Novels like Contending for the Great Dao
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- 151 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
- 152 EN Seeking the Dao in the Mortal World 问道红尘 Qin Yi once believed that the first thing an immortal cultivator needed was a calm, detached heart, free from desire, with the patience to endure and the will to resist temptation. But in the end, he discovered that the word “immortal” begins with a person. The path to immortality is cold and harsh. You and I will hold each other close to keep warm. P.S. This book was originally titled Please, Fairy, Have Some Self-Respect. 61Votes2.3MRecs1.5MFans
- 153 One Slash to Carve a Path Through Life and Death 一刀劈开生死路 One slash cleaves open the road between life and death; two feet step through the gates of right and wrong! Ordinary people wield extraordinary firearms capable of destroying heaven and earth; Martial artists cultivate secret martial arts capable of demolishing cities and destroying nations; This is a world where the weak are not ants and the strong are not gods. A young man paralyzed in bed, filled with resen 0Votes334.2kRecs236kFans
- 154 EN Super-Dimensional Wizard 超维术士 Wizards hold an exalted, unrivaled status across the continents and the multiverse. Mystery, wisdom, cruelty, and bloodshed are practically synonymous with wizards. But what are wizards really like? After encountering the world of wizards, Angel reached a conclusion: Wizards are a group who use idealist thought to illuminate themselves, yet approach the world dialectically with a materialist attitude. In other words, they are a breed of rigorous scientists who walk alone on the road to discoveri 225Votes2.6MRecs696kFans
- 155 EN Wizard Immortal 巫师不朽 This is the story of a transmigrator who transmigrates for a second time and embarks on the path of a wizard in a world of wizards. Hunt for crystal cores in an apocalyptic world, extract bloodlines in an ancestral world, hunt gods in a world of deities... With the power to transmigrate between worlds, he travels through endless worlds, plundering their knowledge and resources to forge his own path as a wizard... 2Votes423.2kRecs366.5kFans
- 156 The Seat of Arcane Arts 奥术神座 “Knowledge is power.” “Gods are nothing more than especially powerful arcanists.” Xia Feng has transmigrated, bringing a mountain of knowledge with him. 94Votes1.9MRecs1.7MFans
- 157 Police Officer Han 韩警官 Back to 1996, with my memories in fragments, like Zhuang Zhou dreaming he was a butterfly. I remember things a little at a time, like squeezing toothpaste from a tube, and seize every chance to get ahead. We start from the same place, but our experiences differ. Follow Han Bo through his life as a police officer. 2Votes733kRecs498.4kFans
- 158 EN The Great Dragon Has Fallen 大龙挂了 [One of the Top Ten Authors of 2018] There’s a dragon that can produce metal, a fairy who grows crops and flowers, and a country baron who dreams of riding a dragon. Fantasy farming, a lord’s rise to power! Bai Yuhan’s labor of love for 2018. Enjoy! 2Votes894.8kRecs675.6kFans
- 159 The Endless Path of Martial Arts 无限道武者路 As a combat instructor for China's most elite special forces, he had already reached the pinnacle of practical martial arts. Yet he could not help feeling regret. Human strength was limited. Though traditional martial arts were refined, they were still a finite “technique,” not an infinite “way.” He stood atop the summit, but could go no farther and make no further progress. Until he came to this world filled with infinite possibilities... This is a fan work, but it absolutely will not be a p 4Votes709.5kRecs284.9kFans
- 160 The Strongest Senior Brother in History 史上最强师兄 The first time Yan Zhaoge transmigrated, he landed in another world where martial civilization had flourished to its peak. He stumbled into the Divine Palace’s library, a place that contained every kind of knowledge and collected the world’s classics. But soon afterward, a great calamity struck the world, and even the Divine Palace was destroyed. Then came his second transmigration. His soul arrived in the same world, in an era who knows how many years later. People were now unearthing the remna 0Votes2MRecs1.2MFans
