Novels like The Sword and All Living Beings
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- 1 The Hunter and the Light Cavalryman 猎人与轻骑兵 “Why do we, the spirits of all living things, have it worse than a little tree?” A school story about children growing up, exploring life and death through their eyes. Ke Peiwei, a seventh-grader at Jiangyuan No. 1 Middle School, is a dull and withdrawn boy. Influenced by his younger brother, Ke Peixian, who loves soccer, he becomes a decent goalkeeper. But his brother died long ago, and Ke Peiwei has never escaped the gloom of the past. Nothing seems able to spark his interest in life, and he i 0Votes10.6kRecs31Fans
- 2 A Hundred Billion Nights on Earth 地球上的一百亿个夜晚 Formerly titled The Mythological Earth History Investigator This is the story of a person who may be terrible in every respect, but is forced by a mysterious book of monsters to transmigrate back and forth between different eras of Earth, leading to a series of events. A work written out of personal interest. Updates are irregular, and completion is not guaranteed. Everything in this work, including its plots, knowledge, and names of people and places, is fictional or semi-fictional. Do not imit 0Votes34.2kRecs0Fans
- 3 Reborn in Tokyo, but I Picked the Wrong Cheat 重生东京，开错外挂 Staring at the floating head-shaped balloon outside the window, with a Sadako videotape in hand, Kiryu Ichiryu, who has transmigrated here, falls silent. “My cheat is a System for raising good students!” In a Tokyo full of ghost stories, do your best to be a good student. 0Votes18.7kRecs88.2kFans
- 4 The Magician in the City 城里的魔法师 A mage living in a human city guards the ancestral flame and sings ancient ballads, yet drives a red Mustang down highways with a speed limit of 120. In the world of mages, Luoqi, an underperforming third-year apprentice at Northern Academy, is in the miserable predicament of lacking enough credits and possibly having to repeat the year. Fortunately, there is still hope. He gets the chance to serve as a mascot for his genius senior Du Zhengyi and earn credits through social practice. But this so 17Votes266.9kRecs48.6kFans
- 5 A Candlelit Banquet in Kalos 卡洛斯的烛光晚宴 Light the candles and set the table. Forbidden guests, please take your seats. What shall we discuss next? Let's just get up to some mischief. 0Votes33.8kRecs47.1kFans
- 6 Anomalous Game Experience Tester 异常游戏体验师 As game experience testers, our job is to uncover the truth behind these events. Hey, hey, can you be serious, Yu Fengchen? “Oh, oh, sorry. I just thought this curse was pretty interesting and wanted to study it. I didn’t mean to break anything.” 0Votes20.8kRecs45.7kFans
- 7 A Grain of Kunlun 昆仑一黍 A grain of millet conceals Kunlun; a pearl of millet hangs beneath the boundless sky. In a dream, he encounters an immortal maiden, her dark-blue hair gathering mysterious light. True qi nourishes the spiritual roots, and wondrous fragrance arises from every bone. Preserve the spirit and enter the Nine Palaces; marvelous arts fill the treasury. Looking up and down, he observes all phenomena; with a stroke of his brush, he paints a dragon's form. The Five Nations of Kunlun were rife with turmoil, 0Votes44kRecs38.6kFans
- 8 The Secret Doctrine of Monsters 怪物们的密教准则 Autumn, 1840. The world was a whale rising from the depths, and in the boy’s eyes, it burst into flames. A letter from a dozen miles away, a traveler from a foreign land, and several wondrous tales of imagination. Ritualists, curios, strange species, invisible arts; Curse-killing runes, pointy-eared cat dragons, little people beneath the floorboards, castles that walk in dreams; Science and the occult, fantasy and reality. The boy tapped his cane lightly and passed across the currents of the age 5Votes31kRecs141.6kFans
- 9 Who Let This Dementor into Hogwarts?! 谁让这只摄魂怪进霍格沃茨的！ Dementors are evil magical creatures with no facial features. They can only distinguish the living by their scent and the emotions drifting through the air. Wherever they go, all happiness vanishes, leaving behind only the deepest fears in people’s hearts. Legend says that beneath a Dementor’s hood is a mouth capable of devouring souls... “That’s how it is in theory.” Kern Norton didn’t deny it. “But that doesn’t stop me from wanting to be a good person. No, a good monster.” As he spoke, Kern li 5Votes32.1kRecs110.7kFans
- 10 Madness 迷狂 Southeast Asia, 1996. The steamy little town was packed with torn-open souls. Using their wounds as eyes, they saw the divine madness lurking behind the world. A strange being in a yellow raincoat wanted to become human, so it blended in among them. The monsters received their correspondence cooking courses and wrote on the back of a videotape: “Please don't let Doudou find out our brains make better jam.” 92Votes74.1kRecs93.2kFans
