Novels like What Is the Dao?
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as What Is the Dao?, best match first.
- 51 One Sword, and I Become a Demon 一剑成魔 The short drama adaptation of One Thought, God or Demon is coming soon. You can reserve it on Hongguo! [Passionate fantasy, thrillingly fast-paced] Young Fang Chen has his Dao bones stolen, is betrayed, and suffers endless humiliation. Fortunately, he gains a little tower and an unparalleled inheritance. He inherits the Sword Demon's blood and grasps the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth! One sword splits chaos! One sword destroys immortals and gods! I wield my sword and become a demon! I command al 55.5kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
- 52 I Lay Low in the Cultivation World Until I Became an Immortal 我在修真界苟到成仙 Qin Lu wakes up as a low-level wandering cultivator in Wuji Ward. His predecessor had no connections, no cultivation, no savings, and a mountain of debt. For a while, Qin Lu is utterly despairing. Luckily, he awakens a status panel that lets him improve his proficiency simply by practicing. Ordinary basic spells become terrifying skills of immense power once upgraded! Other people’s Finger Flick spell can only kill chicks, but his can blast away a mountain! Other people’s Firestarting spell prod 29.8kReads8.0Score2.6kShelves
- 53 The Demonic Sect’s Path to Enlightenment: I Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks! 魔门悟道，我悟出偷袭相对论！ The manhua series [I Comprehended the Dao in the Demon Sect and Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks] is now available. [Everyone is intelligent, no female lead, slow-paced, with detailed worldbuilding] [The protagonist has a top-grade spiritual root, not a useless-protagonist type, and won't get any blatantly overpowered cheats] [Tight logic, comprehensive worldbuilding, and a newly reimagined cultivation world] Senior Brother, you're way too cautious! Aren't we a demonic sect? 95.7kReads8.4Score10.7kShelves
- 54 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won't Make Wedding Clothes for Someone Else 重生八零：不为他人做嫁衣 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won't Live for Others 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 One Thought Between God and Demon 一念神魔 The short-drama adaptation of One Thought, God and Demon is coming soon. You can reserve it on Hongguo! [Fiery Fantasy, Breakneck Action] Young Fang Chen has his Dao Bone stolen and suffers betrayal and humiliation. Fortunately, he obtains a mysterious pagoda and inherits a supreme legacy. He inherits the Sword Demon's blood and grasps the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth! One sword tears open chaos! One sword destroys immortals and gods! I wield my sword and become a demon! By my command, thousand 56.7kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
- 56 Cultivating in Secret by the Side of a Powerful Woman 苟在女大佬身边偷偷修炼 Mortal cultivation, mortal cultivation, mortal cultivation, one female lead, no System, no harem, no brainless decisions Su Ping transmigrates to a cultivation world carrying a small bronze cauldron. The immense power of heaven and earth that accompanies his transmigration happens to save a female sect master who is being hunted. Su Ping becomes the female sect master's antidote, and in turn joins her sect as an outer disciple, embarking on the path of cultivation. The road to immortality is ful 12.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
- 57 The River of Weightlessness 失重之河 The River of Weightlessness 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 The Lone Path to Immortality 独行修仙路 An ordinary young man from Linjia Village, he is kind and simple-hearted. Determined to give his family a better life, he resolutely joins a sect in the martial world. Through his own hard work, he earns the guidance of Elder Huo, who is undergoing mortal trials, and eventually embarks on the path of cultivation. By chance, he obtains the heaven-defying treasure known as the Qiankun Mirror. But his nature is at odds with the cultivation world, and he suffers greatly for it, even nearly losing hi 16.4kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
- 59 Taking My Sister-in-Law on the Path to Immortality 带嫂子修仙记 The rating has just been posted and will rise later. A mortal's journey, with steady growth. Sun Dongliang and his sister-in-law were sold together and sent deep into the mountains to toil. They were destined to be buried there for the rest of their lives. But he had a mysterious treasure bottle. It could automatically detect and capture spirit beasts! It could remove impurities and turn junk into treasure! His low-grade cultivation techniques could be directly enhanced into high-grade technique 57.8kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
