Novels like The Dao Between Worlds
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Dao Between Worlds, best match first.
- 1 Buddha Is the Dao: The Demonic Path 佛本是道之魔道 Buddha Was Once the Dao: The Demonic Path follows the growth of the young Chu Feng, telling the passionate tale of his rise through the demonic path in a cultivation world divided between good and evil. Bearing a deep blood feud, Chu Feng suffers abuse when he first joins the demonic path. Later, he earns the admiration of Motian, the master of Demon Abyss Valley, who provides him with resources and guidance. To break through to the next realm, he ventures deep into the Extreme North's Godfall 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Immortal Destiny of a Broken Root 残根仙缘 A miserable pill boy only encounters his immortal opportunity when his life is nearly over. With his immortal root crippled, he enters the path of cultivation with a false spirit root, dominates the martial world, reaches its summit, and looks down on all under Heaven. He has money, treasures, and beautiful women in abundance, along with fiery passion, chivalrous spirit, and a tender heart. Heaven protects the lone brave, and fantastical adventures forge his path to immortality. Fast-paced, no m 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Tomb of the Gods: Immortal and Undying 神墓之不死不灭 The novel builds a distinctive world that blends Chinese classical mythology with Western mythology, with a twisting plot and boundless imagination. The protagonist, Chen Nan, mysteriously comes back to life after lying dead for ten thousand years in the Divine-Demon Cemetery. This is the resting place of gods and demons. Alongside human heroes and the greatest cultivators of other races, every grave holds an ancient god or demon in slumber. Awakened and filled with questions, Chen Nan sets out 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Primordial Age’s Supernatural Immortal 荒古诡仙 Yang Huan is shot and transmigrates to an unfamiliar continent, where he turns out to possess the one-of-a-kind “strange turbidity” constitution. This constitution has an irresistible allure for extraordinary women of every race, turning the protagonist into the most coveted prize in the world. Saintesses, witches, and demonesses: beauties of every kind approach him, taking turns acting sweet and cute. Everyone pulls out all the stops, from gentle invitations to forceful abductions and relentles 1.3kReads9.0Score102Shelves
- 5 If I Become a Demon, What Can Buddha Do to Me? 我若成魔，佛耐我何 After returning from their pilgrimage, Tang Sanzang and his disciples are honored for their deeds. Sun Wukong is named the Victorious Fighting Buddha, but he longs for Flower Fruit Mountain and resolutely gives up his position to return home. The Heavenly Court, however, sees him as a threat and sends Erlang Shen to lead the heavenly troops in an assault. Flower Fruit Mountain is plunged into war. Though Sun Wukong fights with all his might, he is ultimately defeated by the Heavenly Court's sche —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I Became the Greatest of All Time by Courting Death 我靠作死，成了万古第一 [All kinds of reckless stunts] + [scheming opportunist swoops in] + [cultivation by stocking up] + [subverting expectations] + [unlimited imagination] Before a fight, he helps his opponent assess their “strategy,” turning high-level mockery into a scientific argument. His motto is “kill the body and crush the spirit.” Cultivation by stocking up: death isn’t the end, it’s a way to restock. The rule is simple: “Trade your life for an opening, and you’ll always come out ahead.” Bai Ye is a ruthless —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Plundering Cultivation: From the Start, I Was the Sect's Abandoned Disciple 掠夺修为：开局宗门弃子 Xuanhuan + transmigration + System + plunder + invincible hero + power fantasy + play the pig to eat the tiger + decisive and ruthless Synopsis: Plunder Cultivation: The Abandoned Sect Disciple from the Start Qin Yang was a menial disciple of his sect. After offending an inner disciple, his cultivation was crippled, and he was abandoned in the back mountains to die. Fortunately, a soul from Earth transmigrated into his body, and as he hovered between life and death, he activated the [Invincible 8Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 8 What a Thrill! The More I Suck, the More Excited My Beautiful Sect Master Gets 爽剧！