Novels like The Singing Serpent in the Sky
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Singing Serpent in the Sky, best match first.
- 1 Born a Chess Piece, I Will Reach the Summit 生而为棋，吾绝巅峰 (No harem + no System + no supernatural horror.) Why must I spend my life alone? Why must I become a pawn? Then I shall become what you wish: I can cultivate the Dao even as a demon. I can also stand at the peak of this world, where time flows like a river. From that moment on, I knew that goodness and weakness were sins. Love, family, and friendship are no different; they are such beautiful things. I once had them, but they vanished in the blink of an eye. All that remains: Darkness scorning th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Young Master Overturned the Meng Po Soup, and I Became His White Moonlight 少主掀翻孟婆汤，我成了他白月光 The Young Master Upended the Meng Po Soup, and I Became His White Moonlight —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Village That Vanished Overnight in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, 1987 1987年陕西秦岭一夜消失的村庄 A village in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi vanished overnight in 1987 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The 749 Bureau’s Qinling Mountain Villa Demolition Incident 749局秦岭山别墅拆迁事件 The 749 Bureau's Qinling Mountain Villa Demolition Incident 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Insectoids! Make Me So Happy I Could Die 虫族啊！幸福死我吧 A laid-back, slacker male lead × a powerful, calculating, gorgeous female lead Xu Zhi'an was a poor, unlucky college senior, sending resumes to company after company. When he missed a step, he hadn’t yet realized how serious the problem was. And just like that, he fell down the stairs and died. When Xu Zhi'an opened his eyes again, he found himself in the insectoid world. He didn’t need anyone to explain. He was a seasoned novel fan, after all. The moment he learned he was a male insect, Xu Zhi' 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Uncovering China’s Mysterious Cases 揭秘中国神秘事件 This book introduces readers to real-life bizarre, mysterious, and uncanny events from across China. Each chapter tells one true story, guaranteed to open your eyes and leave you amazed. 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Bureau 749: The Ghostly Hollow of Wawu Mountain, Sichuan 749局—四川瓦屋山迷魂凼。 749 Bureau: The Bewildering Hollow at Mount Wawu, Sichuan. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Bureau 749: Paranormal Files 749局：灵异档案 Each volume tells a standalone story. Follow the lens of a camera as it explores all kinds of strange people and unusual events. The pacing is tense and thrilling, with one twist leading to another. No dragging things out or pointless chatter: definitely worth a read! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 A Mismatch 不般不配 117Reads—Score106Shelves
- 10 The Judge's Path Begins with Factory Work 从进厂打工开始的判官之路 This is a fantastical urban novel. Zhang Fan, a young man from an impoverished rural family, is forced to work in a factory because his family is poor. By chance, he learns that the factory stands on the site of an ancient tomb, and that a forbidden area lies in the hills behind it. One night, he accidentally wanders into the forbidden area and unexpectedly ends up sharing his existence with Yuchen, an ancient immortal Venerable, and Chiyue, a demon lord. From then on, the ancient immortal becom 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Monster Hunter: Shadow of the Snowy Mountains 怪物猎人之雪山魔影 There's no denying that Monster Hunter is a classic game from around 2000. Even today, very few people have successfully adapted it into a written work and shared it with a wide audience! The world of monsters in the game is vast, with far too many fictional characters and objectives, making it difficult to describe and write about comprehensively. That's why this niche work needs your support. It's a tribute to the Monster Hunters who battled night and day, and a chance to remember the youth we 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 A National Treasure Matchmaker, But I Won't Run from the Coldhearted Young Master 国宝为媒，冷酷少主我不逃 At an appraisal event, Sun Qianxun is drugged by her own younger sister. She escapes to a hotel, but stumbles into a strange man's room. The next morning, she wakes to find a breathtakingly handsome man beside her and frantically feels around for her wallet. Oh no, she forgot it. All she can do is take off her ancestral phoenix jade pendant and slip it under his pillow. "Sorry, handsome model guy. This jade pendant is worth a million. Call it payment for one night." Only later does she learn he 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 In the End, I Traded the Bright Moon for the Rivers and Mountains 后来，我把明月换河山 Her name is Shu Juan, the daughter of a general and the child of the Grand Princess. Her father guards the northern frontier, leaving her in the capital. In name, it is a family reunion; in truth, she is a hostage. The political situation is turbulent, the young new Emperor sits on the throne, and Regent Xie Yanzhu has only just taken power. She has just one task: keep watch on that hostage prince from Nansu. Jiang Che. A pawn sent by a defeated nation, and, according to rumor, the only prince o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Concept Empress Isn’t Pretending 概念大帝她真不是装的 [A novice pretending to be a big shot] [Heartthrob] [Ensemble cast] [No CP] [Adorable beasts] Mu Yun Zhao transmigrated, and the System gave her peerless cultivation from the start: invincibility at the Great Emperor level. After three seconds of joy, she noticed a line of tiny text: Note: You are invincible at the Great Emperor level, but your Host still has a modern human body and not a trace of spiritual energy. So this Great Emperor-level invincibility is actually a passive skill! She though 10Reads—Score121Shelves
