Novels like The Scarlet Hero
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Scarlet Hero, best match first.
- 51 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
- 52 I Can Summon Outrageous Companions 我能召唤离谱伙伴 Droopy, the Big Bad Wolf, Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, SpongeBob, the Penguins of Madagascar… Come on, why is my System’s prize pool full of stuff like this? 0Votes51.8kRecs368.3kFans
- 53 A C-Rank Hybrid Forced to Slay Dragons C级混血种被迫屠龙 “Do not approach Cassell College. You will become unhappy.” So declared Luo Yin, Cassell College's legendary C-rank student, an exceptionally reliable alchemy grandmaster, a human Doraemon, and the only normal person in the Equipment Department. This is the story of a mixed-blood with an atrociously low bloodline level who accidentally obtains a dragon-language analysis System, survives with difficulty at the Monster Academy through alchemy and brutal overwork, and is forced onto the path of dra 0Votes34.2kRecs179.1kFans
- 54 I Bring Destruction and Rebirth to the World 我给予世界毁灭与新生 When the first superhuman appeared, people thought it was a miracle; when the first superhuman criminal appeared, people thought it marked the beginning of unrest; when superhumans made up 0.42% of the population, everyone realized this would be a revolution that overturned the existing order. But it was only when the first player to possess a superhuman’s consciousness appeared that the world understood: this was an unprecedented natural disaster... the Fourth Calamity. The AFK author is back. 4Votes134.2kRecs204.6kFans
- 55 Expounding the Dao Across the Heavens 诸天演道 When “striking someone is like hanging a painting” and “the water never rises above the knees” appear in the modern city. When “catching bullets with bare hands” and “a divine palm descending from the sky” appear in the martial arts world. When “commanding ghosts and driving out gods” and “toppling cities and moving mountains” appear in the wuxia world. When “spiritual energy between heaven and earth” and “substances that g 0Votes222.9kRecs337.4kFans
- 56 A Paradise of Infinite Dimensions 无尽维度的乐园 Traveling through the heavens, roaming across myriad worlds, the paradise of infinite dimensions. Yin Changsheng has no real objection to the Dimension Paradise that forcibly hired him as a Dimension Apostle, but he strongly objects to being sent to kill the Great Sage Ventilating Monkey King before he’s even finished probation... 8Votes42.7kRecs192.5kFans
- 57 I'm the Lone Star of Misfortune, but I Love Making Friends 我，天煞孤星，爱好交友 Hey, how dare you slander my good name and call me a jinx? So I attended the Dragon Gate Tournament, and a few candidates died. Then I became the only candidate left, and suddenly I’m a bringer of bad luck. And what’s that about everyone who had a grudge against me ending up dead? How could that possibly have anything to do with me? I don’t know how they died, either. I’m just a lowly constable. Congratulations, Host! Your master died a gruesome death. Cultivation +10,000! 0Votes178.2kRecs351.3kFans
- 58 The Starrealm Ant Tribe 星界蚁族 The universe is born and dies; time has an end. The light of the stars will eventually fade. The flame of civilization will never go out. With you and me, life will never be lonely. (Insect farming story, farming, farming, farming) 16Votes198.7kRecs191.1kFans
- 59 EN My Achievement System Has a Big Problem 我的成就系统大有问题 When you were six, after watching a martial arts movie, you plunged both hands into a pile of rice and imagined you were practicing Iron Sand Palm. When you were seven, you were the first to greet a new classmate on the first day of school, and thought you were the class’s diplomatic spokesperson. When you were eight, you could tell your parents were home just by hearing their footsteps, so you figured you had supernatural hearing... What happens when the chuunibyo fantasies of childhood bec 0Votes61.3kRecs373.6kFans
- 60 EN Feasting on Mortal Incense: Turns Out I'm in the Underworld 飨食人间香火，我这竟是阴间 A Taoist furnace, three sticks of incense. I accept the offerings of all living beings and endure the tribulations of the mortal world, from hell to the immortal realm, weathering calamity among mortals. … Could it be that we’re poor because no one up there is burning paper offerings for us? They say hell is empty, and the devils are all here in the mortal world. Could it be that this place of ours is… the underworld, an endless realm of darkness? That day, I heard murmurs of incense and paper o 0Votes42.2kRecs221.5kFans
