Novels like Lord of the Underworld
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Lord of the Underworld, best match first.
- 1 The Daoist Sect Rises Again 道门再兴 Spanning the ages, descending into another world. From the Land of the Age of Declining Dharma to the Ancient Dao Wilderness Continent, bearing the legacy of a Dao Venerable, Xuanyuan sweeps everything aside along his path. He contends with deities and discusses the Dao with Buddhist disciples; he rides dragons across the North Sea and plays with phoenixes in Cangwu. He creates the Qingwei Blessed Land and establishes the Chongxu Grotto-Heaven; he spreads three thousand Dao arts and establishes 0Votes20.5kRecs26.5kFans
- 2 The Daoist Master of Azure Mystery 青玄道主 What is a Dao Lord? Answer: “Without form or shadow in the ten directions, with no trace to be found in the six realms. Beyond the Three Realms, outside the Five Elements: that is a Dao Lord.” 0Votes530.2kRecs463.5kFans
- 3 Just a Taoist 就是个道士 He's transmigrated to a parallel world resembling the Ming Dynasty. Should he become a scholar, a merchant, or join the army? Wait, what?! This world has immortals? Then he'd better become a Daoist priest! (I'll write this one properly and finish it.) 0Votes27.3kRecs36.3kFans
- 4 All Laws Are Without Fault 万法无咎 July 7, 2023: My new book, Master of the Illusory World, is now out. Its prose is more accessible than this book's, but its worldbuilding is far more precise and detailed, and its preparation far more thorough! Highly recommended. Enjoy! This book is in its final volume and is still being updated~ 2Votes271.5kRecs197.7kFans
- 5 The Immortal Court's Edict of the Dao 仙庭封道传 The young Su Ting carries Lu Ya's legacy as he transmigrates to a world of immortal heroes and myths. He forges the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife and achieves a body of thunder and fire. He shakes the heavens above and strikes terror into the netherworld below. No god across the heavens dares offend him. “I have a blade that terrifies every god, demon, and monster throughout the Myriad Worlds!” 0Votes221.3kRecs176.5kFans
- 6 Eyes and Hands That See All 手眼通天 A grand game of strategy, North and South held in balance. All the people beneath heaven are drawn into the game. Some charge straight ahead like a chariot, others trample through the ranks like a horse; Some cannons strike across the river, while a hundred generals vie for supremacy; Some are unmatched strategists, others possess strength beyond appearances. Amid the raging tides of a chaotic age, a figure in white crosses the river. Like a pawn advancing across the board, sword in hand, he pre 0Votes73.4kRecs84.4kFans
- 7 Hyperdimensional Invasion 超维入侵 In a strange world at a turning point in space and time, things beyond comprehension emerge, and terror invades reality. What secrets lie hidden in the blending of dreams and reality? With a unique talent, one sets out on the path to becoming strong, struggling to survive in a war fought by the powerless. 0Votes66.2kRecs80.9kFans
- 8 Lord of All Creation 万象之主 There was something before Heaven and Earth, formless and utterly still. It can be the master of all things, yet does not wither with the changing seasons. This is the story of someone who lived through many lifetimes in an ordinary world before finally arriving in a world of immortals and martial heroes. In this life, he seeks immortality, asks about the Dao, transforms into all things, and at last becomes free and unrestrained, the master of all things. 1Votes226.1kRecs158.2kFans
- 9 The Bandit's Path 寇道 A bandit is an invader! Those who follow the bandit's path have hearts as hard as iron and stone, and stand firm through fire and water. Neither heaven and earth can stop them, nor ghosts and gods confuse them. They do what others cannot. Born without the makings of a fighter, he sets his sights on martial arts and the gates of immortality. But with rebellion in his bones, the only path to eternal life is the bandit's way. New book: Daoist Arts Master. 0Votes213.3kRecs99.7kFans
