Novels like Ascension Through Eternal Tribulation
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- 1 The Mysterious Mirror, Shadows in the Wooden Pool 玄鉴，木池见影 A fanfic of The Mysterious Immortal Clan A thousand deceits in empty words, ten thousand lies in idle talk. Deep in the woods, the sun is hard to see; thick fog makes it easy to lose one's way. This is the story of a Wood Cultivator who, after the end of Calamity's Extension, explores an ancient Dao Fruit and ultimately proves the Great Dao. The protagonist is Li Mutian's younger brother. Fifty-eight years after leaving Wangyue Lake, Li Muchi finally returned to Lijing Village... 370Votes57.1kRecs66.7kFans
- 2 EN Romance of the Heavenly Gate 天门演义 (Dual-transmigration story: a modern society of immortal cultivation plus a classical cultivation world) Hu Mang, raised by a fox demon, returns from overseas. Starting with a strange fragment, he enters another world of immortal cultivation called the Qingxuan Realm... (He transmigrates in chapter sixteen. The pace is a little slow at first, but picks up once the story gets going. Please bear with me, everyone.) 240Votes17kRecs32.4kFans
- 3 Between Two Worlds: One in the Age of Dharma Decline, One in the Immortal Realm 两界，一面末法一面仙界 Shen Jing has a mirror. On one side lies a world in chaos, overrun by monsters, in an age without spiritual energy. On the other is the Immortal Realm, teeming with spiritual energy, where the Celestial Court has only just been founded. 147Votes17.2kRecs101.4kFans
- 4 The Mysterious Mirror: Starting Out as a Talent in the Demon Sect 玄鉴：从魔宗开始当人材 A fan novel of The Immortal Clan of the Mysterious Mirror, written in an easy-to-understand style that even newcomers can follow. After transmigrating into the world of The Immortal Clan of the Mysterious Mirror, he unexpectedly takes the identity of the first villain, Li Yesheng. Fortunately, he comes with a Wish Tree, which can protect his mind and conceal his destiny, keeping him from being toyed with by powerful cultivators. Li Yesheng changes his fate, leaves the Li Clan, joins Qingchi, bec 1.7kVotes57.6kRecs128.1kFans
- 5 Becoming an Unspeakable God After Failing to Celebrate New Year’s Eve 从跨年失败开始成为不可名状之神 After being born into this world, Lu Shi became a four-dimensional being of time. In this world, a cesspit steeped in what might as well be the occult, he took his first step toward becoming an indescribable god. 319Votes34.6kRecs85.1kFans
- 6 A Mere Eight Billion Wretched Civilians 区区八十亿刁民 Only eight billion commoners. Surely they can't turn the world upside down, can they? 0Votes9.3kRecs124.3kFans
- 7 EN Nightmare Abyss 梦魇绝境 By day, Zhou Kai is a [Martial Artist], his fists subduing mountains and rivers. In dreams, Zhou Kai is a [Walker], ruling the endless night alone. The fake martial artist: hardens his skin and bones, and makes his body invincible. The real martial artist: steals forms from nightmares and mutates into a beast. What is all this about real and fake? What are you even babbling about? The strongest martial artist: rules the endless night of all eternity, through nothing but hard work and sweat! … P 59Votes39.3kRecs289.7kFans
- 8 EN The Great Crimson Immortal Sect 大赤仙门 Transform kan and fill li, unite dragon and tiger; blend lead and mercury, and seek life and destiny. How many bones lie along the road to immortality? How many immortal mountains and Daoist sects have endured through the ages? Xu Xuanyi transmigrates and becomes the head of the Great Red Temple. His master has passed away, his disciples are still young, and powerful rivals surround them. Fortunately, he obtains a jade stele that reveals ancient characters, cultivates Daoist talent, and carries 2.1kVotes301.4kRecs465.3kFans
- 9 Unknown Invasion 未知入侵 When the golden hourglass turns back. When time and space flow in reverse. Everything returns to the very beginning! The Sea of Mist, floating islands, evil entities and the unknown. The soul of a transmigrator truly awakens, swearing to undo every regret of the past and cut a bloody path through this world! Answer me, deep sea: between the evil beings and the Fourth Calamity, who are the invaders? (Contains alternate world, reborn, System, and transmigrator elements.) 324Votes175kRecs186.7kFans
- 10 EN Reanimated, I Became the World's Bug 秽土转生后，我活成了世界bug God said: I am the only perfect being in the world. And so, after His birth, flaws appeared in a world that had once been flawless. Humanity, which stood above all other species, discovered these oversights and called them bugs in the world. BUG 1: Wishcraft Write your wish on a piece of paper, then fold it in half nine times at the moment one day turns into the next. When you unfold it, if the writing has vanished into yesterday, your wish will come true on the new day. BUG 2: Causality Convers 220Votes42.3kRecs107.3kFans
- 11 EN Eerie World Survival Handbook 诡异世界求生手册 The gods are dead, and Hell is empty. In this evil age of the Five Turbidities, a hundred ghosts roam the night. Wear a human skin and play at being a god or ghost, light a red candle and beguile the human heart. ... Be careful. There is no one ahead. 55Votes77.7kRecs324.1kFans
- 12 Laying Low in the Heavens, Starting with the Dark Buddhist Sect 苟在诸天从黑暗佛门开始 All the world’s desires lie in the incense offerings. The throng of ordinary visitors becomes my bliss. Their worship nurtures my boundless delusion, transforming me into freedom itself. And then... create monsters, divide demons, become a Buddha! Li Xuan plunges headfirst into the wondrous, fantastical worlds of the myriad heavens, the first of which is a dark Buddhist realm. 138Votes24.5kRecs166.3kFans
