A Buddhist Protagonist Who Rejects Violent Warrior Monks: Gentle and Refined, Yet True to the Precepts 🌹 主角修佛，拒绝暴力武僧，要温文尔雅，守戎律🌹

1. 1 高 High Martial: This Monk Is Such a Show-Off 高武：这个和尚太能装了 Lie Flat or Give Up, Pick One躺平摆烂二选一Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing “Zhenxuan, the temple has made it clear time and again: no cultivation during Standing Committee meetings!!” After transmigrating into a martial arts Buddhist sect, Zhenxuan awakens a Buddhist gift: [Get stronger by showing off]. Heaven’s Dao classifies showing off as an extremely rare Buddhist gift. Every time he shows off, his cultivation skyrockets, but the side effect is that he becomes terrified of death to his very core. He’s the most cautious monk in the temple, yet the biggest show-off 41.2kReads8.4Score2.6kShelves
2. 2 西 Journey to the West: A Well-Connected Insider at Mount Ling, the Peacock Great King 西游：灵山关系户，孔雀大明王 Giant Sword's Husband巨剑褪夫Eastern Fantasy996k WordsOngoing [Journey to the West] [Not a Primordial Chaos-style story] Kong Xuan transmigrates into a bird’s egg. After hatching, he teaches his twin brother, the Great Peng, a lesson for trying to steal the Yin-Yang Two Qi Vase. Then, ravenous with hunger, he flies from the nest in search of something to eat. Kong Xuan sweeps across the land, devouring countless living beings, yet his hunger refuses to fade. Just then, a ball of golden light appears atop a distant snowy mountain, catching his attention. “L 3.9kReads8.6Score222Shelves

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   This is really good; it has a real Journey to the West feel to it. There are no conspiracies or intrigues, and the gods are just like gods.

3. 3 西EN Journey to the West: Master Wants to Tell Another Story 西游：师父又要讲故事了 Hermit Xia Mu夏木山人Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Type]: Journey to the West / historical Xuanzang / retracing the Journey to the West / Buddhist cultivation / not the Primordial World / only a great calamity setting / no conspiracy-driven plot. Guanyin Bodhisattva had been having a terrible headache lately. A great calamity was about to begin, and the Buddha had ordered him to find a Pilgrim and bring him to the Western Heaven to undertake the Journey to the West. Everything had originally been arranged. But this Pilgrim seemed a little stran 129kReads9.3Score13.6kShelves

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   This is a very good book that tells another possible story of Journey to the West.

4. 4 佛 I, Buddha, Am Truly a Good Person 佛爷我真是好人啊 Jiao Lu Zhi蕉鹿之Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Weak System + No Romance + Slow Progression + More Traditional + Saintly Heroine, Don’t Read If You Dislike It, Thanks] When Shi Ran woke up, he had transmigrated to a strange world. There were no aloof immortals in the heavens, pure as the moon, nor compassionate gods and Buddhas filling the skies. Instead, the world was full of deranged, bizarre cultivators. Here, sacred scriptures were laden with taboo costs, and the slightest misstep in cultivation could mean death and the end of one’s path 476Reads8.7Score161Shelves

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   This book, about Buddhist practice and upholding precepts, is not mindless; it is well-organized and has a rigorous setting.

5. 5 修 Cultivate Demonic Arts, Practice Buddhism, Realize the Truth, Become a Buddha’s Heir 修魔功，习佛法，悟真意，成佛子 Seven-Seven Nights七七夜夜Eastern Fantasy800k WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts + Invincible + No Female Lead + Weak System + Not a Villain] Su Jie transmigrates and becomes a young novice monk. After living an utterly ordinary life at Jinshan Temple for three years, his Daily Sign-In System suddenly awakens. Su Jie is overjoyed. He imagines using the System to become invincible and watch the world go by, only to discover that it isn't quite what he expected. [Congratulations, Host, on awakening the Daily Sign-In System. From now on, the System will autom 4.2kReads8.1Score321Shelves

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   The Buddha practiced the journey to the West, before and after the Buddha's pilgrimage.

