Novels like I Am the King, a Transmigrator, and I Defy the Investiture of the Gods and Heaven's Mandate
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- 1 Investiture of the Gods: I, King Zhou, Attain Sainthood with My Mortal Body! 封神：我，纣王，肉身成圣！ I transmigrated as King Zhou of Shang, and it was hell difficulty from the start: a poem at Nuwa Palace, the wrath of a Sage, and the fate of the Shang dynasty on the brink! Zi Shou was ready to lie flat, but the [Sign-In System] awakened just in time! [Sign in at Nuwa Palace: Success! Reward: Emperor's Pressure, ten thousand years of cultivation!] Write an obscene poem? No! If I write one, it will praise the Sage. The fortune of humanity will soar to the heavens, and I will stand firm against t 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Investiture of the Gods: Chaos Awakens 封神：混沌觉醒 Investiture of the Gods: Chaos Awakened 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Sequel to Investiture of the Gods: I Defy Heaven with the Demon God Rankings 封神后传：我携妖神榜反天 After the Conferred Gods War, Ji Fa proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven. The human race began bowing to the Heavenly Dao and worshipping immortals and gods, becoming the Heavenly Court's lackeys. Unwilling to see humanity bow its head, Zhao Buqi led a hundred thousand people in defying Heaven. In the end, only seven survived, fleeing to the Eastern Extremity Continent. This had once been a battlefield during the Great Calamity of the Liches. Its spiritual energy had been scattered, leaving it 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Defying Fate in the Investiture of the Gods: I, the Shang Crown Prince, Rewrite Jieism's Ending 逆命封神：我，商太子改写截教结 Yang Ming, a modern internet-company wage slave, had watched the complete 1990 TV adaptation of Investiture of the Gods and knew the entire plot, every character's fate, and the secrets behind the magical treasures. While working overtime on a night when a typhoon had raged for a hundred years, he was struck by lightning while near an electrical box. His soul transmigrated into Ziming, the legitimate second son of King Zhou of Shang, while retaining his modern way of thinking and memories of the 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Invested with the Gods, I Lead Humanity to Fight Heaven and Earth 封神，我领人族战天地 [Fengshen fan fiction + strong heroine + coming-of-age + everyone’s favorite + transmigrate + cultivation + System + both leads are virgins] [Cool, aloof big sister VS sweet-looking but dark-hearted little brother] [Note: Nezha is the love interest. She’ll wait until he grows up. Some original settings included.] The immortals use all living beings as pawns, and the people suffer in the Fengshen era? Yin Jinyao flips over the altar: “Screw the gods! I decide what happens in the mortal world!” To 7Reads—Score11914d adds
- 6 With Only a Century to Live, I Cling to Yun Xiao to Prolong My Life 寿命仅百年，我抱云霄大腿续命 [Primordial World + Invincible + play the pig to eat the tiger + survivalist + multiple heroines] I, Lin Fan, am at the Great Dao level, the strongest fighter in the Primordial World. But I'm about to die. To stay alive, I sealed my cultivation, became Yunxiao's disciple, and turned into a "mortal" whose lifespan is tied to my master's. From then on, I lie flat, my master fights the monsters, and my grandmaster lets his imagination run wild. Yunxiao: My disciple is a once-in-a-millennium cultiva 23Reads—Score214d adds
- 7 Investiture of the Gods: I Have a Dad Who Can Crush the Heavenly Dao 封神：我有一爹，可压天道 Su Xuan is unexpectedly swept by the System into the time when Pangu created the heavens and earth in the Primordial World. To keep him safe, the System flees into the depths of chaos and hastily erects an energy barrier. But it uses too much power and runs out of energy, leaving Su Xuan only a body-tempering manual before vanishing. Trapped in chaos, Su Xuan witnesses the great upheavals of the Primordial World alone: Hongjun attaining the Dao, the war among the three clans, and the Witch-Demon 20Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 8 The Lost Tomb: Chronicles of Changsha 老九门：长沙风云录 The Mystic Nine: Tales of Changsha 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Investiture of the Gods: Reborn as a Pheasant Spirit, I Cling to Kong Xuan 封神：穿成雉鸡精，抱上孔宣大腿 (No System + Female Lead's Growth + 1v1 Romance, Primordial World) After overworked office drone Lin Zhi tragically dies at her desk, she transmigrates and becomes the Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit, one of the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb. The moment she opens her eyes, she receives an urgent message from her big sister Daji: "Go seduce King Zhou! Things are critical, get here and help!" With Daji, the project manager of this nation-destroying scheme, dragging her aboard a sinking ship, and the c 2.1kReads8.3Score20314d adds
