Novels like Investiture of the Gods: I Have a Temple, and Taking Disciples Makes Me Stronger
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- 101 Warlord: I’m from Fenghua, So What If I Become President? 军阀：我奉化人，当个总统怎么了 In the nineteenth year of the Republic, Li Xuewen, county magistrate in Fujian Province, was forced to flee overseas to Nanyang after offending the Song family. He led eight hundred elite members of his security corps across the sea to Borneo, planning to restore the Lan Fang Republic and establish a nation abroad. President Li says, “No one understands nation-building better than I do.” Is nation-building difficult in its early stages? No matter. There will naturally be fools eager to come to t 298.7kReads9.0Score32.2k14d adds
- 102 Monkey, Let's Team Up with Yang Jian and Rebel! 猴子，咱叫上杨戬反吧！ [Alternate Universe] + [Wild Imagination] + [Journey to the West] + [Meme References] What if Tang Sanzang's three disciples were Nezha, Sun Wukong, and Yang Jian? Could they speedrun the eighty-one trials? Monkey: Pfft, why don't we just storm the Palace of Heavenly Clarity? Nezha: No. Not interested. Yang Jian said nothing, simply pulling a Seven-Treasure Exquisite Pagoda from behind his back. Monkey, Yang Jian, and Nezha exchanged grins... Just then, Tang Sanzang slowly stepped forward. Count 4.8kReads9.0Score75014d adds
- 103 Uncle Nine: Oh No, My System Is Acting Up Again 九叔：糟糕，我的系统又不服了 The successive Grandmasters of Maoshan once said: When roaming the world, what matters most is the strength of your foundations. If you can avoid trouble, do so. The world is in turmoil, and one less problem is better than one more. If you can’t avoid it, make a friend. If you can’t make a friend, negotiate face to face. If negotiations fail, then fight. When following these three rules, always keep three principles in mind. First, never hold back. Call upon the gods, the saints, and the Grandma 23kReads9.0Score1.7k14d adds
- 104 Day and Night, Hounded by Nezha, Yang Jian, and Sun Wukong 被哪吒杨戬孙悟空追堵的日日夜夜 [No romance + universally adored heroine + intense unrequited love + ships with everyone + myth retelling] After being transmigrated into Guanyin, Hua Lian is busy today helping the reborn Yang Jian mend his ways, tomorrow saving Nezha from a deadly fate, and the day after stopping Sun Wukong from turning evil. And that's not even counting the White Snake, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, or The Love of the Celestial Maiden and the Mortal. Even ancient myths are going wildly off the rails! E 2.5kReads9.3Score32014d adds
- 105 EN My Jie Sect's First Disciple: Invincible Through My Junior Siblings 我截教首徒，靠师弟师妹无敌 Xian Junyu, a handsome man from Blue Star, accidentally transmigrated into the Primordial World, becoming the first wisp of immortal energy created when heaven and earth were split apart. After taking human form, he was accepted as a disciple by Sect Master Tongtian, becoming the very first disciple of the Jie Sect. Familiar with the story's trajectory, he thought he would meet the same fate of having his soul sent to the Investiture of the Gods. The thought sapped all his motivation, and he cho 34.4kReads7.8Score2.2k14d adds
- 106 Honghuang: In the Jie Sect, I Grow Stronger Through Hard Work! 洪荒：人在截教，努力就能变强！ Wang Zhan is reborn in the Primordial World as a tiny mayfly. During the War of the Liches, he gets lucky and becomes a second-generation Jie Sect Disciple, a disciple of a Sage. He once thought he could live a remarkable life. Unfortunately, he is a mayfly by nature, with terrible aptitude. The Jie Sect Disciples look down on him, and he becomes the sect’s weakest link. Wang Zhan endures this for three thousand years. At last, his golden finger finally arrives. After merging with the Dao Fruit 16.3kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 107 Journey to the West? No! Hear My Decree, Monks: March West to Spirit Mountain 西游？不！传贫僧法旨，西征灵山 At Little Leiyin Temple, Tang Sanzang recites a rebellious poem. At Eagle Sorrow Stream, the White Dragon sends a false letter? At Lion Camel Ridge, the demons arrange themselves by rank, while Tang Sanzang speaks fervently of his lifelong ambition? What would happen at the end of Journey to the West if Tang Sanzang grew stronger every time he took on a new disciple? Sun Wukong: “I'll storm Leiyin Temple and destroy Mount Ling. If I leave and never return, then so be it!” Zhu Bajie: “Tathagata's 8.3kReads9.0Score79914d adds
