Novels like The Sutra of the Mortal World
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Sutra of the Mortal World, best match first.
- 1 Spring in Jiangnan 江南春 The Shen clan had a wall marking the edge of its family grounds. Shen Rouning patiently lived within those walls until she was twelve, when she finally got the chance to step outside. She wanted to see the bustling splendor of Jiangnan, Jian Ning, and the capital. She also wanted to understand what had made her mother so indifferent to her love-struck father and to her own children. In the world of great families and the imperial court, scandals involving young women were always much the same. B 0Votes61.6kRecs27.7kFans
- 2 Heady Romance 浓欢 “You don’t care about me at all,” Lu Yunshen said. An Yixin instantly bristled. “Who says I don’t care about you? I just made you braised chicken wings, crispy fried shrimp, mixed vegetables, and four-joy meatballs. And I made rose cakes and sugar-roasted chestnuts for snacks.” The cold, battle-hardened general watched the little maid hop around and rant, then fell silent. That’s not you caring about me. Those are all things you wanted to eat yourself. This book has plenty of chapters now. Time 0Votes9.3kRecs7.7kFans
- 3 A Life of Beauty and Healing 活色医香 The serious blurb: Xiao Hanyu, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Xiao family, was the Crown Princess in her previous life. In the end, her family was destroyed, and she set the Eastern Palace ablaze. When she opened her eyes again, she had become her half-sister, and the only surviving heir of the Xiao clan. Now, the question was: The worst sorts of people block the way, and bullies run rampant. The bully said, “Your enemies are mine to deal with.” The young woman replied, “Thanks, but no.” 0Votes100.5kRecs31.4kFans
- 4 The Art of Divorcing Your Husband 休夫计 In her previous life, she’d had enough of getting up earlier than a chicken and going to bed later than a dog, only to be ordered around by her sister-in-law, criticized by her mother-in-law, and finally thrown out with nowhere to go. Reborn, she’s been granted a miraculous treasure by heaven. In this life, she just wants to be a good doctor, raise a good little dumpling, and live a good life. But all of that depends on divorcing him. Though, in truth, she’ll do whatever it takes to get him to d 0Votes3.5kRecs21kFans
- 5 Splendid Garments 华裳 She dots her vermilion lips, draws her moth-like brows, pins up her hair with golden hairpins, and dons splendid robes. She had already died and gone to the underworld, yet upon waking, she had become the Shen family's Fourth Young Lady. 0Votes232.5kRecs104.2kFans
- 6 A Second Spring 第二春 A disaster sends the Lin family to prison. The married daughters of the Lin family are caught up in the misfortune too. Even if they keep their heads down and behave, being sent to a separate Buddhist hall is unavoidable, and a letter of divorce is nothing out of the ordinary. In her grief, Lin Yijia feels a little relieved, because her husband has become even more attentive to her. But after drinking the calming tonic her husband personally brings her, she wakes up to find she has suddenly retu 0Votes38.6kRecs112.8kFans
- 7 A Match Made in Heaven, But Not Meant to Be 天作不合 Everyone says the infamous Miss Qiao is a harbinger of doom. Wherever she goes, not a blade of grass survives, and no living creature can be found. The children in town fear three things most: man-eating tigers, terrifying ghosts, and Miss Qiao, who brings misfortune to everyone around her. After she got her last living relative thrown into prison, the Fang family finally drove her out. The very day she left, the whole clan spread the news and celebrated wherever they went. One spring day in 0Votes321.4kRecs70.2kFans
- 8 Returning Home in Glory 衣锦还香 P.S. My new novel, The Tragic Villain Is Actually My Own Younger Brother, is now being updated. Feel free to switch over and read it. In her previous life, she was born into wealth and privilege, yet in the end she was trampled underfoot and died in bed. Reborn once, she returned in fine clothes, leaving a trail of fragrance as she swept through the world. Everyone who owed her would repay her one by one. But how could she repay the person she owed? 0Votes81.5kRecs74.2kFans
