Highly Rated Masterpieces Featuring the Dao, Confucianism, Buddhism, Evil Cultivation, Demons, and Spirits 涉及道，儒，佛，邪，妖，灵的高分佳作

1. 351 法 Mastering a Hundred Schools, Revering Confucianism Above All 法通百家，独尊儒术 Mercy, Fellow Daoist道爷慈悲Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted After the demon race’s struggle for supremacy and the war between the witches and demons, the human race ruled the world. Once-prosperous Great Yu now teeters on the brink of collapse. The various feudal states eye one another hungrily, each seeking to claim dominion over the world, while the witches and demons lie in wait, plotting to seize control of the continent once more! Jiang Yi is reborn into this age. He contends with the Hundred Schools of Thought and battles witches and demons, determ 2.8kReads7.4Score217Shelves

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   Confucian and Taoist classics are good books; one can enter the Tao through literature.

2. 352 玄 Xuanhuan: Living Off Others from the Start, I Emerged as a Confucian Sage 玄幻：开局吃软饭，出世即儒圣 Yao Ren尧人Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Slice of life + not a power fantasy + the Hundred Schools of Thought + empress + Confucian cultivation] Shen Wuming transmigrates to Northern Han, with an unbelievably fortunate start. His wife is devastatingly beautiful: "May all be well with you, my husband!" His father-in-law is powerful and influential: "My brilliant son-in-law!" Though surrounded by comfort and luxury, Shen Wuming has no intention of living off his wife. With his heaven-defying insight, he becomes a Confucian Sage. [Y 2.3kReads7.9Score241Shelves

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   This is the only one left. It includes not only Taoism and Confucianism, but also the various schools of thought from the Hundred Schools of Thought period, showcasing a vibrant intellectual debate. Just read it; you'll be completely silent once you start.

3. 353 文 The Grandmaster of the Way of Literature 文道祖师 Jiang Wan蒋万Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted [The Way of Letters, no System, traditional fantasy, decisive and ruthless, no-brainer] In this world, people can master literary energy through reading. Those who become scholars can travel between heaven and earth, move mountains and fill seas, and bring things to life with a stroke of the brush. But every book capable of imparting literary energy is monopolized by aristocratic clans and wealthy families. Ordinary people can't afford to read them. Now the court is in turmoil, and the Way of Le 18.7kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves
4. 354 大 Great Qin: The Divine Rankings Appear, and I Get Exposed for Trying to Lay Low 大秦：神榜现世，苟不住的我被曝光了 Qiao Mu11乔木11Anime Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted [Hilarious + extreme extrovert + shameless + System + invincible] He transmigrates into The Legend of Qin and encounters a whole host of big shots, including Ying Zheng, Zhao Gao, and Donghuang Taiyi. His innate gift for socializing soon helps him thrive, while also making him infamous… Ying Zheng: “Wang Xuan is the most shameless rascal in all of the Great Qin. I will brook no argument…” 35.8kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
5. 355 全 Global Gu Refining: I Can Calculate the Best Paths for Combining Gu 全球炼蛊：我能推演合炼路线 Golden Blade at Your Fingertips指下金刀Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Su Ze transmigrated to Blue Star, a parallel world where everyone cultivates Gu. After activating a God-Tier Deduction System, he could work out every possible refinement path for primordial Gu worms. Wouldn’t that make him invincible? [Dead Man’s Skull] + [Blood of One’s Closest Kin] = [Blood Skull Gu] [Stonehide Boar] + [Nine-Toothed Rake] + [Black Bristleback] = [Tianpeng Gu] [Swift Baboon] + [Time Meteorite] + [White Pony Gu] = [Time Flies Like an Arrow Gu] [Netherworld Butterfly] + [Fortune 8kReads8.5Score827Shelves

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   The Gu-collecting style, the twelve zodiac animals

