Novels like Shadows in Time
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Shadows in Time, best match first.
- 1 Ha! Does This Emperor Need Your Approval? How Absurd! 呵！本皇需要你们承认嘛！可笑！ Ling Mu, a university student from Blue Star, meets an untimely end and his soul returns to a cultivation world. There, he awakens the Emperor’s Path System and inherits the imperial legacy of the Myriad Worlds. To uncover the secrets behind this legacy, protect the world beneath his feet, and, above all, return to the Blue Star he longs for, he embarks on the path of an emperor, waging war across countless realms and sweeping through the Myriad Worlds. Whenever battle breaks out, he is always —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Some Secrets Can Never Be Told 总有不能说的秘密 This book is entirely fictional, imagined and made up by the author. Please do not apply it to real life. The male lead is Yi Junlin, and the female lead is Wen Jing. As the story develops, people connected to Yi Junlin will appear. There is no single, fixed plotline at the heart of this book. The story is built around changes in Yi Junlin’s personality and emotions, with emotional development as its main thread and an uncertain direction. Please forgive any shortcomings. Yi Junlin was originall —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I Am the Only Gentle Soul in All the Heavens 吾乃诸天唯一温柔 Just the name Zhao Tianchen was enough to make forbidden beings across the Myriad Worlds tremble. He had once torn apart chaos and crushed the void, returning from beyond every unknown taboo. He had long since become the Ancestor of Taboos, standing above all forbidden beings. To him, the Myriad Worlds and trillions of universes were nothing but specks of dust. All living beings and countless prodigies were no different from ants in his eyes. He was cold because nothing in the world could move h 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 From the Start, I'm the Immortal Venerable of All Worlds: My Campus Life Is a Little... 开局万界仙尊：我的校园生活有点 Lin Mo was the “Mysterious Vault Immortal Venerable” above the Nine Heavens, revered throughout the myriad worlds. His cultivation reached the heavens and earth, and he had attained the very end of the Dao. Weary of eternal solitude and the coldness of supremacy, he sealed away his memories and almost all his cultivation, retaining only a sliver of instinctive defense and his passive status. Taking the identity of an ordinary person named Lin Mo, he descended into Class 7, Grade 12, at Jiangchen 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Emperor Jiuchen: Spoiling Jingwan Alone 九宸帝尊：唯宠静婉 - Protagonist: Yi Jiu Born from the source of chaos at the beginning of the Primordial Era, his realm surpasses every known category, including “Dao Ancestor” and “Heavenly Emperor.” He is a forbidden existence throughout the Myriad Worlds. Overbearing and cold, he regards all living things as ants, yet is devoted to Lin Jingwan with a passion etched into his soul. When Lin Jingwan died in her previous life protecting him, he reversed time and space to send her to be reborn in the mortal world. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Original Male Lead Is a Hopeless Romantic 原著男主他是恋爱脑 Lou Xiao worked hard to get into college, but before she could even enjoy campus life, a car accident sent her straight into a novel called My Boyfriend Is Going to Turn Dark. She had become the vicious supporting character who bullied the male lead and met a tragic end. Five-year-old Lou Xiao: "..." There should still be time... right? Without a golden finger, Lou Xiao could only cling blindly to the male lead, hoping that once he grew up, he would spare her. But something about the plot seeme 9.7kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
- 7 A Secret Crush Is Like a Sugar-Sweet Star! 暗恋是颗星星糖！ [Sweet, gentle, and soft-spoken heroine x roguishly handsome flirt] [College romance | Mutual pining comes true | Both leads are each other's first | Sweet romance | Flirty and romantic] In high school, Tan Xuze was a born winner, with a top-tier family and looks to match. His grades were always at the top, and everyone adored him. Shu Mian wasn't one of the stars surrounding him, and she never dared hope her secret crush would ever see the light of day. At college, Tan Xuze was still the cente 22.8kReads9.4Score3.1k14d adds
- 8 Weaving Whales 织鲸 Print edition signed [Reborn on campus * the second male lead gets the girl * wants to win his wife back but can't find the crematorium] [Clear-eyed, aloof heroine * sweet-on-the-inside hero pretending to be cool] The most rebellious and courageous thing Jiang Mingzhi ever did was marry Pei Jinyang, the son of Uncle Pei. In her pursuit of true love, she was shunned by everyone and despised. After marrying Pei Jinyang, she thought she was the heroine of a sweet romance. She never expected that af 26.9kReads9.1Score3.9k14d adds
- 9 Shocking! The Metaphysics Master Can Hear People's Thoughts 震惊！玄学大佬被读心了 [Mysticism + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + mind-reading + lighthearted] After graduating with a law degree, Xia Wange, heir to a Daoist sect, sees a wheelchair shimmering with purple energy at a car crash site. Born unable to gather energy, she can’t bring herself to leave the wheelchair alone. [I’ll carry this wheelchair off and borrow the energy on it to draw talismans. Then I’ll be the undisputed goddess of the supernatural world!] Lu Qiu, the CEO still trapped in the wreckage, inexpli 349.9kReads9.5Score70.5k14d adds
- 10 When the Clouds Are Deep and the Waters Clear 云深清浅时 Xiao Yunxing is the dashing, top-of-the-class heartthrob admired by every girl at school: someone to admire from afar, but never touch. Yet he smiles only for Chen Qinghuan, the “childhood sweetheart” who transfers to his school, and spoils her in every way. Chen Qinghuan is a proud, domineering, yet adorably naive math genius. Math is her talent, and loving him is her dream. She stays by his side, always. One waits, the other pursues, and together they earn places at their dream university. Aft 18.6kReads9.6Score2.1k14d adds
- 11 Great Tang: Li Shimin Begs Me to Start a Rebellion 大唐：李世民求我造反 Li Ke transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty. He plans to use his skills as a motivational speaker to brainwash a loyal crew and keep his head down as an unremarkable prince. But eight years after transmigrating, he discovers that he brought along an entire national strategic reserve warehouse. So Li Ke throws caution to the wind. If he’s going to be a prince, he might as well be one who fears nothing and lives as freely as he pleases! First, he starts a newspaper to build his rep 155.4kReads9.5Score16.6k14d adds
- 12 After Fleeing the Chaotic Era, I Became the Founding Empress 乱世逃亡后，我成了开国女帝 [Publication rights signed] [Strong heroine + political intrigue + turbulent times + power struggles + ensemble cast] She’s fleeing from the start, a female warlord in a chaotic age. Lin Zhihuang, originally named Lin Zhihuan, transmigrates as a county magistrate’s daughter, only to find tens of thousands of refugees attacking the city from the start! While others transmigrate into palace or household intrigue, she transmigrates straight into a chaotic age and a desperate flight from famine. The 93.2kReads9.4Score12.8k14d adds
- 13 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 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9k14d adds
- 14 EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds
