Novels like The First Mage
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The First Mage, best match first.
- 1 The General’s Legitimate Daughter 将门嫡女 A modern-day schemer transmigrates into the legitimate daughter of a military family. She may not get everything she wants, but she certainly won’t be intimidated by anyone’s provocations. Plots and schemes, life-and-death struggles: she’ll meet every move with a counter. When it comes to the happiness she wants, anyone who dares to stand in her way or covet it had better not blame Shen Yulan for showing no mercy and being ruthless! 0Votes8Recs1.6kFans
- 2 Rouge of the Great Song 胭脂大宋 For some unknown reason, Anxin crossed through time and arrived in the Song Dynasty a thousand years ago, where the poison doctor Su Ziyang, famed for his thousand hands, took her in as a disciple. It was a world utterly unlike the modern one. Ordinary people’s lives, the ways of unscrupulous merchants, the freedom of the martial world, the hidden chambers of the imperial palace… How will Anxin begin her journey through ancient times? And whose arms will her love fall into? A thousand years is t 0Votes68.8kRecs147.9kFans
- 3 The Path to Becoming a Lich Emperor 巫妖皇之路 She followed in the demon's footsteps, walked in the Lich King's wake, and believed in the power of the Underworld King, traversing the entire continent of Zell... The number one player said: I don't want to fight her. I'm outnumbered and outmatched. The number one guild leader said: It's best not to provoke her. She commands the largest army. The number one tycoon said: All the treasures I've ever seen are worth less than one percent of what's in her ring. They say she's terribly ugly, forever 0Votes48.4kRecs32.4kFans
- 4 Three Thousand Defeated Feathers 铩羽三千 Execution: You bought a top player's account, but now you have to inherit their grudges too? In these days of melodrama on the world channel, the author has written an introduction that has absolutely nothing to do with the story. Really, it's about a girl who gets mistaken for a guy and bullied in every way, then reclaims her identity as a female player, storms back to the top of the game, and takes the pro scene by storm. An Muling: Author, can you cut the crap? The first book 2Votes38.4kRecs8.5kFans
- 5 Online Game: The Peach Blossom Codex 网游之桃花宝典 Where there are people, there are rivalries, and the world of Illusion Realm is a martial world to begin with. People fight for status and wealth, steal husbands and wives, and take turns in the spotlight. A little priestess carries a giant reaper’s scythe. With no one to rely on and nothing to lean against, one tome in hand, the whole realm is hers. Stand atop the highest peak: who’ll come enjoy the breeze with this girl? 0Votes14.8kRecs21.3kFans
- 6 The Immortal Chef 食为仙 Only by living forever can one enjoy all the delicacies of the world. Hao Miaomiao, an ordinary woman, was living a simple mortal life when a monk and a Taoist priest suddenly came to her door, claiming to be her "fiancés"! That was simply impossible! Could they have discovered her secret? Unwilling to be mistaken for a demon and exterminated, Hao Miaomiao could only flee. Yet this escape sent her onto the path of cultivation. Still, while immortality was certainly wonderful, the warmth and allu 0Votes24.6kRecs7.7kFans
- 7 Summer Luo 夏洛 How did the world turn into a dreamy, picturesque desktop when I woke up? That green sail is a leaf, that white parachute is a dandelion, and a single petal can serve as a mattress. Phew! Heaven suddenly let out a huge breath, and a gust of wind lifted my house into the air and sent it traveling. Sigh~~~ I wonder if my journey’s destination will be where you, my dear, are… … To join, give the name of a character from any book. (Administrators clear out lurkers from time to ti 0Votes214.5kRecs52.7kFans
- 8 The Money-Lover Arrives 财迷驾到 Skill books? Sell them. Gems? Sell them. Materials? Break them down, craft equipment, then sell it. Top-tier equipment? Sell it, sell it all. We're getting rich! “Jiang Zi, money's all you care about!” “What kind of merchant doesn't care about money?” Name: Jiang Zi Gender: Female Class: Assassin Specialty: ...Uh, counting money. 0Votes50.9kRecs18.6kFans
- 9 Online Game: The Adorable Queen 网游之萌女王 The female hooligan who once ruled the game world decides to reform and take up the cutesy path of a little mage, where acting adorable is shamefully effective. Players: May we ask how the Cute Goddess acts cute? Meng Miaomiao: Eight million a pound, limited quantities, first come, first served. No discounts. Players: May we ask how the Cute Goddess manages to be both a sweet girl and a queen? Meng Miaomiao: A little girl's body, a queen's heart. I'll shatter your worldview without a second thou 0Votes1.1kRecs7.9kFans
