Novels like A Mage's Handbook
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- 51 Heart of Canaan 迦南之心 Xiao Fen gently gripped Darkwrath. The twisted wooden staff answered with a peculiar feel beneath his fingers. He parted his lips slightly, sensing his life ebb away from his body with every passing second... The Plunso Shadowstalker stood silently on his shoulder, its pupils fixed on him with a knife-sharp gaze. A divine light glimmered in its eyes. Xiao Fen needed time. Yes, he clenched his staff as long strings of incantations poured from his lips. His life was being drawn from his body, bit 0Votes1.1MRecs127kFans
- 52 The Hero's Creed 英雄信条 The banshee owner of the Misfortune Tavern really was a kind and considerate person. After downing a glass of Midnight, Tang Dun started complaining: Why, as a Templar Knight, did he have to lead a bunch of underlings from the forces of darkness? “Maybe if you occasionally pretend to be a Death Knight, you’ll get to meet the Forsaken Queen!” the owner offered insincerely, then snapped at the banshee maids who kept rubbing themselves against Tang Dun. “No one wants to deal with the undead all day 0Votes339.5kRecs249.9kFans
- 53 The Kingdom of Power 权国 Crows darken the sun, the setting sun is blood-red. In the chaotic Three Kingdoms era, iron hooves are my footsteps, arrowheads are my eyes. From dreamlike Jiangnan, where the land is a picture, to the windswept deserts of Xiliang, I will raise up the fallen Yellow Heaven. With a unique historical perspective and epic warfare, this story retraces the course of an empire’s history. “A continent swept by rising storms, kingdoms 2Votes415.6kRecs166kFans
- 54 EN Dream of the Red Chamber: The Great Detective 红楼名侦探 The story begins with someone outside the Jia family. He makes his name in officialdom through his powers of deduction and explores The Story of the Stone from the perspective of a real man! https://book.qidian.com/info/1027328334 0Votes433.7kRecs201.5kFans
- 55 Lotus Treasure Mirror 莲花宝鉴 If you fail, I’ll help you castrate yourself: The Lotus Treasure Mirror. This is a story about a boy’s martial arts technique. A poor man is forced to learn a sinister art. Until he masters it, he must stay away from women, or The Lotus Treasure Mirror will snip him into a eunuch with a single “click”! 0Votes1.5MRecs482.3kFans
- 56 Exorcising Demons 拔魔 The Daoist flame never dies, and the demonic seed is passed down forever. Defy Heaven to cultivate, follow Heaven to forge pills. This is the story of a young man who was infected by a demonic seed, and who grows stronger as he cultivates within the Daoist sect, where demons are regarded as mortal enemies. Branded as “someone who must be watched,” he is destined for a life unlike anyone else's. 21Votes418.9kRecs212kFans
- 57 EN Embers of the Gun 余烬之铳 This is a damned Victorian fantasy novel. Add a spoonful of steam engines to get that damned tech tree moving! Add a spoonful of love and hatred to give everyone a good reason to fight! Add a spoonful of insanity to make this dark world a little lighter, then finish with a spoonful of calamity for the main boss... Wait! Damn it, I added too much! Year 931 of the Yin Erwei Ge calendar. The city I live in has been named the most advanced city in the West. The main reason? World-changing steam 13Votes220.3kRecs612kFans
- 58 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
- 59 EN I Just Want to Quietly Lie Low as a Cultivator 我只想安静的做个苟道中人 My new book, "After Taking Over the Underworld, I Became the Boss of the Supernatural", is now out. Please take good care of this little sprout! A short drama with the same title is now available on Hongguo. Come and watch! “Ding-dong!” “Welcome to the fully intelligent Cultivation System!” “You have chosen to cultivate [Bone Tempering Art]. The System will begin cultivating for you. The System has detected that the Bone Tempering Pills required for cultivation are missing. Please wait…” “The Sy 35Votes840.8kRecs2.3MFans
- 60 The Otherworldly Life Assistant God 异界生活助理神 With the body, mental power, consciousness, and heart forming a “cross system,” Fang Tian journeys onward. From magic apprentice to mage, from archmage to the Sanctuary, and finally to the Divine Realm. His experiences in his previous life gradually become the nourishment for this one, while his efforts in the present lead him, step by step, toward the legendary existence. And when the truth is finally revealed, the newly born Child of the Plane faces two choices: Leave without a care, or take r 0Votes292.1kRecs194.3kFans
- 61 The Demon of the Great Ming 大明妖孽 If gods exist in heaven, why are demons running rampant in the world? If there are no gods in heaven, why is the heart filled with so many doubts? During the Chenghua era of the Ming dynasty, a group of Embroidered Uniform Guard officers known as "fox-born and ghost-raised" are ordered to seek the true gods in a godless world and search for the path to immortality within their brief lives. 7Votes676.6kRecs150.6kFans