- 61 Celestial Venerable Yuxu 玉虚天尊 The pinnacle of the Dao is called the Heavenly Venerable. One who bears Kunlun’s supreme treasure, inherits the legacy of the Jade Pure lineage, and rules the Yuxu Celestial Palace is the Great Heavenly Venerable. 1Votes247.3kRecs79.7kFans
- 62 The Strange-Tales Author's Diary of Delays 怪谈作者拖更日记 [One Female Lead or No Female Lead. Don't Read If That Bothers You] [Infinite-Flow Mind Games] + [Wildly Imaginative Urban Legends] + [Wordplay] + [Troublemaker Literature] Core of the power system: combining words ↓ Combine a "stone" and a "hide" to form the character for "break," capable of breaking all kinds of things. [Example Scene]: When confronted by zombies, just carry rice with you and scatter it. Combine "corpse" and "rice" to create a huge mass of mosaic, making the enemy vanish in an 4Votes69.5kRecs368.5kFans
- 63 I Can Summon Historical Cats 我能召唤历史喵 Chen Xing had recently been playing a historical cat game called Cat Glory, a draw-and-develop game. What he had never expected was that all the cats he drew actually existed in the real world. Yuan Zhang Meow: “I am the Hongwu Emperor of the Great Ming, Zhu Yuanzhang, meow~” Qingzhao Meow: “The Bold and Unrestrained School? We from the Delicate and Restrained School are here to beat you Bold and Unrestrained types, meow~!” Gazing at this whole household of cats, Chen Xing could not help sighing 0Votes86.3kRecs283.8kFans
- 64 EN Crimson Dragon Emperor 红龙皇帝 New book: The Evil Dragon's Divine Cultivation Record I've transmigrated into a despised evil dragon. What am I supposed to do? Original blurb: A red dragon! The leader of the five-colored evil dragons! The big boss of the evil faction! A creature everyone wants to kill! Jose doesn't want to get beaten up, so he revives his people's natural talent for farming: keep a low profile and quietly build up his strength. Once he's strong enough, he'll come out and make his dreams a real 0Votes102kRecs275.4kFans
- 65 I Experienced Three Thousand Protagonists in My Life 我一生经历三千主角 Wang Qing is a supporting character who wants to become an immortal. He plans to find the real protagonist and hitch a ride. He judges whether someone is the protagonist by just two criteria: First: Are they willing to give him benefits and help him become immortal? Second: Can they kill him? “Someone who can't kill me and will give me benefits to help me become immortal is the one favored by fate, the chosen one of this era, the protagonist of this world! I'll become his most steadfast companio 0Votes104kRecs67.5kFans
- 66 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
- 67 EN Grinding XP in Another World 我在异界肝经验 A story about someone who transmigrates to another world and relies on a proficiency-based ability, grinding away at experience to grow stronger. 142Votes284.6kRecs873.3kFans
- 68 Fierce Marksman 射手凶猛 What kind of ADC do you want to be? The steady type, farming safely before turning into a merciless damage machine in team fights, the most reliable link in the team? Or... the kind who turns the tide when all seems lost, never gives up on even the slightest chance to make a play, and dances on the edge of a blade? Li Luo: Only kids have to choose. I want both! Not a System novel, and not an invincible protagonist story. The author has completed the acclaimed League of Legends: Mercenary System 0Votes111.7kRecs360.5kFans
- 69 To the Left of Zhulong 烛龙以左 “Once we cross this mountain and reach the next peak, we'll see a vermilion temple with a crimson serpent as thick as a water vat. The old fellow coils up there, waiting to gobble up any mischievous brat who runs around...” In a remote mountain seldom visited by people, someone quietly recited a story. At the end, he began to laugh. “That brat tells it like that? Isn't he afraid I'll come looking for him?” As the voice faded, the silent mountain wilderness rang out with the clank of metal scrapi 1Votes160.1kRecs617.1kFans
- 70 After I Became a Daoist Physician 成为了道医之后 A traditional Chinese medicine student who stayed up all night cultivating immortality collapsed to the ground. When he woke up, he had somehow arrived in the early Tang dynasty! He soon discovered that this was neither the Tang dynasty in his history textbooks nor the mythical Tang dynasty of Journey to the West. Then an unexpected trip to the Kingdom of Rats lifted the veil on the mysteries of cultivation. Li Dandao, determined to earn a place among the immortals of the Tang dynasty, began his 0Votes149.6kRecs302.1kFans
- 71 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