- 10 Embracing the Sword 抱剑 This is a story of winds rising at the edge of a duckweed leaf, and waves swelling from the slightest ripples. The martial world, the imperial court, and the realm beyond: when a man walks into these troubled times with a sword in his arms, everything changes. Whether it’s the martial world, where heroes roam with swords in hand, wine on their lips, and fine clothes on their backs, or tales of monsters, ghosts, and strange happenings, or the timeless songs that shake the ages and are passed down 0Votes57.1kRecs72.1kFans
- 11 The Sage's Time 贤者时间 Cheng Kai’s abilities improve dramatically during his post-orgasm clarity. He uses this ability to get into a top university, but his usual good-for-nothing self still causes him endless frustration. Insecure and unwilling to talk to anyone, he turns to a psychologist named Zhou Ran for help. What he never expected was that this counseling session would open up an entirely new world to him... 0Votes37.6kRecs26.5kFans
- 12 Enshrined as an Immortal 封仙 Heaven and earth have taken shape, but the Great Dao remains without order. Now, the immortals have jointly established the Investiture of the Gods to set the order of heaven and earth, raise the Heavenly Court of the Nine Heavens and the Netherworld, and appoint the gods of all realms. Qing Yuan, a Daoist attendant under the Purple Cloud Palace, was born without good fortune, a good fate, or an immortal root. Because he devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation, he was sent down to the mort 0Votes167.9kRecs96.9kFans
- 13 Martial Arts into the Demonic Path 武入魔途 With a demonic heart, he is the enemy of the world. He stirs the martial world, and only I reign supreme. A generation's demon overlord betrayed his sect and ancestors, fleeing through the martial world. In pursuit of the pinnacle of life and the true meaning of martial arts, he stepped ever further down a path at odds with the righteous way. He lifts the veil on the Martial Kingdom and discovers the origins of cosmic civilization. Across the universe, countless sects stand tall and heroes aboun 0Votes38.1kRecs46.9kFans
- 14 A Journey to the West: Seeking the Way to Immortality 西游之问道长生 The story of an ordinary mortal in the world of Journey to the West, seeking immortality, striving for power, shattering Spirit Mountain, and taking control of the Heavenly Court... 0Votes140.6kRecs129.2kFans
- 15 Journey to the West: The Myriad Worlds 西游之诸天万界 The Great Dao numbers fifty, while Heaven's calculations account for forty-nine, leaving one thread of hope. Jiang Liu is reborn as an ordinary man in the Tang Empire of the Journey to the West. He obtains “the one that escaped,” travels through myriad worlds, and plunders the heavens! From then on... All living beings are as tiny as mustard seeds, and the whole world is like a colony of ants. He roams freely through the heavens, seeking immortality with a flick of his finger. New book: Where Im 0Votes25.4kRecs73.3kFans
- 16 Chronicles of Dusk 黄昏编年史 The wings woven from lies shattered, and I fell from the heavens into the abyss. My soul guided me back from the fog, where I pierced through hypocrisy and illusion. And then The gods trembled, dusk descended, and I rewrote the course of the world. Simply put, it's the story of a scholar with an unknown mission, continually revising his understanding of the world. A few tags: one heroine / slow burn Breaking news! My new book, Tide of the Eternal 0Votes31.5kRecs57.1kFans
- 17 An Emperor's Cultivation Diary in the Age of Wuxia 武侠时代的皇帝修炼日记 The young emperor sits enthroned in the great hall, foxes on either side. The sinister wear gold and purple; the arrogant wield royal seals and claim their titles as kings. Above him, the dignified Empress Dowager raises her young ministers; below, the kneeling noble clans conceal their true intentions. Blood and tears stain the hall of loyal subjects. How many tears have fallen like those on the mottled green bamboo? White-haired warriors on the battlefield gaze toward the Heavenly Wolf. Lost a 0Votes164.7kRecs90kFans
