Novels like The Eternal Night Awaits the Returning One
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Eternal Night Awaits the Returning One, best match first.
- 1 The Apothecary Maid's Mystery: A Bowl of Medicine Conceals a Three-Year Plot to Kill 药婢疑局：一碗汤药藏三年杀局 The Mystery of the Medicine Maid: A Bowl of Herbal Decoction Conceals a Three-Year Murder Plot 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The 1998 College Entrance Exam: My Best Friend Stole My Top-Scorer Fate and Lived in Splendor for Twenty Years 《98高考：闺蜜偷我状元命风光二十年》 The 1998 College Entrance Exam: My Best Friend Stole My Top-Scorer Fate and Lived in Glory for Twenty Years 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Wind-Seeking Order 寻风令 [Historical fantasy + suspenseful investigations + ensemble cast + redemption + xuanhuan] Also known as The Ye Family’s Medicine Jars [Ye Xunfeng, adored by her seven older brothers, X Jiang You’an, a scheming, sharp-tongued hero] Everyone speaks their mind. The heroine is strong-willed, with no simpering white lotus act. The villains are ruthless and don’t waste words. They go straight for the kill. The story begins with the heroine being murdered on a snowy night, only to be reborn by an unexp —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Reborn on the Day I Called Off the Engagement, I Dumped the Jerk and Took Over the Family Business 重生回退婚当天，我踹掉渣男后接手家族企业 Reborn on the day I called off my engagement, I dumped the jerk and took over the family business 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Reborn as the Wild King's Number One Career Fan 重生之我是野王头号事业粉 [Esports + Rebirth + Two Male Leads] A younger, cheeky puppy-like guy chases his beloved. Two sweethearts on the same team show off their affection every day. In his previous life, he could only watch his idol’s peak, glory, decline, and silence through a screen. He even lost all news of him forever, and with it, his own youth. In this life, Lu Xuan finally finds the courage to make a different choice. He’ll stand by Gu Ruohuai’s side and climb back to the top alongside his idol. “Ruohu 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The First Law 第一法则 “You brat, how dare you tear up my medicinal garden?” “You brat, you cut off the last few hairs I had left!?” “You little rascal, we're fighting monsters, and you're busy flirting?” I'm an orphan, but I possess the Supreme Law. In the face of beautiful women, I couldn't care less. In the face of money, I turn up my nose. When faced with powerful enemies, I simply smile... I journey across time and space only to see your beautiful face again 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 A Sect-Building System from the Start 开局获得宗门养成系统 “I only want to take revenge quietly, but the System forces me to become a sect leader. From the start, I have three shabby huts and disciples who are all ‘good-for-nothings’: an exiled fox demon, a sword fanatic whose family was destroyed, and a disgraced crown prince suffering from a deadly poison... Every immortal sect laughs at me for taking in a bunch of useless losers. Years later, my eldest disciple has become an eternal empress, my second disciple an unparalleled Sword Sovereign, and eve —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Time Tribulation, Rebirth 时劫涅槃 [No Harem · No Cliches · Early Spiritual Qi Revival · No System · Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story · Survival · Mild Mystery] I thought it would be an ordinary morning. Who could have known disaster would strike, leaving me a plane-crash survivor? At that moment, every human on Earth was bound to a death countdown. I was forced to join the craze for games that extended your lifespan. After everyone awakened supernatural powers, I entered an endless cycle of life revival. While quietly awaiting death —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 From Good-for-Nothing to Ruling the Myriad Worlds 从废柴到镇压诸天万界 “A good-for-nothing is still a good-for-nothing.” On the Corpse Cliff of Lingxiao Sect, Ye Chen has his Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo stolen and his cultivation crippled. As he lies on the brink of death, he unexpectedly binds to the Heavenly Dao sign-in System. He gets Body Tempering Pills by signing in at the Servants' Quarters, an Invisibility Talisman by signing in outside the Scripture Pavilion, and Lightning Tribulation Liquid right in the middle of a lightning tribulation. He can even obt —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Thirty Strange Tales of the School 校三十怪谈 What does it feel like to survive for thirty days in a special school where death is always close? Life and death are separated by a single instant. The “college entrance exam” for more than a hundred people is about to reveal the truth... Is it really called the “college entrance exam”? Can they really graduate successfully? "Three protagonists, no wish fulfillment, no System, dual male leads, special-school setting, protagonists who grow over time" —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Annihilating the Five Elements: Ashes of the Old Days, A Journal 湮灭五行：旧日之烬手记 A new author, so the pacing is a little slow at first! 