Any Books About the Seventy-Two Earthly Arts? 有没有地煞七十二术之类的书

1. 1 甲 Sixty Years of Demon Slaying: This Taoist Gets Stronger with Every Kill! 甲子荡魔：这个道士杀怪就变强！ You Have Health Insurance, You Go First你有医保你先上啊Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Animated adaptation now airing] There are only fake tragic twists, no real ones, so enjoy without worry! [Decisive and ruthless] [Dark cultivation] [Slow burn] [Gender equality] [No female lead] [Sword immortal] War and calamity rage across the land, monsters run rampant. The human world is a furnace, and its people are mere weeds. Shen Hui transmigrates one day and becomes a Taoist priest at Qingfeng Temple on Qilu Mountain. He intends to spend each day meditating and cultivating qi, pursuing 274.5kReads8.5Score35.5kShelves

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   The most fitting answer is the same as the Earthly Fiends, roaming the world with a sword to right wrongs; the author's writing style is also very good.

2. 2 玄EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 138.6kReads9.6Score14.4kShelves

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   Both are martial arts novels, and the grudges and affections are written exceptionally well. Some parts are so similar to Di Sha that they almost seem like plagiarism, but that doesn't detract from the fact that it's a good book.

3. 3 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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   These books all feature protagonists with cheat-like abilities, especially the first one written by Jijiu, which is captivating in both its writing style and plot. The only problem is that Jijiu seems to be constantly running dungeons, so I wonder if I'll ever finish reading it in my lifetime.

4. 4 凡 Mortal Cultivation: I Have a Divine Ability Cauldron 凡人修仙，我有一个神通鼎 A Fei Who Longs for Cats一只想猫的飞Eastern Fantasy572k WordsCompleted Also known as: A Mortal’s Path to Immortality: From the Nine Breaths Technique to a Counterattack. [Mortal-style cultivation] [Thirty-Six Heavenly Powers] [Slow burn] [No harem] [One female lead] [No brainless characters] [Decisive and ruthless] Zhou Yuyan discovers that he has transmigrated into the cultivation world, and starts with a useless spirit root. The spiritual power in his dantian is devoured by a little cauldron. But as long as he spends money on pills, the cauldron returns divine Da 1.4kReads8.0Score105Shelves
5. 5 开 Cultivating the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends from the Start 开局修炼地煞七十二 The Mad Little Thief疯狂的小贼Eastern Fantasy494k WordsOngoing Wang Ran transmigrates to a world of cultivation because of an old book with yellowed pages, where he cultivates the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Divine Powers. But this world is far from safe: there are demons, immortals, devils, and even terrifying, uncanny evil entities. As soon as he arrives in this world, one of those entities sets its sights on him. If he wants to survive, he has no choice but to keep going down this path, all the way to immortality. 25Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 6 每 Refreshed Daily, I Master the Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations 每日刷新，我会地煞七十二变 A Fei Who Longs for Cats一只想猫的飞Xianxia99k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch, no mindless power fantasy, no harem, Daoist powers, survivalist style!] Shen Yue transmigrates to the cultivation world. From the start, his ancestral home is snatched away and his cheat is burned, but instead, his golden finger awakens. The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Transformations! Every divine ability is a golden finger! Other people get one. I get seventy-two! A different one to play with every day! With great strength, wonders abound; counting gold and silver kee 147Reads—Score—Shelves

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   As you can tell from the title, it's about the 72 Divine Powers of the Earthly Fiends. It's currently being serialized and is very popular. Welcome to read, collect, and comment...

7. 7 天 The Seventy-Two Transformations of Tiangang and Disha 天罡地煞七十二变 Yi Ding易鼎Eastern Fantasy895k WordsOngoing Demons run rampant, and ghosts devour people. Wild dogs dig up graves, fox spirits knock on doors, and eerie spirits wear painted faces! The calamity of heaven and earth has arrived, and all living things are as insignificant as ants. With a manual for slaying demons in hand, Jiang Chen will carve a brighter world out of this dark age! In this life, I ask nothing of the next. I seek only eternal life! 27.1kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves

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   Wild dogs dig up graves, fox spirits bewitch hearts, and ghostly figures with painted skins knock on doors at night... In this chaotic world where demons and monsters roam, Jiang Chen holds a scroll of "Demon Slayer Manual" in his hand, slaying demons and monsters, vowing to carve out a bright and clear world!

