Novels like The Pill God Returns
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- 101 Reborn as a Mortal, I Become Han Li's Second Nascent Soul 魂穿凡人成韩立第二元婴 [Mortal Protagonist Transmigrates into a Book] [More Children, More Blessings] [Invincible Among Peers] [Multi-Heroine Wish-Fulfillment] [A Villain with His Wits About Him] Wang Feng, a bit-part actor, transmigrates into the body of a supreme wood infant in the cultivation world, destined to be refined. Faced with the script of Heaven’s Will, he chooses to defy fate with acting worthy of an award-winning actor. “They’re going to refine me into a second Nascent Soul? I’ll endure it!” He secretly 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Rust Breathing 锈蚀呼吸 Rusty Breath —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Hand Over the Treasure, or I’ll Release the Demon 不拿宝贝我就放妖 "Hand over all your treasures!" "If you don't, I'll really release the demons!" Bearing a wondrous demon bell, he brings peace to the world of cultivation. He learns countless arts and wreaks havoc across the many planes. He is a harbinger of calamity. Wherever he goes, disaster follows. His wits may be dull, yet women always seem to favor him. He commands the demons of myriad worlds, roams the boundless cliffs and frontiers, brings them under the laws of Heaven, and reshapes the Heavenly Da 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Reborn, I Help My Beautiful Master Soar! 重生归来，我带飞美女师尊！ [Reborn to Cultivate Immortality] [Modern Urban Cultivation] [A Master Who Helps His Disciple Soar] [Overprotective Brother] Li Daoran, at the pinnacle of the Mahayana realm, is struck down by lightning while undergoing tribulation. By a twist of fate, he is reborn on the eve of his high school military training! In his previous life, his master Qing Yao self-destructed to protect him and perished. After thirty thousand years of arduous cultivation, all he had left was a heart full of regret. T —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Dripping Water Wears Through Stone 滴水穿石 Constant dripping wears away a stone. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 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
- 107 The Nine Heavens' Chaos Sovereign 九天混沌至尊 Good-for-nothing Lin Feng triggers the ancestral jade pendant after being gravely wounded while protecting the villagers, awakening the Primordial Chaos Origin Scripture and changing his fate against all odds. From then on, he seizes treasures in secret realms, defeats enemies above his level, and breaks through to the Golden Core and Nascent Soul realms. In the mortal world, he fights ten thousand demons and unites the righteous path. In the immortal realm, he battles the Heavenly Court and the 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 ForTheLand (Note: This is an unconventional cultivation novel, or perhaps not a cultivation novel at all...) On Planet Emperor, in Qingjiang City, Lingnan Province, lives Su Yuxiao, an utterly ordinary high school student. After dying in an accident, he unexpectedly encounters the soul of “Sheng,” who comes from the Xuanming Continent. The two become one, embarking on a wondrous adventure. From Planet Emperor to countless other worlds, he keeps growing stronger, discovering new things, and defeating ever m 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 Record of Profound Cultivation in Another World 异世玄修录 [Mortal Cultivator + Multiple Twists + Subverting Expectations] Jiang Hao is a cultivator with no spiritual roots, yet he is accepted as an inner disciple of the Yuqing Sect. Just as he steps through the sect's gates, the world is destroyed, and he is transported to a world barren of spiritual energy. Here, for his own sake, for his sect, and for the entire world, Jiang Hao has no choice but to fight to the bitter end. Cultivation means stealing the secrets of Heaven in pursuit of immortality. C 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 The Wrath of the Mortal Immortal 凡仙之怒 New Book: Selling Myself to the Hehuan Sect as a Cultivation Cauldron, Controlling Time from the Start The Chaos-Heaven Divine Cauldron can turn the universe upside down! Nine waters and nine heavenly layers: comprehend the Dao and become an immortal! On the path to immortality, spiritual roots, fortuitous opportunities, and destiny are all essential! Xiao Chentian was born with a useless spiritual root and abandoned by fate. Refusing to accept his lot, he defies heaven, treads his own path, con 20.7kReads8.0Score2.5kShelves
- 111 A Heroic Rescue Leads to True Love 见义勇为遇良缘 A Good Deed Leads to a Happy Romance 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 The Eternal Great Celestial Venerable 恒古大天尊 He rises from a sect in the mortal world, conquering Tianfeng City, battling the imperial dynasty, and reaching the pinnacle of the mortal realm. After ascending to the Cultivation Realm, he forms an alliance with the demon clan, fights the demon clan, and unites the forces resisting them. In the immortal realm, he topples the corrupt Heavenly Court, seeks the inheritance of the Heavenly Venerable, and gathers the blood of primordial chaos and the heart of chaos, uncovering the truth that he is 467Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 I Made a Pact with a Divine Dragon 我契约了神龙 (Traditional immortal cultivation + no heroine + adored by all + transmigrate + genius + no romance) The Mortal Realm, the Immortal Cultivation Realm, the Immortal Realm, the Divine Realm, and the Sacred Realm. The protagonist has a Chaos Spiritual Root and excels at everything. This is no story about a good-for-nothing: he leads the sect's elders and fellow disciples all the way to ascension. All things in the world move in cycles. At the other end of the universe, are there omnipotent immortal 317Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 114 Transmigrate as an Empress, and Become Best Friends with Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei 穿越皇后我和小燕子紫薇成了闺蜜 A stage accident sends me transmigrating into the harem of the Great Qing, where I even become the Empress. But my situation is tough: the Emperor dislikes me, the Empress Dowager loathes me, and the other consorts refuse to accept me. But how hard can that be? Just watch me win the Emperor's heart and the Empress Dowager's affection. Singing and dancing aren't enough? Then I'll tell jokes and do magic tricks... Oh, and there's Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei, too. Hehe, come be my besties! 