Novels like Forbidden Codex
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Forbidden Codex, best match first.
- 101 The Pure Yang Martial God 纯阳武神 Beneath the vast starry sky lies a world overrun by demons and monsters. Here, Flowing-Cloud Iron Sleeves can swallow wind and clouds, the Nine-Character Mantra can subdue demons and exorcise evil, and Taiji Fist and Sword can twist the universe. This is a great Han heavenly dynasty belonging to the martial path. When the descendants of the mighty severed their inheritances, and the battle blood of billions of years evaporated the primordial chaos. When the dormant battle souls awakened, when sp 6Votes1.8MRecs663.6kFans
- 102 Douluo Dalu 斗罗大陆 Tang San, an outer disciple of the Tang Sect, was rejected by the sect for secretly learning its inner-school techniques. When he leapt from a cliff to prove his resolve, he discovered that he had not died. Instead, he had arrived in another world under a different identity, a world of Martial Souls called Douluo Dalu. There is no magic, no battle qi, and no martial arts here, but there are wondrous Martial Souls. When people turn six, they awaken their Martial Souls in Spirit Hall. Martial Soul 55Votes6MRecs5MFans
- 103 The Era of the Witch God 巫神纪 When history becomes legend, when legend becomes myth, when even myth fades and crumbles, when the sands of time bury everything, our names and our stories will still be passed down through the river of time, like the sun hanging high in the sky, shining eternally upon the earth, never to go out. Remember: once there was a people who stood tall between heaven and earth, like pillars holding up the sky. They never bowed or bent the knee to anyone. They commanded wind and thunder, strode over drag 3Votes3.6MRecs1.1MFans
- 104 EN Supreme Sword Path 剑道独尊 On the True Spirit Continent, countless sects flourish, and powerful experts abound. After an extraordinary twist of fate, a scion of a great family transforms from an ordinary talent into a genius. With a photographic memory, keen senses, and comprehension that soars to the heavens, he becomes a monstrous prodigy. Fierce, blood-pumping duels. Clashes between the greatest geniuses. Martial arts are no longer confined to the mortal realm: they can stir rivers and seas, soar into the heavens, and 10Votes668.6kRecs523.7kFans
- 105 EN Wizard World 巫师世界 New book: Black Night of Despair. The Strange World: I Alone Am an Immortal. Search for it and give it a read if you’re interested. After transmigrating to another world and becoming an ordinary member of a small clan, he begins his journey to power with a biological chip capable of analysis… 5Votes516.2kRecs486.7kFans
- 106 EN Epoch of Light 光明纪元 The fate of civilization: destruction and renewal, in an endless cycle. The abyss of original sin. The world lies in ruins, with only ashes left behind. Beneath the darkness, amid endless wasteland, one person walks alone. He will erase the sins of blood, tear through the veil of darkness, and bathe the land in light. The simplified Chinese edition of Light Era will soon be available at major bookstores. Please look out for it and show your support! 0Votes3.3MRecs699.3kFans
- 107 High Mountain Ranch 高山牧场 Shi Tou's new novel, Starlight Stables, is now online! An ordinary entry-level office worker in the city unexpectedly gets a magical bead, completely changing his life. He makes his way into the heart of America, starts a ranch, improves the cattle and horses, and raises a few wild animals. Under blue skies, beside snowy mountains and lush pastures, he spends his days herding cattle, hunting, and riding horses, living a carefree life. No more worrying about punching in at work, dealing with the 0Votes275.9kRecs282.9kFans
- 108 EN Scripture of the Dead 死人经 A book of the dead, half a scripture without the Dao. I have severed a thousand heads and devoured the bones of a hundred bodies. 111Votes380.9kRecs1MFans
