Novels like The First Heavenly Rule
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The First Heavenly Rule, best match first.
- 1 Building the Strongest Tribe, Starting with a Totem God Tree 从图腾神树开始打造最强部落 With countless tribes across the Great Wilderness, how can humanity hope to survive? With human martial arts struggling at every step, how can anyone break through? I, Greenvine, have the protection of a totem. I shall ensure humanity endures for all eternity! Lin Yi never imagined that after dozing off during overtime over the Spring Festival, he would transmigrate to a primitive world and become the totem spirit of the Greenvine Tribe. But natural disasters plagued this world, and powerful 1Votes392Recs55Fans
- 2 EN Ascendancy of the Martial Path 武道登神 The universe is changing, and Blue Star has converged with another world. At the hour of crisis, the heroic ancestors lured the enemy deep into their territory, then detonated countless nuclear warheads, slaying demons and gods alike. Their earthshaking sacrifice bought humanity fifty years to catch its breath. Over those fifty years, civilization underwent tremendous change. Within, the Demon-Worshipping Cult sowed chaos; without, monsters ran rampant. Martial Saint Zhao Dongjun rose like the r 3Votes315.7kRecs186.3kFans
- 3 Preaching the Dao in the Mortal World 红尘演道 Make a few close friends, get some immortals drunk, scold the Son of Heaven in the Golden Throne Hall, and show compassion for common folk in the countryside. I failed my tribulation in my past life, but in this one, I am utterly invincible. As Master Jun says: I can perform the tales of gods and demons, and tell stories of the jianghu too. With a wave of my hand, I turn the world upside down, laughing as I play my part among mortals. What worth are the celestial palaces? I embrace simpli 153Votes2.2kRecs18.9kFans
- 4 I Began as a Tiger Demon and Became a Sage 从虎妖开始成圣 Yang Ji, an older young man, stays up all night grinding away at Black Myth: Wukong and dies suddenly. He is reborn as a newborn tiger cub. He thinks his life as a tiger is doomed, only to discover that he's in a mythical world where gods, immortals, and demons all exist! This book is also known as What Should I Do After Turning into a Tiger Demon? and The Tiger Demon's Path to the Dao. 0Votes25.8kRecs62.8kFans
- 5 Enter This Gate, and All Wonders Come to Life 一入此门众妙生 When someone worn down by life until they are utterly spent is reborn in a world where immortals cultivate, what attitude will they take toward life and cultivation? First, they certainly won't live their life to satisfy other people's wishes. Second, their master may find their teaching methods a little too intense. Finally, their grandmaster may not be able to resist making a move... 0Votes5.9kRecs33.8kFans
- 6 EN Endless Winter: My Camp Can Level Up Infinitely 无尽寒冬：我的营地无限升级 Do you keep coming across a game that starts with a campfire in the middle of a frozen wasteland, where resources have to be hauled by hand and monsters can attack at any moment... Xia Hong wakes up one day in just such a world. Blizzards rage, beasts of the cold dominate the land, and civilization has fallen. Everything and everyone that ever existed has been invaded by the unknown and transformed into powerful horrors. Humanity has become a lowly species, barely surviving beneath the shadow of 140Votes108.5kRecs298.6kFans
- 7 Reborn in 1988: Getting Rich After Rejecting My Ex-Wife 重生88：从拒绝前妻开始暴富 An accident sent Lin Shuping back to 1988. In the early summer of that year, he looked at the girl who couldn’t care less about him and smiled... Then he put his hands in his pockets, turned around, and walked away. In the turbulent sea of business and the great tide of the times, danger and opportunity coexist in this life. But once I catch the wave, getting rich is my only option. 134Votes36.5kRecs189.4kFans
- 8 Gourmet Cuisine Begins with the Green-Skinned Train Chef 美食从绿皮火车厨神开始 Food along the way, stories along the way, scenery along the way. After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhou Zhou becomes the chef aboard a green passenger train. This world has scrambled eggs, but no stir-fried egg ribbons. It has iron-pot stewed goose, but no chicken stewed in a clay pot. It has fish-fragrant shredded pork, but no kung pao chicken. It has jianbing, but no Goubuli buns. It has roujiamo, but no oil-splashed noodles. It has roast duck, roast chicken, roast goose, and all kind 0Votes27.2kRecs53.3kFans