- 18 The Eight Wilds of the Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海八荒录 Among the dwindling tribes of the ancient wilderness, a young man quietly inherits a forbidden Zhuyou curse lost for millennia. He joins one of the great houses of the Great Jin and stirs up the winds of change across the Eight Wilds. Make a straw doll and curse your enemy to death. Shed your shell like a golden cicada. Unleash the Flying Immortal Slaying Knife. Buddhists and Daoists vie for supremacy, great houses scheme against one another, sects wage fierce battles, and every race seeks domin 11Votes412.4kRecs152.3kFans
- 19 Reborn in a Mythical World 重生在神话世界 The story begins with Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. The unforgettable Nie Xiaoqian, the Judge Lu who swaps people's heads and faces, the painting that separates immortals from mortals, the brilliant and beautiful Xin Shisiniang, Su Xian who transforms into a cicada and flies away, the ridiculous tale of the scolding duck, the tale of crickets and tyranny worse than a tiger... Fox spirits, female ghosts, scholars, officials, kings of hell, immortals: in a world of endless marvels and trans 2Votes249.3kRecs182.9kFans
- 20 Conquering the Myriad Worlds 征战诸天世界 One grain of sand, one world; one leaf, one Bodhi! In the late Qing Dynasty, he wielded a broadsword and hacked at the foreign devils. In the Dragon and Snake World, he destroyed the alien warship known as the Lord God. In the Strange Tales world, he rebuilt the Heavenly Court. He fights across the myriad worlds, seeking the end of the Great Dao! Readers with a fan rank of Disciple or higher may apply to join. Enter your fan name for ver 0Votes64.6kRecs119.7kFans
- 21 The Cold Heaven Emperor 寒天帝 One man sweeps across the heavens, one man reigns supreme over a thousand domains, one man looks down on the ages... The only regret is that I was not born in the same era as the Heavenly Emperor. 0Votes220.7kRecs298.4kFans
- 22 I Am the Great Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi 吾为元始大天尊 All mortal pursuits are inferior. Only the immortals stand supreme. Refine essence into energy, energy into spirit, spirit into the void, and the void into the Dao. Unite with the Dao and complete the Nine Revolutions to attain the supreme True Immortal state. In the Primordial Continent, Li Xuansheng has arrived, destined to leave behind a legend... 0Votes31.6kRecs53.5kFans
- 23 The Wuxia Hero 武侠枭雄 With the bearing of a ruthless warlord, he seized the power of life and death. He held slender waists in his arms and drank beneath the red lanterns of the pleasure quarters. Then, standing at the summit of the world, he looked back at the bones and spoke of bygone days. Young Su Liu rose from the snow and journeyed through countless worlds. Holding fast to his principles, he charged ahead, sword in hand, and forged a martial arts legend worthy of an unrivaled powerhouse. Jin Feng Xi Yu Lou fan 0Votes131.5kRecs144kFans
- 24 Horizontal Blade 横刀 The saber is the courage of a hundred weapons. Fear neither life nor death. Settle old scores and grudges. Cut through the heavens above, and strike down all beneath. P.S. Book group: 161-544-505 0Votes67.6kRecs48.5kFans
- 25 The Floating Diagram of Dao Origins 道缘浮图 Who were we in our youth, raising a toast and sharing a laugh? A slender waist that fit in one hand, companions sharing a drunken voyage. Yan Kaiting had been enjoying his carefree life as a young wastrel, riding through the pleasure quarters, turning the Wei River upside down, and practicing cultivation whenever he felt like it. Little did he know that he would be swept into a storm among the immortals... 0Votes3MRecs168.1kFans
- 26 You Might Not Believe This 说出来你可能不信 In Great Liang, an empress reigns and paints a flourishing age. Across thousands of years of history, the Sage of Calligraphy, the Poet Immortal, warlords, emperors, divine generals, strategists, great scholars, and bewitching beauties... countless prodigies gather in this magnificent age, with a hundred flowers in bloom, seeking to write of the splendor of the human world. But splendor is always swept away by wind and rain. A young man rises from the depths, determined to challenge Heaven itsel 0Votes48.2kRecs51.8kFans
