Novels like The Scarlet Hero
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Scarlet Hero, best match first.
- 1 Starting in Hong Kong Cinema, Seeking the Dao Across the Heavens 港综开始，求法诸天 Strolling through the streets of Hong Kong, I’m the sharpest-looking kid in Wan Chai. In Kowloon Walled City, my fists shake the four corners of the world. On Food God Night, my culinary skills astound gods and Buddhas. I seek the Way across the myriad worlds. I am Maoshan’s senior disciple. Inside the Hall of Yama. Ghosts occupy the highest halls of power, while the human world teems with demons and monsters. “Lin Mosheng, even Sun Wukong didn’t dare kill me back then!” “I do!” 0Votes18.8kRecs154.6kFans
- 2 Investiture of the Gods: I’m No True Immortal of Fortune and Virtue 封神：我不是福德真仙 New book: Cultivating the Shushan Way in Investiture of the Gods The great calamity of Investiture of the Gods is approaching. Yun Zhongzi has cultivated anew and become an immortal, and plans to descend the mountain to visit old friends. But first, he needs to take care of a few minor troubles. Laozi: “Why are a few of the steel ingots I was refining in my furnace missing?” Yuanshi Tianzun: “Why hasn’t that wretch returned the Taiji Talisman Seal he borrowed?” Sect Master Tongtian: “This child 0Votes8.1kRecs53.9kFans
- 3 This Is, of Course, Entertainment 这当然是娱乐 First of all, this is an entertainment novel, not a science-fiction novel! Secondly, this is very clearly an entertainment novel, not some kind of business warfare or workplace novel!! Finally, this is a damn entertainment novel, not some “poverty-to-riches” novel!!! 2Votes65.9kRecs20.4kFans
- 4 I'm Really a Cultivation Prodigy 我真是修炼天才 After transmigrating, Qin Hao was doing odd jobs for the Giant Whale Gang when a sudden idea struck him: Why not create my own cultivation method? The First Basic Cultivation Method... was born. “Huh? It really can absorb the energy of heaven and earth?” Qin Hao was overjoyed. “I’m a cultivation prodigy!” P.S. The protagonist isn’t obviously handsome. 0Votes100.2kRecs66.5kFans
- 5 Ghost Cultivation: From the Start, I Have a Crimson Skull 修鬼：开局就有红粉骷髅 A surge of youthful passion led a young man into the path of ghosts, and he embarked on the road of ghost cultivation. Summon a Blood Stone Demon! Summon a Stone Man! Summon a zombie! Of course, cultivating immortality takes hard work, but it’s also nice to have a group of seniors who look after you at crucial moments. “Mom, save me!” “Mister, save me!” “Big Sis, save me!” 0Votes23.9kRecs49.7kFans
- 6 From Skeleton Soldier to King of the Undead 从骷髅兵到不死者之王 On the first day after transmigrating, I escaped Border Town. People called me a weak, pitiful skeleton monster; After three years of grinding levels, I roamed the Undead Mountains. People called me the moonlit undead knight; After ten years of grinding levels, I ruled the underground labyrinth. People called me the lone skeletal king on his throne; After thirty years of grinding levels, I fought my way through the Demon Abyss. People called me the Angel of Death walking among men! A hundred ye 0Votes26.5kRecs229.7kFans
- 7 Starting With Robinson Crusoe 从鲁滨逊漂流记开始 At first, Chen Zhou paid no attention to that bizarre post. It was just a fictional organization, a set of made-up rules, and a bunch of bored netizens having a field day. Only when he was actually dragged into this seemingly endless “massive live-action show” did he discover just how vast and wondrous the world could be: The 28-year-long [Robinson Crusoe]; The [Prehistoric World], where only two people can survive; The [Western Town], a sinister, uncanny place that has endured for a century; Th 3Votes51.2kRecs142.3kFans
- 8 This Poor Daoist Shall Face a Tribulation 贫道应个劫 Cloud-riding immortals with three heads and six arms, Five Elements arts, overseas rogue immortals with blue faces and fangs, vicious and cunning practitioners of heterodox arts, and the Twelve True Immortals of the Chan Order. The Shang king was a tyrant. The phoenix called from Mount Qishan, the fate of the mortal realm shifted, the gods' seats in Heaven changed hands, and a calamity of slaughter descended upon the immortals. Countless powerful figures scrambled to escape it. Looking at this f 0Votes48.7kRecs144.1kFans
