Novels like Breaking Heaven's Secrets, Part One: The Beginning of Humanity
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Breaking Heaven's Secrets, Part One: The Beginning of Humanity, best match first.
- 1 The Living Yama Ruan Xiaoqi: The Sequel 活阎罗阮小七后传 After the campaign against Fang La, Ruan Xiaoqi is appointed commander-in-chief of the Gaitian Army, but can’t find the government offices and is housed in a dilapidated temple outside the city. An imperial edict soon arrives, granting him two bottles of royal wine. But the decree condemns him as a “great bandit of Liangshan” who “wore the dragon robe to flaunt his power,” and orders him to take his own life. After reading it, Ruan Xiaoqi throws back his head and laughs. He strangles the eunuch —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Haunted Encounter in an Ancient Village: The Child’s Spirit Wants a Padded Jacket 闯古村遇诡:童魂要棉袄 A Haunting in an Ancient Village: The Child’s Ghost Wants a Padded Jacket —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Chasing the Light With a Fiery Face: A Beloved at My Side, Peace for Home and Country 炽颜逐光:良人伴,家国安 Chasing the Light of Radiant Beauty: A Beloved Companion, Peace for Home and Country 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Anomalous Lifeform Cognition Report 异常生物认知报告 Anomalous Biology Assessment Report [Overworked office worker + supernatural crisis + superpowers + mutual salvation + self-discovery] The instant [Giant Worm] popped up on his phone, a fissure in the earth tore open With every monster he killed, the world twisted a little more strangely. And the most dangerous enemy of all was actually him? Forbidden kisses, a clash of lies and true love, brothers fighting shoulder to shoulder in a blazing battle… When saving the world means abandoning the wor —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn as the Wild King's Number One Career Fan 重生之我是野王头号事业粉 [Esports + Rebirth + Two Male Leads] A younger, cheeky puppy-like guy chases his beloved. Two sweethearts on the same team show off their affection every day. In his previous life, he could only watch his idol’s peak, glory, decline, and silence through a screen. He even lost all news of him forever, and with it, his own youth. In this life, Lu Xuan finally finds the courage to make a different choice. He’ll stand by Gu Ruohuai’s side and climb back to the top alongside his idol. “Ruohu 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I Woke Up as Lin X Rui? 一觉醒来,我变成了林x锐? The Linx Rui virus has broken out!!! Everyone who gets infected turns into the person on my cover. It’s terrifying. Hehe, I’m going to save the world!!!!!!!!! But is the truth about the world really like that? 6Reads—Score114d adds
- 7 The Tale of the Physician-Errant: Two Heroines Roam the Martial World 医侠传之双姝闯江湖 The Physician-Avenger: Two Heroines Roam the Martial World 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Thirty Strange Tales of the School 校三十怪谈 What does it feel like to survive for thirty days in a special school where death is always close? Life and death are separated by a single instant. The “college entrance exam” for more than a hundred people is about to reveal the truth... Is it really called the “college entrance exam”? Can they really graduate successfully? "Three protagonists, no wish fulfillment, no System, dual male leads, special-school setting, protagonists who grow over time" —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Slaying Gods in Another World, Starting with the Pinnacle of Inner Arts 异世界戮神从修炼顶级内功开始 [Eastern martial arts in a Western fantasy setting | Team growth and high-octane battles | Divine conspiracies and dystopia] Long Hua transmigrates to a world of magic carrying China’s finest internal martial arts. Forced to take part in the “Battle for Divinity,” he must compete against divine envoys from other worlds. When his internal arts unexpectedly evolve, Long Hua learns that the war is really a “game of slaughter,” and decides to embark on a journey to slay the gods. As new companions j —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Communist Principality 共产主义公国 [Dystopia × Symbolism × Liberalism × First-/Third-Person Narration] Under a metal dome in the heart of the Pacific, millions of bodies walk like marionettes. A thought virus courses through their veins, while a spiral radio telescope devours every spark of awakening, until one day, a girl in a dream opens her eyes and sends a quantum wave of freedom into the pupils of revolutionaries. “This was once the most perfect prison in the world.” The historian clutches the yellowed fragments of Jiang Jin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 My Childhood Movies and Cartoons Have Been Turned into Silly Novels 童年影视动漫,被写成沙雕小说了 Do you remember racing home after school just to catch that familiar theme song on TV? From the Calabash Brothers’ “Monsters, give me back my grandpa!” to the madcap chases in Tom and Jerry, Doraemon’s all-purpose pocket, and battling monsters and clearing levels in Super Mario Bros. to rescue the princess, these cartoons, anime, classic films and TV shows, and classic games are some of the most vivid memories of our childhood. With a lighthearted, humorous touch, this book reimagines beloved a 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Ainar 艾伊纳尔 [Western fantasy + passionate action + slow pace + epic scale + magic + swordsmanship + coming of age] War, betrayal, regicide, plague, and conquest unfold in Aiyinaer. Peace, trust, loyalty, health, and unity unfold in Aiyinaer. The day Lokasi left Qinshu Village, he could never have imagined all that lay ahead. A fantasy world forged from magic and the sword. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Ordinary Folk 寻常百姓 At five thirty in the morning, the iron gates of the market roll open. Shoes click through the underground parking garage of an office building. White steam rises from a breakfast stall at the mouth of an alley. These little sounds trace the city’s true pulse. The dust of the times may weigh as heavily as a mountain on an ordinary person, but there are always people quietly holding them up. Zhang, the hardware-store owner, has arranged his shelves at three in the morning for twenty years to put 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Don't Compare Tomb Raiders! The Guanshan Taibao Have No Taboos! 别拿摸金比!观山太保百无禁忌! My name is Jiang Jiuhe. My ancestors were the Guanshan Taibao, who built and guarded imperial tombs to keep tomb raiders away. But by the time the duty passed down to me, I'd spent twenty-five years on guard and still couldn't get a decent meal. I looked at our ancestral copy of The Guanshan Guide to Mysteries and spat. To hell with the ancestral rules! In this world, starving to death is no better than gambling everything, even your life. But I never imagined that by tearing it up, I would be r 666Reads—Score10614d adds
- 15 Yin-Yang Misjudgment 阳错阴查 If the old Heavenly Court collapsed along with the shattered earth during that age when countless people across China suffered, then the underworld became the last safeguard for the souls and continued existence of the Chinese people. Would you believe in ghosts and gods? What if foreign powers infiltrated and interfered with China's revival, while Japan provoked us at every turn? What would you do? Fight our way in! From the Sanzu River to the City of the Yellow Springs! From the old Heavenl 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Whispers of the Fallen Dragon Star 龙陨星的低语 [No instant kills, no golden finger, no leveling System, no transmigration] [Just steel, gunpowder, faith, the Warp, and cultivation magic colliding] Lin Lan, a cultivator at the Deity Transformation stage, was struck by a tribulation bolt while breaking through his heavenly tribulation and ended up in Warhammer 40K, on the Imperium's remote planet, Dragonfall. What happens when a weakened cultivator faces a boltgun at point-blank range? What will happen when his once-elegant spells clash with 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The First Signs of Snow, Reborn Once More 冰雪初显,转世再临 (Traditional fantasy + reincarnation + legacy; the whole story is not sweet, uh, I mean, it’s all “sweet” and addictive.) Note: This book is also titled “Born with the Ice God Physique: So I’m the Ice Ancestor?” In a distant northern sanctuary, a little girl appeared. At first, people thought she would grow up to be perfectly ordinary. But later... as those from her past passed away one after another, she... “How strange. Who is this Ice God they keep talking about?” As Lin Xinyue walked through —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 My Exam Life 1: Wingless Rainbow Crow 我的考试人生1无翼彩鸦 There are no supernatural happenings here, no strange tales. Only dangerous and eerie chief examiners, sinister and scheming proctors, question setters beyond all comprehension, and candidates waiting like lambs to the slaughter. My name is Lin Ji. I am currently in the examination hall for the second mock exam of the Global Joint Entrance Examination, using a certain method to send a message to the unknown. Remember these words: “If you are a student, pay attention to whether strange incidents 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 In the Clouds, I Know Immortality 云深知长生 Immortality, xianxia, slow-burn, imaginative, no saintly heroine, no System, alternate history A journey that can only be reached after death, and a meeting of forgetting and farewell. A nameless boy strays into the Flower Realm of the Divine Realm, where he meets a flower fairy imprisoned for a thousand years and Lu Shanshan, a girl who is always smiling. During half a year of wandering, he sees all the splendor and desolation of the Divine Realm, yet can never remember who he is. Until the day —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Memory Loss from the Start: A World in Chaos 开局失忆世界大混乱 Amnesia from the start + a System that makes life miserable + a world turned upside down. He wakes up with all his memories erased, and the world has gone completely off the rails: modern residential complexes have become ancient martial-arts settings, gym equipment has turned into legendary martial arts weapons, and all the modern people in the city have vanished, leaving only