Novels like Honghuang: Ruling the Chaos
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- 51 In the Apocalypse, the Gods Toy with Mortals, but I, Ye Fan, Defy Heaven and Slay the Gods 末世诸神愚戏凡人我叶凡逆天斩神 Synopsis: The whole world is dragged into a deadly deception called the “Faith Game.” Everyone struggles to survive, but I’ve been abandoned by the gods?! When everyone receives a “game notification” and becomes a player under one of the sixteen Primordial Gods, I, Ye Fan, the most devout follower of the God of Fate, am mercilessly shut out! No guidance, no System, no divine favor. I’m like a bug forgotten by the world! What kind of joke is this? The bustling city turns into a blood-soaked pr 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Honghuang: A Great Dao Space from the Start 洪荒：开局一个大道空间 [Comedy + No Female Lead + Master of Dirty Tricks] Zhang Hao transmigrated into the primordial world, becoming an ordinary human before the Three Pure Ones had attained sainthood. After meeting Laozi, who was traveling among humanity, he awakened the golden finger called the Great Dao Space, which let him synchronize with others and copy their spiritual treasures. From then on, Zhang Hao went further and further down the path of being a master of dirty tricks. During the Investiture of the Gods 27.5kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 53 The Divine Beast Unleashed 神兽出笼 [Transmigration] [System] [Genius] When I wake from a dream, all my fingertips touch is a tear track from a thousand years of cultivation. The mortal world, drifting flowers, crimson streams: I forgot Buddha's life. Soft fragrance, misty rain, hazy madness: a single dream of benevolence. A thousand years of cultivation, all for this life, to meet him and fall for the mortal seed in his eyes. Amid the ten thousand feet of worldly dust, I take a step and look back. Is it fate, a trial, a debt, or 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 The Fox Immortal of Tianmen! 天门狐仙！ There is a love that was born for you, and a vow to stay by your side through life and death. There is a belief that true love knows no bounds, and a devotion to be captivating for no one but you. The orphan Su Wulan made his living chopping wood. One day, he happened to save a fox spirit, and from then on embarked on a path defying the immortals. A doomed romance takes root, and turmoil follows... See how Su Wulan, for Hu Feiyan's sake, dares the Stairway to Heaven, opens Heaven's Gate with a s 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Honghuang: I Slept for Countless Years, and My Disciple Exposed Me 洪荒：沉睡无数年，被弟子曝光了 Chen Xuan transmigrates to the primordial world and sleeps for countless years. From the start, he signs in and gains the cultivation of the Great Dao of Hongmeng, yet has no idea. Countless beings gather around him to comprehend the Great Dao and call themselves his disciples. Chen Xuan only wants to lie low until he can return to the modern world, but his disciples expose him when they leave the mountain. From then on, legends of him spread throughout the primordial world. Tongtian breaks the 15kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
- 56 Pangu: Guys, Pangu’s Back for Revenge! 盘古：统子们，我盘古来复仇了！ [Chaos + Primordial World + Daily System Hunting + No Romance + System Terminator] As a System, your daily routine is to train your Host and hunt for Pangu! If a System doesn't have Pangu's blood, how can it show its face? How embarrassing! Draw blood! Extract marrow! Drain his soul! A horde of Systems charges at Pangu, armed with swords, spears, clubs, and giant syringes! As the boss of Chaos and big brother to the Three Thousand Demon Gods, Pangu's daily routine is to hunt Systems with his 14.6kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
- 57 The Dragon Son-in-Law and Ghost Doctor 龙婿鬼医 [Married into her family] [Sweet romance] [Doting dad] [Special forces king] Meeting and parting are all fate, and a thousand-mile bond of marriage can be forged in a single night. A fleeting marriage leaves regrets in life, so he sets out a thousand miles to find his wife and rekindle their bond! Since we parted, my thoughts have stayed with you; how many times have I dreamed we were together? Tonight, I hold up the silver lamp to look at you, still afraid that our reunion is only a dream. 