Novels like Talent: Idol’s Second Act
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Talent: Idol’s Second Act, best match first.
- 1 President Gu, What If I Had Never Loved You? 顾总，如果不曾深爱过 Mr. Gu, If We Had Never Loved So Deeply —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Jujube Tree Watcher 沙枣树守望者 The Jujube Tree Watcher —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Every Time I Return to Reality, the World Reveres Me as a God 每次回归现实，世界都敬我为神 In 2141, the Li Kingdom sent a massive army and officially declared war on the Dragon Kingdom, beginning the first war of the New World... In 2142, the Li Kingdom was defeated and became an affiliated special district of the Dragon Kingdom. The protagonist made his debut at “Cloudtop Celestial Palace,” the closest place to the Li Special District. Sought after by both sides, he was ultimately forced to leave Xinjing City and join the Dragon Soul Bureau as the special district’s executive command —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 What Do I Do When My Fated Match Is Too Powerful? 正缘太强怎么办 Pei Nian accidentally binds herself to the Matchmaking System, which lets her see the threads of fate connecting people. System: If you don't set people up, you'll die. Pei Nian: Fine. Watch me lock two people I can't stand together for good. System: Matchmaking an ill-fated couple violates the rules. Penalty imposed! After waking up, Pei Nian: I have learned my lesson. Seeing three red threads as thick as giant pythons wrapped around the Crown Prince's wrist, Pei Nian can't help exclaiming, “T —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Reborn Hundreds of Times, This Time I’ll End It All 回生千百次，这次我要终结一切 A soul that has fought alone for 90,000 years, someone who never knew what happiness was, finally learns how to love in their 653rd life. (This is my first time writing, so please go easy on me 😭😭😭) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Senior Sisters, Stay Back! I'm Only Here to Work 师姐们别过来，我是来打工的 [Workplace warriors, workday souls, working hard is the only way to rise above the rest.] Lin Zhixu never expected that even after transmigrating, he would still have to work, and hold down several jobs at that. “No way. Don’t even think about making me a slave again. I’d rather die than work another day in this life.” [System rewards have been issued.] “System, what other jobs are there? Hurry up.” … Then Lin Zhixu suddenly noticed that the way his senior sisters looked at him seemed to have ch 50Reads—Score102Shelves
- 7 The Demon Lord Is Reborn: Cold Senior Brother, Stay Away from Me 魔头重生，高冷师弟请离我远一点 [Goofy] [Everyone Loves the Female Lead] [A Cold, Secretly Lovestruck Male Lead x A Female Lead Who Is Oblivious to Romance but Highly Skilled] [Everyone Fights Over Her] Ji Wanqing, the demonic overlord hated by the entire cultivation world, has been reborn! In her previous life, she was the infamous number one demoness, feared throughout the immortal sects. She mastered every kind of sorcery and roamed the Three Realms, defeating every opponent in the sects, only to have her heart pierced by t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Seven-Rainbow Art 七虹诀 In the 27th year of the Republic, the seven members of the Seven Star Temple, master and disciples, head north to fight the enemy. Only one young Taoist novice remains at the temple. Blessed by the temple’s founding patriarch, he studies the arts of cultivation within the Seven Star Command. Seventy years later, the novice has mastered his studies and emerges from his cocoon. Now that he has acquired extraordinary skills, how will he fare in this whole new world, and what sparks will fly? Let —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 One Game, One Performance 一场游戏一场戏 An accident shatters the peace of the present. As an eerie glow seeps through the cracks in ordinary life, reality suddenly comes crashing down in an unexpected moment. In the shadows, fate quietly makes its move, embedding unknown answers in the fractures of a life. Is this a chance to break free of fate, or the beginning of a fall into the abyss? From being forced to wield a brush to drive away evil to glimpsing the balance of yin and yang in flowing ink, the cracks in an otherwise ordinary —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 After Leaving the Mountain: The Young Mystic Has No Respect for the Rules 出山后：小玄师不讲武德 This is the original old version. Treat it as a dumping ground or draft for keeping track of the series. If I run out of inspiration or forget a character's personality, I can come here and look it up. It has some overlap with the main work, but not much. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Reborn: A Policewoman Awakens the Power to Read Minds 重生后，女警觉醒读心之术 [Urban ensemble cast] + [Police versus criminals] + [Intrigue in the workplace] + [Independent, strong-willed heroine] Xiao Yu never imagined that she would be assassinated during her very first mission, just after taking over as captain of the Special Action Team. Before she fell, she thought she saw Deputy Captain Zhang He holding a pistol. Was it an accident, a power grab, or was there something more to it that no one knew? After being reborn, Xiao Yu discovered that she could see straigh 51Reads—Score232Shelves
