Novels like Maoshan's Secret Sect
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- 1 City’s Reckless Young Master: Reborn from the Ashes 都市狂少之涅槃重生 A person can be wild, but must never be arrogant. This is the motto of a young man named Simu, the protagonist of this book. He is wild because he grew up amid a sea of blood and endured a brutal childhood, which only made him long all the more for the warmth of a home. By chance, he returns to Huaxia on a secret mission and discovers DNA that matches his own. This discovery strengthens his resolve to leave the organization and search for his family... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Most Miserable Transmigration in History: How to Conquer the Universe 史上最悲催穿越，如何征服宇宙 What’s the most miserable way to transmigrate? Landing inside a speeding car that seems about to go out of control. Worse still, you’re not the one at the wheel. Worse than that, the person behind the wheel has clearly gone insane. The god-tier player Xiao Yi accidentally transmigrates into a game. What kind of move is it to go crazy as soon as you arrive? With the most miserable start imaginable, how will Xiao Yi turn the tables, conquer the universe, and uncover the truth of the world? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 From This Moment On, the World Is Yours 从此刻开始，世界属于你 [Sweet romance]+ [Love at first sight]+ [Mutual pursuit]+ [Woman disguised as a man]+ [Both leads are each other's only partner] She was the Second Young Lady of the Left Chancellor's household, yet her family insisted on arranging for her to become someone's concubine. She had been dead set against it, but who knew that one glance would make her fall in love, a second would win her heart, and a third would seal their fate? They were madly in love, and the legal wife was little more than a figur —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 God’s Chessboard 上帝棋盘 Before you stands Zhang Tian: the savior of the late Ming, the master who crushed the Japanese pirates, the master who crushed the Wala, a god of the late Qin, and the Three Kingdoms’ one and only savior... A golden finger called the God’s Chessboard grants Zhang Tian the ability to transmigrate across the Myriad Worlds. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Urban Rogue Immortal 都市痞仙 When a down-on-his-luck delivery guy is injured saving someone, he unexpectedly receives a legacy and begins an extraordinary life! But his journey into cultivation, feeling his way forward, is beset by hardship and danger at every turn. And the truth about his own origins turns out to be a joke! This novel is funny, distinctive, and inventive, and makes for a light read. Give it a try! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Strongest Support in the Nine Realms 九界最强辅助 [Fantasy + transmigration + leveling up + protagonist with ten thousand times the spiritual power + healing arts + peerless swordsmanship + enlightenment in the laws of the universe + cultivating both immortality and the heart] This sword stands alone in the mortal world; even a mortal can cut down a true immortal. In a world where humans, demons, and monsters are locked in a three-way war, a young man named Ye Feng arrives from another world and is swept into the conflict. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I’m an Undercover Agent in the Beast-Slaying Squad 我在灭兽小队当卧底 Humanity never knew how lucky it was. The evolutionary substance known as “Spirit Particles” chose the apes, and the apes evolved into humans. But a massive wave of evolution swept across the world, and countless animals began evolving into human beings. These new humans were called “Beasts.” They were no different from humans themselves, yet for reasons unknown, they began going berserk in great numbers. In response, the old humans formed the Beast Control Organization. What they didn’t know wa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Yuding Zhenren 玉鼎真人 The bookworm Wu Tianzhen became a True Spirit without even realizing it. After passing away by his own will, he arrived in a very different world of martial cultivation. But once he learned about martial cultivation, he found it all too strange, so he changed the cultivation method himself and embarked on an unconventional path... The plot of this book is beyond the author's control, and it involves major events across three universes. Read with caution!!!! 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 And Then, Death 然后，死亡 (No heroine, no harem. No System, no invincibility. Not mindless, not a wish-fulfillment story.) What does it mean to be reborn after death? To stand on land steeped in filth and tear away the gods' hypocritical masks. When I crawl out of my hatred, curses wrapped around my whole body, will you still be able to see my eyes clearly? By the time you think you've seen the truth, you've already fallen into the abyss I prepared for you. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 A Very Detailed Guide to Cultivation 很细的修仙 This is a cultivation novel about proving the Dao, and it is unlike other books! A world of cultivation, fantasy cultivation This is cultivation, but more than that, it is the cultivation of the heart… This book blazes a distinctive new trail for cultivation novels. After it, a whole new kind of cultivation story focused on cultivating the heart and attaining enlightenment will emerge. (The names of the cultivation stages in this book remain unchanged: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, 302Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 11 Versatile Magic: My Magic Has Special Properties 全法之我的魔法有特性 Magic with special effects, Lu Yan can’t help but grin! Lu Yan arrives in the world of Versatile Mage and, to repay the debt he owes for saving his life, takes on corrupt old families and cuts out the rot that has festered for years. Bah! You call that repaying a life-saving favor? I can’t even be bothered to call you out! 7Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 12 The Lazy God Cultivates 懒神修仙 Xu Renjie was born unable to take care of himself and is lazy by nature. Yet his father forced him onto the path of cultivation. Ever since the day he joined the sect, his senior sisters have showered him with endless affection. But though he strolls through a garden of flowers, not a single petal clings to him. He always stays true to himself: Isn't it better to just lie in the sun? 781Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Chronicles of Time 光阴录 [Mortal's Journey] [Farming and Management] [Ensemble Cast] A black page has drifted through the river of time for as long as anyone can remember. Untouched by the passage of time, it records all kinds of remarkable people, cultivation techniques and martial arts, as well as strange tales and amusing anecdotes. Gradually, it develops intelligence and begins traveling through the river of time to explore countless worlds... After the protagonist, Ye Qi, accidentally exposes one of its pranks, the 666Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 It's Sesame. He Added Sesame 是芝麻，他在加了芝麻 [Cultivation World + Food + Ensemble Cast + No Toxicity + Lighthearted Comedy + No Female Lead + No Harem + No Angst] After transmigrating into a cultivation world as a menial disciple of the Wudao Sect, he awakens the Culinary Dao System. The entire sect goes crazy competing for a taste of his cooking. From menial disciples and outer- and inner-sect disciples to personal disciples, elders, and ancestors, everyone gets involved. Their tricks are endless. No one is more shameless than the next. T 512Reads—Score10214d adds
- 15 The Chaotic Record of Mending the Heavens 混沌补天录 [No System, no being reborn, cautious cultivation, sound logic, quotable lines, and hilarious comedy] Please don't expect this to follow the usual formula of some cultivation novels, where the protagonist becomes invincible and starts killing as soon as he begins cultivating. This story follows the protagonist's transformation from an ordinary person, and strives to stay closer to real life, with plenty of introspection and social criticism. Starting as a law-abiding citizen, the protagonist fir 5.6kReads8.6Score59614d adds
- 16 Iron-Blooded War of Resistance: The Spoiled Quartermaster Awakens a Divine Machine 铁血抗战：纨绔军需官觉醒神机 [“War of Resistance, 1937” + “Divine Machine System” + “Hardcore War Against Japan” + “Burma-Yunnan Front”] Every inch of land is soaked in blood! Antique shop owner Chu Yun transmigrates into Chen Jiaju, a quartermaster in the 69th Provisional Division. Though born a spoiled rich boy, he raises a force and joins the main battlefield of the war against Japan. Fighting alongside troops from all walks of life, they pit their flesh and blood against the Japanese army to the bitter end, turning ever 4.4kReads6.4Score31414d adds
- 17 War God Possessed: I Transmigrated to 1937 to Fight the Japanese 战神附体：穿越到1937打鬼子 “As long as Hunanese remain, China will never fall!” During the eight years of resistance against Japan, the Nationalist government conscripted about 14 million people nationwide. Hunan contributed nearly 2.1 million, or 15% of the total. More than 600,000 Hunanese soldiers on the front lines were killed, wounded, or went missing. About 300,000 were killed, accounting for one-quarter of all Nationalist soldiers killed on the front lines, the highest death toll of any province. Over the eight yea 3.4kReads5.9Score22514d adds
- 18 War of Resistance: Sending a Japanese Major to Meet Amaterasu from the Start 抗战：开局送鬼子少佐见天照大神 Lao Ma, an armored corps veteran, is caught in a temporal mishap and transmigrates to 1941, a year engulfed in war, landing right in the middle of a Japanese encirclement. Gunfire erupts all around him as the enemy’s footsteps and battle cries close in. Stranded in an unfamiliar era without the modern armored equipment he knows, he has only his past combat experience and a soldier’s iron will. In this desperate fight for survival, Lao Ma begins an unknown journey of resistance. 7.3kReads8.7Score64114d adds
- 19 This Holy Son Is Way Too Cautious 这个圣子太稳健啦 [Reborn + Satisfying power fantasy + Daily life + Cunning protagonist + Lighthearted + Subverts expectations] “This is paradise for the strong and a graveyard for the weak.” Su Huai, a burned-out office worker, wakes up to discover he has transmigrated to the Immortal Domain, a place where the strong prey on the weak and danger lurks everywhere. After seven chaotic lives ending in tragic deaths and fresh starts, with no favor from the System, he finally uses the experience of his previous lives 16.6kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 20 The Earth God of Great Zhou 大周土地公 [Quality guaranteed across 5 million characters. Feel free to bookmark and enjoy!] He transmigrates into the world of Sword and Fairy and becomes the lowest-ranking Earth God. Relying on the incense offerings of the spirits in the wilderness, such as weasels, foxes, rats, hedgehogs, and snakes, he grows stronger step by step and establishes a clan of immortals. He teaches weasels to lay bricks, foxes to tell stories, rats to mint coins, and pythons to sail the seas... Starting out as an Earth Go 27.3kReads9.0Score3.2k14d adds
