Novels like The All-Around Painter
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The All-Around Painter, best match first.
- 1 My Learning Loop System 我的学习闭环系统 “Do you ever get stuck in a rut when you study?” “My teachers say that all the time, but I think I’m just thinking deeply.” “And after all that deep thinking, do you actually learn anything?” “Um... I learn how not to do it...” “No, you actually have an extreme root-tracing style of thinking. You’re just missing a closed-loop path to knowledge!” “Oh, is that so?” “You have to believe: their learning goes from formulas to problems, but yours will go from axioms to the truths of the universe!” “?? 71Votes4.5kRecs29.7kFans
- 2 The King of Capital 资本之王 “Mr. Xie, an article titled ‘A Brief History of a Decade of Burning Money in China’s Internet Industry’ has been making waves online. It says that over your ten years in the industry, you led every major spending war, from ride-hailing and food delivery to e-commerce in lower-tier markets. What do you have to say about that?” “I’m grateful to the founders for their recognition.” “For instance, Zhang Yiming? He called you an extreme investor.” “He’s never said that to my face.” “Cheng Wei said ev 1Votes15.5kRecs107.8kFans
- 3 Go: The Streaming Empress Launches a Dazzling Rebellion Against the Go Bot 围棋：直播女皇向狗发起华丽叛逆 [Female protagonist] [Go-themed story] [No absurd comedy] [No romance] [There is a System, but it's been idle for ages, so it's basically as if there isn't one] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] [Realistic style] [No absurd memes] [The heroine isn't the type who picks fights for attention!] (Important, so I'm emphasizing it again.) [Rui Zhao's Streaming Notes] [July 12] Started this new notebook, mainly to remind myself to make more time for streaming from now on. I've just been promoted to ninth 0Votes42kRecs30.8kFans
- 4 A User's Guide to the World's Occult 世界神秘学使用指南 “You are everything you believe in.” Since ancient times, civilizations have tirelessly studied the shadows cast by another world. There, life is extended, and the body is immortal. There, words have the power to create, thoughts become things, and desires achieve their aims. There, gods are linked to humanity through intermediaries. You must believe that this world exists. Because when it overlaps with the orbit of the Titans, every occult mystery will come true. This is the story of L 0Votes7.8kRecs89.7kFans
- 5 The Struggle to Survive Begins with Shrouding the Heavens 从遮天开始的求生旅途 A beam of light suddenly carried Xiong Mo to Covering the Heavens, and his journey began. "What? I've merged with this space?" "If this space is destroyed, will I die with it?" "This space is gradually breaking apart and collapsing?" "I don't want to die yet. Help!" "Huh, there are still two million years until it completely shatters? As long as I become an immortal, I can repair it? Oh, I can also transmigrate to other worlds? Then never mind." [No female lead] 1Votes40.4kRecs126.9kFans
- 6 I Teach Judo in Tokyo 我在东京教柔道 Reborn in Tokyo, with both parents dead, he inherits a run-down dojo in the city center. He’s so broke he can’t even afford the fixed asset tax. Luckily, he activates the Self-Defense Dojo System. All he has to do is teach students, and he’ll earn a steady stream of money. There’s just something strange about the first self-defense technique the System rewards him with. Judo: Throws 8, Strikes 8, Grappling... 18? Wh 0Votes16.4kRecs119.6kFans
- 7 Reborn in 2007: Starting as an Elementary School Student and Adding Points 重生07：从小学生开始加点 “What if every bit of effort you put in came with a progress bar?” After failing his fourth job interview, Li Yan, once a prodigy brimming with talent, could only lie awake late at night, consumed by regret. Then he woke up one day and had transmigrated back to elementary school. Good news: Heaven had given him a chance to make up for his regrets. Bad news: It had also reset every one of his abilities to an elementary schooler’s level. Good news: He’d been given an attribute-point System as a bo 0Votes36.8kRecs168.5kFans