6. 6 开 From the Start: The Martial Arts Buddha Is Invited to the Myriad Worlds Forum 开局：我武学佛祖被邀诸天论坛 Terrifying Spinach恐怖的菠菜Eastern Fantasy228k WordsOngoing After transmigrating, he becomes the martial arts Buddha of a world blending wuxia and Journey to the West. “Ding! The Myriad Worlds Forum has invited you to join.” Shi Yanxin’s expression shifted. Just as he prepared to bluff everyone and rocket to success on the spot, Shi Yanxin was stunned to discover that the forum had already grown to a hundred members. The forum’s leader wasn’t some all-knowing, all-powerful master of deception, but a peerless Sword Sovereign who could sever a galaxy with 201Reads6.0Score—Shelves
7. 7 西 Journey to the West: If I Go One Day Without Fetching the Scriptures, I Feel Awful 西游：一天不取经，我浑身难受 Charging Lion进击的狮子Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing Yang An transmigrates to the Primordial World and becomes a Pilgrim. Unfortunately, he is Tang Monk's previous incarnation. That is no good at all! After all, Sha Monk ate Tang Monk's first nine incarnations. I'm doomed! Just as Yang An is preparing to flee the Eastern Lands of the Great Sui, he awakens the Journey to the West: Become Stronger System. On the Journey to the West, every step he takes toward the west earns him one year of cultivation. For each of the Eighty-One Tribulations he over 11.2kReads6.9Score741Shelves
8. 8 唐 Five Hundred Years After the Tang Dynasty Fell, You Still Want Me to Fetch the Scriptures? 唐灭五百年了，还让我去取经？ Relentless Gunfire炮火连天Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing Five hundred years after the journey to the West, he transmigrates into the body of an unknown monk in a ruined temple. But the System thinks he is Tang Sanzang and assigns him the task of traveling west to obtain the scriptures. Tang Sen: “…” “The Tang Dynasty fell five hundred years ago. What’s the point of sending me to fetch the scriptures now?” Fortunately, the first person Tang Sen meets after transmigrating is the Monkey King, who has been hunted by the gods and Buddhas for five hundre 30kReads8.1Score2.8kShelves
9. 9 打 Crafting the Persona of a Holy Monk 打造圣僧人设 I Was Snatched Away by a Monster Again我又被妖怪抓走了Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted “Junior uncle, I saw you going out to drink and chase women that day. I’m going to tell the abbot.” “What cultivation technique do I practice? Answer me!!!” “Look in my eyes!!! Tell me, why? Speak!!!” “J-Junior uncle practices the Boy’s Cultivation.” “Exactly! How could a monk like me have any bad intentions???” “But, Junior Uncle, I clearly saw you drinking.” “Those who have left the secular world hold a cup close to their hearts. I was drunk, truly drunk!” “Junior Uncle, you’re so drunk your t 24.9kReads7.1Score1.9kShelves

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   It's a great watch. The protagonist didn't initially want to become a monk, but he has the demeanor and style of a holy monk.

10. 10 从 A Journey Beyond the Mundane, Beginning with Myth 从神话开始的超脱之旅 Salty Fish Can't Keep Up the Grind咸鱼卷不动Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing A journey through the heavens. Caught up in an undeserved calamity for no apparent reason, the ordinary man Ning Yuan’s soul returned to the netherworld. From then on, a door to eternity opened before him. Amid the old tales of the Republic era and rampaging evil spirits, he leaves his mark on a hidden history buried in legend and on a vast, unending epic. Ning Yuan strides ever closer to immortality, transcends fate, and ascends to the rank of the ancients, standing above all the worlds. 9.7kReads8.5Score644Shelves

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    Similar to a quick transmigration myth, obtaining the appearance of a Bodhisattva.

11. 11 一 One Merit Per Second: The Two Buddhist Saints Are Drooling with Envy 一秒一功德，佛门二圣见我馋哭了 The Person Eating Melon Beneath the Moon月下吃瓜的人Eastern Fantasy466k WordsCompleted Reborn in a vast martial arts world, he becomes a novice monk-in-training at Futu Temple. The moment his head is shaved, he awakens a Merit System. He can spend merit points to instantly level up Buddhist scriptures and martial arts. He thought he would spend the rest of his life as a virtuous, benevolent monk. But then he heard the sound of a wooden fish being struck in his mind. The electronic wooden fish he had used to relieve stress in his previous life had somehow come with him when he tran 2.7kReads7.0Score142Shelves

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    🌿 Newest Masterpiece 🌿 The protagonist is reborn as a novice monk, cultivating Buddhism at Futu Temple, accumulating merit by striking an electronic wooden fish. In just three years, he becomes a Buddhist disciple of Futu Temple, revered by the world as a true Buddha in the world. Though he is no longer in the martial arts world, his name is known throughout the land.

12. 12 西 Journey to the West: After the Gods Returned from Studying in the Modern World 西游：众神圣自现代留学回来后 Red Moon, Clear Clouds红月晴云Eastern Fantasy790k WordsCompleted After graduation season, Jiang Liu transmigrated. The strongest Tang Monk System: ready to slaughter his way through Journey to the West? Then let’s do it! And then... General Yin: Lao Jiang, I’ve missed you so much! Yang Jian: Lao Jiang, you’re Tang Monk, for crying out loud! Sun Wukong: Let me out first! The Jade Emperor: Hey, Old Zhao, how about we kill Mahavairocana for fun? Zhao Gongming: Why don’t you go do it yourself? At Mount Lingshan... The Buddha: Oh my goodness... Stop, classmate 11.2kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
13. 13 港 Hong Kong Crossover: The Paper Effigy Maker 港综：纸扎匠 Pu Cheng仆诚Male-Channel Fanfiction392k WordsOngoing I transmigrate into the world of Hong Kong crime dramas and become the "Living Yama" feared by the police force, stirring up trouble with my uncanny paper effigy arts! I return to the mainland to seek my roots, stumble into an ancient tomb, and end up joining forces with people from the tomb-raiding world to build an underworld out of paper effigies! 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Several good books, some about cultivating Buddhism, some about cultivating gods, and some about heretical practices!