- 9 I Turned Out to Be a Top-Tier Star! 我竟然是顶流！ Middle-aged, he suddenly goes missing. After twenty years of hard work, actor Zhou Dingran finally achieves fame and is crowned Best Actor. But one slip of fate turns him into a handsome, beloved young student in Beidian’s acting department… … A dual career as a singer and actor… The author has completed several other entertainment-industry novels, including Reborn as a Superstar and Reborn: The Superstar. 1Votes13.1kRecs65.9kFans
- 10 I'm Not Yuan Shu 我不是袁术 He transmigrated, but he was Yuan Shu. He could lie flat and slack off, but he was Yuan Shu. He became a noble young master from a powerful family, but he was Yuan Shu. He had everything handed to him, but he was Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu: the fierce ghost on the road, the rotten bones in the grave, Emperor of Zhong, and the Eastern Han’s Honey Water Gentleman! Feeling the star of death shining brightly above his head, Yuan Shu couldn’t help tightening his grip on the cup of honey water in his hand. He 0Votes53.9kRecs172.9kFans
- 11 The Rash Scholar’s Ink-Wash Cultivation 莽书生的水墨修行 The four refined arts of the literati, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, are also a shortcut and special advantage in the Danqing Sect’s cultivation. Cultivators here excel at gathering the praise of all living beings through these four arts and turning it into true qi, thereby accelerating their cultivation. Zhao Yifu used to be a professional corporate drone and amateur AI artist. Now that he’s joined this sect, he has to come up with some new tricks. They say a scholar is helpless when 0Votes24kRecs64.5kFans
- 12 Transmigrating as a Human, I Become the Shamanic Priest for All Races 穿越人族，我给万族当巫祭 Can transmigrates into a vast wilderness world plagued by disasters and rampaging beasts, where other races regard humans as food and sacrificial offerings. He deduces cultivation techniques and forges an alliance of humanity. He slays the Xiaoyang and the Black Bird, withstands the locust and insect calamities, revives the spirits of the mountains and rivers, and restores the primordial energy of the wilderness. He raises humanity's standing and changes its fate as prey and sacrificial offering 154Votes118.7kRecs333.4kFans
- 13 Family Cultivation: Everyone Is a Great Villain 家族修炼：全员大恶人 Hou Yuxiao, a hopelessly kind-hearted man, arrives in a martial world divided between righteousness and evil with a magical two-colored lotus. He becomes the head of an insignificant demonic clan in a county town, with three younger brothers and one younger sister under him. His second brother has a fiery temper, his fourth brother is a murderous psychopath, and the youngest is part of the demonic path yet spends all day studying Confucian texts. His only sister is actually a… Looking at hi 0Votes12.2kRecs99.5kFans
- 14 Steadfast Cultivation: The Entire Cultivation World Is My Home 稳健修仙，整个修仙界都是我家 The path to immortality is hard, and the road to eternal life is long. After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Shen Lian cautiously began his cultivation journey with a panel that allowed him to gain insights. To avoid deadly calamities, he dodged whenever he could and ran whenever he had to. He kept hidden trump cards, mastered escape techniques, refined clones, and stayed behind the scenes. He aligned himself with the Heavenly Dao above and endlessly refined his clones below. When there 3Votes54.3kRecs228.6kFans
- 15 From Shanghai Tycoon to Hong Kong Mogul 从上海滩大亨到港岛豪门 The waves surge and flow The mighty river stretches on for thousands of miles, never ceasing Washing away the affairs of the world All blending into one surging tide Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s was home not only to gangsters and warlords, but also industrialists and tycoons, with all kinds of powers intertwined. Who would rise and who would fall? Naturally, the one with the sharpest eye. Who could possibly outdo someone who had transmigrated? This book is also known as A Century of Wea 0Votes47.8kRecs217.4kFans
- 16 America: From Oil to Mold 美利坚从石油滋生霉菌开始 The US military forms organ-harvesting units in the Middle East. After certain military operations, they enter the battlefield and use their expertise to select targets and harvest high-grade parts. After Tang Ning is brutally harvested, his soul crosses over into the body of an American soldier. He successfully infiltrates the US military and vows to stir up a storm within its ranks. America, Special Agent Smith, the kill line, the Middle East, oil, cannon fodder, enlisting on credit, causing t 453Votes68.2kRecs103.1kFans
- 17 Turbulent 1979! 激荡1979！ This literary giant is no ordinary man! He wears luxury watches, drives expensive cars, lives in a mansion, and is close to several actresses. He shaped not only one generation's childhood, but the childhoods of several generations, and their childhood idols, too. Want to know why he's so bold? Wei Ming: “I was already earning foreign currency back in 1980. The culture I exported on my own was worth about as much as the entire contemporary literary scene. I've spent my whole life writing novels. 358Votes382.2kRecs576.1kFans
