Novels like The Cultivating Programmer
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- 1 My Online Dating Partner Is a Celebrity 我的网恋对象是明星 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhang Yun downloaded a social media app everyone knows about to ease his frustration at having transmigrated, and met a woman on it. Thinking, “We don’t know each other anyway, so it can’t hurt to tell her,” Zhang Yun told that woman a lot of things he shouldn’t have. Then one day, he realized that the woman seemed to be right there beside him. And that woman was a celebrity. 0Votes17.1kRecs94.6kFans
- 2 Building the Supreme World 打造至高世界 New book: "Ascending to the Stars" Long-lived Li Mu: Your lifespan is doubled. Impatient flower garden: Growth speed is doubled. After transmigrating, he becomes a spirit communicator with no hope of advancing. But that’s all right: the black cauldron can consume the world’s essence to strengthen anything and grant it prefix traits. Build worlds, advance worlds, extract their essence, and reach the supreme heights! 0Votes10.6kRecs15.9kFans
- 3 After My Divorce, My Luck Took a Turn for the Better 离婚后的我开始转运了 At thirty, Chen Feng is diagnosed with a terminal illness. After his divorce, his luck suddenly turns around. He wins the lottery, good fortune comes his way, and eventually even his terminal illness is cured... What’s going on? Chen Feng, now blessed with the luck of a king, says there’s nothing better than bouncing back from rock bottom and letting loose! 82Votes109.6kRecs284.3kFans
- 4 Infinite Resurrections in the Wasteland 人在恶土无限复活 Shen Jing transmigrated into an apocalyptic world destroyed by curse energy and teeming with monsters and Awakened. After a year of struggling to survive, he still couldn't escape death. Then he came back to life. “So I have infinite resurrection abilities?!” “Curse-energy cores are delicious. They come salty or sweet, soft or crunchy, and eating them even makes you stronger.” “Psychic contamination? Physical mutations? I have no idea what you're talking about.” “Eating monsters alive, resurrect 0Votes11.8kRecs54.9kFans
- 5 EN The Creator's Genesis 开局装成造物主 At the dawn of time, who first spread the Way? Who triggered the Cambrian explosion of life? And who caused the dinosaurs to go extinct? Why did humanity come into being? And who unleashed the prehistoric flood that wiped out the world? Who was the divine being Qin Shi Huang received in the Records of Lost Things? One mystery after another left people baffled, until one day, modern people finally understood. It was because… You had arrived! … “Damn this System! How did people find out what I did 0Votes42.5kRecs159.3kFans
- 6 Across the Worlds, Starting with Blossoms in the Golden Age 诸天从流金岁月开始 Who would have thought that Yuan Xudong, an ordinary young man who stayed up late binge-watching dramas, would accidentally transmigrate into the worlds of TV shows and films, bringing along a System for winning over female leads? From then on, he embarked on a one-way path of seduction. This novel is also known as "The Road to Becoming the Richest Man Begins with Winning Over the Female Leads". The story takes place in a parallel universe and has nothing to do with the real world. The transmigr 0Votes51.6kRecs141.6kFans
- 7 I Really Don’t Want to Be the World Destroyer 我真不想当灭世主 Riel, a psychologist who puts his own interests first, accepts a heartfelt invitation from a game developer and enters a fully immersive consciousness-simulation game called [Surreality]. Thought transmission, brainwashing speeches, self-hypnosis, and the power of oaths: in a game world where social classes are firmly entrenched, Riel awakens as a [Speaker] and embarks on a journey to overturn the established 0Votes42.3kRecs309.7kFans
- 8 Great Fortune Reaches the Heavens 大运通天 Whenever great things are achieved, half is due to human effort and half to fate. I don't ask for everything to go as I wish, only to have a clear conscience. The wish Zhang Hehuan made that year came true: he lost a fortune worth billions and transmigrated fifteen years into the past, bringing his family back to life. With nothing to his name, he could only start over from scratch, but from then on, fortune was always on his side! 0Votes456.2kRecs231.8kFans