- 9 Slay the Hua 诛华 The Seventh Prince suddenly died, the Chengde Hall caught fire, and the collapse of Yong'an Mountain crushed hundreds of households of villagers. With the nation on the brink of ruin, Chang Jiyao was buried alive as a sacrifice to Heaven. Thirteen days later, she crawled out from the dark earth, but had forgotten the most agonizing year of her life. That was the year her father died horribly, her mother withdrew from the secular world, and swore that mother and daughter would never meet again! B 0Votes19.1kRecs6.7kFans
- 10 Conspiring with the Phoenix 与凰为谋 Six years ago, the entire Jun household was executed; six years ago, a great fire burned the rear courtyard of the Li residence to the ground. From then on, her maternal grandfather took her to live in Jiangnan, far from the schemes of the rear courtyard. Every grievance has its source, and every debt has its debtor. Six years later, she made a magnificent return. Everything you owed her mother back then, repay it all, one by one! Madam Shen is vicious and ruthless? Sorry, her methods are no w 0Votes124.2kRecs84.1kFans
- 11 The Road to High Office 冠盖路 A delightful tale of splendor and romance. Under the dazzling brilliance of a woman reborn in another world, she takes one solid step at a time toward happiness. The little one says: “Mother always says you reap what you sow.” Don’t be cannon fodder, don’t be a side character. Make your own way: that is the lifelong goal. When your fame fills the capital, who in all the world won’t know your name? The supporting heroine says: “I want to farm, keep a low profile, and live a quiet life.” The heroi 0Votes267.9kRecs36.7kFans
- 12 The Wine Maiden 酒娘子 Du Jiumei is the forty-fifth-generation inheritor of a thousand-year-old wine cellar and a renowned master brewer, known as the “Wine Lady.” A flash of golden light brought her, along with the ancient cellar, to the Great Jin dynasty. With a thousand-year-old cellar at her side, Du Jiumei doesn’t care where she ends up, nor that she’s gained a whole host of obnoxious relatives. What follows is Du Jiumei brewing wine to build her fortune, while dealing with her awful relatives along the way... 0Votes173.6kRecs61.9kFans
- 13 A Splendid Marriage 华嫁 Mother said the greatest glory for a woman was a wedding procession stretching ten miles, a grand wedding in a golden age, and a radiant bridal departure... That was why Song Jinyu married into the Sheng family, becoming the second wife of its eldest son, a man nearing thirty. In the end... when she was forced to swallow that fatal bowl of broth, she thought: If Heaven gave her another chance, even if her mother and her entire clan forced her, she would still shake her head. Thr 0Votes20.9kRecs37kFans
- 14 Why Would an Eunuch Have No Wife 何宦无妻 Fu Mingxian stared, utterly conflicted, at the great villain surrounded by admirers. Handsome, imposing, powerful, and distinguished... But why did he have to be the chief eunuch? Bold and brash introduction: The grand eunuch He Huan has no wife!!! A certain Lang: Zhou Ziheng 0Votes24kRecs19.8kFans
- 15 Yan Nan Returns 燕南归 At least, in the worst of all lives, I had you at your best. P.S. This is a fictional setting, so historical accuracy buffs beware. 0Votes64.1kRecs58.4kFans
- 16 Huajin Lane 华锦里 Let’s see how she carves out a life of splendor amid the brocade and finery. 0Votes45.2kRecs57.9kFans
- 17 The Chronicles of the Boudoir 闺华记 Xie Han decides to stay away from those things called male and female cousins. She only wants to protect the family estate her father left behind and raise her frail younger brother for him! 0Votes105.4kRecs79.6kFans
- 18 Tales of the Spring Boudoir 春闺记事 Gu Jinzhi was born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and married into a wealthy household. Her life was one of endless splendor and exhaustion, right up to its end. When she realized she wasn’t dead but had become a noblewoman in ancient times, irritation welled up inside her. Then she saw a man who looked exactly like her husband from her previous life, and she pursed her lips. Only then did the still waters of her life begin to ripple... 0Votes221.9kRecs150.4kFans
- 19 The Female Streamer's Secret Garden 女主播的秘密花园 A female news anchor versus a male producer. Will you make me, or will I make you? Treading over thorns, embracing fragrance, Even in the lonely desert, I bloom in all my naked glory! 0Votes55.2kRecs12.5kFans
- 20 Heavy Strings 重笙 The gentle young lady Gu Wensheng hanged herself, and the unconventional Ninth Miss Gu of a prestigious family transmigrated into her world. In the world of musicians, mastering a musical instrument meant mastering power, wealth, and the lives and deaths of others. Ninth Miss Gu was skilled at the qin and painting. Whatever she wanted, she was determined to obtain, even if she had to roll across a mountain of blades to get it! However, what she wanted was completely different from what the vast 0Votes164.8kRecs42.1kFans
