Novels like The Primordial World: Shi Ji
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- 101 The Art of Handcraft 素手匠心 Woodblock printing: reproducing the world’s masterpieces! Xu Danling, a modern master of traditional crafts known as the “Sage of Langya,” unexpectedly returned to the Ming Dynasty after his death and found himself in the body of Lian Baitang, the young son of a family of woodblock engravers in Nanjing. Unfortunately, Baitang was an idle, cowardly ne’er-do-well with a terrible reputation. How was he supposed to survive like this?! 0Votes163.5kRecs104.2kFans
- 102 The More I See Young Master Mo, the More I Worry 我见默少多有病 Chen Qianmo is a psychologist who reads people through their microexpressions. She's sharp-witted, quick to settle scores, and excels in both intelligence and emotional savvy. He is the mysterious and powerful Young Master Mo, a man no one can approach. He's just as domineering at home: “Chen Qianmo, can a real man kneel on a washboard? Bring me a durian instead. I'll kneel on it while we discuss how a hus 0Votes263.6kRecs314.7kFans
- 103 The Tang Monk Who Fought His Way Through Journey to the West 打穿西游的唐僧 After transmigrating into Journey to the West and becoming Tang Sanzang, he gets a game System that lets him fight monsters, level up, and score loot. From then on, the demons on the road to the West are in trouble. Sha Wujing: “Eldest Brother, this is bad! Master’s captured another demon!” Tang Sanzang: “Listen up, all of you. You’re not protecting me on my journey to the West. I’m the one dragging you deadweights along, got it? If I didn’t have you, I’d have reached, uh, walked to the West on 0Votes231.3kRecs436.5kFans
- 104 Journey to the West: From the Start, I Beat the Old Lord in a Game of Go 西游：开局对弈赢了老君 Su Xun arrived in the Spring and Autumn period and became a prince of the Zhou dynasty. All he wanted was to enjoy himself. He excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and even created many classics ahead of his time. To his surprise, this made him famous, earning him a reputation as a gentleman known throughout the land. He thought he would spend his life happily, but one day he discovered that the man he had always enjoyed talking with, both mentor and friend, was none other than L 0Votes40.6kRecs251kFans
- 105 A Few Things That Happened in the Instance Dungeon 副本里的二三事 Raise your head to peer into the depths of the void; bend down to gather the river of stars. Golden light blooms atop the ninth heaven, while eight hundred miles of purple clouds bow in worship. It all began after Wu Mingkong had kept a low profile for eighteen years, when she picked up a kitchen knife, brought along her dog, and hacked the first dungeon boss to death... 2Votes35.6kRecs135.2kFans
- 106 The Ultimate Arms Dealer 最强之军火商人 When I calm my mind, the whole world will bow before me!! Everyone is a tool for him to make money. People call him the King of War. But he'd rather be called a businessman, a pioneer who has taken the special industries to the pinnacle! “The most meaningful thing I've ever done was bring Lockheed Martin down from its pedestal!”, World Figures Weekly. 711278529 1Votes180.6kRecs271.2kFans
- 107 This Online Game Planner Really Does Have a Problem 这个网游策划果然有问题 A trashy turn-based online game that hadn’t been updated in six months, had a development budget seven times that of its contemporaries, yet brought in only a tenth of their revenue. A trash game everyone had given up on, right before its servers were about to shut down... released a new version. Lead designer Lin Yao. From then on, she made a name for herself in one battle. “She has the most tricks, the wildest ideas, and a knack for crushing the competition. We don’t understand what she’s doi 7Votes196.5kRecs350.9kFans
