Novels like Broken, Late Return
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Broken, Late Return, best match first.
- 151 I Ascended to Godhood at the End of the Road 我在路的尽头封神 The gods above stand at the pinnacle of humanity, ruling over all living beings with a single thought! Everyone has their own path, and along the way, they will experience all kinds of things. I wonder, which path is the ultimate one for everyone? Which path is the goal all living beings long for? All beings seek the Dao; I shall forge my own. I will walk to the end of the path and see the answer to all creation. At the end of the path, I shall attain godhood! Meeting is fate. May everyone readi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 The Immortal Way 仙道 The Immortal Way —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 The Sorcerer Descends the Mountain 术士下山 “Master the five arts of the mystic, and cultivate the myriad methods of the Dao.” “Read the Four Books and Five Classics, and travel ten thousand miles.” “Observe the vast world, and comprehend karma and reincarnation.” “Unite the foundations of the three teachings, and embrace the universe in your heart.” “Er Gou, if you do these few things I’ve told you, you’ll be free to go down the mountain and have fun.” Young Wang Qi stood atop the mountain, gazed down at the world, and said softly: “That 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 The Great Sui's Ruyi Lord, Worthy of General Tianbao 大隋如意主，不负天宝将军 [Sui-Tang] [Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties] [Palace Intrigue] [Romance] [Rekindled Love] He is General Tianbao, fierce and battle-hardened, undefeated in a hundred battles, yet defeated by love alone. She is Commandery Princess Ruyi, innocent and passionate, pursuing love all her life, yet letting down the one who truly loved her. He guarded the inner palace for her, shielded her from blades and bullets, bore the blame, cast aside his dignity, stood alone at their wedding, followed her th 95Reads—Score124Shelves
- 155 A Heart Stirs in the Moonlight 趁月色心动 [Detective Captain VS Surgeon, crime-solving + sweet romance, reunion after a long separation, rekindled love] [Xu Wanning's Version] When Xu Wanning sees Chen Zheng again, ten years have passed. He is a detective captain, while she is a murder suspect. “I didn't kill her. She framed me by taking her own life.” “What terrible thing did you do to make someone frame you by killing herself?” She returns to the country to uncover the truth about a fire from ten years ago, but one suspicious clue aft 3kReads8.8Score375Shelves
- 156 The Demon Lord Sacrifices Himself to the Three Realms to Win Back His Wife 魔尊为了追妻拿自己献祭三界 He shattered a realm for her, and guarded a realm for her. In the first life, he was a young general who had distinguished himself protecting the emperor. She was an upstart who'd kicked her way to fame in the capital, taking up armor and sword for wealth and status. He died tragically amid court intrigues, while she waited for him all her life. In the second life, she was a fox who stayed by his side, accompanying him through both his rise and his lowest moments. Only when he died was she not t 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 Jiang Chu and Mugwort 姜楚与艾叶 Jiang Chu and Ai Ye —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 A Desolate Grave in the Mountains 山野荒坟 A Desolate Grave in the Wilderness —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 The Final Fragments of the Age of Decline 末法残序 Nearly a century ago, two countries gradually emerged in the world: the steam-powered Pruen Empire and the Chinese-style Huafu Dynasty. Their languages, technology, and customs seemed to appear out of nowhere. Before long, the two great empires fell into conflict, eventually giving rise to a third power: the Republic of Lespoton. With its two distinct sets of customs fused together, the republic was governed by a pair of consuls and became the first nation to enter modern civilization. The other 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Ainar 艾伊纳尔 [Western fantasy + passionate action + slow pace + epic scale + magic + swordsmanship + coming of age] War, betrayal, regicide, plague, and conquest unfold in Aiyinaer. Peace, trust, loyalty, health, and unity unfold in Aiyinaer. The day Lokasi left Qinshu Village, he could never have imagined all that lay ahead. A fantasy world forged from magic and the sword. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 Oh No! The Little Familiar God Is Chasing After Me 糟糕！