- 161 The Child Emperor 孺子帝 Three emperors died one after another, and a prince whom no one had ever paid any attention to inexplicably ascended the throne, finding himself surrounded by danger. The Empress Dowager disliked him and was always looking for a younger, more obedient boy to install as the new emperor. His half-brothers disliked him, believing he had stolen the throne that belonged to them. The eunuchs and palace maids disliked him too, thinking he didn’t seem like a real emperor… The Young Emperor could only sa 11Votes972.1kRecs607.6kFans
- 162 Martial God 武神 What is a genius? Someone who can fully master any combat technique, and clear away every bottleneck whenever they cultivate a new technique. That's a true genius! He Yiming was an ordinary boy from He Family Village, with no particularly outstanding talent for martial arts. But after a chance encounter, this unremarkable boy became a genius in everyone's eyes, blessed with an enviable gift for martial arts. Whether it was his family's acquired Five Elements manuals or the legendary innate manua 3Votes2.3MRecs1.4MFans
- 163 The Way of the Hero 侠行天下 Wuxia has never died. The chivalrous spirit has always lived in our hearts. You don't need a feudal society to have heroes, or even sects and a martial world. Chivalry is really a dream of ours: the dream of drawing a blade to help when you see injustice, the dream of spending ten years honing a single sword. This book begins with a tale called Ten Years, One Sword. The story takes place at a university called One Sword… 1Votes2.1MRecs664.4kFans
- 164 Shen Gongbao’s Inheritance 申公豹传承 The protagonist, Yu Duxiu, obtains the inheritance of Shen Gongbao, who was born from the Great Dao of Calamity. By chance, he then merges with a trace of the origin of all the calamities in the heavens, gaining the power to command and unleash great tribulations and bring calamity upon all living beings. He can also harness these tribulations to speed up his cultivation. See how the protagonist commands calamity and strives to attain immortality. “I pl 0Votes756.6kRecs341.2kFans
- 165 EN Red Heart Patrols the Sky 赤心巡天 The print edition of The Redhearted Path is now available everywhere. In ancient times, the demon race vanished without a trace. In the near-antiquity era, the dragon race disappeared. The age when the divine path flourished has faded like smoke, and the age of flying swords at their peak has finally fallen into decline... What happened to this world? Who will listen to the truth of history buried in the river of time? Across a thousand miles of mountains and rivers, I write of corpses lying low 2.1kVotes8.2MRecs8.1MFans
- 166 Late Ming 晚明 In the final years of the Ming dynasty, the northern frontier is shrouded in the smoke of war, with mountains of corpses, while the south of the Yangtze enjoys tranquil streams, stone bridges, song, and dance. Amid the internal strife and external threats of a dynasty on the brink of collapse, a calculating office director rises to power and sounds the last call for China. A true hero can change fate. Brutal, bloody ancient wars and authentic scenes of everyday life in the Ming, where ordinary p 93Votes767.7kRecs829.1kFans
- 167 The Imperial Clan of Great Zhou 大周皇族 The souls of Heaven and Earth are always outside, and only the life soul resides within the body. When the life soul resides in the womb, it gives rise to the seven po souls. Everyone's life begins when the life soul takes residence in the womb, but Fang Yun's life began at the very moment it ended… True royalty does not come from inherited bloodlines, but from nobility at the level of one's destiny and soul! 0Votes1.6MRecs691.7kFans
- 168 Desolate Era 莽荒纪 After Ji Ning died, he arrived in the underworld. The Judge examined his past life and determined his next, sending him to be reborn into the Ji clan. Here, Kuafu chased the sun, Hou Yi shot down the sun crows, and countless cultivators pursued freedom and eternal life, braving three calamities and nine tribulations without regret, even in death. Ji Ning became a cultivator too, and began his journey to immortality... 34Votes5.5MRecs2.4MFans
- 169 The Chronicles of Xu Xian 许仙志 A modern-day good-for-nothing transmigrates as Xu Xian and becomes known as “the greatest talent under heaven” for plagiarizing famous works. While on a diplomatic mission to Japan, he crushes its eight million gods! Beneath the Three Lives Stone, he erases the divide between his past and present lives, uniting the wisdom, memories, and feelings of all three incarnations, along with their harems, and ascends to become a Great Golden Immortal! Xu Xian: “I can’t keep being a pretty boy who holds m 8Votes840.7kRecs570.5kFans
