Novels like Seven Days of Possession
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Seven Days of Possession, best match first.
- 1 Chronicles of Demons Across the Four Realms 四方妖魔录 [Pure-blood Eastern fantasy + starting from zero + no System + no harem + slow burn] The cicadas' song always arrives on cue with a carefree summer day, but the peaceful life young Cheng Lie has always taken for granted is about to quietly change. He was born with “zero spiritual power,” the most useless person in the world. Only when a celestial crane brings calamity and his utopia is reduced to scorched earth does he learn the truth of this world, which is far more terrifying than any demon. F 19Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 2 A Leaf Enters the Dao: The Sages Battle for Heaven 一叶入道：诸圣争天 Other cultivators defy the heavens and seize spiritual energy to cultivate. He cultivates by starting a fire and brewing rough tea. This is a cruel cultivation world where the Sages use the universe as a game board and all living beings as their pieces. Lu Yu, an abandoned child of the Buddhist sect with no spiritual roots and a lifelong stutter, nevertheless comprehends a shocking path to cultivation in a traveling theater amid the bustling mortal world. While gods and Buddhas plunder the bount 22Reads6.7Score114d adds
- 3 The Peerless Chivalrous Hero 绝世奇侠传 [This is a slow-burn novel that only gets better as it goes. The main draw is a great read that stands the test of time!] Young hero Guo Yi rises to the pinnacle of the martial world. To uphold justice, he joins forces with his beloved Shui Rouqing to defeat the great evil of the martial world. But just as the mantis stalks the cicada, a hidden force lies in wait behind them, its vast web already spread… Is human nature ultimately good, or evil? The plot twists and turns, while a heroine even th 1.1kReads7.0Score11114d adds
- 4 C-Rank Appraiser? I Command the Supreme Treasures of All Ages c级鉴宝？我执掌万代至尊 In the year 2012, a dark star hung in the sky, and dimensional rifts of every size tore open around the world, unleashing countless monsters. Human firearms barely harmed them. But Source Crystals began to grow all over the world, and people who came into contact with them started awakening special talents, giving humanity a way to fight back. Even so, humanity endured sixty years of darkness. It was only when the Twelve Kings of Mankind had fully come into their own that humans could stand toe 121Reads—Score414d adds
- 5 Dawn Over Guigu 鬼谷破晓传 [Traditional wuxia fantasy, no System, no transmigration, no fanfiction, no wild flights of fancy, rich historical knowledge, tightly plotted story, a tribute to traditional martial arts, a work of conscience] One thought separates ascension from demonic corruption. Defy the heavens, and live forever, undying. If you ask where the path to immortality lies, look to the ninefold Kunlun, ninefold abyss. A young swordsman bearing the weight of his family's vengeance ventures through the martial worl 3.1kReads8.7Score36714d adds
- 6 The Heaven-Defying Immortal-Eating Art 逆仙吞天诀 Ye Tian, the good-for-nothing young master who cannot cultivate, unexpectedly obtains the inheritance of the Heavenly Emperor. He enters the Dao through the sword, rises from a good-for-nothing, slays his way across the world, and reaches the pinnacle of the continent! My swordsmanship is unmatched beneath the heavens. Where my sword points, gods and demons alike are destroyed! 37.5kReads8.8Score3.6k14d adds
- 7 My Martial Arts Rank Second to Last in the World 我的武功天下倒数第二 He is a swordsman known throughout the martial world as Gu Longfei, half man and half ghost, the greatest of sword masters. His swordsmanship is so fast that it’s impossible to see. Wherever he appears, corrupt officials and crooked villains all lose their heads. Never provoke him. Push him too far, and he can split into hundreds of clones to attack his enemies all at once. He is a terrifying swordsman, and his sword style is called the Yuqi Heavenly Sword, also known as the Living Dead Sword. I 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Heroes Shed No Tears: The Jade Sword Imprisons the Dragon 英雄无泪之玉剑囚龙 [Traditional wuxia with high-powered martial arts] [No System] [No cultivation] Rumor has it that each of the five city lords under the Great Qian dynasty possesses a peerless treasure. Whoever obtains all five can break through their limits, master unparalleled martial arts, unite the Jianghu, and rule the world. The greatest force coveting these treasures is Guixu, the most mysterious organization in the Jianghu. Its leader, known as the Night Emperor, is a fearsome, unfathomable master, ruthl 148Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The World’s Number One Blundering Assassin 天下第一乌龙刺客 The World’s Greatest Accidental Assassin 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I’m Just a Delivery Guy, So How Did I Become the Savior of the World? 我只是送外卖的，怎么就成了救世主 I’m Just a Delivery Driver, So How Did I Become Humanity’s Savior? 26Reads—Score114d adds