- 9 Immortal for Eternity: I Attain Human Immortality Through the Martial Dao 长生不死，我以武道证人仙 If you could start your life over, would you choose a bamboo staff and a medicine satchel, saving people wherever you go? Or be born into wealth, riding in fine clothes? Or perhaps become a peerless martial artist who commands respect throughout the martial world? A transmigrator in their sixties witnessed a hundred-zhang earth dragon burst through a mountain, summoning clouds and mist, and a white-robed exiled immortal transform into an indescribable form that blotted out the sky... The earth s 0Votes33kRecs197.4kFans
- 10 Awakened from a Nightmare 魇醒 Supernatural power always comes at a price! After transmigrating, Shen Mi awakens the ability to read minds, but the price is... having to say out loud whatever thoughts he reads. This is the story of a group of struggling authors, each of whom has come to live like a character from their own books. 0Votes47.6kRecs145.7kFans
- 11 War of Resistance: Rising to Power with Chu Yunfei 抗战：从成为楚云飞开始崛起 [The protagonist won’t be sidelined + massive armies + global power struggles + thrilling, satisfying action] [A top-tier masterpiece with over ten thousand premium subscribers and an average of 6,300 paid subscribers. Readers can enjoy with confidence.] [All source materials cited in this book are presented from the Chinese military history perspective.] [From the start: The enemy may have us surrounded, but with us here, they’re as good as dead!] [The rise: Flames soar, scorching the heavens a 0Votes71.8kRecs382.9kFans
- 12 The Infinite World of a Top Student 学霸的无限 A story about a scientist making waves in an infinite world. Even the infinite world has to follow the laws of science! 0Votes108.4kRecs77kFans
- 13 I’m Really Not a Gold Saint 我真不是黄金圣斗士 You have become a guardian of a Sacred Domain graveyard. With a holy war about to begin, all you want is to tend the graves and quietly keep your head down. But the main plot goes off the rails, and you have no choice but to ignite your cosmos and storm the Twelve Zodiac Temples alone... Goddess Athena: You jerk! You promised you'd marry me after the holy war. From now on, I'll dance the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss for you every day. Poseidon, God of the Sea: From now on, I'll call you big broth 0Votes104.2kRecs212.3kFans
- 14 I Attain Godhood Through Reincarnation Across the Heavens 我在诸天轮回封神 In Dragon City Showdown, he is the Red Staff of Hong Sheng United, the “Fierce Dragon” Yang Sheng, undefeated against every gang in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong Ghostly Encounters, he is the successor to the last generation of Celestial Masters, battling ghosts and monsters in the Golden Skies Building. In the world of court and martial arts, he is the Grand Commander of the Martial Suppression Hall, wielding power across the court and ruling with a ruthless hand as he unleashes a storm of bloodshed 0Votes132.3kRecs316.1kFans
- 15 Wandering the World of Myriad Heavens 人在诸天，浪迹天涯 A Myriad Heavens crossover featuring a mix of film and TV worlds. The first world is a little long, and the story doesn't follow the original plot. Same old rules. 0Votes109.6kRecs189.9kFans
- 16 EN Uchiha Akaishi's Journey 宇智波赤石之旅 Uchiha Akashi graduated in the same year as Namikaze Minato. He should have spent a few unremarkable years as a ninja, then more than a decade as a member of the Police Force, bullying men and women alike, before being wiped out in one fell swoop on the Night of the Massacre, twenty-some years later... But on the very day he graduated, he caught the eye of an “immersive short-drama experience platform” from another world! In just two hours, Uchiha Akashi spent ten years being a hopeless simp. Wh 418Votes43.4kRecs238.3kFans
- 17 So Lazy, How Could I Ever Become an Immortal? 如此堕怠，怎能成仙 What happens when cultivation progress can be linked and synchronized? [Your linked partner has broken through to the Qi Refining stage. Your cultivation automatically rises to the Qi Refining stage.] [Your linked partner has mastered swordsmanship. Your swordsmanship reaches the Mastery stage.] [You completed three cycles of cultivation, while your linked partner completed two. So your cultivation progress increases by five cycles for both of you.] [Your linked partner has become an immortal. Y 0Votes38.7kRecs155.1kFans
- 18 Survival: A Little Treehouse from the Start 求生之开局一个小树屋 [Survival + Pioneering] Welcome to the world of survival! Forget everything you once had, and do your best to stay alive! You start with nothing but a treehouse seed and no tools, yet you must search for hope of survival in this jungle teeming with danger. [Unlocking creator privileges for the world of survival...] What’s going on?! [Failed to unlock creator privileges...] What’s going on now??? This is a strange and fantastical world where new adventures await at every turn, and the unknown is 0Votes29.6kRecs222.1kFans
