Novels like Black Sails
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Black Sails, best match first.
- 1 The Final Witch Lord 最终巫主 Li Ban had barely transmigrated into a mysterious laboratory when he was entrusted with an important mission: entering the virtual world of witches. Yet as he carried out his exploratory mission, Li Ban became increasingly confused. He entered the world of witches, where everything from the smallest blade of grass and leaf to the grandest mountains, rivers, sun, and moon was vivid and real, with no sign of disorder. Here, ranks were strictly defined. The strong could soar through the skies and b 0Votes17.3kRecs37.2kFans
- 2 The First Necromage 第一亡法 Corpse Processing is complete. There are plenty of lordship novels out there, and this is probably one of them. One person is a mage. Three people are a team. A crowd is a domain. A whole generation of people marks the rise of an era. I, Karen Heize, will lead the rise of an era. If you're young and ambitious, send in your resume. My address: Goldshire, the center of the world. 0Votes5.8kRecs12.1kFans
- 3 Kingdom Come: Deliverance: Legacy of Dreams 天国拯救：梦境传承 [Low martial arts, an alternate medieval world, with the styles of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Mount and Blade, The Lord of the Rings, and Game of Thrones, realistic sword-fighting and military techniques, and grounded combat descriptions] In this world of swords and knights, Leon became trapped in a strange dream. In the dream, he lived another life, becoming Henry, a blacksmith's son, while the abilities he gained there could truly merge into his body. Could the blacksmith's son in the dream po 0Votes11.6kRecs35.5kFans
- 4 The New God of North America 北美新神 In the year 1785 of the Holy Calendar, the independent Federation of America passed two bills that sent shockwaves through the Old Continent, all in the name of opening up the vast wilderness of western North America. The first was the Homesteading Act: Want land? Come to North America! If you can afford it, or can farm continuously for five years, the corresponding plot in the West will belong to you forever! The other was the Self-Government Act: Want to build a home of your own? Come to North 15Votes39.4kRecs134kFans
- 5 The Servant of Crimson 深红之仆 The warlock John Kemp serves an evil and fallen demon god. He did not do so willingly, but was forced into it for the sake of survival. He could hardly be called devout toward the evil god who had destroyed his former life, but his hypocritical faith earned him blessings far beyond those granted to other fanatics. John secretly took pride in this, never imagining that every blessing had long been marked with a price in secret… He continually formed adventuring parties and ventured deep into 0Votes9.1kRecs33.5kFans
- 6 The Altered Frontier 异化边境 I lift up for you this flame, reborn from the embers and given a divine name. I paint for you this land adrift in a sea of ash, known as the last world we have left. I reveal to you a wound that runs through time, named the “Great Collapse.” I warn you of this boundless sea of ash, where the madness of bygone days is being replayed on new shores. Perhaps your soul has grown numb in eternal slumber, and your hands have forgotten how to grip a sword hilt. But the tide draws near. So I have come. 112Votes26kRecs84.4kFans
- 7 The War Drums Sound, and the Song Dynasty Falls 鼙鼓揭天破宋来 Save the people, and I’ll bear the blame. Zhang Xun had already decided to play the role of Zhang Xun, the man who chose to sacrifice the innocent. He didn’t much care if he went down in infamy for all eternity. But while bearing Zhang Xun’s famous name, he had ended up in the eighth year of the Xianchun era of the Southern Song. He’d heard that Bayan was marching south of the Yangtze and wouldn’t kill the common people, but the elders and locals of this commandery all turned to look at him. Do 0Votes69.6kRecs62.6kFans