我越吸，美女师宗越兴奋 A satisfying power fantasy! [System + transmigrate + loser + prodigy + ruthless + revenge + play the pig to eat the tiger + romantic encounters] I transmigrated alone and have to make my own way. The world of cultivation is hard on me, but I make my own fate, not heaven’s... If I can’t win, I run! If I can win, I put on a big show... The System says I’m useless! I’ll rely on my master to reach the heavens. The System says I’m living on benefits! I’ll lie flat and be a lazy bum. The System says I —Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 9 Time Tribulation, Rebirth 时劫涅槃 [No Harem · No Cliches · Early Spiritual Qi Revival · No System · Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story · Survival · Mild Mystery] I thought it would be an ordinary morning. Who could have known disaster would strike, leaving me a plane-crash survivor? At that moment, every human on Earth was bound to a death countdown. I was forced to join the craze for games that extended your lifespan. After everyone awakened supernatural powers, I entered an endless cycle of life revival. While quietly awaiting death —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Xuanhuan: Why Cultivate When I Can Exchange for Power? 玄幻：能兑换修为，谁还会去修炼 Liu Chao’s soul transmigrates into the body of an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect in the Mortal Domain. On the brink of death, he activates the [Myriad Things Recharge to Invincibility System]. His first recharge with spirit stones immediately breaks him through to the Qi Refining Realm. He uses the System to play the pig to eat the tiger, wins the sect tournament and enters a secret realm, then secures resources that carry him through successive breakthroughs to the Innate Realm. He also sav 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Superpower Gold Prospector 异能淘金者 (Urban farming + gold prospecting + supernatural abilities + tycoon) The protagonist was a food delivery rider in Hangzhou. After an accident left his blood on the jade pendant he carried, it activated the pendant’s inner space and awakened his psychic abilities. This is the story of how he uses his space and powers to farm and prospect for gold. 1.4kReads5.4Score100Shelves
- 12 The Mist That Shrouds the Heavens 遮天之雾 This book has absolutely nothing to do with Shrouding the Heavens. There is no System, no transmigration, and no golden finger. Time in this book can speed up or slow down, but it cannot flow backward. And most importantly, this is not a wish-fulfillment novel. The protagonist has no invincible powers, either. If you like wish-fulfillment stories, you can drop this one right now. 1.4kReads8.9Score115Shelves
- 13 The Whole Class Thinks I’m a Nobody, but I’m Actually a Hidden Master 全班都以为我是废物，其实我是隐世大佬 The whole class thinks I'm a good-for-nothing, but I'm actually a hidden master. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Chang'an Forensic Doctor: Using Bones as Evidence to Save the True Dragon 长安法医：以骨为证救真龙 Ling Yue, a modern forensic examiner, transmigrates to Chang’an with the Mysterious Bone Pendant. Using his autopsy skills, he cracks a witchcraft case and helps Li Shimin survive the Xuanwu Gate Incident, only to discover modern symbols appearing on the pendant. They are somehow connected to the mystery of the cursed egg that caused his grandfather’s sudden death, and share the same origins as a fragment belonging to the grandfather of Su Qinghuan, who specializes in toxicology. Unlike an ordi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Tale of the Greatest Sword Under Heaven 话说万古第一剑 The First Sword of Eternity conjures a dazzling fantasy world and tells the dramatic, passionate tale of Chu Tian, a young man who turns his fortunes around against all odds. Chu Tian was a gifted young man, but his fiancée betrayed him. She stole his Sacred Physique and cruelly destroyed his meridians, leaving him a cripple in the eyes of everyone around him, mocked and humiliated at every turn. At the darkest point in his life, fate took an unexpected turn. By a twist of fortune, Chu Tian inhe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 I'm So Unlucky, I Transmigrated Into Puyi 我也太倒霉了，竟然穿越成了溥仪 I can't believe my luck. I've transmigrated into the body of Pu Yi, a doomed emperor like this. How could a 21st-century engineering PhD accept dying the moment he makes his entrance? Watch me use future technology and ways of thinking to turn the late Qing Dynasty into a playground! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Founding Emperor Reborn as a Disgraced Crown Prince 开国大帝穿成废太子 [This is just too satisfying!] Lin Long, who carries memories from two lifetimes, transmigrates into the disgraced crown prince of the Great Yi Kingdom on Blue Star. Several princes fight for power, and he is framed, slandered, vilified, and even set up again and again! Surrounded on all sides and in grave danger... After transmigrating, Lin Long decides to defy fate and change his destiny. He gradually changes his image, breaks through encirclements, roots out treacherous ministers, and forges 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Afterword to Ordinary World 平凡的世界后记 Two female leads, sweet romance, and hilarious, heartwarming doting. This book is dedicated to Mr. Lu Yao, the great author and winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize. Tian Xiaoxia’s return to life is like a miracle descending upon this ordinary world. The moment Sun Shaoping hears the news, the light in his eyes rekindles, and flowers of hope bloom once more in the barren land of his heart. This book serves as an epilogue to Ordinary World, telling the story of Sun Shaoping and Tian Xiaoxia’s d 902Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 19 From the Start, I Became Daji, but Can Only Survive Two Episodes? 开局成了妲己，却只能活两集？ Su Shu was complaining about how Su Daji in a TV drama only got to live for two episodes. Then, in the very next moment, she transmigrated into Su Daji herself. Unwilling to accept her fate as a bit part who only lived for two episodes, she resolved to defy fate and change her destiny. From the moment she transmigrated, she would become her own hero and live to see the finale!!! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 With Infinite Fate Slots, I Went from Qi Refining Level Three to a Great Luo Immortal by Playing It Safe 无限命格后，从炼气三层苟成大罗 [Ordinary Man's Journey + Perseverance Pays Off + Cautious + Leveling Up + Steady and Prudent] He awakened his fate at the age of forty. Even with a Five-Element spiritual root, one could still become an immortal. He'd thought his life would go no further, but after awakening his fate, everything went smoothly, and he achieved eternal life! 3.7kReads6.0Score275Shelves
- 21 The Mortal’s Immortal Cauldron! 凡人仙鼎！ [Mortal Cultivation] [A Few Fresh Twists] [Traditional Xianxia] Lin Yan is a good-for-nothing with five spiritual roots. By chance, he obtains a [Small Black Cauldron] and steps into the world of cultivation. Herbs grow a hundred times faster in the cauldron's space, and clear water is transformed into spirit water. My cultivation resources are limitless. Lin Yan gets started growing immortal herbs, raising spirit beasts, refining pills, and slaying demons. After fifty years, he reaches the G 19.2kReads8.0Score2kShelves
- 22 The Ladder of Old Clothes 旧衣天梯 At twenty-eight, Shen Zhi went from design director at an international fashion brand to an outcast in the industry. She refused to plagiarize and exposed the company’s dirty secrets, only to face a multimillion-yuan lawsuit and betrayal by her boyfriend. In a rental room in an urban village, an old-clothes recycling bin and a pair of ripped jeans sparked a makeover video that went viral overnight. Her cousin arrived with a suitcase. Laid-off garment workers came, then a senior from college quit —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Legend of Xiang Shuai 香帅传奇 The Legend of Chu Liuxiang follows the dashing thief Chu Liuxiang, renowned throughout the martial world for his exceptional lightness skills and his creed that “even a thief must follow a code.” Chu Liuxiang becomes entangled in a conspiracy that threatens the safety of the martial world. The mysterious “Tianyi Divine Water” is stolen, unleashing bloodshed and turmoil. The major sects grow suspicious of one another, and danger lurks everywhere. Using his wit and courage, he navigates the forces 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Rule Horror: Rulebreakers Get No Second Chance 规则怪谈：违规者没有第二次机会 [Rule One: If you hear a knock at night, do not open the door, no matter who it is.] [Rule Two: If you see someone smiling at the end of the hallway, turn around immediately.] [Rule Three: Never break the rules above.] When Shen Ji wakes up in his rented apartment, he finds a new text on his phone: "Welcome to [The Sinister Rules]. Survival is victory." From that moment on, he is swept into one eerie instance after another. Each one has survival rules so strict they're downright twisted. Break a 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Pawnshop No. 8 第8号當铺 Legend has it that in a mysterious corner of the world lies a special shop: the No. 8 Pawnshop. It exists outside ordinary space and time, hidden in the fourth dimension, where time stands still as it quietly awaits the arrival of those destined to find it, or those driven by desire. This pawnshop is unlike any other. The things it accepts are not limited to gold, silver, or property deeds. A person’s limbs, organs, luck, fortunes, happiness, love, and even their most precious possession, their 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain 雪山飛狐 Blurb for The Fox of Blood Mountain Blood Mountain beyond the Pass is blanketed in snow year-round. Legend says it hides the treasures of a fallen dynasty, tempting the martial arts sects to claim them. Young Hu Fei sets out to avenge his father, infiltrating the mountain under the alias “Flying Fox,” only to become entangled in a feud spanning thirty years. Deep in Blood Mountain lie not only a treasure cave riddled with traps, but also a mysterious organization led by the “Blood-Handed Judge.” 410Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Carefree Chronicles 逍遥传 A strange path to immortality that returns to the traditional cultivation experience. The protagonist reincarnates and cultivates anew, reborn from the brink of death. He cultivates with overwhelming force, battles across the mortal world, throws the Demon Realm into chaos, unites the foreign races, brings peace to the Immortal Realm, saves the Three Realms from disaster, and earns glory all for himself. A hundred hardships cannot destroy him, and a thousand temptations cannot sway his mind. In 833Reads8.2Score104Shelves
