Novels like I’m Laozi Shudao San
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- 1 Divine Blood, Dragon Veins 神血龙脉 Among the Four Great Divine Beasts, the Azure Dragon of the East ranks first. The others, the White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, dwell in the West, South, and North respectively, each with its own strength. The White Tiger represents power, the Vermilion Bird agility, the Black Tortoise defense, and the Azure Dragon restraint. Watch as Liu Chen defies fate, shatters the Star River, cuts down the sun and moon, and proves his way to godhood with his Azure Dragon bloodline, breaking t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Beasts Unite with the Dao: The Four Symbols Chronicles of Qinglan 万兽合道：青岚四象纪 Novel Synopsis: In the Qinglan Realm, where divine beasts and demon beasts coexist and auspicious omens mingle with ill fortune, four young people burdened by destiny quietly set out from an ordinary sect. They embark on an epic journey spanning the cosmos and uniting all spirits in the Dao: a blazing tale of growth and bonds, and a grand legend that blends the ancient divine-beast system with the cultivation of the sectarian Dao. Watch as the young heroes wield the power of gods and demons, and 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I Have a Sword That Slays Gods, Demons, and All Dao 我有一剑，诛神，诛魔，诛万道 [Decisive and ruthless + sword cultivator + invincible + revenge + unhinged younger sister + no System] In a world of martial arts, only strength reigns supreme! Ordinary people who wish to cultivate martial arts must first awaken their innate aptitude. Aptitude is divided into nine grades. Above the ninth grade is the Spirit grade, above that is the Saint grade, and above the Saint grade is the Divine grade! I was born a genius, with a natural Spirit-grade Glazed Bone, but I was plotted against 83Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 4 The Imperial Saint 帝皇圣尊 An emperor rules through dominance, a sovereign commands awe, a sage is wise, and a revered one is noble! A young man determined to become an unmatched powerhouse has his dantian destroyed in an accident. Will he succumb to despair, or fight back with all his might? By chance, Ling Xiao comes into possession of a cauldron and a sword. Watch as he rises from a good-for-nothing and accomplishes one legendary feat after another, breaking records no one has ever surpassed since time immemorial. Defy 39Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 5 God-Slaying Art 弑神诀 [Classic xuanhuan + fresh romance style + fast-paced, passionate thrills + peerless comprehension + no womanizing + decisive and ruthless] In ancient times, after the gods and demons were all but wiped out, countless races rose to prominence. Humanity, however, was weak and suffered endless oppression and humiliation at the hands of the other races. On the Tianyun Continent, in the Eastern Wastelands, a young man named Gu Chuanfeng transmigrated into this world. The souls of two lifetimes gave h 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Written Word Subdues the Ages 文镇万古 In an ancient, distant starry sky, brilliant Dao runes shine in abundance. Cultivators defy Heaven to seize their fate, turning the Dao runes to their own use and weaving them into divine power. This power is ever-changing, taking countless forms: birds, beasts, the sun, moon, and stars, depending on the technique, each with a different might. Countless cultivators are brimming with ambition, striving ever harder to rise above the rest. But suddenly, upheaval strikes, and the mysterious and the 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Looking for Traces 望痕 On the vast continent of Jiuzhou lies a mysterious space known as the Domain. It connects two worlds, yet remains unknown to ordinary people. Luo Chen is a young man of humble origins but an extraordinary destiny. When the two worlds begin to merge and an inevitable war looms, the course of his life changes as well. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Pointer of Fate: Twelve Hours in the Divine Realm 命运指针：神界十二时 What is fate? To me, fate is nothing more than a laughable shackle. What lonely lifetime? What source of the apocalypse? I just want to spend my limited life loving everyone who loves me and everyone I love. Right and wrong, good and evil, don't use fate as an excuse. What happens is up to us. Just like this book, which no one reads anyway, I'll take things as they come and tell a complete story. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Heavenly Dao Plan 天道计划 I have an arrow, and I want to shoot down the visible hand that controls all the people under heaven. I have a flame, and I hope to burn away every worldly desire, deception, and delusion. I have a heart, and I yearn for all people to enjoy freedom, equality, and happiness. A world that seems orderly, natural, prosperous, powerful, and alluring hides so much backwardness, poverty, injustice, and oppression! Claims of longevity and immortality, as well as demons, monsters, sorcerers, immortals, a 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Xuanhuan: Ink Has a Steel Blade 玄幻：墨有钢刀 [Eastern fantasy] + [Sweet revenge] + [Thirty years east of the river] + [Thirty years west of the river] + [Are you kidding? How many thirty-year stretches can a person have?] The protagonist’s perspective: I was just a young boy with plenty of worries. I struggled through hardship and setbacks, but I made it through them all. Now I’m finally strong enough to see you, Father! A bystander’s perspective: Impossible. Absolutely impossible. He only did what he was supposed to do, so why does he loo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Reborn Into This Life! Awaken the Supreme Limitless Body 逆活一世！觉醒无极至尊体 [Urban Life + Decisive and Ruthless + Invincible] [Comedy + Campus + Passion] [Fantasy + Golden Finger + Heaven-Defying Combat Power + No System] Synopsis: The protagonist, Ye Qingyou, has a mysterious background. Once a being who had reached the ultimate realm, he defied the heavens by crossing four major realms to slay an immortal. At the Deification Realm, he even killed a Myriad Tribulations True Lord! While in a secret realm of time and space, Ye Qingyou happened upon the ancient World-Conn 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 12 The Divine Soul Tree 天魂神树 In the ancient forests of the Southern Wastes, demonic beasts run rampant and the people suffer. All the major cultivation sects see exterminating demons and defending the righteous path as their duty. The Gu family of Yanling, the foremost clan in the East Sea of the Great Qi, is dragged into the vortex of a war in the Southern Wastes. Gu Chen, a young member of the clan, leaves his homeland alone to find a way to save his people. But he discovers that his own origins are shrouded in mystery. W 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Subduing the Ghost Domain 镇鬼蜮 The great formation binding heaven and earth has collapsed, the ghost realm has emerged, and the human world is in peril! By a twist of fate, the young Ling Yun is chosen by the Xin Divine Seal, one of the Ten Divine Seals. From that moment on, he bears the mission of destroying the ghost realm and sets out on the path to power. What will he encounter along the way? What choices will he make? And how will it all end? The answer is yours to discover! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The City Guardian 护城者 The human race has long been weak, suffering under the oppression of the evil spirits and giant beasts. To resist them, humanity built one impregnable fortress after another, keeping the oppressors beyond their towering walls. Generation after generation, the defenders of these cities fought to the death, all to protect the countless homes behind them. Lin Zhi, the peerless prodigy of the human race, survived in the guise of a coward. After undergoing transformation time and again, he ultimately —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Divine Slumber 神缓 (A return to the original fantasy world, with no transmigration, no System, and no cheat powers) Unite yin and yang, devour the Four Symbols, and master the Eight Trigrams: then yin and yang become one, the Eight Trigrams circle your body, and you tread upon nature. The art of yin-yang and the Eight Trigrams governs the laws by which all things move. It is the supreme secret hidden within chaos. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I Went for a Job Interview and Got Kidnapped Into Cultivation 应聘被拐去修仙 [Cultivating Through Inner Growth] [Defying Heaven] Accept my fate? Not in this life! Even if heaven has already written my story, I refuse to accept it! My name is Xu Mengxin, and I am a cultivator. My path to immortality is nothing like those of other protagonists. They make rapid progress with pills, but I have no access to any. They have smooth sailing thanks to their masters' guidance, but my master is so defiant of heaven that he disappeared from the start, leaving me to take every wrong t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Gods Lay Down Their Arms 众神卸甲 A grand feast of the divine clan reveals the truth behind the chaos that shrouds the world. It is the primordial chapter on the origins of gods, immortals, yaos, demons, ghosts, and monsters, as well as a paradox of salvation. Amid upheaval and rebirth, a woman who will change the Three Realms begins her search with the mystery of her own origins. Who is to blame for severing the connection between Heaven and Earth? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Dao Burns Through Eternity 道烬亘古 The ancient world’s embers have died out, and immortals and gods are no more. The Dao rises in a new universe, endless upheaval unfolds, and the myriad races lie dormant as humans and demons struggle for supremacy. Immortal and divine seeds gaze down upon eternity, while the innate and formless must establish themselves in this new age. Legends stir reincarnation through the river of time, and mysterious chants banish songs of war. Who is lost in a dream? Who is stirring up the storm? And who ha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Heaven-Sundering 天崭 [Classic Fantasy] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Goody-Two-Shoes] [A Contest of All Races] In this turbulent world, the battle songs of countless races ring out, realms intertwine, and all living beings stride toward the heavens. The boundless tribulations of eternity are but an instant to my mortal heart. Having endured countless trials, I shall tread the heavens. As tiny as dust, I can fill the sea and raise a continent; as gentle as a breath, I can move the sun, moon, and stars. With a glance, I —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Withered Bones on the Immortal Path 仙路枯骨 Others cultivate corpses by raising them. I make mine! After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Gu Chen activated the Industrial Cultivation System. While everyone else was still painstakingly raising corpses, he had already built an assembly line, transforming billions of walking corpses into an iron tide! Bone valves, flesh tanks, an Ashen Legion… While other cultivators were still toiling at their cultivation, Gu Chen had already begun his path to mechanical ascension with his army of m —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Heaven Decrees No Fate: Break Through 天无命，破 (Decisive and ruthless, not a saintly protagonist. The book is dark, and the story takes its time to develop. Don't read if that's not your thing. This is fiction, so don't take it seriously.) Only after I set foot in the world of cultivation did I realize that love was real, but also false... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Ten Years to the Top 十年巅峰 Comedy + Transmigration + Clever Protagonist + Growth Betrayed by his girlfriend, he hadn't even had the chance to tear into the cheating scumbag and his shameless mistress when he transmigrated to another world! Here, spiritual energy is abundant, and even delicacies contain mysterious powers. Watch as he uses his unstoppable appetite to eat his way down the path of the strong, step by step reaching the summit! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 A Borrowed Life 身寄 “You want to parasitize me?” A youth with the bloodline of the Dragon God is forced to become host to the princess of the Demon Realm. Thus begins a legendary journey from the human world to the Demon Realm, from fugitive to emperor. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Immortal Sword: Jade Linglong 仙剑玉玲珑 Could the ancestral jade heirloom really be an immortal jade? After an ordinary young man accidentally falls off a cliff, he transmigrates to the world of cultivation. Will civilization and cultivation collide to create unexpected sparks? Traditional cultivation + unconventional cultivation + comedy + fast pacing. Can a special forces unit conquer a cultivation world beset by enemies on all sides? Dear readers, stay tuned! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 King of Hongmeng 鸿蒙之王 This is a world ruled by battle energy. There is no flashy, dazzling magic here, only battle energy cultivated to its absolute peak. Ranks: Battle Energy, Warrior, Battle Master, Great Battle Master, Battle Spirit, Battle King, Battle Emperor, Battle Sect, Battle Venerable, Battle Saint, Battle Emperor. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 A Bolt of Thunder Made Me a Dimwitted Young Marquis 天雷劈出个憨批小侯爷 [No System + Decisive and Ready to Fight + Traditional Fantasy + Fast-Paced] Fang Yun transmigrates into the body of the Zhou Dynasty’s one-of-a-kind genius young marquis. He thinks he can finally enjoy the best of both worlds and leave behind his miserable life from his previous existence. But who could have guessed that this young marquis would be struck by lightning and turned into a good-for-nothing dimwit infamous throughout the land? His fiancée breaks off their engagement, bullies pick on 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 A Thought Amid the Vastness 苍茫一念 Reborn + schemes + invasion by other races + plots within plots For readers struggling with depression, please read with caution. The schemes of a beloved. A brother's betrayal. Abandoned by those dearest to him. Reborn, he answers slaughter with slaughter, enslaves spirits, and brings all things under his control. Only to discover in the end that it was all one conspiracy after another… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Winds Rise Over Jialan 风起珈蓝 On the twelve peaks of Jialan, the young Feng Yu bears a blood curse. After years of being unable to cultivate, a demon soul within the curse on his heart meridian awakens. He escapes his fate of being unable to cultivate, but the change brings both benefits and drawbacks. To uncover his origins and revive the demon soul within him so that it can leave his body, the young man sets out alone into the martial world after fulfilling the three conditions laid down by his master, only to find himself —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Illusory Record: A Dusty Youth in a Torrent-Filled World 幻杳录之洪流俗世少年尘 Who do I live for? Who would die for me? The inscrutable Way of Heaven and the vast tide of the mortal world are all beyond the reach of ordinary people! A tale of intertwined destinies between East and West. An Eastern clan that once stood tall in the West is brutally wiped out. A boy with a cruel fate crosses the ocean back to his homeland, determined to reclaim everything he lost. Little does he know, everything was destined long ago. The Crimson Moon and its red tide are drawing near, and wa 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Lord of the Universe 宇主 Sixteen years ago, a group of cultivators hunted a young couple through the endless void for a cultivation manual called the Taixuan Art. Far away from the crowd, an old man in a black robe held the infant Li Xingyu in his arms. Watching it all, he could only weep helplessly before fleeing to a vast world. Sixteen years later, in a vast world called Xuantian, the grown Li Xingyu has successfully mastered the Taixuan Art. When he sets out to find his parents, the old man tells him that he will re —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Ethereal Path of Immortality: Unrivaled in the World 修仙之缥缈记，无敌于世 This is the story of Li Yuning, who was reborn through the cycle of reincarnation and rose to immortality step by step. In the end, he wins the heart of his beloved, becomes invincible under Heaven, and ascends to the upper realm. It's a thrilling tale of a legendary life: no goody-two-shoes protagonist, just pure wish fulfillment. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Immortal Path of Cangran 苍然仙途 In the Era of Heavenly Punishment, heaven and earth collapsed. In the Era of Immortal Severance, the path to immortality was cut off. What happened in the depths of the starry sky? The amnesiac herb gatherer Luo Xiao'an has had the same dream for more than ten years. In the dream, there is a sea, and on the sea stands a mountain. At its summit lie two nine-colored, cracked mystical coffins, quite adorable. In the real world, tens of thousands of years ago, pillars of stone reaching to the heaven —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Scavenging Corpses in the Alchemy Room, I Prove the Dao on a Mountain of Corpses and a Sea of Blood 炼丹房捡尸，我靠尸山血海证道 [Decisive and ruthless, steady and cautious] [Neither wholly righteous nor wholly evil, descending from good to evil] [This blurb isn't doing the story justice. Please head to the main text.] After transmigrating into the Xuan Yin Sect as a servant, Su Yan discovers that from the start he's been assigned to the alchemy room, a place with no chance of survival. The lives of servant disciples here are worth less than those of pigs and dogs, let alone the servants who rank even lower than they do. 23Reads8.0Score914d adds
