Novels like Opening the Sea
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Opening the Sea, best match first.
- 101 I Picked Up a Reborn Cat 我捡了只重生的猫 Yu Qiu kindly saved a cat intent on suicide, only for the black cat to swipe at him, leap furiously onto the road, and curse aloud: "Don't touch me! Anyone who gets in the way of my death will die!" "You... can talk?" "You... can understand me?" The cold wind howled. The cat stared in stunned disbelief as a car came hurtling toward them. This is a wonderful and heartwarming story about 0Votes137.5kRecs137.4kFans
- 102 Reborn as a Policeman in South Africa 重生南非当警察 Reborn in South Africa, Locke says: I hope for world peace. 2Votes979.3kRecs320.9kFans
- 103 A Simple Life on an American Ranch 美国牧场的小生活 Jian Heng, living in America, is determined to make enough money to return to China and enjoy a comfortable retirement. Unfortunately, through a twist of fate, he becomes the owner of a dirt-poor ranch! Fortunately, he has a secret cheat. From then on, Jian Heng runs his own little ranch and slips in a few personal touches along the way, getting the American guests who visit to adopt his own stylish, distinctly Chinese way of life. 0Votes316.8kRecs133.7kFans
- 104 Conquering the Han 覆汉 Strive to make a name among the lords, if only to preserve your life in a chaotic age! As a posthumous child, Gongsun Xun received his guiding principles for life early on from his mother, who claimed to be a transmigrator. But after following the tide of history year after year, he began to realize that things were gradually going very wrong! This is the story of a man who is half native, striving amid a momentous age! 286Votes2.2MRecs1.4MFans
- 105 Not a Strange Tale 不聊斋 I have a three-foot sword, its cold edge drawn. I dare ask: who will set right the injustices of the world? I have a single brush, ink sinking deep into the page. I can write the chronicles of the ages and tell right from wrong! 1Votes194.5kRecs214.6kFans
- 106 The Wanli Emperor Has Arrived 万历驾到 You transmigrate into the body of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, and you'll hear a voice announce: “Emperor Wanli has arrived!” I'm no good at writing introductions. It's simply a story about transmigrating into Wanli's body and becoming emperor. 0Votes181.2kRecs167.5kFans
- 107 Striving in the New Ming Dynasty 奋斗在新明朝 A geeky humanities student transmigrates to a baffling version of the Ming Dynasty. He starts at the very bottom as a crude little yamen runner, with no hope of passing the imperial examinations. Let’s see how our protagonist happily carves out an unconventional path to success from the bustling streets. Along the way, we’ll uncover all sorts of rules governing the Ming bureaucracy! New blurb: This is a serious work grounded in history and fact, with rigorous logic and precise details. Well, mor 0Votes225.8kRecs288.8kFans
- 108 Dreaming Back to the Ming Dynasty Spring 梦回大明春 After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, he had no household registration, so he couldn't sit the imperial exams. He wanted to study, but had no teacher. Luckily, Longchang Post Station, where Wang Yangming was exiled, was right next door. But that was still a few years away, so for now he would just grab a teacher and bring him home to make do. 1Votes1.6MRecs667.4kFans
- 109 Han Watchtower 汉阙 Looking back across a thousand years, the palaces of the Han still stand! It is the third year of Yuanfeng under Emperor Zhao of Han. Powerful ministers dominate the court, while the Xiongnu remain unconquered and the Silk Road hangs by a thread... Wei Qing and Huo Qubing may be gone, but the Han people’s pioneering spirit will never die. New heroes are about to emerge! At a post station ca 21Votes1.5MRecs516.4kFans
- 110 Saving the Ming Dynasty 抢救大明朝 Zhu Cilang is more treacherous than a traitor to the Han, and even better at winning people’s hearts than Li Zicheng!, Li Zicheng, the Chuang King, halted at Huyashan and gazed toward the southeast, filled with emotion. This boy Cilang is rebellious, unfilial, treacherous, and vicious. He is practically Cao Cao reborn and Sima Yi returned from the dead. If he becomes emperor, every rebel, treacherous minister, and unruly subject in the world will surely miss me!, The Chongzhen Emperor of the Min 17Votes1.3MRecs536.2kFans