- 72 The Creation of Japanese Ghost Stories 东瀛怪谈创造时 Gu Xing came home late one night and found a hole in the wall. When he stuck his finger inside, the entire city changed forever. Granny Rimi, who refuses loan sharks; Fujino, who carries a wood chipper everywhere; Naya, the undying avenger; Sae, the many-faced woman who loves red dresses; the infernal couple presiding over the tribunal. One bizarre urban legend after another began playing out in the real world, just as Gu Xing described them. Two rules never changed: [People cannot kill urban le 0Votes45.5kRecs188.5kFans
- 73 EN The Fate Hunter 猎命人 The court of gods and demons, its fortunes in ruins. The martial world seized the Ministry of War, the Demon Sect controlled the Ministry of Justice, heretics occupied the Ministry of Revenue, the Underworld took over the Ministry of Works, and the demon race usurped the provincial governments. The throne hall was packed with nobles in crimson and purple robes, demons, puppets, and monsters. The assembled officials were a den of fiends and specters. The fate diviner Li Qingxian forged a Fate Pal 2Votes531.6kRecs613.8kFans
- 74 Starting with Detective Li Yuanfang 从神探李元芳开始 After transmigrating into Li Yuanfang, the greatest joy of being a great detective comes from two things: First, when I expose a criminal’s true face and he panics and tries to attack the detective, I smile and draw my saber. Second, having the chubby Di by my side. Whenever we come across a case, I can’t help asking: “Huaiying, what do you think?” 0Votes405.4kRecs414.7kFans
- 75 Cultivation Begins with Making Fire by Rubbing Sticks 修仙从钻木取火开始 My sanctuary lies on Cloud Mountain, with a hall and fields below. When I have time, I sit beneath the ginkgo tree, gazing at the mortal world through drifting clouds. I hoe the fields and listen to the spring, forge swords beside the furnace. What I eat and wear is up to me, and up to heaven. Winter ends, and I lose track of the years; When calamity comes, I must descend the mountain and watch the world's sorrows and joys. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice, yet I do not care to show off be 0Votes81.8kRecs111.6kFans
- 76 EN When Did This World Start Displaying Health Bars? 这个世界什么时候有血条显示了 A nameless little restaurant tucked away on an ordinary street? A cursed object sealed away in a steel metropolis? A mysterious history of time and space, twisted and turned upside down?... Ever since he started seeing "IDs" and "health bars," Gu Mo figured he must be seeing things wrong. He resolved to return to the world of normal people, refusing to let his delusions and hallucinations drag him down. Yet the everyday world kept falling apart more with each passing day, and its unraveling grew 0Votes207kRecs340.5kFans
- 77 I Was Supposed to Slay Dragons, but Somehow Started Cultivating Immortality 本该屠龙的我意外开始修仙 A shattered, vanished world of immortals and gods, a jade slip containing the legacy of the Immortal Dao, a tragedy whose fate was long ago written as a requiem, and a loser of a hapless young man who is beyond saving. “When a golden pill is swallowed, I know my fate is mine to command, not Heaven's.” In the world of Dragon Raja, Lu Mingfei softly sings, with thirty thousand miles of rosy clouds gathering and dispersing behind him like a vast, billowing sea of clouds. He casually breaks off a br 0Votes95.1kRecs276kFans
- 78 My Cloud-Raised Girlfriend 我的云养女友 [A Qidian novel with over 40,000 subscriptions, quality guaranteed. Read with confidence.] “Cloud raising” is a new form of entertainment. It usually refers to people who can't keep cats, dogs, or other pets themselves because of their circumstances, so they raise them remotely over the internet to enjoy the emotional satisfaction. As they do so, they feed or tip the pets and take part in caring for them, as if they really owned them. Professional gamer Chen Yan, however, accidentally stumbled u 0Votes189.8kRecs810.2kFans
- 79 EN The Grand Supernal Lineage 超凡大谱系 We create gods and establish faith, using them to chart our salvation. We hold the genealogies and decipher the aether, thereby becoming the All-Knowing One. 102Votes117.7kRecs377.2kFans
- 80 EN Movie Savior 电影救世主 We took the helm during a 2,500-year voyage of wandering across Earth; we piloted mechs in a world invaded by monsters; we saved humanity in a world ravaged by viruses; we rebuilt a sanctuary in a city devastated by a zombie outbreak; we recovered civilization from the wilderness left behind by raging natural disasters... Amid the boundless ocean, Zhang Tianyuan acquired an island and became one of the players in a game of lordship. Looking at his own base, which could open portals to movie worl 1Votes84.9kRecs705.6kFans
