Novels like This Is What an Immortal Should Be
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- 1 Why Are My Followers Fishmen? 我的信徒怎么是鱼人？ Explorer Roger enters an ancient temple and accidentally transmigrates to another world. His soul takes up residence in a clay statue, and his only advantages are a god's golden finger and the murloc tribe at his side. Gather faith. Grow your tribe. It's time to show those self-proclaimed superior races the terror that comes from the ocean! The tide of death rises! “Wah woo oh go-go-go-gurgle, ” “Monsters from the ocean have landed at the port.” “Evil amphibians are advancing on the empire.” “Th 0Votes14.9kRecs34.6kFans
- 2 EN The Great Dao: A Sixty-Year-Old Daoist’s Rise to Enlightenment 大道朝真，从甲子老道开始 Foolish and naive in the first half of his life, steady and truth-seeking in the second. After transmigrating to another world, Xuan Ming muddled through fifty-five years. Then, in a single moment, he awakened and understood his past. He spent five years studying scriptures in the Sutra Repository. At the turn of the sexagenary cycle, he finally underwent a transformation, blossoming late into greatness. Relying on the Mysterious Passages of the Huangting Scripture, he made the Taoist canon of t 0Votes28.4kRecs125kFans
- 3 EN The Mortal Saint 人间圣！ After breaking through the veil of prenatal ignorance, he opened his eyes once more. In this unfamiliar dynasty, torn apart by war, Ji Xiu looked around in bewilderment. The world was harsh, and survival was no easy matter. With no power, no money, and his status already reduced to that of a slave, he could barely count on being alive tomorrow. At first, all he wanted was a full meal and enough money to buy his freedom. Then he saw a “Dao Talisman” shine in his mind... [Prepay for “Grandmaster H 0Votes58.4kRecs329.6kFans
- 4 Why Is the Final Page of Your Recipe Book About the Demon King? 你的食谱最后一页怎么是魔王？ Father Luo Wen, your annual adventurer's report is ready. Over the past year, your Morality checks have once again maintained the highest possible score of 100 points, earning you the title of the Empire's moral paragon for the fifth consecutive time. Your achievement in single-handedly defeating the half-dragon Sword Saint has received royal commendation. The defeat of one of the Four Demon Kings is humanity's greatest victory against the demonfolk in nearly seventy years. Unfortunately, you ha 0Votes13.7kRecs62.3kFans
- 5 I’m Writing Daily Records in the Wanli Era 我在万历修起居注 A ruler's attendants record his actions day and night. Whatever the ruler does must be written down, so the official history can be compiled. Spring, in the third year of the Wanli reign. Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng reinstates the daily court diary and orders the Hanlin historians to take turns keeping it. From then on Shen Nian, a third-class jinshi graduate of the 1571 imperial examination, a junior compiler in the Hanlin Academy, and Zhang Juzheng's finest student, becomes a court historian 0Votes27.3kRecs166kFans
- 6 Purple Register of the Eastern Sovereign 东皇紫籍 East: the origin and beginning of all things. Emperor: the supreme god above all. Purple Register: the most exalted rank among immortals. Beyond the four seas of the Celestial Realm of Eastern Radiance lie eight continents and the four extremes. Immortals dwell on immortal islands in blessed grottos, guarding the Great Void above the Nine Heavens. In this realm where immortals manifest and the Dao takes form, the ancient gods lie dormant, while the Five Continents and myriad worlds are sanctifi 1Votes111.8kRecs114.4kFans
- 7 EN Cosmic-Level Demon God 宇宙级魔神 [Embryonic form] [Tears mechs apart with bare hands, sinks battleships] [Achievement unlocked: God Among Men!] […] [Infant form] [Walks out of the heart of a nuclear blast unscathed, awakens a life magnetic field, absorbs the energy of stars] [Achievement unlocked: Strongest Creature on the Planet!] […] [Juvenile form] [Crushes a planet with a thought, sounds the elegy of civilization] [Achievement unlocked: Fourth Calamity!] […] [Complete form] [Smashes through the wall at the origin of all thi 0Votes93.7kRecs401.2kFans
