Novels like Above the Heavens
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Above the Heavens, best match first.
- 1 The Burning Soul of Steel 钢铁燃魂 What happens if you drop an engineering graduate, just two years out of school, into a turbulent, war-torn era? Will he bite the dust in an instant? Wei Si’s transmigration is a bit of a raw deal. He arrives on an Earth-like planet where the land outweighs the sea and warships can fly through the sky, bringing along a half-finished “friend-or-foe identification system.” He takes over the body of an heir to a family-run gunsmith’s workshop. That’s right: in this era, his family is still handcraft 0Votes220kRecs40.8kFans
- 2 Three Kingdoms: Martial Souls Reach the Heavens 三国之武魂通天 A Martial Soul can temper the body and refine the spirit. Anyone who would become a king, lord, or minister must have a Martial Soul. After transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms era, he becomes a Yellow Turban bandit and gains the Martial Soul of the Ancestor of the Way of the Yellow Sky. Now he will contend with gods and demons from across the heavens. A wildly reimagined Three Kingdoms story, well worth a read! (I've already written books such as Becoming Bajie’s Disciple and The Longevity Mant 0Votes33.9kRecs37.3kFans
- 3 The Great Realm Fruit 大界果 Tens of thousands of years ago, a great calamity completely changed and disrupted all the laws. In this world where cultivation can only rely on various spirit plants, Chen Mo, a young man who emerged from a poor village ravaged by war, entered the immortal path through a fortuitous opportunity and obtained a Heavenly-Cast Treasure containing a mysterious cultivation space… A sincere farming novel in the ordinary mortal style. 0Votes154.5kRecs84.5kFans
- 4 King’s Storm 王者风暴 Seven hundred years after the destruction of the world, the young Zhou Lie receives a phone call from seven hundred years in the past, setting him on a path to uncover the mysteries of the world. This is a new era. The pioneers awaken ancient bloodlines and follow in the footsteps of their predecessors, believing that they will eventually ascend. The domineering Qin Huang, the wise Han Wu, the peerless Bai Qi, the loyal Yue Fei, Zu Chongzhi, Xu Xiake, Li Chunfeng, B 0Votes180.5kRecs44.6kFans
- 5 Reborn in 1990 as an Invisible Tycoon 重生1990之隐形富豪 After falling out with his family over a huge housing-demolition compensation payment, the protagonist fell from a thirty-three-story balcony and landed on the final day of the previous year. Reborn with a property deed in his arms and twenty thousand yuan in his hand, he rushed into the shopping mall, ready to make his mark, only to be stunned by the prices in the markets of the early 1990s! Rice cost only twenty cents per jin, and gasoline was just sixty or seventy cents per liter! Vegetables 0Votes116.2kRecs145.8kFans
- 6 The Fearless True Lord 无畏真君 In an age of strife, when demons ran rampant, heroes rose with swords in hand. If the Myriad Worlds were a chessboard, the heroes would break free of the game. Where the heart leads, there is no fear! My previous completed work was “Heart Demon.” If you can’t get enough of my latest chapters, feel free to check it out. 0Votes162kRecs82.6kFans
- 7 EN Immortal Cultivation: Chronicles of the Divine Realm 修神外传仙界篇 I seek the path to immortality and tread the divine gates. I yearn for freedom! I cultivate a Nascent Soul, forge an immortal body, and carve upon it the supreme marks of immortality! The starry sky opens, the gods wage war, and deep in Chenxiao lies the road home! I am Xiao Hua. This is the story of how I became a god in the Immortal Realm, moving mountains and seas, creating life, roaming the azure heavens, achieving immortality, and shaping the universe! Readers interested in the progress of 0Votes1.9MRecs102.2kFans
- 8 Shattering the Void to Become an Immortal 仙碎虚空 Through nine deaths, his resolve never wavers; his Dao heart endures. This is an epic journey of cultivation. Three thousand worlds, six paths of reincarnation: even a mortal can stir up magnificent waves. Through wind and rain, witness Ling Xian's path to the Nine Heavens! Huan Yu's acclaimed completed novel, A Hundred Refinements to Immortality, is already available. Now, may we journey through the Nine Heavens together in this new tale of immortal cultivation. 0Votes206.8kRecs95.3kFans
- 9 The Immortal Path of Cooking 厨道仙途 One day, Song Hao ordered takeout and unexpectedly came into contact with the world of cultivation. But cultivators here didn’t fight over rare treasures or need miraculous pills and medicines to improve their strength, whether they were establishing their foundation or forming their cores. Instead, they stuffed themselves with all kinds of delicious food. Song Hao looked utterly baffled. Had he somehow stumbled into the cultivation world the wrong way? At last, one day, Song Hao discovered that 0Votes127.9kRecs45.6kFans
- 10 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
