Novels like Walking Above Fate
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- 1 Sequences: Rising Through the Ranks, Starting as a Madman 序列：从疯子开始晋升 [Cthulhu + Supernatural Horror + Sequences + Potions + No Female Lead] (Entirely fictional. Do not associate it with any real historical period. The protagonist's homeland is not Earth either; you can think of it as a parallel world similar to Earth.) When Lin Rui wakes up, he finds himself in an asylum. Dream and reality gradually become impossible to tell apart. A dream within a dream, or a dream within reality? Strange tentacles, terrifying eyeballs, or rotting flesh? Is this simply a transmi 329Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 2 The Rebellious One's Second Book 天生反骨仔的第2本书 [Signed: Read with confidence] [Cthulhu Mythos] [No female lead] You can enjoy this even if you haven't read the original. After transmigrating into the world of Lord of the Mysteries, Kane Sotos becomes an impoverished, debt-ridden baron. Armed with the original story's script, he chooses the Seer pathway and uses his noble status as a disguise to prepare for the apocalypse in advance: He waters political schemes with poisoned wine: murdering creditors at a ball and backing a prince's industria 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Mysterious Life That Begins from Zero 从零开始的诡秘人生 The Fifth Era: a steampunk age of mechanical guns and cannons; a haunted playground where the uncanny returns and evil gods awaken; a fantasy continent of bloodshed, the occult, and advancement through potions; a mad world of things that cannot be named, spoken of, or looked upon. Hodge transmigrates into this world as the only heir to an imperial marquis. His parents are loving, and he has a happy family. Then, during a dinner party, the uncanny sweeps in. Bloodshed blooms amid the madness, and 909Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 4 A Mysterious Journey Through the Myriad Worlds 诡秘诸天之旅 A nimble thief, slipping through the crowds. A silver-tongued con artist, stirring the desires of the heart. A scholar of the occult, yearning for mysteries and making miracles their own. A defiant fire-thief, stealing the power bestowed by heaven. A dream-thief, guiding the good and evil in people’s hearts. A parasite, longing to share another’s fate. A mentor who deceives all things, holding miracles in his hands. A Trojan horse rooted in fate, bringing all things into one. A worm that devours 2.2kReads7.1Score17414d adds
- 5 The Mysterious Resurgence: Part Two, Beginning with the Faceless Man 诡秘复苏：第二篇，从无面人开始 Cthulhu + steam + punk + global ferocious beasts... A vast world where terror has returned. (Bring your brain when you read this!) [Part Two] After the end of the Anxi Continent arc, Kurt boards a long-distance ocean liner and heads for unknown lands... The organization he founded, the [Ark of Destiny], and his many slime servants will face new opportunities and challenges. More like-minded children of fortune will also join the Ark of Destiny, sailing the ship of fate, traversing the river of t 604Reads9.3Score10614d adds
- 6 The Realm of Disorder: From Knowledge 9 to Lord of the Old Ones 失序之界：从知识9到旧日之主 In my lifetime, I killed more people than I could count. After uncovering the truth, those who came after me gave me many names. The Mogros Incident: The Corrupted One Who Summoned an Evil God. The Yellow Garment Incident in Keski City: The Butcher Who Cleared Out K Street. The Windmill Garden Massacre: The Passerby Who Granted Wishes. The Asylum Arson: The Innocent Arsonist. The Knight's Tale: The Vicious Witcher. The Starry Sky Society, Sequence 1: Aquarius. The Fall of Flannel City: The Maste 2.1kReads—Score21714d adds
- 7 The Grand Magician 大奇术师 Rock and roll, Broadway, the city lights coming alive: an age known as golden. Prisoners, con artists, madmen: a bunch of hopeless cases. Reason, madness, writhing shadows: an ancient dream that has never awoken. Guns and cannons set the gears turning, while ancient mysteries stir back to life in blood. In this age on the verge of its end, our very existence is a miracle. 7.7kReads8.4Score91514d adds
