Novels like The Spirit Map Play
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Spirit Map Play, best match first.
- 1 Death Is Banned Worldwide: I Control Who Lives and Dies 全球禁止死亡：我能掌人生杀 The Eternal Law suddenly descended upon Blue Star: All living beings around the world were forbidden to die. Wounds would never heal, and pain would never fade. No one could live, yet no one could die. The world became an eternal hell. Then Chen Nuo awakened the sole rule governing life and death. He had neither immortal arts nor cultivation. He was just an ordinary office worker. So he put on a white robe, pretended to be an immortal, and tried to get by in the apocalypse. People knelt befor 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Decisive Note 决胜音 After lifting the championship trophy at the top of the world, esports superstar Xu Ruiqiu (Lovien) is left feeling empty and adrift in the wake of victory. How can he surpass his perfect self in the next battle? The formulas on the tactical board have run their course, leaving him with nothing but the noise of changing game metas and the hum of the burden of defending his title. Meanwhile, independent musician Ji Chunxi is in her studio, trying to find an undefined kind of “harmony” in fractur —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Just Want a Peaceful Life 我只想过安稳生活 Chen Li has been able to see ghosts since childhood. After losing both his parents and having his girlfriend murdered, he awakens a four-dimensional perception and becomes entangled with Yuan Chi, a thousand-year-old vengeful ghost. A deadly battle over obsession and revenge begins. Expect a groveling chase to win back a wife. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 From the Start with a Broken Ship, I Built an Ironclad 开局一艘破船，我造出铁甲舰 Transmigrate to the Great Ming during the age of great voyages, only to become the penniless young master of a merchant guild with a million in debt? From the start, all you have is a leaky old ship, creditors pounding at your door, rivals squeezing you out, and pirates watching for their chance! At the critical moment, the Great Voyage Technology Tree System awakens! With silver and reputation, you can unlock the technology tree without limit! While everyone else is scrambling to buy Folangji c 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Rebel King 造反王 Play the pig to eat the tiger + patience and restraint + powerful minister + court power struggles + usurpation + rebellion. Lin Chuan was a refugee, an ant struggling to survive. One day, he entered the imperial court, seized power, and rose to a high position. Having tasted the sweetness of power and seen the splendor of fame and fortune, he could never turn back, nor did he want to let go so easily. Court infighting, an emperor’s suspicions, and schemes and shackles at every turn. From a 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Rock Sugar and Chestnuts 冰糖板栗 The Sugar Candy storyline (everyday school life): The quiet, gifted Tang Yu joins Class 14 of Grade 10 at Linhuai No. 1 High School. His striking looks and excellent grades quickly make him a campus sensation… The Chestnut storyline (reality transmigration): Li Cheng has just finished the college entrance exams when she unexpectedly boards an empty high-speed train while traveling to Linhuai. After arriving, she discovers that the information on her ID has changed and her age has gone back from —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 A Haze Beneath the Clear Sky 晴空下的薄雾 Everyone has their own love story from youth: some are beautiful, some sad, some moving, some filled with regret, and some make us reflect... As the years go by, these memories of youth may drift into the depths of our minds like leaves from a plane tree. But one day, when a gust of wind blows, you will still remember that story, that girl, hidden deep in your memories. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Chef God Reincarnated as a Farmer, and I Lure the Empress with Cured Meat 厨神穿成小农夫，我靠腊肉钓女帝 The top chef of the modern era is sabotaged and opens his eyes in the body of Lin Dahe, an impoverished village farmer in the Great Xia Kingdom. Seeing his bare-walled home and his wife and daughters, gaunt with hunger, Lin Dahe feels anger surge within him. He grabs a bamboo basket and leads his family toward the village fishpond. “Come with Dad. I’ll show you a magic trick!” His crispy little fish become an overnight sensation, and his mysterious cured meat takes the whole city by storm. Just —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Dawn Over Cangyuan 苍渊破晓 [Campus Romance + Interstellar Transmigration + Superpowered Showdowns + Ensemble Cast] Late at night, I find a naked alien in a grove. This "alien" who fell from the sky will turn her world upside down. Zhong Huaijing, the exiled prince of the Cangyuan planet, crash-lands on Earth while fleeing political enemies. He has gray-blue eyes that can read minds, a dangerously alluring, sickly-sweet smile, and a possessive love for her that would make him risk his life. At school, he's the transfer st —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Two Tribulations Beneath the Morning Clouds 朝云双劫 A modern nobody versus an ancient prince, bound together as one! As secret arts awaken and their consciousnesses battle for control, who will command this body? The flames of revenge and the will to survive tear their souls apart! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Lame Swordsman's Journey 跛剑行 (Fantasy + multiple heroines + golden finger opportunities + romance) I was born incomplete. The heavens gave me crippled meridians. Life gave me a limp. My parents died young. The world gave me scorn and dust. They said that among the three thousand paths, not one belonged to a cripple. I refused to believe them. Until the day I used my blood as a guide and, in the face of utter despair, grasped an ancient broken sword, itself just as incomplete as I was. When the sword rang out, heaven and ear 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Heaven-Defying Agency: No More Pretending, I'm Invincible 逆天事务所：不装了，直接无敌 Lu Beixuan was a web novelist notorious for abandoning his stories halfway through. After staying up for three nights to finish the ending, he worked himself to death. When he opened his eyes again, he had entered the book he wrote, becoming Lu Beixuan, the Blood Shadow Sect's young master, a disposable cannon-fodder character who was doomed to die by chapter three. According to the plot he had written himself, in three days the protagonist chosen by fate would cut off his head with a single swo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Psionic Special Zone: Night Watchman of the Wasteland 灵能特区：废土打更人 In a post-cataclysmic world known as the “New Era,” spiritual energy (“psychic radiation”) has fused grotesquely with technology, which is highly advanced but tightly controlled. The world is divided by enormous energy barriers into several vast “psychic zones.” Beyond them lies a “wasteland of despair,” teeming with ferocious mutant beasts, deadly radiation, and out-of-control AI. Within the zones, the people are ruled jointly by the super AI “Skynet” and the human elite, in a cyberpunk cultiva —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 I Lost Sight in My Left Eye After a Car Accident, Now I’m Turning My Life Around 车祸后左眼失明，我要逆袭人生 I Lost Sight in My Left Eye After a Car Accident, but I’ll Turn My Life Around —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 From Frugal Living to a Fortune, All Because I Found a Spirit Jade Bracelet That Chose Me as Its Owner 从省吃俭用到家财万贯，只因我捡了个认主的灵石手镯 From Scrimping and Saving to a Vast Fortune, All Because I Found a Spirit Stone Bracelet That Chose Me as Its Master —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Noncompliant Signal 不合规信号 In 2047, the System keeps the city’s pulse beating. This perfect algorithm plans the optimal path for everyone, even matching them with romantic partners, promising a frictionless life. Yet at Lin Su’s coming-of-age ceremony, when the System announces his “perfect” 94.7% match with Su Yuwei, all he feels is a silent suffocation. At the same time, a glaring “strongly not recommended” match score of 41.3% with its outspoken critic, Chu Yao, and a mysterious “noncompliant signal” project draw him i 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 White Hair, I Want You Anyway 白毛，我偏要 Contemporary romance | tragic love | small-town period setting | forbidden love | restrained yearning | The county town was so small that once two people crossed paths, they could never forget each other. She was a high school senior who had come from elsewhere. He was a white-haired hoodlum, trapped in a place he could never escape. Everyone told her to stay away from him, and he pushed her away again and again: “Don’t come near me.” But she insisted. She had seen the grime of the streets cli 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Blood Moon Town Lion 血月镇狮 The Blood Moon Tames the Lion —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Eight Gates Burned, at Twenty-Four 八门烬，二十四岁 He lived from the age of sixteen to twenty-four. In those eight years, he burned through all eight gates, traded his life for eight victories, and his blood for two women's lifelong wait. At sixteen, he opened his first gate. By burning a year of his life, he gained hands that could shatter iron and split stone. He should have lived to twenty-four. But every gate he opened brought him one step closer to death. At eighteen, he opened five gates and had only three years left. At nineteen, he ext —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Li Shou'an's Earthen House 李守安的土屋 Far from the bustle of the city, an old earthen house stands quietly in the countryside, holding the memories and passing years of several generations. Here, the earth smells rich, plants and trees are fragrant, and ordinary families share life's joys and sorrows. Time has left mottled marks on the earthen walls, quietly preserving one warm, down-to-earth story after another. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Falling into the Deep Pool 坠入深潭 Should he run away or face it? He didn't know how to choose, because he was used to stopping to watch. Silent, he sank into the deep end. The people and events he witnessed were always fantastical, yet gone in the blink of an eye. Living in a drunken stupor had become his normal state. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Desolate Island Survival: Starting from Scratch 绝境海岛：从零开始 Chu Fan and his classmates are stranded on a deserted island after an accident during a class trip at sea. What sparks will fly as the people in the class scheme against one another, and how will Chu Fan handle it? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Proudly Above the Heavens: The Legend of Jin Li 灵霄傲世：晋黎传奇 Jin Li was born into an ordinary family in Cangyun Town. His life was simple, but he was an optimist by nature, carefree and unrestrained. On his sixteenth birthday, his family gathered happily to celebrate. Then the earth suddenly shook, and a crack inexplicably opened beneath the ancestral home. Jin Li accidentally fell inside. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Judgment Day: Reborn with Scales of Vengeance 裁决时刻：重生之逆鳞 A story of a modern man reborn to seek revenge. Zhang Sheng, a self-made young tycoon who valued loyalty and deep bonds, was betrayed by someone he trusted, leaving his family shattered and his life in ruins. (This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 I Was Once a Stone in the Wasteland, Until the Divine Maiden Nuwa Struck Me from the Start 我本荒界石，开局被娲皇神女砸中 Main title: I Was a Stubborn Stone in the Wasteland, Struck by a Celestial Goddess from the Start Subtitle: The Tale of Shi Yu: The Six Realms’ Calamity I was a stubborn stone in the Wasteland, asleep for billions of years, without awareness or sensation, without sorrow or joy. Then, one day, the goddess who mended Heaven fell from the celestial realm, and her spirit blood struck me. Using a jade soul as a guide, spirit blood as a medium, and the essence of Heaven-repairing as its power, she gen 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 On the First Day After I Was Reborn, I Slept with His Moonlight 重生第一天，我睡了他的白月光 On the first day after I was reborn, I slept with his moonlight-like beloved. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 My Beloved Tangtang 吾爱棠棠 My Beloved Tangtang —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 I Am the Only Cultivator 我，唯一修炼者 I woke up to find I'd become the only cultivator in this steel metropolis? While my coworkers were caught up in the rat race over KPIs, I was absorbing the essence of the sun and moon on the rooftop of a thousand-meter skyscraper! While the rich flaunted their luxury cars and yachts, I was flying on my sword, with the city's neon lights beneath my feet! Spiritual energy is returning to this world, and demons and monsters are secretly running rampant. Too bad everyone is on the wrong path! Techno 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Night I Fell, I Killed My Former Self 坠楼那晚，我杀死了从前的自己 The Night I Fell, I Killed My Former Self —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 In a Fishing Village, the System Forces Me to Become the World's Richest Man 人在渔村，系统逼我成了全球首富 Lin Yi only wants to lie flat, but the "Ocean Conservation System" forcibly binds itself to him. He has barely claimed the newbie gift pack when the System announces: "Congratulations, Host! You received one packet of algae powder. 200,000 deducted. Current points: -99,990." To pay off his debt, he has no choice but to start making a living by harvesting seafood along the shore. Who knew the ornate spiny lobster he caught on a whim would go viral online, that the sea cucumbers he raised would br 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 A Touch of Vermilion 朱砂一抹红 [Two Men] [Ancient Setting] [Mutual Firsts] [Both Strong] [Childhood Friends] [Confession from the Start] [Bad Ending] [Dual Perspectives] Gentle, cunning scholar bottom VS double-standard, possessive general top Me, Mo Jin? I'm poor, but I've always had a great attitude. I grew up getting into all sorts of trouble, and I have just one flaw: my neighbor, who's the same age as me, has always loved bossing me around. He's been exceptionally talented since childhood and everyone praises him. Me? I' 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Ashen Starry Skies 灰烬星空 The story takes place in a parallel world much like our own, in a city called Ashen City. Fifteen years ago, an unknown disaster known as the Great Collapse swept across the globe, awakening supernatural abilities in 0.1% of the population. The disaster has passed, but abnormal energy remains, turning modern cities into perilous hunting grounds. The Ability System: The Law of Cost. Unlike the golden finger abilities found in other novels, the abilities in this story are curses. Those who awaken —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Otherworldly Human Pet 异世界人宠 This story is entirely fictional. A cultivation fantasy world + soul transmigration + pets. The male lead's soul accidentally crosses into another world, where he becomes a little wolf demon and someone else's pet. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Earthy Rose 土玫瑰 [Flirtatious, carefree, wild and irresistible heartthrob + melodrama + love rivals + wealthy families + intense push and pull] Chen Xiuzhu, twenty-three, with only a high school education. He can smoke and fight with the best of them, and selfishness and defiance are carved into his bones. He left home at fifteen and was kept by Shao Jin, a powerful figure in Shanghai, until he graduated high school. Tired of living like a canary in a cage, he fled to Hong Kong and Macao. During a mission, he di 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Reborn in Another World, I Aim to Become the Strongest Dragon Master 转生异界，目标最强龙师 The conflict between the Night and the Dragon Soul Continent has raged for many years. Though the continent possesses a power the Night lacks, it is known as Dragon Soul Power. The world did not see a turning point until a young man was reborn here. The Dragon Soul Power he awakened was unlike anything ever seen before. The young man came because of the Dragon Soul Stone, and in the end, he will leave because of it. The stone will also change his life forever. Here, he gains a new appearance and 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Tales of the Strange Lady of Qingxi 青溪奇女录 Farming + ensemble of women + ancient setting Shanxi Valley, a paradise beyond the world for nine women fleeing hardship. They can live just fine without men: farming, hunting, and building stone houses. Until men arrive. Some want to take charge, while others come looking for trouble. The women don't rush or panic. They set rules and divide up the work, giving meals to those who deserve them and keeping the others at a distance. The men fall in line, and life goes on as usual. But eyes are stil —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Eye of the Void Spirit: I Can See Everything 墟灵之眼：我能看见一切 A xianxia secret realm has somehow turned into a survival game. Lin Yi, a lowly Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator, was hunted by a Golden Core cultivator on his very first day in the Myriad Ruins Realm. At the critical moment between life and death, his left eye suddenly awakened. It could see through restrictions, spot weaknesses, and even reveal the threads of karma wrapped around all living things. While everyone else fought for their lives in the secret realm, he searched, fought, an 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Power and Schemes: The Battle for the Border 权与谋：边界之战 My new work is out! Please visit Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Man Who Took My Bitter Tea 那个扒我苦茶的男人 [Includes coercion + a premeditated relationship + daddy + some angst later on + age gap + size difference] At first (you can judge the later part for yourself (｡･ω･｡)): A delinquent bottom with questionable morals, no interest in studying, and a talent for lying (Li Shuangyu) × a twisted top, impeccably dressed and always several steps ahead, with both a possessive streak and money to burn (Wen Jinchen) Li Shuangyu was an illegitimate child, born to a mother who never raised him and a father he 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 A Record of Raising Gods and Cultivating Male Idols 全民神祇，养成男神记 [Multiple male leads, bottom protagonist, level-up progression, lightly ensemble-focused] Don't save this to your reading list. You'll die if you do () In the Sequence Apocalypse, Luo Xuanji was a Contract Scholar, a Sequence considered all but useless, neither worth keeping nor worth discarding. He was bullied by his parents' illegitimate children before the apocalypse, feared by the powerful, and died filled with resentment and a burning desire to grow stronger. Given another life, he arrives 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Reborn: Wang An'an Has Super Strength 重生之王安安力量大 [Period setting + reborn + miracle doctor + military life + farming + adorable kids] Wang An'an, a brilliant surgeon who saved countless lives in her previous life, is reborn overnight as a ten-year-old orphan in the 1960s. Her mother was the late wife of an army battalion commander. Born with extraordinary strength, she keeps it hidden, protects her family, and never bullies the weak. Her medical skills are fully mastered, and she excels at folk remedies, emergency first aid, and precise diagno 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The God of War’s Darling Husband Ran Away from Home Again Today 战神家的小娇夫今天又离家出走了 Everyone knows the God of War Zhaoxue’s pretty little husband was someone she snatched away. A beauty as cold as ice, he ignores her completely. Zhaoxue doesn’t mind. She’s patient, and she has all the time in the world. Until one day, the ice melts. Eyes red, he asks her, “When are you finally going to die?” She smiles and wipes the tears from his face. “Soon.” Strong female lead, weaker male lead | Enemies to lovers | A love steeped in hatred | Love and war | Feigned affection mixed with genui 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Whole Capital Laughs at Her for Climbing the Social Ladder, but He Can't Get Enough of Her 全京城笑她攀枝，他却求之不得 The Whole Capital Laughs at Her for Climbing the Social Ladder, but He Can't Get Enough of Her Ruan Xinwan x Lu Shiyan [Both leads are virgins, one-on-one romance, seizing the chance to take her place] The day Ruan Xinwan broke up with her ex, snow blanketed the world. Lu Shiyan's car had stopped at the alley entrance at some point, as if he'd known what was coming. The window was half open. He had a cigarette between his lips, and his eyes held an unreadable smile. “You broke up?” Ruan Xinwan g —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Journey to the West: I'm Tang Monk's Father! Leading an Army on a Western Campaign! 西游：我！唐僧他爹！领兵西征！ After transmigrating as Chen Guangrui, Tang Sanzang's biological father, he starts at the Hongjiang Ferry, where he kills Liu Hong in a counterattack. Bound to the Great Tang's World-Quelling Military System, he abandons literature for martial arts and wins the top military honors of the Tang Empire from the start! I won't follow the Journey to the West script. I'll lead the army west, sweep across the Western Regions, challenge the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain, and overturn Buddhism's board in th 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 I Own a Supermarket Between Two Worlds, and Every Dynasty Works for Me 朕有两界超市，万朝皆为打工仔 Dynasties clash across the ages, while I sell canned food atop the city wall. Transmigrating into the unlucky heir caught between the three great empires of Qin, Han, and Ming, Ying Ping'an is facing the fall of his country from the start. At the end of his rope, the [Supermarket Between Two Worlds] opens up: A case of compressed biscuits for one yuan, a stab-proof vest for ten yuan, and buy ten compound bows, get one free. While everyone else burns through provisions to wage war, he burns throu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Primordial Gourd 混元葫 (Disclaimer: This book focuses on prose and logic. First, the writing will be kept at an above-average level for the platform. Second, the logic will be rigorous, the worldbuilding original, and the work’s quality carefully developed. For that reason, the golden finger, the Primordial Chaos Gourd, will not appear in the first three chapters. Please be patient and keep reading. Thank you so much!) All living beings cultivate by relying on essence, energy, and spirit. Essence is the body of flesh 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Demon Invasion: I Have a Treasure Catalog 异魔入侵：我有一道万宝箓 Li Tianyi accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world, only to be killed with a knife the very next moment... After his death, Li Tianyi gains a resurrection golden finger and miraculously comes back to life! “I can come back to life, but that doesn’t mean you can keep using me as cannon fodder, does it?” “Resurrection really hurts!” A golden finger that lets you come back to life should be an ace up your sleeve, shouldn’t it? So why do you keep sending me in as cannon fodder?! “Hey, I’m —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Inkstone Hues, Nan's Heart 砚色楠心 "Ink and Nan's Heart" Fu Yanshi × Song Nanzhi If we meet again, I hope it will be on a sunny day. Step by step, he drew her into his trap... Later, he set aside all his pride just to keep her from leaving. "Song Nanzhi, did you ever love me? Even just a little...?" "Never." "But my heart fell for you at first sight..." "I'm sorry." "If you'd just say you love me, I'd forgive everything." "I don't love you. I've been deceiving you all along. This is over." He would give up the whole world for her 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Shocking! I Became a Director in the Old-School Underworld 震惊！我在古早地府做主任 [Two Male Leads] + [Lighthearted and Hilarious] + [Top] + [Plot-Driven] + [Happy Ending] + [Narcissistic Foolish Top x Tsundere ‘Widower’ Bottom] Yu Feixing woke up one day in the underworld, only to discover that he had transmigrated into an egg-themed novel called I’m Doomed as the King of Hell. To make matters worse, he had transmigrated after reading only one page. He knew nothing about what would happen next and had only a one-percent understanding of the characters. All he knew were thei 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Promise You a Storm 许你一场风 [Cool, aloof top student × sunny, popular heartthrob] Chen Zhu thought life was a lonely island, until Xu Xingyang burst into it like a storm that refused to play by the rules. When they first met, Chen Zhu was the quietest shadow in a corner of the library, while Xu Xingyang was the brightest light on the basketball court. A chance “quiet encounter” set their parallel lines twisting wildly together. They shared the sweetest moments of falling in love and endured the most painful push and pull. —Reads—Score—Shelves