6. 356 我 I’m a Featherguard of Great Xia, and I’m Doomed from the Start 我，大夏飞羽卫，开局就要凉 The Magical Fairy有魔法的妖精Eastern Fantasy270k WordsCompleted [Smart Protagonist] + [Underhanded Schemer] + [Political Intrigue] Li Tianyi, a professional Go player ranked fifth dan, woke up one morning to find himself caught up in a murder case. After finally identifying the culprit, he was swept into one vortex after another as a series of events unfolded... This was a bizarre world inhabited by humans, demons, martial artists, and psychic masters. P.S. Power rankings: Martial artists: First Rank, Essence Refining; Second Rank, Qi Refining; Third Rank, S 24Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   This one is very good.

7. 357 大 Great Qian’s Top-Tier Star: The Fugitive Son-in-Law Who Ran from His Wedding 大乾顶流：逃婚驸马爷 Fragrant Fruit Speechless香果无语Historical2.2M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + alternate history + no System + showing off and face-slapping] My name is Su Yan, and I transmigrated into the body of the spoiled son of a Duke of the Great Qian Kingdom. At first, I wanted to start a small business and coast on my father's glory, living the carefree life of a god: fighting crickets, walking dogs, taking a whole harem of wives and concubines, and listening to music at the pleasure quarters whenever I had nothing else to do. Then my father told me I was betroth 210.5kReads8.6Score15.2kShelves
8. 358 凡 Mortal Roots 凡根 Xiao Wei晓威Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted He was once a boy in the mountains. He never knew why people were born into different ranks, but because he was told he had no immortal roots, he was doomed to remain beneath others forever, without even the right to dream of changing his fate. His only family left him to seek the path to eternal life, and he had to smile as he sent them off, only to turn away with tears in his eyes. Yet he firmly believed: Heaven and earth are the board, and I am a pawn. My steps may be slow, but I will never r 5.6kReads8.6Score470Shelves
9. 359 昆 Kunlun Gatekeeper: Ten Thousand Ghosts at My Back 昆仑守门人：我背后有万鬼 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted There's a long-standing rumor about the Capital Museum: though it's crowded with visitors by day, the palace is thick with yin energy after midnight. Palace maids carrying lanterns, eunuchs bearing sedan chairs, and guards in yellow robes stroll openly through its halls. For a hundred years, three generations of the Chen family have guarded the Capital Museum, suppressing evil spirits and the Three Fiends and Five Afflictions, and keeping the palace secure on all eight sides so peace can reign. 6.3kReads8.9Score493Shelves

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   In the supreme Immortal Realm, eighteen super formations are scattered throughout various spaces. Each formation traps dozens or even hundreds of dragons, humans, ghosts, demons, and monsters. They all share a common characteristic: they are all Immortal Emperors! Any one of these Immortal Emperors is a powerful and devastating figure who can destroy the world.

10. 360 云 Riding the Clouds and Riding the Wind 云御风行 Riding the Wind Through the Clouds云御风行Eastern Fantasy164k WordsOngoing Ten thousand years after the six realms of immortals, humans, demons, Buddhas, ghosts, and monsters merged into one, Jiang Chuan transmigrates through time after being struck by lightning and killed. Here, the Demon Realm and Ghost Realm are preparing to join forces and carve up the human race, while the Monster Realm remains ambiguous, and monsters are appearing more and more often in forbidden zones. In this brutal world, he starts pulling all kinds of crazy stunts: tricking divine heirs, kidn —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Demons, monsters, ghosts, Buddhas, immortals, humans—he has everything you could want.

11. 361 大 The Great Dao Is the Pinnacle 大道为巅 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is serializing now and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Ning Yuan bears the blood of an emperor and has had his six senses sealed. He ends up stranded in a peerlessly perilous place, but turns misfortune into fortune when the greatest Sword God of all time takes him in. He becomes the Fist Ancestor's disciple, coming and going through the deadly land as if it were deserted, digging for treasures and farming. From then on, he vow 11.4kReads9.2Score894Shelves

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12. 362 笨 The Foolish Bird's Path to Immortality 笨鸟修仙 Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water镜中有花水中有月Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsCompleted He made a wish before the Buddha, hoping to be twenty years younger, and it came true. He transmigrated into the body of a young man who had cultivated immortality, practiced martial arts, studied at an academy, and shaved his head for ordination, only to die after taking a single pill. It wasn’t that he couldn’t make it; he was always just a little short. Other people transmigrate to enjoy the good life, but he gets nothing but hardship. 14.3kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves
13. 363 我 I Own a Longevity Temple 我有一座长生观 Lost and Unbothered迷茫无所谓Urban2.1M WordsCompleted I have a Longevity Temple, where one person and one temple keep an entire prison suppressed! But Li Changsheng is in a hurry. Before dying, his master somehow managed to rack up a huge debt. If he doesn't pay it back soon, even the Longevity Temple will be repossessed! Fortunately, the temple suppresses many great demons: a seductive bride ghost, a bewitchingly beautiful six-tailed fox demon, a hulking tiger demon... To pay off the debt as quickly as possible, Li Changsheng has no choice but to 12.6kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
14. 364 穿 Entering Fantasy Westward Journey: From the Start, I Teach a Dog to Take the Imperial Exams! 穿入梦幻西游，开局教狗考科举！ Nailuo Book Reviews奈落推文Eastern Fantasy806k WordsCompleted Wang Teng transmigrated to the mythic Tang dynasty and became a poor scholar who could barely afford to eat. He thought the imperial examinations were his only way forward, until one night in a dilapidated Mountain God temple, he found himself lecturing dozens of dog demons on The Analects. The old dog leading them respectfully offered him a bundle of ceremonial gifts. “Sir, we’ll pay you one string of coins a month. Would you teach us to read?” Other people cultivate immortality with spiritual 185Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story begins with the protagonist transmigrating to the Wu Zhou period, where he is favored by a mountain god and sent to teach a dog to read and develop its intelligence. The male protagonist cultivates the righteous spirit of Mencius.

15. 365 茅 The Maoshan Celestial Master's Art 茅山天师诀 Ten Thousand Miles of Scenery Before Me眼前万里江山Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Maoshan Taoist arts] [Urban ghost-hunting] [Folklore and strange tales] [Chinese cosmic horror] Lu Xiaoyang, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, drank blood instead of milk for his first taste of anything after birth. After enduring three calamities and nine tribulations, he was personally appointed “Judge of the Living” by King Yama. To avoid becoming the son-in-law of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, Lu Xiaoyang heads to the city to find the woman he was betrothed to as a child, only to be dumpe 16.1kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
16. 366 仙 The Reckless Immortal Realm Outlaw 仙界狂徒 Diligent Little Farmer勤奋小农民Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted The genius youth Ye Chen ascended to the Immortal Realm at eighteen, only to unexpectedly marry into an Immortal Emperor's household. An imperial heir? Perfect, I, Ye Chen, could use a few underlings. A saintess? Sorry, I, Ye Chen, could use some maids. I'm a born troublemaker. What can your Immortal Realm do to me? 1.6kReads8.3Score128Shelves
17. 367 偷EN Eavesdropping on Thoughts: Starting with Yunxiao Slaying Dingguang Immortal 偷听心声，开局云霄提剑砍定光仙 A Seasoned Old Hand老油条啊Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted Li Xiao becomes Tongtian’s fifth personal disciple, and Yunxiao overhears his thoughts! “Fifth Senior Brother, why are you staring at Dingguang Xian?” “Nothing. I just feel like eating rabbit meat!” [That Dingguang Xian is going to betray the sect. How do I kill him?] “Fifth Senior Brother, could you stop being such a slacker?” [Why shouldn’t I slack off? I’m already invincible. What else is there to do?] [The Three Xiao sisters have it rough. Yunxiao is imprisoned beneath Qilin Cliff, and Qiong 25.4kReads8.6Score2.3kShelves
18. 368 杀 The Kill Order Has Been Issued 杀令已下 Cold Weather, Rain天寒雨Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing Three underworld bosses join forces to put out a contract, offering a million in gold to kill the mysterious assassin "Heavenly Shadow." The Killing Prison accepts the contract. The kill order is issued, and the plot is set in motion! But no one expected that when the contract arrived at the Killing Prison, the target's name would have been changed to... him! He had signed the kill order with his own hand, only to send himself into a deadly trap. Poisoned, surrounded, betrayed, and hunted, h 7.8kReads7.3Score410Shelves
19. 369 我 I’m Just an Outer Sect Disciple 我只是外门弟子 Salty and Nothing to Do咸来无事Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted What if the sect promotes you to an inner disciple? No thanks. I’d rather stay an outer disciple. How about a true disciple, then? Being an outer disciple is better. Fine, we’ll make you an elder. Happy now? No, no. I’m not worthy. I’ll stay an outer disciple. Do you want to be sect master, then? Please, don’t joke. I just want to be an outer disciple. Watch an outer disciple take the entire cultivation world by storm. 3.2kReads8.7Score368Shelves
20. 370 玄 Fantasy Villain: From the Start, I Got a Hundred Billion Spirit Stones 玄幻反派：开局获得一亿亿灵石 Great Demon Lord of the Realm方界大魔头Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Profound Realm, Lin Bei is utterly speechless. His father-in-law’s family threatens to wipe him out. His useless father would love nothing more than to beat him to death. Ding: Congratulations, Host. You have obtained ten quadrillion spirit stones. Lin Bei: How much is ten quadrillion? System: One jing! Lin Bei: Father-in-law, here’s a hundred million as the betrothal gift. Put the knife away. Father-in-law: You got it! 66Reads7.6Score—Shelves
21. 371 修 Cultivation: Starting Out as a Cook at a Refining Shop 修仙：从在炼器铺当厨子开始 Just Forget It就这样忘记Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted New Title: The Timid Servant Is Actually a Master Synopsis: An outer-sect servant who’s always rushing around doing odd jobs to earn spirit stones is assigned a mission alongside a beautiful immortal maiden. He’s timid, afraid of dying, unambitious, and cares only about spirit stones, earning him the maiden’s complaints and disdain. But when the situation gets serious, he leaves her utterly stunned: who would have thought this kid was actually a master? [Rise from the Bottom + Humble and Unassum 20.6kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
22. 372 废 The Immortal Cultivation Path of a Waste Physique 废体修仙路 The Snail That Never Stops Walking不停行走的蜗牛Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted [Everyone knows I can't practice martial arts, but I'm actually a powerful immortal cultivator...!!!] Because of his constitution, the protagonist Chen Qun can't practice martial arts. By chance, however, he embarks on the path of immortal cultivation. To the astonishment of his family elders, he uses his strength as an immortal cultivator to easily resolve the crisis facing his family, then gradually enters the world of immortal cultivators to explore and make his way... (Note: The stages of cu 24.4kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves
23. 373 高 Mastery of the Esoteric Arts 高术通神 Write Well伸笔码良Urban3.0M WordsCompleted When I was in eighth grade, the school bully picked on me. I found someone, a person connected to a mysterious incident from my childhood. He taught me something called traditional Chinese martial arts. I trained in boxing, but never let it interfere with my studies. Baji, Iron Wire Fist, Xingyi, Taiji, Baguazhang, Tongbi, Xinyi. I met masters who carried on the traditions of these powerful styles. I also discovered a vast, deeply secret world of traditional martial arts, unknown to ordinary peo 20.1kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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    When the great calamity begins [already recommended], mountains and rivers shatter, the land sinks, and five great demon gods overturn the heavens. Li Xuan stands alone before millions, his sword pointing to the sky, blood staining the heavens. "I have come here only to borrow your divine bodies and flesh to forge my path to mend the heavens." A fantasy novel with a fast-paced plot, time travel, cunning, and intense action; a grand scheme, constant plot twists, and a must-read. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, preferring action to mere prowess. A truly exhilarating read from beginning to end.

24. 374 不 If You Don't Understand, Don't Talk Nonsense: This Isn't a Mixed Spiritual Root 不懂别乱说，我这不是杂灵根 Mu Shui Shui Shui木水水水Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted Xiao Yun transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, convinced that as someone from another world, he must have extraordinary talent. But the test reveals he has a mixed spirit root! He is even rejected as a servant disciple. With no one else willing to take him in, the senior sister of Little Bamboo Peak gives him a home. That very day, he completes the Qi Refining stage, and masters every cultivation technique as soon as he learns it... At the Seven Peaks Tournament six months later, the 41.6kReads7.6Score4.2kShelves
25. 375 修 Cultivation: I Have a Heaven-Devouring Pearl 修仙，我有一颗吞天珠 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted By chance, an ordinary young man obtains the most powerful treasure in the Three Realms, the Heaven-Replenishing Pearl. From then on, he defies fate and changes his destiny, fighting his way from the human realm to the spirit realm, founding the world’s strongest people, then battling his way into the immortal realm for the sake of his obsession. He rises from humble beginnings in the mortal world and brings it all to an end in the immortal realm! 8.8kReads8.7Score597Shelves
26. 376 穿 Transmigrated to Cultivate Immortality: I Subdue the Heavens with Classical Chinese 穿越修仙：吾以文言镇诸天 A Brush Beneath the Surface浮下之笔Eastern Fantasy159k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate + Cultivation + System]+ [Confucian Dao]+ [Wild Imagination]+ [Menial Disciple + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Li Shenyan, a professor of Classical Chinese at a university, transmigrates into the body of a menial disciple of Qingcang Sect in the cultivation world. When he wakes, someone has already crushed all four of his limbs and thrown him into an abyss. At the same time, the remnant soul of a Demon Venerable is trying to seize his broken body. At the brink of life and death, the Sag 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the myriad realms, immortals, demons, Buddhas, scholars, spirits, and monsters coexist in countless races. Witness the protagonist's epic tale of attaining enlightenment through literature, shattering the heavenly order, and sweeping across all realms.

27. 377 合 The One and Only Alchemist of the Hehuan Sect, Even the Sect Leader Begs Me 合欢宗唯一炼丹师，宗主也要求我 Excited Uncle Three兴奋三叔叔Eastern Fantasy734k WordsCompleted For some reason, an elder of the Hehuan Sect took him in as a personal disciple, but never taught him any of the sect’s dual cultivation techniques. If no one was going to teach him, he’d just have to learn on his own. He could start by helping his fellow disciples refine some virility pills… 2.9kReads9.0Score370Shelves
28. 378 神 WeChat Group for Immortals 神仙微信群 A Heart Facing the Sun向阳的心Urban6.6M WordsCompleted College student Chen Yang joins a group chat full of strange people: Taibai Jinxing, the Fairy Chang'e, Erlang Shen, the Old Man Under the Moon... They’re all so bored they spend their time chatting and sending red envelopes! Chen Yang quietly lurks in the group and keeps grabbing the red envelopes, until before he knows it, he’s become a big shot... Campus beauty: Brother Yang, do you have any more of those pills you gave me last time? They felt so good, mm~ Chang'e: Tianpeng keeps harassing me 3.4kReads8.5Score437Shelves
29. 379 修 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization 修真文明指南 Crispy Pork Belly香脆五花肉Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing The laws of physics in the world of cultivation, the periodic table of chemical elements along the path of cultivation, the theory of biological evolution among fantasy races... See how the protagonist uses his golden finger, a kaleidoscope of lives, to keep acquiring other people's cultivation realms and venture ever farther into an unknown world of cultivation. The book features a huge cast of supporting characters, including Lord Niu (Newton), Xiao Ai (Einstein), Lord La (Lavoisier), and Lord 9kReads—Score819Shelves

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    This novel is based on traditional cultivation fiction, but also incorporates fantastical elements. To explain the history of the cultivation world, the author directly opens the book with a "Genesis," which is quite impressive.

30. 380 我 I Scrounge Food and Drink at the Cemetery 我在坟地蹭吃蹭喝 Bao Gungun.包滚滚.Urban1.8M WordsCompleted I'm a cemetery security guard. I love teddy bear cookies, earn ten thousand gold bricks a month, and get rewarded until my hands are full. “Ding! Successfully sent a lecherous ghost off to reincarnate. Reward: permanent +100 luck with romance.” “Ding! Successfully sent a hanged ghost off to reincarnate. Reward: rubber tongue.” “Ding! Successfully sent a water ghost off to reincarnate. Reward: the skill to outrun your underwear.” “Ding! Successfully sent the Ghost King off to reincarnate. Reward: 5.3kReads8.8Score645Shelves
31. 381 修 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to the Mystic Thunder 修真文明指南——序章1，玄雷前传 Crispy Pork Belly香脆五花肉11k WordsCompleted A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to Xuan Lei 2.2kReads—Score130Shelves
32. 382 隐 After 100,000 Years in Seclusion, My Descendants Beg Me to Come Out 隐居十万年，后代请我出山 Crave the Body, Not the Heart馋身不馋心Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsCompleted Two hundred thousand years ago, the Xuantian Emperor burst onto the scene and became invincible. A hundred thousand years later, he retired at the height of his power, leaving behind a legend of undefeated glory. No one knew that Chen Xuan had only gone into hiding because his System had malfunctioned, leaving him unable to break through any further. Afraid that his enemies would eventually surpass him and tarnish his legacy, he had chosen to lie low. But then, descendants of a small sect that h 2.8kReads6.8Score265Shelves
33. 383 玄 I Am Unaware That I Am the Peerless Martial God 玄幻：原来我是绝世武神 Feng Lingbei风凌北Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted Yi Feng transmigrates to a world of cultivation. Unfortunately, he has no hope of becoming an immortal, so he can only remain a mortal and hopes to live a peaceful life. But he has no idea... The dog he took in became a mighty demon king after eating his food. The kitchen knife he casually forged became an unparalleled divine weapon, sparking a fierce scramble among countless powerful figures. The young disciple he took in became an Immortal King after practicing his cultivation technique, usher 25.5kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
34. 384 山 Duckweed Adrift in the Mountains and Seas 山海浮萍 Little Immortal of the Jie Sect截教小神仙Eastern Fantasy385k WordsCompleted A traditional, nostalgic cultivation novel: no System, no transmigration. The mountains and seas are shattered, the wind scatters the catkins; fate rises and falls like duckweed battered by rain! The heavens have lost their way, the earth has lost its virtue, the Nine Tripod Cauldrons have been stolen, demons run rampant, hens crow at dawn, and the empire is on the verge of collapse. From the cataclysm that deified the gods and returned them to their places, to the calamity of the Journey to the 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Book of Potential Gods is here to be lashed.

35. 385 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.8kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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    This is a very good book, and it's already finished.

36. 386 木 Wood Gives Birth to Spring and Autumn 木生春秋 Master Incompetent无能大师Eastern Fantasy107k WordsCompleted [Classic old-school style] [Multiple heroines] [The world] [Cultivation] [No brainless characters] [Xuanhuan] When other people transmigrate, they're granted titles like heir to the throne, royal scion, or great general. A golden finger, wealth and glory, and the pinnacle of life all come one after another. When Mu Sheng transmigrates, all he gets is a ruined temple, a broken bowl, and a battered beggar's staff. Hunger and poverty follow him like a shadow, and he has no cheats whatsoever. What i 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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37. 387 诸 The Origin of the Gods 1: I Forge Golden Bodies for the Gods 诸神起源1：我为诸神铸金身 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Urban834k WordsOngoing The story begins at the end of Blue Star's Fourth Era, as the universe's 250-million-year cycle approaches its end. A tech giant announces that it has mastered the technology of "immortal golden bodies" and plans to establish the "Zeus Pantheon." But citing racial prejudice, it betrays and expels the technology's sole developer, the Chinese chief scientist Chai Daohuang. Chai is then kidnapped by a rival faction, exploited once again as a tool for his knowledge, and cast aside. In the despair of 8Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 388 我 I Write Books That Make Me a God in a Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院写书封神 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Urban1.1M WordsOngoing My wife ran off with someone else, my book flopped, and I was so furious I ended up in a psychiatric hospital! I thought my life was completely over, but then my aloof goddess of a first love suddenly showed up. She secretly brought me a phone and told me that only by continuing to write could I save the world. Even crazier, I unexpectedly awakened a god-tier golden finger: the "Wenchang Pagoda"! This nine-story pagoda is practically heaven-defying! As long as I write inside it, I can deduce 9Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 389 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
40. 390 婴 Baby Lantern 婴儿灯 Old He Baba老河灞灞Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted When I was five, I fell into the water and my soul left my body. With my own eyes, I saw the legendary baby lantern said to lure away souls. I initially thought it had come to harm me, but that wasn’t the case. As I continued to investigate, a sinister layout targeting me slowly came to light... 197Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Besides Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, evil spirits, and demons, there is also Mohism.

41. 391 修 Cultivation Is a Philosophy 修仙是门哲学 Shan Sheng善生Urban96k WordsCompleted This is my story of cultivating immortality, an unknown story, a story full of mystery... [Short Story Collection] [At the End of Science Lies the Supernatural] [Understand the stories in this book, and you can cultivate immortality] I am a real cultivator living in the modern world... I seek to become an immortal, free and joyful as the heavens. Cultivate immortality through science, ascend through physics. 382Reads—Score106Shelves
42. 392 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Ring of Time 凡人修仙之时光戒指 Dao Niu道牛Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Mortal's journey + fantasy cultivation + power fantasy + multiple heroines + treasure appraisal + playing dumb to catch a tiger + ruthless decisiveness] With eight stars aligning, Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival. Li Feng, an antique shop owner carrying a time ring, unexpectedly embarks on another path to immortality. So what if I have five useless spiritual roots? I have a time ring, and I can appraise treasures to earn spirit stones. I have a golden mask, so I can play dumb and cat 7kReads8.7Score984Shelves

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43. 393 我 My Cultivation Memoir 我的修仙自传 Shan Sheng善生Urban50k WordsCompleted [Novella] + [Cultivation] + [A Truly Selfless Saint] [Underdog's Comeback] + [Rise to the Top] + [Build an Invincible Character] This is my own Cultivation story. You might not believe me, but I'm going through things I can't explain. Scientific Cultivation, a physical ascent to immortality. To achieve greatness, first set your sights high. I wish to become an immortal, and revel in joy beyond the heavens. —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 394 法 Unmatched Confucian Scholar: I Rule the World Through Law 法儒无双，我以律法定乾坤 Easygoing and Relaxed轻松休闲Eastern Fantasy443k WordsCompleted The Confucian Way flourishes, poetry and prose command the world, and everyone practices Confucianism. I transmigrate into the body of a law student and am ridiculed by the entire Confucian order from the start: “Everyone honors the Confucian Way. Studying the law makes you less useful than a dog!” But no one knows that I awakened the Law System. Solve a case and your scholarly rank rises; uphold justice and you can become a sage. I solve cases in court, clearing the names of the wrongfully accu 74Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This month's dark horse! A top figure in Confucianism and Taoism!

45. 395 道 The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain: I Sell My Temple and Become a Young Master 道士下山：卖掉道观做少爷 Eighteen Angry Men十八怒汉Urban332k WordsCompleted “I am Wang Shiye, a Taoist!” “King of the Taoists, you say? What an arrogant introduction!” His master was dead, and his sect's fortunes had run out. Wang Shiye sold the temple and took the Four-Eared Temple's ritual implements down the mountain. He may not be the King of the Taoists, but this young Taoist in his early twenties, though no good at magical duels, could tell fortunes and read the flow of qi and divine trigrams like no one else. He could even use divination like GPS. Unfortunately, 143Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 396 上 An Ancient Great Demon in the Human World: Flames of War 上古大妖在人间之烽火连天 Yi Bing Ding Xu乙丙丁戌Historical307k WordsCompleted After the ancient wars between the Wu and Yao, the battles between gods and demons, and the Investiture of the Gods War at the end of the Shang dynasty, countless lingering spirits from the Three Realms scattered across the human world... During the reign of Emperor Hui of Jin, the richest man in the land, Shi Chong, held a grand literary gathering at Jingu Garden, only for demons to invade. Chen Zhen and Liu Kun rose up to destroy them. The northwest descended into chaos. Many shamans among the 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Taoist magic, magical treasures, divine weapons, generals, witchcraft

47. 397 地 The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Transformations 地煞七十二变 Wine Priest祭酒Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing The seventy-two transformations of the Earthly Fiends each grant a supernatural ability. A mysterious book with a yellow cover sent Li Chang'an back to the ancient world. Every demon he killed earned him a new ability. Painted-skin ghosts, zombie kings, spider demons... one after another fell beneath his sword. Communing with the netherworld, swordsmanship, demon-slaying... one supernatural ability after another emerged from the book. After he wiped out a hundred ghosts and looked around with hi 37.7kReads9.3Score4.5kShelves

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    It's truly a masterpiece. The protagonist is a Taoist priest who exorcises demons. Aside from the author's slow update speed, it has no flaws.

48. 398 凡 The World of Mortals 凡尘的世界 You Have Ascended to Godhood汝已封神Urban1.6M WordsCompleted One thought in the mortal world can bring a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood; endless years can bring spring warmth and blooming flowers. Across three thousand star domains, three thousand kinds of Dao fire forge the self and merge with chaos, from which yet more chaos is born, all for the sake of the mortal world. Lin Fan is a technician in modern society, and he and his wife, Lu Xue, have been married for just one year. On an ordinary day, Lin Fan is hospitalized after a car accident and 1.4kReads5.8Score132Shelves
49. 399 大 The Great Calamity! The Heavens Descend! 大灾变！诸天降临！ You Have Ascended to Godhood汝已封神Sci-Fi & Apocalypse793k WordsCompleted On Monday, February 16, 2026, the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month in the Yi Si year, the “Dark Matter Storm” suddenly descended, also known as the “Great Cataclysm.” Ninety percent of the population died, and civilization collapsed. After the Great Cataclysm, spiritual qi revival began, space grew unstable, and countless worlds became connected. Lu Cang was an ordinary Awakened who died fighting in the eighth year of the apocalypse in his previous life. After being reborn, he abandon 3Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 400 野 A Wild Boar Becomes a Dao Lord 野猪成道君 Furious Sewing Machine Stomper狂踩缝纫机Eastern Fantasy245k WordsCompleted [Primordial cultivation + ordinary pig’s rise + nonstop action + no System] Reborn as a pig from the start, watch me turn the tables! If humans can cultivate immortality, why can’t pigs? So what if I’m reborn as a pig? I’m going to fly through the heavens, live forever, and make all creation bow at my feet. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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