Novels like The Art of Dream Control
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Art of Dream Control, best match first.
- 1 The Anonymous Society Beneath the Skyscraper 摩天楼下匿名局 Lin Wei, a city girl, suddenly receives an anonymous text one night. Because of the choice she makes, the wheel of fate changes completely, and she goes on to experience a series of absurd urban adventures alongside her companions Miao Miao and Xiao Hu... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 A Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor’s Depression: A Practical Self-Help Diary 中医得了抑郁症，自救日记干货 I dedicate this book to all the dear ones who have struggled, or are still struggling, through the swamp of the mind! Depression or anxiety? They're not as frightening as you think! What is truly frightening is the way our imaginations let fear consume us. A traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who should have been healing others instead became a depression patient trapped in his own quagmire. When the fingers that took patients' pulses began to tremble over my own wrist, and the formulas I 4.6kReads—Score354Shelves
- 3 A Brief Commentary on the Yellow Emperor’s Scripture of Hidden Talisman 阴符经浅释 The Yinfu Jing is an ancient Daoist secret classic. Though the entire text is only a little over 300 characters long, it contains profound mysteries concerning the Three Powers of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity. Following the principle of “explaining the classics through the classics,” this introductory commentary draws on the essence of annotations by sages throughout history, including Jiang Shang, Zhuge Liang, and Li Quan, to explain this wisdom-filled treasure in ten systematic chapters: a work 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Learning the I Ching from a Master 我和大神学易经 Set against the backdrop of traditional culture, this novel follows a protagonist who becomes captivated by the I Ching after stumbling upon a video about it, only to struggle with the difficulties of self-study. While searching for a mentor, he meets a reclusive master and becomes his disciple. Under the master's guidance, he starts with the basics of the Eight Trigrams, then gradually delves into the images, judgments, and line texts of the sixty-four hexagrams, learning to apply the wisdom of 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Before the Buddha, I Am No One; Reborn in Stone 佛前无我，石中还魂 Five hundred years after the successful pilgrimage, Bajie discovers something strange The Victorious Fighting Buddha at Spirit Mountain has never changed the rhythm with which he moves his prayer beads in five hundred years. The folds in his kasaya have never changed. The shadows cast by his eyelashes as he chants have never changed. He tentatively calls out, “Brother Monkey, do you remember Gao Village?” The figure on the lotus throne doesn’t even turn his head. “Altar-Cleaning Envoy, that’s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Country Bumpkin Is Here, and the Aliens Are Panicking 乡下人来了，外星人慌了 Li Xingyuan was born with extraordinary perception, and this child led his otherwise ordinary family onto an extraordinary path of protecting Earth. They devoted themselves to safeguarding the ecosystem, yet like a beacon in the darkness, they repeatedly and accidentally drew the attention of interstellar civilizations. As starlight woven from goodwill and hidden agendas fell upon them, this family had, without realizing it, come to stand at the point connecting Earth to the vast universe. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Change Your Life in 30 Days 30天让你的生活改头换面 A central storyline that gradually develops the protagonist’s transformation at work, in daily life, and in relationships, with more everyday conflicts and heartwarming details, such as tackling challenges at work, helping neighbors, rediscovering hobbies, and having meaningful conversations with family. Each chapter focuses on completing that day’s “small goal.” 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Daoist Classics of Lingxu Peak 凌虚峰道法典籍 Long ago, there was an era when everyone could cultivate immortality. But now, spiritual energy has dried up. This is the Age of Declining Dharma, and the cultivation lineages have been severed. Only a handful of people have inherited cultivation techniques, and even fewer have created their own, cultivating according to their own paths. I am one of them. I have written down this cultivation technique to leave it for those who come after me. May it reach someone destined to find it. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Ultimate Dialogue Between the Three Sages of the East and the Buddha's Intent in Coming West 东方三圣与佛祖西来意的终极对话 This series uses the ultimate wisdom of Buddhism, especially Madhyamaka and Tathagatagarbha thought, as a lens to examine in depth the philosophical core of the Dao De Jing's "effortless action and naturalness," the Zhuangzi's "free and easy wandering and equality of things," and Wang Yangming's idea that "the mind is principle." It sets the stage for a dialogue between Eastern philosophies spanning a thousand years. Across 100 carefully arranged episodes, we'll explore: - The similarities and 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Life Lessons from the 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching 易经六十四卦人生课 As the root of Chinese culture, the foremost of the classics, and the source of the Great Way, the Book of Changes contains endless wisdom of the highest order. The Sixty-Four Hexagrams of the Book of Changes: Lessons for Life aims to explain its profound mysteries in accessible terms. The book examines all sixty-four hexagrams, each representing a situation and a way to deal with it. The Qian hexagram embodies the saying, “Heaven moves with vigor; a noble person strives ceaselessly to improve h 1.1kReads6.7Score216Shelves