- 81 EN Lux's Magic Penetration Rod 拉克丝的法穿棒 The Void Staff, also known as the Magic Penetration Wand, has Darkin attributes, a twisted flesh-and-blood body, and a core of Void power. It's an essential item for every Runeterra household and every journey. Those who transmigrate don't have to get a System. They can become someone else's System instead. [Reward Mission: The Blond Kid Must Die] “See that blond kid named Ezreal? Go on, Lux, beat that thief to 0Votes84.4kRecs220.2kFans
- 82 EN Starting Over from Hogwarts 从霍格沃茨开始重新做人 That year. The wizarding world was still very peaceful. A new student named Vincent Wright entered Hogwarts. From then on, the Dark Lords of this world began competing in an unprecedented rat race. 0Votes74.1kRecs200.8kFans
- 83 All My Players Are Method Actors 我的玩家都是演技派 The Notes of the Returner suddenly appeared on every top news and social media site around the world, heralding a groundbreaking virtual reality game. Game title: Dark Sands Genre: Eastern fantasy historical setting, with Soulslike difficulty and roguelike elements. Requirements for beta testers: A level head, quick reflexes, nerves of steel, some knowledge of history, and excellent physical fitness. Most importantly: Outstanding acting skills, preferably at an award-winning level! Special rewar 0Votes123.2kRecs331.2kFans
- 84 EN Tales of the Mortal World 细说红尘 At a teahouse by the road, silhouettes drift in and out. A couple of cries ring out along the street. Before the crowd, a fan flutters; a wooden clapper strikes the table. Ladies and gentlemen, lend an ear as I tell my tale. The fan opens, and all things blend into the Dao. The heavenly stars and earthly fiends reveal their wondrous transformations. The clapper strikes, and waves rise a thousandfold. All living beings, with their passions, roll on through the mortal world. 8Votes271.6kRecs610.5kFans
- 85 EN From Mortal Flesh to Planet-Crusher 从肉体凡胎到粉碎星球 What does it mean to always win? What does it mean to be invincible? No one can remain number one forever in this world. Anyone can be defeated. Including me. I've been waiting for someone to appear, defeat me, and tell me that my path is wrong. Unfortunately, that person still hasn't come. Fake martial arts: Strengthen yourself, break the limits of the human body, and withstand bullets with nothing but flesh and blood. Real martial arts: Use your life magnetic field to command the magnetic 0Votes219.2kRecs733.8kFans
- 86 EN Arcane Epoch 秘术纪元 The world of Epoch is one where steam, magic, machinery, alchemy, and supernatural powers coexist. When Luke, who had transmigrated here, found himself with an imperial agent pointing a gun at his head, he decided to tell a lie. And so he became an inspector at the Secret Intelligence Bureau in Cape District of the Golden Shield Empire. Knowing the story's plot, Luke only wants to stay alive in this world on the brink of chaos, and get some money and materials to practice Mystic Words and streng 0Votes91.3kRecs215.3kFans
- 87 The Working Prophet 打工先知 “I’m not a god. I’m just a wage earner who clocks out on time.” “I’ll do my best to help you during work hours. As for after I clock out… you’re on your own.” A workplace, farming, popular science, deities, and just a little romance. Probably. Haha. 0Votes185.9kRecs467.3kFans
- 88 EN Cultivation: Starting as a Druid 修仙：从就职德鲁伊开始 Human follows Earth, Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows the Dao, and the Dao follows nature. Those who cultivate immortality and seek the Dao must look to nature for answers. What changes might occur when druids, who draw power from the natural world, merge with seekers of the Dao, who follow nature? What happens when Wild Shape meets the art of transforming one's body, when commanding the elements meets the Five Elements Escape, and when regeneration meets bringing the dead back to life... 0Votes140.6kRecs278.7kFans
- 89 I Wandered the Pokemon World Until I Lost Contact 我在精灵世界浪到失联 To liberate the elven world from its dire plight, Chi Zhi, a transmigrator with a Rotom-branded magical dating System, decides to first recruit a hundred female trainers to help him... P.S. The strongest, fiercest, most thrilling, most fiery Pokemon fanfic ever! You'll regret reading it for ten minutes, but regret not reading it for the rest of your life! 1Votes37.5kRecs265.1kFans
- 90 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
