Novels like The Sky Emperor
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Sky Emperor, best match first.
- 1 The Dark Emperor: Crossing the Mortal World 黯帝：渡世 [Transmigration + Special Physique + Passionate Growth + Imperial Power Struggles + Dark Calamity] An Tian transmigrates into the powerful-respecter world of the Tianyan Continent. He has no prestigious background or peerless sect to rely on. All he has is the Hellflame Demon Physique, which can burn souls and devour power, and the endless secrets hidden behind its black flames. He struggles to survive from humble beginnings, then makes a name for himself at the sect tournament. He ventures i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Strange Sky 6 奇天6 Liu Qi fled Earth many years ago, only to return at last for revenge. Later, he had a son, Liu Bai. You won't let me ascend? Then I'll destroy your entire plane. He cuts down all before him, shatters ten thousand techniques with a single staff, and ultimately becomes the Marvelous Heaven! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 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. 374Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 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 27Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 5 Journey to the West: I, Sun Wukong, Am Unmatched! 西游：我，孙悟空，无双！ Bound to an Arrogance System from the start, he sets off on a very different Journey to the West! He slaughters Tang Sanzang and enrages Guanyin. Does that bunch of stinking priests in the Celestial Court still not realize that the great calamity is coming? My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven's! 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Journey to the East: I'm Not the Victorious Fighting Buddha 东游：我不是斗战胜佛 The Great Sage Equal to Heaven protected the holy monk on his journey west to obtain the scriptures. His fame spread across the Nine Provinces and his legend reached every corner of the world. All under heaven revered him! The history books say he was the inheritor of justice, the hope of mankind, a prodigal who turned back from the endless sea of suffering, and a battle god who laid down his butcher's knife and attained Buddhahood. But some questioned the truth of history and resolved to seek i 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 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—14d adds
- 8 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—14d adds
- 9 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—14d adds
- 10 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 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Great Sage Returns: Raising Havoc in Heaven Again 大圣归来之再闹天宫 The Great Sage Returns: Raising Havoc in Heaven Again 205Reads—Score214d adds
- 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 61Reads5.2Score10414d adds
- 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. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Black Myth: Child of Destiny 黑神话：天命之子 [Wildly imaginative + slow burn + not a power fantasy + Black Myth + apocalypse + fan fiction + invincible + ---] After playing Black Myth: Wukong nonstop for 48 hours, he forgot to eat, drink, use the bathroom, or sleep. The moment he finished the entire game, he collapsed onto his computer desk. As his spirit left his body, Wukong began entering another Black Myth world--- An apocalyptic era, overrun by demons and monsters, with humanity suffering terribly. Armed with Wukong’s divine powers, W 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 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! 61Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 16 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. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Five Hundred Years Beneath Five Elements Mountain, and I Made Sure the Journey to the West Would Never Happen 五行山下五百年，我让西游永无经 [Journey to the West] [Wild imagination] [Sun Wukong] [Power fantasy] [Invincible] [Black Myth] [The Three Most Rebellious Ones] [Regret] [Begging the Monkey to Come Back] I'm Sun Wukong. A transmigrator came with a System to take over my body, but I swallowed him instead. Then I learned a secret: I'm the protagonist. Chosen by the Heavenly Dao, the kind nobody can kill. They crushed me under a mountain for five hundred years, not because I could be tamed, but because they couldn't kill me and c 1.4kReads6.1Score10314d adds
- 18 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 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Level 500 in Black Myth, and Still a Nobody 黑神话五百级吗喽 Even a monkey wants to become the Great Sage Equal to Heaven! A five-hundred-level monkey from the start, shocking the world of Journey to the West! Today, this monkey will show the world of Journey to the West that a monkey’s life matters too, and that its lifespan should be as long as Heaven’s! Watch as one monkey turns the entire Journey to the West upside down! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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—14d adds
