Novels like Starting from Scratch
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Starting from Scratch, best match first.
- 1 Divine Weapons of the Primordial World 网游洪荒之神兵利器 The thrill of controlling everything. A flawless portrayal of a control-class character. The dazzling dance of the Primordial World’s greatest wizard. A wish-fulfillment online game novel. If you don’t like that, don’t read it. The Primordial World is only the setting. 0Votes195.7kRecs225.8kFans
- 2 The Strongest Landlord in an Online Game 网游之最强房东 This is a story about a retired landlord who plays video games with a group of lovely young women. 0Votes261.6kRecs290.7kFans
- 3 The Fierce Dragon Crosses the River 猛龙过江 Crush miracles, Hold the sky in one hand, Endless passion and fiery blood, An immortal legend of tyranny! (Come on, enter Jingling Skeleton's world, and let us go wild together!) 0Votes2.8MRecs457.9kFans
- 4 Online Game Leveling Expert 网游之练级专家 An epic fantasy world on a grand scale. A stirring series of story-driven quests. A complete system of player classes. A balanced class skill system. Team quests of the highest difficulty. The clash between two great factions, conflicts among the gods, and a legend forged through conquest and slaughter, told through the tale of a mechanical alchemist. 2Votes350.2kRecs292kFans
- 5 One Shot, One Headshot 网游之一枪爆头 My name is Lei Jingtian. Whether in real life or in a game, everyone likes to call me Tiger. I’m a sniper, In games and in real life alike. I love the exquisite feel of cold firearms beneath my fingers. I’ve always believed that the most beautiful flower in the world is the blood blossom that bursts forth... the moment a bullet enters an enemy’s brow! 1Votes331.2kRecs332.9kFans
- 6 Rebirth in the Online Game 网游之复活 Prophecy rises again in a tumultuous world: Evil claws its way out of the City of Death, and the apocalypse draws near! A fallen angel appears on the Demon God Continent. Lucifer’s army is reborn, unleashing bloodshed and chaos! By the Creator’s divine command, the heroes of ancient times are reborn! I’m just a low-level office worker, but now my own legendary tale is beginning. As my identity in the game keeps changing, the person I am in real life begins to transform as well! 0Votes497.5kRecs304.1kFans
- 7 Three Kingdoms: Simulated City 三国之模拟城市 The story of a lord making his way in the Three Kingdoms. 0Votes262.7kRecs77.9kFans
- 8 Online Gaming: Heaven and Earth 网游之天地 A miserable life has to start with a bang! 0Votes2.5MRecs356kFans
- 9 Gods and Demons 神魔 Who can decide what is righteous and what is evil? Good and evil are yours to judge. A mountain is a mountain, and water is water. A mountain is not a mountain, and water is not water. A mountain is still a mountain, and water is still water. Once you see through it all, what do righteousness and evil matter? What does good or bad matter? Everything I do is simply to stay alive, to live according to my own wishes. 0Votes2MRecs101.8kFans
- 10 The Deadly Poison of Online Gaming 网游之剧毒 This is the story of a fat guy who unexpectedly gets hailed as an expert and, in order to maintain that supposed image, has no choice but to start showing off... After The Strongest Landlord in Online Gaming, this is my second book. One more thing: if you don't like the protagonist, please don't read it. Thanks. 0Votes173.2kRecs296.7kFans
- 11 Online Gaming: Simulated City 网游之模拟城市 A groundbreaking new online game about business management! Join the protagonist in enjoying a whole new kind of online game! Zhao Yun battling Yue Yun is no longer a fantasy, Sun Wu facing off against Han Xin is no longer an impossible dream, Lü Buwei and Ji Xiaolan serving as ministers in the same court, Napoleon and Washington shaking hands and making peace, regrets from the real world made right in the game, five thousand years of history brought to life in the game. When all is said and don 0Votes1MRecs503.9kFans
- 12 Heroes of Might and Magic: The Twelve-Winged Angel 英雄无敌之十二翼天使 Zhang Mu is an ordinary twenty-five-year-old. But his obsession with the online game Heroes of Might and Magic drives everyone away, and he eventually chooses to take his own life. When he opens his eyes again, he has returned to two years earlier, just before Heroes is set to launch its public beta. He has nothing, except for an enormous amount of knowledge about the game... The game matters, but so does life. He won’t give up the game, and he certainly won’t abandon his family and friends. Thi 0Votes618.6kRecs254.2kFans
