Novels like The Old Daoist Canon
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Old Daoist Canon, best match first.
- 101 EN Part-Time Boss 兼职BOSS A princess locked up in a dragon’s lair is like a yacht owned by a tycoon. Whether you ever use it is beside the point; what matters is that you can’t do without one. Ideally, it should come with a few bounty quests, and the higher their level, the better. A dragon-slaying quest would be even better. That’s the kind of prestige we’re after. If you don’t have a princess locked up at home, cursing you to go to hell every day, you can hardly call yourself a proper dragon when greeting the others. W 2Votes110.7kRecs397.9kFans
- 102 The Tanky Mage Can Go AFK 肉装法爷会挂机 Darkness rises on the waves. Steam-powered punk ships forged from extraordinary steel thunder out on long voyages. Whales sink into the deep, while sea sirens use their enchanting songs to summon the extraordinary sailors who hunt mermaids. Mysterious time hunters who follow ancient rules are searching for their prey. Born “heroes,” burdened by fate, have already embarked on a journey to make history. Ancient “sealed objects” can hardly wait to pry open the doors of their prisons. They intend to 0Votes110.8kRecs126kFans
- 103 EN Hogwarts: My Classmate is Voldemort 霍格沃兹之我的同学是伏地魔 When he opened his eyes, he found himself in London in 1938. The story before Harry Potter was unfolding all around him: Grindelwald's followers had unleashed a wizarding war, Muggles had started World War II, young Voldemort was sitting right beside him, and an owl had just dropped off his Hogwarts letter… A child born into a Muggle family, with the soul of a lost traveler deep inside. Are magic and foresight gifts of fate or curses? None of us can say for sure until the ending arrives Ami 2Votes58.7kRecs151.9kFans
- 104 A Journey Through the Mysterious World 诡秘世界之旅 “Little monk, what are you doing before the Buddha?” “Listening to the Buddha explain the path to refuge.” “The Three Refuges?” “The Four Refuges.” … The Buddha saves all living beings. I’m here to save you. [A childhood-sweethearts story woven through an eerie, mysterious atmosphere.] 0Votes124.8kRecs162.4kFans
- 105 Three Hundred Million Sword Immortals 剑仙三千万 “The Heavenly Dragon Dao Sect is one of the Eight Supreme Sects of the Nine Luminaries Star, and I am its Dao Child. You have offended me. At a single order from me, sword immortals will swarm, ” “Boom!” Qin Linye threw a punch toward the Nine Luminaries Star from afar. The force of his punch pierced the atmosphere, like a dense star tens of kilometers in diameter slamming into the ground at over a thousand kilometers per second. The land melted, and the planet's core shattered. Waves of flame a 0Votes339kRecs258.5kFans
- 106 EN A Hundred Lifetimes to Renew the Heavens 百世换新天 A transcendent yet decaying world. The strength of individuals determines the order of things. Great clans control knowledge, monopolize resources, and build up their foundations with every passing generation. Destiny, constitution, spiritual sense, comprehension, spiritual roots, Dao artifacts... Every path to the Great Dao has been severed. For tens of millions of years, order has endured without change, leaving no room to breathe. Only the True Immortals look down upon the mortal world. Then 2Votes60.1kRecs309.1kFans
- 107 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
- 108 EN Tribulation of Mysteries 神秘之劫 With mystery returning and the dawn of the gods, is it really a good thing? Along with the revival of spiritual qi came something else… an unsolvable terror! An unusual surname, a soul traveling between two worlds, and a mysterious epic… 5Votes588.3kRecs1.1MFans
- 109 I Have a Boss Template 我有BOSS模板 Fake Boss: Sets out to rule the world, appears at max level, but only works behind the scenes. His countless minions keep feeding themselves to the heroes, and in the end, he dies at the hands of a hero two major tiers below him. Real Boss: An HP bar long enough to make you despair, massive-area AOE skills, immune to control effects and impossible to kill outright. The corpses of the heroes who come to die every day can pile up into a mountain… … Xu Xian transmigrated, with a Boss template in hi 0Votes102.3kRecs171.2kFans
