Novels like The Tale of Rising Dust
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Tale of Rising Dust, best match first.
- 1 Gathering the Dao of Immortality 拾道长生 [Mortal-style cultivation + bargain hunting + no System + cautious cultivation] An ordinary boy who makes his living scavenging junk accidentally saves a badly wounded Saintess. After cultivating dual techniques together, he embarks on the path to immortality. Relying on his cautious nature and knack for finding hidden treasures, he steadily grows stronger in the cultivation world. 14.5kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
- 2 Kobe Keeps Bricking Shots, While I Grab Rebounds Like Crazy 科比狂打铁，我篮板抢到飞 Rodman's peak rebounding card is pretty good, but what the heck is Zhang Lianwan's stamina card? The Kardashian family is a family of defenders, so I'll defend against the Kardashian family! "Oh my God, that kid just grabbed his sixteenth rebound of the quarter." "Who is he? Can somebody tell me?" "Since when did my Lakers have a powerhouse like him? And he's a bench player, too." The 2004-2005 NBA season. November 3. The Lakers are playing away against the Jazz. The fourth quarter. Wang Yi 4.6kReads—Score408Shelves
- 3 The City's Pair of Wild Ducks 城市里的那对野鸳鸯 Shan Gen is an honest migrant worker who barely makes any money all year. His wife, meanwhile, has been living with another man. The two of them put their son through college, and just as his wife is about to spend one last year living with someone else, Shan Gen’s coworker spots them, and their son runs into them while away from home and tells Shan Gen. His marriage is finally on the verge of falling apart. Will they end up divorced? 1.2kReads—Score102Shelves
- 4 Essence World 1: The Artificial Human Arc 精世索1人造人篇 This complete series explores the love, hatred, grudges, and passions among humans, ghosts, gods, demons, immortals, monsters, Buddhas, and spirits. The only person who could reveal the relationships among these eight beings and the mysteries of the universe mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Their surviving manuscripts are scattered around the world, but no clues have ever emerged. Years later, someone claiming to be a god appeared and began destroying the Earth. Fortunately, a person w —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 A Love Story From the Restaurant Kitchen 后厨的爱情童话 A recent graduate applies for a job at a star-rated hotel. Just because he knows the owner, he gets the same position as the head chef, earning the jealousy of everyone and the chef’s resentment. Then, by a stroke of misfortune and luck, he meets the daughter of the richest man in the country, who’s at the hotel to experience life for herself. Thus begins a hilarious romantic comedy. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Guardian of the Realm 山河守 This is a thousand-year catastrophe born of greed, and an epic tale of two lovers who risk their lives to rewrite the “Covenant of Coexistence” between immortals and mortals. When the calamity passes, the land itself will bear witness as spring returns to the world. 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Journey of Tianhen 天痕行 [Traditional Xuanhuan] [Exploration and Travel] [Heavenly Marks and Wonders] [Ensemble Cast and Friendship] [No System] [Coming of Age] [The World Unfolds Gradually] On the Tianhen Continent, humans and demons coexist, and the ancient world has left countless traces behind. Some traces endure through the ages, bearing powers and mysteries all their own. They are known as Heavenly Marks. Some spend their entire lives in pursuit of them, while others fight over them without end. But no matter how 12Reads—Score122Shelves
- 8 Tiger Crossing the River 过江虎 A man who fled abroad illegally after getting into trouble runs into an old classmate from twenty years ago, who was also his sworn enemy. But after a series of events, he discovers that he never actually killed anyone: he was framed. Follow a Chinese man’s struggle for life and death in a foreign country, and see if he can escape danger and make it safely back home. 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Assault Squad: The Foolish Wolf Operation 士兵突击之憨狼行动 Xu Sanduo’s older brother, Xu Erhe, went to Japan for work, only to be kidnapped by Japanese criminals who demanded a five-million ransom and threatened to kill him if it wasn’t paid. Xu Sanduo, who is stationed with A Team, volunteered to resign and leave the unit. But Yuan Lang gave him a mission at that very moment: go to Japan and eliminate a traitor in the military. The operation’s codename was Operation Foolish Wolf. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 In Search of Demons and Their Tracks 寻魔觅踪 Feifei’s father is a police officer who’s hardly ever home. Something inside Feifei has changed, and she wants her father to find her a mother. Two women in the police force are both deeply fond of him, but Feifei’s father has fallen for a stranger, who turns out to be a dangerous person. Is she the one he arrested, or is she his other half? 