Novels like Folk Customs: Beginning with a Nuo Opera Troupe
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- 1 Mastering a Martial Art Every Day 每天一门功法圆满 When Chen Yue opened his eyes, the world was in chaos, and he had become an apprentice at a county apothecary. Human life was cheap, and the path to immortality was full of strange perils. Fortunately, he had an unmarked panel. He made hardship his fuel and forged his Dao foundation from sheer resolve. He moved unseen through the waves, keeping his strength concealed; He forged an iron body to weather the world’s storms; He built his foundation with an inner elixir, gathering immeasurable reserv 431Votes28.3kRecs329.1kFans
- 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 Demon Dragon Hatchling: Addicted to Torturing Others 魔丸巨龙幼崽：拷打重度依赖 You transmigrate to another world and discover you’ve become a sacrifice about to be killed? You survive by fighting back, only to realize you must face the tragic fate of your friends and family? As for what Balen chooses to do... “Those despicable foreign races are just too vile. Anyway, tighten your belts. I’m about to torture you.” “What! You want to know why I burned down the dwarves’ homes and the elves’ temples?” “Heh heh heh...” “Because I’ve got cheats, and I don’t have to play fair!” . 0Votes496Recs3Fans
- 4 From Hogwarts to Strixhaven 从霍格沃茨到斯翠海文 “Don't call me Tom! I'm Voldemort!” Voldemort shouted in fury. “Come on, Tom.” Ivy waved a hand. “Do you really want to die bearing that strange name?” “I've already dismantled all your Horcruxes, and the love magic you stole from Harry's blood is nothing but a rootless illusion. Even Lily Evans, whom you killed, has been brought back to life... Are you really going to face death as Voldemort? You can't even face your own past, so how can you talk about the future?” “Enough talk. I need to g 76Votes20.9kRecs170.4kFans
- 5 My Uncle Is the Kangxi Emperor 我伯父是康熙 I’m Kangxi’s own nephew, the fifth son of Prince Gong Changning, the chief Grand Councilor of the Yongzheng era, and Dorgon in the Qianlong era! 335Votes38.6kRecs121.8kFans
- 6 Tokyo: My Little Sister Is a Manga Artist 东京：俺妹漫画家 He transmigrates to Japan in a parallel world, during the bubble economy. A police detective for a dad, a gossipy mom, a tsundere little sister, and a broken-hearted him. Takagi Ryosuke followed his plan to make a living by plagiarizing works from another world, but after a family meeting, he accepted a task from his mother. Mieko: “I have a favor to ask of you.” And so Ryosuke ended up with a tracker, whose locator was attached to the backpack of his cheap little sister, Takagi Ayano. 0Votes17.8kRecs90.2kFans
- 7 EN The Devil's Bible 恶魔圣经 No female lead. Dark tone, boss protagonist, nonhuman protagonist. An original Western fantasy setting in another world. “Why? Why can you break the contract?!” In response to the desperate question, the demon unfolded the contract. The contract enlarged, revealing the ‘paper’ it was made of. It consisted of countless tiny threads woven together in a particular pattern, forming words that carried information. [Supplementary Clause One: ...] [Supplementary Clause Two: ...] [Final Supplementary Cl 0Votes55.3kRecs53.3kFans
- 8 Reborn, I Just Want to Return to My Comfort Zone 重生后我只想回舒适区 A soul, a warm soul. Cast out of 2026, exiled to wander through 2013. To fill the emptiness of his wandering, he used the perspective of someone reborn to make plans for his present life, map out the road ahead, and furnish the home that was about to be built. All so he could find his way back to the comfort of a life with "her" in this lifetime. Every plan led toward the summer after his wife graduated from high school in his previous life. But fate played cruel games, morality put him on trial 75Votes247Recs4Fans
- 9 The Comprehensive Network: A Chosen Warrior Begins with Speedrunning and Grinding 综网：从速刷打灰开始的战斗天选 They say there’s a post on some virtual-reality forum that goes: “If you could have the abilities of any extraordinary profession, which would you choose?” Having just finished the timeless classic How to Pick a Mythic+ Tank, Yi Qingfeng had “pulling the pack together” on his mind, so he casually chose paladin. The next day, as he stared at the status panel appearing before his eyes, Yi Qingfeng fell into deep thought: Wait, why is this paladin’s aura blood-red...? And so the adventure begins? “ 60Votes82.1kRecs152.7kFans