- 10 Investiture of the Gods? With King Zhou Here, Who Needs to Investiture the Gods? 封神？有我纣王在，你封什么神？ After transmigrating into King Zhou, he finds Daji crawling into his arms right from the start. King Zhou slaps her across the face. “You brazen vixen, get away from me!” The Investiture of the Gods? With me, King Zhou, around, who are you going to deify? My Jie Sect is destined to flourish! 10Reads—Score114d adds
- 11 I’m Wang Zhou, Not King Zhou 我是王纣，不是纣王 [Feel-good power fantasy] [Investiture of the Gods] [play the pig to eat the tiger] [Officialdom] [In the Name of the People] [System] Wang Zhou, a perennial award winner, transmigrates and becomes the tyrannical, debauched King Zhou of Shang! Comrade Yuzhou? Just a weak-willed youngster! Faced with the enchanting Daji and the prophesied fall of the Yin-Shang dynasty, Wang Zhou binds himself to the "Manifesting in Public" System, accumulating Merit Points by staying true to his mission and unloc 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Jiang Ziya, the Ordinary Man 凡人姜子牙 [A slow-burn story of historical intrigue, best savored at a leisurely pace.] Daji was no fox demon, but a beauty carefully chosen by the Great Zhou as part of an elaborate seduction plot. She was a peerless woman whose beauty astonished the world. She loved King Zhou with all her heart, never knowing until her death that she was an infiltrator sent to bring down the Great Shang. The virtuous minister Bi Gan, who gave everything to secure ten thousand years of prosperity for the Great Shang, was 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 A 17-Point Failure Draws Jiang Ziya to Life and Hands Him Over to the State 17分学渣，画活姜子牙上交国家 Ning Bufan, a sixteen-year-old underachiever with a score of 17 in physics, accidentally used an antique goat-hair brush to bring Jiang Ziya into the real world. Jiang Taigong: “Young man, fate has brought us together. Three years from now, demons from myriad realms will invade. Will you become my disciple?” Ning Bufan shook his head without hesitation. “Cultivation is too dangerous. I choose to hand this over to the state!” From then on, the Investiture of the Gods Drafting Brush became a to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Shen Gongbao: Investiture of the Gods? I'd Rather Stay Home and Become a Sage 申公豹：封神？不如宅家成圣 [Lighthearted + Humorous + Parody + Just for Fun] After transmigrating into the Investiture of the Gods as Shen Gongbao, he gains the ultimate shut-in System as his golden finger. As long as he stays at home, he gets stronger. From then on, Shen Gongbao fully embraces the life of a couch potato. He has no interest in becoming an immortal or pursuing the Dao. And so, the entire Investiture of the Gods calamity takes a completely different turn. Primordial Heavenly Lord: “Why hasn’t Shen Gongbao c 139Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 15 Investiture of the Gods: I Hold Safety Meetings in the Harem 封神：我在后宫开安全会议 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Honghuang: I'll Come Clean, I'm the Beloved Big Shot 洪荒：摊牌了，我就是团宠大佬 [Emotional + Heartwarming + Imaginative + No Scheming + No Heroine + Funny] [This is a new novel, and also a Investiture of the Gods fanfic based on the previous one!] [Readers who'd rather skip that can start at Chapter 87!] I was reborn! I took human form as an ancient, unadorned book, only to become a Jie Sect Disciple during the Investiture of the Gods. Dao Ancestor Hongjun is my grandmaster, and I call him “Old Man”! I share a deep bond with the Three Pure Ones and the Two Sages of the West 1.1kReads—Score10314d adds
- 17 Jiang, the Corpse God 僵神姜 The story begins with an ancient civil war within the Jiang family and the betrayal of the Shen family, which brought the inheritance of the Corpse God lineage to an end. As the last heir, Jiang Zhiteng suffers endless bullying in the modern city. The story develops when the protagonist has a fortuitous encounter in a secret realm on Kunlun, awakening sealed guardians, inheriting the lineage, and gradually uncovering the mysteries of the Chaos Pearl. As Jiang Zhiteng’s power awakens, he shifts f 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Investiture of the Gods' Roadblock: I Summon the Sages to the List 封神拦路人，请圣人上榜 Shen Gongbao has returned, reborn. He thought that by intercepting the Investiture of the Gods and saving his fellow disciples of the Jie Sect, he could turn the tables and make the Heavenly Venerable of the Origin stumble. But he was wrong. “I, Shen Gongbao, have returned, reborn. I will no longer be a harbinger of disaster. I swear to become the one who blocks the way.” “In my previous life, one ‘Fellow Daoist, please stay’ sent all my fellow disciples onto the list, while I was sealed in the 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Three Thousand Years of Investiture of the Gods 封神三千年 [Eastern Mythology]+ [Investiture of the Gods Setting]+ [Otherworldly Continent]+ [High Martial Arts, Immortal Martial Arts] Three thousand years after the Investiture of the Gods, upheaval stirs once more beneath heaven! A meteorite came hurtling down and reduced the imperial tombs of Chang'an to ruins. Qin Feng, a museum intern, perished in the cataclysm. As his consciousness faded, a black dragon surged up from the Imperial Ruins and carried him as he transmigrated. When he opened his eyes ag 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 EN Honghuang: The Interception Sect's Senior Disciple, Crushing the Immortals of Both Sects 洪荒：阐教大师兄，完虐阐截仙 [Heartwarming + no scheming + funny + Primordial World + wild imagination + emotional] The whole family’s darling, family affection, no romance! I transmigrated to the Primordial World and became the eldest disciple of the Chan Sect: Antarctic Immortal! First disciple of the Three Pure Ones, grand-disciple of Hongjun! Wearing a little statue of Grandmaster Hongjun, who grants every request, on my head is just part of my everyday routine! “Grandmaster, tell me: am I your favorite grand-disciple?” 14.5kReads7.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 21 Honghuang: Jieyin Stole the Supreme Treasure? The Western Teachings Are Finished 洪荒：接引抢至宝？西方教你完了 [Invincible in Honghuang + Investiture of the Gods + No System + Jie Sect + Transmigration] From the start, he transmigrates into the Primordial World, takes the Heavenly Court's three biggest troublemakers as disciples, and revives the Wu and demon races. Yuan Hong has just transmigrated into the Primordial World when he opens his eyes and sees Zhunti saying to him, "Fellow Daoist, I see that you are destined to join my Western Teachings." Yuan Hong jolts and raises his middle finger at Saint Z 110Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Lady Ruler Wields the Jade Scepter, Cutting Off the Heavenly Waterfall of Investiture of the Gods 女君执圭，截断封神天瀑 P.S. No slander of Nuwa. The Three Teachings unite. No-couple, strong-female-lead story. With a change of leadership in Heaven imminent, Wen Ruoxing, the Taoist Queen Mother, is caught between two sides: within, people want to elevate the Jade Emperor and sideline her; without, the former subordinates of her “old boss,” Haotian Shangdi, Chu Yunzheng, all have their own agendas! Should she retreat? Should she endure? She chooses instead to storm into the illusion of Investiture of the Gods. “Jian 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Ao Guang: Investiture of the Gods, Snatching Princess Longji from the Start 敖光传：封神，开局截胡龙吉公主 [Published | Marriage First, Love Later | Political Marriage | Princess Longji, a banished goddess from the Heavenly Court × Ao Guang, a patient and long-suffering dragon with an unexpectedly adorable side] A thousand years ago, I was banished to the mortal realm for falling in love with a mortal. For a thousand years, I cultivated in the Azure Phoenix Palace on Phoenix Mountain, far from worldly troubles, until an imperial edict arrived, granting me in marriage... My father said that after the 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Transmigrating as Tang Sanzang, I Take Three Rebellious Disciples on the Journey for Scriptures 穿越唐僧带三大反骨去取经 The protagonist unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Chen Xuanzang. In this world, the pilgrimage to the Western Heaven still awaits, but he has ideas of his own. His gaze first falls on Yang Jian, a proud and unruly powerhouse with a legendary past. Yang Jian, the Erlang Shen who once split open a mountain to save his mother and whose battle prowess is extraordinary, has always maintained his own arrogance and independence in the Celestial Court. With extraordinary wisdom and unwavering 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Hong Yun and Yunxiao 红云与云霄 When the Primordial Chaos Spirit Cloud meets the Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper, an against-heaven legend spanning time and space begins. The remnant soul of Daoist Hongyun transmigrates a thousand years into the modern era, then returns to the Primordial World armed with the wisdom of technological civilization. He arrives just as Fairy Yunxiao is being imprisoned beneath Qilin Cliff. The moment he breaks the seal and rescues her, the course of the Heavenly Dao shifts. From the blood oath at Wu 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Wandering the Heavens: I Am Song Qingshu 行走诸天，吾乃宋青书 What? I’ve become Song Qingshu, who was supposed to have a bright future, but wanted to make it big on his own and ended up disgraced and ruined. Let’s see how Song Qingshu takes the world of Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber by storm, travels through worlds of heroes and legends, sweeps through the Immortal Sword world, throws the Investiture of the Gods into chaos, and gradually attains the Dao. 