- 9 From Butcher to Godslayer 从杀猪到杀神 A butcher's knife always close at hand, A blood-red apron tied around the waist. Three cups down, his spirit soars: First kill the beasts, then kill the gods. 0Votes37.6kRecs95.8kFans
- 10 EN I Can See Hidden Opportunities 我能看到隐藏机缘 The Heavenly Dao Immortal Cultivation Game is a hyper-realistic game developed by the Earth Alliance government over ten years. It was hailed as a game that would usher in the birth of an immortal cultivation civilization. To introduce the game to the public, the Alliance first launched a reality show, choosing fifty contestants to compete in a livestream for its first season. Yi Xiaofeng, who had possessed special abilities since childhood, paid his way into the first batch of beta testers. His 0Votes81.6kRecs166.7kFans
- 11 I’m Really Not an Unspeakable Horror 我真不是不可名状 New book: From Priest to Cthulhu Transmigrated to Tokyo, he finds himself at an altar. Aono isn’t panicking. When you gaze at the indescribable, the indescribable gazes back at you. The indescribable looks at Aono. He licks his lips and opens his mouth… Aono: “Sure, I eat monsters, raise ghosts, and keep followers around me. Some people go insane just from seeing me, but I’m really not indescribable.” 0Votes31kRecs140.6kFans
- 12 I Have a Golden Coffin 我有一口黄金棺 “A person nearby has just died. Name: Su Bai. Gained one basic attribute point: Perception +1.” “A person nearby has just died. Name: Liu Zhu. Gained one basic attribute point: Strength +1.” “...” Su Bai, who had just died, was cleaning up the crime scene... 0Votes78.8kRecs226.6kFans
- 13 Sign-In in the Immortal Martial World, Building a Divine Dynasty of Fortune 签到仙武世界,打造气运神朝 In the mortal world, kingdoms vie for supremacy and feudal lords fight for dominion. High above in the heavens, immortals and gods sit aloof, gazing down coldly. After waking from a deep sleep, Zhao Mu found himself a prince of the Zhou Dynasty. He sat alone in the cold palace for twelve years, until at last his golden finger activated. You have arrived at the alchemy chamber and extracted [Blood Bodhi]. You have arrived at the library and extracted [Martial Canon of the Bright God]. You have ar 0Votes74.6kRecs391.2kFans
- 14 The Shogi Saint’s Job 棋圣的工作 I just don't get it. Why do special effects fly all over the board when I play Go? Why does everyone else have to sit there and play normally, while I can punch my opponent in the face once I get into the game? I slay dragons on the board, and the person sitting across from me really is a dragon. Whatever. I just need to keep punching forward. I don't care if it's a person, a dragon, a god, or a Buddha. One punch will smash them to pieces! In the 1980s, in an alternate timeline's Tokyo, t 0Votes57.8kRecs116.4kFans
- 15 From the Start, I Became a Disciple of the Three Stars Cave 开局拜师三星洞 Qin Yun transmigrates! Thinking he had transmigrated to the era of the Warring States' Seven Powers, he introduced a series of great inventions, including papermaking, refining salt, and steamed buns. He also learned a whole set of martial arts and was about to dominate the martial world and live carefree when he unexpectedly learned that he was in the world of Journey to the West! In a world filled with immortals and Buddhas, what could mere lords, heroes, and swordsmen amount to? With no other 0Votes50.2kRecs199.7kFans
- 16 EN Extraordinary Mechanical City 超凡机械城 I open my eyes to a mysterious new world. Steam boilers roar as dark, industrial steel cities roam across mist-shrouded wastelands, hunting, gathering energy, searching for treasure... This is an unknown land, concealing the ruins and legends left behind by countless glorious ancient civilizations. Mechanical civilization, magical civilization, martial civilization, transcendent civilization... Wasteland hunters explore ancient ruins and uncover the legacies and treasures of bygone civilizations 0Votes107.7kRecs111.5kFans