- 8 Primordial Gray Mist 原初灰雾 [Cyberpunk] [Cthulhu Mythos] [Slow Burn] A bizarre world born from the interweaving of technology and myth, where science and theology have merged. When the human body can be modified and genetic locks unlocked, are people still human? The Ship of Theseus paradox takes on a different meaning when it comes to cyborgs. Silence seems to do no good anymore. Yet the even more mysterious “Near-Divine Attendants” tempt humanity into submission and worship. When myth enters reality, beneath the gloomy s 4.2kReads8.7Score36314d adds
- 9 Lord of the Mysteries [Original]: The Nine Primordial Essences, River of Eternal Darkness 诡秘「原创」：九大源质·永暗之河 Lord of the Mysteries: Original Story: The Nine Sefirot · River of Eternal Darkness 156Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I Level Up Alone in a Mysterious World 我在诡秘世界独自升级 [Sequences, potions, role-playing, leveling up, lighthearted] What secrets lie hidden in the city shrouded in black fog? Between the military and the church, which is the right choice? Is the supreme pope a god or a mere mortal? Chosen by the gods, a young man unwittingly sets foot on the path fate has laid out for him. Beneath the Egyptian pyramids lie golden giants as tall as buildings. High above the Eastern Isles dwell shrine maidens who control the weather. In the vast cosmos, a gigantic ey 13.4kReads8.4Score82114d adds
- 11 Lord of the Mysteries [Original]: The Crimson Fortress, Prisoner of the Fourth Pillar 诡秘「原创」：赤红要塞·第四支柱囚徒 Lord of the Mysteries: Original Story: Crimson Fortress · Prisoner of the Fourth Pillar 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Mysterious: The Door Pathway, A Transcendent Finale 诡秘「原创」：门之途径·非凡终局 Mystery «Original»: The Door Pathway · Extraordinary Finale 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Mysteries Resurge: Tarot Cards, Starting as a Diviner 诡秘复苏：塔罗牌，从占卜家开始 Cthulhu + Steampunk + Global ferocious beasts... A vast world where terror has returned. (Bring your brain when you read this!) Can divination be used in combat? Can slimes become gods? Do you have to rely on a brutal charge to fight? Only a fool would leave their brain unused. Build an organization behind the scenes and train underlings to do the dirty work. Norton Kurt manipulates his pawns, tugging at the threads of fate again and again. Only after it's all over do people realize, to their sh 2.8kReads9.1Score22914d adds
- 14 Lord of the Mysteries [Original]: The Authority of Fate, Sequence 0 诡秘「原创」·序列0的命运权柄 Lord of the Mysteries: Original Story · The Fate Authority of Sequence 0 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Give the Mysterious World the Ultimate Dose of Trouble 为神秘世界献上最高级别的搞事 [Creatures from a Cthulhu Mythos World + Light Novel + Evil God Protagonist + Stirring Up Trouble + The Author Has Gone Mad + One Heroine (Bro, This Diet Coke Has No Sugar)] Also known as I Tricked My Unlucky Uncle into Becoming a Legendary Investigator and Why Is My Tomboy Friend So Fragrant? “Hello, we'd like to learn about Mr. Hunter's life.” “If you're asking me, you've come to the right person. I know him very well.” “What kind of person was he?” “An unruly kid who loved wandering around al 9.1kReads9.2Score1k14d adds
- 16 The Steam Age: My Anchor Is a Flood of Gold Pounds 蒸汽纪元：我的锚点是金镑洪流 Life in steam-era Britain, in a mysterious world of sequence potions. As Rain explores this world, he discovers that elves exist here too, and that a nation of Han Chinese lies to the east. To find his way home, Rain uses money to weave a path toward greater heights. 4kReads6.6Score35714d adds
- 17 EN Mysteries: I Slay Gods with One Slash 诡秘：我一刀斩神 [Mystery] [Urban Superpowers] [Single Heroine] [Gods] [No System] What secrets lie behind the mysterious Book of the Dead, the seven power sequences, the unknown monsters, and the eerie gods? The Soul-Retrieval Bureau, the Demon-Suppression Office, the Shelter… What have these countless mysterious factions been ordered to hide? What is the boundary between light and darkness? Where were blood and song born? What do the destruction of the old order and the birth of the new one mean? It all begins 2.8kReads9.0Score26814d adds
