Novels like The Sword God Returns
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- 151 Peerless Mad Immortal 绝世狂仙 In a world where the strong survive and the weak are eliminated, a young man cast out by his clan endures countless hardships, progressing from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, then to the Golden Core realm, and finally forming a Nascent Soul. Follow the protagonist as he cuts through every obstacle and forges ahead on the path to immortality. 1.1kReads8.3Score101Shelves
- 152 The Eternal Dao Manual 永恒道诀 Beneath the wasteland of the Myriad Worlds lie the darkest secrets of antiquity: emperors perished, gods and demons bled. A rusted, mottled spearhead, however, has endured through countless ages. The youth Lin Yu accidentally activates the spearhead and learns the Eternal Art. From then on, he rises step by step, towering over all the heroes of the ages! 542Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 153 I Am the Mortal Emperor 我为凡帝 [Traditional fantasy + complete story + decisive and ruthless protagonist + no saintly behavior + no System] The world ranks innate talent into nine grades, with the first being the lowest and the ninth the highest. Lin Fan has the lowest grade, a useless first-grade talent. But his talent comes with its own space. While others cultivate for one day outside, he can cultivate for thirty days inside. One day... "Lin Fan, you're nothing but a mere first-grade talent. What makes you think you d 750Reads7.2Score100Shelves
- 154 He Came from the Guixu 他自归墟来 “What is the Return to the Ruins?” Answer: “Before the myriad sources stirred, one breath gave rise to all beginnings. The Return to the Ruins is the root of both ending and beginning, concealing worlds within nothingness and suspending the cosmos within existence.” ... ... This is a captivating story of the Five Regions and Two Heavens, and the realm above the heavens. It is also an extraordinary journey, amid a host of heavenly geniuses and the rise of immortals and demons. Many years later, t 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 Legend of the Return to the Void 归虚传 At the dawn of endless ages, all living things embarked on the path of cultivation, and a glorious era began. All things vied for supremacy, seeking to become kings and revered sovereigns. When calamity transforms heaven and earth and annihilation consumes all life, will all things in the world wither away, or will they be reborn in a cycle of renewal? 705Reads5.5Score101Shelves
- 156 The Immortal in the Sword 剑中仙 The demonic sect’s wandering swordsman, Fang Junmei, leaves his hometown, sails across the oceans, enters the immortal sects, crushes his enemies’ skulls, and slays the stars of heaven and earth, fighting his way to the pinnacle of the path to immortality. When he looks back, countless followers stand behind him, while countless demons and evil spirits still await him ahead. Let’s fight again! Bring me my sharp sword and my warhorse! He defies the flow of time and crushes the heavens beneath his 1.9kReads7.9Score190Shelves
- 157 The Tower of Mystic Secrets 通玄塔 No System + Decisive and Ruthless + Plot-Driven + Traditional Cultivation Realm Progression Mu You, a village boy, finds a damaged little pagoda and unexpectedly gains a chance to cultivate immortality. Repair the Tongxuan Pagoda. It has seven floors, and every time he breaks through to a new major realm, he unlocks the abilities of another floor. First floor: Accelerates cultivation. Second floor: A portable artifact-forging room. Third floor: A flower bed for spirit plants. Fourth floor: A spa 6.7kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
- 158 Transmigrated on the Brink of Death from the Start: An Uncle Teaches You the Ways of Life 开局穿越濒死，大叔带你悟道人生 A college student who has just started university is unexpectedly chosen to enter the martial world, where he inhabits a body on the brink of death. An older man finds him and chooses him, setting him on the path of refining his heart. Then the older man vanishes overnight. Having been led into the Dao by him, the young man has to find his own way along the path... Chosen by the will of Heaven, is he a pawn, a player, or a discarded piece in Heaven's grand design? Please forgive the many rough s 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 Burial Realm Tomb: Grandpa Wants Me to Send Him Money Down Below 葬界墓：爷爷要我给他寄钱下去 “Grandson! It’s your grandpa. Get me some money, quick. Your grandpa’s broke, and there are loads of treasures buried in the old courtyard back home!”... Wang Yu jolted upright in bed, eyes wide, breathing hard, cold sweat pouring down his body. This had been happening for over a month now. Every day, he had the same dream. In it, his grandfather, who had been dead for many years, stood before him with a kind expression, always urging him to return to their hometown. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 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 7.4kReads8.4Score1kShelves
