Novels like Cleansing the Demons
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Cleansing the Demons, best match first.
- 1 Pioneering the Wilderness: The Carefree Mountain Farmer 开荒：逍遥山农 Transmigrate to a small frontier village in the early years of a dynasty, with off-the-charts combat prowess and off-the-charts decisiveness. 0Votes16.5kRecs13.7kFans
- 2 EN Exorcism Begins with Corpse-Eating and Summoning Gods 驱邪从食尸请神开始 Maoshan altar, human-skin lantern, summoning the gods. Tongbei Bagua, wind-gu sorcery and Nuo dances, four-faced Fangxiang spirits, mysterious arts that secretly reach the heavens. Nine layers of hell, sevenfold mountains, alchemy, corpse-eating, The Saha world endures its suffering, an age of the Five Turbidities, all beings lost and deluded. You and I are no exception. Hello, everyone. My name is Chen Ying. I'm both book-smart and battle-ready, and I'm somewhere between a nine and a ten in the 84Votes32.3kRecs169.4kFans
- 3 Three Kingdoms: I, Yuan Shu, Am a Loyal Servant of the Han 三国：朕，袁术，大汉忠良 “Lord Yuan, His Majesty has heard that you obtained the Imperial Seal. Is there any truth to the rumor?” “I did not! Don’t spread such nonsense. There must be some treacherous ministers in court spreading slander.” “Are you certain?” “The sovereign does not jest!” “Lord Yuan, you’re putting me in a difficult position.” Yuan Shu clasped the envoy’s hands tightly, offering gold and silver as he spoke with heartfelt sincerity. “I have always been a loyal subject of the Han. Alas, petty men slander 0Votes60.6kRecs196.5kFans
- 4 Five Hundred Years of the Great Ming Clan 大明世家五百年 In the twenty-third year of Hongwu, Li Qi transmigrated as the son of Li Shanchang. His family was brought down, and he was exiled to Jiangpu. Fortunately, he had a System: after his death, he could become an ancestral spirit and protect his family. From a disgraced clan in the Hongwu era to a newly elevated power in the Yongle era, over the centuries the Li family restored ministerial authority, promoted science, dug up feudalism by the roots, governed the realm, and founded a secret party. At 6Votes56kRecs205.1kFans
- 5 Pokemon: Am I Supposed to Restore the Han Dynasty Too? 宝可梦：我也要兴复汉室吗？ Boy: “It’d be great if I could go to the Pokemon world.” [Your wish has been granted] Boy: “Really? Which generation’s Pokemon world? Scarlet and Violet? Z-A? Or Pokémon Legends: Arceus?” [Year of Guanghe 6] Boy: “?” [At the time, 28-year-old Cao Cao was frustrated and unfulfilled, quietly waiting alongside his Shelgon for the chance to evolve. Twenty-two-year-old Liu Bei made and sold straw sandals, and occasionally went out to uphold justice with his Honedge. One-year-old Sun Quan was just lea 391Votes13.3kRecs81.3kFans
- 6 Shrouding the Heavens: Joining the Yaoguang Holy Land from the Start 遮天：开局拜入摇光圣地 After transmigrating into the Shrouding the Heavens World, Li Yao was thrilled. He joined Hengyang Grotto-Heaven, ready to begin his path of cultivation there. But just as he finished his basic training, the Yaoguang Holy Land, the powerful force above Hengyang Grotto-Heaven, arrived. He had planned to stay at the Yaoguang Holy Land only temporarily. Who could have guessed that, through a careless mistake, the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron would end up in his hands? This book is also know 25Votes48.6kRecs355.6kFans
- 7 EN 1422: The Revival of the Eastern Roman Empire 1422：东罗马的复兴 In 1422, the Eastern Roman Empire had long since lost the glory of Justinian’s age. Its territory had dwindled to Constantinople and a few isolated enclaves such as the Morea. Like a vast ship sailing across a sea of time, its hull riddled with holes, it struggled to stay afloat amid history’s raging waves. At this turbulent moment, a stranger’s soul drifted into the empire. He vowed to change everything and breathe new life into this ancient empire, now in decline. 244Votes43.1kRecs78.1kFans
