Novels like Defying Heaven
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Defying Heaven, best match first.
- 51 Swallowed Star 吞噬星空 The sixth novel by Tomato, following The Nine Cauldrons, Coiling Dragon, Stellar Transformation, Inch of Radiance, and Legend of Xing Feng! Synopsis: In space. “This planet is entirely ocher-yellow, with no life on it. Its diameter is 21,000 kilometers. Huh, it actually contains a vein of Star Tear Gold. The heavens must be smiling on me. After I devour this planet, I should recover to 80% of my strength from before I was injured.” Luo Feng, his face pale, sat cross-legged on a flying meteorite 376Votes8.1MRecs11.4MFans
- 52 A Mortal's Cultivation of Immortality: The Immortal Realm Arc 凡人修仙之仙界篇 A mortal cultivates immortality, and the storms rise again. Travel through time and space, reverse the cycle of reincarnation. Golden Immortals and Supreme Unity Immortals, Grand Luo Dao Ancestors. Three thousand great paths, supreme laws. The Immortal Realm arc of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: the story of Han Li making his mark in the Immortal Realm, and the undying legend of an ordinary boy's path to immortality. A note for readers who haven't read the previous story: it won' 141Votes30.1MRecs10.7MFans
- 53 EN The Eternal Rise 帝霸 Tens of millions of years ago, Li Qiye planted a green bamboo. Eight million years ago, Li Qiye raised a carp. Five million years ago, Li Qiye adopted a little girl. Today, Li Qiye woke from a long sleep to find that the bamboo had cultivated itself into a divine being, the carp had become a golden dragon, and the little girl had become the female emperor of the Nine Realms. 6Votes2MRecs2.3MFans
- 54 EN The Demon's Rule 恶魔法则 What can a completely useless fellow, written off as a fool and a good-for-nothing, get in exchange for selling his soul to a demon? Beauty? Power? Wealth? Authority? Let's overturn every rule in this world and follow in the demon's footsteps... “I know that one day, this world will lie beneath my feet!!” Du Wei 50Votes5.3MRecs1.6MFans
- 55 The First Sequence 第一序列 On the wasteland, human civilization clings to survival. One bastion after another rises from the ground, yet order continues to collapse. Some say that when disaster strikes, the human spirit is our first line of defense against danger. Some say, “Don’t let the sorrows of the age become your own.” Others say, “I’ll make my sorrow the sorrow of this age.” This time, it’s a new story. After the cataclysm, at last, the light. 100Votes7.5MRecs6.8MFans
- 56 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
- 57 Versatile Mage 全职法师 He woke up to find the world transformed. The totemic Black Tortoise hidden beneath West Lake towered like a skyscraper when it rose upright. The undead army roaming beyond the walls of the ancient capital listened only to the whispers from beneath the imperial mausoleum. The Underworld King in Egypt’s pyramids and his followers had always coveted the lands of the East! London was home to a great family of dragon tamers. On Greece’s sacred Mount Parthenon, a goddess prayed for blessings. Venice 135Votes4.7MRecs3.1MFans
- 58 EN The Card Apprentice 卡徒 A brand-new fantasy world created by Fang Xiang. Come on in! 5Votes3.5MRecs724.9kFans
- 59 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
- 60 Joy of Life 庆余年 A family that does good deeds will surely enjoy blessings in abundance. Leave blessings for the future, leave blessings for the future, and in time meet a benefactor. How fortunate, how fortunate, that my mother accumulated hidden merit. I urge people to help the needy and support the poor… But who could know that, though we inherit the blessings of those who came before us, in the end we must choose our own path in life? Thus, at the fork in the road: The east wind brings clouds and rain, and y 76Votes4MRecs5.6MFans
- 61 EN The Wizard's Journey 巫师之旅 Give me endless knowledge, and I will use myself as a fulcrum to move countless worlds. This is the story of a wizard named Grimm who relies on his own intelligence and luck to study his unique branch of wizarding knowledge, travel through otherworldly realms, and take part in wars between different civilizations. 26Votes1.4MRecs810.4kFans
- 62 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. 20Votes2.7MRecs1.8MFans
- 63 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
