Novels like The Dao-Proving Deception
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- 1 This Master Is Dead 为师已死 His disciples ascend, while Wang Fan, who possesses a System, remains stuck at a bottleneck. Then one day, he discovers that it was all a scam. It turns out I'm their "sheepdog"... The System is fake!!! My new work is out! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Guide to Consuming Civilization (Now Obsolete) 文明食用指南（已失效） A Guide to Eating Civilizations (Outdated) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Diary of an Ascender’s Digestion 飞升者消化日记 Ascender's Digestion Diary —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Chronicles of Resistance in a Cultivation Civilization (Field-Tested Edition) 修真文明反抗记事（实践版） Chronicles of Resistance in a Cultivation Civilization (Practical Edition) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Parasitic Cultivation 寄生修仙 I am the Immortal Venerable of the Kunlun Immortal Palace. I am also a monster, parasitized and assimilated by the insect race. The Grand Elder ordered me down the mountain to take on disciples. He said there was a child in White Crane Village known as the “Child of the Gods,” and that the boy might have real potential. But I discovered something. As the little boy bowed to become my disciple, a...golden larva flashed in his eyes! 294Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 From the Start, I Became a Sacrifice? I Sacrificed the Whole Village Instead! 开局成为祭品？我反手祭献全村！ A world rife with the uncanny: a village that regularly sacrifices people, ignorant villagers, and a village chief with sinister intentions… Du Xuancheng possesses a System that can complete and improve cultivation techniques. After transmigrating to this eerie world of immortal cultivation, he discovers that he has been chosen as the next sacrifice almost as soon as he arrives. To avoid being sacrificed, Du Xuancheng begins a series of desperate attempts to save himself… But as his cultivation 7Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 7 Don’t Ascend: It’s All a Scam 不要飞升，飞升是场骗局 Don't Ascend. Ascension Is a Scam 118Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Ascension Is a Scam, and I'm Invincible in the Upper Realm 飞升是一场骗局，我无敌上界 I really, really love this variety show. I went too, and I saw this show. I really like it as well, and I was thinking of going on a date too. Got it. 34Reads—Score214d adds
- 9 Eerie Cultivation: Chant My Name! Worship My Form! 诡异修仙：颂吾名！拜吾形！ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Eerie Path to Immortality: I’ll Slaughter Every Immortal in the World! 诡道异仙：我屠尽世间一切仙！ [Dark Cultivation] [Ruthless] [No Saintly Protagonist] [Everyone Is a False Immortal] [No Female Lead] [The Heavenly Dao Is Dead] After transmigrating to a cultivation world, Lu Lingyi discovers that everyone has gone mad. Meditation and breathing techniques drain your lifespan; seeking enlightenment and contemplating Zen means paying tribute to the Heavenly Dao. Those sages with an immortal bearing and immaculate Venerables are all man-eating monsters in their true forms. The Heavenly Dao seals —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 After Ascending, I Slay the Gods with My Sword 飞升之后，我剑斩神明 [No System, human rise, invincible, no heroine (one heroine?)] After ascending, what do you do when the immortal realm you find is not a beautiful paradise, but a hellish cage? Wang Yi ascends to Jiayuguan, a human stronghold in the immortal realm. Seeing one powerful warrior after another die heroically to protect the place where humanity survives, he is grief-stricken and makes a grand vow: “I, Wang Yi, a humble ascender from Blue Star, swear here that I will cultivate for the rise of humanity 136Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 12 A Jade Bow in the Mirror 照镜见玉弓 The entire novel is being revised (revisions will be finished by the end of the month). [Two male leads + horror + Chinese-style Cthulhu + deduction + plot + cultivation + tabletop role-playing] Three years ago, four alchemists (cultivating sorcerers), acting on the emperor’s orders, traveled a thousand li to Baoxiang Temple in Yanzhou to bring back a human-shaped Tai Sui said to grant immortality. But no one expected that what awaited them at