Novels like The Heavenly Sound Zither
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- 1 I'm a Zither Player in Another World 我在异界当琴师 The zither’s winding melody stirs the soul. Who could hear its music and fail to know its master? Here, the power of heavenly music has evolved to its utmost, overturning old conventions and revealing the source of music’s power. What upheaval will the arrival of the Emperor of the Zither bring to this world? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 My Music Can Help People Cultivate 我的琴音，能助人修行 Lin Han transmigrates into the imperial family, but he’s born with a crippled body and cannot cultivate. He spends his days lounging in the pleasure quarters, lost in music. Then he acquires a Music System, and his life takes off. The music he plays can help people achieve sudden enlightenment and elevate their souls. With a zither in hand, the world is his. Sadly, he has grand ambitions, and just as his wonderful life is beginning... P.S. Fellow cultivators, this book is so badly written, and 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Pill Immortal, Zither Demon 丹仙琴魔 A Great Luo Golden Immortal reincarnates after undergoing a tribulation, unaware that the calamity of the Heavenly Dao has only just begun. War is about to erupt between the Immortal and Demon realms. A child who has forgotten his past life navigates between the two paths, seeming immortal yet not quite, seeming demonic yet not quite. Between immortals and demons, he carves out his own Great Dao. “The Dao I wish to attain is not for immortality, but to live as a carefree immortal.” “The Dao I se 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Demonic Zither of the Ninth Heaven 魔琴九霄 The demonic spirit Huanpei within the zither poured its last wisp of memory into his soul. Before its eyes, scenes from the past vanished one by one. The entire demon realm had collapsed and disappeared. His body had long since been destroyed, and to redeem his soul, the demonic spirit gave up its own eternal life. Even as a wandering spirit, he could not help but suddenly feel sorrow. Even demons that had lived through the vicissitudes of the ages were no more than a single drop in the torrent 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Ape and Crane Listen as I Play the Qin Again 猿鹤听我再抚琴 With karma unbroken, how can one become an immortal? If immortals have no compassion, how are they any different from demons? The Great Dao is like music, and a soaring song can forge an immortal heart. A successor of the Guigu lineage, skilled in devising strategies to pacify the land. A master musician whose melodies move the world. Through music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, one can comprehend the three thousand Great Daos for oneself. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Sword's Guts and the Zither's Heart 琴剑之剑胆琴心 The righteous may rise a foot, but evil rises ten. Through a thousand lifetimes of reincarnation, they can never overcome their enemy’s cunning and might. Together they fight their foe, only for each lifetime to end in ruin. In the thousand and first life, the lovers turn against each other and go their separate ways. The chance of seeing each other again is next to none. Can they rekindle their romance? Can they defy Heaven and personally avenge their fallen? A blue robe, blooming with the sple —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Zither Player 琴师 My girl deserves to be called the brightest pearl, the finest silk. She must never be forced to share a shabby brick-and-tile house with me, watching the clouds drift by and the flowers fall. She deserves the glittering stars and radiant moonlight. But I am blind, and have never known the light. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Demonic Zither, Bewitching Melody 鬼琴魔音 For ten years, a strange melody from a qin had baffled everyone and struck fear into the entire martial world! The Demon Qin! The Ghost Qin! Everyone agreed that the eerie music must be played by a demon! Every night at midnight, a melody drifted from the summit of Jieyun Peak, across the ravine from Tiantai Villa on Mount Tiantai. Anyone who heard it was bewitched by the music, reacting in different ways as its rhythm shifted! For ten years, without fail, the music had begun to drift through th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Demon Dragon Bone Flute 魔龙骨笛 You destroyed my sect, so I’ll destroy your kingdom. If Heaven is unjust, so what if I become a demon? With a demonic flute in hand, I’ll kill any god I meet and slay any Buddha I encounter. I swear to rise above Heaven… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Melodies of a Troubled Age: Reborn 乱世琴音之重生 In her previous life, Lan Zhuang was an ordinary farm girl, naive and trusting. She was betrayed by those she trusted, the man she loved, and her own family, and ultimately lost both her family and her home amid the chaos of war. Reborn with her memories of the past, she resolved to take revenge and change her fate. But in a feudal society torn apart by war, women had little status, and