Novels like The True Lord of Manifestation
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The True Lord of Manifestation, best match first.
- 1 The Mountain Spirit Listens 山鬼听 Demons take their seats in the hall; golden serpents pay their respects at the gate. A perfected one spits out a sword that cleaves mountains and seas; a scholar roams in a dream and slays a flood dragon. Let me tell you the mountain spirits about eight hundred years of wind and rain. That year, in the Taihang Mountains, a nameless statue slowly opened its eyes inside an ancient temple abandoned for many years… … This book is also known as The Mountain Spirit Listens, The Adventures of a Fake Mo 0Votes11.5kRecs92.5kFans
- 2 Because That's How the Script Was Written 因为剧本是这么写的 Hello, everyone. My name is Li Ye, and I’m a disciple of the Xuanzhen Sect. My grandfather is an elder of the Xuanzhen Sect, my future father-in-law is its sect leader, and my father is a great general of the Dahong Kingdom. When it comes to connections, I, Li Ye, have never been afraid of anyone. Recently, an annoying brat showed up at the Xuanzhen Sect. He doesn’t know a thing about the rules, and somehow he’s even earned the attention and care of the sect’s most beautiful, gentle, and lovely 0Votes32.2kRecs56.6kFans
- 3 Can Immortality Be Attained 长生可否 I asked the people of this world: Can life everlasting be attained? I asked the nation: Can its reign endure forever? I asked civilization: Can it last for all time? In the third month of the sixteenth year of the Zhengde reign of the Great Ming, Emperor Zhengde died at Leopard House. He was posthumously titled Wuzong and had no heir. His mother, Empress Dowager Zhang, and Grand Secretary Yang Tinghe decided that Zhu Houcong, a close relative of the imperial family, would succeed him. His re 0Votes18.4kRecs54.7kFans
- 4 Leveling Up Life Skills in the Ming Dynasty 我在大明肝生活技能 Su Ze, a history graduate student conducting field research in the countryside, transmigrates to a military outpost in southern Fujian during the Jiajing era of the Ming dynasty. Emperor Jiajing is obsessed with cultivating immortality and is building Taoist temples on a grand scale. Corrupt officials hold sway at court, vying to flatter the emperor with elegant memorials. Japanese pirates raid the southeast, while Liaodong is on the verge of unrest. The rise of Wang Yangming’s school of thought 0Votes86.3kRecs250.9kFans
- 5 After 300 Years of Immortal Cultivation, I Suddenly Discovered This Was a Martial Arts World 修仙三百年突然发现是武侠 Cui Heng transmigrates, and the System tells him that this is a high-level world of immortal heroes. Immortal kings roam freely, ferocious beasts are everywhere, and powerful beings can destroy star systems and annihilate worlds with a single word. He is so terrified that he trembles with fear. Fortunately, to protect him, the System grants him a three-hundred-year beginner's protection period. As long as he stays within the protected zone, he cannot be harmed. And so Cui Heng begins his three-h 0Votes157.6kRecs708.1kFans
- 6 Starting as the Black Mountain Ancestor 从黑山老祖开始 At the end of a dynasty, demons run rampant across the land. In a world that is almost, but not quite, the Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Su Chen awakens from the darkness and discovers that he has become the Old Ancestor of Black Mountain. 0Votes40.9kRecs142.5kFans
- 7 EN Leveling Up in the Real World 我在现实世界加点修行 Chen Jue, 27 and newly unemployed, was feeling a little lost. Then he accidentally awakened a real-world cheat that let him add points, and realized that the money, career, love, and social status he'd cared about before were all fleeting compared to the evolution of life. Cultivation chat group: 298662232 (mischievous) 0Votes149.1kRecs641.9kFans
- 8 EN Feasting on Mortal Incense: Turns Out I'm in the Underworld 飨食人间香火，我这竟是阴间 A Taoist furnace, three sticks of incense. I accept the offerings of all living beings and endure the tribulations of the mortal world, from hell to the immortal realm, weathering calamity among mortals. … Could it be that we’re poor because no one up there is burning paper offerings for us? They say hell is empty, and the devils are all here in the mortal world. Could it be that this place of ours is… the underworld, an endless realm of darkness? That day, I heard murmurs of incense and paper o 0Votes42.2kRecs221.5kFans
