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- 1 EN I, Tongtian, Will Conquer the Primordial World! 我，通天，砍翻洪荒 He transmigrates into Tongtian, and from the start, the Six Saints are gathered in Zixiao Palace to discuss the Investiture of the Gods. Yuanshi: “Junior brother, your Jie Sect is full of creatures born from the wet and hatched from eggs. They deserve to be placed on the Investiture of the Gods and end this tribulation.” Zhunti: “Daoist Tongtian is sacrificing himself for the greater good. What a blessing for the Primordial World!” Jieyin: “Excellent! Daoist, your virtue is boundless.” Faced wit 42Reads6.6Score10314d adds
- 2 Honghuang: I Transmigrated into the God-Slaying Spear, Born with a Rebellious Streak! 洪荒：穿越弑神枪，我天生反骨！ Ye Chen, a loser from 21st-century Huaxia, transmigrates to the Primordial World and becomes the God-Slaying Spear. He kills his own master and begins his path to proving the Dao. He becomes the Dao Ancestor’s disciple and the senior-most disciple. With the help of his System, he dominates the Primordial World and makes the Heavenly Dao submit! Nuwa: “You lecher! How dare you watch me bathe!” Queen Mother of the West: “Chen, the East Palace is bothering me again!” Hou Tu: “Thank you for your gui —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Honghuang: I’ll Come Clean, I Was the One Who Let Heaven Through 洪荒：摊牌了，这天是我让开的 After transmigrating to the primordial world, Bai Hao was born alongside the Great God Pangu and unexpectedly awakened the Chaos Mystery Box System. “Mystery box opened. Creation of the world successful. Reward: one Chaos Bead!” “Mystery box opened. Congratulations, Master, you have obtained Primordial Violet Qi!” “Mystery box opened. Congratulations, Master, you have obtained a cute pet, Kong Xuan!” Hongjun: “Fellow Daoist Bai Hao, here are three drops of my blood essence. Please let me open on 588Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 4 Honghuang: I Gain Enlightenment in My Sleep! 洪荒：我！睡觉就悟道！ Xuan Yu transmigrates to the Primordial World and is about to be expelled from the Chan Sect from the start, stripped of his cultivation, and reduced to a mortal! Fortunately, Tongtian takes him as a disciple, and he immediately awakens the Sleep-to-Enlightenment System. His Dao flower blooms with twelve petals, astounding the Dao Ancestor! Sect Master Tongtian: “My good disciple, taking you in was the best decision I ever made!” Primordial Heavenly Venerable: “You can take the position of Chief 500Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 5 Honghuang: I Start Out as a Golden Cicada 洪荒：开局我是一只金蝉 Ye Bei transmigrated into the Primordial World and became a pathetically weak golden cicada, getting beaten up by a mantis. But he unexpectedly awakened a god-tier Devouring System. “Congratulations, Master. You devoured a bloodthirsty black ant mosquito and obtained the Divine Ability of Ten Thousand Incarnations.” “Congratulations, Master. You devoured a descendant of the Ancestral Dragon bloodline and obtained the Divine Ability to summon wind and rain.” “Congratulations, Master. You devoured 3.1kReads8.4Score18314d adds
- 6 Honghuang: Don't Mess With Me, I'm a Disciple of the Dao Ancestor 洪荒：别惹我，我乃道祖传人 Mo Bai transmigrates into the Primordial World and becomes a Twelfth-Grade Destruction Black Lotus, just as the Dragon-Han Calamity begins. The God-Tier Choice System awakens. "Choice One: Help the Dao Ancestor defeat Luo Hou and receive the Dao Ancestor's cultivation technique, the Purple Heaven World Art!" "Choice Two: Help Luo Hou fight to the bitter end and receive a purple-gold coffin!" Of course he's picking the first one! And so, Mo Bai becomes the Dao Ancestor's first disciple, the eldes 6.1kReads7.5Score52814d adds
