Novels like Thorns of the Abyss
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Thorns of the Abyss, best match first.
- 1 Elemental Hunters 元素猎者 Lin Feng, a good-for-nothing, had planned to live an ordinary, unremarkable life. Who knew that he possessed a Chaotic Body, capable of gathering the power of the elements? With flames in hand, he battles across the world. He treads upon towering waves and swallows the heavens and earth. With a wave of his hand, he piles earth into mountains. With another wave, plants and trees flourish. The golden finger turns, commanding Geng, Xin, Gui, and Chou. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Dragon Scales Stir the Mountains and Rivers 龙鳞动山河 The blood moon looms overhead, and the dynasty's prophecy foretells its downfall. Yun Yi, the son of an herb farmer, imprints a mysterious dragon-scale mark upon himself at the brink of despair and enters the Qinglan Sect, carrying out his father's dying command. His arrival triggers an Azure Dragon apparition that shakes the sect, but also earns him the jealousy of his senior brother and the murderous attention of Imperial Preceptor Yuwen Hong. Ancient sect records and his father's keepsake un —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Great Ming: From the Start, Zhu Yuanzhang Took Me Home 大明：开局被朱元璋捡回家 The moment Zhu Chen opened his eyes, he found himself an abandoned baby in a river in the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era! A nightmare from the start, and he was about to die! Luckily, the [Strongest Sign-In System] activated in an emergency: [A Peerless Talent] gave him otherworldly good looks, while [Immune to All Diseases] was a life-saving skill! Just as despair set in, a stern old man fished him out of the water. Zhu Chen grinned and launched his baby-charm offensive: smile, grab his beard 6Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 4 Livestream: The Enemy Is at the Gates of the Capital, My Lord, You Want to Retreat? 直播：兵临京城，主公你要退兵？ [Alternate history + dynastic power struggles + livestream System + all kinds of reforms] Xiao Lingqiu was livestreaming when he suddenly transmigrated, livestream and all, to a feudal era known as the Great Qian Dynasty. He became a trusted aide to Prince Ning, who was raising an army to purge the emperor's court. They fought their way to the capital. They were on the verge of taking the city, and once Prince Ning ascended the throne, everyone would keep their titles and noble rank. But Prince 33Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 5 Cultivation: From Immortality to the Supreme Throne! 修仙：从长生开始，登临至高！ [Infinite Myriad Heavens + Immortal Cultivation for Eternal Life] Wen Xuanting unexpectedly transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation. Along with him came a mysterious Creation Pearl. Starting as a mortal, he entered the path to immortality through martial arts, climbing step by step until he became an immortal. He roamed the cosmic stars and traveled through infinite worlds. He grew stronger one step at a time, defeated countless formidable foes, watched eras rise and fall, and left behi 4.4kReads6.9Score229Shelves
- 6 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Being Sold to an Evil Sect 凡人修仙：从被卖到邪宗开始 [Mortal Cultivation Style, No System, Cautious and Steady, Scheming and Deception] Ye Changqing takes the entrance exam to join an orthodox sect. After failing, he is sold to an evil sect instead. Step by step, Ye Changqing makes his way up from the bottom with the help of a stone bead that has a variety of uses. On the thorny path to immortality, Ye Changqing becomes an elder of the evil sect, a leading figure in the demonic path, and a leader of the orthodox path... (The evil sect is the evil 3.9kReads7.7Score243Shelves
- 7 Cruel Torment: After Being Trained by the Sick, Obsessive Eldest Princess 疯狂折磨：被病娇长公主调教后 (A friendly warning: This is an angst novel, and a very, very angsty one. The woman tortures the man! If you can’t handle that, read at your own risk!) [Psychotic love + frontier princess (not a traditional grand princess) + single heroine + strong woman/weak man + female top/male bottom + intense physical torment + devastating emotional torment] The Central Plains lie to the north, where the desert stirs with turmoil. In the old capital, a cry of heartbreak rings out. “Hey! Have you heard? A 4.4kReads8.2Score241Shelves
