8Score311Shelves
- 33 Notes on Suppressing Evil 镇邪笔记 The four infamous evil objects passed down in folk legend are the Red-Clothed Fiend, the Grinning Corpse, the Bronze Coffin, and the Upright-Burial Grave. I’d only just graduated, and I’d already run into two of them… 4.4kReads8.7Score429Shelves
- 34 Livestreaming Mythical Beasts: Starting with a Flood Dragon on the Aotai Trail 直播见证神话：从鳌太线走蛟开始 [Livestreaming + mythology + adventure + lighthearted comedy + the little prince of wild stunts...] Ye Kai graduated with a degree in civil engineering from a top-tier university, only to find himself unemployed. In a fit of anger, he threw himself into the internet business and became a minor streamer known for extreme stunts, earning his keep with the gimmick, "One little heart gets you one lighter." Then one day, he bound himself to the Mythology Witness Livestream System. As long as his l 295.4kReads8.0Score36.2kShelves
- 35 Young Taoist Master 少年道师 In southwestern China, funeral ritual officiants are also known as Daoist masters. When someone dies, rich or poor, their family will hire these masters to perform rites, choose a burial date, and select a gravesite with auspicious feng shui. Their daily work also involves many other things, including driving away evil spirits, conducting rituals, and even glimpsing the secrets of fate. Why does the boy leading the funeral procession set off firecrackers? What do the black and white strips 1.4kReads8.6Score245Shelves
- 36 Transmigrated Into a Noble Academy as a Teacher and the School's Most Popular Mage 穿进贵族学院当万人迷魔法教师 [Two male leads + interstellar + everyone’s favorite + romantic rivalry + everyone has a one-sided crush + all characters are pure + lighthearted comedy] On his first day as a magic teacher at Saint Vilan Academy, Chi Yan's retirement plan went up in smoke. While completing his beginner's quest, he accidentally left the entire faculty and student body, along with several bigwigs, “stunned.” From then on, people came in droves to sit in on his classes... The one who always snatches the front-row 457Reads6.9Score103Shelves
- 37 The Doomsday Maniac Only Wants to Raise a Kid 末日狂徒只想带娃 [Doomsday + natural disasters + dad + mutation + ruthless + no female lead + no saintly protagonist] After the cataclysm, human civilization suffers a devastating blow. Technology collapses, resources run scarce, disasters strike one after another, and creatures mutate. Everyone lives in fear. They sell themselves for a mouthful of water. They abandon their families for a bite to eat. Children are deemed useless and casually discarded. Yet one man chooses to do the exact opposite. “You can pick 10Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 38 How Many Times Do I Have to Say It? Don’t Call Me Boss, Call Me Officer! 说多少遍，别叫老大叫警察同志！ [A small ensemble cast, a System that's not very prominent, crime-solving, no heroine, a slice-of-life focus, not an invincible protagonist story! Slow burn] I transmigrated, but the System I got bound to isn't exactly normal. The cards I draw are neither useful nor worth throwing away. But if I don't use them, it feels like a waste; if I do, I have to deal with occupational quirks? I thought my bad luck would end there, but my teammates turned out to be one weirder than the next. But that's fin 1.2kReads8.1Score207Shelves
- 39 Freshman Year: I Have a Magic Library 大一开学：拥有一个魔法图书馆 Also known as: College mornings are miserable enough. Now I have to find time to fight the Corrupted, too. Keywords: [urban supernatural powers + no heroine + comedy + ensemble cast + modern low magic + wish fulfillment + light everyday life (more or less)] Every character feels vivid and real. The perfect choice for passing the time! Spiritual energy has waned, and supernatural abilities have become a rare legacy. Yet Lin Chen, an ordinary college student, was bound to an amnesiac library and 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Clan Cultivation: From the Start, I Transmigrate into a Demonic Rope 家族修仙：开局穿越成了魔绳 #Cultivation Clan#Slow-Burn Ordinary-Mortal Story#No Female Lead#Decisive and Ruthless... Shen Mo transmigrates into a demon god sealed by a rope of Immortal King rank. A cultivation clan on the brink of destruction finds him. He can communicate with its members and lend them his power for a short time, but the price is their lives, essentially a sacrificial possession. He can also briefly possess outsiders, grow stronger, and clear away obstacles. From then on, he dwells within the demonic rope —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Surviving the Mist: With Negative Sanity, I Fear No Night 迷雾求生：理智为负的我不惧黑夜 [Foggy Survival]+ [No Romance]+ [Leveling]+ [Cthulhu Mythos]+ [Dual Personality]+ [Food] (lol) After his death, Zhao Nian, who has a dual personality, is dragged into a mysterious world shrouded in fog. The days last only eight hours, while the nights stretch on for sixteen, and the dense fog is crawling with bizarre entities. The System gives him nothing but a drafty shack and seven days' worth of food from the start. With no other choice, Zhao Nian becomes a master of playing it safe: scavengi 2.3kReads8.2Score290Shelves
