Novels like The Daoheart’s Journey
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Daoheart’s Journey, best match first.
- 1 Monster Girls: Sweeping Through Another World with My Aunties 魔物娘之带着姑姑阿姨横扫异界 Yu Jie is an ordinary recent graduate whose parents are both dead. Just after receiving his diploma, he gets incredibly lucky and is reincarnated in a world inhabited entirely by monster girls. When humans turn 16, they awaken their talents, form contracts with monster girls, train, and fight monsters. "Huh? Mom, Dad!" Yu Jie realizes that his parents in this other world are the same as the ones from his original world. "Yu Jie!" His actions also make his parents realize that this is the same ch 4Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 2 Learn It Once, Master It with Practice 一学就会，一练就精 [Myriad Worlds] + [Traditional fantasy from the start] + [The protagonist collects self-created cultivation techniques] + [No female lead] Watch Zhang Yang cross the void sea of realms, separating truth from falsehood among the cultivation techniques of the Myriad Worlds. With a talent that lets him “learn anything at a glance and master it with practice,” he carves out a path to immortality through sheer determination. First world: I genuinely came here to be your underling. Why are you trying 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Male Lead’s Rise 快穿，男配翻身记 As a male supporting character, am I doomed to be forever labeled tragic and a lovesick doormat? No. Supporting characters deserve a destiny of their own. They deserve to rise up and take charge of their own lives. 4Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 4 The Way of Selflessness 无我道法 The sky cracks open, and murky darkness descends, plunging the world into misery. Saviors keep emerging, but destroyers come with them. All kinds of abilities appear like stars in the sky, making the quest to save the world a winding and fascinating journey. 1Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 5 The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain: A Heavenly Master Cultivation System from the Start 道士下山，开局觉醒天师道法系统 Wang Jiu is an orphan raised by an old Taoist priest, so poor he can barely scrape by. On his first day down the mountain, the supernatural descends and he awakens the Celestial Master System. Catch ghosts? Sure. But can someone tell him why his biological mother is a hundred-year-old vengeful ghost, and his biological father was a Celestial Master from the Republican era? He can't even draw the peachwood sword his master left him. System notification: Your cultivation is insufficient. Please ac —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 A Dream of Returning Home in a Light Skiff 天下3轻舟梦归 [Based on the World 3 setting + an entire group transmigrates into an online game + the Great Wilderness + a fantasy romance in an alternate world] [Steady, gentle, reserved, and scheming Swordplay X scatterbrained, direct, full-spirit Iceheart] Qing Li was an ordinary office worker stuck in a three-point routine, until a mysterious recall text from Yi Company suddenly pulled her into the Great Wilderness of World 3. She also discovered that the friends she had played the game with years ago had 24Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 7 The Ninth-Life Imperial Princess and the Split-Personality Fox Mr. 九世帝姬与精分的狐狸先生 Tu Shan Nianjin is the orphaned daughter of the late head of the Tu Shan Fox Clan, burdened with a blood feud dating back three hundred years. Su Tingzhi is cold and aloof. He has led the You Su Fox Clan for centuries, and sees right through everything, yet he can never figure out what Tu Shan Nianjin is thinking. A clan bloodline prone to frequent memory loss meets a shrewd old fox who is both mentor and friend. A twist of fate and love at first sight set off a push-and-pull romance between two —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Third Party's Silence 第三者沉默 (There’s a lot of information, so take your time reading. Check the book’s community first for the setting.) [Also known as: The Third Party’s Silence (part of the everyday-life series in a large-scale otherworld fantasy universe)] Here, “third party” specifically means a third person in a family or friendship. “The third party’s silence” means that, ultimately, emotions are a matter between two people. As long as they are both sincere, there’s no need for anyone else to interfere. Likewise, w 2Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 9 Tales from the Mystic Arts 玄门诡谈 A baby’s cries keep echoing through a quiet study in the dead of night. The sound of a balloon being batted around always comes from the hallway at midnight, and the pet dogs we raise keep dying in bizarre ways. My name is Zhou Heng. On the day I was born, someone accidentally opened my yin eyes. To save my life, my third uncle even tried to gouge them out! Thankfully, my parents stopped him, but ever since then, I’ve been able to see all kinds of strange people, and bizarre things keep happenin 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Northeast Immortal: Lord of the Puppet Horse Immortals 东北仙之傀马仙君 Su Yihang, a veteran, became a spirit medium through a twist of fate. What began with fortune-telling passed down through his family turned out to be part of a conspiracy. He somehow ended up as a temporary employee of the underworld, and a string of bizarre incidents at his spirit altar led him to meet his guardian spirit, a powerful being with an impressive background. After taking on a mission from the underworld, he ran into Li Xuanliang, another spirit medium. In the end, he turned the tabl 15Reads—Score114d adds
