Novels like Zhang San’s Leisurely Path to Immortality
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Zhang San’s Leisurely Path to Immortality, best match first.
- 1 His Majesty Is Going to Class 朕，上课了 An ordinary college student playing online games with friends is transported, with no clothes on, to a chaotic parallel world of ancient times. He struggles to survive a drought and leads his team to make a fortune, nearly building a great enterprise... and then you tell me I have to go to class? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Fragrant Honey: Ink on Jade 香蜜之墨上人如玉 Content warning: Characterization may be wildly out of character!!! This story isn't very kind to the original male and female leads, so fans of either should stay away. [Two male leads] Chi Yuan × Runyu Mo Jue transmigrated. At a loss for words, he could only marvel at the System's brilliantly convoluted transmigration arrangement. First, he landed in an alternate world, transmigrating into the bodies of a dead father, a missing mother, an unborn little sister, and a broken version of himself w 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I'm Li Bai, the Deliveryman Turned Poet Immortal in Another World 我外卖员李白，异世界当诗仙 Li Bai, a food delivery rider, transmigrates to another world in ancient times. He grows stronger through classical poetry and travels across the continent, exploring its customs and people. He becomes invincible in the later part of the story. Traditional Chinese aesthetics + brotherhood + a touch of romance —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Transmigrated to Another World as a Child, I Became a Lord with My Keen Eyes 从小穿越异世，我以慧眼成领主 Lin Chen, once a corporate manager in his previous life, died in an unexpected car accident. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a baby in a medieval fantasy world. Raised from childhood in a border viscount’s household, he was now six-year-old Elias, the young lord. As the legitimate heir to the family, he seemed to live a life of privilege, but he was trapped on a border surrounded by wolves and tigers. The neighboring nobles all eyed him hungrily, seeing him as nothing more than a yo 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 I Have a Locust Wood Coffin 我有一口槐木棺 [Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Ensemble Cast + All-Female Main Group + Gentle and Unhinged Later On + No Angst (Probably) + Slow Plot + Somewhat Expansive Worldbuilding + Lighthearted] This book is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental... Enjoy without worry. The book is under contract. What is the difference between life and death? Must those on opposite sides be evil? “Zhiran! Do you like flowers?” Life and death... good and evil. What do the 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Butterfly's Endless Summer: Continued 蝴蝶的无尽夏：续 [The original novel has already covered most of the protagonist’s story. This sequel features multiple CPs, and although the protagonist is guaranteed the most screen time, it won’t be overwhelmingly more than everyone else] [This is a sequel. Reading the original is recommended, but you can still enjoy the sequel without it] [Lots of everyday events interspersed with some plot (not really)] [How much screen time each character gets depends on whose story the author happens to think of. The plot —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The System Helps Me Build the Strongest Sect 系统带我打造最强宗门 After getting cheated in a game, the protagonist Gu Jinge angrily spills water on his keyboard by accident and transmigrates into the son of the leader of a dilapidated sect. From then on, he begins his path to immortality. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Frost and Foam, Together in Death 霜沫同归 Ten years ago, in the desperate snows of the mountains, he used his body to shield me from disaster. Ten years later, deep in a bandit’s den, we crossed blades, yet he no longer recognized my face. My killing move fell apart because of him, and his suspicions wavered because of me. Only when I threw myself into his arms did he feel the burning weight of my ten years of longing, as he wept silently. Later, he took my hand, asking nothing of the past and making no promises about the future. He onl 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Building a Dynasty in the Deep Mountains 我在深山建王朝 A 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! 248Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Original Calamity! Sleeping Under the Sun 原灾！在阳光下的睡眠 [A battle-filled journey, arc-based plot, no transmigration, no rebirth, no System, elemental bodies, unusual evolution] At one moment in time, images appeared in everyone’s minds. Some saw fragmented scenes, while others saw a complete vision. The images showed a planet crumbling and being destroyed. An unknown disaster struck, causing all living and nonliving things to undergo strange mutations and evolve at an astonishing rate. ...The opening arc has finally come to an end. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The God of Wealth Has Chased His Wife for Nine Lifetimes, and Finally Learned His Lesson 财神爷追妻9世已老实 Ruan Yuanyuan transmigrated into the body of a beggar in a ruined temple and nearly starved to death. Fortunately, she had a knack for making milk tea. From a street stall to her own shop, from Qingxi Town to the capital, her business became so popular that even the Empress Dowager joined the queue and personally bestowed a plaque calling her the “Milk Tea Fairy.” The only complication was the fool of a husband by her side. He could cut his hand while slicing a mango and turn the accounts into a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 After I Transmigrated, I Planned to Lay Low Until the Ending 穿越后打算苟到大结局 [The book has only just launched, so having no reviews and a low rating is normal.] This is my first time transmigrating into a book. At the beginning: System: Host, you need to earn the male lead's favor. Once it reaches 100 points, you can return to the real world. “What? I have to earn his favor, and get it all the way to the maximum? That sounds harder than reaching the sky.” Chi Wanwan wondered if the System was making things too difficult for her. Later: System: If the male lead dies unexp —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Glasslight Drifts Across a Summer of Ripples 璃光漫过涟漪夏 [Everyday romance] + [One female lead] + [No rebirth, no System] + [A slow-burn romance] When I was five, my mother brought home a girl my age from the hospital. The following year, my mother left, and we made a quiet promise: “We'll wait for her to come home.” But when I was twelve, the girl disappeared too, without even leaving a goodbye. Six years later, she walked back into this house, and we met again. Her closeness felt like it was tearing open emotions I'd thought were long dead. The gent 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Hard to Kill, Can’t Die, Absolutely Can’t Die 难杀，死不了，根本死不了 [One heroine, multiple love interests + Strong female lead + Soul transmigration + Infinite resurrection + Suitors competing for her] Back from the dead again and again. All things have a spirit, and killing the heroine is no easy feat. Xia Chan, who specializes in jewelry restoration, is carried by magical treasures from one otherworld to the next, racking up romantic entanglements wherever she goes. The fallen prince she saves amid a rain of arrows falls in love for the first time. He becomes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Spirit Universe Space 灵宇空间 Once a supremely glorious clan, his family was forced into hiding in a top-secret place. Then, infighting among the brothers left his direct bloodline with shattered spiritual roots and an exhausted bloodline. Man Yi’s ancestors endured life in a frigid, desolate land for dozens of generations, all to repair their spiritual roots, find their enemy, and uncover the truth behind what happened back then. Instead, his parents were killed, and he was reduced to a hunted fugitive, fleeing for his lif —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Cannon Fodder Sword Immortal's Guide to Staying Alive 炮灰女剑仙保命法则 [Book Transmigration] [Female-oriented wuxia] [Jianghu] [Secret identities] [Comedy] A stunning, crazy sword immortal who dominates the jianghu with her martial prowess ✖️ A prince who starts out sharp-tongued and gloomy, then becomes utterly devoted to his master “Can I ever get back to reviewing manuscripts in peace?” Ming Lan edits male-oriented fiction for an online platform. While reviewing a manuscript, she transmigrates into a novel she was editing. Why did the System army choose her out —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Prisoner in the Locker 储物柜的囚徒 The Prisoner in the Storage Locker —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Blind Gambit in the Eternal Night 盲弈永夜 [No Cliches] [No System] [No Brain-Dead Decisions] [No Invincibility] Lu Yu, blind and amnesiac, wakes beneath a moonlight that devours all it touches. The beast-shifters traveling with him are rotting, the psychic sensitives have demons living in their minds, and the man with a [Protagonist Halo] is trying to lead the survivors to a mass grave. As the blood moon swallows the last of the daylight, Lu Yu grips his white cane and heads for the world's loophole. Is this world a cage? No, it's a mur —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Chronicles of Wandering Through the Mortal World 缘游尘记 "Slay demons, defend the people, purge the evil, and seek the path to immortality through mountains of corpses and seas of blood." Mo Xi, once an ordinary high school student, somehow arrives in a world overrun by monsters and demons. Relying on the skills and belongings his grandfather left behind, he slays demons and monsters, wins the people a peaceful life, and finds the path to immortality. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Childhood Sweethearts 梁晓无猜 [One-on-one romance, both leads devoted only to each other + secret crush becomes mutual love + both pursue each other + two top students + from school uniforms to wedding gowns + rekindled love + happy ending] A sunny, gentle, devoted sweetheart VS a rational, reserved academic beauty May the roads be slow, and may this love never fade. This novel is set in the early 2000s, when the internet and phones were just taking off, and even QQ was not yet widely used. A realistic story: the leads neve 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Cthulhu: Can't You See I'm Playing a Game? 