Novels like Embers Without Daylight
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- 51 Immortal Qin: The Ying Clan's Immortal Lineage 仙秦：赢氏仙族 Who rules this boundless land? Only I, the Demon Lord! Heroes contend for supremacy, saints wage war, and countless races vie to rule the world! A god by day, a demon by night! Will I be the Human Emperor of an age, or an unrivaled Demon Lord? When the First Emperor awakens from his slumber once more, he will once again lead the Immortal Qin Empire toward boundless glory! The heavenly and earthly souls dwell beyond the body; only the life soul remains within! Ying refines his heavenly and earthl 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Wuxia Crossover: I'm Yang Guo, Borrowing Ximen Chuixue's Sword 综武：我是杨过，借剑西门吹雪 (Anti-Qing + Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng, Wen Ruian, and Huang Yi + multiple heroines + based on TV adaptations + a mash-up of other wuxia works + carefully crafted reinterpretations + internally consistent history) (Some figures who were whitewashed, like Yuan Chonghuan, will be shown as they really were.) (Some figures who were smeared, like Zheng Keshuang, will be shown as they really were.) After transmigrating, he becomes Yang Guo as a child and gains the golden finger of a magic door 2.1kReads6.0Score10414d adds
- 53 EN Martial Arts Worlds: Training Hard from Smiling, Proud Wanderer 武侠诸天：从笑傲开始刻苦修炼 [Myriad Heavens + Invincible + Wuxia + Transmigrated and Reborn + Golden Finger] Ji Boying transmigrates to a wuxia world and begins his journey to conquer the Myriad Heavens, starting at Mount Hua in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. The Smiling, Proud Wanderer → The Legend of the Condor Heroes → Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils → ... [Name: Ji Boying] [Skills: Mount Hua Breathing Art (Not yet initiated), Mount Hua Swordsmanship (Not yet initiated)...] [Talent: Skill Simplification. Spend Simplification En 8.1kReads8.3Score29414d adds
- 54 Reborn to a Bright Future 重生后前程似锦 A Bright Future After Being Reborn 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 EN My Martial Dao Reaches Divine Heights, Yet You Treat Me as a Discarded Pawn? 我武道通神，你把我当弃子？ [Sword cultivator + status panel + extreme path + attribute points + leveling progression + ignoring bottlenecks] Lin Feng awakens memories of his past life and gains the destiny “Martial Dao Transcendence.” He can ignore any cultivation bottleneck, and as long as he keeps working hard and grinding for experience, he can break through rapidly. But before he can show what he’s capable of, his birth parents come looking for him and demand that he return to the family! Lin Feng thinks his good days 4.5kReads6.0Score24614d adds
- 56 My Sect Thinks I'm Too Ruthless? I'll Join the Imperial Court Instead 宗门嫌我狠辣？我转身加入朝堂 This book has been adapted into a short drama and several comic versions under the same title. [Decisive and ruthless + merciless + wildly satisfying + fast-paced] Xiao Ren transmigrates to an ancient world of powerful martial artists and becomes a personal disciple of the Spirit Talisman Sect. His talent is exceptional, and the sect leader takes him on as a disciple. His abilities surpass everyone else in the sect! But during a sect mission, Xiao Ren is accused of being too ruthless after he sl 45.8kReads8.0Score5k14d adds
- 57 I Transmigrated Into a County Magistrate, and From the Start Everything Was a Mess 穿越成县令，开局烂摊子 Transmigrated as a County Magistrate, With a Mess from the Start 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Decisive Battle at Xuanwu Gate 决战玄武门 Cai Yuanchu, a boy from a small county town, inexplicably claims the reward for catching the killer in a local murder case, only to be drawn into an unpredictable conspiracy. He also uncovers a staggering plot dating back to the end of the Sui dynasty and the beginning of the Tang, which gradually leads him into the Xuanwu Gate Incident... 52Reads—Score514d adds
