Novels like The Celestial Venerable of the Nine-Headed Infant
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- 51 Path of Slaughter 戮途 Horror cultivation + graphic violence. An ordinary mortal stumbles into the world of cultivation, where the strong prey on the weak and only the fittest survive. A highly intelligent villain, a protagonist who returns from the dead to take revenge, and the secrets behind the cultivation world and its immortals are gradually revealed. Why did the ancient Heavenly Court go to war with the Witch Clan? What consequences were left behind when the Soul Clan was wiped out? Are the Divine Clan’s followe 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Hidden Eastern Treasury of the Violet Palace 紫府东藏 A thousand cups of wine amid the mortal world, a pot of tea for an everlasting legacy. True love has never lasted since ancient times; only clever schemes can win people's hearts. The sons and daughters of the Jianghu roam the Jianghu, smiling to fulfill old wishes and burying grudges with a laugh. Even when all paths seem lost, shoot an arrow through the clouds, and thousands of troops will come to your aid! 775Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 53 From the Start, Every Broken Engagement Grants Me Supreme Cultivation! 开局只要被退婚，就得无上修为！ [Wild fantasy + invincible + System + no saintly self-sacrifice + ruthless and decisive] Lin Yun transmigrates to the world of cultivation as the Lin family’s infamous good-for-nothing young master, and is bound to an eccentric System that makes him stronger whenever he courts death. But the System has an even more bizarre feature: if he gets successfully dumped by his fiancée, he will instantly gain invincible cultivation! As it happens, Ouyang Xue of the Ouyang family in Yuntian City was betro —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The Tower Shatters the Nine Heavens 塔破九天 Yin Hanchen is the most lowly outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect. With his good-for-nothing Five Elements mixed spiritual roots, he suffers endless bullying from his fellow disciples and contempt from the elders. During a sect mission to gather “Bone-Eroding Grass” for an inner disciple, he is framed and thrown into the Spiritless Abyss. On the brink of death, his blood accidentally awakens the Chaos treasure that has lain dormant for countless ages: the Wuji Tower. The tower recognizes him as i 464Reads6.3Score10414d adds
- 55 The Nine-Dragon Cup 九龙杯 [No System] [No Transmigration] [Traditional Fantasy] A traditional fantasy and xianxia story. Zhang Qingshan goes from being a good-for-nothing to embarking on the path of cultivation. He seeks not immortality for himself, but fulfillment of the obsession in his heart. The greatest Heavenly Spiritual Root is hidden beneath the outward appearance of the weakest Five-Element Spiritual Root. The supreme sacred treasure, the Nine-Dragon Cup, is hidden inside an ordinary walnut carving. An unrealis 336Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 56 The Heavenly Dao Cauldron 天道鼎 A magical little cauldron can store merit energy. Kill a bandit chief and gain a wisp of low-grade merit energy. Kill a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator and gain a wisp of mid-grade merit energy... I cultivate the Chaos Heavenly Dao Art, which can turn merit energy into cultivation. The more villains I kill, the more merit energy I gain. And the faster my cultivation improves. Scum and demonic cultivators are nourishment on my path to immortality... 1.9kReads7.9Score22514d adds
- 57 The Great Path of Immortal Cultivation 修仙大道 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [The dark side of human nature] [No System] [No transmigration] [No female lead, but there are women and romance] [Cultivation] [Geniuses and good-for-nothings] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul...] A real journey in search of immortality and the Dao. Are you ready? Then take the plunge! There is no end to the realms of cultivation. The supreme rulers of this era: are they truly at the very top? In the eyes of cu 394Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 58 The Dao Defying Gods and Demons 道逆神魔 (Traditional fantasy + high-octane action + one female lead + a human-shaped Lu Bu) Love-struck Li Mo transmigrates into another world. In a desperate situation with death all but certain, he glimpses the true meaning of the Great Dao. The origins of gods and demons awaken with a thunderous roar! His Dao seed breaks free of its shell, forging an immortal soul. Divine bones and a demonic body temper him into an unrivaled warrior. An ancient bloodline awakens in a single day, surging and roaring t 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Sun Returns 旭归 [Xianxia Fantasy + Woman Disguised as a Man + Plenty of Battles + Cultivation + True Identity + Search for Family + A Main Plot with Many Twists] Hu Xihe suffered from a leg condition and lived in