Meeting Laozi from the Start 开局见老子

1. 1 神 Mythic Dungeon: From the Start, I Led the Azure Ox for the Dao Ancestor 神话副本：开局我为道祖牵青牛 Riding the Wind into the Painting扶摇入画来Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Mythic Treasure Mirror binding successful.] [Current instance: Traveling west from Hangu Pass.] [Reward: A copy of the Dao De Jing personally written by a Sage.] [Current instance: Five-Finger Mountain.] [Reward: The 108 Transformations of the Tiangang and Disha.] [Current instance: The First Emperor’s Tribulation.] [Reward: Ancestral Dragon’s blood essence.] [Current instance: Investiture of the Gods] [Reward: The Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation.] [Current instance: The War Between the Witche 62kReads8.6Score4.7kShelves

   Reader note

   This book, which begins with the protagonist following Lao Tzu westward out of Hangu Pass and becoming his disciple, is a high-quality mythological novel. The Great Luo Golden Immortals here are mythical figures who illuminate the heavens.

2. 2 洪 Honghuang: The Kunlun Immortal Root, the Three Pure Ones’ First Disciple 洪荒：昆仑仙根，三清首徒 Three Thousand Scrolls of Wind and Moon风月三千卷Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Also known as The Primordial World: Becoming Laozi's Disciple, the Eldest Senior Brother of the Daoist Sect Chen Yixuan was betrayed by his closest friend, his company went bankrupt, and he leapt from a rooftop. When he opened his eyes again, he had become an innate spirit root planted atop Kunlun Mountain. Just as the tribulation of transformation arrived, three supreme auras descended. Taiqing's gaze pierced through karma. "Your roots are extraordinary, and your will is strong. Would you joi 7.1kReads7.1Score400Shelves

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   The first two books are worth reading; I've already read them and they're all good.

3. 3 洪 Honghuang: Laozi’s First Disciple 洪荒：老子首徒 Three Thousand Scrolls of Wind and Moon风月三千卷Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Li Hua, a young man from the modern world, is involved in an unexpected car accident and transmigrates to the Primordial World, becoming a bone left behind by Pangu's middle finger. Instinctively absorbing spiritual energy, he devotes himself to cultivation until he finally takes human form and faces his tribulation. As the heavenly tribulation descends, the Three Pure Ones happen to pass by after returning from listening to Dao in the Zixiao Palace and collecting the Innate Gourd Vine at Buzhou 16kReads8.0Score1.3kShelves
4. 4 等 The Xuangui Who Waited to Die: I Attain the Supreme Dao Through My Clones 等死玄龟，我靠分身证得无上大道 Qu Feishang曲飞殇Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing (The rating has only just come out and will keep rising! The author already has a completed, highly rated Primordial World novel of two million words.) It is the Chaos Black Tortoise, master of the ferocious beasts, ruler of the Four Symbols, lord of heaven and earth, and emperor of humanity! After transmigrating into the Primordial World, I became the Black Tortoise who would one day have his limbs severed by Tongtian and be left to rot in the wilderness. With limited intelligence and little ho 69.1kReads8.1Score6kShelves
5. 5 洪EN Primordial Styx: Blood God Avatars Spread Across the World 洪荒冥河之血神分身遍天下 Qu Feishang曲飞殇Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The short drama The Strongest Styx Rewrites the Primordial World is complete. Fellow Daoist fans of short dramas, feel free to click in and check it out. A soul from the future transmigrates to the Primordial World and becomes Minghe. He awakens before anyone else and uses billions of clones to lay down a grand formation that morally coerces the entire Primordial World. He attains the Dao before Hongjun. A golden wheel of Great Dao merit shines across the Primordial World. The Heavenly Dao is so 30.1kReads8.6Score2kShelves
6. 6 洪EN Honghuang: The Interception Sect's Senior Disciple, Crushing the Immortals of Both Sects 洪荒：阐教大师兄，完虐阐截仙 Tentacle Monster Who Loves Chips爱吃薯片的触手怪Eastern Fantasy908k WordsCompleted [Heartwarming + no scheming + funny + Primordial World + wild imagination + emotional] The whole family’s darling, family affection, no romance! I transmigrated to the Primordial World and became the eldest disciple of the Chan Sect: Antarctic Immortal! First disciple of the Three Pure Ones, grand-disciple of Hongjun! Wearing a little statue of Grandmaster Hongjun, who grants every request, on my head is just part of my everyday routine! “Grandmaster, tell me: am I your favorite grand-disciple?” 14.5kReads7.5Score1.1kShelves
7. 7 开 From the Start, the Temple Master Runs Off, Forcing Me to Inherit the Taoist Temple 开局观主跑路，被迫继承道观 The Cat King Rules the World猫王镇天下Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted A System that’s sometimes serious and sometimes completely off the rails, paired with an unreliable Host. Why was the System caught from the start? Why did Wenqu descend the mountain in the middle of the night? A Taoist who wants to slack off, but just can’t. 33.2kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves
8. 8 洪 Honghuang: Pangu's Own Son Teaches His Little Brother, the Heavenly Dao 洪荒：盘古亲子，教育天道弟弟 Empty Ink, Empty by Nature墨空空本空Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted (The rating has only just appeared and will rise!) Taichu transmigrates to the Primordial World, merging with the Creation God Egg beneath the Chaos Green Lotus and gaining a drop of Pangu’s primordial blood essence! Recognized by Pangu and the Great Dao, he becomes Pangu’s own child and the Great Dao’s very own grandson! After cultivating for countless ages with Pangu’s help, and inheriting the entire Creation Dao contained within the Creation God Egg, he becomes a Creation Demon God recognized 11kReads7.5Score709Shelves
9. 9 穿 Transmigrating as the Antarctic Immortal: Turning the Tables and Attaining the Dao in the Primordial World 穿越南极仙翁：我在洪荒逆袭证道 Heaven's Dream, Great Harmony天梦大同Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Initial setup: Golden Immortals can enter Chaos; the protagonist won’t start out as a Great Encompassment Golden Immortal; the Lich Tribulation will reach the Quasi-Sage stage; no heroine, don’t read if that’s not your thing] Chang Shou transmigrates into the Primordial World and becomes Antarctic Immortal. He plans to lie flat, but happens to arrive just as Hongjun begins preaching to the myriad worlds. The Primordial World is about to enter a golden age, when Golden Immortals are as common as 6.1kReads6.6Score254Shelves

