Novels like My Years as a Lay Disciple at Lingyin Temple
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- 51 I, Buddha, Am Truly a Good Person 佛爷我真是好人啊 [Weak System + No Romance + Slow Progression + More Traditional + Saintly Heroine, Don’t Read If You Dislike It, Thanks] When Shi Ran woke up, he had transmigrated to a strange world. There were no aloof immortals in the heavens, pure as the moon, nor compassionate gods and Buddhas filling the skies. Instead, the world was full of deranged, bizarre cultivators. Here, sacred scriptures were laden with taboo costs, and the slightest misstep in cultivation could mean death and the end of one’s path 476Reads8.7Score161Shelves
- 52 I Took Up Buddhism, and Now You're the Ones Suffering 我修佛了，你们痛了 [From universally disliked to universally adored + everyone faces a reckoning + no suffering for the heroine, only the trash men and women torment themselves + no romance + unconventional cultivation story] (After losing everything, the heroine awakens. She lets go of it all, her heart dead and her feelings extinguished. She renounces emotion and severs her ties to love, her heart dwelling in the empty gate.) Ye Miuo used to be the most envied young lady of the Xuantian Sect. She was loved by ev 6.5kReads8.5Score578Shelves
- 53 Wuxia Crossover: Ten Years Imprisoned in the Sutra Library, Invincible the Moment I Emerge 综武：自囚藏经阁十载，出世即无敌 A three-foot blade in hand, Longquan steel; a young man rides through a border town. Ying Qi’s soul transmigrated into a world where the martial arts realms converged. He became the First Emperor of Qin’s ninth son, but disliked the deceit and intrigue within the imperial family, so he left Xianyang and joined Shaolin Temple as a lay disciple. Then he unexpectedly awakened the Bookworm System. As long as he carefully read a scripture, he could automatically extract its key information, grasp all 1.1kReads7.9Score194Shelves
- 54 The Rotten-Flesh Buddha 烂肉佛 Things get interesting when all the good people receive the punishment they deserve. A mass of rotting flesh crawls with maggots. The maggots raise their heads and look at Chou Zhengchu. “Chou Zhengchu, what do we look like to you?” “You look like Buddha to me!” 2kReads8.2Score272Shelves
- 55 Rejected by the Three Pure Ones, I Turned Around and Joined the Western Church 被三清嫌弃，反手拜入西方教 After transmigrating into the Primordial World, Lu Yun becomes a purple bamboo in the West, born with a damaged spiritual foundation. After countless hardships, he travels east to seek the Three Pure Ones as his masters. But the Supreme One ignores him, while the Origin One looks down on him. He joins the Jie Sect as an outer disciple, but is looked down on for his origins and constantly targeted by his fellow disciples! With no other choice, Lu Yun returns to the West and becomes a disciple of 8.7kReads8.8Score828Shelves
- 56 Day and Night, Hounded by Nezha, Yang Jian, and Sun Wukong 被哪吒杨戬孙悟空追堵的日日夜夜 [No romance + universally adored heroine + intense unrequited love + ships with everyone + myth retelling] After being transmigrated into Guanyin, Hua Lian is busy today helping the reborn Yang Jian mend his ways, tomorrow saving Nezha from a deadly fate, and the day after stopping Sun Wukong from turning evil. And that's not even counting the White Snake, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, or The Love of the Celestial Maiden and the Mortal. Even ancient myths are going wildly off the rails! E 2.5kReads9.3Score324Shelves
- 57 EN Journey to the West: The Monk Who Doesn't Want to Retrieve the Scriptures 西游：贫僧不想取西经 “Wukong, kill all the male demons. Leave the female ones to your master.” “Good patron, allow this humble monk to teach you a lesson.” Sun Wukong: “Master, these demons are too powerful. I can't beat them.” “Wukong, stand aside. Let your master handle this!” 1kReads8.4Score155Shelves
- 58 Horror Revival: I Am Monk Sanzang, Sanzang as in Burying the Dead 恐怖复苏：贫僧三葬，送葬的葬 [Horror Revival] [Invincible] [System] [Comedy] [This book is entirely fictional and has no connection whatsoever to reality.] After transmigrating into a world where horror had returned, he awakened the System for Delivering All Beings from Suffering. Only, the way it delivered people seemed a little... Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, depleted uranium bullets purify the six senses. Three thousand six hundred revolutions in a single breath, great compassion saves all the world! The Great Mighty Heaven 4.9kReads8.8Score376Shelves
- 59 After Marrying the Sickly Crown Prince Who Practices Buddhism in Her Sister's Place, She Makes Him Break His Vows 替嫁给病弱佛修太子后，他破戒了 [Traditional Historical Romance + Household and Palace Intrigue + Rebirth Revenge Fantasy + Substitute Marriage + Powerful Hero and Heroine + Black Lotus] After jumping from the city tower, Jiang Nanzhi and her legitimate elder sister, Jiang Tanxin, are both reborn. In her previous life, Jiang Tanxin gave up her childhood sweetheart, the young lord Shen Che, to become the Crown Princess, and schemed to make Jiang Nanzhi marry Shen Che as her substitute. But who could have guessed that the Crown 4kReads8.9Score579Shelves
- 60 EN Journey to the West: Master Wants to Tell Another Story 西游：师父又要讲故事了 [Type]: Journey to the West / historical Xuanzang / retracing the Journey to the West / Buddhist cultivation / not the Primordial World / only a great calamity setting / no conspiracy-driven plot. Guanyin Bodhisattva had been having a terrible headache lately. A great calamity was about to begin, and the Buddha had ordered him to find a Pilgrim and bring him to the Western Heaven to undertake the Journey to the West. Everything had originally been arranged. But this Pilgrim seemed a little stran 129kReads9.3Score13.6kShelves
- 61 Journey to the West? No! Hear My Decree, Monks: March West to Spirit Mountain 西游？不！传贫僧法旨，西征灵山 At Little Leiyin Temple, Tang Sanzang recites a rebellious poem. At Eagle Sorrow Stream, the White Dragon sends a false letter? At Lion Camel Ridge, the demons arrange themselves by rank, while Tang Sanzang speaks fervently of his lifelong ambition? What would happen at the end of Journey to the West if Tang Sanzang grew stronger every time he took on a new disciple? Sun Wukong: “I'll storm Leiyin Temple and destroy Mount Ling. If I leave and never return, then so be it!” Zhu Bajie: “Tathagata's 8.4kReads9.0Score813Shelves
- 62 My Past and Present Lives Exposed? The Whole World Is Shaken 前世今生曝光？举世震撼 Ye Changge accidentally transmigrates to the Reincarnation Continent and becomes the owner of a Reincarnation Seal. He also possesses the strongest customizable simulator! First life: For love, he abandons Buddhism and turns to evil, slaughtering the entire Lingshan! Second life: His sister attracts the covetous attention of various factions. To protect her, Ye Changge stands alone with his sword, opposed by the whole world! He severs the path to immortality! Slays the Immortal Gate! Seals away 2.3kReads9.2Score219Shelves
- 63 Journey to the West: I'm the Tathagata, Infiltrating Spirit Mountain! 西游：我是如来，卧底灵山！ My name is Lai Ru. My parents hoped I'd become a great Confucian scholar, but... Today, I transmigrated, and I'm a monk! The System says it wants me to become the most violent Tang Monk in history, but... System, did you get something wrong? I transmigrated as the Tathagata! Go undercover? Turn the Journey to the West around? I'm not a monk, and I don't want to be the Tathagata either! Fine. In that case, I'll go undercover... Jieyin, Zhunti, give it up... Even the boss of Thunderclap T 334Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 64 Mythology Revival: From the Start, I Awaken Sun Wukong 神话复苏:开局唤醒孙悟空 In a parallel world, spiritual qi revival has begun, and many myths have been lost to time. All kinds of divine statues have appeared across the land. Anyone who calls out a statue’s true name can inherit its legacy and gain great power. Recounting the glorious deeds of its past can bring even more power. After transmigrating, Su Yu discovered to his astonishment that he knew countless divine names! The divine beast everyone called a monkey? One look was all it took for Su Yu to recognize the Gr 4.9kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
- 65 The Song of Enlightenment: A Timeless Masterpiece by Master Yongjia 永嘉大师千古神书之证道歌 A divine book, a divine book! One that can sharpen your wisdom, open your mind to new possibilities, fill you with energy, awaken you to life, and make you unstoppable!!! A sensational new release, now available!!! The Path to Awakening and Growth The seven-year-old Dragon Girl became a Buddha in an instant, realizing her true mind upon hearing the true Dharma. She cast aside the thousand-year-old dragon pearl at once, and her greed and attachments vanished in an instant. With her mind opened an 947Reads7.0Score212Shelves