- 8 EN Starting as a Ninja in Naruto 从火影开始成为忍者 Year 5 of the Konoha Calendar. The Battle of the Valley of the End between Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara was over. To treat his elder brother’s injuries, Senju Tobirama resurrected a medical ninja from ancient times, hoping they could keep those injuries from shortening his brother’s life. This medical ninja was named Emiya Shihara. The author has already completed two older Naruto fanfics that each sold over 10,000 copies: "Starting Out as the Mastermind Behind the Scenes in Naruto" "Starti 0Votes74kRecs314.9kFans
- 9 The Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire 金龙：帝国六千年 As a golden dragon entrusted by his parents to be raised by a human family from childhood, Noah had no particular hobbies. He simply enjoyed nurturing kings. Although foolish scholars often misunderstood him, calling him the mentor of tyrant slayers and the dragon that trampled royal authority, as the millennia passed, there were also sages who praised him as the Imperial Dragon and the Sacred Dragon. The far more numerous imperial peoples called him the founder of the Golden Age, the immortal b 0Votes48kRecs247.4kFans
- 10 Controlling Mountains and Rivers, Starting in the Warring States Period 从战国开始掌控山川 Transmigrate to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, not a noble, not a commoner, and certainly not a human! Beginning with “Ximen Bao Governs Ye,” starting at the rushing Zhang River, I slowly pass through two thousand years of history. Confucius stood by the river and said: “Everything flows away like this, never ceasing day or night!” [Not a Divine Cultivation story] [It's really historical fiction] [I'm terrible at coming up with titles] >_<¦¦¦ 0Votes33.7kRecs104.7kFans
- 11 EN I'm Not a Lord 我不是领主 New novel: Is Farming Honestly Really That Boring? [Medieval era, lords, pirates, foreign tribes...] As the leader of a bandit gang, Lin En had no obligation to change the times he lived in. But by chance, he obtained a baron's commission and became a lord in name only. Farming, building roads, mining, smelting steel, recruiting followers... He would build a territory and a powerful army that surpassed their era! Sorry, I'm not a lord. I'm here to crush this ignorant, backward age of lords. 0Votes44.5kRecs172.3kFans
- 12 Me, Small and Kind 弱小友善的我 No money, a short life, a wage slave, and confined to a wheelchair. From the start, he has every life debuff imaginable. How can he defy fate and change his lot? Tang Yiping has just started his first year of college and is spending the summer interning at a small IT company. He only managed to get the two attributes [Weak] and [Friendly], which activated the Weakling’s Survival Guide, a System made for the weak. He gets by by picking up skills that the strong consider beneath them. He thought h 24Votes62.9kRecs90kFans
- 13 From Spirit Medium to Godhood 从出马仙开始窃位成神 Mountain spirits and wild creatures have only three paths to cultivation: Feed on incense, receive offerings, or be granted divine status. Huang Xiaojiu was originally just a weasel from a mass grave on North Mountain. Begging humans to name him, learning to speak, gathering yin energy, worshipping the moon. He thought he'd spend his life as a country spirit. Until that night. In the wilderness, he bound himself to the [Divine Authority Theft System]. He could now steal divine authorities from d 483Votes23.5kRecs130.4kFans
- 14 A Pharmacist’s Disciple’s Notes on Cultivation 药师门徒修仙笔记 Compassionate Medicine Master, saving the suffering; the cultivators are of one heart, ascending together to ultimate bliss. Why do you call me an evil heretic? They say this is the story of a lucky young man blessed by the Medicine Master and heir to the legacy of a true dragon. He emerges from the White Mountains and black waters of the northern frontier, braves a thousand years of snow and wind, and seeks the great path to immortality. There are celestial cranes, patrolling the lands from no 668Votes56.4kRecs336kFans
- 15 EN Decree of the Immortal Official 仙官有令 A dynasty spanning a thousand years has enshrined countless immortals. The imperial court is filled with ministers of immense talent. Across the vast martial world, heroes possess the lofty spirit to reach the heavens. The land of Jiuzhou is caught in a turbulent time. Beneath the prosperous age, hidden currents surge like the sea, while gods, ghosts, demons, and monsters loom above. The three teachings and the mysterious sects descend into the mortal world in the guise of immortal officials 17Votes254.7kRecs730kFans