experts who crossed over from a wuxia world. He’s forced to bind himself to a sharp-tongued, freeloading System with bi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Demon Lord Sacrifices Himself to the Three Realms to Win Back His Wife 魔尊为了追妻拿自己献祭三界 He shattered a realm for her, and guarded a realm for her. In the first life, he was a young general who had distinguished himself protecting the emperor. She was an upstart who'd kicked her way to fame in the capital, taking up armor and sword for wealth and status. He died tragically amid court intrigues, while she waited for him all her life. In the second life, she was a fox who stayed by his side, accompanying him through both his rise and his lowest moments. Only when he died was she not t 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 I'll Give Everything to Get One More Dream with You 我付出所有,再换一次有你的美梦 [Pure Romance + Urban High Martial Arts + Tribulation Transcender + Slow Burn] On the thirty-seventh day of July's heat wave, I count the droplets on my iced Americano cup and wait for the glass door to be pushed open for the eighty-fourth time at 3:17. The ratio of asphalt to locust blossoms on her canvas shoes is always exact, and the way she wipes coffee stains behind the counter lasts precisely as long as a certain Bill Evans piano solo. As the digits on the electronic clock begin to run bac 25Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 23 Secret Records of Northern Tomb Raiders 北派盗墓秘录 [Hardcore Tomb Raiding]+ [Suspense at Full Throttle]+ [Utter Terror] Before my master disappeared, he sent me only a stone shard carved with a black dragon coiling around a coffin, along with a bloodstained prophecy: “When the Dragon-Suppressing Coffin stirs, the nine lineages return to their source; when the black dragon opens its eyes, the secret map will emerge.” To find my master, I set out with the black dragon shard and my childhood friend Wu Nianjiu for a suspected Liao-dynasty tomb benea 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Joy and Good Fortune, Every Day 时时欢乐如意 May joy and good fortune fill every moment —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 It Wasn't You After All 偏偏不是你 Just Not You —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Dancing Flowers, Shifting Shadows 花舞弄清影 Dancing Blossoms, Playing with the Clear Shadows —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Splendor of Southern Han 南汉风华录 The Bride in the Coffin: A Game of Wits in a Turbulent Age After dying suddenly, she finds herself the most bizarre “bride at a funeral” in the chaotic world of the Southern Han. Su Wanjing, a modern girl, unexpectedly transmigrates to Baihe City in the late Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, just as Liu Chang ascends the throne as the last ruler of the Southern Han. She opens her eyes to a horrifying scene: someone has hanged herself, and she is trapped in a coffin. She has become Su Nin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I Bought Talismans Online, and a Celestial Master Teaches Me to Catch Ghosts 网购符箓,天师在线教我抓鬼 I ordered ghost-repelling talismans online, but what arrived was a stack of children’s sticker toys. After I left a bad review and filed a complaint, the seller called late that night. “Fellow cultivator, wait!” The next day, a handsome man in ancient robes showed up at my door and solemnly took my hand. “Spiritual energy is thin in the modern world, so talismans need your blood.” Just as I bit my fingertip, he suddenly started a livestream. “Everyone, the top donor gets a ghost-catching experie 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Schemes from the Dark Abyss 暗渊之谋 Lin Yue is a seasoned journalist. Influenced by generations of doctors in her family, she once dreamed of practicing traditional Chinese medicine, but had to give it up to honor her grandfather's dying wish. Even so, she never stopped studying it in her daily life. One day, she receives an assignment to conduct an interview, only to stumble into one bizarre incident after another. Linked together, they seem to be drawing her into a vast whirlpool: a strange bureau chief, missing children, a Taoi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Northern School's Tomb Raider: Searching for Dragons 北派盗墓寻龙记 [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Adventure + Underworld + History] Adapted from true experiences. That year, I was no master appraiser fresh out of prison. I was just a poor kid who identified soil by smell and felt his way along tomb passages with his fingers. I drifted through a hazy youth and into middle age, enduring hardship and uncertainty all the way. Over half a lifetime, I witnessed all sorts of people from all walks of life, and heard tales of the underworld you have never heard before. If yo 51.3kReads7.9Score4k14d adds