- 11 Earth: Why Me?! I Just Want to Live! 地球：为什么是我！我只想活着！ An ordinary young man on the brink of death awakens the ability to travel freely between two worlds: a modern city with scarce spiritual qi and the apocalyptic wasteland of “Nine Heavens Cloudwild,” where spiritual energy runs rampant. He trades cheap modern goods for priceless spiritual materials in Nine Heavens, making enormous profits and advancing his cultivation at astonishing speed. When the spiritual qi revival sweeps the globe and forces from beyond the borders begin to stir, Lin Chen ha 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Bai Xiaoshang 白晓殇 A dragon's spirit lies hidden in the abyss for years, then rises to the clouds in a single stroke. The death of Huang Rong, once hailed as the world's most beautiful woman, is merely the beginning. The Northern Dragon royal family, the five surnames and seven clans, and the martial world of the five regions: a storm of blood and violence still lies ahead. 251Reads—Score914d adds
- 13 What Is an Immortal? What Is a Demon? 何为仙！何为魔！ In the shadowy reaches of the demonic path, he cultivated for thousands of years. At last, hunted by the Immortal Realm, he had no choice but to open a secret realm: the Heavenly River Pavilion. He returns to the past! Schemes against all heroes! Decisive and ruthless! Profit above all else!!! All to find the Dao he seeks. The world may seem ever-shifting, but it is your own heart that lacks resolve. This world changes endlessly and without warning. How can you know whether what lies ahead is 2.3kReads9.3Score22214d adds
- 14 Nine Hells Heaven-Swallowing Tower 九狱吞天塔 [Classic Fantasy + Invincible Protagonist + Unlimited Devouring + Decisive and Ruthless + Revenge + Power Fantasy + No Harem] In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Qin family is executed to the last member for becoming too powerful and threatening the throne. Only the young master of the Qin family survives. Driven to the brink, he erupts with power, and the young man obtains the Nine Hells Heaven-Devouring Tower. The tower has nine levels, each entirely different, filled with supreme treasures and pro 26.6kReads8.5Score2k14d adds
- 15 Star-Patterned Cage: My Star Patterns Can Devour Everything 星纹囚笼：我的星纹能吞万物 Lu Bufan is trapped in the lowest level of the Death Stairwell District in the East China Floating Fortress, a forgotten dead end for refugees where survival depends on hunting aberrants for meager supplies. He struggles to stay alive with the help of the Hunter’s Log left behind by his father, who mysteriously disappeared three years ago, leaving only the ominous last words: “Beneath the walls, don’t look down.” To survive and discover the truth behind his father’s disappearance, Lu Bufan risks 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 A Portable Women's Prison: Taming a Goddess from the Start 随身女子监狱，开局驯服女神 Fresh out of college and already a corporate drone, Lin Yi is more exhausted than a donkey. Then he awakens the Beauty Prison, a portable prison! The rules are simple and ruthless: it only holds stunningly beautiful female villains who have committed all manner of wicked deeds. Cold-blooded romance scammers, icy and heartless female CEOs, ruthless top assassins, gods who control life and death... Any peerlessly beautiful woman who breaks the rules gets thrown in prison overnight for reform! Wh 5.8kReads—Score53114d adds
- 17 Tales of the Vast Sea 沧海演义 [Wuxia] [Xianxia] [Historical] [Adventure] [Military] A narrative epic of the jianghu and the imperial court, seen through the growth of an ordinary person, where individual heroism and romanticism intertwine with realism! 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Record of Raising an Otherworldly Supreme 异界至尊养成记录 In another world, with cards that blot out the sky, speak my true name and my magic knows no bounds. This is the story of a young man from Blue Star who transmigrates to another world, using summoning cards to earn money, raise a child, and stir up all kinds of trouble. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Seven Stars Chronicles of Chivalry 七星侠义录 In a modern city, an evil force is quietly taking root. Seven chivalrous heroes from Jin Yong's stories possess seven ordinary people from different walks of life. Through training, they gain powerful martial arts skills and, guided by a mysterious figure, join forces to fight evil... 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Tianyan Divine City 天衍神城 [Xuanhuan] [No System] [Smart Protagonist] [Resolute and Passionate] [One Female Lead] A village boy finds a mysterious divine city in the depths of his mind. By chance, he is drawn into a battle between a sacred cultivation ground and the divine beast Black Tortoise. He tempers his Yin-Yang Dao Body, awakens an unparalleled ancient scripture, and discovers that he carries the bloodline born of the union of Heaven's Dao in the realms of gods and demons. Cultivating both divine and demonic arts, 253Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 21 Sword Washed in Frost and Splendor 剑洗霜华 [Plot-Driven + No System + Xuanhuan + Martial Arts + Transmigration + Ensemble Cast] A soul from another world transmigrates into the heir of the Hidden Sword Manor. Heaven grants him no golden finger. Instead, he is born with the Nine Yin Severed Meridians, condemned to endure the bone-eroding pain of being frozen solid every midnight. Then, at the age of sixteen, he witnesses his family slaughtered by a mysterious force. With his dying breath, his father entrusts the fate of the entire clan to 885Reads9.3Score5914d adds
- 22 The Dustblade Guards the Palace 尘锋镇阙 The protagonist is both righteous and wicked, neither wholly good nor evil, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals! He takes revenge on the spot. If he can’t get even right away, he’ll find a way to do it later. No saintly do-gooder, no brainless characters! Rescuing a gravely wounded noble on a snowy night draws him into the martial world, the power struggles at court, and the conflict between good and evil, as he investigates the secrets of the Imperial Bones. Welcome, new and longtime 2.8kReads6.0Score19114d adds
- 23 Three Thousand Miles, Never Betraying These Mountains and Rivers 不负山河三万里 A woman blessed with five hundred years of the jianghu’s fortune plucks thunder from the sky as she heads south, saying, “Little Chang’an, your big sister will protect you!” In the first year of Wentai in the Great Liang dynasty, fifteen-year-old Zhu Qinyao inherits the profound, mysterious inner power and true qi left by his parents, as well as a throne among the greatest in the world and a mountain called Tianyin. Three years later, Zhu Qinyao returns after completing the mourning period for h 1.8kReads8.4Score13614d adds
- 24 A Thousand Faces in One Performance 一戏千面 Stabbed through the heart by the master he revered most from the start, I somehow survived! Instead, I transmigrated to another world and awakened the [Thousand-Faced Divine Core]! [Divine Core awakened. Illusory Disguise activated!] [Warning: This Divine Core is widely recognized as the most useless. It can only change your appearance and has no offensive power!] Good-for-nothing? With a B-rank ferocious beast chasing me, I panicked on the spot. [Activating: Illusory Disguise!] [60% of spiritua 495Reads—Score9714d adds
- 25 I, the Pawnshop Keeper, Once Conquered the Entire Jianghu 我，当铺掌柜，曾打穿整个江湖 [No brainless plot + martial world + imperial court + genius + small ensemble cast + no System + not a wish-fulfillment story] Five years ago, five Celestial Beings from the Five Sacred Grounds joined forces to hunt down one man at Soulbreak Cliff. The battle lasted three days and three nights. In the end, there was no sign of him alive or dead. The Five Sacred Grounds announced to the world that Gu Jius was dead. A pawnshop appeared in a corner of Qingxi Town. The owner, surnamed Gu, was good f 6.1kReads6.1Score25714d adds
- 26 The Prince’s Abandoned Consort: The Useless Brats’ Mother Teaches Military Strategy 王府弃妃：废崽他娘教兵法 Female-oriented: discarded consort / cast-off kids / System / a thousand-year-old destiny Su Wanqing, a company’s finance director, transmigrates into a discarded princess consort and binds herself to a past-and-present System. From the start, she has four hopeless children to raise. Her eldest son is an idiot, her youngest son is a good-for-nothing, and her two daughters are the laughingstock of the capital. Instead of teaching them poetry, she teaches them military strategy, political schem 46.9kReads8.5Score4.4k14d adds