8. 8 掐 One Quick Calculation, and I Know You’re a Fugitive! 掐指一算，你是逃犯！ Red Flowers and Green Willows花红柳绿Mystery4.2M WordsOngoing Su Chen, a top-tier celestial master, transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a widower with the same name. His wife has just died, and his five children are crying for food. After searching the entire house, he finds only ten yuan. Without hesitation, Su Chen takes the money to Chunming Street, the busiest street in the city, and puts an ad in the newspaper: “Fortune-telling. If I'm wrong, you don't pay.” “Granny, your daughter didn't go missing. She's in the stove at your son-in-law's house.” A 46.6kReads9.0Score4.6kShelves

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   A quick calculation tells me you're a fugitive. This book is similar to "72 Transformations of the Earthly Fiends." The protagonist is chivalrous and incredibly powerful, yet he doesn't get entangled in karma and absolutely won't interfere in things he shouldn't.

9. 9 百 The Hundred Demons Manual: A Peerless Daoist Text from the Start 百妖谱：开局捡到绝世道书 Governor of Three Provinces三州巡抚Eastern Fantasy443k WordsOngoing A strange book of Yin lore pulls the ordinary Li Feng into a bizarre and fantastical world. There are mountain spirits and monsters, unorthodox adepts, and ghosts and gods from every realm. With the help of the book, he becomes a Taoist priest of Zhenwu Mountain. Until one day, he discovers that people aren't always good, and demons aren't necessarily evil... A slumbering dragon, a fox bride, a jiangshi... Demons have their own ways. With the book in one hand and the power to drive tigers in the 255Reads5.0Score—Shelves

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   Seeing others pushing ahead puts me at ease; this book is guaranteed to leave a huge gap between me and others.

10. 10 地 The Earthly Fiend Daoist Scripture: Overcoming Calamity in the Mortal Realm 地煞道书：人间度厄 Long Zhaoyue龙昭樾Mystery153k WordsOngoing Chen Shouzhuo, a Taoist boy from a mountain village, was born under a deadly star and doomed to die alone. Every time he uses magic, his life is shortened. After his master vanishes, he follows a fragmentary manuscript into the mortal world, only to discover that the so-called “Heavenly Way” is nothing but a lie: Human suffering is the very sustenance that keeps the Heavenly Way alive. From haunted houses in mountain villages to eerie apartment blocks in the city, from ancient secret realms to b 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He took out a tinderbox and held it up, its faint light close to the knot in the nail head, examining it closely. The firelight illuminated the intricate knot, its winding pattern eerily regular: three loops, tightening tightly at the thickest part of the nail head, forming an impenetrable knot. The knot ends were completely exposed, deliberately left to the air and water, as if intentionally drawing upon the flow of energy from heaven and earth, the veins of the stream. "I've seen this knot before," Old Zhou said, blowing out the fire and putting away the tinderbox, his tone grave. "It's called the Soul-Guiding Knot."

11. 11 问 In Search of Immortality: A Questing Chronicle 问仙觅途志 The Sleepy Bug打瞌睡的虫Eastern Fantasy140k WordsOngoing Su Chen accidentally falls off a cliff. When he wakes, he discovers that he has transmigrated into a bizarre world and acquired a mysterious, wondrous book. From then on, each time he slays a demon, he gains a supernatural ability. In a world where immortals, Buddhas, demons, and devils run rampant, he embarks on the path to immortality. Where does the line between immortals, Buddhas, demons, and devils truly lie? Only after seeing through the illusions does he realize that everything is a dream 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is similar to the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends. [Admiration][Admiration]

12. 12 青 The Green Satchel Corpse Robe (Complete Collection, Volumes 1–3) 青囊尸衣（1-3册合集） Lu Banchi鲁班尺Mystery625k WordsCompleted In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), beneath the unsteady glow of an oil lamp, a white-bearded old man handed a cloth bundle to the jailer and whispered, “This can bring the dead back to life.” In the eighth year of Hongwu (1375), three days before Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his death, Liu Bowen faked his own death. Afterward, he hid in Wolong Valley and devoted all he had learned in his lifetime to completing The Corpse-Cloth Scripture. In 1975, within a single month, Zhu Hansheng, a barefoot do 19.3kReads9.4Score3.5kShelves

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    There's probably nothing comparable to what Tomato is writing right now; these two are still excellent novels that Tomato bought.