1932, the New England coast. The decaying town of Innsmouth is like swollen, rotten wood, its inhuman emptiness showing through the fog and deathly silence. Private detective Sarah Watley, a battlefield ghost haunted by nightmares of the deep, travels to this cursed land to investigate a blasphemous wax seal that has resurfaced in the world. The residents have fleshy fins behind their ears and vertical pupils hidden in their eyes. The air r —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The New Era of Spirit Artifacts 新灵器时代 [Travel Between the City and Spirit Realms; Interwoven Timelines of Present and Past; Emotional Bonds Across Two Lives and Three Reincarnations] After the protagonist accidentally fell off a cliff and entered a mysterious space, spiritual qi began to revive on Earth. Special spaces from the Spirit Realms appeared all over the planet, and one after another, people were chosen to enter them... As he grew stronger in the real world and explored the past in the Spirit Realms, he eventually uncovered 3Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 13 The Han Soul in Turmoil 汉魂乱 When Zhuge Liang's brocade bag is quietly opened in the Rong Mansion, when the heroes of Liangshan transmigrate to cyberpunk Chang'an, when Sun Wukong's seventy-two transformations meet the sacred laws of cultivation... This is no mishmash, but a vast world woven with care. Here, classics collide with fantasy, and technology blends with cultivation. If you don't believe it, why not step through the door and see for yourself how every impossibility becomes a seamless epic? —Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 14 This Time, I’ll Change All the Worlds Under Heaven 这次必将改变诸天世界 The vast and boundless Xuanling Universe is home to countless races spread across four continents. The people of Yongyao wield swords and seek immortality; the demons of Youming refine their souls to become demonic; the Cloudling demons take on human forms and command beasts; and the Ice Witches offer blood to their totems. The four great races divide the lands among themselves, while over a hundred other races lurk in the wilderness. Wars rage without end over spirit veins, secret treasures, an 2Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 15 The Immortal Venerable Gets Tangled Up with a Newborn Evil God in an Infinite Game 仙尊在无限游戏被新生邪神缠上了 [Two male leads + infinite flow + younger man/older partner + two powerful leads + devoted to each other + secret identities + not invincible] [Fast-talking, spirited beauty bottom x obsessive, pressure-cooker, love-struck top] [The second instance, Saint Melville Royal Academy, complete] [Haven’t abandoned the book, just been swamped. Updates will resume once I get through this stretch TT] * Xie Wan opens his eyes inside an instance, and a voice speaks in his ear: “Welcome to the Black Moon Wor 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 My Exam Life 1: Wingless Rainbow Crow 我的考试人生1无翼彩鸦 There are no supernatural happenings here, no strange tales. Only dangerous and eerie chief examiners, sinister and scheming proctors, question setters beyond all comprehension, and candidates waiting like lambs to the slaughter. My name is Lin Ji. I am currently in the examination hall for the second mock exam of the Global Joint Entrance Examination, using a certain method to send a message to the unknown. Remember these words: “If you are a student, pay attention to whether strange incidents 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 A Poor Student Livestreams Fortune-Telling, and Her Billionaire Father Comes Knocking 穷学生直播算命，首富爹爹找上门 [Livestreaming + Ghost Hunting + Fake and Real Heiresses + Comedy + Brainless Big Brother's Redemption + Reborn] A car accident in which she was meant to die in someone else's place brought Jiang Wanwan, who had grown up in an orphanage, face-to-face with a group of beautiful young women who had come to claim souls. She also learned that her life had been stolen from her for eighteen years. To earn money for food, she started livestreaming under the name “Mystic Six.” “Sister Liu, your husband s 1kReads6.9Score189Shelves
