Novels like Apocalypse of Ghosts and Gods
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Apocalypse of Ghosts and Gods, best match first.
- 1 The Laid-Back Princess and the Handsome Prince 摆烂王妃俏王爷 [Sweet Romance] + [Both Leads Are Each Other's First and Only] + [Strong Female Lead, Weaker Male Lead] Ever since Lu Zhi met Wan Zhoudu, her lust ran wild, dragging her into a living hell. Yet the seemingly innocent man approached her with his own motives and intentions to use her. Lu Zhi never imagined that her obedient puppy would one day bite back. But loyalty and wholehearted devotion are always a puppy's defining traits. As long as Lu Zhi beckons, he'll talk himself into forgiving the hurt 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Divine Principlist 神理者 Not a brainless story. The characters act normally, and the dungeons are moderately challenging to difficult, requiring some brains, though you can get by without them. I recommend starting at Chapter 42. The earlier chapters have a bit too much filler. If anything is unclear, leave a comment and I’ll explain. Starting from the start in an unfamiliar room? About to die? The protagonist is one tough cookie. How will you deal with him? After discovering the truth about the world, he realizes that 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 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
- 4 Springtime in Fuliang 浮梁春暖 Also known as The Grassroots Empress: Winning the Emperor’s Heart [Strong heroine + chivalrous imperial consort + schemes among beauties + from the jianghu to the inner palace] She is the daughter of a salt merchant from humble beginnings, low-born yet unwilling to stay beneath anyone. She helps the county magistrate investigate crimes and hunt down criminals, saves the emperor, is made a county princess, and even becomes a favored consort famed throughout the land... Offering strategies for h 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Dawn at the End of the Night 终夜黎明 [Western Fantasy + Ensemble Cast + Magic and Technology] Per Aspera Ad Astra (Through hardship, we reach the stars) On a distant planet called Edenia, 4.8 billion intelligent beings live, collectively known as “humanity.” Though vastly different in race, they have developed a variety of nations and technologies with the aid of a mysterious supernatural force called “arcana.” Now the world stands beneath the shadow of a Cold War. An ordinary elven boy named Michel and his friend Karl are unexpect 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Thirty Strange Tales of the School 校三十怪谈 What does it feel like to survive for thirty days in a special school where death is always close? Life and death are separated by a single instant. The “college entrance exam” for more than a hundred people is about to reveal the truth... Is it really called the “college entrance exam”? Can they really graduate successfully? "Three protagonists, no wish fulfillment, no System, dual male leads, special-school setting, protagonists who grow over time" —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Storms of Longfeng Hall 龙凤堂风云 Burn incense to summon the gods, use the Eight Characters to divine someone’s fate, get to the bottom of their roots… In a small county town, Uncle Lin and Sister Ling, a married couple, set up the Longfeng Hall to help people with their troubles, embarking on an extraordinary new life. With a peachwood sword in one hand and an exorcism talisman in the other, they keep every evil spirit at bay. They’re also always happy to help people invite good fortune and blessings. Once the incense is lit, t 7Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 8 After My Childhood Friend Spoiled Me Rotten, I Restarted My Life Three Times 被竹马宠爆后我重开了三次人生 They chose each other, secretly loved each other, and saved each other. Both are devoted to one another, and there are two male leads. You are the trial fate set for me, and the only one who can set me free. In this cycle, you are my obsession, and my faith. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Reincarnated Six Times to Become a Golden Immortal 六世轮回成金仙 He is Xu Yun Zi, the supreme Celestial Venerable of the heavens. After accidentally absorbing the blood of an ancient White Phoenix, his golden body shatters and a wisp of his remnant soul falls into the mortal world, where he takes the name Xu Xiang. She is Yue Yao, an immortal maiden of the Jade Pool. Punished for bearing the blame for the Celestial Venerable's murder, she and Xu Xiang both fall into the cycle of reincarnation in the human realm. One mortal lifetime, nine years of deep love, 70Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 10 Chen Yu’s Taming and Counterattack Plan 陈屿的驯养反杀计划 Shen Sisi only wanted to keep her relationship with Chen Yu strictly master and servant. She thought Chen Yu would always be obedient and gentle, and know his place. But one late night, Chen Yu barged into her room and slowly closed in. Shen Sisi panicked. “Chen Yu, what are you doing? I’m your master.” Chen Yu’s gaze was obsessive as he spoke in a low voice. “Sorry, Master. I want to move up in the world.