Novels like The Young Sword Emperor
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Young Sword Emperor, best match first.
- 1 The Reborn City Sword Immortal 重生都市剑仙 An Immortal Venerable fails his tribulation and returns to his youth. Faced with his girlfriend's betrayal, a rich heir's threats, and his old classmates' mockery, Shen Yuhan smiles faintly and draws his immortal sword. Before absolute power, all demons, monsters, schemes, and plots are nothing but fleeting clouds. On his road back to the peak, ants and dust are fit only to be offered up to his sword. 46Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 2 I Guarded the Sword Sect's Gate and Signed In for Ten Years, Then Destroyed It with One Sword 我，剑宗守门签到十年，一剑灭剑宗 After countless hardships, he finally joined the Sword Sect, only to be ostracized and made the sect’s gatekeeper. The Sword Sect gatekeeper is not a disciple of the sect and may not descend the mountain, enter any part of the sect, or learn the Sword Sect’s sword techniques. Violators will be killed! Xu Mo, damn you! Just wait until I’ve spent ten years signing in at your gate. Then we’ll see if I wipe out your Sword Sect. 93Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 3 The Supreme Sword Venerable’s Three Hundred Years of Sign-In 无上剑尊签到三百年 Yun Xuan transmigrates to a xianxia world teeming with immortals and demons, where the strong prey on the weak. The sect leader takes him in, and he becomes a disciple of the Xuanyuan Sword Sect. He also obtains a God-Tier Sign-In System. By signing in at different locations, he can claim generous rewards. “Congratulations, Host! You signed in at the Scripture Pavilion and received the Pinnacle Sword Art!” “Congratulations, Host! You signed in at Spirit Sword Mountain and received the Eternal Sw 47Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 4 The Sword God Returns 剑神归来 Sword energy stretches for thirty thousand miles, a single blade shines cold across nineteen provinces! Lin Yi, the peerless Sword God of his era, was betrayed by his closest friend and failed his tribulation. His heaven-defying cultivation vanished, and he unexpectedly returned to Earth, reborn in his youth in the city. In his previous life, he stood at the summit and looked down on all living beings. No one under heaven dared disobey him! In this life, I’ll make up for every regret, kill those 550Reads8.4Score103Shelves
- 5 Chaos Demon Emperor 混沌妖帝 Is there really nothing beyond the Immortal Realm? Is the Immortal Emperor truly the pinnacle of martial cultivation? Haunted by these questions, Ye Lingtian reaches the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm and chooses to break through. But what happens next makes him realize that some hidden hand seems to be silently manipulating everything... 3.6kReads8.0Score345Shelves
- 6 Sword Abyss 剑墟 As countless demons descend upon the world, chaos is about to erupt. A worthless young man accidentally awakens the soul power of the Ruins Realm, and from then on sets out to roam the world with his sword and contend with the geniuses of countless realms. His sword intent endures as he strides across the land, an undefeated legend through the ages. With a sword in hand, he reaches for the Nine Heavens above and breaks into the Netherworld below, conquering another world and bringing every sword 10.1kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
- 7 The Campus' Unrivaled Mad God 校园绝品狂神 Tang Zichen, a martial arts master of unparalleled skill, unexpectedly finds himself reborn in the body of a pitiful wretch who was cast out by his family. And so, a peerless, unruly god is born, striding across the city and sweeping all before him until the world trembles. 920Reads8.6Score116Shelves
- 8 Breaking Free from the Chains to Cultivate Immortality 破樊修仙记 [Traditional cultivation + No System + One heroine + Mortal’s journey + Ruthless + Cunning] This book was originally titled “The Record of Immortal Cultivation Beyond the Mundane.” It was previously titled “My Sect Was Destroyed, So I Rose from the Ranks of Rogue Cultivators.” Someone once asked Li Ruoyu how he had managed to reach the path to immortality. Was it because of his exceptional talent? Because he had cut down every enemy and swept aside all the geniuses and powerhouses on his path? L 5.5kReads8.3Score363Shelves
