Novels like One Breath, Rising Sun
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as One Breath, Rising Sun, best match first.
- 51 EN Mortal Cultivator 俗仙 Those who cultivate immortality have no worries about firewood, rice, oil, or salt, but they cannot escape the greed, anger, delusion, love, hatred, desire, passion, and grudges of the mortal world! 4Votes505.2kRecs501.3kFans
- 52 Forging Immortality with Spiritual Treasures 我以灵宝铸长生 He sees through the hidden workings of life and death and descends into the mortal world. His very being merges with a Spirit Treasure Dao Seed as he seeks to comprehend the full splendor of the Great Dao. 0Votes41.7kRecs113.6kFans
- 53 The Bitterness of Life 人间苦 (No harem, no clichés, no invincibility, no System, no brainless antics, and no wish-fulfillment. Readers who mind these should proceed with caution.) Just as Cai Gen thought it was an ordinary day, he discovered that the Wheel of Fate had chosen him and that he had inherited the will of the God of Suffering. Just as Cai Gen thought he could escape by continually giving the dead his benevolent heart, he discovered that the Wheel of Fate ruling the world was crumbling. Just as Cai Gen thought he 0Votes381.7kRecs100.3kFans
- 54 The Netherworld Skin-Painting Scroll 幽冥画皮卷 The print edition has been published. It is titled Formless and available from platforms such as Qidian and JD.com. Generally speaking, Li Wuxiang gives himself a little maintenance every six months or every five thousand li. The main jobs are tending to his outer layer and renovating his internal organs, with a little fatty fluid added if necessary. When applying a new skin, he has to be careful with the materials. Otherwise, in extreme weather, it might peel or de 171Votes229.8kRecs401.3kFans
- 55 EN Wulong Mountain Cultivation Chronicles 乌龙山修行笔记 A day-to-day chronicle of a rogue cultivator from Wulong Mountain, recording the little moments of a cultivation life... A woman fears marrying the wrong man; a man fears choosing the wrong career. Since Liu Xiaolou became a lowly rogue cultivator from the start, one from Wulong Mountain, notorious for its bandits, he can only accept his lot and struggle to survive in a world ruled by prestigious sects. He busies himself for a single spirit stone, pill, artifact, or spirit herb. The daily necess 1.4kVotes981.3kRecs619.4kFans
- 56 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
- 57 EN Witnessing the Fall of Immortals 坐看仙倾 I’m a college student, and I’m lost. Everyone here calls me Young Master Ji and tells me to accept my condolences. Before I can even react, the county magistrate’s daughter, who has been selected to join an immortal sect, comes to break off our engagement. Hah, what an interesting start. I begin to learn about this strange world and see the starving masses stretching for miles beneath the prosperity of immortal cultivation and the flourishing dynasty. These cultivators have drained the people dr 27Votes360.6kRecs1MFans
- 58 EN Warm Dragon 温暖的龙 The fire burns ever brighter, and more and more people carry its flame. Beneath a land blanketed in snow, dragons awaken from the magma, elves dance among the crops, and mushrooms run about happily. At this moment, Russell Glowcap raises the burning sword in his hand and, in the name of the Dragon Knight, is crowned King of Flame. … Dragons and elves set sail once more. This time, they farm in a frozen wasteland! Bai Yuhan’s painstaking 2024 masterpiece. Don’t miss it! 0Votes91.6kRecs233.5kFans
- 59 EN Carving the Dao of Heaven and Abyss 渊天辟道 Heaven and earth are turned upside down, and all laws fall into disorder. Man takes the marrow of Heaven; Heaven cuts off man's path. The immortal path is distant, eternal life an empty dream. I shall forge my own path, and find eternal life in the abyss. 299Votes129.9kRecs237.2kFans
- 60 This Lousy Wizard Has Had Enough 这破巫师不当也罢 … Lin An's life took a dramatic turn. The basketball under his bed turned into a blood-dripping head that hopped beside his pillow in the middle of the night and softly hummed in his ear. The subway train hurtling into the station became a giant lizard, jaws gaping as it waited for him to line up and be fed to it. The world wasn't as simple as he'd imagined. Behind the bustling city, the Witch-Hunting Knig 0Votes33.7kRecs196.2kFans