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Seeking the Way Through the Clouds 扶云问道 [Xianxia fantasy] [No transmigration] [No System] [Slow-paced] The land is on the brink of war, and the court is torn by factional strife. The current emperor is weak, with power fallen into the hands of two princes. Beneath the court’s surface, undercurrents surge. Beyond the northern frontier, a million demons are arming themselves, waiting for civil unrest among humanity before marching south to seize the Central Plains and its vast territories. At this time, in a town beside the Jing River, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 My Crazy Girlfriend 我的神经病女友 [Super Sweet Romance] + [Novelist] + [Psycho] + [Multiple Heroines] (Early Story) [Pervert] + [Hunting Criminals and Solving Cases] (Later Story) The story of a down-and-out novelist and a mentally ill woman: a daughter's tears are worth 8,000 yuan, while a son's tears aren't worth a cent. I just picked up your phone to check your name, and you called it an invasion of your privacy and demanded 8,000 yuan in compensation. Talk about the farmer and the snake! I should've crushed you back then! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Brightest Star 那颗最亮的星 The story takes place at a middle school. Lin Jingxuan, a left-behind child who has grown up reserved and withdrawn, seems out of place among her classmates after transferring to Linxi Middle School. Her homeroom teacher, Li Yina, notices her situation and takes the initiative to comfort and reassure her, offering quiet support. She helps Lin Jingxuan open up and grow by writing her letters. 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 My Roommate Is Two Thousand Years Old 舍友两千岁 Zhong Helian discovers that her roommate, with whom she shares an apartment, isn't alive at all, but is a two-thousand-year-old zombie. After going through one perilous adventure after another, she gradually comes to understand him better. Did they meet by chance, or are they bound by the karma of a past life? The world has always had a hidden side. Perhaps some demons and spirits are living right beside us. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Record of the Five Elements Burning the Heavens 五行烬天录 [No System, not invincible] [Kills while laughing and crying] [Five Elements] [High IQ] [Can play the fool or fight head-on] On the Five Elements Continent, all things have a spirit. Who says spiritual energy can only be divided into the five elements??? I’m not within the scope of your five elements!!! The “good-for-nothing” raised on handouts from the whole village turns out to be a taboo of the continent! With the gluttonous big brother at his left, wielding a technique that devours heaven an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Creation Chronicle: 创神记： Who says mortals are powerless? I, Yu Chuang, can create gods... Brahma, the God of Creation, tried to reach the higher realm of the Infinite. But his attempt to separate a clone went wrong, giving rise to an evil force and the Demon God Os. Os tried to devour his original self, and Brahma used the last of his power to seal him away. Brahma's divine consciousness fell into the mortal Yu Chuang's body, and so began the path to godhood... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 A Bloody Case Sparked by a Skewer of Candied Hawthorn 一串糖葫芦诱发的血案 A String of Candied Hawthorns Sparks a Bloody Case 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 A Thousand Miles of Frost, Stars Falling Like Rain 千里霜寒星如雨 (No System, no golden finger, no transmigration. Political intrigue, not childish, not mindless, and no characters acting stupid.) The nation is divided into seven provinces: Zhong, Yong, Liang, Bing, Ze, Wan, and Yun. The wheels of history are gradually turning toward an age of chaos. Coups! Wars! Alliances and rivalries! Political marriages! Betrayals! What path lies ahead? Ran Xing, a young man who came from a small place to study in Fengdu, meets the young masters and princesses of the vario 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Reborn in the Apocalypse: I Scrounge for Supplies and Become the Boss 重生末世：白嫖物资当老大 (Apocalypse + rebirth + spatial ability + stockpiling supplies + revenge + ruthless decisiveness + building a faction + livestreaming + multiple