Novels like Journey to the West: The Rebellious Senior Brother Refuses to Become a Buddha
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- 1 Journey to the West: All My Disciples Are Great Desolate Powerhouses! 西游：我的徒弟都是洪荒大佬！ [Plenty of twists, so settle in and enjoy] [Strong Female Lead + Primordial Powerhouses + Everyone's Darling + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + System + Comedy + Reversals + Wild Imagination] Alternate title: “Journey to the West: My Master's Clumsy, but She Loves to Play!” A college student only complained that “Tang Sanzang is such a coward,” and the System tossed her into the world of Journey to the West. The good news: she became Tang Sanzang! The bad news: her disciples were now Nüwa, Taishang Lao 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Journey to the West Crew Is a Little Too Flashy, and There Are Sneaky Types Along the Way 西游队伍有点秀，取经路上有老六 [Journey to the West + Lotus Lantern + absurd comedy + male lead Sun Wukong + master schemer] I opened my eyes to a bunch of monkeys gawking at me. Well, I came to see the monkeys, and now the monkeys are looking at me. I must have gotten up too fast. The monkeys can talk now. Oh, no, I didn't get up too fast. I transmigrated, and landed right on Flower-Fruit Mountain. What do you do when you can't beat them? You join them. Tang Sanzang: The horse got eaten. Huo Ying: I did it! Guanyin: Then tak 41Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 3 Transmigrated into Journey to the West, the Junior Sister Is Wickedly Wonderful! 穿进西游，小师妹缺德嘎嘎妙！ [No romance] [Mysterious heroine] [Her golden finger is actually her own divine artifact] Lin Jianxia is a fan of Journey to the West. After accidentally transmigrating into the story, she discovers that the original plot remains unchanged, but the details can be altered. Whatever happens afterward can be changed however she likes. With the plot in her hands, she’s practically invincible. Her first move is to take Tang Sanzang as her master, becoming an honorary disciple who’ll leave as soon as 294Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 4 Journey to the West Black Hole: A Buddhist Fanatic Storms Mount Ling 西游黑洞：佛门狂徒闯灵山 [Journey to the West fanfiction + no romance + goofy comedy + System golden finger + wish fulfillment] After transmigrating into a book, the sharp-tongued, scheming Tang Shan becomes everyone’s favorite in Journey to the West. The System wants her to protect her four disciples and obtain the scriptures? No problem! “Master, the monster wants to eat you!” “No big deal. He only made the same mistake every demon under heaven makes.” “I heard you pinned Kongkong under a mountain for five hundred 291Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 5 Journey to the West: From the Start, I’m the Jade Emperor’s Own Daughter 西游，开局成玉帝亲闺女 [Journey to the West + wild imagination + mind-reading + everyone's favorite + no romance + System + lighthearted comedy] A roasted rabbit kicked Yudie all the way to the Celestial Court. When she opened her eyes, she had become the Jade Emperor's own daughter. At the same time, she was bound to a “kind father, filial daughter” System. From the start, she was fed the Sevenfold Fire Pill by Golden Horn and Silver Horn, Laozi's disciples. From then on, Yudie slept without waking, and every day the 386Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 6 Great Sage, Join Me in Rebelling! I’m a Natural at It 大圣，跟我反，我反起来贼六 [Journey to the West fan fiction + hilarious memes + comedy + face-slapping + power fantasy + livestreaming rebellious troublemakers as they exorcise demons] Rude, shameless, wicked, and a strong female lead in a leveling-up story. Help Sun Wukong avoid becoming the keeper of the imperial horses, being trapped beneath Five Elements Mountain, and being replaced by the Six-Eared Macaque. One conspiracy after another is exposed. She transmigrates and, from the start, Feng Jinjin becomes Patriarc 42Reads—Score114d adds
