Novels like Afterglow
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Afterglow, best match first.
- 1 My Master Knows a Little Bit About Everything 我的师父什么都懂亿点点 “Master, Xing Chenzi says his master forged a treasure, a huge boat that can fly through the sky. He says his master is the only one in the whole world who can do it. Is that true?” “It is.” Cao Zhen glanced at the super-sized flying peak beneath his feet and nodded. “Master, have you heard? The jiao on Azure Dragon Peak might be able to turn into a golden dragon!” “Fish an azure dragon out of the feng shui pond at our place and take it to play with. Just don’t bother me while I’m cooking.” “Mas 0Votes66.7kRecs424.5kFans
- 2 Alien Ruin Hunter 异星遗迹猎人 For some unknown reason, the Sun’s decay suddenly accelerated... To survive, humanity had no choice but to abandon the home they had lived in for millions of years. The survivors drifted through space aboard the Ark for nine hundred years before finally finding a place to settle: Alpha. But the planet was covered in ruins left behind by the previous civilization. The Alpha civilization had left countless resources and technologies in those ruins. The pursuit of these treasures gave rise to a new 0Votes116.2kRecs147.2kFans
- 3 Douluo Dalu V: Reborn Tang San 斗罗大陆V重生唐三 The peerless God King Tang San drifts through the cosmos with a fragment of his divine consciousness, searching for the world where his wife will be reborn. Guided by his divine consciousness, he arrives in a place called the Fairy Continent, only to discover a world where humans are treated like livestock… 15Votes6.8MRecs1.9MFans
- 4 EN Lone Walker of the Abyss 深渊独行 At the moment Earth exploded, the fear of death finally became physical agony. The searing pain was burned into the deepest recesses of Yang Ming's memory. “The universe is an abyss.” Yang Ming murmured softly amid the starlight. [PS: This is not a game novel. The game elements in the early chapters will be fully explained with a coherent logic later on. I'm starting over in a new genre, and this isn't my usual style, so I won't be promoting it through my old books. Just treat me like a newcomer 7Votes343.2kRecs1.2MFans
- 5 The Last Big Shot in the Heavenly Court 天庭最后一个大佬 ‘My name is Zhou Zheng. I am a contract worker for the Alliance to Restore Heaven, the reincarnation of a deity from a certain heavenly court, pure Yang for ten lifetimes so far, and a good person for nine lifetimes. I have just earned the honorary title of Lord of Great Tribulations, and have already obtained several rare achievements, including [Childhood Sweetheart Falling from the Sky], [The Dragon Maiden Who Came to Repay a Debt of Gratitude Is Too Adorable], [A Flawless Romance from a Past 0Votes294.2kRecs779.5kFans
- 6 The Titan Is Silent 泰坦无人声 In the distant depths of space, no one can hear you scream in agony. (The print edition is now available for preorder! On sale at all major online retailers!) 0Votes116.3kRecs201.1kFans
- 7 Real-World Programming Association 现实编程协会 [A literary IP recognized by the China Writers Association as having the greatest adaptation potential in 2026] [The 37th Galaxy Award’s most valuable science fiction IP] [Shortlisted for the Galaxy Award for Best Online Literature; award-winning entry in the Galaxy Project and Human World Theater writing competitions] Heavy rain has been falling over Jiangcheng for months, concealing many things that aren’t right. Yu Xian thinks he’s sick. People around him are disappearing one after another, s 865Votes302.1kRecs465.6kFans
- 8 Where Do You Think You’re Going, Demoness? 妖女哪里逃 After transmigrating, Li Xuan is secretly delighted to become the second son of the Earl of Chengyi's household and a proud member of the Six Paths Demon-Suppression Bureau. But he has barely begun his life as a privileged official's son when a violent female superior, a terrifying female ghost, and a wicked demoness arrive one after another. Caught in the maelstrom, Li Xuan insists he isn't worried at all. Years later, he stands above the Yangtze River and swings his blade, freezing a thousand 0Votes475.1kRecs504.4kFans
- 9 We Live in Nanjing 我们生活在南京 This is a clichéd story about two young people saving the world. 14Votes146.2kRecs613.7kFans
- 10 The Heavenly Blade of Biluotian 碧落天刀 One slash cleaves the road between life and death; a cold blade slays every faithless soul! I don't want to be a blade. I want to be the one who wields it. I don't want to be a pawn. I want to be the player. An ordinary person, yet determined to live life on my own terms in this world. The road ahead is uncertain and the future unclear, but I keep moving forward one step at a time. Before I know it, the journey is filled with storms and wonders, opening up an entirely new world. A thorny roa 1Votes680.3kRecs601.7kFans
- 11 The King of Myriad Forms 万相之王 There are myriad aspects under heaven, and I, Li Luo, will one day become the King of All Aspects. Following Battle Through the Heavens, Martial Universe, The Great Ruler, and Venerable Yuan, Tian Can Tu Dou brings you another epic fantasy novel. 118Votes1.6MRecs2.5MFans
- 12 EN I Have a Body Full of Passive Skills 我有一身被动技 “Is the strongest skill in the world one that has to be actively used?” “Wrong! It’s a passive skill!” “What is a passive skill?” “A passive skill is an instant active skill, a lethal move no one would ever guard against, the ultimate trump card known only to the dead!” “Could you put it in simpler terms?” “Breathing Technique, Fortitude, Perception…” “Heh, that’s it?” Xu Xiaoshou tore the galaxy apart with a single sword strike, leaving the world stunned. “…” “You call that a passive skill?” “M 22Votes506.7kRecs1MFans
- 13 Crimson Descent 猩红降临 The Demons of Life, the Demons of Order, the Demons of Knowledge, the Demons of Fate, the Demons of War... When all manner of uncanny powers invaded, the world was split into two starkly divided halves. Some worshipped them as gods and walked the earth as their emissaries. Others chose to pour themselves a glass of strong liquor on a scarlet night and raise the hunting rifle in their hands. The first volume of the print edition of Since the Red Moon Appeared is now available! You can buy it on T 0Votes135.1kRecs853.2kFans
- 14 EN Is There Really Someone Who Thinks Cultivating Immortality is Difficult? 不会真有人觉得修仙难吧 The Immortal Martial Era, the third day of the third month. Thanks to the sect leader's tireless efforts, Qingyun Dao Sect finally welcomed its eighth disciple, Ye Ping. To persuade Ye Ping to stay and earn his respect, everyone in the sect tried every trick in the book to fool him. They bragged that they were peerless geniuses in swordsmanship, cultivation, alchemy, artifact crafting, divination, formations, treasure appraisal, and even children of fortune. To keep up the image of genius, they 0Votes1.9MRecs1.3MFans
- 15 EN The Birth of a Method Actor 戏精的诞生 Ma Ran is a [Roleplaying] ability user. To protect Earth, he gradually turns into a consummate actor, taking on countless secret identities, each more dazzling than the last. His sword splits the demon mountain; the Seven Whirlwind Sword Sect hails Lin Qiubai as its foremost swordsman! He tears apart mechs with his bare hands; the Blood Lotus Demon Sect's demon son, Zhang Kuang! His thunder shatters the heavens; the wondrous Immortal Sect's Mystic Immortal, Zhao Guanlan! He commands the firmamen 0Votes89.9kRecs276kFans
- 16 EN King of Beast Tamers 御兽之王 … In this brand-new age of beast taming, who will become the undisputed King of Beast Tamers? 19Votes855.5kRecs2.7MFans
- 17 EN One Piece: Bane 海贼之祸害 In the Great Pirate Era, heroes rose up everywhere. The strong did as they pleased. The weak had no choice. Mo De agreed wholeheartedly, so he took up a gun in one hand and a blade in the other, killing his way to the top. Completed novels: Gourmet Hunter, Naruto: The Calamity, Sword Art Online: Keep Living. This book takes its time to heat up, and the author is in it for the long haul. Dive in without worry. 0Votes428.9kRecs335.8kFans
- 18 This Isn't Entertainment 这不是娱乐 Just burn it all down. I'm tired! 0Votes487.4kRecs335.4kFans
- 19 EN Realm Walker 灵境行者 The animation of "The Spiritual Realm Walker" will stream exclusively across the entire internet on Tencent Video every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. starting September 3. Everyone is welcome to watch~ From ancient times to the present, legends speak of a spiritual realm existing in the world. Throughout the dynasties, famous people and refined scholars offered many different views of the spiritual realm. A poem records: "From Qi to Tang, this mountain grew desolate, the spiritual realm was silent, and 641Votes6.5MRecs26.7MFans
- 20 EN Ascension on a Chosen Day 择日飞升 As a snake catcher, Xu Ying had always been honest, diligent, and conscientious, until one day he caught a very unusual snake… On the first day of the third month, incense smoke rose across the land of Shenzhou. The statues of the gods who guarded villages, towns, cities, and provinces all awoke to receive offerings from the common people. But from that day onward, all under heaven fell into chaos. This book is also known as "996 Cultivation", "007 Cultivates the Truth Too", "The Rat Race", "Wor 61Votes5.3MRecs4.2MFans
- 21 EN The Immortal's Unyielding Seriousness 这个人仙太过正经 A demigod's body, standing shoulder to shoulder with mortals! A proper human immortal, harvesting gods in the wilds of mountains and seas! (Serious synopsis) The sky stretches ninety thousand miles high, and the earth is home to countless kingdoms. The human path is fraught with hardship, while the mountains and seas are nothing but desolate wastes. 8Votes12.6MRecs3.3MFans
- 22 EN The Naming of the Night 夜的命名术 Amid neon lights of blue and purple, beneath a dense canopy of steel, lies the frontier of a flood of data: a world transformed by the technological revolution, and the boundary between reality and illusion. Steel and flesh, the past and the future. Here, the surface world and the hidden world coexist. Everything before your eyes seems as close as the wall of time itself. Darkness slowly closes in. But you have to understand, my friend: we cannot face the darkness with gentleness. We must use fi 180Votes8MRecs14.3MFans
- 23 Dead on Mars 死在火星上 My name is Tang Yue. I'm on Mars. I just saw Earth explode. 4Votes235.2kRecs492.6kFans
- 24 Heaven's Journey: Battle Chronicles 天行战记 The Way of Heaven is to strive ever upward. Xia Bei stood before the statue in the Hall of Heroes, reading the words carved into its base. “Our journey will never end!” 0Votes1.1MRecs242kFans
- 25 EN What If My Heroine Escapes Her Novel? 女主从书里跑出来了怎么办 Chu Ge writes harem novels. As he was writing about one of the world’s most powerful women, a sect leader, beginning to fall in love... A woman appeared in his room and held a sword to his throat. “If you dare write that I fall in love with that man, I’ll kill you.” 14Votes466.1kRecs1.5MFans
- 26 EN Starting from the Red Moon 从红月开始 From the moment the red moon appeared in the sky, everyone in the world became a madman. Except me! The From the Red Moon animated series airs every Monday at 7:00 on Tencent Video! Mental contamination is incoming, and everyone is on Level One alert! Come join Lu Xin in uncovering the truth behind the red moon! You can also read the comic of the same name on Tencent Animation~ Volume One of the physical edition of From the Red Moon has now been published and is available for purchase on Taob 40Votes1.2MRecs7MFans
- 27 Keep It Together, Don’t Get Reckless 稳住别浪 Heaven has closed for the day, and Hell is full. So I’ll stay in the human world and make trouble... 42Votes2.9MRecs3.4MFans
- 28 The Genius Club 天才俱乐部 [A work with 100,000 paid subscribers, winner of the 35th Galaxy Award for Chinese Science Fiction] “Ever since I was born, I've had the same dream every day. The same day keeps repeating itself in my dreams.” “What do you do in your dreams?” “Rob banks, blow up buildings, pick up girls, play Grand Theft Auto... They're dreams, after all, so I do all kinds of outrageous things.” “Tell me what you did last night.” “Last night was more interesting. I've been having these dreams for so long, but it 223Votes638.1kRecs5MFans
- 29 EN 13 Mink Street 明克街13号 I like sitting alone on an empty street at night, listening to “them” whisper and enjoying “their” clamor. 73Votes3.4MRecs5MFans
- 30 Embers Ad Infinitum 长夜余火 Everyone on the Gray Soil believes that somewhere deep within a ruin buried beneath danger and famine lies a road to a new world. All they need is a unique key to open the door and enter that world. There, the land is fertile, flowing with milk and honey, and the sunlight is brilliant, as if it could wash away the cold and gloom. People no longer have to face wastelands, monsters, infection, mutations, or all manner of dangers. There, children are joyful, adults are happy, and everything is wond 71Votes7.9MRecs3.6MFans