- 8 Keeping My Head Down as a Dark Elf in Warhammer 苟在战锤当暗精 Working title: "My Days in the Complete Guide to Stereotypes" Also known as: "Making a Spectacle of Myself in Warhammer Fantasy" Wearing the Phoenix Crown, Dacius stood in the Phoenix King's Court in Lothern, gazing at the bustling harbor in the distance and sighing with emotion. It had been more than five hundred years since Dacius Hellbane transmigrated to this world. As a rather unconventional Druchii of the modern age, he had done many things over those five centuries and earned numerous tit 2Votes20.8kRecs44.8kFans
- 9 Nightmare Dive 梦魇潜航 The power of intelligent beings comes from understanding the world. Humanity analyzed the material world and created science, then explored the spiritual world and created the occult. When the radiance of whale-oil steam engines illuminated the world, the nightmare sea hidden beneath reality's veil grew ever darker and deeper. Depth 0: Friend, put on your [Bourdon Tube Depth Gauge]. We are about to begin our descent; Lv1, Depth 1-9: Beep beep! Reality is beginning to peel away, but as long as yo 318Votes19.8kRecs75.6kFans
- 10 The Werewolf Hunting Code 狼人狩猎法则 Three hundred years later, the dark side of the world has stirred once more. The legendary monsters have returned to this world. They’re right there among us. (The protagonist isn’t human. His bloodlust and inhuman traits grow as the story progresses, and he isn’t a good person in the conventional sense.) (This book focuses on nonhumans, not furries. Please take note.) 85Votes109.7kRecs153.4kFans
- 11 The Crown of Terror 惊怖冠冕 In the sewers of Jotun City, ratmen writhe in teeming swarms. Bloodthirsty monsters have taken root at every level of human society, while crazed werewolves chase their prey beneath the full moon. Changeling spirits replace babies and hide in human families, forgetting their true identities. Beneath graveyards, they build underground palaces of their own. In the deepest shadows, the Demon itself opens its eye, greedily yet cautiously sizing up the delicious feast called “reality.” It is the bloo 2Votes29.6kRecs69.6kFans
- 12 Half-Demon's Path to Immortality 半妖养仙途 A sea of tribulations has forged me into an immortal. In a cultivation world where humans, demons, and half-demons live side by side, Lu Tong repeatedly risks his life in pursuit of the Way, seizing treasures from the flames. In the end, he rises to become a great power in his own right, despite being a half-demon. 0Votes57.6kRecs78.6kFans
- 13 Wizard: This Witcher Is Slacking Off 巫师：这个猎魔人不务正业 ~~After being hit and killed by a dump truck as a student athlete, he unexpectedly became a witcher in Kaer Morhen. Wayne thought, this was seriously messed up. ~~A half-elf witcher hated by people and dogs alike, in an age filled with commoners, rampant evil gods, monsters everywhere, and kings and nobles who were all idiots. It felt like he had every possible debuff stacked against him. ~~Fortunately, Heaven hadn't abandoned the transmigrator. His exclusive Witcher System gave Wayne the means 0Votes38.7kRecs181.5kFans
- 14 Cyber Yokai Record 赛博百鬼录 When technology reaches the singularity, the gods descend. Beneath their radiance, demons and ghosts lurk like shadows. But fox spirits don't drain people's life force, and evil spirits have no desire to devour flesh and blood. You are being consumed without even realizing it. How will you protect what's left of your body? 0Votes29.3kRecs104.2kFans
- 15 As a Doctor, You Don't Have to Be So Normal 做医生，没必要太正常 “Am I not normal?” “Not even close!” “What’s not normal about me?” “What is normal about you?! Who eats lamb spine, then reports the owner for using a sheep with a congenital spinal deformity?” “Who has a cup of coffee and insists on explaining tarry stool to me?” “What medical student wins the National Science and Technology Award?” “What student gets a professor to pour tea for him?” “What resident doctor chews out the department director until he’s left speechless?!” “What doctor…” “Come on, 0Votes91.7kRecs188.5kFans