the mountains with her father. One day, members of the Wu family came to their home and took her father away. Hu Xihe was powerless to stop them. She then set out to find her father, only to discover along the way that she was a member of the Hu clan, one of the five ancient clans that had vanished ten 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 EN Xuanhuan Fantasy: The System Grants Me a Chaos Pearl 玄幻：系统送我混沌珠 [Fantasy + System + Wild Imagination + Traditional Style + Power Progression + Transmigration + the Myriad Worlds + Decisive and Ruthless + Domineering] Yang Lingtian was so hooked on fantasy novels that he stayed awake for five days and nights. He longed to soar through the sky like a protagonist, hold mountains and rivers in his hands, shatter the stars, and look down on the nine heavens. But just as excitement surged through him, everything suddenly went black, and he thought he saw his great 4.3kReads7.6Score36214d adds
- 61 The Sky-Piercing Immortal Gourd 通天仙葫 The protagonist, Zhang Xiaohua, is the orphan of an Immortal Emperor and a maid, left behind in the mortal realm. His parents' whereabouts have been unknown since he was young. By a stroke of luck, he enters the Qingyun Sect to cultivate and accidentally claims the Heaven-Piercing Immortal Gourd as his own through a drop of blood. With the help of the gourd's artifact spirit, Xiao Hong, he obtains an immortal sword, meets his beloved confidante Lin Wan'er, and subdues the spirit pet Six-Headed F 122Reads8.9Score16114d adds
- 62 A Very Detailed Guide to Cultivation 很细的修仙 This is a cultivation novel about proving the Dao, and it is unlike other books! A world of cultivation, fantasy cultivation This is cultivation, but more than that, it is the cultivation of the heart… This book blazes a distinctive new trail for cultivation novels. After it, a whole new kind of cultivation story focused on cultivating the heart and attaining enlightenment will emerge. (The names of the cultivation stages in this book remain unchanged: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, 302Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 63 EN Who Let This Outlaw Cultivate Immortality?! 谁让这个悍匪修仙的！ [Cultivation, scheming old fox, comedy] A complete novice transmigrates to the cultivation world and inherits his father’s profession as the chief of Blackwind Stronghold. With a pair of eyes that can see the wealth energy of all things, he thrives in his new life. One day, while “opening for business” as usual, he unexpectedly robs a stronghold wife and obtains a mysterious little tower from him. To his surprise, she turns out to be a badly injured female immortal. In a fit of rage, she hurls h 186.5kReads8.6Score17.1k14d adds
- 64 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Want to Live Forever 凡人修仙之我要长生 [Ordinary Cultivator’s Journey] [Fantasy Xianxia] [Traditional Cultivation] [No System] [No Transmigration] [Leveling Up] [Zhou Changsheng] [Human Hearts and Demonic Ways] [Alchemist] [Formation Crafting] [Talisman Making] [Ancient Times] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence, Human Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, True Immortal, Immortal Lord, Immortal Venerable, 691Reads7.0Score10514d adds
- 65 Cultivating Immortality, Starting with Stealing Chickens 从偷鸡开始修仙 [Mortal cultivation, no System] This is a world of cultivators, where all cultivation techniques are based on spiritual energy. By a twist of fate, Xie Fan, a lonely young man, comes into possession of a bronze figurine capable of cultivating true qi. From then on, he embarks on a path to immortality unlike anyone else's. He meets a lovely woman, learns extraordinary techniques, suffers betrayal, and braves perilous dangers. He saves his beloved, explores secret realms, ventures through the Cent 530Reads7.6Score10414d adds
- 66 Cultivating as I Please, Starting with the Breeze! 肆意修行，从得到清风开始！ [Heaven-grade Wind Spirit Root] [No taunting and face-slapping] [No System, transmigration] [One heroine] [Sword cultivator] [Wind cultivator] [Classical xianxia] [Traditional fantasy] The protagonist appears in Chapter Three. When everything in the world is predetermined, the disciples of every powerful faction are set in stone. Their fates are decided before they are even born, and everything that lies ahead is likewise controlled by a small number of cultivators. Powerful cultivators continuo 231Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 67 EN Talisman Emperor 符皇 He crafts divine talismans, tempers his body, cultivates the supreme sword path, and comprehends the mysteries of the laws… With extraordinary courage and heaven-defying fortune, Chen Xi ultimately reaches the pinnacle of the endless Great Dao in a vast world teeming with gods and demons, and takes control of all beneath the heavens! 233Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 68 Burial Immortal Pearl: Ancient Dust and Fate, One Sword Buries the Heavens 葬仙珠：万古尘缘，一剑葬天 The Immortal-Burying Pearl: An Ancient Bond, a Sword That Buries the Heavens 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Divine Sky Fiend Immortal 神霄煞仙 The baleful are malevolent beings, rejected by the world. The immortals attain eternal life and share the longevity of Heaven and Earth. Lu Chen was an ordinary man of mediocre talent, but his exceptionally gifted younger sister set him on the path of cultivation. Alas, the immortal path is a world where the strong prey on the weak, steeped in bloodshed. If ordinary cultivation cannot protect the people I love, then what does it matter if I become baleful? What does it matter if I kill everyone 7.4kReads8.4Score1k14d adds