- 31 I Really Didn’t Want to Be the Savior 我真没想当救世主啊 This book is also known as Millennium Rewind. It won Best Online Literature at the 31st China Galaxy Awards for Science Fiction. [It takes off at Chapter 62 and explodes at Chapter 92. This is the story of an ordinary man who forces his way into becoming humanity’s savior.] In 1977, the Voyager spacecraft launched. In 2010, Voyager 2 sent some strange messages back to Earth. In July 2021, Voyager 2 lost 8Votes634.7kRecs1.1MFans
- 32 Beneath the Deep Space 深空之下 Beneath the depths of space, galaxies blaze with countless civilizations... This is Moon Base One. After an unprecedentedly powerful nuclear explosion, a colossal super battleship finally sets sail with a triumphant roar! It is humanity’s last hope. Its name is... Noah! (A traditional interstellar science fiction novel. 0Votes235.8kRecs275.2kFans
- 33 EN Circle of Inevitability 宿命之环 The second installment of the Mysterious World series. In the year 1368, at the end of July, crimson will descend from the sky. 3.2kVotes13.7MRecs10.3MFans
- 34 EN Journey to the Abyss 临渊行 Su Yun never imagined that he was the only human in Tianmen Town, where he had lived for more than a decade. He never imagined, either, that the hundred-mile radius beyond Tianmen Town was a notorious no-man's-land. When the boy opened his eyes, the world he had imagined collapsed. Before him lay the reality of a world overrun by demons and monsters. Journeying Along the Abyss. In the darkness, one must keep one's wits about them when walking beside the abyss, treading as carefully as if on thin 3Votes6.2MRecs2.2MFans
- 35 The Demon of the Great Ming 大明妖孽 If gods exist in heaven, why are demons running rampant in the world? If there are no gods in heaven, why is the heart filled with so many doubts? During the Chenghua era of the Ming dynasty, a group of Embroidered Uniform Guard officers known as "fox-born and ghost-raised" are ordered to seek the true gods in a godless world and search for the path to immortality within their brief lives. 7Votes676.6kRecs150.6kFans
- 36 EN Cultivation? Ain't Got No Money For That! 没钱修什么仙？ The old man asked, “You want revenge?” The boy replied, “I’ve been humiliated again and again by the powerful, and my master considers me trash. How could I not want revenge?” The old man patted the boy’s head and sighed. “Good boy, let me pass my cultivation power on to you.” The boy exclaimed, “Senior! How could I accept that?” The old man held out his hand. “Give me your phone.” Watching the changes on his phone, the boy cried out in shock, “Senior! Where did all this hundred-year cultivation 17.7kVotes4MRecs7.2MFans
- 37 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
- 38 EN The Forensic Officer of Conan 柯学验尸官 [A Detective Conan fanfic] Full title: The Moment I Transmigrated to the World of Detective Conan, the Famous Detective Named Me the Prime Suspect. As a Coroner, I'm Not Panicking at All 5Votes847.6kRecs954.2kFans
- 39 EN Ashes of the Deep Sea 深海余烬 On that day, dense fog sealed everything away. On that day, he became the captain of a ghost ship. On that day, he crossed the dense fog and confronted a world that had been utterly overturned and shattered. The order of old had vanished without a trace, bizarre phenomena ruled the endless seas beyond civilized society, and isolated island city-states and fleets challenging the ocean had become the last lights remaining in the civilized world, while the shadows of ancient days still stirred rest 307Votes5.9MRecs16.4MFans
- 40 The First Sequence 第一序列 On the wasteland, human civilization clings to survival. One bastion after another rises from the ground, yet order continues to collapse. Some say that when disaster strikes, the human spirit is our first line of defense against danger. Some say, “Don’t let the sorrows of the age become your own.” Others say, “I’ll make my sorrow the sorrow of this age.” This time, it’s a new story. After the cataclysm, at last, the light. 100Votes7.5MRecs6.8MFans
- 41 I, the Emperor 朕 Back in the late Ming, reduced to slavery. If an emperor can be a beggar, a Manchu invader, a rebel, or a household slave, why can’t a household slave become emperor? 30Votes1.5MRecs3MFans
- 42 EN My Senior Brother is Too Steady 我师兄实在太稳健了 *The annual Youku season of the animated adaptation, My Senior Brother Is Too Steady, is about to conclude.* Reborn in ancient times, before the Investiture of the Gods War, Li Changshou became a minor Qi Refiner. He had no great fortune bestowed upon him, nor was he a chosen one destined to face a catastrophic tribulation. All he had was a cultivation dream: to live forever. To make a living in 120Votes11.5MRecs9.8MFans