14. 14 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 20.8kReads8.3Score1.6kShelves
15. 15 我 I’m a Hundred-Year-Old Ascetic, and My Hike Stuns the World 我，百岁苦行僧，徒步震惊全世界 Sunday礼拜天Urban250k WordsOngoing Lin Chuan transmigrates into the body of a nameless, hundred-year-old abbot at a monastery. After taking part in the Global Hiking Competition, his Hiking System activates. In this life, Buddhist culture has all but vanished from the world. More and more online scammers are posing as monks, causing people's regard for Buddhism to plummet. Taking on the life of an ascetic monk, Lin Chuan wanders the world, spreading Buddhist culture and redefining its schools for one person after another. [Host h 755Reads8.5Score106Shelves

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    Everything is here: Civilized Buddhist practice, rejecting violent martial monks.

16. 16 斩 Slaying Demons and Exorcising Evil? This Monk Just Wants to Return to Secular Life 斩妖除魔？贫僧只想还俗 Flying Petals飞花朵Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted In the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty, demons run rampant and chaos reigns. The Demon-Suppressing Bureau, the Pacification Bureau, and the Inspection Bureau protect the dynasty, but its decline is already apparent. Ten great demon kings are itching to overthrow human rule. A hundred feudal lords fight to seize one another’s lands, while martial arts sects spring up across the land like bamboo shoots after the rain. As chaos approaches, transmigrator Lin Yingxiong binds to the Boundless Buddhist 123Reads7.3Score160Shelves

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    These should meet your requirements.

17. 17 老 This Old Monk Wants to Return to Secular Life 老衲要还俗 Wandering Son of the World天涯浪子Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An accident made Fang Ze the only son of the head of Qingzhou City’s foremost family. In this world where cultivators reign supreme, Fang Ze cannot cultivate, so he uses his modern knowledge to harness spiritual energy as a new power source and create all kinds of novel gadgets. He sets trends and ushers in a new era of cultivation for everyone! 24Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 无 The Boundless Holy Buddha 无疆圣佛 Wandering Stranger泊异客Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Beyond the Boundless Realm lie eight Demon Caves, each one a world of its own. For endless ages, the Boundless Realm has stood opposed to the Demon Caves. The human, demon, and sea races of the Boundless Realm have produced countless exceptional figures, and the Demon Caves have never managed to invade. Ten thousand years ago, the human and demon races opened an Immortal Realm at the heart of the Boundless Realm in order to break through to a higher level. But the demon race betrayed them, and t 470Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 被 Day and Night, Hounded by Nezha, Yang Jian, and Sun Wukong 被哪吒杨戬孙悟空追堵的日日夜夜 Lucky Star吉人天相星Ancient Romance489k WordsCompleted [No romance + universally adored heroine + intense unrequited love + ships with everyone + myth retelling] After being transmigrated into Guanyin, Hua Lian is busy today helping the reborn Yang Jian mend his ways, tomorrow saving Nezha from a deadly fate, and the day after stopping Sun Wukong from turning evil. And that's not even counting the White Snake, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, or The Love of the Celestial Maiden and the Mortal. Even ancient myths are going wildly off the rails! E 2.6kReads9.3Score321Shelves

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    🍁The protagonist's path to Buddhism should have led to him directly becoming a Bodhisattva [smirk]. The protagonist wakes up to find himself transformed into Guanyin Bodhisattva, thinking he can finally relax for a while, but he's incredibly busy! He's either busy redeeming the reborn Yang Jian, helping Nezha overcome his death tribulation, or stopping Sun Wukong from turning evil! Not to mention the White Snake, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, and The Fairy Couple, even ancient myths and legends are all going awry!

20. 20 凡 Ordinary Monk 凡僧 Bang Jing帮景Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Buddhist cultivation] [A mortal’s journey] [Tightly paced plot] Suffering from an incurable illness, Xu Xin searches the land for renowned doctors in hopes of staying alive. In the end, he learns that only cultivating immortality can prolong his life. But with a mixed spiritual root, he is rejected by every major cultivation sect. By a twist of fate, a Buddhist order takes him in. From then on, he embarks on a path of cultivation in search of the truth, proving to the world that even an ordinar 78Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is a Buddhist practitioner, gentle and refined, and strictly adheres to the precepts. This is the only book like it; you won't find another one.