- 19 EN The Fifth Form 第五形态 In the weighty solidity of the solid state, warriors can wield sharp blades to slay enemies a thousand miles away. In the gentle fluidity of the liquid state, great cultivators roam rivers, lakes, and seas. Amid the shifting winds and clouds of the gaseous state, some command wind, fire, lightning, and thunder. In the fleeting glimmers of the ionized state, curses have countless wondrous uses. And some stumble onward, lacking any proper path to rise, until they give up and embrace the fifth stat 3Votes219.6kRecs189.8kFans
- 20 Tokyo 1991: Starting Out as a Bank Clerk 东京1991，从银行职员开始 After being reborn in a parallel version of Tokyo, Kiryu Yeya initially just wanted a quiet life as a bank employee: save money, pay off his debts, and coast until retirement. But to his surprise, he could see the branches of his own fate. Every choice he made could earn him cash, skills, information, or even raise someone’s affection for him. From the girl he’d adored since high school, to the cool, mature woman at work, to the shy new junior, … One girl after another began gravitating toward h 161Votes30kRecs250.1kFans
- 21 The True Lord of Manifestation 灵显真君 Waking up one day was no good thing for Chen Yuan. A thatched hut on a lonely mountain, a dim oil lamp, and a water jar that shifted around at night. In the desolate mountains, where sinister winds blew, he could see man-eating ghosts and bewitching fox spirits. In abandoned temples, Buddha statues carved out their own organs, yet there were also picturesque pavilions amid misty mountains and streams, where immortals lived at ease. That year, Chen Yuan traveled with a bullock cart and put on woo 0Votes78.9kRecs227.4kFans
- 22 Crown of Calamity 灾厄之冠 Death is like the wind, and disaster follows in its wake! When I don the crown... I will never bow my head! Goethe, who transmigrated into this world, faced a grim situation: within a single month, his grandfather had died, his parents, uncles, aunts, and cousins had all vanished, and he was buried under mountains of debt. He was next in line for disaster... A wicked grin crept across his face as he prepared to take on everything. 0Votes85.9kRecs207.5kFans
- 23 A Guide to the Daily Life of an Idler 闲人日常指南 0Votes69.3kRecs200.2kFans
- 24 The Ten Capitals, Nine Luminaries, Eight Poles, Seven Origins, Six Offices, and Five Elders Battle for the Dao Fruit 十都九曜八极七元六司五老争道果 [Two updates daily: one at noon and one at 8 p.m. The power system is inspired by Lord of the Mysteries, and the worldbuilding by The Dark Forest. Readers are welcome to give it a try.] In the autumn of Yuanlie Year 44, the Sage Emperor waged war recklessly and pursued glory, sending the armies of the Nine Provinces to conquer Loulan in the Western Regions. This finally provoked the wrath of Heaven and the resentment of the people, leaving the populace destitute, the imperial house in decline, 0Votes34.4kRecs255.3kFans
- 25 With a Scales of Equivalence, I'm No Demon 拥有等价天平的我不是妖魔 The calamities of time are strange, the calamities of fate are uncanny, and the calamities of destiny are beyond description. When immortal calamities strike, all living beings suffer! Ever wondered what the population dividend is like in the world of cultivation? This book has the answer! Wang Zijia transmigrates and obtains a golden finger that allows him to convert anything into something of equal value, making any transformation to his body 0Votes68.7kRecs355.6kFans
- 26 Wanderer of the Abyss 深渊漫游者 After accidentally blowing up the global internet with one slip of the hand, Jiang Zhou became the worst criminal in human history and fell into a long slumber. When he wakes again a hundred years later, he finds himself in an out-of-control age where the primitive and the civilized intertwine, and control and resistance collide. In the abyss, countless out-of-control AIs run rampant. Above Olympus, supercorporations that consider themselves gods look down on the masses. In baseline reality, ord 33Votes64.2kRecs116.4kFans
- 27 Master of France 君临法兰西 An Ning transmigrated to a parallel timeline in 1780. At first, he planned to use his knowledge of history to hedge his bets and become a wealthy landowner, content to stay out of the turmoil of the age. But events seemed to be getting a little out of his control. “Honored General, you are the only one we recognize.” So said the young captain surnamed Bonaparte. 0Votes61.9kRecs212.8kFans