- 108 The Future Era of Immortal Cultivation 未来修仙时代 Reborn in a cultivation world of the future, she finds that everything has changed in this new era. Flying ships and battle armor are magical treasures for waging war in other worlds. There are artificial spirit vessels and artificially created spirit roots. In this new era, power is everything. (There's one important thing I forgot to mention: this book has no male lead. It's very important, but I won't say it three times (,,•₃•,,).) 0Votes55.2kRecs30.5kFans
- 109 Red Hare 赤兔记 Jin, Gu, Wen, Liang, Huang: Wuxia will live forever! Six months after the story of The Red Tassel Record came to an end, new upheavals have once again shaken the martial world. In the Huang Yi universe, masters seek to shatter the void. All the great martial artists have gathered to challenge the highest realm of martial arts. Ling Donglai, Chuan Ying, Pang Ban, Li Ruohai, Shi Zhixuan, Qin Mengyao, Wanwan, Wu Zhao... Beneath the bright moon and colorful clouds, countless legendary figures vie to 0Votes293.4kRecs21.4kFans
- 110 The Time-Space Demon Lord of the Primordial World 洪荒之时空魔君 He transmigrates through time and space, is reborn in Chaos, and becomes the Time Demon God, one of the Three Thousand Demon Gods. He devours the Space Demon God and carves out an invincible path through time and space, transcending into eternity! 0Votes26.7kRecs51.2kFans
- 111 EN Pursuing the Dao Across the Multiverse 逐道在诸天 Across the endless heavens, seek the Dao and pursue immortality. Confirmed worlds: The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, A Chinese Ghost Story, Investiture of the Gods, Journey to the West... My completed classics, The Mediterranean Hegemon and The Holy Roman Empire, have plenty of chapters to keep you satisfied. The group has been sealed again. 0Votes103.1kRecs215.8kFans
- 112 I Made the Entire Cultivation World Cry 我把全修真界卷哭了 An immortal lays a hand upon my head, and we bind our hair to receive eternal life. Jiang Yuebai, an orphan girl, climbs nine mountains to reach the clouds, seeking the path to immortality so she can roam the world and stride through the skies. The path to immortality defies the heavens. You must contend with heaven, earth, others, and yourself. If Senior Sister recites ten volumes of scripture each day, I’ll read until dawn. If Senior Brother practices his saber a hundred times, I’ll train with 14Votes354.2kRecs594.7kFans
- 113 I Can Exchange for Merit Templates 我可以兑换功德模板 When you're rich, every breath you take is pure swagger... Redeem the Golden Flood Dragon template and transform into a flood dragon, stirring up wind and waves. Redeem the True Dragon template and bring the true dragon into the world, wielding divine authority. Redeem the Golden Crow template and become the sun incarnate, the source of all fire, born with ten suns... It begins with the cat-swapping-for-the-prince tale, reimagined as a xianxia story, then Heaven sends a prince to the Song Dynast 0Votes212.1kRecs208.6kFans
- 114 Winning Over the Worst 攻略极品 Picking fights with wicked relatives? No! Our motto is: Take the wicked ones' path and leave them nowhere to go! 1Votes293.9kRecs114kFans
- 115 To the Left of Zhulong 烛龙以左 “Once we cross this mountain and reach the next peak, we'll see a vermilion temple with a crimson serpent as thick as a water vat. The old fellow coils up there, waiting to gobble up any mischievous brat who runs around...” In a remote mountain seldom visited by people, someone quietly recited a story. At the end, he began to laugh. “That brat tells it like that? Isn't he afraid I'll come looking for him?” As the voice faded, the silent mountain wilderness rang out with the clank of metal scrapi 1Votes160.1kRecs617.1kFans
- 116 Our Movie Era 我们的电影时代 The Best Actor fears nothing, except his daughter’s tears! [Fan: If he wrote all the music for the movies he acted in, he’d be a legend in the music world!] [A Gan: Sorry, I’m an actor.] … 0Votes326.1kRecs175kFans
- 117 The Drama Queen's Daily Face-Slapping 戏精打脸日常 Ye Qiu didn’t know who she was. For hundreds of years, a System numbered 001 had followed her from one mission to the next… Name: Ye Qiu Karma: 15,000 Good-luck boosts: 10 uses, 8 remaining 0Votes271.5kRecs121.8kFans