- 13 Online Gaming: Shooting Through the Firmament 网游之射破苍穹 “I missed my chance in my past life. This time, I absolutely won’t!” Reborn, he returns with a divine bow and a mythical pet, vowing to make up for every regret from his past life! 1Votes168.8kRecs395.2kFans
- 14 The Game Minion: Elemental Controller 游戏小工之元素操控师 The Ice Demon Sets Out A cold that pierces to the bone is ice; the ultimate evil in the mortal world is a demon. The cold rises from the Graveyard of the Gods; the demon also roams the underground city. Ghosts wail in the underworld, startling the dead; in the Valley of Thunder, the Dragon Emperor stirs. The gods and demons of antiquity challenge the heavens; furious blood dyes an unknown land red. 0Votes573kRecs200kFans
- 15 One Shot, One Kill: An Online Game Story 网游之一枪飙血 Wu Hua has suffered setback after setback in the game, but one escort mission changed his fate. With intelligence and hard work, this ordinary gunslinger grows stronger, turning the tide and making a name for himself time and again. He only wanted to enjoy the game at his own pace, but the stronger he became, the more friends he made, and the tougher 0Votes227.1kRecs88.1kFans
- 16 The Thief's Nerve 贼胆 Dancing on the fingertips of death, writing the legend of a lone thief, the story of a thief and his cleaver. The ancient spells of necromancers in tombs of old, the demons’ dirges from the dark abyss of distant Hell, the ancient war songs of an old tauren priest in an orc tribe, the lost technological civilization of the goblin realm, the ancient ruins of the Turalyon Forest, the mysterious treasures of Emerald Isle, the strange races of the Endless Sea, the same Enzes, a different legend. Snai 0Votes735.2kRecs585.8kFans
- 17 The Chronicles of the Evil Shadow 邪影本纪 After the Great Cataclysm, the years were reckoned by the era of evil martial arts. The life and deeds of the Evil God came to be known as... The Chronicles of the Evil Shadow! New book: The Whale Fall Seals the Gods. A new book is like a seedling: it needs everyone’s diligent care and support. Please add it to your favorites, recommend it, and click through. Many hands make light work. Thank you, everyone!!!! 0Votes1.9MRecs149.4kFans
- 18 Legend of the Mage 法师传奇 No transmigration, no rebirth, no traditional online-game conquest, and no invincible gaming expert. There aren't countless foolish beauties, and there's no money to make as a professional gamer. This story is simply based on my own experiences playing Legend years ago, a fond look back at an ordinary person's time in the game. It's a tribute to the feverish PK battles of those days, the thrill of finding gear, and the friendships forged through Legend! Once, a wildly popular online game kept co 0Votes1.4MRecs406.6kFans
- 19 A Three Kingdoms Online Game: City-Building Strategies 网游三国之城市攻略 [A contracted work from Qidian's Fourth Editorial Group] Genre: City Building + Real-Time Strategy = Three Kingdoms Online: City Conquest Synopsis: War means burning through military pay, food, soldiers, and supplies. How can you do without a powerful home base? The protagonist, Zhan Xiaobai, is going to spark a building boom in the Three Kingdoms. Build villages, seek out famous talents, advance technology, construct waterworks, cultivate farmland, prospect for mines, boost trade, procure equip 0Votes480.2kRecs217.5kFans
- 20 The Mountains and Rivers Remain Though the Nation Falls 国破山河在 By the arrangement of fate, he finds himself in the wrong era and has lived the wrong life. Before a fateful choice, can a timid student keep cowering, or will he choose to fight for survival? He has no grand strategy for commanding vast armies, yet is content to be an ordinary cog, shining with an unusual brilliance. Though the nation lies in ruins, its mountains and rivers remain. He stands resolutely with his companions to defend their homeland and protect their country. This is the definitiv 0Votes395.9kRecs165.5kFans
