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Executed from the Start? One Poem Made Me a God! Defying Heaven to Change My Fate! 斩首开局？一诗封神！逆天改命！
In the Great Qian Dynasty, the literary path reigns supreme, and poetry can manifest the divine! From condemned prisoner to supreme Literary Sage, Lin Fan uses modern knowledge to reshape the literary path! “Let the literary path serve the people, and let all under heaven live as one! I will change this world with my poetry!”
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- 2 A Thousand Years of Immortality: I Become a Sage Through Poetry 长生千年：我以诗文成圣 On the Tianyuan Continent, scholars reign supreme. Books and writings can gather literary energy and unleash divine powers that move heaven and earth! Yun Zhong transmigrates by accident and becomes trapped in the Celestial Prison. After spending a thousand years inside, he knows nothing of the outside world. During his time in prison, he writes thirty-three poems and gives them to people he meets by chance. Among them are a down-and-out scholar and the discarded son of a noble family... A thous 28Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 3 The Great Zhou Order: I Became Famous Across the Land by Copying Poems from the Start 大周令：开局抄诗就名扬天下 After his soul transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking county magistrate in the Great Zhou, he copies a poem famous throughout the ages from the start, triggering a celestial phenomenon and slaying the invading enemies. The ancient greats of Earth are terrifyingly powerful. The Great Zhou Dynasty spans a vast territory, and its foreign tribes are powerful. This world is home to Confucianism, Buddhism, martial arts, Daoism, immortal sects, demons, and the supernatural. Confucian cultivators 18.3kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
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The Netherworld Scholar Immortal 通幽小儒仙
“Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem
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- 5 The Candle-Bearing Immortal of the Night 仙夜秉烛人 I wield a sword that cuts through the mortal world's roads. I hold a lamp that illuminates the sorrows of past and present. I make a wish for suffering to vanish from the world. I have a heart... to investigate things, extend knowledge, make my intentions sincere, set my heart right, cultivate myself, bring order to my family, govern the state, and bring peace to all under Heaven! “Heaven's movement is vigorous; the noble-minded person strives without cease.” “The earth's nature is receptive; th 12.3kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 6 The Peerless Poet Sage 无双诗圣 [Confucian Fantasy + One Female Lead] The Great Zhou Dynasty is an age when poetry and prose can move the world! Write a fine poem, and you'll gain peerless literary fame, praised throughout the land. You can even stir the power of heaven and earth, turning it into countless arrows that rain down on enemy nations! Poetry and prose hold tremendous power in this era. After transmigrating, he finds that his fiancée has joined forces with outsiders to bully him? Ha! With the literary treasures of fi 5.7kReads8.5Score43514d adds
- 7 The Scholar from a Poor Family 寒门状元 After transmigrating into the family of a common farmer, Ye Xuanmo arrives just as his paternal cousin passes the imperial examination. To revitalize the clan, his cousin invites a teacher to the family to educate the children. In an age when “all trades are base, and only studying is noble,” Ye Xuanmo wants nothing more than to pass the exams and change his family’s circumstances… 3.4kReads8.9Score31414d adds
- 8 The Great Xuan Scholar 大玄读书人 [Traditional slow-burn + long-term foreshadowing + Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, ghosts, demons…] Ning Jin transmigrates to the vast land of the Xuan Kingdom. After living there for more than a decade, he is astonished to discover that Confucians, Daoists, Buddhists, demons, and ghosts all coexist in this world. From then on! Drawing on the poetry and writings from his past life, Ning Jin steps onto the Confucian path. As he gradually adapts to this wondrous cultivation world, he makes another 27.3kReads7.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 9 The Confucian Way Reigns Supreme? I’m Reciting Tang Poems in Another World! 儒道至上？我在异界背唐诗！ Ci Song, a university student majoring in Chinese language and literature, transmigrates to another world: a strange realm where Confucianism reigns supreme. Here, only scholars can command the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and transcend the mortal realm to become saints. Then Ci Song makes a startling discovery: this world has no Li Bai or Du Fu. For someone who can recite all three hundred Tang poems by heart, this is undoubtedly the best of times. A slow-burn story, with plenty of fore 36kReads8.7Score3.9k14d adds
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Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨
(The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b
