Novels like I Refuse to Be the Backup, and Embrace My One True Love
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as I Refuse to Be the Backup, and Embrace My One True Love, best match first.
- 1 After the Journey to the West: The Chaos of the Four Seas 西游后传之四海之乱 Where did Sun Wukong’s cultivation really come from? What is the mystery behind Sun Wukong’s origins? Uncover the secrets of the worlds beyond! Discover what caused the collapse of the planets beyond! What sparks might fly when ancient divine beasts meet the future? After advancing again and again to reach the summit, only to face destruction in the end, what will happen? 110Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Road Back to Immortality 修仙归途 The Nine Heavens Disk could collapse at any moment. Cracks appeared overhead as black energy sliced through it, and flames burst everywhere. With a crash, the Nine Heavens Disk vanished into nothing. "Holy crap! What the hell!" Mo Fan's whole body felt as if it had been thrown into a meat grinder. In an instant, his flesh and blood flew everywhere, reduced to mush. Only his final words remained: "Holy crap! What the hell!" Liu Xuanzi and the Old Man of the Nine Heavens were also reduced to blood 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Story of a Girl Who Loves Purely 纯爱女孩的故事 The story of a girl born in the countryside in the 1980s. It follows the ups and downs of family ties, friendship, and romance, all ordinary yet unforgettable. Time is the best screenwriter: it never writes a story with a disappointing ending. We are all travelers through time, carrying our stories forward, only to become someone else's scenery without even realizing it. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 A Tycoon's Sweet Everyday Life 神豪的甜蜜日常 Senior, welcome home. I've got your clothes ready. Would you like to eat first, or take a bath first? Or maybe... After twenty-one years of being single, Lin Feng finally worked up the courage to confess his feelings to He Qingqing, the campus belle and his junior, at his roommates' urging. And she said yes! Just then, the sign-in Tycoon System arrived. From that moment on, the story of a low-key tycoon and his adorable wife began. (One heroine + everyday life) 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Chosen Ones: A New Era 天选新纪元 [Multiple protagonists, not mindless] [Reborn] [No stale tropes] [Some protagonists get satisfying victories, while others don't] Wang Daowang woke up to find himself caught in a desperate escape for his life. From the familiar real world to the strange spirit realm, from mental attacks to physical torment, the shadow of his pursuers followed him everywhere, as if the entire world were against him. What he didn't know was that, in another corner of the world, his good brother Yuan Mouhong was en 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Super-Sweet PDA: The Campus Beauty Is Clingy 狗粮超甜：校花小姐姐超级粘人 [One Female Lead + Everyday Romance + Sign-In System + Tycoon] Su Jie is a novelist. His female fan is a campus beauty and a Xigua Video creator, sweet, sharp, or spicy, and she loves acting out the stories he writes. [Best Leading Actor Performance System]: "Ding! Host sign-in successful. Reward: god-tier acting skills. Film videos with the heroine and post them. Every like earns you 100 yuan, and every comment earns you 100 yuan." Su Linlin: "Sister Su, our video went viral!" Likes: Exploding! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 On Registration Day, I Knocked Over the Campus Beauty’s Best Friend from the Start 开学报道，开局撞倒校花姐姐闺蜜 [Transmigration + One Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Wacky Humor + Everyday Life] On the first day of college, I turned a corner and met my true love. What kind of ridiculous luck is that? Wang Xiaopi has always been afraid of only two women. Now there's a third. My own sister is my college counselor? Don't panic! My girlfriend is my sister's best friend? Don't panic! Either way, I'm dead. My sister will break my legs, or my mom will. But risking a broken leg to steal my gorgeous older sister's b 7Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 8 Memories of Azure 蔚蓝之忆 Every disappointment stems from an upheaval thirty years ago. Since then, Old Zhang has gradually grown used to life without a partner or family, used to playing the piano alone, used to taking a few walks by the sea on his own, as though he had been born to live this way. He still dreams, and tries to find the warmth of the past in his many flashbacks, but the results are always disappointing. Then a restless young man appears, and the question that has troubled Old Zhang for countless nights i 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Plump Consort Is Blessed, and the Two-Faced Prince Is Her Match Made in Heaven 肥妃有福，双面王爷倾世妃 [1v1, both leads are pure, sweet romance: a lucky, lovely young woman vs. a two-faced male lead who plays the pig to eat the tiger] Shi Yiwei transmigrates. She expects to be a stunning, talented young lady from a prestigious family, but instead finds her hands piled with fat like steamed buns. What the heck? Why does everyone else transmigrate into being a princess or a favored