   Reader note

   Meeting the Antarctic Immortal at the start

10. 10 洪 Honghuang: Ming He Splits in Two, the Heavenly Dao Crumbles, and Hong Jun Suffers 洪荒，冥河两分，天道崩，鸿钧苦 Fallen Dusk坠落的黄昏Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Before heaven came Pangu, and I was already here before the world was split open. A modern man becomes Minghe, and doesn't bother playing by the rules. He strikes from the shadows during the Dragon-Han Cataclysm, then plays the smiling tiger in the battle between Dao and Demons. As for the War of the Liches… … After three consecutive fantasy novels failed to take off, I can only try the popular Honghuang genre. I hope you'll support the book. If it's not to your taste, please don't flam 3kReads6.6Score140Shelves
11. 11 元 Yuanzhu: The Trouble-Maker Who Stirs Up the River of Time and Space 元竹：纵横时空长河的搅屎棍 Moonlight Lingers Among Drunken Flowers月影醉花留Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [System] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Partly Behind the Scenes] + [Chat Group] + [The Myriad Worlds] [A story about a blade of wild grass ruthlessly mooching off the Myriad Worlds.] Reborn as a Houtian Spirit Bamboo, Yuan Zhu has a humble origin and weak cultivation. Fortunately, he receives the Great Dao’s favor, has maxed-out luck, and possesses heaven-defying comprehension! To make up for his flawed origins, Yuan Zhu has no choice but to put on a hypocritical facade and fleece the 6.2kReads7.8Score327Shelves
12. 12 洪 Primordial Ghost Locust: I Hold the Original Shares, Who Dares Defy Me? 洪荒鬼槐：我有原始股谁敢放肆？ Yan Er, Who Loves Shandong Spicy Chicken爱吃山东辣子鸡的阎二Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted A mighty expert whose inner world had reached perfection transmigrated to the Primordial World, only to die beneath Pangu's Axe. His inner world became part of the Primordial World as well. Fortunately, his true spirit endured, and he was reborn in the Primordial World as a ghostly locust tree atop Mang Mountain. Born with a body of yin and yang, he connects the Primordial World and the Netherworld. His roots reach straight into Chaos, constantly transforming chaotic spiritual energy into innate 9.9kReads7.9Score536Shelves
13. 13 洪 The World Tree of Honghuang 洪荒世界树 Dongfang Biluo东方碧落Eastern Fantasy759k WordsCompleted Chaos, where all worlds begin. Unemployed Ye Tian transmigrates into Chaos and becomes the Tree of Life. But wherever there are people, there are rivalries. He contends with Chaos Fiends and Hongmeng beings, all for the slightest chance to survive. Chaos Fiends and Hongmeng beings are destined to become stepping stones on Ye Tian's path to supreme dominion. See how Ye Tian rises step by step to a life of supreme dominion. 2.1kReads6.8Score115Shelves
14. 14 洪 Honghuang: Something Is Off About Yuanshi 洪荒：这个元始不对劲 Pure Song and Elegant Music清歌雅乐Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted He transmigrates to the Primordial World and becomes Yuqing, one of the Three Pure Ones, the Heavenly Worthy of the Origin... During the Dragon-Han Calamity, he enters Mount Buzhou and inherits Pangu's legacy... At the Zixiao Palace lectures, he stands out from the crowd and reveals his brilliance... During the Lich Calamity, he establishes the Chan Sect and follows the Heavenly Dao... He takes on Duobao, Antarctic Immortal, Kong Xuan, Dapeng, Zhao Gongming, and others as disciples... Then he go 333Reads6.3Score120Shelves

    Reader note

    The third book is especially good!

