Novels like Stealing the Light
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Stealing the Light, best match first.
- 51 The Super Electric Eel Clone 超级电鳗分身 By sheer accident, Chen Fan gains an electric eel as his avatar! As someone with plenty of ideas, Chen Fan naturally intends to conduct thorough research on this electric-eel avatar. Captains, are Somali pirates still giving you headaches? Come hire me through the website. I guarantee your ship will be safer than one escorted by an aircraft carrier! What? That Indian nation just launched a new stealth frigate? Could that fool have forgotten that I call the shots in the ocean? Spend one million d 0Votes321.8kRecs127.9kFans
- 52 Only I Am an Immortal 惟我独仙 [Third Brother's new book, Yin Yang Crown, is now registered] Yin Yang Crown book ID: 1436015 You can also click the link below to go straight to the book. [A Third Brother production is guaranteed to be top quality. A brand-new setting, offered in thanks to our readers] 1Votes1.4MRecs625kFans
- 53 A Ming Dynasty Warrior 大明武夫 Zhao Jin had lived an ordinary life, never imagining that he would get a new beginning at the end of the Ming dynasty. He is determined to make a name for himself in history. With the spear in his hand, he will pacify a realm stretching ten thousand li. This is the Ming Dynasty Warrior. 0Votes181.3kRecs132.5kFans
- 54 The Great Merchants of the World 天下豪商 During the Yuanyou era of the Great Song, the painter Wu Hao arrived in the prosperous realm of the Zhao dynasty. As he walked the bustling streets of Bianliang, as vivid as a scene from Along the River During the Qingming Festival, Wu Hao thought of what would happen 29 years later: the Jurchen cavalry would sweep south and utterly destroy this flourishing age, ablaze with prosperity. But what could an ordinary commoner do to save a collapsing empire, even if he knew disaster was coming? Wu 0Votes456.4kRecs111.6kFans
- 55 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
- 56 A Han Man Will Never Be a Slave 汉儿不为奴 With ninety-nine steel blades in hand, I’ll stop only when every barbarian is slain; Let drums and gongs thunder as the masses roar, we’ll never rest until Huanglong is taken! In the twelfth year of the false Qing Shunzhi era, Zhou Shixiang, a Han Chinese from Xinhui, Guangdong: “Our Han people will never be slaves!” 0Votes332.2kRecs124.8kFans
- 57 When the Golden Scales Unfurl 金鳞开 A seasoned professional manager is reborn as Zhu Cilang, the last crown prince of the Great Ming. A soul that has never accepted defeat therefore sets off a storm to revive the Ming dynasty. From this moment on... The age when other peoples carved up the lands and seas is gone forever. The mighty Great Ming also needs more land to line up its cannons! 8Votes247.7kRecs196.5kFans
- 58 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
- 59 The Winner Takes All 胜者为王 My name is Chang Sheng. It means “ever victorious,” like the legendary General Chang Sheng. I’m not after football that’s merely fun. I want football that brings victory. Victory sets my blood racing; victory is what makes football fun! If you’re sick of being a loser too, I think we’ll have plenty to talk about. My name is Chang Sheng, and this is my story. It’s also a story about dreams. 0Votes973.7kRecs171.9kFans
- 60 Mad Immortal 狂仙 Workplace version: How does a newcomer survive and thrive when veteran employees try to hold him back? Inspirational version: How does a young migrant worker from the countryside adapt to city life and make it his own through hard work? E-commerce version: How does a fledgling shopkeeper carve out a place for himself among countless competing stores? This is a xianxia novel, not an urban story. It tells of a young man who ascends from the lower realm and, through his own hard work, rises rapidly 0Votes1.5MRecs186.6kFans
- 61 The Phoenix Descends Upon a Crumbling Han 凤穿残汉 Cai Zi Mei swallowed five million in stolen money; Cai Zi Mei was sent flying by a Buick; Cai Zi Mei was reborn as Cai Ji. What? This is the late Eastern Han, with heroes rising everywhere? What? This is a brutal age where all creation is treated like straw dogs? What? You, a woman, dare to proclaim that you’ll make the sun and moon shine on a new world? In the next moment, the reborn Cai Ji smiled. Those who are meant to die will die in the end, and those who aren’t will live on. What matters i 3Votes1.7MRecs75.2kFans
- 62 A Warlord in the Three Kingdoms 混在三国当军阀 The hero gives himself a mighty shake, unleashes his kingly aura, recruits a whole host of famous generals and scholars, finds a territory, develops it, and ultimately unifies the realm. Aren't you tired of this plot yet? Then let's try something fresh. This is a Three Kingdoms novel unlike any other, written for the guys! Reader Group 1: 51623648 (Full) Reader Group 2: 40377763 (Full) Reader Group 3: 34530213 (Full) Reader Group 4: 52587373 (Full) Reader Group 6: 266 0Votes1MRecs371.1kFans