- 108 Sui-Tang: I Alone Turn the Tide, and Protect the Sui Dynasty's Eternal Prosperity 隋唐：只手挽天倾，我护大隋永昌 Wu Xin transmigrates to the Great Sui Dynasty and obtains an Abstract System. He can grow stronger by driving other people to the brink. Keep your spirits up, don't lose points. That's the way! Wu Xin: Yuwen Huaji, I'm coming for you first thing in the morning! [You drive Yuwen Huaji over the edge. He crashes his head against a pillar in front of everyone. You gain the strength of two elephants!] Wu Xin: Li Shimin, you really think your brother Li Yuanba is invincible? Today I'll show you there' 24.3kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 109 I Became the Strongest Villain by Laying Low in Journey to the West 我在西游苟成最强大反派 Gu Ming transmigrates to the world of Journey to the West and becomes a lowly little snake demon. Knowing how dangerous that world is, he has no interest in buddying up with the Great Sage or taking an official post in Heaven. He just wants to find a cave of his own and cause trouble for all the demonesses. When Gu Ming, who has begun cultivating the Eighty-Nine Mysteries, discovers that his enhancement panel can strengthen his body, he seems to glimpse a path to invincibility all his own. Af 28.9kReads8.2Score2k14d adds
- 110 Back to Senior Year, I Join the Heavenly Court and Crush All the Clans 重回高三，上岸天庭后荡平万族 [Signed for publication, so read with confidence + a different take on Investiture of the Gods + cyber Journey to the West + blended mythology + a vast cosmic vision + fast-paced + technology + building a faction + civilization war] [There are lots of foreshadowed details, so skipping around may leave you confused.] After waking up one day, Yang Chen found himself back in high school. The Federation civilization that once ruled the universe was gone. Now it was a glorious age of countless civili 6.4kReads8.9Score45914d adds
- 111 EN Primordial Era: My Witch Clan Doesn't Vie for Hegemony, Hongjun is Stunned 洪荒：我巫族不争霸，鸿钧人麻了 This novel has been adapted into a comic drama. If you're interested, check it out on Hongguo by searching for the title. Synopsis: [Honghuang] [Rise of the Witch Clan] [No struggle for supremacy] [Sacrifice the System] After transmigrating to Honghuang, Zhou Ming became the leader of the Witch Clan. With memories of the future, he knew full well that the Witch-Demon Calamity was a death trap. The System? It was refined away by Great God Pangu right from the start, leaving behind only a core ess 63kReads7.4Score4.4k14d adds
- 112 Journey to the West: From Stable Hand in the Heavenly Court to Powerhouse Through Relentless Grinding 西游：人在天庭御马监，爆肝变强 Reborn and transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West. Qin Heng becomes a guard in the Imperial Stables of Heaven and awakens a proficiency panel. All he has to do is grind hard to grow stronger. One day in Heaven equals one year on Earth. At this point... there are seven days left until Sun Wukong ascends to Heaven and becomes Bimawen! 44.7kReads8.1Score4.9k14d adds
- 113 A Treacherous Minister in Journey to the West: Starting by Threatening the Seven Fairies! 西游奸臣：从威胁七仙女开始！ [Once Had Over a Million Readers] "Your Majesty, this is bad! The monkey has stormed Heaven!" The Jade Emperor waved a hand. "Don't worry. I have Gu Jing, the God of Punishment, on our side. Mere Sun Wukong is nothing to fear." Why are screams ringing out from the Moon Palace?! Why is the Nine Heavens Fairy sobbing without end?! Why is the Hundred Flowers Fairy secretly grinning?! He wreaks havoc in Heaven, deceives those above and below, and lays down the law across the Three Realms! Gu Jing's 13.1kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 114 EN Primal Chaos: Even the Three Pure Ones Must Call Me 'Second Uncle' 洪荒：三清也得乖乖叫我一声二叔 At the dawn of chaos, before Heaven and Earth had been formed. Before the Three Thousand Chaos Gods had ever appeared. Hong Yuan had already transmigrated here, and become Pangu's younger brother by the same mother. He also became the only being in all of chaos to survive. Faced with the primeval world transformed from his elder brother, Hong Yuan naturally upheld the fine tradition of a younger brother inheriting from his elder brother. Do you even know where the word “Hong” in “Honghuang” come 52.2kReads8.6Score5.4k14d adds