- 27 Ming Dynasty 1572 大明1572 In the first year of the Wanli era, the ten-year-old emperor ascended the throne. Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng enforced the Kaocheng system and the Single Whip Reform with an iron hand, filling the dying Ming treasury and securing its borders over the next ten years. But the deeper the reforms went, the fiercer the opposition became; the greater his power, the deeper his loneliness. He had once been the "Teacher Zhang" most respected by the emperor, but ultimately became the person the young so 104Reads—Score714d adds
- 28 Chasing Wind Tower 追风楼 [Wuxia + Passion + Assassins + Comedy + Multiple Protagonists] There are no sword strikes that split the heavens here, only bodies that achieve sainthood! They are the shadows of the Heavenly Dao Sect, and a band of grim reapers wandering the mortal world! Everyone who makes it out of here alive has a story to tell. 1.7kReads8.8Score12214d adds
- 29 Treading the Heavens to Become a God 踏天封神 [A pure ensemble-cast story, written entirely by hand. Aside from the first chapter, which has a lot of filler to set things up, the rest is absolutely exciting. If you don’t like it, feel free to criticize me.] “When the primordial chaos was divided, three great beings appeared between heaven and earth: humans, ferocious beasts, and demons. Humans developed intelligence early, but their bodies were frail, leaving them at the bottom of the pecking order. Ferocious beasts were unenlightened, bu 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 30 I Really Don't Want to Be the Dark Ancestor 我真的不想当黑暗老祖 [No System + Invincible + Villain] After Ye Feng, who died suddenly, wakes up again, he discovers that he has become the patriarch of a top-tier immortal clan. He thinks his luck has finally changed and that he can enjoy a carefree life at last, but memories surfacing in his mind reveal that something is wrong. The beings of countless worlds regard his clan as taboo. He himself is known to all the worlds as the source of darkness. Every living being hates him, fears him, and wants to tear him ap 13.1kReads8.4Score89714d adds
- 31 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Evil, White Flowers 过客十三签·恶之卷·白花 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Evil: White Flower 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Demon Venerable of Three Thousand Years Is Writing a Thesis at the Academy? 三千载魔尊竟在学府写论文？ Urban cultivation + subverting tropes + invincible protagonist + hilarious comedy + the Myriad Worlds The Eternal Night Demon Venerable wakes from a three-thousand-year slumber during an archaeological livestream. His first words: "What's the Wi-Fi password?" He's shoved into a university for "reeducation." The professor's laws of the universe are just his old drafts. He gets reported for cheating after taking on five players in an esports match, and draws a circle on a soda can to seal a camp 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Master of the Game 神操手 After nine lives, can he escape his shackles? Can cultivating through code create a miracle? A seasoned spirit hunter starts out with a wronged spirit in tow and faces Hell-level difficulty from the start: Should he lie flat, or break free of his shackles? The One-Line Chasm, Soul-Eater Forest, the Inspection Team... The clues to extending his life point to the Guardian of the Abyss, locked away inside a ward. But when he risks his life to reach the Hall of Ten Thousand Clans, he discovers it is 91Reads—Score414d adds
- 34 The Nascent Soul Ancestor Becomes a Security Guard 元婴老祖当保安 He is the only Nascent Soul Ancestor in the Age of Declining Dharma, yet he chose to seal his cultivation and become a lowly security guard in a bustling city. Li Qingfeng had stood at the pinnacle of the cultivation world a thousand years ago. To break through to the Deity Transformation realm, he sealed his cultivation and plunged into the mortal world. By day, he is "Old Li," the cheerful security guard at the Shengshi Huating residential complex. He patrols, watches the gates, settles disput 454Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Love, The Person Behind the Mirror 过客十三签·爱之卷·镜背人 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Love: The Person Behind the Mirror 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Capital’s Young Master Is at Her Feet 京圈太子爷是她的裙下之臣 The Capital’s Crown Prince Is Her Devoted Suitor 101Reads—Score10714d adds