13. 13 三 The Ten Arts of the Three Pure Ones: The Celestial Venerable Descends the Mountain 三清十诀：天尊下山 Echoing Valley有回音的山谷Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Gu Feng possesses the ten strongest immortal arts in the world. He is a mortal emissary of the Nine Heavens, sent to walk among humanity. By his master's order and out of duty, Gu Feng enters the modern city… After wiping out a series of demons, ghosts, and wicked practitioners, he discovers that the mastermind behind it all is hiding on the legendary Immortal Island of Penglai! This earth-shattering conspiracy reaches far and wide. It involves the demon Taoists of Mount Mao in Yan Country, a 3.3kReads6.6Score189Shelves

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    It's worth reading; the quality is good, and it's not a bad article.

14. 14 长 The Longevity Sword, the Immortal of the Mortal Realm 长生剑，红尘仙 Feng Le枫乐Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Steady even in the thick of things, sharp-minded, kind-hearted, skilled in both combat and scholarship.] [Upright values, a conscience, and unmatched strength. Keep a low profile to the extreme, and you can afford to live boldly.] A little Taoist priest who has not yet mastered his skills arrives on the Flowing Cloud Continent. True to his unwavering Taoist convictions, he slays demons, exorcises evil, and upholds justice. This book is also titled The Longevity Sword, the Immortal of the Mortal 27.7kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves

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    Alright, this one is really good. It's tagged as a fantasy novel, but it's actually more like a Xianxia (fantasy martial arts) story, with plenty of chivalrous deeds and justice. [Thinking]

15. 15 你 You’re Reading a Novel, While I’m Looking in the Mirror 你在看小说，而我在照镜子 Gua Shisan卦十三Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Journey to the West + no System + only one satisfying moment, not a power fantasy] Have I lost my memories? Probably not. I only forgot how I died. That hardly counts as amnesia. Of course it doesn't. I came to a world I thought I knew. It could be called Journey to the West. But reality was so far from my ideals! Between Heaven, Earth, humans, gods, and ghosts, is there really a divide between good and evil, high and low? I was confused. The immortals seemed immortal, yet not; divine, yet not. 3.1kReads8.6Score207Shelves

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    I've lost my memory? Probably not. I just forgot how I died. How can that be called amnesia? Of course not. I've arrived in a world I thought I knew well, a world I could call Journey to the West. But the reality is so different from my expectations! Heaven, Earth, Humans, Gods, Ghosts—are there really distinctions of high and low, good and evil? I'm confused. Immortals are neither immortals nor gods, and among humans, good and evil are hard to discern.

16. 16 词 Traits: From the Five Decays of Heaven and Man to the Great Emperor Gouchen 词条：诸天从天人五衰到勾陈大帝 Eat Iron, Spit Fire, Shit Weights吃铁吐火屙秤砣Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [Body Tempering, Three Meters Tall, Steel Whip and Golden Mace, Ridiculous Stats, Four Faces and Eight Arms, Heaven and Earth as One, Building the Celestial Court] World War III has begun! The battlefield isn't on Earth... When the myriad heavens connected to Earth, the Sea of Worlds was laid bare before every nation. A 300 percent profit can make people willing to risk death, but what could an entire world drive a nation to do... And what about the endless worlds, for the gods? In this sea of 30.6kReads8.5Score3kShelves
17. 17 诡 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 40.2kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
18. 18 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves
19. 19 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
20. 20 幽 Chronicles of the Netherworld 幽明志 Pen Like a Hanging Blade笔若悬锋Mystery195k WordsCompleted [Chinese-Style Horror + Supernatural Mystery + Flesh Fusion + Lovecraftian] This is a slow-burn novel with an unconventional plot. Li Xuanfeng: I come from a world where people eat each other. Cui Chan Zi: What a coincidence. People eat each other in our world, too. With the Netherworld Records in hand, Li Xuanfeng is unwillingly swept into a secretive whirlpool where gods and demons intertwine. Will he offer up everything and become a sacrifice to the unorthodox path of immortality, or seek a w 238Reads—Score100Shelves

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    I think it's acceptable.

