Novels like Failed Ascension
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- 1 Song of Unrestrained Living 放浪形骸歌 Meng Xinghai was a young man from one of the empire’s gate clans. Plagued by nightmares since childhood, he had no hope of rising within the clan. But one night, when his life was in danger, he suddenly mastered a miraculous technique and found himself on a perilous sea. A world of absurdity, danger, wonder, and cruelty unfolded before him. Would he rise effortlessly to power, command great authority, see through the mortal world, and cultivate immortality? Or would he witness strange sights, ex 0Votes100.1kRecs16.1kFans
- 2 Ten Thousand Ghosts and Ten Thousand Immortals 万鬼万仙 In this world, there are two paths, the immortal and the ghostly, locked in a struggle against each other. Above them are all manner of ancient gods. Pan Yan awakens from his grave, carrying countless secrets and concealing wondrous techniques. He will cultivate immortality and exorcise ghosts, roam the world, stride across the stars and ride the clouds, and uncover the mysteries of the ancient gods. 0Votes83.9kRecs16.8kFans
- 3 Illusionary Runes 幻符 Xiao Bai’s father, Xiao Daniu, was a rather eccentric man. He always claimed to come from another world and often told Xiao Bai strange yet wonderful stories. He also frequently sighed, “Why didn’t I get a protagonist’s template? Why couldn’t I be a Dragon-Ao Tian?” Later, his father passed away, and Xiao Bai decided to do something about it. He would try to find the so-called protagonist’s template and try to become the Dragon-Ao Tian his father had never managed to be. Taking along the levelin 0Votes70.2kRecs66.3kFans
- 4 The Divine Tang Meng Bu 变身之神唐萌捕 [New book: 108 Ways to Eat a Fox Demon] "Missing Person Notice" "Today, a newly appointed female constable of the Dali Temple went missing in Chang'an. Her characteristics and behavior are rough, her personality is slow-witted, she likes taking petty advantages, is willing to pick fights, enjoys meddling in other people's business, and shows none of the gentleness expected of a woman..." A cold-faced man in a constable's unifor 0Votes25.3kRecs37.6kFans
- 5 A High-Energy Arrival 高能来袭 A century after the Great Cataclysm, a brand-new profession is born. Its practitioners command iron, copper, phosphorus, gold, silicon, carbon... Gao Neng stared at his hidden talent in shock: Iron 100%, copper 100%, tin 100%, silver 100%, gold 100%, phosphorus 100%, sulfur 100%, silicon 100%... Reader discussion and VIP book club: 450416188 (full subscribers only), regular book club: 392767347 (no full subscription required) 0Votes203.4kRecs330.5kFans
- 6 Shenanigans With The Settings 有关设定的骚操作 Why do you need algebraic functions just to cast a little fireball? Why do you have to study biology to use storage space? What on earth is this piecewise equation for energy? And how are world creation and mental landscapes connected? This is exhausting. Zhou Yujie chooses Easy Mode. [Please check the work’s related section for the reader group.] 0Votes46.7kRecs26.8kFans
- 7 I'm a Sword Immortal in Tokyo 我在东京当剑仙 He transmigrated from an era of spiritual qi revival to Japan, one year before spiritual qi revival, and became a sixteen-year-old high school student named Kimura Kazuki. He trained diligently and nervously, scrimping and saving to prepare resources, hoping to leave all of humanity behind once spiritual qi revival began. But Heaven played a cruel joke on him. A year later, spiritual qi revival... still hadn't arrived. 0Votes174.2kRecs232kFans
- 8 Creating a Real World 创造真实世界 When Su Jing’s right hand passed through his phone screen and grabbed a tuft of lush green grass, a new era began. … Create realistic games, guide players, harvest mental energy, and build a knowledge base; Create real worlds, develop civilizations, and bring about the birth of extraordinary powers; Film all kinds of shows and movies in the real world, leaving audiences in every country amazed and captivated by the people who live there… … P.S. 0Votes48.8kRecs50kFans
