Novels like Making It Big in the East
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Making It Big in the East, best match first.
- 1 My Korean Peninsula, 2007 我的半岛2007 A soul that transmigrated here finds itself on the Korean Peninsula in 2007. An Ru Song wakes up in a rented semi-basement apartment, and soon maps out the path he will take in his new life… 0Votes95.2kRecs124.5kFans
- 2 Into the Depths of Hell 向地狱进发 From that day on, secret realms descended upon the world. Strange creatures waited hungrily to be fed, while bizarre rules awaited their next victims. People were lured in by supernatural powers and treasures, drawn by wealth and influence. But soon, they would go mad from playing their roles and be swallowed by the savage wilderness. He was different. He could always savor the thrill of fear and relish the delight of despair. As fate took a razor-sharp turn, he exclaimed, “Fantastic! What a sho 28Votes216.4kRecs315.1kFans
- 3 The Creation of Japanese Ghost Stories 东瀛怪谈创造时 Gu Xing came home late one night and found a hole in the wall. When he stuck his finger inside, the entire city changed forever. Granny Rimi, who refuses loan sharks; Fujino, who carries a wood chipper everywhere; Naya, the undying avenger; Sae, the many-faced woman who loves red dresses; the infernal couple presiding over the tribunal. One bizarre urban legend after another began playing out in the real world, just as Gu Xing described them. Two rules never changed: [People cannot kill urban le 0Votes45.5kRecs188.5kFans
- 4 A Retainer to Lady Uesugi in the Warring States 战国之上杉姐的家臣 Japan’s Sengoku period is a wonderfully strange place, full of possibilities. What if Uesugi Kenshin really were a woman? The protagonist is a bit of a pushover. After transmigrating, he nearly starves to death before being rescued by seventeen-year-old Uesugi-nee. This is the story of his struggle to become one of her retainers. 0Votes227.4kRecs61.1kFans
- 5 The Young Manager of the Crazy Lions 狂狮少帅 In the summer of 1994, Millwall's young squad, led by their young manager Aldridge, set out to rewrite a century-long history without a trophy. That deep blue, the mark of the ferocious Lions, was determined to sweep across Europe… 0Votes94.7kRecs71kFans
- 6 The Entertainer of the East 东瀛娱乐家 The main story is complete. In the Japanese entertainment scene of the 1990s, sing the songs you like, do what you want, and make friends with people you get along with. In short, this is a story about the protagonist's ongoing growth. It's all just for fun. 2Votes134.2kRecs77.3kFans
- 7 The Tokyo Taoist 东京道士 In the heavens stands the White Jade Capital, with twelve towers and five cities. An immortal strokes my crown; with my hair tied up, I receive eternal life. A disciple of Lu Dongbin is reborn as an ordinary sixteen-year-old high school student in Tokyo, Japan. Seeking immortality, he hides among the teeming masses to experience the many faces of humanity and the rolling tide of worldly life once more. Can a Daoist heart, steadfast for centuries, remain true to its original purpose amid the neon 0Votes225.9kRecs157.6kFans
- 8 Jingming 靖明 The Ming Dynasty was on the verge of ruin. The Forbidden City, completed just a hundred years earlier, welcomed a new master, while Yang Tinghe often reflected through tears: What kind of monster did I choose? Once Jiajing stopped wasting his intelligence on cultivating immortality, a wise ruler took the throne and fierce ministers filled the court. The might of the sovereign and father spread far across the seas! 0Votes183.3kRecs621.2kFans
- 9 What's Wrong with One More Person Getting Rich Later? 多我一个后富怎么了 He started out studying medicine but never practiced, then sold TVs, ran into Zhou Huihui, and moved into the sharing economy, where deposits went unrepaid. Next came real estate, where he found some success. At last, he picked a prime property, but never got to top it out… In 2008, Yu Xing woke from a dream to find himself back on the eve of the financial crisis, with his investments in the red. That was the year industry giants took shape and capital awoke. He could only struggle to build his 1.7kVotes1MRecs885.5kFans
- 10 EN The Book of Strange Tales 志怪书 The new book, Where There Are Immortals, There Is a Name, is now out. The pine wind scatters the tea smoke. Amidst piles of white clouds, immortals sleep. A dream of the past rises without warning: beneath the village entrance tree, an old man tells tales. The stories of immortals, ghosts, fox spirits, and mountain monsters that once left children wide-eyed are neither wholly true nor wholly unreal, both eerie and romantic, and still as marvelous as ever. How many have dreamed of traveli 86Votes1MRecs1.3MFans
- 11 Reborn in Japan as a God 重生日本当神明 Warning: This is anime-style material. Please enjoy it in the proper manner. Synopsis: The protagonist is a skilled martial artist who accidentally forms a golden core and, by chance, transmigrates into the body of a Japanese student. The longer he stays in that country, the more people he meets. He gets a girlfriend, and causes a huge commotion... Author’s gripe: This is the fifth version of the synopsis. I feel like dying. The title is silently shedding tears. Thanks: If you’ve made it through 0Votes130.7kRecs106.1kFans