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Honghuang: I Am Lu Ya, the Demon Emperor, and I Roam the Hundred Thousand Mountains 洪荒：吾妖皇陆压，转战十万大山 Lu Yu transmigrated into the Primordial World and became Lu Ya, the Demon Clan's tenth crown prince. He also awakened the Campaign System. After the War Between the Wu and the Demons, Lu Ya was the only Golden Crow left in the Primordial World. Lu Ya became the sole legitimate heir to the Demon Emperor. After the Demon Clan's defeat, it was forced into exile. As its crown prince, Lu Ya led the clan on a campaign through the Hundred Thousand Mountains. [Claim the Demon Emperor's legacy and ob 17.7kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 59 The Living Hell of the Immortal Realm 长生天之人间炼狱 I'm the damn heir to the title of Great Emperor, yet I've been put through hell in the mortal world. When I return to claim my throne, I'll use my blade to wash away every humiliation I've suffered! Demon Emperor, just you wait! Fifteen days in heaven, one hundred and fifty years on earth. That's more than enough time! 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Honghuang: Starting on Kunlun Mountain, I Transformed into Countless Clones 洪荒：开局昆仑山，化身亿亿万 A wisp of true spirit accidentally entered the Primordial World and merged with a high-grade Innate Spiritual Root, a Pure Silver Apricot Tree on Kunlun Mountain. To condense his primordial spirit, he expended a great deal of his source energy and fell to the rank of a Low-grade Innate Spiritual Root. With such a humble origin, he risked becoming a child attendant to one of the many top powers of the Primordial World. To avoid being reduced to ashes in the endless calamities of the Primordial Wo 26.7kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
- 61 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 49.8kReads8.6Score5.1kShelves
- 62 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 29.6kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves
- 63 Honghuang: Starting at Buzhou Mountain, I Became a Substitute 洪荒：开局不周山，我成了替身 A wisp of soul accidentally transmigrated into the Primordial World and awakened inside the body of the hapless Creation Green Lotus, which had been struck by lightning since the day it first emerged. But he failed to possess the lotus. Instead, he caused the original lotus to develop sentience, transforming it into twin lotuses that grew side by side. He had become a stand-in. With no System or cheats, and too embarrassed to call himself a transmigrator, Qingxuan didn’t dare dream of dominati 35.7kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
- 64 EN Honghuang: The Cautious Golden Crow, Whom the Demon Clan Begs to Come Down from the Mountain 洪荒：稳健金乌，妖族跪求我出山 From the start, he chooses to become the Third Golden Crow, the brother of Dijun and Taiyi. Knowing how the story goes, how could he stand by and watch the tragedy of the Witch-Demon Tribulation unfold? In this life, he stays holed up on the Sun Star, refusing to venture out, determined to be a cautious Golden Crow. Until one day, the Wu Clan conquers the entire Primordial World and begins attacking the Sun Star. Lingxiao emerges from the Sun Star, and the darkest hour of the Wu Clan begins! Eve 46.2kReads8.7Score4.4kShelves
- 65 The Maoshan Taoist-Buddhist Master 茅山道释 [Maoshan] + [Supernatural] + [Urban Cultivation] + [Stunning Beauties] The mighty Heavenly Emperor is reborn, only to be driven to the brink by a predatory loan contract?! In my previous life, I was Shiti Huan Yindiluo, the Heavenly Emperor. My merits complete, I should have ascended beyond the heavens, but I was ambushed by petty villains, and my divine soul fell into the mortal world! Fortunately, the power of the Sumeru Realm protected me, and I was reborn alongside a Maoshan Celestial Maste 798Reads—Score102Shelves
- 66 Honghuang: I, Hongjun, Am Really Not the Villain 洪荒：我鸿钧真不是反派 [Comedy + Satisfying Revenge + No Female Lead] Tongtian One: I am Tongtian. I will never found a sect. Tongtian Two: I am Tongtian. I will never become a saint. Tongtian Three: I am Tongtian. I will never confer the gods. King Father of the East: I will build the strongest Heavenly Court. Zhao Gongming: I will expose Hongjun's conspiracy. The transmigrators descend upon the Primordial World, naturally believing themselves righteous and making it their mission to overthrow Hongjun's rule. All Hon 14.2kReads9.3Score918Shelves