- 8 God of Chinese Martial Arts: Your American Quick Draw Is Obsolete 国术之神：你的美式居合过时了 A torrent of bullets pours from a six-barreled Gatling gun. The roar of a Barrett sniper rifle shakes the heavens and earth. The flames of an RPG shine brilliantly... American-style quick-draw is certainly formidable, but if I break the sound barrier in a single step, tear apart mechs with my bare hands, and make an aircraft carrier tremble with a punch, how will you respond? Chosen to enter a survival game centered on guns and artillery, Zhao Yan can use only cold weapons. With a national arts 0Votes26.9kRecs161.7kFans
- 9 Now That We’re Reborn, Who’d Play Go? 都重生了谁下围棋啊 Reborn in the 1980s, who would bother playing Go? You say the tournament prize money is in 2024 amounts? Saving China's Go scene is our duty, and we won't shirk it! 0Votes25.1kRecs101kFans
- 10 Bronze Dragon: The Tyrant’s Path of Conquest 青铜龙：暴君的征服之路 "Never let bronze dragons who seek absolute order become rulers. Their hatred of chaos will make them tyrants a thousand times more terrifying than evil dragons. To preserve the order they believe in, they won't hesitate to maintain their rule by razing cities or even wiping out entire races." Sage Friedrich Quinn All who dare defy my command shall be destroyed! Tyrrell Aurelian Nazdom, Overlord of the Seven Seas, Ruler of the Deep-Sea Clans, Calamity Shadow soaring above the coastal nations, Im 0Votes20.5kRecs187.5kFans
- 11 How Can You Become a Star Without Money? 没钱怎么当明星 “What matters most when working with celebrities? Talent? Resources? Connections? No, no, no. Cash is what matters most. How can you work with celebrities without money? Money cannot buy acting skill, but it can buy an old veteran actor to carry a production. Money cannot buy talent, but it can buy talented workhorses. Money cannot buy connections, but it can buy traffic and buzz.” “Then why do you insist on cash?” “Because I only accept cash. I do not accept empty promises.” This is a story wit 0Votes48kRecs151.2kFans
- 12 A Perfect Life That Began as a Light Novel Writer 从轻小说作家开始的完美人生 Longguo is a world where anime, games, novels, and other parts of the ACG industry are extremely advanced. One day, a certain presence was born. Ao Haru Ride, My Little Monster, I Want to Make You Cry… He was hailed as the “creator who understands the hearts of Longguo's girls better than anyone”! Oregairu, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions… He was the rain from the heavens for countless anime fans in Longguo, stranded in a creative desert. air, kanon, clannad: b 0Votes24.1kRecs54.5kFans
- 13 Reborn as a Bamboo Rat: Surviving Against All Odds 转生竹鼠开始极限求生 Before I was reborn, I silently surveyed a range of starting identities, including "Hero," "Demon King," "Noble," "Merchant," and "Magical Beast." In the end, I made my choice: I took the weakest "Small Animal" template and headed to a high-risk magical world to begin a new life. Hello, everyone. I'm Bell Mousey. I used to be a hardcore survivalist in my own world, a speedrunner of Don't Starve, and a die-hard fan of farming and survival stories. Next, I'll show you how to survive in the dangero 0Votes12.2kRecs75.1kFans
- 14 The Top Scholar 巅峰学霸 You may not believe this, but even top students aren't all the same! (No System, high intelligence, a slice-of-life story focused on characterization) This book is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental! 0Votes155.2kRecs509.5kFans
- 15 The Abandoned Cultivator Returns Home to Farm and Sing 修仙弃徒，回乡种田唱歌 [True-to-life farming + everyday life + pastoral fairy tale] Luo Yihang, a mediocre cultivator expelled from the cultivation world, returns to the mortal realm, only to discover that his earth-and-wood dual spiritual roots are no longer suited to life in a big city. With no other choice, he takes a cat and heads back to his hometown, getting close to the land and the mountains and woods. He grows vegetables, flowers, and fruit trees; raises chickens, pigs, and geese; cooks up spicy sauce and mil 17Votes125.7kRecs118.8kFans