21. 21 人 Practicing Heretical Arts on the Unorthodox Path, I Refine Longevity with the Dao Fruit 人在旁门修邪术，我以道果炼长生 Miao Eats Fish媌吃鱼Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Classic Xianxia + Xian Hu Style + Unorthodox Cultivation + Taoist Style + Strange Tales Style + Primordial Spirit Cultivation + Ruthless and Decisive + Steady Cultivation] Thanks for asking. I’m in the unorthodox cultivation world, and spiritual energy is running dry. Taoists herd the masses, devour souls to refine qi, and great cultivators treat their disciples like sheep. The land is steeped in blood and filth. Young Jing Yuan is an aspiring cultivator who dreams of flying swords, spirit p 35.5kReads7.7Score3.7kShelves

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    Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Divine Power

22. 22 从 From Minor Unorthodox Cultivator to Primordial Spirit Dao Lord 从旁门小修到元神道君 Miao Eats Fish媌吃鱼Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Overpowered protagonist + ordinary mortal's journey + ruthless style + Immortal Gourd style + Deep Blue stat boosts + decisive and merciless + cautious cultivation + unorthodox methods + steady and prudent + cultivation + Daoist priest + Strange Tales + longevity + Primordial Spirit] In an immortal world, what could be better than being a young Daoist who admires beautiful women, loves flying swords, raises venomous insects, draws talismans, refines pills, and enjoys a long, carefree life? Unfo 15.4kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
23. 23 清 The Records of Qingxu’s Exorcisms 清虚伏魔录 Recluse of the Void虚中散人Urban1.4M WordsCompleted A traditional Taoist novel based on real events. This is not a power fantasy. The first forty-seven chapters lay the groundwork for the grand story to come, so please read them patiently. Nine to five, I’m an office worker tapping away at a keyboard in a high-end office tower, walking through the city’s central business district in a shirt and leather shoes, using office software to bustle between reports and proposals. At dusk, I’m a Qingwei Taoist of the San Tian Gate, carrying ritual implem 7kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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    The content of Taoist thunder magic is adapted from the author's real experiences. The book is full of exciting stories about exorcising demons and monsters. If you like Taoist literature, don't miss it.

24. 24 西 Journey to the West: Tracing All Worlds to Attain Enlightenment 西游之万界归源证大觉 Rivers and Seas Flow Vast and Strong江河海洋浩浩汤汤Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The main setting is the world of Journey to the West, with elements from Black Myth, Primordial Journey to the West, The Four Journeys, Dragon Ball, and other works inspired by Journey to the West... Li Haiyi transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West. With his golden finger, he joined Fangcun Mountain. He learned the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations and the Northern Sea Cloud-Roaming Art, thinking they were ordinary transformation techniques. He never expected that the Heavenly Stem 10.6kReads8.5Score831Shelves

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    This book perfectly matches your requirements. The protagonist learned the Thirty-Six Transformations of Heaven from the Bodhi Patriarch, and it's very well written. [Learned it!]

25. 25 乌 A Tujia Daoist by the Wu River 乌江边的土家道士 Old Ghost of the Tujia土家老鬼Eastern Fantasy963k WordsCompleted A graduate of a top university, unable to pass the civil service exam after years of trying and considering his family circumstances, accepts his family’s legacy and becomes a home-based Taoist priest. This Tao is not that Tao: it’s nothing like the Taoist priests we normally imagine. There are no strict rules and taboos, nor any grand mission to save all humanity. Yet this Tao is also that Tao: he wears the same robes, communicates with the realms of yin and yang, and does what he can to help. 873Reads6.5Score100Shelves

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    This book not only contains the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Techniques of Xuanmen, but also the Seventy-Two Hand Seals of Xuanmen, Shangqing Talismans, and more.