strict clan rules imposed one restriction after another. The emotional wounds of her previous life also made i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Zither Player 琴师 He was an orphan, a beggar drifting through the streets. From the moment he picked up this zither, everything changed. He had never given much thought to what he wanted; all he hoped for was a quiet, uneventful life. To wander wherever he pleased and see how vast the world was. Yet unseen currents were always churning beneath the surface. How many deadly traps did he narrowly and luckily avoid without ever knowing? How many apparent coincidences were actually inevitable outcomes of careful plans 142Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 12 Zither Sovereign 琴尊 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 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 A Young Lord Should Carry a Fan 公子当持扇 Transmigration has three great perks: a handsome face, plenty of romance, and an amazing body! Sure, I don't have a System or an old master to guide me. But I do have The Complete Collection of Chinese Classics! Is that not enough to crush everything else?! … What?! You say the poems of the great writers are useless in another world? Just watch me turn them into countless techniques, cultivating while I sleep. What! You say you're tired of swords, spears, and staffs? Just watch me, dressed in w 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Top Immortal Master 头号仙师 [Ordinary-person cultivation, no System, fairly humorous, traditional fantasy, plot-focused, come on in!] A young cultivator is accidentally forced to break out of prison. When the innate spiritual treasure, the Snowfall Pearl, unexpectedly enters his body, it brings with it the true soul of an ancient demon king. He also happens to encounter the fallen master of a demonic sect. From then on, he embarks on a path of growing stronger while constantly fleeing and hiding. After being hunted by the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Spatial Sword God 空间剑神 In the Western world, there are all kinds of beautiful, dazzling magic, and fierce battle aura with devastating power. These are merely the most basic paths of cultivation, available to people across the entire continent. What secrets await our protagonist in the Western world? 175Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Emperor of Music 音帝 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 17Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 17 A Pure Guqin Melody, Contracting an S-Rank Frost Queen 古琴一曲不染，契约s级冰霜女王 Su Ye transmigrates to another world where music is revered. He creates moving music, cultivates the power of musical origins, and becomes a musician admired by millions. Some human women also evolve into beings known as Warriors. A Source Weapon develops inside each of them, and they can form a contract with a musician, who draws the weapon from within her. The two then wield it together. One performance of "Unstained" wins the contract of the one-in-a-billion S-rank Frost Queen. One performanc 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Border Moon Fills the Western Hills 边月满西山 In this age of rule by the Five Kings, every trade is flourishing. When you have nothing to do, head to a pleasure boat on the Taishang River, pick a courtesan, and share a cup of wine; if you get carried away, sleep at the Xiangteng Inn until noon the next day. If you're pleading with a stubborn face to get a seafood delicacy from Yuntai for your sweetheart, be sure not to discuss court affairs in the bedroom. The barbarians of Monan prize loyalty above all, while the people of the grasslands a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Heaven Tilts the Skies 上苍倾天 Is the history of Huaxia that you know really true? Are the Nine Provinces really just the Nine Provinces? If the universe is trapped in an endless cycle, does that cycle end in the river of time? The Four Spirits seek to sever the Nether Realm, while the Twelve Heavenly Shamans intend to reopen the Gate of Heaven. Does the eternity of ancient legend truly exist? And what schemes lie behind the immortals celebrated throughout the world? Zhou Qing emerged from the Netherworld step by step, only t —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 20 Xuanhuan: From the Start, Eight Hundred Years in Prison 玄幻：开局监狱八百年 The martial world and the imperial court are full of wonders. The aged Celestial Master of Longhu commands the Five Thunders to slay demons and evil. The young martial uncle of Wudang knows the Six Jia and the Qimen arts, encompassing all things. The young Shaolin novice can wander his spirit and command his qi without even realizing it. The venerable scholar at court can shift the stars and alter the secrets of fate. The thirty-six divine arts of Tiangang appear together, and upheaval sweeps th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Sword Void 剑虚 A young man steps into the martial world for the first time. He likes to mistake irreverence for carefree abandon, and chew up his sorrow before swallowing it, savoring