- 16 EN I'll Teach You How to Cultivate Immortality 我来教你们修仙 In a world where the Heavenly Dao is incomplete. Li Boyang is an unconventional transmigrator, born with the body of a demon. But he was born in a savage age, where civilization had yet to dawn and humans lived alongside gods. Compared with the evil gods and profane sacrifices found everywhere, Li Boyang, born with a demon's body, seems strangely out of place. Especially when corpses litter the land and evil spirits run rampant. This legendary boy who never cried, this red-haired demon, becomes 0Votes319.1kRecs335.4kFans
- 17 Observe the Mountain! 观山！ [True Immortality] + [Vast Spans of Time] The mountain is still that mountain. The people are no longer the same. Xu Ran obtained the Dao Fruit of Immortality and embarked on a cultivation journey with no end in sight. He watched prodigies fall and sects rise and decline. Those who once drank and laughed with him eventually became bones in their graves. On the road to immortality, old friends all depart, and the Great Dao is walked alone. Seas turn to fields and worlds change, but he alone remai 469Votes67.9kRecs568.8kFans
- 18 Technology Invades the Modern World 科技入侵现代 1960: Lin Ran opens his eyes on a New York street in the 1960s. He has six decades’ worth of future technological data, but no legal identity. He becomes the head of NASA in the 1960s, spending ten percent of America’s GDP every year, taking on Congress in fierce debate, rallying talent from universities around the world, and leading global scientific collaboration. 2020: He returns to China to build a corporate behemoth, establishes a base on Mars, assembles a crew of astronauts bound for Europ 494Votes264.8kRecs475.6kFans
- 19 EN Ascension Through Beast Taming 御兽飞升 All paths are weak and struggling. Tame beasts and ascend to immortality! 24Votes471.1kRecs655.8kFans
- 20 EN Ravenclaw is like this 拉文克劳是这样子的 “What is Ravenclaw's most precious treasure?” “Wisdom.” “And what should we use wisdom for?” “Anything we like. If we want to, we can always find kindred spirits in the house. Companions are our second-greatest treasure.” “Excellent, exactly right. We stand together because we share the same ideals. So, what is the most important thing after that?” “Of course, sending some Ravenclaws from the other group to Azkaban.” “Exactly right. That's how we Ravenclaws do things.” 3Votes59.4kRecs159.6kFans
- 21 EN I Really Didn't Want to Play Go! 我真没想下围棋啊！ Go champion Yu Shao transmigrated to a parallel world and became a first-year high school student. Given a second life, all he wanted was to enjoy this wild, carefree youth and keep it from slipping through his fingers again. But… why have I picked up a Go stone again?! Sure, playing Go in a world where AI hasn't put the pros through the wringer yet, and casually dominating an entire era, is just a tiny bit satisfying. A group of professional Go players: “You can play Go like this?” Yu Sha 0Votes274.2kRecs690.1kFans
- 22 EN The Sword Was Demonic All Along 剑本是魔 Hou Ying devotes himself to pursuing the Dao, but through a twist of fate he's sent undercover to a demonic sect's sword school. Every day, he eagerly awaits the chance to earn merit and rewards so he can return to the Daoist sect… Only after becoming a towering master of the sword does he sorrowfully realize that no one is strong enough to bring him in anymore! 32Votes438.6kRecs541.2kFans
- 23 A Frail Scholar in the Ancient Apocalypse 古代末世的文弱书生 “He’s a weak scholar, my foot!” “That bastard lied to me!” “Workaholics! Every last one of them!” Hello, the King of Overwork invites you to join the Xinzhou Labor Group. Note: No supernatural abilities, and set in a purely fictional ancient world. Since it involves no real historical dynasties or people, and also contains apocalyptic elements, it isn't classified as historical fiction, so it's been filed under fantasy. 386Votes1.1MRecs257.5kFans