- 109 The Beast’s Blood Boils 兽血沸腾 [A contracted work from Qidian's Fourth Editorial Group] [Qidian's first novel to make zero deaths among both the protagonist and his army its selling point!] A scout who fell on the Southern Frontier battlefield is mysteriously reborn in another world, where he unexpectedly becomes a shaman priest in an orc kingdom, and a once-in-a-millennium Dragon Priest at that! At the same time, he is cursed by the blood sacrifice of the most vicious demonic pet! What lies behind the curse? A beautiful fox- 0Votes6.3MRecs621.7kFans
- 110 Open Your Quest Log 打开你的任务日志 Night fell, and the tavern gradually grew lively. Adventurers bragged to one another about their latest exploits. Waitresses flitted between the tables like dancing butterflies, while a bard in the corner plucked his lute and sang suggestive little tunes. Just then, the tavern door swung open, and a burly adventurer strode in from the darkness. “Hey, isn't that Barrett the ‘Feeder’?” someone recognized him. “He hasn't been the ‘Feeder’ for ages. He's Barrett the ‘Undead Nemesis,’ ‘Devil Slayer,’ 2Votes275.8kRecs190.5kFans
- 111 The Gourmet of Another World 异世界的美食家 In a fantasy world where martial artists can split mountains with a wave of their hand and cut rivers in half with a kick, there is a little restaurant. The restaurant is small, but countless top experts flock to it. There, you can sample fried rice made with phoenix eggs and dragon-blood rice. There, you can drink liquor brewed from the Spring of Life and vermilion fruits. There, you can eat grilled ninth-rank Supreme beast meat seasoned with black pepper. What, you want to kidnap the chef and 0Votes1.1MRecs865.6kFans
- 112 Wukong Checks His Private Messages 悟空看私聊 You probably won’t believe this, but after Guo Dalu’s knockoff phone was struck by lightning, someone named “Sun Wukong” mysteriously appeared in his WeChat contacts. Sun Wukong was an eccentric sort who sent red packets at the drop of a hat. Fortune-telling and divination, meditation and training, communing with the divine and summoning sages, somersault clouds, seventy-two transformations, heavenly wine, peaches and ginseng fruit, Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs, immortal delicacies and wines... He h 0Votes411.6kRecs277.6kFans
- 113 Legend of the Mecha Master 师士传说 Ye Chong, who grew up on a garbage planet, unexpectedly discovers a battered light armor while scavenging through a junkyard. With the help of this damaged, intelligent light armor, Ye Chong escapes the planet and enters human society. What is the true identity of Mu Shang, the intelligent light armor? What is the truth behind Ye Chong’s origins? How does Ye Chong, whose way of interacting with beasts and beauties is far from ordinary and whose only concern is survival, experience love? How does 2Votes4.5MRecs468.4kFans
- 114 Five Elements 五行天 As all worlds fused together and spiritual energy vanished, the cultivation world that had endured for a million years collapsed. The savage wilderness launched a massive invasion, and the Five Elements Heaven became the cultivators' final line of defense. A thousand years later, a lowly youth from the Old Lands spent three years laboring deep in the savage wilderness, then won the exceptional chance to further his studies at the Five Elements Heaven. Driven by a desire to control his own fate a 4Votes9.2MRecs1.1MFans
- 115 Crowned Above the New Han Dynasty 冠绝新汉朝 Of all the talent under heaven, Chen Zhi claims eight tenths, leaving the other two tenths for everyone else. He transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms, served the Liu clan, swept away the warlords, and had the tide of events firmly in hand. With the restoration of the Han just around the corner, he died. Fortunately, Chen Zhi was armed with the finest teachings of a hundred schools and all manner of extraordinary objects. Nearly a century after his death, he was reborn. But this time, he faced an 0Votes258kRecs126.6kFans
