Novels like Ergou the Charlatan
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Ergou the Charlatan, best match first.
- 1 Hunted from the Start, I Built the Mightiest Dynasty 开局被追杀，我反手打造最强王朝 [Transmigrate into a book, revenge, twists, and a journey of growth. No superpowers or golden fingers.] Han Chen, a military surgeon, is caught in a fatal car accident. His soul transmigrates into an unfamiliar novel, where he becomes Han Yu, a prince of the Yue Dynasty whose family is killed from the start and who is hunted down himself. The System tells him he must help the original Han Yu take revenge before he can return to reality. To escape his pursuers, he flees alone to the homeland of t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Way of Officials and Merchants 官商道 [Nine Yin Manual game fanfiction + male soul in a female body + high-martial-arts cultivation + scheming and vengeful + intelligent protagonists and villains] After finally working myself to the bone to get the company listed, you damn well turn me into a little girl! And not just any girl, but a pitiful soul who was abandoned by her new husband on her wedding day, then beaten to death by bandits. Watch me beat up scumbags, shake the Five Sacred Mountains with my fists, kick my way across the Ni —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Was Tricked into Becoming a Judge in the Underworld 被骗到地府当判官 Tricked into the Underworld from the start, I used my professional skills to seal the King of Hell! While everyone else lies flat after work, I “work overtime” in the Underworld. Because my birth chart was yin-aligned, the Black and White Impermanence tricked me into taking a part-time job as a judge. I thought it would earn me a little pocket money. Little did I know that my eight years of experience as a legal professional in the civil service would give me such a huge advantage in the afterli 6kReads7.1Score418Shelves
- 4 The Rumors Are Fake, but the Fun Is Real 绯闻是假，快乐是真 The court is alive with wind, and the boys shine with youthful light. The canteen is warm with everyday bustle, and the boys carry feelings in their hearts. As she enters her freshman year, Wen Ruanuan steps with ease into the highest circles on campus, moving between the student council and the literary society with a calm heart and quiet confidence. The world's chatter and other people's scrutiny have never bothered her in the slightest. It is during this bright season at the start of the sc —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Powerful Woman from the Apocalypse Is Sick, and Needs a Cure 从末世穿来的大佬，她有病，得治 (Strong female lead: space/secret realms + supernatural powers + transmigration and rebirth + the heroine never compromises! The male lead has multiple incarnations. The heroine is unwell, read with caution.) Synopsis (Heroine’s Version): After Zhao Jing was killed, she transmigrated from the apocalypse to ancient times and casually grabbed a man to marry. She figured she’d follow her husband wherever life took them and settle down for good. But the man turned out to be strange. There was one of 202Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I Told You to Be a Ghost Officer, Not to Turn the Underworld Upside Down 让你当鬼差，没让你把地府闹翻天 [Ghost hunting + comedy + episodic short stories + two romance arcs] “Scare factor: 1. Comedy factor: 99! It has a vibe similar to Spirit Pendulum. Hope you enjoy it.” “Talking about ghosts, telling tales of human feelings.” Shen Zhe, a minor celebrity with no fame to speak of, suddenly dies. Was it suicide, or was there more to it...? His friend Han Min, who was already on borrowed time, seeks revenge for him and unexpectedly ends up in the underworld, but can’t find him anywhere... I can’t be 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Transmigration: Disaster Strikes, and the Villain Turns Out to Be Me 穿越：天灾降临，反派竟是我自己 (Transmigration into another body + strong heroine + apothecary + pocket dimension + System + magical beasts + magic + x-ray vision + beastfolk + no romance) Synopsis: The heroine transmigrates to a magical planet and immediately offends a god. She'd planned to lie flat, but to “survive at all costs” (Exe?), she has no choice but to fight heaven and earth. The god gets beaten up again and again until he finally asks for peace (￣▽￣)~*. She thinks she's dealt with both the god and the demon king, 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Anomaly: Beginning with a Return from the Abyss 异常：从深渊归来开始 That day, the sun rose as usual, and the world quietly fell apart. Entrances to another world appeared in one hidden corner after another: convenience store stockrooms, subway tunnels, library restrooms... Anyone who entered without knowing the truth was doomed to die. Like a