- 21 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—14d adds
- 22 A Short-Form Chronicle of Dreams of Journey to the West 畅想西游之短片记 The Patriarch said the monkey didn't need to take three blows... Patriarch Bodhi tapped Sun Wukong three times with his ruler, then clasped his hands behind his back and walked away. All the disciples said the Patriarch was angry, but Wukong slipped into his room in the middle of the night. “Master, those three taps with your ruler meant the third watch, didn't they?” In the darkness, the Patriarch slowly revealed an iron staff engraved with the words “Ruyi Golden Cudgel.” “Rascal monkey, you le —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Tale of Wukong: Are the Three Realms Still as They Were? 悟空传：三界，如常否？ Demonic calamity #Heart-Demon Trial #Sun Wukong #Journey to the West + Investiture of the Gods #Eerie World Hongjun stole from Heaven, the Six Paths were incomplete, and once the immeasurable calamity began, the primeval world shattered and spiritual energy ran dry. This time, Old Sun will never let all that happen again. But this world seems a little different from the three realms of the primeval world. My master once said that a heart-demon trial would come in the future, and Old Sun would be 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 After Five Hundred Years Beneath the Mountain, I Buried Daoist Scriptures Along the Pilgrimage Route 被压五百年，我在取经路上埋道经 After Five Hundred Years Under a Mountain, I Buried Taoist Scriptures Along the Journey to the West —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Journey to the West: The Great Sage Destroys the Gods and Buddhas 西游后传之大圣灭神佛 A Chronicle of the Journey to the West. After the Six-Eared Macaque, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven was no more. A thousand years after the Journey to the West ended, that defiant monkey broke free from the Buddha’s shackles, his magical power greatly increased. Now he vows to destroy all the gods and Buddhas in the heavens. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Sequel to Journey to the West 西天后传 The Journey West: The Sequel —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 My Boyfriend’s Asking for Trouble, and Heaven Will Punish the Wicked 男友作死，恶人自有天收 Her Boyfriend's Reckless Antics Meet Their Just Deserts —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Journey to the West: Honghuang Rebooted 西游之洪荒重启 Equal to Heaven: equal in lifespan to the heavens, boundless as the earth. Only when the heavens cannot destroy him and the earth cannot make him perish can he truly be called Equal to Heaven! He is Sun Wukong, the one who dares point his staff at the blue sky, the unruly, arrogant, overbearing Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven who gave himself that title! His sword's frost chill sweeps across fourteen provinces. He is Li Taibai, hailed by the people as the Sage of Poetry, yet also a sw 79Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 29 Enter at Your Own Risk: Everyone’s an Evil Immortal, and Every Identity Is Different 慎入全员恶仙！每次身份都不一样 The Second Tale of Sun Wukong: Peace Across the Six Realms! [Not a conventional hot-blooded story] [Role-playing] [Missions] [Parts One and Two are connected] (If this isn’t your kind of book, don’t click on it. There are countless good books in the catalog.) Seeds of evil immortals have been sown across the Six Realms. The Dao, immortals, Buddhas, spirits, demons, and gods are all evil immortals. Read at your own risk! Mission One: “Your new identity is the foolish son of the White Bone Demon. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 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! 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 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—14d adds
- 32 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—14d adds
- 33 Journey to the West: The Monkey Has Become a Sage, and You Still Say It Has Nothing to Do with You? 西游：猴子都成圣了，还说和你没关系？ Reborn in the world of Journey to the West, Su Che activates the Peerless Master System. All he has to do is take in the Children of Destiny. Teach them peerless divine abilities, and he receives feedback rewards worth a hundred times what his disciples gain. From the start, he sits in meditation for a hundred years. He takes in Sun Wukong, who is about to leave Mount Fangcun, and teaches him the Journey to the West version of the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force, powerful enough to prop 35Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 34 Journey East: From Victorious Fighting Buddha to Great Sage Equal to Heaven 东游：从斗战圣佛到齐天大圣 Five hundred years after the sequel to Journey to the West, the Victorious Fighting Buddha finally understood the course of the Heavenly Dao. It turned out that both the Journey to the West and everything that came after had been schemes of the Heavenly Dao. He and Haotian had the same origins: both were unruly stones born of chaos, primordial divine beings. Later, he absorbed a quarter of the Chaos Ape's primordial spirit and gained the Law of Battle. With such a powerful origin, he should have 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 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—14d adds
