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.
- 51 I Deliver Takeout, and a Natural Disaster Possesses Me from the Start 送外卖的我，开局被天灾附身 This story has no System, and you’ll need to use your head while reading. If that’s not for you, don’t come in. A strange food delivery order awakens the disaster-class supernatural entity Rahu inside delivery driver Jiang Huai. To avoid being assimilated by the disaster-class Rahu and losing his soul, he is forced to embark on the path of becoming a spiritual arts practitioner. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 The Cleaner: Bane of Evil 清道夫：罪恶克星 Lin Mo is a former Special Forces soldier. One day, terrorists kill his daughter in an act of revenge. Lin Mo pursues them for thousands of miles and kills them. From then on, he loathes all crime and becomes a vigilante, avenging those who have been denied justice, eliminating criminals, and protecting the safety of the world and its people. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Playing a Role in a Horror Game 我在恐怖游戏里当扮演者 [Quick transmigration + redemption + beloved + no romance + genderless] Anran, a max-level powerhouse, arrives in the infinite-flow dungeons the System has arranged as her vacation. All she has to do is follow the script and complete random missions; everything else is up to her. But this script is far too easy, so… why not make things harder for the protagonists? Dungeon One [Rose Manor] The easiest beginner dungeon? All you have to do is learn how to grow roses? Oh, perhaps it was before. But 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Becoming the Master of Superpowers with the Book of Wishes 凭借许愿之书成为特能之主 [Gods + supernatural powers + mystery investigations + magic + fantasy + golden finger + leveling up + ensemble cast + dungeon arcs] What's it like to be a special-abilities police officer in another world? Solve cases, slack off, level up, and, along the way, contemplate becoming a god. My Book of Wishes can grant any wish, except... sending me home. I had planned to live a quiet life with my family in this other world, until I discovered Black Locust's ultimate plan: apocalyptic disasters were 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Reborn, I Called Him My Husband in Front of Everyone 重生后，我当众叫了他老公 [A spoiled young wife versus a cunning man in power] [Marriage first, love later + age gap] In front of everyone at their engagement party, Qi Xu rejects Shen Yan: “You want me to marry you? Over my dead body!” And she really did die. Her most trusted adopted younger sister killed her, and the last thing she heard was, “Sister, thank you for giving me Mrs. Shen’s place.” When she opens her eyes again, she’s back on the night she refused him. At the banquet, Shen Yan waits for her to speak, hi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 My Fated Lover! My Otome Game Boyfriend Came to Life 天选恋人！乙游男友奔现了 Have you ever imagined that the virtual lover on your phone might appear before you in real life? Su Mujin never had, and didn’t dare to. In college, it seemed fate had decided to give her a little luck. After a brilliant, unforgettable presence brightened up her life, which had been as plain as water, she stopped hoping for any more good fortune. That’s right, she became a beta tester for a virtual dating app. Until, one day, her lover vanished without a trace… She allowed herself only a brie 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Longing for Fish by the Deep Pool 临渊羡鱼 [Coming of age]+ [Healing]+ [Monster-slaying]+ [A touch of sweetness] The young master, who lives alone in the Gu residence, is rescued by a fish spirit from the lake through a twist of fate. They form a pact, binding their lives together, then head south in search of his mother. Their little boat has passed countless mountains, and the road ahead is long but bright. Love, family, gratitude, and friendship: every experience helps them grow. After facing life and death together, the fish spir 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Reborn as Qi Tongwei’s Father 重生之我是祁同伟他爹 Qilian Shan, a father who knows that his son, Qi Tongwei, met a tragic end crushed by the weight of power, unexpectedly found himself reborn in 1978. Determined to change his son's fate for good and prevent the humiliations and injustices of the past from happening again, he resolutely enlisted in the army. He would temper himself in the fires of war and build strength and reputation step by step, from the battlefield to military school. He would earn a future through military achievements and p 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 As Brilliant as an Emerald 如绿宝石般璀璨 [Western Fantasy] [The heroine is the sole protagonist. There is a male lead, but he has far less page time.] [Coming-of-age story] Peridot was born with a pair of extraordinarily beautiful green eyes. “Like the color of the first leaf of spring,” her mother said. “Lucky-colored eyes,” said the guard at the city gate. “Eyes fit to be written into a song,” said the bard who played his lute at night. Peridot grew up happily in Chaleur, until she was fourteen. Then a woman appeared. The woman wa 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 The Ancient Venerable's Path to Growth 古尊的成长之路 Chen Jingyi is a young man of astonishing talent, an orphan with no connections or support. Yet he is mature and steady, never showing mercy to his enemies and never backing down when trouble arises. He has had his moments of glory, his times of hardship, his moments of invincibility, and his moments on the run. In the end, he becomes a great Soul Venerable, crushing every evil foe in his path. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 The Clapback Championship: Sister Que, Stop Arguing! 怼王争霸赛：榷姐你别诤了 [Sharp-tongued, flirtatious female lead (goes nuts at any time and has a flair for drama) × scheming, aloof, chaste male lead (emotionally stable) + one-on-one sweet romance with a fiery edge] [Livestreamed dating show + playful banter with trending catchphrases + watched by the whole internet + goofy antics + contrasting charm + laugh-out-loud comedy] (Enter at your own risk! Both leads are total goofballs. Plot-driven, not a traditional wish-fulfillment novel.) The first time Ye Que, a sharp- 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Anomalies Have Arrived, and I Can Devour Without Limit 异常降临，我能无限吞噬 Twisted light and shadows take root on street corners. Whispers come from empty rooms, and familiar streets stretch through the thick fog toward an unknown destination. Yu Bai, a seemingly ordinary young man, discovers that he can “eat” anomalies. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Echoes of Fate: A Promise Among the Stars 宿命回响：星之约定 **To bring his beloved back to life, he became a god and destroyed the world.** After losing the one he loved, Gu Yue Xiongjie ascended to godhood and obsessively followed a cold divine oracle: Kill the Chosen One, and your beloved can be resurrected. To that end, he unleashed a crimson miasma that twisted the world. Savage beasts ran rampant, humanity “awakened” talents that burned away their lives, and civilization collapsed. Everything he did was for one purpose: to find the one sacrific —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Cultivating the Dao Through the Mind: Who'd Choose Death If They Could Live? 唯心修仙：能活谁想死啊？ [Slow burn, xianxia, pseudo-ensemble cast, transmigration and rebirth, I’m the weakest among a group of big shots, returning to the past, glimpses of the future, everyone in this group is one of my alternate accounts] Since the birth of qi-refining cultivation, it has evolved from seeking proof within oneself, to relying on nothing external, and then to borrowing the power of Heaven and Earth. Now that Heaven and Earth have changed, ancient cultivation techniques, and those from even earlier tim 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 The Cat in the Blue Sea of Flowers 蓝色花海里的猫 The jacarandas are blooming again. I don't know if I'll meet you on this path covered in blue blossoms. You know, I dreamed about you again. I laughed and cried again! I smelled the fragrance of those lotus flowers filling the pond again. Did the drops of water fall from the lotus leaf that was yours? Do you ever think of me, even for a second? She said, “Every smile of yours has an ulterior motive!” He said, “Your motives are even clearer than mine!” It was a mistake from the very beginning, bu —Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 66 Hit by a Truck, I Became the King of the Deep Sea 被卡车创飞，我成为深海之王 [Abandoned book] Unlucky office worker Zhang Wei is hit by a car and sent to another world, where a wondrous adventure begins. Amid the clash of flames and blades, who has ever touched the divine? Amid history and forgotten things, who is whispering softly? Shadows beneath the sea, a dragon of embers, the judgment of the gods… One trial after another awaits, and a war between gods and humanity officially begins. “Fate is a strange thing. It’s like a shadow that sticks to you. You can’t shake it 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Peach Blossoms in Red: Peach Blossom Curse 桃花红【桃花劫】 [Two female leads + escape story + happy ending + play the pig to eat the tiger + strong heroine + fast-paced] Cheng Shuang is a young woman who has just graduated from college. Though extremely wary as she enters the working world, she is still kidnapped and sold to a village. She pretends to be obedient to let her captors lower their guard, then uses every bit of cunning she has, keeping her emotions in check and patiently enduring. After five long years, she finally escapes the village and wi 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 A Cool Breeze in Summer 熏风微凉 A bookworm and shut-in from the new century accidentally transmigrates into the world of a novel. With a whole repertoire of pouting, acting cute, and playing the helpless one, she successfully wins over her ice-cold master. She thinks that with a powerful patron to rely on, she can do whatever she wants, grow stronger without limits, and even fall in love with her icy master. But she never expected that the ice would melt under her warmth. Even more surprising, after dozing off in a daze, she w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 The Bird and the Summer Cicada 飞鸟与夏蝉 Birds and Summer Cicadas —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 The Book of Luo: The Lord of Clouds 洛书：云君篇 [Fictional dynasty + xianxia + martial arts world + mystery + political intrigue + horror] I’m already a beggar, and you’re telling me I’m a Duke? Fifty-nine years ago, northern foreign tribes seized the Han realm and enslaved its people. Ten heroes rose up, took up arms, drove out the Northern Mang, and reclaimed their homeland. They established a system of nine kings and one emperor to rule the realm together, allowing the Han people to rise again. Fifty-nine years later, the realm seems peace 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 The Abacus Claims Lives! The Double-Sided Legend of the Medical Clinic 算珠夺命！