- 42 Being a Charlatan Is Hard, but Living Off Someone Else Is Sweet 神棍不好当，还是软饭香 [Mystery and the supernatural + fortune-telling and ghost-hunting + a formidable duo] As the last knife-on-credit salesman in the world, he imagined that life after leaving the mountain would mean countless underlings and beautiful women all around him. But reality was harsh. When he performed on the street, people took him for a charlatan and a fraud! Just then, he spotted a ridiculously handsome man stepping out of a luxury car and swaggering toward him... Oh, man, a walking god of wealth! He’ 3.6kReads9.2Score391Shelves
- 43 The Yin Seal: The Haunted Pagoda of Western Zhejiang 阴玺之浙西鬼塔 Tomb raiding + mystery + two male leads (and more, an all-pairings story) + pure love + group favorite + ensemble cast (Some of the background settings in this story are a little similar to The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. If that bothers you, please don't open it. This isn't The Grave Robbers' Chronicles or fanfiction, so please make sure you understand that before reading.) Why are there so many pairings? Mainly because I can't control them. They all have their own souls, and I won't force the c 144Reads8.9Score104Shelves
- 44 The Walking Corpse Files 走尸档案 I knew a group of people like this, and accidentally became one of them. They knew ancient secret arts for finding people through corpse refinement. With a person's birth date and time and an item belonging to someone who had gone missing, they used divination, the Eight Gates and Hidden Armor, and the arts of ghosts and spirits to make nowhere safe for the missing, whether living or dead! 658Reads8.1Score103Shelves
- 45 Hunting Notes from the Greater Khingan Range 大兴安岭狩猎笔记 Folk Horror / Period Fiction / Hunting Legend / Supernatural Northeast 1993, deep in the Greater Khingan Mountains. Snow seals off the mountains, and an endless sea of forest stretches in every direction. This is a blank spot on the map, a forbidden zone beyond the reach of the law. In a world of nothing but black and white, survival depends not on the law, but on the rules. Chen Ye, an abandoned baby raised by wolves, is known as “Wolf Boy.” Ten years ago, on a stormy winter night, the old hunt 1.2kReads7.5Score107Shelves
- 46 Rule Horror: My Talent Keeps Getting Stranger 规则怪谈：我的天赋越来越奇怪 The rating just came out, and I hope you'll show it lots of support. Thank you! [Original Instances + Creepy + Live Streaming + Comedy + Gets a Little Crazy Later] Also known as Leaving the World, I Was Chosen by a Rules-Based Horror Xia Yu was about to leave this beautiful world when he transmigrated. When he discovered that he had transmigrated to a world invaded by rules-based horror, he quickly calmed down and continued writing his own death notice. If he gets chosen by a rules-based horror, 235Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 47 My Little-Known Secret 2 我那鲜为人知的秘密2 This is a contemporary story about everyday life, bittersweet romance, personal growth, and the satisfaction of watching the protagonist win. The male lead is the best! As for Tian Hao, the protagonist of Secret 1, this story will reveal where he went. The story is set mainly on Taiwan, the largest island of China and a strategic stronghold. When you’re out in the world, you get to decide who you are. Watch as the protagonist gives himself an identity and takes one step at a time toward the top. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Murderous Intent Profiling 杀意侧写 [Sci-Fi/Crime Solving/Psychological Infinite Flow/Brain-Bending, with Many Foreshadowing Clues/Unique Worldbuilding/No Female Lead, No Formulaic Tropes, Not a Power Fantasy] “The people who sell bullets will never hope for peace.” “Groups that profit from crime will never maintain social order.” Three years ago, after learning of the Nova Group’s Totem Project, Yu Bai laid out his plans, decided to forget everything, and turned himself in. Three years later, during a rooftop hostage crisis, he b 81Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 49 The Whole World Wants to Ship Me with Someone 全世界都想跟我组CP [Dual Protagonists, No Romance, Powerful and Ruthless Protagonist-Centric Story, Dark Tone] As the protagonist of a virtual game world, Feng Shenling has maxed-out talent and skills. He is devoted to helping the weak and fighting the strong, and wants to kill every monster to protect humanity. He is the conquest target of every player and a savior who exists as a "god." Yet despite his immense power, Feng Shenling was born unable to understand emotions. That changed when he met a mysterious yo 119Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 50 I’m the Demon Lord, but I’m Bound to a Succubus System 我，魔王，但是绑定了魅魔系统 [Why doesn’t the female-oriented fiction section have an epic fantasy tag? QAQ] (One review earns you one extra chapter. We reliably update three chapters a day.) When other people transmigrate, they become overpowered heroes or saviors. Victor, from the start, becomes the “Demon King,” and the kind who gets drugged and sent to a nobleman’s bed as a gift pack! The good news: He’s bound to a System! The bad news: It’s called [Incubus’s Gift]. How does that have even a penny’s worth to do with his 381Reads8.4Score108Shelves