- 31 Ning Zhixue 凝芝雪 For years, the armies of Xixia and Dongman have fought, leaving the people to suffer unbearably. Gu Yun, Xixia's great general, died on the battlefield. He left behind a young daughter, Gu Ningzhi. When she was little, she accompanied her mother to a temple to pray for blessings. By a twist of fate, she saved Prince Xue Qingzhou. Ten years later, Gu Ningzhi and Xue Qingzhou met again, and their affection for each other grew as they spent time together. Just as they recognized each other, enemy f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Surviving the Three Kingdoms 我在三国熬命长 I transmigrated into a lowly soldier who dies on his first day on the Three Kingdoms battlefield, but I was bound to a “Live Longer, Grow Stronger” System. As long as I stay alive, my Strength stat automatically increases by one point every day. So I began my desperate campaign to survive at all costs I played dead at Changban Slope while Zhao Yun trampled my face, and held my breath; I prepared a life preserver in advance for the Battle of Red Cliffs; I even secretly brought Sima Yi blood press 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Prison of the Fog City 雾都囚笼 In Year 0 of the Fogbound Era, a mysterious black fog shrouded nearly every corner of the Earth. Lurking within its gloomy depths were vicious fog insects that slaughtered humans without mercy. To survive, the nations formed three united governments and used a new physical defense technology to isolate surviving cities and regions from the fog. From then on, humanity entered the Fogbound Era. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Patriarch of the Demonic Path Slaughtered an Island and Became a Saint of Merit 魔道老祖,屠了个岛,成功德圣人了。 The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation slaughtered an entire island and became a Saint of Merit. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 This Repeat Student Is Obviously Super Strong, Yet Far Too Low-Key 这个留级生明明超强却过分低调 Complete [Alternate World + Superpowers & Magic + Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger + Strong Female Lead + No Romance] Everyone at the academy knows that Su Taoyao, the repeat student, comes last in every exam and is the biggest joke in the entire Illusion Star Pavilion. No one knows she was the late Guardian Zijing’s best friend, or that she is the trump card personally invited by the principal, Ling Chenyang. She keeps her talents hidden, is content to rank near the bottom, and laughs, jokes 366Reads—Score10314d adds
- 36 Sorry, I'm a Melee Mage 不好意思,我是近战法师 [No System + not a game + closed loop + wild imagination + unconventional fantasy + time travel] This novel isn’t for everyone. If you’re looking for mindless wish fulfillment, don’t bother opening it. This is a serious web novel, and everyone who finishes it gives it a like. As the dust settled, it turned out that you and I were both links in the same chain. After all the schemes and calculations, everything came down to a single cycle. And as for defying fate, who could have guessed that the H 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I Awakened from a Dream of Becoming an Immortal Venerable and Gained the Strongest Cheat in All Worlds 觉醒仙尊梦,我拥有万界最强外挂 The protagonist awakens some of his memories from his dreams. From the start, he has a Nine Heavens Mystic Pagoda and the power of an earthly immortal. His golden finger keeps producing treasures: a Jade Purification Vase, a Primordial Sword, and countless other magical artifacts... Then one day, the world changed dramatically, and Blue Star exploded. The world split apart and recombined, ushering in an era of global high martial arts. Lin Chong: “I, Lin Chong, will take revenge on so 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Summer of 2005 零五逢夏 A transmigration-themed story about entrepreneurship. At 50, after a life of mediocrity and years of being put down and emotionally manipulated, a woman transmigrates and finally discovers the ambition to reach for the sky. The coldness of the world is crushed and swept away. The human world isn’t a dead end, but a vast sea of mortal life. Golden finger: reborn, meets fellow reborn people, and later the male lead’s soul transmigrates into another body. The leads are not each other’s first. Both 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Me? I'm a Tree! 我行?我树! [Transmigration, 99% invincible protagonist, nontraditional cultivation world, no System, multiple characters, many female characters but no harem] The first time she met him, they encountered each other in the midst of chaos. She had form but no substance, and her illusory arm crossed the boundary, reaching out to another world in search of a soul that could depend on her as she depended on it. Then she chose him… Like a feather or a piece of fruit, she plucked him gently. His soul left his 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 A Bewildering New Life 恍遑新生 After a stifled life and an unexpected reincarnation, the protagonist arrives in another world of swords and magic, blessed with the talent to cast spells without incantations. How will he grow, overcome every hardship, face his past, and find a happy ending with the heroines? Follow Reborn in a Hazy New Life for ongoing updates. There are lots of clues, so keep your wits about you as you read! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Let Me Run Wild, Season One 容我猖狂第一季 Synopsis of I’ll Let Myself Run Wild, Season One Zhang Wudi was once dismissed as a castoff of the city, enduring contempt and humiliation. His family went bankrupt, his loved ones fell seriously ill, and his lover betrayed him. Everyone thought his life was over. At his most desperate, he resolutely enlisted in the military, just to find a way to survive. Who could have expected that he would return utterly transformed, becoming a God of War who shook the entire city! On foreign battlefields, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 My Life as a Tomb Raider 我盗墓的人生 Don't talk to me about some damn love story. All I want now is to make money! What's the point of envying other people? We need to take action too. Whether it's robbing people or raiding tombs, once the money's in our hands, we'll have everything! Stop worrying all day about who loves you and who cares about you. That's all nonsense. Here's a rule of thumb for you guys: men follow women, women follow money, and money follows men. Keep that cycle going if you want to live like a proper human bein 874Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 43 Me! Part-Time God 我!兼职神明 [Wild imagination + deities + clear plotting + slow pace + transmigrate into a book + one heroine + a touch of angst In a corner of a silent library, Zhang Ye happens upon a mysterious notebook. The moment he opens it, an unseen force drags him into the fantastical world of the “Forest of Delicacies”! In the blink of an eye, he becomes a “part-time deity” bearing a special mission. As he explores this bizarre, dazzling otherworld step by step, secrets hidden behind the mist emerge one after ano —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Born Under the Pure Yin Fate, Powerless to Choose 极阴之命,身不由己 Born with an extremely yin constitution, I have a mysterious grandfather, a master by my side, and Su Xiaoxiao, who appeared out of nowhere. Fate weaves everything together, stringing it all into a wonderful memory. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Transmigrating to a Strange, Empty World 穿越之异空飘零 (Bad at titles + bad at blurbs + fake mystery + feel-good thrills... What are those? Can you eat them?) Not following the latest tropes, but still following tropes, probably. Not a traditional transmigration story, but still a transmigration story, with her body coming along. After suddenly transmigrating, Die Miaoyin shivered. What kind of place is this? It feels so cold. Everyone here is completely bonkers, so bonkers they're flying off the handle! She can barely handle this, hey! Also, th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Dreams Come True: My Dream-Making Studio 美梦成真,我的圆梦工作室 Do you have a wish you want to fulfill but can’t achieve in real life? If so, come to my “Dreams Come True Dream Exchange,” and I’ll help make your dream a reality. This story is lighthearted and hilarious, with an imagination that runs wild. When you’re tired from work or in a bad mood, it’ll help you unwind and lift your spirits, so you can enjoy every day. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 There Are Too Many Campus Beauties, I Can't Choose! 这么多校花我真选不过来啊 Bullied by the campus belle? Looked down on by the campus belle? No, no, no. Li Mu charges into the campus belle’s circle and leaves no one untouched. He’s in it for the thrill... Watch Li Mu outwit the campus belles. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Please Spare Me in This Instance 我在副本里求放过 When Yan Wan, an author of sweet romance novels, dies suddenly after getting writer’s block, she opens her eyes to find herself in the body of a “useful extra” who never existed in her own story: a goddess who was kicked down to the mortal realm by the Star Lord of Fate to undergo a tribulation. In the imperial palace, the empress says disturbing things, while the heroine’s fiancé, the Imperial Preceptor, hides scheming intentions behind his smile. Even cannon fodder who should have been written 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 A Little Warmth for the Heart 小小暖人心 Yun Xiaoxiao grew up in the countryside. Through her own hard work, she landed a job at a company in the county town, only to be framed by her jealous cousin, Li Jiaojiao, and forced to resign. After leaving, Yun Xiaoxiao kept looking for work, but ran into one setback after another. By chance, she met Leng Mo, president of the Leng Group. As she spent time with him, she realized he wasn't as cold and heartless as he seemed. And Leng Mo's icy heart gradually melted under Yun Xiaoxiao's warmth. S 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Another World in the East 东瀛异世 The story follows protagonist Liu Xiaofeng as he gradually awakens special abilities, embarking on strange, fantastical adventures while studying in Japan. In modern-day Tokyo, Japan, a parallel world conceals a thousand years of supernatural mysteries. Behind the neon billboards at Shibuya Crossing lies a barrier filled with demons and spirits, while the underground markets of Shinjuku’s Golden Gai trade in tsukumogami artifacts. The author’s vivid impressions of Japan after so many years there 2Reads—Score—14d adds

















































