Novels like Burial in the Shadows
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Burial in the Shadows, best match first.
- 51 God of Wine 酒神 Li Jiedong, an internationally acclaimed master bartender and wine connoisseur known as the God of Wine, drank himself to death at the age of thirty while trying to taste a newly unearthed Han dynasty wine. When he awoke, he found himself in a world called the Five Elements Continent, reborn as a little beggar named Ji Dong. Here, there is an extraordinary profession known as Yin-Yang Mage, whose astonishing magic draws on ten different elements. Every Yin-Yang Mage possesses a Yin-Yang Crown fo 2Votes2.5MRecs1.5MFans
- 52 Daoist Sect Revival System 道门振兴系统 The struggle between Buddhism and Daoism has existed since ancient times. Yet Buddhism flourishes, while Daoism declines. In a dilapidated Daoist temple, a young Daoist has taken it upon himself to revive the faith. “May the Heavenly Venerable bless you. Good sir, would you be willing to join our Daoist sect?” 0Votes197.2kRecs309.9kFans
- 53 Wukong Checks His Private Messages 悟空看私聊 You probably won’t believe this, but after Guo Dalu’s knockoff phone was struck by lightning, someone named “Sun Wukong” mysteriously appeared in his WeChat contacts. Sun Wukong was an eccentric sort who sent red packets at the drop of a hat. Fortune-telling and divination, meditation and training, communing with the divine and summoning sages, somersault clouds, seventy-two transformations, heavenly wine, peaches and ginseng fruit, Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs, immortal delicacies and wines... He h 0Votes411.6kRecs277.6kFans
- 54 The Eunuch Chief 厂公 With a castrated body, he holds the power of life and death. Clad in a dragon robe, he is hailed as “A Thousand Years” by every official. In a martial world soaked in blood, he stands alone: a skeleton wrapped in skin, a blade in his hand. The modern man Bai Muqiu transmigrates to the great central plains empire of the Wu Dynasty, only to discover that he has become a lowly eunuch. In that year, the Great Liao massed its troops at the border, the Jurchens emerged from the lands of white mountain 0Votes295.4kRecs356.1kFans
- 55 EN Inner Demons 心魔 The new book, The Netherworld Painted Skin Scroll, is currently being serialized. The print edition has already been published under the title Formless. Perhaps on a cold winter night, you hear someone softly singing on the other side of a wall: A feather-robed heart, as pure as clouds, a zither, a sword, and a brush. Light snow, a red brazier, yellow-sprout wine, reading the Purple Star and Dongting scriptures by night. The lingering melody sounds like mus 4Votes410.7kRecs584.5kFans
- 56 Spring in Jinling 金陵春 Zhou Shaojin has been reborn. Her cousin Cheng Lu, who betrayed her in her previous life, is naturally out of the running. But there are still plenty of other cousins: Cheng Xu, Cheng Yi, Cheng Ju, and more... This is the story of me and the Cheng family! 16Votes1.8MRecs467.5kFans
- 57 Destined to Be a Queen 天命为凰 Lu Mingshu has never believed in fate. Not when her father remarried and her family fell apart, nor when she was abandoned in a mountain valley to fend for herself. Not when she lacked the resources to cultivate, and even less when everyone turned against her. She clawed her way up from the dust, and in a single day soared to the clouds, drawing the world’s attention! If justice won’t come to me, I’ll take it for myself. If fate won’t grant me a way forward, I’ll carve one out. So what if fate h 0Votes1.3MRecs821.6kFans
- 58 Ninefold Purple 九重紫 Dou Zhao thinks she may not have much longer to live. Lately, she keeps dreaming that she’s back in her childhood, sitting beneath a wisteria-covered trellis and swinging her chubby little legs while her plump, white nursemaid, round as a steamed bun, feeds her... But if she really returned to her childhood, how different would her life be? Ninefold Purple is a story of being reborn! ※ Unless something unexpected comes up, updat 5Votes1.5MRecs658.9kFans