- 10 The Legendary Imperial Consort 倾世皇妃 She is the princess of a fallen kingdom, beloved by emperors of three dynasties, yet destined to remain a consort for life. When love clashes with power, which matters more: the realm or the beauty? Savor a bloody palace struggle driven by a conspiracy for power, and witness how the heroine rises and falls amid the slaughter and bloodshed. She searched to the ends of heaven and earth, but found only emptiness on both sides. It had all been a dream from eleven years ago. 0Votes5.1kRecs46.6kFans
- 11 The Berserker Priestess 暴牧女王 After failing to break through a cultivation bottleneck, the queen of another world transmigrates to the year 2350 and enters a fully immersive online game as a total newbie... A dagger in her left hand, a staff in her right: she can heal and deal damage, and her victories keep piling up until everyone flips the table! Who said she was a game newbie? The queen and her adorable pet say: “Going from cultivation queen to online-game queen is easy and effortless!” 0Votes2.6kRecs19.8kFans
- 12 Better to Flirt With You Than Play Games 开黑不如撩你 [2018 Honor of Kings Literature Contest Entry] The Alliance's strongest jungler, shut out of the finals for four years running. In his fifth year, Jing Cheng wavered between retirement and carrying on, when a cute little demon came online. Little Demon: Come on, let's play together. Jing Cheng: Playing together is nothing compared to flirting with you (*/ω\*) There are no weak teams in the KPL. Everyone who takes it seriously is a true champion! 0Votes7.3kRecs3.9kFans
- 13 A Lover's Urge 宠宠欲动 Pet Level One: You’re my pet. You have to kill monsters for me, level up, and train. Pet Level Two: You’re my pet. You have to carry me across heaven and earth, and in winter you have to shear your fur so I can make myself a coat. Pet Level Three: Sweep the floor, cook meals, make coffee, and earn money to fund all my spending. Pet Level Four: … Woman! That’s enough! Keep talking and I’ll take you out in one hit! Ahhh, Pet, don’t move! 0Votes45.2kRecs103.9kFans
- 14 The Chai Dao Chronicles 柴刀行 A cleaver, another cleaver! Once the cleaver appears, who can stand against it? By the way, protagonist, where’s your cleaver? Why don’t you use it? Protagonist: It looks terrifying... No problem. A divine weapon can never hide how special it is. Protagonist: Its attack power is terrifying... No problem. It’s only in its beginner form. Give it time and it’ll get s 0Votes59.2kRecs36.1kFans
- 15 The Immortal's Treasure-Seeking Acupoint 财迷仙窍 Cultivation has three great perks: freedom, immortality, and a full stomach. Han Yin grew up alone and destitute, and eagerly joined an immortal sect, only to discover... A sidelong glance: her cunning, carefree martial uncle. A look to the right: her coldhearted senior brother, who has attained immortality. Even the magical treasures eat better than she does... 0Votes262.6kRecs84kFans
- 16 Flourishing Age Fireworks 盛世烟火 "Miss, what are you doing?" "I'm testing a monster's endurance." "Are you really a sorcerer?" "Look, I can do everything sorcerers can, and I can also do what they can't." "Yes, but they would not die as quickly as you do." During the prosperous era's closed beta, she was the only queen in the Imperial Capital. In the end, however, she vanished forever along with the Imperial Capital, leaving behind a battle from that glorious age that could only be called an unparalleled masterpiece. When she e 0Votes230.7kRecs76.2kFans
- 17 Immortal Life, Please Log On 仙生请上线 Delete my account? Gladly! Looking for me? I'll play dead! One, two, three of you... Are you ever going to stop? Immortal, log in already! Clean up the mess you made! 0Votes349.6kRecs70.8kFans
- 18 Leave It to Me 放着我来 Su Junmiao was lazy, but no matter how lazy she was, she had to get to work. What could she do? She had a cheat! Need equipment? Sure, leave it to me! Need weapons? Sure, leave it to me! What? You also need a miraculous medicine that defies the heavens? No problem, leave it to me! 0Votes31.6kRecs30.7kFans
- 19 A Gaze That Brings Joy 顾盼生欢 Her husband was frail and sickly. That was the mess Shu Huan found herself facing after being reborn in ancient times... 0Votes276.9kRecs129.4kFans
- 20 The Grand Mistress of the Red Chamber 红楼大当家 Shen Ning accidentally ends up in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, only to discover that she is six months pregnant. It turns out she has become the mother Xichun lost to a difficult childbirth. At this moment, the Jia household is flourishing, and if she can give birth safely, she can enjoy more than a decade of good days. But the great mansion is on the verge of collapse, and troubled times are comi 0Votes244.6kRecs73.5kFans