- 8 Late Ming: So What If I, Chongzhen, Give Up?! 明末：我崇祯摆烂怎么了？！ After transmigrating into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian, I immediately started slacking off. Other people only pretend to slack off. I'm the real deal. My elder brother, the carpenter emperor, died at twenty-three before even finishing college. My father barely lasted a month as emperor before kicking the bucket. My grandfather, the Wanli Emperor, went thirty years without attending court, was sickly, and still lived to fifty-eight. Isn't it obvious which one I should learn from 8Votes112kRecs359.4kFans
- 9 I'm Not Yuan Shu 我不是袁术 He transmigrated, but he was Yuan Shu. He could lie flat and slack off, but he was Yuan Shu. He became a noble young master from a powerful family, but he was Yuan Shu. He had everything handed to him, but he was Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu: the fierce ghost on the road, the rotten bones in the grave, Emperor of Zhong, and the Eastern Han’s Honey Water Gentleman! Feeling the star of death shining brightly above his head, Yuan Shu couldn’t help tightening his grip on the cup of honey water in his hand. He 0Votes53.9kRecs172.9kFans
- 10 Adventure Addict! 冒险者重度依赖！ In the world of light, I had just arrived in this fantastical realm when they said I was starting too late, had no talent, and would struggle to become an adventurer. In the world of shadow, I scraped by around the town. They called me a rookie adventurer, one who only took low-level commissions and didn't dare challenge powerful monsters. In the world of darkness, I fought my way through the Underdark, gathered every treasure and relic, and sought the truth of the world. They call 5Votes22.7kRecs132.3kFans
- 11 Cyber Nezha 电子哪吒 I’m a fruit seller in my forties. One day, I got a call from my son’s teacher. She said my son, Liu Zhenhua, whose grades had always been perfectly average, had deliberately held back on his midterm exams. This was Liu Zhenhua’s excuse: “Dad, I’m a super AI from the future, codename Electronic Nezha. My mission is to save Earth.” Well, the kid certainly has an imagination. Like all of you, I didn’t believe him! Then... well, what happened next... Sigh, I can’t explain it in a sentence or two. Cl 79Votes363.8kRecs162.2kFans
- 12 EN Can the Emperor Reach the Other Shore? 朕能走到对岸吗 There have never been any shortage of swindlers in this world. Some pretend to be wealthy merchants, some pose as talented scholars, and some pass themselves off as beggars. Yet few have ever dared to impersonate the Son of Heaven. In Xuchang, Cao Cao had brought back Emperor Xian of Han. In Jizhou, there was another Liu Xie who looked exactly like him. Yuan Shao proclaimed to all under heaven that the emperor in Jizhou was the real one, while the emperor in Xuchang was an impostor hired by Cao 5Votes92.4kRecs988.7kFans
- 13 EN Misguided Evil Cultivation: Heaven and Earth Manifestation 错练邪功，法天象地 This is a strange and mysterious world, where all kinds of sinister cultivation arts abound. Once people begin practicing them, the mildest outcome is a change in appearance and temperament, followed by madness and demonic corruption. The worst is to become a prized ingredient, harvested by evil spirits... Duan Yun transmigrates into this world and unexpectedly obtains a cultivation manual for becoming a prized ingredient: The True Exposition of the Jade Sword. To his surprise, he is a once-in-a 11Votes104.6kRecs637.4kFans
- 14 Liu Bei, the Big-Eared Bandit 大耳贼刘备 I transmigrated into Liu Bei, but I got a secondhand version. Because the previous... ahem, the previous transmigrator had also transmigrated into Liu Bei. The last guy croaked, and I took over, but now I have to clean up his mess! Do you know how many enemies that guy made? That damn predecessor died young, yet before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he'd already made enemies of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shu, and a whole bunch of other tough guys! Then I took over and became a secondhan 0Votes124.4kRecs245.4kFans