- 18 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
- 19 What Do You Mean, an Aggressive Top Laner? 什么叫进攻型上单啊 {A League of Legends esports novel} Attack, attack, and attack again! As a top laner, Cheng Che takes his ferocity to the absolute limit, time and again turning into a sharp spear that pierces the enemy’s defenses! … In 2021, the LPL achieved the historic feat of winning three championships in four years. Fans celebrated, the industry flourished, and everything seemed full of vitality. But beneath the glittering surface, problems abounded. There was no one to carry the torch in the youth develop 87Votes113.5kRecs270.3kFans
- 20 The Wolf of Los Angeles 洛杉矶之狼 In North America, there are many paths to power and wealth. Hock heads straight for Los Angeles and chooses the entertainment and media industry. The media is like sunlight: it doesn't just illuminate the bright side. Every word and every image that appears in the media is carefully designed to shape public opinion and manipulate the public. 9Votes339.9kRecs269.6kFans
- 21 The White-Robed Chancellor 白衣卿相 Clad in white, he entered Bianliang; half a lifetime as a minister, and he shaped the realm. 3.9kVotes302kRecs573.4kFans
- 22 Back to 1980 to Enjoy the Good Life 重回1980去享福 The first incense offering at the ancestral rites, a family tree entry of one’s own, and a place in the history books: these are a man’s ultimate dreams, and Deng Shirong achieved them all after being reborn. [This book is rich in rural flavor, with realistic prices, solid logic, and a leisurely storytelling style. At 2.27 million words, it still gets over 3,400 readers returning within 24 hours. The quality is excellent, making this a rare gem among period novels. Don’t miss it if you’re passin 0Votes112.6kRecs224.2kFans
- 23 EN Immortal Beast Tamer Clan 御兽仙族 [Mortal cultivation, family cultivation, farming, beast taming, no System] An office worker suddenly transmigrates into another world, becoming a member of a beast-taming cultivation family. The story begins with a cultivation family named the Zhou Clan of Spirit Beasts. 0Votes122.7kRecs321.5kFans
- 24 The White Snake Immortal of the Mortal World 世间白蛇仙 The green snake is the ancestor of all beneath heaven; the white snake, an immortal of the world. This time, it's the story of a white snake. To hear the Dao in the morning and die content in the evening. After ten years as a snake, wandering through mountains and forests, it reaches the end of its lifespan. As life and death meet at the threshold, it suddenly becomes a demon. From then on, the world has a White Snake Immortal! Deep in the mountains lies Snake King Valley; a willow spirit rise 0Votes550.7kRecs341.3kFans
- 25 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
- 26 My American TV Universe 我的美综世界 I wanted to be a good person, but the CIA framed me. The only way to survive was to bring America down. 0Votes182.7kRecs219.4kFans
- 27 EN Restarting Life 重启人生 When life hits the restart button, it seems like everything will finally go smoothly... Yeah, right! If only I'd been reborn after the college entrance exams. Even going back to my first year of high school would have been fine. What's with being reborn in my senior year? And what the heck, I'm reborn right in the exam room. Guys, how do I solve this math problem? Urgent, waiting for answers online! (Also known as Reborn, So Who Needs Exams? and Reborn, and the Author Still Can't Come Up wi 30Votes981.4kRecs1.3MFans
- 28 You Don't Know How Much Fun Being a Director Is 导演的快乐你不懂 ★ Book status: Complete! Conquest 108 ★ Born in 1985, admitted to the directing program at the Beijing Film Academy in 2003, went on exchange to the University of Southern California in 2005, and directed his first Hollywood movie in 2006. He became famous overnight! But at the height of his success, Wang Quan announced he was returning to China to pursue his career. The domestic entertainment industry was shaken, and the international scene was stunn 2Votes192.6kRecs495.5kFans
- 29 Fame and Fortune in America 美利坚名利双收 Get famous early, make money early, and enjoy the good life in America with both fame and fortune. America, Hollywood, business battles, showbiz, stars, and movies. 0Votes305.3kRecs335.9kFans
- 30 A Guide to Time-Traveling in the Northern Song 北宋穿越指南 If you transmigrate back to the Song Dynasty, should you compose poetry and enjoy romance? Or raise an army and vie for supremacy? Either way, first things first: fill your stomach. 55Votes1.4MRecs2.6MFans