- 161 Tower of Ten Thousand Ways to Refine the Spirit 万法炼神塔 In the Yue Kingdom, the young master of a tea estate, Mo You, saves an immortal in the mountains and receives a cultivation technique from him. On his path to immortality, Mo You obtains a heaven-defying treasure, and from then on, his era begins. As he cultivates, countless prodigies are trampled beneath his feet, and he fights his way to eternal life. As he cultivates, he meets countless kindred spirits, friends, and companions, leading them all to defy heaven together. The world of cultivatio 2.5kReads8.2Score209Shelves
- 162 Xuanhuan: I Began as a Sword and Conquered the Primordial Wilderness 玄幻：我从一把剑开始制霸洪荒 A hapless drunk driver goes over a cliff and transmigrates into a sword! After miserably waiting ten thousand years with a System, he finally gets his first sword wielder! Long Yuan: “Don't drink and drive... no, wait... don't drive after drinking!” 32Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 163 First Year, New Semester: Welcome, Ancestor of the Nascent Soul 大一新学期，恭迎化神老祖 [Cultivator Returns + Technical Mastermind, Unbeatable + Lighthearted and Witty + Calculated Carnage + Face-Slapping Power Fantasy] After accidentally transmigrating to the cultivation world, I weathered three thousand years and finally became an ancestor at the Deity Transformation stage! Who could have guessed that one careless move would get me stabbed in the back by my betrothed Dao companion? With no choice but to grit my teeth, I broke through layer upon layer of encirclement and escaped t 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 A Hundred Cycles of Reincarnation: Empress, I’m Really Not Your Husband 轮回百世：女帝，我真不是你夫君 [The System Ran Away]+ [A Decade-Long Bookworm and New Author's Autobiographical Transmigration]+ [Not a Mindless Harem Novice Novel]+ [Sincere Romance, One Heroine]+ [The Protagonist Is Smart] A hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, defying life and death; a divine coffin appears, an imperial phoenix emerges, and a sacred body is formed. From the start, Gu Nanbei transmigrates into a black coffin. For the sake of his dear readers, he pulls himself together. But then he runs into the Empresses... 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 The Invincible Sword God 无敌剑神 Above the Divine Ruins, the invincible Sword Emperor Qingdi was ambushed by three Supreme Lords at the crucial moment when he was about to break through to become a Sword God. He died, his spirit destroyed, but was reborn with the Nine Ruins Heavenly Prison Tower. With a sword in hand, the world is mine. Whoever refuses to submit will be cut down with one strike! If we fight, we fight to the bitter end. If we kill, we leave rivers of blood. What? You want me to show off? Then I’ll show off until 6.4kReads8.4Score669Shelves
- 166 Eternal Supreme 永恒至尊 At the pinnacle of martial arts, one can move mountains and fill seas, seize stars and capture the moon, and turn time and space upside down! At the ultimate realm of swordsmanship, one sword can attain the Dao, reach the divine, and shatter all laws! Li Fuchen, a young man who happened upon a small golden talisman, sees his soul constantly evolve. In a world where geniuses are as plentiful as rain and powerful figures as numerous as clouds, he uses the sword in his hand to climb to the very sum 2.9kReads8.9Score286Shelves
- 167 This Immortal Venerable Is Too Cruel: He Kills Anyone Who Crosses Him! 这个仙尊太残忍：谁惹他就杀谁！ [Exhilarating fantasy: decisive and merciless, cold-blooded, fiercely passionate, and never held back!] If someone crosses me, I kill them! If Heaven crosses me, I slay Heaven! My name is Tu Yu! Tu, as in slaughter. Yu, as in a storm of blood and violence! 464Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 168 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: My Name Is Lu Qichen! 凡人修仙，我叫陆起尘！ Synopsis: This is a proper cultivation novel. Genres: [traditional cultivation + mortal’s journey + no System + no harem + treasure hunts and magical duels + ancient secret realms + fighting monsters and leveling up] Realms: [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Great Ascension, Tribulation Transcendence] 1.5kReads8.2Score105Shelves