- 11 Boundless Immortal Emperor 无界仙皇 A divine object that holds up the heavens falls into the mortal world. The Great Dao Golden Bamboo, Primordial Spirit Peach, and Chaos Immortal Gourd unite as one. This is the story of a young man from a fairly well-off background who gets badly rattled by a formidable, beautiful widow, then comes to his senses and decides to become powerful. An accident and three mysterious seeds set the whole world in motion from a remote place. 0Votes322.8kRecs138.9kFans
- 12 The Great Era of Returning 回流大时代 Reborn, but twenty years too early. Chen Dahe is completely bewildered and feels utterly helpless! 0Votes90.9kRecs81.4kFans
- 13 The Extraordinary World 超凡世界 Earth teenager Jiang Yun is swept into a mysterious supernatural world, where he gains supernatural powers and begins a journey to the peak, traveling across Earth and one supernatural world after another. (P.S. Completed works include Insect Clan Invincible in Another World, Divine Cards, God and Demon System, God and Demon Unrivaled, and Mechanical God Emperor.) 0Votes81kRecs44.7kFans
- 14 The Final Abyss 最终深渊 An original-world infinite-flow story, with no movie, anime, or novel setting (well, that’s the synopsis~) New novel: Evolutionary Catastrophe 0Votes61.5kRecs98kFans
- 15 EN Chronicles of the Noble Scion 贵族战记 An ordinary young man from the modern world unexpectedly finds himself in another world, where he gains the ability to sense attributes. Starting out as the second son of a noble family, he quietly trains and builds up his lands. There is no magic or wizardry, and knights are the only extraordinary force. The world is ruled by nobles, with a low level of martial power reminiscent of the Middle Ages. A new journey begins. Your support is much appreciated. A new reader group has been created: 6545 0Votes60.9kRecs54.8kFans
- 16 The Great Ruler 伏天氏 In the Eastern Divine Land, some established imperial lineages, some sage and virtuous sects preached the Dao, and some feudal lords held sway over their own kingdoms. Powerful factions stood side by side, and the Divine Land descended into chaos for ten thousand years. At that time, two unparalleled prodigies, Ye Qingdi and Emperor Donghuang, emerged like bolts from the blue, unifying the Eastern Divine Land! Yet Ye Qingdi suddenly died, and every statue of him throughout the world was destroy 7Votes6.8MRecs1.4MFans
- 17 I Am Both Immortal and Mortal 我是仙凡 The worldly ties of this life have long since run their course. I was but an ordinary immortal in the mortal world. Rising from humble beginnings, I looked down on the world; cultivating The Mayfly, I left the martial world behind. P.S. It's basically a mix of xianxia and farming. A young man accidentally opens his spiritual platform and discovers a tiny spiritual mountain in his sea of consciousness. From then on, he grows immortal rice, cultivates spirit herbs, and builds a cave dwelling 0Votes11.9MRecs537.2kFans
- 18 The Divine Hunting Plan 神灵狩猎计划 After the Second World War between demons and humans, which had lasted twenty years, the “people” of Earth enjoyed a brief period of peace. The world was divided between the human faction, led by the “Asian Republic,” and the demon faction, led by the “United States of America.” Under the shared deterrence of nuclear weapons, powerful cultivators, and mighty demons, peace lasted for forty years. But the clouds of war never lifted. Beneath them, powerful beings dwelling in the ruins of endless ti 0Votes84.3kRecs41kFans
- 19 The Six Relics: Palace of Nightmares 六迹之梦魇宫 A novella by Wang Yu, and the second installment in the Six Traces series: Nightmare Palace! The divine mountain shattered, and the divine stone ascended with the thirty-six clans. They declared themselves the Immortal Realm. To uncover the divine stone's secrets, the Immortal Clans sent their disciples down to the mortal world to spread their legacies. They became known as the Thirty-Six Immortal Clans. As the ages passed, these clans came to rule the world. Then the mysterious Nightmare Palace 0Votes1.2MRecs75.1kFans
- 20 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
- 21 The Sword Stirs the Mountains and Rivers 剑动山河 “You are a once-in-a-million genius with the sword! If you train under me, you could become an unrivaled Immortal King in no more than ten thousand years!” While trying to earn some extra money, Zhuang Wudao abuses his position to resell the academy's discarded weapons. But then a mysterious, rusted sword latches onto him. He can't shake it off, smash it, or suppress it, and it makes his skin crawl. 0Votes75.8kRecs60.1kFans
- 22 Reborn in a Legendary Era 重生之传奇时代 Family, love, friendship, two sets of memories, one life. Watch as an unassuming student transforms in spectacular fashion and makes an extraordinary name for himself in the world of business, surrounded by powerful tycoons. 0Votes296.6kRecs171.8kFans