- 110 EN Eerie Immortal Cultivation Game 诡异流修仙游戏 The new book Invincible from the Moment I See the Boss's Health Bar is now serializing in grand fashion. You are welcome to read a sample! … A unique cultivation game launches, and players flood into it. Fang Yue is one of them. But soon, he discovers that the game is strange everywhere and extremely difficult. Large numbers of players quit during the early stages, but Fang Yue stays and discovers that this game is no ordinary game! Three months later, the strange descends upon reality, and the 0Votes146.8kRecs1.1MFans
- 111 A World of Happy Dreams 欢想世界 When I sobered up, I vowed to build a world for humanity. I dreamed of the future, and put that dream into practice for hundreds of years. 4Votes1.5MRecs419.1kFans
- 112 EN Mysteries Make Me Stronger 神秘让我强大 Mysteries make me powerful. I will keep exploring the unknown, searching for the truth of the Void World. 0Votes216.5kRecs342.4kFans
- 113 I’m Already a Superhuman, and the Spiritual Energy Is Only Just Reviving? 我都成超人了，灵气才复苏？ [Paranormal Classification: 001] [Codename: Pangu] [Combat Assessment 1: The target appears to be an ordinary young adult male under normal conditions, but possesses physical strength far beyond biological limits] [Combat Assessment 2: The target may possess an unknown special form??? (Redacted)] [Threat Assessment: Extremely Dangerous!!!] [Note: The target may be the first naturally occurring paranormal entity in the world. The limits of its abilities cannot be estimated. No conventional weapon 418Votes99.2kRecs797.4kFans
- 114 The Uncanny Martial World: A Knight’s Record of the Rhinoceros 诡秘武林：侠客挥犀录 When I set foot in the martial world once more, ready to found a sect, I discovered that something strange and indescribable seemed to be stirring beneath its surface... (Volume Seven is now complete. Read without worry.) This book is also known as The Esoteric Martial World Could Never Have Sect Management and I Play Cthulhu in the Martial World. 48Votes113.1kRecs176.5kFans
- 115 I Really Can’t Control Myself 我真的控制不住自己 Being able to transmigrate between planes is great, but this automatic combat feature is a bit of a pain. “Don’t come any closer! I really can’t control myself!” While shouting this, Linton smashed all kinds of mighty experts and set off on the road to the summit. 0Votes278.2kRecs260.1kFans
- 116 Alchemy Notes 炼金手记 I awoke from chaos to the roar of steam in my ears. Soot blotted out the sky, and shadows blanketed the world. Mysticism, spiritual cultivation, the Tower of Babel, fusion, transmutation, the Philosopher’s Stone… To seek the truth, or become the truth: this is the legend of an alchemist. … 0Votes146.1kRecs138.5kFans
- 117 You Take the Immortal Pill, I’ll Take the Poison 仙丹给你毒药归我 Lu Jing transmigrated to an era that closely resembled the Song Dynasty. He initially thought it merely had a martial world, but never imagined that another mysterious and unknowable world lay hidden beneath it. To resolve the problem of the inner force in his body growing more abundant by the day, Lu Jing resolutely stepped through that door. Yet he discovered that not only had the problem failed to be resolved, it seemed to have grown even more severe. Also known as I Have Ten Thousand Swords 0Votes296.8kRecs358.2kFans
- 118 EN The System is Abstract, Luckily, So Am I 系统很抽象，还好我也是 [Mission One: You've just entered the world of cultivation and obtained a Foundation Establishment technique. Try killing the “Undying Divine Dragon”!] “System bro, never mind the fact that the beginner mission is to kill a dragon. I've got a little problem: I haven't transmigrated.” [Mission Two: The apocalypse has arrived. After awakening an E-rank ability, it's time to show what you can do. Try challenging the “Zombie King” to a duel!] “Bro, never mind that I'm still in the modern world. By y 73Votes260.7kRecs981.9kFans
- 119 The Green Dragon Doctor 绿龙博士 Synopsis One: Isaac has read some philosophy, studied some selection theory, read Thick Black Theory, and even got into life sciences, where not pursuing a doctorate would make it embarrassing to look for a job! He believes he is a cultured, thoughtful evil dragon! Synopsis Two: Only by possessing one's own ideas can one give birth to one's own divinity! Everyone capable of becoming a god is a great philosopher! When the green dragon doctor discovered this truth, he began rebuilding his own scie 2Votes183.9kRecs149.9kFans