医馆的双面传奇 By day, he’s a doctor who’ll chase you all the way home over a single missing coin. By night, he puts on his dark crystal glasses and becomes a harbinger of death. Han Yan, the second young master of the Han family, was the only one to survive the massacre that wiped them out. He masterminded the destruction of his own family. When the imperial court sent soldiers to investigate, they pursued their quarry into a dark alley, then vanished without a sound. He keeps accounts with an abacus in his l 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Criminals? What Criminals? This Is a Iron Rice Bowl! 犯人？哪有犯人？这叫铁饭碗！ [Urban Superpowers] [Supernatural Invasion] [No Harem] [Building an Organization] The inner world invades. Mutated monsters and terrorist organizations are throwing the world into chaos. By a twist of fate, Li Feng awakens supernatural powers and becomes the warden of a prison. He captures monsters, locks up supernatural criminals, and uses their abilities to bring in even more prisoners. At first, Li Feng thinks his parents' deaths were just an accident. He never expects that supernatural forc —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Disaster Recovery Company 灾后重建公司 [High Martial] [Superpowers] [Transcendent] [Eerie] [Turning amusing everyday happenings into eerie incidents] A century-old Lin University conceals countless earth-shattering secrets; A civilization spanning millennia secretly nurtures tumors that devour the world. Blue Star is gravely ill. Light and darkness together build a paradise, while blood and flesh raise a great wall. The Five Sacred Mountains, emperors, and countless dormant tumors are slowly sucking the life from this planet. Ji Feng 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Quick Transmigration: After Reaching the Emotion Threshold, I Made My Debut in Human Form 快穿之情感值达标后，我人形出道 One-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s first and only, immersive quick transmigration, everyday life, and heartwarming moments. On the brink of death, she binds herself to a strange System: want to be reborn? First, become his “pet”! Su Ruanning, an ordinary office worker, dies unexpectedly and binds herself to the mysterious “Shapeshifting System of All Things,” earning a chance to cross the boundary between life and death and start her life anew. The price: she must travel through dif 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Reborn: Darling, It's Time to Change into Black Stockings Again 重生之：老婆大人，又得换黑丝了 [Reborn] + [Troublesome System] + [One Heroine] (Of course, there'll be a very weak fake harem. If that bothers you, don't read.) Bearing the sins of my past life, I was reborn back in college. This was where all my mistakes began. My mission is to make amends for what I owe the stunning campus belle. But the troublesome System throws this at me: [Host must accumulate ten thousand years of lifespan] “Are you crazy?!” The punishment mechanism activates as soon as the words leave my mouth, an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 A Love Among Grass and Trees 草木情缘 Office drone Li Ming transmigrates, with a baby from the start and all his gear scavenged along the way. Farming in another world? The difficulty is hell from the start! Fortunately, the short videos he'd watched and the amateur science knowledge he'd picked up in his previous life somehow became his exclusive golden finger. He uses biological pest control to deal with pests in spirit plants, and basic chemistry to purify medicinal liquids. He uses the stamina he built up delivering takeout to l —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Taiyi Xuan Zhen 太乙玄真 Taiyi Xuanzhen 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 The Ultimate God Game 极神游戏 I thought losing my job was a bad thing, but then I happened to meet a beautiful landlady? Then I thought finding a new job was a good thing, only to get caught up in a game that would turn my worldview upside down on my way home from work? Tan Xianxing’s life has been such a roller coaster that it’s hard not to sigh. The good and the bad are all mixed together, leaving him at his wit’s end. What do you mean, an ability master? What are these parasites? And what’s going on with the earthbound sp 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Global Horror: Are You Sure You Want to Pick a Fight With Me? 全球惊悚局：你确定向我动手？ [Invasion by higher-level planets + cultivation transmigration + female-led + no romance (no canon pairing) + eerie Classic of Mountains and Seas creatures + livestreaming] After transmigrating, Chu Jingyuan becomes the vicious, scheming female character in a novel who has just been assassinated. As soon as her consciousness finishes merging with the body, a cold mechanical voice rings out in her mind. [Ding! The Host’s soul has taken its place. Please adhere to the original character setting, p 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Quick Transmigration! I’m a Straight Guy! 