- 61 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
- 62 EN My Folklore Game Console 我的民俗游戏机 The Wang phase rests, languishes, and dies. The only changing character is eternity. A person's life is a great transformation. From infancy to youth, from maturity to old age, no one can ultimately escape death. One day, Xu Feng happened to obtain a game console. After opening the game, Xu Feng discovered that its professions were all related to life and death. Sewing corpses, excavating tombs, watching graves, burning bones, saving souls, relieving suffering... As the saying goes, the auspicio 960Votes75kRecs347.8kFans
- 63 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
- 64 The Sleeping God 沉睡的上帝 Wu Zhe: “Author, I just have one question for you!” KL3300: “What?” “Which of us is the protagonist, and which is the supporting character?” “Of course you’re the protagonist.” “Then shouldn’t the protagonist get a golden finger? At the very least, I should get a few chances to do some face-slapping!” “But isn’t that what I gave you?” … Well, the truth is, the blurb is just bait to get you to read a little more. This is a serious, traditional science fiction novel about the future, cryogenic sl 0Votes13.1kRecs11.7kFans
- 65 This Is What an Immortal Should Be 仙人就该是这样 A top tycoon with little time left has an only son suffering from severe delusions. The patient believes he can transmigrate through time and space, cross the boundaries between past and present, seek the mysterious variables between heaven and earth, and thereby attain immortality. His condition is so severe that he has tried to kill himself several times. Fortunately, he has a good father who has devoted himself heart and soul to his son’s illness. In psychology, the best way to overcome fear 1Votes139kRecs257.2kFans
- 66 Notes on a Corpse Monster's Cultivation 尸怪修行笔记 That year, I awoke beneath the earth, with the ground for a blanket and the quiet for my bed. Years later, The mountain’s demons gather, while I sit alone in the tower and pass the long, clear night. 24Votes146.5kRecs371.7kFans
- 67 EN Arcane Detective of the Steam Age 蒸汽世界的奥秘侦探 This is an age of infinite possibilities: steam and steel, gears and clockwork. Steam power and differential engines symbolize the boundless future of human civilization. Yet no one notices that beneath the haze of steam, in the shadow of steel, the dark and mysterious arcane has never gone away. A traveler from a distant land will lift the veil shrouding this turbulent, free, dreamlike world, and write a history and legend of his own… A work by Xibei Mao. Completion 239Votes149.4kRecs268kFans
- 68 The Nightless Marquis of Lin'an 临安不夜侯 “Yang Yuan requests that Chancellor Qin die!” “What evidence do you have to accuse me of a crime?” “None whatsoever!” Yang Yuan of Youqiu Media accidentally wanders into Lin’an during the Southern Song dynasty. He intends to return to his old line of work and become the first crisis PR expert in ancient times. Instead, he ends up expanding the empire, uniting Xia and Jin, and making waves across the realm. I shall be the Son of Heaven! 33Votes1.1MRecs836.6kFans
- 69 EN This Lich Needs Extra Pay 这个巫妖得加钱 Let's forget all the red tape and moral posturing, and talk about profit. At the right price, even a god can be dragged to the negotiating table. 1Votes48.4kRecs473.6kFans
- 70 EN Decaying World 腐朽世界 Mystery, despair, pain, decay. The world is lost, and I have no idea where to turn. I arrived in a world nearing its end, beset by dangers and seemingly without hope. All I can do is rely on the mysterious blood mark on my body, continually simulating and evolving all kinds of skills in an attempt to find a way out of this hopeless situation. 112Votes750.5kRecs1.2MFans
- 71 EN Cultivating Immortality in Twilight Years: I Become the Longevity Dao Venerable 暮年修仙，我成长寿道尊 [Immortal spirit and heroic valor, worldly wisdom, immortal cultivation and longevity. A top-tier xianxia novel with 50,000 premium subscribers, well worth a read] Forever I’ll remember the rivers and lakes, returning with hair turned white; I long to turn back the world and sail away in a small boat. Chen Dengming stepped into a chaotic world of martial arts. Only in old age did he reach the Innate Realm, but martial arts mastery was not the end of the jianghu he dreamed of. Cultivating immorta 2Votes108.8kRecs987.7kFans