- 16 Longevity: I, Cao, Can See the On-Screen Prompts 长生：我曹某人看得到提示语 My new book, The Great Luo Primordial Immortal, has reached 100,000 characters. Reborn into a life of cultivation, I, Cao, intend to lounge in luxury and lose myself in intoxicating perfumes. Most people are consumed by insatiable desire. I am only human, just as incapable of ever being satisfied. 0Votes39.8kRecs108.9kFans
- 17 Witch of the Cyber Age 赛博时代的魔女 In the cyberpunk age, corporate alliances rule the world, and humans and witches alike are fuel for the corporate machine, enslaved by advanced technology. The winds of change are beginning to blow. Xu Yang refuses to become a corporate lackey and resolves to escape. Along the way, he will rescue adorable yet powerful witches from the clutches of megacorporations and embark on a path of revolution! 2Votes38.5kRecs133.9kFans
- 18 Sword in Hand, I Walk Alone, Slaying Ghosts and Gods 仗剑独行斩鬼神 A Daoist robe rises into the clouds, half swordsman, half immortal. Beyond the thirty-three layers of azure heaven, immortals dwell in the depths of the clouds. Blood God Lord Lu Cheng was the most powerful demonic cultivator player in the Nine Heavens world. With his peerless Blood God Art, and the ferocious, unrivaled Heaven-Demon Blood-Transforming Blade and Human Emperor's Banner, he defeated one top-tier master after another single-handedly and claimed the supreme divine artifact, the Jiuli 3Votes74.8kRecs245.8kFans
- 19 Origin Paradise! 起源乐园！ Across the vast cosmos, the extraordinary has returned. The Blue Star Origin Battlefield has reopened. This is a death game where everything is absolutely real. Hounds devour the sun, crows bring down the curtain, and giant serpents coil around the Middle Court. Worlds beyond the world, frontiers beyond the present realm. Old and new gods, an eternal war of blood, the Candle Dragon Project, frontier exploration, the Ten Great Stars, wars for control of the world... The land is once again plunged 0Votes103.3kRecs212.9kFans
- 20 EN My Ninjutsu is Not Right 我的忍术不对劲 "The Clone Technique splits the body apart, while the Transformation Technique turns the body into something else for real. Then the Substitution Technique…" Lin Ke froze for a moment. Looking at the tall, powerfully built humanoid figure in front of him, its entire body blue and purple, he muttered: "When did you get here, Star Platinum?" A remnant of the Konoha Village shinobi who transmigrated without a System, without a bloodline, and even a little late, suddenly discovered after learni 0Votes39.7kRecs223.2kFans
- 21 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
- 22 The Dragon of a Thousand Faces 千面之龙 Why do stories always have to be full of tragedy and bitter grudges? Would you enjoy a fun, lighthearted tale instead? Who am I today? A hero who saves a kingdom? A villain who threatens an age? A dashing playboy who lives a life of romance? Or a notorious sinner remembered by history... A lecher is out of the question. I'm a respectable man, after all. A clown, a judge, a magician, a celebrity, I can be any of them. And yes, I'm also the one who married the queen and fathered a princess. Wait, 12Votes164.7kRecs268.8kFans
- 23 The Abyssal Syndrome 潜渊症候群 Those events were utterly deranged. Twisted dark forces and raving lunatics turned the world into a living hell. Anyone who contracted Abyssal Syndrome had only one fate: to join this endless, ruinous revel. This book is set in a parallel-world America. All social and cultural elements are presented through the dialectical interplay of opposing sides, with no single negative slant, and have nothing to do with any topic concerning our country. Please do not read too much into things or let your 3Votes36.2kRecs153.6kFans
- 24 EN Doomsday America 末日美利坚 “No System, no supernatural powers, no saintly do-gooder.” Serious version: It takes at least tens of thousands of years for beasts to evolve into humans. But how long does it take for humans to devolve into beasts? A year? Let's find out. Then the zombie crisis erupted, and civilization's order collapsed completely. And so, civilization left us behind. The dead walk among us. Comedy version: A zombie crisis has broken out in America? A cause for nationwide celebration! This is fantastic news! 94Votes49.2kRecs161.3kFans
