Novels like Sequences: Rising Through the Ranks, Starting as a Madman
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Sequences: Rising Through the Ranks, Starting as a Madman, best match first.
- 1 Lord of the Mysteries: I Sacrificed from the Start and Became a God Through Knowledge 诡秘:开局献祭,我靠知识成神 Worked to death? Now I'm an evil god's sacrifice! Zhang Tianming, an office worker, picked up a strange bookmark by the roadside. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a “corpse” in a sacrificial ritual in Intis... He was now the gravely wounded boy Benjamin Orlando, whose mother was a noble's housekeeper and whose little sister was only ten. A hellish setup from the start? No! This was the beginning of his path to godhood through knowledge! 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Cowherd’s Horror Stories 牛郎恐怖故事 A Terrifying Tale About a Cowherd 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Strange Ends in a Dusty World 诡终异尘 [Cthulhu Mythos, The Uncanny, Intrigue, A Game of Life] Beneath the uncanny, no living soul can survive Gods exist to oppress, and people can only live in meek submission A dusk absent from history, the world's edge beyond judgment: what, then, is truly real… Ancient, abandoned, or mad! The turning yellow pages finally arrive in the rain… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Ascend! The Transcendent Sequence 飞升吧!超凡序列 Vast emptiness! Endless abyss! This is the battlefield of the myriad worlds! Here, the only rule is that there are no rules! Treacherous methods! Vicious conspiracies! The sole purpose of war is resources! If you don't want to be harvested like an ant, then ascend! Join the ranks of the extraordinary! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I Created Sequence 100 我创造了序列100 "Where am I... exactly?" He Cheng furrowed his brow in pain and clutched his head with both hands, as if he had been struck over and over by a heavy hammer. With every blow came the phantom echo of "eighty-eight, eighty-eight, eighty..." which lingered in his mind. He struggled to sit up and looked around. A thick darkness enveloped everything, as if he were trapped in a sealed abyss. Looking closely, he saw ink-black mist drifting everywhere, silently winding through every inch of space. There 1Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 6 Lord of the Mysteries: Tarot Traveler from the Start, Slaying Outer Gods with Cards 诡秘:开局旅法,卡牌镇杀外神 Mysterious Universe x Planeswalker golden finger x Transmigration Across the Heavens x Card Battles! [Hell from the start? No, the center of a divine war!] A divine war hits him in the face from the start, accidentally creating the first-ever "three-in-one" hot pot. Cards are power! Magic: The Gathering abilities sweep through the mysterious world. Evil gods? Outer gods? They'll all be turned into cards! After successfully reincarnating, Lin Mo, a wage slave who thought he'd died from staying up 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Lord of the Mysteries Sequence: God of Deception 诡秘序列:欺诈之神 In the steam-filled Victorian era, reason is the only rule. But when the brilliant physician Arthur Helms is forced to confront the world's mad truth after his mentor's bizarre death, he discovers that the dead man's blood has solidified into glittering glass! The curtain of science is lifted, revealing twelve extraordinary pathways named after the signs of the zodiac, and the brutal truth that the gods have long since fallen. The total amount of power never changes. Every advancement is a hunt —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Me? Sima Yi? The Mysterious Three Kingdoms! 我?司马懿?诡秘三国! [Brain storage area + Three Kingdoms + mysterious sequences + System + wish fulfillment] Li Baitian has transmigrated. Other transmigrators become princes or mighty generals. He got the short end of the stick: he transmigrated straight into a corpse. Looking at the very dead Sima Yi before him, Li Baitian promptly activates the Fortress System. He steals fate, creates marionettes, puts on a secret identity, and heads to Cao Cao's camp for work. From then on, the Seer handles the cheat-like power 120Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Universal Core's First Book 吃个万能核的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 My Days as a Nanny in Lord of the Mysteries 在诡秘之主里当保姆的日子 Yeyue was a tough guy who cried himself to death on the spot while reading the final chapter of Lord of the Mysteries. As a reward, he got a transmigration starter pack: from the start, he had four Beyonder Pathways, becoming a walking “human contradiction machine.” Other people get cheats for their golden fingers. His golden finger is “multiple personalities”: [Warrior] advances by taking the scolding for his teammates and “protecting” Captain Dunn’s hairline; [Sailor] levels up by showering, 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 King of the Divine Officials 神官之王 During graduation season, Shen Yu suffered an accident and arrived in a parallel world. Here, immortal fate descended and foreign races invaded. Ordinary people relied on immortal fate to gain extraordinary powers and defend their homes. Through a series of experiences, the mysteries surrounding Shen Yu slowly began to unravel. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Mechanical Hearts and Cursed Puppets 械心诡偶 [Cthulhu] [Steampunk] [Paths to Godhood] [No Female Lead] [Slow Pace] Steam roars, and colossal ships soar through the skies. This is an age of science and machinery. Yet beneath the surface of reality, the spirit world overlaps with the mortal realm, and eerie whispers echo through the fog. Ancient spirit venerables scheme in their sleep, while outer gods cast the tainted shadows of their influence from beyond the stars. I transmigrated into this world and was unwillingly swept into the storm o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Lord of the Mysteries Sequence: Starting with the Magician Sequence 诡秘序列:从魔术师序列开始 [Lord of the Mysteries] [Sequences] [Potions] [Steampunk] [Behind the Scenes] [No Female Lead] After sitting alone for who knows how many years inside the Twilight Opera House, he finally became bound to it, only to discover that he was no longer in his original world. Using the potion formulas recorded on the Blasphemy Slate and the Twilight Opera House, he set up a secret gathering. (Weak introduction, slow pacing early on.) (Note: This work contains many Lord of the Mysteries references.) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Klein 克莱恩 Klein 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 My Little Sister Is Actually Cthulhu 我妹妹竟然是克总 Evil-god cultists, potions, kindred, mutants, dinosaurs, starships, divine seeds. Dark nothingness pants and heaves, the so-called gods feast ravenously, and their followers pray with devout fervor. As seven stars align and five Earths hang in the familiar sky, people suddenly discover that the end of the potion system is slavery to the gods. Will people choose to become slaves to these so-called gods? Take up technology and fight back? Embark on their own path of evolution? Or inherit the legac —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Sequence: The Divine Realm 序列:神之领域 [Urban, campus, slice of life, sequence, System, leveling up, one heroine, wild imagination, 6,000 characters a day] In 2042, the quantum engine was born. It could continuously draw energy from other worlds across infinite dimensions, and human civilization began to advance at breakneck speed. But strange things started happening. The engine’s power kept increasing until it gradually went out of control and could no longer be shut down. A powerful, mysterious force invaded our world through the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Cthulhu World Is No Friend to Plagiarists 克苏鲁世界对文抄公很不友好 Tang Ling married into a wealthy family and wed Jiangcheng’s most beautiful woman. He only wanted to keep a low profile and live off his wife, but everyone else refused to let him. They insisted he show off his kingly bearing! See how Tang Ling, the mercenary king, takes the live-in son-in-law world by storm! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Lord of the Mysteries: The Lord of Paradox 诡秘:悖论之主 Elex White Locke, a young clockmaker in Graytide Town, was born with the ability to see visions of other people's deaths. When the town's marine chronometers all stop at the same moment, a brass gear marked with teeth and a pocket watch that runs counterclockwise draw him into the vortex of the supernatural world. On the brink of death, he absorbs the traits of both the "Fate" and "Error" pathways, becoming an impossible dual-pathway Beyonder. Fate tells him: Everything is predetermined. Error t 230Reads—Score1914d adds
- 19 I Can Actually Level Up in the Cthulhu World 克苏鲁世界的我居然可以升级 Chosen by Azathoth to represent Order, Ye Xuan successfully enters a world invaded by evil gods. Death and rebirth are the only things Ye Xuan can decide now. Should he become Him, or him? He has been troubled by this question all along... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 I Slay Gods Beyond the Sequence 我于序列之外弑神 (Steampunk + Advancement Sequences + A Touch of Cosmic Horror + Ensemble Cast) In this world, where the gods hold a monopoly, I live by a few principles: 1. I am an absolute atheist. 2. I know how to wield divine power better than any believer. “Sir, I must point out that this makes no logical sense.” “What part doesn’t make sense?” “How can an atheist have divine power?” “Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention: I don’t believe in God because I think I should be sitting in that seat.” Allow me to 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Debt Blade Sequence: The Karma Will Repay What You Owe Me 赊刀序列:欠我的债,因果来还 [Lovecraftian mysteries × Chinese fantasy cultivation paths × Cause-and-effect deals with a knife-borrowing merchant] [Wit takes center stage, combat power plays second fiddle, thrills packed to the brim, no repetition] A word of warning before you dive in: The protagonist isn’t a bleeding heart, a simp, or a reckless idiot. Every deal is a carefully laid trap of cause and effect. The more you