- 21 Falling on the River 洛临 It’s a Western fantasy game, so why am I playing a character from an Eastern race?! And not just any character, but the only one of my kind, a race that shouldn’t even exist?! There’s the cold, handsome guy who massacres an entire city over a minor annoyance, and the “beauty” who keeps hanging around me, claiming to be my fiance... Fine, I can put up with all that. But why do even my so-called family members have to get involved?! Fine! Since I’m here, I’ll make the best of it... Except I can’t! 0Votes246.7kRecs346.9kFans
- 22 The Otherworldly Magic Archer 异界魔弓手 Liang Xiaoxia, female, is a greedy, cowardly, snarky homebody who is unexpectedly reborn as a long-lived albino elf. For the first seventy years of her new life, she studies, studies, and studies some more. Who says elves don't need school just because they live a long time? After those seventy years, she fights, fights, and fights some more. Who says elves don't need to go to war just because they love peace? To protect her long-eared relatives, whether they're arrogant, hotheaded, or o 0Votes67.8kRecs57.6kFans
- 23 Summoning the Demon Lord 召唤恶魔大人 Who says demons only know how to fight and kill? This one in my house can do the laundry and cooking, too! At the risk of being hunted down, a sixteen-year-old girl summoned a high-ranking demon. And so the “low-key” magical adventure of a loli summoner and a demon pretending to be a shota began with a pig's trotter... Book group: 153121185 (Entry question: the name of the “little brother” Alpha pretends to be. The answer is in Volume Two.) My new book, Tremble, Mecha Boys, is now 0Votes138.7kRecs48.2kFans
- 24 Ultimate Fantasy at Zero Degrees 2 0度终极幻想2 After enduring countless hardships, Lan Se returns to face the legends once more. Can she stand on her own again? -- 0Votes61.7kRecs11.2kFans
- 25 The Villain Wants a Divorce Every Day 反派天天想和离 The new book, The First-Rank Female Coroner, is now underway. Make the scumbag see the error of his ways and chase his wife all the way to the crematorium? Chen Wangshu, a woman who transmigrated into a book, says: No, no. I just want him on his knees calling me Dad! The young master of the Duke of Huguo's household went to extraordinary lengths to marry the most virtuous noblewoman in the city. He never expected to walk straight into a tiger's den! The daughter 0Votes69.8kRecs40.8kFans
- 26 The Alchemist's Notebook 炼金手札 Not enough magic? No problem, I have magic scrolls. Your fighting spirit not cutting it? No problem, I have alchemical gear. The magical beasts giving you trouble? No problem, I have puppet dolls. With one skill in hand, the whole world is mine~ 0Votes44.9kRecs11.1kFans
- 27 Online Gaming: The Mechanical Age 网游之机械时代 Reborn once more, Bei Xi returns to the game and becomes an adorable little mechanic girl. Dual pistols, heavy cannons, humanoid loli summons, and a domineering golden Gatling gun... One person turns the whole era upside down. “I will bring back the glory of the mechanics.” This is the age of machines, and it is your age too. Dedicated to all mechanic players! 0Votes191.8kRecs41.1kFans
- 28 Selling Gear All Over the Martial World 江湖遍地卖装备 A top Song dynasty assassin accidentally transmigrates into a wuxia-style full-dive online game. Everything in the game world leaves her bewildered, while the ancient assassin’s habits and way of speaking drive the players and NPCs crazy… Amid the virtual world’s bloodshed and turmoil, love quietly finds its way to her… 0Votes194.9kRecs175.2kFans
- 29 The Number One Apothecary 第一药师 Is your attack power high? So-so! Can you tank the boss? No! Can you heal? No! Then what can you do? I can brew potions! Major healing? Major mana? Instant recovery? Nope. The potions I brew immobilize you for 30 seconds, reduce all attributes by 20%, and lower your speed by 40%... 0Votes225.4kRecs76.4kFans
- 30 Ascending to Immortality, Step by Step 步步升仙 The road to immortality is long, and countless cultivators have fallen along the way. Magic treasures, pills, cultivation techniques... In their haste to succeed, people lose sight of their original aspirations. Unorthodox paths become the righteous way, while the righteous path turns into a crooked one. I won't be swayed by profit, blinded by beauty, or follow the crowd. I will stay true to myself. So what if I take the crooked path? 0Votes110.1kRecs37.4kFans