- 23 The Heaven-Turning Mirror 翻天鉴 By a twist of fate, he stumbled upon a mysterious alms bowl, and from then on his life took off beyond all control! One miraculous technique after another came his way: the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, the Dragon-Elephant Fundamental Scripture, the Divine Power of the Incarnate Avatar, and even the ability to appoint local 0Votes145.9kRecs39.2kFans
- 24 Slaying Evil 斩邪 He rises with sword in hand to exterminate ghosts and monsters, then sits quietly with brush in hand to write. With heaven and earth in his grasp, he slays evil and preserves righteousness: A single song, “Song of Righteousness,” and vast righteousness rises into the boundless world. 0Votes91.5kRecs122.1kFans
- 25 Lord of the Starry Sky 星空之主 Eight hundred years into the New Yanhuang Calendar, the world has long since left the ancient cultivation era behind and entered the modern age. Communication and mutual benefit, along with competition and cooperation, are the defining principles of this era. Some refine all things in a precious gourd. Some awaken from a great dream and realize they have always been enlightened. Some are born divine, rising from the mortal world… The unknown principles of the Dao and the boundless starry sk 0Votes300.1kRecs64.5kFans
- 26 The Great Calamity Lord 大劫主 One volume of the True Meaning of the Dao, three thousand wondrous scriptures of the Great Dao. A poor-born youth sets foot on the path to immortality. Ten years of hard study, yet his heart remains unsatisfied. My name is on the Immortal Roll! Countless prodigies rise, and a single sword defeats every hero. I will not follow the crowd or settle for mediocrity. I only seek to lift my head and behold the heavens. This heart was born for the skies! 0Votes5.7MRecs653.2kFans
- 27 Transmigrating into the Great Investiture of the Gods 穿越大封神 This is a transformed Investiture of the Gods world! Cultivating strength in both civil and military arts, immortals and Buddhas vie for supremacy, opening the Investiture of the Gods across the myriad heavens and determining the fortune of ten thousand years! A sudden cosmic catastrophe swept across the world. Guided by the light of enlightenment, a young man of the human race set out, and a magnificent tale slowly unfolded. The Zhuge Eight Formation Diagram against King Wen’s Eight Trigrams! T 0Votes76kRecs117kFans
- 28 The Heavenly Road's God of Slaughter 天路杀神 Survival seems to be the eternal question of life. Ye Xin bears the blood feud of two lifetimes and refuses to become an abandoned child of fate. He swears that on his arduous path of cultivation, he will use this mere body of flesh and blood to break the shackles of fate and carve out his own path to heaven... 0Votes596.3kRecs68.1kFans
- 29 Wandering Through the Heavens 浪迹在诸天 In the Age of Dharma Decline, after countless kalpas, the Era of Cultivation is nearing its end. The final fortune of the age combines with the missing one to evolve into the supreme treasure, the Myriad Worlds Chessboard. It is obtained by the last cultivator of the Age of Dharma Decline, beginning a legend of wandering among the myriad heavens. 0Votes180.9kRecs164kFans
- 30 Pure Yang Sword Sovereign 纯阳剑尊 The path to immortality is called Pure Yang by the Daoists, Profound Yin by the Demon Sect, and Suchness by the Buddhists. With the sword in his hand, the young Ling Chong strums its strings and sings, laughing as he reigns supreme beneath the heavens! Before Heaven came Yin and Yang; before the Five Virtues came the Way of Virtue. Though one may study the teachings after birth, Pure Yang and Profound Yin still lead to the true fruit. Nine cycles forward and seven in reverse, dragons and tigers 0Votes128.1kRecs102.4kFans
- 31 The Ninth Under Heaven 天下第九 In the boundless universe, there are eight Hongmeng Dao Laws, each fused with by an supreme powerhouse. No one knows that the universe contains a ninth Dao Law, one that shattered through Hongmeng and can be touched by no one. 14Votes16.7MRecs954.8kFans
- 32 The Scholar's Spiritual Qi Revival 学霸的灵气复苏 Please show some love for my new book, I Am a Daoist in America! In an era of spiritual qi revival, opportunity and terror coexist; amid the tide of awakenings and evolution, who can control their destiny; within the fog of history and ancient civilizations, who is awakening? Ever since I became host to a black-technology System, I have seen the real world: The supernatural, evolution, ghosts and monsters, gods and spirits, sealed artifacts, evolutionary sequences; eras, destruction, ruins, othe 0Votes55.2kRecs76.7kFans
- 33 Against the Current in 2002 逆流2002 When he wakes up, Zhang Chu, a reborn man who has just joined the throngs heading south to Dongguan for work, must decide how to face the life ahead of him… 0Votes89.1kRecs79.5kFans
- 34 Seeking the Dao in Strange Tales 聊斋求道 I refined corpses, crossed paths with fox spirits, and played the human world’s kings and nobles in a farce with the White Snake. I was a monk, and I became a groom; I entered Qingqiu and the Dragon Palace, and married a Dao seed. In all my eighty thousand years beneath the Heaven-reaching Jianmu, nothing compares to attaining immortality with my primordial spirit! 0Votes140.3kRecs96.3kFans