- 9 The Real Men of a Woman-First World 女权世界的真汉子 (An alternate world) After Zhang Hao fainted from watching a blood moon that appeared only once in a century, he woke to find the whole world had changed... Gender roles and attitudes had been completely reversed. Women marrying men had become men marrying women, with the bride's family even paying a betrothal gift. It was perfectly normal for women to earn money and support the family while men stayed home as househusbands. Women without a car or a house were looked down on, and might not even 0Votes195.7kRecs234.2kFans
- 10 System, Please Form a Queue 系统请排队 Title: I Get Systems One After Another (Systems, Please Line Up) Synopsis: [Behind every successful king of showing off, there are bound to be countless Systems lining up to get their turn!] Shen Feng had transmigrated to another world for half a year, yet he still had not received a System. He spent his days living like a good-for-nothing. One day, for some inexplicable reason, he made a wish upon a shooting star streaking across the night sky: “Give me a System!” A System really did come! But 0Votes78.8kRecs84.7kFans
- 11 Veigar the Mage 法师维迦 Can your magic power grow without limit through kills and assists? Viegar transmigrated, bringing along the passive skill of League of Legends' Evil Little Wizard, Phenomenal Evil Power. 0Votes100.6kRecs210.2kFans
- 12 I’m Just a Pretty Boy Who Doesn’t Need to Work Hard 我只是个不用奋斗的小白脸 “Chu He, play Moonlight Reflected in the Second Spring for me.” “Of course, wife.” “Chu He, I want to hear you sing Paper Short, Love Long.” “Of course, wife.” Ding! Wife's happiness points: -10,000! Ah, I only wanted to be a good-for-nothing kept man, but somehow I ended up reaching the pinnacle of life. How unfortunate! Group: 429044347~ 0Votes170kRecs220.1kFans
- 13 Infinite Transmigration into Other Lifeforms 无限之穿越异类生命 He has turned into a giant python, become King Kong, transformed into Godzilla, and beaten up Ultraman… After transmigrating to a world overrun by monsters, demons, ghosts, and spirits, Xu Jing, an ordinary man, has only one thing to rely on: the Myriad Worlds Transmigration System for Otherworldly Beings. 0Votes147kRecs231.2kFans
- 14 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
- 15 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
- 16 Little Demons Don’t Go to Heaven 小妖不上天 Huan Ge was an honest, down-to-earth little demon tasked with patrolling the mountains. Then a meteorite from beyond the heavens knocked something loose in his head, and all sorts of strange words started popping into it every day. What kind of cat is a Tmall? Calabash Brothers? Don't scare me, bro. Since when can gourds become spirits? There's even a kind of chicken called “Kende Chicken,” and apparently it's delicious... Huh, why am I drooling just talking about it... All right. Huan Ge just t 0Votes118kRecs118.5kFans
- 17 Just Try Telling Me That Doesn't Make You Mad 就问你气不气 Copying books gets you castrated. Stirring things up at the drop of a hat. He is the eunuch king cursed by thousands and the most hated troublemaker in the entertainment industry! Tang Jian: “Sigh, I’m desperate too! Ever since I got the [Universe-Invincible, Anger-Everyone-to-Death, Heaven-Won’t-Answer-Your-Calls-and-Earth-Won’t-Respond System], I feel uncomfortable if I go even one minute without angering someone!” Before entering the pit: The opening is mildly toxic. This is an entertainment- 0Votes273.5kRecs252.1kFans
- 18 I Really Didn’t Want to Be the Savior 我真没想当救世主啊 This book is also known as Millennium Rewind. It won Best Online Literature at the 31st China Galaxy Awards for Science Fiction. [It takes off at Chapter 62 and explodes at Chapter 92. This is the story of an ordinary man who forces his way into becoming humanity’s savior.] In 1977, the Voyager spacecraft launched. In 2010, Voyager 2 sent some strange messages back to Earth. In July 2021, Voyager 2 lost 8Votes634.7kRecs1.1MFans
- 19 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
- 20 Became a Variety Show Heartthrob by Riding Coattails 蹭出个综艺男神 0Votes987.9kRecs306.3kFans