- 111 Raising the Han Dynasty 举汉 In the second year of Xingping (195 AD), Liu Jing, a young man from Changsha in Jingzhou, died and came back to life. Though he was a descendant of the Han imperial clan, and his ancestors had once served as the Three Excellencies, the family had fallen on hard times by now. His father had died long ago, and his elder brother had just passed away. All that remained were his stepmother and young siblings, his widowed sister-in-law and orphaned nephew. The house was full of women and children, and 0Votes188.2kRecs140.3kFans
- 112 Countdown to Earth's Demise 地球灭亡倒计时 If Earth had only ten years left before its destruction, what should humanity do? 1Votes199.2kRecs108.7kFans
- 113 My Ming Dynasty Is Rich in Martial Virtue, but I Choose Cultural Victory 我大明武德充沛但选择文化胜利 [A 19th-century Great Ming restoration novel] Also known as The Founding Father of Reverse Conquest Theory, the True Ruler of the Americas, Savior of the Yin People, Nightmare of Europe, Supreme Leader of Eastern Civilization, Emperor of the Fourth Great Ming Empire, Founder of the Five Splendors Alliance, Greatest Thinker, Educator, and Inventor of the Nineteenth Century, Dream Lover of 300 Million Girls, Perpetual Box Office Record Holder in Film History, Paragon of Every Virtue, the Greatest 1Votes189.8kRecs285.1kFans
- 114 The Great Shun 顺明 A discharged soldier arrives in the Ming dynasty. While he was in the military, he was merely a noncommissioned officer. After leaving the service, he became an employee of a financial courier company. What can he do? Will he drift with the currents of history, or defy heaven, change his fate, and alter the destiny of this age... 0Votes562.7kRecs548.4kFans
- 115 Great Ming: From the Start, I Asked Zhu Yuanzhang to Abdicate 大明：开局请朱元璋退位 After transmigrating into the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuntong becomes Zhu Biao’s third son. Just as Zhu Biao dies, Zhu Yuanzhang plans to appoint Zhu Yunwen as the Crown Prince’s heir. At this critical moment, Zhu Yuntong has no choice but to step forward. “Grandfather, please issue an edict at once appointing me Crown Prince’s heir, so I can ascend the throne, become emperor, and inherit the empire!” 0Votes22.9kRecs889.9kFans
- 116 The Fourth Year of Yongli 永历四年 In the ninth month of the fourth year of the Yongli reign, the Qing army launched an advance campaign against the anti-Qing forces in the Siming Mountains, which stood in mutual support with the Ming forces of Prince Lu entrenched in the Zhoushan Archipelago. After defeating the main local Ming forces, the Qing army carried out a bloody campaign to purge the mountains. From then on, the Siming Mountain region, whose population had once surged because of the ethnic oppression imposed by the Manc 0Votes147.9kRecs67kFans
- 117 Northern Tang 北唐 A dark age where people devour one another. An unlucky transmigrator. A new era in human history. The tale of the Regent King of Beitang, a story of struggle, legends, and dreams at the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. 13Votes279kRecs85.6kFans
- 118 The New Shun, 1730 新顺1730 What would it be like if the dynasty that followed the fall of the Ming were a Han Chinese dynasty? After transmigrating, Liu Yu discovers that he has arrived in Dashun, a dynasty at a turning point in history. He starts out as the son of a duke, with parents, maids, plenty of money, plenty of people, and plenty of connections. With life growing dull, Liu Yu has to find something to do. And so... 14Votes297.3kRecs300.8kFans
- 119 EN Reforming Great Wei: A World of Immortals and Martial Arts 我在仙武大魏搞变革 An age of great upheaval is coming! The Great Wei is rotten from top to bottom. The civil and military officials, the Hundred Schools of Thought, traditional crafts, and demons, ghosts, spirits, and monsters are all emerging in this chaotic age. Some will set the world in order and restore balance. Others will wreak havoc and bring misery to all. And into this world came Lin Ke. “The age of chaos is coming, and change never ceases. Through countless trials, our generation will stand tall!” 0Votes729.6kRecs247.5kFans