- 35 EN Primordial Genesis 太初 From one tree bloom ten thousand flowers; all the Daoist sects under heaven belong to one family. Magic arts may change in a thousand ways, but the human heart has never changed. 4Votes46.8MRecs1.1MFans
- 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 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
- 38 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
- 39 EN Chronicles of the Sky-Opener 开天录 Surviving is easy. Living is hard. My people do not want to survive on their knees. We want to live with our heads held high, proud and unbowed. My people will never be slaves! 0Votes23MRecs1.1MFans
- 40 One Sword to Shatter the Nine Heavens 一剑斩破九重天 He drank like a whale, yet had not swallowed the sea; his sword qi already swept through autumn. Though aged, the hero remained strong; beneath the moon, a young sword immortal. This is a “serious” xianxia novel. 0Votes2MRecs425.7kFans
- 41 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
- 42 Rising Across the Heavens 崛起诸天 I open my eyes to find myself in a high-martial Three Kingdoms world, transformed into a Yellow Turban foot soldier. This is a world where power is off the charts... Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei were already famed in history as warriors who could take on ten thousand men, but now their martial prowess reaches the heavens. They sweep through entire armies and shatter mountains and rocks with ease! Luckily, I have a golden finger that lets me travel between worlds. My new book is now online... I 0Votes294kRecs239.2kFans
- 43 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
- 44 The Primordial World: The Legend of Erlang 洪荒二郎传 He jolted awake from a dying dream, only to find that he had no idea how many years had passed. Yang Jian, a young man without a mole, was crossing the street while looking for novels on Qidian on his phone when a truck running a red light sent him flying. When he woke up, he found himself badly injured and sprawled on a dirt kang, with a cute little girl beside him, her eyes brimming with tears… Since he’d transmigrated into the famous Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, there was one thing he absolutely h 0Votes218kRecs306.4kFans
- 45 The Mightiest Tribe of All Time 万古最强部落 After transmigrating to a primeval wilderness, I had a System to help me out. Transmigration plus a System: basically the standard setup. But I accidentally slapped the System to death and turned myself into a downgraded protagonist. Luckily, I still had a totem spirit that could help me control the tribe. And so Xia Tuo became the tribe's chief. Starting with a small, insignificant tribe, he united the clans under the Xia banner, offered sacrifices to Heaven and forged the Nine Tripods, steadil 0Votes306.6kRecs260.4kFans
- 46 The Bewitching Demon King 蛊惑魔王 Devils grow by devouring souls, but first they must tempt ignorant creatures into opening the Devil’s Gate. Requirements for opening the Devil’s Gate: 1. The devil must tempt the native beings of the world into becoming its followers. 2. A vast fortune must be offered as a sacrifice. 3. The Devil’s Gate must be located at a nexus in the world where souls gather. 4. Death is required. The story of Xia Yu, who transmigrates as a devil who tempts others. Remember to make friends who radiate positiv 0Votes94.3kRecs42kFans
- 47 Steel, Steam, and Fire 钢铁蒸汽与火焰 Iron thorns spring up across the land, the thunder of interlocking gears reverberates through the heavens, black smoke obscures the skies, and scorching steam races through the pipes. Supercomputers and cipher cards emit soft, intricate murmurs, while blazing white light composes the rings of an age. Red fluid clamps down on the throat of fate. The justice of bolts and rivets, the authority of caliber and range: steel roars, and sharp blades will shriek. 2Votes369.2kRecs168.8kFans
- 48 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
- 49 Dustbone 尘骨 The so-called mandate of heaven is nothing more than a nonexistent restraint. If you wish to shatter the galaxy and set your heart on pressing forward, it is never too late. The Worldly Proud-Bones and Dust-Bones Readers Group awaits you! 0Votes9.3MRecs436.2kFans
- 50 Golden Fishing Village 黄金渔村 P.S. I’ve started a new book, The Taoist Priest: Times Have Changed. Please check it out. After years of working in a big city, Ao Muyang returns to the small fishing village where he grew up. On the way home, he is attacked and falls into the sea, setting off a legendary tale of a grass carp leaping through the Dragon Gate... The deep sea’s countless treasures, the shallow sea’s myriad fish, a magical ocean, and dazzling life; Fishermen casting their nets, fields tilled in mountain streams 0Votes1MRecs275.1kFans