26. 26 天 The Tianshi Mansion’s Most Defiant Disciple 天师府第一反骨 Slaying Dragons in Early Summer屠龙半夏Ancient Romance123k WordsOngoing Zhang Tianxing was abandoned by her biological parents at the entrance to the Celestial Masters’ Residence when she was a baby. The old Celestial Master thought she was adorable, so he took her in as his disciple, making her the eleventh in line. Whenever the old Celestial Master told her to go east, she went west. When he told her to get up and meditate, she would lie down and contemplate the Dao instead. Rebellious to the core, that was her style. She thought she would spend her whole life at 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yeah, it has to be Long Da's new book. If you want to see updates, just keep up with the updates. If nobody reads this kid's work, he'll just give up.

27. 27 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
28. 28 斩 Slay Demons, Devour Sins, Drive Out Evil in the North! 斩妖吞孽，北极驱邪！ Aged Little Cabbage陈年小白菜Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing “The Great Emperor of the North Pole, Ziwei Yuxu, commands the stars above, governs the myriad laws in the middle, and rules Fengdu below. He is the lord of all the stars in the heavens, and the Northern Pole Exorcism Office is his duly appointed authority.” “Isn’t the Exorcism Office an internal Celestial Court department that judges matters involving ghosts and gods? Why call it a military bureau?” “Do you know what a ghost is?” “Isn’t a ghost just a ghost?” “The Taishang Tiantan Yuge says: ‘A 99.3kReads9.1Score10.2kShelves

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    I've looked around and no one recommends this. I think it's quite well-written, but the author recently had surgery and can't write anymore, so updates will have to wait a while.

