Novels like Immortal in the Wilderness
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Immortal in the Wilderness, best match first.
- 1 Lei’s Soul-Sealing Manual 磊之诀魂录 College student Jin Lei accidentally gains a wondrous power and becomes a cultivator who doesn’t quite cultivate, but this also unleashes a tremendous crisis. Can Jin Lei turn everything around through hard work? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 High Martial: With Heaven at My Back, I Became a Martial Kidney 高武：背靠天庭，我成武肾了 [Wild premise! + high martial arts + multiple heroines + invincible protagonist + chat group (supporting role)] In the 21st century, “all-around good student” Jiang Xun scanned a code for a cash-back promotion while eating Pin Hao Fan, and accidentally joined an “actors’ group” where everyone was far too deep in character. [Queen Mother]: You cheeky monkey! If you dare sneak into the Peach Garden again, I’ll have Buddha pin you under a mountain for another five hundred years. [Great Sage Equal t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 It Began with a Mix-Up and Ended with True Love 始于乌龙，终于真心 It began with a misunderstanding and ended with true love —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Meeting You Again in the Season of Sophora Blossoms 槐序又逢君 Huai Xu You Feng Jun —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 After Transmigrating Into a Book, I Hide From the Madman, While My Chaste Childhood Friend Sees Red 穿书后我躲疯了，禁欲竹马红了眼 [Childhood Sweethearts + Transmigrate Into a Book + Powerful CEO + Mutual Devotion] After Jiang Zhinian awakened memories of the book she had transmigrated into, her life motto became eight simple words: Stay away from He Jing, protect herself and her family! After all, the book made it perfectly clear: as long as she kept her distance from the original male lead, her brother wouldn’t become a villain, the Jiang family wouldn’t be ruined, and she wouldn’t meet a cannon-fodder ending. So she dele 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 You Think I’m a Pawn? I’ll Become the Player Who Controls the Six Realms 视我为棋子？我偏要做六界棋手 [The Legend of Sword and Fairy 6 fan fiction + original couples remain intact + new characters + no female lead + no romance] Bian Luohuan: There are always people in the Six Realms who treat me like a chess piece. Let's see how I take control of the Six Realms. Qili Xiaoyuan: The Hengdao Assembly won't be defeated that easily. Do you think I, Qili's leader, am just for show? Ghost Realm: What? A nobody from the Human Realm has dared to ride roughshod over the Ghost King? Immortal Realm: Is the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Broken Song of Darksteel 玄铁残歌 The black-iron blade cuts through life and death, love and hate, yet can never sever the ties of mortal life; The armor that guards our land protects our home and country, protects all living beings, yet cannot shield our entire family from becoming bones in the dust. But even if the blade breaks and the armor shatters, we, the people, will still use our flesh and blood as a wall and our convictions as a blade, guarding this mortal world and yielding not an inch! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Scripture of the Spirit Abyss 灵渊经 The Sutra of the Spirit Abyss —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Scripture of the Spirit Abyss: Extra Chapter, Li Yi, the Lantern Keeper 灵渊经番外：李逸·守灯人 The Sutra of the Spirit Abyss: Side Story: Li Yi, the Lamp Keeper —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 High Martial: Starting in Jiangcheng, Conquering the World Beyond 高武：从江城开始，横推到域外 By day, he returns to the mortal world. By night, he serves in the Night Patrol. The nations submit, and the lands beyond the borders fall silent. Darkness fills the world, but vanishes the moment it sees me. Transmigration + Urban High Martial Arts + System + Secret organization like The Bad Kids, the Night Patrol + Foreigners + Enemies from beyond the borders + The protagonist reaches the pinnacle of combat power + Dominating from start to finish, crushing every opponent, an exhilarating ride —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 From the Start, I Had a Train, and I Slaughtered My Way Across Ten Thousand Realms 开局一列车，我杀穿万域 Catastrophe sweeps across the globe. Forced 72-hour instances and endless hunts by mutated wilderness creatures are the ironclad laws of life and death for every survivor. Lu Chen awakens his Origin Sequence in a desperate situation, subdues Hong Ying, a red-clad female ghost, and awakens the mechanical dragon Number Zero. Starting with a wrecked train, he steamrolls every instance, crushes the abyss, and slaughters his way across countless realms! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 A Smile That Sways the City 嫣然一笑醉倾城 How do you go from being sworn enemies to best friends? It takes a lot of financial clout from both sides... Gu Yan, Lin Zhi's family's sworn enemy, is the great beauty of the whole region, while Lin Zhi, a fisherman's daughter, is nothing but an ugly, uncouth woman. Lin Zhi thought life would go on like this forever, until one major event completely derailed both their lives. Dating is no match for building a career with your best friend!! I'll say it three times because it's important... We're —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Twin Sisters 双生姊妹 Twin Sisters 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Comments Say Getting a Kidney Transplant Makes Me the Tragic Heroine, But I'm the Surgeon 弹幕说被换肾是虐文女主的命运，可我是主刀医生呀 The comments say getting a kidney transplant is the fate of a tragic romance heroine. But I'm the surgeon performing the operation! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Forged in Fire: From Southern Xinjiang to Handong 淬火成钢：从南疆到汉东 Transmigration fanfic + alternate setting + small-time entrepreneur + 1978 + coming-of-age + female lead + passionate military life + crafty politics In the 1980s, undercurrents surged along the southwestern border. Scout Lu Zhiye unexpectedly awakened an extraordinary perception after his family cultivation technique leveled up. He could see through people's weaknesses, distinguish truth from lies, and anticipate danger. Selected for the newly formed Southern Sword Special Reconnaissance Brigad 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 16 After I Died, I Became a God and Created Civilization! 我死之后，成为神祇，创造文明！ The stars went dark, the heavens became ruins, and the corpses of one galaxy after another lay scattered across the vast, black reaches of space. The flame of transcendence had gone out, buried beneath the strata of an age. This was a tombstone for the stars, an island of civilization, and a gathering place for the ghosts of the universe. One day, a god descended upon this place and said, “Let there be light!” And so the fires of the stars were kindled. Their radiance drove back the darkness and 2Reads—Score101Shelves
- 17 You Told Me to Transmigrate into the Tree of Life and Defy Fate, but You Actually... 让你穿越生命树逆天改命，你居然 They say transmigrators get a golden finger. What do I, Sang Jin, have? A Tibetan Mastiff named Zhuifeng, a wolf fang, and a hazy memory of the plot of The Tree of Life. It’s like only reading the first three pages of the textbook before an exam, then getting tested on the whole book. I’ve survived this long thanks entirely to capable teammates and enemies who talk too much. I’m Dorje, mountain patrol captain, deputy county chief, and the most reliable person on the team. I mortgaged the grassl 100Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Poisonous Chancellor from a Humble Family: My System Is Hungry Again 寒门毒相：我的系统又饿肚子了 For readers who: Love seeing a scholar turn his fortunes around through the civil service exams, but find stories focused purely on studying too dull Enjoy farming and infrastructure building, but want to see hands-on, technical know-how Are tired of overpowered systems and want a golden finger that comes at a price What to look forward to Yan Shifan wakes up after death as a farm boy in the Song Dynasty with the same name: His family owns nothing, his parents are gravely ill, and his little si —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 A Pure Reincarnation 无垢轮回 [No System + not a power fantasy + closed-loop xuanhuan + epic ensemble cast. High-octane throughout, with relentless emotional gut punches. No harem or womanizing, no one-shotting opponents above your level. Follow an ancient-text restorer as he breaks the cycle-prison that has held the universe captive for 120,000 years.] Others cultivate by merging with the laws of reincarnation. They live longer and longer, forget more and more, and ultimately become fuel for the prison. Only I, Chen Yan, a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Tianyuan Empire: I Alone Reign Supreme 天元帝国，惟我独尊 One extraordinary dream opened the door to a new life. From then on, I was no longer an inconsequential little nurse, but the awe-inspiring fairy princess of the empire... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Magic of Fate 命运的魔法 In the fantastical world of Terra, four great kingdoms stand side by side, maintaining a delicate balance. When a dark force attacks, Lin Yu, a young man from a border town in the Radiant Empire, awakens the magic of fate. To find out what happened to his parents, he sets off for the Fate Academy, where he meets Leon, an elven prince; Gru, a dwarven warrior; and Su Yao, a noblewoman. They discover that the empire’s elite have colluded with the forces of darkness, hoping to use the Wheel of Fate —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Closed-Loop Tattoo 闭环刺青 The Main God’s Space, built by the mysterious cube known as the Eye of the Abyss, opens a new instance every 72 hours. Blood-red code flows across the cube’s surface, and inhuman breathing sounds come from within. On his birthday, ordinary deliveryman Lin Ke receives a mysterious black box and is forced into the Main God’s game. In his first instance, an abandoned hospital, he awakens the ability to turn back time, but each use costs him some of his memories. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The War of the Gods of Rules 规则神战 (This collection contains two novellas.) Who am I? My name is Cang Qiong, Lord Satan's only son, a god-slayer who peers into negative zero. “Host has entered combat. Enemies: God and his ranked deities.” Whenever I hear the System's notification, an indescribable excitement wells up inside me. I, Cang Qiong, was born to fight, and I fight to live. Above, Cang Qiong, born in the flames of war, died on the road to battle. With sin, I burn away sin. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Heroic Moment 英雄时刻 The League isn’t a one-man show. It’s a moment of heroism shared by five people. The story begins in 2025 and follows the League along a different timeline. Everyone in the story is both a participant and protagonist, as well as an observer. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Master, I Will Protect You 师尊我会守护你 [Two Male Leads] [Book Transmigration] [Only Each Other] [System] [Saving the World] I didn’t cultivate at all. I just took a nap and became a Divine Transformation cultivator. Li Ge is pulled into another world by someone else, where he discovers that he became a Divine Transformation cultivator just by taking a nap. Li Ge thinks he’s incredibly lucky: he reached Divine Transformation without needing to cultivate. In a place he knows nothing about, his little disciple has been silently prote 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Great Calamity of the Era 纪元大劫 [No saintly heroine + myriad-world reincarnation + fantasy cultivation + an evil cast + Eastern fantasy + demons + not a power fantasy] People only know demons as embodiments of cruelty and slaughter. They don't know that demons are people who have been driven mad. My name is Chen Hao, and the world drove me mad and turned me into a demon. Yue'er, Auntie Wang, Father, Mother, Godfather, Godmother... In this world... there is no place for good people. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Cosplaying as a Speed Bump? Just Stay Alive! COS减速带？好好活下去呀 [It’s actually more Western fantasy. I don’t know why it was changed to fantasy.] (The title was made up on the spot, and the cover was made by AI. This isn’t an abstract novel, it isn’t an abstract novel, it isn’t an abstract novel.) (It’s a sweet romance!) At the very edge of the age, I face a sea of clouds holding the promise of fair skies or storms to come, and a road with no travelers. What follows is a surging, mighty wheel, crushing the tranquil hearth fires of years past and heralding th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Hmph, You Jerk! Are You Claiming This Child or Not? 哼，渣男！这个孩子你认不认？ [A woman disguised as a man / fake straight-to-gay / bickering couple / hiding great strength behind a foolish facade] … Mu Ran got the urge to get a bowl cut. He likes men and is determined to turn straight girls gay! During P.E. class Transfer student Bai Yiqing chased after him, asking, “Bro, did your hemorrhoids burst, bro?” “Shit!” Bai Yiqing had always treated Mu Ran like a brother. He never expected that Mu Ran would get swept off his feet and become someone’s wife! “Damn! Mu Ran, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Diary of an Arrogant Taoist Heiress 傲娇道门大小姐的日记 [One Female Lead] + [Slice of Life] + [Subverting Expectations] + [Taoist Arts] China Has Ghosts China has had ghosts since ancient times, and people have always kept watch through the night. Ever since the first soul-suppressing sigil was carved onto a Shang dynasty tortoise shell, the night in this land has never been empty. Resentment takes shape, obsessions wander, and those who died unjustly haunt the waterside. Yet there is always a group of people hidden away in famous mountains and gr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The System Helps Me Become a Goddess: I’ll Crush Those Bastards in Another World 系统助我成女神，干翻异界狗男人 (Golden finger, clear-headed heroine focused on building her career, heroine becomes emperor, powerful man and even more powerful woman, no fixed pairing, ship whoever you like) Jiang Yun transmigrated. The good news: she has a System and a bodyguard. The bad news: the System wants her to win over nine male leads. Jiang Yun: “Get lost. Isn't building a career more fun?” Facing a stubborn slave Jiang Yun looks down at him and points. “Beat him up.” Redemption? That's the heroine's job. She's not 4Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 31 I, Jiajing, Am No Descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang: Secret History of the Hidden Dragon, Part One 我嘉靖并非朱元璋后裔潜龙秘史一 In the second year of the Zhengde era, Lady Jiang, Princess Consort of the Prince of Xing's household, gives birth to a girl. The midwife mistakenly declares the baby dead. At the same time, Su Yingxue, concubine to Yuan Wenji, the household's chief administrative officer, gives birth to a boy. To protect Lady Jiang's position, Yuan Wenji decides to switch the babies and persuades her to accept the boy as her heir, naming him Zhu Houcong. When Shen Lan is handling the supposedly stillborn girl, 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Treasure Hunt: I Have a Book of Monsters 夺宝：我有一本妖怪录 (The tags for this book were entered incorrectly and can’t be changed. They should actually be [folk horror + alternate history + transmigration]. Apologies if this caused any confusion.) Wu Qi has just arrived in an unfamiliar world when a mysterious old man attempts to possess his body a second time. The attempt fails, but leaves behind a mark that devours spiritual energy. With his life on the line, Wu Qi has no choice but to embark on a journey in search of spiritual treasures. In a world fi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Don't Mess with This Fiery Wife 爆辣媳妇就惹我 [Reborn + space + adored by everyone + hopeless flirt + sharp tongue + goofy friends] The cool and confident Qian Ge is an outstanding student, effortlessly excellent at everything. She was destined for an extraordinary life, but after one move, everything slowly began to change: her parents, her friends, even herself... What is really going on? When Lu Qianye is reborn, has her luck been stolen? Why have her parents been sick for so long without getting better? Is she facing a life-or-death cri —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Time-Slot Pocket Watch 时隙怀表 In a modern metropolis where the visible and hidden worlds overlap, Lin Xiaoxia, a young woman working at an antique shop, accidentally touches a nineteenth-century silver pocket watch. From then on, she is forced to confront omens of death. The world in her eyes begins to collapse into the twisted faces of The Scream, the quantum vortices of The Starry Night, and the bronze sacred tree hidden in A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains. Here, art is power, famous paintings are battlefields, and th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Slacking Off While Cultivating Immortality: I’m Unbeatable Thanks to Sleep 摸鱼修仙：我靠睡觉无敌了 Overworked wage slave Tian Yueliang dies suddenly after pulling an all-nighter and wakes up in a parallel cultivation world. In this world, the Hall of Reincarnation tricks the dead into ascending, when in truth they become nourishment for the True Gods. He refuses to be brainwashed, and while being hunted, he unexpectedly gains a golden finger. The System tells him to go to bed early and stay healthy. The more he slacks off, the stronger he gets, and the cultivation stages are absurd: early to —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Awakening the Lion, Forging Dreams: Guardians of Lingnan’s Heritage and Human Civilization 醒狮铸梦：广府基因守护人类文明 Brain-computer tech carries the nation’s destiny, while the lion dance guards civilization. 2045: NeuroLink auctions off humanity’s future, and a Lingnan girl fights to preserve the spark of civilization. Cantonese opera is assigned a price tag, and the techniques of Cantonese embroidery become weapons. A rupture in our cultural genes means the collapse of our national destiny. Chen Xingxin dons her family’s ancestral lion head, and the brain-computer alarm blares: the time to protect civilizati —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 After Forgetting to End My Livestream, I Saved the World for Ten Million Lifetimes 忘关直播后，我负火救世千万世 [Savior + livestreaming + a huge variety of professions and specializations + transmigration + System + passionate action + smart protagonists + satisfying power fantasy] Lin Ye transmigrates to another world and accidentally leaves his livestream running, awakening the All Eyes on Me System: the more attention he gets, the stronger he becomes. He is the key variable chosen by the Selection, burdened with a destiny forged through tens of millions of reincarnations. In the name of Negative Fire, 190Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 God’s-Eye Vision at the Office 职场开启上帝眼 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 She Swallowed the Snake Demon's Core 她吞了蛇妖的内丹 Lan Yubing retreats to a mountain forest to fast for the sake of losing weight, but unexpectedly encounters a snake demon undergoing a heavenly tribulation. To escape the tribulation, the snake demon sends his inner core into Lan Yubing's body and asks her to protect it. In return, he grants her special abilities and makes her immortal, never to age, for a hundred years of prosperity. Lan Yubing feels as though she's struck gold and hit the jackpot. She thinks to herself, A hundred years will be 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 A Husky Becomes a Live-In Son-in-Law in Another World While I Count Money on Earth 二哈在异界当赘婿，我在地球数钱 The mighty hound, a husky, transmigrates. First he becomes a live-in son-in-law, then an honored demon sovereign. He looks impressive on the surface, but it's all bluff. The human envoy has barely left when a Divine Transformation powerhouse from the Bloodshed Hall arrives, his blade practically at their faces! Just as all the demons despair, the mighty hound raises a paw to check the time and yawns. “Woof! It's six in the evening. Time to clock out!” The next moment, the Demon Sovereign Husky v 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Rough-Hewn Butcher's Cherished Heiress Wife 糙汉屠夫娇宠千金妻 A Rugged Butcher's Tender Love for His Beloved Heiress Wife 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 After the Rain, the Stars Fill the Night 雨过天晴，星辰满夜 [Cozy Daily Life, Youth, Campus, Sweet Romance] The pacing is a little slow at first, so please be patient (heart) After working tirelessly, Fang Yu finally gets into her dream university, Southern University. As soon as she arrives on campus, she meets Tang Xing, who falls in love with her at first sight. To her surprise, her three dorm mates are also warm and friendly. Everything is moving in a wonderful direction. Always slow to warm up, shy, and insecure, Fang Yu is continually affirmed, che 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Ornament 浮饰 A kidnapping turns two people into each other's targets for elimination, but when their blades meet, a heart-wrenching entanglement takes hold. In this game of mutual pursuit, hunter and prey keep trading places. So who, in the end, is hunting whom? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Surviving the Apocalypse by Unlocking the Superpowers of Screen Characters 末世生存解锁影视人物超能力 Shen Mufan, a survivor reborn into the apocalypse, unexpectedly awakens a System, and his good days begin. He can choose from countless superpowers, and there are hidden quests too. Completing them earns extra rewards, but these quests are connected to movies and TV shows... 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Seven Sages Rule the Martial World 七圣统江湖 Seven “good-for-nothings” who fought their way out of the mud side by side become brothers. With loyalty as their blade and blood and fire as their armor, they eventually transform into peerless powerhouses capable of defying heaven and subduing the earth. They rewrite the rules, blazing a path from underdogs to legends and shaking the entire jianghu! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 A Fleeting Moment of Youth 芳华一瞬 Also known as: After being set up and killed, I spend my days haunting the human world ◆ A revenge plot within a revenge plot ✖️ Modern urban tales of the supernatural ◆ One female lead and multiple male leads, sweet romance + scheming + humor + smoldering charm He was once a wealthy young gentleman in the human world, but his scheming ex-girlfriend set him up, and he fell to his death from a cliff. Unable to accept it, he swore to make that wretched woman pay with her life. Her marriage was in —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 A Little Genius Drops In, and the Top Scientist Becomes a Daughter-Doting Dad 萌宝空降，科研大佬沦为女儿奴 [The Whole Family's Darling] [Adorable Child] [Doting Father] [Healing Sweet Romance] [Aerospace Big Shot] What's it like to suddenly have an adorable three-and-a-half-year-old daughter? Aerospace research big shot Su Qingyan is completely undone: Thanks for asking. I'm in the capital, and one soft, sweet "Daddy" from this little bundle of joy has melted my heart. The old Su Qingyan cared only for rockets and stars. Scientific research was his entire life, and nothing but precise data could tou 185Reads—Score131Shelves
- 48 The Vermilion Bird Travels to Ancient Times: The Princess Consort Is a Special Forces Soldier 朱雀穿古：王妃是特种兵 [Special Forces] + [Transmigration] + [Alternate Ancient World] + [Power Couple] + [Feel-Good Read] + [Sweet Romance] She is an elite modern-day Special Forces soldier. Betrayed by her boyfriend, she crosses into another world with a phoenix-blood jade pendant! He is a bloodthirsty, brutal prince known as the God of Killing. He despises women, yet becomes obsessively possessive of her! He is a gentle and refined young nobleman who repeatedly steps in to help her out of trouble! He is the proud, 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Author Transmigrates into a Cultivation Novel: A Roguish System Makes Me Take the Blame 作者穿修仙：流氓系统逼我背锅 Blame-shifting power-ups + lucky unlucky protagonist + wish-fulfillment + play the pig to eat the tiger + lighthearted Lin Mo accidentally transmigrated after ranting about the System mechanics in his unfinished harem-style cultivation novel. To his utter bewilderment, he became bound to the "Rogue System" he'd created, and began his career as everyone's scapegoat that very day... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 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