- 31 Tracing the Current of the Literary Era 溯流文艺时代 Yu Dong is reborn from 2019 into 1991, returning to the time just after graduation, when he was assigned to work as a counselor at Jinling Arts College. Starting out by writing novels, he takes things one step at a time, gradually building an empire in the entertainment industry. 0Votes108.1kRecs171.1kFans
- 32 Xuande 玄德 Before you stands a scion of the Han imperial house, descendant of Emperor Jing, street brawler of Zhuo County, personally taught by the great Confucian Lu Zhi, romantic poet of the Eastern Han, the man directly responsible for making paper dear in Luoyang, master debater of the Old Text School, young leader of its reformist faction, founding ancestor of the Liu clan of Zhuo County, Zhuo Commandery, the seventh generation to inherit the Zuo Tradition of the Spring and Autumn Annals, and the Old 0Votes223.7kRecs724.5kFans
- 33 The Ambitious Hero of the Late Eastern Han 东汉末年枭雄志 The late Eastern Han dynasty in Romance of the Three Kingdoms was a tumultuous age of grand drama. There were valiant generals, brilliant strategists, cunning warlords, benevolent rulers, and alluring beauties. It was a world to dream of. But the late Eastern Han in Guo Peng’s eyes was cold. It was neither kind nor just, much less civilized. Danger lurked everywhere. He saw hunger, poverty, war, and plague. He saw bones strewn across the fields and not a cock crowing for a thousand miles. He saw 5Votes408.9kRecs519.5kFans
- 34 I, the Emperor 朕 Back in the late Ming, reduced to slavery. If an emperor can be a beggar, a Manchu invader, a rebel, or a household slave, why can’t a household slave become emperor? 30Votes1.5MRecs3MFans
- 35 EN World of Gods 众神世界 On Mount Olympus, at the center of the world, Zeus, king of the gods, gripped his thunderbolt spear and gazed upon the realms with a smile. The gods stood like a forest before him. In the silver hall of the north, Odin sat upon the highest throne, holding the spear of the heavens as he looked down upon the world. Endless snowstorms filled his eyes. By the Nile in the south, Amun-Ra, at the helm of the solar barque, turned his gaze toward the Aegean Sea. Mountains of bones lay beneath his feet. I 2Votes1.3MRecs500.3kFans
- 36 The Golden Age of Entertainment 最佳娱乐时代 My new book, The Striving Years, is now online. These are the worst of times: six major companies monopolize Hollywood. These are the best of times: the internet keeps disrupting traditional business models. Ronan will climb to the pinnacle of this entertainment era and look down upon the countless forests below. 0Votes772.3kRecs264.9kFans
- 37 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
- 38 Reborn in the Wild Era 重生野性时代 Back from 2018 to 1993. In my memory, that summer was scorching hot. 1Votes3.1MRecs1.1MFans
- 39 The Ming Dynasty's Literary Champion 大明文魁 Before the Forbidden City stand nine gates in succession. Officials in their caps and finery arrive from the southern gate. With palace flowers tucked in their hats, they face the emperor; in the Golden Hall, their names are announced for all to hear. They ride through the imperial avenue for ten miles, hailed as the Ming dynasty’s top scholar. 10Votes1.6MRecs544.3kFans
- 40 Contending for the Great Dao 大道争锋 … … Let not the heart fall into the cycle of rebirth, but enter the boundless world, Let the heart pass down the Way among humankind. May I raise my sword and slay ten thousand calamities, And trade ruthlessness for a heaven of compassion! … … Regular reader groups: Great Dao Contention (217929481) (old group) Ming Cang Sect (124680866) (old group) … … 270Votes4.3MRecs1.8MFans
- 41 EN The Confucian Way to Sagehood 儒道至圣 This is a world where scholars command the power of Heaven and Earth. With literary talent within, poems can slay enemies, lyrics can destroy armies, and essays can bring peace to the realm. A scholar puts brush to paper, discussing war from the safety of his desk; a successful candidate slays the enemy with every word; an advanced scholar flies into a rage, and his words become weapons. When a Sage arrives, his words and writing can condemn a man, judge an emperor's rule unjust, and take on an 50Votes9.6MRecs2MFans
- 42 The Qin Empire's Bailiff 秦吏 At the end of the Warring States period, China faced an upheaval unlike any in a thousand years. Some were born into hereditary nobility. Some were princes of noble rank. But he was reborn as Heifu, a lowly Qin soldier and an obscure figure in the Qin bamboo slips from Yunmeng. To avoid dying in a ditch and take control of his own fate, he fought his way up. Fortunately 131Votes3.7MRecs1.8MFans