- 28 One Piece: Kaido, the Master Teacher, Gives Lessons Online 海贼：名师凯多，在线教学 “First strike: Learn Flowing Cherry Blossom!” “Second strike: Master Conqueror’s Haki Coating!” “Third strike: Help them awaken!” “What do you mean, Rayleigh is a master teacher?” “Pah! He’s leading his students astray!” “When it comes to teaching, you have to look to Teacher Kaido!” One day, at a recruitment fair in the New World! Whitebeard: “Gurararara! I want lots of family. Anyone who joins my ship becomes my son!” A smattering of applause rose from the audience! Big Mom: “Mamamamama! I wan 0Votes40.6kRecs163.9kFans
- 29 Our Home Planet Secretly Took Human Form Behind Our Backs 母星瞒着我们偷偷化形了 The home planet exploded, but not completely. A colossal, godlike being emerged from the planet's core, waving away the shattered, shell-like remnants of its tectonic plates, and set off toward the stars and the sea. Earth: I'm free! A certain famous Fourth Calamity: We haven't even gotten on board yet! New book: "The World's Line: A Side-Dish Chef" 0Votes105.2kRecs162.6kFans
- 30 You Forced Me to Become a Superstar 是你们逼我成巨星的 That year... Zhou Yang, an honest man who had just gotten his driver’s license, crashed into a camera belonging to a shoestring film crew. With no money to his name, he had no choice but to sell himself into service as a temp on set. He thought he would be free again once he’d worked until the movie was finished. But!!! When the scammer director ran off with the assistant director, and the long-legged female investor nearly mistook Zhou Yang for their accomplice, the honest man was dumbfounded. 0Votes154kRecs491.8kFans
- 31 EN The Unrestrained Overlord 为所欲为者 Unmatched power!! Endless wealth!! A cheat ability that works like a wish-granting machine!! Whenever the night grows quiet and the moon hangs high, I can't help but fall into deep thought... Who could possibly stop me from doing whatever I want??? Completed work: Abyssal Demon of the Worlds 0Votes67.2kRecs241.7kFans
- 32 EN I'll Teach You How to Cultivate Immortality 我来教你们修仙 In a world where the Heavenly Dao is incomplete. Li Boyang is an unconventional transmigrator, born with the body of a demon. But he was born in a savage age, where civilization had yet to dawn and humans lived alongside gods. Compared with the evil gods and profane sacrifices found everywhere, Li Boyang, born with a demon's body, seems strangely out of place. Especially when corpses litter the land and evil spirits run rampant. This legendary boy who never cried, this red-haired demon, becomes 0Votes319.1kRecs335.4kFans
- 33 A Coin's Worth of Immortal Destiny 斗米仙缘 An immortal sleeps in the Hidden Dragon Cave, and each time he wakes, nine heavens have passed. Only then does he realize that the cinnabar has acquired three essences, while lead and mercury have already undergone seven refinements. Water and fire complement each other in the furnace, while yin and yang converge to turn creation upside down. Suddenly, the cries of dragons and tigers ring out beyond the mountains. No one knows that I am a true immortal. This is the story of someone who transmig 0Votes64.2kRecs125.9kFans
- 34 EN Reborn as the Sandaime: Orochimaru, You Be the Kage! 穿越三代：大蛇丸，你来当火影 A wealthy young man who failed to achieve the Baodan stage transmigrates into the era of the Third Hokage, but all he wants is to focus on martial arts. Konoha is still a mess in the aftermath of the Nine-Tails' attack, and he'd rather retire and pass the position of Hokage on to someone more worthy. One of his students is Orochimaru? You're the one! He immediately called Orochimaru over. “Orochimaru, you're going to be 0Votes35.7kRecs323.4kFans
- 35 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
- 36 EN My Past Life Simulator 我的前世模拟器 A cash-on-delivery package sent He Zhao down a path he had never imagined. “To all my past lives, I thank your ancestors for eighteen generations!” New book: My Ultimate Modifier. 0Votes100.5kRecs541.6kFans
- 37 The Daoist Scripture Reciter 道门念经人 The spiritual qi tide is surging across the Qingming Realm. All things are growing abnormally, and all kinds of demons, monsters, ghosts, and evil spirits are awakening as the world undergoes a great upheaval. A great demon sealed beneath the Immortal Spirit Temple is stirring, on the verge of breaking free. Zhang Wenfeng, the temple's abbot, is still busy trying to fill his empty, oil-free belly with three meals a day. The black-haired donkey plowing the fields mutters curses under its breath: 0Votes107.1kRecs271.5kFans