- 62 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
- 63 Revolution, Goddess! 革命吧女神 Li Qi was cast into another world by the Goddess of Revolution. Here, gods and demons filled the skies, and the extraordinary were everywhere. Just struggling to secure a comfortable life was hard enough, yet the goddess wanted him to spark a grand revolution of ordinary people. There are no witches here, only sorceresses. Guns, explosives, and steam engines are no match for divine arts, magic, or spiritual power, so the only weapons they can use are those of faith. Raised in a climate of righte 0Votes417.6kRecs294.2kFans
- 64 Bug House 虫屋 A slightly plump man carrying a broom walks into the courtyard. He sweeps up the fallen leaves, then turns to look at the plaque over the gate: Insect House. “If you don't show yourselves, I'll turn you into flower fertilizer.” 4Votes184.5kRecs185.8kFans
- 65 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
- 66 Rampaging Through the New World 莽穿新世界 When fantasy becomes reality, will the world still be a beautiful place? This is the story of a group of players who transmigrate into a fantasy game world, where they collide with the world they once knew, changing themselves and changing the world. 0Votes339kRecs112.6kFans
- 67 EN Eternal Sword Sovereign 永恒剑主 Transmigrate to another world and become an unrivaled overlord through an ability to manipulate attributes. Welcome to my world… A new book begins: Hidden Dead Corner, a story of futuristic terror. Come give it a try. 7Votes1.2MRecs425.8kFans
- 68 The Detective in the World of Movies and TV 影视世界当神探 Title: The World of Film and Television: A Hard-Hitting Detective. (It’s hard to change the title after the book goes on sale, so I’m mentioning it here.) Luke was reborn in America. But gradually, he discovered that this America wasn’t the one from his previous life. Here, people and superhuman abilities from the worlds of film and television were re 5Votes1.4MRecs522.7kFans
- 69 EN The Real Cthulhu TRPG 真实的克苏鲁跑团游戏 TRPG stands for tabletop role-playing game. Its appeal lies in being able to immerse yourself in a character and, within the rules, shape an open-ended story through your actions and reach different endings. Call of Cthulhu is one major TRPG genre. Players take on the roles of investigators who are just ordinary people, yet must explore mysterious events and face unknown mythos creatures and unknown terrors. There is only one piece of advice here: the less you know, the longer you live. Liu Xing 1Votes214.3kRecs350.7kFans
- 70 City at the End of the World 终末之城 The apocalypse arrived. Without any warning, disaster erupted and swept across the entire world. Countless people died in the catastrophe. When the survivors opened their eyes again, they discovered that the world had been utterly transformed. Mysterious powers and terrifying monsters left humanity with only two paths: survival or death. People abandoned everything, hoping only to struggle through one more day in this cruel world. But for Feren, there was more to it than that. “I think they need 0Votes221.7kRecs135.1kFans
- 71 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
- 72 Geomancer 地师 Youfang is a drifter in Beijing. He once sold pirated discs in Zhongguancun and ran a stall at Panjiayuan. Born into one of the Eight Sects of the Jianghu, he learned the ways of the underworld at a young age. He was particularly skilled in feng shui and geomancy, though he never believed in the supernatural. The first time his conscience was stirred was when he set out to avenge an elder. He posed as a feng shui master and infiltrated a tomb-robbing gang, hoping to find a chance to strike. Inst 5Votes806.6kRecs742.3kFans
- 73 Journey North 知北游 Sixteen years. You have only sixteen years left to live. These were the words the prophetic master Jiaye of Luoyang spoke to Lin Fei the first time he saw him. That year, Lin Fei was sixteen. A whole new, wondrous world opens up before Lin Fei. This is an Eastern fantasy novel about a young man's growth. If I had to describe its contents, it would be clearer to write about what the book seeks to express: the struggle against fate and the defiance of destiny. Know the North and Journey Beyond. Al 4Votes431.9kRecs286.2kFans
- 74 Azure Emperor 青帝 The great calamity of heaven and earth is drawing near. Ye Qing, once a mighty powerhouse, returns to the time before it begins. A chance encounter leads him to a Confucian scripture. He cultivates the true arts, befriends a mountain god, ventures into the Dragon Palace, battles all manner of factions, seizes opportunities before anyone else, wins a resounding reputation, tramples the myriad immortals, opens a world, and stands supreme across the Three Realms, attaining the Dao as the Azure Empe 2Votes139.6kRecs162.7kFans
