Novels like Makeshift Savior
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- 1 Monster Administrator 妖怪管理员 Hello, I’m Qi Siyuan. Oh, they usually call me Group Leader Qi, the boring, uncool one. That’s right, I handle monsters. Any other questions? Sure. But I reserve the right not to answer. Of course there are. Monsters and ghosts are all around you, actually. You just haven’t noticed. No comment. Monsters need privacy too. But I can tell you that you see them every day. As for whether they want to eat you, how am I supposed to answer that? 0Votes133.1kRecs89.2kFans
- 2 Earth Survival Guide 地球求生指南 An alien field researcher stranded on Earth: surviving is really hard. I’m an alien. Send money! 2Votes571.3kRecs135.3kFans
- 3 Tiger Teacher 猛虎教师 Name: Wang Jian Sex: Male Age: Twenty-four and a half Hobbies: Woodworking Special skills: Woodworking, expert in pharmacology, helping elementary school kids with their summer homework, repairing all kinds of equipment, assassination, interrogation and torture, deadpan comedy, stand-up comedy, cooking, surgery, hand-to-hand combat, teaching, defense expertise, all-around athletic ability, pickpocketing. (Appendix: unable to have children and afraid of cute girls) Dreams: To become a good teache 0Votes152.3kRecs60.5kFans
- 4 Moon Without Light 无光之月 A corner of the tavern. A shy female swordswoman hides in a corner, polishing her beloved greatsword. A cold elven mage has flickering arcs of electricity dancing at her fingertips. A black-haired half-human, half-deer forest spirit plays a melody of the woods. A sultry undead mage sways her hips, dancing gracefully to the music alongside a summoned skeleton. A halfling sprawls across a table, lazily stacking a pile of small silver coins like building blocks. His sharp little eyes, however, scan 0Votes73.8kRecs58.1kFans
- 5 Song Beiyun 宋北云 I never had much ambition in life. A mutton-fat pastry, a bowl of sesame oil soup, and a house with gray-tiled walls were enough. So don't push me. 0Votes694.3kRecs415.2kFans
- 6 Dream Heist Master 盗梦宗师 The divide between dreams and reality is unbreakable. Yet in the land of dreamweavers, the power of dreams is utterly real. Cultivate your dreams, and you can do as you please. Nothing is beyond your reach. 0Votes161.9kRecs95.1kFans
- 7 Special Incident Task Force 特殊事件专案组 “I’m just a scientist,” Monkey said earnestly. “At most, I’m a scientist who knows martial arts.” 0Votes458.5kRecs120.8kFans
- 8 The Tough Guy 强人 In its original sense, a strongman was a fierce and brutal person. In a broader sense, it means someone highly capable. As luck would have it, this is a story about just such a strongman. 0Votes543.3kRecs92.9kFans
- 9 This Monster Isn't That Cold 这只妖怪不太冷 The new book, Where There Are Immortals, There Is a Name, is now out. Everyday stories of Zhou Li and the yaoguai: Zhou Li has been able to see yaoguai since childhood, but it isn't until the end of his final year of high school that he finally makes contact with one. 12Votes601.7kRecs388.5kFans
- 10 The Mad Knight's Space Age 疯骑士的宇宙时代 “A golden finger System? Do you take me for a fool? There’s no such thing as a free lunch these days. Get out of my head! Is this some new scam, or an alien killing-machine training device with built-in hypnotic powers?” “No. I am the chaos that whispers from the void, the most terrifying nightmare of every living thing beneath the Southern Cross, the heir to a supreme divine throne, and... your sister.” “...I only have one younger sister. I don’t have an older one!” “You do. I’m your illegitima 0Votes613.1kRecs186.5kFans
- 11 Dead on Mars 死在火星上 My name is Tang Yue. I'm on Mars. I just saw Earth explode. 4Votes235.2kRecs492.6kFans
- 12 Transmigrated into a Game Store 穿越到游戏商店 A dead college student suddenly discovers that he can step through a door and enter a game shop. Great! Black Jade Bone-Setting Paste? I'll take it! What? You only take silver? Fine, I'll go get some silver. Whoa! Is this the Heavenly Fragrance Life-Renewing Dew? Huh? You want Tang Dynasty copper coins? Fine, I'll head to Panjiayuan! Th-this, this… I want that starship!! What? Star credits? Uh, buddy, could you first tell me where I can get some? 3Votes464.3kRecs222.4kFans
- 13 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
- 14 Sword Spirit Co-Living Diary 剑灵同居日记 “Spirit of the Heavenly Sword from Beyond the Stars, awakened by your call. Tell me, are you my mount?” 0Votes728kRecs221.8kFans
- 15 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
- 16 The Daily Life of the Immortal King 仙王的日常生活 [The original novel of the popular domestic 2D animated IP of the same name] This book is promoted under the title “The Daily Life of Wang Ling.” Its side story is “The Only Koi in the Cultivation World.” At the age of ten, or six in the animated version, Wang Ling casually defeated the Demon King Swallowing Heaven Toad. As an omnipotent cultivation prodigy, he had to conceal his overwhelming power and survive among a group of ordinary cultivation students. Money, immortal arts, magical treasur 21Votes2.8MRecs1.1MFans
- 17 Those Years I Was a Superhero in Marvel 在漫威当超级英雄的那些年 Through a stroke of bad luck, he transmigrated, and transmigrated to the United States. Well, there was nothing wrong with transmigrating to America. But who is that guy flying all over the sky with a hammer! Hey, you over there, who's controlling the thunderstorms! Don't you know this weather is bad for business? And that big green fellow over there, yes, I'm talking to you! Don't touch my food truck! This is the story of a man in the world of Marvel superheroes who only wanted to protect him 0Votes551kRecs524.9kFans
