Novels like Journey to the West: Defying Heaven, Starting with Black Myth Tang Sanzang
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- 51 Demon Child: Reborn for the Second Time as Nezha’s Older Sister 魔童：二次转世后，成了哪吒他姐 [The female lead has a romantic pairing, with a large ensemble cast] [Transmigration, not reborn, no System, a warm and cozy story] [The Ao Bing Story mentioned here only covers the war between the Dragon Clan and the Heavenly Court. Many parts have been heavily changed, so the film is the main reference] Blurb One: The three sons of the East Sea Dragon King each have their own unique charms. Eldest Prince Ao Jia: a golden dragon among the waves Second Prince Ao Yi: a cool, aloof jade dragon Thi 681Reads9.1Score13214d adds
- 52 I, the White Bone Spirit, Go Wild in My Daily Journey to the West 我，白骨精，在西游发癫日常 [Journey to the West Fanfic + Sweet Romance + Romantic Love + 1v1 + Strong Yet Tragic Leads + Redemption + Retracing the Journey to the West] The silly version: After transmigrating, Qiao Yiyi unexpectedly becomes the White Bone Spirit from Journey to the West. To stay alive, she sneaks into the pilgrimage party, hoping to make herself familiar to the master and his three disciples. But who can tell her why this Tang Monk is so muscular, like Wu Lijing? Isn’t Sun Wukong supposed to have a hairy 1.9kReads8.8Score18514d adds
- 53 Three Rebellious Brothers from Journey to the West, and Your Little Sister Goes on a Rampage 西游三个反骨哥，小妹我杀疯了 [Two worlds: gain abilities in Journey to the West, make ruthless decisions in a high-martial world] [Invincible female lead, a satisfying power fantasy for women, no romance] [Revenge waits for no one] [Running gags, laughs, and healing] [The uncanny and scumbag men deserve to die] Monkey: Why don’t we just kill the bald monk and speedrun the whole thing? Nezha: Sounds good to me. I’ve never liked him. Yang Jian: That won’t work. The monsters on the pilgrimage are all pets of the Heavenly Court 1.1kReads8.8Score18014d adds
- 54 Journey to the West: I'm Just Cannon Fodder, but I'm Winning Over Yandere Nezha 西游：我一个炮灰，攻略病娇哪吒 [Heaven's three most rebellious troublemakers + a cast of villains and obsessive yanderes + everyone's favorite + forced love + a battlefield of romantic rivals + transmigrate into a book + OOC + utterly unhinged + all pairings] (The rating only came out on October 10, so it'll go up, everyone!) [Quirky, sweet little red carp ✘ proud, gloomy, obsessive Third Prince] Jiang Pan transmigrates into a deranged Journey to the West novel where everyone is evil, becoming a red carp spirit who is doome 2.4kReads7.8Score31214d adds
- 55 Didn’t You Say I Was Ugly? Then Why Is Nezha Forcing His Love on Me? 不是说我丑？哪吒怎么还强制爱 [Coercive Love, Yandere, Mutual First Love, The Heroine Chases the Hero] Content warning: This is very out of character. Nezha is a yandere who will stop at nothing to get the heroine. Don’t judge him by the standards of a normal person. The heroine has very little fighting ability. After dying, Chanchan came back to life in a mythological world. The price was that she had to stop Nezha from killing Ao Bing. Stop Nezha? What? Me? Nezha, the reincarnation of the Spirit Pearl, who only kills and 4.7kReads8.1Score54814d adds
- 56 After Reincarnating as Nezha's Master, I Become a Sensation by Revealing the Future 穿成哪吒师父后，我靠剧透杀疯了 [Transmigration, Master-Disciple Romance, Unhinged, Black Myth: Wukong, Spoilers Gone Wild, Romance + Character Growth + Love Triangle + Hilarious + Explosive Battles] Changing fate with spoilers, a homebody master goes on a rampage Li Yao, a top-tier gamer from the modern world, has just finished Black Myth: Wukong. Then she transmigrates straight into Nezha’s world! Not only does she become the Heavenly Venerable’s direct disciple and Taiyi Zhenren’s junior sister, but from the start, the Heav 1.3kReads9.1Score25414d adds