- 27 A Taoist Priest in the Age of Steam 蒸汽时代的道士 The distant legends left behind by the ancient gods have long since vanished without a trace! Steam-powered war chariots race across the land, while the great powers' airships greedily carve up the world. Yet this is a world where mages are gods of the battlefield. Only mages decide the outcome of wars and the rise and fall of nations! The gods who have returned gaze down upon the mortal world... This is the story of an ancient Taoist who is reborn into a magnificent new age and blazes a brand-n 0Votes159kRecs85.2kFans
- 28 Azure Spirit's Heartbreaker 青灵诛心 A short-lived young master stumbles into the world of immortals and discovers that the cultivation world is nothing like he imagined: not every sword can be drawn from its sheath; a sect leader of an entire generation likes to wear a green hat; the most powerful magical treasure is a living person; the most vicious spell can make someone live forever; and King You of Zhou, the most foolish ruler in history, has far too many unspeakable secrets... P.S. The story follows Investiture of the Gods an 0Votes70.9kRecs89.7kFans
- 29 Dragon Vein King 龙脉君王 The glory of antiquity has faded, and the radiant dawn shines across most of the continent. Knights have fallen into nobility, while mages no longer hide in the shadows. The old conflicts have passed, but new tensions are brewing. This is an age of great transformation, as well as an age full of hope. Advances in the arcane arts have opened the way to planar colonization, and the mighty tide of a grand era is surging forth. A visitor from another dimension brings a glimmer of dawn to this turbul 0Votes96.8kRecs47.4kFans
- 30 Dao Traverses Nine Heavens 道辟九霄 Literary Version: The Double Ninth Festival lingers, where once I solved the mystery beneath the peach blossoms. My heart opens to the Great Way, and I rise to the ninth heaven. I look back from the ends of the earth, but my three or four old friends are nowhere to be seen. I ascend to immortality and soar away, joining the undying celestial ones. Comedy Version: I transmigrated to a world of immortals with a mysterious dragon scale. The immortal path? The demonic path? This is just a stage pla 0Votes413kRecs198.4kFans
- 31 The Annals of Zhuxia 诸夏纪 Though Zhou is an ancient state, its mandate is ever renewed. There is no Chan Sect or Jie Sect, and the founder of the Dao, Taishang, has yet to appear. All kinds of shamans, diviners, and totems vie for glory, while Qi cultivators stand as equals to gods, demons, shamans, and monsters. This is the story of the growth of the son of King Wen, and the elder brother of King Wu and the Duke of Zhou. This is a journey in which the Xia tribes unite with the Yi peoples, until all under Heaven belongs 0Votes83.2kRecs37.5kFans
- 32 A Master of Ghostly Tricks 戏鬼神 A strange, fantastical journey shrouded in mystery. The story of a group of guardians at the gates of the human world… 0Votes147.7kRecs153.6kFans
- 33 The Wizard Who Came from Afar 巫师自远方来 From a wandering knight’s young squire to a transmigrator who knows nothing about the world, he dons a cloak and takes up a staff. In an age shrouded in darkness, he walks the line between reason and madness, becoming a foreign wizard from a distant land... 0Votes61kRecs102.8kFans
- 34 The Peach Blossoms of the Immortal Path 仙路桃花传 Literary blurb: Two lifetimes on the road to the immortal mountains, a fated bond among ten miles of peach blossoms. Plain-language blurb: The adventures of a science student in a world of immortals and martial arts. Standard blurb: Tired of protagonists who are invincible and arrogant? Fed up with sects that are more like criminal gangs? Then give this book a try. It may not become a huge bestseller. But I can at least promise that, with clean, straightforward prose, I will create a world truly 0Votes452.5kRecs106.6kFans
- 35 Patriarch of Emei 峨眉祖师 Amid the passing years, atop Cloudrock, Li Pichen sat facing a young boy in white robes. The immortal mountain was quiet. Four monkeys peered out. The white-robed boy held up a scripture. “When did the Grandmaster come to Emei?” Li Pichen raised one finger and smiled without a word. A lost stretch of time was utterly changed by Li Pichen's arrival. He lost his name, and so later generations called him... “Taishang.” “Taishang is the ultimate 0Votes277.2kRecs235.1kFans
- 36 Zixiao 紫霄 The Violet Firmament is the source of heaven and earth, the beginning of the Great Dao. In this age, the Immortal Realm has fallen and the Nine Hells have retreated into hiding. There are laws but no Dao, and everlasting life is out of reach. In the human world, the Divine Court rules and the Immortal Heavens loom above. Foreign races watch covetously, while heavenly demons lurk in the shadows. Xie Cheng arrives in this world with a mysterious Daoist palace. He is immortal and indestructible, ab 0Votes87.5kRecs84.2kFans
- 37 The Swordstep Court 步剑庭 This is an age when legends grow old: In the north, the Old Dragon King rolls over and the earth shudders. In the west, the peacock lounges amid beauty and has no wish to move. Two old men who wield swords have no grievance against each other, yet must fight to the death. And a poor, miserable scholar tosses aside his books, suddenly draws his blade, and chops apart half the land. This is an age when legends are born anew: The beauty destined to topple kingdoms has yet to learn how to put on mak 2Votes299.2kRecs249.3kFans
- 38 I Seek Eternal Life 吾欲永生 [The System Is So Toxic] This is my new book. Come take a look whether you have something to do or not! Zhang Fan is accidentally reborn in another world. After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he activates a ring, a product of a level-nine technological civilization and the Dao, and begins a journey through the myriad heavens with the help of the ring spirit, pursuing eternal life. The eight cultivation realms are: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, 0Votes76.8kRecs44.7kFans
- 39 The Six Paths: The Great Desolation Sacrifice 六迹之大荒祭 At the dawn of time, a divine stone streaked across the sky and fell onto a mountaintop, enveloped in holy radiance. Desolate beasts and the Desolate Clans were born in that holy light, charged with guarding the sacred mountain. Drawing on the divine stone's power, the ancestors of humanity comprehended "The Mortal Scroll". Seeking eternal life through the divine stone, they led humanity on a long journey to the sacred mountain, igniting a conflict. The sacred mountain soared into the heavens an 0Votes1.3MRecs80.2kFans
- 40 Journey to the West: The Demon 西游之妖 Thirty thousand years after the Investiture of the Gods, and six hundred years before Journey to the West. A man from a later age transmigrates into the demon race and rises to prominence in the Western Ox Continent, becoming a peerless great demon! 0Votes52.7kRecs119.7kFans
- 41 The Jie Sect Rises Again 截教再起 Popular version: This is the story of a scumbag who curses the heavens, the earth, the air, gods, ghosts, and monsters... Literary version: The lotus rises from the mud unstained. This is a story about the mud... From Handsome Siblings to Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, The Legend of the White Snake, The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea... He crosses fire, earth, wind, and water, and tempers his Dao heart through seven lifetimes, all to ascend to the Hall of Primordial Harmony, restore Biyo 0Votes66.2kRecs60.5kFans
- 42 The Emperor Is Heaven 帝为天 Possessing the Nine Cauldrons of Huaxia, he lives through the lives of nine emperors of Huaxia, rises to supreme imperial glory, and builds an unparalleled Heavenly Court. Welcome to Xing Chen Yu’s VIP reader group, number: 573511624. (To join, your fan rank must be at least Disciple.) 0Votes42.8kRecs36.1kFans
- 43 The Primordial Sword Emperor 混元剑帝 “On Earth, in the Huaxia Kingdom, I faced ten martial arts masters alone with nothing but my sword and defeated them all. They call me Qingxu, the Sword Saint!” “In the Divine Wilderness, I wield my three-foot blade and roam the world. Wherever my sword points, I am invincible. They call me the Sword Venerable of Qingxu.” “In the Chaos Divine Domain, my Sword Dao reached perfection. My sword energy stretches a hundred thousand miles, and all swords bow before me. I ascended to become the Primord 0Votes362.5kRecs143.4kFans