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- 11 A Top Scholar Hailed by a Hundred Sages! And You Call Him a Sour Confucian Scholar? 百圣齐鸣的状元郎！你管这叫酸儒秀才？ Also known as: I Became a Sage Through Reading [Transmigration] [Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment] [The Way of Literature] A masterpiece of Confucian cultivation: [Takes off at Chapter 89, explodes at Chapter 93] “If you, Lin Yi, had not been born, the literary path would have languished in darkness for ten thousand years!” This is a world where reading grants literary talent. Lin Yi reads Earth’s Classic of Poetry, Songs of Chu, Han fu poetry, Tang poetry, and Song ci poetry, cultivating a noble spir 822Reads8.8Score14314d adds
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I Was Caught Cheating from the Start, and Became a Confucian Sage 开局作弊被抓，我成了儒家圣人
Reborn + transmigrate + Confucian cultivation + decisive and ruthless + witty and hilarious. In a world where the Dao is made manifest, written words can communicate with heaven and earth and give rise to literary qi. Literary qi can strengthen the body and help one overcome tribulations and ascend. A single poem can rival a million troops. Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, demons, monsters, and the Hundred Schools all contend in a chaotic age, while Confucianism has fallen into decline. There are
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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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Confucian Dao: I Write to Suppress Ghosts and Gods 儒道：我提笔镇鬼神
Chu He, an avid reader for eight years, unexpectedly transmigrated into a world where Confucianism and the Dao reigned supreme. "My father was framed for cheating as an exam proctor, and I'm forbidden from publishing poetry or entering the literary world?" "I've only just transmigrated, and already a bewitching ghost woman and a seductive fox demon have set their sights on me?" "No problem! I can enter the Dao through miscellaneous books. I can manifest accumulated literary energy, cultivation t
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- 15 Entering Sainthood Through the Confucian Way, Who Says I'm a Spoiled Young Master? 儒道入圣，谁说我是纨绔世子？ [Confucian cultivation➕No System➕No harem➕Becomes a Sage later➕Poetry and the arts] In a world where countless paths of cultivation coexist, there are martial artists, Confucians, Daoists, Buddhists, sorcerers, shamans, poison masters, demons, gods and devils... Shen Chen'an's soul transmigrates into the body of a wastrel, and he vows to have nothing to do with gambling, drugs, or women. He thought he would be able to live a carefree, debauched life. But the world is like a game of chess, and he 7.1kReads8.3Score47314d adds
- 16 Great Tang: Li Shimin's Number One Enforcer 大唐：李世民的头号打手 [Decisive and ruthless] [Unmatched martial prowess] [Noble titles and military honors] [Technology for the people's livelihood] A hotheaded nationalist transmigrates to the end of the Sui dynasty, at the dawn of the Tang, and Jiu An promptly latches onto Erlang, becoming one of his low-ranking soldiers. On his first battlefield, he discovers a mysterious ability: killing enemies makes him stronger. To grow stronger and ensure the Han dynasty lasts for ten thousand years, Jiu An starts making gra 42.3kReads8.7Score2.8k14d adds
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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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Dustbound Karma 尘业
Dust motes gather, setting the winds to rest. Beneath the winds of the age, destinies take root in the dust. A classic xianxia tale, soaring on swords with the wind, seeking vengeance and savoring every triumph, brimming with heroic spirit. Updates depend on fate. Read with care.
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- 19 The Confucian Dao Son-in-Law: I Become a Sage by Wielding the Analects 儒道赘婿：我靠抡语成圣 [Confucian cultivation + hilarious power fantasy + subverting expectations] Modern-day underachiever Kong Lang is a top-tier jokester who’s a master of Fist-Analects memes. He lives by the creed, “If I have no morals, no one can guilt-trip me.” Then he opens his eyes in a Confucian cultivation world, reincarnated as a good-for-nothing. Thanks to his looks, he marries into the Princess’s household, where the scholars of the capital sneer at him as a useless freeloader. Who could have guessed he’ 81Reads—Score—14d adds
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A Generation's Book Immortal: Bai Shusheng 一代书仙：白书圣
[Invincible, the Way of the Written Word, Literati, No Heroine, Pure AP] Seal demons, purge fiends, slay gods: if you pay, I'll do anything! “You know how to wield two blades?” “I wield two brushes!” “You can fly on a sword?” “I can race across the ground on ink!” Throughout the ages, demons and fiends have run rampant. The Way of the Written Word has declined, while the Way of the Sword has risen. Yet one man still enters the Way through writing, wielding his brush like a blade as he composes p
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The Carefree Little Confucian Immortal 逍遥小儒仙
In this world, the literary path reigns supreme. Scholars command literary seals, cultivate literary energy, and open literary palaces. A Ninth-Rank Aperture-Opening Literary Seal lets you read ten lines at a glance and gives you a light, healthy body. An Eighth-Rank Body-Cultivating Literary Seal lets words cloak your body, as if aided by the divine. A Seventh-Rank Benevolent Scholar Literary Seal… “You know poetry, lyrics, songs, essays, calligraphy, painting, chess, and popular fiction?” “I k