- 11 The Story of a Dog and a Beautiful Woman in a Dark Red Qipao 狗与暗红色旗袍美女的故事 The Story of a Dog and a Beautiful Woman in a Dark Red Cheongsam 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Secret Arts: An Apocalypse 秘术启示录 Mystical techniques: the oldest methods. But you could also call them the newest, because nothing can be added to them. They are complete: one hundred and twelve mystical techniques that encompass every possibility, every way of clearing the mind and going beyond it. There is no method that can be added to these one hundred and twelve. These techniques are five thousand years old. Nothing can be added to them; nothing more is possible. They are complete, absolute, without omission. They are the 129Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 13 Void Diary! Fragment 虚空日记！残篇 The Dao Passed Down in the Age of Declining Dharma, Returning to Simplicity in the Mortal World (Main themes: cultivating oneself amid worldly life, encouraging goodness, psychology, health and wellness, fate and divination, broadening one’s horizons, educating children, mindset and character, values, navigating society, the practical application of Eastern philosophy to life, Zen in everyday life, and friendship. Best enjoyed slowly and savored.) In the mortal world of the Age of Declining Dhar 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Truth About the World: Secrets Behind Cultivation! 世界真相：修真背后的秘密！ Does cultivation to immortality really exist? Why were ancestral rites and warfare considered matters of such importance to the state throughout the dynasties of history? How can ordinary people defy fate and change their lives? Join us in this book as we follow the author in search of the answers! 17Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 15 The Complete Compendium of Immortals 神仙谱全鉴 China's Taoist tradition stretches back through a long and storied history. This guide to Taoist gods and immortals will lead you into a fantastical world of deities. Here, you can discover the Three Pure Ones, the supreme masters of Heaven and Earth, and the Four Imperial Lords, who rule over the heavens, as well as the many other immortals, each with their own duties. Their legends have been passed down through the ages, serving not only as vivid expressions of Taoist belief but also as unique 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 I Became an Immortal Patriarch in Another World 我在异世界成仙作祖 [Transmigration] [golden finger] [Pursuing the Dao] [Invincible Among Those of the Same Rank] [Heavenly Court and Underworld] I once questioned the meaning of life. Every day was spent hunting or preparing to hunt. It wasn't until I encountered cultivation that I learned how wonderful life could be. So wonderful, in fact, that even after being reincarnated, I willingly gave up everything to cultivate. “What? You ask what the point of cultivation is?” “The only meaning of life is doing what I wan 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 [Classified Heavenly Secrets: The Record of Ling Tian] A Guide to Enlightenment 【绝密天机：凌天记】悟道指南 Have you ever wondered why the dead are kept at home for seven days? Do people really have souls? How do souls come into being? The elders say it is time for the soul to look back. But the truth is far colder than the legends: during those first seven days, the soul struggles to survive in the narrow gap between life and death. Just after leaving the body, the three spiritual aspects of the soul have yet to reunite, while the seven earthly spirits scatter like smoke. If a person’s thoughts were 1.6kReads—Score636Shelves
- 18 My Years on the Path to Daoism 我入道那些年那些事 This novel is purely for entertainment. Any resemblance to real events is coincidental. The story is fictional and not aimed at anyone. All characters, names, and locations are made up. I was once a retired special forces soldier who served my country, but my wife's obsession with “spiritual masters” sent my life spiraling out of control. To uncover the truth, I traveled far and wide, seeking out folk mediums and fortune-tellers. In the end, disillusioned, I retreated to the mountains and went t 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Urban Moxibustion Master: My Dungeons Are the Myriad Worlds 都市艾灸师我的副本是诸天万界 An exclusive look at moxibustion, practical applications of the five Daoist arts of medicine, divination, fate, physiognomy, and augury, the secrets of incense, and cultivation of the alchemical path. Lin Tian transmigrates to a parallel world on Blue Star, where he owns an unremarkable moxibustion clinic. After obtaining the Infinite Rebirth System as his golden finger, he practices the five Daoist arts by day as a moxibustion therapist and roams the Myriad Worlds by night! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Secret Arts of Lu Ban 鲁班秘术 The Secret Arts of Lu Ban 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Twelve Divisions of the Spiritual Terrace 灵台十二部 The Patriarch Bodhi is a strange old man incarnate as “the first bodhi tree under heaven, born at the dawn of creation.” Instead of accepting immortal officials from the Celestial Court, he specifically chooses “problem children”: Guang Yuan, a Kunlun jade lump; Da Xu, a battle god gone blood-mad; and Ying Jie, a brash young man who secretly learned his skills. Waving a whisk made from the roots of the bodhi tree, he smiles and says, “The Dao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Focus on Yourself, and Wealth Will Follow 专注自我，财富自来 In today's fast-paced society, people are often troubled by the noise and complexity around them, making it difficult to find inner peace and focus. Yet it is precisely in this kind of environment that focusing on yourself and practicing the Law of Attraction become increasingly important. This book explores how to attract wealth and success by focusing on yourself, so you can find your own peace and strength in a complicated world. In simple terms, the Law of Attraction means drawing the things 1.2kReads—Score124Shelves
- 23 A Record of Incense Divination 问香实录 Incense Divination evolved from an ancient ritual practice involving incense. This is a mindless fantasy story, so don't take it too seriously. Please forgive any parts that don't make sense. I hope you enjoy reading. 245Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 24 Iron-Boned Immortal Dust 铁骨仙尘 Liu Chen had been curious about the world since childhood. After hearing Journey to the West, he planted the seed of becoming an immortal and attaining the Dao! As an adult, he became fascinated with qigong, cultivation, meditation, and the like. Later, he encountered the immortal master Daoist Yun Xu on Zhongnan Mountain and received his true teachings. He devoted himself to cultivation and finally achieved his wish! The main story in this book is not entirely fictional, and is told in a largel 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Book of Seth 赛斯书 This book was written by someone called “Seth.” He says he is an individual made up of units of energy and no longer uses a physical body to exist. He has been speaking through my body for more than seven years, and we hold class twice a week. One day in September 1963, while I was writing poetry, I suddenly had my first psychic experience. My consciousness left my body, and my mind filled with ideas that struck me as astonishing and novel. When I came to, I found my hand writing on its own, exp 843Reads—Score176Shelves
- 26 The Sassoon Family: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Business Empire 沙逊家族：一个犹太商业帝国兴衰史 The legendary saga of a family known as the "Rothschilds of the East" A historical revelation that caused a sensation across Europe and America A book of ideas that lays bare a century of corporate expansion Understand the rise and fall of the Sassoon family, and you will grasp the highest principles of business This book recounts the arduous journey of a Jewish refugee family called the Sassoons from the 19th to the 20th century. Through years of exile, they strove relentlessly, traveling acros 47Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 27 A Practical Guide to the Eight Characters' Divine Stars 八字神煞实用大全 The Complete Guide to Astrological Spirits offers a detailed account of 54 commonly used astrological spirits, including the Heavenly Nobleman, Heavenly and Monthly Virtue Noblemen, Prosperity Spirit, Traveling Horse, Canopy, Peach Blossom, and Lonely Star and Widowhood. It not only explains how to identify each spirit, using the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the year or day branch, and other reference points, but also covers its defining traits, auspicious or inauspicious nature, and eff 494Reads6.7Score134Shelves
- 28 Red Radiance, Guiding Me as I Grow 红色光辉，照我成长 This realistic memoir traces the growth of an ordinary country boy through the first half of his life. From an innocent youth in the countryside to a man transformed by experience and hard-won understanding, he dons a military uniform to serve his country and remains true to his original purpose by serving the people. His life's path has brought storms and setbacks, but also smooth sailing and peace. Every word reflects a lifelong search for meaning. The book faithfully recreates the entire proc 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Within the Shouzhuo Monastery 守拙观中 Chen Shouzhuo was born during the famine years of the Republic of China. He lived through war, hunger, and the pain of losing loved ones, while his body was ravaged until it became “a cauldron riddled with holes.” At the dilapidated Shouzhuo Temple in the Qinling Mountains, he encounters his Daoist fate and turns a century of China’s turbulent upheavals, from the suffering of the Republic of China and the flames of the War of Resistance to the founding of the nation, reform and opening up, the t 201Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 30 Handcrafted System: My Game of Reality 手搓系统：我的现实游戏 It’s time to claim administrator access to your life. I once wandered the maze of fate just like you, until I combined the rational framework of modern science with the wisdom of ancient cultivation methods and built myself a System to change my destiny. This book is the complete record of that real journey. This is not about vague faith. It’s a detailed construction guide. What you’ll gain is a thoroughly upgraded “operating system for your mind,” from the inside out. We’re done talking vaguely 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Why Seek Enlightenment to Become an Immortal in This World? 人间成仙何需悟道 Lu Feng, eighteen years old. Occupation: food delivery rider. Side gig: beating people up. Hidden identity: the Daoist world's number one accident-prone unofficial disciple. He only meant to take out his anger on his cheating ex-girlfriend, but he hit the wrong person, rescued a beautiful woman, and got himself into a whole lot of trouble. At long last, he found a master. The moment he got his hands on a cultivation manual, his master blew himself up. At long last, he got a girlfriend. After jus 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Small Heavenly Cycle Cultivation Method: Secret Formula, Personal Experience, and Detailed Instructions 小周天修炼法（秘传口诀＋亲身体会＋详细法程） The Small Circulation Cultivation Method (Secret Oral Instructions + Personal Experience + Detailed Practice Guide) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Internet's Top Homebody Doctor: Feng Shui and Traditional Chinese Medicine 全网第一宅医：风水中医 This is just an ordinary web novel. It’s not as extraordinary as people make it out to be! The fact that you clicked through to this page isn’t a coincidence. Your good fortune has arrived. From the moment you opened the first chapter, the gears of your life have already begun to turn, quietly. 4.1kReads8.5Score454Shelves
- 34 Words Move Mountains and Rivers 文动山河 Confucian cultivation + contention among the myriad paths + transmigration and founding a new path + expansive worldbuilding What does it mean to be a scholar? A stroke of the pen can summon wind and rain; a poem can stir thunder. As the Confucian tradition, dormant for countless ages, is awakened by blood and tears, a single sorrowful poem calls down thunder from the heavens. With modern wisdom and the soul of the Confucian Way, Wang Tiance opens a never-before-seen path of Confucian cultivatio 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Copper Coin Feng Shui Formation 铜钱风水局 The copper coin was always right, so right that Xu Yan thought he was chosen by fate. He helped many people, made a lot of money, and his life kept getting better. Only later did he learn that his grandfather’s hand had been trembling before he died. Not because he was afraid of death, but because he was afraid of him. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Ye Yunxiang 叶云翔 [Traditional fantasy, extensive buildup, techniques from ancient books, a classic prose style, every grudge repaid, never kills indiscriminately; not for readers who mind these things] Yun Xiang graduated from Southwest University and has loved ancient books since childhood. By a stroke of luck, he developed a “teleportation array.” But his skills were lacking, and his physical body was destroyed during the teleportation. His soul crossed over into a world of immortal cultivation. Cultivators he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Big Bang: We Are All Made of Stars 宇宙大爆炸：我们都是星辰 The Big Bang: We Are All Stardust —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Clear Heart, Moon Shadow: A Couple’s Devotion 清心月影之侠侣丹心 In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, during the Lantern Festival, a drizzle fell over Lancheng. The rain seemed to carry a faint smell of gunpowder. At the rift in Heifeng Ridge, the Demon Clan was about to plunge the Taoyuan Sect into chaos, as bloodlines, betrayal, and family ties collided... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Reborn as Hongjun 重生之我为鸿钧 I wake up and find myself Hongjun! I transmigrate and am reborn in the primordial world as Hongjun, the founder of the Immortal Way. But this primordial world is anything but ordinary. The Demon Ancestor Luohou has already attained the Dao and become a Sage, while the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans have been slaughtered. Demonic energy fills the world, and the name Hongjun has vanished from history. Fortunately, he has already reached the Quasi-Sage realm and created the method of attaining t 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Cries in the Wilderness: A Biography of the Hongguang Emperor 野哭：弘光列传 Over the past two years, the author has focused on writing about the Hongguang reign of the late Ming. The Black Hole: A Chronicle of the Hongguang Reign covers ten topics. This volume focuses on individuals, including the last emperor, Zhu Yousong; Hongguang's chief minister, Shi Kefa; Zuo Maodi, known as the "Su Wu of the Ming"; Zuo Liangyu, whose military mutiny hastened the collapse of the Southern Ming; Ruan Dacheng, regarded as a scourge of Nanjing; a group of disaffected young rebels alon 27Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 41 I Use Chinese Taoist Scriptures to Suppress Everything 我靠华夏道藏镇压一切 Zhang Fan transmigrates into a parallel world where spiritual energy has only just begun to revive. Here, strange phenomena run rampant and haunted tombs emerge, but unfortunately... orthodox Chinese Daoist culture has suffered a severe break in its transmission! The elite agents of the National Bureau Nine use a damaged Han-dynasty “Celestial General’s Ruler” as a blunt weapon, swinging it around at random. They practice broken breathing techniques until they suffer cultivation deviation. Faced 2.9kReads—Score244Shelves
- 42 Plum Blossom Numerology 梅花神数 My name is Qing Feng. I specialize in fate analysis, feng shui, and divination, with a focus on Plum Blossom Numerology. This book follows the fated path of retreating from the world, returning home, and rejoining society… Using the skills my grandfather left me, I gradually learn to read people’s hearts and witness the world of fame and fortune. Here you’ll find all kinds of strange tales and mysterious encounters… Just because you’ve never seen something, does that mean it doesn’t ex 536Reads—Score127Shelves
- 43 The Seth Book: Unknown Reality, Volume One 赛斯书，未知的实相，卷一 Unknown Reality is a mind-expanding guide that challenges conventional wisdom. Along with revealing the hidden rules that govern the world, its exercises let you experience firsthand the limitless potential of your multidimensional self and learn how to create the life you want more consciously. Volume One: Opening the Door to a New World Life is not a one-way street: Every choice you make leaves the paths you didn't take alive in parallel realities, where another you is living them out. Your li 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Last Mortal 最后一位凡人 Genshin Impact, spirit familiars, the spirit realm, a battle between gods and demons, some mysteries of history, the secrets behind changes in the mortal world, shifts in the balance of the Three Realms, and the mysteries of our own world: perhaps this book holds the answers you seek. Note: This novel is adapted from real case stories. My name is Zhang Xuan. I was born in 1999, and I’ve been fascinated by all kinds of occult subjects for as long as I can remember. I was born with Yin-Yang Eyes 509Reads8.2Score104Shelves
- 45 Record of Awakening and Returning to the Truth 觉醒归真录 Modern entrepreneur Lin Weixi glimpses the path of cultivation taken by Shen Zhifei in the Tang dynasty through an ancient mirror. Amid the clash between urban anxiety and the stillness of Zen, she draws on the wisdom of Buddhism and Daoism to open the door to awakening. When a flood of data meets philosophical reflections on mountains and rivers, a thousand years of resonance across time and space in the mirror will ultimately guide two souls toward the true nature of life. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Bashar: A Restriction Master Alien's Observations of Earth 限制大师外星人对地球的观察巴夏 First of all, who am I? I am what people on Earth call an alien, or extraterrestrial life. To be clear, I am not a true alien. I share a genetic connection with humanity. However, I am definitely extraterrestrial life. I was born and raised on a planet beyond Earth, which I will explain in detail later. In our ancient language, our civilization's world is called Ashasa, meaning "the place of the light of life." I say "ancient language" because, by the time our species evolved to this stage, we c 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 If I Were Radiant: Sealing the Cave 【我若神采】堂封洞 Tangfeng Cave, a wondrous place, Where gentle breezes stir and worthy companions gather. Spiritual energy converges in its chambers, And supernatural powers are born here. Rooted in this place, they reach the spirit treasures of the four corners of the world, All for one purpose: to hear in every direction, gather into divine transformation, and bring prosperity, good fortune, and peace. Exterminate the wicked, slay demons and monsters. Draw the people to join. Tangfeng Cave: a rare genius emerg 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Emerging from the Darkness (Shared by a Fan) 从无明中走来（来自粉丝的分享） Coming Out of the Darkness (Shared by a Fan) 23Reads—Score102Shelves
- 49 Folk Secret Spells 民间秘咒 [This book presents the classical Chinese text alongside its translation, for the appreciation of all fellow enthusiasts.] …The folk secret incantation, also known as “The Thirteen Ancient Moxibustion Incantations,” is said to have been entrusted by Patriarch Chen Tuan to a guardian in his final moments. After escaping danger, the guardian searched for someone to pass it on to, but found no one. The sole surviving copy was later kept by the Jiang family of Donglai. During the compilation of the 235Reads—Score189Shelves
- 50 The Cultivation Handbook 修行宝典 Cultivation is, at its heart, a profound spiritual journey that elevates one’s consciousness. It belongs to the realm of enlightenment through the Way and is clearly distinct from simple physical training. Yet in reality, many people confuse cultivation with exercises for strengthening the body, such as the body-tempering techniques of martial arts. Others mistakenly believe that cultivation is merely about cultivating the mind and character, and that being a good person is enough. In truth, non 110Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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