reborn characters) “In my last life, I took the fall for my brother and spent eleven years in prison. I awakened a spatial ability, but they treated me like a human refrigerator. Then they killed me!” Reborn 102 days before the apocalypse, Xiao Lin has tens of millions in startup funds, and his spatial ability has awakened earlier and grown stronger t 105Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Don't Board the Boat Coming from Upstream 别接江上来的船 Don't Take the Boat Coming from Upstream 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Dangerously Sweet 危险甜度 Fake siblings | Maximum tension | Mutual salvation "The powerful man bows his head for love" [Scheming, arrogant race car driver × Two-faced, theatrical comic artist] A year ago, after a night of abandon, Shen Zhiyao slept with Jiang Jin, the wildest race car driver around, then ran off at dawn. A year later, she arrives to meet her new family in her most demure dress. The door opens. Standing behind it is a man radiating danger, staring at her with a faint, mocking smile How could it be him?! 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 After I Died, My Corpse Began Cultivating on the Cliff of Certain Death 我死后，尸体在绝命崖自动修炼 [Corpse Cultivation] [Wild Premise] [Leveling Up] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Revenge] Betrayed by his fiancee and senior fellow disciple, Jiang Ye had his innate spiritual root ripped out and was thrown into the Deadly Abyss. Everyone believed Jiang Ye was dead. But his soul was trapped in his corpse, which could absorb baleful energy and cultivate on its own. He could not attack on his own, but whenever an enemy struck his body, it triggered a retaliatory corpse fiend attack, harvesting the enemy 218Reads—Score263Shelves
- 23 Return to the Inn 归栈 Return to the Inn 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Book of Restraint: This Book Can Help You Quit Lust 戒之悟：这本书能帮助你戒色 612Reads8.2Score109Shelves
- 25 Lock the Sane People In 把清醒的人关进来 Lock the Clear-Headed Inside 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Hilarious Life of a Rich Girl Married to a Fake Rich Guy 富家女嫁假富公子的搞笑生活 The Hilarious Married Life of a Rich Girl and a Fake Rich Heir 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 我想娶你表妹，你却先当我爹 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Hidden-Edge Son-in-Law 藏锋赘婿 The Hidden-Edge Live-In Son-in-Law 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Traveling Together on Misty Island 雾岛同行 Companions on Misty Island 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 深山祖宅惊魂 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Good Lord, the Mad Homeless Man I Picked Up Is the Missing Trillionaire Tycoon Everyone Online Has Been Searching For 天，我捡的疯癫流浪汉，竟是全网失踪的千亿首富 Oh My God, the Deranged Homeless Man I Picked Up Is Actually the Trillionaire Who Vanished from the Internet 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 A Chilling Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 惊悚悬疑故事：第七个收件人 A Gripping Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Women Who Have Fallen into Pit Toilets Have Especially Keen Noses 掉过茅坑的女人，鼻子都比较灵 Women Who’ve Fallen into a Pit Toilet Have Especially Sharp Noses 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Apocalypse! A Good-for-Nothing? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 末世！废物？回收！我能成为这片区域的神！！！ Apocalypse! Useless? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 I Went Undercover in a Scam Compound 我在诈骗园区当卧底 I'm an Undercover Agent in a Scam Compound 162Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Scholar or Tyrant: Who Can Have a Good Life? 学霸和枭雄，什么人能过上好日？ (Dual male leads. Period story. Urban.) One is a poor scholar, the other a big shot in the underworld. They struggle for fifty years. What does it take to live a good life? And what is a good life? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 From the Start, One Ball: Others Struggle to Survive, I Plan for Growth 开局一个球，他人求生，我谋发展 Everyone on Earth is pulled into a survival game in a post-apocalyptic star domain. Billions of people land at random and randomly receive a single item or one inactive ability. They are all trapped in a desperate world of scarce supplies, rampant alien beasts, and relentless disasters. Everyone has one goal: to stay alive. To that end, they compete ruthlessly, loot, fight, betray one another, and do whatever it takes to survive. Only the protagonist, Zheng Zhiyuan, is bound to the [Planet Evolu 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Beginning of the Nine Heavens Origin Star 九天元宇星之初始 A useless young man, unable to cultivate because he has lost his memories, is driven out of his sect. By chance, he awakens a red light within a mysterious pendant and begins to uncover the mystery of his origins. After enduring countless hardships, he finally learns that he comes from another world. 