Novels like The Iron Waist
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Iron Waist, best match first.
- 1 The Pampa Bull 潘帕斯兽腰 “Refusing to follow the coach’s tactics.” Thirteen-year-old Chen Mo, an Argentine boy of mixed heritage, is kicked off his junior high school team. To pursue his football dream, he joins La Masia’s youth academy and begins his professional career. The European Golden Boy Award, the Ballon d’Or, leading Arsenal to build a dynasty, and battling for the World Cup! (P.S. A passionate story, with character stats but no System quests.) 0Votes21kRecs102.3kFans
- 2 How Did I Become an F1 Driver? 我怎么就成F1车手了？ Qin Miao discovered he had the talent to become a top esports racing driver. During the college entrance exams, he took a break to play a racing simulator and was astonished to find that he could hold his own against professional esports racing drivers. If he could play casually and still be this good, then with serious practice, Qin Miao's prospects as an esports racing driver would be limitless. He had already decided to pursue esports racing if he didn't do well on the exams. But then, on an 0Votes53.3kRecs125.3kFans
- 3 Reborn as a Trendsetter 重生之我是弄潮儿 It feels wonderful to reshape your life once more, to pluck out every little moment from the passing years, word by word and sentence by sentence, and paint a new life in vivid colors, becoming a trendsetter of the times. As the wheels of fate turn, reshape your life once more. No hesitation, no wavering, only the decisiveness to soar through the skies and fight in this grand era, then fully enjoy a brilliant life., Reborn: Reshap 0Votes41.8kRecs135.5kFans
- 4 I Started Slacking Off After Joining a Dating Show 上恋综后我摆烂了 Chu Ci is sent to a parallel world by a knife wielded by his “girlfriend,” where he becomes the son of a celebrity. In this life, his father is a rock superstar and his mother an internationally acclaimed actress. In that case, he’ll just lie flat! “But… why am I on a dating show from the start, when I don’t want to flirt with women anymore?” Everyone calls me the “Dating Show Coffin Lid,” so stop falling for me! I really don’t want to date! I just want to stay away from women and protect my lif 0Votes10.1kRecs190.4kFans
- 5 Back to 1998 返回1998 Xu Tongdao woke up one day to find himself back at seventeen, during the hardest period his family had ever faced. This is a story about starting from nothing and making an astonishing fortune. (Recommended: my completed novels Reborn in 2003, Back to 2006, and A Wonderful Rebirth) 0Votes129kRecs131.7kFans
- 6 The Immortal Only Wants to Clock Out 仙人只想下班 Legend has it that, since ancient times, China has never had room for idle gods. To avoid being eliminated for poor performance, the gods from every corner worked diligently at their posts, day and night, for thousands of years. Du Kang had thought it was just a joke. Until he discovered a temp-agency app on his phone that only he could see. [Urgently hiring a temporary substitute: daily cleaner at the Martial Saint Temple, paid daily, salary negotiable] [Daily temp opening: director of routine 1Votes27.6kRecs204.4kFans
- 7 Starting Out as Manager of a Spanish Football Giant 从执教西超豪门开始 Gao Shen transmigrates to early 2006 and, through some strange twist of fate, becomes the head coach of Real Madrid. His squad is packed with the biggest superstars of the era: Ronaldo, Zidane, Raul, Beckham, Casillas, Carlos, Ramos... Every one of them is a force capable of shaking world football just by stamping a foot. How can a rookie with no clout whip this bunch of rebellious superstars into shape? 1Votes185.4kRecs317.9kFans
- 8 The Gaming Entertainment Empire 游戏娱乐帝国 A story about making games in a parallel world, and building an entertainment empire by bringing the “wealth” of one world to another. 0Votes77.1kRecs128.3kFans
- 9 The Clumsy Striker 绿茵傻腰 Genius or idiot? What kind of storm will a teenage boy with an IQ of just 69 and a mild intellectual disability unleash when he steps onto the pitch? He leaves La Masia and rises to fame in the British Isles. Yi Le sets out on his own path to becoming a midfield maestro! 0Votes334.9kRecs166.2kFans
