Novels like The Empire Is Not Mine
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Empire Is Not Mine, best match first.
- 51 The First Generation of Tongtian 通天初代 (The label "invincible" doesn't quite fit. He should have the greatest talent among his peers.) A simple introduction to this book: A group of young prodigies from the Sealed Lands return to the New Continent, where they compete for supremacy against the native prodigies. The protagonist is one of the best among the sealed prodigies. The book features clans, sects, sacred grounds, and immortal palaces. It's an age teeming with prodigies: young clan lords, chief disciples, holy sons and daug 6.5kReads6.1Score465Shelves
- 52 The Demon Sect's Medicine Slave Tames the Stunning Demoness 魔教药奴，驯服绝色女魔头 [Classically Written, Traditional Fantasy, No System, Multiple Heroines, Plot and Romance] After transmigrating into a beggar’s life for more than a decade, he was inexplicably taken in by a woman who used poison. He had to contend with a ruthless cult leader whose methods were even more vicious, four protectors with wildly different personalities who all killed without batting an eye, and even the seemingly obedient maid at his side, who was actually a cold-blooded assassin hiding her true abil 16kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves
- 53 The Reservoir of Returning Waters 回流之坝 Does surviving tribulation have to mean facing a lightning tribulation? It could also mean a trial of love! In a world of spiritual energy, every stale cultivation trope is cast aside. A middle-aged man steps into a secret realm in his mortal body, exploring it one step at a time until his soul and body are completely set free. As he investigates the spiritual energy beneath heaven and earth, he uncovers the ultimate truth hidden from the world. 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Alone Against the Ages 独斗万古 In the Age of Dharma Decline, spiritual energy has vanished completely. A young boy who knows the secrets of the Daoist sects is persuaded by an old Taoist priest to travel to another world, beginning a dazzling yet perilous journey to prove the Dao... 720Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Between Light and Shadow: The Cowardly Knight 光影之间：懦弱的骑士 Amid the endless struggle between light and darkness, a storm that will shake the divine realms is quietly drawing near. The thousand-year pact once sanctioned by the Father God of Creation has shattered with a roar. Athena's divine spear and Lucifer's black wings herald the renewed clash between gods and demons. Hyperion, God of Light, and Erebus, God of Darkness, are preparing for war. Behind them, the gods covet the flesh and blood of every race, seeking only to sate their insatiable hunger f 146Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 One Sword Opens the Immortal Gate 一剑，开仙门 Classical xianxia romance + swordsmanship + immortal cultivation + love + the heavens and myriad worlds + one heroine + no harem + no stupidity + no mindless decisions + comedy + wild imagination Thirty thousand years ago, a great war to destroy the immortals erupted in the metaverse. The Immortal Court collapsed, the Heavenly Dao was damaged, and spiritual energy dissipated. The entire metaverse split apart into various domains, including the Myriad Heavens, the Sacred, the Demonic, and the Spi 10.6kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
- 57 Immortal Destiny: Entering the Dao Through the Furnace 仙缘，以炉入道 [Cold and Ruthless] + [Intelligence] + [Emotional Intelligence] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Beautiful Prose] + [Astonishing] + [No Clear-Cut Good or Evil] A good book deserves to be savored. This is a gradual, slow-burning story. First appreciate the prose, then absorb the atmosphere, feel the emotions, and grasp the wisdom. Only then will the story truly begin to shine. He arrives riding a seven-colored auspicious cloud, and you may think you have glimpsed the beginning of the plot. The initial charac 741Reads9.2Score106Shelves
- 58 Useless? I Awakened the Eternal Divine Physique from the Start 废物？我开局觉醒了万古神体 (Traditional fantasy, no System, fantasy, underdog's rise, cultivation, Ancient Divine Physique, decisive and ruthless, multiple heroines) Ye Chen, young lord of the Ye family, is unable to cultivate because of his blocked meridians. Mocked as a once-in-a-century failure, he awakens the Ancient Divine Physique and rises against the heavens. 372Reads6.1Score102Shelves