- 70 Venerable God of the Nine Netherworlds 九幽神尊 [Reborn + satisfying revenge + genius protagonist + not a goody-goody + not a simp + traditional fantasy + playing the pig to eat the tiger + ruthless and decisive + ruthless and cunning] I am Du Chaolin, from Earth, and I was a top student at a prestigious university. I have a Chaos Spiritual Root. I’m a born genius and king, reaching Nascent Soul in five years and Great Ascension in a century. I possess a divine cauldron that can collect all things and destroy all immortals. I’m ruthless and 57Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 71 Mirror of Rebirth, Master of Three Lives 往生之鉴，执掌三生 A Guide to Rebirth, Master of Three Lifetimes 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 72 Upholding Heaven 正天 What? I used to rule the underworld? What? I was a sect leader in the celestial realm? What? I was forced to reincarnate in the mortal world? What? I'm back on the path of cultivating immortality? What? The sect leader has joined forces with a Holy Venerable from another realm to plot against the Three Realms? That's outrageous! Once I ascend to the immortal realm, I'll chop that bastard to pieces! [No System + No Transmigration + Passionate Adventure + A Chivalrous Heart and Tender Affection + 10Reads—Score214d adds
- 73 Scarlet Sacrifice 猩红祭品 The Scarlet Offering 71Reads—Score214d adds
- 74 The Nine Heavens' Chaos Sovereign 九天混沌至尊 Good-for-nothing Lin Feng triggers the ancestral jade pendant after being gravely wounded while protecting the villagers, awakening the Primordial Chaos Origin Scripture and changing his fate against all odds. From then on, he seizes treasures in secret realms, defeats enemies above his level, and breaks through to the Golden Core and Nascent Soul realms. In the mortal world, he fights ten thousand demons and unites the righteous path. In the immortal realm, he battles the Heavenly Court and the 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 EN A Commoner's Path to Immortality 布衣仙途 No treasures that can turn back time, no miracle tools that can make herbs grow faster, and no powerful backers! Just an ordinary country boy, relying on his grit, intelligence, caution, and resolve, without cheats or pills, rising step by step from humble beginnings to greatness and forging his own path to immortality! 14kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 76 Spiritual Roots and Immortal Bones 灵根仙骨 Ancient texts tell of immortals who can fly through the heavens and tunnel through the earth, alter the stars and the cosmos, and travel ten thousand miles in an instant, entering the southern heavens at dawn and reaching the northern sea by dusk. Those among mortals who wish to embark on the path to immortality must possess either a spiritual root or an immortal bone. Anyone with one or the other can cultivate; all others have no chance of entering the immortal path! Among spiritual roots, thos 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Heaven and Earth Bear All Things: The Genesis of the Dao 乾坤载物，创始道纪 The universe bears all things, and the Dao's founding chronicles begin. Open a heaven and earth within yourself, and contain the universe in a tiny space. Use your body as a cauldron, opening a space of energy within the apertures of your body. Through constant evolution, it eventually becomes a universe of its own, complete with sun, moon, mountains, rivers, and its own laws. The body is the Daoist sanctuary; the body is the world. I am the sanctuary, I am the world, I am the universe. Cultivat 59Reads—Score414d adds
- 78 The Eternal Great Celestial Venerable 恒古大天尊 He rises from a sect in the mortal world, conquering Tianfeng City, battling the imperial dynasty, and reaching the pinnacle of the mortal realm. After ascending to the Cultivation Realm, he forms an alliance with the demon clan, fights the demon clan, and unites the forces resisting them. In the immortal realm, he topples the corrupt Heavenly Court, seeks the inheritance of the Heavenly Venerable, and gathers the blood of primordial chaos and the heart of chaos, uncovering the truth that he is 636Reads—Score6414d adds