- 59 EN The System Supplier 系统供应商 Have you ever felt humiliated when a loser made a comeback? Have you ever felt resentful at being a genius's stepping stone? Have you ever felt cheated when you were a cannon-fodder character who died after just two episodes? Don't worry, I'm here to help! As the sole System supplier across the Myriad Worlds, I can tailor all kinds of portable Systems just for you, setting you on the path to the top of your life. Young man, it's time to hold your head high! Young man, it's time to turn the 6Votes434kRecs484.6kFans
- 60 I Am the System's Daughter: An Empress Cultivation Plan 我是系统之女帝养成计划 There are so many System novels out there, but not many with the System as the protagonist, right? The author couldn’t find one, so this book came about. “Binding confirmed…” “Miss, keep resisting and I’ll erase you in no time… What’s a System? I am the System!” “What did you redeem? Who told you to upgrade that…” As a flashy System that can only bind to girls, Zhang Nan has a simple goal: his female Hosts will conquer the world. This book will not be abandoned. The new book, I’m Not Number Two, 0Votes319.1kRecs232.4kFans
- 61 The Path of No Duality 不二大道 The new book, The Creation of Japanese Weird Tales, is officially on sale. [Nearly 6,000 average paid subscriptions] Wei Bu'er thinks that joining Yun Yin Sect will let him pursue the Great Dao, only to discover that he has to start out as a menial worker. And in this unassuming-looking sect, you can trip over a whole crowd of senior brothers and sisters with golden fingers just by kicking a rock. The women of the cultivation world are all gorgeous. Wei Bu'er thinks he'll surely find a good girl 2Votes335.9kRecs291.8kFans
- 62 The Concubine's Daughter's Strategy (Original Novel of The Sword and the Brocade) 庶女攻略（《锦心似玉》原著） The original novel of The Sword and the Brocade, starring Wallace Chung and Seven Tan. Birdsong echoes as the distant mountains unfold; mist fills the woods as she wanders alone. In the clear haze, she hears the willows being cut; climbing the tower, she gazes into the distance, waiting for him to come. Amid embroidered silks and jeweled ornaments, she is merely a low-status concubine-born daughter... In short, it is the story of a concubine-born daughter striving to rise! 9Votes2.6MRecs761.5kFans
- 63 Live-Streaming Wilderness Challenges 直播之荒野挑战 I have walked across the roof of the world, along the frigid ridges of Mount Everest; I have also crossed the dead desert, through the uninhabited regions of the Sahara; I have skydived from an altitude of ten thousand meters, making an extreme precision jump into Swallow Cave; I have even dived into the hundred-meter-deep waters of the Bermuda Triangle and fought sharks on the seafloor! My name is Chen Xu. I am Chinese, the world's most badass wilderness streamer. You can call me Lord Xu. Right 0Votes407.1kRecs597.1kFans
- 64 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
- 65 Transformed into a Girl Who's Happy to Be a Slacker 变身咸鱼少女 Oh, give me a break. Why are you still talking to me about dreams? The average subscriptions have already passed three thousand, so updating the novel with one chapter a day is enough, right? Why write so much more? The manuscript fee is already five hundred yuan per page, so updating one comic episode a month is perfectly fine, right? Why produce so much more? A livestream already brings in several thousand yuan in tips per hour, and cosplay can double that, so streaming for half an hour is eno 0Votes208kRecs135.3kFans
- 66 Clash 交锋 In the eyes of ordinary people, he is a mediocre, incompetent, greedy, and even somewhat foolish police officer. His involvement often leads to failed operations, and he has accidentally leaked important intelligence more than once. Yet he has a wide circle of acquaintances and is skilled at flattery and scheming. In truth, he has always worked under the leadership of our Party. He is a steadfast revolutionary and an outstanding underground intelligence operative! In the underground struggle, he 3Votes919.3kRecs358.1kFans