- 16 Back to 1997: I Became the Progenitor of Web Novels 梦回1997，我成了网文鼻祖 Cao Sheng, a web novelist whose books had been flopping for years, returned to 1997. Online fiction had yet to appear that year, and he had the chance to become its founding pioneer. So he wrote a novel and posted it online. From then on, the age of web fiction began. Through his works, he kept showing everyone that web novels could be written this way, too. 85Votes127kRecs211.7kFans
- 17 Reborn in 2008: Starting a Business as a Rogue Cultivator 重生08，邪修创业 After being laid off by a shady cultivator, Wang Junshan was reborn in 2008. With one wild move after another, he set out to build his own shady cultivation empire! From campus group-buying to niche e-commerce. From social networking among acquaintances to browser games. From developing smartphones to investing in new energy... It all seemed like small-time hustle, struggling in the gaps between industry giants, but in reality, he was laying the foundations for a grand strategic plan. Years late 109Votes53.7kRecs186kFans
- 18 Supernatural North America: Where Are the Fantastic Companions? 超凡北美：神奇伙伴在哪里 “You ask who I am?” Lango cleared his throat and declared solemnly, “Retired dream thief, museum night watchman, the naturally wicked kid's uncle, big brother to the Wen family twins, master of the coven, supreme demon king of the Murder House, fearless captain of the monster-hunting unit, greatest enemy of the ancient god Titans, traveler across time and space, a god who summons all things...” “There isn't room for that many people here!” Slap! The inn's door slammed shut! “...” A jolly demon h 0Votes32.1kRecs242.8kFans
- 19 Chinese Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Director Who Only Promotes Rising Actresses 华娱：专捧小花的顶流导演 Rewinding to 2015, Lu Yunzhou binds to a Director System. Every time he makes a film, he gets a reward: [Delayed Aging], [Perfect Physique], [Immune to All Illnesses], and [More Children, More Blessings]! He only meant to focus on directing and rack up rewards, but the temptation of a million yuan a day proved too much. He took a guest role, and before he knew it, there was no turning back! … 10 million, 20 million, 30 million… What? I have over a hundred million female fans around the world! T 286Votes54.8kRecs186.5kFans
- 20 The Azure Immortal Seeks the Dao 青仙问道 Xu Qing is reborn and, with the help of a bronze mirror, rides the ups and downs of the mortal world, avoiding misfortune, seeking good fortune, and pursuing immortality and the Dao! 0Votes45.8kRecs202.1kFans
- 21 The White Coat 白衣披甲 Luo Hao collected practice certificates in seven disciplines and summoned the System. 7Votes400.1kRecs262.9kFans
- 22 A Fashionable Life Beginning in Paris 从巴黎开始的时尚人生 Antwerp's rigorous academic culture shaped an Eastern prodigy who would rewrite the history of Parisian fashion. Designer Li Yan fell from the crest of the fashion wave in 2025 back into the height of summer in 2007. Fresh out of school, he was parachuted into the role of head designer for YSL womenswear. A rare anomaly in the world of luxury fashion, he was personally endorsed by Yves Saint Laurent, drew the frequent attention of Karl Lagerfeld, and earned lavish praise for his talent from Gio 0Votes17kRecs51.3kFans
- 23 Reborn: Taking Over the County's Internet Celebrity Scene 重生从操盘县城女网红开始 [Internet celebrity + high finance] After working hard for ten years, Lin Lang is financially trapped for life simply because he bought an apartment in Modu. His assets worth tens of millions are tied up, and even the dating scene looks down on him because his parents have no pensions and he isn’t a local. Meanwhile, his old classmates who stayed in the county town, from elementary, middle, and high school, are all living happily with beautiful wives and complete families. Reborn in 2018, Lin La 4Votes66.7kRecs278.5kFans