- 8 After I Transmigrated, I Became the Leader of a Top-Tier Power 穿越后我成了顶级势力掌权人 [One female lead] [Partly behind the scenes] After a car accident, Lu Jinchuan transmigrates to a world where martial arts reign supreme and becomes the head of a top faction. Supreme power? I don’t have any. Come talk to me about power when my blade is at your throat. Connections? Go tell that to my five elders and my men. 19.9kReads7.7Score724Shelves
- 9 Dust at Dusk, Returning to the Ruined Tower 尘暮归残楼 A tale of love and hate, a lament for the tragedies of the mortal world. Shen Yichen, a man everyone under heaven believes to be a mere pawn, ventures alone and boldly into the world of cultivation, then roams the martial world in a drunken haze, repaying both kindness and enmity! Love between a human and a demon, romance between a human and a monster, bonds forged by fate, love in this life, rivalry between father and son, loyalty between brothers... A different martial world, a different morta 222Reads6.3Score100Shelves
- 10 Cultivating Immortality with My Clan: I Have a Boundary-Breaking Pearl 家族修仙，我有一颗破境珠 [Clan Cultivation] + [Swordsmanship] + [Invincible] + [Body Tempering] + [Soul Tempering] + [One Female Lead] In the Jiuyi Realm, humans and demons stand side by side, while monsters and fiends run rampant, locked in endless warfare! Zhang Huaijin transmigrated, reincarnating into a Qi Refining clan in Langya County. The path to immortality is incredibly cruel. The bottlenecks between cultivation realms are like chasms, all but impossible to cross. Countless prodigies and heroes have met their e 82.9kReads7.9Score7.2kShelves
- 11 Before Marriage: Stay Away from Me. After Marriage: Come Snuggle, Wife 婚前：别挨我，婚后：老婆贴贴 [Older woman-younger man romance: arrogant young master VS mature, alluring female CEO] The heir to the Feng family was forced to marry Jiang Tang, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, who was five years older than him. Feng Ling was unhappy about it, so he decided to put Jiang Tang in her place. Before the wedding, Young Master Feng said, “I don't love you, and you shouldn't love me either. After we get married, we'll each do our own thing, and neither of us will interfere in the other's bu 17.4kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
- 12 Six Paths of Reincarnation: The Prison of Heaven and Earth 六道轮回：乾坤牢笼 [Traditional Fantasy] [Overpowered Protagonist] [Eastern Elements] [The Myriad Worlds] [No formulaic tropes, no System, no mindless plot, no wish fulfillment] The gods moved their pieces, burying one dazzling golden age after another. Emperors who had reached the peak of the Great Dao were toyed with like ants, right in the palms of their hands! The gods schemed against those who dared defy heaven, slaughtering their entire clans and leaving only the legitimate heir alive, his Rinnegan gouged ou 5.8kReads8.9Score513Shelves
- 13 The Ninth-Rank Artifact Crafter 九品炼器师 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Artifact Refining] [A Young Man’s Rise] [Industrialization] [Fantasy Warfare] [Ensemble Cast] [Comedy and Satire] [Slow Burn] Young Qian Duoduo transmigrates through space! As a mortal, he starts from scratch! Thrown into prison, he’s facing certain death from the very start! If he doesn’t want to die, he’ll have to fight! To make matters worse, his bargain-basement master, a skinny old man, puts him over the fire to roast! If you want to read abo 23.8kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
- 14 You All Chase After the Heroine? I’ll Marry the Demon Queen! 你们都追女主？那女魔头我娶走了 [One heroine + everyday affection + guaranteed sweetness + cultivation system + grand setting] Shen Yi'an transmigrates into a rather outrageous novel. Born into the world, he discovers that he’s the original protagonist, the one with a massive green hat hanging over his head: the Sixth Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, His Highness Prince Chu! The second, third, fourth, and nth male leads all like the heroine. Whoever wants that whole field of green can have it. I don’t. You’re all going after 119.6kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves
- 15 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 467kReads9.1Score47.2kShelves
- 16 I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者 The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. … 3.3kReads—Score149Shelves
- 17 EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 566.7kReads9.3Score73.5kShelves
- 18 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 981.4kReads9.4Score102.3kShelves