Baoxiang Temple would not be a miraculous elixir rip 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 A Sword Parts the Void 剑开虚空 In my youth, I only regretted that my bond with the Dao was too shallow. Now I fear it runs too deep. With a shallow bond, one can still rely on cultivating virtue. But when the bond runs deep, who can say whether to advance or retreat? Ever since Ji Feng was old enough to remember, a mysterious little sword had lived inside him. He thought Heaven had chosen him for a great destiny, never knowing that his fate had already been secretly assigned a price… (My new book, The Boundless Nether Sea: Ki 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Cost of Cultivation? Whatever, I Can Restore the Source! 修行代价？无所谓，我可以返源！ (The protagonist aims to save the world and has principles. No female lead. There are word games after Chapter 58, so don't read if you dislike them.) No one knows when pollution and distortion first descended upon the world. No one knows when cultivation began to exact a price, either. The lofty gods don't care, for they still look down upon all living beings. Even if those beings wail in anguish, what does it matter to them? The powerful figures at the world's summit don't care, either. They'r 234Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 15 Parasitic Cultivation: A Worm from the Start 寄生修仙：开局一条虫 Cultivation is nothing but making wedding clothes for the alien races! Ascension is the world's greatest scam! The Foundation Establishment Pills that help people break through are actually insect eggs! The marrow-cleansing and bone-forging process is just expelling the insect race's filth! As the only one who sees the truth, I will devote my entire life to saving humanity from its misery. I will fight to the death! 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Do Not Ascend 不要飞升 An old saying has been passed down through the cultivation world: Do not ascend. Ancient murals warn future generations: Do not ascend! Oracle-bone inscriptions carved on turtle shells and animal bones say: Do not ascend. When a new head of a cultivation family takes over, the first thing they must remember is: Do not ascend! “What? I’m just a food-delivery guy. What are you talking about, ascending or not?” 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Dredge: I'm Just an Ordinary Fisherman 渔帆暗涌：我只是一位普通的渔民 Take the helm of your fishing boat and explore a string of remote islands and the deep waters around them to discover what lies beneath the sea. Sell your catch to the locals, take on a variety of jobs, and learn more about each region's troubled past. Upgrade your boat with better equipment so you can trawl the deep-sea trenches and sail to distant places, but keep an eye on the time. You might not like what lurks in the darkness... Explore the islands and uncover their secrets Begin at your ne 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Running a Sect in a Strange Cultivation World 苟在诡异修仙世界经营宗门 [Xianxia fantasy + summoning players + wild imagination + ensemble cast transmigrates together + eerie cultivation + no System] Du Chang transmigrates to a bizarre cultivation world and becomes the last inheritor of the Soul Sect, the Wraith Sect. Tasked with revitalizing the sect, he discovers that he can summon players from Blue Star. From then on, the sect’s development hurtles inexorably off the righteous path. Player: “Sect Master, are we really supposed to go around without clothes?” Du Ch 5Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 19 The Mad Immortal 疯魔人仙 A young man receives guidance from an immortal in a dream. The immortal tells him that if he is transported to different worlds in his dreams and passes a series of trials, he will ultimately attain the Dao and become an immortal. But the worlds he visits grow stranger and stranger, and so does his master. He, too, begins to change… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Sky Without a Trace 苍穹无痕 This book is also known as Reborn: From the Spirit Martial Continent to Slay Immortals and Gods [Classic fantasy] [Mortal's path to immortality] [Slaying immortals and gods] [Spirit pets] [Spirit Martial Continent] [His growth: Begins at age 8, enters the Dao at 9, joins a sect at 10, becomes famous across