- 57 The Fugitive White Moonlight of Journey to the West, Doted on by Rebellious Senior Brothers 西游在逃白月光，反骨师兄争相宠 Nezha’s Red Armillary Sash is wrapped around her waist, Sun Wukong’s golden headband binds her hands, and Yang Jian’s Howling Celestial Dog has brought her marriage contract... Li Miaoci, who accidentally transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West: “...” “I think Tang Monk and his rebellious disciples are all crazy!” “And you’re normal?” Li Miaoci puts her hands on her hips and arches her almond-shaped eyes. “If I were normal, wouldn’t I feel terribly inferior being part of a pilgrimage 5.3kReads8.9Score68814d adds
- 58 Nezha: The Demon Child: From the Start, I Use the Cow-and-Horse Talisman to Beat Up the Immortal Elder 哪吒魔童：开局牛马符咒暴揍仙翁 [Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child, transformed into the Stone Monkey, Black Myth, Twelve Talismans, righting past wrongs, decisive and ruthless, no harem, no womanizing, invincible, scheming, ensemble cast, expansive world, both righteous and wicked, I am your Great Sage Sun] My name is Sun Dasheng. The good news is that I transmigrated. The bad news is that I became a rock, surrounded by darkness and forced to listen to a woman prattle on all day. Then one day, a child with dark circles around h 3.2kReads9.0Score34714d adds
- 59 Watching Across the Myriad Worlds: The Demon Child's Tearjerker Makes Patriarch Bodhi Weep 万界观影：魔童泪点看哭菩提祖师 [The Descent: The story of Nezha: The Devil's Birth is complete, so read with confidence! Plus all kinds of Nezhas] [Little Demons of Langlang Mountain is updating now] [Non-Human + Black Myth + Lotus Lantern + Investiture of the Gods + all kinds of worlds + apologies for the OOC + bullet comments + feel-good story, please turn off your brain] A sky screen suddenly appears in every world, showing the story of the Devil Child. “What would happen if Nezha from Investiture of the Gods, Black Myth, 4.9kReads8.1Score46014d adds
- 60 Great Sage Siblings: Crush Lingshan and Slay the Buddhas 大圣兄妹：踏碎灵山弑诸佛 [Completed] [Reimagined Journey to the West + Deep Sibling Bond + Journey to the West Revisited] [Sun Wukong has no romantic pairing] [Uncover the secrets behind the Investiture of the Gods. Li Jing and Nezha mend their relationship and join forces against the Heavenly Dao.] In the story of the fake and real Monkey King, it was Wukong who died. Reborn from the Immortal Stone, Sun Wukong discovered that he had gained a younger sister, Taisu, who devoured heavenly treasures and earthly delicacies. 4.6kReads9.0Score81614d adds
- 61 Journey to the West: Nezha, the Red Lotus and the Green Carp 【西游】哪吒：红莲花与绿鲤鱼 The proud, distinguished Third Prince, a god of slaughter from the Heavenly Realm, x a carefree little blue carp. The story begins before Journey to the West. The female lead is a carp spirit who serves before the Buddha. I’m terrible at writing blurbs (rueful smile, holding forehead). P.S. The story may be a slow burn, and the female lead is a somewhat scatterbrained, silly girl. She and the Third Prince complement each other like the strong and weak elements in a birth chart. She won’t trans 6.1kReads9.3Score87214d adds
- 62 What If Nezha Went to the West to Obtain the Scriptures? 假如西天取经的是哪吒 Original title: What If Nezha Went on the Journey to the West Bingzha (Ao Bing x Nezha) Set against the backdrop of traditional mythology, the main story follows what happens when Nezha takes the place of the pilgrim on the Journey to the West. Secondary pairing: Jian-Kong (Yang Jian x Sun Wukong). They have few appearances in the main story and are only briefly mentioned, with a separate extra story devoted to them. 927Reads9.3Score12514d adds
- 63 A Fiery Little Devil, Cuddled and Coddled: Hush, Hush! 暴躁魔丸怀里宠，轻哄，轻哄！ 326Reads9.3Score10514d adds
