Novels like In a Bizarre World, I Sculpted the Earth God from the Start
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as In a Bizarre World, I Sculpted the Earth God from the Start, best match first.
- 1 The Imperial Exams: Confucian Wisdom Shocks the Sages, Books Reveal Ten Thousand Worlds 科举：儒道惊圣，书演万界 [Confucian cultivation + no System + slow-burn warmth + smart characters] Gu Qingyun, a top graduate in Chinese language and literature, has just graduated when he transmigrates to a Confucian world where literary talent holds divine power. Here, scholars can slay enemies with eloquent words and suppress demons by writing poetry. But Gu Qingyun soon realizes these locals have studied themselves stupid! When they encounter demons, all they can do is shout and attack? I'll fool them senseless with 66.9kReads7.6Score6.1k14d adds
- 2 When Folk Customs Become Real: I Become a God in a World of the Uncanny 民俗成真：我在诡异世界封神了 Ning Mo transmigrates into a world where the supernatural is resurfacing and folk customs are coming true. In this world, gods watch over you from three feet above your head. Make a careless oath and it comes true. Get a haircut in the first lunar month, and your maternal uncle will die. If your left eyelid twitches, you'll win the lottery. If your right eyelid twitches, the whole village will be attending a funeral feast. Make a wish on a meteor shower, and it might come true, no matter what yo 534Reads7.7Score10014d adds
- 3 I Can Only Fight Monsters, and That Lets Me Cultivate? What Is This, Liaozhai? 只会打怪，就能修仙？什么聊斋！ From the start, he accidentally eats a dragon's egg, gets chased by the dragon, and stumbles into the world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! Kill the monsters, keep the pretty spirits! Then he discovers that killing ghosts and monsters lets him gain their abilities! Magical treasures, cultivation techniques, buried riches? Wait, can he also score treasures and techniques by taking in spirits? Any way of recruiting them works~ 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I Begin by Slaying Demons, Then Attain Sainthood Through the Flesh 斩妖除魔开始，肉身成圣 [Ancient setting, high martial arts and high fantasy + wish fulfillment + no romance + female lead + strong heroine] [Wuxia jianghu, suspense, the uncanny, and horror] The mountain path lay under a thin veil of mist in the early morning. The sound of suonas and a noisy crowd drifted through the fog, lively and boisterous, drawing closer and closer. A red procession slowly emerged from the mist. The four people at the front played suonas, singing and dancing. Behind them came a line of bearers ca 1.2kReads8.7Score11514d adds
- 5 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！ [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 116.6kReads9.2Score9.7k14d adds
- 7 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.3kReads—Score10714d adds
- 8 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—Score17214d adds