- 11 Cyber Nezha 电子哪吒 I’m a fruit seller in my forties. One day, I got a call from my son’s teacher. She said my son, Liu Zhenhua, whose grades had always been perfectly average, had deliberately held back on his midterm exams. This was Liu Zhenhua’s excuse: “Dad, I’m a super AI from the future, codename Electronic Nezha. My mission is to save Earth.” Well, the kid certainly has an imagination. Like all of you, I didn’t believe him! Then... well, what happened next... Sigh, I can’t explain it in a sentence or two. Cl 79Votes363.8kRecs162.2kFans
- 12 EN Abyss Express 深渊专列 Dear passenger, please present your ticket. The express train bound for the abyss is about to depart. P.S. In simple terms, this is an underground adventure story full of the warmth of everyday life, cooking and household chores, harmony, affection, healing, and kindness. 8Votes83.3kRecs289.8kFans
- 13 I Rule This Immortal Mountain 仙山我作主 Master has gone into seclusion, so Chen Jing is now in charge of the Thousand-Mile Immortal Mountain. A transmigrator arrives with his pets and builds the paradise of his dreams, one step at a time, while also saving the cultivation world along the way. Farming, pets, management, character growth, transmigration, one heroine, no System, slice of life 0Votes60.7kRecs115.9kFans
- 14 Azure Scroll of Miro 弥罗青卷 Standard version: On the land of Hanxia, Miro Daoist of the Miaoyou Sect awakens memories of a past life while building his foundation. With the Qing Scroll and Treasure Mirror, treasures born alongside him, he pursues the boundless path to immortality. Poetic version one: Miro Miaoyou turns the boat of fate. He enters the Dao, seeking truth. In his hands, the mystic register and azure scroll; the mirror of Heaven and Earth reflects his heart. Purple mist enfolds him as he ascends to the heavens 0Votes95.6kRecs152.2kFans
- 15 EN Kingdom of All Nations 万国之国 He once wanted nothing more than to be a brave and battle-hardened knight in the Crusade to the East, a loyal vassal of Baldwin IV, a defender of the Holy Land and the people's peace, and a benevolent lord of a county... 26Votes148.3kRecs205.3kFans
- 16 EN Harry Potter and the Old Ones 哈利波特与旧日支配者 When Harry Potter meets the world of Cthulhu. When scientific thinking collides with Magical Theory. When… P.S. This story has no pairings and no romance. Readers who enjoy this book are welcome to join group chat 514105437 to discuss writing ideas or vent about real life and let off some steam. 0Votes37.5kRecs99.5kFans
- 17 The Tower of Collapse 倾覆之塔 In a cyberpunk world ruled by seven mega-corporations, seven floating islands that are prisons unto themselves, an immortal race that has governed the world for a thousand years, and a future on the brink of resource exhaustion... In a world without hope, people yearn for the birth of a “hero,” while coldly waiting to watch that hero fall from grace. Once someone is hailed as a hero, any crime can be forgiven. People obsessively hang on their every word, and even the haughty elves dare not chall 0Votes121kRecs571.2kFans
- 18 Sealed for a Thousand Years, Even My Weakest Underling Became a Demon King 封档千年我最弱的小弟都成了魔王 After transmigrating into the game he'd painstakingly completed, Zhou Mu discovered that, for some reason, the entire world had gone crazy. Why had the continent been unified in his name? What was this religion that used his name all about? Why were the royal family members all claiming to be descended from me? As far as I remember, the game didn't have that feature! “What on earth have you all been doing during the thousand years I was gone?!” 0Votes56.4kRecs147.6kFans
- 19 Demon Painter 画妖师 This Buddhist disciple treads the earth and makes lotuses bloom, changes in size, exhausts his afflictions, and wields wondrous supernatural powers. This Taoist travels a thousand miles with sword in hand, roams in spirit and commands the vital energy, flies free of all traces, and practices marvelous arts. But I have only one brushstroke, with which I portray the human heart and paint across heaven and earth! 1Votes146.1kRecs184.6kFans
- 20 The Star Spy Family 星谍世家 He is a spy, and every man and woman in his family is a spy too. The trade has been passed down for generations. Their daily fare is power and money, their drink is loyalty and betrayal, their game is glances and words, and their pleasure lies in riddles and cracking codes. Their enemies are always another band of spies. Even the stars and the void between them cannot keep the two sides from scheming and struggling against each other. 2Votes416.4kRecs252.8kFans
