Looking for Chinese Mythology Novels About Leveling Up, Especially Ones Where Gods Rise Through Worship 求个中国神话升级类的 嗯嗯相当于香火成神类

1. 1 诡 Strange Phenomena Run Rampant: I Investiture the Gods in Another World 诡异横行：我在异世敕封神明 Long Ge龙戈Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Female Lead] [Relatively Slow-Burn] [Character Growth] Zhang Xuan is from Jibei Province. According to his grandfather, their family is a direct descendant of the Jiangxi Longhu Mountain lineage. His grandfather named him Zhang Xuan, saying he had the talent to attain the Dao. He hoped Zhang Xuan would become a figure like the Celestial Master Zhang Daoling, and that future generations would call him Zhang Daoxuan. But Zhang Xuan scoffed at the idea and didn’t believe a word of i 20.3kReads8.3Score1.6k14d adds

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   [Check out this book 🤔 Feel free to criticize 😎😎😎 Throw some bricks at me!]: Zhang Xuan transmigrates to a bizarre and strange world. Here, there is neither a Heavenly Court nor an Underworld; humanity can only struggle to survive. Zhang Xuan starts by inheriting the Spirit Sculpture Bureau; by carving statues of gods from his past life, he can gain Heavenly Merit, which he can then use to bestow titles upon the gods. Let's see how Zhang Xuan establishes an Underworld, sets up a Heavenly Court, and bestows titles upon the gods!

2. 2 我 I Slay Gods With Incense Offerings 我以香火弑神 The One Who Holds the Brush执笔之人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [System Novel + No Female Lead] This is a land abandoned by the gods, a place where the gods cannot tread. Every human here has become livestock for demons and monsters to raise as food. The people here don't worship gods. They worship demons and monsters. They are called meat livestock and blood offerings. Their world is full of darkness and bloodshed. Lin Qing's soul accidentally transmigrates into an abandoned idol, becoming a local wild god. Thanks to his incense System, he collects protecti 130.1kReads8.8Score12.6k14d adds

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   It's pretty good, the plot is novel and it's quite enjoyable, but it's too short. It's not enough; there seems to be a lot more to write. This is only the beginning!

3. 3 我 I'm a Wild Mountain God. From the Start, a Female Follower Offered Herself to Beg for Rain 我，野山神，开局女信徒献身求雨 Top Salesperson of the Year年度销售第一Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + slow burn + System + building the Underworld + building the Celestial Court + divine offspring] Li Qingshan transmigrates to a world without gods, where collecting incense offerings is all it takes to keep growing stronger. An ordinary villager's offering gives +3 incense points; a devout villager's offering gives +30; a fanatically loyal villager's offering gives +300! Spend 100 incense points: Break through to the Wild God Realm! Spend 1,000 incense points: Break through to the Eart 8.2kReads8.4Score80014d adds

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   It's well-written, rich in content, and easy to read.

4. 4 开 Become a Wild God from the Start? I Prove Myself a True God Through Worship! 开局成野神？我靠香火证道真神！ Have a Tangerine吃个橘子Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Slow-Burn] After an accident, Song Xuanqing transmigrated to a strange world where immortals no longer existed and gods and Buddhas had vanished. In this world, monsters and evil spirits ran rampant, ghosts devoured people, wicked arts flourished across the land, and immortal mountains, gods, and Buddhas were nowhere to be found. Demons wreaked havoc, ghosts caused chaos, and heretical practitioners used evil arts to eat people and refine pills. Ordinary folk lived in constan 112.3kReads9.1Score9.3k14d adds

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   This looks great, and there's not much to complain about.

