Novels like The Original Chef King
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Original Chef King, best match first.
- 1 Taking Charge of Great Ming 承包大明 After an accident, a trading analyst transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli era and becomes the live-in son-in-law of a wealthy ivory merchant. He thinks he’ll be able to thrive in ancient times just like the protagonists in transmigration novels, becoming richer than a king and surrounded by wives and concubines. That is, until he meets the Wanli Emperor, the famous emperor known for his “one-book Wanli”... “Your Majesty, about my commission...?” “Don’t worry, you’ll get every bit o 0Votes504kRecs189kFans
- 2 The Song Dynasty Is Poisonous 大宋有毒 It is still the same old Hong the Bloodsucker, continuing his career as an alien test subject in one transmigration after another. Since he cannot fight back against the aliens, he might as well wreak havoc among the people of Earth. This time, he has landed in the Northern Song during Emperor Shenzong’s reign, but his starting point is even lower than in the Southern Song: he has become Wang Shen, the emperor’s brother-in-law and a famed playboy. The problem is that in the Song Dynasty, nobody 0Votes440.6kRecs76.2kFans
- 3 Dad, This Seems to Be the Northern Song 爸这好像是北宋 Where did Dad go? The Northern Song dynasty. When other people transmigrate, they bring a warehouse or a System. Why did I have to bring my dad? Follow our protagonist as he returns to the early Northern Song and paints a different Along the River During the Qingming Festival. 0Votes45.1kRecs42kFans
- 4 Becoming a God Starts with a Primitive Tribe 成神从原始部落开始 We came from the dawn of humanity, bearing the mission of survival and carrying the glory of our tribe. Generation after generation, we passed on the sacred flame. Darkness, passion, ignorance, folly, anguish, despair, panic, valor, resilience, endurance, light, glory, empire, civilization... Beneath the dazzling stars, a primitive man gazes up at the heavens. Behind him, a totem towers. 0Votes80.9kRecs100kFans
- 5 I am a Primitive Man 我是一个原始人 (This is a genuine historical primitive farming novel. I don’t know how the category got changed.) The sky is a clear, flawless blue, sunlight bathes the mountain forest, and the whole world seems peaceful and still, cloaked in a tranquility all its own. Watching the chief, dressed in a sexy tiger-skin miniskirt and carrying a club, lead more than a dozen people in a raucous chase after a woolly rhinoceros, Han Cheng can’t help raising his slightly curled right hand to his parted lips and excl 0Votes190.1kRecs197.2kFans
- 6 The Cross-World Curio Shop 跨界闲品店 This is an app for trading secondhand goods. Categories include [Alchemy Elixirs], [Summoning Contracts], [Secret Arts and Techniques], [Rare Treasures and Artifacts]... You can also use it to find a job, a partner, a place to live, or someone to fight... Finally, please be a conscientious shopkeeper and protect your own plane. 0Votes260.5kRecs140.5kFans
- 7 The Assassin's Magic 刺客魔传 A modern assassin with extraordinary skills and abysmal luck dies while eating barbecue, when an iron skewer pierces his throat. His soul is summoned by an evil archmage from another world and inhabits the body of a boy being used as an experiment, freeing him from the curse of misfortune. After successfully assassinating the dark mage who summoned him, he cleverly steps over the man's corpse and climbs toward a lucky break... 0Votes598.1kRecs356.2kFans
- 8 The Little Chef of the Northern Song Dynasty 北宋小厨师 Li Qi, head chef at a five-star-plus hotel, has a little too much to drink and miraculously transmigrates to the late Northern Song dynasty. Alone in this unfamiliar world, with no family or friends, Li Qi has no choice but to fall back on his old trade and take a cooking job at a restaurant in Bianjing that's about to be sold off for next to nothing. Li Qi only wants to be a low-key little chef. But gold shines wherever it is, and being an outstanding man isn't always a good thing. “Grand Marsh 0Votes277.6kRecs311.2kFans
