Novels like Crown of Calamity
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Crown of Calamity, best match first.
- 1 EN Infinite Mystery Cities 无限谜城 When the white mist once again blankets the land, one mysterious city after another quietly appears. Are you ready to face a new round of trials in the Mysterious Cities? Tip 1: When the lights flicker at night, hold your head tight, or it might fly away. Tip 2: If you see a black-faced clown wearing black boots with oversized toes, taking off his hat to ask you for money, do not lend him any unless you have enough money to fill his hat. Tip 3: Be sure to sing when you use the restroom. Remember 0Votes71kRecs139.7kFans
- 2 The Last Building on Earth 地球上最后一幢楼 Wang Xuan entered Longmao Plaza and became trapped inside. By the time he finally managed to get out, he discovered that... It was the last building left on Earth. I've completed seven novels. Feel free to check them out if you're interested. 0Votes104.8kRecs482kFans
- 3 Global Lord: My Troops Have Mutated 全民领主：我的兵种变异了 The myriad worlds collapsed, merging back into one. Everyone arrived on the Primordial Continent, becoming lords and fighting to survive. Upon arrival, each person received a starting territory where they could recruit troops and strengthen their domain. “Damn, I got a beast-type territory at random. I can only recruit wolf pups!” “Same here, more or less. Mine’s undead-type, and my starting unit is a little skeleton!” “What the heck is a mechanical factory? They only gave me a mechanical bird. 0Votes55.7kRecs323kFans
- 4 Global Gaming: AFK in the Zombie Apocalypse 全民游戏：从丧尸末日开始挂机 In a parallel world, Fang Heng transmigrates into the body of an unfortunate man who had just committed suicide. Huh? What? Everyone in this world has been forced to join a game? What a shock! If you don’t play, you get erased? Well, well, this unlucky guy was a professional gamer? And he has the highest-level S-rank talent skill, Zombie Clones? The S-rank talent even leveled up! My Zombie Clones can work on autopilot? [While you were offline, your horde of Zombie Clones crafted 720 wooden axes. 17Votes147.6kRecs306.4kFans
- 5 Lu Mingfei Challenges FGO 路明非挑战FGO What kind of story would unfold if Lu Mingfei existed in the world of FGO? ↑ I’m terrible at writing blurbs, so I figured I’d use this as the description. The content is basically the same as the title. New author here! 0Votes157.3kRecs218.6kFans
- 6 My Clones Beyond the Stars 我的分身在星空彼岸 What people call the Heavenly Way is no more than the protective shell of a life-bearing planet in the vast universe. To split open the heavens isn't to destroy them, but to break the barrier between a planet and the universe, or rather... to make the heavens bigger. A wandering merchant in troubled times, unable to control his own body or fate, he nevertheless learns things from his incarnation beyond the starry sky that even the great powers of this world don't know. But so what? The universe 0Votes57.7kRecs262.8kFans
- 7 EN Awakening from the Nightmare 惊醒之后 Uncanny eyes watched from beyond the windows, while murky darkness prowled all around. Amid the roar of steam and gunfire, terrifying, oppressive howls echoed. Beneath the shadow of a cold and indifferent terror, the light of conviction shone. The wheels of history rolled on, and a new chapter in the age began. This is an age of exploitation and oppression, an age of resistance and awakening, an age when the ignorant summon the uncanny, and an age when the clear-eyed shine. Humanity never stops 0Votes97.8kRecs168.5kFans
- 8 The World Has Entered the Great Flood Era 全球进入大洪水时代 Earth was suddenly surrounded by a tsunami of unknown origin. Its powerful floodwaters made mountains tremble amid the waves and the land groan as it underwent tremendous change... With thunderous force, the flood roared toward the land, swallowing cities, valleys, and every living thing on Earth. 1Votes191.1kRecs805.2kFans