- 10 My Director Era 我的导演时代 I'm a director, a director who makes great movies: Li Qian PS: A Chinese entertainment-industry novel with a single female lead. 0Votes206.8kRecs183.1kFans
- 11 EN Umbrella: The Light of Humanity 人类之光安布雷拉 "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear; and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." Howard Phillips Lovecraft Umbrella. As a typical villainous company, it has instead become a gigantic enterprise secretly protecting humanity. While humanity believes that modern society is growing ever more prosperous, Umbrella's private army is fighting against all kinds of anomalies, including zombies, vampires, extraterrestrial species, and even ancient evil gods. Keyword 2Votes97.1kRecs306.8kFans
- 12 Please, Just Go Home and Practice Piano! 求求了，快回家练琴吧 On the sixtieth day after transmigrating, debt-ridden Li An finally activated the Piano Teacher's Life-Rewards System. Earn teaching points by giving lessons and unlock student conquests. (√) Monitor students' progress behind the scenes and keep track of their growth in real time. (√) Students practice piano diligently after class, and the teacher receives rich rewards. (?) “Anyway, I don't care about the rewards. Please, just go home and practice piano!” The heartfelt words of a real piano teac 0Votes141.1kRecs126.5kFans
- 13 I Can See Health Bars 我能看到生命值 An utterly ordinary medical student suddenly gets help from a System that lets him see his patients' life points! From then on, treating the sick and saving lives becomes second nature, and he goes on to become a legend in the medical world. 2Votes185.3kRecs294.1kFans
- 14 My Dreamlike Years 我的梦幻年代 Shen Mengxi’s motto was, “I’ll just muddle along!” He never imagined that someone like him would become a big name in the entertainment industry. 0Votes357.9kRecs193kFans
- 15 Reborn: Rising from Rock Bottom 重生从咸鱼赢起 A textbook for the workplace, a premium dark workplace novel with over ten thousand subscriptions. Also known as The Awkward Man at the Waterworks and Reborn: Storms at the Waterworks… After an accidental rebirth, Lin Zheng only wants to lie flat and spend this lifetime slacking off in peace, but… it seems that won't be possible. “No, I really don't want to be a specialist.” “No, I really don't want to be an expert.” “No, how could I possibly become a department director?” “I actually 0Votes153.6kRecs464.4kFans
- 16 Soar, My Aviation Era 腾飞我的航空时代 Yonghong Factory is a veteran military-industrial plant with a glorious history. It has weathered many ups and downs amid the tide of reform, gradually falling into decline. At this difficult time, Zhuang Jianye and the others take up the burden. Starting with the most basic aircraft models, they overcome one obstacle after another, ultimately giving the near-bankrupt Yonghong Factory wings and helping it soar once more. 0Votes502.1kRecs199.3kFans
- 17 Showbiz: I’m Just an Actor 文娱之我只是个演员 I don’t understand music, can’t dance, am no good at writing, know nothing about calligraphy, and can’t paint. I’m an actor, Xu Rong. 3Votes135.9kRecs245.6kFans
- 18 The Last Ruthless Man of the Great Ming 大明最后一个狠人 His soul transmigrated into Zhu Cilang, the last crown prince of the Ming dynasty, and he lived his entire life by one word: ruthless. Destroy the bandits, execute corrupt officials, lift the maritime ban, spread the nation's might, pacify the four seas, and dominate the world! This crown prince is brutal. He wages war more terrifyingly than the Jurchens, suppresses bandits more relentlessly than the bandits themselves, and amasses silver more thoroughly than corrupt officials. With Me here, thi 0Votes634.5kRecs1MFans
