Novels like I Am the Mystery
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as I Am the Mystery, best match first.
- 151 Today, Too, I Must Work Hard to Hold Back the World's End 今天也要努力遏制世界终焉 [Single Female Lead] [No System] [Savior] [Fresh Premise] [Slow Pace] My name is Luo Xuan. I transmigrated here eighteen years ago, and all I ever wanted was a nine-to-five job as back-office staff for the Council, with plenty of time to slack off while getting paid. At sixteen, my mental power broke through the limit, but my Spirit Source affinity was exactly 0%. I became the "half a Lawcaster" everyone online loved to mock. Just great. Being useless is the safest option. Then, on the night I t 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 The Phoenix Sword Art and the Hidden Dragon Saber 凤诀剑与龙隐刀 [Jianghu Feuds + Court Intrigue + Treasure Hunting + Strange Encounters + Love and Passion + Fantasy Cultivation] Zhang Xutian is a kind-hearted young man and the descendant of a loyal family. After the Zhang household is slaughtered, he steals the Dragonhide Blade to save his mother, setting off a tangled story of love, hatred, and jianghu feuds involving Lin Xiaorou and Yu Xiaoyao. Beneath a cliff, he learns peerless martial arts. Later, he discovers that the Phoenix Art and the Dragonhide Bla 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 The Scoundrel of the Mortal World 红尘恶少 [No System + No Transmigration + No Cliches + Overwhelmingly Powerful + No Harem + Decisive and Ruthless] The Immortal Land of All Spirits, a carefree paradise. An invitation awaits, and all beings come to delight, savoring a thousand joys and casting off worldly sorrows... The world is full of sorrow. A tiny seven-inch box is the only true destination! (Also known as: Young Scoundrel of the Mortal World, or Don't Shout, Your Ancestor Will Beat You Up) A young beggar who knows nothing of his ori 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 She Guarded the Lantern for Three Hundred Years 她守灯三百年 At the ferry crossing in Qingxi Town stands a nameless pavilion. Inside sits a girl who never grows old. She has guarded a green lamp for three hundred years. The townspeople say that anyone who asks her for directions will forget the next day what they asked. Only she remembers: the man who pushed her into the river on that rainy night, and his promise: "Guard the lamp for me. I'll come back and marry you." In three hundred years, he has been reincarnated a hundred times. Every time, he pas 56Reads—Score122Shelves
- 155 The Moon Made Him King, and the Moon Brought His Downfall 因月而王，因月而亡 Otherworld #Genius #No System #Guns #High Martial Arts Across the Nine Provinces, martial strength reigns supreme. Those with special constitutions are blessed with extraordinary gifts, and bloodlines are paramount. Bound by the laws of heaven and earth, a person's bloodline determines the limits of their martial path. His name is Zhou Zhan, the sixth prince of Great Zhou, the most powerful kingdom in Shenzhou. Unwilling to stop at a seventh-turn bloodline, he resolutely heads to the frontier i 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 156 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Building My Path as an Evil Cultivator with Ten Thousand Corpses 凡人：万尸筑我邪修路 [Ordinary protagonist + cannibalism + multiple female leads + not brainless + not a lunatic] A hundred years ago, Lin Yu transmigrated to the cultivation world after dropping dead at his workstation from overwork while writing code. Before he could figure out what cultivation or the System was, an old evil cultivator abducted him, intending to keep his body as a backup vessel for possession. Lin Yu eventually used the information panel included with the System to secretly devour the old cultivat 311Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 The Age of Mad Science 疯狂科技时代 Science Fiction | Madman | Players in the Game | Dust of the Times | Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel | A Sense of Fate | Emotion-Driven Let the world be destroyed. A college student whose suicide attempt failed is accidentally drawn into a plot surrounding the Star Alliance's plan to destroy the world. I came here to infiltrate them, so why does everything they say sound so reasonable? Let the world be destroyed. You say you want to save this world? Has this world ever saved me? So what, in the end 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 The Little Fox Who Eats Hearts 吃人心的小狐狸 The Little Fox Who Eats Hearts —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 From the Start, My Family Was Slaughtered: I Hunt Demons and Collect Countless Divine Abilities 开局灭门，追捕妖邪收集万千神通 [Folklore and Strange Tales + Mystery + Adventure + Detective Investigation + Supernatural] “On a desolate mountain, a dog carries a coffin past a lonely grave. At midnight, ghosts knock at the door. Yellow paper seals strange happenings for a hundred years. Who will enter the ruined temple and question the restless spirits?” The Shadow Deity Illustrated Record is an encyclopedia from Black Myth that documents the lives of demons and ghosts. It sends Jiang Ming back to an ancient age of chaos, w 1Reads—Score105Shelves
