Novels like The Outsider
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- 101 Child of Light 光之子 A lazy young man chooses to study the neglected magic of light because of his personality, and inadvertently steps onto the turning wheel of fate. Step by step, he becomes the legendary Archmage. Through his efforts, the divide between the Eastern and Western Continents is finally brought to an end. The entire continent is freed from racial divisions, and he becomes the beloved Son of Light, revered by every race in generations to come. 0Votes478.8kRecs352.3kFans
- 102 EN Scum of the Cultivation World 修真界败类 After dying, he came to a strange new world. Here, there were no Mercedes-Benz cars with four wheels, only BMWs with four hooves. There were no planes in the sky, only immortals flying through the clouds. No phones or telephones? No problem, there was long-distance voice transmission... This world was insane. Cultivators, who in his previous life could only be seen in books and on TV, were real here, not fantasy. He thought, since he was here, he might as well live well. He'd dreamed of becoming 4Votes220.4kRecs343.5kFans
- 103 The King's Avatar 全职高手 The top expert in the online game Glory, hailed as a textbook-level player, was driven out by his club for various reasons. After leaving the professional scene, he took refuge in an Internet cafe and became a lowly manager. However, with ten years of gaming experience, he returned to the game in Glory's newly opened Tenth District. Carrying memories of the past and an unfinished homemade weapon, he began his journey back to the summit. 754Votes7MRecs5MFans
- 104 EN King of Creation 造化之王 Overnight, the young Ye Zhen suddenly discovered that he possessed a strange ability! The meaningless cries of the insects and beasts in the mountains sounded completely different when they reached his ears. The rat brothers squeaked: “Brother, the treasure in the back mountain that can make us grow dozens of times larger is about to drip. Hurry, let’s go!” A swarm of mosquitoes chattered: “Those two are here again. Brothers, get them! Suck them dry!” A young Cloudwing Tiger faced Ye Zhen and le 2Votes1.2MRecs615.7kFans
- 105 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 3Votes9.2MRecs1.1MFans
- 106 EN The Immortal's Path of the Purple Mansion 紫府仙缘 A boy leaves home to find food during a famine. Starting out as an herb gatherer, he embarks on the path of cultivation, refining medicines, tasting poisonous herbs, and testing remedies... In a world where corpses litter the ground, he survives as tenaciously as a weed. Cultivation, Qi refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul. He cultivates, gathers herbs, makes pills, and crafts artifacts in an immortal realm, while farming and building a community in his Violet Palace 0Votes895.4kRecs345.2kFans
- 107 EN The Melody of Dark Winds 邪风曲 Who can decide what is righteous and what is evil? Good and bad are yours to judge. A mountain is a mountain, and water is water. A mountain is no longer a mountain, and water is no longer water. Then the mountain is still a mountain, and water is still water. After seeing through everything, after seeing through its true nature, what of all things? Once you see through it all, what do righteousness and evil matter? What do good and bad matter? Everything one does is simply for the sake of survi 0Votes4MRecs893.3kFans
- 108 The Apocalypse Gate 天启之门 [NPCs strike back against players! Crush the transmigrators!] This is my world, and I make the rules! Who gave you bastards the right to throw your weight around here?! The path to becoming [the greatest savior in history] is sure to be thrilling! … Chen Xiaolian: Starting today, we're forming a resistance group dedicated to fighting those bastards! Our team will be called… the Goofball Alliance! Team member: Captain, with a name like that, I'm afraid people will beat us up if we tell them… … 0Votes4MRecs785kFans
- 109 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 12Votes4.3MRecs807.1kFans
- 110 EN Terror Infinity 无限恐怖 I’m starting a new book. I hope you’ll enjoy it. The ending: If death is the end of life, then what is the end of death? The new book is now updating. I urgently need your follows, clicks, comments, and tips. A new worldview, a new cast of characters: this is a brand-new story I’ve prepared for you! 35Votes4.3MRecs1.4MFans
- 111 The Path of a Cultivation Sect Leader 修真门派掌门路 Fate is bestowed by Heaven, and one's fellow cultivator walks the path alongside. Together they roam free, chanting the Yellow Court Sutra as one. In this boundless world, cultivation brings together spiritual roots, one's innate destiny, and a companion spirit. The protagonist, Qi Xiu, unexpectedly becomes the sect leader and leads his small, struggling sect in its fight to survive. From a middle-aged man in his thirties at the lowest level of Qi Refining to a wise old man who looks down upon a 26Votes895.3kRecs543.6kFans