- 64 The Sacred Ruins 圣墟 Rising from ruin, returning from extinction. The seas turn to dust, lightning and thunder fade away, and that wisp of dark mist draws near the earth once more. The shackles of the world are broken, and a brand-new world reveals a mysterious corner of itself... 36Votes32MRecs20.3MFans
- 65 The Grandmaster of Martial Arts 武道宗师 Here, martial arts are no longer an ethereal legend but a tangible tradition. After weathering its clash with technology, martial arts have become fully integrated into society, giving rise to all kinds of competitions. There may be no clear winner in literature, but in martial arts, there can only be one champion! After inheriting a lineage from one of the major martial arts schools, now on the brink of extinction, Lou Cheng takes one step at a time toward his childhood dream and the glory in h 22Votes5.8MRecs1.2MFans
- 66 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
- 67 Forty Millennia of Cultivation (The Star Domain: Forty Millennia) 修真四万年（《星域四万年》） It isn't easy for a little seedling to grow, so it needs the care of all you brothers and sisters. This fresh-faced newcomer, Xiao Niu, asks for your support! I'll be sure to summon the spirit of a newborn calf that fears no tiger, work hard, and do everything I can! “Even if this universe really is a cruel, blood-soaked dark forest, we cultivators will still burn our lives to make a faint spark! 28Votes2.4MRecs1.9MFans
- 68 The Seat of Arcane Arts 奥术神座 “Knowledge is power.” “Gods are nothing more than especially powerful arcanists.” Xia Feng has transmigrated, bringing a mountain of knowledge with him. 120Votes1.9MRecs1.8MFans
- 69 Tales of Herding Gods 牧神记 The ancestral rule of the Great Ruins says: When night falls, do not go outside. The old, weak, sick, and disabled residents of the Great Ruins’ Remnant Village find a baby by the river and name him Qin Mu. They raise him with painstaking care. One day, night falls and darkness engulfs the Great Ruins. Qin Mu steps out of his home… Be a villain who revels in the spring breeze! That’s what the blind man tells him. Qin Mu’s rise as a villain is just beginning! 128Votes15.5MRecs7.6MFans
- 70 The Library of Heaven's Path 天道图书馆 [The hottest fantasy novel of 2017, ranked first in both overseas recommendations and votes] Zhang Xuan transmigrates to another world and becomes an honorable teacher. A mysterious library appears in his mind. Anything he sees, whether a person or an object, automatically becomes a book that records all kinds of its flaws. And that makes him incredibly powerful! He teaches students, takes disciples, gives lectures, nurtures the strongest, and teaches the world. “Great Emperor Zhuoyang, could yo 19Votes6.2MRecs2.7MFans
- 71 EN The Legendary Mechanic 超神机械师 Han Xiao, a veteran power-leveling player in Stellar Sea, was thrown into the transmigration crowd by a mysterious force from the East, or rather, from a certain otaku. With a player interface in tow, he became an NPC and returned to the days before Stellar Sea's open beta. He resolutely chose the highest-difficulty class: Mechanic. Warships sail in formation across the stars, star-powered mechs twist through the heavens like dragons, psychic cannons lay waste to worlds, and an endless mechanica 434Votes9.2MRecs5.5MFans
- 72 EN Cultivation Chat Group (The Daily Life of a Chat Group) 修真聊天群（聊天群的日常生活） One day, Song Shuhang accidentally joined a chat group for veteran sufferers of immortal-cultivation chuunibyou. Everyone in the group addressed one another as fellow Daoists, and their profile names were all things like Palace Master, Cave Master, Perfected One, and Celestial Master. Even the group owner's lost pet dog was described as a great demon hound that had run away from home. All day long, they chatted about alchemy, exploring secret realms, cultivation experiences, and such. Then one 114Votes17.6MRecs15.7MFans
- 73 EN Lord of Mysteries 诡秘之主 Amid the tide of steam and machinery, who can reach the extraordinary? In the fog of history and darkness, who is whispering? I awoke from the mysteries and opened my eyes to see this world: Guns, cannons, battleships, airships, difference engines; potions, divination, curses, the Hanged Man, Sealed Artifacts... Light still shines, and the mysterious has never left. This is the legend of th 11kVotes37.4MRecs37.6MFans
- 74 Spare Me, Great Lord! 大王饶命 A car accident changes high school student Lu Shu’s life. When the age of spiritual qi revival arrives, he’s determined to lead the way. Survival of the fittest. The victor rules. … 152Votes11.6MRecs5.4MFans