- 120 The Wandering Hero of the Martial World 武侠世界侠客行 Train militia alongside Huang Feihong, slay the enemy in defense of the country; fight Japanese invaders alongside Chen Zhen; flirt and banter with Jin Xiangyu at the Dragon Gate Inn; and share a lively conversation with Yan Chixia at the Lanruo Temple. In a chaotic age, Li Xiake has the System on his side and can freely transmigrate into the worlds of classic action movies. Mounted on horseback, he swings his long spear and sweeps every enemy away. Let's revisit the action movies and TV shows w 0Votes186.1kRecs127.9kFans
- 121 A Portrait of Hong Kong Life 本港风情画 Hong Kong, 1983: a city alive with restless glamour, in an era when dreams were set free. Chen Weiyun arrives from across the sea, ready to show life at its most brilliant through film. 1Votes201.9kRecs82.5kFans
- 122 The Perfect Youth Against the Tide 逆流完美青春 Liu Yun returned to 2002, gaining the chance to experience the vivid and colorful sights he had never encountered in his previous life. 0Votes90.5kRecs190.1kFans
- 123 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
- 124 My Neighbor Is the Emperor 我的邻居是皇帝 Ye Hua saves a prince, and from then on earns the favor of the sages and lives next door to the royal family, watching the winds of change... Guo Wei said: "I was buried in a simple coffin, with a modest funeral. My lifelong frugality deserves praise. Though my reign was not long, I laid a solid foundation for the dynasty." Chai Rong said: "Give me ten years to conquer the realm, ten years to provide for the people, and ten years to bring peace. That will be enough!" Zhao Kuangyin said: "With th 0Votes205.1kRecs150.4kFans
- 125 Starting Over in Senior Year 重启高一 Zhang Tan’s mind was in a muddle. It seemed he had been reborn, fifteen years in the past, in Hefei in 2001. But things also seemed a little different. Since when had Hefei gained an extra water radical in its name? … That was the year Beijing won the bid to host the Olympics, and corner shops gave away fizzy drinks. That was the year China qualified for the World Cup, and internet café owners gave everyone an extra hour online. That was the year Legend was all about sieges and capturing strongh 0Votes102.3kRecs117kFans
- 126 The Orthodox Demonic Sect of Shu Mountain 蜀山魔门正宗 Mount Shu is home to the orthodox Xuanmen sect, which reigns supreme. The protagonist cultivates the orthodox demonic path. 0Votes170.3kRecs91kFans
- 127 Born in Chinatown 生在唐人街 New book: My Life as a Landowner in North America From the beginning to the end of the century, Chinese Americans, a marginalized group born in the United States, seem never to have gained anything, lingering on society’s overlooked fringes. From Chinatown to Wall Street, follow Su Mu, born into an ordinary life, as he fights to build a bright future! (Author of the completed work The Great Rancher, with over 8,000 average subscriptions. Give it a try!) Full-subscri 0Votes335.4kRecs213.1kFans
- 128 The Mythic Furnace 神话烘炉 The Heavenly Lotus blooms, its petals the hub between two worlds, yet the Daoist heart is placed within a jade pot. In the snap of a finger, three thousand kalpas of cultivation, and when the Heavenly Balance is complete, a furnace is brewed. This is a story of a long, long journey to immortality! 0Votes86.1kRecs101.9kFans
- 129 Conquering Heaven at the Dawn of an Era 征服天国之曙光时代 That year, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa had yet to reveal her captivating smile. That year, Michelangelo's David had yet to stand before Florence's town hall. That year, Martin Luther's earthshaking Ninety-Five Theses had yet to shock the papacy. That year, the Ottoman sultan who had conquered Constantinople was eyeing all of Europe. That year, the distant New World had only just begun to unveil its mysterious face. It was the moment when the lon 2Votes239.7kRecs53.2kFans
- 130 The True Immortal of Bright Jade 皓玉真仙 (A feel-good power fantasy with a single male lead, not an ensemble cast. The protagonist has already attained the final great realm, True Immortal, so the slaughter can begin.) Heaven and earth are a chessboard, and all things are its pieces. When I take up the pieces, I’ll sweep them all off the board with a single stroke of my sleeve! A mighty cultivator with a false core seizes a spirit and starts cultivating anew. Armed with a supreme treasure, he becomes the greatest True Immortal in the h 29Votes14.4MRecs1.3MFans
