Novels like It All Begins in Prison
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- 1 Xuanhuan: Stop Pretending, You're the Supreme Sword Master! 玄幻：别装了，你就是剑道至尊！ [Comedy + mistaken assumptions + invincible protagonist] Also known as: So I Was Invincible All Along Li Xianyuan transmigrates into a world of immortal cultivation. With no spiritual roots, all he can do is drift through life. The peach tree he planted turns out to be a Heavenly Immortal Peach Tree. One bite gives you immortal spiritual roots. When his master hears him play “A Laugh in the Vast Sea,” he becomes a Saint on the spot. 4.8kReads8.9Score420Shelves
- 2 I've Been Laying Low for a Billion Years, and Now I'm Unbeatable 悄悄苟了亿万年，我已无敌手 [Invincible + Immortality + Keeping a Low Profile + Cultivation + Comedy + Slow Growth] After transmigrating into a world of cultivation, Lin Yu gains immortality from the start. Every year he stays alive earns him another attribute point. Lin Yu has an epiphany: As long as he outlives all his opponents, he'll become invincible! So he decides to keep a low profile. Any enemy he can't defeat can be left to grow old and frail before he steps in to deal with them. And if he accidentally outlives on 11.5kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
- 3 Cultivating in Prison: Unbeatable After Five Years, I Shock Ghosts and Gods When I Emerge 入狱修行，五年无敌，出山惊鬼神 The Dragon Kingdom's Eighteen-Level Demon-Suppressing Prison is the most terrifying and dangerous prison in the country. The demons locked inside are all heinous, utterly depraved fiends! Five years ago, Li Shiqi entered the Demon-Suppressing Prison, driven by a blood feud. He subdued the fiends and, on the eighteenth level, devoted himself to learning from the five great demon gods. His eldest master taught him medical arts that could astonish the heavens! His second master taught him how to 1.2kReads9.0Score152Shelves
- 4 Years of Illness Made Me an Immortal, One Sword to Conquer the Ages 久病成仙，我一剑独断万古 [Mortal Cultivation] [Multiple Identities] [Ruthless] The sickly Jiang Xiaobai goes up a mountain in search of medicine and, by a twist of fate, becomes a menial beast keeper at an immortal sect. He accidentally obtains a strange black sword, which cleaves his soul into separate paths of cultivation. The soul of a demon-slayer cultivator swallows mountains and rivers, beguiling as a demon. The soul of an alchemist cultivator opens the furnace and brews pills, healing with a master’s touch. The s 8.1kReads8.7Score729Shelves
- 5 Unbelievable! Invincible from My First Day of Sign-In! 逆天！开局签到第一天就无敌啦！ My name is Lin Yu. I’m an ambitious young man who was transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation by a big truck. I became an odd-job disciple of a sect and received an overpowered sign-in System! Day One sign-in: Invincible cultivation! Day Two sign-in: Top-tier immortal technique, the Undying Immortal Scripture! Day Three sign-in: Immortal weapon, the Immortal-Slaying Sword! Day Four sign-in: Max-level alchemy! Day Five sign-in: Heaven-Slaying Art! Invincible from the start. Invincibl 31.2kReads8.0Score2.2kShelves
- 6 The Strange Apocalypse: I’m Containment Object No. 1, So What If I’m a Little Too Strong? 末世诡异：我一号收容物，强亿点怎么了 [Apocalypse] [Anomaly Containment] [Cthulhu] [Eerie] When the Apocalypse descended, Ye Lan was contained by humanity as Anomaly No. 1. They say I destroyed the world, but the truth is, I was asleep the whole time… Have you ever seen a living city stretching for dozens of miles? Have you ever seen a sun that scatters sunlight according to its mood? Ye Lan is a little flustered, but not all that much. After all, he is 001, the most “experienced” anomaly in the world. A terrifying Eerie that can cr 5.7kReads8.5Score641Shelves
- 7 Urban: I’ve Lived for Ten Thousand Years, and I Can’t Hide It Anymore 都市：长生万年的我瞒不住了 Ye Tian has lived for ten thousand years. He once helped the First Emperor ascend the throne and unite the six kingdoms. He once sat and discussed the Dao with Laozi. He once enlightened the Buddha beneath a bodhi tree. He even traveled across Europe and helped spark the Renaissance. … In modern times, after far too many years and witnessing countless partings and deaths, he decided to return to an ordinary life. He adopted a child and went to live in the countryside. Eighty years passed in the 7.4kReads8.8Score547Shelves
- 8 Three Thousand Years of Sword Training, Invincible the Moment I Leave the Mountain 练剑三千年，出山就无敌 There are countless paths of the Dao in this world, but I have only the sword in my hand. With a single sword, I can shatter all the myriad paths of the Dao. He trained with his sword beneath Sword Mountain for three thousand years. The world mocked and despised him, saying that a once peerless prodigy had been ruined by a woman and reduced to a cripple. Little did they know he was only pursuing the ultimate sword strike. The day his sword was perfected, none in the world could stand against him 11.8kReads9.0Score737Shelves
- 9 Urban: The Prodigal Turns Over a New Leaf, and the Nation Calls on Me to Crack a Major Case 都市：浪子回头，国家请我破大案 They say that nine times out of ten, life doesn't go as planned, and that people are born to suffer. But Zhang Yang doesn't agree. He was abandoned at the gate of an orphanage as a child, but fortunately, he met a kind-hearted director. Fate had other plans, though: to make a living, he became a universally despised pickpocket. Then, by chan 27.1kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
