Novels like The Immortal Who Came from the Ming Dynasty
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Immortal Who Came from the Ming Dynasty, best match first.
- 1 I’m a Zombie, So Why Are You Telling Me to Go Home for a Blind Date and Inherit the Family Business? 我是僵尸你叫我回家相亲继承家业 “Urban fantasy + wild imagination + spiritual qi revival + nagging about marriage + zombies + multiple flirty relationships + comedy” Son, come home for a blind date. This one’s really beautiful. A blind date? What the hell, how’s a zombie like me supposed to get married? No way! Son, your childhood betrothed is coming to see you. Make yourself presentable. Don’t let her come. Tell her I’m already dead. Son, come home and take over the family business. Your dad wants to retire. What do you mean 736Reads6.8Score102Shelves
- 2 My Date with a Vampire: God's-Eye View 我和僵尸有个约会之上帝视角 Zombies are born from the resentment and filth of heaven and earth. They do not age, die, or perish. Cast out by Heaven, Earth, and humanity from the six paths of reincarnation, they wander without shelter, homeless and adrift. They draw strength from resentment and feed on blood, using the blood of the living to vent their endless loneliness. In the north stands the Ma family, a clan of exorcist dragon slayers; in the south is Mao Xiaofang, a Taoist master of his generation. With his profound m 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Think Corpse Keepers Are Weak? Have You Heard of the Corpse Ancestor Jiang Chen? 养尸人弱？可曾听闻尸祖将臣 In an era when everyone can change careers and all races coexist, battle aura, strength, incantations, and magic are commonplace. Xiao Yun, a direct descendant of the Xiao family, failed to inherit the family's traditional profession of “curse caster” when he awakened. Instead, he awakened as a corpse tender and became the butt of countless jokes. Does that mean his only career options are giving corpses makeovers at a funeral home, getting rid of the stench, or freezing them? No, no. Xiao Yun t 220Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 My Date with a Vampire: Time-Space Powers from the Start 僵约：开局时空异能 [My Date with a Vampire] + [Journey to the West] + [Transmigration] + [Lighthearted] + [Multiple Heroines] Yang Fan gets incredibly lucky and finds himself in the world of My Date with a Vampire. Bitten by Jiang Chen in Hongxi Village, he becomes a green-eyed vampire who can fly through the sky and burrow through the earth, and who is immortal and ageless. After awakening two supernatural abilities, he figures that in this vast world, he can go wherever he wants and do whatever he likes. But he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Jiangshi: From the Start, I Become Sworn Brothers With Uncle Jiu 僵尸：开局和九叔结拜 The short story “Uncle Jiu: Things That Happened Before I Became a Taoist” is now available. The song “Childhood Sweethearts: Spring Sorrows in a Brocade Letter” is out now. Search the pen name on Soda Music or Douyin. [Half everyday life + Uncle Jiu + zombies + My Date with a Vampire + hand-built System + multiple romantic storylines + multiple heroines + some power progression + invincible] Tian Xin transmigrates into a zombie world, expecting to live an unremarkable life. Little does he know 2.1kReads5.5Score133Shelves
- 6 My Date with a Vampire: The Strongest Zombie King Makes Ma Xiaoling Cry 僵约：最强僵尸王，吓哭马小玲 Gu Yun, a college student from the twenty-first century, woke up in the world of My Date with a Vampire and found himself transformed into a zombie with Pangu blood. After activating the System, he advanced step by step until he became the strongest Zombie King. Immortal and indestructible, with boundless power! From then on, he battled Jiang Chen and defied “Fate,” changing an apocalyptic conspiracy through his own strength. In time, people began to call him a “god”! 1.2kReads7.2Score113Shelves
- 7 My Date with a Vampire: I Mutated After Merging with Pangu’s Bloodline 僵约：融合盘古血脉的我变异了 After his startup failed, Jiang Hao went abroad to work off his debts. He was caught up in an international conflict, and while revisiting a classic at home, he was swallowed by a missile. When he woke again, he found himself at the starting point of the story in a television series. Hongxi Village. He then awakened a System and received Pangu’s bloodline through a sign-in. But when the bloodline fused with him, it mutated after reacting with the Sinovac vaccine in his body, giving him the abili 8.1kReads7.2Score477Shelves
- 8 My Younger Brother Is the Zombie Progenitor 我的弟弟是僵尸真祖 Where did zombies originate? And where did they come from? My name is Ye Han. An unexpected mishap during a trip turned me into a zombie. At first, I only wanted to use my zombie powers to investigate how my parents died and keep my older sister safe, but I kept getting dragged into all kinds of inexplicable trouble. Gradually, I came to realize that I couldn't stand against those powerful forces alone, so I founded my own faction. But the crisis didn't end there. For no apparent reason, I was p 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 My Date with a Vampire: Newly Turned Purple-Eyed Vampire, Targeting Ma Danna 僵约：刚成紫眼僵尸，目标马丹娜 Plot: My Date with a Vampire III + My Date with a Vampire II When I first transmigrated, I was bitten by Jiang