- 9 EN Extraordinary Mechanical City 超凡机械城 I open my eyes to a mysterious new world. Steam boilers roar as dark, industrial steel cities roam across mist-shrouded wastelands, hunting, gathering energy, searching for treasure... This is an unknown land, concealing the ruins and legends left behind by countless glorious ancient civilizations. Mechanical civilization, magical civilization, martial civilization, transcendent civilization... Wasteland hunters explore ancient ruins and uncover the legacies and treasures of bygone civilizations 0Votes107.7kRecs111.5kFans
- 10 Xuanqing Guard 玄清卫 In the Jing Dynasty, evil spirits and ghosts run rampant. The Xuanqing Guards are established to oversee the realm, root out treachery, punish evil, exterminate demons, and uphold the Dao. Shen Hao transmigrates here and spends four years rising from an ordinary soldier in the Xuanqing Guards to a junior banner officer. But given his background, there's virtually no chance of advancing further. One day, he suddenly discovers a dragon inside his body, 2Votes116.4kRecs302.1kFans
- 11 The Netherworld Immortal Lord 幽冥仙君 The rootless tree, its blossoms askew; without yin and yang, the Way is incomplete. Metal is separated from wood, mercury from lead; lone yin and solitary yang each stand apart. In this world, yin and yang pair men with women, and children and grandchildren carry on the line generation after generation. Follow the current and you remain mortal; go against it and you become an immortal. It all comes down to turning things upside down in between. This is a story written as “ghostly immortals,” 0Votes28.5kRecs30.1kFans
- 12 Conquering Mountains and Rivers for Ninety Thousand Miles 横推山河九万里 Would that I could raise a mighty fist to the sky and sweep across mountains and rivers for ninety thousand miles. A young man with an unusual background, and an “utterly ordinary” attribute panel. This is the story of a martial path that shakes the world and fists that subdue mountains and rivers! 0Votes85.3kRecs213.4kFans
- 13 EN Lord of the Heretical Path 诡道之主 Two days after arriving in this world, Yu Ziqing watched a great sun blossom across the land. Storms, cold snaps, famine, hungry ghosts, wicked cults, divine dynasties, and demonic overlords came one after another. Yu Ziqing set himself a modest first goal: don’t starve to death. Then he’d find himself a powerful enough patron and cultivate in peace until nobody could kill him. With enough information, there’s no enemy you can’t take down. P.S. If you think this is too short, check out the auth 0Votes256.4kRecs419.6kFans
- 14 EN Human Brain Ranch 人类大脑牧场 Zhu Zhengwei discovered that he could see other people's dreams. He soon realized that the human brain was as deep and vast as the stars and sea. The shallow layers of the cerebral cortex, the conscious mind, were like a storm: strange, bizarre, and fantastical. The deep mind held the secrets of humanity's ancestral genes, a vast, mysterious treasure trove. So he used human brains as cloud servers, building an enormous dream world within the deep mind and simulating the development of one extrao 0Votes65.9kRecs154.9kFans
- 15 Ask the Sword 问剑 In the third year of Zaiqian in the Yu Kingdom, rain fell over Yizhou City. Li Ang awoke in a daze, having dreamed that a sword was hidden inside his head. 0Votes332.3kRecs751.8kFans
- 16 EN Lord's Survival: Conquering from a Ruined Courtyard 领主求生：从残破小院开始攻略 Everyone transmigrates to another world in their sleep. It’s a terrifying world, almost beyond measure. Here, there are dragons, griffins, goblins, gnomes, dwarves, and orcs. There are also zombies, undead lairs, and all kinds of monstrous creatures from myth. Everyone becomes a lord. From the start, they choose their background and receive a small courtyard and three farmers. Want to get rich? Start by chopping trees, then gradually build up your territory. Lords must explore the map, claim ter 15Votes248.9kRecs852.3kFans
- 17 EN How Am I Still Alive? 我怎么还活着？ Spiritual qi revival. The gods descend? Disaster after disaster, and all living things suffer? What’s that to me? I’m just a terminally ill patient who’s been given a countdown to death and has given up on treatment. I set out to exorcise demons and slay immortals in this battered body, not to defend my country, but because the hazard pay is too tempting, especially the death benefits... “This evil god’s profession system is cursed. Even if you make good progress at first, anyone who trains in i 13Votes318.8kRecs493kFans