29. 29 觉 Awakening the Demon-Subduing Record: I Guard the Mortal Realm with Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches 觉醒伏魔录，我以天罡地煞守人间 Rivers Don't Get Caught in the Rat Race川水不内卷Urban226k WordsOngoing Spiritual qi revival brings calamity as evil spirits run rampant. On his way home from work, ordinary young man Chen Jing encounters a corpse demon attacking someone and uses a brick to subdue it. He awakens the Record of Demon Subjugation: slay demons and banish evil, and he can unlock divine powers. He joins the Bureau of Spiritual Affairs and sets out on the path of slaying demons and banishing evil. With Earthly Fiends at my command today and Heavenly Spirits by my side tomorrow, even as ten 7Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 7 Bureau 749: I'm the Only One in the World Who's Read the Classic of Mountains and Seas! 749：全世界就我看过山海经！ Bai ZeMax白泽MaxMystery609k WordsOngoing (The rating will climb as soon as it opens.) [749, investigating the paranormal, the power to extract abilities, your name, stories from ancient mythological texts...] After transmigrating to Blue Star, Zhao Xiang thought he was destined to amount to nothing once again, until he saw the other side of the world. When he read the classified files at 749: [Headless Man: Headless, with eyes on his chest and a mouth at his navel, wielding a shield and an axe, possessing immense strength...] [Many-Tai 16.4kReads7.4Score1.5kShelves
31. 31 转 Reincarnated as the Dragon King of Jing River, My Mom Turns Me In to the State 转生井龙王，我被我妈上交国家 Jade Tower Facing Heaven玉阙朝天Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Pledge allegiance to the nation] [Guardian Dragon of the Nation] [Reborn as the Well Dragon King in Journey to the West] I transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West as a koi carp who was the Dragon King of a well in the cold palace of Chang’an. I was about to lose my divine position for failing to meet my performance targets. I also had to put up with vengeful ghosts and evil spirits formed from disfavored concubines and palace maids bullying me! Fortunately, my phone had turned into 19.4kReads7.6Score1.7kShelves
32. 32 开 From the Start, I Come Ashore as the Iron Ox Who Guards the River, Devour Evil Spirits and Become a God! 开局镇河铁牛上岸，我噬诡成神！ One Sword Gathers the Starry River一剑揽星河Eastern Fantasy624k WordsCompleted [Fantasy with a twist] [Eerie] [Cultivation] [Longevity] [Immortals] [Transmigration] [Cultivation] [Decisive and ruthless] [Multiple female leads] [Devouring] [Grow stronger by killing enemies] [Tales of the strange] [Overpowered] [Historical] [Supernatural] Shen An transmigrated to a world resembling the Song and Ming dynasties, where Eerie beings and cultivators existed. Fortunately, Shen An had a golden finger: whenever he killed an Eerie being, he could gain one of its abilities! He searche 2.8kReads6.1Score266Shelves
33. 33 山 The True Lord Who Manifested in the Mountains and Seas 山海显圣真君 Pei Bald Dog裴秃狗Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing Protagonist: Lu Chen [Feng shui and folk customs + unorthodox jianghu + cultivation of destiny] A humble herb gatherer glimpses mountains and seas in a dream, and from then on discovers a world unlike any he has known. From a herb gatherer on Dragonback Ridge to Chief Lu of the Tea-Horse Road; from a feng shui master who commands the unorthodox sects to a dragon-slayer of Great Qian whose destiny reaches sainthood… With his heavenly eye, he reads the flow of qi; leads goats to seize treasures; e 53.5kReads7.7Score4.6kShelves
34. 34 7 The 749th Bureau's Perennial Intern 749局的万年实习生 Sun and Moon Beneath the Sea海中日月Urban1.1M WordsOngoing This is a world where demons run rampant and evil gods watch from the shadows. Wang Yang transmigrates here and obtains a Myriad Worlds Lottery System. Killing demons earns him lottery chances, giving him the chance to draw treasures from the Myriad Worlds: Zanpakuto, the Twelve Zodiac Charms, the Golden Bell Shield, the Art of Sword Flight, a Steel Body, the Pangu Axe… From the start, a female ghost attacks him. Fortunately, he obtains Senbonzakura, turns the tables on the ghost, and begins his 606Reads—Score100Shelves
35. 35 从 From the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Fiends to True Immortality 从天罡地煞开始，修成真仙 I Should Have a Pen Name我应该有个笔名才对Eastern Fantasy101k WordsOngoing Transmigration + classical xianxia + folk legends and strange tales + a Taoist cultivator's path to immortality + the 108 divine arts of Tiangang and Disha Beneath Songfeng Temple, an old Taoist teaches the Dao while a young acolyte sits in quiet meditation. Watch the clouds gather and disperse, fox fairies dance, and restless spirits visit in dreams. Then hear of a bookstore haunted by a ghost. Tales of ghosts, immortals, and gods, neither illusion nor truth, eerie and enchanting, yet still 2Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 外 A Ghost on My Delivery Route: From the Start, I Draw Shi Jian, the Thunder-Wielding Master 外卖撞鬼：开局抽到雷电法王石坚 Suddenly, Spring Rain Arrives忽闻春雨来Mystery945k WordsOngoing [Transmigration]+ [Supernatural Revival]+ [Merit Draws]+ [Thunder Arts]+ [Invincible Wish Fulfillment]+ [Official Faction] Lin Ye transmigrated and had the honor of joining the ranks of food delivery workers, only to unexpectedly run into a female ghost. At the brink of life and death, the Merit Draw System awakened! Kill ghosts to earn merit, and use merit to draw cards! From the start, he drew the Thunder-Wielding Mage Shi Jian, mastered the Lightning Fist, and blasted the female ghost to deat 34.2kReads6.6Score3kShelves
37. 37 相 Trust the Science, I'm Just a Novelist 相信科学，我只是个写小说的 Si Han Lin Yu思函麟玉Urban1.3M WordsCompleted My name is Zhao Li. I discovered by chance that I could cultivate. On a blind date, I carefully asked her, a woman who worked for the national security intelligence bureau, “Does your department... ever deal with people with supernatural abilities?” She smiled with absolute certainty. “We live in a scientific age. There’s no such thing.” Until the day an evil spirit formed from yin energy ran wild, and a Taoist priest struggled to fight it. Instinctively, I struck out with my palm, and golden li 23.6kReads6.4Score2kShelves
38. 38 说 The Storyteller: Telling a Female Ghost About Zhu Xian from the Start 说书匠：开局给女鬼讲诛仙 Jin An Zai Hu今安在呼Eastern Fantasy343k WordsCompleted With nowhere else to turn, I tell a female ghost the story of Zhu Xian. Everyone else can play the zither, play chess, write calligraphy, and paint. Can you? I can be a wage slave. Can you? I wake up to find myself lost in a nest of vengeful ghosts, and in desperation, I have no choice but to start telling a story. 118Reads—Score106Shelves
39. 39 诡 Seeking Immortality in the Strange Realm: I Have a Divine Ability Tree 诡界求仙：我有一棵神通树 Calm Waters of the Xiang River湘水无波Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Masterful survivalist cultivation + eerie cultivation + Tiangang divine powers + ruthless and decisive + no harem + not a bleeding heart] Born as the master of divine powers, I am the Dao Lord of the cosmos! The eerie invaded, the Heavenly Dao collapsed, and the cosmos was left in ruins… The gods and Buddhas of the heavens, the great powers of the Immortal Dao, all vanished overnight. The path to immortality was severed, the divine path fell silent, and demons and monsters ran rampant. Where ar 74.7kReads8.3Score6.9kShelves
40. 40 神 The Divine Fire Path 神火大道 Among Mulberries and Pus桑间濮上Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing Mortal-style cultivation, no female lead, no golden finger Zhuang Yu, a boy from an ordinary fishing village, gets the chance to join the Qingyang Sect, a cultivation sect. There, he obtains a crude cultivation manual called The Divine Fire Ascension Art. Through countless dangers in the cultivation world, he gradually rises from a kind and honest young man to a ruthless overlord in his own right. [Lower Five Realms]: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Trans 6.2kReads8.5Score441Shelves
41. 41 功 Virtue Dao Lord: Beginning in the Republican Era 功德道君：从民国世界开始 The Laid-Back Soul of the Mortal World红尘懒散人Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Eastern cultivation fantasy + Xuanhuan + Traditional cultivation + Myriad Worlds + Tomb Raiding + Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + The Solar Immortal + Jade Dynasty + Lotus Lantern + System + No Heroine] Chen Ziping transmigrates to the Republic of China era and activates the Merit Exchange System. He slays wolf demons, destroys corpse kings, punishes the wicked, and helps the world and its people. He progresses from nurturing the body to nurturing his primordial essence, and from a ritual 1.9kReads6.8Score100Shelves