克苏鲁：没见我在打游戏吗？ Eggy Party: Escape from the Haunted Night + golden finger + twists + gaming Opening: I transmigrated, and my phone ended up inside my brain. Something strange devoured my gaming apps, and from then on, it became my golden finger. Whatever. I've already died once, so as long as I can play games, I'm good. Wait, what do you mean the game affects the real world? You're saying I can win the game by influencing reality? All right, then. Time to get serious. Third-person perspective, limited omniscien 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Outcasts Beneath the Neon Lights 霓虹下的无序者 Mysterious fragments descend upon the city. The rules collapse, and supernatural abilities awaken. There’s the weirdo who rummages through trash cans, the lawyer who can see information, the genius who can rewrite equations, the doctor who trades life for life... A group of “chosen ones” with wildly different styles are forced to team up and deal with strange incidents and monstrous creatures born from the fragments. They think they’re just cleaning up a mess, but before they know it, they’ve st —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Jian Huarou 剑怀柔 The story of a pure-hearted swordsman becoming a devoted loyalist. He was a renowned hero of the martial world, and he met her once when she was still young. The lovestruck girl fell for him at first sight, but he still treated her like a child. They agreed that once he became the greatest swordsman in the martial world and fulfilled his dream, he would return for her. So she waited in her secluded quarters, year after year. Then she heard that he had been just one step away from claiming the ti —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Not a Fake 非伪 Infinite-flow + System + rule-based horror + wild imagination + mind-bending mystery College student Yang Ruihua was returning to his dorm one evening when his roommates put him through a series of strange tests. Just as he began to wonder what was going on, he came across a bizarre livestream. What followed was the “fact” that “death” was coming, and that he was a “fake person”… The “fake people” in this book are an entirely new concept. Please don’t apply it to real life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 A World Beyond: Fortune-Telling and Ghost Hunting for Merit 异世：算命捉鬼为功德 He fell into the water saving someone and switched souls??? He can catch ghosts and tell fortunes??? He does it for merit, not money??? The protagonist says: Sorry, it’s just that my family is really loaded. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Reborn: I Went on a Rampage at the Ji Family 重生之我在纪家杀疯了 Reborn: I Went on a Killing Spree at the Ji Residence 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Sorry, Bestie, Your Son Is Mine Now 闺蜜对不起，你儿子变成我儿子了 Bestie, I'm Sorry. Your Son Became My Son 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Our Chaos Is the Universe’s Tattoo 我们的混乱是宇宙的纹身 Humanity has gone completely insane!!! An advanced civilization known as the Observers has kept humanity in a “protected zone” on the edge of the Milky Way, recording its development as casually as watching ants move house. The Observers' technology is so far beyond humanity's that they can crush stars with a flick of the wrist and use black holes as garbage dumps. To them, human nuclear weapons aren't even fireworks. Humanity's civilization rating is “redundant data slated for deletion.” The Ob 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Two Paths of Truth and Illusion 真妄两途 No harem, no self-righteous saint, no stupidity, no invincible protagonist. One heroine, or possibly no heroine. The day after she turned me down, she came back blushing and told me she liked me. My mom's cooking was too salty, and the next day it was never salty again. Everyone became perfect: easygoing, reasonable, and incapable of making mistakes. But I saw a layer of black slime coating their bodies. In my memories, there was an old world. Filthy, chaotic, full of lies, but everyone in it wa 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Moment of Awakening: My Rank Is a Dragon 觉醒时刻：我的位格是条龙 [No System, Suspense, Not a Power Fantasy, Slow Burn] [This book adheres to reason in all things, with an extended setup in the early chapters.] Peng Zhe accidentally transmigrates into a world that looks normal on the outside but is filled with the bizarre within. His transmigration seems to be connected to the awakening of the original body's soul. There are no System prompts or clear instructions for cultivation techniques. His only advantage is his way of thinking, far ahead of its time. Thi 161Reads—Score147Shelves
