Novels like Return of the Cultivator
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- 1 Buried Alive from the Start, I Sweep Through the City with a Word for Every Realm 开局被活埋，我一字一境横扫都市 Synopsis Betrayed and brutally murdered by his own family, Lu Chen’s soul-fire never went out. He defied heaven to awaken an indestructible divine physique and the Nine Words Mantra, and he also possessed the world’s five supreme Spirit Pearls. Reborn, he returns in full force, crushing his enemies and putting an end to those who once bullied him. He only wanted to cultivate in peace and protect those close to him, but he unexpectedly uncovers the truth behind his parents’ tragic deaths: More —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Thirty Years of Cultivation, Back in the City as an Unbeatable Force 修仙三十年，回归都市无敌手 [Masterful cultivator descends the mountain + urban cultivation + traditional web novel] Li Chengfei spent thirty years cultivating in a cave heaven under his master’s guidance, while only three years passed in the mortal world. As soon as he came down the mountain to experience the hustle and bustle of ordinary life, his wealthy fiancée showed up to call off their engagement. From then on, his arrival stirred up a storm in this world. “When you’re poor, don’t join a crowd. When your words carry 367Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 3 The Venerable One of the Ruins 墟元异尊 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Return of the Cultivator 修仙归来 Ancient martial arts clans? A battle-hardened soldier? A peerless genius? X-ray vision? An invincible System? ...Sorry, I’ll smash them all! After half a year in a daze, I had my beloved by my side. After a thousand years of cultivating immortality, I have returned today. I have no desire to become an immortal in the heavens; I only want to protect the people by my side. If Heaven forces my hand... then I’ll split it open! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Return from Immortal Cultivation 修仙归来 My family fell into ruin, and my parents were driven to their deaths. As a grown man, I endured humiliation beyond measure! I will never forget this hatred, not for all eternity. Hundreds of years later, I returned from the cultivation world and relived my youth. This time, no matter how powerful you are or how much influence you wield, if you dare harm anyone by my side, I will never let you get away with it! … But you, woman… can you please stop clinging to me? Three chapters every day, with 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Chronicles of the Five Spirits 五灵云志 [No System, no harem, one female lead, urban cultivation, ready to fight when challenged, an ordinary mortal's rise] In a modern metropolis thousands of years in the future, a mysterious cultivation sect lies hidden in the Kunlun Mountains. It is called the Penglai Immortal Pavilion. Chen Xian never dreamed he would one day find himself in such a dramatic situation: his girlfriend was stolen away, and the moment they broke up, torrential rain began to fall. Nor did he ever imagine that he would 4Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 7 Returning from Cultivation to Become a Big Shot 修仙归来当大佬 He was the fiercest and most powerful Emperor in the Immortal Realm. Immortal Venerables of the same rank couldn’t put up a fight against him. He tamed a golden dragon as his mount and turned a white tiger into a kitten... Now he’s back in the city. Don’t get too infatuated with me. I’m here to teach you how to be a decent person! 150Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 8 Reborn as the Immortal Emperor of the City 重生之都市仙帝 Carrying a thousand years of memories, he was reborn in the modern city. He would kill those who deserved to die, and love those who deserved his love. In this life, he swore to take his beloved with him, cut down powerful enemies, look down upon all living beings, and stand above the heavens! 7Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 9 The Strongest Cultivator in the City 都市最强修真 Ling Tian unexpectedly obtains a five-colored stone, which contains the Yellow Emperor's True Scripture, passed down from the ancient Yellow Emperor. After cultivating the Chaos Five Elements Heart Method, Ling Tian becomes the strongest cultivator in the city. This is a lighthearted story. The protagonist doesn't pick fights for no reason, and only shows off and trounces monsters he has a grudge against. 3Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 10 Return from Immortality 修仙归来 The young master of the imperial capital is framed and forced out of his family. After learning ancient martial arts, he begins cultivating immortality, and his strength skyrockets. He returns to the capital in triumph, faces off against all comers, and rises to become a Martial Emperor. Taking charge of the Sword Sect, he sets his sights on the Immortal Realm! 114Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Back to Earth After Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation 修仙万年回地球 After enduring countless hardships to become a major figure in the world of cultivation and successfully shattering the void to return to Earth, he takes up the work of teaching and educating the next generation. What do you do when the spiritual qi revival brings countless demons, monsters, and spirits? Luo Yu says, “Don’t be afraid. Every one of my students is talented!” And so Luo Yu, who only wanted to teach, becomes the revered “Immortal Master”! 106Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 12 Supreme Cultivation 超品修仙 “Young man, do you yearn to cultivate immortality?” “No, I yearn for pretty girls...” Lu Feng unexpectedly obtains a merit artifact and embarks on an unusual path to immortality. 59Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 13 I Cultivated Immortality for Three Thousand Years, Only to Come Home and Deliver Takeout 修仙三千年回家送外卖 Urban + power fantasy + invincible protagonist + cultivation + reverse transmigration + play the pig to eat the tiger After accidentally transmigrating to a cultivation world, Chen Yu spent three thousand years cultivating, finally attained the Dao of the Immortal Emperor, tore through space, and returned to his original world. All he wants from life now is to deliver takeout in peace! But he discovers that delivering food isn't as easy as it sounds. Bad reviews can easily affect his income, so. 142Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 14 I've Cultivated for Ten Thousand Years, and You're Asking Me to Go to College? 修仙一万年，你跟我提上大学？ Just after finishing the college entrance exams, Lin Yang accidentally wandered into the cultivation world. With unmatched talent in body cultivation and a body impervious to every technique, he went from zero to breaking through the limits of body cultivation in just ten thousand years, becoming the first person to attain sainthood through the body alone. But an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao suddenly attacked him from behind, stripped him of his saintly body, and kicked him back to Earth. He 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Abandoned Cultivator in the City 修真弃少在都市 A good-for-nothing? With one move at my disposal, the world is mine! Ye Tao is reborn and makes his way in the city! The campus belle, the career elites! He rises again, conquers the business world, cultivates immortality, slays demons, and returns to the pinnacle! I may not be a dashing playboy, but I'm easy on the eyes, and beautiful women all like honest guys like me. I'm naturally low-key, but people keep pushing me, so face-slapping and drawing hatred become my path to the heavens; 3.3kReads8.4Score319Shelves
- 16 Rebuilding My Life in the City: The Start of an Unstoppable Rise 都市重修，开启逆天之路 [Urban + Cultivation + Martial Arts + Invincible + Pets + Supernatural Abilities] Above the endless void, in the distant and mysterious Divine Realm, an evil hand schemes to seize supreme power and toy with everyone in the world! Ye Xingyun is the greatest obstacle in its way. It secretly sabotages him, forcing him through three cycles of reincarnation before he finally returns to the city, where he has no choice but to cultivate all over again. By chance, he activates the Genesis Divine Artifa 113Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 17 Love Through Wind, Rain, Ice, Frost, Clouds, and Snow 风雨冰霜云雪情 He pursues the girl of his dreams and tears her clothes; He goes to college, then drops out after his family suffers a crisis; He delivers takeout, only to lose his job after his romantic rival frames him; He works as a mover, only to lose his job because of a beautiful woman; He takes a part-time job and gets caught up in a kidnapping; … He becomes a bodyguard for a beautiful CEO and gets dragged into a feud between wealthy families… He steps in to help someone in danger and gets caught up in m 49Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 18 The God of Slaughter Returns With a Wife and Kids 杀神归来有了老婆孩子 Cheng Fan became a God of Slaughter through cultivation. But when he returned, he found himself someone else's husband, with a daughter mysteriously thrown in... 351Reads7.3Score101Shelves
