Novels like Dreams and Destiny
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Dreams and Destiny, best match first.
- 1 Chasing Killers Through Fading Memories 残忆追凶 In the future, a technology called “memory replay” has been put to use. Special equipment can connect to the residual brain waves of the deceased or people in comas, rendering fragments of their final 72 hours of memories visible for criminal investigations, medical care, or the pursuit of their last wishes. But the technology has strict limitations: memories are subjective and may be distorted, users’ mental health can be affected, and the law strictly prohibits its use on living, conscious peo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Wind Through the Bluestone Lane 风过青石巷 Their love has no grand declarations. Instead, like vines taking root in barren soil, they intertwine and support each other through life’s storms, growing tenaciously toward the sun. This is a story of poverty, responsibility, hard work, and the purest first love. Against a bittersweet backdrop, it paints the hopes and warmth that a young man and woman write with their effort and sincerity. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Splendor Fills Chang’an 锦色满长安 A distinctive career-focused storyline: Centered on “intangible cultural heritage Shu brocade,” it combines traditional craftsmanship with women’s entrepreneurship, offering the appeal of traditional culture while resonating with women who want to “make money on their own.” Appealing across age groups: The romance is sweet with no angst, and the male lead steadfastly protects his wife. The household and business rivalries aren’t complicated, as the heroine easily outmaneuvers her opponents with —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Northeastern Strange Tales: The Fox Immortal Helps Me Solve a Rural Mystery 东北奇谭：黄大仙助我破局乡村谜案 Northeastern Strange Tales: How the Yellow Immortal Helped Me Solve a Rural Mystery —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Transmigrating as Ni Mantian: Defying Fate 穿越成霓漫天：逆天改命 After a long day at work, Su Jin wakes up to find she has transmigrated into the doomed villainess Ni Mantian, heiress of Penglai, in the xianxia drama The Journey of Flower. Faced with a tragic fate she already knows, Su Jin’s survival plan is simple: stay away from the storm at the center, Hua Qiangu! Avoid the cold, nuclear-bomb-like Bai Zihua! Keep a low profile, work hard at cultivating immortality, and quietly use her modern mindset and foreknowledge to change the plot. Her goal is to make 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 An Empire Begins from Humble Roots 帝业起于微末 In the final years of the Dayong Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made calamities leave the land strewn with the starving dead. On the northern frontier, Tatar cavalry raze a village. The young Liu Zheng loses everything amid flames and blood, and is forced to flee. Ahead lies an endless wilderness stretching south. Behind him, smoke from the fires devours his homeland. The chaos of war is a furnace, and human lives are no more than weeds. Along the road to survival, he meets his brave but si 94Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 7 I'm a CEO in My Own Imagination 我在脑洞里当总栽 Hey! Haven't we met somewhere before? At my sister's engagement banquet, remember? What's up? ...I feel like we met before my sister's wedding. Uh... Sis, you're still using such a cheesy pickup line? But I really feel like I've met you somewhere before! I can't explain it, but you always seem so familiar to me. Ah! In a dream! I remember now, I met you in a dream... Sis, why have you been talking so much about that weird dream you had lately? Hehe! She first started telling me about that dream 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Apocalypse Is Here, and I’m One Hundred Million in Debt from the Start 末日降临，开局负债一个亿 Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance! It's an apocalypse game, so what's wrong with going a little crazy? La la la la la la la la! I'm a hundred million in debt, so what's wrong with going a little crazy? La la la la la la la la! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Cultivation Is Too Dangerous, So I Choose to Create a World Within Myself 修仙太危险，我选择体内创世 Lin Mu, a menial disciple of the Qingyun Sect with a false Five-Element spiritual root, has little hope of advancing on the path of cultivation. Steady as a rock and a master of keeping his head down, he is driven to the brink by a setup. At death's door, he unexpectedly sacrifices his blood to a broken stele, activating the Primordial Realm within him and becoming the guardian of the flame of Huaxia civilization. This is no ordinary pocket dimension, but a nascent world awaiting revival. A spr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Sichen 嗣尘 Lin Yan, an illegitimate son from a collateral branch dismissed as dust by his family, lives with his mother in the coldest corner of the main family's mansion. She dies of illness, bitter to the end, leaving him only