5. 5 开 A Wild God from the Start? I Prove the Dragon Clan's Sainthood Through Incense Offerings 开局野神？我以香火证道龙族圣人 I Eat Mala Tang我吃麻辣烫Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Ao Dong transmigrates into the Great Qian Dynasty, into the mud statue of a snake demon in the Dragon King Temple of Qinghe Village. On the verge of having his soul scattered, he receives incense offerings from believers and activates the Seventy-Two Transformations Incense System. Starting with the path of proving his Dao through incense, he protects Qinghe Village, gathers believers, builds his strength, and fights evil forces such as wicked gods and ghosts, gradually establishing himself as a 753Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Incense burns to godhood, seventy-two transformations

6. 6 妖 Demons Run Amok, and I’m Reborn as a Sacred Mountain 妖魔乱世，我重生成了一座神山 Man with Eight Kidneys八个肾的男人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Behind-the-scenes protagonist + Management + Ensemble cast + Decisive and ruthless + Character growth] After transmigrating to a fantasy world ravaged by demons, Li Yue is reborn as a mountain. A group of refugees live at its foot. When demons attack, he steps in and saves them. They then revere him as a mountain god and begin worshipping him. The refugees offer him the prey they catch, praying for the mountain god's protection. Li Yue returns their kindness by blessing them and helping them gr 10.6kReads8.6Score69014d adds

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   Highly recommended! 🤤🤤🤤 This book is amazing! I'm currently reading it!! It has beautiful illustrations, and besides that, it features a female protagonist!! She transmigrates into a wild god and slowly rises through the ranks by relying on incense offerings, becoming a saintess, a demon empress, a princess, a goddess… gradually rebuilding the Three Realms!

7. 7 治 Healing Honghuang: Starting by Becoming a Golden Dragon of Merit 治愈洪荒，从化身功德金龙开始 Meow Meow Eats Fish喵喵吃鱼Eastern Fantasy228k WordsCompleted He got struck by lightning for using cheats, then transmigrated to the Primordial World and became a Merit Golden Dragon! As long as you put Ao Xin in a good enough mood, you might earn merit or dispel karmic debt! Xuan Ming: “Xin Xin, I want an infusion every day. What kind of infusion? A night of thinking about you.” Hou Tu: “San Jin, I’m a little shy, so how about giving me a hug?!” “Brother San Jin, want to eat a Golden Crow? Its third leg is definitely a great tonic. Just give us brothers s 194Reads7.5Score—14d adds