- 160 Double Daily Earnings: From Laborer to Success 每日收获翻倍，从力工开始上岸 [Leveling up] [Single female lead] [Power fantasy] Chen Xuan transmigrates to a world where martial arts reign supreme. In this world, anyone who doesn’t practice martial arts will never get ahead. Chen Xuan doesn’t want to spend his whole life as a laborer, only to be discarded as an expendable resource when he grows old. His ambition is to cultivate martial arts, pass the Six Fan Gate’s civil service exam, and reach the pinnacle of life. But since Chen Xuan is already getting on in years, his 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 I Was Struck by Lightning While Casting My Rod, So I Had to Fish for Four Thousand Years 扬竿遭雷击，只好钓鱼四千年 I'm just a fishing enthusiast. Who could have expected such a bolt from the blue?! I know carbon-fiber fishing rods conduct electricity, but that doesn't mean I should transmigrate, right?! Am I really going to fish alongside all these people from history for over 4,000 years? I originally planned to make this longer, but I've been busy lately, so I'll end this volume here for now. Until we meet again! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 My Junior Sister Is the Heavenly Dao 师妹她是天道啊 [Strong Female Lead] [Cultivation] [Plot-Driven] [Ensemble Cast] [Slight Harem Appeal] Note: The heroine grows stronger over time, but she is never weak! My name is Qu Leqi. I am the third direct disciple of the Sword Sect’s Immortal Liu Yun. Qu Chuyao raised me, and Xu Changqing brought me back as his junior sister. But I have another identity: I am the newly born “Heavenly Dao” of this world. The old Heavenly Dao loved all living things and all creation, respected on the surface but exploited 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 He Spoils His Concubine and Neglects His Wife: The Proud Princess Consort Runs Away While Pregnant 宠妾灭妻，傲娇王妃带球跑路了 [Transmigration + spatial powers + household and palace intrigue + revenge + romance + mutually faithful couple + wife-chasing crematorium] Chen Xiang was a medical doctor who transmigrated into Mu Qinghuang, the neglected legitimate daughter of a general’s household. Because her birth chart supposedly clashed with her grandmother’s, her family disliked her, and she was raised in the countryside. Her adoptive sister, Mu Qinglian, framed her, while the prince despised her. The couple had never co 100Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 164 The Funeral Bearer 送终人 My grandfather left me a damaged copy of the Scripture of Yin and Yang, a guide to ferrying souls. I woke inside a black coffin at a corpse-carrying inn in western Hunan, only to discover I could see the final obsession of every dead person. I have to guide them through their final journey, or the things I fail to send on will come to claim me. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 I'm a Gojo Clan Prodigy, and I Have Mahoraga from the Start 身为五条家天才，开局拥有魔虚罗 As a prodigy of the Gojo clan’s branch family, Gojo Yori was born with Mahoraga as her shikigami. At first, she had no idea what that meant. “Why does that guy’s wheel keep turning?” “What do you mean, you analyzed Gojo Satoru’s technique from a distance?” “What do you mean, controllable Black Flash?” Years later... Ahem. Coming your way is the record holder for Black Flash in the jujutsu world, the strongest sorcerer below Gojo Satoru, one of the five modern Special Grade sorcerers, and a prodi 1.7kReads—Score195Shelves
- 166 The Three-Thousand-Year-Old Patriarch Spent Forty Years Farming in the Mortal World 《三千岁老祖在人间种地四十年》 The Three-Thousand-Year-Old Ancestor Spent Forty Years Farming Among Mortals —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 Yes, But Only for Love 是，但求其爱 The story starts in a way that’s been done countless times before: a mature, steady older man meets a naive young woman who’s just entered the working world, all courage and innocence. They’re drawn to each other. When they’re in love, Beijing is where it all begins, and you say it’s never too late. After we part, Beijing is just Beijing, and there’s no need for us to meet again. I don’t think I’ll ever return to Beijing, and I won’t pine for Hong Kong either. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 The Commoner's Secret Heaven 布衣藏天 In the desolate mountains veiled in blue mist, miasmal soil breeds evil. The orphan Lin Mo was abandoned in a ruined temple as a child, then endured the scorn, abuse, and bullying of the entire village. The only secret card he has is an ancient, unadorned Bagua jade pendant with no luster against his chest. It silently improves his bloodline and protects him, letting him survive when all hope seems lost. Cold and patient by nature, Lin Mo remembers every kindness and grudge. He trusts no one and —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 169 Hatred Behind Vermilion Walls: The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Takes Back Everything 朱墙恨：重生嫡女之拿回一切 (1v1 x reborn x legitimate daughter’s revenge x satisfying read) The court is in turmoil. Watch as they join forces to take down the Crown Prince. At the time, the young general Su Zhiwei returned victorious ahead of schedule, bringing with him a white jade plum-blossom hairpin he had found in the northern frontier. He climbed over the wall to see her and said, “Whatever you want to do, I’ll do it with you.” Xie Jingyuan, the capital’s foremost young talent, had waited ten years for one girl. At 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 The Last Witch: I’m Invincible, So Do Whatever You Want 最后的魔女，我无敌你随意 [Western fantasy + team expedition + no romance for the protagonist] A millennium ago, Melissa, the Star Witch, sacrificed herself to seal the River of Magic, and the magical civilization of the Yuan Shu Continent withered away. A thousand years later, Su Wan, the “worst witch” ranked dead last at the Witch Academy, escaped disaster by sleeping through it in a beautiful dream. She quietly awakens in a modern city devoid of magic. As the last witch in the world, Su Wan must recover the twelve rel 125Reads—Score125Shelves
- 171 The Gods Die at Dawn 神明死于黎明 Seven hundred years ago, twelve suns fell from the sky. Humanity rebuilt civilization with the help of a mysterious energy called Lawfire, and unearthed twelve colossal weapons from the ruins, weapons capable of deciding the outcome of wars: the King’s Remains. Seventeen-year-old clockmaker’s apprentice Yin Yao wants nothing more than to live in peace in the border city of Mistport. Then war arrives, and the pocket watch his mother left him suddenly awakens. It leads him beneath a church and st 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 Ling Shixie 令时歇 Geography and History The Seraphim Continent consists of five major regions arranged in a crescent around the “Void Abyss Sea”: Region Features Political Entities Northern Frozen Wastes A land of eternal winter, perpetually shrouded in auroras, with First Era ruins buried underground No unified government; ruled by twelve Frost Giant tribes Central Plains Fertile but ravaged by war, home to the human kingdoms 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 Waiting for the Wind, and for You 等风来，也等屿 [Two male leads | Secret love turned mutual | Workplace suspense | He chases her after losing her | Sweet romance] Lin Yu's online boyfriend of three months turns out to be Qin Li, the boss who humiliates him at work every day. Before he can even process the truth, a departure audit sweeps them both into an even deeper workplace maelstrom. Anonymous photos, disabled security cameras, a secret USB drive left behind by a former employee... Every clue points to the same setup. A sweet romance that 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 The Seasons and Fate 季虞 [Invisible cages, freedom, life, death, war, chessboard, duty, emotions, self-reliance, choices, secret identity] All things are cages, and you and I are both prisoners inside them. You must set yourself free. If you don't want to be forced to die, you have to fight to live. There are never any true winners in war. Only sacrifice and bones remain its eternal themes. Even a pawn can turn the tables against the odds. I bear the lives of tens of thousands of my people on my shoulders. I real 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 The Blade of Innocence 无罪之刃 [Two male leads × strong equals × futuristic technology × sexual tension × infinite-flow] "The Heavenly Pavilion must fall, but the Machine Core will endure!" "Those who call themselves 'gods' must die!" Can you see it? Can you trust what you see? Is this a reunion born of chance, or a fate arranged long ago? Everything fell into place perfectly, allowing an ordinary, weather-beaten young man to glimpse the secrets, conspiracies, and mission hidden in the depths of the world, unknown to outsider 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 My Lord, You're Sick! 君有疾！ Gu Shangshu picked up an ancient familiar capable of controlling human diseases, and through a series of fortuitous encounters, ended up living a double life. On the surface, he was the most prized prodigy of the dean of a university of traditional Chinese medicine. In secret, he was also the sole disciple of the province's greatest fortune-teller. Your boyfriend cheated? A big surprise from Ai will teach him a lesson. The richest man is in critical condition with heart disease? By tomorrow, he' 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 After I Died for Her in a Dream, the Icy Sword Immortal Came Knocking at My Door 梦里为她赴死后，高冷女剑仙找上了我的门 After I Died for Her in a Dream, the Cold and Aloof Sword Immortal Came Knocking at My Door —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 After Breaking Off the Engagement, My Fiancé Married His Junior Fellow Disciple 退婚后，未婚夫娶了小师弟 After I broke off the engagement, my fiance married his junior brother —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 Doomsday: A Ship That Crosses the Universe 末日：宇宙里的穿梭之舰 At the school’s picnic spot, there’s a hidden ship. Where did it come from? Why is it here? And what’s with its eerie green skin? Who are you? How many things are there in the universe that you’ve never seen before? Join the Young Explorers as they uncover the mystery! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 Tales of Horror Invade, I Rule the Abyss 怪谈侵袭，我独步深渊 [Not a power fantasy] [Not invincible] [No System] [No lucky encounters] [Ordinary protagonist] [Supernatural abilities] When the greatest revolutionary pioneer of modern Xia Country passes away, countless bizarre legends begin to spread across the nation. At first, there is only one disappearance, one brutal murder, one vanished village, until everyone’s life is in danger. With an ordinary human’s body, wielding the power of the supernatural. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 Gods and Demons Everywhere? What Can They Do to Me! 漫天神魔？能耐我何！ Beautiful fiancée + transmigration + clever male lead + power fantasy + uncovering the truth Jiang Ling transmigrates into a parallel world overrun by gods and demons. His parents were noble divine beings, but were secretly plotted against and killed by wicked foes. His grandparents could only hide among ordinary people to survive. The gods lord it over all, demons wreak havoc among humankind, and the powerful toy with everyone’s fate as they please. At the brink of despair, Jiang Ling awakens —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 Top Donor, Don't Run Away 榜一大哥你别逃 [Female streamer + obsessive man + melodramatic plot + winning her back] She was the phoenix who had flown out of Qingyun Village, and also the most down-and-out stranger in the big city. When debt collectors called the village chief... When her 211 degree failed to land her a respectable job... Xu Lisha gritted her teeth and started livestreaming Using a five-year-old phone in a rental room only a few square meters wide, she turned herself into an online beggar. An old classmate called her 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 I’m a Cast-Off Daughter with a Useless Spiritual Root, So Why Are You Kneeling to Me? 我是废灵根弃女，你们跪我干嘛？ [Cultivation and growth + fighting monsters and leveling up + five spiritual roots] After Yan Mingxi is tested and found to have a trash spiritual root, her family orders her execution. On the brink of death, she encounters a wisp of the remnant soul of a goddess from the Mahayana stage. “Want to learn a cultivation method? With a single thought, you could destroy a city, or even a whole nation. It would be a piece of cake~” Yan Mingxi answers without hesitation: “I’ll learn!” . Everyone laughs 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 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 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 Sorting Through Old Belongings, I Uncover the Past and Slowly Make Peace With Time 整理旧物知往事，我与岁月慢慢和解 Sorting through old things, I uncover the past and slowly make peace with time —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 The Glimmer Trilogy: That Glimmer Lit Up My Entire Youth 微光三部曲：那束微光，照亮了我的整个青春 The Glimmer Trilogy: That glimmer lit up my entire youth —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 The Glimmer Trilogy: A Glimmer All the Way, and My Family’s Warmth Was Always There 微光三部曲：一路微光，原来家人的温柔一直在 The Glimmer Trilogy: A glimmer all along the way, and all along, my family’s tenderness was there —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 I Read Their Minds and Saw My Family’s Deception, Then Protected My Loved Ones and Our Peaceful Life 读心看清至亲假意，守住家人与安稳生活 Reading minds revealed the false affection of my closest family, so I protected my loved ones and our peaceful life —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 Reunited in the Glimmer: We Finally Meet Again After All These Years 微光重逢：错过的人终再度相逢 Glimmering Reunion: The one I missed finally came back into my life —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 You Call This Cultivation? 你告诉我这是修仙？ Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! Don't read this! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 The Hatching 破壳记 Every night, the sky and the ground switch places, and the world becomes like a giant egg. Like Pangu, the pioneers carve out heaven and earth as they search for a home. But when they break out of the shell, they discover the truth about this world! Is this the struggle to survive after the fall of civilization, or an exploration before civilization begins? Beneath the eggshell, what kind of epic will humanity bring to life? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 [Infinite] Do I Still Have to Be Forced into a Romance When I'm Number One on All Five Leaderboards? 【无限】五榜第一也要被强制爱吗 [Two Male Leads + Infinite-Flow + Multiple Couples + The Top Is Completely Chaste + Everyone's Favorite + Ensemble Cast + Equally Matched Leads + Male Rivals in a Fight for Love + Everyone Has One-Sided Feelings] One moment, he accidentally stumbles into the Horror Alliance. Well, when in Rome... Wait! Why is everyone suddenly acting so weird? 1. A desperate scream: "If you don't love me, then die!" Yu Yue doesn't even look over. "Who dies?" A timid voice: "Me." 2. A yandere smile. "Wouldn't it 55Reads—Score161Shelves
