Novels like The Pill God Returns
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- 51 Reincarnation Pill Emperor 轮回丹帝 In the Divine Realm of Xuantian, the Alchemy Emperor of Creation and his disciple, the Empress of the Mystic Maiden, shone over the realm like twin suns in the sky. Their bond as master and disciple was deep, and their radiance illuminated the Divine Realm. Then the Alchemy Emperor of Creation obtained the supreme treasure, the Cauldron of Time and Space. But while refining it, he lost control of his cultivation and perished, body and soul. The Empress of the Mystic Maiden inherited her master's 3.3kReads8.4Score352Shelves
- 52 Reborn: From Livestock to Legend 重生之从牲畜开始逆袭 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Cultivation: It All Begins with Becoming an Alchemist 修仙：从成为炼丹师开始 Tang Shaqi unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a newborn in a declining cultivation family in another world. This is a cultivation world unlike Earth. Through cultivation, humans can gain increasingly powerful abilities, and countless powerful demon beasts roam the land. After cultivating for a time, Tang Shaqi becomes an alchemist who never has to worry about finding medicinal herbs, earning himself a fortune in cultivation resources. For various reasons, he also raises many demon beast 2kReads6.7Score136Shelves
- 54 Hehuan Sect: Starting by Helping the Eldest Senior Sister 合欢宗，从援助大师姐开始 [Invincible Hero + Alchemy Cultivator + Exotic Flame Rankings + Decisive Killer + Multiple Heroines] [Consistently Explosive Updates + Maximum Thrills] After the death of alchemy master Su Heyang, he is reborn with the mysterious Nanli Trigram Flame. However, he finds himself reborn in the Hehuan Sect, as the sect's only male disciple! With the Nanli Trigram Flame in hand, he can refine all kinds of exotic flames, making the path of alchemy cultivation a breeze! Su Heyang: “Fellow Daoist, I'll t 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Cataclysm: From the Start, I Have an Ice Dragon Tattoo and Two Mythical Powers 灾变：开局冰龙纹身，双神话异能 [Apocalypse + scheming + cold-blooded + reborn + no taboos] Goody-good saints, stay away! Two mythic-tier abilities from the start!! [Ice Dragon Ability]: Wields the ultimate power of ice and the strength of a dragon. [Plunder Ability]: Steals top-tier abilities. After surviving for years in the apocalypse, Chen Xuan returned to the day before it began! He had a loyal group of subordinates, though they were a little unhinged. A certain empress's eyes turned icy, murderous intent radiating from h 13.4kReads8.1Score1kShelves
- 56 The Dao Cauldron in the Mortal World 道鼎凡尘 I was once an ordinary servant with poor spiritual roots, looked down on by everyone. By chance, I awakened an ancient Dao Cauldron that could let me comprehend the Great Dao, temper my mortal body, and turn life and death on their heads! While others cultivated bitterly for a hundred years, I gained enlightenment with the cauldron and advanced by leaps and bounds in a single day. From a lowly servant to one who sweeps aside all the prodigies, from a mortal ant to one who stands above all the he 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 The Primordial Dragon-Elephant Art 太古龙象诀 Tang Lei, a prodigy of alchemy from the Eastern Emperor Realm. He was framed and killed by the father and son known as the Eastern Emperor, supreme rulers of the realm. Only a wisp of his soul escaped. Reborn with the Primordial Martial Spirit, he obtained the ancient divine art, the Ancient Dragon-Elephant Art. In this life, my fate is mine to command, not Heaven's! In this life, I will cultivate both alchemy and martial arts, and become an emperor in both! In this life, I will rule the heavens 143Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 58 The Good-for-Nothing Strikes Back: I Claim the Heavens with the Power of the Elements 废柴反攻，我以元素之力问鼎苍天 The so-called “good-for-nothing” of the Zhan family, Zhan Tian, awakens nine types of martial spirits in a single day, launching himself into an incredibly powerful path of cultivation. He even creates a miraculous dantian and unexpectedly obtains a source of spiritual energy. Growing a heavenly-grade spirit herb in his dantian or forging a top-grade spirit weapon is just a matter of course! He ascends to the Immortal Realm in his twenties and earns the title of Death-Defying Immortal! After att 3.6kReads8.7Score494Shelves
