Novels like Archrival, Stay Away from Me!
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Archrival, Stay Away from Me!, best match first.
- 101 Help! A Yandere Loli Is Forcing Me to Play Games with Her! 救命！病娇萝莉逼我陪她打游戏！ [Yandere System, games, growing male lead, angsty main plot] After taking his own life, a failed web-novel author was dragged into a strange space, where a yandere, scheming little girl of a System forced him to play one game after another. Plants vs. Zombies, Red Alert, Warcraft… What lies behind the levels? What truth is hidden in the world beyond the cage? Embark on a bizarre, hilarious fantasy adventure and play a different kind of hero’s game. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Son-in-Law's Rise: From Managing the Purse to Commanding the World 赘婿逆袭之从掌钱袋到掌乾坤 After waking up from a car accident, a billionaire finds himself as Xiao Li, heir to the Prince of Jingbei, but trapped as a live-in son-in-law in the Jiangnan Cui household. The original owner has left behind a mess in the woodshed: gambling debts, a notorious reputation, and a mother-in-law whose scorn is as venomous as poison. He hides his ability to read people's hearts and his head full of modern business strategies, keeping his head bowed and acting meek around Cui Qingzhi, the Cui family —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Dark Emperor: Crossing the Mortal World 黯帝：渡世 [Transmigration + Special Physique + Passionate Growth + Imperial Power Struggles + Dark Calamity] An Tian transmigrates into the powerful-respecter world of the Tianyan Continent. He has no prestigious background or peerless sect to rely on. All he has is the Hellflame Demon Physique, which can burn souls and devour power, and the endless secrets hidden behind its black flames. He struggles to survive from humble beginnings, then makes a name for himself at the sect tournament. He ventures i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Strange Sky 6 奇天6 Liu Qi fled Earth many years ago, only to return at last for revenge. Later, he had a son, Liu Bai. You won't let me ascend? Then I'll destroy your entire plane. He cuts down all before him, shatters ten thousand techniques with a single staff, and ultimately becomes the Marvelous Heaven! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 You, Hiding in a Corner of the World 躲在世界角落的你 A continuation of It Was You Who Healed Me First Mu Yihua and Zhuang Mushi shared many wonderful years, but Lin Hanshi's life was far from happy. This time, new events unfold… When fate takes another turn, can the people who love each other still end up together? Female leads: Zhuang Mushi, Lin Hanshi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Game Streaming: My Viewers Are Outer Gods 游戏直播：我的观众是外神 I used to be a game streamer, and now I'm a game streamer. Other streamers interact with their viewers through the screen. I have to fight for a way to survive inside the game world. Other streamers get gifts from their viewers, things like private jets and rockets. My viewers' gifts are nothing but malice and schemes. Some people like watching ants struggle inside a glass tank. I'm that ant. I'm a game streamer, but what are my viewers? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Records of the Ghost Lantern: A Thousand-Year Scheme That Never Goes Dark 诡灯录：长明不熄的千年局 [Mystery and adventure + eerie folk customs + Eastern occultism + high-IQ twists] Ghostly flames illuminate the land, where schemes have nested within schemes for a thousand years. Who moves the pieces in the lamplight, gambling with life and death? A bloodstained lamp reveals a six-hundred-year-old plot of cannibalism. My left eye can see how long the dying have left, but it cannot see my own time of death. The figure hanging from an ancient locust tree inside the lamp is me, three days from no 4Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 108 A Forty-Year-Old Hakka Man Marries a Twenty-Year-Old Beauty 四十岁搭客佬迎娶二十岁小姐姐 A Forty-Year-Old Ride-Hailing Driver Marries a Twenty-Year-Old Beauty —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Fragments of Memory: The Self in the Fog 记忆碎片：迷雾中的自我 ⚠️ Serious content warnings upfront. Please proceed with caution if these bother you. No System, no golden finger, no wish fulfillment, no brainless plot: no effortless power-ups and face-slapping, no crushingly satisfying victories. Every character is intelligent, and logic comes first. Slow-burn storytelling, with psychological suspense in the first half: the early chapters lay down many clues and eerie details. The romance develops gradually, not as love at first sight on fast-forward. Both l 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Squad 0241 0241小队 [Traditional fantasy + ensemble cast + no harem + no System + no clichés] Ye Liufeng forms Squad 0241 and heads to the demon realm on a mission. They encounter a demon uprising, a war between demons and monsters, the path to godhood, a tournament to win a bride, flowers grown among buried bones, and all sorts of other events. Their next mission takes them to the Netherworld. Where will they go from here, and what secrets does this world hold? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Transmigrating to a Strange, Empty World 穿越之异空飘零 (Bad at titles + bad at blurbs + fake mystery + feel-good thrills... What are those? Can you eat them?) Not following the latest tropes, but still following tropes, probably. Not a traditional transmigration story, but still a transmigration story, with her body coming along. After suddenly transmigrating, Die Miaoyin shivered. What kind of place is this? It feels so cold. Everyone here is completely bonkers, so bonkers they're flying off the handle! She can barely handle this, hey! Also, th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Ten-Thousand-Dragon Emperor 万龙帝 (Multiple female leads, no System, not reborn, don't mind the cover) A genius, but not arrogant. Invincible, but not a killing machine. In the end, he reached the pinnacle of the Emperor Realm and set out for the Imperial Realm. From then on, the universe had neither the Ten Thousand Dragons Emperor nor the Ten Great Empresses. The beginner's village chapter is over… 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Your Highness, Your Grilled Skewers Are Ready 王爷您的烤串好了 Lin Yan, a three-Michelin-starred chef, transmigrates to the strictly hierarchical Great Yan Dynasty with his mind full of KPIs, ROI, and supply-chain strategies. He plans to use modern management techniques to quietly make a fortune with a chain of barbecue stalls, but accidentally uses an iron skewer to upend the empire's entire economic and power structure. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The Apostle Returns 使徒再现 A thousand years ago, humanity first made contact with the gods. A thousand years later, those who made contact with the gods came to be known as Apostles. A year ago, a young Apostle who had never made contact with a god transferred to an academy dedicated to training Apostles. A year later, the world began to revolve around him. The young man’s name is Lin Xia, and everyone feels like they have seen him before. The boys and girls at the academy meet Lin Xia and embark on a journey to uncove —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 The Girls in the Gacha Pool and the Otherworldly Ring System 抽卡池里的她们与异界法环系统 [Otherworld System Story] [Gacha System for Characters from Two Games] [Elden Ring System] [Growth + Girls by His Side + Mischief-Making, Dad-Scamming System + Thrilling Battles + Giving Another World a Little Taste of the Lands Between/Genshin Impact/Arknights] Xuanzi was done for. The troublemaking System dumped him into a perilous Western fantasy world. Fortunately, it didn't just leave Xuanzi there. It also gave him a very reliable System. “System! The days of you constantly telling me I don 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 The King of Hell's Live-In Son-in-Law 阎王赘婿 He is the feared lord of the hidden world, known as “Yanluo.” To repay a debt of gratitude, he concealed his identity and became Ye Chen, the Chu family's son-in-law, whom anyone in Jiangcheng could bully. Three years of humiliation brought him nothing but the contempt of his wife, Chu Yanran, and the family's abuse. Then a deadly kidnapping targeting Chu Yanran forced him to tear off his disguise and charge through the flames. His icy warning rang out: “You laid a hand on my woman. Did you ask 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Old Lady with Brain Cancer Bounces Around Another World 脑癌老太在异世界瞎蹦乱跳 [Don’t read this old cringe!] Qi Yingqing is an eighty-year-old woman from the 1980s who is in the late stages of brain cancer. After she dies, she arrives at a soul transit station. She thinks she’s simply transmigrated into a book to complete missions and buy a house… But who could have known that her entire life had been set up by the universe’s boss! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Even Bad Boys Want to Fall in Love 不良少年也想谈恋爱啦 [Pure Love + BL + GL + GB + Graphic Violence + Mild Sexual Innuendo] The author is a student who doesn't know how to write novels and isn't very cultured. The plot is original and contains graphic violence. The author is Chinese, but most characters have four-character names or two surnames and one given name. Please don't flame me if that's not your thing. The boy in the snow screamed. What had he dreamed of this time… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Lillian by the Sea 海边的莉莉安 Pure Love + Two Strong Leads White-collar worker Li Lien has lost out in both her career and love, and flees to Xinghai Bay to heal. At Seabreeze Cottage, she meets Lin Shen, a sunny Host. From comfort at a street-food stall to standing side by side on the beach, two lonely souls heal one another. Amid the salty sea breeze, they grow together and write a romantic story of two people choosing each other. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Lucky Star Doesn’t Want to Be Reborn 锦鲤她不想重生了 The story takes place in a modern city in 2024. It is a world that seems ordinary, but beneath the surface, undercurrents are running deep. The Gu Group is one of the country’s leading technology companies, with interests in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, financial investment, and other fields. Ningcheng, a second-tier city, is home to one of the Gu Group’s branches. This is an ordinary modern urban society with no supernatural elements. Every conspiracy is orchestrated by people. · Key —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The Immortal Venerable Gets Tangled Up with a Newborn Evil God in an Infinite Game 仙尊在无限游戏被新生邪神缠上了 [Two male leads + infinite flow + younger man/older partner + two powerful leads + devoted to each other + secret identities + not invincible] [Fast-talking, spirited beauty bottom x obsessive, pressure-cooker, love-struck top] [The second instance, Saint Melville Royal Academy, complete] [Haven’t abandoned the book, just been swamped. Updates will resume once I get through this stretch TT] * Xie Wan opens his eyes inside an instance, and a voice speaks in his ear: “Welcome to the Black Moon Wor 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 From the Start, Bound to a Beat-Up Watch: Delivering Takeout in Marvel 开局绑定小破表，我在漫威送外卖 My new work is out! 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! 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Loving Without Expectations 喜欢无期许 How long can a summer at twenty-two last? Long enough for Yun Youmian to believe that life could never get any better. After failing her graduate school entrance exams, with an uncertain future ahead, she retreated behind the counter of Shiguang, a milk tea shop. She thought, “Let’s just leave it at that. I’ll figure things out when summer is over.” But Xu Chao’an wouldn’t let her wait. He ordered cheese grape tea and watched her make it, his gaze moving from her face to her hands, then back 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Time Tribulation, Rebirth 时劫涅槃 [No Harem · No Cliches · Early Spiritual Qi Revival · No System · Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story · Survival · Mild Mystery] I thought it would be an ordinary morning. Who could have known disaster would strike, leaving me a plane-crash survivor? At that moment, every human on Earth was bound to a death countdown. I was forced to join the craze for games that extended your lifespan. After everyone awakened supernatural powers, I entered an endless cycle of life revival. While quietly awaiting death —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Chaos Cards: From Good-for-Nothing to Ruling the Divine Realm 混沌卡牌：从废柴横扫神域 Chaos Cards: From Good-for-Nothing to Sweeping the Divine Realm On the continent of Archmond, where cards monopolize everything, humanity can only use the lowest-tier blank cards, while elves, dwarves, and orcs trample them at will! As the son of the Lin family patriarch, Lin En summoned three blank cards in a row during his coming-of-age test at seventeen. Branded a “cardless failure” in front of everyone, he had his cards crushed and was about to be seized by the elves as a sacrificial offerin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Language of Spirits 灵之语 Through nine cycles of reincarnation, I stand supreme. I tread the spirit path and suppress the haunted depths. With the Compendium of Spirit Arts and Sacred Trees in hand, I face the uncanny alone. This world holds benevolent spirits, evil spirits, wicked spirits, and baleful spirits, as well as the source of an endless haunted realm. As a spirit master, I roam the world, upholding justice and banishing evil, all in search of the meaning of my existence and the truth of the world. Where did I c 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 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—Score114d adds