- 72 EN Cultivating Immortality Across a Hundred Lifetimes 百世修长生 Meng Yuan transmigrated and gained the power to reincarnate a hundred times, starting over after every death. After five lifetimes, Meng Yuan finally found a path to immortality. Refine the heart in the mortal world, attain the Dao over a hundred lifetimes. (Not a simulation story) 1.5kVotes41.6kRecs214kFans
- 73 The Last Light of the Later Ming 后明余晖 Thanks to an elder whose origins are unknown, the decaying dynasty is reborn in another form, surviving for more than two hundred years thereafter. Then, across the vast Pacific, steel, explosives, and oil will compose the most magnificent tableau in human history. So, for the ancient Ming Empire, is this truly a final resurgence before its death? ˉˉˉˉˉˉˉˉˉˉ "How can this Z Fleet have five battleships?" "Can the Shermans still run rampant on the islands?" "Can the Mustangs and Corsairs still dom 2Votes109.3kRecs258.9kFans
- 74 This Daoist Is Ascending 道爷要飞升 "Disciple Li Yuan humbly begs the Heavens to bestow upon me a register of divine investiture!" … … Completed works include The First Cause of All Realms, Projections Across the Heavens, and The Chronicle of the Great Dao. 160Votes962.6kRecs3.1MFans
- 75 I Have a Fate-Binding Die 我有一枚命运魔骰 An ancient demon god cast a die that could change fate into the mortal world. Whoever obtains it can roll the die and have three wishes granted for free, depending on the number rolled. Over the ages, countless owners of the die have altered their destinies and changed the world time and time again. Some wished their way onto the throne of the gods, while others wished for immortality. Chen Qi, at the lowest point in his life, was lucky enough to find the die. His first wish was to become a bill 1Votes153.9kRecs573kFans
- 76 EN Beneath the Fist 拳之下 What is martial prowess? The exertion of strength. What is the martial-arts spirit? The exertion of will and courage. … With a raised foot, victory and defeat are decided; beneath a fist, life and death are settled. "I am Lian Youming. Please enlighten me!" 327Votes136.3kRecs507.2kFans
- 77 The Corrupted Kingdom 腐蚀国度 A realistic zombie MMORPG! Scavenge for scraps, make tools, farm, and fight monsters as you search for the reason humanity failed to resist the zombie virus. Sixteen completed VIP novels, 23 million words. It began with online games, and now it returns to them. 2Votes489.1kRecs271.7kFans
- 78 EN Monster Hunter: The Fire Dragon with Unique Traits 怪猎：这条火龙有特性 Luo Yun never imagined that he would hit the jackpot, much less that he would one day truly stop being human. Now that he had arrived in the New World and become a male fire dragon, his goal was to survive in this world! But as time passed, he discovered that even a species as high on the ecological ladder as a fire dragon had its limits. Thus, Luo Yun could only launch a charge toward even greater heights! [Acceleration] [Strongman] [Kindling] [Sunlight] [Land of Termination]… Male Fire Dr 0Votes116kRecs320.1kFans
- 79 EN The AI Wave Tycoon's Rise 首富从AI浪潮开始 [Entrepreneurship] [Business Battles] [Internet] [Artificial Intelligence] [Smart Protagonist] On the day you get laid off, your eyes suddenly gain the ability to see information that no one else can. What would you do? Catch the trap in your severance agreement on the spot, then give your former supervisor, who set you up, a taste of face-slapping. What next? Han Lu Yi, a top university graduate who spent several years grinding away at a major tech company, takes his severance pay and decides t 2kVotes111.9kRecs407.3kFans
- 80 EN Crafting Immortality: Starting by Turning Myself into a Puppet 诡道求仙，从将自己炼成傀儡开始 “Looks like I have no choice but to refine myself into a living puppet.” This is another world of sinister cultivation, where the Great You Dynasty is ruled by bloodthirsty tyrants. The Daoist sects worship Outer Gods, seeking immortality and the path to the celestial through rituals of sacrifice. Demons dwell among the remote mountains; ruined temples and ancient monasteries conceal evil spirits and strange creatures; fox immortals and monstrous cats wander city streets and alleyways. Acros 3Votes41.3kRecs175.8kFans
- 81 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