- 21 EN Hogwarts: My Classmate is Voldemort 霍格沃兹之我的同学是伏地魔 When he opened his eyes, he found himself in London in 1938. The story before Harry Potter was unfolding all around him: Grindelwald's followers had unleashed a wizarding war, Muggles had started World War II, young Voldemort was sitting right beside him, and an owl had just dropped off his Hogwarts letter… A child born into a Muggle family, with the soul of a lost traveler deep inside. Are magic and foresight gifts of fate or curses? None of us can say for sure until the ending arrives Ami 2Votes58.7kRecs151.9kFans
- 22 EN The Death Mage's Diary 死亡巫师日记 Suo Er transmigrates to a wizarding world filled with the bizarre and dangerous. To stay alive, he resolves to overcome every obstacle and become a wizard. But in this terrifying world, both apprentices and full-fledged wizards must face layer upon layer of deadly danger. Suo Er is an especially favored target for persecution. Fortunately, he obtains a diary that can predict the future. However, every prediction o 0Votes57.7kRecs349.6kFans
- 23 The Law Enforcer’s Handbook 执法者手册 In 2166, the Seventeenth District where I live was named the worst region in the Federation. Unemployment rates kept soaring. The number of missing persons climbed steadily. Bounty criminals worth astronomical sums kept appearing. People say law enforcement is the most dangerous job on this planet. And I had the misfortune of becoming an enforcer. (Cyberpunk + wasteland + overpowered protagonist. The author has completed four novels of over a million words each, so enjoy with confidence!) 34Votes122.2kRecs609.8kFans
- 24 If I Cultivate Immortality, My Magic Power Will Be Unmatched 我若修仙法力齐天 Awakening in Taiwu. You glance at the Mingting Scripture in your hand. You begin studying it, enter cultivation, and raise the Mingting Scripture to 100%, achieving complete mastery. Your Heavenly Eye opens. You master the Five Meridians Scripture, and can hear clearly from hundreds of meters away. You cultivate the Meridian Scripture and begin shifting your meridians out of place. You master the Human Immortal Longevity Scripture, adding five hundred years to your life! You practice a little sw 0Votes279.7kRecs245.6kFans
- 25 Detective Conan: Surrounded by Undercover Agents 柯南之我被卧底包围了 [The protagonist is a genuine member of the organization and won't turn good. The organization wins in the end.] [Unfriendly to the good guys, especially undercover agents. Unfriendly, unfriendly, extremely unfriendly. The persecution is intense. By the end, the undercover agents become genuine members of the organization.] Public Security undercover agent: We're two against two. W 0Votes94.6kRecs162.1kFans
- 26 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
- 27 EN The Phantom Thief of Hearts! But Conan 心之怪盗！但柯南 [A crossover fanfic between Persona 5 and Detective Conan, with original worldbuilding and major changes to the plot.] [No heroine. The protagonist has a secret identity at the Black Organization and enters the Detective Conan world with the Persona 5 game interface, so no characters from the original Persona 5 will appear.] “Mr. Phantom Thief, how do you feel about your new life?” “Stealing hearts? No way I'm doing that, not in this lifetime. People die faster than I can save them. I can only d 296Votes324.3kRecs300.6kFans
- 28 Demon-Slaying Expert 降魔专家 When I pulled the book of forbidden knowledge from the shelves of the city library, I was helpless and terrified, forced to watch as my life hurtled onto another track, one riddled with ravings of madness. Along the way, I also happened to run over some trash that thought it could stop me. 30Votes150.5kRecs164.7kFans
- 29 EN Whispers of the Ancient Gods 古神在低语 This is a war between humanity and the Ancient Gods. It reaches back to primordial times and stretches into the future, spanning the river of history and becoming an epic. The Ancient Gods invade reality, bringing shattered worlds with them. Ancient, hidden myths reveal the truth. The Ascendants travel through the gaps in time and space, journeying between two worlds. Reality and the supernatural, blades and swords, blood and fire. When the apocalypse arrives, the Ancient Gods awaken from their 0Votes191.7kRecs1.5MFans