- 7 Journey to the West: The Fun-Loving Flirt Who Makes No Promises 西游：乐子人只撩不负责 By convention, I should write a few lines to hook readers and get them interested. But there’s no helping it. This book doesn’t move very fast… First, a content warning: there’s no clear-cut CP in this book, so feel free to ship whoever you like. Also, if you can’t handle unfaithful relationships or a promiscuous heroine, please move along. And I’m absolutely not going to claim this is an empowering heroine story. Before she grows into her power, she’ll definitely need some protection and suppor 216Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 8 Journey to the West: Three Rebellious Brats Defy Heaven and Wreak Havoc on the Gods and Buddhas 西游，三大反骨仔反天，坑惨神佛 [Funny Journey to the West + three rebellious troublemakers defy Heaven + kill, never redeem + storm the Western Heaven for the scriptures] [That day, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven was imprisoned beneath Five Elements Mountain by the Buddha Tathagata. Patriarch Bodhi couldn’t bear to see Sun Wukong suffer.] [He immediately sent his disciple Yuan Zhen, disguised as an ordinary human, to Five Elements Mountain to look after Sun Wukong.] [But Yuan Zhen had transmigrated from the modern world. He i 10.4kReads8.1Score79214d adds
- 9 Journey to the West: Please, Come Out of Seclusion and Fetch the Scriptures 西游：求求你，出关取经吧 After transmigrating into Journey to the West and becoming Tang Sanzang, Tang San panics. Holy crap, the tribulations of the Journey to the West are about to begin, and he has no desire to be tied up like a dumpling! Luckily, his System awakens. Tang San immediately decides to cultivate in seclusion. Whoever wants to fetch the scriptures can go do it themselves. When the Buddhas of the Western Heaven hear the news, they are stunned. Guanyin: “Jin Chanzi, please go fetch the scriptures already! T 3.7kReads8.7Score24914d adds
- 10 Don't Mess with the Female Taibai, She'll Dare to Make Fangcun Mountain One of Her Trials 别惹女太白，她敢拿方寸山当一难 [Journey to the West + Openly Defiant, Secretly a Rebel + Goofy Hilarity + Redemption and Healing + Career-Driven Heroine] After transmigrating into the Heavenly Court’s project manager for Journey to the West, she gets a Rebel Investor System. You can bet she throws herself into the work. Li Changguang has divinity, but no humanity. Starting with looking after the monkey, she teaches him to cause havoc in Heaven from the womb. She provides a complete route map and does not offer a single word o 5kReads8.9Score55614d adds
- 11 The Years I Caused Trouble in Journey to the West 我在西游记里捣乱的那些年 [Nonsensical + funny + parody + absurd + tropes + twists] After transmigrating into Sun Wukong, there's no need to panic. Just run first. We can't let them make a monkey out of us. If anyone's going to play anyone, it'll be me playing them. (This is a nonsensical novel.) 9.5kReads8.3Score57514d adds
- 12 Journey to the West: I Am the Three Burials, the Foil to Tang Sanzang! 西游：我，三葬！三藏对照组！ Our slogan is: “We punch the Jade Emperor and kick the Tathagata. We’re midway through our startup and desperately need talent.” Hey there, want to hear more? Currently unlocked: Sun Wukong, Black Bear Spirit, Red Boy, Nezha, Yang Jian, Yang Chan, Wu Zetian, Ao Lie, Jin Chanzi, Fox Sister… and all sorts of monsters along the way, big and small. Not many, just tens of thousands or so. 1.9kReads9.0Score25814d adds
- 13 I, the White Bone Spirit, Go Wild in My Daily Journey to the West 我，白骨精，在西游发癫日常 [Journey to the West Fanfic + Sweet Romance + Romantic Love + 1v1 + Strong Yet Tragic Leads + Redemption + Retracing the Journey to the West] The silly version: After transmigrating, Qiao Yiyi unexpectedly becomes the White Bone Spirit from Journey to the West. To stay alive, she sneaks into the pilgrimage party, hoping to make herself familiar to the master and his three disciples. But who can tell her why this Tang Monk is so muscular, like Wu Lijing? Isn’t Sun Wukong supposed to have a hairy 1.8kReads8.8Score18114d adds
- 14 Three Rebellious Brothers from Journey to the West, and Your Little Sister Goes on a Rampage 西游三个反骨哥，小妹我杀疯了 [Two worlds: gain abilities in Journey to the West, make ruthless decisions in a high-martial world] [Invincible female lead, a satisfying power fantasy for women, no romance] [Revenge waits for no one] [Running gags, laughs, and healing] [The uncanny and scumbag men deserve to die] Monkey: Why don’t we just kill the bald monk and speedrun the whole thing? Nezha: Sounds good to me. I’ve never liked him. Yang Jian: That won’t work. The monsters on the pilgrimage are all pets of the Heavenly Court 1.1kReads8.8Score19014d adds