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Bro, Stop Simping. You're Already at the Nascent Soul Stage 兄弟别再舔了，你都元婴了 [Multiple female leads] [Not mindless] [Forbidden master-disciple romance] [Tormented love] Lin Qiu and Guo Chong are the best of brothers. They transmigrate together to the cultivation world of Cang Xuan Continent, where they both awaken Systems. Lin Qiu awakens the Get-Beaten System: taking a beating makes him stronger, and the harder the beating, the stronger he gets. Guo Chong awakens the Simp System: win over one cultivation partner, and become invincible within one major cultivation realm. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 I Fainted After Storming Out, Then Took My Family to Ancient Times 吵架出门晕倒，我带全家穿越古代 One moment, my wife and I had a huge fight at home, and I stormed out. The next, I collapsed by the roadside and woke up to my wife twisting my ear! I opened my eyes: a crumbling mud-brick shack, coarse clothes, and a desolate village from ancient times! I was stunned! And even more unbelievably: My wife was there, our child was there, and my parents were there too! All five of us had transmigrated together to the Great Wei Dynasty! We were all modern people, starting out dirt-poor and drowning 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 A Breath of Fresh Air 一缕清风 If there is another life, I wish to be neither immortal nor human, but only a breeze resting on your shoulder. A deep love thwarted by fate, destiny playing cruel tricks: amid the clash between the fated struggle of good and evil and the greater good of all living beings, individual feelings are fragile and tragic. 69Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 14 My Junior Sister Has Quit Being Love-Struck, and the Whole Sect Can't Adjust 师妹不再恋爱脑，全宗竟不太适应 [Transmigration] + [System] + [Strong Female Lead] + [Xuanhuan] + [Romance] If you’re tired of female leads who are always out to conquer the world or save all its people, you have to read this book! The heroine just wants to lie flat and be a carefree slacker, but the System insists on giving her a golden finger. The more she lies flat, the stronger she gets, and the stronger she gets, the more miserable she becomes, because everyone comes knocking to force her to “get to work.” It’s packed wi 478Reads—Score112Shelves
- 15 One Stroke of Ink Stains Heaven and Earth 一墨染乾坤 The young Mo Ran displays his extraordinary talent, roaming the cosmos with his childhood sweetheart and journeying through countless worlds. He reverses the decline of spiritual energy, brings peace to turmoil across the Myriad Worlds, and ultimately restores order to the universe. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 My Second Brother: Two Young Men Venture into the Northeast 我的二哥之二小闯东北 My second older brother ran away from home when he was twelve, heading northeast with a child from the neighbors’ family. The two of them endured countless hardships to make it there, only to find themselves in the wolf’s den and the tiger’s lair. And so began a story no one could ever forget. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Dark Fantasy: A Druid Among the Indians 暗黑，混在印第安的德鲁伊 2kReads8.7Score178Shelves
- 18 Venerable Lord of the Ancient Wilderness 荒古尊天 The Heavenly Dao seals the realms, and bloodlines determine fate. The upper realm reigns supreme for generations, while all life in the lower realms is fuel. Countless prodigies wage war across the ages, vying for immortality, supreme power, and the summit atop a mountain of corpses. But no one knows that every clash, every bout of cutthroat competition, every catastrophe is part of the Heavenly Dao’s scheme to nourish its own path. That is, until Wang Linyuan emerges from the lowliest wasteland 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Snatched the Prodigies' Immortal Ascension Spots 灵气复苏：天骄成仙名额被我截胡 [Tomato Original] [Rags to Riches] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Longevity Through Caution] [Alternate History] [Handcrafted Details] [Ordinary Protagonist] [Positive Energy] [Xianxia Fantasy] Not a modern urban high-martial-arts story! A true alternate-history setting with an ordinary protagonist. No System, and a slow pace. Readers looking for a quick fix should proceed with caution; seasoned readers, come on in. The dynasty's fleets have established a maritime Silk Road. And just then, spiritual qi 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Roaming the Heavens, Starting in the Siheyuan 诸天纵横从四合院开始 A transmigration power fantasy set in the world of television dramas, with a golden finger, a self-serving protagonist, and decisive ruthlessness. It tells the story of Lin Shu, who transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. A master of Chinese martial arts, he rises rapidly in this era. He punches the courtyard full of vile beasts and kicks the dragons of the four seas. With overwhelming strength and wisdom, he breaks through every injustice and constraint in the world and establish 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 No System, No Cultivation: Even Immortals Are Commonplace 无系统，不修仙，大罗神仙皆路边 Entirely handwritten, with no AI. Three chapters every weekend and holiday! Transmigrate into the second generation of an immortal clan +爽, talented-genius story + [Super Cultivation System] + [Attribute Panel] + [Traditional Cultivation Realms] + romance with different beautiful older-sister figures (multiple heroines, lots of flirtation) + settling scores clearly + ensemble cast + [Hundreds of thousands of words already written] [Summary: This is a cultivation novel focused on growth. The over 469Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Lane House 2: A Difficult Road 小巷人家2艰难之路 Zhuang Tunan injured his leg working overtime during the New Year holiday, then accompanied his parents back to the old alley. Li Jia wanted to stay by his side, but her family was always against it. Lin Dongzhe finally made something of himself and became a boss, while Zhuang Xiaoting returned to the alley pregnant. To prove himself, Zhuang Tunan started selling books and newspapers at the entrance to the alley, and tutored the neighborhood children on the side. Life was comfortable enough, but 14.6kReads6.7Score334Shelves
- 23 Reborn: Peerless Splendor 重生：绝世风华 (Rebirth and comeback + Ex-husband chases after her too late + Cold-faced CEO's exclusive devotion + Divorced wife is both beautiful and formidable) The night I finally gave up, I burned every recipe I'd learned for Zhou Yuchen with my own hands. After five years of marriage, I'd become the “frumpy housewife who couldn't show her face in public,” as he put it. His beloved female colleague sneered at me: “Without President Zhou, you're nothing.” I smiled, handed over the divorce papers, then turn 20Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 24 I'm Not Farming Crops, I'm Farming Loneliness 姐种的不是地，是寂寞 I’m Not Growing Crops, I’m Growing Loneliness 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Which Rich, Handsome Guy Would Be Kind Enough to Let Me Lie Flat? 哪位高富帅行行好，让姐躺平吧 Which rich, handsome man will do a good deed and let me lie flat? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 My Classmates and I Were Transported to a Cultivation World, but I Was Sent to One Extra Immortal Realm 同学群穿修仙界，我多穿一个仙界 The young Qi Fan suffered from a strange hunger disorder. With no other choice, he dropped out of high school and became a livestreamed eating host. He unexpectedly discovered that his strength was increasing day by day. He had originally planned to muddle through as a professional boxer and live a wealthy life of fame and glory, but then he received an invitation to a graduation gathering from his high school homeroom teacher, Song Chengmin. That invitation changed his life forever. The mysteri 72.3kReads8.2Score9.1kShelves
- 27 Slay Demons and Exorcise Evil, Trading Merit for Divine Powers 斩妖除魔，我以功德换神通 The Tianyuan Continent shines like the midday sun, illuminating the nine provinces, the four seas, and the realms in every direction. True immortals sit together and discuss the Dao, opening altars to spread their teachings. Meanwhile, earthly hells abound, where demons and monsters gather in the mountains and forests, bringing endless slaughter. The mortal world rolls on, and countless beings sink into a sea of suffering. The ways of the world surge like tides; though tens of thousands seek the 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Hack Through the Cultivation World 砍翻修真文明 Wang Qiye transmigrates into a cultivation civilization and wants nothing more than to cultivate in peace, keep his head down, survive, and make pills. But fate has other plans, and he never gets the life he dreamed of. Instead, he’s left scrambling for meager spirit stones… Only when Wang Qiye first descends the mountain does he realize that “justice isn’t in people’s hearts. It’s in my hands, as I question Heaven.” What lies above the immortals? Wang Qiye grips the Heaven-Questioning Sword and 28Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 29 Xianxia: It Begins with My Corpse Being Abandoned After I Was Reborn 仙侠：从重生就被抛尸说起 New book: (Soul Transmigration · Eastern Cultivation · Plot-Focused · Not for Beginners · No Golden Finger) A dilapidated Taoist temple. A little beggar asked Chen Ran curiously, “Big Brother Chen... I want to know how that story ended. What happened to that young man who wrote web novels or whatever?” Chen Ran sighed. “To pick up where we left off: after his submission was rejected, the young man asked Miss Doubao, ‘Didn't you say I had the makings of a platinum author, and could beat 99 perce 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I'm Cultivating Immortality, So Where's My Cheat? 我修仙了，外挂在哪 [Mortal's Journey + No System] Ye Feifan transmigrated just like that, as easily as could be. Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do? So this is a cultivation world!!!!! Damn! Where's the System? Where's the old man in the ring? Where are my cheat abilities? How am I supposed to cultivate without any of that? 15.4kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
- 31 The Great Domain 大域 [Cultivation / ensemble cast / single heroine / good and evil / schemes / destiny / creation] The ancient zither that subdues demons, the breathtaking fatal strike. Seven strings bear the weight of white hair? The shang mode carries the moon along its flowing notes. Why ask where the five notes come from? One breathtaking melody shakes the eight wastelands! This is an entirely original work. Its world and cultivation system differ from those of other novels, so please refer to this book for the 921Reads9.3Score103Shelves
- 32 San Francisco Blood Prison: My Husband Is Hiding Evidence of Three Clans' Massacre 旧金山血牢：我丈夫藏着三族灭门证据 San Francisco Blood Prison: My Husband Is Hiding Evidence of the Massacre of Three Clans —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Slave Cultivator 修奴 Cultivators fish for fun, as a refined hobby. They consider eating fish beneath them. The fish he caught were casually handed over to the kitchen to feed the slaves. In a moment of carelessness, he forgot to remove the hook. And so, a little slave came into possession of that fishhook, setting the stage for a grand and turbulent era. I’ve been writing web novels for over ten years. I take my work seriously and know how to handle a traditional fantasy epic with a sweeping scope. I won’t drop the 3.8kReads8.7Score416Shelves
- 34 The Great Dao Prodigy Lao Returns to the Apocalyptic Earth 大道天骄老回末日地球 [Picks up after Chapter 20] As the story goes on, the protagonist becomes less and less human. His true self abandons its humanity to the clone, retaining only its divinity. [Rebel Against Your Master] + [Partly Satisfying, Partly Bittersweet] + [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Mythic Cultivation] + [Primordial Legends] + [Vast Worldbuilding] “Master, why have you never taught me the Grave Art?” The world contains twenty-one laws, dwelling within the Moon Eyes and the Chao 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Lotus Guest 莲客 [Two scientist transmigrate + Rational cultivation + No System + Long-running journey across worlds] “Stop the seventh group’s experiment. Do not cross the boundary.” On the day an underground sun rose, scientist Li Guanhuan received a warning that should not have existed. Following its trail, he and his partner Lu Hengshan entered the mist-shrouded mountains of the northeast. When they opened their eyes again, they were lying inside a giant lotus in another world. Here, they were called “Lotus 35Reads—Score218Shelves
- 36 God-Tier Mechanic: From Auto Repairman to Automotive Legend 神级技师：从汽修工到车圈神话 Feel-good story + skill upgrades + no female lead + fast pace + getting rich + friends everywhere + low-key flexing!!!!! Zhang Xiaonian awakens a god-tier vehicle modification System. The harder the vehicle is to work on, the stronger the skills he receives. The rich line up to throw money at him, while his competitors kneel and call him Master. 13.7kReads6.9Score815Shelves
- 37 There's a Monster Inside Me 我的体内有一只怪物 [An alien possession story] [Two souls in one body] [No golden finger] Other aliens can take over their Hosts, replace their memories, and inherit their place in human society. I can only choose to coexist with this kid. What? You’re saying that two-bit thug with the big gold chain is my brother? That gun-wielding big sister is my teammate? And that one fat, one skinny pair of who-knows-what are my team members? At midnight, the edges between city and countryside are rife with danger. Skinless 116Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 38 Spiritual Qi Revival: Starting to Slay Evil in a Mountain Village 灵气复苏，从山村斩邪开始 As spiritual qi revival swept the world, night grew unnaturally dark and ghostly flames spread across the land. A hundred ghosts roamed at night, and myriad races descended upon the world. Lin Fan happened upon a rusty sword that passed on its power to him. He unearthed ancient cultivation manuals and shared them with his village companions. Wild boars mutated, skeletons crawled from their graves, and ghosts attacked at night. A hundred ghosts slaughtered the village as the myriad races fought f 3.3kReads—Score361Shelves
- 39 The Great God 大神 [Xianxia Fantasy + Age of the Great Sects + Ordinary Cultivators’ Path to Immortality + No System or Transmigration + Witty and Humorous + Ensemble Cast + Mystery + Plot-Driven] In an age when cultivation flourishes, Feiyun Sect is a third-rate sect. In the most remote room live the four most hopeless disciples in the entire sect. A sword cultivator who can’t afford a sword, a body cultivator who can never pay off his debts, a pill cultivator without a pill furnace, and a former prodigy whose cu 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Reborn as an Invisible Man: The Whole World Can't See Me 重生透明人：全世界看不见我 Reborn as an Invisible Man: The Whole World Can’t See Me 801Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Day I Divorced, I Became the Heir to a Fortune 离婚当天，我成了首富继承人 The Day I Divorced, I Became the Heir to a Fortune 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Kill That Tomato Writer 杀死那个番茄作家 [Many years later, facing the firing squad, Kareni Na Ka will recall the afternoon when I dragged him into the book.] “Can I really write the blurb like this...?” “Tsk, I’m imitating One Hundred Years of Solitude.” “Who even reads One Hundred Years of Solitude these days? Do you read it?” “Then... should we change it?” “Never mind, let’s keep it. Nobody reads blurbs anyway.” 1.5kReads—Score148Shelves
- 43 Tianyan Divine City 天衍神城 [Xuanhuan] [No System] [Smart Protagonist] [Resolute and Passionate] [One Female Lead] A village boy finds a mysterious divine city in the depths of his mind. By chance, he is drawn into a battle between a sacred cultivation ground and the divine beast Black Tortoise. He tempers his Yin-Yang Dao Body, awakens an unparalleled ancient scripture, and discovers that he carries the bloodline born of the union of Heaven's Dao in the realms of gods and demons. Cultivating both divine and demonic arts, 253Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 44 The Pureblood Hongmeng Art 纯血鸿蒙诀 [Mortal cultivation ★ Logical and well-reasoned ★ Foreshadowing everywhere ★ Ingeniously crafted ★ A refreshing plot ★ Delicate prose ★ An expansive world ★ An uplifting theme ★ Come cultivate immortality alongside the hero!] In a village in the mortal realm of Qingyun Continent, a young man named Chu Feng is born with a useless Five-Element Spiritual Root. His path to immortality is thwarted as he seeks to save the girl next door, but then he meets Old Ren, who came from the Spirit Realm, and l 323Reads6.2Score102Shelves
- 45 Devour the Uncanny and Cultivate Immortality: The Great Powers Kneel and Sing of Surrender 吞噬诡异修仙，列强跪着唱征服 [A collision between Western horrors and Eastern immortal cultivation, with a somewhat humorous style. Dark and oppressive content is limited, so it's an easy read] Hell's seal has cracked, and horrors have resurfaced across the globe. The third son of the Zhang family from Northeast China during the Republic of China era had planned to flee to Europe to escape his pursuers, but he couldn't avoid one bizarre incident after another. Zhang Xuewei's ancient bloodline as an Emperor awakens within h 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 From Menial Servant to Immortal Emperor 杂役问鼎仙帝 Xiao Mi is a genius with a Chaotic Divine Physique, yet he can only support himself by working as a menial in his sect. With unparalleled talent, he makes a comeback and becomes the most dazzling genius of the Sword Dao Sect. If his chaotic meridians prevent him from cultivating, then he’ll use the common-as-dirt Tiger Subduing Fist to become the supreme Sword Emperor. If no one recognizes his Chaotic Divine Physique, then he’ll shatter the heavens and become the Divine Emperor of All Immortals, 2.3kReads8.0Score215Shelves
- 47 I Return from the Forbidden Zone 我自禁区归来 [No System / No Transmigration / No Rebirth / No Cliches / No Harem. If you want a brainless power fantasy, this isn't for you.] After the Fall Power descended, countless protective barriers appeared across Huaxia, guarding its cities, towns, and villages. Inside the barriers, people were safe. The lands beyond them were known as the Forbidden Zones, because anyone who spent a day in one would lose their mind and turn into a terrifying Fallen Beast. When Bian Ning woke up, he found himself inexp 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 A Good-for-Nothing with No Soul, I Am the Wolf Clan's Saintess of Ten Thousand Years 废柴无魂，我是狼族万年圣女 A good-for-nothing with no soul: I am the Wolf Clan's Saintess of Ten Thousand Years —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Final Years of the Great Yong: A True Record 大雍末年：实录 [Traditional cultivation and political intrigue, no transmigration, no System, no golden finger. Meticulously researched setting and dialogue that feels like people speaking in the original Chinese.] Wu Zheng was once a constable, but an accidental turn led him onto the path of immortality. He once wielded the power of the imperial court to repel demon beasts, and within a sect, he protected all living beings. But when the beasts retreated, people’s hearts began to stir. He saw the political mac 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Cultivation: My Days at a Women's Sect 修仙：我在女子宗门的那些日子 Handcrafted from scratch, no System, and no brainless decisions. The young Zhou Lin accidentally saves a female cultivator, and from then on enters a cultivation sect. Hidden in his arms is a mysterious pearl of unknown origin, with an unusual power. He proceeds cautiously, not daring to use it lightly. He tries to get answers indirectly, but comes up empty. The sect seems peaceful on the surface, but undercurrents are stirring beneath. "Immortal opportunities can only be obtained by 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