- 59 Reborn in 2008: This Time, I'm Taking Off! 重生2008，这波我要起飞！ After nearly becoming a complete sucker who took the fall for someone else, Yang Fan is reborn. He's had enough of the miserable life he lived in his previous life. This time, he'll make money, get foot massages... and live life to the fullest! Successful men wear watches. Mature men wear jade bracelets. Yang Fan is determined to become a mature man. Note: This is a slow-burn story, not a brainless power fantasy. Please don't read if that's not your thing. 14kReads7.8Score1k14d adds
- 60 I Take a Wife and Seek Immortality in a Chaotic World 我在乱世娶妻长生 Xu Lian transmigrates into a chaotic world overrun by the supernatural and gains the golden finger everyone loves to see. It brings him joy while making him stronger. Who wouldn't love a golden finger like that? Seas change into fields, and the years go by. Many years later, he has earned a string of titles: The mayor of Green Bamboo Town. The guardian of order in the town. The head of a prominent household. A contributor to population growth. The godfather of the neighborhood. The good man 7.3kReads7.8Score36214d adds
- 61 A Left-Behind Wife’s Journey to Independence 留守妇女的自强之路 A Left-Behind Wife’s Journey to Self-Reliance 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Beauties in a World at War, Blood on Their Rouge 乱世佳人，胭脂染血 A beauty in troubled times, rouge stained with blood 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Jade Bangle Space: Ruling the Rivers and Mountains, Overlooking a Vast Empire 玉镯空间，御山河，俯瞰着万里江山 With a jade bangle's inner realm, he commands the mountains and rivers, surveying a vast land 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Lin Xiaoman’s Freshman Year 林小满的大一生活 Lin Xiaoman's Freshman Year 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Stranded on a Deserted Island, I Gave Birth to Twins 被困荒岛，生了双胞胎 Stranded on a Deserted Island, I Had Twins 7Reads—Score114d adds
- 66 Bumping into Li Huaide at the Siheyuan from the Start 四合院开局碰瓷李怀德 In 1960, from the start, a starving refugee who can’t take it anymore sees a jeep approaching and deliberately throws himself in front of it. By sheer coincidence, the jeep belongs to Li Huaide, deputy director of the steel mill. That is how Zhang Jun transmigrates. After absorbing his predecessor’s memories, he discovers that the man had been trying to fake an accident for compensation. He can’t let his predecessor’s courage in getting hit by a car go to waste. Survival comes first. In these de 22kReads6.9Score87214d adds
- 67 Memories of a Past Life: I’m Actually Yinggu from The Legend of the Condor Heroes! 前世记忆：我竟是射雕瑛姑！ Memories of my past life: I was Auntie Ying from The Legend of the Condor Heroes?! 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Sequel to The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber: Ruling the World 倚天后传：纵横天下 A mysterious force that destroyed the Lingjiu Palace and the Nangong family hundreds of years ago has once again brought calamity to the jianghu. Watch Zhang Wuji defeat them and reign supreme beneath the heavens! Who were the Mongol masters who killed Guo Jing and Huang Rong? Who infiltrated the prince’s mansion and assassinated Prince Ruyang? What is the story behind the peerless master who lived for 216 years? Who stole the manuals for the Eighteen Palms of the Dragon-Subduing and the Dog-Bea 2.8kReads6.6Score24714d adds
- 69 Tales of the Norgay Grasslands 诺尔盖草原上的故事 Stories from the Norgay Grasslands 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Radiant and Dazzling 锋芒万丈 Blazing with Talent 7Reads—Score414d adds
- 71 The Cloud Tower Rankings 云楼榜 A child abandoned during a time of war was reunited with his parents at the age of fourteen. Only then did he discover that his parents were the Great Yue Empire's Grand Generals Who Guard the Nation. But his true identity was even more astonishing: he was the leader of the world's most mysterious sect, as well as one of the few martial artists to have reached the Grandmaster realm... 848Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 72 The Celestial Immortal from Beyond the Heavens 天外浊仙 Immortals in the heavens use the mortal world as a chessboard, periodically cleansing it and wiping out all living beings. They regard the rise and fall of nations as tainted energy and erase it at will. Yet the crucial piece in this game is a so-called "good-for-nothing" whose dantian has been destroyed. Lu Zhiyu, heir to the Prince of Zhenbei of the Great Yan Dynasty, was born with blocked meridians and cannot cultivate inner power. He is known as the capital's number one good-for-nothing. Al 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Reborn as Wang Yuyan, I Write the Second Half of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 穿成王语嫣，写下半部笑傲江湖 Reborn as Wang Yuyan, I Wrote the Second Half of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 171Reads—Score214d adds