- 115 Honghuang: I Took Over Sect Master Tongtian From the Start 洪荒：开局夺舍了通天教主 Chu Feng transmigrates to the Primordial Era, takes over Sect Master Tongtian’s body, and becomes a Heaven-Appointed Sage! He awakens the Invincible Sign-In System! From the start, he opens a grand prize pack and obtains a Primordial Dao Embryo, a million portions of Great Dao merit, and the peerless weapon Great Luo Sword Embryo! He signs in at Kunlun Mountain and obtains the Three Purities’ Origin Qi, reassembling Pangu's Primordial Spirit. He signs in at the Heavenly Court, suppresses Di Jun 35.8kReads8.7Score3.2k14d adds
- 116 Journey to the West: After the Gods Returned from Studying in the Modern World 西游：众神圣自现代留学回来后 After graduation season, Jiang Liu transmigrated. The strongest Tang Monk System: ready to slaughter his way through Journey to the West? Then let’s do it! And then... General Yin: Lao Jiang, I’ve missed you so much! Yang Jian: Lao Jiang, you’re Tang Monk, for crying out loud! Sun Wukong: Let me out first! The Jade Emperor: Hey, Old Zhao, how about we kill Mahavairocana for fun? Zhao Gongming: Why don’t you go do it yourself? At Mount Lingshan... The Buddha: Oh my goodness... Stop, classmate 10.3kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 117 The Investiture of the Gods Is Over, So Why Did I Awaken a Sign-In System? 封神结束，觉醒签到系统？ After transmigrating into the Investiture of the Gods world, Zishou spent decades governing with diligence, only to suffer setback after setback. At last, he accepted his fate. In the seventh year of Emperor Xin’s reign, he tried desperately to stop Wen Zhong from leading a northern campaign, only for Wen Zhong to draw his King-Beating Golden Whip and curse him out. In the eighth year, he sternly rejected a proposal to offer incense at the Nuwa Temple. That very night, the temple caught fire. In 28.9kReads8.8Score2.5k14d adds
- 118 Honghuang: I Am the Daoist Sect's First Disciple 洪荒：我为道门首徒 Lu Qing transmigrated to the Primordial World and transformed into an innate spiritual root. On the day he took human form, the Six Saints gathered and the Great Dao itself came to celebrate. In the end, he became a disciple of the Three Pure Ones, their shared disciple and the foremost disciple of the Daoist school. In the Zixiao Palace, the Dao Ancestor asked the Six Saints, “Who among you believes is fit to rule the Heavenly Court?” Taishang: “Lu Qing is steady in his conduct and kind by natu 32.7kReads8.9Score2.7k14d adds
- 119 Journey to the West: A Nine-to-Five Job in the Celestial Court 西游：人在天庭，朝九晚五 “Your Majesty, disaster! All our Heavenly Soldiers and Generals have been beaten flat! Sun Wukong is coming for us!” “Your Majesty, there’s a turn of events! Chu Hao, the Prison God of the Three Realms, is beating Sun Wukong senseless. He’s even crushed the other demon kings!” “Your Majesty, the Prison God has suddenly stopped… He’s run off!” The Jade Emperor excitedly slaps the imperial dragon carriage. “What’s going on?” “It’s the hour of the rooster, Your Majesty.” “He’s… off work.” The Jade 1.9kReads8.8Score38914d adds
- 120 Stop Pretending. You're Not a Normal Awakened One Either, Are You? 别装了，你也不是正经觉醒者吧？ (Also known as: How Can Li Bai Have Three Eyes? I’m Yang Jian!) After transmigrating, He Xu assumed he’d definitely become an Awakened, until he awakened the Calamity Sequence [Yang Jian]. From the day his third eye grew in, He Xu stopped feeling sleepy, but he became ravenous: the kind of hunger that made him want to eat people. He started delivering takeout in his spare time. While bringing food to others, he also picked out his own meals. He Xu had principles. He wouldn’t eat ordinary people, 251.3kReads8.2Score17.7k14d adds
- 121 I Became Yang Jian’s Older Sister and Took Nezha and Wukong as Little Brothers 穿成杨戬他姐，收哪吒悟空当弟弟 No CP, with a lighthearted, witty tone. (The main story is complete) The most powerful networker in the Three Realms!!! Yang Jiao transmigrates and finds herself the unborn older sister of Erlang Shen. Realizing that in a dozen years or so, the Golden Crow will impale her, she is at a loss for what to do when the Mythology Gacha System arrives. She can draw the powers of Yang Jian, Nezha, Sun Wukong, the Twelve Golden Immortals, and more! At just one year old, she snatches merit from Yuanshi T 4.2kReads9.3Score60014d adds
- 122 Honghuang: I, Shen Gongbao, Humbly Ask All Fellow Daoists to Stay 洪荒：贫道申公豹，请诸道友留步 Keywords: [Shen Gongbao * helpful and righteous * timely rain * warmhearted * values loyalty over beauty * Herald of Loyalty and Righteousness * Joyful Tathagata * Leopard Buddha] Shen Gongbao woke up one day reborn in the primordial world, on Kunlun Mountain. My name is Shen Gongbao, and I actually transmigrated into Shen Gongbao? The General Who Divides the Waters after the Investiture of the Gods? The general who plugs up the eye of the North Sea? Who understands this kind of miserable fate? 23.7kReads9.1Score2.1k14d adds
- 123 EN Primordial Styx: Blood God Avatars Spread Across the World 洪荒冥河之血神分身遍天下 The short drama The Strongest Styx Rewrites the Primordial World is complete. Fellow Daoist fans of short dramas, feel free to click in and check it out. A soul from the future transmigrates to the Primordial World and becomes Minghe. He awakens before anyone else and uses billions of clones to lay down a grand formation that morally coerces the entire Primordial World. He attains the Dao before Hongjun. A golden wheel of Great Dao merit shines across the Primordial World. The Heavenly Dao is so 29.5kReads8.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 124 You Only Have an F-Rank Talent, Yet You Outshine the Geniuses of the Nine Provinces 你一个F天赋，竟能力压九州天骄 [Rise of the underdog + foreseeing the future + martial arts competitions at university + demon invasion + ensemble cast of humanity + no nested worlds + no System] Hong Yuan's diary can predict the future. He learns that before long, he'll be tested as having an F-rank talent, his girlfriend will break up with him, and his parents will be murdered by evil cultivators. Though things go badly for him from the start, the predictions in his diary help him obtain divine cultivation techniques, rare 36kReads8.2Score3.6k14d adds
- 125 Great Tang: If You Won’t Rebel, Father, Then I Will! 大唐：父亲您不造反，我造反！ [Ruthless and decisive]+ [Golden finger]+ [Conquest and expansion]+ [Industrial Revolution]+ [Age of Discovery] Also known as The Crown Prince Should Stop Competing, the Tang Dynasty Already Has Nine Dragons in One Court, Tang Dynasty: Father, You’re This Old, How Can You Still Sleep?, and I, Li Chengqian, the Steadiest Crown Prince in History. He transmigrates to a parallel Tang Dynasty and becomes Li Chengqian, still the heir of the Prince of Qin’s household. Faced with Li Shimin’s indecision, 12.3kReads8.6Score75314d adds
- 126 You’re Already a Great Emperor, and You’re Still Attending Graduation?! 你都大帝了，还来参加毕业典礼？ [High martial arts + stat-point system + martial arts school league + battles in another world + invincible + no heroine] “I long for a worthy opponent...” Jiang Hao, founder of Haotian Martial Arts Academy, Blue Star's strongest councilor, Lord of Calamity, the All-Heavens Fish-Fryer, and Chaos Evil God. (All the iconic scenes have now been revisited.) [Ping! Congratulations, Host! You instantly killed a Tier One opponent and earned 1 point!] [Ping! Congratulations, Host! You instantly killed a 16.1kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds
- 127 Water Margin: Reborn, Who'd Still Accept an Imperial Pardon? 水浒：都重生了，谁还招安啊！ Trade height for insight from the start! Ren Yuan transmigrates into a minor character in Water Margin, determined to forge his own legend in the martial world at the end of the Northern Song dynasty! Wherever the banners of the Liangshan army fly, the land belongs to the Han people! I’ll save the people the Great Song won’t save, and fight the enemies the Great Song won’t dare to fight! Jin Wushu: Ren Yuan, stay away from me! 65.9kReads9.1Score5.3k14d adds
- 128 Immortal-Slaying Platform 斩仙台 After transmigrating into the Primordial World, he became a rogue immortal. But from the start, he was on the Execution Platform, about to be executed by the Heavenly Court and the Western Church working together. Even the gods couldn’t save him. With death at hand, he awakened the Life Editor System. This System couldn’t be upgraded or provide magical treasures. Its only function was to let him freely make up his own past and turn it into “reality”! [Edit: I studied at Lingtai Mountain, and I’m 20.5kReads7.6Score10.5k14d adds
- 129 You Dare Bully My Disciple? Do You Really Think I Only Know How to Teach? 欺我弟子，你真以为我只会教书？ (The new novel The True Immortal of the Dao is now serializing. If you’re interested, check out Lao Jiu’s profile.) There is a small school in Longquan Town. And there is a Mr. Xu at the school. In this sealed-off land of Jiuzhou, he steadily pioneers the Way of Letters, passes down the teachings of the Dao, and enlightens otherworldly beings, transforming them into spirit folk. At last, Jiuzhou enters a golden age. Then one day, Jiuzhou shatters, and the Divine Land sinks. Mr. Xu stands alone w 32.3kReads8.8Score2.8k14d adds