the continent at 11, and reaches the rank of an earthly immortal at 15. From then on, he roams the mortal world freely.] In his previous life, Lin Shu fought against the Divine Realm and was 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Yellow Court's Ascension 黄庭飞升传 [Mortal Cultivation] + [No System] + [Cautious Protagonist] Cultivation system: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification, Integration, Void Insight, Great Ascension (Tribulation Crossing) A thousand years ago, indescribable evils invaded the cultivation world. The strange calamities and corrupt cultivators born of that invasion brought disaster upon the world, and the entire surface was lost. The remaining Qi Refiners had no choice but to lead some of the mor 874Reads6.2Score10714d adds
- 22 The Eerie Cultivation World: This Spiritual Energy Is Poisonous! 诡异修仙世界：这灵气有毒！ [Weird Cultivation] [Unrivaled Genius] [Clan Cultivation] The Heavenly Dao has been infected by a virus, turning what was once an ethereal world of immortal cultivation into a hell teeming with the bizarre. But humanity's creativity and vitality are astounding. By pursuing multiple paths of cultivation side by side, people create a new golden age. Spirit apertures, divine abilities, innate skills, the bizarre, strange tales, and rules. Ji Han says: I'm the most bizarre thing in this world! 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 My Wife Is the Supreme General of the Heavenly Strategy Army 妻乃天策上将军 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 17.3kReads7.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 24 Cthulhu Mythos Invasion: Cultivating Immortality in the Mist 克系入侵：迷雾修仙 [Ruthless and decisive, a master of keeping a low profile, no holier-than-thou protagonist, status screen, transmigration, traditional cultivation in the early stages, strange Cthulhu invasion in the later stages, no female lead, ordinary mortal] Lu Qian, a young man who worked 996 in his previous life, is carried by a mysterious bead into a cultivation realm. But their arrival draws the attention of an indescribable being, bringing its invasion to this cultivation realm. It began with him, so 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Transmigrating to Naruto: A Ninja World Civil Servant 穿越火影之忍界公务员 Wood Release: Archiving: now that’s his most outrageous ability Haruno Akira’s Wood Release is nothing like Senju Hashirama’s. Hashirama used Wood Release to conquer the world: True Several Thousand Hands, Top Transformed Buddha, and Advent of a World of Flowering Trees were all meant to crush his opponents. What did Akira do with Wood Release? The first time he used it, on the night of the Nine-Tails’ attack, vines wrapped around the Nine-Tails’ limbs. They weren’t there to strangle it, but —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Weird Cultivation: I'm the Real Evil One! 诡异修仙，我才是真正邪魔！ [Cthulhu] [Demonic Cultivation] [Strange and Horrifying] [Ruthless] [No Heroine] [Madness] [Pathological] A strange world. Abnormal gods and Buddhas. Who knows what kind of immortal path ‘I’ cultivate? Who knows what kind of Dao ‘I’ attain? Who knows what ‘I’ really am? This world is wicked, mad, violent, abnormal... How should ‘I’ live in it? What must ‘I’ do to survive? I can’t figure it out! I can’t figure it out!!! In that case, then... Anything that beguiles ‘me’, kill it! Anything that cor 233Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 27 Fellow Daoist, Help Me Ascend to Immortality 道友，且助我飞升 [Dark] [Cthulhu] [No System] [Uncanny and Mad] The Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable, covered in tentacles; the Mother Goddess of Life, a mass of seething chaos; and the Emperor of the Abyss, who transcends dimensions, presiding over the Immortal Heaven. Mortals twisted by chaotic evil, cultivators driven mad, a lower world where reality and illusion are tangled together: the myriad beings and images of the Three Thousand Great Paths are all a feeding ground for the indescribable. Mu Feng, a transmig 206Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 28 This Cultivation World Seems a Little Off 这个修仙世界好像不太正常 A hundred years ago, the Strange Star descended, bringing endless horrors to this world. From then on, the world plunged into endless madness and chaos. A hundred years later, Yu Qingming has just transmigrated here and is nearly strangled to death by a horror right from the start. He begins cultivating immortality to protect himself, only to discover that cultivation in this world... seems a little off... “The path to immortality: absorb strange energy, build a strange foundation, form a strang 711Reads5.4Score6114d adds
