Novels like A Pawn in the Game
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Pawn in the Game, best match first.
- 51 Carapace Frenzy 甲壳狂潮 In a single night, an insect disaster descends. As an ordinary person with no invincible supernatural powers and no extraordinary cultivation technique, what path can you take when faced with bloodshed and death, at the crucial moment when your life hangs in the balance? 0Votes336.9kRecs179.5kFans
- 52 The Heavenly King 天王 Chen Xiao is an eighteen-year-old orphan. His parents were leading researchers who both died in a research accident two years ago. On the day of his eighteenth birthday, Chen Xiao receives a mysterious phone call. The caller claims to have been a friend of his parents and says they asked him to deliver something to Chen Xiao. When Chen Xiao rushes home, he is astonished by what has been delivered: A huge freezer, and inside it, a beautiful girl fast asleep... From then on, his life is changed fo 0Votes2MRecs727.8kFans
- 53 The Child Emperor 孺子帝 Three emperors died one after another, and a prince whom no one had ever paid any attention to inexplicably ascended the throne, finding himself surrounded by danger. The Empress Dowager disliked him and was always looking for a younger, more obedient boy to install as the new emperor. His half-brothers disliked him, believing he had stolen the throne that belonged to them. The eunuchs and palace maids disliked him too, thinking he didn’t seem like a real emperor… The Young Emperor could only sa 18Votes972.1kRecs607.7kFans
- 54 A Little Cultivation 小修行 The world is vast, cultivation is hard. I’ll just be a simple little cultivator. 0Votes355.6kRecs59.5kFans
- 55 I’m a Duke in the Ming Dynasty 我在明朝当国公 0Votes493.3kRecs205.3kFans
- 56 Tang Cavalry 唐骑 The gale rages, sweeping across ten thousand miles. Wherever the horses’ hooves tread, there lies the Great Tang! 0Votes401.3kRecs211.1kFans
- 57 The World-Destroying Demon Emperor 灭世魔帝 (Completed) After transmigrating to another world, he became a fake city lord with a territory spanning five hundred li and a stunningly beautiful older sister. He also had to restore a family teetering on the brink of collapse. As a third-year university student, Lan Ling felt immense pressure. With a Demon Star within him, he could directly devour other people's cultivation and make it his own. Yet the sole mission he had been given after transmigrating to another world was to destroy the worl 0Votes394.6kRecs245.9kFans
- 58 Demonic Path Grandmaster System 魔道巨擘系统 Better to worship me than pray to the gods. I am a mighty overlord of the demonic path. 0Votes75kRecs86.9kFans
- 59 The Great Song Butcher 大宋好屠夫 Poetry and the Blade is signed and uploading. You won’t be disappointed. Zheng Zhi transmigrated to the Northern Song world of Water Margin and became Zheng the Butcher, the very man Lu Tixia beat to death with three punches. In the final years of the Northern Song, war raged across the land and heroes vied for supremacy as China fell into decline. It was a time for heroes to make their mark. The grudges and loyalties of Water Margin, the good and the evil, the faithful and the treacherous: thei 0Votes596.2kRecs189.1kFans
- 60 The Great Wei Palace 大魏宫廷 New book, Zhao's Tiger Son. Born a prince of Great Wei, I would rather be an idle lord in an age of peace. My ambitions lie in wine, women, and song, but my heart holds the fate of my country and its people. If my elder brother is worthy, if my younger brother is wise, you can rule while I take it easy. But if you cannot make the nation strong, then I’ll ascend the throne and become emperor! Hongrun, You Can’t Do It, So I’ll Take Over 1Votes2.1MRecs1.1MFans
- 61 The Southern Ming Continues 续南明 “The Great Ming has unified the four seas, surpassed the Three Dynasties and outshone the Han and Tang. Its reach extends to the ends of the earth, and all under Heaven bow as its subjects...” In the sixth year of the Xuande era, Zheng He set sail on his seventh voyage to the Western Ocean. He proudly proclaimed these words on the Stele of the Heavenly Consort’s Divine Manifestations. At the time, the might of the Ming dynasty was at its height. But by the end of the Chongzhen era, the great edi 2Votes722.2kRecs228.1kFans
- 62 The Ultimate Con Artist 超级大忽悠 The simplified Chinese edition of The Super Bluffer has been published under the title The Expert by China Drama Press. It is available from online bookstores and major bookshops. 0Votes238.8kRecs99kFans
- 63 I, the Invincible Dongfang 本座东方不败 New Book: The Emperor Is Heaven. Thanks for your support. In a vast world of martial arts, Qin, Sui, Song, and Ming stand side by side. One man transmigrates and becomes Dongfang Bubai. Watch as Dongfang Bubai defeats everyone under heaven. The protagonist is a perfectly normal man. 0Votes154.9kRecs114.6kFans
- 64 Fan Jin's Ordinary Life 范进的平凡生活 Transported into the world of The Scholars, I become Fan Jin in his younger days. Ha, I passed! 0Votes151.9kRecs83kFans
- 65 The Great Physician 大国医 No deep-seated vendettas, no struggle to rule the world, no plots and schemes, no machinations: this is the romantic story of a Jiangnan youth who, quite by accident, grows into a renowned physician whose work bridges the past and the future. 0Votes243.5kRecs520.4kFans
- 66 The Han Songs of the Boundless Wind 长风万里尽汉歌 0Votes247.2kRecs120.5kFans
- 67 Hunting the World 猎杀全球 If people don't work hard, what's the difference between them and salted fish? 0Votes146.9kRecs135.7kFans
- 68 Supreme Shaman 超品巫师 More than ten years ago, a few fathers and their adorable little girls went to a remote mountain village for a show called Dad's Here. A local villager managed to join them. More than ten years later, a young man came down from the mountain and into the city with an old yellow dog... I don't keep snakes or bugs. I have an old yellow dog. P.S. For readers with a legitimate subscription: 320537897 1Votes1.8MRecs365.9kFans
- 69 The Age of Great Teleportation 大瞬移时代 A mysterious comet reaches Earth. Savage beasts mutate, martial artists rise, and dramatic changes to the structure of space-time give humanity the power to teleport. Wake up in the morning and watch the sunrise from the Himalayas, then head to Paris for a cup of coffee, go to New York for a concert, and finish with lunch at a space hotel. This is just an ordinary day for the average person. Roads and cars have disappeared, oil companies have gone bankrupt, and the Spring Festival travel rush, l 0Votes54.8kRecs42.9kFans
- 70 Gongsun the White Wolf 白狼公孙 His soul unexpectedly transmigrated into an age of chaos. Gongsun Zhi raised his curved saber and galloped across the grasslands, his cloak billowing: "Whoever stands in my way dies." A wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat, while a man travels a thousand miles simply to survive. In the chaotic age of the Three Kingdoms, one either kills or is killed. 0Votes321.1kRecs176.6kFans
- 71 EN I Come from the Mortal Realm 我从凡间来 I came from the mortal world, seeking immortality here. 0Votes8.2MRecs1.2MFans
- 72 A Lowly Soldier on the Ming Frontier 明末边军一小兵 In the third month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, a severe drought struck Shanxi and Shaanxi. A thousand miles of land lay barren, and the people were starving. In the fourth month, Li Zicheng entered Henan and joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong to seize Chengcheng. In the seventh month, the Later Jin army laid siege to Xuanfu and raided Datong, taking many border forts. The Ming faced internal strife and external threats, teetering on the brink! That July, Wang Dou unexpectedly arrived in th 16Votes656.2kRecs585kFans
- 73 Scheming for the Nine Provinces 谋断九州 A fortune-teller once made a prophecy: If this child keeps his mouth shut, he will be a worthy minister who brings peace to the land. If he opens it, he will become a tyrant who throws the world into chaos. At eighteen, the young lord opened his mouth, and sure enough, he saw the world plunged into turmoil. He saw rival warlords vying for supremacy and the common people suffering. He believed that scheming could cause chaos, but could also end it. He would find a true emperor and bring this trou 10Votes1MRecs237.8kFans
