Fantasy Stories with a Scholar or Confucian Cultivator as the Protagonist 主角是书生或修儒的，玄幻类
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- 101 Daily Life: My Wife Is the Leader of the Righteous Path 日常：妻乃正道魁首 No System + everyday life + living off a woman + not a power fantasy Three thousand years of history amount to nothing but fame, fortune, and power; after journeying ninety thousand li in search of the Dao, one still ends up with poetry, wine, and a country life. Four years after transmigrating, having weathered one hardship after another, he had hoped for a life of poetry, wine, and pastoral bliss. Instead, he was dragged into a conflict, with a long-prepared web closing in around him. All of t 4.7kReads7.7Score257Shelves
- 102 The Violent Scholar: From Fleeing Famine to Becoming an Earthly Immortal 暴力书生：从逃荒路到陆地神仙 After giving birth to ten beautiful granddaughters, the Zhang family finally had a precious grandson, Zhang Anping! The Zhangs had counted on the clever Zhang Anping to become the top scholar and then the prime minister! But who could have expected that he would be born into a time of chaos, when everyone was fleeing famine? A scholar was useless in a crisis! Still, why were chickens, ducks, cows, and sheep running around everywhere along the escape route? Other families were selling their sons 9.2kReads8.6Score976Shelves
- 103 I Subdue the Martial World with Poetry 我以诗词镇江湖 Someone once asked Xu Jinhuan what the jianghu was, and what made a tale stirring enough to stir the soul. It was Zhao Mingzhao, seeking poetry in the drizzle after dusk, raising a cup of wine and speaking of green leaves thriving and red blossoms fading. It was Jian Shisan, whose name would make every famous sword beneath heaven seem like scrap iron if he had never been born. It was the Buddhist monk whose power grew with every broken precept. It was Lianshan, the devoted Daoist who pursued not 1.7kReads7.1Score135Shelves
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The Confucian Sage and Demon Venerable 儒圣魔尊
[Invincible] [Confucian Path] [No System, No Golden Finger] Civilization here is on the verge of collapse, and culture has become a wasteland. He is both the mightiest Demon Emperor and the last Confucian Sage. To find his beloved, he resolutely takes on the mission of restoring the continent’s culture. Huh? Someone is shattering the void? Ascension is forbidden! Come read a book first! The Heavenly Dao is stunned: How can the Confucian spirit of the Sacred Prose Continent be revived from the as
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The Sole Sage of the Confucian Dao 儒道独尊
What can a poem do? Slay enemies! Slay immortals! Exterminate demons! Subdue devils! Do you really think that plucking the sun and moon and reaching for the stars is just a wild fantasy? It is the Star-Plucking spiritual root of the Star lineage. Do you really think that lifting mountains with strength enough to cover the world is just a metaphor? It is the Mountain spiritual root of the Mountain-Moving lineage. In this world, the hundred schools compete in splendor, yet scholars of the Confucia
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Cooking Wine with a Sword 剑煮酒
Over 1.5 million words, so there’s plenty to binge. A slow-burn, traditional fantasy cultivation novel. True cultivators pursue yang, while demons and evil forces follow yin; martial artists wield qi and blood like smoke and fire. Not a mindless wish-fulfillment story, and not a hot-blooded tale. [Daily Life + Swordsmanship + Immortal Fantasy + Chivalry + Treasures + Spirit Pets + Jianghu] The heroes of the world are born in our generation, yet once we enter the Jianghu, the years slip away. I
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One Righteous Utterance Shakes the World 一句浩然，惊天下
[Confucian cultivation] [No System] [Traditional Xuanhuan] [No female lead] Chu Yan always thought he was just an ordinary scholar. Sure, he'd transmigrated into the disgraced heir of the Prince of Zhending's household, but no matter. All he had to do was give up his title as heir and get a travel permit to leave the capital. Then he could get away from the capital's mess, open a bookshop, and drink tea! But after the Imperial Academy's literary gathering, everything took a strange turn. He casu
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My Novel Was So Good, Even the Heavenly Dao Personally Rewarded Me 小说写的太好，天道竟亲自打赏
[Primordial World + Journey to the West + lighthearted + everyday life + comedy + antics] Mu He transmigrates into the body of his counterpart in the Primordial World. Fortunately, he is the son of an official, so he expects to live a life of luxury and indulgence. Instead, he is thrown out of the house before he can enjoy even a single day of comfort. Without the know-how of modern technology and all its tricks, how is Mu He supposed to survive? “What? Making entertainment can earn merit?” “Wha
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- 109 Supreme Master of the Written Way 书道至尊 Reborn on the Shengyuan Continent, a world ravaged by demons where scholars rule all, Tao Zhiqian inexplicably finds a library in his mind. He rises from poverty, and his retelling of Little Red Riding Hood sparks a sensation. His Arabian Nights earns him the title of Zhao Kingdom’s prodigy, with sales breaking Jiangling County’s all-time record. His Investiture of the Gods ushers in an age of mythology on the Shengyuan Continent… Every one of his literary masterpieces sets off a trend, and each 91Reads6.3Score—Shelves
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The Confucian Healer Sage 儒道医圣
Fang Rui, a poor student at a medical university, unexpectedly inherits the medical wisdom of an ancient Confucian sage. From then on, he rises against all odds, saving people with silver needles and sweeping away demons and evil with his righteous spirit.