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8. 8 国 National Fate Survival: I'm a Python, and You're Stunned, Aren't You? 国运求生：我，蟒蛇，傻眼了吧？ The Radish Got Burnt萝卜糊了Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [National Destiny survival game + wild imagination + livestreaming + evolution System + no romance] Lin Yan is reborn as a little python. After finally binding himself to an evolution System, he is unexpectedly chosen for the National Destiny survival game and becomes a contestant for the Dragon Nation. Excuse me?! What the heck! Weren't the contestants supposed to be selected from among humans?! I'm obviously not human... I'm just an ordinary little python!! P.S. This novel has no romance and n 3.4kReads8.9Score33614d adds
9. 9 从 Evolution Begins with a Fierce Tiger 从猛虎开始的进化 Staying Up Late to Eat Watermelon熬夜吃西瓜Urban782k WordsCompleted [Beast protagonist] [System-based] He was reborn as a ferocious tiger! Before An Pingsheng could adjust to this familiar yet strange environment, he found himself caught up in a grand age of spiritual qi revival and the merging of the immortal realm with the mortal world. Spiritual qi returned, and all things began to rise... Beasts roared, shaking mountains and rivers. The mighty emerged, seemingly ready to split heaven and earth apart. And then a tiger appeared out of nowhere. Able to evolve w 233Reads7.0Score10014d adds
10. 10 龙 Dragon God Evolution: I Bring Home a Azure Dragon Empress as My Wife 龙神进化，拐个青龙女帝当媳妇儿 A Roasted Sweet Potato一个烤蜜薯Eastern Fantasy845k WordsOngoing [Feel-good power fantasy + Empress + decisive and ruthless, no false benevolence + System + no bootlicking] Wu Chuan accidentally transmigrates into a snake and awakens the Gift Awakening and Evolution System. The System tells him that he must evolve from a tiny red-banded snake into an ancient Dragon God. To reach that goal as soon as possible, Wu Chuan settles into a daily routine of fighting monsters, hunting for treasures, and leveling up to evolve. One day, while heading out to fight monste 4Reads6.7Score—14d adds
11. 11 他 She Runs, I Chase: This True Dragon Is Too Weak to Escape, Even with Wings 他逃她追，真龙的我虚的插翅难逃 The Silly Dog Who Loves Driving爱开车的小憨狗Urban208k WordsOngoing This book is also known as The Dragon I Became Fights Every Calamity Beast Alone!, or, as readers affectionately call it, The Domineering True Dragon and His Yandere Flood Dragon Wife and The Single Evil Dragon's Food List. Nuclear energy resurges, and giant beasts around the world begin to awaken one after another. Godzilla devours nuclear energy in Japan. Ghidorah rampages across America. A deep-sea monster unleashes towering waves in Britain and France, while a giant wolf of the far north r 134Reads6.9Score—14d adds
12. 12 开 From the Start, I Became a Mountain God 开局成了山神 Shan Dou山斗Urban823k WordsCompleted The Celestial Court had fallen into decline, and the gods of the Three Realms had vanished for no apparent reason. Lin Chen became the only mountain god left in the world. The ruined Celestial Court seemed worthless, but it was actually packed with treasures. Thousand-year-old ginseng grew everywhere, top-grade immortal stones covered the ground, and even the abandoned mining slag was perfect material for making fishing bait. With just a little work, he could build a Fortune Global 500 company. 1.1kReads8.1Score10414d adds
13. 13 s I’m an SS-Rank Vengeful Ghost, and My Sister Turns Me In to the State ss级厉鬼的我，妹妹上交国家 Pounce at Night扑夜Mystery173k WordsOngoing [Wild Paranormal Imagination, Pure Thrills!] Every night, all kinds of terrifying things happen in my home. Blood seeps through the walls, ethereal singing fills the air, someone knocks in the middle of the night, and the doll's eyes look strange... It's all because my older brother is a ghost. At last, I couldn't take it anymore. After careful consideration, I decided to turn my brother over to the state! Yet every ghost-handler who came could only stare helplessly at my brother. They were simp —Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 14 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 6kReads9.4Score80414d adds
15. 15 世 With No Judge of the Dead in This World, I Become Yama 世间无判官，我身化阎罗 Mumu, Don't Cry木木别哭Urban616k WordsCompleted Half a Book of Life and Death; A Pen of Reincarnation. When they appeared, the world was rife with crime, online abuse, bullying and slander, right and wrong turned upside down, the powerful beyond the reach of the law, resentment filling the skies, and ghosts and monsters multiplying... "I shall set right what Heaven cannot, and judge what black and white cannot." As Mu Yi holds the Book of Life and Death and murmurs in his heart, divine thunder fills the sky, and the entire planet Yan Hua trem 1.2kReads8.4Score10014d adds
16. 16 纸 Paper Effigies: My Ghost Domain Is the Underworld 纸扎人：我的鬼域是阴曹地府 Daoist Sect Sixteen道门十六仔Mystery521k WordsCompleted Jiang Han transmigrates to a parallel world under a terrifying invasion. From the start, he’s a sacrifice, a white paper effigy placed in front of a coffin! But as long as he feeds on fear, he can grow stronger without end! “Ding! You successfully scared a mischievous child to tears. Fear points +100.” “Ding! You successfully scared a monster to death. Fear points +500.” “Ding! You successfully plunged the Demon Capital into an age of fear. Fear points +10,000...” To survive and become an even m 680Reads8.6Score10414d adds
17. 17 请 Summoning the Gods: Starting with the 2D Great Sage 请神从2D大圣开始 Pan Tai盼台Eastern Fantasy114k WordsCompleted No System + transmigration + intangible cultural heritage + high IQ + Cthulhu Mythos + the uncanny + mythology A top student transmigrates to another world through an ancestral Nuo mask. In this world, cultivators awaken supernatural abilities by sacrificing ordinary people. He is lucky enough to transmigrate in his own body as a cultivator, and arrives at the one and only paradise where people can awaken supernatural abilities without sacrificing ordinary people. But is everything really as he 21Reads—Score—14d adds