consort? If nothing else, couldn’t I at least be a beauty? No way! Better to die beautiful than live ugly! [Ding! Host 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Fish Leaping into the Abyss 【鱼跃于渊】 [System Alert: Magnetic field disturbance detected in the world of "Wolves Howl at the Heavens." Ding,] [World difficulty increased. All Hosts, please take note. World difficulty increased. Jiang Qingyu has been revived, rewards upgraded, mission continuing,] [Ding,] The Emperor's lost love has been revived! To the north lies Mobei, to the south Lingnan, and between them the Central Plains. The three kingdoms each govern themselves, while wars rage endlessly along their borders and the people su —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 RWBY: Star Hunt of the Desolate God rwby荒神星狩 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 RWBY: Blazing Rosefire RWBY炽烈瑰焰 Light yuri, affectionate couple moments, no System, native-born characters, no breaking up the couple ‘Evil has returned, wrapped in darkness. The guardians have suffered one defeat after another, the world is once again shrouded in darkness, and humanity is doomed to perish.’ Now, the first signs that the prophecy is coming true have appeared, but a new generation of heroes has also set out on its journey. The flames have never gone out. They have always danced, waiting for the day they can pie 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Becoming an RWBY Hunter in the Apocalypse 在末世里当RWBY猎人 [RWBY + gender swap + post-apocalypse] Dust, external force. Yang Yue transmigrates into this post-apocalyptic world and manages to find her footing thanks to her ability to transform into four girls, each associated with a different color. But human nature’s worst traits can surface at any time. Racial discrimination, invasions by other races, and the glorification of evil. The flames of resistance rise once more across this wounded, silent land… (The blurb is awful.) 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 RWBY: The Road to Battle RWBY：战斗之路 A whole new RWBY, a whole new story. I want to give RWBY a happy ending, so I’ve started rewriting RWBY fan fiction. If you like it, come check it out! 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Serpent Lord: Enter My Mountain and Be My Slave 蛇主：入我山，为我奴 [Dual Perspectives] [Mad Demon Lord] [Absolute Domination] [Coercive Love] [Substitute] Everyone thinks I kept Liu Ergou because I mistook him for my old friend A Zhao. How laughable. I know better than anyone. His looks are different, his temperament is different. He's soft-hearted and timid, afraid of pain. From beginning to end, he is not my A Zhao. But so what? A Zhao is dead. Year after year, not even his bones remain. The living cannot be kept, and obsession cannot be quelled. So I'll —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Love in Another World: The Crown Prince's Heart-Locking Phoenix 异世之恋：太子的锁心鸾 In her previous life, she was an abandoned orphan who spent years searching for her mother, only to hear, “Don’t come bother me.” On a rainy night, her heart dead, she gets into a car accident and transmigrates into a destitute princess in a fictional realm. After nine years of hardship, she is sent to marry in someone else’s place and becomes Crown Princess to Xiao Jin, Crown Prince of Northern Jin. On their wedding night, she confesses in front of everyone: “The person Your Highness was suppos 105Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 I Left My Husband and Child and Finally Saw the Light: I Want the College Entrance Exam, Not a Man 抛夫弃子我悟了，不要男人要高考 In her previous life, Lan Xuemei was a model wife and mother. She was elegant in public and capable in the kitchen. She married a man ten years older than her and endured his cheating and abuse time and again, giving everything for her child. After raising her son, she helped raise her grandson. Then, when she fell ill, they sent her back to her hometown, where she died alone... Given a new life, she finally saw the truth! She kicked her ex-husband to the curb and let her son fend for himself. F 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Immortal Path of the Heavenly Dragon 天龙仙途 In 3078, during a photon-collider experiment on Earth, a photon particle escaped and carried an AI through time and space to a cultivation kingdom. It entered the body of the fifth young master of the Spirit Taming Sect, constantly absorbing the spiritual energy he cultivated and leaving him branded a good-for-nothing. But as it continued to recharge, the AI eventually rebooted. From then on, it helped the fifth young master embark on a path to greatness, level up, and defeat demons and monsters 102Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 19 Souls Adrift Through Time: Baoyu and Yuanchun's Strange Romance 魂错时空：宝玉元春奇缘 A Soul Lost in Time: Baoyu and Yuanchun's Fateful Bond —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 When Disaster Beasts Descend, I’ll Strike Back with All My Might! 灾兽来临时，我将重拳出击！ [Slow-burn, urban, supernatural powers, no System, saving the world, academy, team, one female lead] There was once an ancient prophecy: When the final day of disaster arrives! Heaven and earth will show strange signs, the gods will mourn, royal blood will flow backward, the world will collapse, and the Other Shore will invade! A thousand years after the disaster, a young man sets out from Li City on a journey to discover his origins. As he gradually learns the truth, he keeps asking himself: Wh —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Stealing the Stars: The Demon Lord Returns 偷星：魔君归来 After perishing alongside Mu'er V, Liuxing is reborn at the moment he first awakens his powers. This time, he'll make up for all the regrets of his past life. He won't be a mere seasoning in someone else's romance again. He'll seize his own happiness, holding Cangyue's hand until the end of time. But as time passes, he becomes the Demon Lord once more and defeats Mu'er V, only to discover that an even greater crisis is about to descend upon this world... 171Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Dad: I Became a Father Right After We Broke Up! 奶爸：刚分手就当爹了！ [The male lead is a bit of a player] [Fast-paced] [Dad life] [System story] [This book is cursed] Are you kidding me? I just broke up with a gold digger, and now I've been given twins? I awaken the Ultimate Dad System. Option A: Name the babies and get two million in cash! Option B: Marry their mother and get a company worth one hundred million! Only kids make choices. System! I'm choosing both! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The So-Called Third Eye 所谓的第三只眼 Zhao Zerui looked at the mirror. The young man reflected in it had one more eye than an ordinary person. Hateful, weary, greedy, grasping… He reached out and touched his cheek. The eye vanished, leaving only a young man with a beauty mark beneath one eye, smiling gently in the mirror. (A slice-of-life story, not a mystery or horror, and maybe not a power fantasy? No CP, fictional setting, an imperfect male lead and equally imperfect characters.) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Substitute Bride Turns Out to Be Mr. Huo’s Secret Crush 代嫁千金竟是霍先生的暗恋对象 On our wedding night, he slept in the study. I breathed a sigh of relief. That was fine. We each got what we wanted, and wouldn’t bother each other. One night, I woke up thirsty and went downstairs for a glass of water. As I passed the study, I saw that the door was ajar. Warm yellow light spilled through the gap. I’m not in the habit of spying, but for some reason, my feet stopped. He was sitting at the desk, not handling paperwork, but looking down at something. The lamplight softened his prof —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Azure Sky Dao Lord 天青道主 After the ancient war, Water Blue Star (Earth) was sealed away. In the Age of Declining Dharma, invaders from another world brought a cataclysm. Luo Tiancheng was chosen by the Heavenly Dao and obtained the strongest Star Core Fragment. He rose rapidly, only to discover that it was all a conspiracy... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Doomsday: A Ship That Crosses the Universe 末日：宇宙里的穿梭之舰 At the school’s picnic spot, there’s a hidden ship. Where did it come from? Why is it here? And what’s with its eerie green skin? Who are you? How many things are there in the universe that you’ve never seen before? Join the Young Explorers as they uncover the mystery! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Nine Lives of Tangerine the Cat: Finding You 猫咪橘子的九世轮回之找到你 I am Juzi the cat. In my first life, I helped my owner, but a villain tricked me. I was stuffed into a bag and beaten by several people, dying a gruesome death on the spot. My owner's anguished cries and desperate pleas could not save me, and so I left behind the person in this world who loved me most. Seeing what had happened to me, the Creator gave me a chance: if I traveled to another world and gathered five energy gems, I could open the Mirror of Rebirth and pass through it to reach the worl —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Reborn as a Monkey, the System Tells Me to Conquer the Sharp-Tongued Villainess from My Past Life 重生成猴，系统叫我攻略前世毒舌女配 Reborn as a Monkey, I Get a System That Tells Me to Conquer the Sharp-Tongued Villainess from My Past Life —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 After My Mom Passed Away, Everyone in the Village Came to Pay Back Their Debts 《我妈走后，全村人都来还钱》 After My Mom Passed Away, Everyone in the Village Came to Pay Back Their Debts —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Chasing Her Beyond the Light-Years 追她到光年之外 In 2059, breakthroughs in hibernation technology allowed the wealthy to buy their way out of death. Gu Ming, a brilliant scientist from a poor background, chose to go into hibernation to escape reality, leaving his terminally ill lover, Si Yi, behind in the past. A thousand years later, he awoke in the “Pastoral Age,” when humanity had discarded emotions and AI ruled the surface. More absurdly, Si Yi had been “revived” as a robot, but the law forbade her from showing human emotions. Gu Ming reu 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Campus Belle, Go Away! My Childhood Friend Got the Wrong Idea! 校花你走开！我家青梅误会了！ [Reborn + High School Campus + Childhood Sweetheart School Beauty + One Heroine + Everyday Youth + Sweet, Relaxed Romance] A slow-burn romance with one heroine, no harems or love rivals, and a little business content. Enjoy at your own discretion! Shi Ying gave everything to win over the school beauty Li Feiyan, only to be dumped by her. Just when he was utterly heartbroken, Chi Ling, his childhood friend who had always loved him, confessed: “I like you!” After missing each other for years, th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 You Chose the Blonde, So I Walked Away. Why Are You Crying? 你选择黄毛，我退出了你哭什么 “Lu Miao, I don’t like you. You can’t give me what I want.” “You’re nothing but a simp!” Lu Miao spent years pursuing Ji Tianling, only to lose to a blond guy she’d known for a few days. After finally accepting defeat, Lu Miao gradually came to his senses. With the universe’s most awesome System, he began growing stronger. Ji Tianling: “Can you love me like you used to?” Lu Miao: “Impossible.” The next second, Ji Tianling began to sob. Wait, you chose the blond guy, and I was willing to walk awa 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 RWBY: I'll Be Dyed in Their Colors rwby：我将被染上他们的颜色 [Almost invincible + power fantasy + RWBY + heartfelt romance + multiple heroines (Weiss, Penny)] (You can read this as Western fantasy even if you haven't seen the original animated series.) This is the world of Remnant, where dark creatures called Grimm roam, every soul possesses a special power called Aura, and Dust weapons can produce effects much like magic. Mo Nuo, however, possesses true magic, a power only found in ancient times, along with two thousand standard units of Aura. Here, he w 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Supermarket Showdown 超市风云 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Invincible: I Awakened a System in a Zombie World 无敌，我在僵尸世界中觉醒了系统 This is a world where humans and zombies coexist… After the Zombie King awakens, the zombies grow ever more active… Li Ruoshui lives in this zombie-infested world. Although he is a Taoist priest, he has no love for studying Taoist arts and is a bona fide rookie among Taoists~ But when a ruthless Taoist appears, Li Ruoshui's entire family is wiped out… and he unexpectedly awakens a System… While others improve their Taoist power through cultivation, Li Ruoshui levels up by 91Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Black-Hearted Princess’s Comeback 白切黑公主的逆袭人生 Serious version The heroine, Xiao Huaiyue, was born amid strange omens and branded a jinx. She must protect herself in the inner palace and contend with all manner of monsters and demons. She also has to keep rescuing her good-for-nothing fourth brother, help her eldest brother ascend the throne, and help one of her closest friends fulfill her dream of becoming a general who conquers the battlefield. Then there's another friend who needs help outsmarting her stepmother. She's got so much on her —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Wandering and Pausing, 走走停停， This is my first novel, Walk and Pause. My original intention was to write the people and events I've encountered in my life into this novel as a parallel universe. I hope you enjoy it. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Abandonment Is the Path to Godhood 舍弃从而成神 (Dual protagonists + transmigration + fate + exploration + war + ascension to godhood) In the original Hong Continent, in the tenth year of Haotian, Xiao Nuo transmigrated to this mysterious world. Here, some people could awaken divine gifts, and they were known as Saints. After living in this world for several years, Xiao Nuo discovered that his values were in serious conflict with those of the Hao Venerable, who ruled the continent at the time. Together with Saints who had suffered greatly, Xi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Lost in the World of Magic 误入魔法界 Lost in the World of Magic is a fantasy adventure series about the extraordinary journey of an ordinary girl, Lin Yue, who accidentally transmigrates to the magical world of Novaria. While mountain climbing one day, Lin Yue is swept into a mysterious rift in space and time. When she wakes, she finds herself in a world filled with magic and miracles. There she meets Aiden, a righteous wizard with eyes like the stars. He tells her that the only way she can return to her own world is to find the le 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Quick Transmigration: I Really Don’t Want to Be the Strongest 快穿：我真不想当最强 [Quick transmigration + Fantasy + Harem + No mindless wish fulfillment] The Emperor of Dajing is obsessed with cultivation, while the court officials live in drunken luxury. The common people suffer, and the soldiers on the border endure hardship and humiliation. As a stranger from another land, Yun Mo never wanted to get involved. But the times leave him no choice. He can't hide forever. Before the sun shines across the land, someone has to light up the darkness. A childhood sweetheart, a cold 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Gateway Between Worlds: Reality and Illusion Intertwined 跨界之门现实与幻境的交织 The Door Between Worlds: Reality and Illusion Entwined tells the story of a young protagonist who