- 10 EN My Folklore Game Console 我的民俗游戏机 The Wang phase rests, languishes, and dies. The only changing character is eternity. A person's life is a great transformation. From infancy to youth, from maturity to old age, no one can ultimately escape death. One day, Xu Feng happened to obtain a game console. After opening the game, Xu Feng discovered that its professions were all related to life and death. Sewing corpses, excavating tombs, watching graves, burning bones, saving souls, relieving suffering... As the saying goes, the auspicio 960Votes75kRecs347.8kFans
- 11 EN Mortal Cultivator 俗仙 Those who cultivate immortality have no worries about firewood, rice, oil, or salt, but they cannot escape the greed, anger, delusion, love, hatred, desire, passion, and grudges of the mortal world! 4Votes505.2kRecs501.3kFans
- 12 Bodhisattva, Please Help Me Cultivate! 菩萨，请助我修行！ [This is a game between the old era and the new era.] [The laws of the new era forbid the demons and monsters of the old era from existing, but they secretly watch and wait for the light.] [Heir to the new era, you must not allow the laws laid down by your ancestors to be broken. Take up your weapon and defend the era that belongs to you!] Ao Peng studied the game that had suddenly appeared before him, then looked at the games everyone else was playing. [You take the road on the left and are bit 45Votes37.9kRecs335kFans
- 13 EN Rise of an Esoteric Academy Monk 从密修学院僧开始 [Nonsense] [Forced connections] [Far-fetched interpretations] [Poorly expressed] An ancient scripture with no words, a timid monk, centuries of chance encounters, and enlightenment in a single lifetime. It all begins at a scripture academy called the Endless White Pagoda Temple, with a monk from the Esoteric Cultivation Academy 18Votes222kRecs307.5kFans
- 14 Curses of the Mountains and Seas 咒禁山海 In the twenty-eighth year of Zhizheng, the emperor ascended the throne and issued an edict: No one may go out to sea! No one may go out to sea! No one may go out to sea! In the fourth year of Xiaokang, a ghost coffin in the Zhuo River leaped up the Dragon Gate, taking every corpse diver in the river with it. In the eighth year of Xuande, the treasure fleet returned to Liujiagang, but not a single person was aboard... Open the history books, and the waterways of the world, along with the vast eas 6Votes120.2kRecs297.7kFans
- 15 EN The Mountain Storm Dragon 山雨蛟 The path of cultivation may look glorious, but in truth it is like walking on thin ice. Only those who tread it know the hardships. A black snake of humble origins, with no one to rely on, wanders alone through wind and rain, living on the fringes of the human world. It cannot escape the fires of heavenly tribulation. It struggles desperately, with no idea what lies ahead... A record of the past, seven parts truth and three parts lies. 239Votes96.5kRecs218.3kFans
- 16 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. 1.1kVotes132.4kRecs348.9kFans
- 17 EN Deity Investigation Report 神明调查报告 A kidnapping from the past, thirteen phantoms standing tall in an ancient castle A life caught in a cycle of reversals, and a catastrophe unleashed by the gods in retaliation against humanity! Reason is fragile in this world. Humanity needs to be handled with care. "A real investigator isn't judged by how well they handle the bizarre, but by how well they write their reports!" 23Votes269.7kRecs1.2MFans
- 18 The Glory of the Red Mansion, Ruling the Realm 红楼芳华，权倾天下 [Set against the true history of the late Northern Song. Over 10,000 subscriptions, one Glory Star, 10,000 words a day, quality guaranteed.] [The Dream of the Red Chamber is featured as a harem drama, so you can enjoy this even if you haven’t read it. A fusion of The Dream of the Red Chamber and Water Margin.] After transmigrating as Ximen Qing, the stunning beauty he encounters is not Pan Jinlian, but Qin Keqing from The Dream of the Red Chamber. The Jingkang Disaster is coming for the Song dyn 1.6kVotes353.9kRecs542.9kFans
- 19 Hurry, Hurry, as the Law Commands 急急如律令 Your supernatural stuff is only just coming back? I've been haunted by a ghost for over two years! And you're telling me the most vicious spell in the world is one I created? 9.3kVotes175.1kRecs900.9kFans
- 20 The Imperial Enterprise of the Northern Dynasties 北朝帝业 The end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the age of the Later Three Kingdoms. He Liuhun rules the roost in Hebei, Yuwen Tai dominates Guanzhong, and Xiao Pusa devotes himself to Buddhism in Jiangdong. Ambitious heroes are fired with purpose, while the people shed blood and tears! The fires of war flare up again at Mount Mang, and heaps of bones lie strewn across the River Bridge! In an age of chaos, division must eventually give way to unity. Cross the Taihang Mountains, ford the Yangtze, 5Votes304.6kRecs289.8kFans
