Novels like Chronicles of the Abyss
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- 101 The True Scripture of Immortals and Martial Arts 仙武真经 A young man from a powerful family travels the world, comprehends heaven and earth, learns all there is to know, and becomes an unparalleled powerhouse who rules over an entire realm. Martial artists with ancient lineages, cultivators who command the elements, recluses who know nothing of the world, and supreme Buddhists all take the stage on this continent, weaving a breathtaking legend. With a peerless beauty by his side, he pursues a romantic love. He explores a river frozen for ten thousand 743Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 102 Number 1500: Space Visitor 编号1500：空间访客 (Not nonsensical, not a wish-fulfillment story. Both leads are strong, devoted to each other, and cunning.) There are 10,000 spaces in the world. Each space has seven transmigrators and one space administrator. The story unfolds in Space 1500. Explaining the world is too boring. Let's jump straight into exploring and scheming in Space 1500. Good luck, transmigrator! 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Wielding My Sword, I Slay Celestials for a Drink 仗剑，斩天人下酒 (Martial world + imperial court + ensemble cast + schemes) The martial world means flashing blades and clashing steel, the warmth and coldness of human nature, the realm and its beauties, the everyday necessities of life, and, in the end, the injustice found in the space between one’s steps. But did you know there are immortals above, fishing in the mortal world and tampering with the fates of men? Come, come! Watch me, Li Xianyu, cleave an immortal in two with one sword, and give you all someth 465Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 104 Chronicles of the Western Departure and Eastern River 西别东川录 The four kingdoms of Zhongzhou, through three generations of warfare Love and enmity, passions and grudges, chronicled across ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers Ten realms of triumph, where meetings and partings are forever uncertain The Five Elements Tribulation, the Sixfold Heavenly Dipper The Fourteen Evil Paths venture where none dare go; with breath fading to a thread, they ascend to the ninth heaven Heaven and earth give rise to one another, yin and yang are both extinguished. If y 104Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 105 Dust Rises in Little River Village 尘起小河村 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 106 In the 1980s, I Gave My Job Placement to My Younger Brother 八零年代，我把招工名额还给了弟弟 In the 1980s, I Gave My Job Placement Back to My Younger Brother 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Above the Thunder, Below the Dragon King (Sikong Zhen X Storm Dragon King) 雷霆之上，龙王之下（司空震x风暴龙王） Above the Thunder, Below the Dragon King (Sikong Zhen x Storm Dragon King) 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 In the 1980s, We Switched Grooms: My Sister and I Reassigned Our Men 八零换嫁：我和姐姐把男人重新分了分 Trading Marriages in the Eighties: My Sister and I Swapped Our Men Around 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 I Pretended to Be a Fool, and the Possessive Villain Coveted Me Night After Night 装傻后被偏执反派夜夜觊觎 System life extension | Play dumb to stay alive | Possessive male lead | Push and pull between two hearts | [Soft on the outside, ruthless within, playing-dumb heroine x gloomy, obsessive, possessive villain] [Synopsis] After waking up from drowning, Ai Ni binds herself to a life-saving System. The System issues a cold warning: [Host must have intimate contact with the villain Tao Cixi and maintain it at regular intervals. Otherwise, your intelligence will regress, and you will permanently becom 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 The Mortal World Obscures the Heavens 凡尘遮天 [Traditional Fantasy] [Slow Start, Strong Finish] [Gets More and More Satisfying] [No System] [One Female Lead] Climb the road to heaven, tread the song’s path, and cover the sky with a snap of your fingers. The human race need not cultivate immortality. Cheng Yunfan would use a human body as a seed and defy the Great Dao, cutting it down in reverse. The young man will eventually set foot on the road to heaven. This blurb doesn’t do it justice. Swipe left to go straight to the story. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Our Jianghu 我辈江湖 (A world of martial honor, court intrigue, an ensemble cast, swordsmanship, one female lead, no System) The world’s great heroes rise in our time, yet the moment we enter the jianghu, the years rush by. Three thousand sword auras soar to the heavens; a hundred thousand pagodas crumble at a touch. Turning clouds and rain is but a casual act; in court, we make our moves with a laugh and a toast. A thousand autumns of imperial ambition vanish in an instant; all that remains is a lifetime's drunken 278Reads6.3Score10614d adds