- 13 Alchemist! 方士！ Deep in the mountains, true cultivators can hardly hide their ugly forms. In a secluded chamber, a fragrant beauty suddenly turns tender. He would use ten thousand years of life from the Immortal Dynasty of Longevity to become a true immortal in the Immortal’s Cave. The Immortal Dynasty of Longevity was named to mean “May the realm enjoy eternal life.” Ten thousand years was the nation’s allotted lifespan; “eternal” meant its borders would stretch without end. Now, ten thousand years have pa 358Votes48.6kRecs302.2kFans
- 14 EN Master of Fangcun 方寸道主 In this world, there is an emperor whose every word becomes the law of the land, a peerless general whose sword alone can face a million soldiers, a Confucian sage whose single volume of Spring and Autumn establishes the moral order, a Daoist Venerable whose finger can bring forth life and shape creation, and strategists whose schemes can turn the tides of the world… Li Shun transmigrated here with nothing but a mysterious pocket dimension. No matter how astonishing your talent, once you are cap 201Votes156.4kRecs606.1kFans
- 15 I Can Awaken Skills 我能活化技能 “The spiritual qi revival is the world’s last glimmer before its end.” “When another world descends, we’re the other world, descending upon theirs.” “Every chosen one on the opposing side is an extraordinary talent, either invincible in their age or peerless beneath the heavens.” “The roles I get are always either cannon fodder or bit parts.” Wei Lefu has been everything from the third senior brother at a martial arts school, brought out as a sacrificial pawn to inspire the others, to a fallen y 2.5kVotes101.4kRecs381.3kFans
- 16 EN The Wizard Log of a Kobold 狗头人的巫师日志 Rugg was feeling down. He’d noticed that he’d been shedding a little lately. But that wasn’t important. The door to the supernatural world was opening before him. He would become a powerful wizard, then grow scales all over, just like that annoying, terrifying, twenty-eight-clawed burrowing dragon. In his spare time, he often dreamed that he would no longer have a dog’s face, but would become the clean-cut human he used to be. He also often thought about growing the slender, twisted, curved horn 555Votes153kRecs324.3kFans
- 17 EN The Heretical Path to Immortality 方仙外道 The young Daoist was sixteen, in the springtime of his life, when desire stirred his troubles. Each day he saw the suffering of aging, sickness, and death, and the pangs of love, hate, anger, obsession, and resentment. I do not want my beauty to wither and fade. I do not want age spots to mark my skin. I do not want my limbs to shrivel, my organs to rot, and my bones to stink. The young Daoist was sixteen, and all he wished for was eternal life. A tale of an ordinary mortal refini 471Votes142.9kRecs473kFans
- 18 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
- 19 Mastering Evil Sha 御煞 The rootless tree, its flowers in bloom and shade, who would cultivate while still attached to the mortal world? The affairs of this fleeting life, a boat on a sea of suffering, tossed about with no freedom. With no shore in sight, it is hard to find a place to moor; forever sailing through waters where fish and dragons lurk. If only you would turn back, the shore is there; don't wait for the storm to wreck your boat. Open your eyes and see the fleeting world. Control baleful f 0Votes69.7kRecs313.1kFans
- 20 EN Immortality Starts With Alchemy Dao Grandmaster 长生从炼丹宗师开始 A hermit becomes an immortal, coming and going among the azure peaks. Yin and yang are forged in the furnace; the Great Dao lies within the heart. Luo Chen transmigrates to the cultivation world. With a proficiency panel, he practices alchemy and breathing techniques, studies spells and arts, and advances step by step along the path to immortality. (Skips the Mortal World and begins directly in the cultivation world.) 51Votes97.5MRecs1.4MFans
- 21 The Struggle for the Throne in the Jiajing Era 夺嫡在嘉靖朝 In the twenty-eighth year of the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming, the Crown Prince died, leaving the succession vacant. The struggle between Prince Yu and Prince Jing would determine countless lives, fortunes, and reputations. On one side stood Zhu Zaiji, Prince Yu, first in line by age. Backed by the court’s upright officials and invoking ancestral precedent, he was regarded by the scholarly world as the obvious choice for Crown Prince. On the other stood Zhu Zaizhen, Prince Jing. With Grand Se 887Votes132.3kRecs446.7kFans
- 22 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
- 23 EN I Loaded the Occult System 我加载了神秘学面板 The Age of Steam, where reason and mysticism exist side by side. The more you know, the closer you come to madness. That is the consensus behind the Veil. Li Cha doesn't believe it. Or rather, that rule doesn't apply to him. His skill panel lets him dabble in many fields and master them all, like a steam engine that never needs to shut down. [Breathing Lv.3 · Healing: Chronic ailments vanish, old afflictions are completely cured] [Knowledge Lv.3 · Erudition: Every book you lay eyes on leaves 1.7kVotes199.4kRecs992.1kFans
- 24 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
- 25 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
- 26 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
- 27 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
- 28 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
- 29 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
- 30 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
- 31 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
- 32 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