- 21 EN Super Sorcerer: The Weave Crashes Again from the Start 超魔术士：开局魔网又崩了 [Dungeons & Dragons] [Faerun] [High Magic] [Adventure] Anse accidentally transmigrates to Toril, and the Goddess of Magic has run into trouble yet again! Has the Spellplague struck again?! When the claws of the Underdark tear through the night over Baldur's Gate, the never-quiet Faerun erupts into chaos. But this is only the beginning. Elements include: Dungeons & Dragons, the Weave, dragon-blood sorcerers, wizards, leveling up, twenty-sided dice, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter, the Underdar 196Votes116.2kRecs378.1kFans
- 22 EN Blade of Reckoning 泼刀行 Martial arts, folk customs, strange tales, taboos, the imperial court, the martial world, grandmasters, magical duels, journeys to the underworld, spirit mediums, invoking gods, Nuo opera, esoteric sects, immortality… The martial world is a winding road, filled with all kinds of people and schools. Within the arcane tradition, folk legends and strange tales come in countless forms. This is a turbulent age, one where danger and opportunity go hand in hand. Li Yan strides forth with his blade in h 98Votes425.9kRecs708.7kFans
- 23 EN The Mad Demon of Myriad Lives 万生痴魔 Get a bowl, fill it with soil, count one, two, three, four, five. Plant a toad and grow a train, plant a soybean and grow a tiger. Cultivate a fine craft, and you'll enjoy a life of ease, free from hardship. There are three hundred and sixty trades among all living things. Which path is the one to rule them all? That carpenter has real skill, snapping a chalk line to divide yin from yang, joining mortise and tenon to subdue the eight wilds. This blacksmith has a knack, making iron and fire ring 5.3kVotes400.6kRecs723kFans
- 24 EN A Proper Student Only Takes Nine Potions a Day 我正经学生，每天只吃九种魔药 (Averaging 30,000 copies! One wild twist after another!) Evan transmigrates as a student who sells his blood to test drugs, and gains a talent panel. [Nine Dragons' Power: You can reverse the side effects of nine drugs at the same time.] Sage University: The latest sleeping pills. Wanted: students who can stay up all night. You take [Incomplete Hibernation Potion]: impaired cognition, unable to wake for five days. Reversed effect: You can learn in your dreams for five days. Red King Laboratory: 1.5kVotes92.6kRecs822.6kFans
- 25 The Transformation of a Wet Egg 湿卵胎化 Born from eggs, wombs, moisture, or transformation, each follows its own course. Egg-born beings arise from desire, womb-born beings from passion, moisture-born beings from contact, and transformed beings from separation. Reincarnation has always been a specialized skill, but Ji Ming has mastered all four kinds: moisture, egg, womb, and transformation. From then on... he could be a bird or a flower, a fish or an insect, a fox of the wilds or a rat of the shrine, a poo 43Votes249.6kRecs576.4kFans
- 26 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
- 27 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
- 28 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
- 29 EN Hogwarts: Not Even Voldemort Can Stop My Learning 霍格沃茨：伏地魔也别阻止我学习 Vader: I only have seven years to study at Hogwarts. Take away the holidays, and that's just 266 weeks! Even if I can master one book a week, that's only 266 books! How many magic books are there in the Hogwarts library? Thousands upon thousands! Time waits for no one. How could I not make the most of every moment to study?! I will not let anyone ruin my study environment, not even the Dark Lord! No, no, no. It's not that I simply love knowledge. I'm just greedy. Title 1: "Hogwarts: I C 869Votes290.5kRecs687.5kFans
- 30 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
- 31 EN Lying Low While Cultivating Immortality in Two Worlds 苟在两界修仙 The fortunes of the years, the turning of spiritual influences, the transformations of yin and yang: these are but minor achievements of the Year Keeper… This is the story of a young man who transmigrates between two worlds to cultivate immortality, and strives to become a Year Keeper… 208Votes701.7kRecs1.3MFans
- 32 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