15. 15 方 Five Hundred Years Since We Parted at Fangcun Mountain, How Have You Been, Junior Brother? 方寸山一别五百载，小师弟可好？ Venerable Self-Discipline自律尊者Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Li Chang'an transmigrates into the world of Journey to the West and becomes Fangcun Mountain's mysterious senior disciple. He thinks that as long as he sticks close to Patriarch Bodhi and teaches the Monkey King a few things, he can keep his head down until the end of time. But the System's mission is actually [Make a spectacular show of yourself in public; the more you show off, the stronger you become]! So: While the Monkey King is learning his arts, he “accidentally” displays a “humble” Dao t 43.6kReads7.9Score5.1kShelves
16. 16 西 Journey to the West: I, Taishang Laojun, Can Poison the Heavenly Dao to Death! 西游：我太上老君，能毒死天道！ Red Moon, Clear Clouds红月晴云Eastern Fantasy787k WordsCompleted The moment he opens his eyes, he has become Taishang Laojun, and then he binds to a System. With the System, he doesn't have to worry about being assimilated by Laojun's memories or forcibly absorbed by his true form, the Supreme Pure Sage. But the key thing is... I am a benevolent man who cares for the Three Realms, and the number-one alchemist in all the Three Realms. Why are you asking me to become a poison master? What? I can eventually poison the Heavenly Dao to death? Come on, System. Let' 13.4kReads9.0Score1kShelves
17. 17 洪 Honghuang: I Used Red Envelopes to Make the Jie Sect Invincible 洪荒：我靠红包，把截教养成无敌 Big Kitty大大猫咪Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Primordial World beauties + invincible hero + magic treasures + exhilarating action] Qin Mu transmigrates into the Primordial World and becomes the Jie Sect’s senior disciple, taking his protective streak to the extreme. When the Three Xiao Sisters are targeted by Saint Zhunti, who wants to convert them and take them to the West, they turn to their senior disciple in tears. Qin Mu immediately leads all the Jie Sect Disciples in an assault on Spirit Mountain. During the Investiture of the Gods W 26.1kReads6.9Score2kShelves
18. 18 洪 Honghuang: The Jie Sect's Eldest Senior Sister 洪荒：截教大师姐 Sunflower Seeds and a Water Cup瓜子水杯Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The heroine, Jing Ling, is a 21st-century college student. She dozes off for a moment and wakes up as a mass of golden Geng energy at the dawn of creation: the future Golden Spirit Holy Mother, one of the Four Chief Disciples of the Jie Sect, who is ambushed and killed during the Investiture of the Gods and enshrined as Doumu Yuanjun. Determined to change her fate, Golden Spirit resolves to work hard and cultivate so the Jie Sect won’t meet the tragic end it did in the original story. Years late 5.8kReads7.6Score468Shelves
19. 19 性 Gender Swap: The Men in This Cultivation World Are Acting Strange 性转：这个修仙界的男人不对劲 Gu Xiaobai顾小白丶Eastern Fantasy474k WordsOngoing [Gender-Bender + Sweet Romance + Divine Beauty + Reborn Male Protagonist + System + Female Han Li + Cautious Cultivation + A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality + Slow Pace] In this world of immortal cultivation, the gender ratio is severely imbalanced, reaching an astonishing 10:1. Men vastly outnumber women, and women’s looks generally hover around 50 points out of a maximum of 100. With women so scarce, even an ordinary mortal woman becomes the object of every male cultivator’s pursui 5.3kReads8.7Score400Shelves
20. 20 洪EN Honghuang: I’ll Come Clean, I’m the Ancestor of Wisdom! 洪荒：摊牌了，我就是智慧祖巫！ Duo Lai Dreams哆来做梦Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted [Primordial World + Investiture of the Gods + Journey to the West + invincible + comedy + scheming + play the pig to eat the tiger] Wu Tian transmigrates into the Primordial World and becomes a member of the Wu Clan. Unlike the others, he has no interest in fighting and killing. He just wants to stay behind the Ancestral Shamans, occasionally offer them advice, cultivate cautiously, and attain the Great Dao. Why fear the Calamity of the Wu and Yaoguang Clans? As long as he can hang on until the 138.4kReads8.9Score20.5kShelves

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