- 9 My Taoist Magic Comes from a World of Myths and Strange Tales 我的道法来自神话志怪世界 The Five Turbidities descend upon the world, and demons run rampant. Holding a copy of Strange Tales Illustrated, Song Lin transmigrates into the body of a young acolyte at a remote, unorthodox Daoist temple on the frontier. He sees that the ancient evil miasma of the Six Heavens still lingers in this world, where shamans and ghostly arts run wild. Demons and monsters claim official titles, the Three and Five have lost their order, and the worlds of humans and ghosts have become jumbled together 0Votes61.6kRecs345kFans
- 10 EN Human Brain Ranch 人类大脑牧场 Zhu Zhengwei discovered that he could see other people's dreams. He soon realized that the human brain was as deep and vast as the stars and sea. The shallow layers of the cerebral cortex, the conscious mind, were like a storm: strange, bizarre, and fantastical. The deep mind held the secrets of humanity's ancestral genes, a vast, mysterious treasure trove. So he used human brains as cloud servers, building an enormous dream world within the deep mind and simulating the development of one extrao 0Votes65.9kRecs154.9kFans
- 11 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
- 12 EN Folklore Horror: It Begins with the Blood God of Xiangxi 民俗从湘西血神开始 Take a little nonsense, then add a pinch of hearsay. Throw in a touch of far-fetched speculation and a dash of sensationalism. On a scorching midsummer day during the summer vacation, Lin Feng received an unexpected package. He opened it. Inside was the newly released Qingshan game console. But when he turned it on, Lin Feng couldn't help wondering: why did this game feel so off? [Sorry, the character you selected has died. Please exit the game and start again.] 0Votes58.4kRecs262.6kFans
- 13 EN The Ming Dynasty in a Box 箱子里的大明 Li Daoxuan received a strange landscaping box. Inside the box was an ancient village, along with a group of plastic little figures carrying swords and hacking away at one another throughout the village. He curled his finger and flicked it toward the most conspicuous little figure... Late in the Ming dynasty, Shaanxi was suffering from a devastating drought. A group of bandits were burning, killing, and looting inside the village. A poor young girl was about to die beneath a bandit's blade. Sudde 9Votes306.8kRecs1.5MFans
- 14 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
- 15 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
- 16 EN In the Divine Realm, I Became a Humanoid Anomaly 人在神国，刚成人间收容物 I came from the mortal world to the Divine Kingdom, then fell from the Divine Kingdom back to the mortal world. Wherever the light of my lantern reaches, all supernatural things are contained. Who am I? I am the black-eyed outsider whom the people of the Divine Kingdom shun and fear. I am the reality warper whom the people of the mortal world fear and depend on. I am the Keeper of the Lamp. I am ████. (Lovecraftian horror + Lord of the Mysteries, no System.) [Warning: With your SAN below 70, rea 4Votes78.2kRecs387.1kFans
- 17 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
- 18 The Scarlet Hero 赤侠 “Brother Wei, you live and study out here all by yourself. How did you manage to make such a feast? Could it be... that you’re hiding a beauty in your cottage?” “Huh? Didn’t you send someone to bring it over every day, Brother Chen?” “Did I?” “Wasn’t that you?” “Perhaps I gave the order to my servant and then forgot about it.” After a few rounds of drinks, Wei Hao saw his guest out. The next day, he shouldered his farm tools and pretended to head for the fields. Halfway there, he turned back hom 2Votes294.5kRecs409.8kFans
- 19 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
- 20 Jingming 靖明 The Ming Dynasty was on the verge of ruin. The Forbidden City, completed just a hundred years earlier, welcomed a new master, while Yang Tinghe often reflected through tears: What kind of monster did I choose? Once Jiajing stopped wasting his intelligence on cultivating immortality, a wise ruler took the throne and fierce ministers filled the court. The might of the sovereign and father spread far across the seas! 0Votes183.3kRecs621.2kFans
- 21 How Could I, a Top-Tier Star from the Start, Ever Fade Away? 开局顶流的我怎么会糊 Chu Zhi transmigrated to a parallel world and became a top-tier star in China. Even a throwaway post on Weibo earned him hundreds of thousands of comments. A young idol who'd become a complete has-been after a series of malicious smears: throwing his weight around, plagiarizing a new song, secretly getting married, and cheating. With everything going wrong from the start, he was lucky to have the [Personality System]. By doing things most celebrities wouldn't dare, he could earn points and draw 2Votes334.6kRecs541.4kFans