- 60 After I Resigned, My Boss Became My Subordinate 提交辞呈后，顶头上司成了我下属 After I Handed In My Resignation, My Boss Became My Subordinate 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Cultivation: A Second Spiritual Root Helps Me Live Forever 修仙：第二灵根助我长生 An old Foundation Establishment cultivator addresses the children below him: “Spiritual roots determine whether one can cultivate immortality. The Great Dao has no form, and neither do spiritual roots...” Young Yi Ze stares at the green vine inside his body. “Why is my spiritual root different from what he described...?” After transmigrating to the Tianyan Continent in the Youlan Cultivation World, Yi Ze finds a mysterious green vine growing alongside him. It becomes his second spiritual root, a 39.3kReads7.5Score2.8kShelves
- 62 A Thousand Faces in One Performance 一戏千面 Stabbed through the heart by the master he revered most from the start, I somehow survived! Instead, I transmigrated to another world and awakened the [Thousand-Faced Divine Core]! [Divine Core awakened. Illusory Disguise activated!] [Warning: This Divine Core is widely recognized as the most useless. It can only change your appearance and has no offensive power!] Good-for-nothing? With a B-rank ferocious beast chasing me, I panicked on the spot. [Activating: Illusory Disguise!] [60% of spiritua 414Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 The Old Monkey's Immortal Cultivation 老猴修仙记 [Mortal’s Journey · Beast Cultivation · Rise from Humble Beginnings] The latest Immortal Realm arc, with the Desire Immortal Palace plot delivering nonstop thrills… Overworked office drone Sun Shi transmigrated into an old monkey about to be slaughtered. His owner tied him up to take him to a restaurant, and the butcher’s knife was already at his throat. He narrowly escaped into a dark forest teeming with ferocious beasts, where even ordinary human cultivators could crush beasts with ease. Fortu 104Reads8.2Score106Shelves
- 64 Hua Yan: Storm and Strife 2 华炎风雨2 Hua Yan: Storms and Strife 2 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 After the Divorce, I Became the Artist He Could Never Hope to Win Over 离婚后我成了他高攀不起的画家 After the Divorce, I Became the Painter He Could Only Dream of Marrying 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 C-Rank Appraiser? I Command the Supreme Treasures of All Ages c级鉴宝？我执掌万代至尊 In the year 2012, a dark star hung in the sky, and dimensional rifts of every size tore open around the world, unleashing countless monsters. Human firearms barely harmed them. But Source Crystals began to grow all over the world, and people who came into contact with them started awakening special talents, giving humanity a way to fight back. Even so, humanity endured sixty years of darkness. It was only when the Twelve Kings of Mankind had fully come into their own that humans could stand toe 250Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 My Daughter Wreaks Havoc in the Immortal Realm, Exposing My Immortal Emperor Identity 女儿大闹修仙界，我仙帝身份曝光 [Invincible Protagonist + Daughter + Empress + Feel-Good] Lu Ming transmigrated to a cultivation world. Unable to cultivate, he married his childhood sweetheart and chose to live an ordinary life. But after his childhood sweetheart gave birth to their daughter, she suddenly claimed to be an Immortal Emperor reincarnated, with too many karmic debts to settle, and left without a trace. After his wife left, Lu Ming never expected his sign-in System to suddenly activate. Thanks to the rewards from s 9.7kReads8.5Score857Shelves
- 68 Cultivating in Space: The All-Round Junior Sister Is Everyone's Favorite 空间修仙：全能师妹是团宠 Was a cannon-fodder supporting character supposed to sit around and wait to die? Luo Pian says no way, absolutely not. With a pocket dimension in her left hand and adorable spirit beasts at her side, she takes on peerless geniuses above and tramples the pampered heroine below, dazzling the entire cultivation world. A crowd of geniuses chase after her, calling, “Sister Pian!” and begging for pills, talismans, spirit weapons, and formations. The all-around champion Luo Pian gives them a devilish s 9.3kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
- 69 Five Elements Immortal Emperor 五行仙帝 [No System] A young man accidentally arrives in a cultivation world. He has only a Five Element Spiritual Root, making cultivation difficult. Fortunately, he obtains the peerless immortal art Five Elements Longevity Technique, specially designed for cultivating with a Five Element Spiritual Root, as well as an incredible little tower that can improve the quality of pills and magical treasures, and turn trash into treasure. Watch him ascend the path to immortality, prove the Dao of eternal life, 46kReads8.7Score5.1kShelves
