The Protagonist Uses Music and Instruments as Weapons, Like in The Emperor of the Guzheng 主角以音律、乐器为武器，类似琴帝

1. 1 灾 The Calamity Canticle 灾厄乐章 Braised Green Peppers红焖青椒Urban744k WordsCompleted [Musician + Summons + Mysterious Organization + Villain + No CP + Fun-Seeker] Perhaps, in some corner unknown to you, mysterious rituals are underway. Strange life forms secretly covet the flesh and blood of the living. The colossal entity that maintains order lurks beneath the surface of society. A bloated, foolish god's child rots and stinks in an underground palace. The giant king in the flames silently blesses his people. A fantastically colored giant shark swims through the deep sea. A skel 8kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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   Xu Du, the chief musician of the melody seat, the angel of gospel, the pillar of melody, the source of melody

2. 2 玄 Fantasy: Heaven-Inflicted Dao Wounds, and I Gain a Music Dao Realm 玄幻，天降道伤，获得乐道空间 Du Lie妒劣Eastern Fantasy238k WordsOngoing [Old-School Writing] [Xuanhuan] [White Hair] Feng Yi was twenty-one, suffering from leukemia and ALS. He died in a hospital bed, then was reborn in a Xuanhuan world. He was born into the Feng family of a county town. Half an hour after his birth, a golden bolt of lightning struck his body. [Host has obtained the Music Dao Dimension] A mechanical voice gave this notification, then disappeared. After being born, he became the youngest of the Feng family's three sons and was named Feng Yi. Aside fr 200Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Fantasy, time travel, the male protagonist uses the piano as a weapon to practice music. He died of illness in his previous life, was born in a fantasy world, suffered a Tao injury from the sky, has a space for music, has white hair, and embarks on the journey to cultivate immortality.

3. 3 顶 A Top-Tier Clan! My Music-Type Powers Make Me a God? I'll Wipe Out the Other Races! 顶级世家！我音系成神？灭异族！ San Dian Shui Ti三点水替Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible Protagonist + Genius Protagonist + Power Progression + Top-Tier Family Background + High Martial Arts + Music-Based Powers + Genius Ensemble + Comedy] An alien invasion threatens the Great Xia human race, which has fought for 300 years without being wiped out. Humanity awakens, producing all kinds of superpowered warriors who develop skills across a variety of schools. The world has its own unique rules, and the protagonist has female teammates. This is no ordinary story. Chen Xiyin' 19kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves

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   [Invincible flow + Genius flow + Anti-routine + Passionate + Alien race + Genius protagonist group + Funny + Development of skills + No female protagonist]

4. 4 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: I've Become a Music Legend! 灵气复苏：我成了曲爹！ Nothing Can Be Done无计奈何Urban355k WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + Urban + System + Entertainment + Everyday Life] Wu Xiaomu unexpectedly obtains a cultivation System. Completing missions rewards him with famous songs, movies, and TV dramas from Earth. He can use the reputation he earns to increase his own attributes. Listen to “Love Like a Tidal Wave,” and awaken a water-type ability. Listen to “The Direction of Light,” and awaken a light-type ability. Listen to “The Wind Is Rising,” and awaken a wind-type ability. Listen to “Tornad 266Reads5.7Score—Shelves
5. 5 乐 Is the Musician Class Weak? When the Suona Sounds, the Show Begins 乐师职业弱？唢呐一响，好戏开场 Half a Cup of Spring and Autumn半盏春秋Urban308k WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + The Weird Descends + A Touch of Lovecraftian Horror + Class Advancement for All + Beloved by Everyone + Musician + Suona Folk Music + Invincible All the Way] In his previous life, Sui He was born into a suona-playing family. He grew up surrounded by the sound of suonas, and in his eighteen years of life, his two favorite things were attending banquets and sitting at the village entrance, whistling at widows. In this life, Sui He transmigrated to a world invaded by games, where t 706Reads7.0Score133Shelves
6. 6 这 In This World, Singing Gives You Buffs 这个世界唱歌能加buff Dan Du丹毒Urban152k WordsCompleted Singing can make miracles happen. Human music brings fame, the music of the earth shapes fortune, and the music of heaven can change fate. One song, “Serve the Country with Utmost Loyalty,” drove the darkness back three thousand miles. Another, “Against the War,” helped soldiers wipe out a million enemies against all odds. And then there was “The Lone Warrior,” which inspired millions of brave souls to change careers and head for the battlefield. There was also “The Moon Represents My Heart,” wh 1.5kReads8.0Score186Shelves
7. 7 高 High Martial: With a System, I Take My Brothers to the Top 高武：拥有系统后带着兄弟起飞了 Seven-Colored Smoke柒色烟Two Male Leads222k WordsCompleted I wrote this on a whim. It’s painfully awkward, the characters are poorly defined, the writing style is unconventional, the prose is bad, and it ends abruptly. There’s no romance, and the plot is a mess. I wrote whatever came to mind in my dreams. Don’t read it!!!! You’ll die of secondhand embarrassment. 56Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 玄 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 170.4kReads9.6Score18.9kShelves
9. 9 序 The Age of Sequence Awakeners: One Tune from My Zither Resounds Across the World 序列者时代，我琴曲一首打响世界 Luo Xi Has Something to Say落熙有语Urban278k WordsOngoing [No CP] + [Double identity] + [Near-invincible] + [Not transmigrated, reborn, or a System story] Mo Zheng has a secret: there is an ancient zither inside his necklace. As he nears death, Mo Zheng sees two very strange people, both completely out of place in this world. It turns out there are mysteries beyond this world that science cannot explain. A broad, sunlit road or a winding path into the depths: this was never a question of choosing one or the other. Remember this: If I'm dressed in white 107Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This can be done