- 82 EN The Path to Immortality 仙业 A dream crosses from the sea floor to withered mulberry trees, having witnessed all the Milky Way’s winds and waves. The Nine Provinces and Four Seas, the Mystic Sects and Demon Schools, the Celestial Outsiders and Pure Land Sangha. Refining qi, receiving registers, taking elixirs, divining omens... Enter the Gate of the Infinite, roam the Fields of the Boundless, shine as brightly as the sun and moon, and endure as long as heaven and earth. All that came before is but a guest; reborn, I walk t 1.9kVotes710.8kRecs761.6kFans
- 83 EN The People's Lawyer 国民律师 October 1, 2002. Xu De transmigrates to Green Forest City in the Eastern Kingdom, becoming a lawyer and gaining a golden finger that lets him draw rewards as long as he can satisfy his clients. But immediately after transmigrating, he runs into a difficult client! The client has been cuckolded. His wife has cheated on him several times and wants a divorce and a share of the property, intending to elope with her lover! Faced with the situation above, ordinary people would choose: [Option A: Divid 5.4kVotes94.7kRecs682.2kFans
- 84 EN The Wizard Log of a Kobold 狗头人的巫师日志 Rugg was feeling down. He’d noticed that he’d been shedding a little lately. But that wasn’t important. The door to the supernatural world was opening before him. He would become a powerful wizard, then grow scales all over, just like that annoying, terrifying, twenty-eight-clawed burrowing dragon. In his spare time, he often dreamed that he would no longer have a dog’s face, but would become the clean-cut human he used to be. He also often thought about growing the slender, twisted, curved horn 555Votes153kRecs324.3kFans
- 85 Mastering Evil Sha 御煞 The rootless tree, its flowers in bloom and shade, who would cultivate while still attached to the mortal world? The affairs of this fleeting life, a boat on a sea of suffering, tossed about with no freedom. With no shore in sight, it is hard to find a place to moor; forever sailing through waters where fish and dragons lurk. If only you would turn back, the shore is there; don't wait for the storm to wreck your boat. Open your eyes and see the fleeting world. Control baleful f 0Votes69.7kRecs313.1kFans
- 86 The Ming Dynasty's Spokesman 大明话事人 In an age when rituals and music have fallen into ruin, though I, Lin Tailai, come from a gang, I’m still a scholar who can pass the imperial examinations and enter officialdom! I still love the Great Ming, and I want to delve into a critique of the feudal dynasty’s corruption! It’s just that, before I knew it, I had become corruption itself. 2Votes450.1kRecs335.7kFans
- 87 I'm No Monster 才不是妖怪 If you hear their whispers too, do not panic; If you accidentally stumble into their banquet, pretend you are one of them; If they discover you, listen carefully to their stories; If you want to find them, forget that they exist; For you must never form a bond with them, lest you form a bond with the Empty Cicada. Yuan Mei once wrote in What the Master Would Not Discuss: You must know that all kinds of beings are different. Some are human yet know nothing of the strange; some are strange yet wis 3Votes58.9kRecs249.5kFans
- 88 Nightmare Apostle 噩梦使徒 “A violent incident has occurred at a hospital in our city. A patient has taken medical staff hostage and is currently in a standoff with the police...” Yang Xiao switched off the TV. The next second, a call came through. “Son, let the doctor go! The police are all outside. You can’t escape!” As if to prove the woman’s words, the sirens outside grew louder and louder, and there was movement in the corridor, too. “It’s fake. It’s all fake. This is a nightmare world. Otherwise, why would you be ab 1.1kVotes444.6kRecs1.1MFans
- 89 EN Absolute Destiny Game 绝对命运游戏 Mysterious Stranger: “If you could bring the martial arts, inner techniques, Taoist arts, supernatural abilities, and other skills you learned in a game into the real world... would you play it?” Gamer: “Of course! What kind of amazing deal is that?” Mysterious Stranger: “What if dying in the game meant you would die in real life too? Would you still play?” Gamer: “Let me think about it... Yeah, I probably would, as long as I’m careful not to pick a fight with high-level monsters.” Mysterious St 9Votes249.3kRecs547.9kFans