- 120 Nightmare Erosion 梦魇侵蚀 Luen transmigrated with an unfinished game. Armed with a golden finger that can turn all supernatural power into food, he walks through a world full of evil spirits and strange creatures. As the ancient nightmare is about to descend and endless darkness once again blankets the land, what will he do? "This world has to have some hope. Perhaps it's the gods, or perhaps... it's me!" Travel acros 0Votes70.5kRecs130kFans
- 121 EN The Equation of Heaven's Path 天道方程式 This world is home to demons, ghosts, spirits, and monsters, as well as strange arts and political intrigue. But in the eyes of a transmigrator with a modern education, exploring the unknown always comes first! (Dead serious.) I joined the Privy Council for academic research. I flirt with female demons for academic research. Everything is for research; research is everything! Princess: So having a baby with me, is that for research too? Xia Fan: That's to create an environment for research and r 10Votes788.7kRecs691.3kFans
- 122 EN Rebirth: Daily Cultivation 重生日常修仙 A Nascent Soul True Monarch fails his tribulation and returns to his student days. It's 2013, mobile internet is just taking off, and amid the surging tide of the times, a cultivator goes about his everyday life. [Everyday life] [Student] [Romance] [Internet] [Modern cultivation] [Making money] [Smart protagonist] 36Votes762.2kRecs1.1MFans
- 123 The Great Calamities of All Worlds 诸世大劫主 Is death the beginning of something entirely new? In a world of martial artists, I overwhelm my contemporaries with my fists and stand invincible beneath the heavens. In a world of immortals and heroes, I soar as an immortal with a single sword stroke, severing every thread of karma. … This is the story of a traveler wandering through endless worlds of reincarnation. 0Votes426.1kRecs275.4kFans
- 124 Tokyo Life Starting with Painting 从绘画开始的东京生活 After transmigrating to Tokyo in 2003, former professional painter Tsukasa Higashino faces just two choices: plagiarize classic Japanese dramas like The Solitary Gourmet and The White Tower, or win the Tokyo Young Artists Award and launch his career as a professional painter. 0Votes268.7kRecs270.6kFans
- 125 Tales of Immortality 长生志异 Changsheng Dynasty, Year Nine of the Mandate. The land of China is in chaos, and the people are destitute. The imperial court’s rule is crumbling, while barbarians from the West arrive with their pantheon of gods. New-style warlords rise up and carve out territories of their own. Taiping rebels run rampant, leaving the land devastated. Floods, severe droughts, earthquakes, sandstorms, tornadoes, acid rain, blood moons, falling meteorites, and other disasters descend one after another. Countless 7Votes405.1kRecs859.3kFans
- 126 New Book 新书 At the end of the Xin dynasty, Wang Mang's reforms had failed and the realm was on the brink of chaos. The Red Eyebrows and Green Forest rebels raised their banners, while the Liu brothers set out to restore the Han. What should one do after being reborn in such an era? The Xin dynasty is rotten. Nothing can be built without first tearing the old down. Only those who come after can write the story in bold strokes! P.S. This is a story about a transmigrator battling the chosen one of the world. 25Votes989.2kRecs571.8kFans
- 127 EN Dying to Replace the Living 死而替生 At the end of his rope, on the brink of death and despair, Le Yu shouted: “If you’ve got the guts, kill me.” His enemy sneered: “I’ve never heard such a strange request.” Le Yu died. Then Le Yu came back to life, inside his enemy’s body. This is the story of a man who possesses whoever kills him. “Why are all the people who kill me cunning, notorious warlords and geniuses, with complicated backgrounds, a million quest lines, and lives that could end at any moment?” “Can’t some honest, down-to-ea 4Votes430.2kRecs409.4kFans
- 128 Seizing the Yuan 扼元 In 1213 AD, the Jin Kingdom is beginning to weaken, while the Southern Song remains in decline. Western Xia, Dali, Goryeo, and Japan are even less of a force to be reckoned with. An unprecedented power is rising on the plateau, ready to drench the Eurasian continent in the blood of hundreds of millions. With calamity looming, a young man grips his bow and blade, determined to seize fate by the throat. 6Votes283.9kRecs301kFans
- 129 The Book of Gods and Demons 神魔书 Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? What should I do? What do I want to do? What is the purpose of everything I have seen, heard, and experienced? Is the world before my eyes real or an illusion? The road on the left is thick with thorns; the road on the right is paved with flowers. Which one should I choose? Why should I choose it? May absolute order guide us. May the highest truth be with me. 0Votes11.2MRecs564.6kFans