- 7 EN My Unbeatable Background in the Primordial Era 洪荒之我的背景太无敌 Qin Hong transmigrated into the Primordial World and became the only blood descendant of the Three Pure Ones. From then on, the Primordial World had a fearless second-generation saint who feared nothing and no one. “Auntie Nuwa, you're so beautiful. Will you be my wife?” “Grandmaster Hongjun, someone's bullying your favorite grand-disciple!” “Hmph, Zhunti, Jieyin, my eldest uncle is Daode and my second uncle is Yuanshi. Do you dare touch me?” 1.7kReads8.0Score11714d adds
- 8 I Am Shichen Taoist: I Become Pangu, Trample the Heavenly Dao, and Subdue the Primordial World! 我时辰道人，化盘古踩天道，镇压洪荒！ New book: “The Female Emperor Shows Up at My Door from the Start, Begging Me to Accept Her, but I’m Immortal” After transmigrating, Lin Feng became the Daoist of Time, before the creation of the world. The System appeared and shouted, “I’m sorry, I’m not worthy of you! I’m self-destructing!” Seize the treasures of chaos, deceive the three thousand Demon Gods, become sworn brothers with Pangu, beat up Hongjun. Whoever refuses to submit gets a beating. Fight through the chaos and span all of histo 5.2kReads8.2Score32614d adds
- 9 I Turned into a Tree from the Start! 开局变成一棵树！ [Super-Satisfying Quick Transmigration Novel, the Myriad Worlds + Life Simulations] Become different characters and live different lives. Tang Sanzang: “This humble monk will give the Kingdom of Women a home!” Yue Fei: “You treacherous emperor, prepare to die!” Tongtian: “Old Hongjun, face my sword!” Life is like a game. If you don’t like how it’s going, restart! Is this a story about the Myriad Worlds? No, it’s about spiritual qi revival! This book is also known as "Primordial World: From the S 1.8kReads8.4Score10614d adds
- 10 Honghuang: Please, Don't Kill Nuwa 洪荒：求求你，别杀女娲 Luo Hao accidentally transmigrated to the Primordial World and became the younger brother of Demon Ancestor Luohu. While traveling around the Primordial World, he encountered a mysterious snake demon in the form of a beautiful woman. As the Dragon-Han Tribulation was about to begin, the Four Great Demon Lords hurried in to report: “Demon Ancestor, Nüwa is here to attack us!” Ha! Does the Demon Clan look like an easy target? Luo Hao stormed down to the foot of Mount Sumeru, only to see a scene li 6.5kReads8.6Score94514d adds
- 11 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 [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 6.1kReads6.6Score25814d adds
- 12 Honghuang: From the Start, I Am an Ancestral Witch, and Nuwa Pursues Me for Marriage 洪荒：祖巫开局，被女娲追婚 Su Mu arrived in the Primordial World and, from the start, chose to become a member of the Wu Clan. He also received a red thread of fate. Su Mu: “Whether it’s fate or not doesn’t matter. I just want to have a family sooner rather than later.” He turned around and linked his thread of fate to Nuwa’s. And with Su Mu around, the Primordial World was thrown into complete chaos! Houtu: “Nuwa, you’re a Saint, yet you’re stealing my Su Lang!” Taiqing: “You scoundrel! How dare you steal my Taiji Diagra 19.7kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 13 EN Eavesdropping on Thoughts: Starting with Yunxiao Slaying Dingguang Immortal 偷听心声，开局云霄提剑砍定光仙 Li Xiao becomes Tongtian’s fifth personal disciple, and Yunxiao overhears his thoughts! “Fifth Senior Brother, why are you staring at Dingguang Xian?” “Nothing. I just feel like eating rabbit meat!” [That Dingguang Xian is going to betray the sect. How do I kill him?] “Fifth Senior Brother, could you stop being such a slacker?” [Why shouldn’t I slack off? I’m already invincible. What else is there to do?] [The Three Xiao sisters have it rough. Yunxiao is imprisoned beneath Qilin Cliff, and Qiong 25.1kReads8.6Score2.2k14d adds
