Novels like Farewell, Great Sage
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- 1 Journey to the East: I'm Not the Victorious Fighting Buddha 东游：我不是斗战胜佛 The Great Sage Equal to Heaven protected the holy monk on his journey west to obtain the scriptures. His fame spread across the Nine Provinces and his legend reached every corner of the world. All under heaven revered him! The history books say he was the inheritor of justice, the hope of mankind, a prodigal who turned back from the endless sea of suffering, and a battle god who laid down his butcher's knife and attained Buddhahood. But some questioned the truth of history and resolved to seek i 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Sun Wukong, the Victorious Fighting Buddha, and Tang Xuanzang 斗战胜佛孙悟空和唐玄奘 Even the Victorious Fighting Buddha, Sun Wukong, had his sentimental side. Here you'll find answers to Tang Xuanzang's Buddhist philosophy, Zhu Bajie's dreams of marrying a wife in Gao Village, and Sha Seng's remorse as a man who had done wrong. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Lingering Note of Chi Yin 迟音未央 [ABO + school life + both virgins + rekindled romance] [Lu Shiyu: cedar-scented Alpha] [Shen Bai: lychee-scented Omega] “You are the only light in my pitch-black world.” A love rekindled isn't about forgetting the cracks. It's about loving someone so deeply that you're willing to spend the rest of your life mending them. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I’m Sun Wukong 俺是孙悟空 If you were Sun Wukong, would you also journey west to fetch the scriptures? If I became Sun Wukong, wouldn't I look after all living beings? In truth, Wukong is a symbol. You and I are all Sun Wukong. This story is about me, and it's about you too. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Journey to the West: This Hands-On Monkey Is Too Powerful! 西游：这个手操猴太强了！ [Journey to the West based on the 2026 version + no primordial world + no Sages + invincible Monkey Brother] Everyone says Sun Wukong is weak on the journey west, that even when he fights a monster, the battle ends in a “draw,” and that he often has to call for reinforcements. When a modern person transmigrates as Monkey Brother and gains a cheat that strengthens his magic whenever he kills a monster, he unleashes his full arsenal of divine abilities: clones beyond the body, the ability to mat 61Reads5.2Score10414d adds
- 6 I Walk the Dark Heavens Alone 我自暗天行 [Campus + lighthearted daily life + cultivation + mysterious organization] A sixteen-year-old boy with social anxiety gets caught up in an incident, after which a girl introduces him to the other side of this world. By day, they are students at school; beyond that, they take on all kinds of special missions. And they share one goal: to ascend to the upper realm. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Better to Be the Great Sage Equal to Heaven Than a Fighting Buddha! 宁为齐天圣，不当斗战佛！ (No System, no female lead, no protagonist suffering, no rules) Sun Wukong gets a second chance at life and learns the truth behind Journey to the West. This time, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven won't let anyone manipulate him. He'll battle Heaven and Earth. Everyone who plotted against him will die beneath his Ruyi Jingu Bang. Better to be the Great Sage Equal to Heaven than the Fighting Buddha! 62Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 8 The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, Awakened His System and Became Invincible 齐天大圣孙悟空觉醒了系统，无敌了 The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, awakened a System and became invincible. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I’m Already at the Mahayana Realm, So Why Would I Go to College? 我都大乘了，谁还上大学啊 [Campus] + [One Love Interest] + [Cultivation] + [Lighthearted Daily Life] Hahaha, Hu Hansan is back again! Li Muran only went to Shennongjia for a visit, but unexpectedly transmigrated to a world of cultivation. He cultivated there for a thousand years and became a renowned grand cultivator. Then, while undergoing his tribulation, he somehow returned to Earth, and even transmigrated back to his high school days. Can you imagine a grand cultivator sitting in a classroom and listening obediently 62Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 10 Galtiran: Fate Beneath the Crest 加尔提兰：纹章之下的宿命 A veteran player of Crown of the Gods loses consciousness in a sudden flood. When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself on the familiar yet strange continent of Gartilan. Deep within his soul, he can faintly hear the whispers of Nessa, the Goddess of Life. A soul from another world, confused by his knowledge of the game and the unfamiliar reality before him, he sets foot on this land. His adventure across the vast continent of Gartilan has only just begun… 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Level 500 in Black Myth, and Still a Nobody 黑神话五百级吗喽 Even a monkey wants to become the Great Sage Equal to Heaven! A five-hundred-level monkey from the start, shocking the world of Journey to the West! Today, this monkey will show the world of Journey to the West that a monkey’s life matters too, and that its lifespan should be as long as Heaven’s! Watch as one monkey turns the entire Journey to the West upside down! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Chronicles of the Dark Journey to the West 暗黑西游纪 Synopsis: Once, Sun Dasheng wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, his fame shaking the Three Realms. After becoming a Buddha, he discovered that the Tathagata Buddha had once again released his uncle, the Roc, into the mortal world to wreak havoc, while the gods turned a blind eye as their subordinates killed people and massacred villages. Rage blazed in his heart. Without hesitation, Sun Dasheng once again rebelled against the Heavenly Palace, challenging its authority all by himself. The battl 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Villainess Who Transmigrated into a Book: Everyone but Me Is Evil 穿书女配：除我之外，全员恶人 [Transmigrate into a book + face-slapping comeback + powerful alliance + mutual salvation + character reversals + imperial court and nobility + household intrigue + martial arts world] Jiang Hanyan transmigrates into a novel as the wicked villainess. She wants to turn over a new leaf, but is forced to follow the brainless plot. As she goes along, she realizes something seems off about the original protagonists' characterizations. The heroine acts kind and gentle, then turns around and chops some —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Great Sage Equal to Heaven 齐天大圣 The Buddha said the Monkey King was impure in his six senses, so they peeled his skin, ground his bones, blinded his eyes, shattered his heart, stole his love, and extinguished his soul, only to reincarnate him in hell. Was he the only one at the mercy of fate? But the Monkey King refused to accept his fate. One day, he would raise his Golden Cudgel against all the gods and Buddhas in the heavens. This is not a chapter of Journey to the West. This is the story of Sun Wukong. 374Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Open Your Eyes! I've Become Sun Wukong, Crushed Beneath a Mountain 睁眼！我成了压在山下的孙悟空 Just last night, I was staying up late playing games in my rented apartment when the power suddenly went out. I felt around in the dark for the circuit breaker, slipped, and hit the back of my head on the corner of the table... When I woke up, how had I ended up trapped beneath Five Finger Mountain? 123Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Chaotic Elevator 序乱电梯 When reality crumbles into fragments Which layer will you wake up in? Feng Xingren, a hapless man repeatedly battered by life, discovers one day that he is standing at the edge of a crack in the world. There are no rules here, only displaced time, warped space, and “things” that should never be looked upon. This is a rhapsody of falling and climbing. This is an absurd game of searching for an exit in an endless corridor. Remember, when the elevator doors open, make sure you know which layer 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Tale of Wukong: Are the Three Realms Still as They Were? 悟空传：三界，如常否？ Demonic calamity #Heart-Demon Trial #Sun Wukong #Journey to the West + Investiture of the Gods #Eerie World Hongjun stole from Heaven, the Six Paths were incomplete, and once the immeasurable calamity began, the primeval world shattered and spiritual energy ran dry. This time, Old Sun will never let all that happen again. But this world seems a little different from the three realms of the primeval world. My master once said that a heart-demon trial would come in the future, and Old Sun would be 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Immortal Stone Code: The True Origin of the Journey to the West System 仙石代码：西游系统的本源真相 Breaking Down Journey to the West on Livestream: Wu Cheng’en’s “Writing Secrets” Were Deeply Buried Classical-text deconstructionist Su Yunting brings the “Wenxin Diaolong” System to his livestream, giving Journey to the West a whole new interpretation. He says the immortal stone at the beginning wasn’t described that way at random: its height of three zhang, six chi, and five cun corresponds to the 365 degrees of the celestial sphere, while its circumference of two zhang and four chi represen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 I, Cao Mao: My Six Vengeful Ghosts Will Topple the Sima Jin Dynasty! 