- 21 The Princess Consort Returns to the Modern World 王妃反穿记 An ancient princess consort, struck by a life-changing calamity on her wedding night, transmigrates into the body of a modern child left behind in the countryside, who tried to take her own life along with her younger brother and sister. She has to raise her siblings and drive away her awful relatives. But where will she get the money? See how a fifteen-year-old girl from ancient times takes one careful step at a time to support a broken modern family, raising her younger siblings into capable a 0Votes105.4kRecs39.4kFans
- 22 The Iron Lady 铁娘 She came from the apocalypse to the populous Jin family. As the youngest daughter of the Jin family, she received far more than the others. Jin Yun looked at the rare egg in her hand and made up her mind! She would use the most unique blacksmithing techniques to lead the Jin family to the highest peak! 0Votes82.6kRecs52.6kFans
- 23 Egg Girl 蛋娘 Her sharp-tongued adoptive father is secretly a peerless master? That glowing pendant actually has an egg inside! Why does she have to work so hard to hatch it?! It's not even her egg!! She just wants to quietly be a beautiful girl. That's all. The Empire's future greatest general and aspiring egg-hatching expert... Is currently sprinting for her life. 0Votes284.6kRecs45.3kFans
- 24 Heaven’s Favorite 天娇 Lu Changting is a rich, beautiful young lady, and the real deal. The Great Jin realm is on the verge of collapse. Truly. One careless move can lose the whole game. For now. When her country falls and disaster strikes, watch this proud, beautiful young lady tread through blood and tears, share a life of glory with her beloved, and build a magnificent future together. Oh, and she wants to have babies with that adorable, rough-and-ready young man. She’s quite serious. In short, i 2Votes82.1kRecs44.9kFans
- 25 Murder in a Distinguished Family 名门闺杀 In her previous life, she was born into an aristocratic family. Her frail health meant she was well protected, and she gradually grew into a dignified, gentle young woman. In this life, she was born into a distinguished family, but her mother died young, her father ignored her, her stepmother tormented her, and her grandmother was cold toward her. Everyone said Third Miss Wang was gentle and generous, never knowing that she had once been the darling of the family, sharp-tongued and domineering, 0Votes138.1kRecs229.9kFans
- 26 The Flourishing Fragrance of Medicine 盛世医香 She transmigrated into another world and got entangled with Kyoto's most notorious playboy. The whole experience was... impossible to put into words. P.S. Don't ask how much of a playboy he is. He's the genuine article, from a family that's been playboys for three generations! He's sick. He needs treatment! 0Votes193.2kRecs113.2kFans
- 27 The Doctor Arrives at the Auspicious Hour 吉时医到 Once, she entrusted her heart to the wrong man. Now, who would pledge their life to her? He tucked a butterfly hairpin into his sleeve, mocked for being sentimental. Amid the court and countless troops, whom was he mocking now? "I will love you for all my life, honor you for all my life, and follow you wherever you go." ★★Occupation: A modern internist in ancient times. 0Votes288.6kRecs236.8kFans
- 28 The Empress Is Fiercer Than a Tiger 皇后猛于虎 The most satisfying thing about being reborn is taking revenge on your enemies step by step, but she was reborn as her own enemy. As a second-best option, she at least had to make a name for herself and live a vibrant, fulfilling life. But tormented by vengeful ghosts, she was plagued by bad luck all the way. Xie Jiu angrily flipped the table: When this tiger shows her claws, you think she is a sick cat? Stirring up storms, manipulating the court, dominating the emperor, ruling the imperial hare 1Votes21kRecs28.9kFans
- 29 The Concubine's Rise to Legitimacy 庶庶得正 Fu Jun feels rather out of her depth. Life in the marquis's household is both easy and hard. The dignity of a legitimate daughter is there one moment and gone the next. No life is easy. She doesn't want to be confined to the inner quarters, yet she has no choice but to struggle forward behind the household gates. Whether the twilight grows eve 0Votes80.4kRecs106.4kFans
