Novels like Journey to the West: Honghuang Rebooted
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- 1 The Saiyan Divine Monkey 赛亚神猴 I was an ordinary man who couldn’t even kill a chicken, yet I taught Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. The moment he was born, he struck Tathagata, who could only stare in thought. Where did this Super Saiyan monkey come from? After staying up all night watching shows at an internet cafe with a friend, he watched Journey to the West while I watched Dragon Ball. Then I closed my eyes, opened them again, and found myself in the Journey to the West world my friend loved, with an ugly, ta 26Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 2 Sun Wukong, the Victorious Fighting Buddha, and Tang Xuanzang 斗战胜佛孙悟空和唐玄奘 Even the Victorious Fighting Buddha, Sun Wukong, had his sentimental side. Here you'll find answers to Tang Xuanzang's Buddhist philosophy, Zhu Bajie's dreams of marrying a wife in Gao Village, and Sha Seng's remorse as a man who had done wrong. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I’m Sun Wukong 俺是孙悟空 If you were Sun Wukong, would you also journey west to fetch the scriptures? If I became Sun Wukong, wouldn't I look after all living beings? In truth, Wukong is a symbol. You and I are all Sun Wukong. This story is about me, and it's about you too. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Wukong Returns: The Human Emperor Defies Heaven, the Golden Cicada Slays the Buddha 悟空归来：人皇逆天，金蝉弑佛 Wukong Returns: The Human Emperor Defies Heaven, the Golden Cicada Slays the Buddha 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Great Sage Returns: Why Fear Another Battle in This World? 大圣归来：再战此界又何妨 [No System! Set after Journey to the West! The Great Sage Returns!] After completing the pilgrimage, Sun Wukong became a Buddha, but he was still far from attaining the true Great Dao. To pursue it, he left the Pangu World and entered Chaos. However, Tathagata lured him into the endless Dark Ruins. Faced with the terrifying power of the Dark Ruins, even Sun Wukong, famed as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven of the Pangu World and revered as the Victorious Fighting Buddha, could not withstand it. Po 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The New Journey to the West: Chen Younong's Version 新西游记陈佑农版 Respecting and carrying on the ideas of the original author, Wu Cheng'en, this is a subtle rewrite of Journey to the West. The story is not limited to heading east or west, going south when the road leads north, or wandering east and west. It still follows a winding road. Main characters: Tang Seng, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Seng, White Dragon Horse, Yiyan, and a gray donkey, seven four-legged beasts in total. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Black Myth: I, Old Sun, Will Slaughter Mount Ling 黑神话：俺老孙要屠了灵山 The Tathagata is trapped beneath the eighteenth layer of the demon realm in the land of the Nine Hells. His golden body is broken, yet his heart of Buddha remains unshaken. He waits for the true pilgrim. Ten thousand lifetimes of reincarnation have ended in vain. The pilgrims have fallen apart, and even the Victorious Fighting Buddha has become a nursing infant monkey. The Journey to the West? Nothing but an illusion, like flowers reflected in a mirror and the moon in water. There is no pure lan 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Chronicles of the Dark Journey to the West 暗黑西游纪 Synopsis: Once, Sun Dasheng wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, his fame shaking the Three Realms. After becoming a Buddha, he discovered that the Tathagata Buddha had once again released his uncle, the Roc, into the mortal world to wreak havoc, while the gods turned a blind eye as their subordinates killed people and massacred villages. Rage blazed in his heart. Without hesitation, Sun Dasheng once again rebelled against the Heavenly Palace, challenging its authority all by himself. The battl 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Dark Journey to the West: Trampling the Myriad Worlds 暗黑西游之踏碎诸天 A ruined body sealed away for a thousand years. The tragic fates of a human and a demon intertwined. A conspiracy spanning the universe and shaking the Three Realms. Who is a pawn, and who holds the pieces? The heavens are unjust, so I'll shatter them. The gods and Buddhas are without righteousness, so I'll slaughter them all! When I return, the heavens will tremble, the gods and Buddhas will bow, and the world will be vast and free! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Great Sage Equal to Heaven 齐天大圣 The Buddha said the Monkey King was impure in his six senses, so they peeled his skin, ground his bones, blinded his eyes, shattered his heart, stole his love, and extinguished his soul, only to reincarnate him in hell. Was he the only one at the mercy of fate? But the Monkey King refused to accept his fate. One day, he would raise his Golden Cudgel against all the gods and Buddhas in the heavens. This is not a chapter of Journey to the West. This is the story of Sun Wukong. 379Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Sequel to Journey to the West 西天后传 The Journey West: The Sequel —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Journey to the West: This Hands-On Monkey Is Too Powerful! 西游：这个手操猴太强了！ [Journey to the West based on the 2026 version + no primordial world + no Sages + invincible Monkey Brother] Everyone says Sun Wukong is weak on the journey west, that even when he fights a monster, the battle ends in a “draw,” and that he often has to call for reinforcements. When a modern person transmigrates as Monkey Brother and gains a cheat that strengthens his magic whenever he kills a monster, he unleashes his full arsenal of divine abilities: clones beyond the body, the ability to mat 61Reads5.2Score104Shelves
- 13 Journey to the West: Defying Heaven in Search of the Dao 西游之逆天寻道 I will defy this Heaven and shatter this Dao. I want every living being in the Three Realms to remember my name: Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong. 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Journey to the West: I Became the Great Sage Equal to Heaven 西游之我成了齐天大圣 From the start, he transmigrated into the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, imprisoned beneath Five Elements Mountain, and even had a god-tier choice System with him. System: Choice 1: Break free from the mountain right now. From this day forward, all beings across the Three Realms and Six Paths will be your enemies. You and your staff will stand alone against heaven and earth; Choice 2: Keep a low profile and build your strength. Don’t offend anyone along the Journey to the West. Secretly collect mag —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Transmigrating Into the Ultraman World: I Am the Light! 穿越奥特世界：我，即是光！ Transmigrate to the Ultraman World: I Am the Light! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 After Being Laid Off, I Transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty and Became the Top Scholar 被裁员后，我穿越明朝当状元 After Being Laid Off, I Transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty and Became the Top Scholar —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Deliveryman: From the Start, I Handed Over a Cultivation World, and the Nation Helped Me Become an Immortal 外卖员：开局上交修仙界，国家助我先成仙 Food Delivery Rider: From the Start, I Handed Over the Cultivation World, and the Nation Helped Me Become an Immortal First —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 I, Old Sun, Am the Real Handsome Monkey King 俺老孙才是真的美猴王 "Tathagata, you hypocrite, you bastard..." "Old Sun fell for your trick again..." "Fell for your trick again..." Sun Wukong is struck down into a dark abyss. With Wutian's help, he returns to Spirit Mountain to settle the score with Tathagata. But what he never expected was that the final truth would be... 27Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 19 Mad Monkey: The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal 疯猴：齐天大圣 The Tathagata’s second disciple, the Golden Cicada, traveled throughout the Four Great Continents. At Flower-Fruit Mountain, he preached to a stone, and at last the obstinate rock nodded, giving birth to Sun Wukong. Wukong later went to the Three Stars Cave on Slanting Moon Mountain to study the arts, where he happened upon the Golden Cicada being hunted by Mount Ling for “stealing scriptures.” The Golden Cicada took refuge at Flower-Fruit Mountain, indirectly passing his teachings on to Wukong. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Journey to the West: I, Sun Wukong, Will Become a Sage 西游：我孙悟空要成圣 Sun Wukong is reborn. He thought he’d be able to trample the Jade Emperor underfoot and beat Tathagata to a pulp. But in this life, his opponents are the Heavenly Dao Hongjun, the Sage Jieyin, the Sage Zhunti, and the hidden Demon Gods. And his teammates are even more outrageous: Patriarch Bodhi, the Demon God of Karma and half of Destiny; Sage Pingxin, the avatar of the Netherworld Dao and Lady Houtu; the Sage Taiqing; the Sage Nuwa; the Three Sovereigns of Humanity; the Eleven Ancestral Witche 1Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 21 The Sacred Buddha's Journey East 圣佛东游传 As Sun Wukong journeys east, he slays demons, vanquishes evil, searches for the truth, and slowly unravels the mystery of his origins. What is the connection between Sun Wukong and Pangu, Yuanshi Tianzun, Taishang Laojun, and Patriarch Bodhi? What ties does the heroine Hui Xinlan have to Sun Wukong? Could the two of them uncover even more secrets of ancient mythology? This book offers detailed explanations and analysis of many unanswered questions left by the classic Journey to the West, providi 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Sun Wukong’s Nuwa Stone 孙悟空之女娲石 This book tells the story of Sun Wukong after he has completed his journey to the Western Heaven and been named the Victorious Fighting Buddha. After fighting Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, he is ambushed from behind by the Howling Celestial Dog and loses his golden cudgel. In the end, he passes away, and his wife, the Fairy Zixia, buries him among a pile of stones. Who would have guessed that one of those stones was a Nuwa Stone? The energy released by the Nuwa Stone brings Sun Wukong back to life and 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Demon-Slaying Chronicles: The Great Sage Returns 伏魔记大圣归来 When heroes lay down their armor, will the world finally leave them in peace? Sun Wukong wants to protect a corner of pure land, but fate insists he wield his cudgel once more; Tang Monk burned through ten lifetimes just to defeat the demons, yet even his soul is denied rest; Bajie and Sha Seng guard them in silence, and in the end become the pillars holding everything together. This isn’t just a simple tale of fighting monsters and leveling up. So what else could it be? Currently undergoing ong 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, Awakened His System and Became Invincible 齐天大圣孙悟空觉醒了系统，无敌了 The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, awakened a System and became invincible. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Work Diary of the Abnormal Human Research Center 非正常人类研究中心工作日记 Work Diary of the Abnormal Human Research Center 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 High Martial: Records of the Cyber City Taixu 高武：赛博都市太虚录 High Martial: The Taixu Chronicles of a Cyberpunk City —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Sister-Protecting Maniac! Rabid Madman! From Deathmatch to Slaying Gods! 护妹狂魔！疯狗狂徒！从死斗杀到神明！ Sis-Obsessed! Rabid Madman! From Deathmatch to Godhood! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Imprisoned Phoenix: The Tyrant Would Redeem Himself With His Empire for Me 囚凰：暴君为我愿意拿江山赎罪 The Imprisoned Phoenix: The Tyrant Is Willing to Redeem His Sins with His Empire —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Conquering Myriad Worlds, I Am Invincible! 逆战万界，我无敌了！ I Defy All the Worlds, and I’m Invincible! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Redemption of a Kidnapped Girl and a Scrap-Collecting Granny 被拐少女与拾荒阿婆的救赎 The Redemption of a Kidnapped Girl and an Old Scrap Collector —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Journey to the West: I Take Sun Wukong as My Disciple, and the Saints Get Played 西游：收徒孙悟空，圣人被玩坏了 Just after Luo Fu transmigrated, the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court cast him into the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Fortunately, he activated the Disciple-Acquisition System: taking on disciples made him stronger, and whenever his disciples grew stronger, his own power increased a hundredfold. He took Sun Wukong as his disciple, then Yang Jian, Nezha, and Ying Zheng. From that day on, Luo Fu turned the Chan Sect upside down, then the Heavenly Court, then the Western Lands. Yuanshi Tianzun rage 527Reads6.5Score100Shelves
- 32 Better to Be the Great Sage Equal to Heaven Than a Fighting Buddha! 宁为齐天圣，不当斗战佛！ (No System, no female lead, no protagonist suffering, no rules) Sun Wukong gets a second chance at life and learns the truth behind Journey to the West. This time, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven won't let anyone manipulate him. He'll battle Heaven and Earth. Everyone who plotted against him will die beneath his Ruyi Jingu Bang. Better to be the Great Sage Equal to Heaven than the Fighting Buddha! 59Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 33 After the Havoc in Heaven, Nezha Is Ordered to Subdue Sun Wukong 大闹天宫后，哪吒奉命镇压孙悟空 After the Havoc in Heaven, Nezha is ordered to suppress Sun Wukong 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Journey to the West: The Great Sage Returns 西游之大圣归来 Atop Spirit Mountain, he sent the gods and Buddhas crashing down from the heavens! Reborn, he remained just as obsessive, unruly, arrogant, and defiant as before! In his previous life, he fell at the hands of a sage. Now, with amplification on his side, he would ask those sages of the Nine Heavens: Who was truly the master of this world? 135Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 35 Journey to the West: The Honghuang Path of Dujue 西游：洪荒度厄行 Tell me, where is Mount Lingtai Fangcun? Where can one find the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars? And Subhuti... who is he? Does he really exist? This is a different kind of Journey to the West set in the Primordial World. [The protagonist Xuanzang is exceptionally clever, while his inner monkey, Brother Monkey, has unimaginable strength] No System, but plenty of adventures; no heroine, but a kindred spirit; not invincible, with an emphasis on strategy. The Dao Ancestor and the Six Sage 87Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 36 Journey to the West: The Monk's Rampage, Cultivating to Slay the Gods 西游：唐僧失控修仙要斩神 The author says: Every new day, the only chance people at the bottom have to change their social standing is: “Write, write, write.” Tang Sanzang: “Life is short, and in the end we all return to dust. Why should immortals roam freely across the world while we ordinary people can only live like frogs at the bottom of a well? Give me cultivation for everyone!” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Journey to the West Across the Heavens: I Find the Brain of a Mafia Boss 诸天西游：捡到黑道大哥脑子 [Journey to the West] + [Great Sage Equal to Heaven] + [Myriad Worlds] + [System] + [Pure, Unrestrained Thrills] Sun Wukong, determined to break the gears of fate, resolutely embarks on a path of loyalty and righteousness, then wages war across the Myriad Worlds. (Realms: Ren and Du meridians, the eight extraordinary meridians, Minor Circulation, Greater Circulation, Golden Core Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, Grand Unity Rogue Immortal, Grand Unity —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Journey to the West: Sun Wukong Refuses to Leave the Mountain 西游：我孙悟空绝不出山 Chu Xingze transmigrates into Sun Wukong, trapped beneath Five Elements Mountain. His five-hundred-year sentence is up, and Tang Sanzang arrives: “Are you the disciple the Bodhisattva recommended to me?” Chu Xingze: “No!” Guanyin Bodhisattva: “Sun Wukong, are you coming out of the mountain or not?” Chu Xingze: “I can’t. Old Sun has committed grave sins. I need to stay under here for another five hundred years!” Just as the calamity of Journey to the West is about to end, demons run rampant acros 362Reads6.9Score105Shelves
- 39 Sun Wukong Sweeps Away All Corruption Under Heaven 孙悟空之扫尽天下浊 After Sun Wukong became a disciple and learned the arts, he happened to meet Ao Xue. Later, for her sake, he did not hesitate to offend Water Virtue Star Lord and other gods and Buddhas. He befriended Nezha and others, and set out to cleanse this chaotic world, bright on the surface but dark underneath. 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 After I Made Sun Wukong My Big Brother 拜了孙悟空当大哥之后 After Sun Wukong became a Buddha at Ling Mountain, a twist of fate sent him into a temporal turbulence, where he fell into the modern world. He appeared at Jin City University, where Wei Haoyu, a fourth-year student, met him by chance during an incident. Wei Haoyu made Sun Wukong his big brother, but they soon discovered that this world was far from ordinary. Mysterious demonic aura, shattered pieces of jade, and tangled timelines... Thus began a series of dazzling, thrilling adventures... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 I, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Refuse to Become a Buddha! 我，齐天大圣，誓不成佛! Transmigrated into Journey to the West, he becomes Sun Wukong, awakens a System, and refuses to become a Buddha! I, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, worship no gods, seek no Buddha, and ask nothing of the Dao. I can still be invincible in this world! 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Journey to the West: The Heaven-Defying Calamity 西游之逆天劫 [Dark Journey to the West | Decisive and Ruthless | Ensemble Comeback | Subversive Primordial Fantasy | High-Octane Revenge] The golden band shatters! Fate itself cracks! This time, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven points his blade at the Celestial Court! After five hundred years beneath Five-Finger Mountain, Wukong breaks the golden band, only to fall into an even deeper cage. The gods and Buddhas treat all living beings as pieces on a board, laying a deadly trap called “destiny”: False Buddha’s 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Sun Wukong, Invincible! I’ll Slay Ten Thousand Buddhas on My Way to the West 孙悟空，无敌！