- 9 The Peaceful Inn 安心客栈 The jianghu has its own tales to tell. Why see everything under heaven? Young man, don't ask how rough the road ahead will be. The young man asked, “What is the jianghu?” The old man replied, “Ride your horse, cross the river, and plunge into the mortal world.” 2.8kReads8.9Score172Shelves
- 10 I'm the Sword Heir of the Sword Emperor Palace. What Should I Do About Breaking Through Too Fast? 我，剑帝宫剑子，突破太快怎么办 From the start, he outran a demon horse and killed a villain in a counterattack, catching the eye of the Sword Emperor Palace Master. Qin Jun then joined the Sword Emperor Palace. But he never expected the God-Level Breakthrough System to be so ridiculously powerful. He tended to the flowers, and broke through... He went fishing, and broke through... In battle, he instinctively used his movement technique to dodge, and broke through... He glanced at a cultivation manual and mastered it... He wen 5.4kReads8.4Score716Shelves
- 11 EN The Supreme Sword Immortal 剑道第一仙 I am the sword cultivator of the mortal world through the ages, the foremost immortal above all the heavens. 1kReads9.2Score144Shelves
- 12 The Eternal Night’s Long Song 永夜长歌 A demon crawling out of the depths of hell lets out a furious roar at the gods enthroned above. People piled high like livestock twist, collapse, go mad, and vanish in the darkness... Someone opens their eyes in the eternal night, kindling a lamp with their life and writing an epic in blood. 3.1kReads9.1Score289Shelves
- 13 Heavenly Sword Emperor 凌天剑帝 [Play the pig to eat the tiger + traditional fantasy] A year ago, the young Lin Che received guidance from an unparalleled master and destroyed his own dantian to start his martial arts journey anew. During that time, his cultivation plummeted, and his family misunderstood him, leaving him to endure the world's cold stares. A year later, Lin Che has forged an unparalleled foundation. The hidden dragon rises from the abyss, sweeping aside every genius with invincible might and embarking on a bran 56.3kReads9.1Score9.2kShelves
- 14 The Unrivaled Sword Emperor 绝世剑帝 A golden age of martial arts, with geniuses emerging one after another! Lin Yu, a peerless prodigy of his generation, burst onto the scene from the Age of Declining Dharma and swept all before him, undefeated beneath the heavens. His swordsmanship reached the pinnacle, making him a supreme being! Demons, monsters, and heretics will cower and tremble at the sight of my sword. The mighty of myriad worlds will bow their heads and hail me as their sovereign. In this mad world where the strong prey o 15.7kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves
- 15 EN Almighty Sword Domain 无敌剑域 If killing isn't for showing off, then it's meaningless. If living isn't for showing off, you might as well be dead. When you kill, leave the land strewn with corpses. When you show off, do it at the pinnacle, undefeated! Search the site for the sequel to this book: A Sword Reigns Supreme 2.2kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
- 16 Swordbone 剑骨 In an age when frost withered every blade of grass, a young man walked out of the Temple of the Bodhisattva and took up the heaviest sword in all the world. Facing the mortal realm, he carved out a glimmer of light. 587Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 17 The Eternal Emperor 亘古大帝 [A complete epic spanning ten million words, with one heroine, decisive violence, and unstoppable thrills from start to finish] Ten thousand years ago, Lin Yan suppressed the Demon Emperor, only to be betrayed by his brother and saddled with a reputation as a villain for ten thousand years! Now his imperial soul has returned, and his good-for-nothing body has awakened to the power of rebirth! They steal his sacred bones? He'll forge bones that defy heaven! They break off his engagement? He'll ki 6.5kReads8.7Score839Shelves