- 18 Lord of the Mysteries: Sequence 0, Awakening of the Cocoon, the Fool's First Cry 诡秘：序列0--蚕茧觉醒·愚者初鸣 Lord of the Mysteries: Sequence 0: Awakening from the Cocoon · The Fool’s First Cry 534Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Exploring the Unknown Entity 探明未知体 Modern urban setting + unsolved mysteries + specialized career system + unknown beings and objects (Cthulhu, SCP Foundation) + collection of grim fairy tales + ensemble cast This is an era in which humans and unknown beings coexist peacefully! Tan Zhen sets out with his childhood friend Wan Kun to investigate the disappearance of their loved ones. After passing the warrior assessment, they are assigned to the Third District Containment Center. Along the way, they search for his older brother, 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Demigod 1: Tales of New Shanghai 次神1：新沪怪谈 Praise the Fool, Azathoth | The author promises original ideas and an innovative plot: What you owe isn't money, but “psychic loans” and “existence taxes.” Overdue and unpaid? You automatically become a sacrifice or have your “existence” erased. Debt collector → half-human, half-god “demigod candidate.” New Shanghai → a cyberpunk city infiltrated by the Old Ones. 314Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 21 Two Souls, One Body: Magic in My Left Hand, Taoist Arts in My Right 双魂一体：左手魔法右手道术 [Two Souls in One Body + Fusion of Two Systems + No System + Mysterious Magic + Profound Daoist Arts + Not Invincible + Takes Off from Chapter 50] Read at your own risk! Warning: This book contains a large number of spells and talismans. Don't try them if you don't have a mana bar, or you'll bear the consequences! Story: A bolt of lightning on a dry day sends the soul of Zhang Shangyang, a modern young Taoist, transmigrating to another world. There, he ends up sharing a body with Alec, the good- 1.1kReads—Score18514d adds
- 22 The Fourth Calamity: My Transmigration Simulator 第四天灾：我的穿越模拟器 Zhou Ning transmigrates into the world of the game Apocalypse before its launch, becoming an NPC with a player interface. The players will arrive soon! That's fine, but can someone tell me what's this transmigration simulator doing on my game interface? During his transmigrations, he chatted and laughed with Bernard Shaw, became friends with Dio Brando, fought Thanos blade to blade, became the Joker and overturned the entire world, and even ascended the Supreme Throne and toppled countless kingd 38.4kReads9.1Score2.9k14d adds
- 23 EN What?! Our Family Descends from an Eldritch God? 什么！我们家居然是邪神后裔？ [Western fantasy + multiple heroines + the uncanny + Lovecraftian horror + elves + reborn in the womb] The darkness and distortion lurking beneath the civilized world, and the eerie whispers heard only in the dead of night! The day the sea mists rose, the world became an isolated island. At first, I thought I had been reborn into an era of backward technology. There were no phones, computers, Wi-Fi, or anything like that. Fortunately, I was exceptionally handsome and easy to get along with, so 126.2kReads9.2Score11.7k14d adds
- 24 Reborn as a Black Cat: They All Call Me the Lord of the Supernatural 重生黑猫，他们都叫我诡异之主 [Beast Evolution] [Never Human] [No Romance] Lin Ye is reborn as a stray black kitten on a university campus. Fortunately, he gains a stat-boosting panel. As long as he eats and accumulates energy, he can evolve and gain all kinds of extraordinary abilities. Shadow Manipulation: Control every shadow in the world. Lord of the Night: Combat power increases by 100% at night. Devourer of Energy and Spirits: A dimensional space forms in his stomach, allowing him to devour anything. Gaze of Fear: Awak 27.7kReads9.1Score3.3k14d adds
- 25 EN Above the Gray Fog 灰雾之上 [Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no 89.3kReads9.3Score7.8k14d adds
- 26 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 135.6kReads9.5Score11.8k14d adds
- 27 EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 1MReads9.3Score123.9k14d adds
- 28 EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds
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