21. 21 电 TV Dramas Help Me Live Forever 电视剧助我长生 Mu Shaobai牧少佰Male-Channel Fanfiction643k WordsCompleted Xu Li transmigrates into the soul of someone in a world of superpowers, only to find he’s a total loser. Luckily, he awakens a Film and TV System and uses it to become a mighty figure in another world. In The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he takes on the role of Lin Pingzhi and claims the Nine Swords of Dugu. In The Return of the Condor Heroes, he becomes the Golden Wheel Dharma King and obtains Dragon-Elephant Prajnaparamita. In Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, he becomes You Tanzhi... By traveling throug 472Reads6.5Score101Shelves
22. 22 文 Showbiz: What? This Host Is Warming Up! 文娱：什么？这个主持人正在热身！ Twenty-Seventh of the Twelfth Month廿月二七Urban713k WordsOngoing “Sports, arts, variety shows, news, singing, film and television, galas, documentaries... You can host all these kinds of shows?” “I can manage.” “They’re all different. You know how to handle every one of them?” “More or less. I know a little about them.” “I don’t believe you.” “That’s fine. I also know a tiny bit about talk shows.” Later, a saying spread throughout the entertainment industry: “What? The host is warming up?” 4Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 法 Fahai Is Here: One Punch Shatters the Gods and Buddhas Above 法海在此：一拳震碎漫天神佛 Night Rain and Wind夜雨风声Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted His soul transmigrated into Fahai, and he awakened astonishing insight. Buddhist teachings and supernatural powers came to him in an instant! The Arhat’s golden body that others spent a thousand years cultivating? He understood it in moments. The secret truths of the Buddhas that others could only dream of attaining? One touch was all it took for him to grasp them! The gods and Buddhas in the heavens feared his talent and joined forces to destroy him! Fahai stood proudly before Jinshan Temple, h 41Reads—Score104Shelves
24. 24 综 Wuxia Crossover: Trained at Shaolin, Li Hanyi Coaxes Me to Break My Vows 综武：师出少林，李寒衣哄我破戒 Tao Shu Ge涛书阁Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Ye Fan transmigrates into a martial arts world and spends three years practicing Buddhism and swordsmanship at Shaolin Temple, inheriting seventy percent of Li Chun'gang's cultivation and learning a protective martial art. After descending the mountain, he settles old scores, earns travel money, ventures into Tianqi, and reunites with old acquaintances. Relying on his wits and strength, he takes part in Li Changsheng's academy examination, determined to reach the summit of swordsmanship, protect 95Reads—Score120Shelves
25. 25 西 Journey to the West: Sun Wukong Eats Tang Sanzang and Kills Zhu Bajie 西游，孙悟空吃唐僧肉，杀猪八戒 The World's Mightiest Little Fox宇宙无敌小狐狸Eastern Fantasy80k WordsCompleted Five hundred years after their journey to the West, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Tang Sanzang, and Sha Wujing reunite. This time, they aren't going west to fetch the scriptures. They're searching for the forty-nine sariras to bring Buddha Tathagata back to life. A fearsome demon, the Ape Ghost King, is wreaking havoc across the Three Realms, and only Buddha Tathagata can pin him beneath Five Finger Mountain. Five hundred years have passed, and everything has changed. Sun Wukong loves eating Tang Sanza 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Journey to the West is for you.

26. 26 我 I Became a Saint Through Merit, and You Say My Wife Is a Demon? 我功德成圣，你说家妻是妖 Short on Talent, Blunt of Mind才短思涩Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted “You’re saying my gentle, virtuous, peerlessly beautiful wife is a demon?” “Not just a demon, but the Demon Empress.” “And what of it?” Li Yun stood with his hands behind his back, revealing his hundred-zhang golden body of merit. “My merit is boundless. So what if my wife is a demon?” 6.2kReads8.0Score486Shelves
27. 27 我 I'm No Ordinary Monk 我是个非一般和尚 Little Zhixiao小小吱效Urban411k WordsCompleted Liao Shisong, a young monk who transmigrated to Sakura Country, inherits his father’s Medicine Master Temple. On the surface, he chants sutras and prays to the Buddha, but in reality, he uses Buddhist teachings and ritual implements to make money. By chance, he activates a mysterious Enhancement System that can boost the abilities of objects. With the System’s help, Liao Shisong gradually discovers that he can enhance not only ritual implements, but his own abilities as well. However, as he enco 10Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 被 Only After a Snake Bite Did I Understand Xu Xian's Joy 被蛇咬过，才知道许仙的快乐 Sweet Potato Monster红薯怪Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted At first, Jiang Yuan only wanted to secretly become a legend of the martial world. It wasn't until he met Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing that he realized this world was far from simple. In Zhongzhou's Chaoge, there's a fox queen who loves fame and diligently governs the mortal realm. In Shuzhou's Emei, there's a three-eyed Daoist who spends his days splitting mountains and shooting down the sun, neglecting his proper duties. In the northern seas' frozen wastes, there's a golden-armored demon who calls 15.4kReads7.7Score1.2kShelves
29. 29 小 This Monk Is Pretty Impressive 小僧有点厉害 Tom and Xiaoxin汤姆和小新Eastern Fantasy240k WordsCompleted Once upon a time, there was a mountain. On the mountain stood a temple, and in that temple lived a young monk named Yiyuan. Ever since he was little, Yiyuan had one wish: to live a long, peaceful life, spending a hundred years in the temple's back mountains without a single worry. Jianghu: Sorry, you're the protagonist. Come on, let's dance! Yiyuan: ... 146Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    🔔A monk who cultivates Buddhism, gentle and refined. ①A monk who grew up in a temple only wanted a peaceful life, but being in the martial arts world, he was constantly plagued by trouble (princes, city lord's daughters, genius teenagers, old men). Although the story is finished, it only told a wonderful beginning [learned something]. ②Transmigrating to various martial arts worlds, with the help of a system, he plays the role of a Buddhist monk in a vast world, with all sorts of eccentric monks, high looks, high martial arts skills, and even reciting poetry at the beginning, thus shocking the martial arts world 😨.

