Novels like Borrow the Way to Seize Heaven
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- 51 Beyond All Worlds I: The Origin of Immortality 诸世之上I长生缘起 Vast worldbuilding | Semi-invincible | Relaxed | Slow burn | No System | Ensemble cast Good news: I transmigrated to another world and was invincible from the start. Bad news: An old geezer is lusting after my looks. Er, I mean my body. A pitiful young man transmigrates to another world, only to be forcibly claimed by an old geezer from a forbidden zone. Is this a distortion of human nature, or a collapse of morality? Come on in, and let me tell you all about it. Three thousand domains, countles 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Supreme Talent, but I Really Don’t Want to Level Up at Rocket Speed 绝顶天赋，可我真不想火箭式升级 [Fate and Fortune + the Myriad Worlds + Toppling the Board + Thrilling Battles] That day, a streak of fire fell from the sky into the Lianheng Mountains. That day, Zhang Mu lost everything: his parents, his younger sister, and the entire Xihe Village. He clawed his way out of a mountain of corpses, and from then on, the most uncanny patterns in the world were reflected in his eyes: the patterns of fate. Save someone destined to die, and gain 1 Fate Point. Slay a chaos-bringing flood dragon, and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Ashes of the Angel 天使之烬 [Single Female Lead] + [Western Fantasy] + [Expansive Worldbuilding] + [No Mindless Protagonist] On the continent of Velos, in the Age of the Sacred Furnace, the Church unearthed an engine left behind by an ancient civilization. It burns souls for fuel, lighting up entire cities. The closer you live to the Sacred Furnace, the brighter your life; farther away, only ashes remain. When Lu Yuxun woke up, he was lying in a Church dungeon. A mechanical engineer from Earth, he had become a wanted memb 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 I Fought Demons for a Thousand Years, Yet Was Slandered. Why Do You Regret It After I’m Dead? 御魔千载被污蔑，我死后你后悔啥 [Decisive and ruthless + Cruel-hearted + Regret + Revenge + Traditional fantasy + Overpowered protagonist] A thousand years ago, the demons from beyond the realms invaded Tianyuan Realm. Countless lives across the planes were sacrificed by the Demon Emperor, and blood stained the heavens as all creation mourned. The myriad realms fell beneath the demons’ shadow. Qi Yuan, of the Heavenly Dao Sect, was hailed as the Shengyuan Divine Emperor most likely to become an immortal. Alone with his sword, 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 MapleStory: Master of All Arts 冒险岛：万法同修 This book breaks free of the game's rigid numerical framework, reimagining its classes, skills, potions, monsters, equipment, and items in a realistic way. Set in the vast world of the classic game MapleStory, it builds a richly textured, vivid adventure world with complete internal logic. Even readers who have never played the original game can easily immerse themselves in the story. 114Reads—Score12814d adds
- 56 Damn This Cultivation World 可恶的修真界 [Cultivation] [Genius Female Lead with Lots of Inner Monologue] [Pure Romance, Both Leads Untainted] [1v1] [Real Little Sun vs. Fake Iceberg] [Happy Ending] [Ensemble Cast] [All Sweetness, No Major Angst] [Slightly Beloved by All] [Female Lead Accepts Her Fate and Gives Up] Aside: If you don't like it, feel free to complain. No need to scroll away ◐⩊◑ ྀི Chong Qingyu fell asleep during math class. When she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated. She was forced to bind herself to a System 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The One Who Buries the World 葬世之人 The world is broken, and the myriad paths have fallen into ruin. After a cataclysm in the cultivation world, countless prodigies lie buried in the wilderness, and the road to immortality is all but severed. Lin Wuchen, born into humble circumstances and with his spiritual roots utterly ruined, is mocked by the world as “dust among dust,” destined to have no chance at the Great Dao of immortality. But when the chains of fate crush him into the dirt, he uses his flesh and blood as a vessel and his —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Goodbye, Chen Yu. 陈屿，再见。 Chen Yu, goodbye. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Ghost Story Survival Game: Starting at the Postpartum Care Center 怪谈生存游戏：从月子中心开始 [Rule Horror] + [Standalone short stories in separate volumes] + [Collection] + [Light thrills] + [First/third person] Have you ever wondered whether the world you take for granted is filled with invisible “rules”? When the blood moon rises, you receive a bizarre [New Student Handbook]. Every school rule is written in scarlet ink, and anyone who breaks one... will be “cleaned up.” When you walk into a 24-hour convenience store in the middle of the night, the [Employee Handbook] warns you that 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Dragon King: The Iron Throne 龙王：钢铁王座 It began with that iron throne and ended on this one. The anchor of time, the meeting ordained by fate, the final ending is already set. The story's journey there must still be thrilling. The old tyrant is dead; now it's our turn! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Sunder Yin and Yang 裂阴阳 Huang Qifeng was born after twelve months in the womb. At fifteen, he had a chance encounter in a mountain valley with the Yin-Yang Divine Art. By day, he was a young hero admired by all. By night, he became a cold-blooded demon who slaughtered countless people. On a blood-moon night when the Seven Stars aligned, his flesh and bones split apart, and he became two people: One was appointed Grand General Who Guards the Nation by the imperial court. The other joined the rebel army, murdered his lor 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 I Met You by Chance 一不小心遇到你 I Met You by Chance —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Madam, Where Are You Running? 夫人，哪里逃 Madam, Where Are You Running? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Arrow of Time 光阴的箭 The mountains are high and the rivers long, and the road through the martial world stretches far, but one day we will meet again. All things move through endless cycles of renewal. Mountains rise, streams flow, and birds sing. A new beginning has arrived, and the next chapter of his story is unfolding. An ending does not have to mean the end. His name is Lu Jian. Jian, as in “simple.” An event five hundred years ago led him to choose nirvana. Now, returned from that rebirth, he shines once more 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Immortal Venerable Gets Tangled Up with a Newborn Evil God in an Infinite Game 仙尊在无限游戏被新生邪神缠上了 [Two male leads + infinite flow + younger man/older partner + two powerful leads + devoted to each other + secret identities + not invincible] [Fast-talking, spirited beauty bottom x obsessive, pressure-cooker, love-struck top] [The second instance, Saint Melville Royal Academy, complete] [Haven’t abandoned the book, just been swamped. Updates will resume once I get through this stretch TT] * Xie Wan opens his eyes inside an instance, and a voice speaks in his ear: “Welcome to the Black Moon Wor 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 My Exam Life 1: Wingless Rainbow Crow 我的考试人生1无翼彩鸦 There are no supernatural happenings here, no strange tales. Only dangerous and eerie chief examiners, sinister and scheming proctors, question setters beyond all comprehension, and candidates waiting like lambs to the slaughter. My name is Lin Ji. I am currently in the examination hall for the second mock exam of the Global Joint Entrance Examination, using a certain method to send a message to the unknown. Remember these words: “If you are a student, pay attention to whether strange incidents 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Origin of Myth and Legend 起源之神话传说 Time defines the process Yang Mei builds the setting Fate charts the course Karma distinguishes good from evil Creation manipulates fortune Destruction brings everything to an end Reincarnation begins a new life Where did Pangu come from? Did he really die of exhaustion after creating heaven and earth? No! Did Hou Yi shoot down the suns? Were they really suns? What was the Nine Heavens Breath Soil Nuwa used to create humanity? Did she really create people by molding them from clay? Was the sky t —Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 68 Me! Part-Time God 我！兼职神明 [Wild imagination + deities + clear plotting + slow pace + transmigrate into a book + one heroine + a touch of angst In a corner of a silent library, Zhang Ye happens upon a mysterious notebook. The moment he opens it, an unseen force drags him into the fantastical world of the “Forest of Delicacies”! In the blink of an eye, he becomes a “part-time deity” bearing a special mission. As he explores this bizarre, dazzling otherworld step by step, secrets hidden behind the mist emerge one after ano —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Nine-Tailed Divine Emperor and the Chaos Divine Lord: Season One 《九尾神帝与混沌神主》第一季 The Nine-Tailed Divine Emperor and the Chaos Divine Lord, Season One —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 My Aloof Master Doesn’t Know Love 清冷师尊:不知爱 My Aloof Master: Unaware of Love —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Immortal