- 22 The Rogue 顽贼 The second year of Chongzhen, Great Ming Empire. The once-powerful empire stood on the verge of collapse. Within its borders, a courier from Yinchuan raised his arm and took up arms, splintering the realm. Beyond them, the new ruler of Jianzhou waged war in every direction, leading his forces through the passes. Amid the drought that swept across Shaanxi, Liu Chengzong strode across the parched, thousand-mile wasteland, head held high. 20Votes465.9kRecs258.7kFans
- 23 I Haven't Been a Big Shot for Many Years 我已不做大佬好多年 This is a story about a dream long gone, and a return to the eighties in a dream. It’s not about fighting and killing. It’s about human relationships and the ways of the world. My name, Zhang Guobin! I haven’t been a big shot for many years. 2Votes536.5kRecs1MFans
- 24 The Common Lord 俗主 [Folklore mystery, Soulslike world, tabletop role-playing experience, cosmic secrets] A text-based tabletop role-playing game called The Mortal World quietly appears. People discover that rewards earned in the game can actually be brought into reality. Thus begins a new age of exploration for all humanity. Some people look up into the depths of space and summon the courage to embark on a journey home, while others set out to mine their way toward the origins of civilization, seeking mysterious t 1Votes218.4kRecs717.9kFans
- 25 The Primordial World: Shi Ji 洪荒之石矶 Shi Ji, the immortal who attained the Dao, dwells in White Bone Cave on Skeleton Mountain. Her magical treasure is the Eight Trigrams Cloudlight Handkerchief, her mount is a blue luan, and her disciples are the youths Biyun and Caiyun. Kindhearted and reasonable, she had no powerful magical treasures, so she was bullied to death by Nezha and his master, Taiyi Zhenren. What an unlucky immortal... 0Votes597.8kRecs120.7kFans
- 26 Surviving in a Supernatural World 苟在神诡世界 They say there are immortals in this world! Chen Li: Maybe, but there are a lot more monsters and demons! Transmigrated here in a single day, with nothing but confusion ahead; I toil and bustle just to put food on the table. Everyone says cultivating immortality is wonderful, but who has seen bones scattered by the roadside? [The author has a work with over 10,000 average subscriptions, Dawn Era, and a premium work, Giant Serpent of the Deep Forest. Quality guaranteed.] 4Votes286.8kRecs376.5kFans
- 27 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
- 28 EN The Corpse Mender of Autumn Execution Grounds 我在秋斩刑场当缝尸人那些年 [A human face with a ghost’s heart, drawing on the past to speak of the present. I am the master of the martial world.] Lin Shou wakes up to find himself a corpse-sewer at the execution grounds where prisoners are beheaded in autumn. Fallen leaves return to their roots, and the dead must be laid to rest. The corpses of executed prisoners must be sewn back together before burial. Otherwise, they will be buried improperly and bring disaster. Lin Shou discovers that sewing up corpses can earn him a 2Votes300.7kRecs741kFans
- 29 The Tang People's Dining Table 唐人的餐桌 The author's previous works, Tang Bricks, The Wisdom of Great Song, Silver Fox, Han Village, The World Under Heaven, and I'm Not a Savage, are all classics. Welcome to read them. The people of the world and all its affairs are nothing more than dishes served at the tables of the people of Great Tang. Though raw ingredients have their own rustic charm, Yun Chu believes that the most delicious food must be cut, cooked, prepared, and finally served at the table. Only then is it truly suited to the 66Votes3.4MRecs2.4MFans
- 30 A Guide to Time-Traveling in the Northern Song 北宋穿越指南 If you transmigrate back to the Song Dynasty, should you compose poetry and enjoy romance? Or raise an army and vie for supremacy? Either way, first things first: fill your stomach. 55Votes1.4MRecs2.6MFans
- 31 EN I Just Don't Play by the Rules! 我就是不按套路出牌 After a great battle, your beautiful senior sister shyly lifts her face toward you and slowly closes her eyes. At this moment, you... [Option One: Gently kiss her on the lips. Completion reward: Thousand-Leaf Wonder Manual (Earth Grade, Top Tier)] [Option Two: Kiss her on the forehead. Completion reward: Yin-Yang Twin Blades (Earth Grade, Low Tier)] [Option Three: Give her a hug. Completion reward: Netherworld Treasure Scale (Mystic Grade, Top Tier)] [Option Four: Say as quickly as possible: Sen 5Votes648kRecs2.9MFans