小侍神是追着我来的 [Quick transmigration + two male leads + System + fragmented gong + forced love + everyone loves him + both leads devoted only to each other + equal parts sweet and angsty + mutual devotion] (Recommended to start from the second world („ಡωಡ„)) "My new novel, My Immortal Lord, Your Dao Companion Has Fallen into Demonic Cultivation Again, is now out. Come read and follow along in the comments~" Jing You acted out of kindness and pushed a distracted CEO who was using his phone out of the way, savin 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 I Hear My Crush Secretly Likes Me Too 听说crush也暗恋我 Also known as Pigeon (since another author has already used the title) [Double male leads + mutual pining + scheming, doting romance] Scheming, devoted literature professor and novelist Song Yu'an × Lu Chen, a photographer and fine arts teacher who thinks he’s a top but is about to be turned straight ღ He wanted a peaceful life and pursued his dreams. He thought his family’s arranged marriage and childhood sweetheart had already determined who he would marry. He didn’t understand love, and had n 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 A Cross-Time Rescue 一场跨时空自救 Yan Qingli had a childhood so wonderful it made people jealous. When she thought her life would always be so happy, the Kitchen God Festival when she was eight dealt her a devastating blow. She spent the next ten years drifting from place to place, becoming Xiao Shi, a beautiful woman with a dangerous, twisted streak. When Xiao Shi thought she was about to die in the jaws of a wolf pack, someone fell from the sky and saved her, giving her a place to stay. From then on, she took the name Yan Nuo, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 Tales from the Pages 纸中录 In the early years of the Republic of China, the country was in turmoil. The little girl Shen Qing fled famine with her father and made her way to Linjiang. In exchange for a dou of rice, her father sold her to the Shen family, where she became the young master's child bride. But on her wedding night, a coffin awaited her. Eight coffins to pin down the dead, seven-inch wooden nails. A hundred “ghosts” roaming by night, the dead rising again. Before long, she had transformed into the stunningly b 1kReads9.1Score143Shelves
- 165 The Germaphobic Detective Is Dragged into a Mechanical Killing Trap by His Mad-Dog Deputy 洁癖探长被疯狗副手拽入机械杀阵 A fastidious detective is dragged into a mechanical killing trap by his rabid deputy. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 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—Shelves
- 167 Everyone Walked Right into the Trap 皆入彀中 Yu Guangjun, deputy mayor of Quan Shui Town in Yingzhong District, Yingcheng, summoned his courage and made the most important decision of his life: seize the opportunity to compete for a municipal leadership position and give up the civil service career he had held for twenty years to become a mid-level manager at a city-owned enterprise. At nearly forty, he was taking one last shot at success. Though changing course in middle age sparked plenty of controversy, Yu Guangjun felt the move had bee 62Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 168 Three Figures, One Child, and My Growing Up 三个身影，一个孩子，和我的成长 At seventeen, Lin Xia carefully wrote out her plans for life: to have a passionate, unforgettable romance, then follow the usual path from daughter to wife to mother, piecing together the complete life she dreamed of. Lin Xia once carefully planned a perfect life, but kept making “mistakes” in love. Her youthful romance with Chen Yan ended in regret because of reality. In a fit of pique, she married Qin Ye, her physics teacher, in a whirlwind wedding, only for the marriage to end in divorce a y 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 169 A Magic Book Enters My Body, and I Fight for Justice in the Celestial Empire 魔书入体，我在天朝行侠仗义 [Urban martial arts] [Handcrafted] [Three days fishing, two days drying nets] By chance, young Jing Xiaogang touches a magic book in a mysterious cave. He awakens an extraordinary constitution and becomes a modern-day martial arts master. Born into a poor family, he is forced to drop out of school and find work. He heads to a bustling modern metropolis and uses his martial prowess to stand up for justice. From a construction laborer to a company big shot, a string of twists, turns, and extraordi 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 Lanyan’s Rebirth Is Anything but Ordinary 如兰的重生不一般啊 Hello, everyone. I'm Sheng Rulan, yes, the Sheng Rulan from The Story of Minglan. Everyone envies me and Wen Yanjing, right? But later, he took a concubine. I don't care anymore. I miss my mom, I miss my mom, I miss my mom. That's right, I'm a total mama's girl. Later, I returned to my childhood and saw my dad and mom again. But this time, my rebirth was unusual: I became Molan. 174Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 Ye Xiaoai Transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty and Becomes Sun Simiao's Disciple 叶小艾穿越唐朝成为孙思邈的徒弟 Ye Xiaoai transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty and meets Sun Simiao, a legendary longevity expert who has lived to the age of 142. She not only learns his superb medical skills and secrets to a long, healthy life, but also helps his disciple Song Ziqian search for his parents and uncover the mastermind behind it all. As time passes, the two fall in love, and many twists and amusing adventures ensue... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 I’ll Return When the Roses Have Faded 蔷薇花谢即归来. I'll Return When the Roses Fade. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 After Her Brother Died, He Became a Netherworld Registrar, and She Became the Underworld’s Enforcer in the Living World 弟弟死后成了地府书记官，姐姐成了阳间阴司 After her younger brother dies, he becomes a clerk in the Underworld, while his older sister becomes an underworld official in the living world. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 Journey Along the Jing River 荆江行 I'm saving up for the sequel!! Follow The Jing River Chronicles: Zhurong!! A down-to-earth story of country, family, and the martial world, with one-sided redemption, sweet and wholesome romance A little angst, happy ending ENFP x INTJ, both brains and fighting skills fully online Plot-driven, with mystery and a kindred-spirit dynamic The mischievous, clever, scheming, cheerful puppy Cheng Buyu The aloof, proud, ice-cold Shen Jingyan, with an endlessly busy inner monologue Cheng Buyu, the Be 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 She Makes It, It Eats It, and She Can't Escape 她做，它吃，她插翅难飞 No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Growth + Power Struggles + Cute Creatures Unlucky Qing Shangchuan choked to death on a dessert and transmigrated into a beast-taming world. Qing Shangchuan: “Talk about one disaster after another. My life is truly miserable.” After finally awakening a skill, she discovered that the one she’d unlocked was dessert-making. Qing Shangchuan: “That’s adding insult to injury.” Still, she was lucky enough to meet the companions who mattered most to her. The real kicker? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 Transmigrated Into a Book: The Cold School Heartthrob Has a Secret Crush on Me 穿书后，高冷校草暗恋我 A modern-day office drudge transmigrates into an unfamiliar high school romance novel. She becomes a third-year high school student, a nobody, and gets a System. She can only return home after the story reaches its ending. During classes, she interacts with Xiao Yuyan, the aloof campus heartthrob, and builds what she thinks is a sincere friendship with him. She doesn't realize that Xiao Yuyan has fallen for her, but never says a word. After the college entrance exams, Lin Ran goes abroad to atte —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 Break the Cycle! 轮回破局！ [Not a Frustrating Story, Not Mindless, Plenty of Foreshadowing, No System] I can't remember anymore. I don't even know when this damn apocalypse began. In this endless cycle, I die again and again, only to start over again and again... They say good people go to heaven after they die, and evil people go to hell. But why do people enter the cycle of reincarnation...? Who are they, and why do they say I'm in the wrong? Who am I, really? What have I done? Who is to blame, him or me? As my investig —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 Jiaojiao, Big Brother's Heart Hurts 皎皎，哥哥心口疼 [The main couple's everyday sweetness / The supporting couples have their own ways of being sweet, too] A wealthy young heir whose fate is too precious, sickly since childhood VS a noble young heiress who loses her family overnight and develops aphasia When Fu Xujing was born, the old master of the Fu family, who had been paralyzed and unconscious in bed for years, miraculously woke up and stood again... After hearing his devoted cousin speak from the heart, the male lead had a sudden epiphany 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 A Comeback on the Road to Exile 穿越流放路上的逆袭 A Comeback on the Road to Exile 