- 112 Dream of the Red Chamber: The Grand Prospect Garden Rules Horror 红楼梦：大观园规则怪谈 Dream of the Red Chamber: The Strange Rules of Grand View Garden 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Rift Is Still Playing Cupid Today (Governor Zhou Isn't Jealous Today Either) 峡谷今天也在谈恋爱（周都督今天也没吃醋） The Rift Is Dating Again Today (Governor Zhou Isn’t Jealous Today Either) 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 When the Wind Blows Through Jixia (Yao X Xi Shi) 风吹过稷下的时候(曜x西施） When the Wind Blows Through Jixia (Yao x Xishi) 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 I Took Down the Entire Online Fiction World by Writing Novels 我靠写小说干翻全网文界 I Took on the Entire Online Fiction World by Writing Novels 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Origin Ruins 元墟 When the ashes of forty-three people returned to the village, the cultivation seats they had traded their lives for already had new owners. Shen Wuchen refused to accept it. Right under the noses of the county office and the great families, he stole back the path to immortality. In this world, where the number of immortal seats is fixed and cultivation is registered, he became the “Seat Thief” everyone wanted dead. But when seven chains of the Ruins locked into the Inner Ruins, he finally und 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Sealing the Heavens, Seeking the Dao 封天觅道 [No System, no rebirth, no transmigration + one heroine + genius + decisive and ruthless + alchemy + stockpiling supplies + recruiting talent + building a faction + conquering the heavens + becoming a supreme ruler and emperor + exterminating dark taboos + ultimate transcendence]. A young man awakens an against-heavenly physique, the Shadow Soul Spirit Body, inherits a Heavenly Venerable’s legacy, takes a sacred beast as his sidekick, encounters peerless geniuses, seizes fateful opportunities, r 128Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Japanese Invader Praised My Friendliness, So I Sent Him Straight to Hell 鬼子夸我亲善？我反手送他上西天 In the turbulent Republic of China, Jiangcheng was rife with undercurrents, and the smoke of the resistance against Japan’s espionage war quietly spread through the city. The unease of ordinary people collided with the revolutionaries’ somber silence. Hidden in the shadows, every faction maneuvered as currents churned beneath the surface. Every step forward was taken on the edge of a blade, and every breath carried the threat of death. As the shadow of a shattered nation fell across the land, a 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 One Sword to Subdue the Heavens 一剑伏天 Between Heaven and Earth, there is a righteous force, That takes on countless forms. Below, it becomes the rivers and mountains; Above, the sun and stars. A young man’s soul enters another world, a realm where the Heavenly Dao has gone awry, gods and demons run rampant, and natural law tramples human desire. Fang Teng rises from humble beginnings. Ten years of ice cannot cool his burning heart; he swears to shatter this benighted Heaven and chaotic Earth. I possess a Heavenly Heart Mirror, illu 768Reads—Score10514d adds
- 120 A Gentle Breeze Disperses the Thick Clouds 暄风散浓云 [Historical romance + devoted couple + sweet at first, then heartbreak + household intrigue + political machinations + infidelity + twists + reconciliation] [An adaptable, sweet-and-salty heroine + a pitiful, unfaithful man] Twist warning: read it a second time and you'll realize it's a different story. She is a pampered princess who cares for the people; he is a battle-hardened general, tough on the outside but earnest at heart. Time may pass them by, but fate will bring them together. She sear 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Western Fantasy: Becoming a World Tree from Scratch 西幻：从零开始当世界树 [Gender Swap] [Gender Bender] [The Elves’ Loli Mom] [Pseudo-Fourth Calamity] “Are transmigrations all this unreasonable now? I clearly chose to refuse!” Xia Ka'a fell victim to an utterly outrageous forced transmigration. The mighty Main God Space had actually forced him to transmigrate as “her,” despite his vehement refusal! That's right, Xia Ka'a transmigrated into a tree, which the local elves called the “Mother Tree.” Under their influence, Xia Ka'a successfully became the Elven Goddess, Aka 6.1kReads8.2Score81314d adds