- 44 The Returning Sword Immortal 归藏剑仙 When fortune favors you, all heaven and earth lend their strength. When fortune turns, even heroes lose their freedom. Song Mingting, a thirty-second-generation disciple of the Guizang Sword Pavilion, had mediocre talent and dull comprehension. Yet through sheer perseverance and resolve, he gradually caught up with his fellow disciples. Just as he began to overtake them, the Guizang Sword Pavilion was ambushed by the Demon Sect. In a single night, the mountain gate was destroyed and his fellow d 0Votes291.7kRecs141kFans
- 45 Lord of the Stars 众星之主 This is a wondrous world where everyone pursues martial arts. Legend says that martial arts, cultivated to their utmost, can move mountains, divide seas, soar through the sky, and burrow beneath the earth. Ancient biographies even tell of people who transcended mortality, became immortals, and lived forever. An ordinary young man from Earth is brought to this world by a mysterious beam of light, starting over as a baby. This world closely resembles the Earth of his previous life, but martial art 0Votes311.5kRecs288.2kFans
- 46 Above the Heavens 苍穹之上 A thousand years of arduous cultivation beneath the firmament, all for the day he can stand above it! In Skybreak Gorge, a strategic choke point between the Hongwu Celestial Dynasty and the Seven Killings Tribe of the demon race, a strange object suddenly fell from the sky. It swept up a group of cultivator-soldiers and hurled them into the mighty currents of history... Song Zheng was only one of the less remarkable among them. He has read the sages’ classics, but he is also a condemned wolf-sol 1Votes5.9MRecs319.2kFans
- 47 Reborn in Journey to the West: The Demon Lord Tianpeng 重生西游之天篷妖尊 I wish to become a demon, free beneath heaven and earth! Reborn, Zhu Tianpeng discovered that he had become Marshal Tianpeng. Looking at the seal of Grand Marshal of the Celestial River Navy before him, Zhu Tianpeng felt the weight of the world on his shoulders. To escape the fate of becoming Zhu Bajie, Zhu Tianpeng took a letter of recommendation and headed for the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars... From then on, Tathagata's Buddha Kingdom in his palm could no longer imprison Sun Wuko 0Votes55kRecs104.6kFans
- 48 EN Immortal Martial Across All Heavens 诸天仙武 Dragon Snake and Yang God, Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty, Shattering the Void, The Legend of the Great Tang, Jade Dynasty and Mount Shu, Perfect World and Shrouding the Heavens, Sword Snow Stride, Wind and Cloud and Pili, Son of Heaven and Divine Weapons, Chinese Paladin and Journey to the West, Primordial Chaos and Investiture of the Gods, Renegade Immortal and Pursuit of the Truth, Immortality and Desolate Era, Swallowed Star... It all begins with the mysterious Treasure Mirror of the Myria 0Votes99.9kRecs176.7kFans
- 49 The Investiture of the Gods of the Mystic Sect 玄门封神 I transmigrated to a world where immortal arts flourished, and worked hard at my cultivation. I thought that after arriving in this world, I would spend my whole life getting to know it. But one day, when I commanded Yin and Yang and ruled over all beneath the heavens, I learned that this world knew me, too. For half a lifetime, I cultivated in obscurity. In a single day, I mastered the way, and the whole world was stunned. 0Votes232.8kRecs106.4kFans
- 50 Taiyi 太易 Tai means great, supreme and boundless. The Highest One values virtue. Yi means change. The sun and moon alternate, and yin and yang take turns. Thus, the Dao transforms into change; change contains the Supreme Ultimate, which gives rise to the Two Forms. Creation shapes heaven and earth and sets the myriad gods in motion. The divine path means wielding heavenly authority and shepherding all living things. Those who create the world and bring all things into being are gods. Those who summon clou 0Votes303.6kRecs115.3kFans