phantom, the dark red otherworld dragged civilization into chaos. With the world on the brink of collapse, one supreme powerhouse gathered elites from across the globe and founded a secret organization, paying the price in 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 After My Spaceship Crashed, I Started Fighting Gods on Earth 飞船失事，我从地球开始对抗神 When he saw a heavy particle hurtling toward him aboard the damaged spaceship, Xuan Yuan Shengxin thought for a moment that he was about to say goodbye to this beautiful world. Well, he survived. He even returned to Earth, the homeworld he had never seen before. But Earth was far from peaceful. What do you mean my homeworld has been corrupted by the gods? And the talent I've never had a chance to use, “Key”... Its only ability is to cleanse the gods' corruption?! As for the price of this talent, 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Cultivating Immortality in a World of Magic 魔法世界修仙 [Playing It Safe + Decisive and Ruthless + Traditional Cultivation + Troublesome Golden Finger + Witty and Humorous + Magic and Battle Aura] Lu Yuchen transmigrates to another world. Everyone else cultivates magic and battle aura, while he cultivates immortality. As the mages chant forbidden spells capable of destroying the world, he holds lightning in his left hand, fire in his right, and a sword floating above his head, smiling amiably: “Now, everyone... have you ever heard of cultivation?” 552Reads—Score100Shelves
- 11 Special Envoy of the Underworld 地府特派专员 “The Worry-Free Pavilion: As long as you have enough money, we'll take care of all your worries.” A drunken underworld bailiff makes a blunder, mistaking Wang Yu, who was trying to help someone in need, for a dead man and dragging him to the underworld for judgment. The Judge discovers that Wang Yu is the reincarnation of a virtuous man from nine lifetimes ago, and that his allotted years are not yet up, so he wants to send him straight back to life. Unfortunately, Wang Yu is a nobody in the 5.4kReads8.5Score349Shelves
- 12 After We Broke Up, I Ran Away with a Demon Girl 分手后，我和恶魔少女私奔了 Qin Bo has fallen for a girl, but she’s cold toward him during the day and warm toward him at night, leaving him utterly confused! Qin Bo: “Who is she, exactly? Her name is clearly Xia Qingqing, but she calls herself Xia Wanwan.” Xia Wanwan: “You’re not allowed to like Xia Qingqing. If I find out you do, you’ll never see me again.” Xia Qingqing: “Hello, Mr. Qin. Have we met before? Yesterday, perhaps?” A depressed engineer falls for a mysterious girl with two souls. What secrets does she hold, a 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Red Flag over the Black Soil 黑土地上的赤旗 [Ensemble Cast] [Conquest] [Anti-Qing] After the Opium War, the Qing government intensified its exploitation of the common people. To resist its oppression, Hong Xiuquan preached in Guangxi in the southwest, while Li Changgeng cleared land in Liaoning in the northeast. Everyone, come and see how I will, in the northeast, keep the Russian Empire at bay in the north, subdue Korea in the east, cross the sea to conquer Japan, and march through the pass to destroy the Qing! 1kReads—Score100Shelves
- 14 The White Rose’s Company 白玫瑰的陪伴 The White Rose by Her Side 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Didi Rides: The Ferryman of the Underworld 滴滴搭车，地府摆渡人 “Hey, beautiful, where are you headed?” “The Yellow Springs Road. I’m going to be reborn.” Qin Zeyu never imagined he’d become a ferryman for the Underworld, much less a special-contract driver with the number 007! Picking up passengers, fighting ghosts, earning merit, and flirting with Bai Shao, a beautiful ghost officer: his days are... thrilling! But when he meets a female ghost heartbroken by love, he discovers that the netherworld has its own tangled romances and bitter rivalries. 185Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Stubborn Ghost of the Underworld 地府钉子户 [A sidekick, adorable pets, and a bit of fun. No romance.] Wu Lingling is a little ghost whose origins are a mystery to everyone! She doesn't know how she died or how many years she's been drifting around! In fact, apart from her name, she knows nothing at all! Her one big goal as a ghost is to be reincarnated... But that goal seems a long, long way off! To escape her status as a permanent resident of the underworld, Wu Lingling does a whole series of things that no self-respecting ghost would b 553Reads9.2Score106Shelves
