Novels like Three Thousand Centuries
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Three Thousand Centuries, best match first.
- 1 Daoist Qingyi 青依道人 The winding path leading to the mountain gate. The gate is simple and imposing, with lifelike spirit-beast totems carved on either side. They sway gently in the breeze, as if whispering secrets from a thousand years ago, waiting for someone fated to discover them. The faint scent of medicinal herbs fills the air, mingling with the melodious chimes drifting from afar and bringing a sense of peace that makes one forget the troubles of the mortal world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 I Wasn't Born a Demon 我出生不是妖胎 On the day I was born, thirty-one bolts of heavenly lightning struck the fence around my family's courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born with the makings of an immortal, but fated to face twenty calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his calamity on the very first day of my life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Qinglong Ancient Town 青龙古镇 The winding path leading to the mountain gate. The gate is simple and imposing, with lifelike spirit-beast totems carved on either side. They sway gently in the breeze, as if whispering secrets from a thousand years ago, waiting for someone fated to discover them. The faint scent of medicinal herbs fills the air, mingling with the melodious chimes drifting from afar and bringing a sense of peace that makes one forget the troubles of the mortal world. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Little Five Thousand Years 小小五千年 My new story is here! Come 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! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The End of the Twelfth Day 12日终焉 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The End of Thirteen Days 13日终焉 A new work is out! You’re welcome to read my novel 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
- 7 The Eleventh Day of the End 十一日终焉 Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered that I had been captured and taken to the Endlands. Just when I thought all I had to do to escape was keep playing death games, people began awakening supernatural powers. Just when I thought this was a “place where gods are made,” everything instead began hurtling toward annihilation. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 I'm a Rune Engraver. Isn't It Reasonable to Carry a Blade? 我是刻纹师，随身带把刀很合理吧 [Ruthless male lead + one female lead + myths and legends + not a lighthearted leveling story + not an invincible System; new author, enter at your own risk] Years sank into the dark waters; the Great Dao was buried beneath the dust. The vast world changed, and all living things became corpses. The myths of old lay buried in the passage of time. The Great Dao of this world imposed its limits, leaving humanity's path of cultivation arduous and without a way forward. First, the sages gave their li 121.7kReads9.2Score17.1kShelves
- 9 Heaven Does Not Answer 天不应 Three myriad mounds of yellow earth and white bones, a sword's light like a shadow, the moon like wine. The spring breeze cuts through all the world's troubles. Tell me, peach blossoms, will you turn white-haired too? In the year 547 of the Yong'an era, a pitch-dark snowstorm fell over Kuhai County, a border county in southern Qi. In a dilapidated temple outside the county, Wen Chaoshen found a crippled woman, gravely injured and on the verge of death. He thought she was merely a refugee in dist 84.8kReads9.1Score6.1kShelves
- 10 The Cicada Project 蝉计划 [Spiritual qi revival + crafty schemer + comedy + meme references + one heroine] As spiritual qi revived, Jiang Bai unexpectedly arrived in the age of the fifth mysterious tide. Everything he knew had faded with the passage of time. The world had been utterly transformed, familiar places and people were gone, and the career he had once fought for had turned to dust. The past was beyond recall. In this chaotic, dark age, order had long since collapsed, civilization was no more, and the shadow of 69.3kReads9.3Score7.2kShelves
- 11 EN Anomaly Containment Facility, You're Containing Me, a Human? 诡异收容所，你收容我一个人类？ [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Cthulhu]+ [No Tired Tropes] (Also known as: Sequence: Ascension to Godhood) The Dark Prison has merged with reality, and bizarre creatures are invading the world through the “Gates.” An organization has quietly emerged, calling themselves the Wardens. They keep the bizarre creatures behind the “Gates,” and capture and contain any that make it into the world. Lu Xiao accidentally fell into the Dark Prison and lived there alone for three years. After the Wardens discove 52.2kReads9.2Score5kShelves
- 12 The System Exploded, and I Became the System 系统炸了，我成了系统 What's it like to be a System? After Ye Tian angered the System that coveted him, he became a System himself. He travels through the Myriad Worlds, stealing the essence of each world. He transforms into the “Great Villain System,” helping villains beat the living daylights out of protagonists. In a world where men are inferior to women, I become the “Great Man System,” giving my Host a little extra charm every day and attracting the empress's attention. He evolves into a Creator System, and the 14.3kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
- 13 Game Invasion: I Became Emperor Before the Players Transmigrated 游戏入侵：我称帝了玩家才穿越 [Transmigrating ahead of time + political scheming + dynastic power struggles + succubus + worlds merging] This book is also known as [I, the Empress's Fiancé, the Strongest Villain Behind the Scenes]. After waking up, Xia Chen finds himself logged into the mysterious game from his previous life ahead of schedule, starting out as the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhendong. What? I have a younger brother named Xia Hao, who seems to have a mysterious bone inside him? It looks just like the lege 459.8kReads9.1Score46.7kShelves
- 14 EN A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 [No System] [Genius Swordsmanship] [Passionate] [Decisive and Ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has a tragic past. The sect says: "We'll protect you." His brothers say: "We'll stay by your side." The sword spirit says: "I... will wait for you." Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his eyes regain their sight. Looking back on the road behind him, all that remains is one sentence: "When the wind blows, I'll walk slowly. When it rains, I'll keep to the side. 439.8kReads9.2Score45.7kShelves
- 15 EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 987.7kReads9.3Score121.8kShelves
- 16 EN The House of Dread 诡舍 [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
- 17 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 538.9kReads9.7Score71.1kShelves
- 18 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