- 131 Scheming Through the Three Kingdoms 策行三国 Reborn as Sun Ce, he will dominate the Three Kingdoms. He woke from a dream to find himself as Sun Ce, the Little Conqueror. His father, Sun Jian, was fighting at Xiangyang and stood on the brink of death. His father needed rescuing, an empire needed conquering, and both a troubled age and its beauties needed saving. But things were not as simple as he had imagined. Yuan Shao, with four generations of high ministers behind him, was immensely powerful. Jiangdong lacked horses, making it hard to c 0Votes1.1MRecs271.6kFans
- 132 Where Did the Daoist Go? 道长去哪了 If you’re willing to cast a monthly vote, I’d be grateful if you could spare one for my new book, "A First-Class Pill Immortal". Thank you, esteemed readers! Holding up the sect’s signboard, Gu Zuo beamed warmly, his eyebrows curving like crescent moons. “Excuse me, brother, would you be willing to join the Huai Xian Hall?” In this world, cultivating immortality is hard, and recruiting people is even harder! 1Votes738.5kRecs482.2kFans
- 133 The Age of Great Industry in the Cultivation World 修真大工业时代 The new 2025 novel, I Study Evolution in the Post-Apocalypse, is now online. It is version 3.0 of The Great Data Cultivation, with several bugs fixed. It uses science fiction to explore cultivation and evolution, ultimately creating a purely data-based lifeform. 0Votes303.2kRecs177.8kFans
- 134 Reforming the Song Dynasty 革宋 The realm belongs not to the Zhao clan, but to all of Huaxia. I raise an army not to reclaim the Zhao clan’s throne, but to restore Huaxia’s realm. 2Votes701.4kRecs178.3kFans
- 135 The Leftover Woman's Road to a Comeback 剩斗士的逆袭之路 A middle-aged bachelor in the city, a loser who has never accomplished anything, unexpectedly gains a stroke of fortune and begins his journey to turn his life around... 0Votes853Recs0Fans
- 136 A Wizard's Fairy Tale 巫师的童话 (Recommended new book: "Crossing the Myriad Worlds: Starting in Hong Kong Noir") The magic mirror that knows everything the queen does, a table that conjures food automatically, a tinderbox that lets an old witch summon Void Hounds, the Water of Life that restores youth, golden apples in the old king’s garden that enhance one’s affinity for magic, white snake meat that lets you understand animals, a donkey that craps out gold coins, and three snake leaves that can bring the dead back to life... 0Votes63.9kRecs101.6kFans
- 137 If Water Flows East 若水向东流 Make simps see the error of their ways, persuade prostitutes to go straight, put gambling addicts on the right track, and awaken the conscience of lackeys. Like water flowing east, don’t turn back. 0Votes69.9kRecs83.6kFans
- 138 Wall Street Legend 华尔街传奇 New book: Graduating from High School and Making My Debut A money-laundering expert who made his mark on Wall Street in the United States was accidentally murdered and reborn in the early twenty-first century. Like a mouse falling into a granary, this was a magnificent era overflowing with gold! Silicon Valley's explosive rise, Wall Street's global money-grabbing schemes, one super-promising company after another!! Ye Dongqing was bewildered. There were money-making opportunities everywhere, yet 0Votes263.9kRecs164.9kFans
- 139 King of the Wall at the End of the World 绝境长城上的王者 After transmigrating into the world of Game of Thrones, or A Song of Ice and Fire, what should you do? Build a harem? Fight for the throne? Farm? Poor Edd had no choice, because the Night's Watch drafted him right from the start. [True Dragon Bloodline Series - 4] 0Votes349.9kRecs166.4kFans
- 140 EN I Am Louis XIV 我乃路易十四 What could be worse than realizing, while you’re still in swaddling clothes, that you’re none other than Louis XIV? Well, there’s this: it’s a fantasy version, too. 1Votes287kRecs126.4kFans
- 141 The Lazy Fish's Guide to Self-Rescue 咸鱼的自救攻略 Rewritten synopsis after completing the book. This book is about starting a business and documenting history. It’s not about being reborn ten or twenty years in the past; it’s about living in the present. The story runs from January 2018 to May 2021. It began serialization in August 2018 and was completed in June 2020. On April 1, 2020, the story’s timeline officially caught up with reality. The paths of the protagonist, Chu Yuanxi, split between two parallel universes. In 2014, one version reso 0Votes558.6kRecs217.1kFans
- 142 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