a warning that “the main family is a den of wolves” and a secret ledger detailing the matriarch's embezzlement and his legitimate elder brother's seizure of the family estate. Living under the legitimate heirs' disdain and the servants' contempt, Lin Yan finally wakes up. He gives 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Old House's Vengeful Ghost 老宅鬼魅戾影 The Vengeful Ghosts of the Old House —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Gu Yan and Liu Cheng’s Little Everyday Moments 顾言与柳橙的小日常 Gu Yan is a senior partner at Zicheng Law Firm. Liu Cheng works at the firm and takes on a side job as a cook after work. By chance, she ends up at Gu Yan’s home. As they spend more time together, Gu Yan gradually falls in love with Liu Cheng, and the two eventually become a couple. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 My Secret Crush Hides in the Moonlight 月光藏着我的暗恋 [A school-years secret-crush story] [A reserved, adorable top student × a gentle, shy girl who struggles with her studies] Love rises with the wind, but when the wind dies down, the longing remains!! Did he ever like her? If she had been a little braver, would he have liked her? The young girl’s feelings stay hidden between the pages of her textbooks. That unspoken crush becomes an unforgettable memory of my life!!! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Changbai Mountain Ghost Stories: The Fox Immortal’s Enfeoffment and the Mother-Daughter Evil Spirits 长白山鬼故事之狐仙讨封与母双煞 She said I owed her a life My name is Yang Jianjun, but everyone in the village calls me Er Zhuzi. At the foot of Changbai Mountain, in Heixiazigou, I’m a spirit medium. One day, Er Niu from the village came to me trembling. He said he’d run into a woman in a red padded jacket deep in the old forest. Her feet didn’t touch the ground. She asked him, “Do I look human to you?” Terrified, Er Niu said, “You look human.” That very night, he hanged himself from the old locust tree at the village entra —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Urban: My Medical Skills Come from the Cultivation World 都市：我的医术来自修仙界 When the Alchemy Venerable of the Cultivation World Says No to You, Even the King of Hell Dares Not Claim Your Soul! Chu Luo, an Alchemy Venerable from the immortal realm who died after being betrayed, wakes to find himself in a modern city, a good-for-nothing medical student mocked by everyone and humiliated by his ex-girlfriend. Modern medicine is helpless against terminal illness? One Body Tempering Pill makes cancer cells vanish without a trace. Ordinary medical skills can't save you from 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Demon-Slaying Life Begins with Transferring to a Tokyo School 斩妖生活从转学东京开始 [Urban fantasy + monsters + anime style + lighthearted + not overpowered + multiple heroines + no harem] Japanese signs fill the streets, and Lin Jingxing, a transfer student, finds it quite hard to get used to. But that’s not even the biggest problem. What he needs to figure out now is how to survive in a foreign country without any financial support. So he settles into a life of going to school while looking for ways to make money. But as time goes by, strange and inexplicable phenomena begin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Saving the Villain: Supporting Lady, Don't Run Away 拯救反派之女配你别跑 Unlucky office worker Ye Nanxing dies from working overtime and transmigrates into the novel she was reading, as the vicious substitute female lead. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself in an epic love-triangle showdown: while on a date with her ex-boyfriend, the female lead discovers that the pretty boy she's been keeping is working at the same restaurant, and the CEO is already on his way, while a scheming villain watches from nearby... The System tells her to fulfill the female le 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Dragon Soul Awakens: I Transmigrate into a Book and Possess the Purple Dragon 龙魂觉醒：穿书我上了紫龙的身 Prologue: The Call of Fate The glow on the computer screen had yet to fade completely, and that powerful suction still lingered around me. When I opened my eyes again, what greeted me was no longer my familiar room, but a magnificent waterfall. "Zilong, focus! Feel the energy flowing through your body!" The voice... was old, yet full of strength. I looked down at the water. My reflection had long black hair, a resolute face, and a vermilion mark between my brows. I, Zhang Hao, an ordinary homebo 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Haunted Realm of Bulang Mountain 布朗山诡域 [Mystery + Cthulhu Mythos + Chinese fantasy + wild imagination, not a power fantasy, focused on immersion] We are caged brides, vessels for “carrying on the family line,” and offerings destined for the dinner table of the future. When Jiang Chengyu discovers her clan’s rule of “kill the mother and devour her,” and Wu Feilu realizes that her long hair and romance are both illusions created by drugs... The three girls decide to join forces and fight their way to freedom through the gap between d —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Record of Beauties: I Become Invincible by Taming Villainous Women! 