Chen. Before I was bitten, I swallowed half of the Pure World Dragon Pearl. The two forces clashed, turning me into a purple-eyed vampire. It all began in Hongxi Village. And then… 36Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 10 I Am Jiang Chen, Ancestor of the Jiangshi: Ruling Honghuang from the Sea of Blood 吾尸祖将臣，从血海开始制霸洪荒 Jiang Chen transmigrated into the primordial world and became the zombie progenitor, Jiang Chen. As the first zombie born since the creation of the world, he wielded the Chaos Spirit Treasure, the Corpse Dao Coffin, and rose to prominence! From the start, he defeated Minghe, seized the Sea of Blood, and established the Undying Primordial Dao. He beat up the Three Pure Ones and the Two Sages of the West at Zixiao Palace! He fought three thousand mighty figures alone at Mount Buzhou! Di Jun: “Sham 2.8kReads6.5Score222Shelves
- 11 My Date with a Vampire: The Menace 僵约之祸害 [My Date with a Vampire + transmigration + no System + lighthearted + comedy + urban + wild imagination + utterly shameless] My Date with a Vampire: a pitiful world where a bunch of lunatics take turns trying to destroy it. But when an outsider appears in this world, it is saved! When Luo Hou is secretly preparing his Moon-Burial Plan, he suddenly finds himself surrounded by a crowd! When Nuwa is powerless to stop herself from destroying the world, countless zombies surge into the sky and force 4.2kReads9.0Score194Shelves
- 12 My Date with a Vampire: I’m Serious About Catching Ghosts in Showbiz 僵约：娱乐圈里抓鬼，我是认真的 Also known as: My Date with a Vampire: As a Hong Kong Star, I Refuse to Exorcise Demons [The dramatic, pampered young lady Mao Yueyue x the man who says one thing but means another, Yamamoto Kazuo] (My Date with a Vampire fanfiction + original pairing + shady System + melodramatic plot) [The male lead’s actions will not be whitewashed! Don’t read if that bothers you, thanks, sweeties.] Fun 525Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 13 Vampire Expert: The Three-Flavored True Fire Shines Across China 僵约之三味真火耀神州 After transmigrating into My Date with a Vampire, Chang Yu declares that Zhen Zhen is someone he desires, and so is Ma Xiaoling. What does it feel like to be an undead knight, a roving hero, or a dragon rider? Even Sister Jiajia, a top-tier rich beauty, seems to have plenty of charm! 17.8kReads7.6Score1.8kShelves
- 14 Reborn as the Corpse Ancestor Hou Qing, Hunted by Ma Ling’er from the Start 重生尸祖后卿，开局被马灵儿追杀 (This is not a dark, kill-crazy story. It includes plenty of romance, and the characters have sound values, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The setting is semi-fictional, with Ma Xiaoling as the sole heroine. The protagonist's power will also be suppressed for a while partway through, so apologies if you only like stories with an invincible protagonist.) Ling Luotian transmigrates to the world of Jiangshi, but something is wrong with the timeline: he's in ancient times! By chance, he 6.5kReads8.9Score297Shelves
- 15 My Date with a Vampire: Sorry, the Award-Winning Actress Is More Ferocious at Ghost Hunting Than Acting 僵约：抱歉，影后抓鬼比演戏更猛 [Everyone Gets a Happy Ending + All the Original Heartbreaks Reversed + Explosive Plot, Over-the-Top Drama, Slow Burn] Main couples: Mao Yueyue x Situ Fenren; Yue Yinping x Wanyan Bupo Side couples: Ma Xiaoling x Kuang Tianyou; General x Ma Dingdang ⚠️ Warning: This is not the My Date with a Vampire you remember! When Mao Yueyue, an award-winning actress and inheritor of Mao Xiaofang’s legacy, arrives with a System, everyone’s fate goes off the rails. Wang Zhenzhen doesn’t die! Ruan Mengmeng doe 438Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 16 Fantasy World: The Eternal First Zombie 玄幻之万古第一僵尸 In every age, from Honghuang to antiquity and the medieval era, the powerful roamed heaven and earth, enduring throughout the myriad realms. Yet the undying Zombie Ancestor fell. The moment a weak creature became a zombie, the secrets of the ages were unlocked, and everything else followed. Heaven and earth, dark and yellow: if you refuse to submit, fight! 7.4kReads8.1Score740Shelves
- 17 Honghuang: I Am the Corpse Ancestor Jiangchen 洪荒之我乃尸祖将臣 Jiang Chen was an ordinary tomb raider in the modern world. During an expedition deep inside an ancient tomb, he was bitten by a zombie that had been dormant for a thousand years. As if that weren't bad enough, he accidentally triggered a mechanism in the tomb and, carrying the mysterious Heavenly Dao treasure known as the Chaos Burial Coffin, transmigrated to the Primordial World. When he opened his eyes, he discovered that he had become Jiang Chen, the Ancestor of Zombies. At this point, only 632Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Siheyuan: A Zombie Among the Courtyard Residents 四合院：混在四合院里的僵尸 There are already far too many System stories set in the Siheyuan. Today, let’s try something different: a zombie story that blends characters and plotlines from several period dramas. Don’t get hung up on the timeline. Just enjoy the ride. A novel is a novel, and getting too particular only spoils the fun. 7kReads7.7Score291Shelves
- 19 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局：开局变成僵尸 "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 71kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves