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After Ten Years of Study, I Discover Demons in the World 读书十年，发现世间有妖魔
After transmigrating to ancient times, Li Jun becomes a frail scholar in a remote village of the Great Feng Dynasty. Born with a weak constitution, he and his younger sister have only each other. Fortunately, he has an extraordinary memory and a natural gift for learning. He devotes himself to passing the imperial exams and giving his sister a better life. Then one rainy day, when he encounters a flood dragon formed from a python, he suddenly realizes: This world has demons and monsters! Luckily
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Treasures of China: From the Start, I Talk with the Ten Greatest Emperors 典藏华夏：开局对话十大皇帝
Jiang Yi transmigrates and becomes the most promising host at the national television network. From the start, he's hosting "Treasures of China" and plans to find actors to portray the great figures of history. Luckily, the System arrives, granting Jiang Yi the power to cross between past and present and speak with historical figures! Li Shimin asks, “If I sign the Treaty of the Wei River with the Turks, will it keep my empire and people safe?” Jiang Yi replies, “Your empire will survive, but yo
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- 113 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 10.9kReads9.1Score1kShelves
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This Scholar Knows Martial Arts 这个书生会武功
In this twisted world, aristocratic clans study while ordinary people practice martial arts. The soul of a great soldier transmigrates into the body of a poor scholar determined to change his family's fortunes through education. And so, the most fearsome scholar in all of Great Zhao appears...
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- 115 A Corrupt Official in the Dynasty: From the Start, the Empress Simulated My Life 王朝贪官，开局被女帝模拟人生 At the end of a dynasty, Su Chen is saddled with a Corruption System. He had planned to abuse his power for personal gain, amass enough ill-gotten wealth to build a new world, and watch the tides rise and fall. However, just as Su Chen is waiting to pledge himself to the new ruler, the reigning Empress unexpectedly acquires a simulator that can simulate the nation’s fortunes and see into people’s lives. In the first simulation, the borderlands fall, and the foreign tribes prove unstoppable. Su C 1.6kReads7.9Score172Shelves
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The Sage Gazed Across a Thousand Miles. When He Looked Again, the World Had Changed 圣人垂目千里，再抬眼，换了人间
Some calculate the heavens through human ingenuity, while others attain sainthood in a single step. Some demons bow before the Buddha, chanting with devotion. Some emperors will not yield a single inch of their realm. Some guard a city with their own strength alone. Some use the power of the jianghu to throw the court into chaos. Some Buddhas stain their left hands with blood and roll prayer beads in their right. Some forge a new path, with students and followers all across the world…
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The Poor Scholar Who Squandered His Family’s Wealth 寒门败家子
Also known as Back to Ancient Times to Build a Factory. Main characters: Wang Yuan and Li Shihan. After transmigrating to ancient times and into a poor family, Wang Yuan had nothing to his name, yet he started squandering money! He poured mud into brown sugar, mixed limewater into lard, dumped government salt into a pond, boiled government liquor in a pot, set a live ox’s tail on fire, and handed money to every beggar he saw... These bizarre ways of wasting money left the imperial clan, powerful
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- 118 EN Nine Star Hegemon Body Art 九星霸体诀 Was he an Alchemy Emperor reborn, or had he fused with another soul? Long Chen was a talentless youth whose spiritual root, spiritual blood, and spiritual bone had been stolen. Relying on the divine alchemy techniques in his memories, he cultivates the mysterious Nine-Star Hegemon Body Art, pierces through layer upon layer of mystery, and uncovers a world-shaking plot. He commands the universe in his palm, treads upon the sun and moon, and suppresses evil spirits and wicked gods. Rumor has it in 209.6kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves
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From the Start, the Favoring Decree Made Me an Enemy of the Entire Dynasty 开局推恩令我得罪了整个王朝
"Confucian and Daoist cultivation + fantasy + xianxia + no System + no female lead + literary feuds + conspiracy theories" This book has few typos and works well as an audiobook. Library security guard Su Mu unexpectedly transmigrates, taking the place of a poor scholar who died in the imperial examination hall. To lay the original owner's lingering obsession to rest, Su Mu writes a policy essay on governing the country that moves the heavens and earns the favor of the nation's fortune, purify
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Cracking the Classic of Mountains and Seas: Digging Through the Myriad Realms 破解山海经：挖穿诸天万域
November 3, 2025, 11:45 p.m. Miaoyuan Village, Jiuyi Mountain, Hunan. A deep rumble of engines shattered the otherwise utterly quiet rural night. A convoy of seven jeeps and pickup trucks bearing special geological survey markings entered the village. With a clear destination in mind, they pulled into the village committee courtyard. A massive, unusual celestial body was about to enter Earth's orbit, inevitably on a collision course with the planet. Every department immediately began devising pl
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A Hundred Schools Contend: Taming Demons 百家争鸣：御妖魔
Chen Hao, a Mission: Impossible agent, dies unexpectedly while on a mission. The Daoist treasure of Blue Star, the Taiji Mirror, takes him to a fantastical and bizarre world! After overcoming countless trials, Chen Hao becomes the giant of the School of Syncretism. Drawing on thousands of years of Chinese culture from Blue Star, he combines Confucianism and Mohism, masters the schools of Names and Law, studies Buddhism and Daoism, and practices military strategy and medicine, cultivating the hun
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I Have an Altar That Devours Gods! 我有一座吃神祭坛！
[No System + cultivation + sacrifice-based progression] You Mu transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation and obtains a mysterious altar. As long as he provides an offering, he can obtain a legendary immortal art or divine ability. Offering: [Strange Human Skin] Reward: Golden Eyes of Truth, able to peer into the netherworld and see through every illusion in the world. Offering: [Evil God’s Blood] Reward: Eight-Nine Mysteries, mastering its profound wonders and letting you roam the world a
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- 123 Wuxia Crossover: I Just Became a Land Immortal, and Now I've Been Exposed 综武：刚证陆地神仙，就被曝光了 The Jiuzhou Continent is divided among countless kingdoms. Ying Yun transmigrates to the Great Qin Empire and becomes the First Emperor’s ninth son, gaining a Slacker System that rewards him continuously as long as he keeps lazing around. And so, Ying Yun starts slacking off, quietly checking in each day. Not only does he earn countless rewards, he also breaks through to become the only Earthly Immortal in all of Jiuzhou! … One day, a golden list descends from the heavens, ranking the mightiest 5.9kReads5.1Score357Shelves
- 124 Martial Dao Shakes the Three Thousand Realms 武映三千道 Xu Wuzhou transmigrates and is astonished to discover that he has become a live-in son-in-law, a universally recognized good-for-nothing parasite who even ended up in his bride's best friend's bed on his wedding night. He accidentally wanders into a brothel while out for a meal. His aloof wife is utterly disappointed in him, and his father-in-law sends him off to the family martial arts hall, leaving him to sink or swim. But transmigrating grants him a battered Samsara Bowl that can only be repa 6.4kReads8.5Score676Shelves
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The Scholar Son-in-Law 赘婿书生
Lu He transmigrated to ancient times and only wanted to pass the scholar's exam, lie flat, and live like a carefree nobody. But then an unexpected "act of gratitude" came his way: two hundred mounted soldiers abducted him to the capital to become the "orphan of a fallen hero." It turned out his father had saved the Duke of Protecting the Nation's life at the cost of his own? Staring at a restroom more luxurious than his old home and servants whose salaries could buy several villages, Lu He was d
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I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者
The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. …
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The Fierce Young Lord 世子凶猛
The new dynasty has just been founded, and every trade is waiting to be rebuilt. The recommended civil officials strike grand poses and hold forth, already the forerunners of keyboard warriors. The founding generals endure every humiliation without complaint, keeping their heads down and tails tucked. At the Prince of Yue's residence, the third young master, Qin You, clutches the letter confirming his broken engagement. He looks over the accounts showing that the household staff's wages are over
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- 128 The Ming Dynasty's Greatest Maverick 大明第一狂士 In the 35th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty, a ruthless schemer is reborn as the son of a county deputy magistrate. Using modern political tactics, he cracks one strange case after another. With modern strategies of maneuvering and intrigue, he shakes the imperial court and becomes unstoppable! Rebel bands run amok? Under my powerful army, they’re nothing but fodder! I will rebuild the Ming dynasty, extend its might across the seas, and usher in an unprecedented age of prosperity! 6.8kReads9.1Score656Shelves
- 129 To Avoid Planting Rice, I Work Hard to Pass the Imperial Exams 为了不插秧，努力考科举 [The short drama adaptation is now streaming] A modern SSS-rank researcher dies suddenly and transmigrates to the Great Xing Dynasty. His health is so poor that he's not allowed to pick rice in the fields until he's six. Sunstruck and light-headed, Li Jing decides that farming with this body is a risky business, so he immediately resolves to study for the imperial examinations. That's what he's good at; the transplanting can be left to the professionals! The following year, now named Li Yiqing, 23kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
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The Heavenly Book: The Imperial Star Descends to the Mortal World, One Sword Proves the Dao 天书：帝星化凡，一剑证道
[A golden-scaled dragon is no pond-dweller. Soon, the Heavenly Book will descend from the ninth heaven!] What would happen if Dugu Qiubai lived for a thousand years? A Heavenly Book spans a thousand years of China’s history, bringing him into contact with humans, demons, immortals, and Buddhas. (A historical cultivation novel about immortality, featuring Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ideas that may be difficult for most readers. Not a wish-fulfillment story; slow burn, so read with care.) [Imm
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The Mandate of Heaven: Poetry and Martial Arts 天命诗武
[Xianxia, fantasy, transmigration, alternate world] Hidden divine spells, illusions shattered across the sky. Evil is vanquished throughout the world, without beginning or end. Xiao Yihao and Shen Mengli climb Floating Cloud Peak and accidentally stumble into Moonlight Cave. There, they find the Moonlight Box and transmigrate to another world. This is a strange world where people cultivate through poetry and duel with poems. It is divided into four realms: humans, gods, demons, and monsters. Eac
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The Way of Humanity Is in Peril 人道微危
The Way of Heaven brings forth men, and the Way of Earth brings forth women. In this age, Heaven and Earth have been turned upside down, and yin has overwhelmed yang. This is because since ancient times, all the sages have been men. Thus, people in this age are at a loss, unsure where to go. One yin and one yang together make the Way. The rise of women to sainthood is unstoppable.
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The Legend of Game Creation 创游之传奇
I’m not writing this anymore. Please take it down... Shandong’s famous Komancini, Beijing sees Shandong and sees Shandong, zdfsfagsafsvdsafdsacdzscsafdwgagfad father digs a hole, baby, sex method, nothing but sending it out
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Confucianism: Become an Immortal with a Single Stroke 儒道：一笔成仙
[Confucian Dao + imperial examinations + demons + alternate world + manifested literary talent + expansive worldbuilding + slow burn] Lin Mu, a librarian, accidentally transmigrates to a world ravaged by demons, where the Confucian Dao coexists with supernatural powers. He wields poetry as a sword and prose as a spear, vowing to carve out an age of peace and prosperity. In the halls of power, he will pacify the demon tribes in the north and suppress witches and fiends in the south, save the crum
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The Whole City Mocked Me as a Book Copyist, Yet I Became a Poet of the Poor 全城笑我抄书郎，我却成寒门诗仙
After transmigrating to another world, I find that its literary heritage has been severed. The powerful aristocratic clans sneer at me for copying books as a poor scholar. Never look down on the humble scholar's pen; my heart holds the stars of ages past. At Slender West Lake, I write “Ten Years to Hone a Sword,” and sword energy soars into the heavens; At a roadside pavilion, I compose “The Great Roc,” and a golden roc's phantom streaks across the sky; At Qinhuai, I meet my soulmate, and entrus
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Eerie: This Confucian Scholar Studies Science 诡异：这个儒生学理的
"I have a sword that can open the gates of heaven, rout ten thousand troops, and slay the Nine Hells!" "That’s pretty impressive, but why are you holding a crowbar?" "The sword of physics is still a sword!" Wen Qu: "A gentleman loves wealth and acquires it honorably. That means I like money, and I have good reason to take it. Get it?" The eerie creature: "Help! I’ve never seen a Confucian scholar this shameless!" "Other Confucian scholars wave their brushes and summon armies. Why do you
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Xuanhuan: I Can Match Anyone Half and Half 玄幻：跟谁都能五五开
Synopsis: [Fast-Paced Plot + Wuxia + Swordsman + System + Comedy + Political Scheming] The young prince Wu Tong receives a System he cannot make heads or tails of at the age of twenty. The Twin-Birth Evil Monk: “What? What kind of blade technique is this?” The Eight Demons of the Xie Family: “Kid, you’re a real sly one.” Even the Four Generals of the Mo Family hide in a corner, trembling with fear as they cry: “Young Prince, please don’t come any closer!!!”
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