- 19 EN I Was Told to Make Bad Games, So What's This Titanfall Nonsense? 说好制作烂游戏，泰坦陨落什么鬼 New book: You Were Told to Cultivate Immortality, So How Did You Become the Ancestor of Gaming? Now available! [I’m Shen Miaomiao, and from the start, I’m forced to take over a game company.] Luckily, the Rebate System awakens just in time. Whenever the company loses money, the System reimburses me tenfold! So this young chairwoman’s goal is to run the company into the ground and achieve financial freedom! [I’m Gu Sheng, and from the start, I transmigrate into the body of a game designer.] Lucki 8Votes190kRecs1.4MFans
- 20 I Found the First Emperor 捡到一只始皇帝 What could be more of a headache than transmigrating to the pre-Qin era to face off against Bai Qi? The Qin hostage Yiren wants to entrust his concubine, Zhao Ji, to me. Also titled The First Emperor's Development Plan and I Absolutely Refuse to Become Lao Ai. 10Votes283.1kRecs500.1kFans
- 21 You Sent Me to the Army to Break My Internet Addiction, and I Became an Officer 让你当兵戒网瘾，你成军官了 Reborn in 2009, though this time around, something about the way he came back seems a little off. In this life, his family is wealthy, and Wang Ye is so addicted to online games that he can stay up all night even on the eve of the college entrance exam. Left with no choice, his father decides to send him into the army to kick the gaming habit. Two years later... When Wang Ye's father calls him on a video call, ready to ask when he'll be discharged and come home to take over the family business, 12Votes322.7kRecs1.2MFans
- 22 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
- 23 Chinese Entertainment, 1997 华娱1997 In early 1997, Cao Xuan, who has the memories of a seasoned entertainment writer from the future, appears in Water Margin, the last of CCTV’s Four Great Classical Novels adaptations. The most handsome Ximen Qing in history is born... 2Votes386.2kRecs749.9kFans
- 24 My Brother-in-Law Is the Crown Prince 我的姐夫是太子 During the Yongle reign of the Ming dynasty. Zhang Anshi is ignorant and good-for-nothing, with crimes too numerous to count. His brother-in-law is the Crown Prince? Oh, then it’s fine! 2Votes1.8MRecs3.1MFans
- 25 Reborn in the Tumultuous Years 重生之激荡年华 A top student preparing to pursue a PhD is reborn in 2008 in a parallel era, inhabiting the body of a seventeen-year-old high schooler. At last, he gets the chance to relive those years when brilliant youth blossomed, and to take center stage in those tumultuous times instead of watching from the sidelines. At home, he has one older sister, surrounded by wind, rain, and thunder. With a feather duster in her left hand and a rolling pin in her right, she vows to reason with him and lays down three 0Votes480.2kRecs344.5kFans
- 26 I'm a Director, and I'm Not That Bad 我是导演，我不比烂 In 2006, Xu Xin had a dream. In it, he saw an entertainment industry where everyone was competing to be the worst. People would do anything to stand out and go to great lengths to chase traffic. “If that's how things are, why can't we live like a beam of light?” (High-definition, uncensored, no angst or melodrama. The author's character is guaranteed, so feel free to jump in.) 23Votes893.8kRecs1.1MFans
- 27 Reborn as a Policeman in South Africa 重生南非当警察 Reborn in South Africa, Locke says: I hope for world peace. 2Votes979.3kRecs320.9kFans
- 28 The Greatest Director in History 史上最强导演 “Director Han has a new movie out? Then I absolutely have to see it, or I'll fall behind the times.”, An ordinary moviegoer. “This year's Oscar has already been awarded to Director Han Qiu, but we're now having next year's Best Director trophy made. The name on it? Han Qiu, as always.”, The Oscars. “He has enriched the people's cultural life, promoted the profound and extensive culture of Huaxia, and elevated our spirits. Thank you, Director Han Qiu.”, People's Daily. “He is the greatest directo 0Votes90.7kRecs221.4kFans
- 29 Reborn to Ride the Wave 重生之我要冲浪 Back in the past, Yao Yuan has only one thing on his mind: goofing off… Ahem, I mean surfing! 23Votes1.8MRecs1.6MFans
- 30 Reborn at the Turn of the Century 重生世纪之交 This is the story of an ordinary man who keeps moving forward quietly, approaching life with humility and striving to pursue his dreams. 0Votes751.3kRecs247.8kFans