- 18 Archrival, Stay Away from Me! 死对头你离我远点！ Pei Che, heir to a family business, is a handsome, roguish CEO with no scandals to his name. Shen Yan is a spoiled young master who joined the entertainment industry because he loves having fun. They’ve been compared to each other ever since childhood, leading Shen Yan to unilaterally declare them sworn enemies. 101Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 My Master, the Emperor Venerable 我的帝尊师父 Fate is hard to defy when you are powerless. Opportunity may be coincidence, yet it may also be destiny. If your life has been as dull as water, but you encounter someone supreme... what would you choose? The Emperor of Myriad Realms descended to the mortal world for a visit. When he ran into mountain bandits, Fang Hua, a herb-gathering boy from the hills, happened upon them. Fang Hua fought fiercely and drove off the bandits, but was badly wounded and on the brink of death. The Emperor rescued 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Sky Is Vast, the Sea Is Boundless, I Long for the Azure; The Sword Is Azure, the Dao Is Azure, I Long for the Azure Soul 天苍海沧慕清苍，剑苍道苍慕魂苍 This is the story of a group of protagonists. They will go on all kinds of adventures and match wits with their various enemies. In the end, they may each find what they deserve, or things may not turn out as they hoped. What will their stories be like? Let’s look forward to finding out! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 A Little Spitball of an Article 口水小文章 Who doesn't have a few little daydreams in their life? The story of Yuan Chao and Liu Jiali is full of them. They're sudden flights of fancy amid life's daily necessities, strange encounters on city streets and country lanes, and the warm dreams of two people walking side by side. A little story wraps up every three chapters, with a hundred unique tales and a thousand chapters without a break. There's everyday warmth, a touch of romance, wild ideas, and heartfelt tenderness. From dawn to dusk, f 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Reborn as the Villain’s Favorite, the Vicious Female Lead 穿成书中反派独宠恶毒女配 Shi Yize and Jian Li transmigrate into a book, one becoming the story's major villain and the other its wicked supporting woman. The villain dotes exclusively on the wicked woman. Is this for real? She said she loved me, but then I woke from the dream... 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Martial Saint of the Six Paths 六道武圣 [Invincible] + [Revenge] + [Xuanhuan] + [Honghuang] + [Three transmigrations] + [Lots of dads] + [No morals] + [Scheming] Born into a fallen, poor family, he is unknowingly caught up in an old case involving a curse against the Human Emperor. People have been plotting against him since childhood. Just when he finally manages to embark on the path of cultivation, he finds himself at odds with a mighty being over the Great Dao. They even claim he is the Heavenly Dao’s own child, and he is fooled i 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Arrow of Time 光阴的箭 The mountains are high and the rivers long, and the road through the martial world stretches far, but one day we will meet again. All things move through endless cycles of renewal. Mountains rise, streams flow, and birds sing. A new beginning has arrived, and the next chapter of his story is unfolding. An ending does not have to mean the end. His name is Lu Jian. Jian, as in “simple.” An event five hundred years ago led him to choose nirvana. Now, returned from that rebirth, he shines once more 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 An Ancient Scroll Lets Me Read Minds 古卷赐我读人心 At seventeen, Lou Wangan was a timid boy who barely registered in his class. By chance, he obtained a tattered ancient book on reading people. It recorded millennia-old wisdom about understanding others, carefully breaking down microexpressions, unconscious body language, and the unspoken meanings behind people's words. It revealed the subtle rules of navigating human relationships. Little by little, Lou Wangan developed exceptional emotional intelligence and a clear understanding of the world. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Game Streaming: My Viewers Are Outer Gods 游戏直播：我的观众是外神 I used to be a game streamer, and now I'm a game streamer. Other streamers interact with their viewers through the screen. I have to fight for a way to survive inside the game world. Other streamers get gifts from their viewers, things like private jets and rockets. My viewers' gifts are nothing but malice and schemes. Some people like watching ants struggle inside a glass tank. I'm that ant. I'm a game streamer, but what are my viewers? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 A Bewildering New Life 恍遑新生 After a stifled life and an unexpected reincarnation, the protagonist arrives in another world of swords and magic, blessed with the talent to cast spells without incantations. How will he grow, overcome every hardship, face his past, and find a happy ending with the heroines? Follow Reborn in a Hazy New Life for ongoing updates. There are lots of clues, so keep your wits about you as you read! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Let Me Run Wild, Season One 容我猖狂第一季 Synopsis of I’ll Let Myself Run Wild, Season One Zhang Wudi was once dismissed as a castoff of the city, enduring contempt and humiliation. His family went bankrupt, his loved ones fell seriously ill, and his lover betrayed him. Everyone thought his life was over. At his most desperate, he resolutely enlisted in the military, just to find a way to survive. Who could have expected that he would return utterly transformed, becoming a God of War who shook the entire city! On foreign battlefields, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 A Heart-Eroding Night's Kiss: My Vampire Queen 夜吻蚀心：我的吸血鬼女王 A Kiss in the Night That Devours the Heart: My Vampire Queen 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Survival: From the Start, I Was Buried in Usurious Debt 求生：开局就背高利贷 No female lead, lone wolf, decisive and ruthless. He transmigrates to another world, starting out in a forest with nothing but a tattered hemp shirt. Then he activates a crooked-merchant System. “Hey there~ Interested in a survival loan? The daily interest is just 1%!” From starting with nothing to drowning in debt, from struggling to survive to punching giant beasts and kicking villains! He tames the Tiger King as a pet and opens up a pocket-dimension farm, building his own paradise in a danger 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Rental Notes 出租笔记 A city needs police officers, doctors, nurses, firefighters, sanitation workers, and many others to keep it safe and thriving. But that's only what you see on the surface. There are also people working behind the scenes for the city. They ask for no reward and care nothing for fame; they simply guard the city in silence. Some are injured, some are left disabled, and some die. Those who survive keep going. If it were up to you, would you sacrifice a few people to bring happiness to the majority? —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 32 The Divine Enclosure of the Cosmos 寰宇神围 During the most important practical exam of his life, something went wrong in the exam zone where Xuan Mo was taking the test. By chance, he discovered his own latent ability. It was incredibly powerful, but as Xuan Mo worked to develop it, he couldn’t find anything in the records that matched it. Perhaps he was the first person to possess this ability, or perhaps everyone who had ever possessed it had been erased. Xuan Mo was more convinced of the latter, because as he continued researching his —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Descending to the Mortal Realm, I Became a God Through Innocence 降凡成神：我靠天真成神 At the summit of the Sword Hall in the Celestial Realm, Lin Lan fights until he is drenched in blood. A plan three hundred years in the making is finally set in motion! Bearing fragments of the Severed Cycle, he returns to the path of cultivation in a mortal body. Witness how a legendary Sword Immortal makes an astonishing comeback! Betrayal? Death and the loss of everything? Not a chance! Lin Lan defies fate, reaches the pinnacle of cultivation, and points his sword at the heavens! “Ding! The —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Top-Tier Star's Dark Moonlight Has Returned to Divorce Her 顶流的黑月光她回来离婚了 Her Top-Tier Star's Dark Moonlight Has Returned to Divorce Him 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 I Just Came Down to Earth for a Stroll? 我来人间遛个弯？ I thought I was an observer who looked down on the world, but in the end, I too was merely a pawn on fate’s chessboard. Bai Ye, who can travel through time and space, arrived in this little world to seek the reincarnated souls of the legendary Cowherd and Weaver Girl. When spiritual energy meets cutting-edge science, it turns out to be nothing more than the grand unified field of physics. Cultivation is no longer limited to flying on swords, either. The contest between civilizations has never be 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Dragon Ascendant, Seven Apertures 龙腾七窍 No one could have expected that the sudden accident on the banks of the Yellow River would set people on entirely different paths through life. Fate loves to spring unexpected collisions on us. What comes out of them are vastly different fortunes and hardships. And the people we meet along the way, each encounter quietly nudges us toward a completely different future and destination. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Dreams Come True: My Dream-Making Studio 美梦成真，我的圆梦工作室 Do you have a wish you want to fulfill but can’t achieve in real life? If so, come to my “Dreams Come True Dream Exchange,” and I’ll help make your dream a reality. This story is lighthearted and hilarious, with an imagination that runs wild. When you’re tired from work or in a bad mood, it’ll help you unwind and lift your spirits, so you can enjoy every day. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Beast Tide Era: Crystal Corrosion 兽潮纪元：晶蚀 [Beast Tides] [War] [Ensemble Cast] [No Cheats, No Dropping the Story and Running] The old era collapsed under the invasion of the beast tides. Survivors huddle in fortresses and walled cities, and human civilization teeters on the brink of extinction. In the midst of the crisis, Beast-Hunting Knights emerge, strengthening themselves with the cores of giant beasts. Their order reclaims human territory from the beasts' claws, giving humanity the means to fight back. The knights gain supernatural 3Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 39 Racing Toward the Darkness 向晦暗处奔赴 Toward the Dark, I Run 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 After the Demon Slayer's Love-Struck Heart Was Rejected by the Demon King, She Turned Dark 除魔师恋爱脑被妖王拒绝后黑化了 Original title: Demons Run Amok There are two kinds of demons in this world. One kind is formed from resentment, miasma, and vital energy; the other is a people who have lived for years in the Abyssal Demon Realm, commonly known as the demon race. Tens of thousands of years ago, the mortal world and the Demon Realm were one, and humans and demons lived side by side. Humans cultivated by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, while demons grew stronger by devouring the world’s balefu 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Baihu A Yao 白狐阿瑶 A Yao the White Fox —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Black Earth, Stolen Shadows 黑土盗影 Black Soil, Stolen Shadows 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The 'Heartless One' from My Village 俺屯子的“没良心” The “Heartless” One in Our Village 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Dead Rose from the Grave 诈尸了 The Corpse Has Come Back to Life 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Big Sister Hua, the Dog Stationmaster 狗站长花大姐 The Dog Stationmaster, Sister Hua 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Immortal’s Path Within the Ring 环中仙途 What kind of miracle could happen if the four planets that can't normally be seen with the naked eye suddenly began to shine during the Seven-Star Alignment? What sparks will fly when cultivators meet modern people? Mysterious stones. The Seven-Star Alignment. After an accident, Xue Yang, a first-year college student, winds up in a world where everyone cultivates. He hasn't even finished his freshman year. Is he really going to be reduced to a cultivator's lackey? No cultivation at all, and the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 From the Start, I Was the Shadow Monarch, with Billions of Clones to Suppress the Heavens 开局暗影君王，分身亿万镇压诸天 [Power Fantasy + Single Heroine + Clone Army + Dark-Type Powers + Emoticons] Don't read if you dislike these! Spiritual qi revives, and the world undergoes a cataclysmic change! Wang Ping unexpectedly awakens a cloning ability and obtains the mysterious [Martial God System], embarking on a path to defy the heavens and rise to power! The System's rewards are all over the place: the Twelve Talismans, Devil Fruit, Zanpakuto... Wang Ping: System, your ingredients are kind of all over the place! Each 261Reads—Score105Shelves
- 48 Look Out! The Hamster Girl Protagonist Is Surrounded 危！小仓鼠女主被包围啦 [Coming of Age + Healing + Everyone’s Favorite + Fantasy] Peng Yuxin is a student at Gallidon University, working hard and growing throughout her studies. Wait, what’s going on? Why is everyone looking at her so strangely? The cool, top-ranking student. The gentle older girl. The gloomy, clingy girl. What, a rift in space and time? And even her own little fox is a handsome man! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Xiao Man, Not Quite Full 晓满未满 Xia Xiaoman, a country boy, unexpectedly awakens a System for making up for regrets. He helps countless people rewrite their fates and erase their regrets, turning his life around until he becomes a top philanthropist admired throughout the nation. He can save the world, but not himself. His life is glorious, yet in the end, he carries a regret no one else knows about. With his life slipping away, he boldly stakes the rest of his days on a top-secret time machine experiment, becoming Huaxia's 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 My Choices Are Anything but Ordinary 我的选择与众不同 In an instant, Su Ran transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. With him comes a God-Tier Choice System, and from that moment on, his life is completely rewritten. He thinks this is the beginning of defying fate, but it turns out to be a perilous adventure at every turn. Each time a choice is triggered, the more tempting and generous the reward, the heavier the price that follows, like a sword of Damocles hanging overhead. One wrong move could spell utter ruin. So he starts to lie flat… 5Reads—Score—Shelves