- 43 My Wife Came from a Thousand Years Ago 我家老婆来自一千年前 [The comic adaptation of Please Be Sensible, My Wife is now available on all platforms. Check it out!] “I want to go home.” “You might not be able to go back.” “Why not?” “Because your home is very far away.” “How far?” “About twelve hundred years.” Xu Qing looked at the young woman from the Tang Dynasty before him with a hint of sympathy. “Everything you know has become history.” Family, friends, enemies: they all vanished more than twelve hundred years ago. A slice-of-life story with one fema 195Votes645.4kRecs2MFans
- 44 The Era of the Witch God 巫神纪 When history becomes legend, when legend becomes myth, when even myth fades and crumbles, when the sands of time bury everything, our names and our stories will still be passed down through the river of time, like the sun hanging high in the sky, shining eternally upon the earth, never to go out. Remember: once there was a people who stood tall between heaven and earth, like pillars holding up the sky. They never bowed or bent the knee to anyone. They commanded wind and thunder, strode over drag 3Votes3.6MRecs1.1MFans
- 45 EN This Game Is Too Realistic 这游戏也太真实了 This game is way too realistic! Hauling bricks, running errands, picking up trash, delivering packages... At most, a company can make you experience the hardships of working 996. Here, you can experience 007 on super speed. All right, enough talk. The great Administrator has called me to haul bricks. The Administrator says that as long as we work hard and offer up our livers, next month he can get himself another brand-new set of power armor. Then he’ll take us to explore a whole new map, where 467Votes4.9MRecs9.4MFans
- 46 EN Mysterious Daoist of Madness 道诡异仙 An uncanny Heavenly Dao, strange immortals and Buddhas: are they real or false? Lost in confusion, Li Huowang cannot tell. But these aren’t the only things he can’t distinguish. He can’t even make sense of himself. He’s sick, and very seriously so. 650Votes1.8MRecs13.2MFans
- 47 The Apocalypse Gate 天启之门 [NPCs strike back against players! Crush the transmigrators!] This is my world, and I make the rules! Who gave you bastards the right to throw your weight around here?! The path to becoming [the greatest savior in history] is sure to be thrilling! … Chen Xiaolian: Starting today, we're forming a resistance group dedicated to fighting those bastards! Our team will be called… the Goofball Alliance! Team member: Captain, with a name like that, I'm afraid people will beat us up if we tell them… … 0Votes4MRecs785kFans
- 48 EN The Night Watchman of Dafeng 大奉打更人 The physical edition of The Gongsman of Great Feng, Volume One, is now available across all major platforms, including Tmall, Dangdang, and JD.com, as well as in bookstores nationwide. In this world, there are Confucians, Daoists, Buddhists, demons, and sorcerers. Xu Qi'an, a graduate of the police academy, awakens to find himself in prison, with exile to the frontier awaiting him in three days… At first, all he wants is to protect himself and, in this society without human rights, become 313Votes9.7MRecs19.8MFans
- 49 EN The Game of Fate 烂柯棋缘 Fallen leaves beside the ancient Go board, an old tree where no one plays. A move at the center of the board, made on a whim; look back, and mountains and seas stretch into the distance. … When Ji Yuan woke up, he had become a half-blind beggar in a dilapidated mountain god temple. A sword in the hands of a true immortal, a glib tongue in the hands of a charlatan: these are Ji Yuan’s means of making a place for himself in this terrifying world. VIP verification group: 72Votes4.1MRecs3.5MFans
- 50 EN Unscientific Beast Taming 不科学御兽 This is another world where beast taming is the norm. Animals, plants, elements, undead, machines... Nine-Tailed Flame Foxes, Ancient Trees of Life, Thundercloud Spirits, Skeleton Lords, mechanical shipgirls, even antique swords and blades that have birthed spirits can all become companion beasts. The humans who contract with, raise, and command them are collectively known as beast tamers! Shi Yu, a scholar of mythology and an 97Votes2.6MRecs6.8MFans