- 128 From Good-for-Nothing to Ruling the Myriad Worlds 从废柴到镇压诸天万界 “A good-for-nothing is still a good-for-nothing.” On the Corpse Cliff of Lingxiao Sect, Ye Chen has his Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo stolen and his cultivation crippled. As he lies on the brink of death, he unexpectedly binds to the Heavenly Dao sign-in System. He gets Body Tempering Pills by signing in at the Servants' Quarters, an Invisibility Talisman by signing in outside the Scripture Pavilion, and Lightning Tribulation Liquid right in the middle of a lightning tribulation. He can even obt —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 My Phone Can Evolve 我的手机会进化 [Dark cultivation + one female lead + written with absolute care + a slow start] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, he discovered that his phone had come along too: fully charged, connected to the internet, and even capable of evolving. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 I Have Two Innate Divine Powers 我有两个本命神通 [Eastern Fantasy + No System + Comedy + One Heroine + Three Male Leads] My name is Xiao Yibai. I’m a recent college graduate, but I was drawn into the Canglan Realm by an emperor’s game of chess and tasked with saving all living beings. But who’s going to save me? My name is Xia Longyuan. I am the emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom and the Human Sovereign of the Canglan Realm. When horrors from beyond the realm descend, I myself will be the Great Wall that protects humanity. I can withstand the Ca 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Master of Mind Games: Persuading the Impossible 心战高手：说服不可能之人 Master of Mind Games: Persuading the Impossible —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 A Love Between Two Worlds: Dreams and Reality 双面情缘：梦境与现实 A Double-Sided Romance: Between Dreams and Reality —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 On the Seventh Day, He Forgot Who I Was 第七天，他忘了我是谁 On the Seventh Day, He Forgot Who I Was —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 I Won’t Be a Good Person 我不做好人 In his previous life, Hao Shuang was a good-natured pushover, yet he was betrayed by his brothers and let down by his girlfriend. After unexpectedly transmigrating to a parallel world, he got a new lease on life. He won't suck up to anyone or wear himself down. He'll cast off his moral baggage and settle every score on the spot! In this life, he just wants to live for himself for once! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 A Bewildering New Life 恍遑新生 After a stifled life and an unexpected reincarnation, the protagonist arrives in another world of swords and magic, blessed with the talent to cast spells without incantations. How will he grow, overcome every hardship, face his past, and find a happy ending with the heroines? Follow Reborn in a Hazy New Life for ongoing updates. There are lots of clues, so keep your wits about you as you read! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 My Master, the Emperor Venerable 我的帝尊师父 Fate is hard to defy when you are powerless. Opportunity may be coincidence, yet it may also be destiny. If your life has been as dull as water, but you encounter someone supreme... what would you choose? The Emperor of Myriad Realms descended to the mortal world for a visit. When he ran into mountain bandits, Fang Hua, a herb-gathering boy from the hills, happened upon them. Fang Hua fought fiercely and drove off the bandits, but was badly wounded and on the brink of death. The Emperor rescued 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Once, There Was a God 曾经有一个神 [Technology Meets Flesh] [Explosive Payoff in the Later Story] [Strong Female and Male Leads] [Survival War] [Lighthearted and Funny] [Vast Worldbuilding] [Cthulhu] [Disasters] [Plot Twists] [Insectoid Hordes] [Sweetness and Angst] [Wild Imagination] [Sci-Fi] [Romance] [A Touch of Horror] “Your existence is like the most special line of code in my program. Every time it runs, my ‘heartbeat’ goes out of control.” This is a plan for interstellar colonization. Humanity sets off on a long voyage, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 [Lobotomy Corporation AU] A Harry Potter Watch Party 【脑叶公司pa】hp的观影故事 When a third world appears in the magical world, when a world made from abandoned technology and magic comes into being, when the timeline is changed, and when a viewing screen appears in the Marauders’ Era... Heavily altered, massively altered, with a heavily altered Lobotomy Corporation background. OOC, lots of OOC. 190Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 After Slacking Off in the Eerie Realm, I Became the Escape Game’s Lucky Charm 在诡界摆烂后，我成了逃生吉祥物 When the blood moon shrouded the city, crimson alerts appeared on every electronic device: “Welcome to the Abyssal Corridor. Survive for 72 hours to return.” Food delivery rider Su Li looked at the countdown on his delivery order and calmly scanned the code on a street overrun with monsters. “Hello, your food has arrived.” While other players nervously searched for clues in the morgue, he napped on the autopsy table. While survivors struggled with ghosts in the mirror world, he fixed his hair in 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 A Grudge in Spring 怨春衣 Xi Yan (beautiful gong) x Liang Cimu (wheelchair-using shou) Xi Yan, the Minister of Rites who is the center of attention at court, is brilliant and resourceful, and everyone is a chess piece in his hands. Sent by the emperor to Luoyang, he stirs up a storm in the city. After the storm passes, times have changed, and