- 15 Tales of Strange and Supernatural Creatures 妖异志怪录 [Male lead single since the womb] [No overbearing aura] [Leveling up and fighting monsters] Monsters from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the hundreds of ghosts passed down through Chinese history, the demons and monsters known by every Chinese household, and the immortals revered by all of China. The Heavenly Dao of another world collapses and splits apart, and the protagonist is summoned there! With the Records of Strange Demons in hand and a sword at his side, he seals demons, slays monste 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Legend of the Dragon Squad 龙组传奇 There is a group of people who seem ordinary on the surface, but in secret they can travel between heaven and earth, subdue demons, and do the impossible. They are members of the Dragon Group. No matter how much they contribute to their country, their deeds can never be made public. Even if they die, their records can only be sealed away forever in the highest-level archives. 1.2kReads6.9Score107Shelves
- 17 The Fragrance of Gardenias 栀子香飘 [Warning: Your top-of-the-class boyfriend is a secret esper] When the city's top scorer starts secretly using his powers to pursue the girl he loves Wen Zhi always thought Xiao Mu was just a school legend: ridiculously handsome and at the top of the rankings year after year. Until a mysterious organization hunted her down and he dropped his disguise. He caught an energy cannon with his bare hands, then turned and held her protectively in his arms. “Don't be afraid. I'm here.” The whole school s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 749 Bureau: Classified Files 749局秘闻 Have you heard of Bureau 749? Some say it’s a classified agency. Others say it’s a mysterious organization that researches supernatural phenomena. Still others believe Bureau 749 investigates and covers up cases involving extraterrestrial life forms appearing within the country. Which of these rumors is true? I didn’t know either, until I got caught up in a bizarre murder case and became a member of Bureau 749. That’s when I discovered that the bureau was far more complicated than anyone could i 328Reads7.7Score103Shelves
- 19 Bureau Zero-One 零一局 The Zero-One Bureau handles paranormal incidents. After the protagonist, Liang Yuzhang, was born, an old Daoist recognized his exceptional nature and took him in as an apprentice to learn Daoist arts. Starting in kindergarten, he helped people deal with paranormal incidents, becoming a minor celebrity in the surrounding villages. He joined the Zero-One Bureau in middle school, and after joining, handled all sorts of supernatural cases involving ghosts, demons, and monsters. These events also dre 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Cultivation Academy 修真学宫 [Top university from the start] + [Academy pocket world] + [A grand stage for cultivation]: Li Chenghuan is reborn in a cultivation world and successfully establishes his foundation at fifteen, awakening the memories of his previous life. His whole world immediately turns upside down... Tianji Academy, the cultivation world's equivalent of a top university! Junior Brother, you're amazing! 346Reads5.9Score110Shelves
- 21 Bureau of Paranormal Investigations 特异事物调查局 [Mystery + horror + sci-fi + adventure + wild imagination] Before graduating, forensic science student Ren Lin dissects a beautiful female corpse. Not long afterward, he meets a woman who looks exactly like the corpse, with a horrifying scar beneath her neck. A voice keeps echoing in his ear: “Did the corpse you dissect feel pain?” This is only the beginning, just the tip of the iceberg! Ren Lin joins the Bureau of Special Affairs and rises from a low-ranking agent to a legend! 42Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 22 Dragon Seeking 寻龙 Forty years ago, a great flood unearthed an ancient Warring States tomb. Forty years later, a mysterious will from my grandfather leads me back into the tomb. Carve corridors through mountains and hollow them out for tombs! How many secrets lie hidden in the tombs of ancient kings? To find a dragon, seek the mountain's winding folds. Each winding ridge marks another pass; If a gate has a thousand locks, a prince or lord must surely lie within. Only when I opened the coffin did I realize that som 930Reads6.6Score104Shelves
