Novels like The Peerless Coroner, Master Deng
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Peerless Coroner, Master Deng, best match first.
- 1 Cultivating Immortality in the Wasteland: FTXX 废土修仙FTXX An alien civilization has invaded, and humanity stands on the brink of extinction. In search of a path to cultivation, people hope to break the curse of annihilation. Yue Pengju is entrusted with a mission at this desperate hour. Bearing the hopes of the Asian survivors’ headquarters, he sets off north in search of immortals. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Roaming the World Together with You 与君天下同相游 Dual male leads + cultivation story (similar to traditional xuanhuan, with a very long timeline) + multiple couples (ship whoever you like) “I've already seen the summit of this world! But I haven't reached the end of this realm… Will you come with me?” Ye Sunian stood once more atop the snowy peak, letting the biting wind lash at him as he gazed into the distance. The person behind him stepped forward to stand at his side. “I will!” As the words fell, an ice wall formed behind Lin Yuze, enclosi 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Baby’s Thoughts Shock Everyone: The Whole Family Teams Up to Crush the Villains 奶娃心声炸了，全家组团虐渣 Reborn as the doomed baby character in her own novel, Shen Zhixing uses her mind-reading cheat to reveal the plot like crazy. Her family gradually awakens and joins forces to crush the fake relatives who usurped their place. This time, she will rewrite the ending. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Livestreaming Ghosts: I Became a Top-Tier Star in an Infinite Haunted House 直播见鬼：我在无限鬼屋当顶流 My name is Lin Yi. I work as a zombie NPC in a haunted house, earning twenty yuan an hour. Then, in a stall in the staff restroom, I saw the person in the mirror smile at me. It wasn’t my face. When I woke again, a red candle dripped bloody tears, silent bells hung from an old locust tree, and paper figures quietly turned their heads. My phone started a livestream on its own. The title glowed blood red: [First Stream: Seven Days in the Haunted House, No Survivors]. The comments flooded by: “ 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 I Fought Through the Apocalypse, but All I Want Is to Be a Shut-In Otaku 杀穿末日却只想当二次元死宅 Apocalypse + saintly heroine + war god + infection + supernatural powers + no System + no rebirth + no stockpiling + anime-inspired + beautiful boy protagonist (A friendly note: The first few chapters are longer than usual.) The end of the world arrives, and humanity faces its final days. In this cruel, shattered world, the infected roam unchecked, order collapses, cities lie in ruins, and survivors cling desperately to life. Mutants who awaken supernatural abilities become humanity’s last hope. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 In Lotus Tower, We Rest Our Blades and Flutes, Sharing the Jianghu Year After Year 莲楼枕刀笛，岁岁共江湖 Adapted from Mysterious Lotus Casebook, this story centers on the bond between Li Lianhua (Li Xiangyi), Fang Duobing, and Di Feisheng, revisiting a decade on the jianghu. From the intertwining sword shadows of their first meeting at the Lotus Tower to standing together amid the chaos of Yucheng's shadow puppets, from the agonizing choices at the First-Rank Tomb to a confession in the secret passage of the Tower of Ultimate Bliss, the Bicha poison may corrode the bones, but it cannot erode the ca 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 A Collection of Midnight Horror Stories 午夜惊魂的恐怖故事合集 A collection of ghost stories, one per chapter: the eerie, the terrifying, and the mysterious. The most frightening thing in the world isn't ghosts, but the human heart! The human heart is treacherous and unfathomable. May none of you ever encounter people like this. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Grim Reaper’s Esports First Love: Waiting for You in the Rift for Three Thousand Years 死神的电竞白月光峡谷等你三千年 [Grim Reaper of the Underworld × Esports Girl | 196 cm × 160 cm Height Difference | A Sweet Romance with No Other Partners] For three thousand years, Jiang Yi has ferried souls in the underworld. He is the Grim Reaper who governs life and death, and the loneliest night watchman at the Yellow Springs Inn. That is, until Su Nian dies suddenly, still in the middle of a ranked match in Honor of Kings, and stumbles into his shadowy canyon. He shields her with Arthur, blocking the encroaching darkne —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 You Think Stealing the Mooncake Would Ruin Me? It Was the Evidence I Left Behind to Convict You 以为偷走月饼就能毁了我？那本就是我留的定罪书 You thought stealing the mooncakes would ruin me? I left them there myself as evidence to convict you. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Endless Ruins 无尽墟途 [Two male leads, both powerful, one-on-one, multiple couples, open to all pairings] [Warning: Once you enter an instance, you must follow the rules. Violators will be erased.] A sudden flash of white light pulled a group of strangers into an infinite trial space. An abandoned school, a fog-shrouded ancient town, a theater at midnight... One eerie world after another appeared. At the edge of survival, human nature was laid bare: betrayal and protection, cowardice and courage. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Mystic Arts and the Mandate of Fate: My Daoist Destiny Subdues the Eight Wastelands 奇门御命：吾之道缘镇八荒 On a stormy night in the year Yimao of the Daxia dynasty, Shen Zhibai, a restorer of ancient texts, triggers a blood hex that his grandfather left behind seventy-three years ago, hidden in The Essence of Hetu and Luoshu. Plum Blossom Numerology reveals a fatal impasse, while Qimen Dunjia uncovers the mystery behind a grandmaster who vanished from the world a century ago. When the celestial tracks of the Purple Star envelop the modern city, Shen Zhibai finally understands: the one who subdues the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Honkai: Song of the End 崩坏，终焉之歌 (Any settings you encounter in this book that you've never heard of, or that contradict the original settings, are the author's own additions.) (The author isn't the character designer and can't avoid going out of character entirely. Please understand.) (Honkai Impact 3rd + Warm Snow + Lobotomy Corporation, possibly Honkai: Star Rail later. Multiple heroines.) (The male lead has an incubus constitution and is a latent sadist.) A human unexpectedly arrives in a world filled with Honkai Impact 3rd 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Ghost-Taming Case 驭鬼案 [Ghosts + Urban + Unorthodox Path + Female Ghosts + Harem] Can a Taoist master command ghosts? Can humans and ghosts stop being enemies? Can ghosts be good or bad?! At the end of the Yuan dynasty, a hundred years ago, Ying Yu, a thousand-year-old ghost king and a notorious prisoner of the underworld, caused an uprising in an attempt to escape. Zhu, a body of extreme yin nurtured by the underworld, used himself to reinforce the chains of the Demon-Suppressing Tower and bind Ying Yu inside once mo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Poison Empress of the Mystic Arts: A Good-for-Nothing’s Rise to the Ninth Heaven 玄门毒后：废柴逆袭踏九天 When her senior sister pushes her off Soulbreak Cliff, Su Qingyuan thinks she’s as good as dead. After all, she’s the “Spiritless Body” everyone at Qingyun Sect mocks, unable even to draw qi into her body. But at the brink of death, her Chaos Dao Eye awakens, an ancient spirit pet recognizes her as its master, and the mysterious spirit within her jade pendant comes to life. “Be good. I’ll teach you to cultivate from now on. No one will ever bully you again.” A cool voice reaches her ears. Her sp —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Tuberose’s One-Woman Show 晚香玉独角戏 For three years, she wrote a secret love story no one knew about. For three years, he played the silent, watchful admirer who gave her the space to shine. Gu Qinghuan thought she was an actress dancing alone onstage, the spotlight trained on her while the audience sat empty. She had no idea that Luo Hanchuan had been sitting in the front row all along, quietly memorizing every glance and every breath. Only on closing night did he finally walk onto the stage and whisper, “You acted beautifully. B 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 A Double Life: I Became a Woman and Reached the Pinnacle of Life 双面人生，我靠变女走向人生巅峰 After sleeping one night, Xia Yan woke up in a woman's body. She does a hand dance in the cafeteria in front of everyone, then gets her period. She takes on missions as a woman and receives rewards as a man. Everyday antics with his hapless buddies, packed with wild ideas. The beginning seems quiet and uneventful, but it's planted with plenty of clues. If you think you're good at spotting the logic, see if you can figure it out. Only after Xia Yan charges ahead to success in the business wor 1.7kReads—Score281Shelves
- 17 A Record of Breaking Fate and Changing Destiny Through Daoist Mysticism 道门玄学破局改命实录 [Practical little tales of the metaphysical arts] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, economics, reading profile pictures and phone numbers, folk techniques, incense arts, behavioral psychology, the finer points of spending, reading someone's temperament from their outfit, and analyzing the tricks behind social media nicknames] [A collection of handy tips] [Breaking down folk beliefs and explaining them logically] [Drawing on old traditions to bring a little more good fortune to e 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 BUG Fixer: I Reset Myself for My Sister BUG修复师，为了妹妹我重置了自己 The Bug Fixer: I Reset Myself for My Little Sister —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 After a Male-Focused Web Novel Editor Took Me Under His Wing 我被男频网编捞了以后 After a Male-Oriented Fiction Web Editor Picked Me Up 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 I Can Reincarnate Without End. Immortal Emperor, Are You Moved? 