- 24 My IQ Increases Every Year 我的智商逐年递增 [No System + No Romance + Everyday Life + Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters + Scientific Research + A Rising Nation] Chen Zhuo was reborn as an infant. But he had no System, no pocket dimension, and no chime of mission prompts. All he had was a developing brain whose processing power continued to evolve as he grew older. “Who is Chen Zhuo?” “He’s a ghost in the world of mathematics, a tyrant in the world of physics, and the one and only god of science.” No harem, no hackneyed tropes. 350Votes72kRecs648.9kFans
- 25 EN Mount Shu: The Earth Immortal Who Guards the World 蜀山镇世地仙 The vast universe stretches without end, rich and wondrous. The Taoist schools of the East have a long and storied history, while the esoteric schools of Western Shu have risen to prominence. The Northern Quanzhen, the Southern Alchemy School, the Sword Sect, and the Chan Sect all take their turns on the stage, creating a world of myriad splendors. But in this world, a hundred schools contend, and demons and monsters run rampant. The southern factions are cunning, the northern factions fierce, 251Votes488.2kRecs948.7kFans
- 26 One Breath, Rising Sun 一气朝阳 Demons peer through the eaves at night, while a Daoist sleeps before the deity in a tiny temple. … That day, after the sun set, it never rose again. 0Votes247.7kRecs476.2kFans
- 27 Armor-Piercing Bullets Don't Believe in Carbon-Based Monsters 穿甲弹不相信碳基怪物 An ordinary training exercise sent Chen Jian and his squad into a completely different time and space. In this post-apocalyptic world, monsters roamed everywhere, while the few surviving humans struggled to stay alive beneath their terrifying claws and fangs. To fight back against the monsters, the survivors abandoned everything. Humanity no longer existed; animal instinct ruled instead. To defeat the monsters, they first had to become like them. Chen Jian should have pursued the maddening evolu 0Votes185.3kRecs443.6kFans
- 28 EN Desperate Dark Night 绝境黑夜 There are monsters and ghostly shadows everywhere outside. I’m so scared. I just want to stay in my safe house until the end of time... The ghostly shadows can’t be killed, and the monsters are endless. Yu Hong came here with a mysterious black seal. Using its power to strengthen anything, he slowly built an absolutely safe zone of his own inside his safe house. As everyone voted, this book is a fusion of eerie cultivation and extreme-path cultivation. Lao Gun keeps his word. 27Votes861kRecs1.7MFans
- 29 EN These Players Are More Sinister Than Ghosts 这群玩家比诡更诡 Monsters run rampant, and evil spirits are everywhere. Ning Zheng, who controls the Sword-Forging Manor, summons a band of lunatic blacksmiths from another world. “This Sword-Forging Manor reminds me of Palworld.” “Mine ore, forge metal, haul bricks, build houses.” “Be a blacksmith in life, become raw materials after death, then die again and become a weapon spirit.” “We didn’t die two or three times. We’re players who advanced to level two and turned into swords, spears, sabers, and halberds.” 4Votes114.7kRecs385.7kFans
- 30 EN The First Wizarding World War 第一次魔法世界大战 Charlotte Mecklenburg transmigrates to the Fars Empire and only wants to be a civil servant on another continent. He isn’t even a combatant... But who would have thought that even civil servants have to go to war! Announcement: The physical edition of The First Magical World War goes on presale on May 24. 5Votes347.2kRecs1.6MFans
- 31 EN Island of Sin and Punishment 罪狱岛 In the world after a nuclear war, twenty giant corporations seized control and established a global government. They govern through AI and pass judgment on everything. Gao Xin only wanted to live out a peaceful life, but he inexplicably became a scapegoat for the powerful. Then, unable to pay the cost of his imprisonment, he was sentenced to ten years of exile on Sin Island! On this island, there are no laws and no restraints. The only order comes from the many official game arenas established b 0Votes313.9kRecs435.2kFans
- 32 The Netherworld Skin-Painting Scroll 幽冥画皮卷 The print edition has been published. It is titled Formless and available from platforms such as Qidian and JD.com. Generally speaking, Li Wuxiang gives himself a little maintenance every six months or every five thousand li. The main jobs are tending to his outer layer and renovating his internal organs, with a little fatty fluid added if necessary. When applying a new skin, he has to be careful with the materials. Otherwise, in extreme weather, it might peel or de 171Votes229.8kRecs401.3kFans