- 90 This Is the End of the World 这很末世 I opened my eyes to find myself in the apocalypse. Bai Xiao hated all zombies. Especially the one that had bitten him. Also known as The Zombies’ Final Journey A fictional world, purely imaginary #Apocalypse #Disaster #Survival #Healing# 15Votes118.8kRecs283.1kFans
- 91 Cyber Ming 赛博大明 Ordinary people with poor constitutions can implant artificial Dao foundations to reshape their spiritual roots. Believers whose Buddhist resolve is wavering can upload their consciousness into the Buddhist realm and cultivate in seclusion on autopilot. Even dull-witted commoners can install the Six Arts chip and become Confucian scholars overnight. Across the Three Teachings, Nine Schools, and Twelve Sequences, no one is willing 2Votes94.5kRecs642.5kFans
- 92 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
- 93 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
- 94 The Imperial Enterprise of the Northern Dynasties 北朝帝业 The end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the age of the Later Three Kingdoms. He Liuhun rules the roost in Hebei, Yuwen Tai dominates Guanzhong, and Xiao Pusa devotes himself to Buddhism in Jiangdong. Ambitious heroes are fired with purpose, while the people shed blood and tears! The fires of war flare up again at Mount Mang, and heaps of bones lie strewn across the River Bridge! In an age of chaos, division must eventually give way to unity. Cross the Taihang Mountains, ford the Yangtze, 5Votes304.6kRecs289.8kFans
- 95 No Way, Even a Gentleman Must Be Guarded Against 不是吧君子也防 [Volume Two is complete. The synopsis is halfway done. Save it for later, or dive in now.] In the first year, the Princess of Great Qian met a “gentleman” for the first time. He was righteous and presided over justice. She sneered, “A hypocrite.” In the third year, amid a struggle over the imperial heirs, she lost everything by a single misstep. With her eyes closed, she awaited death. He alone stepped forward, risking his life and fortune to escort her back to the capital. She scoffed, “At leas 54Votes485.7kRecs2.9MFans
- 96 EN Mountains, Rivers, and the Grain Altar 山河稷 Heaven and earth are the furnace, and creation is the smith; yin and yang are the fuel, and all things are the metal. One day, the flames that refine this world will be replaced by a fire of my own. Ji means sacrifice: make offerings to the land and to the grain. 403Votes1.1MRecs3MFans
- 97 The Treasure Mirror of Pure Light 清光宝鉴 “Come, let us invite the moon from the Milky Way's highest heaven, and together admire the eternal spring of the human world. Let us ignore the world's turmoil and spend half a lifetime cultivating a body beyond tribulation...” The moon in the water is like a dream, like flowers reflected in a mirror. Even a child knows that the moon in the water can only be seen, never touched. But Qin Xuan can scoop it up... … 4.9kVotes309.3kRecs590.2kFans
- 98 EN Super Sorcerer: The Weave Crashes Again from the Start 超魔术士：开局魔网又崩了 [Dungeons & Dragons] [Faerun] [High Magic] [Adventure] Anse accidentally transmigrates to Toril, and the Goddess of Magic has run into trouble yet again! Has the Spellplague struck again?! When the claws of the Underdark tear through the night over Baldur's Gate, the never-quiet Faerun erupts into chaos. But this is only the beginning. Elements include: Dungeons & Dragons, the Weave, dragon-blood sorcerers, wizards, leveling up, twenty-sided dice, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter, the Underdar 196Votes116.2kRecs378.1kFans
- 99 EN Late Bloomer in the Immortal Cultivation World 我在修仙界大器晚成 Mountains and rivers change, and the world grows old. Wei Tu transmigrated to a world of immortals and awakened the Destiny Trait [Late Bloomer]. [Destiny Trait: Late Bloomer.] [Attribute: Persevere without faltering, and you are sure to succeed.] Seeing this Destiny Trait, Wei Tu, whose rough edges had long been worn away, finally felt hope kindle in his heart. But he still didn't know whether he could rise from humble beginnings to become an immortal patriarch. All he could do was seize the pr 82Votes5.5MRecs1.3MFans
- 100 EN The End of the Immortal Path 仙道尽头 A talking ox, me stealing clothes, and a fairy forced into marriage. Looking at all this, Jiang Man, who had just transmigrated, felt that it seemed strangely familiar. 3.4kVotes369kRecs956.2kFans