- 11 Everyday Help for Ordinary People 为普通人提供日常帮助 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 I Master the Ultimate Daoist Arts, Yet I'm Forced to Catch Ghosts for Work 我，掌握顶级道术，被迫捉鬼打工 Jiang Xuan's origins are shrouded in mystery. He learned the world's finest Taoist arts from his master from a young age. By chance, he joined the Chinese Exorcism Bureau to make a living. From the start, he was just a fortune-teller setting up a stall on the street. Through one adventure and battle after another, he eventually reorganizes the Ghost Domain's Asura army, proves his divinity and becomes a god, and takes on a million Western deities. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Who Says There’s Something Wrong with Me? 谁说姐有病 [Urban Slice of Life, No Romance, Protagonist: Lan Yu, an ordinary person among the masses] The adventures of unlucky Lan Yu Three parts fiction, seven parts truth I don't even know if she's sick Or if it's the world that's sick —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Millennium Crisis 千禧危机 The Millennium Crisis Around 1990, a secret group made up of a handful of political and business elites and scientists quietly emerged. Keeping out of the public eye, they began researching “immortality.” In 1999, the first batch of experiments was declared a failure, triggering a disaster that lasted three years. In 2002, a wind was born in the earth and rose from the tiniest blade of grass. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Mystic Maiden Who Guards the Realm 玄女镇山河 The plot moves along without dragging or getting bogged down. Ali: “Master, danger detected. Should I eliminate it?” Ling Yin: “No killing!” Ali: “If Master won’t kill, Ali will!” The Li Sword recognizes its master, bound by a meeting of minds. With an icy body and limitless magical power, she advances to the sacred altar before Xuannv Mountain, sword and wielder as one, proud beneath the heavens. Ling Yin: “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were no more wars in the world? Then I could st 1Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 16 The Dao Has Fallen for a Hundred Thousand Years 道丧十万年 A hundred thousand years ago, heaven and earth underwent a great upheaval, and Yue Qingshan, founding patriarch of the Qingyue Sect, ascended to the Upper Realm... A hundred thousand years later, the Qingyue Sect was destroyed. A mysterious organization with unknown motives emerged. A young man from humble beginnings set out to discover his origins and uncover the secrets... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The True Immortal Has Taken a Fancy to Me 真人他看中了我 July 23, 2035. The sky was overcast. I got a jade pendant. That night, I saw a ghost, an old man with a white beard. He said he was the Perfected Liyang and needed my help with something. Ten thousand words omitted here! And then I embarked on... Want to know what happened? Then read on! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 There's Always Someone Richer, and Someone More Powerful 钱外有钱，官上有官 This is not a rebirth story, and there is no System. This is simply the author’s personal journey toward healing. The places and people in it belong to another parallel world, so please don’t assume they refer to anyone real. The timeline is jumbled, and the writing is rough. If you don’t like it, please don’t flame me. … At forty, Ye Jingtian is an ordinary, impoverished third-grade chief staff member at a municipal government office, with two million yuan in debt. His college crush has risen 3Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 19 Dream's End: An Unfinished Bond 梦末：未结之缘 [Note: I don't recommend this to anyone who hasn't read the original. This work is adapted from Tangerine Class's Dream's End and is essentially a fan-made continuation. The original ending was far too happy, so I decided to rewrite it. Also, I will always love Tang Leyin.] (I really couldn't revise Volume One any further. If you can't get through it, feel free to skip straight to Volume Two. I'll do my best to improve my writing, and I hope you'll enjoy this fan-made continuation.) "Bi Laoye? B 7Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 20 Before Waking From the Nightmare 噩梦惊醒前 (Infinite flow, supernatural horror, Backrooms-inspired, death rewind, slight romance, slow burn) Lin Xi remembers being an ordinary office worker. After an incident caused by other “entrants,” he is swept into the vortex of truth surrounding the Chaotic Realm. As his explorations take him deeper, he is startled to realize that he may have been here before. Fragments of his past memories come flooding back. At the same time, he unexpectedly gains the ability to return from death, but the excruci 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Have a Demon-Slaying Sword 我有一把斩妖剑 The useless Daoist Lin Feng spent fourteen years cultivating without finding a way forward. After descending the mountain, he finally breaks through the restriction and embarks on the path of immortal cultivation. His Daoist arts are miraculous: he slays demons, drives away evil spirits, and rules supreme in the city! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Night Watchman of Fengdu 酆都守夜人 Do you think we live in a safe world? In truth, the world is not as peaceful as it seems. The money you find on the road might be cursed “life-buying money,” and a pair of blood-red eyes might be watching passersby from a dark corner. But because certain people exist, the balance between yin and yang in this world is maintained. They are the ones who hold up the sky, the lonely night watchmen. I'm Su Cangnan. Let me tell you my story. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Records of Strange Events in the Capital 都城异事录 A modern supernatural story that weaves its main plot through a series of standalone tales. It takes a little while to warm up, offering both satisfying tales of revenge and heartwarming moments of healing. The aim is simply to tell a good story, so I hope you’ll read patiently, dear readers. I also hope this novel will let us become close friends in the world of words. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Awakened: A Glimmer of Hope Before Dawn 觉醒者：黎明前的曙光 A world invaded by demons, parents who vanish without a trace, a helpless younger sister hiding behind him, and something strange about his own body… What should he do? With the vast continent stretching before him, how can he begin his search? Will joining the Awakened Ones bring him a true friend? That oath: “If the Demon Night ever falls, I will gladly become the one and only beacon of light. I will stand at the forefront of countless people, blade raised against the abyss, until dawn.” Will 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Socially Doomed Programmer's Otherworldly Food Journal 社死程序员的异世界美食录 A web novel blending science fiction, food, and Ming dynasty history, filled with absurd humor and a fantastical mix of technology. The protagonist, Lin Xiaobei, is a programmer who accidentally gets caught up in an adventure involving quantum cuisine and a clash with Medici Laboratories, with time loops and quantum technology among its elements. The story incorporates dishes from across China along with historical details, giving it a distinctive style. 1Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 26 I Have a Date with a Ghost 我和鬼魂有个约会 [Supernatural CEO]+ [Ghost hunting]+ [No romance] My name is Yi Huan. My grandfather was a temple fortune-teller who read fortunes and studied feng shui for people. By a twist of fate, I inherited his mantle. From then on, I made my way through both the realms of yin and yang, profiting from the dead until I became the next Third Master Yi... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Taoist Priest Collects Souls 道长收魂 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Supreme Immortal Tyrant Body Art 太仙霸体诀 With a tyrant's physique, he slays the heavens, his blood staining the nine skies. The youth runs wild… In the Primordial Era, countless races fought in a chaotic war. The young Ye Yuze endured trials of life and death, unraveling layers of fog one strand at a time. His blood stained the nine skies… —Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 29 My Best Friend Says She’s a Paper Effigy 闺蜜说她是个纸扎人 My Best Friend Says She's a Paper Effigy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Answer Heaven's Call, Slay Evil Spirits 应天道，诛邪灵 Do ghosts really exist? Where do we come from, and where do we go? Does the Heavenly Way truly exist? And what is hell like? The day I was born, thunder roared in the heavens. Tens of thousands of rakshasas chased after me, while a woman carried me to the foot of a mountain. Thunder continued to strike the tens of thousands of rakshasas behind us. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Matters of the Living, People of the Dead 阳间事，阴间人 Orphaned from birth, She Qiang grew up being fed by kind neighbors. Born in a time of chaos and raised in a Daoist temple, he learned a lifetime’s worth of Daoist arts from nothing but spell books left behind by someone unknown in the temple. He had planned to muddle through life, but reality kept pushing him, step by step, toward that unknown world... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The True Way of Ten Thousand Paths 万道求及真 [Slow Pace + Ensemble Cast] The heavens and earth have evolved, and all things continue to thrive. It has been a long time since anyone stirred up trouble in this world. Visitors from beyond the heavens, children of destiny, and solitary geniuses all appear in this era. Wang Lei, brought to this world by a True Lord, avoids internal strife, fends off external enemies, and carves out a place for himself in this realm. Everyone else follows their own path. There are countless ways to seek the trut —Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 33 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Exorcisms and Face Reading, Guaranteed! 直播算命：驱邪看相妥妥的！ [System + supernatural + wild imagination] On the first day of his livestream, Du Jie gets a call from a popular female streamer. A feng shui problem? Easy! The cases that follow are much trickier, and each one is more bizarre than the last! A ghost baby? A paper effigy? The strange illness in Xiangyang Village, the Five Elements fortune-borrowing ritual... Are all these bizarre events testing my cultivation? Forget it. I'd better call on the Grandmaster! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 From Getting Scammed by an Old Man to Becoming a Martial God 从被老头碰瓷开始，成为武神 [Urban Immortal Martial Arts] + [Coming of Age] + [Two Heroines] + [Humans and Beasts Dance Together] When I reach the mountaintop, I stand as its peak. When I reach the end of the road, my feet become a boat. Is the world before your eyes your own reality, or someone else’s game? Watch as a young man rises, step by step reaching the pinnacle of the world, breaking its shackles with his own hands and uncovering the truth hidden beneath layer upon layer of mist. From now on, the order of heaven a —Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 35 Mechanical Disaster: I Found a Robot Girl in the Wasteland 机械灾难：我在废土捡到了机械姬 Wasteland + single heroine + machines + passion + uncovering the truth = ? In the first year of the Mechanical Era, mechanical behemoths from an unknown realm suddenly poured through dimensional gates. In just a few years, they destroyed the modern civilization humanity had once been so proud of. All order collapsed, vast regions became wasteland, and humanity was forced to huddle in tiny shelters. However... “We regret to inform you that all surface safe zones will lose their protective functio 33Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 36 Urban Mountain Guides: The Mystery of the Wu Clan 都市赶山人之巫族谜团 After a hundred years cut off from the world, Guan Zhaoming is forced to descend from the mountains when his master passes away. But China has changed beyond recognition in the century since he left. The mystery of his own bloodline, a string of serial murders, a woman found dead in a refrigerator, a mummified corpse in an apartment... A series of vicious crimes targeting Chinese women, shikigami from Japan, a crisis threatening China's dragon veins! These bizarre cases all conceal a shocking co —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Sanctuary of the Starry Firmament 星穹圣域 This is a vast fantasy world called the Spirit Illusion Continent. Spiritual power flows freely across the land, and all manner of strange techniques and mysterious treasures abound. The continent is divided among rival powers: ancient sects, mighty dynasties, mysterious clans, and sinister organizations lurking in the shadows. Hundreds of years ago, an unrivaled powerhouse appeared out of nowhere, united the continent, and brought a brief period of peace. But just as he reached the height of hi —Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 38 After Transmigrating, I Play the Fool to Outsmart Everyone in the Ancient Imperial Court 穿越后我在古代宫廷扮猪吃老虎 Meng Niannian was a modern woman, but she unexpectedly transmigrates to ancient times. All she wants is to lie flat and enjoy her days, but she's forced into the palace's power struggles. To stay safe and keep living her lie-flat life, this clever, bright young woman starts playing the fool to fool the wise. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Awakened at the Execution Platform: I Devour Myriad Dao 诛仙台觉醒：我吞尽万道 "Xie Wugou, you've taken excellent care of that innate Glazed Sword Bone of yours!" On the Execution Platform, the Holy Son of the Cold Abyss crushes his knees and tears out his Sword Bone while he's still alive. But the worst pain comes from the false accusations and betrayal of the woman he once loved: "Open your eyes and take a good look. Now you're nothing but a lowly, filthy mutt!" Three thousand disciples raise their Memory Jade Slips and shout in unison, "Skin the traitor alive!" No o 2Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 40 I Only Wanted to Transmigrate Back and Enjoy Life, but the World Was Overrun by Evil Spirits 本想穿归享受生活，世界出现诡煞 [Urban][High Martial][Supernatural][No Female Lead] Wang Yi transmigrates back with a whole arsenal of skills. He plans to use them to enjoy life in what he thinks is his ordinary world. But then he discovers that this world isn't really his ordinary world at all. It's a similar parallel world, and it is beginning to be invaded by sinister spirits. This world isn't ordinary in its own right, either: It has been fighting giant beasts from the deep sea for more than eighty years; The physical abil 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Who Says a Mage Can’t Tame Beasts? 谁说魔导师不能玩御兽了 [No System, no transmigration, no heroine for now (even if one appears later, there will only be one), slow-burn pacing, beast taming and magic. Hope you'll give it a try!] Who says magisters can't tame beasts? While other magisters are still fighting alone, I've already sent out a whole pack of source beasts to gang up on the enemy. While other beast tamers are still hiding behind their source beasts, I've already pulled out my wand to beat people with it. Now that's what you call the value of 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Reborn: Learning to Catch Ghosts in Ancient Times 重生之我在古代学抓鬼 My name is Lou Yanming! I'm a ghost-story enthusiast living in the 21st century. I work a grueling job every day as a scaffold builder on construction sites. Then one day, my safety rope suddenly snapped, and I plunged from more than twenty stories up. I heard only a loud crack as my mind began to grow hazy. My coworkers called for an ambulance! They carried me into the vehicle, and a nurse told them, "You have to hold on!" Just then, a voice rang out in my mind: "Young man, let go. Come with me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 I’m Going to Become a Heavenly Master 我要成为天师 I transmigrate to a world overrun by demons, ghosts, and monsters. I don't go looking for them, but they keep coming after me. All I can do is stay alive and grow stronger. Once I become a Celestial Master, I won't have to fear them anymore, but what comes after that…? [Ghost hunting + zombies + leveling up + System + Mount Longhu + Maoshan + Celestial Master] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 A Power Couple: I Picked Up an Immortal Husband 双强联合：捡个仙男当老婆 [Two male leads + unhinged characters + two powerful leads + devoted to each other + drama queens] Ling Zimo comes from a powerful background. Each of his three fathers is enough to make the cultivation world tremble: his adoptive father is the head of the Sword Sect, the greatest sect under heaven; his biological father is the lord of the Demon Abyss; and his second adoptive father is the Sword Sovereign of the human realm. His hobby is acting. As luck would have it, Lu Xinghan loves acting too 283Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 45 Blood-Cursed Ghost 血咒鬼 Blood-Cursed Ghost —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Office of Unusual Creatures 异闻生物事务所 [Eerie] [Anomalies] [Suspense] [No female lead for now] As everyone knows, urban legends are real. The horror stories you scroll past online may one day come true right beside you... In Binhai City, at Yiwen Investigations, private detective Bie Yuanyi investigates the truth behind his parents’ disappearance years ago. The agency is the only wealth and clue his parents left him, along with countless strange contained objects and even a living anomaly. Anomalies are monsters born from the human h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 My Name Is Missing from the Book of Life, So I Became a Ghostly Bailiff 生死簿无名，地府当鬼差 [One heroine] [Supernatural mystery] [A fresh, original premise] His name is Wuming, because he has no name. Three years ago, a wisp of soul inexplicably appeared in the underworld of Nancheng. There was no record of him in the Book of Life and Death, and his origins were a mystery. The King of Hell dumped the case on Lao Wang, a trainee ghost officer. After investigating for a whole year without finding anything, Lao Wang finally had no choice but to let him stay on as a ghost officer. And so W 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Summoning Spirits 招灵 Summoning Spirits —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Cauldron Sect Seeks the Dao 鼎派寻道 Over the course of China's five thousand years of history, countless schools of the occult arts have emerged. This book follows Huang Youqing, who through a chance encounter grows from an obscure feng shui practitioner into a master who founds his own school. Drawn into the bureaucracy of the underworld, he begins a step-by-step quest to seek the Way between Heaven and Earth. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Mr. Fu, Behave! Your Wife Holds the Power of Yin and Yang 傅总别闹，夫人她手握阴阳两道 [Mysticism + fortune-telling + ghost-catching + episodic stories + a little livestreaming + domineering CEO + sweet romance + marriage first, love later] She was undergoing tribulation when she failed to withstand the lightning and transmigrated to the modern world. Her soul was unstable, liable to fall apart at any moment, and she was broke. Then she bumped into this big shot. One touch of his hand and her soul steadied like a mountain. Rub her face against his, and spiritual energy exploded on —Reads7.0Score114d adds
