Novels like The Dragon of a Thousand Faces
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Dragon of a Thousand Faces, best match first.
- 51 EN Goblin: Severely Dependent 哥布林重度依赖 “Bro, why did we become adventurers?” “A goblin’s bounty is three silver coins.” “No, you’ve got me wrong, mate. I mean, what’s the ultimate goal of this line of work? We toil away all day long, but what’s it all for?” “One goblin. Three silver coins.” “…” “Three silver coins.” “All right, there’s a job to clear out a goblin nest. You…” “I’m in!” Elements: [down-and-out adventurers], [mash-up setting], [DND-inspired] 1.8kVotes631.9kRecs1.3MFans
- 52 EN This Dungeon Grew Mushrooms 这个地下城长蘑菇了 “A wondrous soul stolen away, a hero’s power, and a classic tragic start as the catalyst!” “And with that, a savior is born... Holy crap, why did a mushroom fall in there!?” Lin Jun somehow transmigrated into a mushroom and found herself trapped from the start in the depths of a dungeon, surrounded by all kinds of monsters. With no hands, feet, or eyes, she survives only thanks to a cheat that lets her break down corpses and steal their skills. She even carved out a mushroom garden in the dunge 397Votes668.8kRecs1.7MFans
- 53 EN Becoming a God, Starting as a Water Monkey 从水猴子开始成神 [A completed, high-quality novel with an average of over 7,000 paid subscribers. Quality guaranteed, so read with confidence.] Choosing the right path matters more than hard work! Martial masters fight tooth and nail over terrestrial treasure trees, while deepwater divine herbs are ignored. After transmigrating as a fisherman, Liang Qu gains the Cauldron of the Waters. He refines the [Water Monkey] talent, commands aquatic beasts, reaps rewards at every turn, and rises to the top! [Water Monkey] 2kVotes2MRecs3.1MFans
- 54 Wanli Emperor 万历明君 In the year 1572, seventy-two years remained before the fall of the Ming dynasty and the loss of its lands. At this time, Japanese pirates ran rampant in the southeast, the Tatars battered the northwest passes, local land annexation was growing worse by the day, the military and government were exhausted, the people were suffering, and the Longqing Emperor had just died. Yet at this moment, Shi Yue transmigrated into Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor who would later go thirty years without attending 6kVotes735.4kRecs1.6MFans
- 55 EN The Otherworldly Inn 异度旅社 Beneath the everyday, at the limits of reason, beyond the world you know, lies a landscape you have never imagined. When Yu Sheng opened that door for the first time, the familiar world around him came crashing down. And the “truth” at the very root of the world came rushing toward him. 9.4kVotes5MRecs2.8MFans
- 56 EN From Slaying Demons to Eternal Life 从斩妖除魔开始长生不死 You can spend your lifespan to infuse martial arts techniques, allowing you to develop them endlessly. Shen Yi is a mortal, with a life expectancy of less than a hundred years. Fortunately, he can gain the remaining years of the demons he slays. In a chaotic age overrun with evil spirits, he draws his long blade and sends these beings, who have lived for centuries or millennia, into a panic! From Eagle Claw Kung Fu to Eight Desolations Sky-Splitting Hands, from Demon-Subduing Fist to Golden Body 593Votes999.5kRecs3.9MFans
- 57 My Simulated Path to Immortality 我的模拟长生路 How difficult is the path to immortality! And all the more so in this cultivation world, utterly transformed by a plague! Mortals carry disease. If immortals come into contact with them, their cultivation may decline in mild cases, or they may return to the heavens in severe ones. Thus mortals and immortals are forever divided. Immortals cannot cultivate together, and the entire cultivation world has become one vast dark forest. Li Fan transmigrated into this world with soaring ambitions, ye 508Votes975.7kRecs2.9MFans
- 58 EN My Life Among the Uncanny 我的诡异人生 In the age of declining magic, evil ghosts have returned, and there is no way out for humanity. A watch passed down to Su Wu by his late parents lets him travel between the past and the future. Ancient traditions lost to the past, taboos passed down by word of mouth, and crafts buried in the dust can all flourish again. In the Hidden Treasury Domain, there are methods for binding evil ghosts with scriptures, offerings, and one's own body; In the Kitchen God Sect, there is the craft of refining o 91Votes658.9kRecs1.9MFans