- 29 To Live Forever, I Started from Scratch and Created the Three Realms 为了长生，我从零开始创造三界 [World Creation + Mastermind + Spiritual Qi Revival + Three Realms + Devouring the Myriad Worlds + Invincible] In the early part of this book, the protagonist devours worlds that descend upon him to establish his foundation. Every action is aimed at devouring worlds. Everyone is a chess piece. If a piece is still alive, it means it still has a use. Later, the story turns directly to a contest for supremacy between worlds, as he devours other worlds. After enduring the trials of time and space, C 152Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 30 Demon Venerable of Journey to the West: Starting by Plundering Traits 西游妖尊：从掠夺词条开始 Chen Yang transmigrates into Journey to the West by accident, becoming a rhinoceros demon in Lion Camel Ridge. Fortunately, he has a trait-plundering panel. At first, he only wants to survive in the world of Journey to the West. But when he looks back, he discovers that he has already reached the pinnacle of the entire world. “Traits are the Great Dao, and I have three thousand Great Daos at my side.” “What can you possibly use to fight me?” Standing before the Zixiao Palace, Chen Yang says 526Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 31 The Flesh-and-Blood Daoist 血肉道人 Countless worlds, as numerous as grains of sand in the Ganges. Different spaces and times intertwine, giving rise to limitless possibilities. Escape death and prolong life. Pray for fate and bind the soul. Only the true self remains, the one and only. Under the protection of a strange talisman, he is reborn. This is an unusual world of cultivation, wondrous and alluring, yet utterly cruel. The only thing he can rely on is the divine power of his own flesh and blood. P.S. No System. Traditional c 2.5kReads7.3Score19314d adds
- 32 Dao of the Bizarre Immortal Max 1TB 道诡异仙Max1TB Congratulations to Brother Huo on Ascending to Immortality! Brother Huo Sacrifices Himself to Heaven, His Power Knows No Bounds. --------A Tribute from Fellow Daoist Chen Jiamu [Not Mindless] [Lovecraftian Cultivation] [Mysterious World] [A Cast of Vivid Characters] [Folklore Mystery] [Down-to-Earth Writing] Chen Jiamu, who suffers from severe mental illness, gains the ability to travel between two worlds by possessing other people's bodies. Armed with an electric baton from the start, he zaps a 194Reads6.7Score1914d adds
- 33 The Truth About Ascension 飞升的真相 The Truth Behind Ascension 306Reads—Score1214d adds
- 34 Containment Breach! A Hundred Ghosts Run Wild Inside Me! 收容失效！我体内百鬼夜行！ I've died once, so now the world has to go mad with me. Can't cultivate? Then I'll stuff cultivators inside me and use them as batteries! A mighty Soul Formation expert? I'll make tens of millions of incarnations and overwhelm them by force! An Integration realm ancestor? I'll activate the Gambler of Delusions and bet that his "destiny" becomes mine, reducing him to an ordinary mortal in a single second! [Ding! Containment Protocol initiated. Nation-ending calamity "The Mourner" detected. En 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Strange Cultivation Begins with Planting Swords 诡异修仙从种剑开始 Unorthodox techniques, a bizarre cultivation world. Every act of cultivation comes at a price. Resentment gives rise to the eerie, the eerie brings calamity, calamity becomes tribulation, and tribulation rules over all living things. If cultivation is this painful, let someone else cultivate immortality for me. I will forge my realm from flesh and blood, stack bones into a throne, and build my path to transcendence. 359Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 36 This Cultivation Is Absurd 这个修仙太离谱 After passing the test at Xuanyun Valley, Lin Zhou became an entry-level disciple. But this cultivation thing was completely absurd. … What? You’re telling me this is a Foundation Establishment Pill? It’s clearly an egg! What? The Golden Core stage is that bug spinning a cocoon inside my dantian? And the Nascent Soul stage is when the bug breaks out of its cocoon and turns into a baby that looks exactly like me? Are you sure this bug isn’t some kind of parasite? 90Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 37 I Keep a Low Profile Cultivating Immortality in a Strange Era 我苟在诡异时代修仙 [Big Shot] [System] [Eerie] [Apocalypse] Chen Jian, a consummate slacker, transmigrates. After twenty years of struggle, he finally becomes an immortal, only to discover that something is wrong with the Celestial Court as soon as he arrives. (This is an apocalypse novel. Many readers have taken issue with the first chapter, so let me repeat: this is an apocalypse novel!) 57Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 38 The Flawed Dao, the Strange Immortal 道缺诡仙 The Heavenly Dao is missing, and the immortals and Buddhas are uncanny. Is this real, or an illusion? Is it Wu Zai who is sick, or the Great Abyss? Where is Baiyujing? What is an immortal? Wu Zai can’t tell. He really can’t tell… 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Taking My Heavenly Spirit Root Sister to Rise in the Upper Realm 带着天灵根老姐逆袭上界 In his previous life, Xiao Yunxuan was the Northern Profound Emperor, famed throughout the Upper Immortal Realm. But while undergoing tribulation, he was ambushed by his disciple and the Ziyang Sect. His body was destroyed, and a wisp of his soul escaped into reincarnation. In this life, Xiao Yunxuan is reborn into the impoverished Xiao clan, a small cultivation family in the Lower Immortal Realm. He is still called Xiao Yunxuan. He thought he could rise quickly with the memories of his previous 240Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 40 Cultivating Immortality Through the Ghost Path: I’m a Mass of Flesh and Blood! 鬼道修仙：我是一滩血肉！ The immortal path in this world is severed. Only the ghostly path remains. To cultivate, one must command ghosts. The [Pupil Ghost], which can see through all things. The [Paper-Folding Ghost], which can unfold a celestial palace stretching ten thousand zhang. The [Ghost in the Stone], which can sleep for ten thousand years. When Wang Lu woke one morning, he suddenly discovered that he was no longer human, but a pool of blood and flesh. Was he human or ghost? With a ghostly divine body, he comma 9Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 41 Cultivating Immortality in This World Is a Little Too Weird 在这个世界修仙有亿点点诡异 [Everyday life + Lovecraftian cultivation + lighthearted + eerie] Chen Ke transmigrates to a cultivation world. After countless hardships, he finally finds a cultivation sect. But after successfully joining, he discovers that everything here gives off an unusual air... “The first step in cultivation is called the Body Tempering Realm. As the name suggests, it means tempering your body and casting off your mortal flesh. Only by constantly strengthening your physique can you truly set foot on a br 3Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 42 Above the Peak of Madness, All Beings Are Ants! 我于巅疯之上，众生皆为蝼蚁！ [Absolutely self-serving] [Slow-paced] [Madness] [Dark] [Sinister] [No clichés] “You slaughter innocent people. Is it for cultivation or for fun?” Wu Yun said, “I just like that idiom.” “What do you think of the friends who genuinely care about you?” Wu Yun laughed. “I want to cut out their hearts and see if they’re real.” When a deranged cultivator with a troubled mind finds himself in the treacherous world of immortal cultivation, the question is: Will the cunning and sinister live longer, or 28Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 43 The Divine Path of Zhu Wu 烛武天神道 [Traditional fantasy + no System + no dumbing down + slow burn] ... In the Candle Martial Era, the rulers of the Supreme Divine Hall were the Three Great Gods. ... The Twilight of the Gods began with the Divine Manifestation Cycle Book. ... The Nirvana Martial God and the Prison-Refining Divine Demon fought the Three Great Gods on even ground. But the Nirvana Martial God was betrayed by the person he trusted most and, with no way out, sacrificed the Divine Manifestation Cycle Book. ... He en —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 In a World Overrun by Demons, I Set Up a Fortune-Telling Stall and Become an Immortal 妖魔乱世，我摆摊算命竟成了仙 Su Changqing transmigrates to the Great Jin Dynasty in another world, where demons run rampant, evil cultivators raise living beings like livestock, and cultivation techniques are strange and perilous. Fortunately, he awakens a talent for divination. Using flesh and hair as a medium, he can divine the fortunes of others, randomly copy their items and abilities, and extend his lifespan. At Mount Sancha in the Prefecture of Mount Tai, he divines for a century-old ginseng king and obtains the culti 545Reads7.9Score10514d adds