- 15 The False Man of Jiangzuo 江左伪郎 The realm was divided into three, then reunited under Jin. Who could have known that the Rebellion of the Eight Princes would follow, then the Humiliation of Yongjia, the uprising of the Five Barbarians, the fall of the north, and the southward flight of the aristocracy? To secure a full meal and protect his brothers, the young slave made up a little lie, hoping to pull off a clever trick. But he overdid it. The lie grew bigger and bigger, until it deceived the entire realm. 832Votes131.5kRecs347.7kFans
- 16 Ascending to the Jade Palace 上玉阙 “Your fate is yours to decide, not Heaven's? And you want to go to Hexi? Nice ambition. Then head to the bottom of the river and practice holding your breath. Come back up in three days.” “Feeding yourself to demonic beasts on the Western Sea front is a contribution to the Immortal Alliance. Serving as an officer in the Alliance is also a contribution. There’s no difference in status.” “Locking down the rules of cultivation is good for everyone. The low-level cultivators just can't see reason. W 33Votes170.5kRecs598.8kFans
- 17 EN Absolute Destiny Game 绝对命运游戏 Mysterious Stranger: “If you could bring the martial arts, inner techniques, Taoist arts, supernatural abilities, and other skills you learned in a game into the real world... would you play it?” Gamer: “Of course! What kind of amazing deal is that?” Mysterious Stranger: “What if dying in the game meant you would die in real life too? Would you still play?” Gamer: “Let me think about it... Yeah, I probably would, as long as I’m careful not to pick a fight with high-level monsters.” Mysterious St 9Votes249.3kRecs547.9kFans
- 18 Shengong Bao, the Great Sage, Urges the Immortal to Seek Death 申公豹大圣劝死仙 First life: Unlucky Earthling Second life: Disaster Venerable Shen Gongbao Third life, fourth life... and beyond, across countless worlds. Forged by billions of calamities, my Dao body stands; the Great Luo Immortal endures for eternity. [Primordial Chaos secret identities] [Mythic Great Luo] [High-Risk Worlds] 1Votes51.9kRecs187.9kFans
- 19 EN Trenches, Bolt-Action Rifles, and Magic 堑壕大栓与魔法 After someone punched Morin awake, he discovered he was a prisoner of war. He had thought this was a world much like the one on the eve of World War I, but the reality was worse than he’d imagined. And why was an imperial soldier like me fighting alongside volunteers from the International Brigades as an ally?! Assault troops wielding swords and shields like tin-can armor, diesel-and-magic-powered armored knights, and military mages... Everything was telling Morin that something was very wrong w 752Votes170kRecs472.6kFans
- 20 A Nobody in the Martial World 江湖位面小人物 The jianghu is home to countless great figures. Shen Lang, Ye Kai, Lu Xiaofeng, Li Xunhuan, Chu Liuxiang, Hua Manlou, Yan Nantian, Ximen Chuixue, the Azure Dragon Society's leader... Their names have long been etched into the annals of the jianghu. After traveling between worlds and meeting them one by one, the young man gradually comes to understand the true ways of the jianghu. These great figures are great for far more than their formidable martial arts and exceptional intelligence. Ne 0Votes56.2kRecs59.2kFans
- 21 I'm the Lone Star of Misfortune, but I Love Making Friends 我，天煞孤星，爱好交友 Hey, how dare you slander my good name and call me a jinx? So I attended the Dragon Gate Tournament, and a few candidates died. Then I became the only candidate left, and suddenly I’m a bringer of bad luck. And what’s that about everyone who had a grudge against me ending up dead? How could that possibly have anything to do with me? I don’t know how they died, either. I’m just a lowly constable. Congratulations, Host! Your master died a gruesome death. Cultivation +10,000! 0Votes178.2kRecs351.3kFans
- 22 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
- 23 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. 3.4kVotes298.2kRecs571kFans
- 24 Looking North at the Rivers and Mountains 北望江山 A story about a modern person struggling to survive in the late Yuan dynasty, in every sense of the word. 6.2kVotes745.2kRecs592.5kFans