- 112 Lord of Darkness 黑暗主宰 In the year 2333, a miniature white hole descended upon Earth... P.S. Super God Modeler and The Heaven-Slaying Diagram have already been completed. Both surpassed twenty thousand premium subscribers, guaranteeing quality. Please look forward to them. 0Votes312.4kRecs214.8kFans
- 113 Grandmaster of Martial Arts 武极宗师 In this era, martial arts are on the rise. An ordinary person gains a mysterious ability to manipulate attributes, changing his humdrum life forever as he advances step by step toward the vastness of the stars. “My name is Fang Cheng. Greatness doesn’t come too late for me!” 0Votes346.2kRecs298.4kFans
- 114 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles 盗墓笔记 The original novel of the hit television series Sand Sea. Fifty years ago, a silk manuscript from the Warring States period was unearthed by grave robbers in Changsha. It recorded the location of a strange ancient tomb from that era. Fifty years later, the grandson of one of those grave robbers discovered the secret in his grandfather's notes and gathered a group of experienced tomb raiders to search for its treasures. No one could have imagined that this ancient tomb would contain so many eerie 48Votes570.7kRecs3.6MFans
- 115 The Chinese Expeditionary Force in the War of Resistance 抗战之中国远征军 History has no what-ifs. But if history did have what-ifs... what would have happened if China's first expedition had not failed? Burma, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa... Stilwell said, "Boys, I'll lead you all the way to Tokyo!" 0Votes494.4kRecs284.3kFans
- 116 The Matrilocal Husband 赘婿 In the final years of the Wu Dynasty, the age was turbulent and the realm was in chaos. Jin and Liao faced off against each other, the situation was unstable, and after a century of humiliation, the first faint glimmer of dawn signaling its end had finally appeared. Emperor Tianzuo, Wanyan Aguda, Wuqimai, Genghis Khan Temujin, Jamuka, Chilawen, Mukhuali, Bo'erhu, Bo'ersu, Qin Hui, Yue Fei, Li Gang, Zhong Shidao, Tang Ke, Wu Min, Geng Nanzhong, and Zhang Bangchang: loyal ministers and treacherous 337Votes13.5MRecs5.1MFans
- 117 The Finest Houseboy 极品家丁 [How to read this book: Take your cue from Flirting Scholar!] A young sales manager has an accident and ends up in a completely different world, where he becomes an honorable... servant in the Xiao family mansion! Spring arrives late at dusk, Yet comes before the flowers know. Year after year, peach trees are planted, Blooming when hearts are breaking. “Peach Blossom Poem”, it belongs to Third Brother! 36Votes6.3MRecs1.5MFans
- 118 The Ordinary Days of a Qing Dynasty Transmigrator 平凡的清穿日子 This is a world that has already been visited by many famous transmigration predecessors. Beneath the brilliance of the eleventh male lead, the Powerful Court Minister, and the Qing-transmigrated heroine, the capital's pearl, the Earl's Third Young Lady cautiously chose to merge into the entire era... This novel is dedicated to all the classics of transmigration! 0Votes809.5kRecs1.1MFans
- 119 EN Star Hunter 星级猎人 The universe, this endless expanse of stars, is every hunter’s dream. For hunters who roam between the stars, only the universe can be their limit. Does the universe have a limit? And where does it lie? After accidentally obtaining a strange chip, Xilin, a young Shadow Hunter, begins his journey into this endless sea of stars. My new book, The Future’s O 4Votes174.7kRecs207.8kFans
- 120 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… 12Votes5.8MRecs2.2MFans
- 121 Golden Eyes 黄金瞳 The TV drama The Golden Eyes, starring Zhang Yixing, premiered to great fanfare on February 26, 2019! Zhuang Rui, a junior employee at a pawnshop, undergoes a strange change in his eyes after an accident. Exquisite porcelain, ancient and elegant bronze vessels, and thrilling stone-gambling adventures come one after another, turning his life upside down... 6Votes1.8MRecs1.5MFans
- 122 The Strongest Abandoned Son 最强弃少 When Ye Mo suddenly came to his senses, he realized that everything around him seemed to have changed, and his beautiful master was gone. He also discovered that he had become an unwanted pawn abandoned by a powerful family, a miserable guy whose engagement had been broken off, and the target of a woman humiliating him from the podium by reading out his love letter... But none of that mattered. What mattered most was that he had also recalled something terrifying that hadn't originally belonged 29Votes1.5MRecs1.3MFans
- 123 The Immortal Gourd 仙葫 Countless arts and endless paths to the Great Dao: I ask only one thing, can they grant eternal life? 10Votes2.8MRecs580.2kFans
