Is this just a literature genre? It forms the basis of Dragon Ball and thus is the inspiration behind a lot of "classic" shōnen manga, and to me seems like Ne Zha and Jiang Ziya would qualify as examples — being about Taoist warriors using Supernatural Martial Arts to vanquish evil while seeking the power to transcend humanity and become a Deity of Human Origin.
Is this just a literature genre? It forms the basis of Dragon Ball and thus is the inspiration behind a lot of "classic" shōnen manga, and to me seems like Ne Zha and Jiang Ziya would qualify as examples — being about Taoist warriors using Supernatural Martial Arts to vanquish evil while seeking the power to transcend humanity and become a Deity of Human Origin.