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- 51 You’re Reading a Novel, While I’m Looking in the Mirror 你在看小说，而我在照镜子 [Journey to the West + no System + only one satisfying moment, not a power fantasy] Have I lost my memories? Probably not. I only forgot how I died. That hardly counts as amnesia. Of course it doesn't. I came to a world I thought I knew. It could be called Journey to the West. But reality was so far from my ideals! Between Heaven, Earth, humans, gods, and ghosts, is there really a divide between good and evil, high and low? I was confused. The immortals seemed immortal, yet not; divine, yet not. 3.2kReads8.6Score20814d adds
- 52 Journey to the West: I’m Bored Anyway, So Why Not Pull Off a Robbery? 西游：反正很无聊，随便打个劫呗 Chu Yun transmigrated to the Primordial World and successfully activated the Robbery Makes You Stronger System. As a result, Chu Yun became a professional bandit chief. Traveling merchants? Rob them! The king's guards? Rob them! Local officials? Rob them! In less than twenty years, Chu Yun had reached the second heaven of the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Just as Chu Yun was planning to expand his robbery business, he spotted a monk riding a white horse. His eyes lit up at once. Chu Yu 40.8kReads7.5Score2.3k14d adds
- 53 Journey to the West: The Demon-Wife Collector 西游：娶精人 [Backup Pilgrim to the West / Pilgrim No. 66 / Wild, fun ideas / Hilarious comeback] Tang Jianguo accidentally transmigrates into Journey to the West and becomes Pilgrim No. 66, a backup pilgrim. Wukong, Bajie, and all the other fateful encounters have already been snatched up by the monks ahead of him. From the start, he's dealt an impossible hand, with only a Feeding System that spends merit points to exchange for supplies. A brutal competition against his fellow pilgrims lies ahead, and an ut 15.7kReads8.6Score1.8k14d adds
- 54 Journey to the West? No! Hear My Decree, Monks: March West to Spirit Mountain 西游？不！传贫僧法旨，西征灵山 At Little Leiyin Temple, Tang Sanzang recites a rebellious poem. At Eagle Sorrow Stream, the White Dragon sends a false letter? At Lion Camel Ridge, the demons arrange themselves by rank, while Tang Sanzang speaks fervently of his lifelong ambition? What would happen at the end of Journey to the West if Tang Sanzang grew stronger every time he took on a new disciple? Sun Wukong: “I'll storm Leiyin Temple and destroy Mount Ling. If I leave and never return, then so be it!” Zhu Bajie: “Tathagata's 8.4kReads9.0Score81314d adds
- 55 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 3.1kReads8.5Score19614d adds
- 56 Journey to the West: From the Start, I Was Blessed by a Glimmer of the Dao Ancestor’s Gaze 西游：开局被道祖的一缕目光赐福 The world of Journey to the West, where all living things survive like ants, where demons swallow immortals to show their might, where the history of the immortals stretches from ancient times to the present, and mighty beings plot against all living things! A transmigrator is born with golden finger prompts, then journeys through endless mythical wonders! 14.8kReads8.9Score78814d adds
- 57 In Journey to the West: Bringing My Brothers to Make the Buddha Step Down 人在西游：带兄弟们请佛祖退位 I’ve got a business opportunity in the Western Heaven. It’s a little risky, but the returns are pretty good. After accidentally transmigrating into the world of Journey to the West, I become Tang Sanzang, who is about to set off for the Western Heaven to obtain the scriptures. Luckily, I awaken a System just in time. As long as I keep causing trouble, I can get stronger! Sun Wukong: You’re the coward here, Jade Emperor! Trying to scare me on the Journey to the West? You think you can? You couldn 104Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 58 Journey to the West: Travelogue 西游旅记 An ordinary young man wakes up one day to find himself in another world, where everyone calls him the Tang Monk... “I'm doing the Journey to the West? Seriously?” “I'll see all eighty-one thousand miles and laugh my way through eighty-one tribulations?” “I'm just a gentle monk with little fighting ability, but my three disciples are another story.” “Amitabha. I kill to protect life; I destroy karma, not people.” “Wukong, once we've retrieved the scriptures, do you think your master could return 12.6kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 59 Reborn as a Turtle: Picked Up by Sun Dasheng from the Start 重生成龟：开局被孙大圣捡到 [Journey to the West + System + Evolution] I was born a turtle, and I’m sorry. When Lin Fang woke up, he found himself in another world, having become a little turtle. There was also a monkey beside him, talking about seeking immortality, visiting sacred mountains, and learning the art of eternal life. Lin Fang scoffed. That is, until a heavy rain revealed a sacred mountain before them. Lingtai Mountain? Crescent Moon Cave? The Patriarch of Bodhi looked at the monkey and said, “Disciple, I shall 1kReads8.7Score17714d adds
- 60 Kicked Out by Tang Sanzang? Huaguo Mountain Becomes the Toughest Trial! 被唐僧赶走？花果山成最强一难！ [Heaven’s Three Greatest Rebels] + [Wild Sun Wukong] + [Mount Huaguo Becomes a Trial] + [Protective Bodhi] + [Mount Huaguo’s Ultimate Lineup] Transmigrate into the world of Journey to the West and become Sun Wukong, escorting Tang Monk west to obtain the scriptures, only to be driven away by Tang Monk for killing a few bandits? Fine, fine! So you want to send Old Sun away? Then from now on, Mount Huaguo will be the toughest trial on the journey west! After Sun the Monkey puts in a lot of effort 29.1kReads8.4Score2.9k14d adds
- 61 EN Journey to the West: Master Wants to Tell Another Story 西游：师父又要讲故事了 [Type]: Journey to the West / historical Xuanzang / retracing the Journey to the West / Buddhist cultivation / not the Primordial World / only a great calamity setting / no conspiracy-driven plot. Guanyin Bodhisattva had been having a terrible headache lately. A great calamity was about to begin, and the Buddha had ordered him to find a Pilgrim and bring him to the Western Heaven to undertake the Journey to the West. Everything had originally been arranged. But this Pilgrim seemed a little stran 130.4kReads9.3Score13.8k14d adds
- 62 Journey to the West: A Nine-to-Five Job in the Celestial Court 西游：人在天庭，朝九晚五 “Your Majesty, disaster! All our Heavenly Soldiers and Generals have been beaten flat! Sun Wukong is coming for us!” “Your Majesty, there’s a turn of events! Chu Hao, the Prison God of the Three Realms, is beating Sun Wukong senseless. He’s even crushed the other demon kings!” “Your Majesty, the Prison God has suddenly stopped… He’s run off!” The Jade Emperor excitedly slaps the imperial dragon carriage. “What’s going on?” “It’s the hour of the rooster, Your Majesty.” “He’s… off work.” The Jade 1.9kReads8.8Score39014d adds
- 63 Journey to the West: I'm the Tathagata, Infiltrating Spirit Mountain! 西游：我是如来，卧底灵山！ My name is Lai Ru. My parents hoped I'd become a great Confucian scholar, but... Today, I transmigrated, and I'm a monk! The System says it wants me to become the most violent Tang Monk in history, but... System, did you get something wrong? I transmigrated as the Tathagata! Go undercover? Turn the Journey to the West around? I'm not a monk, and I don't want to be the Tathagata either! Fine. In that case, I'll go undercover... Jieyin, Zhunti, give it up... Even the boss of Thunderclap T 334Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 64 Journey to the West: After the Gods Returned from Studying in the Modern World 西游：众神圣自现代留学回来后 After graduation season, Jiang Liu transmigrated. The strongest Tang Monk System: ready to slaughter his way through Journey to the West? Then let’s do it! And then... General Yin: Lao Jiang, I’ve missed you so much! Yang Jian: Lao Jiang, you’re Tang Monk, for crying out loud! Sun Wukong: Let me out first! The Jade Emperor: Hey, Old Zhao, how about we kill Mahavairocana for fun? Zhao Gongming: Why don’t you go do it yourself? At Mount Lingshan... The Buddha: Oh my goodness... Stop, classmate 10.7kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 65 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 16.7kReads9.5Score2.8k14d adds
- 66 Honghuang: I Slept for Countless Years, and My Disciple Exposed Me 洪荒：沉睡无数年，被弟子曝光了 Chen Xuan transmigrates to the primordial world and sleeps for countless years. From the start, he signs in and gains the cultivation of the Great Dao of Hongmeng, yet has no idea. Countless beings gather around him to comprehend the Great Dao and call themselves his disciples. Chen Xuan only wants to lie low until he can return to the modern world, but his disciples expose him when they leave the mountain. From then on, legends of him spread throughout the primordial world. Tongtian breaks the 15kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 67 EN Primordial Styx: Blood God Avatars Spread Across the World 洪荒冥河之血神分身遍天下 The short drama The Strongest Styx Rewrites the Primordial World is complete. Fellow Daoist fans of short dramas, feel free to click in and check it out. A soul from the future transmigrates to the Primordial World and becomes Minghe. He awakens before anyone else and uses billions of clones to lay down a grand formation that morally coerces the entire Primordial World. He attains the Dao before Hongjun. A golden wheel of Great Dao merit shines across the Primordial World. The Heavenly Dao is so 29.6kReads8.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 68 Honghuang: I, Hongjun, Am Really Not the Villain 洪荒：我鸿钧真不是反派 [Comedy + Satisfying Revenge + No Female Lead] Tongtian One: I am Tongtian. I will never found a sect. Tongtian Two: I am Tongtian. I will never become a saint. Tongtian Three: I am Tongtian. I will never confer the gods. King Father of the East: I will build the strongest Heavenly Court. Zhao Gongming: I will expose Hongjun's conspiracy. The transmigrators descend upon the Primordial World, naturally believing themselves righteous and making it their mission to overthrow Hongjun's rule. All Hon 14.2kReads9.3Score91814d adds
- 69 Honghuang: From the Start, I Spoil the Plot for Nuwa 洪荒：开局给女娲剧透 [Primordial world + behind-the-scenes scheming + wild imagination] Chen Xuan transmigrates into the Primordial World as a little white dragon. His arrival sends the whole world wildly off course... Nuwa: “Becoming a saint through merit isn’t what I want. I’m going to sever the Three Corpses!” The Two from the West: “The West is far too barren. Starting today, we’re joining the East!” Tongtian: “The calamity of the Investiture of the Gods is upon us. All Jie Sect Disciples, follow me onto the Inv 43.4kReads9.1Score4.4k14d adds
- 70 EN I, Laying Low from the Primordial World to Journey to the West 我，从洪荒苟到西游 Mu Chen transmigrates to the Primordial World, becoming an ethereal spirit with no fixed form. He starts out utterly weak, but unexpectedly awakens the Starsea Fishing Choice System. “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a hundred years, you've obtained a replica of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a thousand years, you've become a Taiyi Mystic Immortal!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for ten thousand years, you've attained the rank of Great Luo 35kReads9.2Score3.3k14d adds
- 71 The Great Sage Returns: Sun Wukong Vows to Slaughter Every God and Buddha! 大圣归来，我孙悟空誓必屠尽神佛！ As the four disciples of Tang Sanzang received their titles on Spirit Mountain, a man who looked like a beggar stood at its foot, disdain in his eyes. He muttered bitterly, “Tathagata, I, Old Sun, will be back.” A different Journey to the West, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven's journey of revenge. 29.3kReads9.1Score6.6k14d adds
- 72 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 21.7kReads9.4Score2.9k14d adds