- 31 Across the End 跨越终末 (This is a slow burn, so readers looking for a fast-paced story should proceed with caution. As a new author with a new book, I’ll do my best to avoid frustrating plot points.) [Funny Version] “When the coffee that girl threw was only 0.01 cm from my face, I decided to tell a lie. After that lie, she would fall madly in love with me... Ahem, wrong script.” [Official Version] The Doomsday Bell tolls ever closer, and the survival of civilization hangs by a thread. The [Current World Administration 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 That Alley on That Day 那日小巷 In April, locust blossoms dampened the lashes of Bei Xiang as she huddled beside the roots of an old locust tree, sobbing silently. Nan Mu appeared beside her without a word. He wore a red volunteer vest. The setting sun stretched his shadow long, like a breathing white birch tree, effortlessly enveloping her whole world. The green-apple lollipop he handed her caught the sunlight and shimmered with rainbows. "Here, don’t cry. Big Brother will buy you candy." That year, Bei Xiang was thirteen and 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Glory: Selecting Lord Grim in Seconds from the Start 荣耀之开局秒选君莫笑 Glory: Picking Lord Grim in an Instant from the Start 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 White Tea Isn't Liquor 白茶不是酒 (Leans toward a story of female growth) Dragging her shattered body and spirit, she flees to a peaceful guesthouse deep in the Erhai area, seeking nothing more than a place to catch her breath. He had loved her in secret for ten years. Once he finally had her, he failed to cherish her. His deep-seated belief that he didn't deserve her drove her away. At Erhai, she meets another man and thinks her life will be peaceful. But he has been lying in wait for ten years, using his role as a guesthouse o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Is the Grand Preceptor a Cat? 国师大人是只喵？ (Fantasy + historical romance + pseudo-rebirth + pseudo teacher-student romance) [Hot-tempered general's daughter]× [Cool, compassionate Imperial Preceptor] (So far, everything I've written takes place before the heroine is reborn.) Lu Shengsheng was unruly from childhood, and no one in the household could handle her. One letter from her father sent her to the Imperial Preceptor's residence as his disciple. She had planned to learn magic and join the Imperial Preceptor in exorcising demons, but —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 It’s Midsummer 是盛夏啊 I came up with this idea more than a decade ago and wrote it in fits and starts. I finished it two years ago, but it sat untouched on my computer. My procrastination was so bad that only now has it finally seen the light of day. Sorry, my male and female leads, haha. Maybe it's outdated. If you happen to come across it, take a look when you're bored and pass the time. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Elemental Cultivation 元素修道 No System, no brainless protagonist, no wish fulfillment, no harem, and definitely not a traditional cultivation setting. If that bothers you, proceed with caution. (Modern high-martial-arts) While playing around on Earth, Shang Yuxun and Chang Qingxuan discovered something strange and were transported to another world. After enduring countless hardships and making a vow to become a god, he suddenly returned to Earth. Just when he thought it was all over, the story was only beginning. Read the b 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Ghostbusting Agency, 驱鬼事务所， Do you believe that ghosts exist in this world...? During a holiday, Zhang Mengye got the sudden urge to go exploring and investigate a recent horror rumor: the vanished Zero Train. What followed was the opening of a door to a whole new world. After exploring the Zero Train, Zhang Mengye and the three others witnessed genuine supernatural phenomena, and they would go on to encounter many more events like it. A wandering girl in white, a wedding that never existed, a face-cutting demon, a golden 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 How Do I Deal with My Adjutant Turning Me into a Lovesick Fool in One Second? 被副官一秒钟宠成恋爱脑怎么破？ [Older Love Interest + Interstellar + Mecha + Both Pure + Top + 1v1 Happy Ending. I don't even know how the unrequited-love tag got added. No idea how to remove it, so if you came here because of that tag, feel free to steer clear.] An aloof general in public, sharp-tongued in private, and absurdly fragile around his lover, all while pretending to be tough × a gentle, good-natured adjutant who is a devoted, obsessive fan and loves him without a second thought General Chu of the Acaleno Star Syst 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 On My First Day as a Transfer Student, I Realized the Whole Class Was Messing with Me 转学第一天，我发现全班都在演我 On my first day as a transfer student, I discovered the whole class was putting on an act for me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Reborn: Can I Please Stop Falling in Love? 