- 15 Journey to the West: I'm Just Cannon Fodder, but I'm Winning Over Yandere Nezha 西游：我一个炮灰，攻略病娇哪吒 [Heaven's three most rebellious troublemakers + a cast of villains and obsessive yanderes + everyone's favorite + forced love + a battlefield of romantic rivals + transmigrate into a book + OOC + utterly unhinged + all pairings] (The rating only came out on October 10, so it'll go up, everyone!) [Quirky, sweet little red carp ✘ proud, gloomy, obsessive Third Prince] Jiang Pan transmigrates into a deranged Journey to the West novel where everyone is evil, becoming a red carp spirit who is doome 2.5kReads7.8Score31114d adds
- 16 The Fugitive White Moonlight of Journey to the West, Doted on by Rebellious Senior Brothers 西游在逃白月光，反骨师兄争相宠 Nezha’s Red Armillary Sash is wrapped around her waist, Sun Wukong’s golden headband binds her hands, and Yang Jian’s Howling Celestial Dog has brought her marriage contract... Li Miaoci, who accidentally transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West: “...” “I think Tang Monk and his rebellious disciples are all crazy!” “And you’re normal?” Li Miaoci puts her hands on her hips and arches her almond-shaped eyes. “If I were normal, wouldn’t I feel terribly inferior being part of a pilgrimage 5.2kReads8.9Score68914d adds
- 17 Journey to the West: Shock! I Somehow Became the Child of Tongtian and Donghuang 西游：震惊！我竟成了通天和东皇的崽 No CP! Signed contract. Xin Yi is a mammal with an extreme fear of birds, so she never expected that one day she'd transmigrate into a three-legged Golden Crow! Even more absurdly, she's the child of the Tongtian Cult Leader and Donghuang Taiyi! Hahahahaha! Heaven is on my side! Who in the Primordial World would dare touch me? But reality gives Xin Yi a harsh wake-up call. Donghuang Taiyi dies in the War Between the Liches. The Jie Sect is wiped out in the Investiture of the Gods. Now, all sh 3.1kReads8.5Score19414d adds
- 18 Great Sage Siblings: Crush Lingshan and Slay the Buddhas 大圣兄妹：踏碎灵山弑诸佛 [Completed] [Reimagined Journey to the West + Deep Sibling Bond + Journey to the West Revisited] [Sun Wukong has no romantic pairing] [Uncover the secrets behind the Investiture of the Gods. Li Jing and Nezha mend their relationship and join forces against the Heavenly Dao.] In the story of the fake and real Monkey King, it was Wukong who died. Reborn from the Immortal Stone, Sun Wukong discovered that he had gained a younger sister, Taisu, who devoured heavenly treasures and earthly delicacies. 4.5kReads9.0Score80114d adds
- 19 Journey to the West: Nezha, the Red Lotus and the Green Carp 【西游】哪吒：红莲花与绿鲤鱼 The proud, distinguished Third Prince, a god of slaughter from the Heavenly Realm, x a carefree little blue carp. The story begins before Journey to the West. The female lead is a carp spirit who serves before the Buddha. I’m terrible at writing blurbs (rueful smile, holding forehead). P.S. The story may be a slow burn, and the female lead is a somewhat scatterbrained, silly girl. She and the Third Prince complement each other like the strong and weak elements in a birth chart. She won’t trans 6.1kReads9.3Score87214d adds
- 20 Ne Zha: The Three Realms Are Suffering. I Only Kill, Never Save 哪吒：三界皆苦，我只杀不渡 [Imagine yourself as the protagonist, with Nezha as the female lead’s love interest; lots of original worldbuilding; a Nezha dream girl story. If that’s not your thing, please move along.] Once upon a time, in Nezha’s eyes, every mortal, immortal, and god fell into one of two categories: those he could kill, and those he couldn’t. Later, Nezha sorted them into new categories: those he could kill, those he couldn’t, and Chaoxi. … After Chaoxi died, she caught the transmigration wave and transmigr 14.4kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 21 This Little Temptress Is So Sweet 这个妖精娇滴滴 Only after becoming a skeleton spirit did she realize that the female demons along the Journey to the West had terrible taste. Sun Wukong was far more alluring than Tang Sanzang! The Great Sage could be devious or gentle, fight monsters, and whisper sweet nothings. “Don’t look at my master.” “Got yourself into trouble again? Why show off? Is my Golden Cudgel just for decoration?” “Don’t get too smug. When I return from fetching the scriptures in the West, I’ll deal with you sooner or later.” The 7.1kReads8.9Score75514d adds
- 22 These Days as the Great Sage's Older Sister Have Worn Me Out 我当大圣姐姐这些日子，操碎了心 Sun Rong wakes from a nap to find that she has inexplicably transmigrated to the world of Journey to the West. She plans to lay low until the journey is over, only to discover that she has become Sun Wukong's elder sister, born from the same source. She panics. If the Buddhist sect learns that a variable like her exists, will they spare her? They would probably want to snuff her out before she is even born. To survive, she must defy fate and disrupt the great calamity of Journey to the West. Wha 4.5kReads9.2Score78314d adds
- 23 I'm the White Bone Spirit. I'll Make Nezha My Backer 我白骨精，让哪吒当靠山 [Not Demon Child Nezha] [Nezha + Romance + Secret Identity + Comedy + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Flawed Leads + Journey to the West + Childhood Friends] Heart-and-body-stealing White Bone Spirit X Third Prince Nezha, who kills but never saves Bai Yuling was from Chentang Pass. After being flayed alive, she became a White Bone Spirit and was trapped on White Bone Ridge for a thousand years. What greeted her was not freedom, but Nezha. Heaven sent Nezha to White Tiger Ridge to eliminate the d 6.5kReads9.1Score85814d adds
- 24 I Became Yang Jian’s Older Sister and Took Nezha and Wukong as Little Brothers 穿成杨戬他姐，收哪吒悟空当弟弟 No CP, with a lighthearted, witty tone. (The main story is complete) The most powerful networker in the Three Realms!!! Yang Jiao transmigrates and finds herself the unborn older sister of Erlang Shen. Realizing that in a dozen years or so, the Golden Crow will impale her, she is at a loss for what to do when the Mythology Gacha System arrives. She can draw the powers of Yang Jian, Nezha, Sun Wukong, the Twelve Golden Immortals, and more! At just one year old, she snatches merit from Yuanshi T 4.2kReads9.3Score60014d adds
- 25 The Four Rebellious Immortals of Heaven Are Here, Make Way! 天庭四大反骨仔驾到，通通闪开 [The animated series is now streaming] Today's front-page headline in the Immortal Daily: “Attention! Heaven Has a New Rebel!” Sources say this person is the newly adopted sidekick of the Great God of the Three Altars and the Sea. People call her “Fourth Auntie.” Great Sage Sun rebels in the open, Erlang Shen rebels in secret, the Third Prince is ready to rebel at any moment, and Fourth Auntie rebels whenever I do. Wherever I go, she follows. These people do nothing but sit around and chat, yet 32.5kReads9.2Score5.8k14d adds
- 26 Black Myth: Whoever Bullies Wukong, I’ll Bring Down the Heavens! 黑神话：谁欺负悟空，大师姐我掀了这天！ [No romance + Journey to the West + adored by everyone + unbeatable workaholic + face-slapping] After transmigrating into a book, Yan Wuling becomes the high-risk character known as the Eldest Senior Sister. She spends seven years being a lazy freeloader to save her own skin. Only when she meets a little monkey seeking the Way to immortality does she realize she has transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West! Yan Wuling: “What? You want me to disrupt the great calamity of the Journey to 16.9kReads9.5Score2.8k14d adds
- 27 Immortal-Slaying Platform 斩仙台 After transmigrating into the Primordial World, he became a rogue immortal. But from the start, he was on the Execution Platform, about to be executed by the Heavenly Court and the Western Church working together. Even the gods couldn’t save him. With death at hand, he awakened the Life Editor System. This System couldn’t be upgraded or provide magical treasures. Its only function was to let him freely make up his own past and turn it into “reality”! [Edit: I studied at Lingtai Mountain, and I’m 20.5kReads7.6Score10.5k14d adds
- 28 Revisiting the Journey to the West: I Lead Three Rebellious Troublemakers in Rebellion Every Day 重走西游：姐拉三大反骨仔天天反 [Journey to the West fanfic + hilarious antics + punchline-packed + healing and redemption for each other + Heaven's three rebellious troublemakers + retracing the journey west] On my first start, Nezha stabbed the Destined One to death! On my next start, Erlang Shen's dog bit me to death! On my third start, I forgot the gold headband and got beaten to death by Sun Wukong! Tang An: “So I’ve been transmigrated as the new Destined One, and I have to go fetch the scriptures? And I have to get those 22.1kReads9.4Score3k14d adds