- 19 The Immortal Emperor Returns to the City 都市之仙帝归来 Ten thousand years ago, his mother died in a car accident, his father vanished, his company went bankrupt, and his lover passed away... He didn't even know who his enemy was, yet his life had already ended in utter defeat! Ten thousand years later, he had become the invincible Northern Cold Immortal Emperor, standing at the pinnacle and gazing down upon the heavens, yet the hatred in his heart remained unresolved! Now, he has returned. 419Reads7.4Score106Shelves
- 20 The Earth Cultivator 地球修真者 Power and influence? My underlings are big shots in the underworld. Wealth? Just toss out a single spirit pill, and the world's richest men will fight over it. When I'm bored, I go treasure hunting in the ocean. When I have some time to spare, I stir up trouble in countries I don't like. And when I'm feeling serious, I fight for the rise of the Chinese people... That's my life as a cultivator on Earth. Well, it's pretty exciting! 69Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 21 Back from Cultivation, Now in the City 修仙归来在都市 The cultivation world's number-one figure, known for his ruthless decisiveness, fails his tribulation. His divine body is destroyed, but against all odds, he is reborn on Earth. He cultivates countless techniques to reclaim his former peak. The grudges and enmities of his past life will be avenged in this one! See how he reaches the pinnacle and rises once more to the peak of the immortal realm! 325Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 22 The Immortal Emperor Returns: Invincible in the City, Crushing All Who Stand in His Way 仙帝归来，无敌都市，碾压众生 [Decisive and ruthless + invincible wish-fulfillment + no System + no harem] At my engagement banquet, people came to insult me, curse me, and look down on me? They even sent assassins and ancient martial artists to ambush me and kill me? Sorry! You may not know this, but I've already become an Immortal Emperor! How do I ease my worries? I crush them all! 1.1kReads8.3Score102Shelves
- 23 The Demon Emperor Takes Over My Body: Who Wants to Be a Simp Now? 魔帝夺舍：谁还当舔狗？ [No Saintly Do-Gooder + Decisive and Ruthless + Smart Protagonist + Subverts the Usual Tropes + Urban Cultivation + High Martial Arts + Won't Suffer in Silence + No Frustrating Plot Points] Tired of the same old urban-novel tropes? The fiancée breaking off the engagement, or a grandson meeting some old man and getting a villa just for showing his face? You won't find any of that in this book! The author was sick of those tropes too, so he wrote his own story! He conquered the Primordial Immort 11Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 24 The Keeper of the Palace 守宫人 He is the last of three generations of palace guardians at the Forbidden City. According to the ancestral rule, the guardian of the dragon in this generation must suppress all evil across the land and protect the mountains and rivers of China for all time. An ordinary young man joins the National Secret Bureau’s Seventh Division, a clandestine Chinese agency for the supernatural, and becomes a low-ranking probationary investigator. He walks the shadowed streets of the city, suppressing the rese —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Urban Cultivator, the Dragon Among Men 都市修真枭龙 [Classic urban fantasy + cultivation + immortal cultivation + plot-driven + ensemble cast + satisfying power fantasy!] After accidentally stumbling onto the secret between his old man and the widowed Mrs. Wang next door, he got kicked off the mountain... And his very first task after coming down was to protect the campus belle? Me! The number-one cultivator in the world’s shadowy assassin organization, and you want me to protect some little girl? No way. Whoever wants the job can... Fine! I’ll p 95Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 My Wife Drank Paraquat, So I Returned from the Immortal Realm 妻子喝下百草枯，我于仙界归来 Also known as: The Immortal Emperor Wakes Up to Find His Kidney Stolen, The Heavenly King’s Wrath, and Thunder God Hall. A deliriously satisfying tale of slaughter, with every punch landing hard! After three years in a vegetative state, his family fortune was stolen, his daughter fell gravely ill, and his best friend tried to take his poor wife for himself. And he planned to do it right in front of her vegetative husband? Unable to bear the humiliation, his wife bought a bottle of paraquat and p 1.9kReads8.0Score187Shelves