- 23 Dragon Group: The Carry of Carries, Only Playing in High-Rank Matches 龙组：通天代，只打高端局 [China Dragon Group + exorcism + Naruto + System + lighthearted + comedy] [A mysterious organization made up of heroes who work in the darkness. Each member has a unique skill, and they fight in the most dangerous and secret places to protect the ancient Chinese people.] [Vengeful ghosts, zombies, the Southern Maoists and Northern Ma family, Solomon's 72 demons, ninjas, shrines, the X-Men, Arthurian knights... You name it, it's all here.] Zhang Ze: As a newly recruited trainee of the Dragon Grou 130Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 A Bitter Journey to Another World 异界苦旅 Transmigrated to Another World + Surviving at the Bottom + Military Life + Allegory A story told from the perspective of ordinary people, an ensemble drama about little people, and an immature work of magical realism. There are no carefree battles of love and revenge like in xianxia, nor are there vast worlds like in fantasy novels. Here, there are only people, and stories about people. I don't know how many people will want to read this, or accompany Li Tianyou on his journey through another wo 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Heart's Questions Have Their Limits 心问有隅 Welcome to a full-scale mind-reading show! What sparks will fly when someone who can read minds runs into someone with an extremely avoidant, anxious personality? Tune in for the great pursuit of the wife. We recommend starting from Chapter Six. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Book Transmigration: The Author Keeps Digging Pits and Never Fills Them 穿书：作者她挖坑不填 [Multiple CPs + Ensemble Cast + Arcs + Fantasy Cultivation] Each arc has a different protagonist, and the story is linked through the perspective of Jiang Zuiwan, the nominal main character. The type of each arc will be marked at the start: BG, GL, or female-no-romance, with a small amount of BL as well. -- Jiang Zuiwan suspected that some kind of unclean thing had set its sights on her. With the major exams approaching, she was dreaming every day, and all the people in her dreams were ancient f 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 [Infinite] Stay Alive at All Costs 【无限】非活不可 [Infinite Flow] [1v1] [Two Strong Leads (Male Lead Relatively, Female Lead Absolutely)] People can't even understand who they were when they were alive. Jiang Yuhao never understood why she couldn't rest in peace after dying, and insisted on making trouble for herself by joining the Cyber Immortality Game. It's a data world that only the dead can enter. Through her own efforts, Jiang Yuhao cursed and fought her way to the top of the rankings. Jiang Yuhao: "Then I got labeled high-risk and bo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Reborn as Yang Guo, I Only Love Guo Fu 重生杨过，我只爱郭芙 At the cliffs of Heartbreak Valley, Yang Guo watched Guo Fu clutch his corpse and weep until she vomited blood. Only then did he finally understand how foolish he had been. He had resented her spoiled ways and hated her for accidentally injuring him, yet he had forgotten: when they first met on Peach Blossom Island, she was the first to stand up for him, whip in hand, when Quanzhen disciples bullied him. When he was poisoned by the Passion Flower and downcast, she secretly slipped him half a war 388Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Became the Boss's Roommate After a Night of Drinking 酒后我成了BOSS室友 Gender swap | Sweet romance | Comedy | Marriage before love | Powerful CEO | Both leads are each other's first After downing a glass of wine, I, Bai Xiaoqi, turned into a man! This god-awful constitution is all my scientist dad's fault! To keep my secret safe, I lived like a monk: utterly averse to skirts and afraid to touch a drop of alcohol. That is, until the handsome older guy next door tricked me into joining Ruizhi Group, where I reunited with my secretly beloved, icy senior, Guan Zhengyu! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The CEO's Contract Ex-Wife Is a Princess of an Ancient Kingdom 总裁的契约前妻是古国公主 While searching for inspiration for my novel, I wandered into a little book café in an alley, only to discover that the protagonist in the owner's handwritten manuscript was my past-life self! When his family tried to force him into a political marriage, I stepped in to help, photoshopped a marriage certificate, and became his contractual wife. He gave me a necklace he had designed himself, saying he had no idea why, but it felt like it belonged to me. Then my brother saw it and went completely —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 An Unromantic Battle 不浪漫战役 An overweight woman past her prime joins a friend's low-budget dating reality show as the catfish, only to unexpectedly meet the other men and women taking part. From her own perspective, she plunges into an emotional battle, one that's anything but romantic. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The County Princess's Rise Through the Ranks in the Immortal Dynasty 仙朝之县主升职记 [No golden finger + no romance + healing cultivator + a heroine who is gentle on the outside but strong within, and plans carefully before acting] Shengming Academy, the starting point of the road to immortality. A choice of cultivation technique: some gained powerful arts that could unleash flames to burn the heavens, while others received only an overlooked volume called the Spirit-Seeding Art. Rooted in earth, nurtured by wood, tempered by water, it made no show of itself and progressed as sl 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Spoiled Rotten by My Overbearing Lightning-Wielding Boyfriend 被霸道雷系男友宠坏 Husband-obsessed, won't let anyone else covet him, loves putting on an act [Jiang Li] x possessive, domineering, loyal, and brawny hunk [Lei Ming] [Both are inexperienced, one-on-one romance] [Love at first sight] [Surviving against all odds] [Happy ending] [Superpowers] [Love is precious in the apocalypse] [In a nutshell: They fall for each other at first sight, love each other to the point of obsession, and forget the rest of the world exists. He spoils his wife. The couple show off their love 281Reads—Score101Shelves