- 170 A Post-80s Cultivator 八零后修道记 Dream and waking blur together, A thousand years in a great dream, yet still I do not wake. I cannot fathom the endless mortal world, Present-day success, Riches in this life, All vanish after a hundred years. Laugh not at madness or frenzy, A frenzied life becomes yin and yang. The long road stretches on without end, Dust all along the way, An endless slant of sunset. A thousand autumns become one dream. 0Votes435.9kRecs216.4kFans
- 171 Pay Your Respects to the Lord of the Cult 拜见教主大人 After an unexpected death, Chu Xiu discovered that he had transmigrated into the game world of Great Jianghu, becoming the biggest Boss of the game's third version before he had even come into his full power: the Kunlun Sect Leader! Great Jianghu brings together countless martial arts settings. There is the King of the Eastern Isles, who reads the qi of the heavens and kills with a smile. There is the leader of the Beggars' Sect, whose Dragon Subduing Palms shake the martial world. And there is 10Votes1.9MRecs1.2MFans
- 172 Unrestricted Myth 无限制神话 Chu He: Some call me a seasoned player, others the king of schemes. Some think I’m clueless and a sly old bastard. Only I know the truth: I’m simply an indefatigable seeker of the Dao. The only thing up for debate might be that I’ve used a few too many tricks along the way. Really, though, none of them are underhanded. Reader Group One: 289578897 (full). Reader Group Two: 206228384 (now open). 0Votes492.1kRecs371.4kFans
- 173 Return to the Fold 归向 This is an age after the dusk of an ancient civilization and the rise of beings known as divine star lifeforms. Humanity strives to rebuild a second-generation civilization, casting aside the ideas of the past. No, not exactly casting them aside, but replacing them. The Steam Age: steel roars, heavy artillery thunders, and riveted warships rule the oceans. The Age of Electricity: lights flicker, airships take to the skies, and drones swarm overhead. Then comes the glorious dawn of the nuclear ag 2Votes1.2MRecs408.1kFans
- 174 Peak Player 巅峰玩家 A proper novel about playing an online game, with almost no real-world content. There are no hidden classes exclusive to the protagonist and no one-of-a-kind skills. The game is set in 2040. Players start with virtual-reality helmets, keyboards, and mice, then switch to game pods. The pods do not appear until after chapter 1,300. The novel leans toward realism. The game is not made to favor the protagonist, and the company is in it to make money, so it will actively intervene in the game. Howeve 16Votes1.1MRecs416.6kFans
- 175 A Literary Life 文艺生活 There are two great pitfalls in life: living for others to see, and watching how others live. To avoid falling into them, you have to live as your true self. This is the story of an artsy young man running wild in a parallel world. 0Votes539.2kRecs307.6kFans
- 176 Stealing Heaven's Path to Immortality 盗天仙途 Blessed lands give rise to Earth Immortals, while grotto-heavens are frequented by Celestial Immortals. I have a plum blossom, through which I steal a thread of Heaven's secrets! 0Votes2MRecs407.1kFans
- 177 EN The Great Dao Leads to Heaven 大道朝天 “Having become human, I want to become an immortal; born on earth, I want to ascend to the heavens.”, Lu Xun. (The official First Group for A Path Toward Heaven, group number: 311875513; the official Second Group for A Path Toward Heaven, group number: 220593959; the VIP fully subscribed readers' group, group number: 670061923. Everyone is welcome to join.) 41Votes6.9MRecs1.6MFans
- 178 EN The Devil's Cage 恶魔囚笼 An underground game with no safeguards, and a group of players chasing power, wealth, and life itself! With little time left to live, Qin Ran chooses to enter it, for a chance to survive! 3Votes1.2MRecs782.1kFans
- 179 The Gate of Creation 造化之门 This is a broken little corner. This is a forgotten world. That day, Ning Cheng was at his lowest. That day, he was forcibly brought here. With Ning Cheng in it, this corner will make its name among the vast stars. With Ning Cheng in it, this world will shine in the endless universe! 7Votes2.5MRecs1.3MFans