- 25 The Secret Doctrine of Monsters 怪物们的密教准则 Autumn, 1840. The world was a whale rising from the depths, and in the boy’s eyes, it burst into flames. A letter from a dozen miles away, a traveler from a foreign land, and several wondrous tales of imagination. Ritualists, curios, strange species, invisible arts; Curse-killing runes, pointy-eared cat dragons, little people beneath the floorboards, castles that walk in dreams; Science and the occult, fantasy and reality. The boy tapped his cane lightly and passed across the currents of the age 5Votes31kRecs141.6kFans
- 26 EN Bone Dragon Heavy Industries 骨龙重工 Other people are sent crashing into another world. Engineer Su Ming, however, is sitting in a Dayun heavy truck, and he takes both himself and the truck with him as he crashes into someone else. He crushes a necromancer from the start, only to land and find himself cornered inside a white-bone tower. Outside the tower is an army from the temple. Inside is a scholar who calls herself a “helpful passerby”: Miss Baigu. The bad news: he has become a heretic. The worse news: he really can use necroma 226Votes96.5kRecs373.1kFans
- 27 My Little Mountain Kingdom 山林王国 Farm, live well, farm, live well, live well, live well, live well... From a house and a patch of land to a city and a nation, build a mountain kingdom of your own. 0Votes57.2kRecs214.4kFans
- 28 EN I Am a Martial God 吾乃高武神人 In a world of martial arts, everyone can awaken a trait! A farmer awakens [Hardworking], gaining +20% adaptability to pain. A rich man awakens [Slave Master], increasing his influence over the poor by 10%. Even a nine-lived cat demon can obtain [Haki Creature] and come back to life after death! [Reborn] [Transmigrator] [Reincarnated Soul] [Outsider Demon] [Unparalleled Beauty]... Countless traits bring endless possibilities! In this golden age, Ye Li awakens the trait [World-Shaking Wisdom]. [Wo 174Votes69.2kRecs319.6kFans
- 29 A Hero Can Die, but They Can’t Be a Nobody 勇者可以不活，但不能没活 “Yes, I'm the one who killed the hero. It was just a job. Don't bring up the demon invasion, it has nothing to do with me. Solve your world's problems yourselves...” On the eve of the world's end in 1458, the shameless transmigrator from another world, despicable human traitor, and Demon King lackey Quinn was asked during his escape whether he felt any guilt toward the gods who had raised him. He replied: “First: The apocalypse is the gods' problem. I just refuse to clean up after them. What do 298Votes98.1kRecs492kFans
- 30 EN Tokyo: Parasitic Supernatural 东京：超凡寄生 Parasitism, mutation… Piece after piece is placed on the dining table, while life after life vanishes for no reason. Every piece is merely fuel for me to achieve supreme power. [Behind the Scenes] [The Source of All Supernatural Phenomena] [Left-Hand Versus Right-Hand] 0Votes33.3kRecs161.3kFans
- 31 Don’t Farm, Cultivate Immortality 不要种田要修仙 There are monsters, magical arts, and ordinary people. This is simply a lighthearted, heartwarming story about a child growing up in an extraordinary world and experiencing all kinds of adventures. (Keywords: farming, business, folk customs, monsters, legends) 0Votes31.8kRecs101.1kFans
- 32 Lord of the Desolate Sands 荒沙主宰 Many readers have said that compared with the actual story, this book’s blurb is complete garbage. The author can’t think of how to introduce it either. Anyway, the story’s quality is absolutely guaranteed. That’s it. (Original blurb) A mechanical engineer transmigrates to a world where martial arts reign supreme, gaining control over the powers of fire and sand. Water cutters, hang gliders, firearms, aircraft engines, powered armor, floating cannons... Using the knowledge he has 109Votes124.4kRecs180.4kFans