- 66 The Book of Enlightenment: A Guide to Beating the Game of Life 开悟神书，人生游戏通关指南 A divine book, a divine book, one that can enhance your wisdom, unleash your imagination, fill you with energy, awaken you to life, and make you invincible with a cheat! Coming in hot! The Path to Awakening and Growth A seven-year-old Dragon Girl became a Buddha in an instant, realizing her true nature upon hearing the true Dharma. She immediately gave up her thousand-year dragon pearl, and her greed and attachment vanished in an instant. Her mind opened and grew clear, serene at last, and she g 503Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 67 I've Become a Buddha, Do Not Disturb 我成佛了，勿扰 Jiang Wanyu died after a brick fell on her while she was working at a construction site. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the heroine of a torturous cultivation novel. From the start, she was thrown into hell mode, caught by the white-moonlight rival while confessing her love for the male lead's master. “...” Her master asked, “Do you know what you did wrong?” Her senior brothers, the male supporting characters, cried, “Junior Sister, hurry up and admit your mistake!” The whi 2.4kReads8.7Score236Shelves
- 68 Xuanhuan: I Lead Hundreds of Millions of Yin Soldiers to Rebuild the Underworld 玄幻：我率领亿万阴兵，重建地府 Chen Qiye transmigrated into a fantasy world, only to find it crawling with countless vicious ghosts that preyed on people and stole their lives. Fortunately, the most powerful Underworld Emperor System awakened within him. Summon Heibai Wuchang to seize wandering souls and slay evil ghosts! Summon the Yin soldiers and generals, throw open the gates of the underworld, and set a hundred ghosts roaming by night! Summon judges and City Gods to punish evil, uphold good, and keep the mortal realm i 15.7kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
- 69 Livestream: The Cultivation World Has Turned Into a Meme, What Does That Have to Do with Me? 直播：修真界变沙雕，关我何事？ Chen Feng transmigrated to the Mysterious Realm and started a livestreaming career. The System, which clearly had no regard for human decency, gave him a pile of bizarre skills. From then on, the world of cultivation got a whole lot weirder. [Voice of Filial Piety, Expert Appraisal Edition]: What is filial piety? What is love? Do you know the greatness of a mother's love? [Paper-Cutting People, Li Goushou Edition]: All-in-one funeral rites and ghost salvation. [Fifty-Cent Special Effects]: What? 29.5kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
- 70 The Sun and Moon Dual Cultivation Art 日月双修功 At the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm, the Immortal Emperor Jing Chengxuan was killed by the Nine Profound Female Immortal Emperor. His soul was reborn in the body of the mortal Jing Chengxuan, who had his dantian destroyed by his bride on their wedding night. Jing Chengxuan cultivates supreme immortal arts, defies fate, and takes revenge on his enemies, making Yun Yiran regret her actions for the rest of her life. He rises step by step, fights his way back to the Immortal Realm, and takes his r 2.7kReads6.2Score320Shelves
- 71 The Urban All-Purpose Lottery System 都市全能抽奖系统 By a twist of fate, Chen Feng, a young man from the city, obtained a sign-in lottery System. He discovered that he could win all kinds of skills, cultivation techniques, and items through the System's sign-in lottery... He could even use the System's power to transmigrate at any time into different film, TV, and novel worlds. Love in the Courtyard, Ode to Joy, Love Apartment, Drawing Sword, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Uncle Nine, Journey to the West, the Primordia 1.8kReads6.8Score102Shelves
- 72 The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗废材 [Absurd comedy + traditional fantasy + multiple heroines + espionage + battles of wits] Ye Huan is a disciple so disappointing that even the Hehuan Sect wants nothing to do with him. By chance, he obtains an inheritance, and from then on becomes a man who can hold up the heavens. One way for men to survive in the Hehuan Sect is to become spies. As it happens, Ye Huan is an espionage enthusiast, and with his exceptional powers of logical deduction, he matches wits with all sides on the covert fro 1.7kReads7.2Score167Shelves
- 73 My Junior Sister Says Even a Madman Is a God 小师妹说神经也是神 Jiang Zhu transmigrates into a novel about a girl adored by everyone, as a disposable female side character. The junior apprentice sister is gifted and loved by all, while the side character has cultivated for years and is still useless. In the end, she's pushed out to take a blade for the junior sister and dies miserably in the street. She opens her eyes to the sight of a whole sect full of hopeless sycophants, and Jiang Zhu wants to die. The heroine's suitors are everywhere. How about I bec 37.9kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves
- 74 EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 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 102.2kReads9.5Score9.6kShelves