- 116 Lotus Blossoms at Every Step 步步生莲 Yang Decheng, a community worker, unexpectedly returns to ancient times after doing his job conscientiously, becoming Ding Hao, the least favored illegitimate son of the Ding family. Without power or money, Ding Hao works as a carriage driver for his half-brother. His dream is to become a carefree young master in this wretched society and live out his days in peace. Though the dream seems distant, Ding Hao doesn't take it to heart. Drawing on the social experience he gained from community work, 8Votes4MRecs842.9kFans
- 117 EN The Card Apprentice 卡徒 A brand-new fantasy world created by Fang Xiang. Come on in! 5Votes3.5MRecs724.9kFans
- 118 The Path to Heaven 通天仙路 With wind and snow raging and frost biting to the bone, an old craftsman takes in a child who is nearly frozen to death on the street. He acquires firearms, forges weapons, and wields such incredible skills that people from all corners come seeking his help. He trains in martial arts, protects his family and country, punches the universe, and strides onto the road to immortality! 0Votes1.5MRecs420.5kFans
- 119 EN Supreme Human 人道至尊 Since Pangu created heaven and earth, the Three Sovereigns ruled the world and the Five Emperors established its order. Humanity stood foremost among all beings beneath heaven... But now it is the final age of the Human Emperor, one of the Three Sovereigns. The Five Emperors have yet to be established, and humanity is not yet foremost among all beings. This is a wild, primordial age. Demon gods, evil gods, and celestial gods rule in great numbers; demons, fiends, and devils run rampant. Countles 28Votes2.6MRecs1.1MFans
- 120 Mount Shu 蜀山 Well! Put simply, this is a story about an online game where players wield magical treasures and flying swords… and battle one another over just how shameless and rotten their character is. 0Votes2MRecs183.9kFans
- 121 The Extraordinary Legend 超凡传 Countless planets, endless cultivation. The struggle over the Dao's evolution has raged for ten thousand years without end. Mi Xiaojing, a young master of the Yan Sect, suffers the destruction of his entire sect and is swept into the mighty river of fate. The new novel, The Spacetime Mecha Pilots, is now underway! The new novel, The Spacetime Mecha Pilots, is now underway! The new novel, The Spacetime Mecha Pilots, is now underway! 0Votes12.4MRecs621.5kFans
- 122 Once Upon a Time, There Was a Spirit Sword Mountain 从前有座灵剑山 The Spirit Sword Sect was founded in the year 4233 of the Jiuzhou calendar. For thousands of years, it has been dedicated to supplying the industry with first-rate cultivators. It is now one of the five Super-Grade Sects of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals, and its leader, True Person Feng Yin, serves as one of the Alliance's seven standing elders. His cultivation is peerless. The Spirit Sword Sect upholds peace and development, and its core values are the pursuit of truth, goodness, and s 0Votes126.9kRecs661.3kFans
- 123 I Am Antivirus Software 我是杀毒软件 I roam between darkness and light. Slaughter is my closest friend, evil my servant. Countless bones become my scepter, fresh blood stains my cloak, and wherever my cold wings pass, cries of death will shake the heavens! I am the Grim Reaper, and I’m also antivirus software. 0Votes647.4kRecs350.6kFans
- 124 The Rebellious Great Demon King 反叛的大魔王 Literary version: The immortal has already entered the stage, carrying a tranquil richness and fragrance. Apart from the spotlight that tears through the darkness, the unforgivable original sin, and the crown of thorns, when I make my entrance, I will also need a BGM that makes the stars tremble, a breeze that fades the white night away, and a flower of majesty congealed from blood. Popular version: Cheng Mo, a terminally ill young man, obtains his father's mysterious relic. He struggles to surv 3Votes1.6MRecs497.2kFans
- 125 Ultimate Evolution 最终进化 Traveling through spaces born of humanity’s imagination Conquer the magic of Harry Potter and seize power in Pirates of the Caribbean! Draw on the Terminator’s strength and tear apart the illusions of The Matrix! Viruses are my servants, Steel and determination are my legacy! I hunt across the vast universe And journey through the mysterious river of time Desire, hatred, schemes, betrayal: who can bring back what was lost? Ghostly faces, bronze gates, marks of war: who can forge an imm 8Votes3MRecs819.1kFans