- 34 The World of Divine Eyes 神眼世界 [Infinite-flow + Mild horror + Finishing blows + No saintly protagonist + Ensemble cast + One female lead] The Path of Shadows has opened. Survive once, and you’ll be bound by its rules for life. Spiritual pressure is a curse. It builds up in the real world, forcing us back into hell again and again. I’m Xu Guang, a curse-breaker. My right eye can see through every vengeful spirit’s fixation and rules. They say I can bring salvation. Until I personally turned an entire town into ruins. Only then 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The White Moonlight Wants to Be the Heroine, and the Emperor Spoils Her to the Heavens 白月光要当女主，皇帝宠上天 [Childhood sweetheart and moonlight princess & reborn tyrant turned devoted husband] [Reborn tyrant + transmigrated supporting female character with a golden finger + dark original heroine + pure love + sweet romance + two strong leads] The legitimate daughter and county princess, carefully raised by a powerful clan; a transmigrator from another world with a golden finger; a kind and courageous female general from a military family... and a reborn wife-loving tyrant who unified the land??? Diffe 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Miss Grim Reaper, I Don't Want to Die 死神小姐，我不想死 After the God of Death sets him up and makes him sign the Death Contract, Chu Zhou is reborn in another world as the God of Death’s apostle. Under the contract, he retains all his abilities from his previous life. He will only truly die if he gives up on living. After meeting the world’s natives, Chu Zhou realizes things aren’t so simple. What do you mean the stars in this world eat people? What do you mean supplies are obtained by drawing cards? What do you mean one of the food sources here is 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 May Your Wishes Come Easily 愿许容易 [Ensemble cast + team of eight + each with their own specialty + a passionate cultivation story] The world of level masters is vast and boundless. He came carrying memories of his past life, only to die after being betrayed and murdered. Reborn at the age of twelve in a strange prison, with his identity changed, he must decide how to live this life. By chance, he was given another life, and his personality changed. “My name is Xu Yuan.” “I've always hated trouble and don't like meddling in other —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Mysterious Department Jiuding: The Power of the Five Elements 神秘部门九鼎：五行之力 (This story is entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, trust in science.) By chance, I joined Jiuding, a mysterious national agency. There, I met a group of old monsters: Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, Zuo Ci, Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, and Zhang Sanfeng. I also learned that other countries have their own mysterious agencies. For example, America’s S.H.I.E.L.D., Britain’s Knights of the Round Table, Russia’s Society of Nature, Japan’s Onmyoryo, and so on. I thought my future would be spent d 221Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 39 I Became a Drama Queen and Took Over Showbiz with Chaotic Fortune-Telling 穿成作精，靠发癫算命整顿娱乐圈 Tang Youyou is a master of the occult. When she casts a divination, she doesn't just read the signs, she sees the threads of a person's karma directly. Her mental state is delightfully unhinged, but in her own world she still has reservations and needs to hold herself back. After transmigrating into the internet's most hated scheming celebrity, she decides to stop pretending and go completely off the rails. Her scumbag ex pressures her to leave showbiz? She slaps him into next week, then divine —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 In the Tenth Year, the Blade Awakened 第十年，斩位觉醒 A cleanup squad of fifteen was treated as expendable and thrown into Old Recycling Zone Seven. No one told them that the thing kept behind the door was there to feed the rift. And no one told Lin Zhou that this mission was meant to see whether the thing inside him would awaken. Scales that bullets couldn’t pierce, exploding monsters that multiplied the more they were shot, living sources of contamination with blood like acid. While everyone else was dying in droves, another pair of eyes opene 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Rise of the Duchess of Rongguo 荣国公府夫人上位记 My stepsister switched betrothals with me. One word: switch! The man is dead, so all I have to do is raise three little ones. My parents-in-law died young, so I took charge of the household as soon as I married in. This time, I’m taking back everything everyone owes me! Who knew there would be twist after twist? Living comfortably in old age isn’t easy, and no one can be relied on. In the end, all I can do is stay true to myself. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 End-Times City: Grab a Brick and Become a God of Slaughter 末法都市：抄起砖头成为杀神 [Urban Survival Game + Cultivation Dungeons + Raising a Crew + Protagonist’s Growth] With his parents murdered and no way to cultivate, Cheng Guang finds satisfaction in revenge thanks to his brick-wielding divine power. An immortal in his previous life, bait in this one, he is surrounded by danger in the city. The killer remains unknown, and wicked people are everywhere. So I won’t let a single one of them get away. As the saying goes: In the apocalypse, finding the true way is hard; killing im —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Third World You Don't Know 你不知道的第三世界 Have you ever doubted the world you see with your own eyes? Have you ever experienced a supernatural event? Are you curious about unknown creatures? Open this book and step into the mysterious, unknown Third World! 820Reads6.6Score102Shelves
- 44 Stop at the Deep Sea 止步深海 [Gods + Sequences + Ancient Martial Arts + Soft Sci-Fi + Extraterrestrial Civilizations + Huaxia] This is a story about immortal arts and martial arts clashing with modern technology. In the modern world, technology reigns supreme, and traditional martial arts are gradually being abandoned. Humanity conquered space but found nothing there. Only then did it discover that an earth-shattering secret lay buried beneath the ocean. Undersea ruins, strange metals, gigantic creatures, alien life, myths 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Heavenly Official's Edict 天官敕令 When Chen Qi awakens the long-lost “Word Spirit Edict” during a haunted-house livestream, he thinks it’s just a way to earn money to save his father. But when fragments of an antique bronze mirror reveal a thousand-year-old formation, and the technology group “Entropy” uses algorithms to optimize feng shui and kill, he realizes he’s been dragged into an ultimate war between traditional occult arts and modern technology. From malignant spirits in haunted houses to ghost soldiers on the march, and 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 My Secret Romance 我的秘密恋爱 This is the story of a heterochromatic-eyed boy who was never accepted from birth, and another person who was just as lonely and troubled, colliding with him. [Mutual redemption + fantasy + adventure + betrayal] [A possessive top who rarely shows it but always wants to keep his beloved to himself vs. an independent, self-reliant, lovable bottom who doesn't really believe in love and only trusts his feelings] Endless neglect and verbal abuse at home, bullying and malice at school, and nightmares 3Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 47 The Female Lead Doesn't Want to Put Up with It Anymore 女主她不想忍 She died in that explosion. The sight of her mother lying in the smoke and dust became her final memory of this life. The System announced: transmigrate across countless worlds, complete missions, and absorb power. Once she had accumulated enough, she could return to the past and save her mother. Every world had different rules, a different identity, and different enemies. Some wanted her to fall, some waited for her to die horribly, and some tried to force her to bow her head. But Meng Du had n 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Geological Survey Team No. 793 地质大队第793队 A twist of fate drew me into a historical event and set me on the path of following in my grandfather's footsteps. As I investigate what happened to him all those years ago, one baffling story after another begins to emerge. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Reborn: The Cat Author 重生：猫咪作者 Boys’ love + short slice-of-life light novel + female-oriented + the author was too dumb to submit it under the right category In his previous life, Lin Luobai was a small-time online writer. He wasn’t anywhere near famous, just a minor name with a modest following. His parents died in a car accident, and at fourteen he was taken in by his uncle. After coming of age, he moved out to live on his own. When he was twenty, he got into a car accident one night on his way home from school because of a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The World May Be Vast, but You Matter Most. Now Shut Up and Don’t Say a Word 天大地大你最大堵住嘴巴别说话 [Pure Love] [Two Female Leads] [System] This isn't a pure campus novel; there are very few school scenes, and most of it is about daily life. There are quite a few early hints, which some readers may find off-putting, so please skip it if that's not your thing. A love-starved little airhead × a pure-hearted heiress An unlucky girl who grew up without parents, Su Chen has always lived by the principle that sleep comes before everything else. This laid-back attitude somehow leads her to meet Su Ni 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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