- 32 EN My Attribute Cultivation Life 我的属性修行人生 New book: Dark Night of Desperation, I Alone Am an Immortal in a Strange World. Search for it if you’re interested. The Great Spirit Realm is engulfed in war. Spirit armies mounted on iron cavalry sweep across countless nations, expanding their territory farther than ever before. After arriving in this era, Zhang Rongfang found himself with an attribute panel that let him add points to his martial arts. He looked at the martial artists around him, whose skill was about on par with the combat-spo 8Votes1.4MRecs2.6MFans
- 33 The Great Sage of White Bones 白骨大圣 [A premium fantasy novel with over 10,000 average paid subscribers! A live-action short series has been released!] [After two novels both ran into trouble, I changed my pen name. My former name was Yao Huo!] The dead touch the ground, old dogs dig graves, spirits ask for directions, and the living eat their meals. Do you know what it means to run into even one of them? “My other work, There’s Something Strange Here, has over 20,000 average paid subscribers.” “The comic adaptation rights for Ther 31Votes3.7MRecs1.6MFans
- 34 Demons Descend 魔临 A legend has been passed down in this world for as long as anyone can remember: One day, the Demon King will descend upon this world. Under his command will be seven terrifying demon lords, and they will bring the darkness of despair to this world. The Demon King's Advent leadership group: 893, 107, 381 (verification required) The Demon King's Advent Fan Li group: 113, 552, 0983 (no verification required) The physical editions of The Demon King's Advent are on sale across Tmall, Dangdang, and JD 96Votes3.8MRecs2.2MFans
- 35 Lord of the Underworld 冥主 Young in his spring clothes, with the fine rain and mist all around him, he is the noble young master of Four Seasons Manor. Whether in the distant rivers and lakes or at the lofty imperial court, he is the mastermind who dictates the fate of the realm. Even when the Leifeng Pagoda falls and the waters of West Lake run dry, he still cannot find the person he has been waiting for. He is a prince and a beggar, a learned man and an ordinary soul. Those who fear him do so as they would a demon; 0Votes386.4kRecs182.7kFans
- 36 EN 13 Mink Street 明克街13号 I like sitting alone on an empty street at night, listening to “them” whisper and enjoying “their” clamor. 73Votes3.4MRecs5MFans
- 37 EN The Sorcerer's Manual 术师手册 In 1668, the city I lived in was named the safest place in the country. I made an indelible contribution to that achievement. Because I got caught. 100Votes1.1MRecs2.9MFans
- 38 I Am God! 我就是神！ Five hundred million years ago. The Cambrian Period. Yin Shen descended upon the most ancient wilderness and primordial oceans. He was the beginning of all things. He created life and intelligence, the Creator of all living beings. As time passed, stories became epics, epics became myths, and in the end, even myths were buried by the ages. Only the divine is eternal. 23Votes2.7MRecs1.7MFans
- 39 Museum of Demon Suppression 镇妖博物馆 What defies the natural order of the world is a yao. What possesses the spirit of a living creature is a jing. What lingers after death is a ghost. What is abnormal in an object is a monster. The Commandant of Retainers, once known as the Crouching Tiger, was an office established by Emperor Wu of Han to investigate witchcraft and capture treacherous criminals. As spiritual energy and the supernatural revive across the globe, humanity gropes its way toward cultivation. The yaoguai, spirits, ghos 42Votes1.2MRecs6.9MFans
- 40 EN I Never Intended to Become an Immortal 我本无意成仙 The new book, Where There Are Immortals, There Is a Name, is now out. I am a stranger in this land, with no intention of becoming an immortal. After twenty years of cultivating the Dao in the mountains, Song You's master sends him down the mountain to witness demons and monsters, the many faces of life, and the famous mountains and rivers, and to seek out the immortals of legend. He says that is what true cultivation is. Who would have thought that after traveling the length and breadth 192Votes1.2MRecs4.1MFans