- 118 The Origin of Arcana 奥术起源 Theology has its own origins. Science has its own origins. The arcane arts have their own origins, too. This is the worst of times for the world, and the best of times. The Age of Declining Magic is drawing to a close. Magic is returning, and the whole world is in turmoil. One person’s abilities are limited. We have no choice but to band together and face the coming upheaval, so that we can forge a future of our own. A fantasy tale of otherworldly races building an empire! PS: QQ readers’ 0Votes180.3kRecs256.6kFans
- 119 EN Investiture of the Gods: I Just Want to Be a Terrible Emperor! 封神之我要当昏君 [A pioneering novel in the foolish ruler genre, a historical xianxia based on the original Investiture of the Gods, takes off from Chapter 31] I wanted with all my heart to be a foolish ruler, yet I became an emperor for the ages. Several professors from Qingbei conducted an in-depth analysis of the life of Shang Shihuang. Shang Shihuang was originally King Zhou. His surname was Zi and his given name was Shou. His achievements surpassed those of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and he was 0Votes732kRecs375.5kFans
- 120 The Grand Treatise on Transforming into a Dragon 太虚化龙篇 One day, the dragon will rise to the Ninth Heaven and roam across countless worlds. The dragon is me, and I am the dragon: Zhuang Ming. 0Votes226.8kRecs354.8kFans
- 121 Game of the World Tree 世界树的游戏 The most popular NPC in the virtual reality game Elven Kingdom is the avatar of the World Tree, Mother Nature, Goddess of Life, and ruler of the elves: Eve Yggdrasil sits high upon her divine throne, smiling down at the players below. “Welcome to the world of swords and magic.” This is the story of a transmigrator reborn as a true god who joins forces with the Fourth Calamity to build a wonderful life in another world (seriously)... P.S. Not DND, or at least not really. Behind-the-scenes player 8Votes817.3kRecs899.7kFans
- 122 EN I Am the Master Soul in the Soul Banner 我在尊魂幡里当主魂 After transmigrating into the world of immortal cultivation, I was refined by a demonic cultivator into a Soul-Summoning Banner. All I want is to find a reliable banner master and wait for him to take me to immortality. So I strive to improve myself, learn techniques and train my supernatural abilities, doing my duty as the old grandpa in his mind and hoping my banner master can keep his head down long enough to ascend. But in the world of immortal cultivation, nobody can keep their head down fo 0Votes296.6kRecs527.3kFans
- 123 Where Did the Daoist Go? 道长去哪了 If you’re willing to cast a monthly vote, I’d be grateful if you could spare one for my new book, "A First-Class Pill Immortal". Thank you, esteemed readers! Holding up the sect’s signboard, Gu Zuo beamed warmly, his eyebrows curving like crescent moons. “Excuse me, brother, would you be willing to join the Huai Xian Hall?” In this world, cultivating immortality is hard, and recruiting people is even harder! 1Votes738.5kRecs482.2kFans
- 124 Memoirs of a Cannon Fodder Cultivator 炮灰修仙记事 A transmigrated heroine and a reborn supporting female character. Just these two phrases are enough to tell you what kind of clichéd melodrama is in store. Jing Ge, caught in the middle, was extremely depressed. She seriously suspected that she had taken a wrong turn when she transmigrated. Why had she ended up in the world of a cultivation novel? She had even been reborn as the first and most aggrieved cannon fodder in the novel… She had originally planned to hide to one side and watch the 0Votes19.5kRecs34.4kFans
- 125 Quick Transmigration: The Female Supporting Character's Boundless Merit 快穿之女配功德无量 “Interstellar Reinforcements: I Have a General Store” Su Li awakens from the chaos with no memories and no System. Following an unseen guiding force, she calmly lives out each of her reincarnations. Little by little, she realizes that in every life, she has been a cannon-fodder character with a rather grim fate... Only after a hundred lifetimes, having accumulated immeasurable golden merit, does Su Li realize that things ar 0Votes243.3kRecs166.1kFans