- 18 Without a Heroic Spirit, I Have to Take the Field Myself 没有英灵的我只能亲自下场 In the Spirit Summoning Age, people can form a bond with a heroic spirit and contract one from another world to fight for them. Jiang He transmigrates into this world, unable to contract with any heroic spirit, but awakens the [Book of Heroic Souls]. With the Book of Heroic Souls, he can travel to the worlds of heroic spirits and, drawing on his own experiences, inscribe myths and legends to shape one invincible heroic spirit after another! He once beheaded a dragon at the execution grounds, its 1Votes78.9kRecs518.1kFans
- 19 EN Extraordinary Voyage 超凡大航海 An indifferent god gazes coldly down at the world from above the clouds. A tailless crawler whispers in the gap between winter and spring. An octopus demon god in a top hat plays the flute beneath the cold sea. The steam engine has only just lit the flame of civilization. Swordsmanship and witchcraft clash, while alchemical guns and saili 1Votes294.6kRecs401.5kFans
- 20 The Blade Cage 刀笼 Heaven and earth are a prison, creation itself a cage. Who can see through it? Life is a blade, conviction its guiding hand. Perhaps even this can be broken through. On the ramparts of Black Mountain City, a bandit chieftain, tempered by countless trials and endless patience, with a fiery temper but a troublesome lower back, strikes the first blow against his own fate. 0Votes128.3kRecs87.9kFans
- 21 The First-Rank Elixir Immortal 一品丹仙 “Are you Wu Sheng, the assassin?” “I am Wu Sheng, the assassin!” “Then why did you become an alchemist?” “Well... because alchemy really pays!” “Then why are you wanted?” “Because... the academy doesn't allow me to sell the pills I make in private.” “So how are you supposed to make money?” “The more they forbid me from selling them, the more profitable they are!” 6Votes478.4kRecs508.9kFans
- 22 A Seeker of the Dao in Higher Dimensions 高维寻道者 In a martial world shrouded by the Black Tide, he is an invincible Immortal of the Human Realm, untouched by defilement or purity, increase or decrease. At the dawn of an age of mysterious resurgences, he is a prophet and the vessel of truth. In a city of steel, he is an Omega-level esper and a madman who probes forbidden realms. He is the great serpent that encircles the world, and he has also slain gods as a mortal; he is the white-robed Daoist who severed the river of stars with a single 2Votes121.3kRecs179kFans
- 23 EN Reborn as a Behind-the-Scenes Noble Mage 重生幕后贵族法师 After preparing to transmigrate, Xia Yuan, a high-level player known for his plot-focused mage builds in his previous life, transmigrated into an NPC, and not just any NPC: he was the newly born fourth son of the Empire's Grand Duke! He had intended to embrace a dull aristocratic life, but unexpectedly, the times were changing! His family, the final obstacle, had already been branded villains by the new aristocracy and was about to be crushed beneath the inexorable wheels of history! With no oth 1Votes173.8kRecs303.6kFans
- 24 Everyone Is a Sword Saint 全民剑圣 Standard blurb: The times change, foreign races invade, the old technological order collapses, and the world is turned upside down. After a devastating war, human civilization endures under a new supernatural order and even flourishes. In a dawn age where everyone is a high-level martial artist and everyone can become a dragon, the young Zheng Li arrives in another world. With a sword spirit at his side, he ultimately sets out on the path of self-reliance and perseverance. Not-so-serious blurb: 0Votes265.7kRecs171.2kFans
- 25 What to Do When You Get the Wrong Cheat 开错外挂怎么办 In this small port on the southern frontier, Inspector Li just wants to be an honest, upright police officer who can still make some money. But somehow, he activated the wrong cheat. “A Hong Kong crime-fiction novel.” Recommended: the author’s new book, Reborn: An Outsider in the Entertainment Industry 0Votes368.5kRecs401.1kFans