- 17 The System Tricked Me into a Cultivation World in the Qin Dynasty 大秦之系统骗我在仙侠世界 After an accident, Bai Ji transmigrated. The System told him he had arrived in a world of immortals and martial heroes! There was a female Immortal King whose true name, when chanted, could reveal eternal life within the cycle of reincarnation! There was a generation’s Heavenly Emperor, suppressing every enemy beneath the heavens! To stay alive, Bai Ji chose to seclude himself and cultivate. Six years later, Bai Ji stared at a sea of black flags bearing the Xuan Bird insignia. [You lousy Sys 0Votes163.9kRecs534.7kFans
- 18 Movie-Making Black Technology 电影黑科技 Transported to a parallel world, he begins his journey into black technology by building mechs. Many years later, a reporter asks, “Mr. Chen, what was your original motivation for developing the Hunter mechs?” Chen Shen: “If giant monsters invade from beneath the Pacific, we can use Hunter mechs to fight them...” Reporter: “?” “What about the planetary engines?” “Maybe one day, when the sun is about to die, we can use planetary engines to push Earth out of the solar system...” Reporter: “???” Ev 0Votes183.6kRecs289.1kFans
- 19 My Tigress Wife 我的母老虎 Reborn as a tiger, he built a home in despair: a wife and two tiger cubs. It’s just that there seems to be something off about his wife. Could she be a great powerhouse reincarnated? No matter, she can’t beat me. “If you can’t beat me, you have to listen to me!” “Roar!” 0Votes81.5kRecs379.7kFans
- 20 You Have Science, I Have Divine Arts 你有科学,我有神功 Online commenter: “Beyond seven steps, a gun is fast. Within seven steps, a gun is fast and accurate.” Lin Bin: “Well said. But do you think I’d tell you even if I knew the Six Meridians Divine Sword?” Feng Yuxiu, the Money-Hungry Scholar, Zhang Tianzhi, the Suit-Wearing Thug, the West Factory's Lady Boss, Dongfang Bubai, the Three Elders of Xiaoyao, Xiong Ba... I know all the skills they know, and 0Votes65.5kRecs520.4kFans
- 21 Reborn in the Past: Shaking the Four Corners 重生过去震八方 An accident causes a forty-year-old man to be reborn in the body of an eight-year-old child, beginning his flamboyant life. 0Votes438.4kRecs278.2kFans
- 22 Players’ Lackeys Are Everywhere 玩家走狗满天下 Zuo Chongming was a veteran gamer, a studio boss, a god-tier power-leveling expert, and a ruthless exploiter... Through a stroke of bad luck, he transmigrated into a game world, even returning to the time before its public beta and becoming an NPC. Monsters run amok, evil spirits devour people, and martial artists roam the land... For Zuo Chongming, who has a status panel, all of this is within the bounds of acceptability. But when he thinks of the players, the Fourth Calamity, about to arrive, 0Votes39.5kRecs164.4kFans
- 23 The Cursed Ship 诅咒之船 Ship Combat Skill: Chaos Ray! Using the Strange Eye, fire a blast of chaotic energy infused with the laws of chaos, dissolving and destroying all existence until its chaotic energy is spent... A mysterious magic array grants ships the power to evolve. In a strange world, a young man from a fishing village begins his rise to power with a few broken planks... The Evolution Ship is also known as the “Cursed Ship”... (Note: The protagonist begins in modern-day Europe in a parallel world, not in a pu 0Votes77kRecs137.2kFans
- 24 My Clan Leader Thinks About Betraying Us Every Day 我家族长天天想着叛变 One man, one sword, one lifetime in this world. Some comprehend the Supreme Sword Intent. The Son of Heaven guards the nation's gates, arrayed in the north to hold the boundless Mohe River. He An looked utterly dejected. All the boasts he made were fulfilled by other people. Every so often, someone would show up wanting to rub his face in the dirt. “An the Bandit, I'm standing right in front of you. How much do I look like the person I used to be...?” “Wait, what did I say to you when I was a ki 0Votes53.4kRecs173.1kFans