- 59 The Martial Alchemist 武炼丹尊 Su Ling, a supreme alchemist in his former life, happened upon the ancient treasure known as the Heavenly Demon Pearl, only to be ambushed and killed by treacherous villains. Five hundred years later, Su Ling is reborn in the body of a good-for-nothing young master of the Su family, and embarks on a path that defies the heavens. Cultivating both alchemy and martial arts, who dares claim the title of Supreme? Only I, Su Ling! 12.5kReads8.4Score1.9kShelves
- 60 The Immortal Cauldron's Curious Tale 仙鼎奇缘 Matthew was an ordinary mortal who had lived in a city full of cultivators ever since he was a child. After an accident, he came into possession of a treasure cauldron. With its help, Matthew successfully embarked on the path of cultivation. (This book has no female lead.) 14.2kReads8.0Score1.4kShelves
- 61 Lotus-Born Pill Venerable 莲生丹尊 Ji Shiyi, a country boy from a mountain village, unexpectedly gains a space linked to a twin lotus. One day in the outside world equals one month inside. With the lotus space, Ji Shiyi survives a famine and saves the grandfather who raised him. By a twist of fate, Ji Shiyi embarks on the path of cultivation. Everyone knows how difficult cultivation is, and everyone wants to pursue it. While everyone fights tooth and nail over a single spirit plant in a secret realm, Ji Shiyi says, “How did you k 13kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
- 62 Nine Deaths Divine Pill Art 九死丹神诀 Pills can be used for medicine, but they can also help one cultivate martial arts. On a dark and stormy night, Jiang Kong has his inner strength drained by his childhood sweetheart and is left crippled. By chance, he obtains an ancient, mysterious cultivation art: the Nine-Deaths Pill God Manual. From then on, he enters the martial path through alchemy, cultivating both alchemy and martial arts. He forges a Pill God Cauldron, gathers undying flames, condenses Nine-Deaths Pills, and awakens the C 1.1kReads8.8Score170Shelves
- 63 Reborn in Xinghua Village: Embarking on the Immortal Path and Conquering the City 重生杏花村：踏仙途闯都市 [Ancient Black Porcelain Bottle] [Traditional Cultivation] [Spirit Companions] [Peerless Techniques] [Comeback] In his previous life, Zhou Yuncan's fiancee, Liu Guiying, betrayed him and joined forces with Li Youjun to trick him into going into the mountains to inspect a homestead site. They pushed him off a cliff, killing him. As Zhou Yuncan lay dying, his blood seeped into the soil at the bottom of the cliff and awakened an ancient jade pendant buried deep underground. Reborn with memories of 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 A Ten-Thousandfold Return: This Master Is Invincible 万倍返还，为师举世无敌 Chen Lin transmigrated to the Tianyuan World and acquired a Ten-Thousandfold Critical Return System. Whenever he taught or gave a disciple something, he could receive a return multiplied by up to ten thousand times. “You taught your disciple ten years' worth of cultivation. A hundredfold critical return triggered, granting you a thousand years' worth of cultivation.” “You gave your disciple a Frost Divine Pill. A thousandfold critical return triggered, granting you a Supreme Immortal Pill.” “You 6.1kReads7.4Score521Shelves
- 65 The Supreme Alchemy Venerable 无上丹尊-梦醒泪殇 He was born a prodigy, but after his martial spirit was stolen and his bloodline damaged, he became a good-for-nothing. The thief who took his martial spirit, meanwhile, is celebrated by the world and enjoys unrivaled glory. Then the memories of an Immortal Emperor awaken within him. He cultivates the Five Elements Immortal Arts, gathers five martial spirits, and begins his rise to dominion over the Nine Heavens. So what if you have twin martial spirits? So what if you’re a once-in-a-millennium 4.6kReads8.5Score413Shelves
- 66 Emperor Xuanwu 轩武大帝 [Invincible, Passionate, Fast-Paced, Frequent Updates, Recommended by Millions of Readers!] A hundred thousand years ago, everyone was as mighty as a dragon, and anyone could cultivate into an emperor. Then came the Calamity. The Heavenly Dao collapsed, the gods fell, and the First Keeper sacrificed himself, transforming into the Three Thousand Great Dao Seals to protect this small world. Now the seals are starting to crumble, and martial cultivation has ground to a halt. He is the reincarnation 392Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Reincarnation Demon Lord: From the Start, the System Binds Me and Orders Me to Kill the Heroine 轮回魔尊：开局被系统绑定杀女主 Jin Yuan, young lord of the demon race, is bound to