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 Transmigrated to Become the Most Beautiful Empress 穿越之倾世皇后 [Female Lead: Jin Feiyao, plays the fool while hiding her strength + transmigration + clever and beautiful + fiercely protective] [Male Lead: Jun Yue, scheming + ruthless and decisive + devoted exclusively to the female lead] [Jin Feiyao was a university student in the 21st century. She transmigrated while painting...] She wakes up as the daughter of the prime minister. Well, this is nice: good food and drink. When in Rome, make yourself at home. What? I have to enter the palace? Become the empe 17Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 181 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—Shelves
- 182 From Now On, I’ll Think of You Every Day 从此岁岁念朝朝 “Muchen, your father is getting on in years. He's now in prison, suffering every humiliation, and he's come down with a serious illness. If he's really sent to the frontier to serve in the army for three years, the long, bitterly cold journey will be as good as sending him to his death. Please, have a heart and save your father. Your mother is begging you on her knees.” Before she could finish speaking, Lin Muchen's mother threw herself to her knees before her. The people waiting to see the doct 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 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—Shelves
- 184 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—Shelves
- 185 Iron Cavalry: The Emperor's Claim, Part One 铁骑称皇1 The Iron Cavalry Claims the Throne 1 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 Married First, Love Later: Captain Lu Falls for Her Tenderly 先婚后爱，陆队他温柔沦陷 Romance + suspense + deduction + psychology + crime-solving Su Yunning, a PhD in criminal psychology, is forced to go on a blind date. Sitting across from her is Lu Ze, a criminal investigation captain who was pressured into coming by his family too. One specializes in understanding the minds of criminals, while the other has cracked one bizarre case after another. They finish dinner in perfect unspoken harmony, both convinced they’ll never cross paths again. At first, they’re just going through 4.2kReads7.1Score594Shelves
- 187 Simultaneous Transmigration: Every Start for Lu Mingfei Is Hell 同时穿越：我路明非全是地狱开局 After being run over by Nono's sports car, Lu Mingfei transmigrated, splitting into countless copies that transmigrated simultaneously to the Myriad Worlds. The only problem was that every world he landed in was a nightmare from the start... He transmigrated to a world where terror was resurging, only to face the fatal Knocking Ghost incident from the start. He transmigrated to The Outcast, only to have the beautiful snake Xia He block his door from the start. He transmigrated to JoJo's Bizarre 400Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 The World as It Is 世如具 I have three principles in life: First: I will never spare anyone who tries to kill me. Second: Anyone who harms my friends or family must die. Third: I will show no mercy to anyone who betrays me. These principles apply even on a continent filled with magic and all kinds of races. This empire is rotten. I will overthrow it and become the new king! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 A Splendid Letter to You 与卿书华章 Since ancient times, historical records have had very little to say about women. And when they do appear, it is rarely because of their own achievements. Those few lines of ink usually tie them to the men in their families. Can women ever make a name for themselves in the history books? Before returning to the Central Plains, Zhou Shaojin was a noblewoman raised in the Western Regions. Her father died when she was thirteen, her mother when she was fifteen, and her husband when she was twenty-t 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 His Coward 他的胆小鬼 In a dim alley one year, Lin Xiyue met Fan Jin, the first person who ever made her heart flutter. She thought it was just a small moment in an ordinary life. Little did she know fate would bring them together again. After transferring schools, they became classmates and, by a twist of fate, deskmates too. Fan Jin was all prickly words and acted cold toward Lin Xiyue, but he had already fallen for her. Neither of them ever confessed. They simply kept their “feelings” tucked away in their hearts. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 Medicinal Power: Infinite Evolution! 药力，无限进化！ The world of immortal cultivation has long been unchanging, for trillions of years... Heavenly treasures and cultivation manuals have all become things beyond the reach of ordinary people. The protagonist, Chen Han, has made a living chopping wood with his father since childhood. Watch as he breaks through his shackles and writes his own story... 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 After Binding to a Saving System, I Got Together with the Villain 绑定拯救系统后，我和反派在一起 Yu Miaomiao was an unlucky wage worker. After staying up all night to finish a proposal, she died unexpectedly and transmigrated into a melodramatic novel she’d read before. Just the day before, she’d been complaining about its ridiculous plot: the villain killed everyone who bullied him, then died himself. Transmigrating into a book would have been bad enough, but she ended up in the body of a vicious supporting woman with the exact same name. She mindlessly pursued the male lead, mindlessly fr 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 Dragon Disciple 龍徒 When Zhang Chuqi transmigrated to the Dragon Realm, all he had was a black stone pendant he had worn since childhood. A remnant soul dwelled within the pendant. It claimed to have once ruled this world and been the master of the Dragon Realm. But it had forgotten how it had fallen... And who had killed it. The only thing it remembered was who it had once been! To recover the Dragon Ancestor's memories, Zhang Chuqi embarked on a long journey to find the Dragon Ancestor's scattered remains. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 My Host Cheats with Her Intelligence 我家宿主靠智商开挂 [A few quick notes before you read: There is a male lead, but he’s mostly in the background + the female lead is a plotter + plot-focused + occasional drops of the real-world main storyline] [A quick transmigration story with a bit of an imaginative twist] Cheng Qi is taken into small worlds by the System before she can even object. Not only is she forced into the deal, she’ll be punished if she fails to meet her KPIs! Lured by the System’s empty promises, Cheng Qi begins her journey to repair t 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 Miss Tang’s Magical Adventures Miss唐的神奇魔法 After a nap, she woke up back in ninth grade. Unlucky college student Tang Xin realized in horror: was this a nightmare on repeat? Tang Xin was an utterly ordinary college student with a seemingly endless streak of bad luck. She only wanted to get a good night’s sleep, but suddenly transmigrated back to ninth grade! Staring at the familiar yet strange classroom, she screamed SOS in despair: “This isn’t a dream. It’s a real-life nightmare!” But the path she set foot on again had quietly changed 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 I Become the White Moonlight in an Endless Cycle of Reincarnation 我在无限轮回里当白月光 Proud Sect Leader ✖ Pure-Hearted Older General A boy who was not yet grown had suffered for many years, with only the occasional taste of sweetness. Shen Ling died in the winter of the year she turned seventeen. When she opened her eyes again, the entire Jianmen Mountain Sect had been slaughtered, its gates stained with blood, and a junior sister was sobbing soundlessly in her arms. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 Gazing at the Stars 凌望星辰 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 198 Don't Save Them! Junior Sister Takes Down Assassins One by One 别救！小师妹一刀一个刺客 Amu Er Lan is a stunningly beautiful foreign concept deity, and also a rather dim little robot. Eldest Senior Brother: "A Lan is the least talented among us fellow disciples, so we have to protect her well!" The fellow disciples thumped their chests with proud vigor, their faces brimming with the steadfast confidence of the brainwashed. "Protect our junior sister!!!" Amu Er Lan had just finished off a remarkably skilled assassin, and the assassin's blood was still splattered across her face. "Hu 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 Winning Over the Host Is a Bit of a Challenge 攻略宿主有点傻 [Slow-paced. The title of the only world can't be changed.] [System, campus, ensemble cast, redemption, mutual devotion, healing] An innocent little Host × a tsundere, sharp-tongued cat System. They bicker in their daily lives while helping their friends heal. This is a slow-burn story. Bai Li has lived in an orphanage since she was little. The only person who was kind to her was the headmistress. Bai Li is very beautiful, but her mind is only that of a seven- or eight-year-old child. When the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 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—Shelves