- 31 The Great God Has Disconnected 大神已掉线 You sabotaged my dungeon progress, fine, but then you went and wrecked my romance too. Did you graduate from the Couples Must Die Club or what? We’re going to settle this score properly! Wait, why isn’t the plot going the way it’s supposed to? Hey, hey, how did our mutual hatred turn into feelings for each other?! Why do other pro gamers retire and then thrive in online games, while I’m having a miserable time like the useless protagonist of some web novel? The first book in the Homeward Bound 0Votes113.8kRecs60.8kFans
- 32 The Cat's Travels 猫游记 Awakening, Black Cat, and Mi Die. Three identities. One is a girl who calls herself a lady in real life. One is a cat that can play games. One is a shameless, slightly scatterbrained magician. Come along for a fantastical adventure… 0Votes169.4kRecs113.6kFans
- 33 The Witch's Logistics 魔女后勤 Qin Jun pined for a scumbag for five years and spent three years as his backup in a game. After he got married, she finally saw the light and deleted her account, only to be reborn three years in the past. She changes to a hidden class in the starting village and earns the title "Witch." Shouldn't she be dominating the game and reaching the pinnacle of life by now? So why has she ended up as the sect's number-one quartermaster, getting cornered by people and chased by monsters, with no choice bu 0Votes32.2kRecs12.3kFans
- 34 The Survival Game 生存游戏 This is a true fight to the death. Gender and status mean nothing. Only the strong can survive. Of the 12 billion people, only 4 billion would make it to the end, and just 1.8 billion places were available for women. A 15% survival rate was all Xia Mo had to hope for. After dying because of betrayal, her goal upon being reborn was to claim one of those 1.8 billion places. The survival game is about to begin. Are you ready? 0Votes125.7kRecs96.3kFans
- 35 The Novice Is Surprisingly Reckless in the Online Game 网游之菜鸟很疯狂 After Ji Xiaoyan somehow ended up with an NPC identity card, her life in the game was never the same again. “Xiaoyan, get us some top-tier gear, divine weapons, spirit beasts, and stuff!” “Xiaoyan, go get some hidden quests from the NPCs. You’re so close with them!” “Xiaoyan, still short on crime points? Let’s team up and farm players!” Ji Xiaoyan glared at them. “Do you even have any gold?” Yan Bo Liuli gave Su Bu Xiang a confident sidelong glance. “Xiaoyan is mine.” “The winner hasn’t been dec 1Votes867.1kRecs88.9kFans
- 36 Reborn as a Dark Priestess in an Online Game 重生网游之暗黑奶妈 Mo Ke was transmigrated into a fetus as a child. She spent three years making a name for herself in the future survival game Survival Battle, never imagining that her fame would lead to a trap. Forced to leave the game, she became the cause of her adoptive father's family's deaths, and she herself met her end as well. She died. But then she came back to life, returning to the very day Survival Battle began! This time, Mo Ke calmly decided that the best approach was to play dumb and keep her real 0Votes18kRecs23.5kFans
- 37 The Palace Nutritionist 宫廷营养师 In her previous life, she was a sharp and capable nutritionist. In this life, she has become a lowly palace maid. Heavens! Why are you doing this to her?! She refuses to spend her whole youth wasting away in the imperial palace! Fine, if Heaven won't save her, she'll save herself. She's definitely switching jobs! 0Votes129.1kRecs229.4kFans
- 38 The Hunter's World 猎者天下 The happiest thing in the world is making a mistake and having the chance to regret it. Once stubbornly single-minded when playing games, she is reborn at a time when her parents still dote on her. To take care of her family, she becomes a small-time professional gamer. However, instead of choosing the human mage class she knows so well, she chooses the elven hunter. Can she still become the right hand of God? 0Votes402.5kRecs165.2kFans
- 39 The Foodie's Guide 美食攻略 Nothing can stop a foodie from longing for delicious food. She can't manage a single respectable skill, but she's brilliant at all sorts of unconventional tricks. Her cooking skills have every guild fighting over her, while her clever heart wins her a handsome man with a dark side O(∩_∩)O~ 0Votes42.6kRecs62.4kFans
- 40 After Ascending from the Modern World 从现代飞升以后 When Lin Qingwan and Yi Han ascended, they secretly smuggled three ghost cultivators, the Heavenly Evil Sect’s leader Xu Xian and Qingfeng, Mingyue, and Bai Tong, up with them. Thus, the three people and three ghosts all landed on the ascension platform of the cultivation world, where they looked up and saw many native inhabitants. 0Votes87.7kRecs24.5kFans