重生之我能不能不谈恋爱了 Also known as: “Help! What Do I Do If My Love Interest Is a Mosquito?” and “Reborn: I Turned My Love Interests Into My Minions” An infinite-resurrection story × a trio of goofballs × a System princess. Whenever they disagree, they die and turn into three mosquitoes buzzing around. A sometimes unhinged, sometimes obedient, doted-on heroine, Wen Zi × a cool-headed, steady, sharp-tongued man who admits his mistakes and changes, Jiang Jiang × a warm, sunny, revenge-seeking hopeless romantic, Qin An. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Words Follow 言随 [On hiatus for six months, now updating again] The handsome, down-on-his-luck young nobleman Jiang Baizhu X the beautiful, gentle gentlemanly madman Yan Sui! When Jiang Baizhu wakes up, he finds himself in a dilapidated building that looks suspiciously like an old-fashioned mental asylum. Caught up in a tangled mess with the heretical System and that damned, made-up “obscenity” charge, he is forced into one paranormal incident after another. Yan Sui, meanwhile, is a madman who rides the waves of 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 I'm Crazy, So Do Whatever You Want! 我疯了，你随意！ [Infinite Levels + System-Type Nonhuman Protagonist + Light Cosmic Horror] "Have you ever had a fantasy like this?" "You have to escape the cage." "No matter what it takes." My name is Cai Fengyan. Everyone says I'm crazy. My name is A Cai. Everyone says I'm right. Don't be afraid. I'll help you. As the world turns into instances, the line between overseers and their kind grows blurred. Can you escape the all-seeing prison and the gaze of others? Instance One, "Fami 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Doomsday Arrives 末日驾临 Zhang Haiping never imagined that darkness would suddenly engulf the campus during an otherwise ordinary evening study session. All sorts of urban legends began to awaken, turning the campus into a slaughterhouse. At the critical moment, Zhang Haiping and his friends Xu Dehao and Qiu Ming fought with all their might and killed the Slit-Mouthed Woman, buying themselves a brief respite. But now that the apocalypse had arrived, could they keep surviving? Where had all those ghosts and monsters come 903Reads—Score115Shelves
- 45 Palace: The Lost Daughter: Liuli Reborn 宫锁沉香之琉璃重生 After Liuli dies, her spirit wanders through the imperial palace. She sees the director and cast wrap filming and celebrate, and only then realizes she was just a supporting character in the movie The Love Story of Consort Hua. She can’t accept it. Why should Chenxiang, so weak and given to daydreaming, be rewarded with happiness, while Liuli schemes at every turn and works hard to get ahead, even throwing away her self-respect and dignity, only to end up “pierced through the heart by ten thousa 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Those Years I Sang for the Dead 我给死人唱戏那些年 Those Years I Sang for the Dead —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 When the Blue Moon Shines 蓝月闪烁之时 [No System / Business / Farming / Development / Female Lead Appears Later] At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a blue moon suddenly appears in the sky, throwing the world into upheaval. The next two hundred years are marked by a turbulent history full of disasters. Zhang Zhenxing, a chief engineer at a tech company, transmigrates into the body of Zhuang Jiafeng, a boy with an intellectual disability. He discovers that the dynasties after the Eastern Jin have diverged completely from the hist 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Rule Horror: Welcome to Smile Corporation. Now Smile 规则怪谈：微笑公司欢迎你，笑吧 Lin Yi can enthusiastically, passionately, and tenderly applaud a toilet occupied by an eerie being, or give his teammates a loving embrace with a toilet plunger. He's just an innocent college student. What bad intentions could he possibly have? It's all because Rule Horror refuses to act human! So why should he? A toilet that won't behave deserves to be punished with a toilet plunger. Shady companies can say goodbye to the world. Poisoning? What poisoning? I gave them miracle water that makes y 1Reads—Score104Shelves
- 49 In a Bizarre World, I Hold the Beloved Darling Script 诡异世界，我手握团宠剧本 [Light horror dungeons + two male leads (both strong, both devoted) + System + cards + comedy + romance] Obsessive, lovesick yandere top × freedom-loving sunshine bottom “You don’t like being tugged around by a kite string, so I’ll be the wind that circles around you. But don’t disappear without a word again. I’ve already gone mad once…” Chi Ying overcame every obstacle to find the one he loved, only to discover that he was gravely injured and had lost all his memories. “He still likes chocolate 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Possessing Uncle Nine: Becoming the Strongest Spirit Warden 夺舍九叔：成为最强镇灵师 In the early years of the Republic of China, warlords fought over territory, leaving the people in misery. The major cities were constantly ravaged by war, while the mountain villages and small towns remained relatively peaceful, just as everyone hoped. Lin Jiu, an eighteenth-generation Maoshan Daoist, returned with his disciples to Niutou Village in Qianshan Town and opened a funeral home to help those who had died in the war pass on and be reborn soon. Even if it only brought them peace of min 4Reads—Score—Shelves