- 70 A Mortal's Immortal Fate 凡人仙缘 Main character: Li Yi. [Traditional cultivation] [Mortal's journey] [One female lead] [Spatial powers] [Farming] [Decisive and ruthless] [No System] An ordinary boy from a mountain village leaves home to pursue immortality, fighting his way into the cruel, dark world of cultivation. With his clever, decisive, and cautious nature, he cuts down his enemies without hesitation and encounters countless wondrous opportunities for immortality. After passing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment 37.1kReads8.3Score4.1kShelves
- 71 Striving for Immortality 争仙 [A classic mortal cultivation story + no System + Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Core Formation] Archaeology expert Wang Zheng transmigrates to the cultivation world, bringing with him a double-sided bronze mirror unearthed from an unknown ancient tomb. While tending cattle one day, he spots a block of ice floating down the stream. To his surprise, someone is sealed inside... 18.9kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
- 72 From the Start, a Life-Shortening Demonic Art: I Became an Immortal by Turning Negatives Around 开局减寿魔功，我靠负面逆转成仙 [Fast-Paced Cultivation + Side Effects Become Buffs + Cunning Schemer + Calculating + Cautious and Steady] Ye Bufan transmigrates into a cultivation world and becomes a lowly rogue cultivator in the Zhao Kingdom. Born with a low-grade yang spirit root, he thinks he has a chance at immortality. But despite diligently cultivating for a hundred years, he still fails to reach Foundation Establishment, even in his old age. Seeing no hope of immortality, he decides to make the most of the few years he 40.4kReads8.9Score4.8kShelves
- 73 Look at Me Like That Again and I'll Slap You 再看老子拍死你 [The Most Hardcore Male Lead] [邪修] [A Cunning Old Schemer] [A Little Pervert] [Making a Fortune in Silence] [Beast Taming] [Looting Corpses] [Romantic Encounters] Slapping beautiful women, romantic encounters, dual cultivation, looting corpses, and finishing off his enemies with a surprise strike. He raises a pack of ferocious beasts, birds of prey, venomous insects, and corpse puppets, and his combat prowess is off the charts. The male lead pulls off one outrageous move after another, never pla 6.2kReads—Score620Shelves
- 74 The Super All-Round Student 超级全能学生 I'll make everyone who looked down on me do nothing but gaze up at my back. That's right, this is a story about turning things around. 21.6kReads8.7Score2.7kShelves
- 75 The Human Emperor's Chronicle 人皇纪 “I will not hand this world over to people I despise!” And so Wang Chong trampled across a sea of blood and bones to claim the throne of the Human Emperor. He turned the tide when all seemed lost, shored up the collapsing empire, and forged an unparalleled legend! 2.8kReads8.6Score287Shelves
- 76 Cultivation: Starting Out as a Cook at a Refining Shop 修仙：从在炼器铺当厨子开始 New Title: The Timid Servant Is Actually a Master Synopsis: An outer-sect servant who’s always rushing around doing odd jobs to earn spirit stones is assigned a mission alongside a beautiful immortal maiden. He’s timid, afraid of dying, unambitious, and cares only about spirit stones, earning him the maiden’s complaints and disdain. But when the situation gets serious, he leaves her utterly stunned: who would have thought this kid was actually a master? [Rise from the Bottom + Humble and Unassum 18.7kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
- 77 The Demon Dragon and Diancang 魔龙与点苍 The Demon Dragon and Diancang 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Wind and Rain in Huayan 华炎风雨 Huayan Through Wind and Rain 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 No Future as a Servant Disciple? I’ll Master Pills and Artifacts to Seek Immortality 杂役弟子没出路？丹器双修谋长生 [Mortal cultivation, no System, decisive and ruthless, no saintly heroics, cautious, a nobody rising to power] Ye Feng transmigrates to another world and fights his way up to become the bandit chief of Black Wind Stronghold. From the start, he kills Duan Shui Liu, an inner disciple of the Xuantian Sect, and obtains a Bagua Furnace that enhances alchemy and artifact forging. After bribing the gatekeeper, he enters the Xuantian Sect to cultivate and begins his adventures in the world of cultivatio 19.7kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves
- 80 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I Can Level Up Without Limit 玄幻：开局无限升级 [System + Power Fantasy + No Romance + No Saintly Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + If You Don’t Like It, Fight Me] Lin Xiaofan transmigrated to the Xuantian Continent and obtained a cultivation System. [You’re a martial arts prodigy. A year of training lets you advance one minor realm! Too bad I can level up instantly by spending experience points!] [You’re a peerless genius. Ten years of training lets you break through one major realm! Too bad I can break through instantly by spending expe 26.5kReads8.5Score2.2kShelves