- 25 The Evolution of Global Games 全球游戏进化 Chen Anlin transmigrates into a modern game world. Here, everyone must conquer various games to earn incredible rewards. After arriving, Chen Anlin discovers a secret that lets him thrive in the games. My account: 1165471865 Cultivation group: 823…176…624… 0Votes107.2kRecs379.4kFans
- 26 Conquer the Nine Heavens 御九天 Wang Feng created a game called Conquering the Nine Heavens. Just as he was about to achieve fame and fortune and reach the peak of his life, he transmigrated to the Nine Heavens World. But where was the essential transmigration System? Not being tall, rich, and handsome would be fine. After all, Brother Wang was a talented man. But what was with starting from the dungeon's little leather whip? With no cheat and no transmigration, confronted by questions that struck at his very soul, the morally 0Votes12MRecs2.6MFans
- 27 A C-Rank Hybrid Forced to Slay Dragons C级混血种被迫屠龙 “Do not approach Cassell College. You will become unhappy.” So declared Luo Yin, Cassell College's legendary C-rank student, an exceptionally reliable alchemy grandmaster, a human Doraemon, and the only normal person in the Equipment Department. This is the story of a mixed-blood with an atrociously low bloodline level who accidentally obtains a dragon-language analysis System, survives with difficulty at the Monster Academy through alchemy and brutal overwork, and is forced onto the path of dra 0Votes34.2kRecs179.1kFans
- 28 My Dungeons Are Popular Worldwide 我的副本全球流行 I arrived in a strange world where anyone can create dream dungeons. Qiu Ren became one of the many dream architects. So, welcome to the dream I created. You can experience the thrill of being the last one standing in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Seek redemption in Dark Souls. Ruthlessly slaughter the gods in God of War. And finally… some dreams can be harmful to your health, so please don't get too caught up in them. 0Votes111.5kRecs228.2kFans
- 29 Players in Marvel 混在漫威的玩家们 (New book: The Dimension Demon God in Marvel. He wakes up one morning in Marvel, transformed into a dimension demon god caught between existence and nonexistence. To throw the reality dimension into chaos, the void demon summons players from an unknown dimension! In New York City, the Black Hand Valmont stages another astonishing heist. This time, his target is Stark Industries’ playboy! A new Yukihira Diner opens in Hell's Kitchen, while the D 2Votes102.1kRecs232.9kFans
- 30 EN When Did This World Start Displaying Health Bars? 这个世界什么时候有血条显示了 A nameless little restaurant tucked away on an ordinary street? A cursed object sealed away in a steel metropolis? A mysterious history of time and space, twisted and turned upside down?... Ever since he started seeing "IDs" and "health bars," Gu Mo figured he must be seeing things wrong. He resolved to return to the world of normal people, refusing to let his delusions and hallucinations drag him down. Yet the everyday world kept falling apart more with each passing day, and its unraveling grew 0Votes207kRecs340.5kFans
- 31 EN One Man Attains the Dao 一人得道 Chen Cuo arrived in the Chen dynasty of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and became a member of the imperial clan. He had thought he would follow the course of history, but unexpectedly, the whole style suddenly went awry. “With qi refinement and cultivation, along with incense offerings and merit, it seems we have no choice but to seek immortality and attain the Dao first.” This is precisely: Beside the willow shade, beneath the pine shadows, straighten your spine and cast aside all worldly 0Votes225.8kRecs265.7kFans
- 32 Code Zero Nine 代码零九 This is a mysterious world of supernatural powers. Everyone here possesses a supernatural element. But when Han Feng arrives in this world, and the supernatural element of his soul merges with the supernatural element of his body… A mysterious power is born. 0Votes98.7kRecs378.9kFans