- 169 The Calamity Furnace 劫炉 Across the Nine Regions, all living things must “borrow power from Heaven” to cultivate. Every time someone breaks through a major cultivation realm, they sign another “tribulation debt” with the Heavenly Dao. When the debt comes due, a heavenly tribulation descends: survive it, and the debt is cleared and the realm secured; fail, and both body and spirit are destroyed, with no chance of reincarnation. That is why cultivators fear tribulations more than powerful enemies. Only one in a hundred su 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 I Caught a Spirit Beast to Be My Teacher 捉个灵兽当老师 A little monster? Fun! Catch it and make it my pet; A great monster? Tough hide! Catch it and make it my mount; A demon king? Now we're talking! Catch it and make it my underling; A heavenly demon? Well, fine, I suppose you can be my brother! What? You won't submit? Then I'll beat you until you do! I'm the Heaven-Ordained Demon Catcher! 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 Immortal Longevity: Transmigrating to the Cultivation World with a Treasure-Gathering Basin 长生仙缘：带着聚宝盆穿越修仙界 [Cultivation]+ [Longevity]+ [Treasure-Gathering Basin]+ [Ascension] An ordinary young man from Blue Star accidentally transmigrated to a Cultivation world, bringing with him the supreme treasure known as the Treasure-Gathering Basin. As long as it has enough spiritual energy, this treasure can duplicate anything under heaven, from a tiny speck of dust to an immortal artifact. The synopsis can't do it justice. Read the story to find out. 20Reads6.0Score100Shelves
- 172 Walking Alone Through the Nine Heavens 独步九天 A prodigy of the Immortal Realm transmigrates on his wedding day and revives Earth. By chance, he gains the memories of an abandoned child and reopens his dantian and sea of consciousness. Armed with heaven-defying abilities, he battles across the four seas and eight wildernesses, returns to the immortal mountains of the Nine Heavens to seek revenge, takes to the clouds on a seven-colored auspicious cloud to fight across the Nine Realms, and claims dominion over all worlds. 16.4kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves
- 173 Reborn: The Strongest Castoff 重生之最强弃少 A mighty magnate of the Immortal Realm is reborn on Earth, only to find himself unexpectedly saddled with a romantic debt... Two chapters a day while the novel is new, with extra chapters after it goes premium. Thanks for your support! 618Reads8.7Score176Shelves
- 174 Reborn as an Immortal Emperor in the City 重生都市仙帝 In his previous life, his family framed him, broke both his legs, struck his name from the family register, and left him dependent on others until he died in despair. Now he has returned from his cultivation, risen to become an immortal overlord, and can make the heavens tremble all by himself. He’ll take his revenge and live without restraint, unmatched beneath the heavens! I’ll make up for every regret from my previous life. Those who humiliated me will pay a hundredfold, and those who mocked 3.9kReads8.6Score287Shelves
- 175 God-Burying Tower 葬神塔 [Traditional fantasy + decisive and ruthless action + thrilling and exhilarating + read by a million fans!] Jiang Ruochen, a seasoned explorer, ventured deep into an underground ruin, only to be transported to another world by a mysterious ancient tower. There, he became a useless prince of the Zhen Nan Dynasty, born weak and unable to awaken a martial soul mark. At his tenth awakening ceremony, Jiang Ruochen finally awakened a martial soul, but it was a worthless mudfish, earning him mockery an 14.4kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
- 176 The Supreme Immortal Venerable in the City 极品仙尊在都市 The most revered immortal in the Immortal Realm opens his eyes and finds himself a live-in son-in-law. In his previous life, everyone looked down on him. After being reborn, he becomes a genius grandmaster of the ancient martial arts world and a miracle doctor renowned throughout the medical field, with skills that reach the heavens and strength that can split the earth. 5.3kReads8.4Score517Shelves
- 177 Seated in the Dao 坐道 My new work is out! You can read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 Spirit-Devouring Body 噬灵躯 (The protagonist is a little slow + no System + humor + mortal cultivation) A mortal's struggle to survive. He obtains an Immortal Artifact that accompanied the Demon Emperor, but his spiritual root gets blown to pieces. From then on, he can only temper his body and become a crude martial brute. With no complicated spells or techniques, Yang Shen has nothing but his iron fists to struggle through a cruel world! The blurb doesn't do it justice, so give the story a try! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 Heavenly Revelation Divine Diagram 天启神图 The Great Sun fell, and the Great Night withdrew from the world, allowing the demonic path to run rampant and plunging the realm into chaos. The young Jiang Chen stumbles upon a Divine Revelation Map. Accompanied by a talking rabbit, he sets out to exterminate demons and banish evil, saving the people from dire straits. 264Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 180 The Bronze Age: Blade Lord of Reverse Entropy 青铜纪元：逆熵刀主 The Bronze Age: Blade Lord of Entropy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 You Can't Afford to Mess with Me 本尊你们惹不起 You're a super bodyguard? A divine healer? A cultivation prodigy? You activated the System? You're sworn brothers with the Jade Emperor? You're an Immortal Emperor or Demon Sovereign reborn... Whoever you are, don't provoke me, or you'll regret it. You won't be able to bear the consequences! 266Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 182 Immortals and Mortals of Taowu 桃坞仙凡 [The Greatest Xuanhuan Novel of All Time] [Its title did it a disservice. More than ten outside sites have already pirated it. Veteran fantasy readers, jump right in.] The master is invincible, and the protagonist starts out with a cheat... The Cangyuan Continent, with its vast lands and mysterious seas. Wang Xiaoshi, a young islander, stumbled onto the path of immortal cultivation by chance. But his first attempt ended in failure, and from that day onward, a rainbow hung across the sky. When th 141Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 183 Rebel of the Sect? My Hundredfold-Speed Swordsmanship Rules the Myriad Worlds! 宗门逆子？我百速剑修主宰万界！ [Female Sword Immortal + Sect Outcast + Decisive and Ruthless + Hundredfold Cultivation Speed + Three-Life Sword] Framed by others, Lin Jing was not only expelled from his sect but had his cultivation crippled as well. Luckily, he came across the legacy of a female Sword Immortal. From that moment on, everyone who had plotted against him would tremble! 1.1kReads8.7Score108Shelves
- 184 The Richest Man Claims Me as Family, and My Immortal Identity Is No Longer a Secret 被首富认亲，修仙者身份藏不住了 [The early chapters lay the groundwork with an urban tycoon story, then ancient martial arts, anotherworldly continent beyond the Antarctic ice wall, a biochemical apocalypse, cultivation across civilizations from levels 1 to 9, and wars across planes. The Heavenly Realm, Immortal Realm, and Divine Realm are the real story, so don't drop the novel after reading only the first few chapters. Planned as a long series of around ten million characters.] The day my gold-digging girlfriend dumped me, I 112Reads—Score107Shelves
- 185 Senior Brother Is Nothing but Trouble 师兄就是个祸害 [Traditional cultivation, invincible protagonist] Han Linxiao, the strongest human cultivator! His beloved, Hong Ling, daughter of the Demon Lord, died a hundred years ago. Heartbroken, Han Linxiao went into seclusion for a century. Thanks to his cultivation, though he was now over a hundred years old, he still looked like a twenty-year-old. He left Misty Mountain and joined another sect to pursue a woman who resembled his lost love... “Senior Brother never cultivates. He lies flat every day and 1kReads6.4Score100Shelves
- 186 Period: I'm a Post-70s City Cultivator 年代：我是70后都市修仙者 [Historical era, growing personal space, decisive and ruthless, immortal cultivation, strategy] The soul of a modern person from 21st-century Earth transmigrates to the early 1980s in a parallel world. It also brings along a golden finger in the form of a personal space. This golden finger can be upgraded step by step. Once he gathers the nine origins of the world, he can create a real continent of his own. And each time he gathers an origin, the golden finger grants him knowledge of a new skill 3.4kReads8.4Score202Shelves
- 187 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 58Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 188 Gathering the Dao of Immortality 拾道长生 [Mortal-style cultivation + bargain hunting + no System + cautious cultivation] An ordinary boy who makes his living scavenging junk accidentally saves a badly wounded Saintess. After cultivating dual techniques together, he embarks on the path to immortality. Relying on his cautious nature and knack for finding hidden treasures, he steadily grows stronger in the cultivation world. 14.5kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