- 21 I Kissed the Demon Dog’s Toes and Became a Cultivation World Troublemaker 亲吻魔犬脚趾，我成了修仙乐子人 [System shenanigans + absurd comedy + light power fantasy + no farming] Other cultivators slay demons and vanquish monsters, reaching for the heavens, but my very first cultivation quest is to kiss a demonic hound’s toe?! After awakening the Taiji Fun-Seeker System, the more ridiculous the quest, the more outrageous the reward! Fairy dresses, lace gloves, bizarre abilities... As long as I keep the antics coming, my cultivation skyrockets! No protagonist torture, no frustration, no melodrama, jus 1.2kReads9.4Score11014d adds
- 22 I Donated Spirit Stones Worth a Hundred Million Times Their Value to the Sect, Terrifying the Empress and My Master 上交亿倍灵石入宗，吓坏女帝师尊 Ye Feng transmigrates to the Xuantian Continent, activates the Invincible Spendthrift System, and embarks on an unstoppable path of lavish spending. The head of the Xinghun Sect, Luo Qianxue: “I’m a holy maiden from the Upper Realm. After being ambushed, I was reborn in the lower realm, on the Xuantian Continent. All I want is to cultivate in peace, overcome my tribulation, and return to the Upper Realm as soon as possible. Ye Feng, can you stop squandering our resources? I don’t even want to de 20.4kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
- 23 Cultivating Immortality by Raising a Horde of Monsters: What Are You All Panicking About? 修仙，我就养群妖怪，你们慌什么 [Transmigration! Reborn! Lighthearted + lively + satisfying + funny + leveling up and fighting monsters!] Lin Chuyi failed her tribulation and was reborn in a tiny mountain village where they ate just two meals a day. With her soul damaged, she spent years in a daze. Then she suddenly rose to prominence, leaving everyone dumbfounded! She raises spirit beasts, takes in monsters, and leads her family in leveling up as they fight monsters! When her adoptive father returned from the army, he stared 48.1kReads9.5Score6.8k14d adds
- 24 Back to the Beginner’s Village? No! I’m Here to Retire! 重回新手村？不！我是来养老的！ After completing 9,999 repair missions in minor worlds, Hua Yi decisively retires and chooses a world to spend her remaining years in. She seems like a fresh-faced newcomer who has just entered the world of cultivation, but behind the scenes, she’s a powerhouse who dares to go head-to-head with the Heavenly Dao! Along the way, she plays the pig to eat the tiger, picks up strays, and enjoys the gossip and drama. There’s the Child of Misfortune, sealed away by a powerful cultivator. There’s also t 10.3kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 25 The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农 An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element 76.4kReads8.3Score6.6k14d adds
- 26 My Hilarious Junior Sister Is a Laid-Back Cultivator 沙雕师妹咸鱼修仙 [Xianxia + comedy + immortal cultivation + suona] Yun Qiqi spent her whole life as a happy slacker in the modern world. She never expected that after dying, she'd transmigrate to an immortal cultivation world where everyone was a workaholic. But she still refused to work! When choosing a master, Yun Qiqi thought it over for a long time. Sword cultivators worked too hard and had no money. Talisman cultivators drew talismans all day, and she couldn't even write properly, let alone draw talismans. 30.8kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
- 27 The Cultivators We Used to Chop Up Together 那些年，我们一起砍过的修仙者 (Everyman’s cultivation + no System) Unlike traditional xianxia, don’t read if that’s not your thing. That year, a seven-year-old boy took his little sister into the cultivation world. Then all the cultivators went crazy! When you set out to cultivate, it doesn’t matter if you have talent, treasures, or lucky opportunities. But there’s one thing you must remember: there’s one person you must never provoke. Even though this person isn’t a cultivator at all. His blade is faster than light, so fast 158.8kReads9.3Score16.6k14d adds
- 28 EN My Junior Disciples Are All Overpowered, So I Have to Cheat! 师弟们都是大佬，那我只能开挂了 The second junior brother is the chosen one of the plane. The third junior brother is reborn. The fourth junior brother is an ancient Sword Immortal reincarnated. The junior sister is the future Demon Empress. Everyone from top to bottom is a hidden powerhouse! Ouyang, the eldest senior brother, gives a crooked grin. “Well, then I guess I'll have to use cheats!” 124.5kReads9.4Score12.5k14d adds
- 29 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6k14d adds
- 30 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 974.8kReads9.4Score97.1k14d adds
- 31 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 168.8kReads9.8Score19.3k14d adds
- 32 I’m Stirring Up the Cultivation World with Grind Culture 我在修仙界搞内卷 [Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn 130.4kReads9.5Score53k14d adds
- 33 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9k14d adds
- 34 Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽：绝世妖女倾天下 [Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her 146.8kReads9.6Score18.9k14d adds
- 35 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 251.1kReads9.6Score25.1k14d adds
- 36 EN Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 333.1kReads9.7Score43.5k14d adds
- 37 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1k14d adds
- 38 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6k14d adds
- 39 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3k14d adds
- 40 EN The Creatures That We Are 异兽迷城 Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6k14d adds
- 41 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
- 42 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
