Novels like From the Start, I’m a Land God, Building a Heavenly Court with Devotees’ Incense
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- 1 From Disgraced Earth God to the Dao Through Worship and Merit 从被废土地公开始以香火功德证道 "By the time you open this book, all the gods and buddhas will have vanished, and you will be the only true god left beneath heaven." Fang Yang was reborn as an abandoned local earth god. Fortunately, a mysterious golden book had come along with him. As long as Fang Yang gathered worshippers and protected the people, he could keep obtaining divine powers and secret arts. Fang Yang exorcised bewitching ghosts, slew demons, and destroyed evil gods. He gathered the souls of heroes into ghost soldie —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Rising to Godhood Through Incense: I Got an Apprentice Godhood from the Start 香火成神：开局喜提见习神位 Lin Rui and his girlfriend of five years are forced to break up because her mother demands an exorbitant bride price. After leaving his girlfriend's place, Lin Rui wanders without realizing it all the way to the rooftop. Looking down at the bustling traffic below, he can't help feeling the urge to jump and end it all. Suddenly, he hears a voice beside him: “Mortal, do you wish to become a god?” 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I Was the City God for a Hundred Thousand Years 我当城隍十万年 He once watched the Celestial Emperor fall, the Heavenly Court collapse, and the immortal path crumble until nothing remained. He once sat and discussed the Dao with the Great Emperors, leaving behind humanity's last spark of hope. The dark upheaval has returned, and humanity's last spark is about to go out. Bearing the charge entrusted to him by the ancient Great Emperors of humanity, Zhao Jing, an ancient City God and the last “immortal” in the mortal world, has returned. Establish the Investi 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Age of Terror: I, the City God, Begin My Sign-In 恐怖时代：我，城隍，开始签到 Qin Feng transmigrated to an age of terror, possessing the statue of the City God in the temple of Jixiang Village. He became the City God and activated the sign-in System: “Sign-in successful. Obtained the Chaos Merit Cultivation Art!” “Sign-in successful. Obtained the City God’s Seal!” “Sign-in successful. Obtained the soul-reaping envoys, Black and White Impermanence!” “...” From then on, China had its own City God. He slays vicious ghosts and suppresses evil spirits! Where the City God stand 654Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 5 From the Start, I Became a Mountain God 开局成了山神 The Celestial Court had fallen into decline, and the gods of the Three Realms had vanished for no apparent reason. Lin Chen became the only mountain god left in the world. The ruined Celestial Court seemed worthless, but it was actually packed with treasures. Thousand-year-old ginseng grew everywhere, top-grade immortal stones covered the ground, and even the abandoned mining slag was perfect material for making fishing bait. With just a little work, he could build a Fortune Global 500 company. 1.1kReads8.1Score10414d adds
- 6 The Divine Way of Incense 香火成神道 Lu He drowns while saving someone, but Heaven takes pity on him and lets him transmigrate to another world. Thanks to his kind heart, he becomes a ninth-rank mountain god. Yet even after becoming a mountain god, he still finds his life in danger at every turn. Fortunately, the mountain god temple he brought with him comes with a System. All he has to do is gather merit to grow stronger. From then on, collecting merit, slaying demons, and guiding the people become Lu He's sole goals. With a mount 1.3kReads7.4Score13514d adds
- 7 He Returned as a God and Was Accidentally Discovered by the Entire World 成神归来，不小心被全球发现 My name is Li Yuantian. I became a god in another world and just returned to Blue Star. I was deeply moved. My fellow Blue Star natives were so welcoming. When they heard I was back, they specially sent a group of world-destroying powerhouses to greet me, and even brought out their weapons. “Huh? Wait! Weapons? What the heck! Hey, buddy, why are you aiming that RPG on your shoulder at me?” 628Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 8 I Deceive the Masses and Craft Secret Identities to Become a God on Their Worship 骗众生，编马甲，我香火成神了 Deng Ru died of sudden cardiac arrest while night fishing by a pond. He transmigrated into a poor fisherman with no aptitude for cultivation in a world of immortals. Deng Ru made his living by fishing. Life was hard, but at least it was peaceful. He thought he would go on living that way forever. One day, after another fruitless fishing trip, he was about to head home when he suddenly heard some faint voices. “Fool! Do you think you’re the only one who can’t bear to part with your little fish? W 644Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 9 I Begin My Path to Godhood by Worshipping Myself in a Temple 成神从庙里供奉自己开始 Synopsis: [What would happen if I built a Taoist temple or Buddhist monastery to worship myself?] “You’re already worshipping an image of your own body. You feed it well every day, keep it spotless, dress it up beautifully, and think about nothing but making the temple it lives in bigger and more comfortable. You want everyone else to treat it with respect, to have crowds flock around it when it goes out and throngs of admirers waiting when it comes home.” “Who could be more devout?” “And yet, h 4.3kReads7.9Score28114d adds
- 10 I Slay Gods With Incense Offerings 我以香火弑神 [System Novel + No Female Lead] This is a land abandoned by the gods, a place where the gods cannot tread. Every human here has become livestock for demons and monsters to raise as food. The people here don't worship gods. They worship demons and monsters. They are called meat livestock and blood offerings. Their world is full of darkness and bloodshed. Lin Qing's soul accidentally transmigrates into an abandoned idol, becoming a local wild god. Thanks to his incense System, he collects protecti 130.1kReads8.8Score12.6k14d adds
- 11 Become a Wild God from the Start? I Prove Myself a True God Through Worship! 开局成野神？我靠香火证道真神！ [No Female Lead + Slow-Burn] After an accident, Song Xuanqing transmigrated to a strange world where immortals no longer existed and gods and Buddhas had vanished. In this world, monsters and evil spirits ran rampant, ghosts devoured people, wicked arts flourished across the land, and immortal mountains, gods, and Buddhas were nowhere to be found. Demons wreaked havoc, ghosts caused chaos, and heretical practitioners used evil arts to eat people and refine pills. Ordinary folk lived in constan 112.3kReads9.1Score9.3k14d adds
- 12 The Earth God of Great Zhou 大周土地公 [Quality guaranteed across 5 million characters. Feel free to bookmark and enjoy!] He transmigrates into the world of Sword and Fairy and becomes the lowest-ranking Earth God. Relying on the incense offerings of the spirits in the wilderness, such as weasels, foxes, rats, hedgehogs, and snakes, he grows stronger step by step and establishes a clan of immortals. He teaches weasels to lay bricks, foxes to tell stories, rats to mint coins, and pythons to sail the seas... Starting out as an Earth Go 27.3kReads9.0Score3.2k14d adds
- 13 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6k14d adds
- 14 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