- 26 All-World Arena: I Choose Zhang Sanfeng from the Start 万界竞技，开局我选张三丰 Come on, the title is already this straightforward. Do you really need a synopsis? Anyway, it’s all about the myriad worlds, the apocalypse, invasions through transmigration, and so on. You know the drill. Brought to you by Feizhi. The protagonist’s a stand-up guy, guaranteed! Hope you enjoy it! The author has completed Unlimited Mythology, Mythic Primordial Species, Summoning the Big Shots, and Planting the Heart Demon Dao. If you like those, feel free to check them out. Reader groups: VIP grou 0Votes209.6kRecs347.1kFans
- 27 Primordial World Investigator 洪荒调查员 Feng Xue transmigrated into the Primordial World. In his first life, he died; in his second life, he perished. Looking back toward home, all he saw was a swaddling cloth. In his third life, he worked hard at farming, only to lose his life when the dragon turned over. In the blink of an eye, another reincarnation came. The blank paper was completed, merit descended, and possessing a jade brought disaster, leaving a spiritual treasure as his burial object. Now it is his fifth life, and this time, 0Votes94.1kRecs148.3kFans
- 28 Heroes of Might and Magic: The Hidden Building Master 英雄无敌之隐藏建筑大师 The blood of countless players paved the road ahead for Qi Ge. Burnt mage robes fluttered in the dusty wind. Fragments of magic lamps crunched beneath his feet. Naga blades shattered, and stone statues crumbled to dust. Titan bones piled up into mountains. And I, Qi Ge, will tread upon your bones, claim Bracada's Tear of Asha, and become the new king of the fairy folk! 2Votes425.9kRecs414.8kFans
- 29 Is Something Wrong with Your Lordship? 你这领主有问题吧 The world is destroyed, the apocalypse arrives, and a new era begins. Everyone is granted the right to survive as a Lord. Territories, heroes, troops, treasures, and resources: the server formed from countless continents is now fully open. Qin Muye looks at his panel, which makes him seem like an expendable extra, and his territory with its damaged suffix. He can hardly keep from crying. No divine talent, no hidden hints, and no absurdly powerful class. “In that case, I'll just have to find anot 2Votes87.5kRecs476.7kFans
- 30 EN Gatekeeper of the Myriad Worlds 万界守门人 The planets died. The gods fell. After the Realm of Law collapsed, humanity lost all its protectors. Now, “anomalies” and “calamities” are beginning to invade the human world. As the age of darkness begins, a soul from Blue Star transmigrates into this world. … A comic of the same name is now available on Tencent Animation, Qidian, and QQ Reading. 13Votes486.2kRecs1.5MFans
- 31 EN The Anomaly Collector 异常收藏家 On his first day at work, Li Fan already wants to quit. Then he suddenly discovers that he’s actually the world’s second-biggest villain. “Can’t I just coast along and wait for retirement?” “Collector, the brothers all support you becoming our leader. Shall we rebel?” 22Votes122.6kRecs569.8kFans
- 32 The Movie Emperor's Reincarnation Across the Heavens 影帝的诸天轮回 Short on money, Su Yi took a temporary job as an extra, never expecting it to launch him on a journey through the myriad heavens. In "The Rocking Sky", he leads the band to break into the big leagues and becomes a new-generation rock drumming sensation! In "Infernal Affairs II", he becomes Luo Ji, Ngai Wing-hau's bodyguard, and saves both his own life and Inspector Lu's. From extra to featured extra, suppo 0Votes216.5kRecs289.6kFans
- 33 EN Guarding Impel Down for a Hundred Years in One Piece 我在海贼镇守推进城一百年 “What kind of pursuit of freedom is being a pirate and wreaking havoc on the seas? Go on, I’ve left the complete chart there. The brave souls who reach Laugh Tale will earn the right to enter the stars! Our destination is the sea of stars!” With these words from Gaston Figo, the King of Advancement, the Great Pirate Era of space exploration began! … Half pirate fan fiction, half original story. You don’t need to have watched the anime to enjoy it. Over 20,000 average subscriptions, quality gua 2Votes190.2kRecs593.4kFans
- 34 The Scarlet Hero 赤侠 “Brother Wei, you live and study out here all by yourself. How did you manage to make such a feast? Could it be... that you’re hiding a beauty in your cottage?” “Huh? Didn’t you send someone to bring it over every day, Brother Chen?” “Did I?” “Wasn’t that you?” “Perhaps I gave the order to my servant and then forgot about it.” After a few rounds of drinks, Wei Hao saw his guest out. The next day, he shouldered his farm tools and pretended to head for the fields. Halfway there, he turned back hom 2Votes294.5kRecs409.8kFans