我能无限转世，仙帝老儿你感动吗 [Infinite Reincarnation + Fortune Settlement + Gifted Talents + Lighthearted Comedy + Not Overpowered] When other people die once, it's all over. But every time Ye Feng dies, his fortune is tallied, and he gets to choose a new life. After transmigrating to a cultivation world, he gets the standard setup from the start: a trash spiritual root and a broken engagement. He waits bitterly for forty years, but no comeback ever comes. All he gets is a sword through the neck. Only after his head hits th 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 It's Been So Long, But I've Never Been Able to Forget You 许久未见心里一直忘不了你 A new work is out! I hope you enjoy it. I'm just writing for fun, and my writing isn't very good, so please be patient with me. Fu Shiyan said, "Wait for me. I'll be back soon." I waited a long time, but you never came. All I knew was that you had gotten married. After waiting so long, it was time to wake up from this dream... Fu Shiyan took out a book. Inside was a photo of Shen Zhiyi and Fu Shiyan, taken during his senior year of college. As he looked at the faded picture, he found a grass r 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Villain Is Reborn to Battle the Rebellious Daughter Again 反派重生再斗逆女 The Villain Is Reborn to Take on His Rebellious Daughter Again 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Grandma’s Perfect Answer 外婆的满分答案 Grandma’s Perfect Answer —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 District 47, No. 1123 第47区.1123号 District 47, No. 1123 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Only Him and Him 只有他和他 A friendly reminder: This work is currently undergoing major revisions. This is a tragedy through and through, and nobody gets a happy ending. If you can't handle sad stories, enter at your own risk! Seriously, don't read it! This is pure bad-ending fiction! The plot is toxic, with plenty of angst! If you like sweet stories, stay away!! Seriously, stay away! Most of the characters are crazy, with very few genuinely good people. There are even more deranged characters! Once again, because it's im —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 A Heartbeat in Our Youth 青涩岁月心动 A new work is out! I'm just writing for fun, so feel free to take a look! (Older man + childhood friends + secret crush) Sheng Yanchen took her hand. "I've liked you since high school. You turned me down, so I waited three years, until you agreed to be my girlfriend." He had loved her for years. He thought he could always stay calm and keep those feelings hidden, until someone else appeared by her side. She never understood how he felt, and he couldn't keep waiting. He began to show her his fe 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Hidden Dragon Stirs the Waves 蛰龙惊涛 A xianxia wuxia novel set in the world of Sword and Fairy, with no golden finger, no transmigration, and no wise old mentor. The protagonist, Qin Mo, carries the bloodline of the Human Emperor Xuanyuan. He cultivates from an ordinary mortal to become a Great Emperor, taking the Holy Maiden of the Ice Profound Palace with him as he roams the martial world. No brothers, no martial world. He leads a small team to battle the Blood Demon, enter the Ice Abyss, slay Xingtian, and butcher Chiyou… Figh —Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 28 The Workplace: My Performance Bonus Is a Little Too Much 职场：我的绩效是亿点 Office Life: My Performance Bonus Is Just a Tiny Billion —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Step Aside, It’s Time for Me to Show Off 退后，我要装逼了 “Stand back. I’m about to show off!” The very next second after Su Zhe shouted those words, a basin of foot-washing water drenched him from head to toe. Everyone thought he was about to pull off something amazing, but instead he made a huge blunder... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Pill Calamity 丹禍 [Alternate History, Steampunk, Fantasy] In the nineteenth century, the tide of the Industrial Revolution surged forward, and the great powers all turned their attention to the isolated nations of the Far East. Meanwhile, Japan quietly rose by eagerly embracing new technology and culture. Unlike its neighbor, the Great Qing chose a very different path, one more insane and bizarre. China struggled onward through the mire. 827Reads—Score116Shelves