    Reader note

    Based on the Republican era, the original novel of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, The Lotus Lantern, and The Legend of the Swordsmen of Mount Shu, this story emphasizes both physical and spiritual cultivation, focuses on inner peace, and has sound moral values. It features no female lead.

42. 42 地 The Earth Fiend's Teapot Bearer 地煞执壶人 Hang Hang Hang Guanqi航航航观棋Eastern Fantasy288k WordsOngoing In an ancient-world apocalypse, a Daoist swordsman slays ghosts. He transmigrates straight into a ghost market overrun by demons! Nie Guanqi, who is terminally ill, unexpectedly gains the legacy of the Daoist Earthly Fiend. Demons come demanding his life and their “temple fees.” Having just found a chance to live, can he carve out a path to survival all by himself in this rotting world that devours people? 13Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    It's really good. It's about transmigrating to an ancient, apocalyptic world, where the protagonist kills a powerful demon to gain its inheritance, and there are also various conflicts between people.

43. 43 我 I Perform Exorcisms in a Strange World 我在诡异世界跳大神 Lost Fish Mint迷途鱼腥草Mystery983k WordsOngoing My name is Chen Ping'an. I’m a con man, and not a very good one. I broke my neck while performing an exorcism. When I opened my eyes again, I was in a terrifying otherworld overrun by strange creatures, where night itself claimed lives. From the start, I had only an oil lamp on the verge of going out, the “Yin-Guarding Lamp,” and a cold number on the back of my hand: [Remaining lifespan: 50 years]. It wasn’t until I was backed into a corner that I awakened my ability to “summon gods by spending 520Reads6.0Score103Shelves

    Reader note

    That would have been fine.