- 27 Reborn to Cultivate Immortality in the City 重生都市修仙 A mighty immortal who had survived the tribulation, the strongest Immortal Venerable in the Star River, he was betrayed during his tribulation. With inner demons taking hold, he fell and was reborn. His previous life was full of regrets. Now that he has returned, the vast city and tumultuous mortal world await him. Facing the enemies of his past, he swears that this time he will crush them beneath his feet and reclaim his peak. 79Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 28 Back from the Immortal Realm 从仙界归来 I'm back from the world of cultivation. You have a luxury car, but I have a divine beast for a mount. You have money, but I have spirit stones money can't buy. You have the world's best hospitals, but I have a divine pill that grants immortality. You want to show off? I'll beat the crap out of you, you weakling! This is the story of a cultivation powerhouse reborn in the modern city, playing the pig to eat the tiger and making up for past regrets. Pure exhilaration, come on in... 173Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 29 Five Thousand Years in Seclusion, One Move to Take Anyone Down 闭关五千年，谁都一招秒 [Invincible protagonist, but not brainless; a satisfying power fantasy] Three years ago, Fang Ming disappeared. His adoptive father died under a cloud of false accusations, and his childhood sweetheart was hunted and threatened by the killer. Three years later, Fang Ming returns as a saint and turns the tide. Whether you’re a ghost, demon, fiend, Buddha, immortal, god, or even the Great Way of Heaven and Earth… I’ll kill you all with a single move! 622Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 30 The Immortal Emperor Returns to the City 都市之仙帝归来 Ye Qingyao, the strongest Immortal Emperor of the Three Realms, is reborn on Earth. Faced with the girlfriend who betrayed him, the world’s scorn, and the provocations of rich young masters, he strikes back without hesitation! In this life, he will take control of his fate and rise to the summit once more! 163Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 31 The Immortal Venerable Reborn: An Invincible Path Starting with the Campus Belle 仙尊重生，从校花开始的无敌路 The top campus beauty, the lovesick maid, the Blood Rose assassin, the heiress from an influential family, the mysterious transfer student, the former idol sisters... and even that frosty counselor who slammed the door in a rage? None of them can escape the irresistible law of falling for him! 61Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 32 The System Forces Me to Cultivate Immortality 我被系统逼着修仙 [Handpicked by a top author, guaranteed quality] [Urban cultivation] [Funny everyday life] [Super satisfying plot] Zhou Ze was reborn, and when faced with a choice from the System, he chose a different path. “Whenever someone sticks their face out, I have no choice but to slap it.” “Actually, I want to be a normal person too. They keep forcing me to show off.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Venerable One Reborn in the City 都市之神尊重生 [Reborn in the city + invincible + intelligent protagonist + no harem + decisive and ruthless + xianxia cultivation + original] A Divine Venerable from the God Realm carries the supreme treasure, the Wheel of Reincarnation. But his Dao companion betrays him. On the brink of death, he detonates the Wheel of Reincarnation. His soul is reborn on Earth. He discovers that the supreme treasure, the Wheel of Reincarnation, is lodged in his sea of consciousness. Past life? Present life? Reincarnation? A 2.3kReads8.1Score176Shelves
- 34 Dude, Why Are All the Campus Beauties Confessing to You? 不是哥们校花怎么都和你表白了？ Urban cultivation + campus beauty + school life + everyday urban life + miracle doctor + more than one heroine + play the pig to eat the tiger + ruthless and decisive + feel-good power fantasy When he was eight, Xiao Fan was taken away by an old man to train in cultivation. Ten years later, he finally regains his freedom. He never expected that after returning to the city, a twist of fate would make him the bodyguard of a beautiful heiress and campus darling, beginning a very different life for 2.3kReads8.7Score169Shelves