a mysterious “Assassination Achievement” System. He is reborn three hundred times, only to be instantly killed every time by Bai Shuixin, as aloof and pure as an immortal. The System’s missions are cold and compulsory, and failure brings punishment that eats away at his soul and bones. He struggles in despair and descends into madness through endless cycles of rebirth, devouring monsters and demons to forge forbidden power, as he glimpses the w 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Cultivation: I Can Cultivate Even Without a Spiritual Root 修仙：无灵根我也能修仙 [Mortal’s journey] [Earth-to-cultivation-world teleportation] [Cultivation] [Decisive and ruthless] [No System] [Traditional cultivation] At forty-five, the useless Wang Hao had achieved nothing. He jumped off a cliff to end his life, only to trigger an ancient teleportation array and land in the cultivation world. With no spiritual roots, he was treated like trash by the sect and sent to the abandoned pill room to await death. In despair, he swallowed a poisonous spirit fruit and unexpectedly a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 The Supreme Venerable of Alchemy and Martial Arts 丹武宇尊 The continent has gone tens of thousands of years without producing a single Supreme. The Supreme inheritance has been lost. An alchemy emperor of his generation, devoted to refining pills, uses all his talent to create a Supreme Pill. Just as he is about to help the continent produce another Supreme, he is betrayed by his disciple and dies beneath the pill tribulation. After being reborn, he focuses on his martial cultivation. While obtaining an inheritance, he unexpectedly discovers that the S 30.3kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
- 70 The Mortal Alchemy Immortal 凡人丹仙 [Mortal’s journey, no System, ensemble cast] Chen Ping is an orphan and a cowherd. Thanks to an immortal sect token left by his mother, he is taken to the cultivation world by a disciple of a cultivation family to work as a servant and child bridegroom. He later awakens a bloodline inheritance in the Way of the Elixir, and starts making a home for himself in the cultivation world through alchemy. From then on, he ascends the road to immortality, strides forward to the song of his own making, and 9.3kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
- 71 A Strange Romance in the World of Alchemy 丹尘奇缘 A menial disciple, busy doing odd jobs to earn a few spirit stones, is timid, afraid of death, and cares only about spirit stones. Everyone looks down on him, even his childhood sweetheart and cultivation partner, who abandons him. Then one day, he gets his hands on an iron gourd, and his life changes forever. A rise from humble beginnings + modest and low-key + immortal mansion realm + hidden depths + emotionally dense male lead + inspirational + xianxia + cultivation 2.9kReads8.9Score259Shelves
- 72 Mysterious Tales 1 神秘故事1 The story follows Lin Yan, with a corroded bronze bell known as the Moon-Eater Bell at its center, linking a series of supernatural incidents and mysteries surrounding his past. Lin Yan is a young man struggling to make ends meet. After discovering the bell by chance in a university district slated for demolition, he encounters one bizarre event after another that defies common sense: a food delivery rider floating in midair, strangers with no shadows, and the revelation that he may be connecte 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Reborn as the Medicine King 重生药王 A legendary Medicine King is reborn in childhood. The lover who risked everything and shaped his life, his loyal brother-in-arms who died on the battlefield, the demonic beauty feared by all, and old acquaintances from the past keep appearing by his side. He has only one goal: to leave no regrets in this life. In this life, he will cut down prodigies and destroy his enemies... When wild, he will drink every last drop of wine in the martial world, 13.7kReads9.0Score2kShelves
- 74 The Pureblood Hongmeng Art 纯血鸿蒙诀 [Mortal cultivation ★ Logical and well-reasoned ★ Foreshadowing everywhere ★ Ingeniously crafted ★ A refreshing plot ★ Delicate prose ★ An expansive world ★ An uplifting theme ★ Come cultivate immortality alongside the hero!] In a village in the mortal realm of Qingyun Continent, a young man named Chu Feng is born with a useless Five-Element Spiritual Root. His path to immortality is thwarted as he seeks to save the girl next door, but then he meets Old Ren, who came from the Spirit Realm, and l 323Reads6.2Score102Shelves