- 24 From Fully Invested in A-Shares to a Capitalist 从满仓A股开始成为资本 (A high-stakes financial stock-market novel told from the perspective of a speculative trader. There is nothing else like it anywhere online, so do not miss it!) A plane crash meticulously orchestrated by Jewish capital causes Zhang Yang, a manager at Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s top asset-management firms, to unexpectedly return to 2009. That year, the aftershocks of the subprime mortgage crisis had only just subsided, while the global economy and stock markets were poised to su 450Votes160.7kRecs505kFans
- 25 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
- 26 Reborn in 2004: A Lone Figure in the Literary World 重生2004：独行文坛 Zhang Chao, a tutor, returns to his senior year of high school. He only plans to get into college by writing, but unexpectedly, he takes down the biggest name in youth literature with a single shot... From then on, he kicks Guo Xiaosi and punches Han Han aside, rising to become the literary scene’s brightest new star. Like a raging tide, he sweeps through the stagnant, dispirited Chinese literary world and puts Chinese-language literature back on top of the world! “Lone Wanderer in the Literary 0Votes36.9kRecs220.5kFans
- 27 Soul Trigger 灵魂扳机 A modern metropolis teeming with evil spirits and strange mutations. Ji Li, whose attempt at mechanical ascension failed, discovered that he had become a frail natural human, and that someone had nailed him upside down to a cross. Fortunately, the intelligent core called the Ascension Protocol, originally integrated into his brain-in-a-vat, was still functioning normally. It had also undergone a small chemical reaction with th 10Votes57.4kRecs230.4kFans
- 28 The Celestial Serpent of the City 都市天蛇 The primordial spirit spans the sun and moon; a single breath proclaims the Heavenly Serpent! This is the story of a young man from Blue Star who inherits the legacy of the Heavenly Serpent. 0Votes96.4kRecs32.5kFans
- 29 Retracing the Path of a Police Officer, 1993 重走警途1993 In this life, he is going to become a criminal police officer! In this life's police career, he will not leave behind any regrets! Liu Pengcheng, deputy captain of the traffic police brigade of Bian County Public Security Bureau, heroically sacrificed himself while saving a primary school student. When he opened his eyes again, he discovered that he had been reborn before beginning his internship in his junior year at the investigation program of the Northern Provincial Public Security Cadre Sch 6Votes91.4kRecs153.5kFans
- 30 I Became a Literary Master in Tokyo 我在东京当文豪 This Japan seems a little different. After the bubble burst, everything was underlined. The writers who should have emerged never did. Instead, a number of authors could only offer feeble criticism of the world... This Japan needs a literary giant, a beacon of thought... Chen Chu transmigrated into this world and became Kitajima Koma, a waiter at an izakaya. Looking at his solitary self and his uncertain future, Kitajima Koma decided to make money using the advantages he had. And so a novel call 0Votes31kRecs138.3kFans
- 31 A Solo Game in the Northern and Southern Dynasties 单机南北朝 In the first year of the Shen Gui era of Northern Wei, twenty years after Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital to Luoyang. Later generations know only that “the Southern Dynasties had four hundred and eighty temples,” but few realize that Luoyang, the divine capital of the Northern Dynasties, was also filled with the sound of Buddhist chants and temples at every turn. Su Ze transmigrated into a Han Chinese soldier in the Imperial Guard and awakened a single-player System. He knew that behind Luoyan 0Votes51.7kRecs147kFans
- 32 Who Let Him Play Go?! 谁让他下围棋的！ “I’ve said it so many times: I’m really not trying to get under your skin. This is just how Go is played. The Mi Dao is such a simple joseki. Surely you all know how to play it? You don’t? Seriously? You don’t?” For the Chinese Go world, it would be best if there were two Shi Yu. One to send out to compete. The other to get beaten. 0Votes33.6kRecs181.3kFans