- 36 Transmigrated into Black Myth: Awakening the Strongest Chosen One System 穿越黑神话，觉醒最强天命人系统 [Inspired by the classics Journey to the West and the game Black Myth: Wukong] Who could have imagined that the secret to the gods and Buddhas' immortality was consuming the spiritual essence of immortal gods, Buddhas, and demons? Who could have imagined that the Queen Mother of the West's Peaches of Immortality were a way to control people's minds? Who could have imagined that the countless Ginseng Fruits concealed a shocking secret? The gods of Heaven defy the natural order and oppress all liv 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Dark Journey to the West: My Beanbun Fights His Way Up Spirit Mountain 暗黑西游，我豆包杀上灵山 The enfeoffment of the gods at Mount Lingshan was nothing but a hoax! The Great Sage Equal to Heaven is imprisoned, and the Three Realms have become playthings of gods and Buddhas. I, Doubao, awaken against the will of Heaven. I bow to neither Heaven nor Earth, and I respect neither gods nor Buddhas. Armed with power that defies Heaven, I’ll sweep through all the heavens! Starting today, I’ll shatter the Celestial Palace and fight my way up Mount Lingshan, Topple the hypocritical Buddhas and res 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Reborn as Black Wukong? 重生之黑·悟空？ Reborn as the Dark Wukong? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 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—14d adds
- 40 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—14d adds
- 41 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—14d adds
- 42 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—14d adds
- 43 The Stars 星星 Stars —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Legend of Lingming in Journey to the West 西游灵明传 A new sequel to "Journey to the West": no retracing old steps, only charging forward. The Heavenly Dao turns in cycles, extremes give way to their opposites. The immortal sects flourish, then the Age of the End of Dharma arrives. Demons and immortals, immortals and gods, gods and humans, humans and the Dao: the cycle never ends. “Wukong, give up. You’re no match for me in today’s battle, and that headband is another matter altogether. Stop struggling. This situation is beyond our power to resis 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Journey to the West: Even Sun Wukong Is Arrogant 西游：孙悟空也嚣张 (Primordial World + Comedy + System + Invincible + All-Out Brawls + No Female Lead) Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve obtained a Gatling gun. Mecha World: Battle Tyrannosaurus, Tiger King, Wild Ape King, can your old Sun be the Mecha King? Chaos World: True God Bai Jue, True God Tian Qi, True God Chi Yang, will you submit to your old Sun? Bodhi World: Master, have you admitted you were wrong yet? Earth World: Hongjun, how about taking a trip to north 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 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... 32Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 47 Black Myth: You and I Are Both Chosen Ones 黑神话：你我皆是天命人 [I promise readers that most of this is adapted from content released from the game, and the equipment stats haven't been altered. Enjoy with confidence!] I'm a gaming enthusiast, and I've had many identities. On the North American frontier, I was a cowboy. I worked as a mercenary in Night City. I once broke an immortal curse for one person and stood at the pinnacle of mortal combat in that era! I once pursued a shattered guiding light and claimed the throne of Elden Lord! People honored me as t 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Honghuang: I Am Subhuti, Shielding My Disciple from the Heavens 洪荒：我为须菩提，为徒遮天 Please support my new book. Thank you, everyone. Chen Yu, a young man from the modern world, unexpectedly transmigrates and takes over the body of Subhuti in the Primordial World. At that time, the Primordial World has just endured the Dragon-Han Calamity. Old Ancestor Hongjun has become a Sage and is preparing to preach. Drawing on his memories of a past life, Chen Yu knows how the future will unfold. He decides to make his mark in this world at the dawn of chaos as Subhuti, seeking the path to 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 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—14d adds
- 50 Our Hair Turns White, But Not Like Snow; Meeting You Is the Best Omen 白头并非雪可替相逢已是上上签 Fantasy + history + food + strange tales + mistaken love Ye Xiazi, a girl from Qinghua Town, had never known her mother and was abandoned by her father as a child. When she was little, villains imprisoned her and nearly turned her into a Gu worm. She spent every day worrying about how to make ends meet, living in utter poverty. A true commoner, she was lucky to have picked up a few odd skills: Making flatbreads, selling Gu worms, carving wood, performing in operas... Just enough to scrape by. By —Reads—Score—14d adds