- 31 EN Building a Thousand-Year Dynasty: From King Wu’s Conquest of Shang 从武王伐纣开始建立千年世家 Ji Zhao transmigrated and found himself in the Zhou dynasty, three thousand years in the past. His elder brother, King Wu Ji Fa, had just overthrown the Shang dynasty and was now gravely ill, on the brink of death. Ji Zhao was enfeoffed as a marquis and tasked with assisting the young ruler. Looking at the eight-year-old Son of Heaven and the eight hundred feudal lords of the Ji and Jiang clans, Ji Zhao was full of ambition. Through hardship, he would open up the wilderness and usher in a new ag 1Votes604.1kRecs1.1MFans
- 32 Reshaping the Millennium Era 重塑千禧年代 At the turn of the millennium, officials were chanting slogans about GDP, bosses took pride in bringing their secretaries along, and rough-and-ready entrepreneurs fought with blades flashing amid the waves of the times. Fang Zhuo returns to the year 2000. Ten years later, a group of venture capitalists and private equity firms storm the company headquarters, demanding an answer from a stunned Fang Zhuo: “Mr. Fang, all your other projects have gone public. When on earth will this first one li 47Votes867.3kRecs825.4kFans
- 33 Mages Will Always Be Your Daddy 法爷永远是你大爷 0Votes776.5kRecs617.5kFans
- 34 Dreaming Back to the Ming Dynasty Spring 梦回大明春 After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, he had no household registration, so he couldn't sit the imperial exams. He wanted to study, but had no teacher. Luckily, Longchang Post Station, where Wang Yangming was exiled, was right next door. But that was still a few years away, so for now he would just grab a teacher and bring him home to make do. 1Votes1.6MRecs667.4kFans
- 35 The National Forensic Doctor 国民法医 Corpse: Have you no manners? 110Votes4.1MRecs2.4MFans
- 36 The World’s Top Movie Star 全球影帝 "He's the iron-blooded hero in Fist King." "He's also the lonely old man in A Century of Love." "He's the debauched financial tycoon in Stock Market Tycoon." "And he's the crazed, ruthless, cold-blooded killer in Atonement." "He came from humble beginnings, and he's an internationally acclaimed master of modern method acting." "But once he steps off the screen, he's just an ordinary man who enjoys a drink or two." "Even someone from humble beginnings can make it onto the big screen. This is a st 10Votes1.4MRecs889.7kFans
- 37 Starting in 1983 从1983开始 A story with a touch of nostalgia. The old reader group is full. 14Votes4.3MRecs1.1MFans
- 38 EN The Naming of the Night 夜的命名术 Amid neon lights of blue and purple, beneath a dense canopy of steel, lies the frontier of a flood of data: a world transformed by the technological revolution, and the boundary between reality and illusion. Steel and flesh, the past and the future. Here, the surface world and the hidden world coexist. Everything before your eyes seems as close as the wall of time itself. Darkness slowly closes in. But you have to understand, my friend: we cannot face the darkness with gentleness. We must use fi 180Votes8MRecs14.3MFans
- 39 The Crosstalk Master 相声大师 This is a novel about real life, about the rise and fall of the crosstalk world over several decades, and about folk performers. Crosstalk Master full-subscription group. A screenshot of your subscription is required to join: 585834469 A project funded by the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation 0Votes945.1kRecs261.6kFans
- 40 The All-Around Game Designer 全能游戏设计师 Game designer Chen Mo transmigrates to a parallel world where the technology tree took a wrong turn, and uses one god-tier game after another to turn the gaming industry upside down. "With the game design philosophy of this era, if I don't wipe the floor with the entire gaming industry, then all that exposure to domestic free-to-play games will have been wasted.", Chen Mo VIP group: 157856787 (a screenshot showing you bought all chapters is required to join) 6Votes844.4kRecs679.2kFans