10. 10 玄 The Mysterious Sound: A Creation Chronicle 玄音创世录 Worship the Moon yl拜月ylEastern Fantasy156k WordsCompleted Other people cultivate immortality by meditating. I do it by playing the qin! Xiao Shi (Mo Qin) watched helplessly as Princess Nongyu, the woman he loved, was imprisoned in the Phoenix Tower. To save her, he fought three thousand Qin soldiers alone. At death's door, he struck his jade flute against a chime stone, and opened the path to cultivating immortality through music! At the Xuanyin Sect, music is power: ★ One performance of "Soul-Reaving Melody" can control the mind ★ One performance of 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can check out the new work "Music Cultivation + History"

11. 11 大 Three Thousand Great Daos, Playing the Zither to Become an Immortal 大道三千，抚琴为仙 No Wind Without Rain不有风兼雨Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Traditional cultivation + no romance, female-led story + strong heroine + not a saint + level-up progression] After disaster struck Zihuang City, its young lord, Sang Zi, was reborn in the Nine Provinces of the lower realm. From then on, her eyes veiled in white silk and a Zihuang zither in hand, she journeyed across the Nine Provinces, seeking the path to immortality and ascending straight into the clouds. Cultivating the Dao and pursuing immortality: a path that defies heaven. Forget the mort 739Reads7.0Score105Shelves

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    🍅The lower realm, East Lizhou, Qingxia Sect. "Jiang Yue, you have a bad nature and have killed your fellow sect members many times. In accordance with the sect's rules, you have abolished your cultivation, expelled you from the sect, and left to fend for yourself!"

12. 12 少 The Blood of Youth: One Last Song to Rule the Martial World 少年歌行：一曲绝响镇江湖 Who Is This?何人哉Anime Fanfiction209k WordsCompleted Chen Sheng unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of The Blood of Youth. His life is miserable: his family is gone, and he has no choice but to make a living performing on the streets. He inherits Yu Qingjue, one of the two legendary Heavenly Echoes. As he travels the land, his power gradually rises to the very peak of the martial world. Sign in at Snowfall Manor and obtain the Fuxi Divine Heavenly Echo’s first movement: Great Sound Has No Voice. Sign in at a dilapidated temple and obtain fiv 5.5kReads8.8Score383Shelves
13. 13 琴 The Zither Immortal and Sword Emperor 琴仙剑帝 Chubby Big Star胖大星星Eastern Fantasy871k WordsCompleted One melody breaks the heart. Where in the world can I find a kindred soul? One tune calls for a mate. How can there be no beauty beneath the heavens? The zither, “Silent,” and the sword, “Soundless,” kill without a trace. One person, two souls, unlike any other. The zither can help people, but it can also kill. The sword, meanwhile, serves to ferry souls. On the Tianyan Continent, strength reigns supreme. Noble clans and sects abound across this vast land. In the most desolate reaches of the Eas 797Reads6.8Score108Shelves

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    In the first book, the protagonist has two souls, and a sword is hidden under the harp. The harp can help or kill others, while the sword can transport souls. Let's see how the protagonist becomes famous in the mainland with his imperial music. In the second book, the protagonist accidentally travels to the Xianyin Sect. With his modern music skills, he goes further and further on the road of music cultivation, reaching the pinnacle.