- 74 The Peerless Fragrance God 绝世香神 Su Heng, heir to the Prince of Zhenbei and the capital’s most notorious wastrel. Frail and sickly, he spends his days among the flowers, a romantic rake who can identify women by their scent. No one knows that his father was the last inheritor of the art of incense from the previous generation. His entire family was executed for refusing to make “longevity incense” for the imperial family. A friend of his father risked his life to save him. For fifteen years, Su Heng hid his abilities and played 231Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Dreaming of the Condor Heroes, I Master the Sunflower Manual 梦回射雕，我练会葵花宝典 I Dreamed of the Condor Heroes and Mastered the Sunflower Manual 363Reads—Score314d adds
- 76 Journey to the West: From Stable Hand in the Heavenly Court to Powerhouse Through Relentless Grinding 西游：人在天庭御马监，爆肝变强 Reborn and transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West. Qin Heng becomes a guard in the Imperial Stables of Heaven and awakens a proficiency panel. All he has to do is grind hard to grow stronger. One day in Heaven equals one year on Earth. At this point... there are seven days left until Sun Wukong ascends to Heaven and becomes Bimawen! 44.7kReads8.1Score4.9k14d adds
- 77 The Two Girls Swap Identities 二女的身份互换 The Two Girls Swapped Identities 11Reads—Score214d adds
- 78 Reborn in Another World, My Golden Finger Had Been Bitten by a Bug 重生异世我的金手指被虫咬过 Also known as: Reborn in Another World, My Golden Finger Had Been Bitten by a Bug. I thought I’d live an ordinary life in another world. But as he gradually explored its mysteries, Zhao Wendong grew stronger with every step. When he finally looked back, he realized that although he’d been cultivating the martial path, somehow it had turned into something much like the immortal path! Damn it! Who cares? The demon path is still a path, and magic is still magic! As long as I can live freely, that’s 3.5kReads7.4Score23714d adds
- 79 Blazing Wilds Forbidden Zone: The Beautiful and Dashing Senior 《炽野禁区：学姐她美又飒》 Blazing Wilderness Forbidden Zone: The Senior Is Beautiful and Daring 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Transmigration: The Road Ahead Is Shrouded in Fog 穿越：前路一片迷茫 [Transmigration + No Romance + System + Ancient Setting + Wuxia + Ensemble Cast + Plot-Driven] Modern-day Lin Yundan is saved by the System Xiaoyu after a car accident, but something goes wrong when she transmigrates to ancient times. The System Xiaoyu uses up all its power saving her, and in the end gives her an incomplete copy of the Exquisite Divine Art. After Yundan wakes up, Yue discovers her practicing martial arts. Yundan then teaches the skills she has learned to all the children in the 27Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 81 Transmigrated as an Ancient Chinese Special Forces Soldier with a Sword 穿越之古代「利剑」特种兵 A Special Forces Soldier with a Sword Transmigrates to Ancient Times 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Wielding a Sword to Carve Dragons 仗剑雕龙 (Original martial arts fiction, multiple heroines, no transmigration, no System, not a do-gooder, not a villain) Is the martial world really just about killing people? When Lin Tu first stepped into it, that's what he thought. Then he took part in the Golden Cauldron Tournament, the Poetry Duel, the Golden Light Martial Debate... and even a grand war fought by the people of the martial world. He met one legendary figure after another: the Eight Wanderers, sect leaders from great schools, peerles 2.3kReads7.2Score22914d adds