- 33 The Most Ruthless Man in the Apocalypse 末世第一狠人 [At 4 million words: 44,500 premium subscribers and 7,000 average subscribers. The story is complete. Dive in without worry, it won't be abandoned!] The zombie virus breaks out overnight, bringing the world to ruin and shattering human civilization. As a survivor, all you want is to stay alive! Question: How can you survive the apocalypse? Answer: First, you have to be ruthless! [Not reborn] [Light System] [Zombies] [Apocalyptic survival] [Decisive and ruthless] [No saintly protagonist] 275Votes174kRecs952.9kFans
- 34 Come at Me, You Wicked Witch! 妖女看招 When he was six, Su Zhen, frail and frequently ill, adopted the village’s old banyan tree as his godmother and prayed for her protection. The next day, the tree, which had lived from the Qing dynasty to the present, mysteriously withered and died. “How do you know about that?” Ten years later, Su Zhen, now a high school student, hears someone recount the strange incident. “I’m your godmother.” The ghostly young woman smiles at him. In October 2000, unprecedented torrential rain sweeps across 39Votes111.9kRecs171.4kFans
- 35 Knights and Magic Wands 骑士与魔杖 [Traditional fantasy, knights, sword and sorcery (no power-leveling), everyday life in a fief (not farming), slow-paced] Order crumbles amid the chaos that has come, while thundering hooves bring calamities from the old days. A soul that does not belong to this age opens its eyes once more: castles, towers, blades and magic, desire and disaster. The Cards of Neti awaken an ancient destiny, and the end draws silently near… 3Votes166.4kRecs470kFans
- 36 EN In a World of Demons, Why Are You Bathed in Holy Light? 大家都是邪魔，怎么你浑身圣光？ Yang An transmigrates into a world of demons. The dynasty is on the verge of collapse, demons run rampant in a chaotic age, and one evil creature after another emerges. In this world, ordinary people are lambs waiting to be slaughtered, struggling just to survive. Yang An is no exception. The reason is that everything in this world has been tainted by filth. Anyone who embarks on the path of cultivation, be they immortal, god, demon, or monster, must pay an enormous price. This is what has twist 0Votes48.4kRecs618.9kFans
- 37 A Tianjin Native Never Loses SAN 天津人永不掉SAN You have your unspeakable horrors; I have my storytelling, jokes, and singing. In a steam-powered civilization surrounded by all manner of ancient and outer gods, ordinary people are twisted into madness by the slightest contact with ancient knowledge. Liu Yonglu, a young crosstalk performer from Tianjin, transmigrates into this world. Face to face with the old gods and their kin, he stays perfectly calm, picks up the clappers at hand, and launches into a routine. “Clap these bamboo boards toget 9Votes87.7kRecs194.9kFans
- 38 The Fruits of Slaughter 杀生道果 “An undying tree hangs from the Nine Heavens; immortal bones are dug from tombs. The Daoist Venerable smacks his lips as he drinks blood; the old Buddha savors dried meat. The six domestic animals and five sacrificial beasts pound the ritual drums; foxes of the city and rats of the shrine are boiled in a pot. The longevity wine reeks of wronged souls; the fruits of the Dao taste bitter at the feast of slaughter!” In this world, the Dao manifests its divine power. The one thing on the minds of co 1Votes116.2kRecs443.1kFans
- 39 EN Path of Light 光明之路 I opened an ancient book with a copper cover, and the vortex inside instantly sucked Roy in… When Roy opened his eyes again, he discovered that he had transmigrated to the realm of the elves… Elves, dwarves, Janna, orcs, human knights, mages, priests… This was a fantastical world full of magic! He was the ruler of the Seven Seas. Wherever his fleet sailed, a path of light followed. 10Votes353.9kRecs320kFans