- 59 If There's No Way Forward in This World, Then I'll Take the Heavenly Path 既然人间无路可走，那就走天路 Li Xue was an architect. After losing his job, failing in business, and being abandoned by his wife, he was left with nowhere to turn. With the aid of the Immortal Light Sword, and after a chance meeting with his confidante Zhang Yingxin, he resolutely set off for an alien world. There, he navigated the star systems, battling demons, evildoers, and forces of darkness. After enduring arduous cultivation, he ultimately forged a legend... 93Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 EN Ringlord of the Source Realm 源界环主 With one sword, he splits the heavens; all things return to the void. Qin Yu traverses annihilation, cuts through nothingness, and finally sees the Zero Page: the primordial blank beyond all settings, authors, and readers. He neither contests nor merges with it. He simply takes the manuscript paper back into his arms. From then on, the supreme powers of all worlds are no more than dust on a page. The master of the Zero Page is Qin Yu alone. One final question: who has the right to define what is 6.6kReads8.3Score761Shelves
- 61 Yin Immortal 阴仙 Born inside a coffin, the young man honors the dying wish of the old caretaker of the charity cemetery and personally sends his sworn younger sister to join an immortal sect. After she enters the sect, he accidentally stumbles into the Yin Mountain of a Hundred Ghosts and has no choice but to embark on the path of ghosts… Thus begins the legendary cultivation journey of a ghost cultivator wielding a ghost blade, slaying giant demon overlords and cleaving immortal sect masters in two… 16.6kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 62 Cultivating in the Mortal World: The Path to Enlightenment 红尘修行：证道之路 No System + No Transmigration + Ordinary Mortal’s Journey + Historical Fantasy + Traditional Xianxia + Detailed Cultivation Techniques + Insights into Cultivation Lin Qingyang was born deep in the Qinling Mountains in the third year of the Jiajing era. Gifted with a “White Jade Physique,” he dreamed of the starry sky from childhood and was guided by an old man with white hair, marking him as extraordinary. At twelve, he became the disciple of the wandering Daoist Li Sanren and began his path of 6.1kReads9.3Score686Shelves
- 63 Archaic God Venerable 太古神尊 Three thousand years ago, Ye Feng, Crown Prince of the Creation Divine Dynasty, was unable to cultivate because he was cursed. When foreign enemies invaded and the dynasty fell, he was powerless to resist and was killed in humiliation. Three thousand years later, the world has changed beyond recognition. His former enemies now stand high above the world like gods, while Crown Prince Ye Feng has unexpectedly revived. Awakening a divine bloodline and breaking the curse, he begins a path of frenzie 84kReads9.0Score29.4kShelves
- 64 The Dao Ancestor 道祖 The Chu family’s heaven-blessed son was poisoned with a cup of wine when he was young, robbed of his talent and cast out by a great sect! He joined the army and, after six years of trials and triumphs, earned the title of Northern King! When he returns to his homeland, a single word shakes the world and a single thought stirs the winds and clouds. His old enemies are now bones beneath his feet! He wields the Six-Turn Creation Art, growing stronger with every step. He crushes peerless monsters, t 35.2kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
- 65 EN Junior Brother, Don’t Cultivate Immortality Like That 师弟，别这么修仙 By a stroke of fate, Lu Changsheng is brought into a sect and becomes the junior disciple of Qingyun Peak. Having seen how brutal the path of cultivation can be, he decides to keep a low profile and hide his true abilities. While his senior brothers cultivate, he sleeps. While his fellow disciples take part in trials, he slacks off. Under countless watchful eyes, he does the same thing day after day for ten years, never wavering in his commitment to being a quiet schemer. Until one day, everyone 59.1kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves
- 66 The Five Strokes of the Spirit 灵之五划 No one gets to define what web fiction should be! Within books lies a path to heaven; between the lines are the deeds of ten thousand ages. Three thousand great characters, each taking root; roots plunge deep into the earth, branches flourish and pierce the sky. Where does the mystery lie? Where does the fantasy begin? Hold a staff in either hand, swing blades with every stroke, hook your fingers around a cup, and join me for a drink. 3kReads—Score210Shelves
- 67 Peerless Martial God 绝世武神 On the Jiuxiao Continent, martial arts reign supreme. The weak live ordinary lives and suffer at the hands of others, while the wrath of the strong leaves rivers of blood in its wake. 126.7kReads9.1Score11.7kShelves
- 68 War God Rampage 战神狂飙 Ye Wuqian was born with peerless talent, a dazzling genius. But to uncover the mystery of his origins, he willingly vanished from the world, pretending to be a good-for-nothing as he refined the source of the Sacred Battle Art for a full ten years! Now his ten years are up, and the true dragon has returned! An invincible path begins, one where he crushes countless prodigies and geniuses, smashes every royal and divine physique, and tears apart the legends of the heavens, making the myriad worlds 39.8kReads9.1Score1kShelves
- 69 Aspiring to the Imperial Throne 问鼎皇尊 [Growth-Focused | No System | Fresh Setting | Expansive Worldbuilding] When chaos first stirred and the world was born, how many ages passed in the endless struggle for supremacy? In the Chaos Realm, gods and demons came into being, only to vanish into the river of history after countless ages. In the Beast Star Domain, savage beasts roamed the wilderness, yet even they could not escape fate, disappearing from heaven and earth. The Icebound Era began, and no life remained in the world. In the Pr 8.7kReads9.2Score586Shelves
- 70 EN Divine Ability Wielder 神通者 Among the living things of this world, some are born with strange bones. These bones can be inscribed with wondrous arts, granting their bearers immense power: conjuring fire and wind, summoning thunder and lightning, swallowing the sun and plucking stars, suppressing demons and imprisoning gods. These are Divine Ability Bones. Those born with such bones are called... Divine Ability Users. 2.6MReads9.5Score377.2kShelves
- 71 Lord of Ten Thousand Nights 万夜之主 Thirteen years ago, a blood-red demon star fell to earth. Was it the end, or a resurgence? The starry sea dimmed, and all things withered. As dusk fell, a ghostly fog once again spread across the land, revealing a mysterious world... 6.2kReads8.9Score632Shelves
- 72 I Only Refuse to Betray the World 不负天下而已 [Cultivation setting + no rebirth + no transmigration + not a wish-fulfillment novel] A kind person may be swept along by the ways of the world and fall into darkness; A great villain with blood on his hands may also turn over a new leaf through a single act of kindness; Li Chenxi is one of the rare people who, even after experiencing a major upheaval, can still hold fast to his true nature; The fates of people like him are often more troubled than those of ordinary people; They are usually eit 295Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Where the Sword Rises, Storms Gather 剑起风云 In these turbulent times, it is not the world that is in chaos, but people’s hearts. The Gu family, loyal servants of the Tianfeng Kingdom, are heroes through and through. But fate is fickle. The heir to this illustrious military family spent twenty years in a daze, becoming the target of countless whispered insults and mockery. Then, on the young heir’s twentieth birthday, memories of his previous life suddenly returned. What troubles him most is realizing he seems to have done a lot of foolish 46.4kReads9.0Score4.9kShelves
- 74 Eternal Gate 永恒之门 The gods and demons wage war, the myriad worlds collapse, and only the Eternal Immortal Realm endures. After countless ages, a battle god named Zhao Yun gathers the essence of heaven and earth and reforges the primordial universe. From the depths of the underworld, he fights his way to the Eternal Immortal Realm and, in the name of the divine, rules over the myriad paths. From then on, his words become legend. 18.4kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