- 67 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
- 68 EN Record of Mortal Cultivation's Demise 灭运图录 Cultivation means discarding the false and preserving the true, seeing one’s own nature clearly. Those who achieve this are called “Perfected Ones.” They attain the Primordial Spirit and transcend life and death. The Record of Fate’s Demise, the Dao Seed of Fate’s Demise? The cultivation story of a transmigrator who happens upon an ancient immortal art and journeys through the Myriad Worlds and countless vast realms. Group numbers: Group One: 213933048 (full) 34Votes473.8kRecs642.3kFans
- 69 Supreme Face Reader 超品相师 There are nine grades of mystic masters, and each grade is a whole new level. An ordinary young man from the twenty-first century unexpectedly inherits Zhuge Liang's mystical arts. Qin Yu has no grand ambitions; he just wants to stay home with his wife and children, enjoying a warm bed. But through a series of coincidences, he gradually reaches the pinnacle of mystic mastery and becomes a supreme master. He reads the land, the people, and the hearts of beauties. 0Votes2.3MRecs1.4MFans
- 70 A Daring Life 彪悍的人生 My name is Lin Fan, and I have an encyclopedia that lets me know a little bit about everything. At the first International Bragging Championship, every contestant was utterly defeated. Everyone: Big brother, how are you so amazing at showing off? Lin Fan: I never show off… P.S. My old book, The Strongest System, is currently being serialized. I also have two completed older books, I Am a Tycoon, So What Am I Afraid Of? Volumes 1 and 2. Updates 0Votes497.7kRecs564.1kFans
- 71 Demon-Binding 执魔 My obsession is the light of the world. It will cross the boundary between life and death, shine through the eternal night, and protect you through the dream of reincarnation... 106Votes4.8MRecs568.1kFans
- 72 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles 盗墓笔记 The original novel of the hit television series Sand Sea. Fifty years ago, a silk manuscript from the Warring States period was unearthed by grave robbers in Changsha. It recorded the location of a strange ancient tomb from that era. Fifty years later, the grandson of one of those grave robbers discovered the secret in his grandfather's notes and gathered a group of experienced tomb raiders to search for its treasures. No one could have imagined that this ancient tomb would contain so many eerie 52Votes571kRecs3.6MFans
- 73 The Daily Life of the Immortal King 仙王的日常生活 [The original novel of the popular domestic 2D animated IP of the same name] This book is promoted under the title “The Daily Life of Wang Ling.” Its side story is “The Only Koi in the Cultivation World.” At the age of ten, or six in the animated version, Wang Ling casually defeated the Demon King Swallowing Heaven Toad. As an omnipotent cultivation prodigy, he had to conceal his overwhelming power and survive among a group of ordinary cultivation students. Money, immortal arts, magical treasur 21Votes2.8MRecs1.1MFans
- 74 Those Years I Was a Superhero in Marvel 在漫威当超级英雄的那些年 Through a stroke of bad luck, he transmigrated, and transmigrated to the United States. Well, there was nothing wrong with transmigrating to America. But who is that guy flying all over the sky with a hammer! Hey, you over there, who's controlling the thunderstorms! Don't you know this weather is bad for business? And that big green fellow over there, yes, I'm talking to you! Don't touch my food truck! This is the story of a man in the world of Marvel superheroes who only wanted to protect him 0Votes551kRecs524.9kFans
- 75 The Library of Heaven's Path 天道图书馆 [The hottest fantasy novel of 2017, ranked first in both overseas recommendations and votes] Zhang Xuan transmigrates to another world and becomes an honorable teacher. A mysterious library appears in his mind. Anything he sees, whether a person or an object, automatically becomes a book that records all kinds of its flaws. And that makes him incredibly powerful! He teaches students, takes disciples, gives lectures, nurtures the strongest, and teaches the world. “Great Emperor Zhuoyang, could yo 19Votes6.2MRecs2.7MFans