- 12 This Sword Asks the Way to Immortality 此剑问长生 Lin Chen transmigrated into the cultivation world and became a good-for-nothing at the third level of Qi Refining, someone everyone could bully. With his dantian damaged and an inner sect disciple’s sword sending him flying, the whole sect was waiting to see him expelled. At the critical moment, he awakened a sign-in System. Sign in at Sword Cliff and obtain the [Clear Sword Heart] talent, tripling his comprehension of the sword! Sign in at Saintess Peak and become the Qingyun Sect saintess’s pe 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 In 2150, After I Transmigrated, Even the Heavenly Dao Feared Me 2150年，我穿越后天道都怕我 Transmigration to a cultivation world + interstellar young marshal + technological dimensional superiority + AI comrades + flaws in the Heavenly Dao + layered worlds Who fell from low Earth orbit into a cultivation continent? Who sent a call from the depths of their soul at the very lowest level of the code? The heavens split open with a thunderous crack, and the Abyss's remains and gray-white death energy poured down. The human world became a testing ground for a higher-level program. Lin Chuan 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 I Want to Marry a Beautiful Wife in Shenzhen 我想在深圳娶个美娇妻 In 2009, Zhou Yuewen took a train south to Guangdong and arrived in Shenzhen. In Shenzhen, a saying has always been popular: Once you're here, you're one of us. Like so many others, Zhou Yuewen arrived in this vibrant, bustling city with dreams in his heart. Through the twists and turns of his working life, he experienced every facet of life, including its strangest and most dazzling sides. There were vows of eternal love between domineering CEOs and gentle, refined women, as well as ordinary pe 293Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 System: You Died 247 Times at Age Ten, You're the One 系统：十岁就死247次你是这个 [A real hidden gem! Be patient, and the further you read, the better it gets!] [New book, System, one female lead, beautiful, strong, and tragic heroine, a touch of Western fantasy, military, modern technology, coming-of-age, not pure wish fulfillment, romance] 312 years after the previous civilization fell, a girl codenamed “White Nightmare” was kidnapped and taken to Skarland at the age of six. Four years after Yasu Sha Xiluohe was sold to a mercenary band, civil unrest gave her a chance to es 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Pear Blossom Detective 梨花探 When pear blossoms covered the streets and lanes of the old capital, Xie An met A Li. He was the orphan of Grand Tutor Xie Heng, whose entire family had been wiped out. Living in obscurity among the common people, he struggled to survive while carrying a blood feud. She was a woman afflicted with a strange poison, whom everyone said would not live past twenty-five. Cool and detached, she seemed to accept the fate she had been born with, quietly waiting for the end of her life as the days slipped 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 She Guarded the Lantern for Three Hundred Years 她守灯三百年 At the ferry crossing in Qingxi Town stands a nameless pavilion. Inside sits a girl who never grows old. She has guarded a green lamp for three hundred years. The townspeople say that anyone who asks her for directions will forget the next day what they asked. Only she remembers: the man who pushed her into the river on that rainy night, and his promise: "Guard the lamp for me. I'll come back and marry you." In three hundred years, he has been reincarnated a hundred times. Every time, he pas 31Reads—Score122Shelves
- 18 The Evil-Selling Coffee Shop 贩恶咖啡店 The new king proclaims the realm: the old king is dead, and the goddess has been sealed away in the old king's city. As great events unfold, the Dead Domain begins to expand, and the Era of Decline is upon us. A demon exiled here opens a coffee shop and joins forces with a Taoist who accidentally wandered into the place. The longer they stay, the more they discover the strange things lurking in this world. Why was the Godforsaken One, who slept for decades before gradually awakening, abandoned b 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Stop Chasing Me! I’m Really Not Your One and Only 别追了，我可真不是你们的白月光 [A touch of universal adoration + ensemble cast + transmigrate into a book, but the heroine has never read it + lighthearted comedy + no romance] A story with an unequivocally strong female lead, featuring a beloved first love and a stand-in, who turn out to be the same person all along. Ruan Yuanyuan wakes up one morning to find she has transmigrated to an unfamiliar dynasty. Even more bizarrely, someone in this dynasty seems to know her. The obsessive emperor begs her desperately not to forget 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Phoenix Over the Warring States 凤临战国 History is the skeleton; art is the wings. Huang Xi transmigrates to the final years of the Warring States period, a world of the Hundred Schools of Thought, demons, and legends of the ancient Yu Dynasty. She arrives with an unshakable determination: to build a nation unlike any other. 