我往西天斩万佛 Reborn for a new life, he transmigrates into the Stone Monkey from Journey to the West? Only when Tang Sanzang arrives does the god-tier Slaughter System activate. On the pilgrimage, killing makes him stronger! At last, Sun Wukong, who has lived two lives, stops holding back. The terrifying Eighty-One Trials, devised by the Sages, become the Great Sage’s blood-soaked killing spree. Ding! You killed Sai Taishui, the Golden-Furred Hou. Congratulations, you’ve obtained Pangu Jade Marrow! Ding —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 44 Journey to the West: In Heaven, I Become a Saint by Raising Horses 西游：人在天庭，我靠养马成圣 [Ensemble Cast] [System] [Primordial World and Journey to the West] [Xiao Xiao in Black Stockings] [Completing the Primordial World] Complete and fully finished. Read with confidence. Why are Jieyin and Zhunti constantly complaining? Why was Yuanshi forced to disband the Chan Sect? Why is Luohu fuming with rage? It all began when Yun Yi transmigrated to the world of Journey to the West. Chaos Demon God: With the Pangu Axe in your hands, you must be Pangu reincarnated. Yun Yi smiled faintly. “Who 25Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 45 Journey to the West: You Call This Sage Sun Wukong? 西游：你管这圣人叫孙悟空？ After his soul transmigrated to another world, Qi Xiaosheng was reborn inside the Five-Colored Divine Stone atop Flower-Fruit Mountain, becoming the not-yet-born Sun Wukong. [Ding! Divine-level sign-in System activated!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host! Sign-in inside the Five-Colored Divine Stone successful. Reward: Chaos Demon Ape bloodline!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host! Sign-in at Flower-Fruit Mountain successful. Reward: Chaos Battle-Heaven Art!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host! Sign-in at Water 53Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 46 The First Demon Hero of Journey to the West 西游第一妖侠 Zhang Hao’s soul travels to the world of Journey to the West, where he becomes a demon-slaying hero. He opens a stone gate sealed for ages and takes you along on the pilgrimage to the West. Experience a Journey to the West unlike the original, in a world where gods and Buddhas fill the skies and demons roam the land... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Journey to the West: The Great Sage Who Proves the Dao Through Slaughter 西游：以杀证道的大圣 The Buddha of the West never lowers his head to look upon the world's suffering and evil; the gods of the Heavenly Court preach doctrines only for their own gain. When sages do not die, great thieves never cease; Heaven's way is unpredictable, and all living beings suffer. At the dawn of primordial chaos, nothing had an innate nature; to break through ignorance, one must awaken to emptiness. 673Reads8.3Score104Shelves
- 48 The Tragedy of Journey to the West 西游天殇 Sun Wukong rises to join the battle for supremacy between immortals and gods that has raged since the Primordial Era, then descends to take part in bloody clashes between Immortal Venerables and God Kings across the heavens. He slays demons and vanquishes evil along the way, forging an undying legend. Tian Shang carries on Lao Ye's signature style of political intrigue, with schemes within schemes and traps within traps. Many readers consider it the best sequel to Journey to the West. 1.1kReads7.6Score107Shelves
- 49 Wukong Must Not Die 悟空不许死 Two thousand years after dying in battle against Subhuti, Sun Wukong is awakened by a mysterious voice as the ancient land of Huaxia faces a crisis. To solve the mystery of why Subhuti was imprisoned in the Three Realms and uncover his own origins, Sun Wukong first resolves the crisis in Huaxia. Then he closes the gate to the Three Realms and arrives in a world of cultivation, where true gods fill the skies. 21Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 50 Transmigrate as Sun Wukong and Transform into a Super Saiyan! 穿越成孙悟空，变身超级赛亚人！ After the calamity of the Journey to the West: Tongtian River, Chen Village! “Buddhists! I, the Six-Eared Macaque, quit being the Victorious Fighting Buddha!” Fangcun Mountain! Patriarch Bodhi looked at Sun Wukong, now transformed into a little monkey. “You foolish child, my foolish child! I told you not to give out your name, but when your life was on the line, why didn’t you know to ask me for help?” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