- 63 Lotus Blossoms at Every Step 步步生莲 Yang Decheng, a community worker, unexpectedly returns to ancient times after doing his job conscientiously, becoming Ding Hao, the least favored illegitimate son of the Ding family. Without power or money, Ding Hao works as a carriage driver for his half-brother. His dream is to become a carefree young master in this wretched society and live out his days in peace. Though the dream seems distant, Ding Hao doesn't take it to heart. Drawing on the social experience he gained from community work, 8Votes4MRecs842.9kFans
- 64 Brocade-Clad by Night 锦衣夜行 I was everywhere during the Jingnan Campaign, the reduction of the vassal princes, the capital’s relocation, the compilation of the great encyclopedia, the campaigns against the Mongols, and the expeditions to the South Seas, yet no one knew I was there. The whole world fit in my sleeve. I walked unseen in brocade, keeping a low profile. A low profile was the way to go. A convoluted line of inheritance and a fate passed down through generations, one over which he had no control, set the stage fo 5Votes3.1MRecs890kFans
- 65 The Clan Leader Has a Lot on His Plate 族长压力大 Some debts always have to be repaid. The sins committed by the first generation of transmigrators, for instance, can only be borne by the second. Gui Chongyang, a second-generation transmigrator, returns to Mu Family Village and sets out on the path to becoming clan head. Where are the legendary main and collateral branches, the clan elders, and the clan lands? There is a house: three thatched rooms. There is land: two mu of saline-alkali flats. And there are people: a houseful of old and young, 0Votes231.4kRecs86.8kFans
- 66 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
- 67 A Lowly Soldier on the Ming Frontier 明末边军一小兵 In the third month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, a severe drought struck Shanxi and Shaanxi. A thousand miles of land lay barren, and the people were starving. In the fourth month, Li Zicheng entered Henan and joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong to seize Chengcheng. In the seventh month, the Later Jin army laid siege to Xuanfu and raided Datong, taking many border forts. The Ming faced internal strife and external threats, teetering on the brink! That July, Wang Dou unexpectedly arrived in th 16Votes656.2kRecs585kFans
- 68 Return to the Ming Dynasty as a Prince 回到明朝当王爷 [The animated adaptation, The Beacon Fire of March, is now airing] Through a series of mishaps, Zheng Shaopeng, a well-meaning fool for nine lifetimes, finds himself back in the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty. It is a colorful age, filled with the wickedness of the Eight Tigers of the capital, the romantic flair of the Four Great Talents of Jiangnan, the teachings of the great Confucian Wang Yangming, and the absurd antics of the Zhengde Emperor, Zhu Houzhao. Having stumbled into this world in 12Votes5.2MRecs2.3MFans
- 69 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
- 70 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
- 71 When Dreams Awaken, Silence Lingers 梦醒细无声 Reborn to Dive into Dreams and The Southern Song Doesn't Cough are completed novels, and their characters are connected to those in this book, so you can read them together. From the end back to the beginning, Hong Tao has returned to the era before his first rebirth, but he has lost all the memories of his three rebirths and transmigrations. What would he be like if he had never been reborn, without the golden finger of his memories? During the surging tide of reform and opening up, would he st 0Votes569.6kRecs113.7kFans
- 72 A Life of Wealth and Glory 一世富贵 After transmigrating to the Northern Song during Emperor Renzong's reign, Xu Ping places first in the imperial examinations. But after offending the Empress Dowager, he is sent to Lingnan to serve as an official. Starting out as a minor border official, he rises step by step until he finally comes into his own, writing his own legend in the Song Dynasty. The Northern Song emerged from the chaos of the Five Dynasties, with the great aristocratic clans swept away. The gentry had yet to take shape, 0Votes542.3kRecs242.6kFans
- 73 Reborn with a Dream of Go 重生之围棋梦 Fujisawa Shuko said: "Of the one hundred aspects of Go, I understand only six." Cho Chikun said: "If there were a God of Go and he gave me a two-stone handicap, I would still have no chance of winning." Throughout history, who has come closest to the God of Go in playing strength? The three ancient Chinese Go Saints, Huang, Fan, and Shi, or Japan's three ancient Go Saints, Dosaku, Jowa, and Shusaku? Was it Go Seigen? Or Lee Chang-ho? Perhaps it was Gu Li or Lee Sedol. When our protagonist, Li Xi 0Votes295kRecs98.6kFans
- 74 Drunk on a Pillow Beneath the River and Mountains 醉枕江山 Empress Wu Zhao rules beneath the sun and moon, while Shangguan Wan'er weighs the affairs of the realm. Li Guo'er is more beautiful than any flower, and the Five Great Clans scheme against one another. Princess Taiping can find no peace, while the third son of the Li family is none other than Longji. Di Renjie, Zhang Yizhi, Feng Xiaobao... Talented men, lovely women, and rough-and-ready sorts! Red sleeves beckon, and wandering heroes roam beneath the skies of the Great Tang, Drunk, they rest the 0Votes2.9MRecs598.9kFans