- 18 King of Myriad Forms 万相之王 There are ten thousand aspects between heaven and earth. I, Li Luo, will one day become the King of Ten Thousand Aspects. Another epic fantasy from Tian Can Tu Dou, following Yuan Zun. 3.5kReads9.2Score250Shelves
- 19 EN I Have a Sword 我有一剑 I wield a sword. Once it's drawn, nothing can stand against it! 2.1kReads9.3Score267Shelves
- 20 King of Eternity 万古之王 Ye Wushuang, the young master of a fallen family, was married into his bride’s family. On his wedding night, he was framed for making advances on his sister-in-law and died with hatred in his heart. At the moment of his death, he merged with the memories of his previous life as a Heavenly Emperor and fully awakened. His old enemies now sit securely at the very peak of the heavenly realm. His former disciples have become peerless powerhouses. The women he once loved still wait eagerly for his ret 124.1kReads9.1Score9.1kShelves
- 21 Origin Master 元尊 Heaven and earth are the furnace, all things are copper, yin and yang are the coals, and creation is the smith. In the struggle for fortune, serpents and sparrows devour dragons. Will the serpent and sparrow reign supreme, or will the holy dragon rise and tower above all living beings? This is a world where qi rules the universe, vast and magnificent. With a breath of qi, one can move mountains, overturn seas, turn the heavens upside down, and command yin and yang and the cosmos. The world’s sou 5.4kReads9.2Score522Shelves
- 22 The Age of Global Heroes: Unlocking Li Xin's Profile from the Start 全球英雄时代：开局解锁李信面板 [The Only One on the Entire Site] [Campus Action] Su Zhe transmigrated into a world where everyone could become a dragon. At eighteen, everyone here awakens a powerful ability! They also take on the layers of the Tower of the Gods, steeped in ancient legends. They say that anyone who reaches the top will transcend the human body and become a true god! When Su Zhe fully integrated Li Xin's character sheet, the whole world was stunned! “That guy... took on the entire academy by himself!” “Whatever 814Reads9.1Score190Shelves
- 23 Sword and Wine 剑酒 [Traditional fantasy + no System + one heroine + slow burn + passionate adventure] In the Eastern Lands, a tavern waiter wears twin sabers at his waist and tempers his heart in the mortal world. In the Western Regions, a devoted monk carries a paintbrush, bringing flowers to the world. In the Southern Mountains, a Daoist wields peachwood, using talismans to subdue mountains and seas. In the northern lands, a monster carves a wooden staff, its dragon's roar shaking the Nine Heavens. And in the Ce 13.2kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
- 24 Sword Seed 剑种 One female lead, no angst. A sixteen-year-old boy with a sword case on his back sets out to wander the world for the first time. He only wants to recover the remains of his elders. Step by step, he uncovers the secrets of the sword case and masters one peerless famous sword after another, until he becomes the sharpest sword in the world. 6.7kReads9.1Score683Shelves
- 25 The Immortal Path Without Dao 无道仙路 [No female lead + ordinary mortal protagonist + brutal cultivation; From the Start: A Broken Piece of Jade Reveals the Secrets of Immortality, The Terrifying Road to Immortality, Mystery, Immortal Paths, and the Angler, The Strange Path to Immortality are updated simultaneously] There was no road in the world to begin with. A road appears when enough people walk it. Wudao found a mysterious piece of fine wood glowing with purple light and arrived in the world of cultivation. It was a brutal plac 18.4kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
- 26 Where I Am Is Where the Jianghu Is 我所在之地，便是江湖 “Cultivators are people too, and people die.” Chen Dao sits at the table, staring at the calligraphy and painting before him. After a moment of silence, he says softly, “Pass down the order. Tell our Dao Gang brothers to get ready for tonight’s operation. The target is the Tianxian Restaurant.” “Keep it quiet. I don’t want my father finding out that there’s a band of bandits outside the city who belong to his precious son.” In a secret chamber somewhere in the Chen residence. Chen Dao’s 1.8kReads8.9Score672Shelves