- 83 Wandering Through the Heavens 漫步诸天 After waking from a dream, I found the world had changed. Here, gods and ghosts exist, along with demons and monsters. There is a Celestial Realm and an Underworld, Dragon Palaces in the Four Seas, ghostly women who paint their faces, fox spirits and snake demons. Tigers and wolves can become bloodthirsty, savage demons, while plants and trees can gain spirits and yearn for love... A fox spirit, grateful for his kindness, offers herself to him. A lonely female ghost offers to share his bed. A D 47.2kReads8.4Score3.1k14d adds
- 84 Heavenly Spirit Root, Sword Song Shaking the Nine Heavens 天灵根，剑鸣九霄 Heavenly Spirit Root, Sword Songs Across the Nine Heavens 29Reads—Score214d adds
- 85 The Way of Restraint 点道为止 Meng Ru Shen Ji brings back the spirit of Dragon and Snake! A high school student stumbles into the world of traditional martial arts, and from then on, rises like a dragon amid the storm, surpassing the limits of the human body, taking on artificial intelligence, and shaping the fate of the world! What exactly is kung fu? Flashy moves, or a way to kill? Are the techniques forged through three thousand years of cold-weapon warfare and countless private brawls really a scam? In this book, Meng Ru 23.5kReads9.1Score3.1k14d adds
- 86 I Became an Immortal Venerable Through the System After Transmigrating as a Good-for-Nothing 穿成废柴后我靠系统成了仙尊 After Becoming a Good-for-Nothing, I Became an Immortal Venerable with the System 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Yinglong Rules the World: Level-Nine Sun-Splitting Divine Art from the Start 应龙镇天下：开局满级九阳神功 [Mystery-solving focus] [Plot-driven] [Jianghu and imperial court] [Power struggles] Lin Rong transmigrates to the Great Wu Dynasty and spends five whole years as a Yinglong Guard. Then a mission goes wrong, and while fleeing for his life, he is captured by the Hehuan Sect. After a night of passion… [Host detected as having become a true man. System activation successful…] [Beginner's gift pack delivered: Nine Suns Divine Art (Perfected), Dragon Claw Hand (Perfected)…] [Congratulations, Host, on 52.1kReads8.9Score4.1k14d adds
- 88 The Sequel to Three Gates Street 三门街前后传 The Three Gate Street: Before and After, also known as The Complete Tale of the Eight Swords, Seven Heroes, and Sixteen Noble Men, is a long Qing dynasty chivalric novel by an anonymous author. The book has thirty-three chapters and around 280,000 characters. Set during the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty, it tells of the eunuch Liu Jin and the corrupt minister Shi Hongji, who seize power, wreak havoc in government, and persecute loyal officials. The story follows heroes and heroines such as Hon 45Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 89 Tokyo: From the Start, I Save a Kimono-Clad Beauty and Win Over All of Tokyo 东京：开局救下和服美人，我熟韵满东京 Tokyo: From the Start, I Save a Beauty in a Kimono and Become a Master of Mature Charms Across Tokyo 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Reborn in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: I Train in Martial Arts to Live Forever 重生天龙：我练武长生 [Wuxia + Immortality + Transmigrate into a book + Character Growth] After being reborn in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Jiang Chen endures a series of tragic ordeals. His personality changes completely, and he begins a ruthless life in the martial world. This is the story of an ordinary man’s rise... (This book starts with Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, and will feature characters from The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, and The Smiling, 6.8kReads8.2Score40314d adds
- 91 Natural Disaster Strikes: I Can Strengthen Everything 天灾降临：我可以强化万物 Natural disasters strike and monsters run rampant, plunging the world into famine and catastrophe. Humans assign them ranks and risk their lives to learn the rules for killing them. They, meanwhile, lick their scarlet lips and stare with glowing red eyes, wanting nothing more than to devour every human. The outside world is dangerous. I just want to hide in a safe house. Lin Yu is determined to build himself an absolutely secure domain. Until one day, when Lin Yu decides to go out for a stroll, 30.7kReads8.2Score2.1k14d adds