- 17 A Delicate Educated Youth? General Zhenyuan: I Love Beautiful Women 知青娇弱？镇远将军：我爱美 At the General’s residence, the imperial edict had been delivered. Xue Mulan sat at the side table in the main hall. After a long while, she said only, “Enough!” After the general left, the maid in green collected half a cup of leftover tea, but did not wipe the table or straighten the chairs. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 A Resignation Letter and the First Bouquet 辞职信与第一束花 The Resignation Letter and the First Bouquet 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Greatsword Girl: The Source of the Chaotic World 大剑少女之沌世之源 “Who am I?” This isn't where the question begins. It is the story itself. Zhang Yuqin is searching for answers, and every “self” she finds lives in someone else's utterly different life: a fisherman's daughter, a scholar at an academy, a tear angel in a temple, a guardian known only by a number in a world without names... Or perhaps the child in a laboratory, injected with something that made wings grow from her body. Is the world real? Can memory be trusted? When countless threads of fate all 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 I Write Novels in the Great Ming, and the Emperor Keeps Hounding Me for Updates 我在大明写小说，皇帝居然来催更 I transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty hoping to survive by writing novels. I never imagined I would end up changing the Ming emperor’s mind and setting him on the path to immortality. If the emperor reads your novel and decides to seek immortality, have you ever thought about the consequences? 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Don't Let Me Touch You, or I’ll Uncover Every Secret 别让我摸到你，啥秘密都藏不住 Watch out! Whatever Ding Xia touches, you’d better not let him get his hands on it. He has an incredibly strange ability. Touch an object, and he can replay its entire past. Once he gets his hands on anything, he can make a perfect copy. Ding Xia is a man who cares deeply about his country. He got his start repairing household appliances and made a fortune through sheer skill. As his business grew, the people coming to his door weren’t just customers, but law enforcement officers, too. An ordina 8Reads—Score138Shelves
- 22 A New Myth of the Universe 宇宙新神话 The dazzling stars are the stage of the gods. When supernatural powers intertwine with interstellar technology across the boundless cosmos, how many wondrous legends will be born to capture our imaginations? What do they love? What do they hate? What do they fear? What do they seek? Perhaps in the endless universe, so-called gods and aliens are no different from us, ordinary people fumbling our way forward. We are all creatures struggling to survive, fighters who refuse to yield, and, above all, 4.4kReads9.2Score432Shelves
- 23 I Turned My Vegetative Wife's Workplace Upside Down 我替植物人老婆整顿职场 The protagonist is a top student and highly educated, but his day job is backbreaking construction work. He married a perfect wife, and their life together was pretty good. But one day, disaster struck: his wife attempted suicide and became a vegetable... After learning that workplace bullying had driven his wife to take her own life, “I” quit my day job and successfully applied for a position at her former workplace. With my own hard work and the help of a mysterious System, I track down the pe 57Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 24 The Texas Underworld 德州江湖 A tale of hooligans in Dezhou, Shandong, China? No. A tale of gangsters in Texas, USA? No. Texas hold 'em? Getting warmer. There are no miraculous gambling skills, no tense showdowns at the poker table, and no underdog comeback story. All there is is a poker table and the assortment of people around it: cops, businessmen, spies, brothers, high-ranking officials, lovers, and lowlifes. The worlds of money, power, loyalty, and love are all deadly. They aren't gambling on cards. They're gambling on 343Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 I Transmigrated into a Giant and Rule Another World with Mushrooms 穿越成巨人，靠蘑菇统治异世界 After a feast of wild mushrooms, a bizarre twist of fate sends Wang Ming to a fantastical otherworld where humans average just a dozen centimeters tall. He becomes the totem god known as the Mushroom Lord. Using his enormous body and the advantage of transporting supplies between two worlds, he gathers followers and expands his territory. The more followers he has, the greater the variety of extraordinary mushrooms at Wang Ming's disposal. [Messenger Mushrooms] keep communications flowing, givin 2.6kReads8.8Score234Shelves
- 26 The Nonexistent Teacher Xu and Auntie Wu 不存在的徐老师和吴阿姨 The Nonexistent Teacher Xu and Auntie Wu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Older Sister Who Exists Only in My Mind 只存在我脑海中的姐姐 The Older Sister Who Exists Only in My Mind 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 To Hell With Your Family Tree, We're All Outstanding Volunteers 去你的族谱，我们全家都是优秀志愿者 Forget Your Family Tree, Our Whole Family Are Outstanding Volunteers —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Across the Misty Myriad Worlds 缥缈万界 The ages roll on, and the seas change into mulberry fields. After Pangu split the heavens and earth and the primordial age dawned, the primordial world eventually shattered and heaven and earth were overturned. The ancient Heavenly Dao, which had once ruled over all things, collapsed and scattered with them. After endless ages of settling and transformation, the scattered fragments of the Heavenly Dao’s origin finally evolved into the universe’s laws of origin and the countless laws derived fr 227Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 That Summer, I Was Reborn 那个夏天，我重生了 That Summer, I Was Reborn 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 My Parents Transferred Me Ninety Thousand Yuan, and the Zombie Horde Broke Out the Next Day 父母给我转了九万块，第二天丧尸潮爆发 My Parents Transferred 90,000 Yuan to Me, and the Zombie Horde Broke Out the Next Day 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 That Summer, I Healed Myself 那个夏天，我治愈了自己 That Summer, I Healed Myself 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 My Uncle Dies from the Start, and I Get This Great Deal? 开局死大爷，还有这好事 On the surface, he is the young owner of a traditional Chinese medicine therapy clinic. In truth, he is a cultivator who has chosen to live in obscurity among ordinary people. If a hospital can treat it, I can treat it. If a hospital can’t, I can still treat it. As long as you aren’t meant to die, I can keep you alive. If you’ve found your way to me, it means you can still be saved. So tell me, what did you do this time? Feng shui can help someone rise to great heights, or leave them plagued by 241Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 After Turning Into Zombies, We Started Living Our Best Lives 变成丧尸后，我们开启了真正的快乐人生 After Turning into Zombies, We Started Living Our Truly Happy Lives 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Five Thunderbolts, True Heart Art 五雷正心诀 This work is entirely fictional. It features everyday urban cultivation, twin senior sisters who are both masters, daily couple life, distinctive tribulations of lightning, and a disciple-recruiting System. I'll do my best to tell every story well! 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Su Tu: The Su Family Arc 苏屠之苏家篇 The protagonist, Lin Feng, transmigrates to a world of magic and struggles to survive alone in the Su household. There are quite a few hidden plot threads, and the pace is a little slow, so it may take some brainpower to read. Feel free to leave a comment with your thoughts and opinions. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Peerless Among Ten Thousand Spirits 万灵无双 A teahouse from the start, yet the Heavenly Dao claims I'm harboring divine beasts. Mysterious supernatural cases keep finding me, and now I've been diagnosed with a terminal illness! But I've discovered there are things in this world that can extend my life The last breath a spirit refuses to surrender A star shifted by someone's hand on a compass A lost art that the sages pursued with their lives A scheme passed down by emperors for a thousand years... Among the three teachings and nine schoo 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Building Terraced Fields on the Loess Plateau 黄土高原开梯田 [No System] [Period Novel] [Upright Values] He carved out a place for himself with his own hands. He made the yellow earth bloom with his sweat. This is a farming novel about changing the whole world through hard work! 4.1kReads8.2Score217Shelves
- 39 The Funeral Parlor Owner's Son Becomes a Forensic Doctor Just to Lie Flat 冥店之子当法医，只为躺平 You can talk to ghosts about human relationships and social niceties, but you can't reason with people, because people are often scarier than ghosts. When dealing with conflicts between ghosts and people, you don't always have to side with the living. Those who have done wrong don't deserve help. The so-called Five Disadvantages and Three Deficiencies aren't a fate that comes with being a cultivator. They only befall cultivators who help people do evil. Some jobs aren't hard because of the work 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 A Cross Mark in the Palm of My Hand 掌心有十字纹 Other people turn their imaginings into stories. I only write about things that really happened to me. My name is Song San. I served in the military, worked as a section chief, and spent three years in a vegetative state. After waking up, I opened a traditional Chinese medicine clinic. A sign outside read: Fortune-telling, feng shui, and difficult medical cases also welcome. Some call me a miracle doctor; others call me a charlatan. Only I know that I learned everything I can do during those thr 693Reads8.9Score120Shelves
- 41 This Ghost Has a Heart of Gold 这个鬼的圣母心爆棚啊 [Fresh new premise, a protagonist who doesn’t get caught up in angst, one heroine, ensemble cast, apocalypse, eerie phenomena, and a cast of smart characters] The story itself is great, but the writing isn’t good enough to do it justice. It’s such a shame. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Strange Tales of the Mountain Village: The Drought Demon and the Drought 山村异闻录之旱魃与旱灾 Strange Tales from the Mountain Village: The Drought Demon and the Drought —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Witch's Growing Pains 魔女小姐的生长痛 [Immortal Witch Protagonist + BG as the Main Romance, with GB/BL/GL on the Side + Personal Kinks (Nonhuman Characters) + I'm a Demon, So Don't Talk to Me About Morals + Slight Everyone's Favorite Setup + Heroine Is a Genius in Many Fields + Raising Kids Early On (The Story Starts When the Heroine Is Little, and She's a Real Child) + The Blurb Doesn't Cover Everything] (Restrained, self-controlled dragon dad ♂) Smiler was wandering through the forest when he came across a powerful defensive magic 405Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 44 No Lamps, No Moon, So What? 无灯无月又何妨 If two hearts understand each other, what need have they for lamps or moonlight? If one day we’re caught in the same snow, then we’ll have shared a lifetime of gray hair. Even if we lived together in perfect harmony, there would still be regrets! May you weather every storm and still keep the light in your eyes, never straying from your original purpose. 34Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 45 Salt and Iron 盐铁 Liaodong is bitterly cold, and salt is worth its weight in gold. To save his parents, young Shen Huai pawns his hairpin for salt. But without a permit, the officials seize it. His father dies in prison, and his mother’s blood stains their doorstep. After a blizzard, he leaves his home behind and follows his uncle, a wandering man of the jianghu, onto the path of the black salt trade. From then on, he is drawn into the fateful abyss of salt and iron, military funds, and political power. At first, 439Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Underworld Chat Group 地府交流群 Just as Zhang Fan was getting ready to meet his online-game girlfriend in person, he was unexpectedly pulled into an underworld group chat by a guy called the City God of the Yellow River. From then on, Zhang Fan's life changed beyond recognition... In his spare time, he chatted about life with Ox-Head and Horse-Face; when bored, he played Fighting the Landlord with Black and White Impermanence; when in a bind, he struck deals with the Judge and King Yama. Want a mansion? No problem. Trade me a 7.3kReads8.4Score892Shelves
- 47 I Helped My Relatives Escape the Zombie Horde, But They Still Keep Pressuring Me to Marry and Have Kids 我帮亲戚们躲过了丧尸潮，但他们还是催婚催生 I Helped My Relatives Escape the Zombie Horde, but They Still Keep Pressuring Me to Get Married and Have Kids 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: Even a Slacker Has to Hustle 穿书七零，咸鱼也得卷起来 Yun Shu transmigrated into a book, becoming a supporting character in a period novel. She didn't need to be sent to the countryside because she was already there. She didn't need to deal with horrible people because she was one of them. She didn't want to go back to school, but had to hide there to stay alive. She didn't want marriage to change her fate, yet rumors about her never stopped. She didn't want to attract attention, but kept getting thrust into the spotlight... She thought she had alw 2.7kReads8.9Score190Shelves
- 49 Entering Demonhood Takes Luck, Cultivating Immortality Takes Connections 入魔靠运气修仙凭关系 Hold fast to your original aspiration, and you can see things through. It is easy to find your original aspiration, but hard to hold on to it. The story's beginning was surprisingly mundane. How could a life like that come after it? What should I say? First of all, I will finish writing this. Also, it's handwritten, with no AI. It's a little rough, but I still hope readers will enjoy it. 179Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 50 The Yin Son of Heaven: From the Start, I Summon Black and White Impermanence 阴天子：开局召唤黑白无常 [System + passionate action + feel-good power fantasy + invincible protagonist + Underworld + Yin Heavenly Son + adventure + wild imagination] Shen Lian transmigrates to a fantasy continent and awakens the Yin Heavenly Son System. He slays vengeful ghosts, eradicates demons and evils, revives myths, and descends upon the mortal world. He obtains the Black and White Impermanence: vengeful ghosts are seized by the soul, and the Impermanence spirits claim their lives. He obtains the City God’s divi 2.7kReads7.6Score210Shelves