- 30 EN Henghua 衡华 There are countless paths and crafts in the way of cultivation. Some excel at magical combat, some at alchemy, some enjoy drawing talismans, and others take pleasure in crafting magical artifacts... There are also cultivators who specialize in deducing cultivation techniques. In sects and clans, these technique interpreters are known as “Elders of Transmission.” After transmigrating, Fu Henghua interprets techniques and teaches cultivation to the Fu family, living peacefully as a bookworm. But w 0Votes165.3kRecs177.3kFans
- 31 I Told You I Could Turn Back Time 我说了我会时光倒流 Lin Xing has the ability to turn back time. Whenever his life is in danger, he returns to the past. He falls to his death, and goes back five seconds. He’s crushed to death by falling debris, and goes back one minute. He’s hit by a dump truck, and goes back twenty minutes. Then one day… he discovers that he’s gone back a whole year. 2Votes179kRecs758.1kFans
- 32 Becoming a Fox Immortal in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 从聊斋开始做狐仙 Being human is hard; being a fox is even harder. Gong Mengbi has no choice but to cling to Lady Mount Tai's coattails and become an immortal official first. For a fox, making connections far and wide is the way to cultivate immortality. Only later do people realize that this fox seems to be everywhere, no matter how vast the world is. 166Votes458.9kRecs508.8kFans
- 33 Don’t Treat Transmigration Like a Job 别拿穿越不当工作 Ever heard of someone making a living by transmigrating? Have you ever tried catching a fugitive young noble from the Warring States period at a Metro supermarket? Don’t offer to pay for him, or you’ll go bankrupt. Or how about paying Li Bai’s traffic fines for drunk driving? Make sure you never let him drive again. And then there are those all-hands business trips to the Tang dynasty, chasing down the “Greatest Deserter in Chang’an,” Emperor Xuanzong. Your Majesty, please don’t panic. Our direc 0Votes55kRecs33kFans
- 34 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
- 35 A Taoist's Nighttime Sword 道士夜仗剑 Travel far to attend a wondrous feast in the mortal world, and behold the splendor of the red dust! … Wielding a sword and walking alone, I shall meet the ghosts and gods of the world! 0Votes343.8kRecs758.3kFans
- 36 To the Rooftop 上天台 Heaven, lend me five hundred more years, and I'll build myself a Heavenly Platform. The Heavenly Platform stands eighteen thousand zhang high. Step by step, climb without hesitation. In his past life, he was just one step away from the Heavenly Platform when he missed his footing. Now reborn, he steels himself and starts over. I ride auspicious clouds, wrapped in golden light. Reborn, I have come to play a very big game of chess! Enter the novel's title for verificati 0Votes117.8kRecs72.3kFans
- 37 EN I Am the Master Soul in the Soul Banner 我在尊魂幡里当主魂 After transmigrating into the world of immortal cultivation, I was refined by a demonic cultivator into a Soul-Summoning Banner. All I want is to find a reliable banner master and wait for him to take me to immortality. So I strive to improve myself, learn techniques and train my supernatural abilities, doing my duty as the old grandpa in his mind and hoping my banner master can keep his head down long enough to ascend. But in the world of immortal cultivation, nobody can keep their head down fo 0Votes296.6kRecs527.3kFans
- 38 EN Notes on the Aberrant Studies of Kraft 克拉夫特异态学笔记 “Imagine that in the world we live in, people spend their entire lives facing a white wall...” “But a rare few get to glimpse the vast world beyond it, and enjoy colors ordinary people couldn’t imagine in a lifetime?” “Yeah, exactly. That’s what I’m getting at. They all died or went mad.” 260Votes313.8kRecs308.7kFans
- 39 EN Wulong Mountain Cultivation Chronicles 乌龙山修行笔记 A day-to-day chronicle of a rogue cultivator from Wulong Mountain, recording the little moments of a cultivation life... A woman fears marrying the wrong man; a man fears choosing the wrong career. Since Liu Xiaolou became a lowly rogue cultivator from the start, one from Wulong Mountain, notorious for its bandits, he can only accept his lot and struggle to survive in a world ruled by prestigious sects. He busies himself for a single spirit stone, pill, artifact, or spirit herb. The daily necess 1.4kVotes981.3kRecs619.4kFans
- 40 Hogwarts' Pacifist Necromancer 霍格沃茨的和平主义亡灵巫师 Henry Anthony was an utterly ordinary supermarket cashier. Until one day, a strangely dressed person showed up at his door and demanded to know why he hadn’t replied to a letter from the Misuse of Magic Office. Anthony: What have I misused? Magic? No way. I’m just an honest supermarket clerk. Anthony: Wait, you’re not talking about my pet, are you? Or the fact that I crawled out of a coffin? Dumbledore: Perhaps, Mr. Anthony, you’d be willing to take a position at Hogwarts? And so Hogwarts welcom 102Votes260.6kRecs353.3kFans