- 75 Yang Xiaoluo's Bargain Dad 杨小落的便宜奶爸 On a summer night filled with cicadas and birdsong, Yang Yan stood at the entrance to the residential complex, holding a large bag high and calling out with a laugh, “Luoluo, come home and have some chilled watermelon!” Whoosh! A short-legged corgi eagerly darted out from the flower bed, wagging its little bottom as it ran toward him. Then a little girl sitting on the shell of a giant tortoise slowly made her way around from behind a tree. Her bright eyes found Yang Yan, and her face broke into 0Votes1.2MRecs354.3kFans
- 76 The Main God's Investigator 主神调查员 This is a laugh-out-loud story bursting with wild ideas. You’ll encounter one plot world after another whose style is completely different from the original. My name is Luo Feng, and I’m an investigator for the Lord God. My day-to-day work is to enter plot worlds, disrupt their main storylines as much as possible, and collect data to compare against the original plots. Why do I mess up these worlds? Naturally, it’s to gather more Lord God data for research, learn everything I can about the enemy 3Votes474.6kRecs388.2kFans
- 77 The Tathagata Must Fall 如来必须败 From the start of Journey to the West to the end of myth Across the vast world, banners stir like clouds, blades stand like a forest With grace, he pursues justice, blazing with light and fire, illuminating the wilderness and shrouding the marshes “Great Immortal, I must be off.” “If you shine as brightly as the sun, dear brother, then no matter what lies ahead, no host of men can stand against you!” 0Votes338.1kRecs356.4kFans
- 78 The Path of No Duality 不二大道 The new book, The Creation of Japanese Weird Tales, is officially on sale. [Nearly 6,000 average paid subscriptions] Wei Bu'er thinks that joining Yun Yin Sect will let him pursue the Great Dao, only to discover that he has to start out as a menial worker. And in this unassuming-looking sect, you can trip over a whole crowd of senior brothers and sisters with golden fingers just by kicking a rock. The women of the cultivation world are all gorgeous. Wei Bu'er thinks he'll surely find a good girl 2Votes335.9kRecs291.8kFans
- 79 Dragon Rider Fighter Jet 龙骑战机 China’s best-looking, most hot-blooded, most thrilling, and most passionate modern aerial-combat novel, the supreme chapter of the aerial-combat genre, with no equal! A Dragon Knight from another world points his longsword straight at the skies ruled by fighter jets. Dragons transformed into constructed aerial combat weapons spread their wings and soar, while aerial knights from two worlds pursue their own glory and jointly depict the romance of thirty thousand feet in the sky! Beneath the firma 5Votes780.7kRecs380.5kFans
- 80 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
- 81 The Warlord of the Warring States 战国野心家 After transmigrating to the early Warring States period, he has no family name and a status so lowly, yet he dares to harbor ambition. To make that ambition a reality, he becomes Mozi’s disciple, then spends years enduring hardship within the Mohist school as he schemes to seize the position of Grand Master. Mozi passed down teachings but wrote nothing, so he compiles the Mohist Canon and changes it beyond recognition. Amid the rivalry of the feudal lords and the tumultuous age, he alone believe 4Votes364.8kRecs271.7kFans
- 82 Late Ming 晚明 In the final years of the Ming dynasty, the northern frontier is shrouded in the smoke of war, with mountains of corpses, while the south of the Yangtze enjoys tranquil streams, stone bridges, song, and dance. Amid the internal strife and external threats of a dynasty on the brink of collapse, a calculating office director rises to power and sounds the last call for China. A true hero can change fate. Brutal, bloody ancient wars and authentic scenes of everyday life in the Ming, where ordinary p 116Votes768kRecs830.3kFans
- 83 Rebuilding My Life in Thirty Years 重塑人生三十年 New book out: Reborn in the Turbulent Decade. There's a direct link on the author's page. Hope you'll show it lots of support. 4Votes381.2kRecs418.5kFans
- 84 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
- 85 EN The Legacy of Zichuan 紫川 Two hundred years ago, on the Lanhe battlefield, the Light Empire’s last legion collapsed amid the demons’ roar, and the empire’s final emperor fell in battle. With no common ruler left on the chaotic Xichuan Continent, warlords rose up and fought for supremacy. Martial strength was the only means of survival, and ruling the world was the dream of generations of powerful warriors. In the southeast of the continent stood a powerful force that had endured for more than two hundred years: the Zichu 8Votes1.7MRecs1.1MFans
- 86 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… 5Votes516.2kRecs486.9kFans
- 87 EN The Forensic Officer of Conan 柯学验尸官 [A Detective Conan fanfic] Full title: The Moment I Transmigrated to the World of Detective Conan, the Famous Detective Named Me the Prime Suspect. As a Coroner, I'm Not Panicking at All 5Votes847.6kRecs954.2kFans
- 88 After Falling Asleep 熟睡之后 Wandering spirits roam, worms scatter. Unseen things gather around him. Where do the whispers by his ear come from? Abominations wait in the abyss. The air is dead still, unable to stir a hem or a strand of hair. Mu Su gazed into the abyss, and the abyss gazed back at him. Only when Mu Su took off his clothes did the abyss have to awkwardly look away. 172Votes356.1kRecs851.9kFans
- 89 The Immortal Gourd 仙葫 Countless arts and endless paths to the Great Dao: I ask only one thing, can they grant eternal life? 19Votes2.8MRecs580.5kFans
- 90 A Guide to Game Development 游戏开发指南 Book ID: 1029303812 The three-year term is up. I'm back. 0Votes301.9kRecs172kFans
- 91 Rebirth of the Super Battleship 重生之超级战舰 Realizing that Earth was about to be destroyed, Xiao Yu merged his consciousness with the central computer of a spacecraft and escaped before it was too late. After merging with the computer, Xiao Yu gained immense computing power. Alone, he could command a vast fleet in interstellar warfare, control billions of robots to develop a planet, travel the universe by himself, and drive the development of an entire technological civilization. In this boundless universe, among endless seas of stars, Xi 16Votes324.4kRecs502kFans
- 92 The Dawn of Lingao 临高启明 They transmigrate to an age of chaos by choice, not because they were struck by lightning. Some want to become kings and conquer the land. Some want to rescue the people from their misery. Others want to use their own strength to stop the final conquest of civilization by barbarism, and thereby rewrite the history of the Chinese people. Of course, some only want to enjoy the extremely decadent life they can’t have in the present day, with three wives and four concubines. This group of ordinary p 120Votes2.5MRecs552.7kFans
- 93 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. 155Votes381.2kRecs1MFans
- 94 EN Rebirth of the Dominator 重生支配者 He becomes the master of the world and brings about a spiritual qi revival across the entire planet. Using all living beings as pieces on a chessboard, he forges a path to immortality. (Disciples must show their fan status to join. A screenshot is required, and fan status from the author's older books is also accepted.) 0Votes382.8kRecs382.1kFans
- 95 EN The Mystic Dao Scripture 玄浑道章 … After the world of spirits and monsters passed through its sixth era, the magnificent Celestial Xia descended! … … 83Votes5MRecs890.7kFans
- 96 Swords, Magic, and Taxis 剑与魔法与出租车 Dark clouds pressed down from above, and electric serpents writhed across the sky. The might of heaven and earth forced even the dragons to bow their heads, while only the shameless liches could still look up at the sky. A golden beam of light tore through the firmament. Space turbulence, like a tornado carrying blades, violently ripped open the sky and opened a passage through the crystal wall. A metal object the size of a palm, or the palm of an ancient red dragon, leaped out and launched an u 0Votes337.3kRecs203.4kFans
- 97 EN Black Dragon Codex 黑龙法典 When you gaze into the abyss, it fires an antimatter annihilation cannon right back at you. A story about a magic-less black dragon stirring up trouble in another world. 4Votes460.3kRecs590.9kFans
- 98 Peddling Sin 贩罪 A genius. Withdrawn, lonely, obsessive, mad. Whenever the times change, he raises the banner of the Inverted Cross. Success makes him a prince or minister; failure leaves him among maggots and filth. In times of chaos, people of exceptional talent flock to his side from every corner. In the hidden corners of the city, he looks down upon the world. In this life, there is only one person he cares about. 30Votes187.1kRecs547.7kFans
- 99 EN The Mage Who Started a Revolution 当个法师闹革命 Why is it that transmigrated protagonists can always inherit their predecessors' memories right away and start a new life without a hitch? Why do they always wake up safe and sound in bed after transmigrating, with a sister (older sister, maid) beside them, crying and blubbering, “Thank goodness! You're finally awake!” What if the protagonist discovers they've been kidnapped right after transmigrating, with several perverted witches brandishing whips? What then? “Are you going to talk or not?!” 0Votes180.9kRecs216.2kFans
- 100 EN Apocalypse Forecast 天启预报 “I want someone to give me a good beating…” Huai Shi, Sword of Calamity, Gravekeeper of the Old World, Tuner, Last Defender of Heaven, One of the Twenty-Four Agents of Destruction, Little Peppa of Huaihai Road, Sun of the Abyss, Final King of Hell. . One day, the impoverished Huai Shi discovers that the golden finger he picked up has finally started working… except this might not be a good thing. To make money and stay alive, he accidentally steps into this dangerous world. The frontier beyond t 336Votes2.2MRecs5.7MFans