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- 22 The Heaven-Mandated Sage of Letters 天命文圣 [Confucian Dao + Three Kingdoms + Investiture of the Gods] [The author's previous Confucian Dao novel has 7.3 million words. Read with confidence and look forward to updates!] After the Investiture of the Gods, Confucius ascended to heaven. Then came the chaotic Three Kingdoms era, when gods and demons rose together. Poetry can slay the enemy; verse can shatter armies! Li Haoran, a liberal arts student good for nothing, awakens in the body of a Shu Han scholar who shares his name. If heaven had 358Reads6.5Score—14d adds
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The Confucian Sword Immortal: Ten Years of Study, Righteousness Sweeps Across the Heavens 儒剑仙：读书十年，浩气荡青天
After transmigrating into the body of a down-and-out scholar, Chen Ning studies diligently, determined to travel to the capital and sit the imperial examinations. It is only when he accidentally touches his maid's fox tail that he discovers this world is nowhere near as simple as it seems! Luckily, Chen Ning awakens the Confucian Sage System in time, allowing him to slay demons and study every day. [You studied the Analects and grasped a divine ability: Purple Qi at Your Side] [You recited The G
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- 24 Peering into Immortality Through Confucianism 儒中窥仙 [Confucian Cultivation + Protagonist Cultivates Confucianism Through Painting + Nearly Invincible + Two Male Leads] “In the 1325th year of the Great Zhou dynasty, a new king throws the realm into chaos. Immortals remain hidden from the world, while demons and monsters roam everywhere.” Looking at this war-torn world, He Xiuyun can't help thinking of the bold ambitions he had when he first began cultivating. But now, after fifty anxious years, he has accomplished nothing. “If no one is going to t 1.6kReads8.6Score13914d adds
- 25 The Great Chu Confucian Sage 大楚儒圣 [Confucian cultivation + lighthearted adventure + no System] Chu Tianming, a rural teacher, dies unexpectedly and transmigrates to the Great Chu Dynasty. Awakening on the executioner's block, he discovers that this is a world of extraordinary powers. Here, the Hundred Schools of Thought have all merged into Confucianism. Poetry and prose, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting can all be used to slay enemies! Scholars can condemn their foes with words, kill with a poem, and exterminate demons w 319Reads5.1Score—14d adds
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The Splendor of the Kaiyuan Era 开元盛景
[History + political intrigue + Taoism + Tang Dynasty + Kaiyuan era + a touch of fantasy] Li Longji was originally just a concubine-born prince of a deposed emperor, imprisoned deep within the palace from the moment he was born. With a woman disrupting the court, his mother murdered, and the realm in turmoil, all he could see was endless darkness. With the help of Celestial Master Ye Fashan, he boldly rose up in the struggle and successfully restored his father to the throne. He himself was nam
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- 27 Journey to the West [Tracing Edition] 西游记【临摹版】 Of the Four Great Classical Novels, Journey to the West comes first. Its deeper meanings reward reflection; the more you savor them, the more astonished you become. Its artistic techniques are extraordinary, its mysteries profound and beyond words. Its classics have endured for ages, translated and interpreted in many languages. The stories of Journey to the West have blossomed in countless forms, with all kinds of tales vying for attention. More than a dozen versions appeared during the Ming a 7Reads—Score—14d adds
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I Really Just Want to Survive: Gou Xiaoqing’s Path to Immortality 我真的只是想活命啊：苟小庆修仙
This is a “cultivation romance wrapped in comedy.” At first, you’ll laugh at Gou Xiaoqing’s cowardice. In the middle, you’ll ache for everything he loses. By the end, Yun Wuyue’s steadfast devotion will move you. This isn’t a feel-good power fantasy that makes you laugh from beginning to end. It’s a story that leaves you remembering “It’s a little salty, but I like it,” “Just right,” and “You have to be afraid to stay alive.” If you want a purely comedic cultivation novel, the first half will sa
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- 29 Between a Single Thought of Demon and Buddha 魔佛一念间 Ling Chen suffered endless humiliation within his sect, until a spirit monkey from the back mountain, the Heaven-Splitting War Venerable, saved him. The Buddhist Realm called him a demon and slaughtered his entire village. Ling Chen crossed countless deadly trials before finally understanding his true nature and the Great Dao. He asks not whether something is righteous or evil, but whether it is right or wrong. He seeks no mandate from heaven, only his own path. The road of defying convention is 2Reads—Score—14d adds
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