- 28 Proving the Dao as the Thunder God 证道雷神 An ordinary mortal’s journey to immortality. This is not a power fantasy: no harem, no transmigration, no System, and no cheat artifacts. The path of cultivation is full of thorns, and one careless step can leave you utterly broken. The protagonist is like a modern-day wage slave, giving everything he has and ending up covered in scars, yet never giving up. Like a blade of grass, he endures hardship after hardship and stubbornly keeps growing, until, without even realizing it, he becomes a tower 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Gaming Addict: Lord of Time and Space 游戏瘾君子：时空王者 Wang Chuan, 47, had been obsessed with the game Hot-Blooded Legend ever since college. During his junior year, he was expelled from Langya University, the top university in Huaxia. He spent half his life in dire straits, immersed in one game after another. After three marriages and five children, he contracted the pandemic during the mask crisis at age 47. After 11 days of futile resuscitation in the ICU, his bleak life came to an end... Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've successfully activated 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Immortal Emperor Reborn: Chaos Heaven-Stealing Art 仙帝重生之【混沌夺天诀】 Su Chen, an Immortal Emperor of Kunlun Palace in the former Immortal Realm, is ambushed and killed, only to be reborn as the young master of Qingyun Sect on the Tianxuan Continent. He possesses the Chaos Treasure, the Chaos Tower, which contains a space where time moves faster and can conceal itself from detection; the Chaos Heaven-Seizing Art, which cultivates body, technique, and soul and can seize all things, including spiritual energy, talent, and lifespan; and the complete memories of an Im 1.2kReads6.8Score136Shelves
- 31 Journey to the West: Reborn, I Refuse to Become a Buddha 西游：重生归来不做佛 [Over a million readers of the original novel] + [Journey to the West + reborn for revenge + ruthless and decisive + schemes behind the scenes + thrilling, high-energy action] The Tathagata deceived him for five hundred years. He needed just one strike to bring down half of Spirit Mountain. This is the kind of backbone the Great Sage Equal to Heaven should have! It’ll leave you trembling all over, exhilarated to the point of tingling scalp! He didn’t come to become a Buddha. He came to reduce th 959Reads—Score101Shelves
- 32 From the Storm, a Dragon Rises 风云化龙 [No System + Eastern Fantasy + An Ordinary Man Defying Fate] A man, a dog, and a crab: when the winds of fate converge, they will become dragons. He came from the wilds and is bound for the clouds. The mystery of my origins, the blood feud over my parents: no matter how peerless your martial prowess or how vast your power, I, Yu Wen Gaotian, will come for you! I, Yu Wen Gaotian, will be higher than the heavens and stronger than the heavens in this life... 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Run, Wild Child 奔跑吧，野孩子 [Coming-of-age] + [Rural entrepreneurship] + [Friendship] + [Romance] He was a bastard with no father. His own maternal grandmother abused him, beat him, and locked him in the cowshed. But through his own hard work, he made it to the capital to study. After graduating, he returned home and poured his sweat into his hometown's soil. He transformed an impoverished village into a famous tourist destination, and truly ensured the villagers could be cared for in their old age and that the young would 1.7kReads7.6Score174Shelves
- 34 The Path to Supreme Rule 御极志 My name is Zhao Ke. Someone placed a tracking curse on the soul of Zhao Kang, a prince from another world, so the big shot in Zhao Kang’s family captured my soul to protect little Kang’s body! But little Kang ran off to Blue Star with the money I worked so hard to earn, living it up! That’s outrageous! So, if I go out and cause some trouble while wearing little Kang’s face, that’s fair, right? What Zhao Kang, prince of Great Qi, did has nothing to do with me, Zhao Ke! Enemies are after me? This —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Famine, Parents Trading Children for Food? I Rewrite Fate, Turning Certain Doom into Eternal Good Fortune! 荒年易子而食？我提笔篡改，把大凶死局写成万世大吉！ In a Famine Year, Will People Really Eat Their Own Children? I Take Up My Brush and Rewrite Fate, Turning a Dire, Deadly Impasse into Eternal Good Fortune! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Devouring the Heavens: The Beihang Prodigy Reincarnates as a Sweeping Monk 吞噬诸天：北航才子穿成扫地僧 Lin Yu was a top student at Beihang University in Beijing, Blue Star, majoring in aircraft propulsion design. His mind was filled with the principles and design of aero engines, and he dreamed of one day helping China's homegrown aircraft propulsion systems surpass the rest of the world. But fate played a cruel joke on him. He transmigrated, only to find himself in the frail body of a little monk sweeping floors in some unknown place... 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Cyber Feng Shui Master: From the Start, I Calculated a Top-Tier Star's Death and Drove Trillion-Dollar Capital Mad 赛博风水师：开局算死顶流，逼疯千亿资本 Cyber Feng Shui Master: From the Start, I Foretell a Top-Tier Star's Death and Drive Trillion-Dollar Capital Mad —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Tomb Keeper of the Cold Palace: A Fallen Consort’s Memoirs Topple the Throne 冷宫守墓人，我靠废妃自传掀翻了皇权 The Tomb Keeper of the Cold Palace: I Upend Imperial Power with the Autobiographies of Disgraced Consorts —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Antique Appraisal: From the Start, I Smashed Ten-Million-Yuan Fakes and Awakened the War God's 8,000-Year-Old Divinity 鉴宝：开局砸碎千万赝品，我觉醒八千年战神神格 Antique Appraisal: From the Start, I Smash Counterfeits Worth Tens of Millions and Awaken the Divine God of War's Eight-Thousand-Year-Old Godhood —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From the Start, I Found the Little Green Bottle 凡人修仙：开局捡到小绿瓶 [Traditional Xianxia + Mortal’s Journey + No System + Farming + Cautious + No Saintly Heroics + Swordsmanship] By a twist of fate, the mortal boy Li Guanqi digs up a Little Green Bottle. From that moment, he embarks on an endless, arduous path of cultivation, where the strong prey on the weak, in pursuit of the Dao and eternal life. Farming, alchemy, talisman-making, sword flight, monster hunting, demon-slaying, defending the Dao, and eternal life! He opens the path of cultivation for mortals an 531Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 41 The Bad-News-Hiding Peacemaker: I Helped a Drifter in Beijing Lie to Her Mom for Three Years 报喜不报忧圆场师：我帮北漂姑娘骗了她妈三年 The Bearer of Good News and Keeper of Bad News: I Helped a Girl Working Away from Home Lie to Her Mom for Three Years —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Reborn as a Warmhearted Cat: Winning Back My Darling Wife 重生暖喵：挽回小娇妻 Reborn as a Warm Kitty: Winning Back My Sweet Wife —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Fake Heir of Langya: With Only 1% Battery Left, I Use Industry to Conquer the Northern and Southern Dynasties 琅琊假子：电量仅剩1%，我靠工业镇压南北朝 A Fake Heir in Langya: My Battery’s at 1%, So I Use Industry to Conquer the Northern and Southern Dynasties 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Meow! My Host Always Wants to Pet Me 喵呜！宿主他总想撸我 Meow! My Host Is Always Trying to Pet Me 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 I Have the Company's Layoff List in My Hands 我手握公司裁员名单 I have the company layoff list in my hands. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Three Kingdoms: You Put Me in Charge of Logistics, and I Shorted the Entire World? 三国：让你管后勤，你做空了全天下？ Three Kingdoms: You Asked Me to Manage Logistics, but I Shorted the Entire World? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 I Transmigrated into a Romance Novel as the Villainous Heir, and Went on a Rampage 穿进女频成反派世子，我杀疯了 No System + Historical Ensemble Cast + No Saintly Protagonist + No Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Everyday Interactions with the Female Lead He loses all his inner power and becomes a good-for-nothing from the start, then is sent to the capital as a hostage, where he stirs up trouble amid the vortex of rival nations. All schemes are trifles. Only by growing strong through your own efforts can you earn Heaven's help. He charges into battle with spear in hand and slays the flood dragon, then laughs a 37.4kReads8.1Score3.2kShelves
- 48 Words Become Law: I Renounce My Buddhahood, Living Only to Protect Her Mortal Life 言出法随：散尽佛位，贫僧只为护她凡间烟火 Words Become Law: I relinquish my rank as a Buddha. I am but a humble monk, living only to protect her mortal life. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Factory’s Handsome Heartthrob: Seize the Day and Win His Heart 厂草堪折直须折 (1v1 + Both Pure and Strong + Mutual Devotion + Sweet Romance + Clever Heroine Playing the Fool + Smart Characters) A crooked tribulation lightning strike sent Jiang Li, a junior disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, transmigrating into the body of a frail junior consort banished to the Cold Palace in the Great Chu Dynasty. Fortunately, the genius disciple of the Beast Taming Sect still had her talent! To survive in the Cold Palace, Jiang Li had to find herself a “side job.” From then on, by day sh 327Reads9.2Score109Shelves
- 50 Lone Lantern in the Snow: Two Paths 孤灯雪·双途 Lone Lamp in the Snow: Two Paths —Reads—Score—Shelves