nothing is as it was. Even those skilled at moving the pieces eventually become pawns in someone else's game. “Liang Cimu, if you must blame someone, blame Chunyi. It was only by 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Deep Sea's Darkness 深海幽暗 [Two powerful leads + enemies to lovers + vivid, fully realized characters + no disposable characters + ensemble cast + two male leads] [Infinite-flow, bottom’s point of view] Long-term psychological abuse has left the male protagonist, He Zhaoxi, with mental illness. He has lost interest in almost everything. At a class reunion, He Zhaoxi finds his classmates’ scheming and false pleasantries boring and nauseating. The private room is thick with smoke, making it hard to breathe. He presses the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 [Consciousness Invasion] 【意识入侵】 Are you sure you want to click on this? The author’s writing is absolute crap. If you really like it, leave a comment and the author will try harder!!!!!!!!!!!! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Immortal Physician of the Eight Wilds 八荒之医道仙家 Just a bunch of messy, brainless nonsense, written for practice. Don't take it seriously. In short, don't bother reading it. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Survival: From the Start, I Was Buried in Usurious Debt 求生：开局就背高利贷 No female lead, lone wolf, decisive and ruthless. He transmigrates to another world, starting out in a forest with nothing but a tattered hemp shirt. Then he activates a crooked-merchant System. “Hey there~ Interested in a survival loan? The daily interest is just 1%!” From starting with nothing to drowning in debt, from struggling to survive to punching giant beasts and kicking villains! He tames the Tiger King as a pet and opens up a pocket-dimension farm, building his own paradise in a danger 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Rental Notes 出租笔记 A city needs police officers, doctors, nurses, firefighters, sanitation workers, and many others to keep it safe and thriving. But that's only what you see on the surface. There are also people working behind the scenes for the city. They ask for no reward and care nothing for fame; they simply guard the city in silence. Some are injured, some are left disabled, and some die. Those who survive keep going. If it were up to you, would you sacrifice a few people to bring happiness to the majority? 1Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 146 That’s Right, I’m a Witchcraft-and-Poison Doctor 没错，我就是巫蛊毒医 The first thing the new emperor does after ascending the throne is marry me?! On our wedding night, the dog emperor who keeps insisting he doesn’t love me discovers something astonishing “So you’re…” Xiao Yi says, stunned. Su Jin reacts quickly and clamps a hand over his mouth. “I’m just a frail young woman. What’s wrong with having a few extra secret identities?” 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 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—14d adds
- 148 The Nuclear Domain Era: Humanity’s Shackles 核域纪元之人类枷锁 [No System + reborn + xianxia + passionate adventure + no transmigration] He wakes up to find himself in a military base, with nothing but a pistol by his side. He struggles to piece together his shattered memories. The world has already been destroyed, but where has he ended up? This story leads us into a world that feels both real and unreal, with love, family, nuclear war, destruction, and AI robots. What will ultimately become of humanity? Why did the world of the past meet its end? What sec —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 This Kitty Really, Really Likes You 猫猫我啊可喜欢你了 A pure-love story, and I promise it’s absolutely heartwarming. It’s a story with two male leads. Chen Anning is a cat, and this incredibly awesome Cat King is a total face-con. One day, he accidentally finds a little dragon fallen from the sky. The most important thing is, the little dragon has lost his memory. But the little dragon is so handsome. So the Cat King takes him home and gives the amnesiac little dragon a place to stay. The little dragon is so handsome. The little dragon says his nam 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The Side Effects Are Too Overpowered, and the Villains Beg Me to Stop Collecting Them 副作用太逆天，反派求我别收集了 [Urban Fantasy] + [Collecting Anomalous Objects] + [Comedy] + [One Heroine] “Mom, why is that person going out with underwear on his head?” “Don't look, honey. That's a pervert!” I just picked up a book. How did I end up branded a thief who “stole” a thousand years of heritage? Now I'm wanted worldwide by a terrifying organization called the Legalists! System Xiao Ai: “Sorry, binding you was a last resort. You're just the backup... I mean, the emergency option.” Then why do other protagonist 15Reads—Score114d adds
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