- 30 Married into the World 世嫁 One day, she is reborn as the third young lady of the Anding Earl's residence. Her grandmother dislikes her, her stepmother despises her, and a whole group of half-sisters and legitimate sisters wish they could devour her flesh and gnaw her bones. The older sister who had depended on her for survival since childhood sacrifices herself to restore the marquisate's title, marrying a brother-in-law who has suffered a stroke and become partially paralyzed. Now it is her turn. 0Votes145.7kRecs90.5kFans
- 31 The Lord Has Returned 君归矣 This book began in May 2017 and was rewritten in April 2025. A note: This book has no romance pairing, no female emperor, a huge cast, and many long-running clues and plot threads. It's an unconventional, eclectic fantasy with a high barrier to entry...and all kinds of potentially frustrating elements rolled into one book. Also, the book is set against the backdrop of the Two Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties. The events and characters are all drawn from old records that Xiao Xian dug up. 25Votes705.6kRecs89.7kFans
- 32 The Lin Family's Daughter 林家女 Who says transmigration always comes with a catch? Lin Xi thinks hers turned out pretty well. She’s the legitimate daughter of the Lin family, has a portable space, and can even cultivate! She’s got the complete package of a supporting heroine’s comeback gear. So, where’s the white-lotus heroine? Her slap’s ready, all she needs is a face to land it on. What? You’re the male lead? My destined one? The door’s on your left. Don’t let it hit you on the way out! 0Votes123.4kRecs87.4kFans
- 33 A Record of Leaving the Boudoir 出闺阁记 Chen Ying’s first transmigration ends in failure. After transmigrating again, she discovers she has somehow gained a new memory. With a golden finger dropped from the heavens in her grasp, Chen Ying says, “I’m here to solve cases. Let’s leave the household drama aside, okay?” This is a story about a woman who transmigrates and strives for her ideals. There is a romance. The setting is fictional, so please don’t read if that bot 1Votes139.4kRecs74.1kFans
- 34 Heavenly Fragrance 天芳 They say that after hitting her head against a pillar and waking up, the notorious, idle Miss Chi suddenly became reasonable and considerate. Not only is she a master of the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, she's also outstanding in poetry, literature, etiquette, and decorum. 0Votes1.2MRecs266.5kFans
- 35 The Brocade Spring 折锦春 Qin faces spring, but spring turns away from Qin. In her previous life, the entire Qin family was executed. Qin Su was covered in filth and endured humiliation for half her life. She always believed that was fate. Only after being reborn did she understand: it wasn’t fate, but a trap. Can she break free and survive, turning the spring she has broken into a tapestry of beauty? In a nutshell: This is a story about redemption. A special note: This is a 3Votes241.4kRecs137.1kFans
- 36 Heaven’s Finest Gift 天赐一品 The moment Wei Yaoqing opened her eyes, she went from being the Zhang family’s cherished darling to an ordinary young woman looked down on because her fiancé was too outstanding... 0Votes338.3kRecs159.6kFans
- 37 Thinking of You with Joy 念君欢 She opens her eyes and finds herself back thirty years in the past, having become that infatuated great-aunt of hers? What secret lies behind her rebirth? The enemy who sent her back with a single sword strike has come along too. Is this a coincidence, or was it inevitable... 1Votes120.1kRecs85.8kFans
- 38 The Peerless Immortal 极品飞仙 The eternal struggle between immortals and demons, a fated romance between the zither and the sword: this is a vast and wondrous world of cultivation, where a young man and woman set out on the path to immortality... 0Votes1.6MRecs125.5kFans
- 39 The Cultivation Life of an Ordinary Guy 路人丁的修仙生活 After transmigrating into the cultivation world, Luo Yu finds herself facing the original heroine, whose luck is off the charts, with a transmigrated antagonist behind her who is determined to defy heaven, and a passionate male lead from a male-oriented novel at her side. She just wants to shout to the heavens: I'm only a passerby, please leave me alone! Chapters 483–487 have been replaced with book reviews for certain reasons. Feel free to skip them, skip them, skip them! 0Votes109.8kRecs77.3kFans
- 40 Reborn as a Little Landlord 重生小地主 [The original novel behind the hit drama Farming Life] She wants to protect her loved ones from being bullied again, help her family work hard and prosper together, and live a cheerful, happy, comfortably well-off life! Book group 18162717 (full). Two more groups have opened. Group name: Reborn Little Landlord, group number 37443900. All readers are welcome to join. To get in, use the name of any character from any of Ruoyan's works as your password. Group name: Reborn Little Landlord 2, group n 0Votes674.2kRecs908.9kFans