- 25 EN My Magic Knows No Bounds! 我的魔法没有上限！ Zelier, a mage reincarnated into another world, acquired a cheat that could unlock god-tier talent skills. Upon reaching level two, he could choose one of the following talent skills: First: [Spell Surge] Raises your maximum mana, increases your mana regeneration speed, and boosts your spell power, making your magical foundation as solid as a rock. “Firepower is justice!” Second: [Formula Evolution] Allows you to analyze the structure of any magical formula you see and reproduce it for your own 9kVotes142kRecs1.1MFans
- 26 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
- 27 The Tribulation of Ten Thousand Dynasties 万朝之劫 [A 87,000 Premium Subscription, 34,000 Average Subscribers, and Over 10,000 Monthly Subscribers! Quality Guaranteed, Read with Confidence!] (Original title: The Plot of Real Historical Games Is Known Only to Me) “That Ma Su guy has a clear head. The key to victory at the Battle of Jieting is holding the high ground! Anyone who wouldn't even occupy the mountain is an incompetent fool, nothing to worry about!” “Don't bother grinding in Stalingrad. I just came out of the Western Front instance, and 7.8kVotes171.1kRecs998.7kFans
- 28 Sir, You'll Have to Pay More 大人，得加钱 Lord Jia, whose family has served the Qing loyally for generations, truly loves the Great Qing. For the Great Qing, he would even abandon his ancestors! This is not a serious historical novel. Lord Jia’s shamelessness may not be second to none, but it certainly doesn’t come in second. Completed masterpieces include The Great Bandit, The Directorate of Ceremonial, A Han Should Never Be a Slave, The Ming Wolf Cavalry, and The Evil Slave. 2Votes197.6kRecs444.6kFans
- 29 EN Reigning Supreme Across Eternity, Starting as a Magical Girl 从魔法少女开始独断万古 A ten-year veteran reader of online fiction, Jiang Si is different from everyone else. He has always firmly believed that he, too, could forge a path to cultivation. Taking the great online-fiction heroes of the past as his goal, he constantly searches for a way to set foot on the path of cultivation. Qigong, genetic locks, magic, superpowers, zombie outbreaks... anything will do. As long as supernatural powers exist, there must be a way to pursue the Dao. All powers ultimately lead to cultivati 1.2kVotes321.1kRecs933kFans
- 30 EN Wulong Mountain Cultivation Chronicles 乌龙山修行笔记 A day-to-day chronicle of a rogue cultivator from Wulong Mountain, recording the little moments of a cultivation life... A woman fears marrying the wrong man; a man fears choosing the wrong career. Since Liu Xiaolou became a lowly rogue cultivator from the start, one from Wulong Mountain, notorious for its bandits, he can only accept his lot and struggle to survive in a world ruled by prestigious sects. He busies himself for a single spirit stone, pill, artifact, or spirit herb. The daily necess 1.4kVotes981.3kRecs619.4kFans
- 31 The Ming Dynasty's Young Student 大明小学生 In Nanjing, beside the Qinhuai River, a lowly young man stands at a crossroads in history. His impoverished life takes a turn when he meets a rich older woman. The common folk of the Ming Dynasty have no right to call themselves students, so they might as well start out as elementary school pupils. 1Votes634.9kRecs637kFans
- 32 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
- 33 EN Doomsday: My Keyword is One More Than Everyone Else's 末世：我的关键词比别人多一个 Brave, cowardly, kind, cunning, generous, greedy, elegant, cruel, cheerful, perverse, upright, a shameless hypocrite... In this apocalyptic world, resources can only be obtained by winning on alien battlefields, ensuring the survival of civilization. Every warrior entering an alien battlefield is randomly assigned a keyword of their own. When their words and actions match that keyword, their attributes grow rapidly and they gain superhuman abilities. But if they break character, their abilities 11Votes285.2kRecs854.6kFans