- 79 The Peerless Medical Emperor 绝世医帝 Unable to cultivate, yet he mastered peerless medical arts. Refining medicines and pills came as easily as eating and drinking, and even ninth-grade Emperor Pills were effortless for him to make. Yun Mo, whose medical arts had reached the divine, raised a God Emperor of astounding strength. Yet the God Emperor he had treated as his own child suddenly turned against him, bringing about his death. When he opened his eyes, Yun Mo discovered that he had not only been reborn, but could also cultivate 19.5kReads8.9Score2.3k14d adds
- 80 The Tale of Reincarnation 转生传 [Reincarnation + pocket dimension + cultivation + alchemy + divine beasts + hilarious] The Ancestor Ye of the Danfu Sect has a grandchild! This child fell from the sky, is exceptionally gifted, and is adored by all. The entire sect treats the little one like royalty. The Demon Emperor told Ancestor Ye, “There’s an almighty being behind this child. I keep feeling like a pair of eyes is watching me.” After the little one entered a secret realm for the first time, a life of cheating their way to su 14.2kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 81 The Supporting Character Who Transmigrated into a Book: The Empress Is Always Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 穿书配角：女帝她总在偷听我心声 Supporting Character After Transmigrating into a Book: The Empress Is Always Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 82 No Immortals 无仙 After his master’s death, the youth Lin Yi descends the mountain to cultivate. Thus begins his journey through the martial world, seeking the true meaning of cultivation. To cultivate immortality is to cultivate the heart… 210Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 83 Rule Horror: The Red-Lacquered Building 规则怪谈：红漆楼 Rule Horror: The Red-Painted Building 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 84 A President Arrested a President 总统抓了一个总统 A President Captures a President 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 85 After I Transmigrated, I Activated the Spirit-Devouring Gene System 穿越后，激活噬灵基因系统 After Transmigrating, I Activated the Spirit-Devouring Gene System 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Cultivating Immortality, Starting with Buying Low and Selling High 修仙，从倒买倒卖开始 [Ordinary protagonist, no System, patchwork setting, multiple secret identities, cultivation through levels of existence, infinite journeys through the heavens] (The second world, Blue Star, opens in Chapter 48: an eerie-dungeon version.) (Rumor clarification: the golden finger is rigid and barely functional.) (The second dungeon, Sunshine Apartments, opens in Chapter 76.) In the cultivation world, I tread carefully. In other worlds, call me Daoist Grandpa! Xue Tong arrives in a pseudo-tradit 1kReads—Score11914d adds
- 87 Thunder Crashes Through Time, and I Make a Contract with a Panda 惊雷穿古，契约食铁兽 Thunder Crashes Through Time, and the Iron-Eating Beast Becomes My Contracted Partner 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Only I Am an Immortal 唯我独仙 I alone am supreme, above heaven and earth! In the land of Shenzhou, on the border of the Western Regions, a friend's teasing leads him down a path he never could have imagined. The Lianyun Immortal Sect, the least of the seven great orthodox sects of Shenzhou, opens its doors to disciples once every five years. This time, its only fifth-generation disciple looks like a beggar. The gates to cultivation have opened at last... 3kReads8.8Score35414d adds
- 89 The Mortal World Obscures the Heavens 凡尘遮天 [Traditional Fantasy] [Slow Start, Strong Finish] [Gets More and More Satisfying] [No System] [One Female Lead] Climb the road to heaven, tread the song’s path, and cover the sky with a snap of your fingers. The human race need not cultivate immortality. Cheng Yunfan would use a human body as a seed and defy the Great Dao, cutting it down in reverse. The young man will eventually set foot on the road to heaven. This blurb doesn’t do it justice. Swipe left to go straight to the story. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 I Played a President, Then Became a Real One 我这个总统演员，成了真总统 I Played a President on TV, Then Became a Real President 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 An Ordinary Cultivator’s Path to Immortality 仙途凡修 Xu Yi had been an utterly ordinary mortal when he accidentally entered the world of cultivation. With impure spiritual roots and poor talent, he’d be lucky to reach Foundation Establishment in his lifetime. But the will of heaven was unfathomable, and a single painting completely changed the future that had seemed set in stone. He wrote down the basic Qi Refining Art and obtained the mid-grade Breath-Gathering Technique. He wrote down a low-tier Swift Movement Talisman and obtained a mid-tier Di 6.9kReads8.6Score71414d adds