- 41 I’ll Become the Richest Man by Losing Money: Original Novel of the TV Series Young and Promising 亏成首富从游戏开始-《年少有为》电视剧原著 The print edition of "Losing Money to Be a Tycoon" is now available for crowdfunding! The comic is also being serialized to rave reviews! Recently, a special correspondent interviewed Pei Qian, president of the Tenda Group. Tenda Group is now valued at hundreds of billions, with businesses spanning games, the internet, digital hardware, media and entertainment, food and drink, and many other fields. It has profoundly changed every aspect of people’s lives. Pei Qian himself is regarded as “the wo 39Votes5MRecs10.1MFans
- 42 Reborn: The Thief Who Roamed the World 重生之贼行天下 A lonely wanderer, steps that pursue the shadows, this is the thief's anthem. With the memories of a level-180 master thief, Nie Yan returns to ten years ago. Fate has played a joke on him. Everything he once missed, everything that was taken from him, he'll take back. Then he'll gear up with the best equipment, crush all opposition, kill any god who stands in his way, and become unstoppable. 27Votes2.3MRecs1.1MFans
- 43 EN The Top Student's Black Tech System 学霸的黑科技系统 “System, can I exchange points for money?” “No.” “Damn, then what use are you to me?” “I can make you a top student.” - From mathematical conjectures to controlled nuclear fusion, from a single blackboard to the boundless starry sky. This is a story about a top student. 31Votes6.6MRecs3MFans
- 44 Rise of the Poor Scholar 寒门崛起 This is the story of a graduate student in Classical Chinese who, after being battered again and again while searching for work, returns to the middle of the Ming dynasty and enters the body of a young child in a mountain village. His father is stiff and taciturn, his mother is fiery, and his relatives are all a troublesome lot. There's no shortage of squabbles in the little farmyard. Luckily, I have several thousand years of accumulated history behind me, and the Four Books, Five Classics, and 61Votes2.8MRecs1.1MFans
- 45 Global High Martial Arts 全球高武 The catacombs invade, and martial arts rise. Even the little people have great hearts. They fight to survive and fight to protect. Follow Fang Ping, an ordinary man who rises step by step, in his story of saving the whole world (and bluffing his way through it)! 106Votes10.7MRecs4.9MFans
- 46 The Great Wei Palace 大魏宫廷 New book, Zhao's Tiger Son. Born a prince of Great Wei, I would rather be an idle lord in an age of peace. My ambitions lie in wine, women, and song, but my heart holds the fate of my country and its people. If my elder brother is worthy, if my younger brother is wise, you can rule while I take it easy. But if you cannot make the nation strong, then I’ll ascend the throne and become emperor! Hongrun, You Can’t Do It, So I’ll Take Over 1Votes2.1MRecs1.1MFans
- 47 Great Doctor Ling Ran 大医凌然 Ling Ran, a medical student, had a modest goal: to become the greatest doctor in the world. Then, by accident, he achieved it. 53Votes8.5MRecs2.1MFans
- 48 EN The Game of Fate 烂柯棋缘 Fallen leaves beside the ancient Go board, an old tree where no one plays. A move at the center of the board, made on a whim; look back, and mountains and seas stretch into the distance. … When Ji Yuan woke up, he had become a half-blind beggar in a dilapidated mountain god temple. A sword in the hands of a true immortal, a glib tongue in the hands of a charlatan: these are Ji Yuan’s means of making a place for himself in this terrifying world. VIP verification group: 72Votes4.1MRecs3.5MFans
- 49 The Chronicles of the Primitive Era 原始战记 "One day, we will return to our homeland. Our glory still shines, and the Flame of the Yan Clan will never go out." 12Votes2.6MRecs723.6kFans
- 50 I’m a Big-Time Player 我是大玩家 Even a plagiarist has to put in the work! Have you ever heard of a transmigrator who gets forced by the System to risk their life just for copying a novel? Have you ever heard of a transmigrator who gets forced by the System to undergo physical punishment just for quoting a famous line from their past life? All I want is to make some money. Why is it so damn hard? System, can you stop stirring up trouble? I might be a fake transmigrator! General group: 623108320 (no restrictions) VIP group: 7Votes888.4kRecs1.2MFans