- 33 I Do Daily Quests in the Wizarding World 我在巫师世界做日常任务 This is a vast and powerful cluster of wizarding worlds. Mighty wizards capture gods at will, conquer planes, and reshape civilizations. After Lin En arrives in this world and encounters the power of wizards, he gradually comes to understand that knowledge is power, and power is truth. On the road to seeking truth, I will always be a humble apprentice. Keywords: wizards, gradual growth, farming, multiple planes, not a goody-two-shoes 0Votes18.5kRecs105.8kFans
- 34 Swordsong of the Spirit Firmament 剑啸灵霄 Young and reckless, a white snake hidden in his sleeve. It rings out and turns into a sword, soaring straight to the heavens. In 2025, the martial arts adventure begins! 6Votes544kRecs641kFans
- 35 Detective Chen Yi 神探陈益 Chen Yi, a world-class detective, transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers himself handcuffed to a chair in an interrogation room. His first task is to clear himself of suspicion in a murder case. Bizarre, inexplicable cases. The unfathomable depths of the human heart. From suspect to homicide detective, from police inspector to superintendent, he brings the rhythm of criminal investigations to life at every murder scene. This is the story of a top detective who overwhelms the competition 5Votes129.7kRecs668.8kFans
- 36 The Emei Sword Immortal 峨眉剑仙 Gu Jinghong awakens from a long dream to find himself in the chaotic world of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. At the time, Zhang Cuishan and his wife have shed blood on Wudang Mountain, leaving their young son behind to weep alone. The road through the jianghu is long, with winds as sharp as knives and frost as cold as swords. A mere porter, with a life as worthless as a blade of grass. All he has is the talent [One Proof, Forever Proven]. Fortune brings him into the Emei sect, and from then 0Votes25.9kRecs349.5kFans
- 37 My 1991 我的1991 Reborn once more, I’ll earn money properly and take life one step at a time. My previous book, Reborn in the Great Era of 1993, has over 20,000 average paid subscriptions. You can trust my reputation. 0Votes281kRecs599.7kFans
- 38 Heavenly Mage 通天法师 “Magic is the road to heaven. Only by devoting yourself to magic can you live forever.”, Great Mage Fen Tian Ge Ruimaien “Compared with a young, beautiful woman, magic is worth nothing!”, Count Xia Bolai of Silvermoon Keep. “Mortals live in the earthly realm. They need to eat, drink, and answer nature's call, and they have love, 1Votes37.2kRecs410.3kFans
- 39 Celestial Master, I Have a World Beyond This One 天师，我有一个异世界 A chance encounter, A journey between two worlds. From then on, wealth and glory... 0Votes66.5kRecs280.4kFans
- 40 EN Ping-Pong Life 乒乓人生 I’ll write a semi-overpowered story that sticks as closely as possible to realistic details. Even if you don’t know table tennis, feel free to give it a look. This book is fairly easy to follow. In the past, Wang Chao was in poor health and couldn’t compete, so all he could do was coach others to win championships. Now Wang Chao has a gifted physique, and at last he can compete himself. He’ll crush the best players in this parallel world, become the big bad, take 0Votes47.8kRecs117kFans
- 41 The Pokemon Detective Casebook 宝可梦侦探事件簿 Even the fairytale-like world of Pokemon is rife with violence and lies. Battles can’t solve everything. Only logic and reason can pierce the haze shrouding the truth. In Unova, where ideals and reality meet, a secretive cult is busy crowning a new king; criminals use Pokemon battles as a cover for their crimes; a Trainer in a locked room is mysteriously killed by their own signature move; seven Trainers with no quarrel among them begin slaughtering one another on a deserted island; and a luxuri 61Votes77kRecs97kFans
- 42 Hate Me, Miss Witch! 憎恨我吧，魔女小姐！ [Villain System: Make Xierweiya, the young and innocent daughter of the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Cangting, suffer betrayal by someone dear to her, and complete her transformation and rebirth.] After transmigrating into a Western fantasy world of beast tamers, Xia Ya stared at the beginner’s quest before him, lost in thought. Xierweiya, the Silver Witch of the history books, had become a legend five hundred years ago. After building the White Chalk Tower, she vanished without a trace and was ne 3Votes43.9kRecs553.9kFans