- 35 The Urban Rogue Immortal 都市痞仙 When a down-on-his-luck delivery guy is injured saving someone, he unexpectedly receives a legacy and begins an extraordinary life! But his journey into cultivation, feeling his way forward, is beset by hardship and danger at every turn. And the truth about his own origins turns out to be a joke! This novel is funny, distinctive, and inventive, and makes for a light read. Give it a try! 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Kicked Down the Mountain by His Master’s Wife, He Sets His Sights on Stunning Fiancées 被师娘赶下山，祸害绝色未婚妻 [Passionate Cultivation, Invincible Hero, Devoted to His Wife, Super-Satisfying Read] I pluck the moon and stars from the sky; there is no one like me in this world! After more than ten years of grueling cultivation, Ye Xiao descends the mountain with his blade! “You're the dark king of the underworld? You can kill me with one finger?” Ye Xiao gives a cold laugh, a trace of disdain in his eyes. “I command the Asura Hall. One slap is all it takes to kill you!” “You've returned from the Youdu Pri 149Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 37 Reborn as the Supreme Medicine Immortal 重生无上医仙 The Supreme Emperor reborn in his youth. Regrets from his past life, made right in this one! In a golden age of cultivation, prodigies rise together and countless races vie for supremacy. Yun Yang sweeps all before him, slaying gods when he meets them and Buddhas when they stand in his way. Every formidable enemy is merely a stepping stone on his path to unparalleled supremacy! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Inspector of Two Realms: It Began When the Imperial Princess Bewitched My Soul 两界巡察使：从被帝女勾魂开始 [Urban Cultivation] [Multiple Female Leads] [Slow Burn] Shen Jingzhe is struck by someone jumping from a building while trying to save his female best friend. His soul leaves his body on the spot, only for a chain-wielding Underworld princess to snare the wrong soul! Even more absurdly, the Book of Life and Death clearly states that he was a great benefactor in ten lifetimes, yet met an untimely end in every one. In this life, his death is fated to leave his soul scattered, ending his cycle of r 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 I Returned from Cultivation, Only to Be Dumped, and My Mother-in-Law Is So Young 修仙归来被退婚，丈母娘太年轻了 [Urban cultivation + miracle doctor + treasure appraisal + multiple heroines + invincible + no false saintliness] Lin Yang cultivated for ten thousand years, but failed his tribulation. His remnant soul is reborn and returns to Earth ten thousand years in the past, to the time after his family cast him out and his fiancée broke off their engagement. In this life, Lin Yang decides to make up for his regrets and subdue the world… 12.4kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves
- 40 The Abandoned Cultivator Thrives in the City of Flowers 修真弃少混花都 A thousand years ago, Qin Fei’s entire family was slaughtered. Fortunately, his soul transmigrated to the cultivation world, where he became unstoppable on the starry battlefield among countless races! A thousand years later, after overcoming tribulation and ascending, Qin Fei was swept astray in the currents of the universe and returned to Huadu. In this life, he would repay every kindness and avenge every drop of blood! Before Qin Fei, enemy clans and heroes from every corner were all as insig 446Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 41 The Great Ascension Ancestor Returns to the City: What's the Big Deal About Being Invincible? 大乘老祖回都市，无敌怎么了？ “Grand Ancestor, please, act like a person for once! The sect is about to be wiped out. Hurry up and do something!” After being murdered on Earth, Chu Yu transmigrates to a cultivation world where the strong prey on the weak. After a thousand years of keeping his head down, he finally becomes the sect's Grand Ancestor. But during a disaster that threatens the sect, Chu Yu is finally forced to act, revealing his astonishing strength. Besieged by several powerful figures from the Holy Land, Chu Yu 1.5kReads7.3Score109Shelves