- 35 Endless Debt 无尽债务 “Hello, my name is Borogo Lazarus. I'm a debtor.” The wounds on Borogo's face were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The blood still on his face flowed back into the wound, and his skin joined together again, as if time were turning back. Facing the demon, who was dying in terror, he spoke softly. “This is my ‘gift,’ the ‘debt’ I owe.” … Sixty-six years ago, with the end of the Scorched Earth War, Ophis, the Oathbound City, rose from the ruins of the Holy City. Sixty-six years later, 44Votes285.4kRecs1MFans
- 36 EN Transcendent: Starting by Tearing Up the Script 超凡从撕剧本开始 (Over 5,300 average subscriptions and 27,000 peak subscriptions. A premium work, well worth a read!) I tread the myriad heavens from this day forth, splitting sun and moon with my blade as I prove my path to immortality. I am a leader, a Blade Emperor, a sage. I have embarked on the road to becoming a great emperor, and I bow to pick up the crown. After endless ages, I am still an actor! _ Zhang Guangmu is an ordinary citizen of the Xuanlong Empire, a professional actor with no bad habits and a 0Votes108.1kRecs355.4kFans
- 37 Steel, Steam, and Fire 钢铁蒸汽与火焰 Iron thorns spring up across the land, the thunder of interlocking gears reverberates through the heavens, black smoke obscures the skies, and scorching steam races through the pipes. Supercomputers and cipher cards emit soft, intricate murmurs, while blazing white light composes the rings of an age. Red fluid clamps down on the throat of fate. The justice of bolts and rivets, the authority of caliber and range: steel roars, and sharp blades will shriek. 2Votes369.2kRecs168.8kFans
- 38 EN I Really Didn't Target the Mages 我真没针对法爷 Ten years after transmigrating. [You killed 1 Mana-Burst Frog. Total Mana-Burst Frogs killed: 164,250.] [Your spell resistance has increased to 100%.] By the pond, Roger rubs his aching lower back and mutters: “Finally... I think I've gotten just a tiny bit stronger.” This is a fantasy wasteland world that has been repeatedly nuked into submission by nineteenth-circle spells. Roger transmigrated here with the [Wandering Hero] class template. He has only one wish: To grow just a little strong 0Votes306.5kRecs1.3MFans
- 39 EN The Mechanical Alchemist 机械炼金术士 In the gloomy underground city lie countless ancient ruins and treasures. The uncanny, mutations, cursed objects... The abyss, underground caverns, Old Gods, mythical races... Mechanics, enchanted implants, colossal cities and black towers... A wild assortment of alchemy, a drop of steampunk, two spoonfuls of arcane supernatural mystery: together, they make a dazzling fantasy world. I am a puppet alchemist. Everything I see is a puppet. One man is an entire army! 2Votes306.5kRecs993.9kFans
- 40 The Common Lord 俗主 [Folklore mystery, Soulslike world, tabletop role-playing experience, cosmic secrets] A text-based tabletop role-playing game called The Mortal World quietly appears. People discover that rewards earned in the game can actually be brought into reality. Thus begins a new age of exploration for all humanity. Some people look up into the depths of space and summon the courage to embark on a journey home, while others set out to mine their way toward the origins of civilization, seeking mysterious t 1Votes218.4kRecs717.9kFans
- 41 EN Tribulation of Mysteries 神秘之劫 With mystery returning and the dawn of the gods, is it really a good thing? Along with the revival of spiritual qi came something else… an unsolvable terror! An unusual surname, a soul traveling between two worlds, and a mysterious epic… 5Votes588.3kRecs1.1MFans
- 42 EN Desperate Dark Night 绝境黑夜 There are monsters and ghostly shadows everywhere outside. I’m so scared. I just want to stay in my safe house until the end of time... The ghostly shadows can’t be killed, and the monsters are endless. Yu Hong came here with a mysterious black seal. Using its power to strengthen anything, he slowly built an absolutely safe zone of his own inside his safe house. As everyone voted, this book is a fusion of eerie cultivation and extreme-path cultivation. Lao Gun keeps his word. 27Votes861kRecs1.7MFans