- 40 EN The World of Demons and Monsters I Designed 我设计的妖魔世界 After being reborn, Chen Qing found himself a poor farming scholar in ancient times. After ten years of hard study, he finally passed the imperial exams and thought he was about to join the ranks of the gentry, marry a beautiful, wealthy woman, and reach the pinnacle of life. Instead, he was suddenly caught up in a bizarre fantasy incident. Only then did he realize that this world was far from ordinary. There were man-eating demons, mind-bending fiends, and the legendary immortals, who could liv 0Votes67.7kRecs553.4kFans
- 41 EN The Mountain Storm Dragon 山雨蛟 The path of cultivation may look glorious, but in truth it is like walking on thin ice. Only those who tread it know the hardships. A black snake of humble origins, with no one to rely on, wanders alone through wind and rain, living on the fringes of the human world. It cannot escape the fires of heavenly tribulation. It struggles desperately, with no idea what lies ahead... A record of the past, seven parts truth and three parts lies. 239Votes96.5kRecs218.3kFans
- 42 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
- 43 Lanfang 兰芳 Zhao Xuening can swear that at first, all he wanted was to make something of himself so he would never have to live hand to mouth, sleeping rough and wondering where his next meal would come from. But who could have guessed that while he threw himself into that goal, he would try a little too hard? The Dutch, who had dominated the Spice Seas for over a century, were sent packing, and he even worked hard enough to bring the Lan Fang Republic into being. That one little mishap set him on a path of 0Votes76.9kRecs257.5kFans
- 44 A Dream of the Old Gods 旧神残梦 Pagan pantheons are tangled together, and parasitic spirits are spreading like a plague. But I don't care. I just want to get my hands on ten tons of cash, fast. 3Votes77.7kRecs111.4kFans
- 45 My Younger Brother Is Zhuge Liang 舍弟诸葛亮 This is a story about the Zhuge clan, the "teachers of all ages." In Xuzhou during the first year of Jian'an, Lü Bu secretly seized Xiapi while Yuan Shu attacked Huaiyin. The transmigrator Zhuge Jin was accidentally surrounded by Yuan's army inside Huaiyin City and had no choice but to help Liu Bei, who was trapped in a desperate situation, counterattack and kill the enemy. Since thos 0Votes148.6kRecs368.6kFans
- 46 EN Starting as a Mechanical Hunter 从机械猎人开始 1Votes185.8kRecs261.5kFans
- 47 EN The Immortal Devourer 食仙主 The mysterious and uncanny swords scattered across the land await swordmasters whose names will shake the world. Who can comprehend the wondrous arts and lost scriptures passed down through the ages? Among the hundred wards of Chang'an, people who can raise fire and swallow the sun lie hidden. In the Central Plains stand vast and decaying thousand-year-old clans. In the north, the silent and battle-hardened barbarians sharpen their blades, while the southern kingdoms revel in song and dance amid 860Votes523.6kRecs874.9kFans
- 48 The Hidden Moth 隐蛾 Have you ever heard of the Hidden Moth? Every era has people like this, as though they can move through the darkness without leaving a trace, appearing out of nowhere and vanishing in an instant. Existing yet unknown, it could be you, or it could be me. 221Votes1MRecs204kFans
- 49 The War Banner of Osuya 奥苏亚的战旌 I woke up in the Northern Wastes, on the continent of Osua, where swords and magic reigned. I began in a village, dreaming that I could live in seclusion, but history and fate kept pushing me forward. [Quests] [Weapons] [Characters] Where did these notes come from? A massive vertical pupil loomed in the mist. Between cities, horses’ hooves were stained with blood. Bloodlines and races were tangled and varied. Prayers from those with different hearts went unanswered by the Old Gods. Who concealed 0Votes53.4kRecs88.7kFans
- 50 A Vast Immortal Realm 仙寥 The quest for the Dao burns like a flame, and life is its fuel. One's nature is the kindling, never to be extinguished. A treatise titled The Master of Nurturing Life brings Zhou Qing into a fantastical world of immortals and chivalry. From then on, he seeks only to escape the Three Realms and the Five Elements, becoming a being free from every shackle. 0Votes75.6kRecs540.8kFans