- 126 The Fake Great Hero 冒牌大英雄 What can a mechanical repair soldier do? Research, modifications, and ingenious inventions? What can a mecha warrior do? Fight in a mecha, execute precise maneuvers, and use bizarre, unconventional techniques? What can a special reconnaissance soldier do? Infiltrate enemy territory, fight unarmed, take down enemies with a single move, disguise himself, sneak around, and snipe? What can a military strategist do? Analyze the course of a battle, plan operations, and win through the unexpected? A ge 39Votes3.8MRecs1.2MFans
- 127 The Strongest Senior Brother in History 史上最强师兄 The first time Yan Zhaoge transmigrated, he landed in another world where martial civilization had flourished to its peak. He stumbled into the Divine Palace’s library, a place that contained every kind of knowledge and collected the world’s classics. But soon afterward, a great calamity struck the world, and even the Divine Palace was destroyed. Then came his second transmigration. His soul arrived in the same world, in an era who knows how many years later. People were now unearthing the remna 0Votes2MRecs1.2MFans
- 128 Heavenly Venerable of Ten Thousand Worlds 万界天尊 What is Heaven? It stands high above, solemn and inscrutable. It is law, it is commandment, it is merciless and cold. What is the will of Heaven? It looks down upon all living things, commands the winds and clouds, metes out rewards and punishments, and acts as it pleases. Thus, the will of Heaven cannot be fathomed, and the Azure Heavens cannot be approached. Obeying it may not bring you any benefit; defying it leaves your fortune and misfortune uncertain. Heaven confines all things like a deep 0Votes14.1MRecs2.3MFans
- 129 Elegant Dissipation 雅骚 He transmigrates to the forty-first year of the Wanli reign, hoping both to eat, drink, and be merry and to save the country by taking the most direct route. That’s right: this is a story full of zest and contradictions. The late Ming, Jiangnan, and the splendor of a world on the brink; the refinement of "The Roots of Wisdom" and the vulgarity of "The Plum in the Golden Vase"; an old monk in business and a famous courtesan worshipping Buddha. Yuan Hongdao savors tea and arranges flowers to expre 16Votes688.7kRecs361.8kFans
- 130 Ace Evolution 王牌进化 A young man with three identities: wage slave, murderer, and college student! Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, KOF, Knights of the Round, Shadow Force, Street Fighter… The arcade games you know and love have become prerequisites for survival! Yashichiro Raging Storm brutally slaughters Mai Shiranui; Heaven and Earth Throw takes out Li Dian. The only limit is what you haven’t thought of yet! One day, when you walk down a flight of stairs, you might unknowingly step into 7Votes2.1MRecs534.4kFans
- 131 Peak Player 巅峰玩家 A proper novel about playing an online game, with almost no real-world content. There are no hidden classes exclusive to the protagonist and no one-of-a-kind skills. The game is set in 2040. Players start with virtual-reality helmets, keyboards, and mice, then switch to game pods. The pods do not appear until after chapter 1,300. The novel leans toward realism. The game is not made to favor the protagonist, and the company is in it to make money, so it will actively intervene in the game. Howeve 16Votes1.1MRecs416.6kFans
- 132 Choosing the Heavens 择天记 What is destined to be yours will eventually be yours; what is not destined to be yours must be pursued by force. This is the story of a longevity fruit. 14Votes2.7MRecs1.8MFans
- 133 The Chronicles of the Primitive Era 原始战记 "One day, we will return to our homeland. Our glory still shines, and the Flame of the Yan Clan will never go out." 12Votes2.6MRecs723.6kFans