- 41 EN Absurd Deduction Game 荒诞推演游戏 An eerie mansion is steeped in the unknowable and uncanny, and criminals skilled at hiding lurk within. Yu Xing clutches a dagger, looking like a lamb ready for slaughter in front of the big shots. A scraping, rustling sound comes from the attic, as if something is crawling. His temporary teammates say, “Go investigate the attic.” Yu Xing: “All right...” A monster blocks their only escape route. His temporary teammates say, “Go draw it away. Hurry, or we'll make sure you don' 11Votes310kRecs489.8kFans
- 42 Fist of Imagination 空想之拳 My name is Liang De. I'm twenty-seven, not a student, and after transmigrating I live near the university district in Xiangbei City. I'm unmarried. Before I transmigrated, I had to work overtime every day until nine at night before I could go home. If I slacked off, I'd have to work through the night. I smoke and get perms, but I don't drink. I only swear online. I don't spend money on games, and I don't use pirated copies. I always watch the anime every hot-blooded guy should see. When I decide 22Votes287.8kRecs261.5kFans
- 43 The Blade of the Siren 塞壬之刃 After five years, I've finally returned to my hometown of Liucheng. My parents asked what I'd been so busy with all this time. I couldn't bring myself to tell them I'd been busy getting cozy with monster girls, and had even been caught. 0Votes92.8kRecs277.6kFans
- 44 EN Becoming a Weird Tale Counts as Success 成为怪谈就算成功 Urban legends are uncanny things that feed on cognition, wield information as weapons, and use data as currency. They are neither living nor dead, existing in human rumors and dwelling in the shadows of the world. “So this means I’ll become an urban legend?” In ancient times, they were worshipped as gods, growing stronger through faith. “Then I’ll be a god!” In more recent times, they were feared as demons, nourished by fear. “I’ll become the Lord of Urban Legends!” But swept along by the tides 0Votes212.8kRecs675.3kFans
- 45 The Survival Game on the Tip of Your Tongue 舌尖上的求生游戏 Turn legendary monsters into delicious dishes! Today's Special: [Infernal Buddha Jumps Over the Wall] Made with over thirty ingredients and seasonings, each prepared and cooked separately: flying polyps, the tips of Cthulhu's tentacles, the webbed feet of Deep Ones, the chitinous pincers of Rhan-Tegoth, the tips of the Black Goat Mother's tentacles, and eye gunk from an avatar of Azathoth; vegetarian ingredients include Emperor's psychedelic mushrooms, an elemental of fire, Yog-Sothoth's bubbles 0Votes95kRecs88kFans
- 46 The Tao and the Carbon-Based Monkey's Guide to Care 道与碳基猴子饲养守则 Luo Binhan, an ordinary human, is abducted by an alien spaceship. The other members aboard include a young master of the cultivation world, a succubus, an artificial intelligence, Ultraman, and a wishing machine. Luo Binhan is certain there is something wrong with this universe. Reader group for those who need to answer difficult questions: 569466054 This book is open to all fan works and transformative creations. Thank you for your support. 510Votes448.5kRecs404.4kFans
- 47 EN Above the High Heavens 高天之上 The crowdfunding campaign for the physical edition of Above the Heavens 3: The Abyss of Ruins is officially underway! The rewards include postcards, character stickers, a badge set, and holographic bookmarks. More stretch goals are on the way! As before, you can find us on the WeChat mini-program Dimension Core. The quality is excellent, so give it a try! == Every star shining high above has endured billions of years. Most lives are not even as long as the briefest glimmer of a star, and even th 52Votes734.6kRecs6MFans
- 48 The Saint 圣者 “I am evil, from beginning to end, and that will never change.” “Is that so?” A tragic tale about an evil, unfortunate lich and an absurd otherworldly soul forced to share a body… That’s it, really. (Shrugs.) No harem, no boys’ love, no reverse harem. 11Votes553.9kRecs138.7kFans
- 49 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
- 50 The Old Daoist Canon 旧日之箓 He'd thought he'd transmigrated to ancient times, and Chu Qiguang was just wondering how to make his fortune when he suddenly discovered that a corpse-reanimation case had occurred in the neighboring county. The Taoist priests at the temple were busy subduing demons, and even the village's stray cats had started talking. He was just wondering whether he should start slaying demons when he realized that, without even noticing, he was becoming the most terrifying monster of all. 11Votes559.2kRecs902.4kFans