- 75 The Dao of Primordial Beginnings: Starting as a Villain 太初衍道：从反派开始 [Cultivation + Xuanhuan + No System + No Stupid Decisions + Plot-Driven] The Blackwind Sea’s divine art has appeared, and baleful energy fills the Ten Thousand Buddha Grottoes; A mysterious immortal corpse lies beneath an ancient banyan tree, while the miasma of the Yellow Springs pours back into the mortal world. Atop Mount Tianmen, immortal energy has not been seen for a hundred thousand years. What exactly happened in the Immortal Realm? The path to immortality is severed, and the Great Dao i 6Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 76 Nascent Soul Master, Is It Really Too Much to Transmigrate to the City and Become Invincible? 元婴大佬，穿越都市无敌不过分吧 [Two million words and counting] Mortal Realm + Cultivation Realm + Immortal Realm + Divine Realm (nearing the finale, so stockpile chapters and then binge!) Zhang Xuance had just survived his tribulation and advanced to the Nascent Soul stage when the Ten Elders attacked him. In the end, he was reborn on Blue Star. As Zhang Xuance explored step by step, he discovered that Blue Star was not as simple as it seemed. When he returned to the cultivation world, Zhang Xuance discovered that the world 2.6kReads8.1Score201Shelves
- 77 The Cycle of the Pill Dao 丹道轮回 Lin Tianya, heir to the title of Saint of Alchemy, is betrayed by the woman he loves, Senior Sister Molian. By chance, the two of them are swallowed by a ninth-grade divine pill. Xia Chuan, a cripple who barely survives in the Ye family of Qingyang City, gains Lin Tianya's reincarnated divine soul. With his crippled body, he conquers ruined worlds, searches for the truth about his origins, strides across the universe, slays his enemies with his own hands, unravels countless conspiracies, and win 1.9kReads8.5Score240Shelves
- 78 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—Shelves
- 79 The Otherworldly Alchemist 异世丹帝 Brotherhood runs deeper than the sea, while one smile from a beauty can topple a city. My peerless alchemy arts shatter the firmament. I am the Emperor, I am the King! A supreme Alchemy Emperor from the immortal realm was betrayed by his subordinates and transmigrated to another world. With his mastery of pills, he rises at a lightning pace. Supreme techniques, peerless elixirs, divine artifacts: watch me shatter the firmament, ascend to the heavens, and become the greatest legend of all! Master 7kReads8.5Score787Shelves
- 80 A Wasted Spirit Root! I Trade Spirit Stones for Years of Bitter Cultivation 废灵根！我灵石兑换苦修年限 The comic adaptation of this book, The Trash Spirit Root! I Trade Spirit Stones for Years of Hard Training, is now available on Tomato. After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Lin Chen awakens a trash spirit root. With the worst aptitude around, he is bullied by his fellow disciples and lives worse than a servant. Just when he is about to die in the wilderness, the [Spirit Stone Hard Training System] activates with a thunderous roar! It has just one rule: spend spirit stones to exchange t 33.9kReads8.3Score4kShelves
- 81 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
- 82 The Entertainment Gala: My Journey Through a Parallel World 文娱盛典我的平行世界征途 After transmigrating to a parallel world with the entirety of Earth’s culture, he flourished in music, literature, film, and variety entertainment, triumphing wherever he went and ultimately becoming a legendary superstar. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 On the Road to Immortality: The Strongest Alchemist 仙路争锋之最强炼丹师 Lin Xuan, a sword cultivator prodigy born with a Dao-rhythm spirit physique, takes up alchemy to break through the limits imposed by a lack of resources. Building on the way of alchemy and wielding the way of the sword as his edge, he rises amid the whirlpool of sect infighting and the war between humans and demons. Step by step, he advances through Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul, reaching the pinnacle of the human realm and making his mark on the world. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 I Raised a Miniature World in My Dantian 我在丹田里养了个微型世界 [Creation Stream + System + Cultivation + the Myriad Worlds + Early Farming] The universe rests within his dantian, and creating worlds is a form of cultivation! After transmigrating to the world of cultivation, Lin Muchen discovers that his dantian has become a miniature universe. He spends points to exchange for all manner of things and introduces them to the Origin Star, from weeds and ant eggs to human civilization, from spirit veins and mineral deposits to the laws of heaven and earth. On 580Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 85 Peerless Alchemy God 绝世丹神 He returns to a world ten thousand years in the past, where martial arts reign supreme and powerhouses are everywhere, while the path of alchemy is only just beginning to flourish! Qin Feng, a god-tier alchemist, possesses countless pill recipes and knows every kind of medicinal technique. He embarks on a frenzied quest to refine pills and concoct medicines, advancing the art of alchemy through his own efforts. At the same time, he cultivates all kinds of top-tier techniques and meets countless 1.1kReads8.8Score162Shelves
- 86 The Ancient Immortal Healer in the City 上古仙医在都市 At his master’s command, Daoist disciple Zhao Yang enters the secular world to cultivate. With his profound medical skills and heaven-defying Daoist arts, he wins over his CEO fiancée and shocks the world of medicine... 8.3kReads8.9Score850Shelves
- 87 Drain Her Blood to Save His Beloved 抽干她的血，救他的白月光 Drain her blood to save his beloved. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Thunder Martial 雷武 The young Zi Chen gave his life to see his brother’s true nature. By chance, he encountered the origin of thunder and was reborn, obtaining a body-tempering art and setting out on the path to becoming a powerhouse. Lightning tempers the Saint Body, while creation forges the path to heaven! With an unyielding heart, he will ascend to the peak of Thunder Martial Dao! 2.3kReads8.3Score143Shelves
- 89 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 4.3kReads7.6Score362Shelves
- 90 EN Everlasting 生生不灭 Young Chen Feng possesses an unparalleled divine artifact and cultivates peerless demonic arts. He battles the Human Realm, slaughters the Demon Realm, challenges the Immortal Realm, and charges into the Divine Realm. He fights his way across countless worlds, carving a bloody path to the heavens and becoming the supreme ruler above all. 5kReads7.8Score487Shelves
- 91 The River of Weightlessness 失重之河 The River of Weightlessness 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 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
- 93 Code Name: Gardener 代号：园丁 Codename: Gardener 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Apocalypse Countdown: I Married the Commander of Time 末世倒计时：我嫁给了时间指挥官 Apocalypse Countdown: I Married the Commander of Time 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Alchemy Master 丹道宗师 The animated series of Grandmaster of Alchemy is now streaming! Qin Yichen returns to his youth with more than ten thousand years of memories. His mastery of spiritual power, advanced pill recipes, high-level martial arts, and secret manuals: he has it all. This time, he will leave no regrets. A gentle imperial princess, a willful and unruly witch, and a sacred, icy goddess all cross paths with him. 14.6kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves
- 96 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 3.3kReads8.4Score202Shelves
- 97 Oh, Give Me a Break 扯吧你们 I was a young, naive girl working at a factory when the manager started making advances toward me. Then, by chance, I met Zhao Gang, who helped me overcome all my troubles. He later trained me to become a livestreamer, but eventually I learned that I was nothing more than a tool Zhao Gang had groomed to make money. And that's how the story of me and the top-ranked fan began. —Reads—Score167Shelves
- 98 After I Resigned, My Boss Became My Subordinate 提交辞呈后，顶头上司成了我下属 After I Handed In My Resignation, My Boss Became My Subordinate 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 My Recipes Are a Little Demonic 我的食谱有点妖 Wu Chen is a single loser in the city who graduated from a third-rate university and works for an even more third-rate media company. By chance, he obtains the Record of All Spirits Returned to the Hidden. Beneath the modern urban setting lies a fantastical world teeming with the demons and spirits of traditional Chinese folklore. These “anomalies” are usually hidden in urban legends and strange tales. The Record of All Spirits Returned to the Hidden is no orthodox cultivation manual, but an unu 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Livestreaming My Way to Survival at Work 我在职场直播续命 I Keep Myself Alive by Livestreaming at Work 4Reads—Score—Shelves