- 45 The Flesh-Rotted Immortal Sect: Starting with Mutant, Proliferating Spiritual Roots 肉烂仙宗，从畸变增生灵根开始 [Global] [Sect Upgrades] [Cthulhu] [Some Warhammer 40K] [Flesh Mutations] [Twisted Truth] [No Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates to a Cthulhu-inspired cultivation world, where each person inherits a sect. Some are born with innate plant-and-wood spiritual roots, using plants and trees in all kinds of ways to strengthen themselves. Some are born with blood-debt spiritual roots, growing stronger by borrowing the flesh and blood of others. And some are born with fusion spiritual roots, stitching t 401Reads8.4Score15414d adds
- 46 Li Yi’s Path to the Pinnacle 李逸的问道巅峰 No System, a mortal's path to immortality, no mindless power fantasy, fast-paced. The Summit of the Dao tells the story of Li Yi, an ordinary young man who sets out on the arduous path of cultivation in pursuit of eternal life. Born in Qingshi Village, he has only middling talent, but an unwavering conviction. On his quest for immortality, he faces countless hardships and dangers without ever forgetting his original purpose. Starting as a menial servant in a cultivation sect, he relies on sheer 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Daoist Has Gone Mad 道爷疯了 [Supernatural Horror + Eastern Lovecraftian Horror + Ruthless and Decisive + Cold-Hearted + Frenzied and Deranged] Lu Shushan woke up... His dead wife was the bride in a ghost marriage, and he was the groom! Lu Shushan woke up again... A perfectly ordinary life, dull beyond belief. Lu Shushan woke up at last... He was Xuanxiao, a Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, adrift on the eerie Sea of the Dead. All around him were frenzied immortals and Buddhas, man-eating strange gods, and a world gone 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Xuanhuan: I, Daoxuan, Am a Mythic Heavenly Venerable 玄幻：我！道玄，神话天尊 [Xuanhuan] + [Shrouding the Heavens Fan Fiction] + [Transmigration] + [System] + [Xuanhuan Brainstorm] Zhang Hao, a food delivery rider, never imagined that an unexpected car accident would send his soul across the ages, making him one of the most terrifying beings of the Mythic Era: Dao Xuan, the Chaos Heavenly Venerable! But he found himself in hell mode from the start. Once a supreme Heavenly Venerable, he had now crippled himself with a single slash and gone into hiding in the cold, lifele 35Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 49 After the Emperor Cultivates Immortality, the Myriad Heavens Fall into Chaos 皇帝修仙后，诸天乱套了 How can the endgame of the late Ming be turned around? After his soul transmigrated into Chongzhen, Emperor Zhu Youjian, Zhu Yi gained the Immortal Kingdom System and became a bandit emperor, crushing the Jurchens and wiping out the Japanese pirates with ease. The Ming Empire's conquests would span the Myriad Worlds! Who says an emperor of the lower realm can't challenge an emperor of the upper realm with his sword? I have a sword called Heaven-Slayer! That single strike extinguished the upper r —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Great Derivation Master and His Puppets 凡人修仙：大衍之主傀儡传 If I feel like it, I can establish my foundation at ten, form a core at thirty, and condense a Nascent Soul at a hundred... The spells and divine powers of this world are nothing special. If I wish, I can break with old rules and create new arts... Never mind the great sects. Even across the Myriad Worlds, if I choose to press forward, what could possibly block my path? Alas, though the art of puppetry is mysterious and ingenious, it has brought me no small harm... The Great Expansion Art holds 71Reads—Score—14d adds