- 124 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality 凡人修仙传 An ordinary country boy accidentally joins a small local martial sect and becomes a nominal disciple. With that status, how can he establish himself in the sect? How can he, despite his mediocre talent, enter the ranks of the cultivators and make a name for himself across the Three Realms? Fellow cultivators, the new edition of the print book is now available. Feel free to purchase a copy if you’re interested. Thank you for your support! 696Votes16.2MRecs8.5MFans
- 125 The Silent Crown 寂静王冠 We are born of aether, made in aether, and pass away in aether. Revere the aether! The Sacred Canon. This is the golden age of musicians. Music has changed the world, aether has forged glory, and the spirits have ascended to the skies to join the stars. This is a world on the eve of the Long Night, where natural disasters and maddened gods spread destruction and death, and a golden age teeters on the brink. This is the story of a boy who sets out on the path of a musician. It is not about being 3Votes378.4kRecs284kFans
- 126 The Tang Brick 唐砖 In a dream, I returned to Chang'an. Blood stained Xuanwu Gate, and only endless sorrow remained deep within Taiji Palace. The ringing words “The people are water, and the ruler is a boat” still echoed across the land of Chang'an, yet foreign cavalry once again smashed through the Yumen Pass. How could 52Votes2.2MRecs1.9MFans
- 127 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
- 128 The Last Apostle 最后一个使徒 Yellow sand buried the bones, while the wind beneath the setting sun carried the stench of blood. The pain of the continent spread in every direction. When the history of the great explosion reached a turning point, when colossal steel fortresses stretched across the land, blocking people’s view, when the Apostles’ schemes quietly crept into everyone’s lives, peace was about to be shattered, and terror was about to descend! At that moment, a young man standing outside the river of fate began tra 0Votes5MRecs618kFans
- 129 EN Kingdom’s Bloodline 王国血脉 A lowly beggar, a noble prince, a monster hated by the whole world. If you had three paths before you, which would you choose to be happy? Tyles has no answer. He only knows that he has arrived in a vast and turbulent otherworld, facing a future set to nightmare difficulty: the glorious empire fell a thousand years ago, the rotten royal house is beyond saving, the legendary holy war is shrouded in darkness, and the divided world is in turmoil. And Tyles has nothing. All he has left is an unshaka 88Votes1.5MRecs766.2kFans
- 130 Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Tomb Raider's Tale 鬼吹灯（盗墓者的经历） The television adaptation of Yunnan Worm Valley premieres on August 30. The official licensed original story can be found in Chapters 101 to 176~ Ancient civilizations, lost treasures, mysterious and unfathomable tombs. Guided by a fragment of a secret manual passed down through the protagonist's family, three modern-day tomb raiders uncover layer after layer of ancient mysteries in a bizarre and eerie underground world. What exactly is the nine-story Demon Tower beneath the great glacier of the 7Votes811.8kRecs1.6MFans
- 131 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 53Votes6MRecs5MFans
- 132 The Treasure Appraisal Manual 宝鉴 One game can pacify the world, but the human heart is impossible to fathom! The Three Teachings, the Nine Schools, the Five Elements, and the Three Houses: all are revealed in the Treasure Mirror! 2Votes1.3MRecs574.5kFans
- 133 Cultivation Frenzy 修炼狂潮 This is an age in which science and martial arts advance side by side. After the Cataclysm, humanity discovered an ancient civilization of cultivation, ushering in a great era of cultivation and setting out to colonize the Kunlun Realm! It is an age full of crises for humanity, yet also an age of passion and countless powerful figures! Having inherited the legacy of the mighty Pill Emperor from the ancient civilization, as well as a supreme divine status from beyond the Ninth Heaven, how will Ch 0Votes1.6MRecs888.6kFans
- 134 EN The Sage Who Transcended Samsara 一世之尊 In this life, I ask nothing of the past and seek nothing in the next. I’ll live boldly, settle every score, defeat the greatest heroes of every race, and laugh proudly at the gods and demons of the Six Paths! Ten thousand years later, a great calamity begins anew. The Tathagata’s Golden Body or the Primordial Dao Body: which is stronger? The Tathagata Divine Palm or the Seven Forms of Severing Heaven: which will reign supreme? Amid the cycle of reincarnation, Meng Qi begins his journey at Shaoli 310Votes3.3MRecs3.4MFans
- 135 The Ultimate Martial World 武极天下 An ordinary boy dreams of entering a sacred martial academy and sets his sights on the pinnacle of martial arts. But with cutthroat entrance exams and scions of powerful clans throwing their weight around, how can a humble, ordinary boy find his footing? The legacies of sects are guarded with strict secrecy, and their core techniques are never taught to outsiders. In the Tianyan Continent, where such legacies are so hard to come by, even getting into a martial academy or sect is no guarantee of 15Votes1.2MRecs1.5MFans