- 34 Peninsula Prosecutor 半岛检察官 Xu Jingwen transmigrates into South Korea and, from the start, kills his twin brother, who was plotting to murder him. With their identical faces, he assumes his dead brother's identity and takes his job as a prosecutor, his house, and his fiancée. Having taken the place of one man with another, he decides to be a good person and wipe out every corrupt official and criminal. But on his very first day at work, he discovers that the corrupt official is... himself. PS: The protagonist is a playboy 0Votes184.4kRecs800.1kFans
- 35 Hidden Dead Ends 隐秘死角 New book: The Desperate Night: I Alone Am Immortal in a Strange World. Search for it if you're interested. Have you heard? If, late at night when all is quiet, you open a music player, put on your headphones, curl up under the covers with your head tucked in, and listen to the same song on repeat, then fall asleep after the forty-fourth play, you might wake up somewhere other than your own bed. You will have entered a strange space completely cut off from reality. That space... at first glance, 11Votes812kRecs2MFans
- 36 EN Where Will You Run, Demons? 妖魔哪里走 New book: "Daoist Priest, Times Have Changed". Please check it out. The human way declines, while the uncanny way runs rampant. A hundred ghosts roam the night, and the people suffer terribly. I, Wang Qilin, am willing to wield a ghost-slaying blade and carve a path to peace for humanity through the demons and monsters lying in wait! 5Votes755kRecs577.3kFans
- 37 EN Lord of Pro 普罗之主 His name is Li Banfeng. Feng as in mountain peak, not as in going crazy. His doctor has told him he isn’t insane. To save a friend’s life, he went to Platform 96, boarded Steam Train 1160, and arrived in Puluo Province, where the world had been stuck in the age of steam. He met a confidante in an old gramophone, peerless beauties on calendar posters, a swaying lady in an antique clock, and a worldly master in a wine gourd. Here, food cultivators grow stronger the more they eat, smoking cultivato 145Votes729.7kRecs2MFans
- 38 EN Cultivation? Ain't Got No Money For That! 没钱修什么仙？ The old man asked, “You want revenge?” The boy replied, “I’ve been humiliated again and again by the powerful, and my master considers me trash. How could I not want revenge?” The old man patted the boy’s head and sighed. “Good boy, let me pass my cultivation power on to you.” The boy exclaimed, “Senior! How could I accept that?” The old man held out his hand. “Give me your phone.” Watching the changes on his phone, the boy cried out in shock, “Senior! Where did all this hundred-year cultivation 17.7kVotes4MRecs7.2MFans
- 39 EN Twilight Divide 黄昏分界 Dusk divides the world in two, yin and yang. When the flesh of evil gods forced its way through cracks in the earth, flesh as vast as mountains appeared everywhere. Some were afraid. Some worshipped it. Some burned incense and made offerings. Others took a taste and thought, Huh, not bad. And so the flesh became crops, greedily harvested and fought over by people who consulted spirits and worshipped their ancestors. Hu Ma was reborn out of fear. He ate taixui, tended his furnace, and endured cou 67Votes705.1kRecs3.8MFans
- 40 The End of the Song Dynasty 终宋 The Song Dynasty never recovered Yan and Yun, and throughout its reign it was bullied by foreign enemies… As the Southern Song nears its fall, he will accomplish the great deeds that eluded the dynasty from beginning to end. 81Votes996.2kRecs2.3MFans
- 41 EN Back to 1982: A Second Chance in a Fishing Village 重回1982小渔村 A fishing-and-seaside-life story set in the 1980s, with an average of 35,000 paid subscribers. The animated series of the same name, Back to 1982: A Small Fishing Village, launched on Hongguo on August 7! [Everyday life in the 1980s: fishing, farming, raising kids, and family squabbles. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read or leave hate!] It’s the same familiar little fishing village, but Ye Yaodong is no longer the young man he used to be. Reborn into the pas 221Votes2.1MRecs2MFans