- 31 Transmigrated and Reborn: Building Infrastructure in the Three Kingdoms 穿越重生：我在三国搞基建 A top PhD student falls off a cliff and transmigrates to the frontier of Great Xia. The good-for-nothing county magistrate transforms into an infrastructure fanatic, develops the city, builds a powerful army, and wins a princess’s heart. Armed with modern knowledge, he overturns the balance among the Three Kingdoms and ultimately becomes a generation’s hegemon, returning home with his beloved. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 I Turned the Entire Shanhai Realm into a Top-Tier Star 我把整个山海界炼成了顶流 Jiang Dai, an animation restorer born in the 2000s, is swept into the world of Shanhai, the “ancestor of all animated worlds,” while restoring Shanhai, her late mother's unfinished masterpiece. Here, the laws of Heaven are the plot itself: you can count the protagonists' plot armor on one hand, death flags fly everywhere, and the background music even starts playing whenever emotions run high. The whole world lives by the script, and only she, the “viewer,” can see all the rules. So she finds a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Rule Horror: Ask the Heavens 规则怪谈：问天 When everyone else receives a set of rules, they think about how to follow them. When Shen Wen receives a set of rules, she asks: Who made them? Why should I obey? Under what conditions do they stop applying? Every space is a buried crime. Every rule is a flaw left behind by the killer. When she exposes the final layer of rules and stands before "Heaven," she asks the ultimate question: "You judge all living beings, but who judges you?" —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Xinglan Almanac of Solar Terms 星澜节气录 In the eyes of the world, spring plowing and summer growth are actually twenty-four life-demanding talismans! When the "Primordial Mainframe" digitizes the world, Awakening of Insects is no longer spring thunder, but a slaughterhouse where ten thousand ghosts return to life; Frost's Descent is no longer the feel of autumn, but a hopeless prison that freezes the soul. Su Wanqing transmigrates into this world, only to face a deadly trap on the very first day: Start of Spring. While everyone else f 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Hot-Blooded Policewoman’s Love Story 麻辣女警恋爱记 Sun Wenjing, captain of the Major Crimes Unit in the Criminal Investigation Division of Donghai City Public Security Bureau, and Qin Ming, an emergency room doctor at Donghai Anning Hospital, meet on a blind date. They fall in love at first sight. But their relationship is far from smooth sailing: they face one twist after another and even come close to death. To find out how their story ends, read "The Sassy Policewoman’s Love Story". What kind of thrilling romance will the goddess of Donghai’s 146Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 36 The God Became a Fool After Falling in Love! 神明恋爱后变傻了！ Bai Muchu, the ace quick transmigration task-taker from the First Love Department of the Space-Time Administration Bureau, was suddenly transferred to the Romance Department while completing his final mission. He was forced to bind himself to a new little System... From then on, in every smaller world Bai Muchu visited, an unhinged man relentlessly pursued him, loving him so fiercely he trembled. As he completed mission after mission, someone gradually made their way into his heart, which had be 49Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 37 I'll Turn Heaven Upside Down After This Delivery 送完这单掀翻天庭 [The Comeback Diary of a Lowly Errand Boy: Another Day of Wanting to Topple Heaven. Hilarious xianxia rooted in everyday life, court intrigue, and bickering enemies forced into a fake marriage] After transmigrating into the Celestial Court, Han Ning makes a living taking odd jobs: delivering alchemy ingredients to the Old Lord above and running private errands for the celestial maidens below. With his knack for getting along with everyone, he scrapes by in the cracks of the Ninth Heaven. An impe 2Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 38 I Once Paid for a Boyfriend 我曾花钱买过一个男朋友 I Once Paid for a Boyfriend 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Imperial Order: Subjugation 帝序：镇压 [Urban + plot-driven + fast-paced + thrilling and suspenseful + hard-hitting action] In 2045, spiritual qi revival sweeps across Earth, and the laws governing all realms begin to loosen. Strange fluctuations descend from the heavens, bringing the forbidden power of the mythic era, the Imperial Order, into the world. The inheritances and fragments of the laws of the Heavenly Emperors, including the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, the Ye Heavenly Emperor, and the Chu Heavenly Emperor, scatter across th 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Candlekeeper Era 烛守纪元 In the year 2500, at humanity's last fortress, I look back on how we lost. My mentor handed me a pair of gloves and said, “Put them on. You'll be able to see who isn't human.” But I saw her shadow grinning at me by candlelight. To bring her beloved daughter back to life, she created the God of False Humans. To cling to what remained of our lives, we launched the Xuanyuan Project. They said I was the last spark of hope, the sword that would slay the gods. But when dark matter fused with my s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Zombie Apocalypse: Betrayed and Left for Dead, I Return Reborn 丧尸末日：被背刺后，我重生归来 In the zombie apocalypse, Lu Chen survives for five years and finally obtains a supreme treasure of time and space, only for his girlfriend, Liu Ruyan, to stab him in the back and hand it over to her organization’s leader. When he opens his eyes again, he has returned to one month before the disaster. Looking at Liu Ruyan’s text on his phone, “Honey, do you like this handbag?” Lu Chen smiles. In this life, he turns around and trades everything he owns for permanent rights to the underground morg —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 What? You Want Me to Kill a God? 