- 193 The Memory Cafeteria: My Nemesis and I Share a Stomach 记忆食堂：我和死对头共享一个胃 Other people open shops to make money. Chen Shi opens a shop that could cost him his life. That’s because he doesn’t sell food. He sells memories. Swallow a boxing champion’s memories, and you become a street-fighting king. Swallow a top student’s memories, and knowledge pours straight into your brain. Then, one rainy night, a woman drenched from head to toe bursts into his shop and shouts, “Don’t touch that pot of soup!” Too late. A forbidden memory enters his body, forcibly binding their stoma —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 Fallen to Earth: In Two Thousand Years, I’ve Loved Only One Fool 星落人间：两千年只爱了一个笨蛋 Also known as: I'm Alive, and I'm the Manager of a Haunted Hotel! After Xinglan slays a god, she is cursed with immortality and forced to stay at a nine-story inn, receiving the dead. Loneliness makes her seal off her heart, turning her sharp-tongued, haughty, and money-loving, until one day, a young man who is trying to save his younger sister enters her world. Not a feel-good power fantasy. Past and present lives + fated encounters + the supernatural + happy ending Written entirely by hand. Or —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 The Dream-Seeking Sword Manual: The Returning Home Sword Chapter 寻梦剑诀归乡剑篇 A fan work based on the animated online game Swordtalk Beyond. After Yue Fang defeats Yue Feng, he becomes emperor of Wu. What turmoil will sweep across the Central Province mainland a decade later? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 Don't Panic! We Take on Abnormal Cases! 别慌！异常案件，我们受理！ [Mystery and Supernatural] [Supernatural Powers] [Heavenly Dao Sects] [Ensemble Cast] What?! Xia Shiguang is actually a fated spirit body?! The demons want to eat her? The Dark Hall wants to capture her?! The earth veins beneath the human realm are cracking, too?! Underlying currents surge, and all kinds of strange events are happening more and more often! Shocking! Nan County is on the verge of falling! How can they defend Nan County and protect the human realm?! It's all right. One person's st 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 Reincarnated in Another World, Starting as an Elf 异界转生，从精灵做起 Reborn in another world, I was born into an ordinary family. This is a fantastical world, a world of magic, where countless races dwell and make their homes on this planet. Werewolves, vampires, dragons, dwarves, elves, humans... What kind of life do you want to live? Here, I gained an exceedingly rare talent, one that could let me reach heights beyond the reach of ordinary people in a lifetime, just by sitting still. A divine artifact? Got one. A god's lifelong knowledge? Got that too. A talen 14Reads—Score170Shelves
- 198 The Growth of a Water-Seeking Medicine Immortal 水不争之药仙成长记 She had died in these mountains for the third time. Every time she died, she opened her eyes again. The bruise on her forehead was still there, and so was the dull ache in her ribs, but the fatal wound was gone. The villagers said she was hard to kill. The village chief called her a curse. Only she knew what had brought her back to life: the red-seeded herb with three stems and seven leaves growing on the mountain behind the village. Her father had risked his life to test its medicinal proper 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 Reborn in the Ming Dynasty, 1620 重生大明之1620 On the first day of the ninth month in the first year of the Taichang reign, Ming Guangzong Zhu Changluo dies suddenly, and undercurrents surge through the Forbidden City. When he wakes, a modern man has become Zhu Youjian, the ninth-year-old fifth son of the emperor. He is not yet the Chongzhen Emperor, and the Great Ming has not yet reached the brink of ruin. But he knows that in twenty-four years, rebels will break through Beijing, the iron cavalry will sweep across the Central Plains, and he 796Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 The Concept Empress Isn’t Pretending 概念大帝她真不是装的 [A novice pretending to be a big shot] [Heartthrob] [Ensemble cast] [No CP] [Adorable beasts] Mu Yun Zhao transmigrated, and the System gave her peerless cultivation from the start: invincibility at the Great Emperor level. After three seconds of joy, she noticed a line of tiny text: Note: You are invincible at the Great Emperor level, but your Host still has a modern human body and not a trace of spiritual energy. So this Great Emperor-level invincibility is actually a passive skill! She though 16Reads—Score121Shelves
![[Infinite] Do I Still Have to Be Forced into a Romance When I'm Number One on All Five Leaderboards?](https://p3-novel.byteimg.com/novel-pic/p2oaa7a4199d294122d675ab0df845fd3ec~tplv-resize:120:0.jpeg)