- 27 EN The Venerable Swordsman 一剑独尊 In this prequel to "The Invincible Sword Domain", young Ye Xuan faces pressure from his family. To protect his beloved younger sister, he stumbles upon a lost sword technique by chance and begins a long journey of cultivation. Follow Ye Xuan as he defies fate, becomes a legendary Sword Immortal, and reaches the pinnacle of life! 6.8kReads9.1Score5.3kShelves
- 28 After Guarding the World for a Million Years, My Disciples Beat Everyone 镇守百万年，我的徒弟吊打诸天 [Traditional fantasy, no System, one female lead! Hilarious + Absolutely exhilarating] Important: [Both leads are men. There’s no master-disciple romance] His master, Bai Fengliu, is known as the Sword Lord of Jingzhe, a man so powerful that all the heavens tremble before him. He commands life and death and defies the cycle of reincarnation. His disciple, Xiao Ke, possesses the world’s strongest skill: Summon Master. So you’re an Emperor? So your cultivation reaches the heavens? Sorry, but all i 14.4kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
- 29 The Extreme Path to Immortality 极道仙路 [No Goody-Two-Shoes Heroine, No Female Lead, No System, No Transmigration.] Follow your heart and pursue what you desire: that is the path to the ultimate immortal way. The Heavenly Dao? It is dead. The Demonic Heaven shall rise. This is an utterly brutal cultivation world where the strong rule and the weak are ants. My name is Zhao Wuji. In pursuit of the immortal path, I have no taboos. 11.3kReads8.9Score852Shelves
- 30 I'm Invincible Anyway, Do Whatever You Want 我反正无敌，你们随意 Ye Changsheng transmigrates into a fantasy world, awakening the Chaotic Sword Physique from the start and acquiring a sign-in System. He signs in at the Sword Grave and obtains the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. He signs in at Heaven Mountain and gains the Divine Art, Heaven's Funeral. He signs in at the Divine Kingdom and obtains the greatest divine meridian of all time. He 12.4kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
- 31 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I Have Nine Fairy Masters 玄幻：开局九个仙女师傅 From the start, Ye Xiu takes nine immortal beauties as his masters and awakens the Divine Eye, instantly reaching the peak of talent! “What? You spent tens of thousands of years cultivating the Ninefold Immortal Sword Art? Sorry, I took one look and mastered it!” “The Flame of the Phoenix? The Flame of the Vermilion Bird? The Soul of the Dragon God? One look, and they’re all mine!” “What? You say you’re the strongest in the universe? Sorry, I have a universe inside me!” In this boundless world, 15.4kReads9.1Score2kShelves
- 32 I Went to Cultivate Immortality After Failing the College Entrance Exam 我，高考落榜后去修仙 After failing the college entrance exams, Lin En awakened a Tycoon Cultivation System. “Ding! The System has issued a task: Host, break through to the Nascent Soul Realm within five minutes!” “Task failure penalty: 999 Nine-Turn Divine Soul Pills and one Immortal's Training Ground!” Lin En figured he could only grit his teeth and accept the penalty for failing this task! “Ding! The System has issued another task: Break through to the Nascent Soul Realm within ten minutes! Failure will result in 13.3kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
- 33 Intrepid Blade’s Path in the Snow 雪中悍刀行 The jianghu is a beaded curtain. Great and small figures are its beads; great and small stories, the strings that bind them. And loyalty and affection are the spirit that gives those beads their luster. The story is drawing to a close. The final chapter will end with those words: “Waiter, bring us some wine.” 11.5kReads9.7Score585Shelves
- 34 The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局 “If we want the people of this world to live in the sunlight and keep their sanity, then we must keep secret the things they were never meant to know.” “Because the moment they see those terrifying beings that defy all known science and truly discover how horrifying this world is... believe me, Earth will become the biggest asylum in the universe.” Chen Xian, Ninth Secret Bureau 3.2kReads9.2Score470Shelves