- 21 EN The Reborn White Snake Seeking the Heavens 新白蛇问仙 In a fleeting glance, the clouds pass in an instant. Death is both an ending and a new beginning. Flowers bloom and wither, the cycle of reincarnation goes on without end, and all living beings can do is let go of their obsessions and accept what comes. After a life of disappointment, terminal illness, and death, the protagonist is reborn as a white snake, carrying memories of a former life. As the years pass, animal instincts gradually suppress the human part of those memories. A snake is a sna 14Votes1.2MRecs415.8kFans
- 22 The Variety Show Legend 综艺之谐星传奇 My tears aren't tears, and my laughter isn't laughter... Funny stars... a peculiar breed in the entertainment industry. They make people laugh time and again, but once the laughter fades, all that's left is heartache. They're a group who make you feel nothing but pity. Playing the fool and making a spectacle of themselves are just ways to hide their pain and stubbornness... Why become a funny star? When asked this question, their answers were remarkably similar. "Just so I can stay popular for a 0Votes276.5kRecs141.8kFans
- 23 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
- 24 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
- 25 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
- 26 I Heard I’m Terrifying After I Die 听说我死后超凶的 One day, a beautiful young woman who claimed to have been reborn suddenly found Lin Wu. "You know the future me?" Lin Wu asked curiously. "Do I get rich? Is my wife beautiful? Do I become famous?" "Future you... is richer than a kingdom and famous across the land." "Wow, really??" "But that's after you're dead." Lin Wu: ??? 0Votes352.2kRecs558.6kFans
- 27 EN Being Invincible Is So Lonely 无敌真寂寞 Lin Fan arrived in another world and became an ordinary disciple, an honorable one at that. He'd been in a position where anyone could beat him to a pulp at any moment, but then things suddenly took a strange turn. The System activated. Ding! You've drawn the eternal-grade buff: Immortal Body. From that moment on, the whole world changed. Lin Fan: "If you can kill me, I'll admit defeat. Otherwise, I'll pound you into meat paste." Villain: "This guy just won't die. I'm done fighting." That's it f 0Votes628.9kRecs638.2kFans
- 28 EN The Natives of This World Are Terrifying 这世界的土著好凶猛 Strange and wondrous creatures, terrifying oddities, and a world of dazzling transformations~ Who will steal the show when another world invades? An ancient organization of con artists will show you the right way to save the world. Tell one colossal lie, and make the world dance to its tune~ That is the highest art of deception! Full-subscription group: 831555766 (full subscription required for verification, or 2,000 fan points) 2Votes401.2kRecs298.2kFans
- 29 I’ve Been Put on Autopilot by the System 我被系统托管了 He had a System, but no body. Fang Ning, a chronic procrastinator in the final stages of his condition, began his journey of self-redemption (scraping by to survive). If you have any feedback for the author, please join the group. 0Votes634.3kRecs515.7kFans
- 30 The Book of Another World 异界之书 Many people believe our universe and world are unique, but that is not the case. On a cosmic scale, the world is made up of many different dimensions. Beyond our reality, countless other dimensional worlds exist. Each world has its own distinct laws and structure. Walls of space and time divide one world from another, keeping worlds governed by different laws from intersecting. Yet through a wondrous form of magic known as summoning, people can bring creatures from other dimensions into the real 0Votes187.8kRecs138.9kFans
- 31 EN Raising Humanity 饲养全人类 In the tribal farming age, the world was vast and unknown. As they explored, the ancients made a horrifying discovery: the world was shaped like a dome over a flat earth. Miracles of all kinds descended from the heavens. Towering giants tens of thousands of feet tall appeared, along with mysterious, intelligent behemoths that trampled mountains and shattered the earth. Hundreds of years later, after battling the giant beasts in this perilous world, humanity finally established the splendid civil 18Votes1MRecs1.1MFans