- 21 Zhang Sanfeng's Adventures in Another World 张三丰异界游 Legendary martial arts grandmaster Zhang Sanfeng wore a jade pendant shaped like the Taiji symbol from the time he was a child. He knew only that he had been wearing it for as long as he could remember, never realizing it was the Taiji Soul Stone, one of the Ten Great Ancient Artifacts. The Taiji Soul Stone let cultivators train with twice the results for half the effort and protected them from all evil. It had originally belonged to the Primordial Heavenly Lord, but had accidentally fallen into 0Votes2.4MRecs484.4kFans
- 22 EN Forging the Holy Court 铸圣庭 This is a story set at the end of the Qin and the beginning of the Han, where the Hundred Schools of Thought gather, the Three Religions and Nine Schools clash, famous generals from history battle, and heroes contend for the realm and its beauties! Watch as an ordinary protagonist with neither power nor influence travels among extraordinary people and plays among the natives, meeting Qin Shi Huang, battling Liu Bang, fighting Xiang Yu, and contending for all under Heaven, until he forges himself 0Votes480.4kRecs129.2kFans
- 23 The Legend of the Little Soldier 小兵传奇 He had been ambitious from a young age, dreaming of becoming a marshal who commanded all the armies under heaven. He believed that to become a marshal, he first had to become a general, and to become a general, he had to start as an ordinary soldier. Please support my new book, My Erha and I Share a System 5Votes4.5MRecs573.4kFans
- 24 The Age of Three Kingdoms Lords 三国领主时代 He transmigrates back to two years ago and embarks on the path of a lord. Starting with a small village, watch as he stirs up the Three Kingdoms world! Lazy Cat’s previous novel, Three Kingdoms: Simulated City, is complete. 0Votes232.6kRecs95.2kFans
- 25 The Highest Arcana in Online Gaming 网游之奥术至高 Synopsis: Before being reborn, he was a moderately famous fire mage in the Legend of Kalando. Hunted relentlessly by a top-tier rogue, he had nowhere left to run and met a miserable end when he was murdered in the real world. After being reborn, he is an all-powerful arcane mage in the Legend of Kalando. He hunts top-tier rogues until they have nowhere left to run, crushes every former enemy, assembles an elite team, tackles the toughest dungeons, takes on the most hardcore 11C challenges, and l 0Votes155.8kRecs117.1kFans
- 26 The Power-Leveling Legend 网游之代练传说 Dali is a low-level power-leveling player with mediocre abilities and limited knowledge. After transmigrating to the early days of a game, five years in the past, all he wants is to do a little better than he did in his previous life. But he blindly follows guides and keeps making mistakes, stumbling into one unexpected adventure after another and causing no end of laughs. This book features transmigrators vying for supremacy, women ruling the world, rich and handsome men vying for supremacy, sp 13Votes400.3kRecs128.2kFans
- 27 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
- 28 Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World 带着农场混异界 Let others do as they please. I'll tend my own fields. If anyone dares to mess with me, they won't live to see next year. Zhao Hai, a shut-in, transmigrated to another world with QQ Farm and found himself in the body of a down-and-out minor noble. His fief was a stretch of black earth where nothing would grow. More importantly, he had an incredibly formidable fiancée, who happened to be the heir to a duchy and its future grand duchess! And most importantly of all, he was utterly useless at both 58Votes585.4kRecs282.2kFans
- 29 Mount Shu 蜀山 Well! Put simply, this is a story about an online game where players wield magical treasures and flying swords… and battle one another over just how shameless and rotten their character is. 0Votes2MRecs183.9kFans
- 30 Bullet Marks 弹痕 I've served in the army, stood guard, defended the frontier, and gone up to the skies. I've traveled south and north, and danced with the Grim Reaper. I've been stabbed and shot, and slept with crocodiles for pillows. I've crossed mountains and seas, and howled out songs with the dead. 0Votes734.9kRecs275.1kFans
- 31 I Walk Alone in the Martial World 江湖我独行 You can check out My Path to Crafting Artifacts in the Cultivation World. Zhang Fang only ever wanted to become a professional life-skill player. By a twist of fate, he became the counterfeit prodigy of Zhenyuan Escort Agency, one of the lowest-ranking forces in the martial world. And so the poor nobody embarked on a grassroots path that defied the heavens. 0Votes175.6kRecs144.3kFans