- 33 EN The Birth of a Method Actor 戏精的诞生 Ma Ran is a [Roleplaying] ability user. To protect Earth, he gradually turns into a consummate actor, taking on countless secret identities, each more dazzling than the last. His sword splits the demon mountain; the Seven Whirlwind Sword Sect hails Lin Qiubai as its foremost swordsman! He tears apart mechs with his bare hands; the Blood Lotus Demon Sect's demon son, Zhang Kuang! His thunder shatters the heavens; the wondrous Immortal Sect's Mystic Immortal, Zhao Guanlan! He commands the firmamen 0Votes89.9kRecs276kFans
- 34 Sowing the Seeds of the Heart Demon Dao 心魔种道 Fellow cultivators, masters, Taoist priests, nuns, fairies, demon lords, and sect leaders, welcome to my world. Enjoy the supreme delight and boundless pleasure of traveling through the myriad realms. (Wry smile.) 0Votes161.3kRecs152.5kFans
- 35 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
- 36 The Girl in Front of Me Is Actually My Biggest Hater 前桌女生竟是我的头号黑粉 A man who wrote 13 novels and abandoned every single one of them gets caught by a female reader in real life! She may have a wonderfully effective way of demanding updates, (and a downright horrifying way of forcing them) but an ordinary author still has only a 0.024% chance of becoming a professional writer. Putting your life on hold for something like that… Totally worth it! 0Votes191.8kRecs285kFans
- 37 The Superstar of Everyday Life 生活系巨星 Forced into bankruptcy, I had no choice but to change careers. But after turning around, I found an even more beautiful view. Here, many people are working hard for the entertainment industry. Some do everything they can to produce shows that will lay the groundwork for Chinese music. Others stake everything they own on building special effects teams for their film careers. “Why work so hard?” “To put it simply, I want to make money. To put it broadly, I want to make my industry better.” Behind 0Votes159.9kRecs157.2kFans
- 38 EN My Scientific Cultivation in A Mortal's Journey 我在凡人科学修仙 Luo Hong stood before the mountain gate of Huangfeng Valley. At last, he had to admit that he had transmigrated into A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality. He pushed up the glasses he no longer wore and declared with conviction, “I have the same fourth-grade pseudo-spiritual root as Han the Old Devil, but no little vial. Looks like scientific cultivation is my only way forward!” Why does a bottleneck appear every four levels in Qi Refining? How can the odds of reaching Foundation Establi 14Votes488.9kRecs406.4kFans
- 39 Reborn as an Industrial Tycoon 重生之实业大亨 1984 was the first year of China's private enterprises. That year, Mr. Zhang of Haier was called in at a critical moment to take charge of the mess at the Qingdao Refrigerator Factory; that year, Mr. Li of TCL was producing cassette tapes in a shabby farm-machinery warehouse; that year, Mr. Wang of Vanke planned to use the money he'd earned selling corn to start a company; in that same year, reborn Li Weidong crouched by the workshop entrance, plotting how to make his fortune... 0Votes250.6kRecs618.3kFans
- 40 Let That Demon Pet Go! 放开那只妖宠 Contract spirit pets, command them in battle, and forge bonds with them: this is the unique system of this world, the Beast Tamer. After consuming the Fruit of Creation, Li Changsheng gains the ability to sense souls and discern the secrets of spirit pets and treasures. The Sun’s Child, the Three-Legged Golden Crow The King of the Land, the Golden Behemoth The World Serpent, Jormungandr The world-destroying Hundred-Armed 0Votes243.1kRecs230.9kFans
- 41 EN League of Legends: Janna's Summoner LOL:迦娜女神的召唤师 As the summoner of Janna, the Storm’s Fury, Li Wei transmigrates into the world of League of Legends. To restore the fading goddess’s divine power, he must help her find new followers and spread her faith. Thanks to Li Wei’s tireless missionary work, some time later… An atheist visits Zaun and happens to meet the goddess Janna. The atheist exclaims, “Oh my god, Lady Janna, you’re real? There really are gods in this world!” Janna says, “First, gods really do exist.” “Second, you should call me co 0Votes236.9kRecs256.1kFans