- 10 EN Avoiding Peril: My Low-Key Path to Eternal Life 我靠避凶天赋苟道长生 [Low-key cultivation + cautious path to immortality + avoiding danger] In the cultivation world, Lu Qing relies on his danger-avoidance skill to escape one deadly predicament after another. He keeps a low profile. All he wants is to cultivate cautiously and live forever. While peerless prodigies flourish, Lu Qing keeps cultivating. While unparalleled experts burst onto the scene, Lu Qing is still cultivating. Eventually, the geniuses of his generation, peerless monsters, and unparalleled experts 65.5kReads8.5Score4.4kShelves
- 11 This Holy Son Is Way Too Cautious 这个圣子太稳健啦 [Reborn + Satisfying power fantasy + Daily life + Cunning protagonist + Lighthearted + Subverts expectations] “This is paradise for the strong and a graveyard for the weak.” Su Huai, a burned-out office worker, wakes up to discover he has transmigrated to the Immortal Domain, a place where the strong prey on the weak and danger lurks everywhere. After seven chaotic lives ending in tragic deaths and fresh starts, with no favor from the System, he finally uses the experience of his previous lives 16.6kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
- 12 Eighty Years in the Sword Pavilion, Then I Emerged as an Earthly Immortal 剑阁八十年，出世陆地神仙 The original novel behind the hit short drama “Earthly Sword Immortal: Eighty Years Guarding the Sword Pavilion” Meng Fan, gifted with the talent “Swordsmanship as Divine,” is reborn in a cultivation world and becomes the sword keeper of the Sword Pavilion at the Shushan Sword Sect. Touching the “Seven Stars Sword,” he obtains the Seven Stars Sword Art. Touching the “Demon-Suppressing Sword,” he obtains the Sword Intent of Demon Slaying. Touching the “Fuxi Sword,” he obtains the Fuxi Divine Body 23.6kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
- 13 Eternal Immortality: A Jailor Hiding Out in the Heavenly Prison 长生万古：苟在天牢做狱卒 [Smart characters, no brainless plotlines]+ [No System]+ [Cautious survival]+ [Immortality]+ [No heroine]+ [A sly schemer]+ [Political intrigue]+ [Prudent and cautious] Zhang Wu transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a jailer in the Imperial Prison from the start. For officials, the end of the road is the Imperial Prison. For soldiers, it is dying on the battlefield. For those in the martial world, it is getting killed in a vendetta. None of them meet a good end. If he wants to survive 38kReads9.1Score3.2kShelves
- 14 I Am Unaware That I Am the Peerless Martial God 玄幻：原来我是绝世武神 Yi Feng transmigrates to a world of cultivation. Unfortunately, he has no hope of becoming an immortal, so he can only remain a mortal and hopes to live a peaceful life. But he has no idea... The dog he took in became a mighty demon king after eating his food. The kitchen knife he casually forged became an unparalleled divine weapon, sparking a fierce scramble among countless powerful figures. The young disciple he took in became an Immortal King after practicing his cultivation technique, usher 25.6kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
- 15 From the Start: The System Locked Me Up Until I Became Mentally Ill 开局：被系统关成了精神病 [Invincible + Sword God + beating up the System + fast-paced] Lu Chuan was supposed to transmigrate to a high-martial world, but a screw-up by his goofy System sent him to a world of cultivation instead. To keep its Host from getting killed, the goofy System forcibly locked Lu Chuan away for a hundred thousand years. Unable to find a suitable template for the cultivation world, the goofy System could only have Lu Chuan practice swordsmanship from the high-martial world. A hundred thousand years. 121.5kReads9.0Score9.8kShelves
- 16 EN Surviving the Apocalypse: Stock Up on Food and Weapons 末世降临不要慌，先囤粮食后囤枪 [Apocalypse rebirth + stockpiling supplies + space + no romance + infrastructure building + ruthless heroine] Jiang You never dreamed that she would evade the zombies’ claws only to be betrayed by the very family she had protected. Years later, she destroyed the research center where she’d been imprisoned. Everyone who betrayed her? Dead! The base that turned against her? Wiped out! Who waits until the next life to get revenge?! With her revenge complete, Jiang You ran out of her supernatu 59kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves
- 17 EN High Martial Arts: Infinite Clones, Starting by Stuffing an S-Rank Beast to Death 高武：无限分身，开局撑死S异兽 “We transmigrated to a world where martial strength reigns supreme and countless races stand side by side.” “There are also exotic beasts.” “Original body, you have to keep us alive. Our lives are in your hands.” “Ha! Just some exotic beasts. Watch me take them down with a sliding tackle!” “I’ll tackle them too!” “Huh? Looks like we stuffed it to death.” “Nice.” … “Could you all be quiet for a minute? My head’s about to explode.” Qin Ze looked at the countless versions of himself surrounding hi 51.1kReads9.1Score5.3kShelves
- 18 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 67.8kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves
- 19 EN As Long as I Outlive You All, I Can Be Invincible 只要把你们都熬死，我就能无敌 Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late 69.6kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves
- 20 EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 141.6kReads9.6Score14.7kShelves
- 21 EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 581.6kReads9.4Score60.6kShelves
- 22 EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232kReads9.5Score28.6kShelves
- 23 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
- 24 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9kShelves
- 25 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
- 26 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