- 18 EN The Empire of Shilin 希灵帝国 This isn't about imperial conquest, adventures in another world, or leveling up and cultivating. In fact, this is a very serious, proper, and earnest hard science-fiction story about saving the world. Just take it seriously. All right, actually, it's just the hilarious, shameless daily life of a bunch of screwball leaders and a deadbeat head of state saving the world. A slacker shut-in suddenly becomes the head of an empire, while a middle-aged man with a super-dad aura adopts countless little g 32Votes1.1MRecs988.4kFans
- 19 Soul of Burning Steel 燃钢之魂 This is the story of a former legendary warrior who transmigrates into a game world with a System, thrashes all kinds of wild monsters, takes on Bosses single-handedly, and saves the world with basic attacks. “Kill the enemy first, then think about why the fight started.” Born of fire, forged in steel. The soul is kindling, the body is fuel. May wisdom never perish and order endure fo 4Votes731.2kRecs668.4kFans
- 20 Could I Be a God? 难道我是神 A story about what happens when a cat gains superpowers... The animated series of the same name is now airing on Qidian Theater, with a hilarious anime-style look. 0Votes1MRecs518.5kFans
- 21 EN The Sword of Dawn 黎明之剑 Gao Wen transmigrated, but something went a little wrong along the way. After floating above some otherworldly continent for more than a hundred thousand years, he decided he probably needed a body to count as a complete transmigrator. But after finally succeeding, he never expected he'd have to climb out of a coffin in that body, only to face two utterly terrified great-great-great-great...great-granddaughters. And a world on the verge of the end of an era. 587Votes13MRecs3.8MFans
- 22 EN The Record of Unusual Creatures 异常生物见闻录 Hao Ren is a good man, just as his name suggests. His ideal life is to get by in peace, renting out a modest home and making enough to live on without ever getting rich. At least, that was the plan before a bunch of lunatic creatures moved into his house. A remote, dilapidated mansion, a bunch of abnormal nonhuman creatures, and an employment contract from “the gods.” Put those three things together, and Hao Ren becomes the busiest landlord and most capable babysitter in the world. And so begins 101Votes6.1MRecs2.6MFans
- 23 EN Aoba Paranormal Agency 青叶灵异事务所 My name is Lin Qi, and I work at the demolition office. At the beginning of this year, I was put in charge of demolishing an old residential complex. One resident had a strange sign hanging by the door: “Green Leaf Paranormal Affairs Agency.” The house had been turned into an office, but it had long since been abandoned and was covered in dust. Inside the filing cabinets, countless documents and records were neatly arranged. Curious, I sorted through them and discovered a bizarre, terrifying wor 8Votes759.4kRecs640.9kFans
- 24 The Forty-Six Billion-Year Symphony of Evolution 进化的四十六亿重奏 Starting from the birth of life on a single planet, witness the rise and fall of countless civilizations, and the birth and extinction of species. Amid endless natural and geological catastrophes, nothing stays the same forever. Only by constantly adapting and evolving through adversity can one achieve perfect victory. The story begins with a tiny cell... 74Votes2MRecs1MFans
- 25 Ever Night 将夜 Fighting heaven is endlessly enjoyable. … 22Votes4.6MRecs2.9MFans
- 26 A Poor Man's Two Thousand Years 穷鬼的上下两千年 She had experienced the Battle of Changping and witnessed the massacre of hundreds of thousands. She had once led Great Qin's iron cavalry in its struggle for supremacy against the Six States. She had seen the realm divided into three and the mountains and rivers shattered. She had also heard the soft, lingering music of the zither in Longzhong. During the golden age of Zhenguan, she once drank herself drunk on the present day. How radiant was that eternal female emperor in her youth? She had ri 61Votes1.2MRecs1.6MFans
- 27 Han Village 汉乡 We inherited the legacy of our ancestors, and it made China glorious for thousands of years. We accepted it all with complete peace of mind, never once considering returning to that age when they struggled desperately to find a way forward through slash-and-burn cultivation. Repaying our suffering ancestors and finding the true meaning of home through them: that is the story this book will tell. The web series “Tang Brick,” starring Zhang Jianing and Wang Tianchen, will be exclusively streamed a 9Votes9.5MRecs3.4MFans
- 28 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
- 29 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
- 30 Back to the Past as a Cat 回到过去变成猫 At the gate of the East Family Housing Compound at Chu Hua University, the gatekeeper uncle answered a phone call, then threw open the window and roared toward the nearby grove in a booming voice: “Black Charcoal, your mom’s calling you home for dinner!” Whoosh! A black cat shot out of the dense grass at the edge of the grove and raced toward one of the buildings, disappearing into the entrance in the blink of an eye. After it, one cat head after another poked up from the grass. It was mealtime: 25Votes1.2MRecs1.1MFans
- 31 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