- 43 Picking the Day to Become Famous 择日走红 From 375 first-month sales to over 10,000 average monthly subscriptions! - He transmigrates into the body of a washed-up idol who debuted at just fifteen, and is still a high school senior. His unscrupulous agent forces him to quit the entertainment industry. No work means no income. His most pressing task after transmigrating is, unexpectedly, to figure out how to feed himself. But without a System or a golden finger, how can he recreate a miracle with nothing but his own limited memories? No b 0Votes297.2kRecs669.7kFans
- 44 Literary Titan 1983 文豪1983 (A reborn literary master's story, no System. Every work is interpreted and adapted to fit its era.) Sixty-year-old Yu Qie sat there, gazing fondly at the reflection of his twenty-year-old self in his eyes. Back then, he had just submitted his first novel and was hailed as a rising star in the literary world. Now he was famous throughout the world, the conscience of the late twentieth century and the final pinnacle of human literature. The Akutagawa Prize, the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the Kafka 67Votes89.2kRecs202.8kFans
- 45 Fruit Tycoon in Another World 异界水果大亨 When Zhou Kun traded a warehouse full of Xizhou honeydew melons to a dragon for a chest of gold coins, he decided this business was worth pursuing. When the other world fought tooth and nail over a box of dragon fruit Zhou Kun had brought them, even starting a war that destroyed a nation, he realized the business was extremely profitable. When the fruit wholesalers around Zhou Kun begged and pleaded to 0Votes155.2kRecs95.5kFans
- 46 The Academic Ace's Military Research System 学霸的军工科研系统 Chang Haonan, an arms industry engineer from 2023, is reborn in 1996, back in his university days. At this darkest hour, before China's military industry takes off, he obtains a [Scientific Research Guidance System] that rivals the greatest mentor. Starting with improvements to a fight 21Votes554.6kRecs847.8kFans
- 47 EN Rebirth in 1981: Hunting and Fishing in the Northwest 重生八一渔猎西北 Li Long, carrying many regrets from his previous life, was reborn in 1981. That year, the land hadn't yet been divided among the households. He was still unmarried, his older brother hadn't died in a fall because of him, his sister-in-law didn't yet despise him, and his nephew and niece were growing up healthy. The root cause of all the troubles that would plague the future hadn't happened yet. There was still 96Votes552.9kRecs1.6MFans
- 48 EN Creating Heavenly Laws 悟性逆天：我在诸天创法传道 Lin Yuan carried a Gate of Myriad Worlds as he transmigrated into the vast cosmic universe of a boundless sea of stars. Here, the supreme powers could destroy star systems with a flick of their fingers, while tens of millions of light-years could be crossed in an instant. Reduced to the lowest level, Lin Yuan could only rely on the Gate of Myriad Worlds and his bound talent, heaven-defying comprehension, to travel through myriad worlds and grow stronger in silence. [With your heaven-defying c 5Votes143kRecs745.8kFans
- 49 Monster Hunting Worldwide 全球刷怪 When fantasy invades reality, when technology and human nature collide, when the world faces a choice, when destruction creeps ever closer... The nobody destined to become humanity's savior addressed the world with unwavering conviction that day: “History is made by the people, but you have to survive first before you can call yourself one of them, right?” 0Votes263.5kRecs193kFans
- 50 Shengong Bao, the Great Sage, Urges the Immortal to Seek Death 申公豹大圣劝死仙 First life: Unlucky Earthling Second life: Disaster Venerable Shen Gongbao Third life, fourth life... and beyond, across countless worlds. Forged by billions of calamities, my Dao body stands; the Great Luo Immortal endures for eternity. [Primordial Chaos secret identities] [Mythic Great Luo] [High-Risk Worlds] 1Votes51.9kRecs187.9kFans