- 75 The Ming Princess of My Household 我家的大明郡主 The ordinary college student Xu Yan sets out on a path that is anything but ordinary, embarking on an incredible adventure that will shake the world! 4Votes555.8kRecs116.2kFans
- 76 Destroying the Ming Dynasty 诛明 His surname is Zhu. He lives during the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming. He thinks this is a peaceful era. He is wrong. He discovers that the only thing he can rely on is the blade in his hand. 0Votes245.3kRecs75.8kFans
- 77 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
- 78 EN The Melody of Dark Winds 邪风曲 Who can decide what is righteous and what is evil? Good and bad are yours to judge. A mountain is a mountain, and water is water. A mountain is no longer a mountain, and water is no longer water. Then the mountain is still a mountain, and water is still water. After seeing through everything, after seeing through its true nature, what of all things? Once you see through it all, what do righteousness and evil matter? What do good and bad matter? Everything one does is simply for the sake of survi 0Votes4MRecs893.3kFans
- 79 The Unrivaled Master Teacher 绝代名师 After falling into the water, Sun Mo, a star teacher from No. 2 Middle School, found himself in the Tang Kingdom of Zhongzhou, where he became a newly graduated trainee teacher. To his surprise, he had a beautiful, wealthy fiancée, who was also the principal of a prestigious school. But the school had fallen into decline and was about to lose its accreditation and be shut down... From the start, Sun Mo had to help his fiancée secure her position as principal and restore the school to its former 0Votes1.1MRecs483.4kFans
- 80 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
- 81 EN The Flying Dagger 寸芒 A young man with unmatched skill in throwing knives. Since his meridians have already settled into their final form, he can never achieve much in the way of internal cultivation. But then he comes across a pill from the world of cultivation, a Marrow-Washing Pill that can remake the body and cleanse the meridians... 0Votes2.4MRecs631.3kFans
- 82 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
- 83 A First-Rank Official 官居一品 Count the heroes, weigh their triumphs and defeats: a century passes like a dream, yet their hearts burn with purpose. They strive to govern wisely and save a crumbling realm, even if a flood of infamy follows them beyond the grave. They scorn death and cherish the rise and fall of nations, traveling alone through storms and tempests. Who wouldn't wish the Great Wall to stand forever? Yet none can know if the River of Sorrow will flow eastward, back into the sea. 43Votes1.4MRecs892.1kFans
- 84 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
- 85 The Ascension Path 升龙道 A man struggling to survive alone in a foreign land never forgets that his roots are in Yan State. Holding fast to his convictions, he seeks a path to strength, and in the end, carves out a career of his own abroad. 0Votes2.7MRecs230.8kFans
- 86 The Record of the Vermilion Bird 朱雀记 The growth history of a not-famous young monster and immortal This is the story of a little red bird losing weight as it grows up. The rest of the synopsis is omitted… Of course this is a wish-fulfillment novel. It is only a wish-fulfillment novel, and nothing else. 1Votes559.3kRecs1.2MFans
- 87 The Champion's Godfather 冠军教父 The protagonist is not particularly likable. But some people love him passionately. And he himself does not seem to care what people think of him. His love life attracts widespread attention. He is the team's number-one star. He knows Chinese football inside and out. He is loved and hated by the media. But no matter what, his players are his most devoted followers. He is the most individualistic, successful, and controversial coach in the history of English football: Tony Twain. In the end, this 5Votes1.9MRecs521.6kFans
- 88 The Southern Ming Continues 续南明 “The Great Ming has unified the four seas, surpassed the Three Dynasties and outshone the Han and Tang. Its reach extends to the ends of the earth, and all under Heaven bow as its subjects...” In the sixth year of the Xuande era, Zheng He set sail on his seventh voyage to the Western Ocean. He proudly proclaimed these words on the Stele of the Heavenly Consort’s Divine Manifestations. At the time, the might of the Ming dynasty was at its height. But by the end of the Chongzhen era, the great edi 2Votes722.2kRecs228.1kFans
- 89 Return to Song Times 宋时归 A legend. An adventure. Once again, a thoroughly satisfying alternate-history novel. Look forward to Angel Oscar’s latest offering for 2010. Officially serialized on January 1, 2010. 4Votes826.1kRecs396.2kFans
- 90 Industrial Hegemon 工业霸主 Lin Zhenhua, a graduate student in mechanical engineering, transmigrated to 1979 and became a young factory worker. Relying on his solid technical foundation and a slight foreknowledge of history, Lin Zhenhua led the veteran workers in sweating through their labor and built a heavy industrial conglomerate spanning Europe and Asia, creating a legendary tale of industrial dominance. Welding arcs fly and forging hammers thunder, composing a resounding ode to the people of China's industrial sector 0Votes451.9kRecs421.3kFans
- 91 Hunter Assault Team 猎人突击队 Codename 107! Defend Big Brother's position! They're part of the cultural propaganda unit, but their marksmanship is top-notch, and they're experts at killing and arson. We have another name: the Hunter Assault Team! From an ordinary soldier to the youngest officer in the army, from special forces to airborne assault units, Li Mu rides the tide of military transformation in the new era, using 5.8 mm bullets to showcase the precision of Chinese soldiers! 0Votes321.1kRecs191.4kFans
- 92 Chronicles of Unusual Monsters 异常魔兽见闻录 The Barov Family is a wealthy and mysterious clan of Arathor descent. Their vast lands stretch from Brill in the north to Southshore in the west, Tarren Mill in the south, and Caer Darrow in the east. Reborn into such a family, Carlos lives a happy, carefree life. In spring, he enjoys the attentions of three thousand maids at the lakeside fortress on Caer Darrow. In summer, he escapes the heat in the apple orchards of Tarren Mill. In autumn, he admires the falling red leaves in Brill’s maple gro 0Votes435.8kRecs277.8kFans
- 93 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
- 94 The Materials Empire 材料帝国 Materials are the foundation of industry and the cornerstone of an industrial power. Qin Hai, a materials science expert from the twenty-first century, transmigrated to a small agricultural machinery factory in 1985. From then on, every regret would finally be erased, and every glory could be rewritten. Electrical functional materials, optical functional materials, biomedical functional materials, superconducting materials, nanomaterials, chemical thin-film materials, smart materials, sensitiv 0Votes521kRecs590.7kFans
- 95 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
- 96 A Floating Life in the Late Tang 晚唐浮生 In 878, the fifth year of Emperor Xizong’s Qianfu era. That year, Wang Xianzhi died in battle at Huangmei. His followers chose Huang Chao as their leader, gave him the title of Grand General Who Reaches the Sky, and campaigned across the south. That year, Li Keyong killed Duan Wenchu, the military commissioner of Datong. He and his father launched a rebellion, and Shatuo troops pillaged Hedong. That year, bandits rose throughout Jiangnan, capturing prefectures one after another. That year, Henan 72Votes938.1kRecs1.1MFans
- 97 The Villain 恶汉 I transmigrated and was reborn… Only to become Dong Zhuo's son. But I remember that Dong Zhuo didn't have a son in the Three Kingdoms. What kind of situation is this? My impression of Dong Zhuo is that he fought with a mighty general over a woman. Though he got the little Diao, he lost his head. Then his entire family was beheaded by that mighty general, and even his white-haired grandmother was beheaded by Huangfu Song. What am I supposed to do? I can't make paper, I don't know how to make gunp 0Votes1.1MRecs600.9kFans
- 98 Reborn as a Little Landlord 重生小地主 [The original novel behind the hit drama Farming Life] She wants to protect her loved ones from being bullied again, help her family work hard and prosper together, and live a cheerful, happy, comfortably well-off life! Book group 18162717 (full). Two more groups have opened. Group name: Reborn Little Landlord, group number 37443900. All readers are welcome to join. To get in, use the name of any character from any of Ruoyan's works as your password. Group name: Reborn Little Landlord 2, group n 0Votes674.2kRecs908.9kFans
- 99 Qingcheng Daoist 青城道长 Those who walk the Great Way are called Daoists. The foremost among them are known as Daoist Masters. Exorcising demons, vanquishing devils, cleansing filth, warding homes, telling fortunes, and treating the sick are all part of their work in the mortal world. But before any of that, you have to fill your own belly. “Come take a look! The Qingcheng Sect is rolling out all kinds of new services! Fortune-telling: five strings of cash. House calls: three strings. Home blessings: ten strings. Funera 0Votes187.6kRecs153.6kFans
- 100 Song of Everlasting Joy 长乐歌 A century of history, yet sorrow still abounds; I remember the Marquis of Changle from long ago. His hall was fragrant with flowers and thronged by three thousand guests; one sword’s frost chilled fifty provinces! Does Heaven know the ills of this mortal world? The green hills laugh at me, while the clouds beckon. I breathe in a beauty’s fragrance among the flowers, and beneath the moon I lightly sever my enemies’ heads! Victory, defeat, gratitude, and vengeance, all poured into a heart-rending 0Votes520.2kRecs169.5kFans