- 38 Back to 1978 重回1978 At first, his name was Hu San. Later, people called him Third Brother. Then more and more people called him Boss Xie. In the end, everyone called him Mr. Xie. Among the countless titles people gave him were millionaire, farmer-entrepreneur, philanthropist, producer, and village chief. After thirty years of breaking through the waves, when Time magazine put him on its cover, it used a single word to encompass all his titles: Comrade. 0Votes130.2kRecs212.3kFans
- 39 This Primordial World Is Anything but Proper! 这个洪荒不正经！ [A book with over ten thousand paid subscribers. It's a little unhinged, but the condition is stable; this is a serious story.] Keywords: [Comedy] [God of Mischief] [Irreverent] [Quirky Style] [Mythic Daluo] [Classic of Mountains and Seas] [High-Powered Prehistoric World] "As the big shot of the Netherworld, opening a branch office in the starry sky and acting as the Heavenly Emperor of Taiwei is perfectly normal, right?" "There are eleven seats at our branch office. We refuse to let respec 7Votes231.5kRecs336.2kFans
- 40 The Warring States' Greatest Enemy 战国万人敌 Story Overview: The mighty men of Great Wu are here! Who dares to face me in a fight to the death? The warring states are a mess. Let’s unite them. 0Votes287.8kRecs84.4kFans
- 41 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
- 42 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
- 43 Multiverse Mage, Magic Emperor 综网法师，魔法皇帝 (Crying cat head) "I transmigrated. This is an otherworld during the Second Industrial Revolution. As a lighthouse keeper, I will find a way to fight disease, gangs, and both the old and new aristocracy, and work hard to survive..." [Connecting to the Multiverse Comprehensive Game Network, or the Integrated Network for short. Reading version information] (Aggrieved cat head) "What do you mean, the Multiverse Comprehensive Game Network? My player class is True Name Mage. This world seems to have 0Votes40.3kRecs129.5kFans
- 44 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
- 45 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
- 46 Cao Cao Transmigrates into Wu Dalang 曹操穿越武大郎 [New book, From Stealing Li Mochou to Making a Name Across the Heavens. Let the Han's heroic spirit sweep away the Song's cowardice. Let the Liao, Jin, and Western Xia see what it means to be Chinese. Beauties like jade, pride like a rainbow, brothers gathering like clouds, Wei Wu rising to greatness. 18Votes326.2kRecs508kFans
- 47 Sir, You'll Have to Pay More 大人，得加钱 Lord Jia, whose family has served the Qing loyally for generations, truly loves the Great Qing. For the Great Qing, he would even abandon his ancestors! This is not a serious historical novel. Lord Jia’s shamelessness may not be second to none, but it certainly doesn’t come in second. Completed masterpieces include The Great Bandit, The Directorate of Ceremonial, A Han Should Never Be a Slave, The Ming Wolf Cavalry, and The Evil Slave. 2Votes197.6kRecs444.6kFans
- 48 The Human Way Shall Endure Forever 人道永昌 The curtain rises, and heroes vie for supremacy! A clash between humanity and the demon race, between short-lived and long-lived species! Among the Human, Immortal, and Buddhist Daos, who will take the lead, and who will reach the summit? Chen Sheng, who transmigrated as the son of a traveling merchant in the Great Zhou, had only wanted to survive the chaotic times and never sought fame among the lords. But the tide of the age pushed him step by step toward the peak. Some people work hard to ris 0Votes151.7kRecs479kFans
- 49 Ascending to the Jade Palace 上玉阙 “Your fate is yours to decide, not Heaven's? And you want to go to Hexi? Nice ambition. Then head to the bottom of the river and practice holding your breath. Come back up in three days.” “Feeding yourself to demonic beasts on the Western Sea front is a contribution to the Immortal Alliance. Serving as an officer in the Alliance is also a contribution. There’s no difference in status.” “Locking down the rules of cultivation is good for everyone. The low-level cultivators just can't see reason. W 33Votes170.5kRecs598.8kFans
- 50 Taihao's Golden Seal 太昊金章 With half a copy of the Earthly Fiend Sword Manual and ten years spent honing a single sword, an ordinary mortal is reborn and inherits an otherworldly celestial tome. But when he looks around, powerful enemies stand everywhere. The leaders of the righteous path, the giants of the demonic path, thousand-year-old demons, and ten-thousand-year-old ghosts: every one of them is a peerless genius with extraordinary fortune. Can he reach the end of this long road to immortality? … Taihao Golden Edict 0Votes135kRecs347.4kFans