- 33 The Incredible Mountains and Seas 不可思议的山海 Yun Zai said he only wanted the people of his tribe to have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear. He had never thought about anything else. Emperor Yao said the young man was quite impressive. Emperor Shun considered him a rival. Yu the Great wanted to write him a letter of recommendation. Yun Zai: “If the Mandate of Heaven is mine...” A farming story inspired by the Classic of Mountains and Seas! The old group got nuked. 1Votes302.5kRecs297.6kFans
- 34 EN The Counterfeit Crown Prince 赝太子 A rosewood hair ornament, mistaking a fox for one's wife, six prophecies, and the question of who the Crown Prince is. A modern-day story about a cat being passed off as a prince. 1Votes10.6MRecs576.7kFans
- 35 Banishing the Dragon 黜龙 There are dragons in this world. Dragons take countless forms: some roam rivers and seas, some soar over mountains, some hide in the deepest abysses, and some race among the clouds. When roused, they can swallow the wind and summon snow, divert rivers and carve waterways, summon lightning and breathe fire, split mountains and part seas. There are dragons among mankind, too. The greatest among men have lofty ambitions and brilliant plans. They hold the secrets of the universe within them and aspi 111Votes1.9MRecs1.6MFans
- 36 EN I Have a Cultivation World 我有一个修仙世界 Chen Mobai, a third-year high school student at the Immortal Sect, was studying hard for the entrance exam to the Great Dao Academy. His biggest dream in life had always been to successfully establish his Foundation, until he gained the ability to transmigrate to another world of cultivation. Then his dream changed... 31Votes1.4MRecs2.1MFans
- 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 Cultivating in the Demonic Sect as a Talent 苟在初圣魔门当人材 Lyu Yang transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, only to become a disciple of the First Sacred Sect, a demonic sect. Fortunately, he obtains a wondrous treasure, the Book of a Hundred Lives. When he dies, he can begin a new life and start all over again, while bringing back treasures, cultivation, and even lifespan from his previous life. He can even awaken special talents. Unfortunately, his chances are limited. He is not truly immortal. With chaos about to engulf the cultivation worl 577Votes1.8MRecs4.7MFans
- 39 Actors Don’t Get Vacations 演员没有假期 This world is strong in the East and weak in the West. Chinese culture dominates the globe. Everyone in the world is learning Chinese. China's Golden Bull Awards are the most influential film awards in the world. For singers everywhere, topping China's music charts is the ultimate goal of a lifetime. The most fashionable fashion weeks, the richest sporting culture, the most beautiful scenery, and the tastiest food... it's all here. Guan Chen spent his previous life running down a one-way roa 11Votes448.7kRecs467.7kFans
- 40 EN My Life Among the Uncanny 我的诡异人生 In the age of declining magic, evil ghosts have returned, and there is no way out for humanity. A watch passed down to Su Wu by his late parents lets him travel between the past and the future. Ancient traditions lost to the past, taboos passed down by word of mouth, and crafts buried in the dust can all flourish again. In the Hidden Treasury Domain, there are methods for binding evil ghosts with scriptures, offerings, and one's own body; In the Kitchen God Sect, there is the craft of refining o 91Votes658.9kRecs1.9MFans
- 41 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
- 42 EN Cultivating Immortality in a Chaotic World of Demons and Martial Arts 苟在妖武乱世修仙 Fang Xi transmigrated, and this is his second time! In the cultivation world, he keeps his head down; in another world, he hits back hard! Who would have thought that thousands of years later, he would become a big shot in the cultivation world too? (Cautious cultivation and longevity + infinite worlds. A Wen Chao production: every book is a gem. Readers, feel free to add this to your library and enjoy.) 38Votes1.2MRecs3.6MFans
- 43 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
- 44 Bright One 明尊 Great is the primal origin: all things receive their beginning from it, and through it the heavens are governed. Supreme and exalted Lord, at times riding the Six Dragons, never straying from the path. This is the story of a transmigrator's old man awakening in a world with a native protagonist, and the golden finger gaining a mind of its own. I've made it this far, Qian Chen, relying on no one but myself! Great Lord Taishang, save me! 731Votes1.7MRecs785.8kFans
- 45 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
- 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 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