我曹髦：我的六道怨魂，掀翻司马晋朝！ I, Cao Mao, will use my six vengeful spirits to bring down the Sima Jin dynasty! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Childhood Friends, Sparks Reignited 竹马惹青梅 Childhood Sweethearts Stir Up Romance —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Zhang San's Blade Deals 999 Damage From the Start 开局张三一刀999 Zhang San was gaming all night at an internet café in the ordinary world when, in the blink of an eye, he was swept into the Legendary Continent. Bound to an Invincible System, he gets the divine skill “One Slash, 999 Damage” from the start, setting off on a heaven-defying journey. The moment he lands, he casually swings the ancient-looking long saber in his hand, pulverizing a boulder. When the Qingfeng Stronghold bandits try to steal it, a flash of white light leaves them all decapitated. The —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 After Awakening the Villainess Script, She Became Everyone's Darling 觉醒女配剧本后，她成了团宠 Awakening + everyone’s favorite + redemption + comedy Su Jinrou awakens to the story she has seen: she and her biological sister become prisoners, her family loses their lives because of her reckless behavior, and the legitimate older sister she has always targeted becomes empress? Wait, that can’t be right. It seems her older sister was forced into it, and the new emperor is the very man she once looked down on, then fell for? After waking up, Su Jinrou resolves to change her and her family’s f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Long Road of the Assassin Squad 漫漫杀手组 The shadow follows; the gun is still warm. A name carved by vengeance sets the blood ablaze. A soft click of a hidden weapon, and a thousand mountains fall silent. The tale of the storm is left to be told on paper. My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I’m a Divine-Grade Apothecary, and I Cure Every Kind of Defiance 我，神级药师，专治各种不服 I'm a God-Tier Apothecary, and I Can Cure Any Complaint —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 After the Divorce, I Became Irreplaceable to My Ex-Husband 离婚后，我成了前夫的无可替代 After the divorce, I became irreplaceable to my ex-husband. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Transmigrated as a Princess Sent to Marry, Then Married the Enemy Emperor Instead 穿越成和亲公主，我反手嫁了敌国皇帝 I transmigrated as a princess sent off to marry for an alliance, but I turned around and married the enemy emperor instead. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 I Entered the World of Ghosts and Became a Top Expert 踏进鬼怪世界后，我成为顶级大佬 [Slow Pace] [Ensemble Cast] [Single Male Lead (The guys got the protagonist tag wrong. It should be only Leng Xuan.)] [No Female Lead] [Growing Protagonist] [Supernatural Horror] [Puzzles] [Logical Deduction] [Not a Mindless Power Fantasy] [Well-Rounded Characters] Leng Xuan, an innocent, foolish college student, accidentally enters a world of ghosts and monsters, where his fearless best friend and fellow explorer, Cheng Wuwei, also goes missing. In this world, Leng Xuan meets many kindred spiri 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 After I Quit, My Former Boss Begged Me to Come Back 离职后，前BOSS跪求我回去 After I quit, my former boss begged me to come back. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A Killer Reincarnated in a Runaway Bride’s Body, Working at the Wangyou Tower 杀手魂穿逃婚在忘忧楼打工 [Faithful couple + sweet romance + secret identities + married first, love later + episodic plots] [A not-so-cold-blooded transmigrated assassin heroine VS a mysterious tavern owner VS a whole host of monstrous customers] After transmigrating, Su Qingyue did two big things: First, she ran away from her marriage to the Prince of Zhenbei. Then, she took a job at the Wangyou Inn. It’s a great workplace: the boss is handsome, room and board are included, and the customers just aren’t human! Then s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 From Menial Disciple to Master of the Immortal Realm 从杂役弟子到仙界之主 Raised on the villagers' charity, Ling Yun has neither father nor mother. After unexpectedly gaining mysterious powers, he embarks on a path of immortal cultivation in search of the truth... Only after meeting several beautiful confidantes does Ling Yun discover that each of them is tied to him by entanglements from a past life. Now that those memories are awakening, how will he handle his relationships with them? Through one adventure and battle after another, bolstered by both the System and h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Transmigrated into an Immortal Hero Drama Full of Bugs as the Female Side Character 穿到满是bug的仙侠剧当女配 [Xianxia + Bickering Partners + Friendship + Saving the Second Female Lead + Light Ensemble Cast + Easygoing Humor + Daily Life + Episodic Dungeons] [A transmigrated junior sister who loves making dumb jokes × the righteous, endlessly unlucky second son of her sect] After being hit and killed by a semi truck, Su Luying is bound to a System and can't believe her bad luck. Everyone else gets to be a Host, while she's stuck as a temp worker. And she hasn't transmigrated into a book, but into a smal —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 I Play Matchmaker for Ghosts 我给阿飘当红娘 I Play Matchmaker for Ghosts —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 You Said It Was a School Club, So What’s This Qingyun Sect? 说好的学校社团，青云宗什么鬼？ [System] [Cultivation] [School Life] [Comedy] [Absurd Humor] [Mostly Everyday Life] “Lin Yang, what does ‘Azure Cloud Sect’ on your club sign mean?” “Just what it says: cultivation.” “Sounds good.” Ding! “What did you send me?” “Oh, the location of the Fifth People's Neurology Hospital.” “I'm just an ordinary high school student. Why did you have to pick on me?” “Times have changed... Didn't you know?” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Journey to the West: Who's at the Immortal Execution Platform? Bodhi's Senior Disciple, Wukong 西游：斩仙台何人？菩提悟空师兄 [Journey to the West: Who stands on the Immortal Execution Platform? The brother-disciple of Patriarch Bodhi of Mount Lingtai Fangcun and Sun Wukong] + [Honghuang] + [Protecting Patriarch Bodhi] + [The Calamities of the Three Realms] + [Flower-Fruit Mountain, Journey to the West, the Myriad Worlds] arrives with a bang! The wildest dark-revenge power fantasy on Tomato, with multiple heroines! Five hundred years after the pilgrimage ended, the order of gods and Buddhas had become entrenched. The d 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Journey to the West: I Take Advice at Mount Fangcun 西游：我在方寸山听劝 Sun Wukong spent seven years cooling his heels at Mount Fangcun before finally awakening a cross-dimensional Advice-Taking System. As long as he treats netizens' suggestions like imperial decrees, he can redeem a “Great Sage Trial Card.” From Qin Shi Huang's spirit possessing him and demanding money to buy peaches, to American netizens teaching him the Thirty-Six Stratagems online, the Patriarch's Yellow Court Scripture gets replaced with “Five Years of Cultivation, Three Years of Tribulation.” 360Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Journey to the West: Defying Heaven in Search of the Dao 西游之逆天寻道 I will defy this Heaven and shatter this Dao. I want every living being in the Three Realms to remember my name: Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Journey East: From Victorious Fighting Buddha to Great Sage Equal to Heaven 东游：从斗战圣佛到齐天大圣 Five hundred years after the sequel to Journey to the West, the Victorious Fighting Buddha finally understood the course of the Heavenly Dao. It turned out that both the Journey to the West and everything that came after had been schemes of the Heavenly Dao. He and Haotian had the same origins: both were unruly stones born of chaos, primordial divine beings. Later, he absorbed a quarter of the Chaos Ape's primordial spirit and gained the Law of Battle. With such a powerful origin, he should have 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Transmigrated into Black Myth: Awakening the Strongest Chosen One System 穿越黑神话，觉醒最强天命人系统 [Inspired by the classics Journey to the West and the game Black Myth: Wukong] Who could have imagined that the secret to the gods and Buddhas' immortality was consuming the spiritual essence of immortal gods, Buddhas, and demons? Who could have imagined that the Queen Mother of the West's Peaches of Immortality were a way to control people's minds? Who could have imagined that the countless Ginseng Fruits concealed a shocking secret? The gods of Heaven defy the natural order and oppress all liv 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Journey to the West: I, Sun Wukong, Tear Up Lingshan's Script 西游：我，孙悟空，撕毁灵山剧本 After completing the pilgrimage, Sun Wukong finally realizes he'd been caught in a shocking scam! The Eighty-One Tribulations were scripted, the monsters and demons were actors, and the five members of the pilgrimage were nothing but puppets for Spirit Mountain to harvest worshippers! The Tathagata wants him to bow down and become a Buddha? One blow shatters the lotus throne! The Celestial Court wants him to submit to the will of Heaven? No immortal or deity can withstand the Golden Cudgel! Ta 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Black Myth: Child of Destiny 黑神话：天命之子 [Wildly imaginative + slow burn + not a power fantasy + Black Myth + apocalypse + fan fiction + invincible + ---] After playing Black Myth: Wukong nonstop for 48 hours, he forgot to eat, drink, use the bathroom, or sleep. The moment he finished the entire game, he collapsed onto his computer desk. As his spirit left his body, Wukong began entering another Black Myth world--- An apocalyptic era, overrun by demons and monsters, with humanity suffering terribly. Armed with Wukong’s divine powers, W 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Transmigrate as Sun Wukong and Transform into a Super Saiyan! 穿越成孙悟空，变身超级赛亚人！ After the calamity of the Journey to the West: Tongtian River, Chen Village! “Buddhists! I, the Six-Eared Macaque, quit being the Victorious Fighting Buddha!” Fangcun Mountain! Patriarch Bodhi looked at Sun Wukong, now transformed into a little monkey. “You foolish child, my foolish child! I told you not to give out your name, but when your life was on the line, why didn’t you know to ask me for help?” 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Little Trouble 小祸水 Little Menace —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Legend of Lingming in Journey to the West 西游灵明传 A new sequel to "Journey to the West": no retracing old steps, only charging forward. The Heavenly Dao turns in cycles, extremes give way to their opposites. The immortal sects flourish, then the Age of the End of Dharma arrives. Demons and immortals, immortals and gods, gods and humans, humans and the Dao: the cycle never ends. “Wukong, give up. You’re no match for me in today’s battle, and that headband is another matter altogether. Stop struggling. This situation is beyond our power to resis 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Refuse to Become a Buddha! 我，齐天大圣，誓不成佛! Transmigrated into Journey to the West, he becomes Sun Wukong, awakens a System, and refuses to become a Buddha! I, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, worship no gods, seek no Buddha, and ask nothing of the Dao. I can still be invincible in this world! 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Shadow Magic, Cursed with Famine 被迫染上饥荒的暗影魔法 Gaming streamer Wu Ran has recently become obsessed with the Cthulhu-inspired survival game "Don't Starve". He battles it out in a rental room of less than twenty square meters and attracts a huge following. But after his heart stops during one session, he finds himself inside the game world, where he comes into contact with shadow magic and sets off on a chaotic adventure. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 After I Transmigrate, I Refuse to Marry the Prince. I Want to Go Back to the Modern World 穿越后不嫁王爷我要回现代 Su Luoxi transmigrates and becomes... a young lady? The Holy Maiden of Great Liang? A princess? The Crown Princess? A regent's consort? The Empress? As it turns out, she's all of them. After struggling with all her might, Su Luoxi finally gives birth. When she wakes to find Empress Consort Xiao and eight side consorts at her bedside, she feels a wave of dread. Su Luoxi thinks to herself, “Xiao Qi, the Empress System has no more missions, and the System shop has disappeared. Can I divorce all nin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Reborn in the Millennium: An Obsession with Medicine 重生千禧年代之医学执念 A long-form novel outline: A transmigration story starring Wu Xin, born in 1992 in Yiwu, Zhejiang. Both his parents are from Yiwu. His father owns a mid- to high-end clothing business worth over a hundred million yuan, and his mother is a high school teacher. He also has a younger brother, three years his junior, and a younger sister, five years his junior. The family gets along well. In 2019, after graduating with a doctorate in clinical medicine, he is caught up in the COVID-19 pandemic. While 7Reads—Score214d adds
- 48 Force and Formation 势与阵 Force comes from within. Formations draw on outside power. The conflict between force and formations ultimately becomes one. Mo De's fantastical tale of being reborn is about to begin. Join him as he ventures into a dazzling, bizarre world. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 After the Havoc in Heaven, Nezha Is Ordered to Subdue Sun Wukong 大闹天宫后，哪吒奉命镇压孙悟空 After the Havoc in Heaven, Nezha is ordered to suppress Sun Wukong 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Puppy I Raised Is a CEO Worth Hundreds of Billions, and He Has Amnesia 我养的小奶狗，是失忆的千亿总裁 The Puppy I Raised Is a Trillionaire CEO With Amnesia —Reads—Score—14d adds
