Novels like The Cold River Angler
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Cold River Angler, best match first.
- 1 Wuxia Crossover: I Become the Chosen One in a Martial Arts Game 综武：我在武侠网游当气运之子 If you had to name the most important thing in gaming, what would it be? Skill? Spending money? Or grinding nonstop? Li Moyang would tell you it’s luck. Li Moyang had been unlucky his whole life, but in a fully immersive online game, he became a Child of Destiny with a Fortune stat of 100. He found peerless martial arts manuals just lying around, and weapons dropped at a hundred times the normal rate. From then on, he began living a happy life. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Online Game: Start Ten Levels Ahead with Iron Head Kung Fu 网游之开局领先十级铁头功 In 2200, the full-dive online game Futiang appears out of nowhere: Do you want to become a hero renowned throughout the martial world? Do you want to roam the world with a sword and a beautiful companion at your side? Do you want to rally countless followers and rule the martial world for all eternity? Do you want to share wine and laughter with a few close friends? Everything you want can come true here. Come create your own martial world. To fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a marti —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Starting with Just an Egg in an Online Game 网游之开局一个蛋 This... Why does everyone else get a special skill from the start, while I get an egg? Damn it, this egg even steals my experience. How am I supposed to play like this? Delete my account. I can't. Everyone can create only one account and one character, bound to them for life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 One Hundred Percent Lifesteal from the Start: The Path of Fighting Head-On Begins 开局百分百吸血，硬刚之路开启 To cover his younger sister's medical bills, a humble delivery worker sells his blood and then enters a game. His severe anemia unexpectedly earns the System's sympathy, granting him a god-tier skill: Blood Frenzy. From then on, he begins his path to unstoppable power. One night, a lightning strike hits his gaming helmet. As the protagonist fights in the game, his attributes miraculously flow back into reality. From then on, he is invincible in both the game and the real world, slaying gods when 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Conquering All Directions in the Online Game 网游之战八方 The moon shines over Taixuan, ribbons flutter in the breeze, blossoms fall, and wind and snow reflect the Celestial Wolf. Jiuzhou Company has launched a new full-dive online game of the same name, Jiuzhou, and its beta has just gone live to great fanfare. What does it mean to be a true hero? To uphold justice in your heart and act with chivalry. After losing his job, courier Fang Yu begins a thrilling journey through the martial world, repaying kindness and settling scores. From then on, he rise —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Wuxia Online Game: Real Men Should Master the Evil-Exorcising Sword and Sunflower Manual 武侠网游：真男人就该练辟邪葵花 As a groundbreaking online game, “Tianxia” left Xu Shenxing with countless regrets in his previous life. Now that he has a chance to live again, he’s determined to reach the summit and take in the view. And maybe find out what the game is ultimately all about. To speed up his journey to becoming stronger, there’s nothing wrong with learning the Evil-Warding Swordplay and Sunflower Manual, arts only men can cultivate, right? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Online Gaming: A Master Thief Making His Way in the World 网游之盗门高手混迹江湖 Oriental wuxia online game + lighthearted comedy + slow burn, not an overpowered protagonist As a child, he was tricked by his grandfather into learning all sorts of thieving skills. When he grew up, he discovered that security cameras were everywhere. In a game, a mysterious beggar tricked him into accepting a one-of-a-kind legacy of theft. Could this be a fate he couldn’t escape? The game Jianghu gives craftspeople whose skills are useless in the real world a chance to shine again. A frustrate —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Fantasy World's Survival Game 幻世生存游戏 Game One, The Glorious Age of the Martial World: martial arts. Game Two, Nightmare in Paradise: supernatural locked-room mystery. Game Three, Survival in the Apocalypse: zombies. Game Four, Fairy Tale Town: fantasy. Game Five, The World: online game. Which one interests you most? Each game has its own independent, continuous