- 35 Eighty Years in the Sword Pavilion, Then I Emerged as an Earthly Immortal 剑阁八十年，出世陆地神仙 The original novel behind the hit short drama “Earthly Sword Immortal: Eighty Years Guarding the Sword Pavilion” Meng Fan, gifted with the talent “Swordsmanship as Divine,” is reborn in a cultivation world and becomes the sword keeper of the Sword Pavilion at the Shushan Sword Sect. Touching the “Seven Stars Sword,” he obtains the Seven Stars Sword Art. Touching the “Demon-Suppressing Sword,” he obtains the Sword Intent of Demon Slaying. Touching the “Fuxi Sword,” he obtains the Fuxi Divine Body 24kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
- 36 EN Martial God Asura 修罗武神 As for potential, I may not be a genius, but I can master profound arts and martial techniques without a teacher. As for strength, no matter how many treasures you possess, you still cannot match my army of World Spirits. Who am I? The people of the world see me as an asura, but they don’t know that I used the asura path to become a Martial God. 133.7kReads8.7Score6kShelves
- 37 Dual Transmigration: Hardship in the Fantasy World, Luxury in the City 双穿：玄幻吃苦，都市享福 Also titled: My Fantasy World Corpse Scavenging Makes Me Invincible, My City Life Makes Me a Tycoon Dual-world travel (fantasy and modern city), feel-good power fantasy with no suffering for the protagonist, all thrills from start to finish. The protagonist gains a devouring space, letting him act as a middleman between the modern city and the fantasy world, making a fortune while pursuing immortality. In the fantasy world, the devouring space can consume cultivators' corpses and memories, the 60kReads8.8Score6.2kShelves
- 38 EN Sword of Coming 剑来 The world is vast, and anything is possible. I, Chen Ping’an, have but one sword. With it, I can move mountains, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, command gods, pluck stars, sever rivers, level cities, and split the heavens! 36.9kReads9.7Score1.1kShelves
- 39 The Full-Time Sword Cultivator 全职剑修 [Qingjiu's New Novel] Lin Jichen was a master at the Dao Enlightenment Realm in Eight Wastelands, the strongest spell cultivator under heaven. He should have had countless admirers, the power to command the winds and rain, and an boundless path to immortality. But after his lover and sworn brother both betrayed him, he was tricked into entering the lair of Zhulong, a Level-to-Immortality Realm boss. In the end, he died in the jaws of a beast, his body and soul destroyed. Unexpectedly, fate gave 28.8kReads9.1Score919Shelves
- 40 EN The Reticent Blade 刀不语 Someone once asked me, “What is the jianghu?” I thought for a moment. I thought of a jug of rough wine on the table, a distant figure walking away beneath the setting sun, a grave beneath the moon, and the cigarette burning down to ash in my hand right now. That person asked again, “Where is the jianghu?” I smiled and looked out the window. There were countless jianghus out there. One person is a story. Two people make a jianghu. 28kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
- 41 I Transmigrated into My Master's Body and Doted on My Yandere Disciple 穿成师尊后，我娇养了病娇徒弟 Lanyue transmigrates into a book and becomes a cruel master who treats her disciple as a cultivation furnace, exploiting him without restraint. Fortunately, none of it has happened yet. Lanyue looks at the well-behaved disciple before her, the future Ghost King who will rule the Nine Provinces, and trembles in fear. To avoid the miserable fate of having her soul torn out and her skin flayed, Lanyue does everything she can to please her disciple. As long as she doesn’t spoil him to death, she’ll 15.4kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