你说啥，你让我去弑神？ [Urban high martial arts]/ [Single heroine] Jiang Jingsheng, an ordinary eighteen-year-old college freshman, stumbles upon a mysterious event beyond all reason during an otherwise unremarkable weekend. That night, a mysterious man appears in his dream and reveals a shocking secret, one powerful enough to overturn everything he thought he knew. What hidden truths lie beneath the dazzling lights of Tokyo’s streets, within the undercurrents of political life around the world, and behind the solemn 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Please, Just Let Me Lay Low 求求了，让我苟着 During the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Five Barbarians, the world was in chaos, and human lives were worth next to nothing. Li Guian, a graduate student in history, transmigrated into this era. The moment he opened his eyes, his father and brother had just died, and refugees were surrounding the fortified village. While people beyond its walls were “eating their own children,” this crumbling stronghold was the only place he could call home. Fortunately, he knew how to cultivate farmland, build irr 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Immortal Way 仙道 The Immortal Way —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 My Son Gets into Trouble, I Get Stronger. Please, Stop Kneeling! 儿子惹祸我变强，求求你们别跪了 My Son Gets into Trouble, and I Grow Stronger. Please, Stop Kneeling! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Revised: I Transmigrated Into a Book and Married My Hater 穿书修正版：和黑粉结婚了 "Gu Xingci is a fake, all show on the outside! Built up by capital, deceiving people with a carefully crafted image. Rotten to the core, and completely unworthy of being a top-tier star!" The original heroine raised her head and screamed in public, each word sharp as a blade. In front of a roomful of reporters, she hurled vicious personal attacks that left the entire hall silent. Gu Xingci glanced down at her, undisguised contempt spreading through his eyes. His voice was cold as ice. "You keep 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Me? A Failed Author, and My Own Male Lead Takes Over My Account? 我？扑街作者，被自己男主顶号？ The male protagonist of a novel by a washed-up author has lost both his parents, been sent to live with his aunt and abused, bullied after joining a sect, and then watched that sect get wiped out just as he was starting to climb the ranks. After switching sects, he is deceived by a woman... then betrayed by a brother... At last, he falls to his knees. Then he hears the voices of the hot-blooded boys from a shonen manga encouraging him?! Don't give up so easily, okay, Weekend-kun. The System awa 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Bones of My Beloved 锁卿骨 She returns through the snow wearing another person’s face, determined to collect a blood debt from the imperial city that devours all who enter. Five years ago, Empress Chu Qingqing died unjustly in the cold palace, and the entire Chu family was wiped out. Five years later, Shen Qingci, the daughter of a frontier general, returns to the capital. Every frown and smile of hers resembles the late empress by seven parts out of ten. The deranged emperor Xiao Zhi abducts her in broad daylight and loc 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Undercover Anti-Fraud Series 1: The Campus Chapter, Starry Prison 卧底反诈系列1校园篇之星辉囚笼 Infiltrating a foreign university, taking on organized crime with brains and courage! Xinghui University, a top university in Feiguo, has been infiltrated by the Northern District's criminal underworld. Dozens of Chinese exchange students have gone missing over the past three years. Young officer Lin Yan goes undercover and obtains the core files, discovering that as many as 308 exchange students are implicated. To rescue the victims and prevent more students from falling prey, Lin Yan joins for —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 A Great Transformation in the Countryside: The Cowherd’s Road to a Comeback 山乡巨变：放牛娃的逆袭之路 The Great Transformation of the Mountain Village: A Cowherd's Road to a Comeback tells the inspiring story of a rural cowherd who overcomes one obstacle after another through tireless effort and eventually becomes a leader in revitalizing rural industries. The protagonist is born in a poor mountain village and grows up enduring a hard life. But he dreams of changing his fate through education. His path to learning is full of hardship, yet he never gives up. In the end, he earns outstanding grade 3Reads—Score—Shelves