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18. 18 成 Growing Strong with the Help of Beautiful Women 成长之红颜助我 Ant in the Shadow影子里的蚂蚁Historical2.9M WordsOngoing Beauty helped me succeed, and I repaid her with ten thousand taels of gold… 1kReads—Score—14d adds

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19. 19 开 Exiled from the Start, I Changed My Fate by Grinding for Experience 开局被流放，我靠肝经验逆天改命 Ant in the Shadow影子里的蚂蚁Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing From the Start, Exiled to the Frontier: I Defy Fate by Grinding Experience Lu Chen was a top student in the modern world, but after waking from a nap, he found himself reincarnated as a disgraced heir in a world of immortal cultivation. Exiled to the frontier from the start, with his spiritual roots destroyed, he was also saddled with a frail fiancée and a fallen family. He smiled calmly. “Perfect. Let me show you what scientific cultivation looks like.” While others were still struggling throug 2.8kReads—Score24614d adds
20. 20 神 Legends of Gods and Demons 2: Zixia Reborn 神魔传2紫霞重生 Listening to the Wind Beyond the Dust尘外听风Eastern Fantasy285k WordsCompleted The Legend of Gods and Demons 2: Zixia Reborn Synopsis: After the journey to the West, the Demon Venerable of Xuyuan split Zixia's soul and spirit, plunging the Three Realms into crisis. Wukong, now honored as the Victorious Fighting Buddha, sets out to rescue Zixia, but he doesn't have to do it alone. The young attendant Tingzhu uses immortal power to protect a remnant of Zixia's soul and help Wukong overcome one obstacle after another. The immortal official Xuanjing holds fragments of memories —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Synopsis of *Gods and Demons 3: The Return to the Void*: Beneath the peaceful surface of the Three Realms, undercurrents surge in the Void, old grudges and new hatreds intertwine, and the balance of laws teeters on the brink of collapse. Nezha, wielding the Fire-Tipped Spear, and Ao Bing, carrying the Dragon Seal, join forces once more, embarking on a journey fraught with unknowns to establish a new boundary. In the ruins of the Void, they discover ancient texts on the laws of balance, awaken the unity of all races in dire straits, and comprehend the truth that "the fate of all beings can be determined by themselves" through sacrifice. Xuan Jin's repentance, Ling Xi's steadfastness, and Shen Gongbao's redemption all become indispensable glimmers of light in the battle to establish the boundary. When the new boundary marker rises before the eyes of all, its yin-yang symbol shimmering and radiant, the races of the Three Realms finally understand: peace is not a gift from heaven, but a balance and tranquility jointly protected by gods and demons with the hearts of mortals.

21. 21 神 Legends of Gods and Demons 3: The Ruins Set the Boundaries 神魔传3归墟定界 Listening to the Wind Beyond the Dust尘外听风Eastern Fantasy335k WordsCompleted The Legend of Gods and Demons 3: Returning to the Ruins, Setting the Boundaries Synopsis: Beneath the peace of the Three Realms, dark currents stir in the Guixu. Old grudges and new resentments intertwine, and the laws of balance teeter on the brink. Nezha, wielding his Fire-Tipped Spear, and Ao Bing, bearing the Dragon Seal, join forces once more and embark on an unknown journey to set the boundaries. Amid the wasteland of Guixu, they discover an ancient book on the laws of balance. At the brin —Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 22 神 The Divine Clan Awakens 神族苏醒 Da Muhua大木华Urban449k WordsOngoing After sleeping for ten thousand years, the gods began to awaken one after another: the Five Ghost Emperors, the Four Heavenly Kings, Buddha and Guanyin, the Three Pure Ones and the Four Emperors! China's elite gods of war from five thousand years of history stepped forward to face the enemy: Han Xin, the Soldier Immortal; Huo Qubing, who marched to Mount Langjuxu; Bai Qi, the God of Slaughter of Qin; Yue Fei, the loyal patriot; Zhao Yun, the ever-victorious general; Qi Jiguang, the hero who foug 38Reads—Score—14d adds

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