Anime like Shen Mu

Douluo Dalu

Also known as Soul Land.

Studio: Sparkly Key Animation , Tencent Penguin Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

Tang San spent his life in the Tang Outer Sect, dedicated to the creation and mastery of hidden weapons. Once he stole the secret lore of the Inner Sect to reach the pinnacle of his art, his only way out was death. But after throwing himself off the deadly Hell's Peak he was reborn in a different world, the world of Douluo Dalu, a world where every person has a spirit of their own, and those with powerful spirits can practice their spirit power to rise and become Spirit Masters.

The spirit that awakens within Tang San is Blue Silver Grass, a useless spirit. Can he overcome the difficulties to reach the high ranks of Spirit Masters and bring the glory of the Tang Sect into this new world?



Tags: Cultivation , Full CGI , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Anachronism , Age Regression , Martial Arts , Wuxia , Time Skip , Fairy Tale , Isekai

Jiu Yang Wushen

Also known as Ascendants of the Nine Suns.

Studio: Xing Yi Kai Chen , iQIYI
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

In his previous life, Ye Yunfei was gifted, but his martial veins suddenly closed and he could not practice martial arts. He was ridiculed by his family, betrayed by his fiancee, and encircled by various families. The young Ye Yunfei was deserted by his friends, bullied, sadly left by his beloved, and his father died tragically in battle.

Fortunately, the Purple Saint True Lord who passed by Yunyou took him in as his disciple. Ye Yuntian grew up to be the youngest emperor in history, but was attacked when he was crossing the calamity. He was reborn when all the martial veins were lost, but it was also a passionate youth. Meeting his old relatives, friends, and lovers again, facing everything familiar, Ye Yunfei, a generation of emperor, chose to start over.

There is still a trace of the soul of the emperor in his body, so that the memory of the previous life can be preserved intact. There is a dispute over fame and status inside, and the responsibility of honor and disgrace of the family veins outside. The imperial pride gathers, the four major sects are each for their own strength, and the heroes of Tianxuan Continent rise together.

Ye Yunfei is familiar with the rules that the strong are respected in this world. With the help of the thousand-year memory of the Emperor of Heaven, Ye Yunfei's martial arts progressed amazingly, and he continued to grow in the martial arts world, and led his family and master to grow rapidly. Not long after the stabilization, foreign invaders came and invaded. Ye Yunfei led the people to resist and defend their homeland forever.

In order to pursue a higher level of martial arts, Ye Yunfei left his hometown and embarked on a new journey, and finally became a generation of Emperor of Heaven. Having experienced too many insults and harassment, this life must be a life of killing gods and Buddhas, and riding a horse with a sword, living up to the youth.



Note: Episodes 1-20 is the original run the show had planned for, episode 21 and onwards swapped to a fully AI-generated pipeline and was also split from the main episodes.

Tags: Full CGI , Cultivation

Meng Ta: Xue Mi Cheng

Also known as Dream Tower.

Studio: Wulifang Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

Tags: Full CGI

Xianwu Zhuan

Also known as Legend of Xianwu.

Studio: Youku , Xiaoming Taiji
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

Being kicked out by the sect? Being humiliated by fellows? And being alienated by my lover? None of those could stop me, even if my inner power pool is broken. Wait when I reach the top and become the king of martial arts!



Tags: Female Harem , Full CGI , Male Protagonist

Xianwu Zhuan 2

Studio: Xiaoming Taiji , Youku
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

Ye Chen, the outcast disciple, is banished from the sect and becomes homeless. Through a series of coincidences, he receives a True Flame and once again steps on the path of cultivation. This is a world where demons and deities co-exist and an era where all realms in the world are overrun by chaos. Ye Chen's journey to defying heaven begins, and after going through all kinds of trials and tribulations, he finally reaches the pinnacle of cultivation.



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