it like a rare delicacy. The martial world is not so vast, the imperial court not so imposing. How far can a wandering hero get on horseback? As the saying goes: only here in this youthful martial world do we yearn to roam the world freely, seizing our youth to settle old scores, with a swift sword and a fast horse. With the mort 26Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 22 The Lotus Heart's Funeral Record 莲心花葬录 He hopes to break free of this world and find his closest family. He hopes to break free of this cycle and reclaim the one he loves. How can he mend the leak in the heavens, take the lotus as his heart, and face the apocalypse? When one day all the flowers are buried for him, will he be able to find what he seeks and win back what he has lost? 78Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 23 Tales of the Nethergate Across the Nine Realms 九界幽门传 The Nine Realms teeter on the brink of collapse. Ancient “folds” and “blood-crying sky screens” foretell an impending catastrophe. Xiao Lingyuan, a youth bearing the power of the “Trackless Constellations” and “Ouro,” defies the Dao in the face of despair, vowing to become the “Anchor of Life” that holds the Nine Realms together. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 I Told You to Learn the Zither, Not Become an Immortal 让你学个琴，你竟然成了仙 [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.” 405Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 25 My Music Deals Critical Hits 我的琴音带暴击 After transmigrating to a cultivation world, Li Xuange is dismayed to awaken a zither-cultivator System with no offensive power. Whenever he plays, his fellow disciples shake their heads and the elders sigh. The whole sect thinks he is a good-for-nothing who just plays music to get by. Until one day, a great demon of the demonic path arrives amid a sea of blood. The sect's protective formation shatters, and everyone falls into despair. Li Xuange quietly walks to the mountaintop, burns incense, w 84Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Cutting Off Karma, Starting with the Demonic Sect 从魔宗开始斩因果 [Decisive and Ruthless + Wildly Imaginative Cultivation + Overwhelming Power + Cunning Protagonist + System + Transmigration] Everyone is bound by cause and effect, but I fear neither. Chen Fan arrives in an age of great strife, where Saints are heartless and heaven and earth are pieces on a chessboard. He transmigrates into the body of a menial disciple of a demonic sect and, in the depths of despair, obtains the rare treasure, the Book of Cause and Effect. It lets him perceive cause and effect —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Walking the Road 随路行 No System, no formulaic tropes, no power fantasy. Here's a novel with none of the three. (Note: This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Please do not associate it with real people, places, religions, or events.) What if, and I mean what if, worlds were to merge? What would happen? Every 129,600 years, the Ancestral Spirit Realm undergoes a world merger. This world seems to have everything, the living and the soulless alike. According to legend, the next great wo 2Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 28 The Luminous Sky 昤之空 He said: May dreams flow like streams, carrying the lovely one in a light boat carved in an instant. She said: May time become eyes, gazing through the clouds until our hair turns white. Perhaps all we've ever written down is just a beautiful fantasy. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Xiaobai’s Journey to Seek the Dao 小白的问道之旅 Jing Qi, the son of a wealthy merchant, has loved cultivation since childhood. By chance, he joins the Xuanqing Sect, but after being persecuted by his fellow disciples, he is forced to leave and become a rogue cultivator in the martial world. After enduring many trials, he eventually returns to the sect to take revenge. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Wuxia: One Tune Shakes the Dragon, Leaving Yaoyue Astonished 武侠：一曲音天龙，震惊邀月 After transmigrating to Seven Heroes Town in a comprehensive martial arts world, Lu Chen gets the Roleplay System and a zither from the start! To make a living, Lu Chen has no choice but to play the zither for tips at the Happy Inn. Watching the beautiful landlady every day, Lu Chen thinks life isn’t so bad after all! Until one day, the younger versions of Yaoyue and Lianxing arrive in Seven Heroes Town... Yaoyue: “Why can an entertainer at an inn play the Eight Sounds of the Heavenly Dragon?” S 43Reads5.3Score104Shelves
- 31 The Zither Immortal and Sword Emperor 琴仙剑帝 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 1kReads6.8Score104Shelves