- 143 Evergreen Immortal Path 仙道长青 An ordinary mortal is reborn in the mysterious world of cultivation, becoming a cultivator in a small clan. His elders place their hopes in him, while the family struggles to stay afloat. Faced with one setback after another, Zhang Zhixuan fights his way forward, going against the current to build his clan into a flourishing family and write a life as dreamlike and fleeting as lightning, yet grand and turbulent. VIP group: 815445730 (fans with a score of 2,000 or higher m 1Votes967.6kRecs390.3kFans
- 144 A Taoist Priest in the Age of Steam 蒸汽时代的道士 The distant legends left behind by the ancient gods have long since vanished without a trace! Steam-powered war chariots race across the land, while the great powers' airships greedily carve up the world. Yet this is a world where mages are gods of the battlefield. Only mages decide the outcome of wars and the rise and fall of nations! The gods who have returned gaze down upon the mortal world... This is the story of an ancient Taoist who is reborn into a magnificent new age and blazes a brand-n 0Votes159kRecs85.2kFans
- 145 Reborn as an Electronics Empire 重生电子帝国 Li Xuan, a Chinese returnee, has an accident after failing to fasten his seat belt as his plane lands at Hong Kong International Airport. To his surprise, he transmigrates and is reborn as a Hong Kong teenager with the same name in 1979. In 1979, the computer age is just beginning, while the video game era is reaching its peak. Pac-Man, an unassuming arcade game, sells a staggering 100,000 units in a single year and takes 0Votes126.3kRecs85.7kFans
- 146 The Three Kingdoms: Starting by Bluffing Liu Bei 三国从忽悠刘备开始 The new book, The Younger Brother Zhuge Liang, is now underway. It is also a Three Kingdoms story of strategy, and could be considered a spiritual successor. New and returning readers alike are welcome to check it out. Emperor Ling of Han is leasing out official positions at Xiyuan. Should you rent one? Rent it! Of course rent it! Because as long as you happen to rent the final term before Emperor Ling's death, it is equivalent to renting a house until you become the landlord! Rent an official 3Votes391.9kRecs409.2kFans
- 147 An Engineering Student in the Tang Dynasty 唐朝工科生 A little incident took place at Xuanwu Gate, and before long, the Tang Dynasty had a new emperor. For one wild engineering student, one thing led to another, and he ended up in Chang'an at just this moment in time. Since he was related to a big shot, one of the twenty-four meritorious officials honored at Lingyan Pavilion, he had planned to coast through life. But he never expected the big shot to kick the bucket in just a few years. So this wild engineering student who had stumbled into the Tan 2Votes518.8kRecs300.4kFans
- 148 EN Path to Mediterranean Hegemony 地中海霸主之路 The birth of the Bulgarian Empire, and the struggle of a small Balkan nation! The protagonist transmigrates into Ferdinand I and leads Bulgaria on the road to greatness. A carefully reasoned alternate history, with no brainless characters! A must-read for history fans, and not to be missed by anyone who loves foreign history! Check out my new book, The King. It's a new seedling in need of care! My completed classics, The Road to the Hegemony of the Mediterranean and The Holy Roman Empire, are bo 0Votes211.9kRecs147.2kFans
- 149 One Piece: A Cultivator Pretending to Be a Devil Fruit User 海贼王：当修仙者伪装成能力者 (Original title: The Pirate King: Blood Emperor) Lang Xiaoming, an ordinary archaeology PhD who grew up in a modern socialist society, never imagined that simply following his advisor into a tomb would lead him to stumble upon two Mahayana cultivators battling from afar! Caught in the crossfire, he falls into the world of the Pirate King, bringing with him all the belongings of another unlucky immortal cultivator. What? I transmigrated? What? I even transmigrated to the world of the Pirate King? 45Votes5.1kRecs14.9kFans
- 150 When Will I Be Called to Serve? 何日请长缨 In 1994, China's machine-tool industry was suffering losses across the board. The authorities sent veteran department head Zhou Heng and young university graduate Tang Zifeng to the verge-of-bankruptcy Linha First Machine Tool Factory to help turn the enterprise around. After arduous efforts, Linha First Machine Tool was reborn and continued to grow stronger. Its Changying-brand series of machine tools entered the international arena, outshone all competitors, and became a shining Chinese callin 2Votes487.1kRecs176.4kFans