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 God Is an Alien 神是外星人 When the spark of civilization on Earth was still no more than a faint, flickering light in myths and legends, another experiment in “creating gods,” spanning the sea of stars, had already begun in secret. The Sun God’s twin sister, Abo; the New Moon Goddess falls in love with Erlang Shen, then plays matchmaker for Chang’e Chang Ying: A girl with extraordinary eyesight and a natural gift for archery. She carries a classified file from Bureau 749. The red-and-black bracelet on her left wrist is t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Is Tang Done For? I’m Firefly’s Strongest Sniper! 唐完了？我是萤火最强狙击手！ [Arena Breakout] + [Gameplay] + [Another World] + [Light System] + [No Female Lead] When survivors who scheme against one another reignite the flames of war over resources, a glimmer of light from the Arena Breakout world spreads like wildfire, reshaping this realm. To rebuild the new world, they seek out the protagonist, Li Xingyun... Stay tuned for more exciting content! I hope you enjoy my work. Your follows and reviews are what keep me writing!!! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Ferryman of Consciousness 意识摆渡人 The Consciousness Ferryman 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 [Consciousness Invasion] 【意识入侵】 Are you sure you want to click on this? The author’s writing is absolute crap. If you really like it, leave a comment and the author will try harder!!!!!!!!!!!! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Private Thoughts Across the Screen 屏幕两端的私心 A casual post on social media brings sensitive teacher Xu Nian into contact with three white-coated doctors, each with a completely different personality. An old love, a crush from behind a screen, and a silent protector: little by little, she realizes they don’t have to become lovers. Just chatting is healing enough. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 My Delusions Come True in a Horror Game 我的妄想在惊悚游戏里成真 [Original Scenarios + Not a Power Fantasy] [Scenario One: The Hospital of Malice] [Scenario Two: Alice’s Amusement Park] [Scenario Three: Joyful Funeral] Shen Xie, a patient with “severe persecutory delusions” at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, spends every day convinced that he is being watched and persecuted from all sides. Until one day, a blood-red notification tears through reality: [The Global Horror Game has begun. You have been chosen as a player representing “Huaguo.”] [National destiny 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Reborn: The Cat Author 重生：猫咪作者 Boys’ love + short slice-of-life light novel + female-oriented + the author was too dumb to submit it under the right category In his previous life, Lin Luobai was a small-time online writer. He wasn’t anywhere near famous, just a minor name with a modest following. His parents died in a car accident, and at fourteen he was taken in by his uncle. After coming of age, he moved out to live on his own. When he was twenty, he got into a car accident one night on his way home from school because of a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 This Kitty Really, Really Likes You 猫猫我啊可喜欢你了 A pure-love story, and I promise it’s absolutely heartwarming. It’s a story with two male leads. Chen Anning is a cat, and this incredibly awesome Cat King is a total face-con. One day, he accidentally finds a little dragon fallen from the sky. The most important thing is, the little dragon has lost his memory. But the little dragon is so handsome. So the Cat King takes him home and gives the amnesiac little dragon a place to stay. The little dragon is so handsome. The little dragon says his nam 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Refining the Body Through the Five Elements: Proving the Dao with the Body 五行炼体之以体证道 Orphan Chen Yuan has a ruined spiritual root, but he proves the Dao through his body, transforms into the Five Elements, and unites them as one. He shakes the mortal world, breaks through the realms of immortals and demons, and strides into the void... The Taotie devours the heavens, chaos transforms into the Dao. Watch as this young man forges an unrivaled sacred body amid a world in turmoil! 358Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Black Cauldron: Path to Immortality 黑鼎仙途 Ye Tian was born into a wealthy family and never had to worry about food or drink. But he was obsessed with cultivating immortality and seeking the Dao! By a twist of fate, he obtained a black cauldron. Thanks to his Three-Spirit-Root talent, he was chosen by the cultivation family, the Liu clan, and sent to train at its outer court. He kept a low profile and endured in silence. Using the black cauldron to strengthen pills and spirit stones and improve his cultivation, he gradually forged his ow 2.4kReads8.1Score216Shelves
- 31 The Cold and Cruel Young Master Is Reborn, and the Fake Heir Is Spoiled Rotten 冷戾少爷重生后，假少爷他被宠疯 [Proud, cold, and ruthless true young master Duan Qiaoran]× [Gentle, cool, and aloof fake young master Jiu Yuhang] What will happen when the calculating, ruthless true young master is reborn? One day, the unhinged true young master Duan Qiaoran wraps an arm around the waist of the frail, aloof fake young master Jiu Yuhang... Heh, boy. I remember perfectly well how you told me you loved me in our last life. The fake young master might be in love? The true young master assures everyone with absolu 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Crossroads Where Fearful Paths Converge 畏途交集的十字路口 Companions with different destinies gather at a crossroads, united by a common purpose. Together, they struggle against a world fraught with peril. As humanity faces the threat of extinction, will they choose to save themselves or rise up and fight...? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Nine-Tailed Wolf-Badger 九尾狈 [Fantasy court intrigue] [A must-read for CP fans] [Scheming protagonist] [Play the pig to eat the tiger] [No regrets once the move is made] Have you ever wondered what it would look like when sorcery clashes with magic? Or how a male lead might protect the woman he loves, shoulder the fate of his country, and search for his mother while uncovering the mystery of his own origins? The Far West, Ashen Plains. The sky was gray, and so was the earth. Two thousand sorcerers from the Western Frontier 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 A Love Song for Another World 献给异世界的情歌 [Romantic Comedy] [Inspirational] [Magic] [Beastfolk Girls] [Anime] [Coming of Age] [Original Worldbuilding] The male protagonist was an ordinary shut-in from Luna Star, about to start university. He survived for eight years through the cataclysm that struck his homeland. Just as the disaster was about to recede, a meteorite dealt the planet a devastating blow. He accidentally transmigrated to another world. Together with the bonds he formed along the way, he sets out to save the world and falls 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Legend of the Immortal Dream 仙梦传奇 “Hao Mei, why are you always sleeping in class?” “Hao Mei, you’re drawing in my Chinese class again. Is this how you behave in class?” “Dad! Big sister really hit me! Waaaah...” “Sigh! I wonder when I’ll get to dream again?” A dream changed Hao Mei’s life... 479Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 36 Ultraman: Protecting the World, Starting with a Meat Pie 奥特：从肉饼开始守护世界 [Ultraman Spirit] [Growing Protagonist] [One Female Lead] [Five Elements] Ling Ze is an utterly ordinary college student who, for no apparent reason, gets crushed into a meat pie by the revived Daguiller. But then he unexpectedly obtains a mysterious light. What does it mean for the Water element to fear neither bitter cold nor the power to reverse the river of time? The Fire element grants immunity to fire? The Wood element is the ultimate support? The Earth element is a sneaky assassin? Meanwh 11Reads—Score121Shelves
- 37 Live-Streaming Incense Offerings: Even Gods Have KPIs 香火直播：神明也要KPI The gods never die. They simply find new ways to live. Traffic is incense, comments are offerings of faith, and livestreaming platforms are the modern Investiture of the Gods. Overworked office drone Lin Che is putting in overtime past midnight when a shady pop-up hits him with an “Incense Eye.” From then on, he sees the truth: a top-tier star is a nine-tailed fox, a food-delivery rider is an Earth God on the verge of starving to death, the Marriage God sits behind dating apps with a perpetually 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 I Came from Baimen: The Final Road of Lü Bu 我自白门来：吕布的亡途 (No System, no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger. An authentic Lu Bu, with mythology woven into history, adventure, and battles.) “Am I dead?” “Yes, but everything is only just beginning.” An unexpected turn of events pulls Lu Bu, the fierce tiger of the late Han dynasty, also known as Lu Fengxian, away from his destined path. He had already met his end at White Gate Tower and was about to cleanse himself of his sins before being reincarnated. Thus begins a legend, a journey of trans 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Legend of Enzo 恩佐传说 “Please, witness my death.” Blood moon, black tide, crimson eyes, golden flames. In an apocalypse shrouded in black mist, with the world on the brink of destruction, Enzo, who emerged from a remote border town, is he the prophesied child of divine punishment, or the savior whose golden flames will consume the world? The whereabouts of the eighteen elemental elf kings, the mystery behind the dragon-type elves' seclusion, the secret of the Katis prophecy... Karmic flames consume the world, salvati 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Northern Campaign of Zhaowu 昭武北伐 A touch of ancient style + alternate history + awakened talents + ensemble cast + equally powerful male and female leads + sweet romance + growth + slow burn Although this story features spiritual power and a cultivation system, even those at the highest realms can be overwhelmed by sheer numbers. Armor, siege engines, and weapons have all been improved and strengthened, so things won't be mindless. Xue Zhaochen was an ordinary overworked nobody in the 21st century. After an accident, he transmi 