- 126 A Wizard's Fairy Tale 巫师的童话 (Recommended new book: "Crossing the Myriad Worlds: Starting in Hong Kong Noir") The magic mirror that knows everything the queen does, a table that conjures food automatically, a tinderbox that lets an old witch summon Void Hounds, the Water of Life that restores youth, golden apples in the old king’s garden that enhance one’s affinity for magic, white snake meat that lets you understand animals, a donkey that craps out gold coins, and three snake leaves that can bring the dead back to life... 0Votes63.9kRecs101.6kFans
- 127 Tracing the Current of the Literary Era 溯流文艺时代 Yu Dong is reborn from 2019 into 1991, returning to the time just after graduation, when he was assigned to work as a counselor at Jinling Arts College. Starting out by writing novels, he takes things one step at a time, gradually building an empire in the entertainment industry. 0Votes108.1kRecs171.1kFans
- 128 EN Blessings for Animation Production 为动画制作献上美好祝福 She is one of the best animators in the industry. Action scenes, everyday acting, special effects, mecha transformations... She is also one of the industry’s best storytellers. Rousing, profound, heartwarming, healing, school life... She is also the most popular director in the business, bar none. Because she is the mother of multiple genres, and one of every shut-in’s dream wives... Her name is Gu Xue. This is the story of how she poured her heart and soul into making anime, burning herself out 0Votes304.9kRecs165kFans
- 129 Technology's Global Monopoly 科技之全球垄断 [The new book Reborn in 2013: Super Technology Empire is out. It's a cutting-edge tech startup story with no System. The protagonist is a genius, and the book has three major arcs: Earth, the Solar System, and the Universe.] From the internet to consumer electronics, enriching our leisure; from cloud computing to artificial intelligence, transforming our way of life; from new materials to nanotechnology, reshaping what we thought we knew; from new energy to military equipment, extending the bou 0Votes416.3kRecs307.4kFans
- 130 The Immortal Path of Dharma Forms 法象仙途 A modern young man is reincarnated by chance into a world of immortal cultivators. He has no astonishing talent, no powerful background, and even the golden finger he happens to acquire is riddled with flaws. How can he rise above the rest? “What makes you think you can transcend countless living beings?” “Science.” “Science and technology? Immortal cultivators can destroy the heavens and the earth. Technology can’t defeat them.” “No, the scientific way of thinking. It’s about discovering, resea 0Votes98.3kRecs103.1kFans
- 131 A Card in Hand 一卡在手 Dear rivals, in my previous life I defeated you with hard work and talent. I know that, with your head start, watching me make a comeback must have been infuriating. I promise I won't do that again in this life! This time, I've decided to take a different approach: I'll coast to victory over all of you! 0Votes618.1kRecs176kFans
- 132 Immortal Destiny at Lanruo Temple 兰若仙缘 New book, Subduing the Dragon. You’re welcome to give it a read! A thousand-year-old tree sways in the wind; a ten-thousand-year-old black mountain lies silent. Withered bones build the Buddhist temple; blood stains the imperial city. Practice Buddhist arts, train with Shushan swords, and command the underworld. At the ancient Lanruo Temple, my dharma name is Wusheng. I don’t beg for alms; I only deliver souls! 0Votes241.3kRecs203.8kFans
- 133 The Emperor God’s Compendium 帝神通鉴 [Personal version] A cup of clear wine to honor the ghosts and gods, Half a tael of loyal heart to pay respects to Heaven and Earth. Penglai is heartless, so I have no attachments. For the rest of my life, I’ll laugh at all the Buddhas and live without restraint. Enter the path, refine the heart, wield the Dao Seal, command the heavens, and roam the three thousand worlds. On this road to immortality, I’ll take the first step alone! [Ensemble version] The Nine Lists of the Sea Realm Map from the 30Votes1.1MRecs230.2kFans