- 122 There's a Monster Inside Me 我的体内有一只怪物 [An alien possession story] [Two souls in one body] [No golden finger] Other aliens can take over their Hosts, replace their memories, and inherit their place in human society. I can only choose to coexist with this kid. What? You’re saying that two-bit thug with the big gold chain is my brother? That gun-wielding big sister is my teammate? And that one fat, one skinny pair of who-knows-what are my team members? At midnight, the edges between city and countryside are rife with danger. Skinless 116Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 123 The Ancient Xuanhuang Scroll: Sword Spirit 玄黄古卷：剑灵 [One Male Lead / Two Heroines / Immortal-Demon War / Cultivation / Classic Fantasy / Nostalgic Tearjerker] At sunset, the mountain peak glows with a pale red haze; the moon and stars shine over the silver sands. Yun Changlan, an orphaned beggar, is taken in as a disciple by Lingxiao Sword Pavilion, one of the great sects of the mortal world. After forging a sword and descending the mountain, he unexpectedly gains the companionship of two ancient sword spirits. From then on, he becomes entangled 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 The Ninefold Divine Emperor 九转神帝 On the Lingwu Continent, countless races stand side by side, prodigies emerge in droves, and might makes right. The weak are worth no more than blades of grass. A disciple of the outer sect at the Heavenly Sword Sect in the Eastern District of Cangyun Kingdom struggles to stay alive. He inherits the greatest cultivation technique of all time, the Nine Revolutions Dao Scripture, and rises to become an unparalleled Great Emperor, crushing all who stand in his way. Ding Lie says, “This world is vas 2.3kReads7.7Score27914d adds
- 125 The Record of Crossing the Dusty World by Boat 参舟渡尘录 The martial arts of the world are a mirror of the heart. But what about Lu Jinghe? He's just a shopkeeper selling paper offerings. When he was seventeen, his father disappeared, leaving behind only a two-hundred-year-old account book. Later, when the paper shop burned down, he learned the truth: It wasn't an account book at all. It was the Chart of the Hidden Boat, concealing the dynasty's secrets and the world's greatest treasure. The problem was, the book was gone. And to make matters worse, h 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Kill That Tomato Writer 杀死那个番茄作家 [Many years later, facing the firing squad, Kareni Na Ka will recall the afternoon when I dragged him into the book.] “Can I really write the blurb like this...?” “Tsk, I’m imitating One Hundred Years of Solitude.” “Who even reads One Hundred Years of Solitude these days? Do you read it?” “Then... should we change it?” “Never mind, let’s keep it. Nobody reads blurbs anyway.” 1.5kReads—Score14814d adds
- 127 Reborn as the Supreme Underworld Emperor 重生之至尊冥帝 The Great Emperor Fengdu ruled Mount Luofeng and commanded the underworld, serving as the foremost deity among the world's ghosts and spirits. The position changed hands every three thousand years. At this critical juncture, the Central Ghost Emperor Ji Kang rebelled. Gravely wounded, the Great Emperor Fengdu leapt into the cycle of reincarnation, beginning a spectacular tale of being reborn… 3.1kReads8.8Score31414d adds
- 128 Lotus Guest 莲客 [Two scientist transmigrate + Rational cultivation + No System + Long-running journey across worlds] “Stop the seventh group’s experiment. Do not cross the boundary.” On the day an underground sun rose, scientist Li Guanhuan received a warning that should not have existed. Following its trail, he and his partner Lu Hengshan entered the mist-shrouded mountains of the northeast. When they opened their eyes again, they were lying inside a giant lotus in another world. Here, they were called “Lotus 35Reads—Score21814d adds
- 129 Summer Solstice at the Hospital 医院里的夏至 On the summer solstice, Lin Xiaomo is plunged into darkness after a car accident. When she wakes, she finds herself in a mysterious world... A mysterious old man tells her, “You are the one destined to save this world...” Resolute, Lin Xiaomo sets out to merge the five Spirit Pearls, find the Seven Divine Artifacts, battle across the land, pacify the eight wildernesses, and embark on the path to godhood... —Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 130 Tide of Pus 脓潮 [No System + No Rebirth + Hard-Core City Defense + Worldbuilding Foreshadowing] Low-level filth beasts shouldn't have eyes. Three days after he encountered one, people began dying in that city. His adoptive father pressed a pocket watch into his hand and managed to say just one thing: "Take this to Yunqi." Inside the watch was a secret that even monsters couldn't digest. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Ragnarok: Who's Pulling the Strings? 诸神黄昏，谁在操盘？ No System cheats, no rebirth and face-slapping, and no harem drama. This novel puts logic at its core, revealing the truth behind every “unreasonable” event and offering you a different kind of story that avoids the usual tropes. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 The Valkyrie of Light 光明女武神 After awakening a strange ability, Tang Ying unexpectedly becomes a corrector of the Space-Time Tower. To her shock, the tower is observing an infinite universe. Talents? Inheritances? Attributes? ... Countless wondrous things open her eyes to a whole new world. The countless beings of the infinite worlds, the perilous reaches of the boundless starry sky. She ventures through countless worlds and endures trials and dangers, relying on her extraordinary talent and far sharper mind than most to gr 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Ward Boss Only Wants to Serve the People 坊主大人只想为民服务 Other people cultivate immortality by meditating, refining qi, and slaying demons for their treasures. Ye Guanqing cultivates by fixing public toilets, handing out coupons, and teaching the Eight Brocades. After failing the civil service exam five years in a row in his previous life, he transmigrated and was promptly parachuted in as the head of the shabbiest market town on the Canglan Continent. Faced with a Grade D market town on the verge of closure, dozens of freeloading rogue cultivators, a 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Dao of Primordial Beginnings: Starting as a Villain 太初衍道：从反派开始 [Cultivation + Xuanhuan + No System + No Stupid Decisions + Plot-Driven] The Blackwind Sea’s divine art has appeared, and baleful energy fills the Ten Thousand Buddha Grottoes; A mysterious immortal corpse lies beneath an ancient banyan tree, while the miasma of the Yellow Springs pours back into the mortal world. Atop Mount Tianmen, immortal energy has not been seen for a hundred thousand years. What exactly happened in the Immortal Realm? The path to immortality is severed, and the Great Dao i 6Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 135 Devour the Uncanny and Cultivate Immortality: The Great Powers Kneel and Sing of Surrender 吞噬诡异修仙，列强跪着唱征服 [A collision between Western horrors and Eastern immortal cultivation, with a somewhat humorous style. Dark and oppressive content is limited, so it's an easy read] Hell's seal has cracked, and horrors have resurfaced across the globe. The third son of the Zhang family from Northeast China during the Republic of China era had planned to flee to Europe to escape his pursuers, but he couldn't avoid one bizarre incident after another. Zhang Xuewei's ancient bloodline as an Emperor awakens within h 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Vast Sky Ten Feet Above 十尺苍天 Not many people have rated this, so the score is low. Don’t let the rating fool you! [Bearing the inheritances of countless great powers, I shall establish a sect and its legacy, protecting the heavens, humanity, and all races!] The Martial Aperture roams heaven and earth; divine illumination brings transcendence; twin transformations awaken the spirit and reveal life and death; creation returns to emptiness, where the Dao is no longer seen. Mortals have three realms, immortals nine. These twelv 173Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 137 Wang Zhaojun Thinks Something Is Off About All of Them 王昭君觉得他们都不太对劲 Wang Zhaojun Thinks Something's Off About All of Them 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Fifteen Seconds After the Screenshot Was Retracted 截图撤回十五秒后 Fifteen Seconds After the Screenshot Was Retracted 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Underworld of a Small Town 小镇江湖 Summer, 1997. Chengxiang Town, Sichuan. Chen Dong, a young hoodlum, guarantees a loan for someone and ends up owing thirty thousand yuan, unaware that it is all a trap set by Bai Laosan. What Bai Laosan wants is the storefront his family owns in the heart of the old-town redevelopment zone. Lawyers, police officers, and thugs armed with paint take turns showing up at his door... With nowhere left to turn, Chen Dong clings to one stubborn belief: the shop is the last spark he can give Ye Qiong, a 41Reads—Score10614d adds
- 140 Peerless Among Ten Thousand Spirits 万灵无双 A teahouse from the start, yet the Heavenly Dao claims I'm harboring divine beasts. Mysterious supernatural cases keep finding me, and now I've been diagnosed with a terminal illness! But I've discovered there are things in this world that can extend my life The last breath a spirit refuses to surrender A star shifted by someone's hand on a compass A lost art that the sages pursued with their lives A scheme passed down by emperors for a thousand years... Among the three teachings and nine schoo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Soul-Reaping Martial Emperor 镇魂武帝 He rises amid silence and returns amid destruction... The young man leaves the Great Wilderness and slays every enemy beneath heaven. The road to the Dao is strewn with bones. I trample the heroes and claim the throne! In this world, I alone stand supreme! 988Reads7.1Score10014d adds
- 142 All Paths Return to the Void 衍尽归墟 [Fantasy + Genius Protagonist + One Heroine + No System + Humorous Style] When chaos first stirred and the primordial realm remained undivided, a mysterious light bloomed from the void. The Dao gave rise to all things, bringing forth an endless cosmos. Yet the three thousand Great Daos ultimately return to one. Nothing can escape the fate of returning to the void. As the saying goes: When the One appears, all things are born. When the One returns, all things fall silent. Wang Yan, a boy who rise 497Reads—Score11314d adds