- 12 Reborn in the Tumultuous Years 重生之激荡年华 A top student preparing to pursue a PhD is reborn in 2008 in a parallel era, inhabiting the body of a seventeen-year-old high schooler. At last, he gets the chance to relive those years when brilliant youth blossomed, and to take center stage in those tumultuous times instead of watching from the sidelines. At home, he has one older sister, surrounded by wind, rain, and thunder. With a feather duster in her left hand and a rolling pin in her right, she vows to reason with him and lays down three 0Votes480.2kRecs344.5kFans
- 13 The Lazy Fish's Guide to Self-Rescue 咸鱼的自救攻略 Rewritten synopsis after completing the book. This book is about starting a business and documenting history. It’s not about being reborn ten or twenty years in the past; it’s about living in the present. The story runs from January 2018 to May 2021. It began serialization in August 2018 and was completed in June 2020. On April 1, 2020, the story’s timeline officially caught up with reality. The paths of the protagonist, Chu Yuanxi, split between two parallel universes. In 2014, one version reso 0Votes558.6kRecs217.1kFans
- 14 Reshaping the Millennium Era 重塑千禧年代 At the turn of the millennium, officials were chanting slogans about GDP, bosses took pride in bringing their secretaries along, and rough-and-ready entrepreneurs fought with blades flashing amid the waves of the times. Fang Zhuo returns to the year 2000. Ten years later, a group of venture capitalists and private equity firms storm the company headquarters, demanding an answer from a stunned Fang Zhuo: “Mr. Fang, all your other projects have gone public. When on earth will this first one li 47Votes867.3kRecs825.4kFans
- 15 My Girlfriend is Evil Woman 我的女友是恶女 After an unfortunate accident took his life, the soul of Bei Xiu transmigrated into the body of a Japanese high school student and was forced to begin his studies in Japan. After careful consideration, he decided to aim high in this new life. Have fun? No, study! Fall in love? No, study! His goal was to get into a top university, and nobody was going to stop him! 15Votes1.2MRecs638.6kFans
- 16 Ace 王牌 Deception is not black magic, but a weapon. Used for good, it is righteous; used for evil, it is wicked. Private detectives are not police officers, but they pursue the truth all the same. When a little con artist becomes a private detective, everything changes, because there is no longer just one truth. What matters is not what the truth is, but what truth you need. This is the story of a little con artist growing and making his way in the city. P.S. While the book is new, recommendations, favo 0Votes437.7kRecs287.9kFans
- 17 The Undisputed Number One 绝对一番 “Always be number one” means “fight for first place forever and never give up”! After transmigrating to Japan just as its bubble economy collapses and the country enters a severe recession, Lu Zhishou takes a look at his empty wallet, next month’s rent bill, and transmigration perks. He promptly heads for a TV station and begins his quest to claim the top spot. He also finds the woman of his dreams. He makes plans, enlists accomplices, and doggedly pursues her, but the outcome... Disclaimer: Thi 10Votes2.6MRecs736kFans
- 18 The Chronicles of Xu Xian 许仙志 A modern-day good-for-nothing transmigrates as Xu Xian and becomes known as “the greatest talent under heaven” for plagiarizing famous works. While on a diplomatic mission to Japan, he crushes its eight million gods! Beneath the Three Lives Stone, he erases the divide between his past and present lives, uniting the wisdom, memories, and feelings of all three incarnations, along with their harems, and ascends to become a Great Golden Immortal! Xu Xian: “I can’t keep being a pretty boy who holds m 8Votes840.7kRecs570.6kFans
- 19 EN Naruto: The Strongest Water Release 火影之水遁最强 Transmigrated into the world of Hokage, I have no golden finger, no cheat, no System, no old grandpa, just a real world. No Red Eye or cataracts, and no innate talent in all six chakra natures. It sounds pretty tragic. But it’s fine. Imagination... ahem, knowledge is the primary productive force. What I mean is, in this world, some people are awesome because of their bloodline, some because they’re chunibyo, some because they have a cheat, and some have a bloodline, are chunibyo, and have a chea 0Votes379.8kRecs220.1kFans
- 20 The Villainous Superstar 恶人大明星 (Completed) Lin Haiwen transmigrated with a game called Villain’s Valley, where players could do every kind of evil. Now he can say and do whatever he wants in the real world, throwing his weight around and acting like a tyrant. He can curse anyone, hit anyone, and bully anyone he likes. No more swallowing his anger, no more compromising, no more worrying about unspoken rules. And he can even use the Villain Points earned from the people he bullies to exchange for countless magical items from th 0Votes413.9kRecs206.6kFans
- 21 The National Forensic Doctor 国民法医 Corpse: Have you no manners? 110Votes4.1MRecs2.4MFans