- 74 A Han Man Will Never Be a Slave 汉儿不为奴 With ninety-nine steel blades in hand, I’ll stop only when every barbarian is slain; Let drums and gongs thunder as the masses roar, we’ll never rest until Huanglong is taken! In the twelfth year of the false Qing Shunzhi era, Zhou Shixiang, a Han Chinese from Xinhui, Guangdong: “Our Han people will never be slaves!” 0Votes332.2kRecs124.8kFans
- 75 Knocking on Heaven’s Gate with a Sword 剑叩天门 Reading, playing chess, farming, practicing the sword. A half-flask of wine beneath the white clouds, home ten thousand miles away; one autumn-water blade chills ten provinces. This is the story of a young man who raises his sword and knocks upon Heaven's Gate. 0Votes261.6kRecs266kFans
- 76 The Son of Heaven at the End of the Han Dynasty 汉末天子 He travels through time and space, returning in spirit to the end of the Han Dynasty. Waking up as an emperor sounds pretty good, except his circumstances are nothing like what he was promised. Outside, warlords have carved up the realm, and the land lies in ruins. Inside, treacherous ministers hold him hostage, leaving him no freedom. Liu Xie feels the pressure. To change his tragic fate and enjoy the 0Votes349.9kRecs234.8kFans
- 77 The Emperor of the Mountain Valley 山沟皇帝 The protagonist's father had a dream and thought he was the Son of Heaven. Then a Taoist from a run-down temple read his fortune and said he was destined to be emperor. And so, this little landowner, who had never even been to the prefectural city, declared himself emperor and founded a country in a remote mountain valley. (According to reader feedback, this book moves at lightning speed: he becomes emperor in just three chapters, and before you know it, the whole nation is at war…) 0Votes455.9kRecs334.3kFans
- 78 The Kingdom of Power 权国 Crows darken the sun, the setting sun is blood-red. In the chaotic Three Kingdoms era, iron hooves are my footsteps, arrowheads are my eyes. From dreamlike Jiangnan, where the land is a picture, to the windswept deserts of Xiliang, I will raise up the fallen Yellow Heaven. With a unique historical perspective and epic warfare, this story retraces the course of an empire’s history. “A continent swept by rising storms, kingdoms 2Votes415.6kRecs166kFans
- 79 Hunter Assault Team 猎人突击队 Codename 107! Defend Big Brother's position! They're part of the cultural propaganda unit, but their marksmanship is top-notch, and they're experts at killing and arson. We have another name: the Hunter Assault Team! From an ordinary soldier to the youngest officer in the army, from special forces to airborne assault units, Li Mu rides the tide of military transformation in the new era, using 5.8 mm bullets to showcase the precision of Chinese soldiers! 0Votes321.1kRecs191.4kFans
- 80 The Great Literary Master 大文豪 After years of backstabbing in the cutthroat world of business and double-dealing over drinks, literary young man Chen Kaizhi returned to ancient times. Everywhere he looked, he saw song houses and taverns, glittering nightlife, talented scholars, and beautiful women. Well, none of that had anything to do with Chen Kaizhi for the time being. He was a poor young man with an awkward status. Watch as this penniless youth turns the tables and makes his way toward becoming a great literary master. 0Votes542.8kRecs290.3kFans
- 81 Destroying the Ming Dynasty 诛明 His surname is Zhu. He lives during the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming. He thinks this is a peaceful era. He is wrong. He discovers that the only thing he can rely on is the blade in his hand. 0Votes245.3kRecs75.8kFans
- 82 Conquering Five Thousand Years 征战五千年 A mysterious tiger tally brought Li You to another world and gave him the ability to summon armies from across time. Beneath Hulao Pass, Li Yuanba hammers Lü Fengxian; outside Bianliang, the Qi Family Army crushes Wanyan Wushu; before Shanhai Pass, Huang Taiji is driven to exhaustion... Five thousand years of Chinese history: as long as I live, the battles will never cease. Five thousand years of war! With powerful armies gathered from different eras, Li You begins his own campaign for supremacy 0Votes138.5kRecs153.6kFans