- 33 EN Super-Dimensional Player 超维度玩家 [Capturing a Human Avatar] [Infiltrating the reality universe...] [Infringing upon the root laws of the world!... Detecting higher-dimensional life forms!... No life forms from other dimensions detected...] [Loading human avatar!] You are a player who can transmigrate beyond all dimensions, wielding authority almost like God's illegitimate child. You have countless identities: beggar, lowborn, pirate, gladiator, ranger, northern dragon, infernal executioner, interstellar wanderer, monster hunter 3Votes295.6kRecs705.7kFans
- 34 EN Cultivation: I Studied Abroad in the Modern Era 修仙：我在现代留过学 Just as nuclear weapons are merely a byproduct of science, immortality is no more than a small gift along the path of seeking the Dao. The new Daoist Patriarch, the Great Virtuous Teacher, and the strongest cultivator in ten thousand years, True Master Zheng Fa, is recruiting personal disciples. Recommended reading: "Topology in Talisman Crafting: Beginning with the Little Cloud-and-Rain Talisman" "Artificial Intelligence in Magical Artifacts: A Preliminary Study of Artifact Spirits" "Elemental 17Votes232.7kRecs807.8kFans
- 35 EN Wasteland Border Inspector 废土边境检查官 After transmigrating to a wasteland plagued by infected creatures and endless disasters, Cheng Ye becomes a border inspector in Happiness City. Every survivor hoping to join the city must undergo careful questioning and inspection to prevent any infected creatures from slipping inside. But Cheng Ye soon discovers that these creatures are nothing like he imagined! There are Whispering Tentacles, which can bring the dead back to life and survive through sheer obsession. There are Death Dandelions, 1.2kVotes331.5kRecs1.1MFans
- 36 The White-Robed Chancellor 白衣卿相 Clad in white, he entered Bianliang; half a lifetime as a minister, and he shaped the realm. 3.9kVotes302kRecs573.4kFans
- 37 Empire of Shadows 阴影帝国 Most people are born ordinary, but some, even if they start out ordinary, aspire to greatness. From an exploited, undocumented odd-job worker to a godfather in the dark; From a rule-abiding member of society’s underclass to the emperor behind the scenes who makes the rules; When the sun shines, this country belongs to the Federation. When night falls, it belongs to me! “Sometimes, shadows can be as large as the light, or even swallow it whole!” “We never extort anyone. We can sleep with a clear 67Votes389.4kRecs508.1kFans
- 38 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
- 39 Literary Genius: This Kid Was Born Smart 文豪：这孩子打小就聪明 [Campus novel about literary copying plus a lighthearted daily life] "You fail math, physics, and chemistry, so getting into college will be difficult. Look at the kid next door, Xiao Lu. He was smart from childhood. His math, physics, and chemistry were poor too, yet he still got into Peking University after taking some Beipei Cup recommendation exam. Why don't you give it a try?" "Mom, Gu Lu is a famous author. He wrote all those bestselling books, like Flatland, The Miracles of the Namiya Gen 3Votes156.4kRecs562kFans
- 40 EN The Immortal Craftsman's Creation 仙工开物 Deep inside a volcano, an immortal palace of mechanisms left behind by ancient sages awaits its successor. His mother risked her life to obtain its immortal seal, entrusting it to Ning Zhuo with her dying breath. The Buddha’s Heart-Demon Seal! Save yourself and become a Buddha; save others and turn them into demons. With the seal in hand, one can lightly imprint the heart and command mechanisms as easily as feathers. Others grow weary and burdened when controlling them, but Ning Zhuo can command 550Votes3.6MRecs4.4MFans
- 41 EN Then Let Them Offer Their Loyalty! 那就让她们献上忠诚吧！ [A premium hit with 45,000 top-tier subscribers and an average of 27,000 paid subscribers! Guaranteed quality, read with confidence!] After transmigrating to a disaster-ravaged world in chaos, filled with all kinds of uncanny objects, Qiu Tu discovers that he has somehow slept with a powerful figure's mistress... Since he's already been found out, he might as well... go with the flow? He'll grow stronger, build his own power, recruit beautiful... beautiful and powerful subordinates, and steadily 74Votes353.7kRecs2.4MFans