- 134 God of Wine 酒神 Li Jiedong, an internationally acclaimed master bartender and wine connoisseur known as the God of Wine, drank himself to death at the age of thirty while trying to taste a newly unearthed Han dynasty wine. When he awoke, he found himself in a world called the Five Elements Continent, reborn as a little beggar named Ji Dong. Here, there is an extraordinary profession known as Yin-Yang Mage, whose astonishing magic draws on ten different elements. Every Yin-Yang Mage possesses a Yin-Yang Crown fo 2Votes2.5MRecs1.5MFans
- 135 Stellar Transformation 星辰变 Born unable to cultivate internal energy, a child chose the painful and arduous path of external cultivation in hopes of earning his father’s attention and regard. Spring turned to autumn, and time flew by. The child grew up… into a young man. What truly changed his fate was a mysterious crystal stone formed from a shooting star: the Meteor Tear. Unbeknownst to the young man, the Meteor Tear merged with his body, and he underwent a transformation like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon… From t 27Votes6.8MRecs3.3MFans
- 136 The Record of the Nine Cauldrons 九鼎记 After Emperor Yu split the mountains with five mighty strokes of his axe, unified the realm, divided it into nine provinces, and established the Nine Cauldrons, this land came to be known as the Nine Provinces. After Emperor Yu passed away, the realm was plunged into endless conflict. A thousand years later, the peerless Emperor of Mount Qin emerged. With a single palm strike, he once stopped the hundred-yard-wide Yan River in its tracks. Through his unmatched martial prowess, he finally unified 20Votes3.8MRecs1.9MFans
- 137 Tomb of the Gods 神墓 A perfectly ordinary young man, dead for ten thousand years, comes back to life in an ancient tomb of the gods… 14Votes5.8MRecs2.2MFans
- 138 EN The Solar God 阳神 The world is a vast sea of suffering. People are in the sea. The body is a boat. The soul is the person inside the boat. The boat carries its passenger ever onward toward the far shore. Should one cultivate the body, strengthening the boat until it reaches the far shore of suffering? Or cultivate the soul, teaching the passenger to swim? Cultivate the martia 13Votes4.3MRecs807.3kFans
- 139 EN The Amber Sword 琥珀之剑 Before my eyes, fate split into two unrelated, straight paths. One led to palaces and cities burning fiercely in flames, to a fallen kingdom and a suffering land, where all living things endured the torment of fire, doomed to eternal darkness. The other led to the summit where the ancient kings stood. The gods crowned me with their own hands among the clouds. I donned the laurel wreath and basked in the cheers of the crowd. My gaze pierced the mists of history. My knights expanded my realm, and 15Votes1.7MRecs592.5kFans
- 140 Martial Universe 武动乾坤 The path of cultivation is to steal from yin and yang, seize the workings of creation, undergo nirvana, command life and death, and master reincarnation. At the pinnacle of martial power, one shatters the vault of heaven and shakes the world! 12Votes2.6MRecs3.6MFans
- 141 Silver Overlord 白银霸主 The most precious things in the world are free, yet ordinary people always overlook them. Besides such priceless things as air, sunlight, and family, there is another precious thing right beside you, within easy reach. I wonder if you’ve noticed it? 0Votes1.9MRecs391.9kFans
- 142 Lord of the Stars 众星之主 This is a wondrous world where everyone pursues martial arts. Legend says that martial arts, cultivated to their utmost, can move mountains, divide seas, soar through the sky, and burrow beneath the earth. Ancient biographies even tell of people who transcended mortality, became immortals, and lived forever. An ordinary young man from Earth is brought to this world by a mysterious beam of light, starting over as a baby. This world closely resembles the Earth of his previous life, but martial art 0Votes311.5kRecs288.2kFans