- 64 When the Great God of the Third Altar and Sea Hall Wanders into the World of the Demon Pill 当三坛海会大神误入魔丸世界 [Transmigration + comedy + livestreaming + face-slapping + chat comments + watch-party reactions] A fun story, purely for laughs!!! When Nezha, the Great Deity of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly, stumbles into a gathering of other Nezhas, he unexpectedly discovers he can see the chat comments. [Prejudice in people’s hearts is a mountain as tall as Mount Everest.] [Shocking! Is this really what the newly crowned ten-billion-box-office leading man looks like?] [The Third Crown Prince says he’s c 2.9kReads9.2Score35014d adds
- 65 Ne Zha: The Three Realms Are Suffering. I Only Kill, Never Save 哪吒：三界皆苦，我只杀不渡 [Imagine yourself as the protagonist, with Nezha as the female lead’s love interest; lots of original worldbuilding; a Nezha dream girl story. If that’s not your thing, please move along.] Once upon a time, in Nezha’s eyes, every mortal, immortal, and god fell into one of two categories: those he could kill, and those he couldn’t. Later, Nezha sorted them into new categories: those he could kill, those he couldn’t, and Chaoxi. … After Chaoxi died, she caught the transmigration wave and transmigr 14.2kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 66 Slay the Gods: Heaven's Defiant Agent Closes His Eyes and Invokes the Gods 斩神：天庭反骨仔代理他闭眼请神 [Slay the Gods fanfic + Nonhuman Male Lead + White-Hair Fans Welcome + Unhinged + Defiant + Sincerity Is the Ultimate Killer Move + No Heroine + Awesome Battles + Deeply Satisfying Ending + System Golden Finger + Invincible Power Fantasy] Gao Dian is sacrificed by his parents from the start, to appease Heaven's wrath. The rebellious Nezha of the Heavenly Court sees that they share the same tragic fate, and spares no fundamental power to rescue him from danger. Thus, Gao Dian becomes the most reb 2kReads9.2Score26414d adds
- 67 This Little Temptress Is So Sweet 这个妖精娇滴滴 Only after becoming a skeleton spirit did she realize that the female demons along the Journey to the West had terrible taste. Sun Wukong was far more alluring than Tang Sanzang! The Great Sage could be devious or gentle, fight monsters, and whisper sweet nothings. “Don’t look at my master.” “Got yourself into trouble again? Why show off? Is my Golden Cudgel just for decoration?” “Don’t get too smug. When I return from fetching the scriptures in the West, I’ll deal with you sooner or later.” The 7.4kReads8.9Score75914d adds
- 68 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 4.8kReads9.0Score73814d adds
- 69 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 13kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 70 I'm the White Bone Spirit. I'll Make Nezha My Backer 我白骨精，让哪吒当靠山 [Not Demon Child Nezha] [Nezha + Romance + Secret Identity + Comedy + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Flawed Leads + Journey to the West + Childhood Friends] Heart-and-body-stealing White Bone Spirit X Third Prince Nezha, who kills but never saves Bai Yuling was from Chentang Pass. After being flayed alive, she became a White Bone Spirit and was trapped on White Bone Ridge for a thousand years. What greeted her was not freedom, but Nezha. Heaven sent Nezha to White Tiger Ridge to eliminate the d 6.7kReads9.1Score88114d adds
- 71 I, Sun Wukong, Am Invincible 2: The Other Shore 我孙悟空无敌2彼岸世界 [The Strongest Sun Wukong in History] [A Continuation of the Journey to the West] The second installment in the Great Sage Returns series. The prequel, I, Sun Wukong, Am Invincible, is complete, and the sequel, The Great Sage Returns 3: Endless Journey, is now updating! “Immortality... origins... our journey leads to the endless other shore...” In the chaos realm, Wukong revives from the Coffin of Chaos. He now possesses the most powerful force in all of chaos, yet the secrets hidden behind the 10.7kReads9.5Score84414d adds