- 91 The Cult Leader's Retired Life 教主的退休日常 The greedy owner of an inn turns out to be the retired leader of a demonic cult, while the lowly errand boy is secretly skilled in Buddhist powers. As a once-invincible figure, Wang Ye must hide his identity and abilities to get by in the tumultuous jianghu. He doesn’t care about the status, martial arts, or fame that ordinary people pursue. All he wants is to lounge around and live off others until the day he dies. Taking on the greatest gang in the land, offering advice to a drunken, down-and- 0Votes110.3kRecs504.9kFans
- 92 EN Transmigrated into the Third Hokage: Make Konoha Great Again! 穿越三代：让木叶再次伟大！ Konoha, Year 41. The Second Shinobi World War had ended not long ago. Tensions simmered within the village, and its people were unsettled. Beyond its borders, the Four Great Hidden Villages were arming themselves, waiting for a chance to tear into Konoha. Amid troubles at home and abroad, a veteran bureaucrat transmigrated into the body of Hiruzen Sarutobi. Along with him came a page of documents in his sea of consciousness. Five metrics, authority, diplomacy, military, economy, and education, w 91Votes96.1kRecs480.1kFans
- 93 Defend Nanshan Park 保卫南山公园 EVA! Gundam! Pacific Rim! Tell me loud and clear: what's a man's idea of romance! 25Votes130.4kRecs193.9kFans
- 94 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
- 95 Chasing the Light Through Darkness 黑暗逐光者 (Important: This is not a self-indulgent chuuni fantasy or an invincible power fantasy! Aimed at seasoned readers. If you want a protagonist who does whatever he wants and slaughters everyone in sight, this isn't for you.) Is having superpowers really a blessing? Would you choose to become a masked hero who fights evil and upholds justice, or live an ordinary, unremarkable life? Set in a parallel world in the 2030s, this is a story about a boy who keeps growing, learning to accept himself and so 0Votes138.6kRecs215.3kFans
- 96 Surviving in a Supernatural World 苟在神诡世界 They say there are immortals in this world! Chen Li: Maybe, but there are a lot more monsters and demons! Transmigrated here in a single day, with nothing but confusion ahead; I toil and bustle just to put food on the table. Everyone says cultivating immortality is wonderful, but who has seen bones scattered by the roadside? [The author has a work with over 10,000 average subscriptions, Dawn Era, and a premium work, Giant Serpent of the Deep Forest. Quality guaranteed.] 4Votes286.8kRecs376.5kFans
- 97 Celestial Officials of the Heavenly Dynasty 天朝仙吏 Chu Chen arrives in the Great Chang Dynasty with a temple in his heart and joins the Daoist sect. He cultivates the alchemical Dao within and practices talismans without. He chants scriptures, breathes in qi, and performs ritual ceremonies. He commands the power of thunder, forms sword seals with his fingers, walks the steps of Yu, prays for clear skies and rain, summons gods and dispatches generals, dispels misfortune, saves people, and vanquishes demons... 3Votes335.2kRecs640.3kFans
- 98 EN Jade Palace Golden Seal 玉宸金章 Jade signifies harmony through the four seasons, with the unity of three as its meaning. Those three are Heaven, Earth, and humanity. Chen means the innermost chamber of a house. Later, it came to refer to an emperor’s residence, since emperors lived in the Northern Palace, where Heaven and Earth converge. This is the story of someone who transmigrates to the southern wilderness of the Shaman Xia Divine Dynasty, carrying the true meanings of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Powers and Seventy-Two 0Votes173.6kRecs156.2kFans
- 99 Starting in Maoshan, Across the Myriad Worlds 诸天从茅山开始 What would you do if you could travel back and forth to a “special” version of Republican-era China? Become the richest man alive and marry a harem of beauties? Take up your brush to serve the nation and become the greatest writer in the land? Prepare for war, then rise to nobility and command armies? Or... Train until your form is as graceful as a crane, with two books beneath a thousand pines. I came to ask the Way, but found nothing left to say: clouds in the blue sky, water in a bottle. P.S. 2Votes246.3kRecs724.5kFans
- 100 Rising to Power, Starting in Chinatown 飞扬跋扈，从唐人街开始 At the end of the nineteenth century, Chinese laborers in America had fallen to the status of third-class people. Discrimination against and conflicts with Chinese laborers grew increasingly fierce, and attacks became more frequent. In San Francisco's Chinatown, opium dens and gambling houses stood everywhere, while gangs and associations made the area a chaotic mix of all kinds of people. Until one day, Chen Zhengwei stepped off a ship, his face radiant with a brilliant smile. “I like the smell 9Votes357.9kRecs643.4kFans