- 83 A Survival Tale of the Water Margin 水浒求生记 Where are all my trusted men!? These were the last words cried out by Wang Lun, the founding chief of Liangshan Marsh, as he lay dying in the original course of history. But a lightning tribulation sent history veering off its destined path. The Song Dynasty is in turmoil, its moral order and political institutions are crumbling, the Jurchen neighbors eye it hungrily, and domineering outsiders are taking over. With troubles within and threats without, will it survive or fall? White-Clad Scholar 18Votes544kRecs236.1kFans
- 84 Thief, You’re Not Getting Away 贼人休走 Li Si is a thief, and this is a story about a thief's life in the martial world. It's a lighthearted slice-of-life story, but readers who prefer their protagonists single should beware. 2Votes190.7kRecs211.2kFans
- 85 The Rise of a Military Strategist in the Warring States 战国之军师崛起 Transmigrating into the Warring States period, Bai Hui finds himself on the front lines of a battlefield. He’s never even killed a chicken, and now he has three choices: kill someone, get killed, or refuse to fight and be executed under Qin law. How can he escape the fate of killing or being killed? Then he learns his elder brother’s name is Bai Qi! Bai Qi: “I’m fortunate to have my younger brother! Now I have nothing to worry about!” King of Qin: “The Bai brothers are a great blessing to Qin!” 0Votes206.9kRecs153.9kFans
- 86 A First-Rank Empire 一品江山 In the spring of the fifth year of Qingli, Fan Wenzheng's reform of the New Policies had failed, and Fu Bi was demoted along with him. Teng Zijing rebuilt Yueyang Tower, Ouyang Xiu drank himself into a stupor, Han Xianggong remained tall, handsome, and rich, and Wen Yanbo had become thoroughly extraordinary. Di Qing became the idol of the Great Song's underclass, while the Obstinate Chancellor and Sima Niu had only just entered the workforce. Justice Bao was not yet qualified to preside over Kai 1Votes634.5kRecs337.9kFans
- 87 The Turmoil of the Qing Dynasty 乱清 A solitary lamp, A crescent moon hanging high, A beauty fair as jade, Rivers and mountains stretching for thousands of miles. A part-time guide at a small museum undergoes the most miserable transmigration in history. Returning from the dead and surviving against all odds, he vows to plunge the palace into chaos, topple the dynasty, and usher in an entirely new age, all by his own efforts Today I take up my mighty brush to rewrite the Spring and Autumn Annals. If the world is in such a state, wh 1Votes722.6kRecs312.7kFans
- 88 The Chinese Expeditionary Force in the War of Resistance 抗战之中国远征军 History has no what-ifs. But if history did have what-ifs... what would have happened if China's first expedition had not failed? Burma, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa... Stilwell said, "Boys, I'll lead you all the way to Tokyo!" 0Votes494.4kRecs284.3kFans
- 89 One Word Reaches Heaven 一言通天 One day, an iron tree blossomed, and spring buds sprouted in winter. One year, the great river reversed its course, and white crows filled the sky. One lifetime, right and wrong were indistinguishable, and every day was perilous. One man, with a single word, laughed proudly over the world. He said: Heaven has nine levels, and the earth has eight reaches. I will vie for supremacy over the seven realms, asking for no place among the six paths. I have seized the people's grain and roamed the world 1Votes752.5kRecs305.2kFans
- 90 A Post-80s Cultivator 八零后修道记 Dream and waking blur together, A thousand years in a great dream, yet still I do not wake. I cannot fathom the endless mortal world, Present-day success, Riches in this life, All vanish after a hundred years. Laugh not at madness or frenzy, A frenzied life becomes yin and yang. The long road stretches on without end, Dust all along the way, An endless slant of sunset. A thousand autumns become one dream. 0Votes435.9kRecs216.4kFans