- 189 A Mortal’s Fateful Encounter with Immortal Pu 凡人之仙蒲奇缘 {No System} {Mortal’s journey} {Not a saint} A seven-year-old boy joins a cultivation sect by chance. After ten years of grueling practice, he is still stuck at the fifth level of Qi Refining. Growing disillusioned with the Dao, he leaves the sect and escapes into the secular world, hoping to enjoy an easy life by relying on his cultivator status. But an extraordinary encounter from his childhood keeps driving him forward. As a rogue cultivator, he wanders among the sects and clans of the Hundre 560Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 190 Ancestor Xin 辛祖 [30,000 words posted daily] [Gets better as it goes] [Three heroines] [Classic xianxia] [Rags-to-riches rise] [Power fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] [Passionate] [Fast-paced] Life is as brief as an ant's, a fate as insubstantial as dust. If Heaven won't let me climb high, I'll shatter these nine celestial heavens! If fate won't let me rule supreme, I'll forge the laws of all worlds anew! Only then will all beings across the myriad worlds learn that there is always a heaven beyond h 320Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 Raising Pigs in a Cultivation Sect on the Sly 苟在修仙宗门养猪 After transmigrating to the world of immortal cultivation, Chen Mo is guided by a five-colored pearl and begins in a lifeless space of yellow earth. While others toil in cultivation and fight over resources, he quietly raises flower spirit pigs in Spirit Beast Valley. In his space, spiritual springs bubble, spiritual herbs grow in lush patches, and spirit pigs fill the pens. One drop of Origin Spirit Liquid can evolve a village dog into a spirit beast. A hundred-year-old spiritual herb, somethin 21.3kReads—Score3.2kShelves
- 192 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. 16.2kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
- 193 The Art of Chaos God Cultivation 混沌修神诀 An utterly ordinary young man from the countryside finally graduates from college after overcoming countless hardships, only to be dumped by his first love just as his beloved grandmother passes away. Heartbroken and despairing, he decides to end his life by jumping into a well, but unexpectedly gains an extraordinary inheritance. While others cultivate immortality, he cultivates godhood directly. From then on, he face-slaps his ex and searches the heavens above and the depths of the underworld, 8.9kReads8.8Score921Shelves
- 194 From the Start, a Loose Immortal’s Cultivation, Summoning a Mahayana-Stage Guard 开局散仙修为，召唤大乘期护卫 Also known as: "Pale Cloud Sect Master from the Start: Summoning Mahayana Bodyguards" and "Loose Immortal Cultivation from the Start: Building the Strongest Immortal Sect" [Invincible Lead] [Summoning] [Taking in Disciples] [Top-Tier Ensemble Cast] [Epic Fights] [Pure, Unfiltered Thrills] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Gripping Plot] After transmigrating, Chu Feng was rejected by the Jade Maiden Sect because of his mediocre talent. Little did he know that he would unexpectedly activate the Strongest H 1.2kReads8.1Score119Shelves
- 195 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! 238Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 196 The City's Number One Immortal Venerable 都市之第一仙尊 Reborn, I will trample all living beings beneath my feet in this life! 8.7kReads7.9Score712Shelves
- 197 From the Start: A Nine-Treasure Glazed Chaos World Tower 开局一座九宝琉璃混沌世界塔 Born with a Chaotic Dao Body that appears once in billions of years, he is deemed useless because no method of cultivation suits him. Though the beginning of the myriad paths is fraught with hardship, he will never give up. Even if the immortals are destroyed, my Dao heart will endure. How could a golden-scaled creature be content to remain in a pond? Given the right opportunity, it will become a dragon! With a cheat that lets him control time, he is a dragon among men, and the greatest of drago 9.4kReads7.8Score1kShelves
- 198 The Supreme Sword God 无上剑神 On the Shenwu Continent, martial arts flourished, and strength reigned supreme! The human race had ruled the entire continent for ages. A hundred thousand years ago, the demon race, living in the wild lands beyond the continent, finally launched a holy war. The human race fought back with everything it had and ultimately drove off the demons, but it was left severely weakened. Most cultivation techniques and martial skills were lost, spiritual qi dwindled, and the martial path sank to its lowest 7.9kReads8.6Score670Shelves
- 199 Primal Chaos Heavenly Body 混沌天体 A good-for-nothing? Unable to cultivate? No! Murong Yu has a rare constitution, the most powerful Chaos Body in all creation! He punches flying swords out of the sky, tramples immortal artifacts underfoot, has a body comparable to divine weapons, and withstands heavenly tribulations without a scratch! Great cultivation sects? Famous prodigies? Dare to provoke this menace, and their entire clans will be wiped out! He strides across the earth, shoulders mountains, and holds up the sky! Watch a goo 7.8kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 200 I Saw the Killer's Face While Preparing the Campus Beauty's Body for Her Funeral 我给校花整理遗容时，看到了凶手的脸 While preparing the school beauty’s body for burial, I saw the killer’s face. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