44. 44 出 The Life of a Spirit Medium’s Disciple 出马弟子的人生 The Number One Horse Who Writes Books写书的第马Mystery229k WordsCompleted A novel about real experiences and nothing but facts, centered on the real practice of spirit-mediumship! I hope you enjoy it! No fantasy power trips or immortal cultivation: every bit of it is based on real experiences! 271Reads8.1Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This isn't a fantasy/adventure novel; it's a self-narrative by the author of this shamanic text. It's very professional, explaining and demystifying shamanic practices. Whether you understand shamanism or not, you can understand its concepts from the text. It's very realistic.

45. 45 综 The Online Realm Descends: I Have the Divine Arts of Tiangang and Disha 综网降临：我有天罡地煞神通法术 No Ordinary Person, So-and-So自非庸人某某Sports654k WordsCompleted [Thirty-Six Heavenly Powers] + [Seventy-Two Earthly Arts] + [Modern Mythology Descends] The All-Net arrives, and only a handful of lucky people become players in the closed beta. During a prize draw for the beta players, Li Zhi unexpectedly wins the [Heavenly Book of Treasures]. The Heavenly Book has two volumes. The Heavenly Volume records the Thirty-Six Heavenly Divine Powers. The Earthly Volume records the Seventy-Two Earthly Arts. Now let's see how Li Zhi uses the Heavenly Book to make his m 1.4kReads7.1Score100Shelves
46. 46 出 A Chronicle of Debut 出道纪事 Flying Mountain, Unbroken Jade飞山不破玉Mystery527k WordsOngoing [No formulaic tropes, no wish fulfillment, no web-novel conventions, traditional supernatural fiction, based on real events. Read with caution if any of this bothers you.] I graduated from high school in 2014 and became a disciple of my master, Li Jingshan. I spent three years studying the Dao and another three learning the arts. Then I spent five years practicing them in the world, occasionally gaining new insights. I enjoy reading novels, but lament that today's books are all baseless fabricat 630Reads8.5Score123Shelves
47. 47 大 Heir to the Great Sage, Here to Settle Every Score in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 大圣传人，专治聊斋各种不服 Hermit Anshi安时居士Eastern Fantasy493k WordsCompleted An ancient book that fell from the sky changed the life of an eighteen-year-old from Northeast China. The moment Wang You’an opened it, he instantly mastered the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends. The Somersault Cloud, the Golden Cudgel, and the Great Sage’s divine armor all returned to him. At the same time, another side of the human world slowly unfolded. A woman’s sobs drift from an ancient temple in the dead of night. Foxfire flickers in an abandoned mansion. Paper figures at —Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    A young man from Northeast China inherits the legacy of the Monkey King, wielding divine armor and mastering the 72 Transformations of the Earthly Fiends. He roams among humans, ghosts, demons, and immortals, rewriting the original tragedy, befriending powerful figures in Heaven, and his next stop is to conquer the fox clans of the Western Regions!

48. 48 两 The Impermanent of Two Worlds: Beginning with the Ghostly Amusement Park 两界无常：从鬼趣图开始 Lord Qiwu齐物君Mystery117k WordsOngoing [Multiple Heroines] + [Multiple Storylines] + [Supernatural] + [Dual Transmigration] + [Large-Scale Episodic Drama] + [Ensemble Cast] When skewers on an old street meet life-taking funeral wails, an ordinary life plunges into the uncanny underworld in an instant. Xie Bi’an and Fan Wujiu, two ordinary working brothers, never imagined that a routine late-night barbecue would become the starting point of a life turned upside down. A terrifying funeral procession in ancient dress, with ghastly makeu 2Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This one is just beginning.

49. 49 冒EN Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.6M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 493.7kReads9.7Score71.7kShelves
50. 50 长 Longevity: A Well-Connected Immortal Court Official Slacks Off in the Mortal Realm 长生：仙庭关系户下界摸鱼 Core of Chaos混沌核心Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Immortal cultivation + no System + not a power fantasy + slow-paced + no female lead + pseudo-ensemble cast. Read with care if this isn’t your thing.] The mighty will of Heaven shines like a mirror, illuminating the causes and effects binding immortals and mortals alike. The countless living beings are like grains of sand, ground into the ashes of tribulation beneath mountains and rivers. A mysterious mirror hangs among the highest heavens, reflecting the lives of all beings in the Three Realm 215.1kReads9.0Score15.3kShelves

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