accidentally discovers a door connecting the real world to a variety of unknown realms of illusion. He decides to explore them in search of the truth about life. As he travels through different realms, he examines their absurdities and inconsistencies through a practical lens, discovering how reality and illusion intertwine and influence each other. After a series of journeys between worlds, he unde 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 I Just Want to Attain the Dao, So Don't Ask How 我只想证道别管我用什么方法 A battle in the immortal realm sends a blue sphere to Blue Star by accident, and the story begins. Hong Yan is a mortal who has been enslaved by the Mo Clan since childhood. But one day, while out by chance, he finds a mysterious banner fragment, and with it comes disaster... From there, he will rise to the peak! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Promise We Made in Our Third Year 第三年的约定 [Campus romance + two male leads + secret crush + teacher-student relationship] “You can’t tell the difference between liking someone and loving them.” “I can.” “Then tell me what the difference is.” “I love you. No matter what I’m doing, I want to see you. I love every moment I spend with you.” After keeping those words bottled up for two years, all he got in response was silence: neither a rejection nor an acceptance. A witty, sharp-tongued top ✘ a reserved yet resilient bottom 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 My Aloof Campus Belle Deskmate Would Never Be This Adorable! 同桌的高冷校花才不会这么软萌！ [Campus life + urban everyday life + one heroine + gap moe + mutual devotion] Good news: my deskmate, Su Jingxin, is the most famous campus beauty at our school. Bad news: she’s also the strict class monitor. She looks sweet and innocent, but she’s aloof and sharp-tongued. Zhang Chenyi is made to study under her watchful eye every day, and if he tries to sleep in class, she’ll haul him to his feet in front of everyone. It’s mortifying! Even worse, he couldn’t escape that devil for all three year 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Down-and-Out Campus Heartthrob Meets His Sweet Osmanthus Spirit 低谷校草遇见他的甜美桂花精 To repay the gentle protection she received as a child, Ning Zhaozhao, a newly transformed osmanthus spirit, follows the fragrance to the side of the young Qin Huaihe. But the bright boy she remembers, who would fight over wildflowers, has long since fallen silent after his family fell apart. He shuts himself away in a gray shell, his grades slipping as he cuts himself off from the world. Ning Zhaozhao becomes the only unreasonable “intruder” in his world. Carrying the osmanthus scent that cling —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Unspoken Tales of Mountains and Seas 子不语，山海 All things have a spirit. Why did ancient times have all kinds of myths and legends, while today we have all kinds of urban legends? This world never belonged to humans alone. The Classic of Mountains and Seas records all sorts of strange mountain beasts and sea monsters. Is it just an ordinary book, or is there more to it? Where did those beasts and monsters come from? And where did they go? Perhaps they still live among us. Follow an ordinary person as he enters the boundary between the human 1Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 47 One Soul, Two Bodies: The Household Items I Bought Became My Clones 一魂双体我买的日用品成了分身 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 717Reads5.2Score108Shelves
- 48 The Cross Game 十字架游戏 Two male leads + ensemble cast + infinite-flow + comedy from beginning to end) (A quirky, fun-loving bottom × an arrogant, infuriating top) (Yan Xi × Gu Yun) Welcome to the Cross Game. One instance after another descends upon players, striking fear into their hearts. A sorrowful yet joyful paradise, Wangjia Village filled with despair, a zoo dazzling on the outside but cruel within... Everyone fears the gods, but there are always people who speak out against them: <The gods are kind. She always 32Reads—Score323Shelves
- 49 Urban Cultivation: I Can Use Every Kind of Superpower 都市修真：各种超能力我都会 [Urban cultivation + supernatural powers + Dragon Group + golden finger + smooth, satisfying power fantasy] It all began with that trip during his senior year of high school. While visiting a Taoist ritual ceremony, Yang Ye, a poor student, unexpectedly obtained the "Primordial Sacred Art" (golden finger = unlimited spiritual energy). From then on, he embarked on the legendary path of cultivation and became a mysterious immortal cultivator! First, he broke the world record at a track meet, promp 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 College Days 大学的光阴 [Inspirational] + [Medical Student] + [Comeback] + [Top Student] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Clubs] + [Ethnic Unity] + [Coming of Age] Li Xiaochuan is a university student from a rural mountain village. This story follows his colorful college life, before and after he starts university, including personal growth, friendship, romance, club activities, work-study programs, academic challenges, and clinical internships. I hope the story will resonate with you and win your affection. Your support will —Reads—Score—Shelves