- 41 The Mirror Legacy 玄鉴仙族 Lu Jiangxian stayed up all night and died suddenly, but his lingering soul attached itself to a blue-gray bronze mirror covered in cracks. The mirror drifted into a vast, boundless world of immortal cultivation. In the perilous and unpredictable Dali Mountains, beside the Mei Chi River, a small village sat in the shadow of a minor clan. When the clan came across the mirror, it began passing down the path of immortality and teaching its arts, ushering in a magnificent new era. (A family’s cultiva 22.9kVotes7.2MRecs21.2MFans
- 42 EN Starting from the Red Moon 从红月开始 From the moment the red moon appeared in the sky, everyone in the world became a madman. Except me! The From the Red Moon animated series airs every Monday at 7:00 on Tencent Video! Mental contamination is incoming, and everyone is on Level One alert! Come join Lu Xin in uncovering the truth behind the red moon! You can also read the comic of the same name on Tencent Animation~ Volume One of the physical edition of From the Red Moon has now been published and is available for purchase on Taob 40Votes1.2MRecs7MFans
- 43 EN Black Dragon Codex 黑龙法典 When you gaze into the abyss, it fires an antimatter annihilation cannon right back at you. A story about a magic-less black dragon stirring up trouble in another world. 4Votes460.3kRecs590.9kFans
- 44 EN The Cardcaptor Mage 库洛牌的魔法使 In this world, a System that grants people all kinds of abilities stirs to life on nights when the world lies asleep. “Congratulations, you have obtained an SSS-rank ability.” The System’s voice was exceptionally lovely. But Fang Ran... He suddenly slammed the magic grimoire in his hand onto the ground and cursed at the top of his lungs! “Go to hell with your Clow Cards! I’m not a magical girl!” “What happened to cultivating immortality, body refinement, ancient martial arts, battle aura, alchem 301Votes2MRecs955.1kFans
- 45 Embers Ad Infinitum 长夜余火 Everyone on the Gray Soil believes that somewhere deep within a ruin buried beneath danger and famine lies a road to a new world. All they need is a unique key to open the door and enter that world. There, the land is fertile, flowing with milk and honey, and the sunlight is brilliant, as if it could wash away the cold and gloom. People no longer have to face wastelands, monsters, infection, mutations, or all manner of dangers. There, children are joyful, adults are happy, and everything is wond 71Votes7.9MRecs3.6MFans
- 46 EN Unscientific Beast Taming 不科学御兽 This is another world where beast taming is the norm. Animals, plants, elements, undead, machines... Nine-Tailed Flame Foxes, Ancient Trees of Life, Thundercloud Spirits, Skeleton Lords, mechanical shipgirls, even antique swords and blades that have birthed spirits can all become companion beasts. The humans who contract with, raise, and command them are collectively known as beast tamers! Shi Yu, a scholar of mythology and an 97Votes2.6MRecs6.8MFans
- 47 EN Ashes of the Deep Sea 深海余烬 On that day, dense fog sealed everything away. On that day, he became the captain of a ghost ship. On that day, he crossed the dense fog and confronted a world that had been utterly overturned and shattered. The order of old had vanished without a trace, bizarre phenomena ruled the endless seas beyond civilized society, and isolated island city-states and fleets challenging the ocean had become the last lights remaining in the civilized world, while the shadows of ancient days still stirred rest 307Votes5.9MRecs16.4MFans
- 48 EN This Game Is Too Realistic 这游戏也太真实了 This game is way too realistic! Hauling bricks, running errands, picking up trash, delivering packages... At most, a company can make you experience the hardships of working 996. Here, you can experience 007 on super speed. All right, enough talk. The great Administrator has called me to haul bricks. The Administrator says that as long as we work hard and offer up our livers, next month he can get himself another brand-new set of power armor. Then he’ll take us to explore a whole new map, where 467Votes4.9MRecs9.4MFans
- 49 My Healing Game 我的治愈系游戏 Comrade Officer, if I told you this was a casual healing game, would you believe me? 133Votes2.9MRecs6.9MFans
- 50 The Qin Empire's Bailiff 秦吏 At the end of the Warring States period, China faced an upheaval unlike any in a thousand years. Some were born into hereditary nobility. Some were princes of noble rank. But he was reborn as Heifu, a lowly Qin soldier and an obscure figure in the Qin bamboo slips from Yunmeng. To avoid dying in a ditch and take control of his own fate, he fought his way up. Fortunately 131Votes3.7MRecs1.8MFans