- 75 Ordinary Immortal of the Nine Domains 九域凡仙 The path to immortality is uncanny, and humanity is lowly. All living beings are but pagodas, while the immortal heart is cold as frost. The young Fang Chen unexpectedly gains an immortal opportunity, but he has only one wish: to wield the immortal sword in his hand and bring peace to the world for all generations. 63.6kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves
- 76 The Ninth-Rank Artifact Crafter 九品炼器师 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Artifact Refining] [A Young Man’s Rise] [Industrialization] [Fantasy Warfare] [Ensemble Cast] [Comedy and Satire] [Slow Burn] Young Qian Duoduo transmigrates through space! As a mortal, he starts from scratch! Thrown into prison, he’s facing certain death from the very start! If he doesn’t want to die, he’ll have to fight! To make matters worse, his bargain-basement master, a skinny old man, puts him over the fire to roast! If you want to read abo 23.8kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
- 77 Elm Immortal 榆仙 The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi 159.5kReads9.1Score18.5kShelves
- 78 EN Fantasy: My Sudden Enlightenment of the Chaos Physique 玄幻，我顿悟了混沌体 Xiao Yun's System has only one function: epiphany! Ordinary constitution? Have an epiphany and gain the Chaos Body! Cultivation technique too difficult? Have an epiphany and reach perfection! Divine ability too difficult? Have an epiphany and reach perfection! There's nothing an epiphany can't solve. And if there is, then have an epiphany ten times, a hundred times... 63.8kReads9.1Score8kShelves
- 79 Nine Star Hegemon Body Art 九星霸体诀 Was he an Alchemy Emperor reborn, or had he fused with another soul? Long Chen was a talentless youth whose spiritual root, spiritual blood, and spiritual bone had been stolen. Relying on the divine alchemy techniques in his memories, he cultivates the mysterious Nine-Star Hegemon Body Art, pierces through layer upon layer of mystery, and uncovers a world-shaking plot. He commands the universe in his palm, treads upon the sun and moon, and suppresses evil spirits and wicked gods. Rumor has it in 210.1kReads9.3Score11kShelves
- 80 The First Great Mess in the Cultivation World 修仙界第一混乱 “Sect Master Sun, your sect is now a renowned sword sect in the northern cultivation world. What is your opinion of Dean Xu?” “I often tell people in the know that Dean Xu is my idol. People hunt him down, and he still tries to make friends and strike deals with them. He raises disciples until they reach Foundation Establishment, then stops teaching them and sells them off to other sects. Now his students are everywhere, and his people are all over the place.” “And how do the senior members of 174.2kReads9.5Score30.3kShelves
- 81 Heaven-Dominating Sword 一剑霸天 [A great author's alt account, one heroine, ruthless and decisive. Highly recommended!] Legend has it that there is a realm where one can pursue cause and effect, erasing every trace of an opponent across time and space with a mere sliver of divine power. One can command life and death, make countless worlds rise and fall with a single thought, and annihilate all living beings. One can stand level with the Heavenly Dao, harness the order of the universe, and rule supreme throughout eternity. Thi 341.1kReads9.2Score40kShelves
- 82 Immortal Martial Emperor 仙武帝尊 Nine thousand years ago, the Immortal Martial Emperor led a million divine generals into the ancient primordial wilderness. Not one of them returned, and only a wisp of true fire remained in the world. Nine thousand years later, Ye Chen, a discarded disciple, was driven from his sect and left with nowhere to go. By a twist of fate, he came into possession of the true fire and set foot on the path of immortal martial cultivation once more. This is a world where gods, demons, immortals, and Buddha 60.5kReads9.1Score14.3kShelves
- 83 EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 566.7kReads9.3Score73.5kShelves
- 84 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 343.1kReads9.5Score39kShelves
- 85 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 981.4kReads9.4Score102.3kShelves
- 86 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 868.6kReads9.6Score70.4kShelves