14. 14 让 I Told You to Learn the Zither, Not Become an Immortal 让你学个琴，你竟然成了仙 Lord Yanzhao燕赵君Eastern Fantasy549k WordsCompleted [Music-based cultivation system + traditional fantasy + no System + no wild ideas] Chen Ruosheng unexpectedly arrived in the cultivation world and somehow joined the struggling Immortal Music Sect. He played a tune from The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and a demonic giant hailed him as a kindred spirit. He played a song called Invincible in Battle, and the gang bosses bowed before him. “Left hand holds the earth, right hand holds the sky; the lines on my palm split into lightning in all directions.” 401Reads7.9Score—Shelves
15. 15 全 Global Music Cultivators: A Divine Song from the Start 全球音修：开局一首神曲 Keep Me Company for One Stick陪一根Eastern Fantasy300k WordsCompleted Lin Feng transmigrates to a parallel modern city, only to discover that it resembles Earth in some ways. Lin Feng, a music teacher, has transmigrated to a parallel world where everyone cultivates through music and cultural traditions have been severed. With alien races invading, only music, a language without borders, can serve as a weapon against them. Here, military academies are music conservatories, weapons factories are instrument factories, and people revere the Music Sage Shi Kuang, the Q 124Reads5.3Score—Shelves
16. 16 唢 When the Suona Sounds, All the Buffs Go Up 唢呐一响，buff加满 Ah, Exactly, Exactly, Exactly錒对对对Eastern Fantasy219k WordsOngoing [Lighthearted and Funny + No Female Lead + No Angst + Daily Life + Ridiculous Shenanigans] When the suona sounds, gold comes by the thousands: you're either ascending to heaven or heading to your wedding. “Junior brother, whenever I hear you play the suona, it feels like there's a stick in my ear. What's going on?” “Yeah, I feel like I'm growing fur or something.” Zhao Yichen grinned. “Senior brothers, I'm giving you all a buff!” This is the story of a group of young cultivators outwitting and o —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 琴 Zither Sovereign 琴尊 A Lie阿猎Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted In this world, spiritual musicians hold a place of unparalleled prestige. A single spiritual musician is a tremendous force. Powerful spiritual musicians can move mountains and fill seas, and one person can stand against a thousand troops. Once, a powerful martial artist used his strength to steal something from a spiritual musician. The musician merely spoke a few words, and countless people rushed to serve him. Within a day, not a single member of the martial artist’s clan survived. The heaven 37Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 重 Reborn from the Start, I'm Definitely Becoming This Master's Disciple 重生开局，这个师尊我当定了 Gentle Rain, Sleepy Sleepy轻雨眠眠Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After being a wandering ghost for a hundred years, Li Qingqing discovers that she's actually the cannon-fodder female character in a harem fantasy. In her previous life, the master of Lingqin Peak and her senior sisters all died at the hands of demonic cultivators in a secret realm. She survived and transferred to Spirit Medicine Peak with her junior sister, who was so fat she could barely walk. But who could have guessed that her junior sister had transmigrated into a book? Not only could she r 18.7kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
19. 19 唢 When the Suona Sounds, All Gods Bow 唢呐一响，万神朝拜 Fish of the Little Sea小海的鱼Urban333k WordsOngoing This is a world of music and dance. Xu Hao, who transmigrated from the Blue Planet, awakens and masters a lost instrument: the suona. A thousand-year-old pipa, a ten-thousand-year-old zheng, a lifetime spent playing the erhu. When the suona sounds, the story ends. At first, you don't understand the suona's notes; the next time you hear them, you're already in your coffin. Along the road to the underworld, spirits sink into gloom; at the Terrace of Remembrance, they recall their past lives. When 23Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    When the suona sounds, the whole village eats

20. 20 音 Emperor of Music 音帝 Silent Dream Flute梦笛无声Urban974k WordsOngoing Chu Zheng transmigrates to a world where people can fight with music. Musicians of different ranks wield different powers through the pieces they perform. A proficient musician can play pieces that disturb the mind and sap a person's will. An expert musician can make notes materialize and attack. A music master can turn a performance into sound waves, unleashing the power of gunshots and flashing blades in a mighty torrent. A grandmaster of music can make a performance take physical form, with t 20Reads6.1Score—Shelves
21. 21 我 I Guarded the Empress’s Tomb for a Hundred Years, and She Came Back to Life 我镇守女帝陵墓百年，她竟然活了 Across the River隔江Eastern Fantasy470k WordsOngoing Ye Tian transmigrates to the Xuantian Continent and unexpectedly becomes the tomb keeper of the Dark Night Mausoleum, where he obtains the strongest Burial System. Every person he buries in the mausoleum earns him an incredible reward! Gradually, Ye Tian also discovers that the mausoleum is not as simple as he imagined. Or rather, The people buried here are anything but ordinary! An ancient Demon Emperor is only worthy of being buried alongside a dog? The Lord of the Netherworld can only be laid 772Reads8.9Score102Shelves
22. 22 长 Longevity: From the Start, I Played the Suona and Buried Myself Through the Ages 长生：开局吹唢呐，我独葬万古 The Rooster Crows, Two and a Half Years Pass雄鸡一唱两年半Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing [Immortal Cultivation + Comedy and Memes + Ordinary Protagonist + Heroine + Laying Low + Status Panel] Bai Yu transmigrated to an immortal-cultivation world. From the start, he was immortal, and performing funerals made him stronger. Bury a grandmaster martial artist and gain a max-level Golden Bell Shield, with the vitality of a dragon! Bury a Nascent Soul cultivator and gain a top-tier Heavenly Spirit Root, with extraordinary talent! Bury an Immortal Emperor of the Myriad Worlds and gain the T 47.7kReads8.9Score4kShelves
23. 23 再 Reviving Chinese Classics and Igniting a Traditional Culture Craze 再现华语经典，我开启国风狂潮 Happy Dance Instructor快乐的舞蹈导师Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Showbiz + traditional Chinese style + no System + genius + superstar] Chen Zheyu transmigrated into a single-parent family, where he and his mother relied on each other. Although they didn't have much, he was content, having been an orphan in his previous life. Then one day, his mother fell ill and urgently needed 500,000 yuan. With no other choice, he picked up a guitar and began busking on the street. At the music plaza, his song “Listen to Mom” expressed his love for his mother and the since 535Reads7.9Score113Shelves