- 43 The Los Angeles Detective 洛杉矶神探 A detective transmigrates to America and becomes an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. After getting over his initial confusion, he solves one baffling case after another and earns international renown, becoming known as the most legendary detective in history... 2Votes289.6kRecs397kFans
- 44 The First Cause of All Realms 诸界第一因 The vast world is coming back to life, and the gods and demons who departed are about to return. Holding a Gluttony Cauldron, law student Yang Yu transmigrates into this world and opens his eyes in a remote border town, gazing upon a realm that seems both familiar and strange. He sees an ancient dynasty nearing its end across an endless land, with dragons and snakes rising everywhere amid the beacons of war. He sees ceaseless warfare leaving the people destitute. Lands containing a thousand hous 6Votes676.1kRecs1.7MFans
- 45 EN My Attribute Cultivation Life 我的属性修行人生 New book: Dark Night of Desperation, I Alone Am an Immortal in a Strange World. Search for it if you’re interested. The Great Spirit Realm is engulfed in war. Spirit armies mounted on iron cavalry sweep across countless nations, expanding their territory farther than ever before. After arriving in this era, Zhang Rongfang found himself with an attribute panel that let him add points to his martial arts. He looked at the martial artists around him, whose skill was about on par with the combat-spo 8Votes1.4MRecs2.6MFans
- 46 Infinite Splendor 无限辉煌图卷 Divine arts and demonic magic, a hundred realms and countless races; supernatural powers and martial clashes, a wild song across the ages. Monsters and mechanical abominations, all manner of strange creatures; an infinite world stretches out before us. Welcome to a new era of the Main God Space. Worlds gather and disperse like stars. Who can shine as brilliantly as the sun and moon? PS: This is not an original Infinite Flow fanfic. The worlds in the story may include extensive alterations and 12Votes226.4kRecs472.4kFans
- 47 The Empire Reborn 复活帝国 [Synopsis One] A young genius suffering from a terminal illness chooses to undergo cryogenic preservation. When Ren Zhong wakes, he finds himself in a wilderness, beneath a huge blue sun and two silvery moons. On this unfamiliar planet, Ren Zhong builds up experience by exploiting a revival ability that lets him rewind time, and resolves to become a warrior. After being betrayed, hunted, and put on trial, he decide 0Votes343.2kRecs640.1kFans
- 48 EN Lord of the Mysteries: The Paradox Path 诡秘：悖论途径 A Lord of the Mysteries fanfic. When the transmigrator opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a beautiful madwoman smiling at him. In front of him sat a bottle of Secrets Suppliant Potion. Drink it, and die later. Don't drink it, and die now. So he drank the potion and became Buridan's Ass. PS1: This novel features an original pathway. The golden finger is the Sefirah and Uniqueness. PS2: The protagonist transmigrates around the same time as Zhou Mingrui. 15Votes185.6kRecs519.5kFans
- 49 A Battlefield Photographer’s Journal 战地摄影师手札 Using a camera to document war, and a lens to remember history. Wei Ran returns again and again to the battlefields of World War II and even to the Cold War era, taking on a variety of identities. His camera captures countless unknown heroes as well as treasures lost amid the ravages of war. From the blood-soaked battlefields of World War II to the Cold War era under the shadow of nuclear war, countless secrets were buried by time, only to be captured forever on film with the click of his shutte 28Votes782.1kRecs332.4kFans
- 50 I Haven't Been a Big Shot for Many Years 我已不做大佬好多年 This is a story about a dream long gone, and a return to the eighties in a dream. It’s not about fighting and killing. It’s about human relationships and the ways of the world. My name, Zhang Guobin! I haven’t been a big shot for many years. 2Votes536.5kRecs1MFans