- 130 EN I Created the Myth of the Old Ones 我打造了旧日支配者神话 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Ban only wanted to make some movies and earn money. Then he awakened a System that rewarded him for completing missions. Awesome! Wait, looking under the bed at midnight? Hearing a piano in a theater abandoned for twenty years? An artist at an exhibition going missing? As Lu Ban completes these missions, he realizes that this world might actually have ghosts! There's something wrong with this System. He discovers that the System not only sends him to 6Votes140.6kRecs541.5kFans
- 131 Live-Streaming a Wilderness Adventure 直播之荒野大冒险 Livestreaming is a form of storytelling that captures events as they happen, offering the truest glimpse of the world! [Survive alone in a primeval forest and wrestle with a black bear. Race travelers and wolves through a blizzard. Find an underground river and unknown creatures in the desert. Fly a glider above the Arctic Circle, following the endless coastline to help geese migrate. Is that a legend? That’s what legends are made of!] [Climb the roof of the world, cross the desert of death, sai 0Votes108.7kRecs459.4kFans
- 132 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
- 133 This Is My Planet 这是我的星球 Casual observation, a search for one's true self. A theme of clashing civilizations across multiple universes, with a little time spent in gaming cities. Please don't come at this with the usual approach of a God of War's return or an Immortal Emperor reborn. And stop asking why the protagonist doesn't kill people and search their souls, know everything with divine sense, destroy heaven and earth, or wrap the whole story up in one chapter. 0Votes919.5kRecs798.1kFans
- 134 Overpowering the Martial Dao 横推武道 Extreme martial arts, muscle-bound heroes, original worlds-hopping adventures, martial arts power-ups, and smashing everything in sight… Golden Jade Art + Poison Veil Art + Dragon Lock Art = Scarlet Jade Poison Body Art! Scarlet Jade Poison Body Art: Level Eight (All-round Defense Enhancement Level Nine, Rebound Level Ten, Strength Boost Level Thirteen, Corrosive Poison Level Nine) Eagle Claw Iron Shirt + Iron Armor Art + Nine Ox Reversal Art = Reversed Ox Demon Armor Art! Reversed Ox Demon Armo 0Votes140.5kRecs241.1kFans
- 135 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
- 136 The World Enters the Age of Myth 全球迈入神话时代 In the midst of an ordinary life, Lu Yiming suddenly gained superpowers. He had thought he was about to reach the pinnacle of success, only to discover that the whole world had undergone a drastic transformation! Ancient legends became reality, mysterious prophecies were repeatedly proven true, and all kinds of supernatural phenomena appeared before the public one after another: martial arts, magic, cultivation, demons, ghosts, and monsters. The old order collapsed, and humanity was about to ent 6Votes295.8kRecs503.3kFans
- 137 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
- 138 The Eternal Mirror 永续之镜 If the sky is dark, then feel your way through life; if making a sound is dangerous, then keep silent; if you feel powerless to shine, then curl up in a corner. But don’t mock those who dare to shine. In this world growing darker by the day, I...” (Sorry, you’ve got the wrong script. This one is yours!) Lu Ye picked up the new script and opened it. Every crookedly written page was filled with words like “undying,” “inhuman,” and “monster.” Lu Ye couldn’t sleep anyway, so he studied it closely fo 0Votes77.3kRecs84.1kFans
- 139 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
- 140 The Ancestors Are Above 祖宗在上 “Is this a System? My golden finger? I don't freaking get it until after I'm dead?” Lu Qing transmigrated into a cultivation world and spent two hundred years becoming a Golden Core cultivator, taking a wife, having children, and establishing a clan. Only after he died from an unexpected grievous injury did his Clan Ascension System activate. [Improve Spiritual Roots], [Explore Resources], [Pure Yang Body]… Whatever you want, it's yours! I'm your ancestor, so listen up. I'll lead you all to grea 0Votes205kRecs242.1kFans
- 141 EN Grinding XP in Another World 我在异界肝经验 A story about someone who transmigrates to another world and relies on a proficiency-based ability, grinding away at experience to grow stronger. 142Votes284.6kRecs873.3kFans