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24. 24 娱 Showbiz: When the Suona Sounds, Bai Lu Hits the Dance Floor 娱乐：唢呐一响，白露蹦迪 Little Shiyi小拾一Urban163k WordsOngoing (Showbiz + suona + traditional instruments + romance + slice of life + one female lead) Lin Mu transmigrates into the body of a young entertainment star. He used to be a controversial top-tier star, but then he starts doing things his own way. While everyone else in showbiz sings and dances, he takes up the suona. He plays the suona everywhere, from Back to Field to a funeral. After being blacklisted, he uses nothing but his suona to climb back to the top of the entertainment world. His ren 2Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 娱 Showbiz: A Max-Level Piano Piece as a Reward from the Start 娱乐，开局奖励满级钢琴曲 A Cool Night Beneath the Pine Moon松月生凉夜Urban979k WordsCompleted He transmigrates to a world that cares only about art and has no entertainment movies at all. Xu Tao thinks he can just put up with it, but this world simply won’t give him what he wants. From the moment he touches a piano, the world begins to change because of him... 283Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 开 From the Start, I Invented Musical Instruments and Astonished Everyone 开局自创乐器，震惊所有 Fragrant Chen the Fat Guy香香的陈胖子Eastern Fantasy477k WordsCompleted Ling Tiange transmigrates into a world where people cultivate through music, carrying an ancient zither with him. His damaged voice makes it impossible for him to cultivate through singing. His injured soul will shatter if he doesn’t cultivate, leaving him a living corpse. Relying on the memories of his past life, Ling Tiange makes instruments and composes sacred music! A flute rings, and flying swords race through the sky... A guzheng plucks, and the eight tones echo... An erhu bows, and souls 695Reads6.7Score104Shelves
27. 27 一 One Song in Traditional Opera Style, and I Became the Nation’s Goddess! 一首戏腔，我成了国民女神！ Mimi Cake Is a Cat咪糕是只猫Urban211k WordsOngoing Lin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers that he’s become a singer in the national arts troupe! And that’s not all... How did he also become a famous leading lady? A master of cross-dressing? The troupe’s best-known female-role performer, and its beauty! But he’s a man! What’s more, The moment he opens his eyes, he discovers that his senior sister has pushed him onto the show Singer 2024. Right off the bat, he has to compete for the charts against world-class singers? Well... The 462Reads5.4Score—Shelves
28. 28 沧 The Demon Hunter: Music Moves Mountains and Rivers 沧元图之琴动山河 Theatrical Scholar戏子儒林Anime Fanfiction143k WordsOngoing [The Demon Hunter anime fanfiction + no System] Xu Xiuchen, a guqin enthusiast, transmigrates into the world of The Demon Hunter and awakens the bloodline of the Heavenly Music Spirit Body. Xu Xiuchen's transmigration is no accident. It is the inevitable intersection of a game played by the God Venerable, the Demon King, and humanity along a hypercube timeline. Xu Xiuchen's "rootless nature" is the key to breaking the deadlock: only a being untethered to any history can escape the cycle of causa 6Reads6.1Score—Shelves
29. 29 音 Supreme Master of Music: My Song Library Comes from Huaxia 音律至尊：我的曲库来自华夏 Tiance Laughing Monarch天策笑君主Urban387k WordsCompleted Betrayed by his SSS-rank Celestial Voice Artifact Spirit, the genius composer Gu Chen loses all his cultivation and becomes a “Rhythm-Born Realm loser” despised by the entire internet. He returns to a remote small town, where everyone thinks the final notes of his life have already sounded. But when the remnants of the Dark Sound bring disaster, and the world goes mad over a single A-rank battle song Gu Chen unearths the entire musical treasury of five thousand years of Huaxia civilization from 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a real music battle here

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