- 32 Commanding Puppets Beneath the Firmament, Sword Breaking the Morning Star 傀御苍冥，剑破长庚 Cultivation realms: Spirit Awakening -> Form Condensation -> Soul Fusion -> Spirit Transformation -> Domain Control -> Heaven-Piercing -> to be expanded later Bearing endless regrets, Li Mu transmigrates to the Xuanqiong Continent and becomes Yun Chen, a fisherman’s son. Just as in his previous life, his elder sister Yun Yao has worn herself out caring for him, leaving her frail and gravely ill. At the Spirit Awakening Ceremony, he appears to awaken a broken and battered “Desolate Ancient Batt —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Sword Saint’s Quiet Life 剑圣的平淡生活 In a remote little town, an ordinary boy is guarded by four Sword Gods. His origins are shrouded in mystery. The world’s most powerful figures hate him to the bone, yet they dare not kill him. The world is fickle, and the tides of fate shift. His quiet life is finally shattered. Where will the world go from here? , 48Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 34 Xuanhuan: The Peerless Young Master From the Start 玄幻：开局公子世无双 An age that belongs to one man, one man’s brilliance towering over the ages… The young master seemed not to exist, yet also seemed to be everywhere. On Jade Capital Mountain, a group of children laughed and played beneath the bright moon. Suddenly, one child blinked innocently and asked, “Mother, where did Father go? Why hasn’t he come to see us in so long?” “The young master? Isn’t the young master right there, watching you?” The woman pointed up at the bright moon. The child looked curious. “M 318Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 35 A Pillow Between Mountains and Rivers 一枕山河 Twelve years ago, Su Xuan was a young hero from the prestigious Zhengyang Palace. He and Princess Ruan Jingyan of Langya fell deeply in love in the face of certain death... But then the world turned treacherous overnight. The once-beloved prodigy became a madman who drifted between lucidity and delirium. Forced to part with the one he loved, he was hunted by everyone under heaven and vanished from the martial world... Twelve years later, his beloved disciple Su Yunluo painstakingly gathered all 997Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 36 One Sword, Chilling the Nine Provinces 一剑九州寒 The martial world is, by its very nature, a muddled place of noble chivalry and tangled love. The year they first met, the young man made a vow: in this life, I will marry no one but you. That year, dressed in a blue robe and carrying a wooden sword, he left the inn that had once seemed so vast but now looked so small. That year, they made a promise: if I avenge my great wrong, and you make a name for yourself, we will take our swords and roam to the ends of the earth together. An ordinary marke 179Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 37 Cultivation Begins as a Mortal 修仙从凡人开始 Reborn in another world’s cultivation realm, he is unexpectedly swept into a shocking conspiracy. Armed with an undying spirit pearl and wielding primordial true fire, he endures while hunted, then erupts when the time comes for revenge. If I become an immortal, all demons will be destroyed. If I become a demon, I’ll sweep through the heavens and worlds! I walk beneath the dome of heaven, never forsaking the path to immortality. I roam across the earth, yearning for eternal life alone. 50Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 38 My Master's Got a Bit of a Temper 师父脾气不大好 (Inspired by Journey to the West | Two heroines | Battles and healing | A master-and-disciple story of redemption) During a great famine, a girl struggling to survive saved a companion who wanted to die. By a twist of fate, the two broken children became disciples of a “fake immortal.” At first, they thought their master was just a young half-immortal, and figured they could live quietly while cultivating. Little did they know that their master was not only “rather capable,” but also kept giving —Reads—Score115Shelves
- 39 The Path of Severed Life 断生行 The martial world is like rain, its grudges like blades. No matter how sharp a blade may be, it cannot cut through a steady drizzle. There is an old beggar who loves to brag and pick his nose, always claiming to be an expert; an old monk with a limp in his right leg, stern and scowling; a foul-smelling old Taoist with a goatee, carrying a peachwood sword, drinking and sleeping late; and a lecherous fortune-teller with a quick-witted granddaughter, skilled in every kind of swindle. They are the f 78Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 40 Legends of the Three Realms 三界传奇 Fantasy, xianxia, and wuxia: a blend of ideals and reality. This is not a traditional fantasy or xianxia novel, but an experiment in combining genres. It features the protagonist's growth, feuds spanning a century, intricate relationships, and tangled affairs of the heart. There is both pure romance and melodrama, both thoughtful ideas and thrilling moments. Several hundred years ago, the Visitor from the Apocalypse took three disciples. Each was a once-in-centuries genius. The three became swor —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 I Became a Ghostly Scholar 我变成了鬼书生 [No female lead + System + not supernatural horror] Meng Yu transmigrated to a world overrun by monsters and demons. From the start, he possessed the body of a dead scholar, but through a strange twist of fate, he became a ghost. From then on, the world had a refined ghost scholar who carried a white bone folding fan. It was only one day, when the bone fan in Meng Yu's hand turned into a bone sword, that he realized there was another way to do things... 323Reads5.3Score100Shelves