- 76 Super Card System 超级卡牌系统 I accidentally transmigrated into the world of One Piece. What should I do? Good thing I brought along a Super Fantasy Card System that can draw all kinds of fictional characters. Dark Dragon Wave versus the Magma Fruit, Yashinomi versus the Okama Kenpo... (I don't know why, but whenever I write a synopsis, I feel so powerless...) 0Votes967.1kRecs498.9kFans
- 77 Heavy Industry of a Great Power 大国重工 Metallurgical equipment, mining equipment, power equipment, offshore engineering equipment... A great nation cannot do without its own heavy-equipment industry. Feng Xiaochen, director of the National Major Equipment Office, transmigrates to 1980. See how he and his peers use sweat and ingenuity to build a powerhouse in heavy industry. 24Votes1.3MRecs681.6kFans
- 78 The Strongest Shopkeeper in History 史上最强店主 Trade across the myriad worlds and make everyone work for me. Zhou Yang unexpectedly acquires the Myriad Worlds Shop System, letting him trade across countless planes. “I once held a small auction, and over a hundred emperors showed up. I heard that two of them were both called Li Shimin.” “I once got everyone in the Condor Heroes world to help me breed Python King Snakes.” “I once mobilized everyone in the Pirate world to go out to sea and search for Devil Fruits for me.” This is the st 1Votes1.4MRecs659.4kFans
- 79 The Gourmet of Another World 异世界的美食家 In a fantasy world where martial artists can split mountains with a wave of their hand and cut rivers in half with a kick, there is a little restaurant. The restaurant is small, but countless top experts flock to it. There, you can sample fried rice made with phoenix eggs and dragon-blood rice. There, you can drink liquor brewed from the Spring of Life and vermilion fruits. There, you can eat grilled ninth-rank Supreme beast meat seasoned with black pepper. What, you want to kidnap the chef and 0Votes1.1MRecs865.6kFans
- 80 EN The Sage Who Transcended Samsara 一世之尊 In this life, I ask nothing of the past and seek nothing in the next. I’ll live boldly, settle every score, defeat the greatest heroes of every race, and laugh proudly at the gods and demons of the Six Paths! Ten thousand years later, a great calamity begins anew. The Tathagata’s Golden Body or the Primordial Dao Body: which is stronger? The Tathagata Divine Palm or the Seven Forms of Severing Heaven: which will reign supreme? Amid the cycle of reincarnation, Meng Qi begins his journey at Shaoli 432Votes3.3MRecs3.4MFans
- 81 The Great Ruler 大主宰 Across the Great Thousand World, planes converge and countless races thrive. Heroes gather, and one Supreme from a Lower Plane after another makes a name in these boundless worlds, living out legends others can only dream of as they pursue the path to dominion. In the Endless Flame Realm, the Flame Emperor commands a myriad of fires that burn the vault of heaven. Within the Martial Realm, the might of the Martial Ancestor shakes heaven and earth. In the Western Heaven Palace, the Hundred Battles 22Votes8.2MRecs4.7MFans
- 82 Mad Detective 狂探 An irreverent little punk unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a homicide detective. A bizarre Adventure System helps him crack one strange case after another, turning him into a flamboyant, larger-than-life master detective! A Lao Kuang production: reliable quality, no tricks, fair to readers young and old. The manga adaptation of Mad Detective is now available. 5Votes6.2MRecs969.2kFans
- 83 Desolate Era 莽荒纪 After Ji Ning died, he arrived in the underworld. The Judge examined his past life and determined his next, sending him to be reborn into the Ji clan. Here, Kuafu chased the sun, Hou Yi shot down the sun crows, and countless cultivators pursued freedom and eternal life, braving three calamities and nine tribulations without regret, even in death. Ji Ning became a cultivator too, and began his journey to immortality... 76Votes5.5MRecs2.4MFans