- 42 EN Everlasting Dao 逐道长青 The boundless chaos churns, and myriad worlds rise and fall. In the Ziyin Realm, demons run rampant, and the common people suffer terribly. Immortal clans and sects also stand everywhere, protecting humanity and ensuring its continued survival. Chen Nianzhi is reborn with a volume of Daoist scripture and becomes a disciple of the Chen Immortal Clan. From then on, he embarks on a grueling path of cultivation, pursuing the Dao and seeking eternal life. P.S. The author's pre 5Votes288.8kRecs538kFans
- 43 Transcendent Martial Immortal 超维武仙 “The Great Min has lost the Mandate of Heaven. The divine throne must pass to another. This is Heaven's will!” “The Emperor has subdued an entire nation by himself, reaching the pinnacle of martial arts. But… a martial artist has limits. Why defy Heaven through martial prowess and resist the Mandate of Heaven?” High above the nine heavens, a youth as ethereal as an immortal slowly lowered his head. Looking down upon the allied armies beneath him, he felt the two resonating [Divine] attribute mar 0Votes237.2kRecs507.1kFans
- 44 After Picking Up the Wrong Game Script, I Became a God 拿错游戏剧本后我超神了 After waking from a dream ten years in the past, Yue Lin hasn't even had the chance to make his mark in the real world, get rich, and reach the pinnacle of life before he's “volunteered” for a survival challenge based on a future interstellar game. As he competes, Yue Lin suddenly realizes that this world is nothing like he imagined. 0Votes148.4kRecs144.2kFans
- 45 EN The Great Gene Era 基因大时代 Clairaudience and far-sight have both been achieved through science. But what about the seventy-two transformations? Some say the end of science is mythology. Then what lies at the end of genetic evolution? The answer is all in this book. “Old Tang, which direction is the speed-related genetic locus you activated?” The question left Tang Ting looking utterly gloomy. “It’s... hand speed...” Xu Tui stared at him, dumbfounded. Hand speed... The teacher said the more you use a part of your body, the 3Votes509.8kRecs1.1MFans
- 46 Primordial World Investigator 洪荒调查员 Feng Xue transmigrated into the Primordial World. In his first life, he died; in his second life, he perished. Looking back toward home, all he saw was a swaddling cloth. In his third life, he worked hard at farming, only to lose his life when the dragon turned over. In the blink of an eye, another reincarnation came. The blank paper was completed, merit descended, and possessing a jade brought disaster, leaving a spiritual treasure as his burial object. Now it is his fifth life, and this time, 0Votes94.1kRecs148.3kFans
- 47 The Tang Dynasty's Jinx 大唐扫把星 He transmigrates at the very moment the villagers are about to bury him alive, then blows his cover... no, manages to save himself. All he wants is to scrape by in this era and wait for death, but... that woman is way too crazy. 8Votes1.1MRecs455.6kFans
- 48 EN Is There Really Someone Who Thinks Cultivating Immortality is Difficult? 不会真有人觉得修仙难吧 The Immortal Martial Era, the third day of the third month. Thanks to the sect leader's tireless efforts, Qingyun Dao Sect finally welcomed its eighth disciple, Ye Ping. To persuade Ye Ping to stay and earn his respect, everyone in the sect tried every trick in the book to fool him. They bragged that they were peerless geniuses in swordsmanship, cultivation, alchemy, artifact crafting, divination, formations, treasure appraisal, and even children of fortune. To keep up the image of genius, they 0Votes1.9MRecs1.3MFans
- 49 My Hair Can Create a Demon Kingdom 我的头发能创造妖国 Fu Qingjun discovered that countless civilizations could grow from his hair. And so, the myths began. He crossed endless shadows and whispers, lurking among malevolent abominations. He began to transform into the most terrifying evil god in the castle beyond the mist. The knowledge disaster he brought spread across countless dimensions. He often traded people's hairlines for forbidden knowledge... It was an unprecedented natural disaster! The balding were all powerful. Their ancient stories were 0Votes138.9kRecs209.5kFans
- 50 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

















