- 92 Pure Yang Sacred Physique: Countless Saintesses Are Madly in Love with Me 纯阳圣体，万千圣女为我痴狂 [Classic cultivation fantasy + multiple heroines + dual-cultivation sacred body + invincible + passionate power fantasy + cautious schemer] Also known as Nine Suns Emperor Can heaven hold me back? I'll shatter the firmament! Can fate bind me? I'll defy the universe! I, Ye Feng, have already claimed the throne of Divine Emperor! Even if the Heavenly Dao bars my way and the immortals block my path, nothing can stop me from reaching the summit of the heavens. My words ring out like a bell! After hi 3.6kReads7.3Score28414d adds
- 93 Immortal Jade, Dust, and Destiny 仙玉尘缘 Lin Mu, a lowly servant of the Qianyu Sword Sect, accidentally discovers that the jade pendant left to him by his parents contains three mu of spiritual farmland. From then on, he uses the pendant to grow spiritual herbs and medicinal plants, earn a fortune in spirit stones, buy flying swords and magic treasures, and refine miraculous pills. Thus begins his rise in the cultivation world. 328Reads7.7Score10114d adds
- 94 The Abandoned Young Master Returns 弃少归来 A once-mighty Immortal Venerable was betrayed and died at the hands of the woman he loved most. By chance, he is reborn in the modern city, only to become a discarded young master addicted to drugs. He intends to devote himself to cultivation, reclaim the pinnacle of his former life, and reign supreme across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. But the beautiful women around him keep causing trouble. Wait, why do I suddenly have a wife?! Should I be a beast, or even worse than one? Lin Junhe is torn. 16.4kReads8.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 95 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: The Rogue Cultivator Cao Yan's Road to Ascension 凡人仙途：散修曹琰的登天路 (Sword cultivator in the early and middle stages, mortal cultivation, no System, starts out in a marketplace, traditional cultivation, slow burn, cautious, decisive and ruthless, talismans) The road to immortality is elusive. I walk it alone. Cao Yan is a bottom-rung rogue cultivator with four spiritual roots in a marketplace. No talent, no backer, no inheritance. Others cultivate immortality through talent. He relies on careful scheming. Someone tries to kill him and steal his treasure? He 5.6kReads6.6Score28814d adds
- 96 Supreme Nine Suns 九阳至尊 The cultivation world is full of treachery. After an unexpected transmigration, he is reborn as an abandoned son with a miserable past. Fortunately, he encounters Hou Yi's Sun-Shooting Divine Bow and subdues the Nine Suns Furnace. He sweeps through the Eight Gates sects of the Human Realm, returns to the cultivation world, and rises to the peak amid clashing blades, intrigue, and betrayal. Though the path to immortality is endless and every step arduous, his unwavering heart defies the current a 1.9kReads8.8Score38014d adds
- 97 Dreaming My Way to Immortality in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界衍梦长生 [Ordinary Mortal]+ [Cautious Survival]+ [No System]+ [For Veteran Readers]+ [Solid Logic]+ [Traditional Slow Burn]+ [No Transmigration]+ [Female lead early on, mostly absent later; skip if that bothers you] Zhou Wei unexpectedly discovers that he has a unique ability to “dream.” His dreams can not only foretell danger, but also help him deduce spirit medicines, talismans, cultivation techniques, and more... When people look back thousands of years later, who would ever guess that the True Lord o 7.1kReads8.0Score70914d adds
- 98 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Cultivating the Body with the Qiankun Gourd 凡人修仙：从乾坤葫芦养身开始 [Mortal’s Journey + No System + No Transmigration + Decisive and Ruthless] (Reaches the God Realm arc) When primordial chaos first emerged, it gave birth to myriad worlds. Beneath chaos are the Saints; beneath the Saints are the Gods; beneath the Gods are the Immortals; beneath the Immortals are the Spirits; beneath the Spirits are mortals. To make a living, Ye Feng sets out on the path of cultivation with a little gourd and his dog, Wangcai. [Realms]: Mortal Realm, Spirit Realm, Immortal Realm, 2.5kReads7.4Score19414d adds
- 99 The Mortal's Immortal Abode 凡人仙府 After waking up in the cultivation world, I find that an evil cultivator is about to possess my body. What am I supposed to do? Luckily, I get a little gourd, and there's even an acre of spirit farmland inside. Taking pills, meditating, and following the path to enlightenment as a minor rogue cultivator. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deification... 3kReads6.2Score26514d adds
- 100 The Immortal Path of the Treasure Cauldron 宝鼎仙途 A classic mortal cultivation story: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... The rogue cultivator Lu Xuan accidentally transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation, where he’s driven out of the market district and left to fend for himself! Luckily, he finds a mysterious treasure cauldron. One month inside it equals three years outside. This lowly rogue cultivator takes one step at a time and eventually ascends to the Immortal Realm... He becomes the Primordial Da 2.1kReads6.3Score13214d adds