- 9 The Carefree Tang Dynasty 唐朝小闲人 A master of the Thousand Gates is inexplicably transported by a bolt of lightning to the fourth year of the Yonghui era in the Tang Dynasty. From then on, one enormous lie after another makes the whole world dance to his tune. Whether it’s Emperor Gaozong, who has only recently taken the throne, Changsun Wuji, who currently wields immense power, or Wu Zetian, who will one day become the greatest empress in history. “The truth is painful, reality is cruel, and honesty hurts. So I tried to let the 0Votes925.1kRecs420kFans
- 10 I Became a Male Lion 我变成了一只雄狮 From a stumbling lion cub to a majestic lion king. He thought that ruling over a vast territory on the grasslands, striking fear into his enemies, was the peak and the end of a lion's life. But his life as a lion was only just beginning. Earth's energy undergoes a sudden change, bringing swarms of mutated creatures. Humanity falls from the top of the food chain, and the African savanna is plunged into crisis. As for him, he grows stronger and stronger through evolution and mutation. 0Votes318kRecs364.1kFans
- 11 Veigar the Mage 法师维迦 Can your magic power grow without limit through kills and assists? Viegar transmigrated, bringing along the passive skill of League of Legends' Evil Little Wizard, Phenomenal Evil Power. 0Votes100.6kRecs210.2kFans
- 12 A Million Possibilities 百万可能 Once, a button appeared before Cheng Lin, and he pressed it without hesitation. As a result, Earth was destroyed. Everything returned to zero, then evolved into a new civilization. He thought it was a civilization evolution simulator, but unexpectedly discovered that the story was not what it seemed… 0Votes187.2kRecs341kFans
- 13 Journey to the West: The Great Entertainer 西游之大娱乐家 Chang'an, Great Tang. “Report!” “What is it?” “My lord, Young Master Fang and Young Master Du are fighting the three young masters of the Cheng family again!” “Sigh! What is it this time?” “I heard… I heard it’s about whether Lu Xueqi or Baguio should be the heroine!” Heavenly Court. “Report!” “What is it?” “Your Majesty! The Lady Nuwa has destroyed Mount Shu!” The Jade Emperor looked astonished. “Why?” The Clairvoyant and the Clairaudient exchanged glances. “She was unhappy that Mount Shu impri 1Votes304.3kRecs287.2kFans
- 14 Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World 带着农场混异界 Let others do as they please. I'll tend my own fields. If anyone dares to mess with me, they won't live to see next year. Zhao Hai, a shut-in, transmigrated to another world with QQ Farm and found himself in the body of a down-and-out minor noble. His fief was a stretch of black earth where nothing would grow. More importantly, he had an incredibly formidable fiancée, who happened to be the heir to a duchy and its future grand duchess! And most importantly of all, he was utterly useless at both 58Votes585.4kRecs282.2kFans
- 15 War Paradise 战争天堂 To all you hardcore virtual game players: Tired of the same old linear storylines? Want to try a truly open-world game? Had enough of RPGs where you can only play as one character? Want to lead your subordinates in virtual reality and experience the thrill of commanding an army? Welcome to the large-scale open combat game, “War Paradise.” … After seeing the rules of the game, a professional player who had focused on PVP for twenty years and was also fascinated by AI broke into a radiant smile. 0Votes181.6kRecs173.9kFans
- 16 Little Demons Don’t Go to Heaven 小妖不上天 Huan Ge was an honest, down-to-earth little demon tasked with patrolling the mountains. Then a meteorite from beyond the heavens knocked something loose in his head, and all sorts of strange words started popping into it every day. What kind of cat is a Tmall? Calabash Brothers? Don't scare me, bro. Since when can gourds become spirits? There's even a kind of chicken called “Kende Chicken,” and apparently it's delicious... Huh, why am I drooling just talking about it... All right. Huan Ge just t 0Votes118kRecs118.5kFans