- 142 Holy Light 圣光 A world of swords and magic. The protagonist dies the moment he appears in the story, then keeps dying his way to the top. 2Votes977kRecs511.3kFans
- 143 The New Shun, 1730 新顺1730 What would it be like if the dynasty that followed the fall of the Ming were a Han Chinese dynasty? After transmigrating, Liu Yu discovers that he has arrived in Dashun, a dynasty at a turning point in history. He starts out as the son of a duke, with parents, maids, plenty of money, plenty of people, and plenty of connections. With life growing dull, Liu Yu has to find something to do. And so... 14Votes297.3kRecs300.8kFans
- 144 EN I Loaded the Occult System 我加载了神秘学面板 The Age of Steam, where reason and mysticism exist side by side. The more you know, the closer you come to madness. That is the consensus behind the Veil. Li Cha doesn't believe it. Or rather, that rule doesn't apply to him. His skill panel lets him dabble in many fields and master them all, like a steam engine that never needs to shut down. [Breathing Lv.3 · Healing: Chronic ailments vanish, old afflictions are completely cured] [Knowledge Lv.3 · Erudition: Every book you lay eyes on leaves 2.1kVotes200.7kRecs994.1kFans
- 145 I Picked Up a Reborn Cat 我捡了只重生的猫 Yu Qiu kindly saved a cat intent on suicide, only for the black cat to swipe at him, leap furiously onto the road, and curse aloud: "Don't touch me! Anyone who gets in the way of my death will die!" "You... can talk?" "You... can understand me?" The cold wind howled. The cat stared in stunned disbelief as a car came hurtling toward them. This is a wonderful and heartwarming story about 0Votes137.5kRecs137.4kFans
- 146 This Daoist Truly Doesn't Want to Make Money 贫道真不想搞钱啊 This poor Daoist slays demons and vanquishes evil only to uphold Heaven's justice and protect peace in the mortal world. Making money has absolutely nothing to do with it. “Daoist Master Baoshou, we've only built half the temple, and we're out of money again.” “Ha! Then this poor Daoist will go slay a few more demons and bring back the reward money!” What harm could there be in a Taoist who earns money to build houses? Slay demons and vanquish evil for reward money; build the Qingyun Temple aga 0Votes98.7kRecs429.9kFans
- 147 Miss, Something's Not Right About You 姑娘你不对劲啊 (This work has been adapted into a comic. Search for Hey, You’re Acting Strange! on Tencent Animation.) [Lighthearted Synopsis] Poor family, both parents dead, and then his beautiful fiancée breaks off their engagement. I’ve got all the makings of a standard wish-fulfillment protagonist, so my golden finger should be coming any minute, right? But that very night, his fiancée suddenly changed her mind: “I’m not breaking off the engagement!” She even wanted them to move in together and sleep in th 3Votes314.9kRecs586.6kFans
- 148 Uniting All the Heavens 一统诸天 (New book: I Have 99 Innate Treasures) Transmigrate across the Myriad Worlds and seize countless opportunities! At Lanruo Temple, I once beat a female ghost to the punch and drank the vital essence of an unparalleled master. In Mr. Vampire, I absorbed all the corpse energy from Old Master Ren. And in The Storm Riders, I bit the Fire Kirin to death. That’s me, Li Qing the Zombie! 0Votes39.6kRecs86.8kFans
- 149 A Handbook for Aspiring Detectives 名侦探修炼手册 New book: "Studying Medicine Can't Save the Great Qin". Go read it now! Remember this: never dig into mysteries that have yet to be solved. You can never know how much people in the past paid to keep them hidden. Beneath the deceptive calm, most truths are cruel... All right, let me put it more plainly. If one day you see a book lying on the ground on your way home from work, keep your curiosity in check and don't touch it. …Sadly, Zhou Yan didn't realize this at first. So he picked up the 1Votes76.2kRecs511.2kFans
- 150 The Great Jianghu: The Trending Hero 大江湖之热点大侠 Thirty-three years ago, Yang Dingtian, leader of the Ming Cult, died, and the Ming Cult began to decline. Thirty years ago, the Persian Sacred Fire Cult entered the Central Plains, split from the Ming Cult, and established the Sun Moon Holy Cult. Twenty-eight years ago, the Exquisite Chess Game at Drum Mountain was first initiated. Twenty-five years ago, during the Sword and Qi dispute of the Mount Hua Sect, Qi Sect leader Mu Renqing defeated more than ten experts of the Sword Sect before withdr 0Votes187.5kRecs154.9kFans