红颜录：从驯服恶女开始无敌！ [Wildly imaginative fantasy + multiple heroines + scheming protagonist + satisfying power fantasy] A young man’s soul enters the body of a drug slave with the same name. After obtaining a heaven-defying reward System, he embarks on a journey accompanied by beauties as he battles the heavens and all the worlds... 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Moon Never Sets in the West 月永不西沉 Silver and green are not her only colors. When the letter from Hogwarts lands in Luna Shafiq’s hands, the course of the stars has already begun to change. As heir to the ancient Shafiq family, the secrets of the moon’s phases and the clear-eyed insight of an observer flow through her veins, not blind devotion to pure-blood glory. With her great-grandmother’s inherited laurel wand in hand, she enters the Slytherin common room. The ghostly light beneath the lake cannot outshine the clarity in he 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Battleships and Roses: Tales of the Twenty-Third Century 巨舰与蔷薇：二十三世纪往事 Two centuries after nuclear war destroyed the old world, humanity has rebuilt itself on the African continent. The Eurasian-African United Empire and the United States of South America now face each other across the ocean. Tantai Qingxin is a young man who despises politics but is forced into the Empire’s power struggles, caught between ironclad warships and the royal rose. In the final war sweeping across the oceans, the land, and the stars, he must make one last choice for the people he loves —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I'm Selling Grilled Fish in the 1970s! 我在70年代卖烤鱼！ That night, thunder roared as if the heavens had split open, and torrential rain poured down without pause. People often say that thunder like this means someone is undergoing a heavenly tribulation. In the Yang residence, the kind and gentle Liao Longzhen passed away. Hundreds of bees came to guide Mother Liao as she ascended to the heavens. The spiritual consciousnesses of her two daughters followed their mother to the celestial realm. But their allotted lifespans were not yet over, so they we 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Halfway to Immortal Essence 半道仙元 Signed Signed Signed A witty, funny, sweet romance… A witty, funny, sweet romance… A witty, funny, sweet romance… In this bustling, vibrant world, everything is worth pursuing, yet everything carries some regret. Time is both the kindest and the coldest of vessels. In the end, it smooths every sharp edge into something gentle. Keep everything in your heart. There is no need to speak it, or let it show. When the wind comes, listen to it rustling through the window lattice. When the rain falls, w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Airship Survival: Sign-In for a Kirov Airship from the Start 飞艇求生：开局签到基洛夫空艇 [Everyone's Survival + System + Ruthless + Firearms + Survival on a Mobile Platform + Self-Interest + No Saintly Heroics + Beauty Collection but One Female Lead + Professional Trickster + Comedy + Infinite Flow] Everyone wakes up to find they have transmigrated into a game world called Airship Survival. Every survivor owns an airship and has to ride it to explore different locations each day. But every region conceals deadly dangers: zombies, wild beasts, and enormous birds always ready to eat y 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Caged Phoenix: After I Ascended the Throne, the Entire Palace Thought I’d Make Them Die with Me 囚凰我登基后全宫都以为我要殉情 On the night the new emperor ascended the throne, he clasped a hand around my neck and laughed softly. “If I want you dead, it’ll be as easy as breathing.” I was the princess of the fallen dynasty, and he was the enemy who had destroyed my kingdom. This forced marriage was a declaration of conquest to the world, and a cage crafted with care. The entire palace was waiting: waiting for me to die for my old kingdom, waiting for the harem to devour me, waiting for a fallen princess like me to die in —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Blood-Red Embroidered Shoe 血红色绣花鞋 Blood-Red Embroidered Shoes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Ghost Story Survival Game: Starting at the Postpartum Care Center 怪谈生存游戏：从月子中心开始 [Rule Horror] + [Standalone short stories in separate volumes] + [Collection] + [Light thrills] + [First/third person] Have you ever wondered whether the world you take for granted is filled with invisible “rules”? When the blood moon rises, you receive a bizarre [New Student Handbook]. Every school rule is written in scarlet ink, and anyone who breaks one... will be “cleaned up.” When you walk into a 24-hour convenience store in the middle of the night, the [Employee Handbook] warns you that 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Bearer's Journal 承负者日志 [No System + No Harem + No Formulaic Plot + No Mindless Protagonist + Post-Apocalyptic Survival + Future World/Otherworld + Ensemble Cast + Natural Disasters + One Female Lead] In the near-future nation of Z, the “Intelligent Industry System” judges everyone in the name of efficiency, while their causal entropy values determine whether they live or die. Veteran mechanic Wang Fuyang has scraped by for twenty years at Sichuan-Chongqing No. 7 Smart Factory. His damaged finger bones bear the mark of 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Taking AI Through the Ages and Cheating My Way to the Top 带着AI在不同时代开挂爽翻 "I bet your gun has no bullets!" "My Brother Shunliu," San Duo, Ga Zi, Old Li, the Jade-Faced Grenade King. A crossover featuring multiple characters, with a rich storyline, mainly about an AI who transmigrates and leads everyone to success and greatness! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Guan Chuer 官楚儿 Southern Kingdom princess Guanchu Er infiltrates the Yun residence to obtain The Strange Book of Lin Shiqi. But on the day of a banquet there, news suddenly arrives that Yun Zhi Yu, son of the Yun family, has died unexpectedly. The celebration turns into a funeral. Jiangcheng princess Long Feifan makes a mistake in her childhood. While searching for her younger sister, she meets Lin Rong, a talented young woman from Jiangcheng. Then, by a stroke of chance... Tears shimmered in Long Feiyan's eyes 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Lost for Ten Thousand Generations 万世迷途 The Shadow Realm is the world’s lost land, an exile woven by a mysterious being from beyond the myriad worlds. Will Wan Ning sink into darkness or struggle through despair? She launches a desperate charge toward the light. A story spanning the heavens, with The Legend of Qin: Nine Songs as its first main setting. The author reliably writes over 6,000 characters a day and has even managed 20,000 in a single day. More frequent updates are possible. Big shots, come give the author a hard time! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Northeastern Tales: The Shaman’s Heir 东北往事之萨满传人 Heaven’s secrets are revealed, calamity cannot be escaped, fate is set, and fortune follows its course. Some things can’t be said out loud, but I can’t keep them to myself. Today, I’ll take a chance and tell you about the many things in this world that defy explanation, yet truly exist… 833Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Origin of Myth and Legend 起源之神话传说 Time defines the process Yang Mei builds the setting Fate charts the course Karma distinguishes good from evil Creation manipulates fortune Destruction brings everything to an end Reincarnation begins a new life Where did Pangu come from? Did he really die of exhaustion after creating heaven and earth? No! Did Hou Yi shoot down the suns? Were they really suns? What was the Nine Heavens Breath Soil Nuwa used to create humanity? Did she really create people by molding them from clay? Was the sky t —Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 35 Mastering Every Language on Earth, Starting by Playing the Prophet 掌控全球语言，从做神棍开始 Niu Aiguo was a historian who hated every language except Chinese. In the end, he died from overwork while studying the ancient language of Sanxingdui. “I hate English, I hate French, I hate Japanese, I hate every language that isn’t Chinese. I even kind of hate dialects...” said the historian Niu Aiguo. By chance, he arrived in a parallel world and activated the Cangjie System, which could help him modify languages. “Languages, you jumbled messes, start trembling before me! Just watch as I unif 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 I Run Amok in the Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties 我在魏晋南北朝乱杀 The Five Barbarians are throwing China into chaos? I'll make them meet their end ahead of schedule! Liu Yao of the Xiongnu? I'll make him die seven years early. Liu Cong of the Xiongnu? I'll damn well write him out of the story early. The great devil Shi Hu? The demon king Shi Le? Li Xiong, the petty thief from the Di people of Cheng Han? Wipe them out! Wipe them all out. Sima Ye of the Western Jin? I'll beat him all the way to the Qianzhong region! Sima Rui of the Eastern Jin? He's still holed —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Nine-Tailed Divine Emperor and the Chaos Divine Lord: Season One 《九尾神帝与混沌神主》第一季 The Nine-Tailed Divine Emperor and the Chaos Divine Lord, Season One —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Old Drag and His Women 拖拉爷和他的女人们 This story follows an orphan born in the 1970s. He is naturally clever, extraordinarily handsome, eloquent, and highly capable. His only flaw is that he likes to put things off. Having grown up without a proper family upbringing or anyone to guide him, he meets many different women over the course of his life but never knows how to hold on to them. His life is therefore full of twists and turns, leading to a series of unbelievable, hilarious, and thought-provoking events. [Copyright Notice] Thi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 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
- 40 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