- 37 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Sorrow, Saving a Meal 过客十三签·哀之卷·留饭 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Grief: Saving a Meal 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Anger, Whip Beneath the Pagoda Tree 过客十三签·怒之卷·槐下鞭 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Anger: Whipping Beneath the Pagoda Tree 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 I Was Hunted to the Ends of the Earth for Being Too Handsome 因为长得太帅，被追杀到天涯海角 Liu Paopao, the Northern Hero, was as famous as Zhan Zhao, the Southern Hero, because he had mastered an extremely mysterious and terrifying martial art: the Sky-Splitting Sword. This supernaturally fast sword technique was so swift that it was completely invisible. It also allowed him to launch attacks from the sky, blotting out the heavens and the sun. Using his mind’s eye and sword energy, he could fill his enemies with such intense fear that they were unable to move, leaving them helpless at 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Fear, Night Suona 过客十三签·惧之卷·夜唢呐 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Fear: Night Suona 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 41 The Corrupt Yuan Descends: I Use Blood Jade to Suppress the Heavens 秽元降世：我以血玉镇诸天 In the primordial chaos, the Genesis Azure Lotus perished alongside a monstrous beast representing ultimate nothingness as it created the universe. The Azure Lotus broke into eighteen fragments and scattered, awaiting someone destined to inherit its legacy. The beast’s remaining darkness and corruption, meanwhile, quietly spread. Li Yun, the Blood Spear General, was betrayed by his sworn brother and leapt from a cliff to die for his country. When he opened his eyes again, he had been saved by 994Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 42 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Joy, Paper Groom 过客十三签·喜之卷·纸新郎 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Joy: Paper Groom 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Rebellious Immortal: Little Demoness of Chaos 逆仙之混沌小魔女 Have you ever seen cultivation like this? Ascending to immortality isn't a glorious honor. It means being branded with a slave mark and serving as Heaven's "spiritual energy battery" for all eternity. The harder you cultivate, the farther freedom slips away. This is the world Su Nianwei transmigrated to: an apocalypse where the Immortal Dao has become a prison and the laws of Heaven have crumbled. She was a "good-for-nothing pill girl" abandoned by her family. Her dantian was damaged, her spirit 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 A Hell Bureaucrat in Charge of Order Between the Worlds of the Living and the Dead 地府打工仔掌管阴阳两界秩序 A Netherworld Employee Takes Charge of Order Between the Worlds of the Living and the Dead 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Scheming with the Sword: The Alluring Emperor Both Dotes on and Torments Me 剑谋天下，邪魅帝君又宠又虐 The Heaven-Splitting Sword weeps, and heaven and earth lose their color. When the Blood Talisman appears, the martial world is stained red. This story overturns the traditional tale of an orphan's rise in Wuxia, revealing the path of a young master from a martial arts clan through the martial world. From an innocent youth to a leader who commands the tides of the martial world, worries over the nation's fate, plots for power, and steers the course of events with a laugh... He was the son of the 355Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 46 Reborn, I Won’t Let Anyone Bully My Guard 重生后，谁都不能欺负我的侍卫 After Being Reborn, No One Can Bully My Guard 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 My Mother-in-Law Called Me Barren in Public, So I Splashed Her with Buddha Jumps Over the Wall 婆婆当众骂我不会下蛋，我反手泼了她一身佛跳墙 My Mother-in-Law Called Me Barren in Front of Everyone, So I Doused Her in Buddha Jumps Over the Wall 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Legends of Jiuzhou Yunhua: Storms 2 九州云华风雨传说2 Legends of Wind and Rain in Jiuzhou Yunhua 2 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Cat-Cat Star from Above 天降喵喵星 A Cat Star Falls from the Sky —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 High Martial: I Begin by Mastering the Quick-Draw Technique 高武：从领悟拔刀术开始 [Plot-focused] [The story comes first, System upgrades are secondary] [Please don’t read if that’s not your thing]. Here’s the blurb: Tang Yu is kind by nature. He activates a System with killing as its goal, taking other people’s karma by killing them and using that karma to comprehend martial arts and grow stronger. Fu Hongxue’s Quickdraw, Duan Yu’s Beiming Divine Skill, Nie Feng’s Ice Heart Formula, Song Que’s Eight Heavenly Blade Techniques... The Wolf, King of Killers, Black Blade, Butcher 1.3kReads8.8Score20914d adds