- 17 EN The All-Spoiler Chat Group 诸天剧透群 After transmigrating to a parallel world where heaven and earth are undergoing a revival, he unexpectedly gets a chat group connecting the myriad heavens. As the saying goes, spoiling the plot feels great for a while, but doing it forever feels great forever! Li Hao gazes at the familiar big shots from myriad worlds in the chat group and falls into a long silence. Which big shot should he spoil things for today? Ye the Heavenly Emperor, who hasn’t yet boarded the bronze coffin pulled by nine dra 0Votes720.4kRecs551.1kFans
- 18 The Female War God's Black Bag Group 女战神的黑包群 (New book: The Little Cook of the Imperial Academy is next door~) Dong Shu, the greatest female war god in the interstellar world, suddenly joins a mysterious red-envelope group one day! The war goddess is completely baffled, but gives it a tap anyway! Quick transmigration, no romance (except in the first world). 0Votes1.2MRecs243.3kFans
- 19 EN My Life Among the Uncanny 我的诡异人生 In the age of declining magic, evil ghosts have returned, and there is no way out for humanity. A watch passed down to Su Wu by his late parents lets him travel between the past and the future. Ancient traditions lost to the past, taboos passed down by word of mouth, and crafts buried in the dust can all flourish again. In the Hidden Treasury Domain, there are methods for binding evil ghosts with scriptures, offerings, and one's own body; In the Kitchen God Sect, there is the craft of refining o 91Votes658.9kRecs1.9MFans
- 20 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 18Votes543.9kRecs236kFans
- 21 Global Superstar: Starting as a Trainee 全球巨星从练习生开始 Chen Minhao discovers that he has transmigrated to Huaxia in a parallel world, where he has also become an idol trainee. Through his own efforts, he learns to command the three chariots of intelligence, emotional intelligence, and good looks. Starting as a trainee, he rises step by step to become a top star, and ultimately a global superstar who conquers the world in both singing and acting. This is not a Korean entertainment novel! The three characters in Chen Minhao's 0Votes396.3kRecs199.6kFans
- 22 Reaching the Pinnacle of Qi Refining 登顶炼气师 The new novel "This Goblin Knows Cultivation" has moved to a different author account What can one do after becoming a qi-refining master? Manipulate qi to strengthen the body, cure illnesses and defend oneself, gain immense strength and astonishing speed, become a grandmaster, and rise to become Earth's number one... This was what Chu Feng initially imagined. However, as his cultivation realm advanced, he increasingly realized how naive he had been. The true power of a qi-refining ma 0Votes281.4kRecs254.7kFans
- 23 The Blower God 吹神 “Bragging System has detected a Host. Binding in progress, please wait...” Hearing the cold, mechanical voice in his head, Zhang Xiaojian was completely bewildered by the System’s sudden appearance. “What System?!” My completed works, each with an average of 15,000 paid subscribers, are Reborn as a God-Tier Trust-Fund Brat and God-Tier Lucky Star. Feel free to check them out if you’re interested. Reader groups: Haomeng Public 0Votes593.8kRecs215.7kFans
- 24 Entertainment Star Factory 娱乐星工场 Run an entertainment star factory, upgrade the recording studio, and recruit a sound engineer! Hire five-star screenwriters and train four-star performers. Work hard to turn ordinary scripts into blockbuster hits! Keep it fresh, steer clear of tacky glamour! Put heart into the production, and make the journey a joyful one! 0Votes236.3kRecs91kFans
- 25 The Ming Dynasty's Spoiled Brat 明朝败家子 Important notice: The Ming Dynasty's Spoiled Heir, also known as Ming Song. The eleventh year of Hongzhi. It was a beautiful morning. Zhu Houzhao had just come of age. Wang Shouren and Tang Bohu were sharpening their blades, preparing for the imperial examinations. The Little Ice Age had arrived, and its prolonged cold was ravaging the land. And at the Nanhe Earl's residence, Fang Jifan, the landlord's foolish son and the legitimate heir of the Nanhe Earl... began his shameless life of squanderi 14Votes4.4MRecs2.2MFans
- 26 The Greatest Showman 大戏骨 Is he a genius in the spotlight, or a madman behind the scenes? Special thanks to Tea Leaf Studio for making the cover. 0Votes450.8kRecs186.7kFans