- 180 EN The Mage Who Started a Revolution 当个法师闹革命 Why is it that transmigrated protagonists can always inherit their predecessors' memories right away and start a new life without a hitch? Why do they always wake up safe and sound in bed after transmigrating, with a sister (older sister, maid) beside them, crying and blubbering, “Thank goodness! You're finally awake!” What if the protagonist discovers they've been kidnapped right after transmigrating, with several perverted witches brandishing whips? What then? “Are you going to talk or not?!” 0Votes180.9kRecs216.2kFans
- 181 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
- 182 Transmigrating Through the World of Fantasy 幻想世界大穿越 When fantasy becomes reality, can a young man from China set foot on the path to godhood? Chen Ang has the power to transmigrate, traveling through worlds of fantasy. In Limitless, he gains superhuman intelligence. In Lucy, he glimpses the secrets of becoming a god. Starting with The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he practices internal martial arts and evolves. In Anaconda, he obtains the key to immortality. Super-soldier serum, Extremis, the X-gene, spider genes, lizard formula… The road to godhood t 16Votes1.5MRecs1.1MFans
- 183 EN The Black Iron Castle 黑铁之堡 After the Great Cataclysm, all the rules of the world were rewritten. The Iron Age began, and steel, steam, and martial power became humanity’s greatest means of survival. An ordinary boy named Zhang Tie, still bewildered by it all, gets a hard kick in the rear from the god of fate and receives a little tree that can continually grow all kinds of miraculous fruit. With a cry of pain, the boy tumbles headfirst into the currents sweeping across that boundless continent. The magnificent Third Centu 13Votes2.7MRecs528.1kFans
- 184 EN Mysterious Revival 神秘复苏 “My name is Yang Jian. By the time you read this, I'll already be dead...” A strange sheepskin scroll, an eye peering into the darkness: this is the story of someone who lived to tell the tale. 4kVotes4.4MRecs10MFans
- 185 Heavenly Shadow 天影 Yin and yang divide heaven and earth; the five elements shape the universe. Beneath the sky, in the ancient and storied heartland of China, the age of immortal cultivation has dawned, and countless beings thrive. Across millions of miles, countless human joys and sorrows unfold amid the magnificent pursuit of eternal life. Where there is light, there is also darkness. Beneath the sky, in the midst of all that radiance, silent shadows still move unseen… 7Votes14.7MRecs1.3MFans
- 186 EN The Card Apprentice 卡徒 A brand-new fantasy world created by Fang Xiang. Come on in! 4Votes3.5MRecs724.7kFans
- 187 Five Elements 五行天 As all worlds fused together and spiritual energy vanished, the cultivation world that had endured for a million years collapsed. The savage wilderness launched a massive invasion, and the Five Elements Heaven became the cultivators' final line of defense. A thousand years later, a lowly youth from the Old Lands spent three years laboring deep in the savage wilderness, then won the exceptional chance to further his studies at the Five Elements Heaven. Driven by a desire to control his own fate a 3Votes9.2MRecs1.1MFans
- 188 The Ultimate Martial World 武极天下 An ordinary boy dreams of entering a sacred martial academy and sets his sights on the pinnacle of martial arts. But with cutthroat entrance exams and scions of powerful clans throwing their weight around, how can a humble, ordinary boy find his footing? The legacies of sects are guarded with strict secrecy, and their core techniques are never taught to outsiders. In the Tianyan Continent, where such legacies are so hard to come by, even getting into a martial academy or sect is no guarantee of 15Votes1.2MRecs1.5MFans
- 189 A Lowly Soldier on the Ming Frontier 明末边军一小兵 In the third month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, a severe drought struck Shanxi and Shaanxi. A thousand miles of land lay barren, and the people were starving. In the fourth month, Li Zicheng entered Henan and joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong to seize Chengcheng. In the seventh month, the Later Jin army laid siege to Xuanfu and raided Datong, taking many border forts. The Ming faced internal strife and external threats, teetering on the brink! That July, Wang Dou unexpectedly arrived in th 10Votes656.2kRecs584.9kFans