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Awakened in the Red Mist 红雾中的觉醒者 The Crimson Fog descended, bringing evolution to humanity. Some became Awakened, while others became Infected. The Awakened gained all kinds of different abilities. Some became mages, able to conjure fireballs from thin air. Others became weapon masters, able to transform their hands into any weapon that exists in reality. Every ability could also be upgraded. For example, Flame: Spark → Blazing Flame → Scorching Fire → Ashen Destruction → Flame Emperor For example, Frost Dragon: Wyrmling, Hatch 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Cultivating Divine Power, Starting as a Tiny Ant 从小蚂蚁开始修炼神力 A unique divine power System where even a tiny ant can defy the heavens! Xiao Manyi’s unsatisfying life on Earth came to an end, and he was reborn in the body of Xiao Yi, a handsome young man from the Azure Sky Continent. By chance, he obtained the source of a little dragon ant’s strength and embarked on a journey to divine power... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Long Road Home 长路归航 This book is dedicated to the friends who have walked alongside me all this way. This is a story written for you, a gift to you. When you read it, I hope you will remember the carefree days of our youth together. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Realm of Guixu 归墟地界 On hiatus... [Infinite Flow | Rule-Based Horror | Ensemble Cast | Subverting the Usual Survival Tropes] Two male leads, no romance-obsessed characters, pure mind games, and a bond between close friends. I thought I was the only one who had lost my past. Who knew everyone traveling with me would have amnesia? I wanted to keep my head down, follow the rules, and stay alive, but every step led deeper into the abyss, with death traps lurking at every turn. I once thought death was the end. Only lat 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 To You and Me, Who Fought Side by Side 致并肩作战的你我 In the apocalypse, humanity is protected by safety walls. Beyond them lies a World of Warcraft teeming with danger. To fight the monsters, supernatural abilities have descended upon the world. Watch as all kinds of geniuses set out to save the world! A large ensemble cast, with many different kinds of pairings (a word of caution for anyone who can't handle BL, GL, or BG). 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 After Drinking My Blood, the Cold Dragon Princess Started Acting Cute 吸我血后，高冷龙姬撒娇了 (The rating just came out, so it’ll rise. I hope 🥲) [Original illustrations + no System + traditional fantasy + magitech + Western Fantasy + romance + adventure] Aether has run dry and magic has fallen. This is a fractured age where traditional magic and magitech intertwine. Luxion: Saint City Academy’s only “F-rank special companion student,” with zero magical sensitivity, dismissed as “dust that happens to be alive.” Nono (Yalisticinia): The brightest dragon-born star of the Western Empire, a 155Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 47 I Found the Campus Belle on a Rainy Day, and She's Surprisingly Clingy 雨天捡到校花，居然是个粘人精 [Everyday Romance] [No System] [One Female Lead] [Mutual Healing] [Sweet Romance] [Special Forces] [A Touch of Patriotism] On a rainy day, retired Special Forces soldier Chen Lie unexpectedly meets a beautiful girl who is being bullied, and so begins a clichéd tale of a hero saving a damsel in distress... After making a promise to a comrade, Chen Lie starts looking out for the pretty girl, who is awkward and deeply insecure. He never expected that... “Why do you keep following me?” “I-I brought 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Xuan Yan: Reincarnation Through Life and Death, Ascending Beyond the Sacrificial Dao 玄衍：生死轮回，成祭道之上而上 A new work is here! You can read my novel on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 After My In-Laws Rejected Me, I Became the God Who Protects the Nation 被婆家嫌弃后，我转身成了护国神 Cruelly abandoned by her boyfriend because of their difference in social standing, and mercilessly bullied by workplace schemers. At thirty, Shen Changge was reborn from the depths of her darkest despair. She saw through the city’s disguise and glimpsed the truth of the demons lurking among ordinary people. She awakened her very own “Demon Devouring Inheritance System”! Kill a demon, inherit all its cultivation, supernatural abilities, savings, property, and shares. The more she kills, the str 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Who in the City’s Mystic World Can Fix My System Bugs? 都市玄门谁来修下我的系统BUG There’s a shop devoted to the occult on an old street in Jiangcheng. It’s called Anzhi Tarot Reading. Its owner, Chen Anzhi, is thirty-two. He knows a little tarot, a few occult incantations, and a whole lot about pretending to be an expert. Most days, he just about earns enough to get by with a composed face and a few convincing lines. He used to think the biggest crises in his life would be rent, finding customers, and not getting exposed by one of them on the spot. Then one day, a broken Syst 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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