- 42 Chasing the Sword 逐剑 [Traditional fantasy] [One female lead] [Lone cultivator] [No transmigration or rebirth] One day, if I hold a sword in my hand, even the saints of the world will bow their heads! One man, one dog, and one sword: together, they stir up a storm across the Six Provinces! After enduring the darkest moment of his life, the boy leaves the city at sunset with a sword on his back. How does he end up with white hair overnight, wearing a ghost mask and wielding a sharp blade, becoming the “Executioner” in 46.6kReads9.0Score5.6kShelves
- 43 Where the Sword Rises, Storms Gather 剑起风云 In these turbulent times, it is not the world that is in chaos, but people’s hearts. The Gu family, loyal servants of the Tianfeng Kingdom, are heroes through and through. But fate is fickle. The heir to this illustrious military family spent twenty years in a daze, becoming the target of countless whispered insults and mockery. Then, on the young heir’s twentieth birthday, memories of his previous life suddenly returned. What troubles him most is realizing he seems to have done a lot of foolish 46.8kReads9.0Score5kShelves
- 44 My Years as a Con Artist 我做老千的那些年 The short drama adaptation of the Old Cheater series is now streaming on Red Fruit and Tomato. Come check it out! I'm a professional gambler. At the table, I can turn the odds on their head. But I want to use my own experience to tell you a simple truth: stay away from gambling. Because nine out of ten games are rigged, and you lose every time! 454.1kReads9.5Score48.3kShelves
- 45 The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农 An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element 75.4kReads8.3Score6.5kShelves
- 46 Eternal Gate 永恒之门 The gods and demons wage war, the myriad worlds collapse, and only the Eternal Immortal Realm endures. After countless ages, a battle god named Zhao Yun gathers the essence of heaven and earth and reforges the primordial universe. From the depths of the underworld, he fights his way to the Eternal Immortal Realm and, in the name of the divine, rules over the myriad paths. From then on, his words become legend. 18.4kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
- 47 You're a Sword Immortal, and You're Not Just Strong, You're Ridiculously Handsome! 你这剑仙，强的同时又过分帅气！ [Class Change for Everyone + Passionate Battles + Ridiculous Comedy + Multiple Classes + Leveling Up + Defend Our Homeland + An Absurdly Handsome Protagonist] After transmigrating to a world where everyone changes class, Lu Sheng discovers that his quest panel often glitches, assigning him all sorts of bizarre missions. By completing them, he keeps earning Charm rewards and becomes the handsomest guy in school. At the pep rally held a hundred days before the college entrance exams, Qiu He, the s 62.9kReads9.1Score5.7kShelves
- 48 I Have 90 Trillion Simp Dollars 我有九千万亿舔狗金 Chen Yuan, an ordinary university student, gets dumped from the start and obtains a God of Wealth System. From the start, he receives ninety trillion, but the catch is that he can only spend it on women. With no other choice, he sets out to spend it all, embarking on an extraordinary journey as a tycoon! 72kReads9.0Score6.9kShelves
- 49 That Year, That Cicada, That Sword 那年那蝉那把剑 Holding a cicada from summer doesn’t necessarily mean holding the whole summer in your hand. But grasp that sword, and you hold an entire world of martial arts. Wield a three-foot blade of gleaming steel. Dream of becoming a revered Sword God, if only for a day. Be an invincible Sword Immortal, if only for a moment. Sever the headmaster’s treasured pagoda and knock the emperor’s crown from his head. He laughs aloud: “Eight kings with zithers, lutes, harps, and pipes; four imps with grotesque fac 82.2kReads9.3Score8.2kShelves
- 50 EN Nine Star Hegemon Body Art 九星霸体诀 Was he an Alchemy Emperor reborn, or had he fused with another soul? Long Chen was a talentless youth whose spiritual root, spiritual blood, and spiritual bone had been stolen. Relying on the divine alchemy techniques in his memories, he cultivates the mysterious Nine-Star Hegemon Body Art, pierces through layer upon layer of mystery, and uncovers a world-shaking plot. He commands the universe in his palm, treads upon the sun and moon, and suppresses evil spirits and wicked gods. Rumor has it in 209.6kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves