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Honghuang: I Am the Corpse Ancestor Jiangchen 洪荒之我乃尸祖将臣 Jiang Chen was an ordinary tomb raider in the modern world. During an expedition deep inside an ancient tomb, he was bitten by a zombie that had been dormant for a thousand years. As if that weren't bad enough, he accidentally triggered a mechanism in the tomb and, carrying the mysterious Heavenly Dao treasure known as the Chaos Burial Coffin, transmigrated to the Primordial World. When he opened his eyes, he discovered that he had become Jiang Chen, the Ancestor of Zombies. At this point, only 620Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Legend of Minghe in Honghuang 洪荒之冥河传奇 The protagonist was an ordinary young man from the modern world, but after an accident, he transmigrated to the mysterious Primordial World and possessed the body of Minghe. Born in the Primordial World, Minghe was accompanied by two supreme weapons of slaughter: Yuantu and Abi. With his unique talents and ruthless methods, he rapidly rose to prominence in this world. When he first arrived in the Primordial World, the protagonist faced one challenge after another. In a world where the strong pre 309Reads—Score1214d adds
- 29 Transmigrating with the Power to Summon Characters from Novels 穿越之我能召唤小说人物 Here, you can see Qiu Chuji and Dian Wei roaming the world! You can see Yue Buqun rebuilding the Huashan Sect! Yuan Tiangang founding the Bad People! Li Xiaoyao making his way through the cultivation world! 157Reads—Score314d adds
- 30 I Entered Investiture of the Gods to Save Daji, but Daji Turned Out to Be Me 穿进封神救妲己，妲己竟是我自己 After accidentally entering the Investiture of the Gods world, Su Zhe discovers that it's full of bizarre bugs. The System gives him the mission: “Save Daji.” But everyone he meets looks at him strangely. The cold-faced crown prince Yin Jiao stares at the owl on his shoulder and slowly says, “Take him.” The sunny prince Yin Hong smiles at him. “That's an interesting bird.” Even the Nine-Tailed Fox King, who is rumored to “love only Daji,” carries him off into the sky. And the usually mild-mann 1.8kReads8.4Score21414d adds
- 31 Rise of the Heavens, Starting with The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 诸天从倚天开始崛起 Lin Yu transmigrates into The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, making a name for himself amid the jianghu's turmoil. He enters The Legend of the Condor Heroes and helps Guo Jing defend Xiangyang. In Fengyun, he faces a fantastical crisis. In The Legend of Sword and Fairy, he gets caught up in a mission of the immortal realm. In Journey to the West, he influences the pilgrimage. In Investiture of the Gods, he changes the course of the battle. 611Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 32 The Pure World White Lotus Attains the Dao in Honghuang 洪荒之净世白莲成道 Ling Xu was originally an ordinary man from a later age, but through a twist of fate, he was reborn as the mysterious twelve-petal Pure World White Lotus in the primordial world. After taking human form, he entered this realm of chaos and miracles, resolved to forge his own path to enlightenment in an age of rivaling saints and rising powerhouses. He discussed the Dao with the Three Pure Ones and listened to Hongjun’s teachings in the Zixiao Palace. He held fast to his principles amid the turmoi 1.9kReads5.5Score—14d adds
- 33 The Investiture of the Gods: Di Xin's Cackling Laughter 封神帝辛，桀桀桀桀桀桀桀桀桀桀 [Primordial World + Investiture of the Gods + Human Emperor + delusion-fueled worship + comedy + play the pig to eat the tiger + foolish tyrant][Investiture of the Gods: Your Majesty, stop! The place is full of immortals!] He transmigrated into the moment after a poem was written at Nuwa’s temple and became King Zhou. Yin Shou panicked a little. Where was the System? Where was his golden finger? This was the Investiture of the Gods. What good would ruling diligently do? Yin Shou decided to slack 18.1kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 34 Transmigrating as the Antarctic Immortal: Turning the Tables and Attaining the Dao in the Primordial World 穿越南极仙翁：我在洪荒逆袭证道 [Initial setup: Golden Immortals can enter Chaos; the protagonist won’t start out as a Great Encompassment Golden Immortal; the Lich Tribulation will reach the Quasi-Sage stage; no heroine, don’t read if that’s not your thing] Chang Shou transmigrates into the Primordial World and becomes Antarctic Immortal. He plans to lie flat, but happens to arrive just as Hongjun begins preaching to the myriad worlds. The Primordial World is about to enter a golden age, when Golden Immortals are as common as 6.1kReads6.6Score25814d adds
- 35 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 849Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.3kReads9.4Score5.9k14d adds
- 37 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 213.6kReads9.6Score25.4k14d adds