- 67 Maitreya Heavenly Emperor 弥勒天帝 [Mortal cultivation + creation of the heavens and myriad worlds + fantasy + beauties galore] Citi Tianxing has already reached the peak of the Heavenly Emperor realm, yet he resolutely gives up his position as sovereign over all worlds and ventures toward an even higher, unknown realm. He seeks to question the heavens: What is the meaning of cultivation? What is the purpose of creation? Follow him as he battles across the Myriad Worlds, comprehending the great mysteries of darkness, light, life, 150Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 68 I, the Steadfast Golden Crow, Just Want a Wife and a Quiet Life! 我，稳健金乌，只想娶妻过日子！ [Steady Everyday Life + Striving for Immortality + The Red Flag Stays, the Colorful Flags Flutter] In the primordial world, another era-ending calamity is upon them. The Wu Clan has grown too powerful, and no one can stand against them. If things continue this way, all living beings will be doomed. A gathering of ancient powerhouses and leaders of the myriad races assembles at the Sun Star. They plead with the Sun God, Fuguang, the only Golden Crow beneath the heavens and the foremost being belo 86.4kReads9.0Score7.7kShelves
- 69 Honghuang: From the Start, I Spoil the Plot for Nuwa 洪荒：开局给女娲剧透 [Primordial world + behind-the-scenes scheming + wild imagination] Chen Xuan transmigrates into the Primordial World as a little white dragon. His arrival sends the whole world wildly off course... Nuwa: “Becoming a saint through merit isn’t what I want. I’m going to sever the Three Corpses!” The Two from the West: “The West is far too barren. Starting today, we’re joining the East!” Tongtian: “The calamity of the Investiture of the Gods is upon us. All Jie Sect Disciples, follow me onto the Inv 43.4kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves
- 70 The Savage Era 蛮荒记 [Primordial World, Invincible, Otherworld, the Myriad Worlds, Female Lead, No Harem, World-Destroying] One flower, one world. One leaf, one pursuit. One song, one sigh. One lifetime devoted to one person. One glance, one breathtaking beauty. One step, one descent into obsession. One thought, one dream. One lifetime spent waiting for one person. Pangu, alone with an axe, fought across the highest heavens, all for the sake of waiting for one person in this life… 5.3kReads7.0Score439Shelves
- 71 The Sun and Moon Dual Cultivation Art 日月双修功 At the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm, the Immortal Emperor Jing Chengxuan was killed by the Nine Profound Female Immortal Emperor. His soul was reborn in the body of the mortal Jing Chengxuan, who had his dantian destroyed by his bride on their wedding night. Jing Chengxuan cultivates supreme immortal arts, defies fate, and takes revenge on his enemies, making Yun Yiran regret her actions for the rest of her life. He rises step by step, fights his way back to the Immortal Realm, and takes his r 2.7kReads6.2Score320Shelves
- 72 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 77.2kReads9.2Score8.4kShelves
- 73 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 35kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
- 74 Cultivating Immortality as an Outer-Door Servant 从外门杂役开始修仙 [Mortal's Journey + No System + No Golden Finger + No Female Lead + Not Invincible + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Fast-Paced + Decisive and Ruthless] A young man from the modern world accidentally transmigrated and stumbled into the path of immortality, struggling onward in his quest to become an immortal. The road to immortality was harder than ascending to heaven. Faced with countless dangers, his resolve to seek the Dao remained as solid as stone. Fang Qing transmigrated here and started ou 2.3kReads6.2Score106Shelves
- 75 Peerless Secret Words: The Spirit Heavens Chronicle 绝世密言：灵天记 Through fantastical stories, this book explores the mysteries of the universe and explains the principles of life, helping readers understand why people live. In doing so, it can help them put their worries aside and embrace life's experiences with greater optimism and energy! 913Reads9.4Score127Shelves
- 76 The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗废材 [Absurd comedy + traditional fantasy + multiple heroines + espionage + battles of wits] Ye Huan is a disciple so disappointing that even the Hehuan Sect wants nothing to do with him. By chance, he obtains an inheritance, and from then on becomes a man who can hold up the heavens. One way for men to survive in the Hehuan Sect is to become spies. As it happens, Ye Huan is an espionage enthusiast, and with his exceptional powers of logical deduction, he matches wits with all sides on the covert fro 1.7kReads7.2Score167Shelves
- 77 I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者 The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. … 3.4kReads—Score172Shelves
- 78 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 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
- 79 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