- 42 Becoming a Fox Immortal in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 从聊斋开始做狐仙 Being human is hard; being a fox is even harder. Gong Mengbi has no choice but to cling to Lady Mount Tai's coattails and become an immortal official first. For a fox, making connections far and wide is the way to cultivate immortality. Only later do people realize that this fox seems to be everywhere, no matter how vast the world is. 166Votes458.9kRecs508.8kFans
- 43 The Main God's Investigator 主神调查员 This is a laugh-out-loud story bursting with wild ideas. You’ll encounter one plot world after another whose style is completely different from the original. My name is Luo Feng, and I’m an investigator for the Lord God. My day-to-day work is to enter plot worlds, disrupt their main storylines as much as possible, and collect data to compare against the original plots. Why do I mess up these worlds? Naturally, it’s to gather more Lord God data for research, learn everything I can about the enemy 3Votes474.6kRecs388.2kFans
- 44 League of Legends: The Demon King's System 联盟之魔王系统 Chen Mu, a science genius and model student aiming for the highest-ranked university, is chosen by the System and must become the great demon king of League of Legends! VIP group: 584989166 (for readers ranked Attendant or above in fan value) 0Votes1.2MRecs449.7kFans
- 45 EN Martial Sage of the Ten Directions 十方武圣 New book: "Desperate Night", "The Strange World: I Alone Become an Immortal". Search for it if you're interested. In a barren post-apocalyptic world, it is the third year of the Shizong reign. The land is in chaos, and the people are struggling to survive. The central dynasty has collapsed. Powerful factions carve up the land, while sects rule independently. Demonic cults and evil gangs sow chao 18Votes2MRecs1.5MFans
- 46 My Father Is Emperor Gaozu of Han 家父汉高祖 The new book The Court Does Not Move South is now being serialized. Your support is appreciated! A great empire has just been born, and a new era is about to begin. Liu Chang once wondered whether he should compete for the throne and lead this brand-new empire himself. But then he looked at the people around him: Liu Bang, Empress Lu, Liu Ying, Liu Heng... Well, isn’t it better to stay alive? And so Liu Chang earned himself the title of the most shameful transmigrator and settled into 160Votes1.1MRecs3.9MFans
- 47 EN Mysterious Daoist of Madness 道诡异仙 An uncanny Heavenly Dao, strange immortals and Buddhas: are they real or false? Lost in confusion, Li Huowang cannot tell. But these aren’t the only things he can’t distinguish. He can’t even make sense of himself. He’s sick, and very seriously so. 650Votes1.8MRecs13.2MFans
- 48 Conquering the Han 覆汉 Strive to make a name among the lords, if only to preserve your life in a chaotic age! As a posthumous child, Gongsun Xun received his guiding principles for life early on from his mother, who claimed to be a transmigrator. But after following the tide of history year after year, he began to realize that things were gradually going very wrong! This is the story of a man who is half native, striving amid a momentous age! 286Votes2.2MRecs1.4MFans
- 49 EN A Top-Rank Scholar of Humble Birth 上品寒士 A seasoned modern-day backpacker transmigrates to the Eastern Jin dynasty, inhabiting the body of Chen Caozhi, a poor young man. His family’s farmland is about to be seized, and his virtuous widowed sister-in-law is being forced to remarry. How can Chen Caozhi overcome prejudice against his low-born status and change his fate, while protecting the interests of himself and his clan? Watch as this young man rises step by step through the rigid hierarchy of the Nine-Rank Official System, befriends 26Votes785.5kRecs822.6kFans
- 50 EN The Infinite Fun of Little Worlds 小世界其乐无穷 The extraordinary shattered the world’s silence, and the course of technological progress took a turn. As humanity searched for a path to evolution in the darkness, I became its pioneer. This is the story of a player messing with the world. Small worlds are endlessly entertaining. 12Votes1.3MRecs1.2MFans