- 134 The Immortal Voice Wins Them Over 仙声夺人 Synopsis: Rong Xian accidentally forgot a promise, so the petty Lord of Heaven banished her to a shattered world. There's only one way to leave: save the world. Rong Xian: Well, I'll be damned. When she discovers that the shortcut to gathering power is stirring people's emotions, she sets out to torment 0Votes137.7kRecs50.6kFans
- 135 EN Cultivation: Starting as a Druid 修仙：从就职德鲁伊开始 Human follows Earth, Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows the Dao, and the Dao follows nature. Those who cultivate immortality and seek the Dao must look to nature for answers. What changes might occur when druids, who draw power from the natural world, merge with seekers of the Dao, who follow nature? What happens when Wild Shape meets the art of transforming one's body, when commanding the elements meets the Five Elements Escape, and when regeneration meets bringing the dead back to life... 0Votes140.6kRecs278.7kFans
- 136 Reborn in Journey to the West as the Nine-Headed Insect 重生西游之九头虫 The Investiture of the Gods is over, but the Journey to the West has yet to begin. Jin Chanzi feeds goldfish by the pool of merit. The Monkey King braves wind and rain within the Five-Colored Stone on Flower-Fruit Mountain. Marshal Tianpeng commands the heavenly river's naval forces. The Curtain-Raising General diligently serves in the Celestial Court. The Little White Dragon throws his weight around in the West Sea. The five famous pilgrims are each living their own lives. Elsewhere, the gates 0Votes207.7kRecs138.4kFans
- 137 I Have a Home in 1982 我在1982有个家 Wang Yi gets a key. Open a door in 2022, and it leads to 1982. Open a door in 1982, and it takes him back to 2022. Two vastly different eras lie before him: Plentiful food, advanced industrial products, miracle medicines, and an explosion of information: this is 2022. Simple, honest customs, abundant wild resources, forgotten antiques, and treasures of a bygone age: this is 1982. Traveling between these two eras, Wang Yi has no grand ambitions. He just wants to enjoy a comfortable, fulfilling li 3Votes659.1kRecs510.5kFans
- 138 The Creator of the Two-Dimensional World 二次元缔造者 “Can you perform that again?” “I, Xu Rui, would rather die than jump from here and make animation!, Making animation is so much fun!” This book contains plenty of backstabbing, the fake side of the industry presented as truth, baseless backstage gossip, human nature, and warnings about how delicious things can be. Just pretend it’s all true. 0Votes112.8kRecs166.7kFans
- 139 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
- 140 Showbiz: I’m Just an Actor 文娱之我只是个演员 I don’t understand music, can’t dance, am no good at writing, know nothing about calligraphy, and can’t paint. I’m an actor, Xu Rong. 3Votes135.9kRecs245.6kFans
- 141 From Arms Dealer to King of War 从军火商到战争之王 A magical “all-purpose toolbox” drew Qiao Jia into the arms trade. The turbulent, unpredictable world gradually changed his goals... “Sir, how did you get to where you are today?” “I don’t know. At first, I just wanted to make some money, buy a house, and get married. But little by little, more and more people came into my life, and my goals began to change.” “And what’s your goal now?” “Now, I just want to take my crew and retire in peace. Really!” 32Votes618kRecs854.9kFans
- 142 EN The Radiant Sage Path of the Primordial Era 洪荒之圣道煌煌 Fuxi: Heaven bestowed the Hetu and Luoshu upon me. I created the Eight Trigrams and became the guiding light for humanity's wisdom, showing the way forward for future generations. Shennong: My merits are boundless, and my blessings reach all living beings. I oversee agriculture and medicine. How could my opinions not be heard? Huangdi: I command the armies and conquer in every direction. I unified the land and am humanity's supreme military commander! Zhuanxu: I severed the connection between He 1Votes204.2kRecs102.8kFans