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 My Job at the Horror Radio Station 我在恐怖电台任职这件事儿 [Folklore] [Supernatural] [Short Story] [No Superpowers] [No Rule-Based Horror] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] [Not for the Faint of Heart] The author is working hard to make a living. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Black Market’s Literary Giant: Where Can You Run?! 黑市大文豪之哪里逃？！ He was a literature lover, and he dreamed of becoming a great writer! But fate had other plans. He wanted to help the older neighbor who was struggling financially, and he also wanted to help his stepfather, who had failed in business but treated him with genuine kindness... Unfortunately, the one thing he excelled at could only come in handy somewhere else... Will fate ever give him a break? We’ll just have to wait and see... 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Behold the Crimson Starry Sky, I’ll Burn It All for You 瞧瞧那绯红的星空，为你燃尽星空 The most blazing romance isn’t beneath the flowers and moonlight. It’s him daring to burn the stars from the sky, and her daring to cleave the heavens with her sword, then standing together beneath the crimson sea of stars and saying, “Just look at that crimson sky.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Tenth Day's End: A Troublemaker's Paradise 十日终焉乐子人 The End of Ten Days: Mischief Maker 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Great Dao From the Start: I'm So Bored! 开局大道：我好无聊！ [The Myriad Worlds + scheming + lighthearted comedy + loves making mischief + no female lead] What’s it like to become the Great Dao from the start? Su Nan can tell you: it’s worse than working 996! o(╥﹏╥)o After becoming the Great Dao, Su Nan was terribly bored, so he created clone after clone to explore the Myriad Worlds... Su Nan: “Explore what? Nobody’s allowed to go!!” Su Nan: “Who’ll play with me if you all leave!!!” Su Da: “Boss, I want to go.” Su Nan: “Take this flying kick!” Su Da: “Aah 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 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! 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 I Saved a Female Lead Before I Died, and She's a Total Badass 临死前救了个女主，她超猛的 [Strong male lead + strong female lead, no System, no clichés, sharp-tongued, gets more satisfying as it goes, a little unhinged, no cheating, enjoy!] Before dying, the sect leader saves an incredibly powerful and beautiful fox demon. To fulfill the sect leader’s dying wish to revive the sect, the heroine searches everywhere for a man who resembles him, hoping to make him the next sect leader. “I’m just a demon. I have no feelings for humans other than the sect leader.” “If I catch you, don’t bl 1.3kReads—Score135Shelves
- 46 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 642Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 A Visit... 看望…… A Visit... 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Guo Xiaoqi’s Love Story 郭小七的爱情 Guo Xiaoqi was born into a rural family obsessed with having sons. She had little schooling, but was very beautiful. As an adult, she was pursued by a married man. The two did everything they could to finally get married, but married life was not as wonderful as they had imagined, and she endured all kinds of hardship. After many twists and turns, she finally understood that she could rely on no one but herself. 526Reads8.9Score111Shelves
- 49 I Save Another World in My Own Novel 我在我的小说里拯救异界 The author simply wants to write a book, to bring the world and the light in their heart to life! Synopsis: The conflicts and eventual unification of seven worlds governed by independent yet interconnected laws: the worlds of humans, demons, spirits, the underworld, devils, heaven, and the void. A story about growth, bonds, and remaking the rules. (Dear readers, bring your sharp minds! A slow-burn, satisfying read: no brainless antics, no harem, no womanizing protagonist, and plenty of life’s ph 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Sunny Skies Above the Humble Life 鸡毛之上有晴天 [Marriage and love] [Heartbreak] [Betrayal] [Comeback] [Redemption] [The truth about marriage] [Urban romance] [Realistic relationships] [Healing] A broken marriage has worn away every last trace of warmth, leaving two lives utterly out of step! He fought his way up from being a low-level technician at a chemical plant, only to have his own brother steal his hard work and stab him in the back! His former lover suffers through pregnancy; old love and hatred entangle them, betrayal cuts deep, devo 1.2kReads8.1Score104Shelves
