Novels like Ah Hui and Ling Yuan
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Ah Hui and Ling Yuan, best match first.
- 1 Burning the Heavens Across the Five Realms 五界焚天记 The spiritual-vein flame seed lies hidden in the Burning Heaven Tower and sustains the balance of the five realms. Yet every thousand years, it triggers a devastating natural disaster: ground fires ravage the human realm, ancient trees wither in the spirit realm, flames rage out of control in the fire realm, ice spreads across the water realm, and black mist devours everything in the void realm. Everyone believes these disasters are natural upheavals that a “Flame Guardian” must lead the effort —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Craftsman's Soul Across the Ages 匠魂跨世录 Synopsis of Craftsmanship Across the Ages Lin Yanci never imagined that being reborn after an accident at a ceramics factory would make him the inheritor of the six great artisan families of the late Qing Dynasty. The moment his palm touched a ceramic tool left behind by his ancestors, memories surged into his mind: the Lin family's porcelain glaze formulas, the Su family's brocade-weaving techniques, and the Chen family's secrets for crafting mortise-and-tenon joints. At eight, he crouched in h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Wandering Through the Five Realms 漫游五界 In a vast and mysterious mythological world, a crisis threatening the survival of humanity is quietly unfolding. Xiao Fei, Ya Ling, and Yue Fei are three extraordinary individuals of exceptional intelligence. They had each been serving in their appointed roles in the celestial realm, but the turmoil across the human world and the people's desperate plight caught the Jade Emperor's attention. Moved by compassion, the Jade Emperor handpicked Xiao Fei, Ya Ling, and Yue Fei to descend to the mortal —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Great Qin: I Level Up by Slaying Enemies 大秦：我杀敌就可以升级成神 Great Qin: I Can Level Up by Killing Enemies [High-Martial Warring States × System Story × Alternate History] Qin Zhan, an orphan from the Battle of Changping, is reborn in the late Warring States period with the “Military Merit Apotheosis Ranking” System. Slay enemy troops to gather vital energy, collect battle souls, and command the Mandate of Heaven. He'll rise from an ordinary soldier to a god through nine ranks: soldier → squad leader → platoon leader → centurion → commander of a thousand → —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Record of Ascending to Immortality 凡人飞升录 [Classic mortal cultivation | No System | Ruthless and decisive | Master of dirty tricks | Scheming] [Alchemy, artifact crafting, body cultivation, formations, beast taming] [Traditional cultivation realms] This is the story of a master of dirty tricks coming into his own. His arrival will eventually become a mudslide sweeping through the Three Realms. After experiencing the joys of sabotaging others, one demonic cultivator has an epiphany. As a heart-stealing arsonist, he always has fairies sec 63.4kReads8.7Score5.6kShelves
- 6 EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 80.9kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves
- 7 EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 96kReads8.9Score8.2kShelves
- 8 One Sword, One Flask, One Universe 一剑一酒一乾坤 [Swordsmanship + Wine Immortal + Fantasy Xianxia + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Humanity’s Survival] A year ago, the boy watched his father shoulder his sword, slay demons, and save humanity, never to return. A year later, the boy arrives at Qingyun with only a sword and a jug of wine. Shunned by all, he is confined to the peach blossom grove. The sword his father called the “Sword of Protection” stands in the most prominent place in the Qingyun Sect, yet the world calls it the “Sword of Sham 73.5kReads9.3Score7kShelves
- 9 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 976.7kReads9.4Score99.9kShelves
- 10 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves
- 11 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
- 12 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
