Novels like Forging the Way and Establishing the Heart
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Forging the Way and Establishing the Heart, best match first.
- 1 King of Terrible Dramas 烂剧之王 Chen Luoxi couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong with the script! After getting a System, his life changed beyond recognition. On the one hand, he made a fortune acting in terrible movies. On the other, he lost money like crazy making films based on his own scripts. After going back and forth like this... He realized he might as well never have bothered entering the entertainment industry. 0Votes6.8kRecs9.1kFans
- 2 The Mighty Army of Blazing Fire 烈火雄师 A different perspective, the same passion. The humble sons and daughters of Huaxia upheld the backbone of their nation with frail bodies, their slender chests forming a bulwark of flesh and blood. The distant Taihang Mountains are my home; valiant men march to the frontier. Through flames and smoke, brave men advance; with iron wills, they forge a mighty army. 0Votes56.2kRecs36.8kFans
- 3 The Immortal-Seeking Slayer 觅仙屠 Everyone knows how difficult it is to become an immortal. So where does the path to immortality lie? Come see an ordinary man struggle to seek immortality. 0Votes75.8kRecs45.7kFans
- 4 Half-Demon's Path to Immortality 半妖养仙途 A sea of tribulations has forged me into an immortal. In a cultivation world where humans, demons, and half-demons live side by side, Lu Tong repeatedly risks his life in pursuit of the Way, seizing treasures from the flames. In the end, he rises to become a great power in his own right, despite being a half-demon. 0Votes57.6kRecs78.6kFans
- 5 A Cultivator Family 修士家族 The story of a young cultivator and his clan, who grow their family stronger step by step. 0Votes141.1kRecs52.1kFans
- 6 I Was Once a Qi Refiner 我本炼炁士 What is qi? It is the essence of the primordial, the origin of Heaven and Earth. It is neither breath nor ordinary air! Qi arises from the void, and when qi is abundant, spirit is born. The ancient practitioners of qi refined the primordial qi of Heaven and Earth for their own use. The mighty among them could overturn rivers and seas, pluck stars from the sky, and inspire awe in all who heard of them! Today, there is a young man named Zhou Qing. He received a small inheritance from a practiti 0Votes10.3kRecs9.7kFans
- 7 The Ordinary Path of a Cultivation Clan 修真家族平凡路 A mountain need not be tall: with a home, it is a place of peace. A spring need not be deep: its waters are sweet to drink. In my free time, I tend flowers and plants, sitting as I recite the Yellow Court Scripture. When I’m busy, I work barefoot in the fields, standing by the ridges. Immortality and the Dao are within reach, but building a cultivation family is backbreaking work. 0Votes88.5kRecs66.8kFans
- 8 The Rise of the Shen Clan 沈氏家族崛起 In Lingnan, where fortunes rise and fall, an ordinary junior member of a small family leads his clan to endure and rise in this ruthless world of cultivation. Mortal, farming. 0Votes111.9kRecs113.4kFans
- 9 The Golden Age 流金时代 (Winner of the Fourth Real-Life Writing Contest, one of the finest works selected by hundreds of websites, a premium work with over ten thousand subscribers) This is the story of me, a highly accomplished master's graduate from Southeast University and an IT elite, and how my wife, a professional online fiction writer and perennial flop with only an elementary-school education, managed to bamboozle me into marrying her. It is also the story of how, amid fifteen years of upheaval in Chinese onli 0Votes85.2kRecs209.1kFans
- 10 EN The Puppet Master's Path to the Dao 偃者道途 (The author has several completed works totaling over ten million words, so feel free to add this to your collection and read at your leisure.) Li Chen transmigrates to another world, where everything he sees and hears is bizarre and fantastical, with a world all its own. The mainstream cultivators here are artificers of the Yanshi sect, skilled in all manner of crafts and in controlling mechanical puppets. Secret techniques for making automatons, ingenious wonders of craftsmanship, countless wa 0Votes126kRecs74.8kFans
- 11 EN The Grand Academy of Natural Sciences 格兰自然科学院 The roar of a martyr for truth upon the stake. "The laws governing the movement of celestial bodies throughout the universe cannot be changed by anyone. The Star-Curtain World is not a box. The people of this world will surely acknowledge the truth of heliocentrism. In the end, you are merely a higher-level creature in this world that claims to be a god, not an omnipotent creator." Knowledge is power! Honoring teachers and cherishing the path, passing the torch from generation to generation, sch 0Votes431.8kRecs265kFans
- 12 Reborn in Journey to the East 重生东游记 Lu Dongbin, you beast! Let go of that Peony Fairy and let me have a turn! That little demon, the pangolin, is flirting with He Xiangu again. This is a bit too much for the eyes... The Lord of Heaven’s Authority has come to face his tribulation. Will the immortals of the Heavenly Court and the Jie Sect turn against him? In this life, I’m going to be a young man who makes every villain tremble. 0Votes21.8kRecs45.1kFans