- 92 Summoning: Unrivaled Martial Heroes 召唤之武侠无双 In the Tianwu Continent, might makes right. Peerless masters can churn rivers and seas and turn the world upside down. The protagonist transmigrates here and gets a Summoning System. From the start, he summons Ximen Chuixue and establishes the Luo Network assassin organization. He believes in the Way of Keeping a Low Profile, hiding behind the scenes while manipulating the wo 41.3kReads8.5Score2.3k14d adds
- 93 Shadows over the Hall of Loyalty 影落忠义楼 [Shadow Guard’s Rise + Court Intrigue and the Martial World + Stunning Beauties] He is the sharpest shadow guard in Prince Night Falcon’s hands. With his Feihong Sword, he has spilled countless drops of blood and never once failed. During a mission, he meets Mu Yao, a tender moonlight in a turbulent age, and then catches the fiery starlight in Shen Siyue’s eyes, a beacon of hope in utter despair. Little does he know that from the moment they met, Tong Xinling, an attendant of the Ruyi Tower, has 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Misadventures of a Cultivator 苦逼修仙传 Unable to visit a brothel, unable to die, he unexpectedly obtains a useless immortal artifact: "Young man! From this day forward, you will defy fate, crush every genius in your path, marry a beautiful, wealthy woman, and reach the pinnacle of life!!" From martial arts to qinggong, internal arts, heart sutras, flying on swords, riding dragons and treading on jiaolong, spiritual power, immortal arts... Not an invincible protagonist story, not mindless, not a System story, mostly lighthearted and f 876Reads—Score10514d adds
- 95 The Princess and the Sword Immortal 公主与剑仙 Atop Lock Dragon Peak, snow falls without a sound. Xiao Jianqiu, the “Lone Shadow Sword Immortal,” is invincible beneath heaven with his gleaming blade. He watches the clouds drift by, seeking nothing more than freedom and ease. The martial world? Just a place where grudges are settled and swords do the talking. In Jinling, behind the deep walls of the imperial palace, Princess Zhaoyang Zhao Jin is born to privilege, yet finds the palace walls too high and her life too stifling. The court? Nothi 2.6kReads—Score20014d adds
- 96 EN Fantasy: Simplified Cultivation, From Minion to Overlord 玄幻：简化功法，从喽啰开始成霸主 [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Level Suppression] [Crush Everything] That year, the nobody Chu Qing refused to stand in the background in a hemp robe and bare feet, waving flags and shouting slogans. Now, a thousand-year empire, sects that dominated their regions, and the heroes of the martial world were all rising at once, like dragons and serpents. Then I, Chu Qing, would trample the streets beneath my feet until the bones of nobles littered them, and burn the imperial treasury until its splen 7.6kReads8.2Score1k14d adds
- 97 Ultimate Martial Venerable 极限武尊 “Martial artists wield tremendous strength. Qi cultivators are unpredictable. Lu Fan is a practitioner of both martial arts and qi cultivation. I was an ordinary man, but fate had other plans. Yin and yang in my left hand, heaven and earth in my right. Above heaven and below heaven, I alone reign supreme!” 15.8kReads8.9Score2.4k14d adds
- 98 I Transmigrated to the End of the Sui Dynasty, Became Yang Guang, Captured Xiao Meiniang, and Restored the Great Sui 穿越隋末成为杨广擒下萧美娘重现大隋盛世 Transmigrate to the end of the Sui dynasty, capture Xiao Meiniang with Yang Guang, and restore the Sui dynasty to its former glory 1.7kReads—Score3914d adds
- 99 I’m Not the Blood Demon: Who Touched My Treasure Basin? 我不是血魔之谁动了我的聚宝盆 He Yuan, a third-generation disciple of the Jie Sect, fell into demonic tribulation after secretly practicing the Asura Path’s supreme scripture, the Blood God Sutra. With no other choice, he used the secret art “Escape into Nothingness,” passed down by his master, to take his own life. Fortunately, his remnant soul survived, and he was reincarnated... Years later, Lin Yu, a PhD who studied in America, transmigrates into The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber as Gao Zecheng, an inconspicuous disciple 325Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Fishing Across the Heavens: I Caught the Supreme Being of All Worlds 诸天垂钓：我钓出了万界至尊 Fishing Across the Heavens: I Caught the Supreme Sovereign of All Worlds 24Reads—Score—14d adds