- 42 Reborn to Become an Invincible Cultivator 重生之修仙无敌 Immortal Emperor Yan Mofan, a being powerful enough to blot out the sky with one hand, failed to survive his tribulation and was destroyed in body and soul. In the blink of an eye, it was all gone. When he opened his eyes again, he was starting over. In his previous life, he was infamous. He had personally ruined his grandfather’s life’s work and destroyed his own future. Now that he was reborn, he would not only protect his grandfather, but also reclaim what was rightfully his and crush beneath 34Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 43 I Was at the Divine Transformation Stage, Now I’m Back as a College Freshman 人在化神期，归来上大一 After graduating from high school, Chen Yang went exploring and accidentally transmigrated to the Cultivation Realm. After a thousand years of cultivation, he reached the Deity Transformation stage and finally returned, only to find that just seven days had passed on Blue Star. With Longcheng University about to begin its new term, Chen Yang embarked on a new chapter of his life. Among all the incoming freshmen was an old monster at the Deity Transformation stage. The class beauty, department be 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Peerless War God in the Mountain Village 盖世战神在山村 (Original title: Peach Grove Beauty) He is Huaxia's strongest God of War. After faking his death to escape during a battle that shocked the world, he returns to his village and uses his unique cultivation skills to build a fortune from nothing, leading his hometown out of poverty and into prosperity. He plants medicinal herbs, builds factories, develops tourism... and earns a fortune every day, becoming wealthy beyond measure! He cultivates ancient martial arts, practices medicine, draws talisma 1.8kReads8.7Score256Shelves
- 45 The Strongest Immortal Cultivator in the City 都市至强修仙 The age of declining cultivation? So what! With the Myriad Source Cauldron, anything can be a great cultivation resource. The Chaos Five Elements Art needs ten times the spiritual energy?! Easy. Just kill the enemy, then use the Myriad Source Cauldron to plunder the spiritual energy inside their corpse. Watch as Wei Lin rapidly grows into a pillar of the human race! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Master of the Nine Heavens 掌控九重天 [Urban Fantasy + Xuanhuan + Power Fantasy] An orphan abandoned as a child accidentally falls into a primordial spiritual spring. He absorbs its power and inherits the astonishing Heavenly Punishment Heart Sutra, a peerless art created by the Heavenly Dao before the world was divided. As the name suggests, a Heavenly Punisher oversees the laws of the universe. Whoever violates the rules of heaven and earth, no matter who they are, must face the Heavenly Punisher's judgment. The worst offenders ar 711Reads8.4Score106Shelves
- 47 The Fifth Legend 第五传奇 [Passionate Action - Fantasy - Earth Setting] [Military King - Ancient Figures - Classic of Mountains and Seas] After the founding of China, the mysterious Bloodkill squad spent years fighting overseas. They had just quelled unrest at an African gold mine when, on returning home for leave, they were urgently assigned to Shennongjia! Thirty internal security officers had gone missing, tourists had been gruesomely killed, a thirty-meter python blocked the way, and a cave hid ferocious beasts from 402Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 48 Return of the Immortal Cultivator to the City 都市之修仙归来 In his previous life, he was the son of a disgraced heir from a wealthy family, a family shame. His girlfriend betrayed him, his family cast him aside, the powerful hounded him, and his family was destroyed! In this life, he has returned to Earth. He will repay every humiliation and betrayal he once suffered! “From today on, no one can lay a hand on anyone I, Qin Jian, want to protect. Not even Jesus. I said it!” 103Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 49 The Invincible Immortal Venerable of the City 都市不败仙尊 Chen Ping spent nine thousand years attaining the Dao and becoming an Immortal Venerable. He became the most promising person in millions of years to survive tribulation and ascend. But just as he faced his tribulation, he was treacherously ambushed by Yu Nishang, the woman he'd protected for three thousand years, and died with hatred in his heart! When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn nine thousand years in the past. Chen Ping swore that in this life, he would cultivate one steady s 629Reads8.3Score100Shelves
- 50 Cultivating Immortality on Earth 在地球修仙 A cultivation prodigy, reborn on Earth, shaking the world and proving the eternal Dao! In his previous life, he devoted himself to cultivation and the Dao, only to die in a war between sects. By a twist of fate, he was reborn on Earth. From then on, he could turn the clouds with one hand and bring the rain with the other. 350Reads6.9Score—Shelves