- 32 Sword Spirit Co-Living Diary 剑灵同居日记 “Spirit of the Heavenly Sword from Beyond the Stars, awakened by your call. Tell me, are you my mount?” 0Votes728kRecs221.8kFans
- 33 Contending for the Great Dao 大道争锋 … … Let not the heart fall into the cycle of rebirth, but enter the boundless world, Let the heart pass down the Way among humankind. May I raise my sword and slay ten thousand calamities, And trade ruthlessness for a heaven of compassion! … … Regular reader groups: Great Dao Contention (217929481) (old group) Ming Cang Sect (124680866) (old group) … … 183Votes4.3MRecs1.8MFans
- 34 EN The Non-Human Gene Integrator 非人类基因统合体 The cold and ruthless lich, the giant wyrm stirring up trouble, the tailed beast with limitless energy, the endlessly evolving insect swarm, the alien race with enhanced brainpower. As long as it isn’t human, Lan Mu asks: what kind of monster hasn’t he turned into? From myths and legends to movies, games, novels, and anime, nonhuman monsters are all potential transformations for Lan Mu. On Earth, he can be the progenitor of vampires, pretend to be an alien visitor, become a real sea monster, or 2Votes304.6kRecs572.9kFans
- 35 The Empress's Pretty Boy 女帝家的小白脸 This is a world where a single person can tear down a city wall with their bare hands, the empress keeps a qilin, a dragon lives in a pond in the Great Xia imperial palace, and there is a legendary Sword Mountain from which spirit swords sometimes descend to seek their masters. Ren Baqian clings tightly to the empress’s coattails and strides toward the pinnacle of life. Behind every successful man, there’s a woman. 0Votes840.8kRecs546.9kFans
- 36 EN The Infinite Fun of Little Worlds 小世界其乐无穷 The extraordinary shattered the world’s silence, and the course of technological progress took a turn. As humanity searched for a path to evolution in the darkness, I became its pioneer. This is the story of a player messing with the world. Small worlds are endlessly entertaining. 12Votes1.3MRecs1.2MFans
- 37 A Poor Man's Two Thousand Years 穷鬼的上下两千年 She had experienced the Battle of Changping and witnessed the massacre of hundreds of thousands. She had once led Great Qin's iron cavalry in its struggle for supremacy against the Six States. She had seen the realm divided into three and the mountains and rivers shattered. She had also heard the soft, lingering music of the zither in Longzhong. During the golden age of Zhenguan, she once drank herself drunk on the present day. How radiant was that eternal female emperor in her youth? She had ri 61Votes1.2MRecs1.6MFans
- 38 Charming Ghost Pet 宠魅 The animated adaptation, The Illusionist, is now airing. Cloudbirds soar and spread their wings beneath blue skies over green meadows; Blood Terror Wolves roam wild and untamed across barren wastes. Nightdream Beasts flit through moonlit forests; Ghostvault Monarchs drink the wind and swallow the mist from sheer cliffs. Sea Spirit Behemoths pass in shadow beneath vast oceans, while Thousand-Eyed Tree Demons stand proudly alone atop cloud-wreathed peaks. Swordstingers, Sunset Roc, Ancient Wood De 14Votes602.9kRecs783.2kFans
- 39 A Mortal's Cultivation of Immortality: The Immortal Realm Arc 凡人修仙之仙界篇 A mortal cultivates immortality, and the storms rise again. Travel through time and space, reverse the cycle of reincarnation. Golden Immortals and Supreme Unity Immortals, Grand Luo Dao Ancestors. Three thousand great paths, supreme laws. The Immortal Realm arc of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: the story of Han Li making his mark in the Immortal Realm, and the undying legend of an ordinary boy's path to immortality. A note for readers who haven't read the previous story: it won' 141Votes30.1MRecs10.7MFans