- 143 EN Record of Mortal Cultivation's Demise 灭运图录 Cultivation means discarding the false and preserving the true, seeing one’s own nature clearly. Those who achieve this are called “Perfected Ones.” They attain the Primordial Spirit and transcend life and death. The Record of Fate’s Demise, the Dao Seed of Fate’s Demise? The cultivation story of a transmigrator who happens upon an ancient immortal art and journeys through the Myriad Worlds and countless vast realms. Group numbers: Group One: 213933048 (full) 26Votes473.7kRecs642.1kFans
- 144 Charming Ghost Pet 宠魅 The animated adaptation, The Illusionist, is now airing. Cloudbirds soar and spread their wings beneath blue skies over green meadows; Blood Terror Wolves roam wild and untamed across barren wastes. Nightdream Beasts flit through moonlit forests; Ghostvault Monarchs drink the wind and swallow the mist from sheer cliffs. Sea Spirit Behemoths pass in shadow beneath vast oceans, while Thousand-Eyed Tree Demons stand proudly alone atop cloud-wreathed peaks. Swordstingers, Sunset Roc, Ancient Wood De 14Votes602.9kRecs783.2kFans
- 145 Taihao 太浩 Taihao is heaven. The Great Way is arduous, and the road to immortality is rugged. After a wondrous encounter with the immortal path in a dream as a child, a young man sets out to cultivate the Dao and seek the truth. How deep is the sea? Only the Kun fish knows. How high is the sky? Only the Peng bird understands. How vast is the world? Only I know: the myriad realms beneath the bright heavens and stars. Rise on a whirlwind ninety thousand li, and stir the winds and clouds across the nine heave 7Votes280.8kRecs333.6kFans
- 146 The Endless Path of Martial Arts 无限道武者路 As a combat instructor for China's most elite special forces, he had already reached the pinnacle of practical martial arts. Yet he could not help feeling regret. Human strength was limited. Though traditional martial arts were refined, they were still a finite “technique,” not an infinite “way.” He stood atop the summit, but could go no farther and make no further progress. Until he came to this world filled with infinite possibilities... This is a fan work, but it absolutely will not be a p 4Votes709.5kRecs285kFans
- 147 Brocade-Clad by Night 锦衣夜行 I was everywhere during the Jingnan Campaign, the reduction of the vassal princes, the capital’s relocation, the compilation of the great encyclopedia, the campaigns against the Mongols, and the expeditions to the South Seas, yet no one knew I was there. The whole world fit in my sleeve. I walked unseen in brocade, keeping a low profile. A low profile was the way to go. A convoluted line of inheritance and a fate passed down through generations, one over which he had no control, set the stage fo 5Votes3.1MRecs890kFans
- 148 The Divine Gate 神门 [Super-popular fantasy] This is a strange and mysterious world... Mountains, rivers, stones, flowers, grass, trees, the sun, the moon, and stars... Everything under heaven and earth is a source of power. All the classic books from my previous life exist here, but under a new name: The Dao Canon! So you can gain power just by reading? Fang Zhengzhi is torn. Should he start with the Dao De Jing, Strange Gates and Dunjia, or the Analects... or Dream of the Red Chamber? Using the Dao Canon as his fo 0Votes6.2MRecs707.3kFans
- 149 Harry Potter and the Secret Treasures 哈利波特与秘密宝藏 Simply put, it’s the story of a boy named Evan Mason who transmigrates to the magical world of Harry Potter and goes to study at Hogwarts! Evan is one year below Harry and follows the Gryffindor path! A sincere reminder: I’m writing purely for my own enjoyment. There are no guarantees on updates, plot, or quality, so enter at your own risk. The author only digs the hole and won’t fill it in! 0Votes375.3kRecs256.9kFans
- 150 God-Tier Hero 神级英雄 A hero is a sacred being of immense personal strength, whose troops grow stronger as the hero grows stronger. Hero Genesis is a world-class online game jointly developed by the United States, China, the European Union, Russia, India, Japan, and South Korea. It combines fantasy, adventure, war, trade, territory building, sailing, competition, and casual play. Players around the world are obsessed with it, and the top competitors from every country shine on the battlefield of the national wars. Da 1Votes2.9MRecs527.8kFans