- 84 EN The Eternal Rise 帝霸 Tens of millions of years ago, Li Qiye planted a green bamboo. Eight million years ago, Li Qiye raised a carp. Five million years ago, Li Qiye adopted a little girl. Today, Li Qiye woke from a long sleep to find that the bamboo had cultivated itself into a divine being, the carp had become a golden dragon, and the little girl had become the female emperor of the Nine Realms. 6Votes2MRecs2.3MFans
- 85 Choosing the Heavens 择天记 What is destined to be yours will eventually be yours; what is not destined to be yours must be pursued by force. This is the story of a longevity fruit. 20Votes2.7MRecs1.8MFans
- 86 EN Super-Dimensional Wizard 超维术士 Wizards hold an exalted, unrivaled status across the continents and the multiverse. Mystery, wisdom, cruelty, and bloodshed are practically synonymous with wizards. But what are wizards really like? After encountering the world of wizards, Angel reached a conclusion: Wizards are a group who use idealist thought to illuminate themselves, yet approach the world dialectically with a materialist attitude. In other words, they are a breed of rigorous scientists who walk alone on the road to discoveri 225Votes2.6MRecs696kFans
- 87 I Might Be a Fake Immortal 我修的可能是假仙 (The animated series adapted from this novel, Trust in You! A synopsis? There’s no such thing! Books are all fake, so of course the synopsis is fake too! Hahahahahaha! It’s all fake, every bit of it! Cultivation, novels, all of it is fake! Don’t come near me, Your Majesty! I don’t want my medicine, I’m not crazy! My readers are always trying to harm me! Hahahaha, you’re all out to get me! Protect the emperor! Protect the emperor!!!! VIP full-subs 1Votes4.8MRecs1.3MFans
- 88 The Finest Houseboy 极品家丁 [How to read this book: Take your cue from Flirting Scholar!] A young sales manager has an accident and ends up in a completely different world, where he becomes an honorable... servant in the Xiao family mansion! Spring arrives late at dusk, Yet comes before the flowers know. Year after year, peach trees are planted, Blooming when hearts are breaking. “Peach Blossom Poem”, it belongs to Third Brother! 43Votes6.3MRecs1.5MFans
- 89 I Shall Seal the Heavens 我欲封天 If I want something to exist, Heaven cannot let it vanish. If I want something gone, Heaven cannot let it remain! This story begins between the Eighth Mountain and the Ninth Mountain, in a world where “my fate is as monstrous as a demon, and I shall seal the heavens”! This is I Shall Seal the Heavens, the third full-length novel by Er Gen, following Renegade Immortal and Pursuit of the Truth. 16Votes4.6MRecs2.7MFans
- 90 The Great Mischievous Monkey 大泼猴 There are always people in this world who are brave and fearless, stubborn to the point of being single-minded, unruly, proud, and arrogant. Even when they’re pushed to the brink, they refuse to compromise. They would rather die than lose. P.S. 3Votes323.7kRecs1.4MFans
- 91 EN Aoba Paranormal Agency 青叶灵异事务所 My name is Lin Qi, and I work at the demolition office. At the beginning of this year, I was put in charge of demolishing an old residential complex. One resident had a strange sign hanging by the door: “Green Leaf Paranormal Affairs Agency.” The house had been turned into an office, but it had long since been abandoned and was covered in dust. Inside the filing cabinets, countless documents and records were neatly arranged. Curious, I sorted through them and discovered a bizarre, terrifying wor 8Votes759.4kRecs640.9kFans
- 92 The Ultimate Anti-Trope System 最强反套路系统 The ultimate master of schemes: I hit back with a scheme of my own, sweeping across the cultivation world without a rival. Tell me, who else can compare? Life and death are no big deal. If you won't back down, then fight! “Kid, when I first started pulling schemes, you were still wearing split-crotch pants!” Xu Que set out on the path of scheming. Every day, he was either plotting a scheme or on his way to pull one off! 2Votes895.8kRecs1.3MFans