- 40 Heavenly Shadow 天影 Yin and yang divide heaven and earth; the five elements shape the universe. Beneath the sky, in the ancient and storied heartland of China, the age of immortal cultivation has dawned, and countless beings thrive. Across millions of miles, countless human joys and sorrows unfold amid the magnificent pursuit of eternal life. Where there is light, there is also darkness. Beneath the sky, in the midst of all that radiance, silent shadows still move unseen… 8Votes14.7MRecs1.3MFans
- 41 EN I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student 我只想当一个安静的学霸 "Do you yearn for knowledge?" "Once you reach the pinnacle of human knowledge, you can have anything you want." "Then I yearn for knowledge!" 0Votes940.8kRecs693.2kFans
- 42 The World’s Top Movie Star 全球影帝 "He's the iron-blooded hero in Fist King." "He's also the lonely old man in A Century of Love." "He's the debauched financial tycoon in Stock Market Tycoon." "And he's the crazed, ruthless, cold-blooded killer in Atonement." "He came from humble beginnings, and he's an internationally acclaimed master of modern method acting." "But once he steps off the screen, he's just an ordinary man who enjoys a drink or two." "Even someone from humble beginnings can make it onto the big screen. This is a st 10Votes1.4MRecs889.7kFans
- 43 The First Sequence 第一序列 On the wasteland, human civilization clings to survival. One bastion after another rises from the ground, yet order continues to collapse. Some say that when disaster strikes, the human spirit is our first line of defense against danger. Some say, “Don’t let the sorrows of the age become your own.” Others say, “I’ll make my sorrow the sorrow of this age.” This time, it’s a new story. After the cataclysm, at last, the light. 100Votes7.5MRecs6.8MFans
- 44 EN The Rejuvenating Uzumaki 火影之活久见 You wouldn’t believe it if I told you, but I founded Konoha and raised the Uzumaki Clan. Oh, wait. I guess it’s called the Land of Whirlpools now. 0Votes535.4kRecs542.6kFans
- 45 Global High Martial Arts 全球高武 The catacombs invade, and martial arts rise. Even the little people have great hearts. They fight to survive and fight to protect. Follow Fang Ping, an ordinary man who rises step by step, in his story of saving the whole world (and bluffing his way through it)! 106Votes10.7MRecs4.9MFans
- 46 Midnight Bookstore 深夜书屋 A bookshop that opens for business only late at night, welcomes your visit. [The simplified-Chinese edition of this work has been published by Tianjin People's Publishing House.] Reading group: 523978007 (no verification required) Battle group: 457654443 (no verification required) 66Votes4.3MRecs2.4MFans
- 47 The Immortal Mortal 不朽凡人 In this world, only those with a spiritual root can cultivate immortality. Those with ordinary roots are destined to remain ordinary people. Mo WujI has only an ordinary root. He is nothing but an ordinary man! 2Votes9MRecs3.2MFans
- 48 EN Daoist Sovereign 道君 The story of an earthling, a god-tier tomb raiding master, who ventures into the world of cultivation... In the Peach Blossom Spring, a song can be heard. Beyond the green hills lies another green hill, then a mountain of bones. Five-flower horses, thousand-gold furs, a Heaven-Piercing Sword. Answer my passion: ghosts chirp and wail, while beauties pout in displeasure. Heaven and earth stretch without end; whose banners and drums resound? The Azure Vault and Yellow Springs, towers that have stoo 28Votes9.9MRecs2.8MFans
- 49 This Monk Wants to Return to Secular Life 老衲要还俗 The myriad faces of humanity and countless divine powers amount to nothing more than a mountain, a temple, and a monk. My new book, The Rabbit Must Die, starts updating on June 1. If you enjoy Huang Liang’s work, check it out! 0Votes1.1MRecs1.1MFans
- 50 Renegade Immortal 仙逆 Follow the natural order, and you remain mortal; defy it, and you become immortal. It all comes down to a single thought... The Renegade Immortal anime premieres on Tencent Video on September 25. New episodes air every Monday at 10:00, with VIP members getting two episodes early. Join us in the anime to witness Wang Lin’s lifelong devotion all over again! 164Votes4.2MRecs5.7MFans