- 41 Broken Jade Woven into Brocade 碎玉成锦 Three qian of silver for a three-year contract. Life or death is no concern; any child belongs to the Wen family. On an autumn night of rain in Suzhou, her father coughs up blood and the family has nothing left. With a single stroke of her brush, Shen Xiuniang sells herself into a wealthy household, becoming the lucky-bride bride of Wen Yan, the ailing young master of the Wen family. The payment is three qian of silver a month, and the contract lasts three years. She thinks it is merely a cold t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Spirit Vein Sign-In: I Slay Demons in the City 灵脉签到，我在都市斩妖魔 Chen Fan, a 22-year-old unemployed college graduate, was humiliated by a rich second-generation heir and abandoned by his ex-girlfriend. Just as he was sinking into despair, he bonded with the [Urban Spiritual Vein Sign-In System]! Signing in at an ancient tree in an old park earned him Qi Refining cultivation. Signing in at a subway station granted him a spiritual qi shield. Skyscrapers, suburban temples, the heart of secret realms: every spiritual vein node in the city was an extraordinary opp 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Master of Ten Thousand Worlds 万界掌控者 [For the best experience, we recommend listening at a speed of 1.2 to 1.5.] In the ancient era, invaders from beyond the realms ravaged the Immortal, Demon, and Mortal Realms. Countless prodigies then emerged across the three realms. After countless years, they finally sealed the invaders beyond the realm wall, bringing peace to the three realms. Yet beyond that wall, supreme powers, seeking to escape the ‘Origin Silence,’ did not hesitate to sacrifice the entire myriad worlds... Zhang Mochen: “ 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Memory Loss from the Start: A World in Chaos 开局失忆世界大混乱 Amnesia from the start + a System that makes life miserable + a world turned upside down. He wakes up with all his memories erased, and the world has gone completely off the rails: modern residential complexes have become ancient martial-arts settings, gym equipment has turned into legendary martial arts weapons, and all the modern people in the city have vanished, leaving only experts who crossed over from a wuxia world. He’s forced to bind himself to a sharp-tongued, freeloading System with bi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 I, a Ninth-Rank Master Hunter, Started Out by Scavenging 我，九阶大猎师从捡垃圾开始 This is a world overrun by demonic beasts, where humans awaken as hunters. A fresh take on the genre, featuring professions, attributes, realms, rarity levels, supreme treasures, city ranks, and more... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Demon Blood as My Catalyst: I Cultivate by Devouring 妖血为引，我的修行靠吞噬 Lin Yang transmigrates into a living hell from the start: he’s forced to marry a nine-tailed fox who wants to drain his essence. Luckily, the Demon-Refining Cauldron he carries with him awakens. It not only saves his life, but can also devour demons and refine their power to help him cultivate. Unlocking the Mind’s Eye Mirror lets him detect demonic energy, though the Celestial Venerable teases him that “lust makes you an easy target.” Fleeing with a jade pendant that seals away a little fox de —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 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 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Tenderness Within the Rules 规则之下的温柔 A sudden family crisis forces Lin Wei, a free-spirited genius illustrator, to marry Gu Chengyu, a business magnate who controls half the city’s economy. It’s a marriage of pure money and power, sealed with a cold, unfeeling contract. On their wedding night, she receives not vows, but a thick handbook of household rules. The rules cover everything, from her behavior and speech to her daily schedule, and tightly constrain her every freedom. Her husband in name only, Gu Chengyu, is the rules perso 655Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Divorce? President Mo Begs Me Not to Leave 离婚？墨总跪求我别走 [Marriage before love | Contract marriage | Remorseful pursuit | Devoted CEO | Fateful reunion] One unexpected night, an earring as the token, and a marriage contract later, she becomes Mo Jingchen’s wife in name only. They agree not to fall in love or cross the line, but his tenderness and favoritism have already made her fall for him. What began as a transaction turns into true love for him, and she gives him her heart in return. But then a conspiracy strikes and trust crumbles. She tears up 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Seeker of the Dead 寻死灵 Will I heed the call of the whispers, or pursue the self I was meant to be? Who am I here for? Does my consciousness obey me? I am Qin Fengmo, not a madman or a devil. But the good want me to die for a worthy cause, while the bad want me to live so I can be useful. [Not very scary, so feel free to give it a try.] [Author, listen up: give me a star and you’re the boss!!!] 2Reads—Score—Shelves