- 93 I Am the Supreme 我是至尊 Medicine that fails to form a pill is poison; people who fail to become gods turn to dust. The Heavenly Way is flawed, the mortal world is unjust, and demons run rampant beyond the mundane realm. I pity the good for their suffering, and rage at their failure to fight back. Beyond the rules, I will be the one to enforce justice. Spread martial prowess across the land and wipe out every injustice. A blade in my hand, compassion in my heart; beauties in my arms, villains beneath my blade. I lo 0Votes5.9MRecs1.1MFans
- 94 Gu Dao's Immortal Life 顾道长生 I thought this was going to be a realistic urban-life story, but then the setting changed without warning! Spiritual qi revival, the return of Taoist arts: this is probably a story about modern civilization transforming into a cultivation civilization. This book still takes its time. Reader group: 666-464-52. VIP group: 465-455-757 14Votes2.5MRecs1MFans
- 95 Coiling Dragon 盘龙 A blood-eyed, shaggy-maned lion as large as a building; a purple-eyed, golden-furred ape of boundless strength; a world-destroying Nine-Headed Hydra Emperor; a terrifying thunder dragon that wields destructive lightning… This world has no shortage of wonders. It is a vast, fantastical realm. The mighty can soar through the sky atop a black dragon's head, while terrifying magic can burn rivers, destroy cities, and flatten mountains… This book tells the fantastic journey of a young man who possess 105Votes7.9MRecs6.1MFans
- 96 EN Rebirth of a God-Tier Academic Ace. 重生之神级学霸 Yang Rui, a lecherous, pudgy man with a graduate degree in biology, was unemployed after graduation. By a twist of fate, he became an all-around star tutor at a cram school, then took a tumble and landed in 1982 as a tall, handsome repeat college entrance exam student, with a head full of books and reference materials to boot. The college entrance exam acceptance rate was low in the 1980s? Listen up, everyone. Learn from me... This is the story of a rather impure technician. 0Votes3.8MRecs703.5kFans
- 97 EN Way of the Devil 极道天魔 New book: Dark Night of Desperation, I Alone Am an Immortal in a Strange World. Search for it if you’re interested. Demons and monsters run rampant, and the people suffer. Divine weapons and demonic blades shine over the land. A game modifier on Lu Sheng’s phone accidentally became a supernatural ability in his mind. It also became his only lifeline in this dark, chaotic age. 29Votes4MRecs2.3MFans
- 98 The Sacred Ruins 圣墟 Rising from ruin, returning from extinction. The seas turn to dust, lightning and thunder fade away, and that wisp of dark mist draws near the earth once more. The shackles of the world are broken, and a brand-new world reveals a mysterious corner of itself... 36Votes32MRecs20.3MFans
- 99 Striving in Dream of the Red Chamber 奋斗在红楼 In the winter of the seventh year of the Yongzhi reign of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the beautiful, haughty little girl Lin Daiyu has just entered the Jia household. A modern science graduate transmigrates into the body of Jia Huan, a bastard son in the Jia household from Dream of the Red Chamber. If he doesn’t want to be dragged down by his useless Jia relatives and have his family confiscated and his head chopped off, he needs to prepare early. This is the story of a bastard son making a comeback 3Votes1.7MRecs524.4kFans
- 100 The Empress’s Livestream Strategy Guide 女帝直播攻略 [The new novel, Step Aside, Let Me Take the Throne, is being serialized] [A different story, just as exciting] Jiang Pengji acquired something called a palace-intrigue livestream System. Jiang Pengji: “All right, System. No problem, System!” Many years later, Jiang Pengji finally achieved her goal: she became the emperor’s woman, the female emperor. Jiang Pengji: “Praise me!” System: “(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻ I told you to fight for favor in the palace! Who told you to conquer the world?” #The future’s top g 14Votes3.7MRecs1.5MFans