- 22 Drunk and Enchanted by the Dream of the Red Chamber 醉迷红楼 One drunken night in the Red Chamber, even a concubine-born son can become a dragon. A dream of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, a soaring empire in the making. Reader group: 379, 303, 076 0Votes652.6kRecs331kFans
- 23 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
- 24 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 40Votes1.1MRecs988.7kFans
- 25 Su Can's Journey Through Time 苏灿的时光羁旅 Su Can returns to a summer from years ago. The key question isn’t how he will adapt to this fresh start. It’s that, come tomorrow, the entrance exams will arrive whether he’s ready or not, leaving him no choice! Having crossed the boundaries of time and space, he stands on this side of time, facing a past that once brought him to tears. How will Su Can reclaim his lost chances, one step at a time, and soar like an eagle through this era, carving a brilliant arc across the sky? 1Votes843.5kRecs572.5kFans
- 26 Conquering the Han 覆汉 Strive to make a name among the lords, if only to preserve your life in a chaotic age! As a posthumous child, Gongsun Xun received his guiding principles for life early on from his mother, who claimed to be a transmigrator. But after following the tide of history year after year, he began to realize that things were gradually going very wrong! This is the story of a man who is half native, striving amid a momentous age! 286Votes2.2MRecs1.4MFans
- 27 Riding the Tide of a Pure-Hearted Era 逆流纯真年代 Time is a ship. Some people like to think of those few years in the early 1990s as the final voyage of a once-innocent era. Jiang Che, long since changed by the passing years, returns against the current and starts over in 1992, writing a brilliant youth that can finally be laid to rest properly. [Welcome to the second VIP group for Reversing the Current of Innocent Days: 497283806 (You must provide a screenshot showing you’ve purchased the whole book to join. This time, I’ll try to talk more.)] 41Votes2.9MRecs1.6MFans
- 28 Reborn in the Wild Era 重生野性时代 Back from 2018 to 1993. In my memory, that summer was scorching hot. 1Votes3.1MRecs1.1MFans
- 29 Reborn in Japan as a God of Cooking 重生日本当厨神 After making a reckless grand vow that he'd rather eat himself to death than stop enjoying good food, Xia Yu arrives in a world of Food Wars! completely unfamiliar to him. What? A God of Cookery training program? "You have to satisfy more than just ordinary human appetites. There are all kinds of demons and monsters out there, and a hundred ghosts roaming the night. Win them over with f 0Votes1.5MRecs479.6kFans
- 30 Gu Dao's Immortal Life 顾道长生 I thought this was going to be a realistic urban-life story, but then the setting changed without warning! Spiritual qi revival, the return of Taoist arts: this is probably a story about modern civilization transforming into a cultivation civilization. This book still takes its time. Reader group: 666-464-52. VIP group: 465-455-757 14Votes2.5MRecs1MFans
- 31 Pet King 宠物天王 [1. Download a suspicious game] [2. Catch a few magical pets to be your companions] [3. Lead your pet shop to success through a fun, easygoing daily life] ###Volumes 1–3 of the print edition are now available from major online retailers### VIP group: 567288256 (for readers with a fan rank of 5,000 or higher) 8Votes1.7MRecs882.7kFans
- 32 The Gourmet of the Wilderness 娱乐之荒野食神 Leaving behind the automated City of Appliances and the prosperous metropolis shrouded in smog, he sets out to travel the world, visiting deserted islands, swamps, mountains, rainforests... He seeks the most thrilling adventures and the most rustic delicacies! Charcoal-grilled spiny lobster and king crab, golden pan-fried matsutake and termite mushrooms, fragrant braised camel hump and bear paw, fresh, delicious truffles and caviar served on lotus leaves. I'm Nicholas Dog, and this is Wild Gourm 0Votes1.4MRecs818.3kFans
- 33 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
- 34 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 438Votes13.5MRecs5.1MFans
- 35 Thriller Paradise 惊悚乐园 This is a game that transcends dimensions. It is also a race in pursuit of truth. An unknown seal, a wager with ghosts and gods… The struggle of data, the salvation of humanity… In that virtual world connected to reality, consciousness determines us, consciousness chooses us, and consciousness determines our consciousness. Now, cast away your fear. Cast away your selfish distractions, questions, and distrust… Liberate your mind. Welcome to the Thriller Paradise. The physical edition of “Thril 253Votes4.2MRecs3.5MFans
- 36 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. 1kVotes7MRecs5MFans
- 37 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
- 38 Release That Witch 放开那个女巫 Cheng Yan thought he had transmigrated to medieval Europe and become a glorious prince. But this world doesn't seem quite like the one he imagined. Witches really exist, and they actually have magic? A witch-farming story, taking farming all the way. 399Votes7.3MRecs6.2MFans
- 39 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
- 40 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