- 14 Honghuang: The Ancestral Dragon’s Last Will Reveals I Have a Saint for a Younger Brother 洪荒：祖龙遗嘱，我有个圣人弟弟 Transmigrating into the Era of Creation, he became the younger brother born alongside the Ancestral Dragon: the Nether Dragon! During the Dragon-Han Tribulation, Demon Ancestor Luohu and Dao Ancestor Hongjun were both scheming over the fate of the Three Clans. Long Ming had intended to resolve the Dragon Clan's crisis, but then he awakened a seclusion System. Long Ming could only urge the Ancestral Dragon to stay within the boundless Four Seas. But the Ancestral Dragon wouldn't listen. After the 20.1kReads8.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 15 EN Primordial Styx: Blood God Avatars Spread Across the World 洪荒冥河之血神分身遍天下 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 29.6kReads8.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 16 Honghuang: I, Hongjun, Am Really Not the Villain 洪荒：我鸿钧真不是反派 [Comedy + Satisfying Revenge + No Female Lead] Tongtian One: I am Tongtian. I will never found a sect. Tongtian Two: I am Tongtian. I will never become a saint. Tongtian Three: I am Tongtian. I will never confer the gods. King Father of the East: I will build the strongest Heavenly Court. Zhao Gongming: I will expose Hongjun's conspiracy. The transmigrators descend upon the Primordial World, naturally believing themselves righteous and making it their mission to overthrow Hongjun's rule. All Hon 14.2kReads9.3Score91814d adds
- 17 Xuanhuan: When Did I Become Invincible? 玄幻：我什么时候无敌了 Also known as When Did I Become a Legend of the Cultivation World? Chen Ping'an transmigrates to the world of cultivation and spends several years striving to cultivate. When he sees that he still has no cultivation at all, he decides he's not cut out for it. So every day, he follows the System's instructions, feeding the chickens and fish, washing clothes, and growing vegetables. But one day, the arrival of a breathtakingly beautiful immortal upends his orderly, ordinary life. “Immortal maiden, 13.9kReads9.2Score2.2k14d adds
- 18 Honghuang: From the Start, I Spoil the Plot for Nuwa 洪荒：开局给女娲剧透 [Primordial world + behind-the-scenes scheming + wild imagination] Chen Xuan transmigrates into the Primordial World as a little white dragon. His arrival sends the whole world wildly off course... Nuwa: “Becoming a saint through merit isn’t what I want. I’m going to sever the Three Corpses!” The Two from the West: “The West is far too barren. Starting today, we’re joining the East!” Tongtian: “The calamity of the Investiture of the Gods is upon us. All Jie Sect Disciples, follow me onto the Inv 43.4kReads9.1Score4.4k14d adds
- 19 I Am Unaware That I Am the Peerless Martial God 玄幻：原来我是绝世武神 Yi Feng transmigrates to a world of cultivation. Unfortunately, he has no hope of becoming an immortal, so he can only remain a mortal and hopes to live a peaceful life. But he has no idea... The dog he took in became a mighty demon king after eating his food. The kitchen knife he casually forged became an unparalleled divine weapon, sparking a fierce scramble among countless powerful figures. The young disciple he took in became an Immortal King after practicing his cultivation technique, usher 25.6kReads9.0Score3.3k14d adds
- 20 I've Cultivated to Level 9999, but the Patriarch Is Only Level 100 修炼9999级了，老祖才100级 The dog he raised turned out to be a Demon Venerable, sweeping across the demon world. The koi in his pond all leaped over the Dragon Gate and transformed into mighty dragons of the Nine Heavens? The little beggar he took in became an emperor with a casual touch of his finger? Ye Qingyun was at a loss for words. After being trapped deep in the mountains for a full ten years, he finally ventured beyond them, only to discover that he was an unparalleled expert? 7.3kReads9.1Score97614d adds
- 21 I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者 The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. … 3.4kReads—Score17214d adds