- 59 EN Cultivation? Ain't Got No Money For That! 没钱修什么仙？ The old man asked, “You want revenge?” The boy replied, “I’ve been humiliated again and again by the powerful, and my master considers me trash. How could I not want revenge?” The old man patted the boy’s head and sighed. “Good boy, let me pass my cultivation power on to you.” The boy exclaimed, “Senior! How could I accept that?” The old man held out his hand. “Give me your phone.” Watching the changes on his phone, the boy cried out in shock, “Senior! Where did all this hundred-year cultivation 17.7kVotes4MRecs7.2MFans
- 60 Bright One 明尊 Great is the primal origin: all things receive their beginning from it, and through it the heavens are governed. Supreme and exalted Lord, at times riding the Six Dragons, never straying from the path. This is the story of a transmigrator's old man awakening in a world with a native protagonist, and the golden finger gaining a mind of its own. I've made it this far, Qian Chen, relying on no one but myself! Great Lord Taishang, save me! 731Votes1.7MRecs785.8kFans
- 61 EN What It's Like to Become a Vampire 变成血族是什么体验 “What’s it like to turn into a vampire?” Xiang Kun never expected that he’d be able to answer this question from personal experience. Not long ago, he’d read a response to it on Zhihu and thought it was just a story. 11Votes757.8kRecs1.1MFans
- 62 Dream Makers of Ten Thousand Worlds 万界圆梦师 Client: “I want to get Bu Jingyun’s Kylin Arm.” Dream Maker: “No problem. Your dream is my mission. Even if it means making the whole world our enemy, we’ll help you make it come true.” Client: “But I don’t want to make the whole world my enemy.” Dream Maker: “We’ll help you…” … Top Dream Maker Li Xiaobai solemnly reminds everyone: Your dreams are more important than your life, so never make a wish lightly. What if it comes true one day? This is the story of an emotionless wishing machine that 25Votes785.2kRecs976.6kFans
- 63 The Mirror Legacy 玄鉴仙族 Lu Jiangxian stayed up all night and died suddenly, but his lingering soul attached itself to a blue-gray bronze mirror covered in cracks. The mirror drifted into a vast, boundless world of immortal cultivation. In the perilous and unpredictable Dali Mountains, beside the Mei Chi River, a small village sat in the shadow of a minor clan. When the clan came across the mirror, it began passing down the path of immortality and teaching its arts, ushering in a magnificent new era. (A family’s cultiva 22.9kVotes7.2MRecs21.2MFans
- 64 EN Ashes of the Deep Sea 深海余烬 On that day, dense fog sealed everything away. On that day, he became the captain of a ghost ship. On that day, he crossed the dense fog and confronted a world that had been utterly overturned and shattered. The order of old had vanished without a trace, bizarre phenomena ruled the endless seas beyond civilized society, and isolated island city-states and fleets challenging the ocean had become the last lights remaining in the civilized world, while the shadows of ancient days still stirred rest 307Votes5.9MRecs16.4MFans
- 65 EN This Game Is Too Realistic 这游戏也太真实了 This game is way too realistic! Hauling bricks, running errands, picking up trash, delivering packages... At most, a company can make you experience the hardships of working 996. Here, you can experience 007 on super speed. All right, enough talk. The great Administrator has called me to haul bricks. The Administrator says that as long as we work hard and offer up our livers, next month he can get himself another brand-new set of power armor. Then he’ll take us to explore a whole new map, where 467Votes4.9MRecs9.4MFans
- 66 EN Mysterious Revival 神秘复苏 “My name is Yang Jian. By the time you read this, I'll already be dead...” A strange sheepskin scroll, an eye peering into the darkness: this is the story of someone who lived to tell the tale. 4kVotes4.4MRecs10MFans