30. 30 给 A Taste of the Thunderbolt Monk’s Shock and Awe for the Wuxia World 给综武世界来点霹雳和尚的震撼 The Mirror Has Chronic Laziness镜子有懒癌Two Male Leads1.7M WordsCompleted [Why does this keep getting longer? (╯°□°)╯] Liu Qingyuan never imagined that he'd die just from taking a nap, then get dragged into a transmigration by a System after death. He'd only just escaped the nightmare of working 996 hours, and now he had to complete the System's missions. But these missions were ridiculous. He had to transmigrate into a shared wuxia world and collect emotional energy by acting through secret identities in a series of absurd scenarios: killing himself, falling in love 3.3kReads8.6Score213Shelves
31. 31 佛 The Buddhist Sect's Biggest Turncoat 佛门最大二五仔 I Was Snatched Away by a Monster Again我又被妖怪抓走了Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted It's not that being a monk isn't a good deal. It's that female benefactors offer better value! Abbot, take a step back. Leave this female benefactor to me! When I'm out in the world, I'm meek and mild. Back at my sect, I hit back hard! Abbot, step aside. Even if the Buddha himself showed up today, he couldn't save you. I said it! 2.5kReads8.0Score154Shelves

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    I've been following this book recently. The title almost ruined it, but it's actually quite good. The rating is clearly too low. You might want to check it out if you're looking for something to read.

32. 32 惊 Thriller Game: I Became Invincible by Tapping an Electronic Wooden Fish 惊悚游戏：从敲电子木鱼开始无敌 Fish: I Got It!鱼：我摸到啦！Mystery534k WordsCompleted [Horror Game + Absurd Comedy + Infinite Levels + No Female Lead + Invincible + System] What era are we living in? Why are people still stockpiling traditional merit? After transmigrating, Hao Ren obtained an absurd Quantum Merit System that let him earn merit by purifying the paranormal. Before being selected by the horror game, he was timid and deferential, earning merit only by helping little old ladies cross the street. After being selected, Hao Ren tapped an electronic wooden fish to accumul 806Reads8.9Score103Shelves

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    🦋Xiao Li's Book Recommendation🦋 The main characters both cultivate Buddhism: ① They knock on electronic wooden fish, meet mecha Buddhas, worship cyber Guanyin, accumulate quantum merit, and cultivate the Yuan Universe True Scripture...[Laughs] ② A love-hate relationship between a demon and a Buddhist disciple. Highly recommended. Please witness the extreme tug-of-war in their relationship. This is a dual-male lead story; please do not read if you mind. [Please follow]