- 136 Genius Feng Shui Master 天才相师 Young Ye Tian unexpectedly inherits the legacy of a master diviner. He plumbs the mysteries of heaven and humanity, understands the changes of past and present, and carries on the lost teachings of the sages. 2Votes1.7MRecs1.2MFans
- 137 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
- 138 Renegade Immortal 仙逆 Follow the natural order, and you remain mortal; defy it, and you become immortal. It all comes down to a single thought... The Renegade Immortal anime premieres on Tencent Video on September 25. New episodes air every Monday at 10:00, with VIP members getting two episodes early. Join us in the anime to witness Wang Lin’s lifelong devotion all over again! 164Votes4.2MRecs5.7MFans
- 139 Thief and Detective 贼警 Faced with criminal attacks and reprisals that were organized, international, and increasingly sophisticated, Serious Crimes Unit Seven teetered on the brink of disbandment. At a time of crisis, Zuo Luo was appointed leader of Unit Seven. He recruited Su Cheng through the Against All Odds Plan, and together they pooled their strengths to restore the unit to glory. But would Su Cheng, a criminal himself, truly help Zuo Luo? Meticulous schemes, wild ideas, strange and baffling cases, and crimes in 0Votes1.1MRecs171kFans
- 140 EN Demon Seeking 求魔 I bowed before the Demon three thousand times. Looking back at the mortal world, I refuse to become an immortal, all for her... to hold the fate of life and death in my hands. Read Gu Gen's work, Renegade. 30Votes3.4MRecs1.6MFans
- 141 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
- 142 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 21Votes6.8MRecs3.3MFans
- 143 The Kind Death God 善良的死神 A-Dai, a thief by trade but simple and kindhearted by nature, was taken away during a burglary by the powerful alchemist Goris, who had his own reasons. From that moment on, A-Dai’s fate changed. Fate led him to save the greatest assassin on the continent, the King of Assassins, who took A-Dai by force to a remote town to avenge himself and taught him everything he knew. Will A-Dai become a demon after living alongside an assassin? When the blood-red sun hangs overhead, monsters will emerge. Whe 1Votes1.1MRecs375.3kFans
- 144 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
- 145 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 17Votes3.8MRecs1.9MFans
- 146 EN Inner Demons 心魔 The new book, The Netherworld Painted Skin Scroll, is currently being serialized. The print edition has already been published under the title Formless. Perhaps on a cold winter night, you hear someone softly singing on the other side of a wall: A feather-robed heart, as pure as clouds, a zither, a sword, and a brush. Light snow, a red brazier, yellow-sprout wine, reading the Purple Star and Dongting scriptures by night. The lingering melody sounds like mus 4Votes410.7kRecs584.5kFans
- 147 League of Legends: Who Can Stand Against Me? 联盟之谁与争锋 When Chinese athletes scoff that anyone can win a championship just by playing video games, if you make your living in esports, you should use your size 42 shoe to measure just how long that self-righteous face of his is! When your parents, relatives, friends, and even society look down on esports and think that you are wasting your time, all you need to do, if you truly love esports, is turn your back on them and walk away! Could you ever have imagined that in the Olympic Games four years from 4Votes40.7kRecs289.8kFans
- 148 The Imperial Clan of Great Zhou 大周皇族 The souls of Heaven and Earth are always outside, and only the life soul resides within the body. When the life soul resides in the womb, it gives rise to the seven po souls. Everyone's life begins when the life soul takes residence in the womb, but Fang Yun's life began at the very moment it ended… True royalty does not come from inherited bloodlines, but from nobility at the level of one's destiny and soul! 0Votes1.6MRecs691.7kFans
- 149 The Swordstep Court 步剑庭 This is an age when legends grow old: In the north, the Old Dragon King rolls over and the earth shudders. In the west, the peacock lounges amid beauty and has no wish to move. Two old men who wield swords have no grievance against each other, yet must fight to the death. And a poor, miserable scholar tosses aside his books, suddenly draws his blade, and chops apart half the land. This is an age when legends are born anew: The beauty destined to topple kingdoms has yet to learn how to put on mak 2Votes299.2kRecs249.3kFans
- 150 The Ascension Path 升龙道 A man struggling to survive alone in a foreign land never forgets that his roots are in Yan State. Holding fast to his convictions, he seeks a path to strength, and in the end, carves out a career of his own abroad. 0Votes2.7MRecs230.8kFans