- 81 My Aunt Is Eighteen Years Older Than Me 阿姨比我大了十八岁 [This is an everyday romance between a male protagonist and an older woman. There’s a significant age gap, so please don’t read if that’s not your thing.] That year, we both got into university. I was eighteen, and so were you. A sudden car accident separated us forever. When I was reborn, you were still waiting. You are mature and steady, elegant and beautiful. 2kReads9.0Score267Shelves
- 82 The Legend of Shushan 蜀山传说 The Legend of Shu Mountain 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Tales of an Immortal Official! It All Begins with Hearing Intel About Immortal Destiny! 仙官物语！从听到仙缘情报开始！ A sprawling epic! A sprawling epic! A prodigy’s rise Not traditional classical cultivation. The jokes can get a bit excessive at times, so just enjoy the ride! Shen Li transmigrated to a world of immortal martial arts, and he had a secret. When he was a child, he was knocked over by a five-colored horse. Ever since, strange messages had appeared in his mind! [At midnight tonight, a drop of Moonlight Spirit Water will appear in Crescent Lake. Use it as bait to lure out a Streamswimming Carp. Rewa 77.1kReads8.2Score5.9kShelves
- 84 The Wife I Picked Up in a Game Turned Out to Be a Demoness 在游戏中捡的老婆竟是女魔头 The game world of Xuan Ying Continent forcibly kicked out every Hailan Star player because of an unknown malfunction. When the servers shut down, only “player” Song Ye was left behind, becoming the only player in Xuan Ying Continent. He was also confined to the beginner village. Song Ye could only run beginner-village quests every day to earn experience and level up. No one knew how much time passed. Realizing he had no hope of returning to the real world, Song Ye married a mysterious woman from 33kReads7.4Score2.3kShelves
- 85 Immortal Fields 仙田 A mortal’s cultivation journey, no System, a farming novel. Carrying a mysterious three-acre plot of spirit farmland, he transmigrates to the vast and mysterious world of immortals and chivalry. Thanks to his second uncle, he begins his path to immortality and becomes one of countless rogue cultivators. The path to immortality is easy to enter but hard to travel. Only by facing hardship and enduring countless trials can one cultivate immortality for the long term. (Levels: Qi Refining, Foundatio 26.6kReads7.9Score2kShelves
- 86 EN Refinement Effects Multiplied Ten Thousandfold: How Will You Respond? 炼化效果翻万倍，阁下如何应对？ [Cultivation] + [Cautious] + [Play the pig to eat the tiger] + [Invincible] + [Random bonus multipliers] + [Farming] + [Longevity] Han Yuan was reborn in the Cultivation Realm. What could he do about the lack of resources? No need to panic! How about trying out random bonus multipliers? Swallow a Spirit-Gathering Pill, and its effects increase by 300%! Activate a Spirit-Gathering Array, and its efficiency increases tenfold! Understand one spirit script, and get nine more! Cultivate with multipli 32.3kReads8.7Score3.1kShelves
- 87 Transmigrated as Long Aotian's Love Rival, Forced into a Love Triangle Every Day 穿成龙傲天情敌，每天被迫修罗场 [Adored by everyone, wish fulfillment, a battle royale of competing men, female lead disguises herself as a man, a comedic ensemble cast] After dying suddenly and transmigrating into a book, Yu Ge becomes the villainess in a harem novel about a domineering hero, destined for a tragic end. The good news: She isn’t one of the hero’s harem members. The bad news: She’s the hero’s rival in love! And she’s also the villainous sect’s senior brother, who egged on the male lead’s fiancée to break off the 32kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves
- 88 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Rising to the Top by Selling Fish 穿越修仙界：从卖鱼开始崛起 [Mortal cultivation, no System, rise from the bottom] After transmigrating, Ye Yu is kicked out of his family from the start. He has no choice but to scrape by as a fishmonger, until he offends a sect's holy maiden at the Yihong Brothel and has to flee to another city. In his new cultivation city, Ye Yu first buys two maids to calm his nerves, then invents a seal-based talisman-making technique, opening the floodgates to wealth. To keep growing stronger, Ye Yu builds airplanes and cannons. He’s 10.2kReads8.6Score801Shelves
- 89 Reverse-Cultivating the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra Somehow Became a Supreme Immortal Art 逆练玉女心经，竟然成至尊仙功 Huang Ye transmigrates and is reborn, only to be attacked from the start by the maid assigned to his bedchamber. The person behind it is shrouded in mystery. To unravel the deadly plot, Huang Ye has no choice but to rack his brains and find a way to save himself. As his abilities continue to grow, he gradually discovers this strange, unknown world. Starting with accepting the maid, he encounters a female mentor, an older-sister type, a loli, a spirit, an ice-cold beauty, twin female ghosts, a de 19.8kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves
- 90 Qingyun and Jiange 青云与剑阁 Qingyun and the Sword Pavilion 90Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 My Sect Is Full of Great Demons? What a Coincidence, So Am I 师门全是大妖？好巧我也是 [Female lead transforms into human form / no romance for now / no saintly heroine] Good news: Bai Jiu has landed in a group-pampering cultivation novel. Bad news: she's a village dog, and she's been brought back to the villains' lair in a sect. The villains' lair is full of great demons. She's terrified every day, trembling at the thought that they might eat her as a snack. Every day, she trembles her fluffy ears and wags her tail, acting cute to stay alive. But she has no idea that her fellow d 10.8kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
- 92 EN Cultivation: I Have a Peach Blossom Dao Fruit 修仙：我有一枚桃花道果 [Classic cultivation fantasy] [No System] This is a vast world of cultivation. A young man named Jiang Yang, carrying the supreme Dao Fruit, stumbles into it, still innocent and unaware. The Dao Fruit is wondrous and profound. Watch as he rises step by step to the heavens. He governs love and marriage, commands fortune and prosperity, determines lifespan, understands cause and effect, forges flying swords, and cultivates divine abilities... Jiang Yang: “I have a peach blossom branch in hand, and 41.5kReads8.9Score3.1kShelves
- 93 The Immortal Cultivation Path of a Waste Physique 废体修仙路 [Everyone knows I can't practice martial arts, but I'm actually a powerful immortal cultivator...!!!] Because of his constitution, the protagonist Chen Qun can't practice martial arts. By chance, however, he embarks on the path of immortal cultivation. To the astonishment of his family elders, he uses his strength as an immortal cultivator to easily resolve the crisis facing his family, then gradually enters the world of immortal cultivators to explore and make his way... (Note: The stages of cu 24.8kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves
- 94 The Strange Events of Yunjing 云京诡异事件 Strange Incidents in Yunjing 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Yunhua's Memories 1 云华忆1 Memories of Yunhua 1 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 The Misadventures of a Cultivator 苦逼修仙传 Unable to visit a brothel, unable to die, he unexpectedly obtains a useless immortal artifact: "Young man! From this day forward, you will defy fate, crush every genius in your path, marry a beautiful, wealthy woman, and reach the pinnacle of life!!" From martial arts to qinggong, internal arts, heart sutras, flying on swords, riding dragons and treading on jiaolong, spiritual power, immortal arts... Not an invincible protagonist story, not mindless, not a System story, mostly lighthearted and f 1.5kReads—Score105Shelves
- 97 Yunhua's Time Travel 云华时空穿梭 Yunhua's Journey Through Time and Space 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 A Mayfly in the Immortal Sea 仙海蜉蝣 [Ordinary-mortal cultivation + no System + no harem] A wandering cultivator, a speck of dust. The protagonist, Lu Luan, is a little independent cultivator at the second stage of Qi Refining, wandering among the mountain towns of the mortal world. He is fourteen, and ever since the old master who adopted him died, he has drifted from place to place through this world of cultivation... Note: The protagonist sometimes joins sects, but only as stepping stones, and never stays long. The story focuses 17.2kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
- 99 The Primordial Sword Sovereign 太古剑尊 A finger points toward the azure clouds, while one’s spirit swallows the netherworld. The Great Dao intertwines, and the sword reigns supreme. This is the story of a man and a sword! Three thousand feet of mortal dust, glazed light dyed with heavenly fragrance. Heroes contend for the throne, while the Sword Venerable commands the world. The truth of the sword, a secret hidden for ten thousand years: forge a path to heaven anew through a boundless sea of blood, and refine the scriptures of the Sw 161.7kReads9.1Score18kShelves
- 100 Pill Emperor, Martial Emperor 丹皇武帝 A hundred thousand white-clad warriors raise their blades to defend Heaven’s Gate! A million evil spirits carry coffins to wage war on Kunlun! Phoenix coronets and bridal robes, bloodied gowns and withered faces, bone lanterns and bloody candles illuminate the cycle of reincarnation! A thousand years ago, a divine emperor fought his way to supremacy on the battlefield of a hundred clans, founding an eternal divine dynasty and striving for the supreme imperial throne, hoping to establish the Nint 14.8kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