- 41 Level Zero Expert 零级大神 Have you ever seen a Daoist priest drive a flying car to catch monsters? Have you ever seen monsters stage a protest against human hegemonism? Have you ever seen dead souls demand the democratic allocation of reincarnation slots in the underworld? Have you ever seen vampires and werewolves demand tourist visas to enter the Nine Provinces Barrier? Have you ever seen smuggled monsters seek help f 0Votes86.3kRecs46.8kFans
- 42 A Carefree Immortal Journey 悠然仙途 Before she transmigrated, she was tired of her peerless beauty, a gift from the heavens. So the heavens granted her wish: after she transmigrated to another world, she had an ordinary appearance and mediocre talents. She had a breathtakingly beautiful, prodigiously gifted younger brother, as well as a peerless powerhouse who was always making sarcastic remarks at her expense. And a spirit beast that could hardly be bothered with her. Sigh, she might as well quietly grow crops... 0Votes20.8kRecs86.2kFans
- 43 After Becoming a Frail Cultivator 成为病弱女修后 Before I began cultivating immortality, everyone said I wouldn’t live past sixteen. After I started, they all waited for me to die at the first stage of Qi Refining. This frail little cultivator initially wanted only to stay alive. Then she wanted to live even better, trampling over her enemies’ bones as she climbed step by step toward the heavens! P.S. No romance. Plot-focused and career-focused. I recommend my completed novel, “A Guide to Cultivating Immortality as a Cannon Fodder.” I think it 0Votes84.9kRecs226.9kFans
- 44 The Red Pearl Chronicles 红茱记 At his age, Xiong Zhen had risen to become the Director of the Eastern Depot, known as the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old. As a eunuch, he had slept with a dead emperor’s woman and dared to smack the little emperor on the head. He had gotten more than enough out of this life. The only imperfection was that he had no descendants by his side. Even a daughter without a son’s anatomy would have been enough to make him laugh in his dreams. In fact, before he castrated himself, he had a daughter. Sanyueguo VI 0Votes117.2kRecs51.6kFans
- 45 Commanding the Buddha 御佛 As a demon with ideals and ambitions, faith is essential. But, Monk, do I really have to believe in Buddha? As a lotus with an impressive pedigree but pitiful strength, she really doesn’t want Buddha sitting on her backside. So, Monk, let’s stop believing in Buddha and become demons instead~ ☆ The series story, Half-Calamity Little Immortal, is complete. 0Votes128.5kRecs122.7kFans
- 46 Online Game: The Ultimate Edge 网游之绝顶锋芒 The Battle Realm, an era-defining full-dive online game, a game that can truly make people stronger. Factions stand everywhere, conflict erupts on all sides, and countless paths to power lie ahead. Who can claim the throne? Ye Sheng died, but she came back to life. She died at the beginning of the final battle between humans and demons in the Battle Realm, and came back to life before th 0Votes88kRecs47.6kFans
- 47 Reborn in an Online Game: Reborn from the Ashes as a Phoenix 网游重生之涅盘成凰 She woke up to find she had been reborn three years in the past. She was still a homebody, playing the same game, but this time Han Xiaomei wouldn't take the wrong path. 0Votes18.2kRecs21.9kFans
- 48 Even Cheats Can Run Wild 外挂也疯狂 Shui Ling is reborn from the era of full-dive online games back to the keyboard-and-mouse era. Faced with a penniless girlhood, Shui Ling has no special abilities, no pocket dimension, and no talent for music, chess, calligraphy, or painting. All she has is a head full of advanced knowledge from the future, so she develops a game cheat that no one can crack! 0Votes146.7kRecs74.7kFans
- 49 Immortal Talismans Forever 仙符永享 Others fly on swords; she rides arrows! Others shoot arrows; she shoots flying swords! When the “female lead” finally manages to refine a batch of pills after an exhausting effort, she, the fake villainess, wipes her face and declares, “Everything else is just smoke and mirrors. Double the reward is the way to go!” A half-baked transmigration through a fantasy game gives rise to a peerless Arrow Immortal, who bursts onto the scene! May the immortal talisman grant eternal fortune, and may your li 0Votes165.2kRecs34.6kFans
- 50 The Spring Renewal Clinic 回春坊 Legend has it that Guanyin’s white-jade vase can hold an entire sea of water! Legend has it that when the water from the white-jade vase falls upon the mortal world, the earth turns green and barren trees bloom again! A mysterious email and a cheap imitation of the Pure Water Vase brought Ji Mo Qinglian an entirely different life! And so the legend began… 0Votes294.1kRecs273.2kFans