33. 33 圣 Holy Monk, Calm Down! This Isn’t How You Exorcise a Demon Lord 圣僧冷静，魔尊不是这样渡的 Despairing Emperor绝望皇Two Male Leads139k WordsOngoing [Two male leads] [Reincarnated holy monk vs. demonic leader, both strong] [Domineering, hot-tempered, stunning, proud sect leader vs. ascetic, obsessive, germophobic holy monk] [Forbidden sweet romance, come on in!] Nian Ci, a holy monk reincarnated from a Buddha, gave half his cultivation to save Tan Wuwang, the dying leader of the demonic cult. After saving the demonic leader, the first thing the cool, detached holy monk asked was, “Why did you do that to me?” Tan Wuwang's eye twitched. If he 593Reads8.9Score100Shelves
34. 34 贫 This Monk Has Passed Away. Please Light Incense If You Need Anything 贫僧已圆寂，有事请点香 Shaved My Head to Become a Nun削发为尼Eastern Fantasy369k WordsCompleted In the third year of the Yuansheng era of the Great Liang, Li Xuantong transmigrated into the body of a young novice monk at Jinshan Temple, burdened with an arranged childhood engagement. His fiancée was chosen by an immortal sect to embark on the path of cultivation. She promised Li Xuantong that she would return to marry him once she succeeded in her cultivation. Who could have known that the wait would last a full sixty years? Li Xuantong passed away. In this life, he neither attained Buddha 3.1kReads6.3Score306Shelves
35. 35 综 Wuxia Crossover: Ten Years Imprisoned in the Sutra Library, Invincible the Moment I Emerge 综武：自囚藏经阁十载，出世即无敌 Big Bread Superman大面包超人Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsCompleted A three-foot blade in hand, Longquan steel; a young man rides through a border town. Ying Qi’s soul transmigrated into a world where the martial arts realms converged. He became the First Emperor of Qin’s ninth son, but disliked the deceit and intrigue within the imperial family, so he left Xianyang and joined Shaolin Temple as a lay disciple. Then he unexpectedly awakened the Bookworm System. As long as he carefully read a scripture, he could automatically extract its key information, grasp all 1.1kReads7.9Score194Shelves
36. 36 魔 Demon's Body, Buddha's Heart 魔身佛心 No River, No Dust无江无尘Eastern Fantasy478k WordsOngoing (Buddhist cultivator, with demonic energy in his body but Buddha in his heart, no System, intelligent protagonist, no heroine) “Wuchen, have you really made up your mind?” “Yes, Abbot.” Hearing the old monk beside him voice his doubts, Wuchen nodded and gazed toward the distance at the foot of the mountain. That was where the mortal world lay, with cooking smoke curling into the sky, worldly affairs and the warm glow of countless homes. But there, too, wars raged, and people suffered through eve 77Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 我 I, the Buddhist World-Honored One, Sign In at the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda for a Hundred Years 我，佛门世尊，锁妖塔签到一百年 Creative Wang Xiaojian创意王小贱Eastern Fantasy360k WordsOngoing Lin Fan transmigrated to a xuanhuan world and became an utterly ordinary monk sweeping the floors at the Vajra Temple. By chance, he bonded with a sign-in System. As long as he signed in at the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda every day, he could claim a reward. Ding! Sign-in successful. Reward: [Great Sun Indestructible Body]! Ding! Sign-in successful. Reward: [Tathagata Palm]! Steady and cautious by nature, Lin Fan resolved never to leave the temple until he was invincible under heaven. He kept s 2.2kReads8.2Score101Shelves
38. 38 大 Bold Demon! I Am Monk Fahai 大胆妖孽，贫僧法海 Night Rain and Wind夜雨风声Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Reborn in a vast mythical world, he becomes a disciple at Jinshan Temple and takes on the identity of Fahai. Blessed with heavenly wisdom and extraordinary insight, he instantly comprehends Buddhist teachings and divine powers, opening the Five Eyes and attaining the Six Supernatural Powers. His Arhat’s golden body suppresses every evil under heaven, unmoving as a mountain. With the Great Freedom Contemplation, he beholds the Buddhas and deities of the heavens and comprehends divine powers. The 78Reads7.7Score—Shelves
39. 39 兰 Twenty Years of Sign-Ins at Lanruo Temple, Then the Mighty Heavenly Dragon Descends! 兰若寺签到二十年，大威天龙降世！ Time Won't Wait光阴留不住Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a mythological world overrun by monsters, he starts out as a disciple of Lanruo Temple! Fortunately, he awakens a god-tier sign-in System. By checking in at a different location every day, he can earn all kinds of rewards! Sign in at the Scripture Pavilion and receive the Great Might Heavenly Dragon! Sign in at the Hall of the Great Hero and receive the Tathagata Palm! Sign in at the City of Wrongful Death in Hell and receive the Diamond Dharma Body! Twenty years later, 3kReads5.3Score225Shelves
40. 40 从 Starting in Shuangqi Town, I’ll Slay My Way Through the Heavens 从双旗镇开始，刀斩诸天 So Good太好看了Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [The Outcast crossover] [Wuxia] [Late Qing Dynasty] [Guanzhong blade-for-hire] [National and family vendettas] Screen works featured so far: The Outcast, The Swordsman in Double Flag Town, The Blade, A Touch of Zen, The Grandmaster, Fist of Legend, the Huo Yuanjia series, House of Flying Daggers, The Gold Robbers, the Huang Feihong series... I have two blades. One is called Hero. The other is called Spare My Life. Hero isn't heroic. And Spare My Life won't spare anyone. I'm a Guanzhon 45.6kReads9.0Score4.5kShelves
41. 41 西 Journey to the West: Travelogue 西游旅记 Qin Tianming Xuan Niao秦天命玄鸟Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary young man wakes up one day to find himself in another world, where everyone calls him the Tang Monk... “I'm doing the Journey to the West? Seriously?” “I'll see all eighty-one thousand miles and laugh my way through eighty-one tribulations?” “I'm just a gentle monk with little fighting ability, but my three disciples are another story.” “Amitabha. I kill to protect life; I destroy karma, not people.” “Wukong, once we've retrieved the scriptures, do you think your master could return 12.3kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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    "I must remind you one more time: once you put on the golden headband, you will no longer be an ordinary person. You must not indulge in any worldly desires. If you are tempted, the golden headband will tighten around your head, causing you unbearable suffering."