- 72 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 10.7kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 73 Honghuang: The Four Great Tyrants of Journey to the West! 洪荒：西游四大霸王！ [Scheming in the early chapters + becoming bandits in the middle and later chapters + no harem + System-based story!] Shocking! Were all the travelers in the Journey to the West actually transmigrators? And were they all four guys who shared a dorm at the same university in the future? Looks like Mount Ling is in trouble this time! Tang Sanzang: “Amitabha! This monk’s Dharma name is Tang Sanzang! I bury the heavens, bury the earth, and bury the Tathagata!” Sun Xingzhe: “Thirty years east of the 4.6kReads8.2Score36714d adds
- 74 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
- 75 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 4.2kReads9.3Score60614d adds
- 76 Film and TV Crossover: Winning Hearts Is Everything 综影视：勾心为上 Quick transmigration, a sweet 1v1 romance!!! Pocket dimension, powerful heroine, tons of sweetness, love at first sight Strong heroine / lovesick hero Mu Yan travels through countless worlds with the divine artifact Tianyan Pearl. Mu Yan's earliest dream was to raise fish in the ponds of three thousand worlds. But she soon discovers that all the handsome men are played by the same person. If she wants to have fun, he splits into different versions of himself to keep her company. There may be som 7.9kReads8.9Score31914d adds
- 77 The Four Rebellious Immortals of Heaven Are Here, Make Way! 天庭四大反骨仔驾到，通通闪开 [The animated series is now streaming] Today's front-page headline in the Immortal Daily: “Attention! Heaven Has a New Rebel!” Sources say this person is the newly adopted sidekick of the Great God of the Three Altars and the Sea. People call her “Fourth Auntie.” Great Sage Sun rebels in the open, Erlang Shen rebels in secret, the Third Prince is ready to rebel at any moment, and Fourth Auntie rebels whenever I do. Wherever I go, she follows. These people do nothing but sit around and chat, yet 32.2kReads9.2Score5.7k14d adds
- 78 Black Myth: Whoever Bullies Wukong, I’ll Bring Down the Heavens! 黑神话：谁欺负悟空，大师姐我掀了这天！ [No romance + Journey to the West + adored by everyone + unbeatable workaholic + face-slapping] After transmigrating into a book, Yan Wuling becomes the high-risk character known as the Eldest Senior Sister. She spends seven years being a lazy freeloader to save her own skin. Only when she meets a little monkey seeking the Way to immortality does she realize she has transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West! Yan Wuling: “What? You want me to disrupt the great calamity of the Journey to 16.7kReads9.5Score2.8k14d adds
- 79 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 20kReads7.6Score10.1k14d adds
- 80 Film and TV Crossover: Yunqi 综影视：云栖 Rules have gained sentience, and the worlds of the heavens are left with a single thread of hope. Yun Qi: I am the chosen woman destined to save the world. Love at first sight, all the way to the end. The Blood of Youth: The little fairy of Qingcheng Mountain x the peerless one √ A young couple known throughout the entire martial world [Chapters 1–169] Three Lives, Three Worlds: paired with Donghua Dijun The Daoist partner Donghua erased: Xuanling, Queen Mother of the Jade Pool The Blood of Yout 15.9kReads8.9Score42414d adds
- 81 Revisiting the Journey to the West: I Lead Three Rebellious Troublemakers in Rebellion Every Day 重走西游：姐拉三大反骨仔天天反 [Journey to the West fanfic + hilarious antics + punchline-packed + healing and redemption for each other + Heaven's three rebellious troublemakers + retracing the journey west] On my first start, Nezha stabbed the Destined One to death! On my next start, Erlang Shen's dog bit me to death! On my third start, I forgot the gold headband and got beaten to death by Sun Wukong! Tang An: “So I’ve been transmigrated as the new Destined One, and I have to go fetch the scriptures? And I have to get those 21.7kReads9.4Score2.9k14d adds