- 41 A Difficult Fate to Defy 庶难从命 She was a daughter born to a concubine, and misplaced trust in her own family cost her her life. When she was reborn, she returned to this place once more as a concubine-born daughter. Who still remembered the girl who had died for the sake of this splendor? No matter how many obstacles stood in her way, she would risk everything to change her fate. She would show them what it meant to be a concubine-born daughter who refused to obey her fate. Brought to you by the author of The Cult Leader, qua 0Votes492.6kRecs591.2kFans
- 42 The Lost Jade of the New Tang Dynasty 新唐遗玉 Without a father, I still have a mother. Life goes on, and Chang'an is mine to roam! (Transmigrate into an alternate historical setting; no painstaking historical research required.) For my new project, head over to The Princess Consort Has Returned. 0Votes533.7kRecs210.7kFans
- 43 The Phoenix’s Glory in the Six Palaces 六宫凤华 Consort Xie outlived every one of her enemies, then passed away peacefully at the age of eighty with a smile on her face. But when she opened her eyes, she was back in the days of her innocence and kindness. 2Votes554.3kRecs259kFans
- 44 Lord Cui Arrives 崔大人驾到 Synopsis: Her sect suddenly suffers a devastating catastrophe, and she inexplicably becomes the legitimate second daughter of the Qinghe Cui clan. Not only must she hurriedly deal with countless rules and regulations, she also has to unravel the many mysteries surrounding her… (An old unfinished project has resumed updating. 0Votes307.7kRecs95.7kFans
- 45 The Stone Collectors 采石记 Mu Changning, a woman who has transmigrated, seems doomed to be cannon fodder from the moment she appears. After she finally fights back, the heavens open a window for her and mysteriously drop a stone into her hands. Well, then, she might as well cultivate immortality... 0Votes185.6kRecs100.1kFans
- 46 Second to None 不二臣 The daughter of a madman and a sycophant. Qi Taiwei fled an arranged marriage, set fires, killed people, and died alone in a foreign land, with nowhere to call home. The person she had loved with all her heart was nothing more than a beautiful dream. Now that she has woken from that dream and gotten a second chance, she wants no more of these men who bow at her feet. “Take my hand, and you can live.” “Like hell I will.” There’s just no damn point in being alive… 0Votes238.8kRecs125.3kFans
- 47 The Tyrant Official 霸官 The tyrants of the Sang family: five dead, one left. People say their downfall was only a matter of time. The one left is certainly not going to accept her fate. She'll keep being a tyrant and see who's tougher, Heaven or her. But after she kills her enemy with her own hands and leaves Dawang Ridge, she thinks she'll settle for a modestly comfortable life from then on... Little does she know that the game of Dawang Chess has only just begun. One master after another makes their move alongside he 0Votes215.2kRecs41kFans
- 48 A Record of Growing Old Together 偕首录 Wanwan was full of resentment. According to the rules of transmigration, shouldn't a woman like her, after awakening in a new body, be lying comfortably in a soft bed, with a young maid or beautiful older woman at her side calling out to her with concern? What on earth was this situation? It didn't follow the rules of transmigration at all! When Wanwan figured out who this body belonged to, she threw her head back and roared, “Author, you've got the wrong script! This whole brooding, imperial-gu 0Votes76.1kRecs45.2kFans
- 49 Reborn Super-Star 重生超级巨星 She has talent and skill, but bad luck. When everything starts over and the timing, location, and people are all in her favor, what kind of superstar will she become? My new book, Queen of the Entertainment Industry, is now a hit! As she pursues her dream guy, she gradually becomes a goddess herself, then marries another dream guy! A story of acting talent and an inspiring journey! 1Votes251.8kRecs239.1kFans
- 50 A True Record of Nurturing Worthy Ministers 贤臣养成实录 The story of a modern girl who transmigrates into the past as the son of an official family, and strives to cultivate herself, manage her family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world. [Female-to-male transmigration, no BL. Read it or don’t, but don’t attack the author.] 0Votes76.8kRecs50.2kFans