- 143 Cold-Blooded, Yet Kind: Night Seventeen 冷血，有情，夜十七 (No System) (No harem) (No mindless protagonist) (No tired tropes) (Character growth) (Immortal martial arts) (Cold-blooded) (Compassionate) (Decisive and ruthless) At six, Ye Shiqi's family was struck by disaster. A mysterious organization took him in and trained him. Through one perilous ordeal after another in an environment of brutal competition, he steadily grew into a dark assassin whose name made the whole world tremble. Calm, composed, and brilliant, he moved like a ghost. Though cold-bl 27.4kReads8.3Score3.2k14d adds
- 144 The Tower of Dark Dust and Bright Moon 暗尘明月楼 He spent his whole life achieving nothing, made it to the age of forty-nine, and then transmigrated. As if transmigrating weren't strange enough, he transmigrated into someone his own age. The average life expectancy in this world was only forty-eight, so he'd already lived to a ripe old age. Worse still, he had a whole family to support. In his new life, he had no official position or power, no land, and no money. He was dirt-poor, with nothing but the title of marquis to his name. The title wa 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 A Night's Journey with a Bloodied Sword 覆血夜剑行 [Traditional Xianxia] [Court and Jianghu] [High Martial Power, Low Mysticism] [An Ensemble Cast in the Snow] There is a sword in the mortal world. There are blades in the jianghu. In the far north lives a left-handed man, lame, with a broken sword and peach blossoms growing on his bones. His brows are crooked and his eyes askew, yet no one in the world is more pleased with life. In the far east lives Master Cao, with a swordsman’s spirit sheathed in his chest. A gentle breath from him can summon 2.6kReads8.7Score17214d adds
- 146 The Final Years of the Great Yong: A True Record 大雍末年：实录 [Traditional cultivation and political intrigue, no transmigration, no System, no golden finger. Meticulously researched setting and dialogue that feels like people speaking in the original Chinese.] Wu Zheng was once a constable, but an accidental turn led him onto the path of immortality. He once wielded the power of the imperial court to repel demon beasts, and within a sect, he protected all living beings. But when the beasts retreated, people’s hearts began to stir. He saw the political mac 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Passing as a Langya Native: I Read 165 Chapters, Then Transmigrated 冒姓琅琊：读了165章我穿越了 He was reading Chapter 165 of The Usurper of Langya when he transmigrated. The trouble was, he had only read as far as Chapter 165. The peach blossoms of the Southern Dynasties had come and gone, and he knew nothing of them. The blizzards of the Northern Dynasties were sweeping down, and he had stepped right into them. In Jiangnan, there was Wang Yang, dressed in white, holding a folding fan, passing himself off as a member of the Langya Wang clan and disrupting a game of strategy in Jiangling. 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Invincible from the Start: What Do You Mean I'm in the Author's Realm? 开局无敌，什么叫我是作者境 [Ruthless] + [Never Takes a Loss] + [Invincible] Su Yan is eating instant noodles in his rented apartment when an out-of-control truck speeding down the road runs him over and kills him. He transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. At first, Su Yan is all set to endure thirty years of hardship and then turn the tables. But then he unexpectedly awakens a System! Overjoyed, Su Yan hurriedly asks what it can do. Can it reveal people’s fortunes? Give him an Ancient Desolate Sacred Physique f 100Reads—Score11814d adds
- 149 Chronicles of Time 光阴录 [Mortal's Journey] [Farming and Management] [Ensemble Cast] A black page has drifted through the river of time for as long as anyone can remember. Untouched by the passage of time, it records all kinds of remarkable people, cultivation techniques and martial arts, as well as strange tales and amusing anecdotes. Gradually, it develops intelligence and begins traveling through the river of time to explore countless worlds... After the protagonist, Ye Qi, accidentally exposes one of its pranks, the 666Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The Gene Crucible: The Ancestral Devourer Wolf Gene 基因之锲：返祖噬神狼基因 [Over one million words, complete and guaranteed. The pacing is a little slow, but readers can dive in with confidence.] Every living creature in this world struggles to survive. The strong rely on their own power to dominate their territory, while the weak band together, making use of everything around them to stay alive. The difference between the strong and the weak is the divide between magical beasts and humans. In a world where countless races vie for supremacy, humanity has gained the abi 153Reads8.1Score—14d adds