- 190 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
- 191 The Great Mischievous Monkey 大泼猴 There are always people in this world who are brave and fearless, stubborn to the point of being single-minded, unruly, proud, and arrogant. Even when they’re pushed to the brink, they refuse to compromise. They would rather die than lose. P.S. 3Votes323.7kRecs1.4MFans
- 192 Starting with the Gu Huo Bird 从姑获鸟开始 The body is as light as a goose feather, life as fragile as wild grass. I have witnessed the darkest night, so the blazing, brilliant flame in my heart has never wavered. The physical edition of From the Gu Huo Bird's Beginning (Volume One) is now available. Search for the title on Dangdang, JD.com, Taobao, Douyin, and other platforms, or purchase it from a physical bookstore. Thank you all for your support. 82Votes2.5MRecs2.4MFans
- 193 Heavenly Venerable of Ten Thousand Worlds 万界天尊 What is Heaven? It stands high above, solemn and inscrutable. It is law, it is commandment, it is merciless and cold. What is the will of Heaven? It looks down upon all living things, commands the winds and clouds, metes out rewards and punishments, and acts as it pleases. Thus, the will of Heaven cannot be fathomed, and the Azure Heavens cannot be approached. Obeying it may not bring you any benefit; defying it leaves your fortune and misfortune uncertain. Heaven confines all things like a deep 0Votes14.1MRecs2.3MFans
- 194 The Super Floating City 超级浮空城 Ancient evil beings destroyed our homeland and forced our people to become refugees! But they cannot destroy our will! For all the suffering we endure will only make us more united, stronger, and more resolute. 1Votes1.2MRecs349.7kFans
- 195 The Great Path of the Lord God 主神大道 Time wanders on. In whose hands does life rest? The galaxy stretches on, vast and boundless. Where do drifting specks of dust go? Through the ages, who sings in the halls of history? With hair full-grown, one suddenly looks up and gazes at the passing years of a lifetime. Flowers bloom at dawn and fade by dusk, while all things race past in a flash. Who shines as the brightest star in the long river of history? Winners become kings; losers are villains. Heroes meet tragic ends. The victors paint 0Votes564.3kRecs364.8kFans
- 196 EN Kingdom’s Bloodline 王国血脉 A lowly beggar, a noble prince, a monster hated by the whole world. If you had three paths before you, which would you choose to be happy? Tyles has no answer. He only knows that he has arrived in a vast and turbulent otherworld, facing a future set to nightmare difficulty: the glorious empire fell a thousand years ago, the rotten royal house is beyond saving, the legendary holy war is shrouded in darkness, and the divided world is in turmoil. And Tyles has nothing. All he has left is an unshaka 88Votes1.5MRecs766.2kFans
- 197 The White-Robed Chief Steward 白袍总管 With Buddhist supernatural powers, he enters the Duke's Estate as a servant. In the martial world and at court, there is romance and the stirring song of heroes. 1Votes2.1MRecs874.7kFans
- 198 Zhu Xian 诛仙 The latest revised edition of the physical book of "Zhu Xian" is now available. Thank you all for your support. There are no such things as immortals in this world. Yet since time immemorial, people have witnessed all manner of strange things in the world around them… 41Votes2.6MRecs2.6MFans
- 199 Gu Dao's Immortal Life 顾道长生 I thought this was going to be a realistic urban-life story, but then the setting changed without warning! Spiritual qi revival, the return of Taoist arts: this is probably a story about modern civilization transforming into a cultivation civilization. This book still takes its time. Reader group: 666-464-52. VIP group: 465-455-757 14Votes2.5MRecs1MFans
- 200 Charming Ghost Pet 宠魅 The animated adaptation, The Illusionist, is now airing. Cloudbirds soar and spread their wings beneath blue skies over green meadows; Blood Terror Wolves roam wild and untamed across barren wastes. Nightdream Beasts flit through moonlit forests; Ghostvault Monarchs drink the wind and swallow the mist from sheer cliffs. Sea Spirit Behemoths pass in shadow beneath vast oceans, while Thousand-Eyed Tree Demons stand proudly alone atop cloud-wreathed peaks. Swordstingers, Sunset Roc, Ancient Wood De 14Votes602.9kRecs783.2kFans