- 27 The Tathagata Must Fall 如来必须败 From the start of Journey to the West to the end of myth Across the vast world, banners stir like clouds, blades stand like a forest With grace, he pursues justice, blazing with light and fire, illuminating the wilderness and shrouding the marshes “Great Immortal, I must be off.” “If you shine as brightly as the sun, dear brother, then no matter what lies ahead, no host of men can stand against you!” 0Votes338.1kRecs356.4kFans
- 28 EN Rebirth of the Dominator 重生支配者 He becomes the master of the world and brings about a spiritual qi revival across the entire planet. Using all living beings as pieces on a chessboard, he forges a path to immortality. (Disciples must show their fan status to join. A screenshot is required, and fan status from the author's older books is also accepted.) 0Votes382.8kRecs382.1kFans
- 29 The Pay-to-Win Demon Lord 氪金魔主 In his previous life, Wu Hao always thought money was everything. After he transmigrated... He discovered that it really was. This is a story about spending money, the tale of a thrifty, family-minded man who spends his way into becoming a great demon king. 0Votes560.5kRecs408.7kFans
- 30 Super God Card Master 超神制卡师 This is the story of a programmer who “burns CDs” in another world. P.S. P.S. 0Votes1.4MRecs922.3kFans
- 31 I Heard I’m Terrifying After I Die 听说我死后超凶的 One day, a beautiful young woman who claimed to have been reborn suddenly found Lin Wu. "You know the future me?" Lin Wu asked curiously. "Do I get rich? Is my wife beautiful? Do I become famous?" "Future you... is richer than a kingdom and famous across the land." "Wow, really??" "But that's after you're dead." Lin Wu: ??? 0Votes352.2kRecs558.6kFans
- 32 EN Being Invincible Is So Lonely 无敌真寂寞 Lin Fan arrived in another world and became an ordinary disciple, an honorable one at that. He'd been in a position where anyone could beat him to a pulp at any moment, but then things suddenly took a strange turn. The System activated. Ding! You've drawn the eternal-grade buff: Immortal Body. From that moment on, the whole world changed. Lin Fan: "If you can kill me, I'll admit defeat. Otherwise, I'll pound you into meat paste." Villain: "This guy just won't die. I'm done fighting." That's it f 0Votes628.9kRecs638.2kFans
- 33 Flirting with the Entertainment Industry 调戏文娱 The wind belongs to the sky. I borrowed it for a little while, but it stirred the fires of life below. 0Votes281kRecs316.8kFans
- 34 This Game Is Not Simple 这个游戏不简单 My new book, Invincible from the Moment I Can See the Boss's Health Bar, is now officially serializing. Give it a try! … My new book, Strange Cultivation Game, is now officially serializing. … [The hottest and most innovative online game novel of 2020] [A creative online game novel combining battle royale and Werewolf] On a dark, stormy night, the real and virtual worlds become a battlefield. Players, welcome to the full-dive game Illusion of Reality. This game is no simple 0Votes212.7kRecs415.2kFans
- 35 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
- 36 EN Nightfall Players 黑夜玩家 The story of a group of night watchmen. - 0Votes986.2kRecs442.8kFans
- 37 You Can't Afford to Mess with My Guests 我家客人你惹不起 0Votes222.5kRecs259kFans
- 38 Reborn in the Wild Era 重生野性时代 Back from 2018 to 1993. In my memory, that summer was scorching hot. 1Votes3.1MRecs1.1MFans
- 39 EN Traveler of the Cinematic World 影视世界旅行家 Every movie is a journey: Marilyn Monroe’s sensual allure, the endless loneliness of a remote island overseas, Audrey Hepburn’s passionate kiss, and the arduous struggle to stay alive. Let me take you into the world of cinema and experience lives unlike your own. If there’s something special you want to experience, obtain, or change, you can give Dayu a mission. This book is also custom-made just for you. My completed works include The Diplomat Who Can Transmigrate and A Playboy’s Life Across th 8Votes2.5MRecs841.8kFans
- 40 Fishing the Heavens 垂钓诸天 Tired of the scheming and infighting in the city, Beifeng returns to his old family home in the countryside. He plans to raise a few chickens and ducks, and live a peaceful life, picking chrysanthemums by the eastern hedge and gazing at the southern mountains. He never imagined fate would play such a huge joke on him: the old well in his yard can actually fish up items from all kinds of worlds. Even a rooster he fishes up can chase him all around the yard. Beifeng can only look to the heavens an 0Votes348.3kRecs480.1kFans