Path Treasures: Endless Illusions 仙途宝箴之无尽幻梦 [No AI, entirely handwritten] [Golden Finger] [Leveling Up] [Passionate] Chen Xuan, a young man from Qingping Village, obtains an ancient secret tome called The Immortal Path's Treasure Compendium, which records many fantastical dreams. The cultivation world is divided into seven factions: the Dao cultivators of the Azure Cloud Sect; the four great clans of Penglai Immortal Island, who practice immortal cultivation; the shaman cultivators of the Great Wilderness; ancient divine cultivators; demo 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Farewell, Chen Sheng 再见陈胜 A Diary of Passing the Buck for Plot Holes: Ten chapters into writing about the end of the Qin Dynasty, before Wu Guang and Chen Sheng launch their rebellion, Wu Guang suddenly appears in my dream, dressed in coarse hemp clothes. “Author, I want to attack Yuyang!” I ask, “Why?” “Yuyang is my nightmare. It’s what got me branded a rebel king!” I’m furious. A character has actually awakened on his own! “Here, here, take the pen!” “I want a map of Yuyang’s defenses. We’ll attack Yuyang first!” 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Long Road Home 长路归航 This book is dedicated to the friends who have walked alongside me all this way. This is a story written for you, a gift to you. When you read it, I hope you will remember the carefree days of our youth together. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 A Comeback on the Road to Exile 穿越流放路上的逆袭 A Comeback on the Road to Exile —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Transmigrated, but Somehow Without a Golden Finger 穿越居然没有金手指 [Transmigration] [System] [Leveling Up] [Skills] [Game] Transmigrated into the perilous Tiphal Forest, Li Feifan has nothing from the start but a rusty short sword. When the royal nobility's hunting festival begins, the city's experts pour into the forest, seeing him as an insect they can kill at will. When the fallen prince of the Abyss arrives, he treats the entire forest as a feast for gaining power. Everyone thinks he won't survive the first day. But he does. He hunts down magical beasts, r 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Daughter of the Underworld King 冥王之女 The King of the Underworld has a daughter named A Fu, who has wandered among mortals since childhood. She is deeply attached to her older brother, Cangwu, but little does she know that he is the reincarnation of an ancient god of war. The two meet Lord Wuyou in the Realm of Wuyou, and the tangled feelings between him and the siblings stretch across ten thousand years. Zhi Jun and Jia Wang, who have been by A Fu’s side since childhood, belong to the Blood-Eyed Fox Clan, and they will wage a thous 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 White Tiger Calamity: The Ten Divine Records 白虎劫：十神录 “The deadliest poison in this world is the human heart; the sharpest sword is cause and effect.” White Tiger City, a mighty fortress forged by divine power and war. Within its walls lie the legends of the Ten Imperial Princes; beyond them, foreign tribes watch hungrily. Li Danggui, a boy who grew up in an apothecary, has a divine power sleeping within him called “Averting Calamity.” It lets him bear another’s disaster, but only by making himself pay the price. Ning Fu, a cold and distant general 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 My Master, the Emperor Venerable 我的帝尊师父 Fate is hard to defy when you are powerless. Opportunity may be coincidence, yet it may also be destiny. If your life has been as dull as water, but you encounter someone supreme... what would you choose? The Emperor of Myriad Realms descended to the mortal world for a visit. When he ran into mountain bandits, Fang Hua, a herb-gathering boy from the hills, happened upon them. Fang Hua fought fiercely and drove off the bandits, but was badly wounded and on the brink of death. The Emperor rescued 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Delivery Bike That Carries Souls Across the Mortal World 外卖神车渡红尘 Delivery rider Lin Fengkuang accidentally transmigrates and becomes an electric scooter, then is forced to form a bond with Su Qingyu, the fifteen-year-old prodigy and last surviving disciple of the Hehuan Sect. The Mechanical Heart comes with a double curse: he can only regain human form at the highest level, and the mount System activates automatically. Watch the prodigy girl and her goofy electric scooter hilariously grow as they deliver food and weather tribulations in the cultivation world. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Three Days After Being Reborn, I Blew Up My Doomsday Social Circle 重生三天后，我炸了末世朋友圈 Three Days After I Was Reborn, I Blew Up My Apocalypse Moments —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Three Days After Being Reborn, the Apocalypse Exploded 重生三天后末世爆了 The Apocalypse Broke Out Three Days After I Was Reborn —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Iron Cavalry: The Emperor's Claim, Part One 铁骑称皇1 The Iron Cavalry Claims the Throne 1 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 A Not-So-Proper History of High School 不正经的高中记史 A boy's flustered shyness and a girl's soft laughter are always youth's most beautiful scene. As children, we long for the freedom of growing up; as adults, we miss the carefree days of childhood. Only the young, with their youthful passion and budding love, make us wish we could stay. We were reckless, and we had regrets, but if time could turn back, we would do it all again. What is a secret crush, and what is love? Faced with these hard-to-understand questions, two boys give different answers 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Battle Through the Heavens: The Emperor's Path Burns the Sky 斗破苍穹之帝路焚天 Battle Through the Heavens: The Emperor's Path Burns the Skies 943Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Broken Jade Woven into Brocade 碎玉成锦 Three qian of silver for a three-year contract. Life or death is no concern; any child belongs to the Wen family. On an autumn night of rain in Suzhou, her father coughs up blood and the family has nothing left. With a single stroke of her brush, Shen Xiuniang sells herself into a wealthy household, becoming the lucky-bride bride of Wen Yan, the ailing young master of the Wen family. The payment is three qian of silver a month, and the contract lasts three years. She thinks it is merely a cold t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 So Terrifyingly Powerful! How Lonely It Is to Be Invincible 实力恐怖如斯！无敌是多么寂寞啊 [Traditional fantasy + Eastern Xuanhuan + alternate world + Xuanhuan + invincible] From the start: Gu Beichen is obsessed with dueling and has no rival in the Qingxuan branch sect. His master, Yun Youzi, is troubled by his disciple’s restlessness and feels he has already taught him everything he knows, so he urges Gu Beichen to leave the mountain and gain experience. Through countless twists and turns in a year of great famine, he slaughters countless people from the Upper Realm and ferocious be 4Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 87 Memory Loss from the Start: A World in Chaos 开局失忆世界大混乱 Amnesia from the start + a System that makes life miserable + a world turned upside down. He wakes up with all his memories erased, and the world has gone completely off the rails: modern residential complexes have become ancient martial-arts settings, gym equipment has turned into legendary martial arts weapons, and all the modern people in the city have vanished, leaving only experts who crossed over from a wuxia world. He’s forced to bind himself to a sharp-tongued, freeloading System with bi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Demon Blood as My Catalyst: I Cultivate by Devouring 妖血为引，我的修行靠吞噬 Lin Yang transmigrates into a living hell from the start: he’s forced to marry a nine-tailed fox who wants to drain his essence. Luckily, the Demon-Refining Cauldron he carries with him awakens. It not only saves his life, but can also devour demons and refine their power to help him cultivate. Unlocking the Mind’s Eye Mirror lets him detect demonic energy, though the Celestial Venerable teases him that “lust makes you an easy target.” Fleeing with a jade pendant that seals away a little fox de —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 A Fresh Start After Being Reborn 重生后重来 Reborn and starting over —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Restarting Journey to the West: The Great Sage Descends from Heaven 西游重开之大圣降天 In this life, Wukong is no longer the Victorious Fighting Buddha revered by all, nor the Handsome Monkey King manipulated by others. At last, he has become the true Great Sage Equal to Heaven, ready to fight the Nine Realms to the bitter end… 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Defying the Heavens 武逆诸天 (The protagonist currently has no System; genius; expansive worldbuilding; one female lead; invincible among those at the same level; invincible combat strength; the Myriad Worlds; not a goody-two-shoes; decisive and ruthless; very fast-paced) (Note: The story really takes off after chapter 80...) A genius? Anyone at my level is an ant before me, and you still dare call yourself a genius? A Child of Destiny? I possess a peerless realm of invincibility, one rarely seen throughout the ages. Even 393Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 92 Godforge 熔神 Traditional fantasy. The myriad races each have their own way. As all forms of life converge here, with angels, elves, demon beasts, strange creatures, and more, watch as a young man climbs to the summit and surveys the lesser peaks below. Everything that exists is made up of particles. The five basic particles of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are the most fundamental units of all things. Everyone is born with these five particles within them, though their levels of activity vary. “Intent” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Born Under the Pure Yin Fate, Powerless to Choose 极阴之命，身不由己 Born with an extremely yin constitution, I have a mysterious grandfather, a master by my side, and Su Xiaoxiao, who appeared out of nowhere. Fate weaves everything together, stringing it all into a wonderful memory. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 My Fate Is a Chessboard, but I Break My Chains and Defy Heaven 命局为棋，我自破命亦破天 One hundred thousand years ago, the Upper Realm held dominion over destiny, treating the myriad races of the heavens as pieces and the lives and deaths of all beings as pawns. Unwilling to be controlled, the Dragon Ancestor and the Fate Ancestor joined forces to lay out a shocking game spanning one hundred thousand years, all to win future generations a chance to break free. One hundred thousand years later, Su Jin was pushed off Qinglan Cliff by his own people and plunged into a frigid pool. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Blood Moon, Ashen Flame: I Command the Nine Luminaries 血月烬火，我掌九曜 Blood Moon Fantasy. A parallel world, parallel year 2025, the Ghost Festival. The sky is unusually clear. That night, a huge red moon suddenly appears across the globe. Another blood moon? Another great cataclysm? Is the parallel universe being reshuffled once more, fragments piecing together to form a new world? Parallel year 2025, Ghost Festival. The blood moon returns. The sky is crystal clear, but a red moon suddenly appears across the globe, and an ancient prophecy comes true: “When the blo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Reborn in the 1970s as a Mountain Keeper 重生70年代做守山人 Reborn in the 1970s as a Mountain Guardian 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 She Said: Let's Not Fall in Love Again in the Next Life 她说：来世别再相恋 No System! No transmigration! No rebirth! An ordinary young man with extraordinary strength! He takes down a bunch of superpowered immortals through sheer muscle! So satisfying! A hitman-turned-novelist leads a lovable male idol and an incredibly cool female police officer in a fight against a mysterious organization that uses supernatural powers to threaten society, all to rescue the angelic little girl they brought back from Siberia. This is the essence of all the storytelling power I've built 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Ink Bones, Blank Space 墨骨留白 [Artist + Transmigration + One Female Lead + Slice of Life + Humor] In his previous life, no one loved him, and he had nothing to hold on to. Born into hardship and dogged by misfortune, his life ended when a bolt of heavenly lightning struck. By a twist of fate, however, it ruined someone else's cultivation and karma, turning him into a puppet for that person to recover through, though he himself remained unaware. From then on, a little supervisor and a pen accompanied him as he made his quiet 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 A House Divided: Sand Shortage 一盘散沙：沙缺 Sha Que was considered the most useless castoff of the Sha family. Unable to cultivate and without a spiritual root, he was bullied by everyone. No one knew he could see the threads of karma entwined around all living things. Red meant blood feud, gold meant gratitude, and black meant certain death. And the lifelines of the Sha family's thirty-six clansmen were going out one by one. The mad old man patted his shoulder: “Your ancestors scattered the family. For three thousand years, you’ve been l 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Qianmen Seal Carver 乾门玺匠 “Comedy first, brainteasers second” “Not a serious novel” “The setting and plot are only here to politely string together cold jokes and raunchy gags” With a whoosh, an axe burst through the window. “Who’s there?” Qian Chen looked in the direction the axe had come from, but there was no one in sight. A note was attached to the axe: “If you want to know the Qian family’s past, meet me by the lake outside the city.” By the lake outside the city, a girl in a black bodysuit was waiting. Her long 15Reads8.8Score—14d adds