快穿！我是直男啊！ Infinite-World Survival + Two Male Leads + Shard-Splitting Top + An Avoidant Bottom. The bottom warms up slowly, so feel free to move on if that’s not your thing. They’re both each other’s only partners. This is a fictional setting, so please don’t relate it to real life. Please be patient with this newbie! The story is told mainly from the bottom’s perspective. The top is 1.9 meters tall, and the bottom is 1.83 meters tall. The reason the top is split into shards is that the author can’t write —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Taking Root Within, Entering the Dao Through the Mortal World 以身为种，红尘入道 After his spiritual roots were destroyed and his Dao heart shattered, Su Xiaofan, the teahouse owner, unexpectedly activated the Mortal World System. I'll cultivate and prove the Dao amid the hustle and bustle of the mortal world! I'll show everyone that you can attain sainthood and prove the Dao even in the mortal world! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 The World Is Crumbling, Yet We Will Slay the Gods 世界崩坏，而我们终将弑神 This is my first time writing a novel. The pacing is slow from the start, but I’ve truly put my heart into it, so I hope you’ll give it a chance. I’ve included a summary of the key points from the earlier chapters in the author’s note for Chapter 40. If you couldn’t get through the first few chapters, please take a look at the Chapter 40 summary and what comes next. I’m begging you. The moment Lu Li stepped into the Tianyan Bureau, the gears of fate began turning once more. Though still young, h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Here Comes the One Who Uses Immortality as a Skill 不死当技能用的来了 A gunshot rings out. Chen Nuo raises his head and slowly moves forward, stepping over countless dead versions of himself, piled one atop another. He does not stop. Reflected in his ink-black eyes is a figure he will never let escape. Death has become commonplace, but the will to go on never dies. (Ensemble cast, revenge) A world takes shape and gradually expands, centered on Chen Nuo. The Church, underground casinos, the mysterious N-5 District… The various storylines intertwine and influence on 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 The Chaos Green Lotus Defies the Immortal Path 混沌青莲逆仙途 Ye Chen, the good-for-nothing of the Ye family in the Mortal Realm, awakens the [Azure Lotus Destiny System] after obtaining a bloodstained spear shaft. He stages a comeback at the family trial grounds and face-slaps his cousin at the grand competition, only to get caught up in a conspiracy to frame him over the spirit vein. Brothers turn against each other: his younger brother Ye Ling joins forces with the Third Elder and betrays him. Ye Chen awakens the Chaos Azure Lotus artifact spirit and e —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 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
- 86 Back from the River of Time, I Sweep Through the Elite with Cultivation 时间长河归来，我靠修真横扫豪门 [Urban fantasy + supernatural powers + transmigration + wealthy-family feuds + rise from humble beginnings + invincible protagonist] Ling Chen was a Qi-refining cultivator in the Soul Qi Realm. During a war, an accident plunged him into the river of time. He crossed the vastness of space and time, traversing the river of time itself. When he finally awoke, his soul had transmigrated to a technologically advanced world, possessing the body of a penniless, downtrodden wage worker at the bottom of 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 A Hero's Bloody Battle on the Shanghai Bund 民国英雄喋血上海滩 Fifteen-year-old Lin Yichen knelt beneath a ginkgo tree, carefully tracing the veins of a golden leaf with a tortoiseshell piece. The autumn wind rustled the rice paper, while his little sister Lin Wan’er’s childish voice drifted in and out as she leaned over the railing to count the veins. “Ninety-seven, ninety-eight... Brother! This one’s sure to have more than a hundred!” 109Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Master, Being Invincible Is Really Lonely 师父，无敌真的很寂寞 Transmigration + martial arts + invincibility + play the pig to eat the tiger + comedy + memes While playing a wuxia single-player game, Luo Fan, a university student from the twenty-first century, unexpectedly rolled an incredible trait. His joy turned to tragedy when he choked to death on a dry steamed bun. When he woke again, he had transmigrated into the body of a little beggar in a strange world. Having choked to death in his previous life, he swore he would chew slowly from now on. But hi 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 I Accidentally Became My Best Friend’s Aunt 一不小心成了闺蜜的婶婶 [Both dote on each other + both are each other's one and only] On the very first day back from a business trip abroad, she runs into this kind of trouble. Xiao Jingyan smiles faintly. “Heh! You really thought you could run away, you little thing?” Fang Qingshu rolls her eyes and snaps, “That's right, you little buttery pastry!” Xiao Jingyan: “First, marry me. Second... oh, there is no second. You have a choice.” And just like that, Fang Qingshu somehow ends up marrying him and becomes Xiao 188Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 90 My Moonlight Turned Into My Enemy 白月光变仇人 [Revenge]+ [Forced Love]+ [Love and Hate]+ [Rekindled Romance]+ [A Groveling Heroine Pursuit] Eight years ago, her father fell from the roof of their own home. He was the one who called the police. She stood outside the morgue, clutching her phone. She was eighteen, and her whole world had collapsed. In a single night, she lost her family and everything she had. Eight years later, she returns in a glamorous, captivating secret identity as one of the industry’s top public relations powerhouses. S —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Back to My Youth, Excelling in Sports and the Arts 重回少年，文体双馨 In his previous life, Li Xiangyang was an extraordinary track-and-field prodigy as a boy. Unfortunately, he got stuck with a boneheaded coach who ruined his potential. After a lifetime of frustration, he died at the age of fifty while saving someone, only to return to when he was thirteen. This time, Li Xiangyang is determined to change his life. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 How to Become a Tool Person 工具人是怎样练成的 A true story of people born in the 1980s: the hidden favoritism in rural families, a life full of hardships, and truths no one else knows. The distortions of her birth family became an eternal pain, a wound that could never heal... Later, she thought he had come to save her, but instead... She was hurt again and again, then healed herself time and again... In the end, she locked away her heart, thinking that way she would never be hurt again... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 The Stolen General: A General's Redemption 盗将行，一个将军的救赎。 The Thieving General: A General's Redemption. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 The Stolen General: A Female General's Redemption 盗将行，一个女将军的救赎 The Thieving General: A Female General's Redemption. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 The Female CEO's God-Tier Bodyguard 女总的神级保镖 [Urban Martial Arts] [No AI, no System] [Pure wish fulfillment] In the world of ancient martial arts, is the city destined to serve as nothing but a backdrop, only to be erased completely in the end? The answer is: no! War God Qin Yun brings his beautiful wives and concubines from the city straight into the world of ancient martial arts, carving his way through it! Right in the heart of lands surrounded by sects, he builds one skyscraper after another, reaching for the heavens! When steel and co —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Spirit Armor: The Legend of Taming 灵装：塔明传说 [One Female Lead + Childhood Sweetheart + Apocalypse + Some Gore + Tokusatsu Elements] Five hundred years ago, the final battle between light and darkness began. The twelve spirit beasts and four divine beasts who fought for the side of light exhausted all their power to protect the planet known as Taming, sealing away the evil forces of darkness. Five hundred years later, the twelve dark beasts of the shadow faction awaken and overrun the world. Then some upstart kid comes out of nowhere, gets 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 I Became the Boss's Roommate After a Night of Drinking 酒后我成了BOSS室友 Gender swap | Sweet romance | Comedy | Marriage before love | Powerful CEO | Both leads are each other's first After downing a glass of wine, I, Bai Xiaoqi, turned into a man! This god-awful constitution is all my scientist dad's fault! To keep my secret safe, I lived like a monk: utterly averse to skirts and afraid to touch a drop of alcohol. That is, until the handsome older guy next door tricked me into joining Ruizhi Group, where I reunited with my secretly beloved, icy senior, Guan Zhengyu! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 The CEO's Contract Ex-Wife Is a Princess of an Ancient Kingdom 总裁的契约前妻是古国公主 While searching for inspiration for my novel, I wandered into a little book café in an alley, only to discover that the protagonist in the owner's handwritten manuscript was my past-life self! When his family tried to force him into a political marriage, I stepped in to help, photoshopped a marriage certificate, and became his contractual wife. He gave me a necklace he had designed himself, saying he had no idea why, but it felt like it belonged to me. Then my brother saw it and went completely —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Dying Star: Standing Amid the Ashes 湮星：立于灰烬 Xue Ling carries a broken past and is given the chance to start her life over. The rules are cruel: she needs to give a romance everything she has, knowing it will ultimately end. She chooses Gu Xiaochen, the idol adored by millions. She thinks Gu Xiaochen is only a pawn in her mission, but step by step, she falls into the abyss. Gu Xiaochen hides traumas buried for half his life, living amid other people’s expectations and lies. Zhao Ji, Xue Jingnian, Gu An, Ye Tong, Lisi… Everyone carries secr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Xuanyuan Reborn 轩辕重生 A lucky wage slave is unexpectedly reborn in ancient times as Li Xuanyuan, a shut-in young master. Alongside the female lead, Li Ling'er, he faces hardship, makes many friends, and battles the forces of darkness. After a series of contests of wit and courage, he ultimately emerges victorious, not only finding a new lease on life but also leading his family to new heights. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