42. 42 我 I'm Just a Mortal, So Why Does Everyone Call Me the Holy Land's Ancestor? 我一凡人，为啥都叫我圣地老祖？ Silver Vow银色誓言Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Fantasy + Misunderstandings + Light System + Subverting Tropes + Funny and Easygoing] My name is Lin Fan, and I’m in a real fix. I have no cultivation, no schemes, and no connections, yet I’ve suddenly been mistaken for the ancestor of a sacred land and saddled with the fate of all humanity. This plot doesn’t seem right! “Just as expected of the Ancestor. None of us can see through your cultivation!” That’s because I don’t have any cultivation at all! “The Ancestor’s brilliant plans have dealt 66.1kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves

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    Highly recommended! 🎉 The male protagonist transmigrates to another world and becomes a novice monk, assigned to the menial labor quarters. Fortunately, he awakens a lucky charm, embarking on a path of enlightenment through sweeping. He yearns for light, avoids violence, and dedicates himself solely to good. In this other world, he uses his broom as a pen and his heart as a scroll, silently writing his own unique legend of enlightenment, much like a solitary lotus, upholding purity in the mud and radiating holy light.

43. 43 我 I Plant a Bodhi Tree Within Me, and My Cultivation Arts Bring Infinite Enlightenment on the Path to Buddhahood 我身种菩提树，功法成佛无限顿悟 Sliding on Melon Rinds溜瓜皮Eastern Fantasy192k WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless, endless epiphanies, rapid level-ups] Lu Sheng transmigrates to a fantasy world, only to discover a Bodhi tree growing in his dantian. Every cultivation technique he practices lets him attain Buddhahood on the spot, granting him endless epiphanies beneath the Bodhi tree. While everyone else is still working themselves to the bone, Lu Sheng has already quietly reached the summit, astounding them all. As the saying goes: Plant a Bodhi tree within, keep a mirror-clear heart, 546Reads—Score100Shelves
44. 44 斩 Slay the Gods: Wanderer of Fangcun Mountain, Ender of the Age of Chaos 斩神：方寸山行走，终结乱世源！ Raise a Sword and Ask the Book提剑问书Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Ye Ming transmigrates into the world of Slay the Gods and becomes the Bodhi Patriarch's agent! The Divine Ruins' [Three Teachings Assembly] lets words become reality! From the start, he learns the Great Grade Celestial Immortal Art, gaining immense strength, superhuman senses, and unparalleled insight. He later masters a host of divine abilities, including the External Body Incarnation and the Law of Heaven and Earth... As long as he completes the Patriarch's trials, he can even merge with the i 29.1kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
45. 45 日 Japanese Horror: What? I'm Fighting Hellstar! 日恐：什么？我打地狱星！ Tian Yiyou天一又Anime Fanfiction819k WordsOngoing Reincarnated as Chong Ying, only to find herself in a Japanese horror setting. A fellow patient next door has just given birth to Tomie, while she starts out with a long-dream script in which she dreams for a thousand years and will turn to dust within three months at the latest. Long-legged fish are stirring, a biohazard outbreak is imminent, human-head balloons are watching hungrily, and the Hellstar is drooling. World-ending disasters come one after another, while Kayako, Mamiya, and Sadako a 4.9kReads8.7Score342Shelves

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    Cultivating Buddhism and the mind, one finds the right path in dreams, seeing the goddesses of the six desire realms without falling into lower realms.

46. 46 恐 Horror Revival: I Am Monk Sanzang, Sanzang as in Burying the Dead 恐怖复苏：贫僧三葬，送葬的葬 Loves Apple Pie爱吃苹果派Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Horror Revival] [Invincible] [System] [Comedy] [This book is entirely fictional and has no connection whatsoever to reality.] After transmigrating into a world where horror had returned, he awakened the System for Delivering All Beings from Suffering. Only, the way it delivered people seemed a little... Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, depleted uranium bullets purify the six senses. Three thousand six hundred revolutions in a single breath, great compassion saves all the world! The Great Mighty Heaven 4.8kReads8.8Score366Shelves

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    Jinshan Temple, Mahavira Hall. The air is filled with the glow of candles and the fragrance of sandalwood. Beneath the Buddha statue, Abbot Lingyou sits cross-legged. His eyelids droop, wrinkled and hunched, his back bent, as if he lacks the strength to support himself and is about to curl up into a ball. His seven disciples stand side by side, their faces etched with sorrow.