- 42 Mad Monk 狂僧 A monk's heart is empty, and the Demon Palace trembles. He grips a vajra blade. Who dares toy with him? If you turn inward, your raging heart will at once grow still. When the Zen sage arrives, all Buddhas vanish! Buddhist precepts? To this little monk, they're nothing but passing clouds. Watch how this mad monk pierces the layers of fog in a chaotic age, turns the tide, and becomes a grand patriarch of Zen! 450Reads8.6Score102Shelves
- 43 Legends of the Seven Realms: The Confucian Dao Sage 七界传说之儒道之神 I love wuxia, and what I really want is to write an original wuxia novel of my own. But my writing isn't very good, and I'm afraid I won't do it justice, so I'm practicing little by little. Recently, I happened upon a novel I'd read a long time ago and had a sudden idea: I wanted to write a fanfic like it! Since I read the original so long ago, many of its settings were underdeveloped, so I've made some changes. If anything doesn't match the original, don't worry. I changed it on purpose! I'm no 12.4kReads7.0Score875Shelves
- 44 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Chronicle of Heaven's Mandate and Reincarnation 凡人修仙：天命轮回志 A mortal’s journey of cultivating the heart. No System, no transmigration, no rebirth, and multiple heroines. [Observe all things, defy fate, command reincarnation] By a twist of fate, the ordinary Qin Guan inherits the art of divine observation, allowing him to see through all techniques at a glance and glimpse the workings of fate. He only wanted to quietly protect his childhood sweetheart as she pursued immortality in peace, but is forced into a vast conspiracy sweeping across the Three Realm 7Reads—Score137Shelves
- 45 Emei 峨眉 He cultivates through wind and snow, seeking the Dao and questioning immortality. A young tavern boy sets out from Shu with the last wishes of an elder. The jianghu and the imperial court, love and hate, joy and sorrow. Behind the path to immortality, a shocking secret about Mount Emei slowly comes to light... 637Reads7.1Score101Shelves
- 46 Chronicles of the Cosmic Cycle 寰轮志 (Plot-focused, not a power fantasy, no harem, intelligent characters) The present-day Imperial Realm is bounded by prohibitions, governed by the orthodox Five Elements, and ruled by the turning of the sun and moon. In the law-of-the-jungle Threefold Demon Domain, blades and swords clash as factions scheme to establish rank and status. A secluded valley, hidden away in a world of its own, reveals secrets unknown to all. Five stone beasts, symbols of authority, lift the veil from the true world. P 49Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 47 Immortal of the Umbrella 伞仙 Also known as The Umbrella Immortal [Classic cultivation fantasy] [Slow burn] [No female lead] An exquisite, uncanny oil-paper umbrella, and a stormy dusk. Caught in the rain while climbing a mountain with nowhere to take shelter, he simply picked up the oil-paper umbrella lying on a rock. When Xu Fangyi awoke, he had arrived in a strange and dangerous world. The beads on the umbrella shift unpredictably between black and white. The umbrella in his hand is both a companion and his only suppo 537Reads6.7Score102Shelves
- 48 Seeking the Immortal Way 仙道求索 Also known as: I Can See Other People's Fortunes! No golden finger? I'll figure one out myself! After an incident, Wang Hao was inexplicably killed by someone. Luckily, he became one of the millions who transmigrated! But Wang Hao was also terribly unlucky: he hadn't activated a System! He didn't even have a System, let alone an old man in a ring or an empress as his master! After wandering around another world for five years, he finally became a cultivator, only to discover during a sect tourn 74Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 49 Trash Spiritual Root? I Mine My Way to Becoming an Ancestor of the Dao 废灵根？我靠挖矿逆袭成道祖 Also known as The Mine Slave's Path to Immortality. The protagonist, Mu Feng, was a 996 programmer who died suddenly and transmigrated into a mine slave in the cultivation world, with an utterly worthless spiritual root. But he unexpectedly activates a mining System that lets him grow stronger by mining. As he works hard to cultivate, demonic forces discover the secret of his System and send assassins after him, hoping to steal it. Meanwhile, the Demon Venerable is about to break free of his sea 3Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 50 The Ice and Snow Token 冰雪令 Fulfill the two dreams in every man’s heart: roam the jianghu with sword in hand, and drift off in the arms of a beauty. A traditional style, groundbreaking martial arts, and a whole new jianghu! The young hero Xue Feng wields two forms of internal energy with opposing attributes and carries a Frostfire Sword. Alongside Bei’er, his companion in the jianghu, a white tiger, and a black bear, he roams the world with his sword. Can he live up to everyone’s hopes, set the jianghu to rights, and fulfi 10Reads8.9Score—Shelves