- 13 EN Infinite Bloodcore 无限血核 A beast knight leads a band of survivors, obtains the Divinity of Duels, and the world comes to a halt. 10Votes1.3MRecs2.1MFans
- 14 Evergreen Immortal Path 仙道长青 An ordinary mortal is reborn in the mysterious world of cultivation, becoming a cultivator in a small clan. His elders place their hopes in him, while the family struggles to stay afloat. Faced with one setback after another, Zhang Zhixuan fights his way forward, going against the current to build his clan into a flourishing family and write a life as dreamlike and fleeting as lightning, yet grand and turbulent. VIP group: 815445730 (fans with a score of 2,000 or higher m 1Votes967.6kRecs390.3kFans
- 15 The Demon Hunter’s Cookbook 猎魔烹饪手册 When night fell, whispers sounded in his ears and the monsters in the shadows began to stir. Jason's hungry stomach started rumbling, and he couldn't help swallowing... Hunger was the best motivation. 0Votes546.4kRecs494.1kFans
- 16 The Path of the Sword Disciple 剑徒之路 Who says you can't make progress without pills? Who says you can't have a divine weapon if you don't know how to forge? Who says being bad at talisman-making means you can't fight? The saying “one sword breaks ten thousand techniques” is all about having faith… When danger strikes, your sword is the only thing you can rely on, not anything else… 25Votes2MRecs728.2kFans
- 17 EN I Am the Mastermind Behind the Scenes 我是幕后大佬 Lu Wu, who inherited the legacy of an ancient ancestor from another world, has been feeling troubled lately. Aside from the empty title of Prefect, his ancestor left him nothing. Even his former subordinates betrayed him and divided up the territory that should have been his. In this situation, Lu Wu uses an artifact developed by his ancestor to build a game server, bring players from the mortal world into his realm, and create main quests, dungeons, storylines, NPCs, and more. With the players’ 0Votes448.9kRecs658.2kFans
- 18 EN I Come from the Mortal Realm 我从凡间来 I came from the mortal world, seeking immortality here. 0Votes8.2MRecs1.2MFans
- 19 The Path of No Duality 不二大道 The new book, The Creation of Japanese Weird Tales, is officially on sale. [Nearly 6,000 average paid subscriptions] Wei Bu'er thinks that joining Yun Yin Sect will let him pursue the Great Dao, only to discover that he has to start out as a menial worker. And in this unassuming-looking sect, you can trip over a whole crowd of senior brothers and sisters with golden fingers just by kicking a rock. The women of the cultivation world are all gorgeous. Wei Bu'er thinks he'll surely find a good girl 2Votes335.9kRecs291.8kFans
- 20 EN First-Rate Immortal Cultivation 一品修仙 New book: "Lord of the Uncanny Path." Please give it your support. In an ancient immortal cultivation world, the old is constantly renewed. Generation after generation of prodigies and heroes take the stage, each replacing the last. Just as a great era had lain dormant for a long time, a transmigrated youth extended his sinful hand into Huliang, once famous throughout the world but abandoned for a long time now. "I'm telling you, only skills that come with a lev 2Votes1.6MRecs910.3kFans
- 21 EN The Great Dragon Has Fallen 大龙挂了 [One of the Top Ten Authors of 2018] There’s a dragon that can produce metal, a fairy who grows crops and flowers, and a country baron who dreams of riding a dragon. Fantasy farming, a lord’s rise to power! Bai Yuhan’s labor of love for 2018. Enjoy! 2Votes894.8kRecs675.6kFans
- 22 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) … … 270Votes4.3MRecs1.8MFans
- 23 EN The Wizard's Journey 巫师之旅 Give me endless knowledge, and I will use myself as a fulcrum to move countless worlds. This is the story of a wizard named Grimm who relies on his own intelligence and luck to study his unique branch of wizarding knowledge, travel through otherworldly realms, and take part in wars between different civilizations. 26Votes1.4MRecs810.4kFans
- 24 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality 凡人修仙传 An ordinary country boy accidentally joins a small local martial sect and becomes a nominal disciple. With that status, how can he establish himself in the sect? How can he, despite his mediocre talent, enter the ranks of the cultivators and make a name for himself across the Three Realms? Fellow cultivators, the new edition of the print book is now available. Feel free to purchase a copy if you’re interested. Thank you for your support! 979Votes16.2MRecs8.5MFans
- 25 EN My House of Horrors 我有一座冒险屋 [A reprint of the simplified Chinese edition of this book will soon be published by Motie Publishing House] Chen Ge inherited an adventure house left behind by his missing parents. Business was dismal, until a phone he stumbled upon while tidying the place changed everything. Complete the different-difficulty tasks assigned by the phone each day, and the adventure house can be repaired or even expanded! So Chen Ge began exploring forbidden zones across the country to gather material, incorporati 646Votes7MRecs5.1MFans
- 26 Release That Witch 放开那个女巫 Cheng Yan thought he had transmigrated to medieval Europe and become a glorious prince. But this world doesn't seem quite like the one he imagined. Witches really exist, and they actually have magic? A witch-farming story, taking farming all the way. 549Votes7.3MRecs6.2MFans

