- 42 EN Ask the Heavens for Eternal Life 阵问长生 Illusion arrays, killing arrays, sword arrays, replication arrays, absolute arrays, grand arrays, immortal arrays: together, they form the myriad paths of arraycraft. Yin and yang, the Three Powers, the Four Symbols, the Five Elements, the Six Lines, the Seven Stars, the Eight Trigrams: from them flow the arrays of the heavens. Prove the Dao through divine sense, comprehend arrays, and ascend to immortality. With a single thought, save all under heaven; seek the Dao and ask for eternal life. 1.4kVotes874.9kRecs1.1MFans
- 43 The Sword Emerges from the Tang Dynasty 剑出大唐 Zhou Yi woke up to find himself in the Taiping Daoist Temple. The Old Heavenly Master said, “Heaven is dead, and the Yellow Heaven shall rise. From now on, you will be the leader of the Taiping Sect.” Zhou Yi said, “What, me?” … In the world of Twin Dragons of Great Tang, a failed art student sets out to bring order to a chaotic martial world! 34Votes743kRecs1.3MFans
- 44 EN Starry Sky Professionals 星空职业者 In Year One of the Starry Sky Calendar, humanity entered the interstellar age. Space migration, starships, alien races, outer gods… They arrived one after another. In Year 717 of the Starry Sky Calendar, Fang Xing gazed at the dense army of alien races beneath the cosmic backdrop. “Whatever you’ve got, alien armies, cultivators, tentacles, cults, outer gods, I’ll cow you all with my supreme talent and smash you to pieces with my iron fists, dammit…” Well, actually, it’s a story about a transmigr 2Votes806.5kRecs1.5MFans
- 45 EN Clearing Jin 廓晋 To clear the way means, first, to open it up, and second, to sweep it clean. Having arrived in the Eastern Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms era, one should strike out into the current, set one’s heart on the Northern Expeditions, drive the Five Hu tribes from the Central Plains, and then sweep away the aristocratic clans from the imperial court. Such is the way to clear the realm, build a new enterprise, and carry on Chinese civilization. That is the theory. But in the autumn of Yonghe 5, AD 349, when a 15.7kVotes911.1kRecs1.1MFans
- 46 EN I Am Louis XIV 我乃路易十四 What could be worse than realizing, while you’re still in swaddling clothes, that you’re none other than Louis XIV? Well, there’s this: it’s a fantasy version, too. 1Votes287kRecs126.4kFans
- 47 Half-Immortal 半仙 Deep in the mountains stands a Taoist temple, its incense long since dwindled. I’m nothing special, just nineteen years old, and I’ve been a Taoist priest since childhood. I have more than a dozen senior brothers, and I’m the youngest, known as the last disciple. Our sect was desperately poor, and my senior brothers couldn’t bear the hardship. Fortunately, our broad-minded master let them all go their separate ways, though three later saw the error of their ways and returned. My master favored m 19Votes2.5MRecs1.1MFans
- 48 EN Decaying World 腐朽世界 Mystery, despair, pain, decay. The world is lost, and I have no idea where to turn. I arrived in a world nearing its end, beset by dangers and seemingly without hope. All I can do is rely on the mysterious blood mark on my body, continually simulating and evolving all kinds of skills in an attempt to find a way out of this hopeless situation. 112Votes750.5kRecs1.2MFans
- 49 EN The Path to Immortality 仙业 A dream crosses from the sea floor to withered mulberry trees, having witnessed all the Milky Way’s winds and waves. The Nine Provinces and Four Seas, the Mystic Sects and Demon Schools, the Celestial Outsiders and Pure Land Sangha. Refining qi, receiving registers, taking elixirs, divining omens... Enter the Gate of the Infinite, roam the Fields of the Boundless, shine as brightly as the sun and moon, and endure as long as heaven and earth. All that came before is but a guest; reborn, I walk t 1.9kVotes710.8kRecs761.6kFans
- 50 EN The Corpse Retriever 捞尸人 People know that ghosts are terrifying, but ghosts know how cruel the human heart can be. This is a traditional supernatural novel. 6.3kVotes7MRecs21.2MFans