47. 47 这 This Tang Monk Takes Advice Too Seriously, and Journey to the West Has Gone Off the Rails! 这个唐僧太听劝，西游崩坏了！ Minghuo Jiangcheng明火江成Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted When the young Jiang Liu'er was starving, he somehow connected to the “Zhihu” System. At first, he only wanted to stop feeling so hungry. But after reading the many answers from Zhihu users, Tang Sanzang developed a new perspective on the world. “To kill in order to protect life, to end karma is not to kill. I will begin by protecting those who are kind at heart.” “This humble monk must keep striving, so that the journey to the West will be effortless.” “It's better to rely on yourself than ask 2.3kReads8.4Score187Shelves

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    Bao is gentle and refined, not violent, and uses his words to break down people's defenses.

48. 48 楞 Shurangama Altar 楞严坛 The Great Shurangama Mantra楞严大咒Eastern Fantasy831k WordsOngoing This book is adapted from the Shurangama Sutra and covers all of its important teachings. The first volume is exactly 500,000 words and serves as a prequel to the novel. The main story begins in Volume Two. If you only want to read the story, start with Volume Two. If anything is unclear, go back to Volume One to learn how it all began. 246Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm planning to change the book title for a book test, brothers, please give me some suggestions in the comments section. Titles include: "Starting with a Shurangama Altar, Suppressing All Heavens," "In the Dharma-Ending Age, Only I Have a Shurangama Altar," "In My Past Life, I Was the Guardian of the Shurangama Altar," "Slaughtering All Heavens, Only to Forge the Supreme Shurangama Altar," "Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, There Is a Shurangama Altar," "I Re-establish the Order of Heaven with the Shurangama Altar," "I Attained Sixty Sacred Paths on the Shurangama Altar," "In the Dharma-Ending Age, Only My Shurangama Altar Can Attain Sacredness," "The Purple Star Sage Rebuilds the Shurangama Mandala," "The Purple Star Sage of the Shurangama Altar," "The Shurangama Altar: Unifying the Earth," "The Shurangama Altar: What Kind of Buddha Can You Cultivate Without Money?" "The Shurangama Sutra: The Shurangama Mandala," "The Shurangama Mandala: The Sixty Jiazi Grand Array," "The Shurangama Mandala: The Earth Became a Hundred Times Larger," "The Shurangama Mandala: The Kingdom of Women," "You Were Asked to Read the Shurangama Sutra, and You Actually Wrote a Novel," and "The Shurangama Altar: The Awakening of the Purple Star Sage." "The Shurangama Mantra: At the Beginning, I Received Sixty Jiazi Divine Generals as Sword Spirits," "The Shurangama Mantra: A Buddhist Gangster," "The Shurangama Mantra: Only Dad Is Good in the World," "The Shurangama Mantra: The New World Order," and "The Shurangama Mantra: I Became a Buddha by Sleeping." These are the titles for now. The content is fine. I'm an experienced author who has been practicing the Shurangama Mantra for twenty years. You're sure to reap the rewards by directly following the novel's teachings. If you have any content you'd like to see, please leave the book title in the comments section. I update about 5,000 words daily and also have to recite the Shurangama Mantra 28 times every day. Due to life's trivial matters, I can only update at midnight every day. These are Buddhist transformation novels, suitable for readers living a fast-paced life in the Dharma-ending Age. It's a practical read. To be honest, I don't really want to change the titles. The author wrote this book to build his own Shurangama Mantra City, and has been working towards it for several years. Fellow practitioners, please help!

49. 49 转 I Changed Classes to Buddha and Liberated a Million Demons with One Palm 转职佛祖，一掌超度百万魔 Constantine Needs to Quit Smoking康斯坦丁要戒烟Urban100k WordsOngoing Games invade reality, and the age of universal class advancement has arrived! Zhou Mingyuan awakens the most ridiculous class quest: [Endure a Thousand Days of Hardship and Suffer on Behalf of the World]! He bears thorns under the scorching sun and sleeps on a bed of nails on freezing nights. After 999 days of inhuman torment, the whole world believes he's a hypocrite putting on a show. Until the thousandth day, when Zhou Mingyuan awakens a divine-level Buddhist class! He can comprehend every Bu 1Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 重 Reborn in Uncle Nine's World: I Became the Supreme of Buddhism 重生九叔世界：我成为佛门至尊 Herbalist Writer本草写作郎Mystery442k WordsOngoing One soul, three lives, three achievements: in the Age of the End of Dharma, he walks a path to perfecting the Three Bodies. In his first life, he is the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand's monks. After seventy years of ascetic practice, he severs every affliction and attains arhatship, achieving the Dharma Body. He could have entered nirvana forever, but at the edge of extinction, he hears a baby cry in the human world. So he turns back, reenters the Saha world, and subdues evil spirits. In his seco 64Reads—Score—Shelves

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