- 130 I’m a Hero, but I’ve Ended Up on the Streets, Kept by the Demon King 英雄的我流落街头，被魔王包养了 [Everyday life] [One heroine] [Plenty of sweetness] “My name is Lin En. I'm a hero... or rather, I used to be one.” In the ruins, a radio crackled to life: “Hero Lin En has killed his former comrades! The Hero Association launched a desperate assault, but all thirteen S-rank heroes were wiped out... The Federation has sentenced Lin En for crimes against humanity! Wanted throughout the Federation!” On a stormy night, the retired Demon King Keliya opened the door. Her mortal enemy 62.5kReads9.4Score9.1k14d adds
- 131 EN Divine Ability Wielder 神通者 Among the living things of this world, some are born with strange bones. These bones can be inscribed with wondrous arts, granting their bearers immense power: conjuring fire and wind, summoning thunder and lightning, swallowing the sun and plucking stars, suppressing demons and imprisoning gods. These are Divine Ability Bones. Those born with such bones are called... Divine Ability Users. 2.7MReads9.5Score379.9k14d adds
- 132 The Great Sage Returns: Sun Wukong Vows to Slaughter Every God and Buddha! 大圣归来，我孙悟空誓必屠尽神佛！ As the four disciples of Tang Sanzang received their titles on Spirit Mountain, a man who looked like a beggar stood at its foot, disdain in his eyes. He muttered bitterly, “Tathagata, I, Old Sun, will be back.” A different Journey to the West, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven's journey of revenge. 29.4kReads9.1Score6.6k14d adds
- 133 Who Let Him Become a Ghost Constable? 谁让他当鬼差的？ After dying, Su Fan transmigrates into the body of a spirit in the Three Realms and becomes a soul-reaping ghost constable in the Underworld. From then on, the whole culture of the Underworld changes. “First of all, let me make this clear: I’m not the one who corrupted the culture of the Underworld. Ghost constables are supposed to reap souls. I’m just doing my job.” “If you can’t keep up with me, don’t blame me for changing the culture.” With that, Su Fan walks out through the Gate of Hell, car 78.7kReads9.3Score6.1k14d adds
- 134 I Invest in the Chosen Clan, and My Strength Equals the Entire Clan's 投资天命族人，我实力是全族总和 [Invincible + Clan + Ensemble Cast + Behind the Scenes + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Dominant + No Female Lead + No Romantic Tension + No Simping + No Holding Back + Decisive and Ruthless + Even More Exciting Later] Jiang Daoxuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the head of the Jiang clan. He obtains the Strongest Clan System. His strength is tied to the combined strength of the entire clan: the stronger his clan members, the stronger the Host! What's more, investing in clan members 126kReads9.1Score9.4k14d adds
- 135 Writing a Diary in the Jie Sect, Tongtian Gets Played for a Fool 人在截教写日记，通天被玩坏了 Ying Yuan woke up one day to find that he had transmigrated to Mount Kunlun in the Primordial World. He had become an evil dragon, formed from the power of wickedness at the dawn of creation. As an innate evil dragon, he was steeped in wickedness and burdened by karma. The Human Religion refused to take him in, the Chan Sect despised him and called for his death, and the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas wanted nothing to do with him. With no other choice, he joined the Jie Sect as an outer sect disc 77.3kReads9.2Score8.5k14d adds
- 136 EN I, Laying Low from the Primordial World to Journey to the West 我，从洪荒苟到西游 Mu Chen transmigrates to the Primordial World, becoming an ethereal spirit with no fixed form. He starts out utterly weak, but unexpectedly awakens the Starsea Fishing Choice System. “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a hundred years, you've obtained a replica of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a thousand years, you've become a Taiyi Mystic Immortal!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for ten thousand years, you've attained the rank of Great Luo 34.4kReads9.2Score3.2k14d adds
- 137 EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 159.6kReads9.6Score18.1k14d adds
- 138 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 869.8kReads9.6Score64.2k14d adds
- 139 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score177.1k14d adds