chapters, so you can skip the ones you don’t like and read the ones you do. It’s best to read all the present-day chapters, since they explain the game’s setup. Thanks for r —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 You Were Told to Go Pro, Not Unleash a One-Man Rampage 让你打职业，没让你开无双 Ji Yuan had been away for a whole year because of special circumstances, missing the public beta of Summoner's Showdown. Now he was back on the gaming scene with an alt account. He didn't seem to have any particular goals, but Chen Xi, the manager of a down-and-out team, offered him a chance to join, saying she wanted to give him a reason to look toward the future. He just laughed. Back then, Chen Xi didn't know the ID he'd used during the closed beta, or the kind of impact this guy standing in 259Reads8.4Score109Shelves
- 10 Online Game: From the Start, I Inherited the Clear Rewards 网游：开局继承通关奖励 [Dual traversal between city and game + online game + infinite flow + plot-driven + nearly invincible + meme references + chat group + smooth, effortless writing (not mindless wish fulfillment)] Warning: The game is extremely difficult. A plot-driven online game novel with a little data. The story takes a while to get going, but the pacing is tight. This isn’t a mindless game about grinding through levels. There are also slice-of-life scenes in the city, so readers who enjoy urban daily life mig —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Online Game: I Started Out Alone and Became a Legend 网游：单打独斗的我终成传奇 On an ordinary day, the sudden arrival of The Other Shore changed everything! College student Feng Hao enters the game and begins his legendary solo journey. Teammates? They only slow down my leveling! Women? They only slow down my sword draw! A duel? My first profession is “Gale Sword Soul.” I have top-tier gear, all my buffs are maxed, and my damage is off the charts. What can you possibly do against me? A group battle? My second profession is “Beast Tamer.” I have a whole horde of divine beas 4Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 12 Strings of Fate: The Game Failed, So I Had to Cheat 命运之弦：游戏失败，只好开挂来 [Satisfying, With Smart Characters]+ [No Dumbing Down]+ [Passionate]+ [Tightly Woven Logic]+ [Stat-Focused]! What? This game is real? We’re abandoned commoners? We’re just leeks in the eyes of the gods? Our mission is to slay the gods? Wang Xian: Whatever. I’ll take care of it! 85Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 13 Online Game: The Indestructible Diamond Body 网游之金刚不坏 Once a lay disciple of Shaolin, he built up his strength in silence before rising to prominence. Fate brought him to the start of his journey in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer; he flourished in the age of Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. Li Xunhuan taught him the saber, and the Condor Heroes showed him the Way. He planted the seed of the demonic path in his heart. Now, let us ask Qiao Feng: can Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms break the Indestructible Diamond Body? 4Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 14 Swordflying Online 网游之御剑风流 The story follows an ordinary young man with no money or connections. In the virtual world, he doesn’t build a guild or fight for supremacy, yet he rises step by step above millions of players to become a wealthy tycoon. His fortune and legendary exploits naturally attract one romantic encounter after another, and his steamy gaming adventure begins to unfold... 115Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 15 Online Martial Arts: I Can Exchange for Unlimited Inner Power 网游武侠：我能无限兑换内力 A martial arts online game, The Legend of the Heroes of the Jianghu, has burst onto the scene, changing reality across the entire world! From the start, Lin Feng is imprisoned beneath West Lake by powerful fighters from various sects! Then he awakens a divine talent that lets him exchange things for inner power! Yu Canghai of the Qingcheng Sect: “Lin Feng, you just swallowed the Heart-Eroding Bone-Corroding Powder of the Xingxiu Sect! In less than a day, you’ll turn into a puddle of blood. Hand 41Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 16 Online Gaming: Solo Conquering the Martial World 网游之独战江湖 The Jianghu is in turmoil once more, with heroes reigning supreme for a hundred years at a time. One hand can blot out the sky; a turn of the palm can summon clouds and rain. The Southern Emperor, the Northern Beggar, and the Divine Sage of the Central Plains; Eastern Heretic, Western Venom, and Linghu Chong; the Flower-Seeking Prodigy in his boudoir; the peerless Dongfang Bubai and Yidianhong; Northern Qiaofeng and Southern Murong; the Nine Yin and Nine Yang arts display their wonders; Jing Wum 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Online Game: A Legendary Comeback 网游之传奇逆袭 The world-changing game Pride of the World drives the entire planet into a frenzy. It is a turbulent new age, an age that sets the blood racing. Watch as Qiu Tian, an ordinary student at a second-rate school, goes from a nobody to a legend in this game that has swept the world. 661Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Who Still Plays Games After Transmigrating? Huh? This Is Actually Great! 穿越谁还玩游戏？嗯？真香！！！ [Golden Finger] + [Transmigration] + [Virtual Online Game] Data-focused + adorable pets + divine weapons + fortuitous encounters Passionate, one female lead, invincible protagonist, not a pushover Wang Yue's soul transmigrated into the body of a man in a parallel world who was a simp for a woman with a different surname. The problem was, their memories hadn't merged. Seeing that he had a golden finger, he knew he was set. That's how it goes in novels... Divine pets or top-tier artifacts: which s 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Online Game: From the Start, I Had the Six Meridians Divine Sword 网游之开局就有六脉神剑 "The Great Rivers and Lakes," the virtual game that humanity in the future world depends on for survival! Money, power, beauty... You can get anything you can imagine inside! Qin Zifei returns reborn and swears that in this life, he'll be the coolest guy in the martial world! 261Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Online Game: Evil Emperor 网游之邪皇 A data-driven online-game novel. Unemployed Chen Mo stakes everything and enters the virtual world of Tianheng Online with his brothers. Thanks to extraordinary good fortune, he rises from obscurity to become the “Evil Emperor” who stirs up the Tianheng Continent. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Online Game: The Choice of Time and Space 网游之时空抉择 [A traditional, data-driven online game novel] No god-tier talents, no game descending into reality. This is a world on the brink of collapse. The Frostbone Dragon’s breath engulfs everything on the ground without distinction, poisonous fog tears through the barrier of holy light, and the Silver Bastion is about to become a breeding ground for flesh and blood. Brave warriors from another world, do you still have the courage to raise your blades and fight for every living thing? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Super God Club 超神俱乐部 In the game, he can turn the clouds with a wave of his hand and bring the rain with another. In real life, he is just a low-level network administrator. He has never had a rival along the way. Lin Feng, who grew up in an orphanage, ultimately becomes a winner in life. But if he had a choice, Lin Feng would only want to go back to his childhood. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Flowering Crabapple: Windblown Catkins Fade into Duckweed 山花子之风絮飘残已化萍 The martial world isn’t one person’s world, but a world shared by many. It’s a world we share, you and I. Men and women roam the martial world together and travel the lands side by side. Strong heroes and heroines, with endless turmoil throughout the martial world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Online Game: The Ace Berserker 网游之王牌狂战 In 2040, with brain-membrane neural connection technology fully matured, the fates of four distinct young men are drawn together once more by the phenomenon-level online game Second World. The seemingly ordinary Xu Ziyuan, Zhao Lei, an heir to a wealthy family with an M side, and the twin-like, perfectly in-sync partners Li Yunfei and Chen Ze are about to enter this dangerous playground, each bringing their own talents and secrets. It promises an 82% five-sense simulation rate. When game pods c 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Online Game: God of Darkness 网游之暗黑之神 The protagonist is an ordinary college student who obtains a necromancer character in a virtual online game called "God of Darkness". His goal is to become the strongest necromancer. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Online Gaming: I Have the Longest Range 网游之我射的最远 An Olympic champion is accidentally paralyzed in a car crash, and a game gives him a second life. Different experiences, the same passion. No protagonist torment, just an unhurried yet fulfilling gaming journey that reflects the experiences we share as players. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Three Extra Basic Attack XP, and I’m Clicking My Way to Carpal Tunnel 普攻经验加三，我平A到手软 After being dumped by his ex-girlfriend, Li Hua, the three-time champion of Path of the Demons, spent three years at rock bottom. Three years later, pressed by financial troubles, Li Hua entered the game Ancient Gods to earn money by farming gold. Out of curiosity, he chose a strange talent: Basic attacks grant three experience points on hit (can be upgraded later). Character levels gain three experience points, skills gain three proficiency points, and even the talent itself can be strengthened 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 I Just Want to Farm, Why Make Me Fight the Demon King? 我就种个田，你让我去打大魔王？ [Standard Online Game] [Data-Driven] [Farming] [Cultivation] [No Over-the-Top Drama] An unknown mist shrouds the continent. A mysterious old man who has lived for a million years. The simple-minded Niu Da and Niu Er. Chen Xiaohui, an ordinary gaming addict. "Niu Da!!! You damn put your foot on my face!!!" "What? I just want to farm. You're telling me to fight the Demon King?" This is the story of a laid-back gaming addict who farms, cultivates, and incidentally saves the world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 A Gifted Talent Costs Years of Life, Yet I Become Immortal from the Start 天赋费寿命，开局便长生 Transmigrate into an online game + taboo talent + take revenge in this life + decisive and ruthless + the Myriad Worlds + humanity's last hope Gu Hanye developed an elixir of immortality, only to be betrayed by the person closest to him. Just as he was about to die, half the people on Blue Star were drawn into a game called Homecoming! Gu Hanye was among them, and so he survived. He swore to take revenge in this life! He would personally kill that treacherous couple! The game Homecoming offered 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The All-Round Gunner 全职枪修 [Traditional MMORPG + Eastern fantasy versus Western fantasy + pet-raising + guild management + extensive freedom + characters with brains + no System + no transmigration + no rebirth] In the world of Immortal Realm, you can do anything you want! You can even play as a pet, become an NPC, or become the spirit of a magical artifact. If you can think of it, you can do it! Li Xiaoyao, founder of Huaxia's top gaming studio, which started out making money by grinding in MMORPGs, was toyed with by m 1.3kReads6.1Score117Shelves
- 31 Wuxia: No One Can Break Through My Defense 武侠：我的防御无人可破 Real title: Swordplay in the Martial World Online Don’t be fooled by the title. This is a very slow burn, so if that’s not your thing, don’t read it. [Martial Arts Game | Slightly Slow Burn | Mystery Solving | Reborn Boss] Jin, Gu, Wen, Liang, Huang; Wo, Liu, Xiao, Shangguan... What kind of story will unfold when countless martial arts techniques converge in one world? One peerless genius acquires the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Manuals and roams the martial world with the Eighteen Dragon-Subdui 65Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 32 Good-for-Nothing Talent from the Start: Slacking My Way to the Top 开局废柴天赋，摆烂走向巅峰 [Virtual online game + good-for-nothing talent + comedy + decisive and ruthless + no dead weight] Cun Zong inexplicably transmigrates into the Cambrian Era and randomly gets a top-tier, good-for-nothing talent designed to make him a useful tool. He plans to slack off and coast through life, but one unexpected stroke of luck after another comes his way. Legendary weapons, god-tier skills, top-tier strongholds... He collects everything he should and shouldn’t have, becoming a major player in the g —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Online Game: Starting with 99.99 Million Gold Coins 网游之开局获得9999W金币 [Hardcore Stats] + [Exciting Talents] + [No Harem] + [Intelligent Villains] Easy Snow Technology's globally popular virtual reality game, Fate. A hundred kinds of monsters, a thousand kinds of items, and rigorously designed stats. Join the protagonist in exploring this mysterious continent! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Online Game: The Secret Art 网游之绝学 When Xi Bai first entered the game, he was told the System had malfunctioned, and somehow ended up accepting a hidden, one-of-a-kind quest. To complete it, he had to keep learning supreme martial arts, or he would die. And he would die in real life, too! So Xi Bai did everything he could to find and learn supreme martial arts. What did he care about god-tier players or real-world experts? Get out of my way! Virtual intelligences, peerless masters, I’m coming for what you’ve got! After Xi Bai bec 71Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 35 Online Gaming: Martial Arts Move the World 网游之武动天下 [Online game, Martial Arts Crossover, Leveling, Nearly Invincible] A disillusioned man returns to the martial world and once again unleashes a storm of blood and violence. Qi Huan, a wandering martial artist, vows to break into the top hundred of the “Weapon Rankings.” Just as he is about to master the Bride’s Dress Divine Skill, his closest friend betrays him. With his unyielding pride, he ultimately goes down in flames, taking his enemy with him. But the world turns upside down, and time itsel 137Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 36 Martial Arts Online Game: The Eighteen Palms of Dragon Subduing Sweep All Before Them 武侠网游：降龙十八掌横推一切 [No female lead + wuxia style + decisive and ruthless] A wuxia-inspired fantasy online game suddenly takes the world by storm. Li Cang has barely entered the martial world when he gains the hidden talent Dragon Descendant. From the start, Hong Qigong teaches him the Heaven-tier martial art Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, but he somehow gets caught up in the conflicts of the martial world. While other players are still worrying about how to fight monsters and level up, Li Cang has already been sw 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Wuxia Crossover: I, Qiu Qianren, Am Unflinchingly Honest 综武之我裘千仞耿直到底 A vast world of combined martial arts, where heroes vie for supremacy. Travel a thousand miles and let loyalty lead the way. Xia Tian, an aspiring young man from Blue Star, transmigrates into another world and sets out on an unconventional path in search of immortality... On the Xuanhuang Continent, rival dynasties stand side by side. Ever since a meteor shower of heavenly fire scattered the Daoist aura from beyond the world, people across the Ming, Yuan, Southern Song, Northern Song, and Tang d 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 When Games Invade Reality 游戏乱入现实 [Decisive and ruthless + Invincible protagonist + Clear-headed + Satisfying read] Something is wrong with this world! I was bored and started playing a game, only to discover that the gold inside it could actually be withdrawn! I went to some random restaurant for a meal, only to discover that the other people there weren’t alive! (The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Things really take off from Chapter 7. Come see for yourself.) 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Online Game: Campaigns on the Battlefield 网游之沙场征途 Liu Bang: My Han Empire lasted four hundred years! The Three Heroes of the Early Han shook the world! The Five Tiger Generals were invincible! Surely the realm will be unified again! Liu Bei: Ancestor! Only two of the Five Tiger Generals are left now! And the Eastern Han was brought to an end by the Lü family's son-in-law! Cao Cao: My Dian Wei! Where did Guo Jia go? The Cao family of Blue Star: My lord! They're all under the command of the Lü family's son-in-law! Sun Jian: Heh, not a single memb 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Online Game: The Super Unlucky Player 网游之超级倒霉蛋 I'm incredibly unlucky. Everyone else gets gold gear when they open a boss chest, but all I get is common junk. One day, after I finally couldn't take it anymore, I tried to delete my account, but couldn't. Maybe the heavens took pity on me, because in the end I found a path to the top. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Online Game: This Old Man Unleashes Sky-Splitting Slash 网游：老朽怒跳飞天斩 [Class changes for everyone + invincible Huaxia + attributes made real + passionate lolis + priceless fantasy beasts = an exhilarating ride???] After the 3D beta test of the online game Demon Realm, it shattered the dimensional barrier and invaded Blue Star. The once-bottom-tier class, Warrior, received an epic upgrade. It gained a [Mana Bar], and its signature skill, [Sky-Splitting Slash], got a damage boost. To use the skill, grip your weapon in both hands and raise it overhead, then leap with 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Online Gaming: The Emperor Returns 网游之帝皇归来 Yan Wang, once a legendary king in the online gaming world, lost his memories and became an ordinary person. When his memories returned, he re-entered the game, rallied his former subordinates, and