- 91 When Dreams Awaken, Silence Lingers 梦醒细无声 Reborn to Dive into Dreams and The Southern Song Doesn't Cough are completed novels, and their characters are connected to those in this book, so you can read them together. From the end back to the beginning, Hong Tao has returned to the era before his first rebirth, but he has lost all the memories of his three rebirths and transmigrations. What would he be like if he had never been reborn, without the golden finger of his memories? During the surging tide of reform and opening up, would he st 0Votes569.6kRecs113.7kFans
- 92 The Mysterious Mirror Bureau 玄镜司 This is the world closest to the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Before being reborn, the living beings of every world must pass through here. Their past lives and present lives are tightly entwined here, and every living being possesses a companion soul artifact. The type of soul artifact is determined by the thing that left the deepest impression on them in their previous life. Angels and demons, phoenixes and dragons, monsters and Ultraman! Woks and kitchen cleavers, abacuses and calligraphy brus 0Votes189.9kRecs106.4kFans
- 93 Thieving on Heaven's Behalf 替天行盗 The wind has no form, yet I desire to hunt the wind! Roaming proudly across the Nine Provinces, I shall steal on Heaven's behalf! A colossal bronze coffin floats above a secluded valley, while a woman in red has slept for a thousand years. In the underground palace beneath the vast sea, the stars shift and the earth turns. In the ice sea, the spirits of a sunken ship refuse to fade. As dynasties change and centuries turn, a world-shaking storm suddenly sweeps across the Divine Land. Heroes rise 0Votes1.1MRecs328.7kFans
- 94 EN The Carefree Sect 逍遥派 One Nanhua Jing, one Xiaoyaoyou, and countless martial arts manuals and secret techniques emerge into the world. A mere scholar, guided by the ‘Medicine King,’ cultivates the art of rejuvenation and masters a heaven-defying technique. When his divine art is finally complete, he becomes invincible, unseals the Supreme Demonic Blade, and activates the Great Heavenly Array. The throne of the Demon Palace, vacant for ten thousand years, awaits its master. A thousand years of grudges in the martial w 0Votes374.2kRecs634.3kFans
- 95 Azeroth: The Trail of Death 艾泽拉斯死亡轨迹 They call me the Lord of the Dead, the Bringer of Eternal Silence, the Trampler of All Things, the Screamer of Souls, the Scourge of War. They say I command all spirits, tear apart fate, shatter shackles, and oppress all living things. They mock me for using blood as bait and weaving the world's doom from famine and war. They malign me, saying I wield fear as a sword and define the twilight of the end with cruelty and indifference. They say I bring destruction, bear hatred, unleash fury, spread 0Votes434.7kRecs264.1kFans
- 96 The Han Legacy and the Noble Houses 汉祚高门 Shen Zhezhi arrives in the early Eastern Jin dynasty and takes over the body of a son from a powerful family in Jiangnan. He has ten thousand mu of fertile land, a fortune in wealth, and servants by the dozen. It’s an exceptionally privileged start for someone who transmigrates, but unfortunately, his father is a habitual rebel. The aristocracy flees south, the Five Barbarians wreak havoc across China: a dirge for the land of Hua Xia, a lament for the Han dynasty. The great clans can’t be truste 0Votes825.6kRecs424.6kFans
- 97 Dragon Emperor, Martial God 龙皇武神 From the day he began cultivating, everything changed. 1Votes9.7MRecs1.5MFans
- 98 Shining Superstar in Chinese Entertainment 华娱之闪耀巨星 Back in 2001, Nie Wei is determined to become the brightest star in the entertainment industry. 0Votes266.2kRecs287kFans
- 99 I Found the First Emperor 捡到一只始皇帝 What could be more of a headache than transmigrating to the pre-Qin era to face off against Bai Qi? The Qin hostage Yiren wants to entrust his concubine, Zhao Ji, to me. Also titled The First Emperor's Development Plan and I Absolutely Refuse to Become Lao Ai. 10Votes283.1kRecs500.1kFans
- 100 Sanctuary 圣堂 After finding a demigod's divine spark while streaking, Wang Meng, a young new disciple at the bottom of the Holy Temple, began his magnificent legend. With a Five Elements body and a hidden divine spark, he roamed the Three Realms, showing off, fighting with passion, and charming the ladies. 2Votes1.6MRecs456kFans