- 41 This Star Is from Earth 这个明星来自地球 Come read my new book, “Actors Don’t Get Holidays”! Han Jue, a struggling screenwriter, woke up to find that not only had he changed, but the world had changed too. Entertainment in Huaxia was more advanced than Hollywood across the ocean. The Huaxia Golden Bull Awards had become the most prestigious film awards in the world. The top singing competition, “Singer,” was already in its tenth season. “The Voice of Huaxia” aired once every three years, and each season was a nationwide sensation. “Ki 0Votes1.3MRecs834.5kFans
- 42 The System's High-Tech Internet Cafe 系统的黑科技网吧 An internet cafe opens in another world, where people can watch shows and play games online. A certain Martial Emperor stands outside the cafe, tears streaming down his face as he cries, “To enter the gates of Blizzard, I’d have no regrets even if I died gaming!” A certain fairy finishes playing The Legend of Sword and Fairy and sobs uncontrollably outside the cafe! What? You’re telling me people from another world have no nostalgia? Boss Fang silently draws the Divine Sword Thunder Summoning Ar 0Votes911.9kRecs677.2kFans
- 43 Once Upon a Time, There Was a Spirit Sword Mountain 从前有座灵剑山 The Spirit Sword Sect was founded in the year 4233 of the Jiuzhou calendar. For thousands of years, it has been dedicated to supplying the industry with first-rate cultivators. It is now one of the five Super-Grade Sects of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals, and its leader, True Person Feng Yin, serves as one of the Alliance's seven standing elders. His cultivation is peerless. The Spirit Sword Sect upholds peace and development, and its core values are the pursuit of truth, goodness, and s 0Votes126.9kRecs661.3kFans
- 44 Ace Evolution 王牌进化 A young man with three identities: wage slave, murderer, and college student! Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, KOF, Knights of the Round, Shadow Force, Street Fighter… The arcade games you know and love have become prerequisites for survival! Yashichiro Raging Storm brutally slaughters Mai Shiranui; Heaven and Earth Throw takes out Li Dian. The only limit is what you haven’t thought of yet! One day, when you walk down a flight of stairs, you might unknowingly step into 7Votes2.1MRecs534.4kFans
- 45 The Empress's Pretty Boy 女帝家的小白脸 This is a world where a single person can tear down a city wall with their bare hands, the empress keeps a qilin, a dragon lives in a pond in the Great Xia imperial palace, and there is a legendary Sword Mountain from which spirit swords sometimes descend to seek their masters. Ren Baqian clings tightly to the empress’s coattails and strides toward the pinnacle of life. Behind every successful man, there’s a woman. 0Votes840.8kRecs546.9kFans
- 46 Could I Be a God? 难道我是神 A story about what happens when a cat gains superpowers... The animated series of the same name is now airing on Qidian Theater, with a hilarious anime-style look. 0Votes1MRecs518.5kFans
- 47 Global High Martial Arts 全球高武 The catacombs invade, and martial arts rise. Even the little people have great hearts. They fight to survive and fight to protect. Follow Fang Ping, an ordinary man who rises step by step, in his story of saving the whole world (and bluffing his way through it)! 106Votes10.7MRecs4.9MFans
- 48 Great Doctor Ling Ran 大医凌然 Ling Ran, a medical student, had a modest goal: to become the greatest doctor in the world. Then, by accident, he achieved it. 53Votes8.5MRecs2.1MFans
- 49 The Crosstalk Master 相声大师 This is a novel about real life, about the rise and fall of the crosstalk world over several decades, and about folk performers. Crosstalk Master full-subscription group. A screenshot of your subscription is required to join: 585834469 A project funded by the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation 0Votes945.1kRecs261.6kFans
- 50 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

















