swept across the gaming world. This is the story of a king's return, in an age when heroes rise from every corner. These are the golden years of online gaming, and I, Yan Wang, will once again become its greatest king! (This book can actually be read as a sequel to The Emperor Returns, since character 24Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 43 Online Game: Leveling Up Alone, I Am a God-Tier Faction 网游：独自升级，我即是神级势力 [Online game world] [Vast worldbuilding] [No female lead] [Detailed stat system] [Nation wars and race wars] [Decisive and ruthless, no saintly heroics] My name is Mo Xiaoyu. When "Divine Spirit World" descended, all of humanity gained powerful classes and strange talents. From that day on... My class could control life! It could withstand everything in the universe, making me invincible. And my talent could command death! It could shatter the firmament and the void, and enslave gods! They say o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Remembering a Catty of Crystal 忆斤晶 [Pioneering concept]+ [Online game + cultivation]+ [Defense build]+ [One female lead]+ [Comedy]+ [Tactics]+ [No System] [The lower my attack, the stronger I get] [Playing a game with people from the underworld] [A type of story you've never seen before] “Want to go kill someone?” Chu Nan raised his head slightly. His gaze was cool, his voice calm as he replied, “I need to sharpen my blade.” It was all because he had a talent that looked like utter garbage to everyone else: each time he sharpened —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Infinite Origins 无限之起源 [Stealth-based virtual online game + stealth gear and gaming pod + System-selected class + story-driven + tactical + skilled at his work, lacking in love] After retiring from the Alliance, Zhongli somehow ends up working as a logistics specialist for a monthly salary of 8,000 yuan. Is he just killing time by casually trying out a new game? What happened to the once-great god? In just two years as a pro, he used tactics and strategy to lead a playoff team to back-to-back championships. What inner —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 46 Online Game: Reforged 网游之换骨 “Why don't your equipment have level requirements?” “Because it's undead equipment.” A mysterious game world, and the only player in the Undead race. The protagonist isn't a saint, and the story is witty and humorous. The villains aren't mindless idiots who court death. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel or a harem story, and it doesn't follow the usual monster-grinding formula. There are plenty of everyday moments. As the game goes deeper, it begins to affect real life, and items can pass betw 16Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 47 Online Game: The Fateful Bow God 网游之命运弓神 [Classic Online Game] + [Hidden Class] + [Stat-Based Story] Lin Yu, an unemployed young man, stumbled into the game Fate and obtained the hidden class: Feather of the Elements. Watch me fill the sky with flying feathers, slay gods and demons in a fury, pierce the clouds with one arrow, and shoot through the heavens. 178Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 48 Online Game: Selling Divine Oil Made Me the Richest Player 网游：卖神油成了游戏首富 A middle-aged has-been who just wants to quietly farm gold and make money becomes the richest player in the game by flipping “Divine Oil” right after entering! Got good gear? Buy it! Got special potions? Buy them! With gear and potions boosting him from head to toe, and teammates who work together seamlessly, he leaves everyone else in the dust! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Online Game: The Road to the Martial Arts Summit 网游：武林巅峰之路 No female lead, and the protagonist isn’t invincible. A bizarre game, a bizarre game company, and an equally bizarre protagonist. He dreams of becoming the best professional gamer, but first he gets beaten to a pulp. 388Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 50 Online Game: Supreme Archmage 网游之至尊魔导 [Traditional online game]+ [Hidden class]+ [No rebirth]+ [No System]+ [Stat-heavy gameplay]+ [Virtual reality]+ [Urban action hero] Liu Xin comes to Jinkang on a mission to protect a wealthy young lady, but in a highly realistic online game that is 95% lifelike, he obtains a hidden class: Exiled Archmage. He is also the first player in the Shaohua region to obtain a hidden class. But this class is so well hidden that it only comes with one skill! “Only one skill, and you still call that a hidden 2Reads—Score—Shelves