- 34 You Owe Me a Copper Coin 你欠我，一枚铜板 Three hundred years ago, the Canglan imperial family incurred a debt of one copper coin to the Juewu Sect. Three hundred years later, Shen Mo is the last person left in his sect. With a patched bundle on his back and ragged cloth shoes on his feet, he walks for three months to reach the imperial capital, wanting only to collect what he is owed. Principal and interest come to four coins, but the imperial family denies the debt. The imperial guards can't beat him, the spies can't catch him, the pr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Path to Enlightenment Remains Unfinished 得道路未竟 [No System] [Cultivation Technology] [Sweet Outside, Dark Inside] [Traditional Fantasy] After an accident, the young Hu Sheng transmigrates to another world and is reborn there. He tries to achieve some success through body cultivation. It is only when a strange phenomenon erupts one day that he understands the difference between immortals and mortals. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Hunted from the Start, the Confused Assassin Begs to Die 开局被追杀，反向求死懵逼杀手 [Traditional + Genius + Fast-Paced + Power-Ups + Mastermind Big Boss + Multiple Heroines] [Traditional xuanhuan, a vast setting, and a complete outline. The blurb doesn't do it justice, so please read the story. Thank you...] At thirty, Gu Qiuyang had established himself and built a successful career. While on an outing, he happened upon a ruined little pagoda. His soul then traveled to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, possessing the body of a scholar whose family had been destroyed and who was 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I Hold the Great Furnace and Question Heaven's Will 手执洪炉诘天意 [Fantasy martial arts, an ordinary person from the start, demons and exotic beasts, no brainless protagonist, no System, no clichés.] He wields great authority to shape creation and commands the great furnace to question Heaven's will. In the vast world, people are like chess pieces. Every step they take may not be the path they were meant to follow, but instead part of a game in which mysterious forces each make their own move. In this game, someone secretly manipulated events from the middle, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Everyone, Please Pay Your Debts First 请诸位，先还债 Mount Koushan has a Return-to-Mountain Bell that has been silent for eight hundred years. Lin Zhaochuan guarded it for seven years and was mocked for seven years. That is, until the sect accused him of stealing a secret treasure and tried to expel him in front of four thousand disciples. The seventh ring sounded. It repeated the exact words used to frame him, and made those high and mighty people realize for the first time that this mountain remembered everything anyone had ever said. The spirit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Twelve Star Fates: Phoenix Reborn 十二星命：凤凰涅槃 To uncover the mystery of why Nüwa, the creator goddess of Blue Star, departed, the protagonist's ancestor, Gu Yuanzhang, ultimately clashed with the First Emperor, Shilong, and both fell in battle. The protagonist, Gu Feng, is a hybrid of a human and a zodiac star beast. He breaks the rule of Blue Star, led by the ancient Ji clan, and ultimately awakens the divine phoenix star skill, Phoenix Nirvana, to extend his mother's life. The rare and wondrous beasts of Blue Star's Classic of Mountains a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Finest in the Mortal World: An Immortal Swordsman Amidst the Red Dust 人间第一等，红尘剑中仙 [Invincible + Lighthearted + Swordsmanship + Passionate + Wandering the Mortal World] Ten years ago, during the battle to slay the dragon in the Eastern Sea, sword genius Ye Qingchen used a forbidden secret art, shattering his dantian and destroying all his cultivation. He withdrew to a seaside town. But over the next ten years, his father endured relentless oppression, and his sect was publicly humiliated. Ten years later, demonic winds stirred once more in the Eastern Sea. A peachwood sword ro 308Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 41 Exiled from the Sect, I Become the Disciple of a Demonic Empress 被逐出宗门的我，拜师女魔头 [Cultivation + traditional fantasy + invincible protagonist + fast-paced + no System + exhilarating action + decisive killing + great villain] With a laugh, the winds and clouds change; with a single thought, heaven and earth fall into chaos. The heavens know my will, while a seed of the demonic lies hidden in my heart. Li Qingyuan, a disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect, was born with a Supreme Bone. After fighting for his sect for a hundred years, he lost all his cultivation and became a cripple! 20Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 42 The Nine Dragons Heaven-Slaying Art 九龙屠天诀 If humanity and Heaven are unjust, then kill men and butcher Heaven to seek the righteous path. With countless military exploits behind him, Long Yun is made a marquis while still young. But the royal family and treacherous ministers join forces to frame him with fabricated crimes. At death's door, he unlocks the Nine Dragons Heaven Suppressing Pillar and cultivates the Nine Dragons Heaven Slaying Art. Wielding a three-foot sword, he slays traitors, butchers the royal clan, battles peerless prod 119Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 43 Demon Emperor of Ten Thousand Worlds 万界妖皇 The Heavenly Dao is in turmoil, the cycle of reincarnation lies shattered, and heroes emerge across the vast Six Realms. One proud prodigy after another refuses to settle for the ordinary, each forging their own legend in these lands. In the Land of the Big Dipper, seven powers vie for supremacy, and war stains the heavens. In the Land of Sacred Relics, a hundred schools contend, their legacies enduring through the ages. In the Land of Demon Tombs, countless races compete for dominance, their di 95Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 44 After the Gods Died 神明死后 There are no gods in this age, only the wasteland of the gods, floating above the River of Yin. After the ancient gods were severed from the world, the Jade Void Heaven collapsed and the Golden Palace fell. In the endless River of Yin, something decayed was born from the wasteland. It fed on the netherworld, drank red blood like milk, and formed a seven-foot mass of flesh that drifted downstream along the river. With the gods dead, the netherworld is visible three feet above your head. A —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Invincible Swordsmanship? I’ll Pierce Through It with a Spear 剑道无敌？我一枪捅穿 Decisive and ruthless + gun-wielding protagonist + fast-paced A Sword Immortal who can’t use a sword! And yet, in this world, the sword reigns supreme, and the Way of the Sword is the Way of Heaven. Anyone who doesn’t use a sword is an outsider. Human, dog, demon, or fiend, everyone uses a sword! With no other choice, Chen Sanqi quietly picked up a gun and blasted a gaping hole in the Heavenly Dao! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Phantom Road to Tang 灵幻唐途 [Fantasy, wild ideas] What exactly is another world? Is it a plaything of the gods, or a real plane existing in some unknown space... Do gods really exist... Is it an illusion, or a deception... In this game between gods, what path should Tang Yi, who bears the blood of a primordial great demon, take... “I... what am I, really... a human... or... a god!!!” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Beyond Infinity 无尽之外 Grains of sand make a tower, and drops of water form an abyss. How magnificent is the world formed by countless star-filled rivers! Countless races stand side by side, each displaying their own gifts. Beasts run rampant, the sky stretches wide for anyone to soar, and the earth is vast enough to roam free! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 I Never Expected to Be the Heir of an Ancient Divine Clan 我竟是上古神族继承人 The farther I read, the more interesting it gets. Twenty-year-old programmer Chen Fei accidentally dozes off while working overtime and wakes up in a brand-new world. There, he turns out to be the heir to an ancient divine clan! But the Land of Love, the free realm the clan had guarded for generations, is no more... Only two immortal cranes remain, watching over the Spring of Vitality and waiting desperately for their young master, Chen Fei, to return. They await his homecoming so he can defeat —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Spiritual Qi Revival: I'm the Real Protagonist 灵气复苏：我才是主角 [Not a Power Fantasy + Urban Fantasy + Character Growth + One Female Lead + No System + No Character Deaths + Two Male Leads] The eerie blood moon ten years ago shattered Li Xiao's peaceful life. Colossal beasts, mysterious ruins, visitors from another world: everything upended what people thought they knew. Li Xiao: If there's no way to avoid it, then I'll fight to the very end... And so, a generation's God of War rose to power... right? Li Xiao: Damn it, why is this monster so hard to deal wit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 If You Can't Lie Flat, Outwork Them 躺不平就卷赢 If you can’t lie low, then work harder and come out on top! Life is a constant struggle to outdo everyone else. It’s cutthroat in the modern world, cutthroat in ancient times, and who would have guessed it would be just as cutthroat among the stars? Follow Jin Yusheng, a graduate of the archaeology program in the history department of a prestigious university, as he struggles his way to nothingness, then to the very peak! —Reads—Score—14d adds