- 32 Online Gaming: King of the Three Kingdoms 网游之三国王者 A game called The World changed everything. Yang Tian wasn't doing well in the game, but after waking up one day, he discovers that he has returned to ten days before the game launched, a year ago... Who says famous generals from history have to be the strongest? Who says the System factions can't be shaken? Who says the world has to belong to the Sima family? Who says our great China can't dominate the seas? 0Votes219.6kRecs181.6kFans
- 33 Lonely at the Top 高手寂寞 In truth, experts have lonely hearts, because expertise itself is built upon loneliness. If you want happiness, excitement, and a carefree life, don’t become an expert. Lan Di Meichen has completed eleven novels: A Moment in Heaven from the Lan Di Meichen Series, Eternal Crescent from the Lan Di Meichen Series, Lonely Expert, The Fall of Truth, Drink from the Lan Di Meichen Series, Temporarily Untitled, Mechanical D 5Votes1.4MRecs570.9kFans
- 34 The Confucian Immortal of the Dao 道缘儒仙 As evening fell in spring, a gentle breeze ushered in the moon. The sun sank in the west, and the new moon hung like a hook. Lan’er lit a red candle as thick as a child’s arm, bathing the little wooden house in crimson light. She turned and sat down beside the bed, quietly watching Ye Haotian write at his desk. The sound of wind sighing through the pines reached her ears, filling her heart with tenderness. She rested her slender hand on Ye Haotian’s shoulder and asked softly, “Husband, have you 0Votes1.7MRecs127.3kFans
- 35 Dark Night Ranger 暗夜游侠 The new novel, Star River Empire, is now being serialized! New readers are welcome to give it a try! … Legendary player Marvin transmigrates to the eve of the Cataclysm. It is the end of the Fourth Era. The gods have joined forces to destroy the Cosmic Magic Pool, and the fourth Slate of Fate is beginning to take shape in the mortal world. Gods, demons, legends, devils, liches, dragons, and other legendary beings are appearing one after another. To protect the things he holds dear, Marvin has n 1Votes323.3kRecs214.1kFans
- 36 Online Game: Melee Mage 网游之近战法师 A super martial artist accidentally picks the mage class while playing an online game. Used to answering force with force, he has no choice but to roll with it and become a close-combat battle mage. When strength and magic are perfectly combined, a whole new path through the game opens before him! Fireball? Chain Lightning? Frost Mirror... Wait, I’m here to practice martial arts. What do spells have to do with me? I’m a mage? Oh, right, I am. But... are you really sure I’m a mage? Fine, take a l 10Votes1.2MRecs1MFans
- 37 Summoning a Thousand Armies 召唤千军 While everyone else is congratulating themselves on summoning a second contracted creature, Wang Wei is busy crafting suitable equipment for his ten-thousandth one. 0Votes1.1MRecs577.8kFans
- 38 Swordplay Across the World 全球论剑 Back to the Jianghu... A world of bloodshed! For three years, Chen Kaixin pursued the “One Emperor, Two Queens, Three Kings, and Seven Lords.” On the eve of the Global Swordplay at Mount Hua tournament, a devious villain got him drunk and then wiped his character back to the newbie stage. Just like that, his chance to join the ranks of the Jianghu’s top fighters was gone! With all hope lost, Kaixin left Jianghu in despair. On a stormy night, drunk and heartbroken, Chen Kaixin dreamed for three y 0Votes905.9kRecs489.7kFans
- 39 The Online Game Tomb Raider 网游大摸金 As technology advanced, the government stepped up its crackdown on tomb raiders and its protection of cultural relics. The Mojin Captains have become a thing of the past. But Pang Xiaodou, a down-on-his-luck heir to the Mojin Captains, makes his own legend in an online game! (Five minutes digging tombs, two hours showing off. You deserve this…) 0Votes59.2kRecs103.8kFans
- 40 Diablo: Destruction 暗黑破坏神之毁灭 The fantasy dark-continent war and destruction saga of the Hundred Tribes' prince, with all restraint cast aside. 59Votes3.9MRecs424.1kFans
- 41 The Divine and Demonic Swordsman 神鬼剑士 A Dungeon Fighter Online Ghostblade player is unexpectedly transported to another world with his Ghostblade skills. Ghostblades possess an arm cursed by evil spirits, known as the "Ghost Hand." Swordsmanship: Dragon Fang, Phantom Sword Dance, Ultimate Ghostblade Technique: Asura Blade. Mastering weapons has freed me from the curse of the evil spirits. Isn't this the pinnacle of swordsmanship? Aura: Evil Light Wave Formation, Immovable Wisdom Formation, Dark Wave Eye. When the light fades, I will 0Votes93.3kRecs126.8kFans