- 143 EN Peak of the Azure Lotus 青莲之巅 The Immortal Realm, the Qinglian Immortal Domain. On Qinglian Immortal Island stood a golden palace adorned with intricate carvings and painted beams. Its plaque bore the three characters “Qinglian Hall.” Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan stood before rows of spirit tablets. They lit sandalwood incense, placed it in the burner, then went outside. One hundred thousand members of the Wang family stood in neat formation, their expressions solemn. Wang Changsheng began, “Today, I’ll tell you about 12Votes823.2kRecs702.1kFans
- 144 Cultivating Immortality, Starting with Butchering Pigs 从杀猪开始修仙 As the saying goes, “Just because the butcher is dead doesn't mean you have to go without pork.” From then on, watch him turn the world upside down and roam unchecked across the land... Here, swordsmen raise their voices beneath the cold western wind along ancient roads, Here, scholars sit for the imperial exams amid deserted villages and ruined temples, Here, demons run rampant in desolate mountains and vast marshes, Here, 1Votes191.5kRecs295.5kFans
- 145 I Am the Curator of a Spirit Hall 我是灵馆馆长 In the shadows of the city, the supernatural has never disappeared. As technology advances, more and more of it is revealed to the world. Ever since arriving in this world, all I wanted was to quietly run the spiritual clinic passed down through my family. But those who call themselves "players" received quests from mysterious supreme beings, and they keep coming in droves to conquer me. Even as a Primordial Spirit powerhouse, I'm feeling the pressure. 2Votes178.8kRecs110.5kFans
- 146 A Superpowerhouse in Agriculture 超级农业强国 Farming is our species’ innate talent, and our rise happens to require an enormous amount of resources. Well, it’s time to take our talent to the whole world. Actually, this is just the story of a protagonist who is reborn and uses “reasonable” (cheats) methods to “develop” (seize) natural resources around the globe and expand his people’s living space... 1Votes265.4kRecs133.7kFans
- 147 The Immortal Wine Maker 仙酿师 There are two kinds of trash. One is too untalented to use the cultivation manual; the other is so talented that no manual can measure up. Sang Hongyi is the latter, so she feels she’s unfairly been branded useless. By a stroke of luck, she obtained a blank heavenly book. It told her that if she wanted to become strong, she should have fewer children and take on more disciples. Sang Hongyi immediately felt the pressure. The book is eccentric, and so is she. As an elder of one of the five great s 0Votes104.5kRecs27.9kFans
- 148 She Is Not a Witch 才不是魔女 A cozy slice-of-life farming story about a silver-haired girl, with the occasional epic tale of passion. She is a silver-haired girl who lives in the forest. She is the mentor of the seven legendary heroes. She is the Great Sage who represents the stars and miracles. She is the guide who has quelled ten world-shattering disasters. Her name is Loransil, and she is definitely not a witch. Also known as The Story of How the Foolish Student I Taught That Day Became the Founder of 5Votes321.3kRecs457.4kFans
- 149 EN Jade Palace Golden Seal 玉宸金章 Jade signifies harmony through the four seasons, with the unity of three as its meaning. Those three are Heaven, Earth, and humanity. Chen means the innermost chamber of a house. Later, it came to refer to an emperor’s residence, since emperors lived in the Northern Palace, where Heaven and Earth converge. This is the story of someone who transmigrates to the southern wilderness of the Shaman Xia Divine Dynasty, carrying the true meanings of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Powers and Seventy-Two 0Votes173.6kRecs156.2kFans
- 150 Thief, You’re Not Getting Away 贼人休走 Li Si is a thief, and this is a story about a thief's life in the martial world. It's a lighthearted slice-of-life story, but readers who prefer their protagonists single should beware. 2Votes190.7kRecs211.2kFans