laugh, the more you’ll realize That trap planted three hundred chapters ago was meant to lead to this v 202Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 22 Lord of the Mysteries: Taiyi 诡秘之主:太一 [Lord of the Mysteries Fanfiction] [Two Entirely New Original Paths] [Potions] [Ensemble Cast] [One Female Lead] [The Plot Closely Follows the Main Story] [Book One] Kurt Budd, a 22-year-old from Backlund in the Loen Empire, awakened memories of his previous life and discovered that he had transmigrated into the world of Lord of the Mysteries. By the time he arrived, the author, Cuttlefish, had already revealed the potion formulas for all 22 pathways... He also carried a Sefirah called "Infinite 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Sequence: Abyssal Overlord 序列:深渊主宰 [Potions + thirteen divine sequences + secret and uncanny mysteries. Get through 20 chapters and you'll be hooked.] The sun vanished, and the world fell into an eternal, unchanging dusk. Disaster sprouted from shadow and madness, twisting reality and devouring all living things. On the desperate wasteland, thirteen secret “sequences of godhood” emerged as humanity's only path to survival. At the end of each sequence lay authority and madness beyond the imagination of ordinary people. He is Li Xu 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Sequence: The Infinite 序列:无极 [Sequence abilities, apocalypse, no System, no transmigration] The Nether Gods descended, utterly crushing a civilization that had once been brilliant and prosperous. The emergence of sequence abilities once managed to turn the tide, but as even more powerful Nether Gods were born, everything had become a pipe dream. Ambition is the strongest catalyst, and also the key to Pandora's box. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 I’m an Actor-Sequence Ability User 我是演员序列能力者 Zhang Kai accidentally stumbles into a game world, where an evil god offers to grant him one wish. This is a mysterious world of potions, supernatural beings, sealed artifacts, containment organizations, firearms, and science. It is a mysterious journey through another world, as he searches for a way back to where he came from. This book features an entirely new cast of characters and a new sequence system. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Group Transported to an Asylum: The Superpowered Hunting Game 疯人院群穿:超能猎杀游戏 [Urban Cthulhu + Sequences + potions + decisive violence] A five-star, top-tier recommendation from the editor of Urban Superpowers! The world's madmen are transported en masse to a new world, where they kill one another for health, money, status, and the chance to become His servants. Mental illnesses that once drove people mad become superpowers. Hallucinations grant extrasensory perception, and fantasies become wishes. Su Lu Xun, an E-rank sufferer of mild mental illness, obtained the origin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 While Others Cultivate, I Spend My Lifespan 别人修行我氪命 World after world is dying. Survive within them and leave your mark. Ten years from now, I will be a hero. A hundred years from now, I will be a legend. I press onward beneath the faint glimmer of faith. The blurb doesn't do it justice, so please read the story. P.S. The protagonist is a little crazy. 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Divine Signs of the Wheel of Fate 命运之轮之神迹 [Sequence + infinite worlds + faith in the divine + deduction + System + supernatural + transmigration + ranking game + a touch of cosmic horror + wild imagination + ensemble cast] Lin Yuchen opened his eyes and found himself in an unfamiliar world. Here, gods exist, and there is a path to godhood. People receive blessings, carry out the will of the gods, and walk beneath the divine path. Strange disasters, trials buried beneath the passage of time, stories hidden within history, this is a journ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Walking Above Fate 走在命运之上 Steam, the supernaturals, nobles, shadows, perfect witches... Sir, would you care for a supernatural medium bestowed by the gods? It will be absolutely insane, hehehe! I see it, I see the cracks in fate. This is the dawn of a new age, or perhaps the beginning of another divine war...! Madness is the world's defining trait, hunger its daily fare. Praise be to fate, which none can control. 361Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The End of the Sequence: From the Start, I Had an Angry-Eyed Rooster 序列末日之开局一只怒睛鸡 Spiritual qi revival + apocalyptic sequences + a System golden finger + a top-tier beast-taming story + no mindless power fantasy. Spiritual qi revives, and the apocalypse arrives. The ghosts and monsters of legend appear in the world of Blue Star. Just as Zhao Peng faces a crisis of life and death, his System awakens... “Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have received the beginner gift pack: one copy of the cultivation manual, Little Beast Tamer's Art.” “Haha, you brat! As a mere Beast Tamer in 736Reads5.2Score10414d adds
- 31 Lord of the Mysteries: The Key to the Door 诡秘:门之匙 [Sequences + No System + A Strange World + Some Lovecraftian Elements] A strange realm, a miraculous road to divinity. [Mirror Person], [Detective], [Healer], [Dreamweaver]. Countless professions compete for glory in the same world, yet behind the scenes they all face the same danger. Descent into madness! “Madness and sanity are separated by only a hair’s breadth!” “Only by becoming one with the Father can this world have a future!” “Thief!!!” “I had no choice. I had to do it.” “Forgive me, Lin 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Mysterious World: I Have a Book of Omniscience 诡秘世界:我有一本全知书 [Potions + Sequences + the Extraordinary + a touch of Cthulhu] (No formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System, no smug Dragon King, no abuse of the protagonist, and no illogical wish fulfillment.) In this world, the extraordinary, steam, cannons, and seafaring all coexist and flourish, alongside filth, corruption, distortion, and the seven deadly sins. Beneath the weight of ignorance, concealed truths, and history’s iron heel, a pair of eyes opened, eager to seek the truth and explor 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Lord of the Mysteries: The End of the Old Ones 诡秘之旧日终焉 The protagonist accidentally enters a mysterious world, and two mysterious forces come along with him. Two brand-new pathways are born! With every blessing comes a responsibility. Growing with each step of his journey, he will carve out his own story in this world of steam, machinery, magic, and mysteries! I am the end of all the Great Old Ones. This place shall become their graveyard. A Lord of the Mysteries derivative fanfic 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Reversed Path of Fate 逆位命途 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Global Paranormal Invasion: I Ate a God from the Start 全球诡异降临:开局吃了一神明 In my sleep, I dreamed of a beating heart. After being forced to eat it, I woke to find the whole world had changed. The world was surrounded by the uncanny! Uncanny beings of all sizes were among humanity. What was going on? Could nobody else see them? Safe zones… The uncanny… Cults… Gods… To survive in a world like this, I’m done being human! Obtain the Evil God’s heart Devour the Evil God Become an Evil God 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Secret Sequence Beneath the Masks of Gods and Buddhas in Journey to the West 西游之神佛皮囊下的诡秘序列 [Lovecraftian Journey to the West] + [Sequence Advancement] + [Lord of the Mysteries] + [Dark Twists] + [Heartache] The day I transmigrated into Tang Sanzang, golden cicada patterns spread across my right eye. It said, “The tenth life of Jin Chanzi? No. You're the Buddha's failed ‘siliconized puppet Buddha’ test subject!” On the journey to retrieve the scriptures: The tightening band on Wukong's head turns out to be a living coffin sealing his soul; Every time Bajie's pig face becomes 10% more m 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Sequence: Scavenger, Rising to Godhood Thanks to My Dog 序列:拾荒者,全靠狗登上神位 [Sequences + Potions + Factions + No Female Lead + A Touch of Cosmic Horror] Two years after his sister's death, Mu Chen obtained a potion and gained access to an unofficially recorded potion sequence. As he investigated, he uncovered secrets hidden in the gray fog. There was more to it than just the Abyss: the faithful were calling out, and an evil god was about to awaken... 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 From Witcher to Wild Hunt 从猎魔人到狂猎 Aether (the elements, spiritual energy) arrived quietly, without anyone knowing. Ancient legacies crossed the ages and came to the world of today! What would you do if you inherited one? Monsters (magical beasts), ghosts (spirits), dark creatures, dragons... All kinds of unknown beings appeared one after another! Cultivation, magic, alchemy, body tempering... These things had really existed all along! The things recorded in books were not fiction after all! Technology was advancing at a breaknec 163Reads8.0Score914d adds
- 39 Deception: I'm a Con Artist in the Cthulhu World 欺诈:我在克苏鲁世界当骗子 (Western setting) + (Lovecraftian elements) + (Sequence pathways) Alchemy, demons, pathways, Beyonders... This is an age of civilization, and an age of darkness. The smoke has yet to clear from the trenches, and the Apocalypse has yet to turn to its final chapter. Li Seyu opened his eyes in the darkness, already caught up in humanity's thousand-year struggle against demons. (An otherworldly demon has come here to try out a new approach. Updates are steady, so if this sounds like your thing, feel —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Everyone Awakened Superpowers? Then Cultivating Immortality Makes Perfect Sense 全都觉醒异能?那我修仙很合理吧 [Slay Gods + Sequences + Red Moon Apocalypse + Supernatural Cultivation + Ruthless Killer + Calamities + Cyber Cultivation] Thirty years ago, humans suddenly gained the ability to transmigrate to the Red Moon Apocalypse. Since then, humanity has been unable to leave Earth, and monsters have begun to appear. With no other choice, people built barriers. Some awakened supernatural abilities as a result; others became slaves. In that Red Moon world, the rules of Earth were completely overturned: str 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Transmigrating Into Lord of the Mysteries, I Bind a Sequence System! 穿越诡秘之主,我绑定序列系统! I transmigrated into Lord of the Mysteries and bound a Sequence System! 826Reads—Score1014d adds
- 42 Lord of the Mysteries: Fate Profiling 诡秘:命运侧写 My new work is out! Everyone is welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. With a glance, he can see another person’s fate. With a word, he can determine the course of cause and effect. With a stroke of his pen, he can record what is predestined and what may yet change. From the trivial fates of ordinary people to the hidden paths of Beyonders, and even the ultimate destinies of those above the gods, everything unfolds before his eyes like a scroll. The shadow of the Sefirah Castle looms overhead. Or 174Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Unknown Truth of the Mysterious World 诡秘世界之未知真实 Louis Malz transmigrates and is reborn. With the help of his golden finger, a touch of “reality,” he can perceive material traces, memorize images, experience mystical bonds, and read the memories of planets. As Louis learns more and more about the unknown, he sets out on the Justiciar Pathway, ultimately following the path to godhood and the unknown truth. Note: The world of Lord of the Mysteries, ten years earlier. 3Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 44 I Became Daiyu’s Father 穿成了黛玉他爹 I Reincarnated as Daiyu's Father 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Fallout: A Werewolf Living in the Age of Steam 辐射:活在蒸汽时代的狼人 I transmigrated to a parallel world in the age of steam. Supernatural power and glory, steam and radiation, and the pollution that came with them, were everywhere! This was a dazzling, fantastical age. Firearms, swords, steam engines, steel, flames, bloodline wielders, supernatural professions, steam-powered armor... The brilliance of civilization intertwined with grotesque mutations, while radiation engulfed everything! The allure of the supernatural was worth chasing even if it meant flying in 1.2kReads8.4Score9314d adds
- 46 Ashes of Yesteryear 余烬旧日 Su Muchen thought he had transmigrated to an unfamiliar era. Many things here resembled his own world, but their underlying principles were completely different. Here, demons and cults were external threats, while some people drank potions to become extraordinary beings and protect their communities. Su Muchen, too, would have to live on under a new identity. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 From Playing an Insomniac to Lord of the Sequence 从扮演失眠者到序列之主 Lin Rui, a history student, drinks a potion to uncover the secret of a mysterious diary, and from then on, sleep becomes impossible. Beneath the shadows of this sleepless city, a supernatural world built around “Sequences” slowly unfolds. To fight the madness spiraling out of control, he must “play his part,” progressing from “Insomniac” to “Night Owl,” searching for clues in the city’s concrete jungle and deciphering dreams amid the ruins. When his very existence finally draws the attention of 32Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 48 Sequence: Hehe, Do You Think You Can Become a God Too? 序列:嘻嘻,你也妄图成神吗? Volume One: So-called Fate Is a Performance, Carefully Orchestrated Volume Two: A World Torn by War, Where Shedding Mortality Makes You a Monster or a Demon Volume Three: Truth and Lies Blur, as a Dream Begins and Ends Volume Four: Rebirth Has Its Methods: Human, Monster, Demon, or God [Sequence Cultivation] [Chinese Cosmic Horror] [Transforming Protagonist] (QAQ, a feudal dynasty plus semi-industrialization, you get it! Then there's the eerie stuff plus a dynasty in turmoil, you get it! And fin 129Reads—Score4014d adds
- 49 The Rise of the Sequences: My Primary Sequence Is Cultivator 序列崛起:我的主序列是修仙者 Flesh is frail, so let the machines ascend., [Machinist] A supernatural bloodline: when will I ascend to godhood?, [Bloodliner] The mysteries of magic, its true meaning revealed., [Mage] Evolve the genes and glimpse immortality!, [Evolver] Faith gathers the masses; the divine kingdom endures forever!, [Believer] The will of martial arts, immense power made flesh!, [Martial Artist] The universe is mysterious; all things bear their patterns., [Pattern Engraver] A mere mortal dares dream of the sup 13Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 50 Lord, Begin with the Holy Radiant Crusade 领主,从圣辉十字军东征开始 This is a world whose stability depends on potion sequences. Power, money, and everything else all need potions to sustain them. Richard is one of the first generation of descendants of Count Jefferys Augusta, a rising noble of the Kingdom of Frank. He is fortunate, because this gives him a significant advantage in staying alive. Yet the world is very fair. It will never grant anyone something for nothing. His graduation date almost coincides with the start of the Great Expedition. Is this a dea 1Reads—Score—14d adds

















