- 42 The Greatest Sect Leader in History 史上第一掌门 I transmigrated, and even became the leader of a sect! It seems pretty good, except this sect is a little too weak, and there are a few too few people... “Senior Brother, Master said the task of revitalizing our sect is now yours!” my only fellow disciple, a junior sister, said with an annoyed look. “If you can't do it, hurry up and hand the sect leader's position over to me!” 0Votes381.5kRecs228.5kFans
- 43 Online Game: Three Kingdoms’ Super Lord 网游之三国超级领主 The virtual-reality game World War swept across the globe. With brainwave connection and 100% realistic sensory immersion, it was hailed as humanity’s second world! But its biggest selling point was the chance to bring game characters into reality once certain conditions were met. Just imagine how exhilarating it would be to fight alongside Zhao Yun and Guan Yu in real life! Of course, as the game progressed, everyone would discover that the excitement went far beyond that... Hunted in the real 0Votes141.1kRecs134.1kFans
- 44 God-Tier Hero 神级英雄 A hero is a sacred being of immense personal strength, whose troops grow stronger as the hero grows stronger. Hero Genesis is a world-class online game jointly developed by the United States, China, the European Union, Russia, India, Japan, and South Korea. It combines fantasy, adventure, war, trade, territory building, sailing, competition, and casual play. Players around the world are obsessed with it, and the top competitors from every country shine on the battlefield of the national wars. Da 1Votes2.9MRecs527.8kFans
- 45 Grandmaster of All Professions in Another World 异界全职业大师 A storage alt from an online game accidentally ended up in another world. Not only did he bring countless top-grade materials with him, he was also skilled in almost every crafting profession. Most terrifying of all, this guy was an unparalleled magical genius! 4Votes1.1MRecs577.6kFans
- 46 War God Lord 战神领主 Flags are burning, people are screaming, blood is flowing, and death is blossoming. One familiar scene after another is playing out again in this unfamiliar world. To stop it all, and to raise the banner of faith in his heart, Sean, carrying memories that do not belong to this world, sets out on a path unlike the one he walked in his previous life. All so that the wings in his heart may spread and take flight in this world once more. 1Votes386.8kRecs233.2kFans
- 47 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
- 48 Online Game: Reverse Progression 网游之倒行逆施 Unable to afford a gaming helmet, Li Huailin got desperate and built his own gaming pod to enter the new online game Heart of Glory. He never expected his character to get bugged. Other players gain experience from killing monsters, but he loses it. Others earn experience and money from quests, but he loses both. Just when he thought the game was unplayable, his character died once, and his experience suddenly skyrocketed. Then it all clicked... If you don’t court death, you won’t die. To level 8Votes255.9kRecs330.2kFans
- 49 The Beast’s Blood Boils 兽血沸腾 [A contracted work from Qidian's Fourth Editorial Group] [Qidian's first novel to make zero deaths among both the protagonist and his army its selling point!] A scout who fell on the Southern Frontier battlefield is mysteriously reborn in another world, where he unexpectedly becomes a shaman priest in an orc kingdom, and a once-in-a-millennium Dragon Priest at that! At the same time, he is cursed by the blood sacrifice of the most vicious demonic pet! What lies behind the curse? A beautiful fox- 0Votes6.3MRecs621.7kFans
- 50 Chronicles of the Realm and Its Beauties 江山美人志 A wondrous continent, countless peoples, and nations locked in a struggle for supremacy. Throughout history, countless heroes have risen, but the greatest are yet to come. After long unity comes division, and after long division comes unity. For the survival of their people, the strength of their nations, and the realization of their ideals, countless heroes and prodigies make their mark in these turbulent times. Who will emerge victorious? Time will tell. Behold how Li Wufeng, a peerless hero a 0Votes7.3MRecs651.6kFans