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 The Myriad Forms of the Netherworld 幽墟万象 A shroud of mist blankets the world, and technology lies in ruins. Humanity, eking out a living within lighthouses, never imagined that beneath the shadows at their feet lay a secret buried for countless ages: the present world is merely a phantom of the Ruin Realm. A devouring cycle that repeats once every 129,600 years has already ground countless eras to dust. Every 129,600 years, the Ruin Realm devours the world, and the cycle begins anew. The bones of countless civilizations lie buried deep 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 From Menial Alchemist to Immortal: I Start by Combining Failed Pills 炼丹房打杂，从废丹合成开始修仙 Qin Feng transmigrates into a menial worker at the Qinghefang alchemy workshop, where his daily duties are washing medicinal herbs, disposing of failed pills, and cleaning. With a mixed spiritual root, he thought he would never become an immortal in this life, but then he suddenly gains an unlimited synthesis panel. Any item can be synthesized to improve its quality: Discarded pills become low-grade pills, low-grade pills become inferior pills, then medium-grade pills, top-grade pills, and beyon 9.3kReads8.2Score965Shelves
- 117 Weary Shadows in the Dust, a Lonely Lamp in the Study 尘鞍倦影，书斋孤灯 A weary shadow beneath a dusty saddle, a lone lamp in the study. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Legacy Immortal Mansion 凡人修仙之传承仙府 [Mortal cultivation, no System, one female lead, decisive and ruthless.] An ordinary country boy stumbles upon an immortal manor containing a legacy, and from then on, Yang Hao embarks on the path of cultivation. Inside the manor, he can grow spirit crops, craft artifacts and pills, raise spirit pets, and access an unparalleled legacy. See how he rises from humble beginnings, slays demons and vanquishes evil, and steadily becomes the strongest, roaming freely across the Myriad Worlds. 1.1kReads8.0Score—Shelves
- 119 This Campus Beauty Is Not to Be Messed With 这个校花不好惹 This Campus Belle Is Not to Be Trifled With —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Proud God of Alchemy 傲世丹神 A good-for-nothing young man receives an unparalleled legacy, gains a heaven-defying divine meridian, learns peerless techniques, and masters extraordinary alchemy. From then on, his path in martial arts is smooth sailing, and he looks down on all under heaven! 4.5kReads8.8Score539Shelves
- 121 Flower of the Apocalypse: Above the Wasteland 末世之花：废土之上 Silence has weight. It does not descend all at once. At the arrival of the seventh dusk, it seeps slowly and mercilessly into every corner of this twenty-third-floor apartment, like cold liquid mercury, finally settling into every crevice between Lin Mo’s bones. He sat curled up in a dusty armchair beside the living room’s floor-to-ceiling window. Through a gap in the bulletproof glass, reinforced with wooden boards, he gazed down at the city that had become a stranger to him. The place once kno 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Reborn as Liu Yu: From the Start, I Refuse Han Li's Apprenticeship 重生柳玉：开局拒绝韩立收徒 [An unconventional story from the start] + [Seize a spiritual vein] + [Devour true spirits] + [Mastermind behind the scenes] + [Cultivation equal to the combined strength of the sect] + [Refine the entire sect into a pocket world treasure] + [Ascend as a group] Reborn for a second life, Liu Yu tore up the script before she ever met Han Li. She refused to be a well-behaved disciple and instead devoured her own spirit pet, the Six-Winged Frost Centipede! It was because Han Li had once revealed tha 457Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 The Universal One-Hit-Kill System from the Start: I'm Taking Off 开局万能秒杀系统：我直接起飞 [System + Ruthless + Unrivaled + Never Takes Insults + Both Righteous and Evil] After transmigrating into the body of a deposed crown prince, Jiang Chen gets a System that arrives late but gives him so much that he takes off at once! The instant his mind-reading ability spreads, a flood of thoughts surges into Jiang Chen’s mind! “Oh no, oh no, Senior Sister’s coming to see me. Could she have found out I took her intimate clothes?” “Hmph! He’s usually so quiet, but he actually dared to steal m 593Reads7.5Score101Shelves
- 124 A Row of Lovesick Tears 相思泪成行 Heartache brings tears in streams. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 After Transmigrating into a Sapling in the Park, I Grow into an Ancient Tree God 穿成公园小树苗后，我卷成了古树神 After Reincarnating as a Sapling in a Park, I Grew Into an Ancient Tree God 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 The Ultimate Evil Martial Saint 极恶武圣 In a world ruled by martial arts, imperial power has waned, while powerful clans lord it over everyone and do as they please! Gang lackeys take lives without a second thought, preying on the common people! The people struggle just to survive, never knowing whether they will see the next day! Great sects, hidden imperial clans, and other forces lurk in the shadows, scheming to disrupt the court and bring calamity to the world! Shen Fei compromised time and again and stayed silent time and again, 14.3kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
- 127 The Violent Pill Venerable 暴力丹尊 Chen Xuan, the Immortal Pill Venerable, was killed in an explosion while refining pills. He was reborn on the Wind and Cloud Continent. All he wanted was to quietly refine pills and level up, but somehow he ended up having to protect a fifteen-year-old girl. Fighting enemies? Chen Xuan tossed out a powerful hallucinogen, and the battlefield instantly descended into chaos. Cultivating? He casually refined pills that doubled the effects of the Profound Spirit Pill, and his level shot up without a 1.2kReads7.9Score101Shelves
- 128 Nine Dreams Like Illusions 九梦如幻 Nine Dreams, Like Illusions 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 I Am a Dream, and You Are an Illusion 我是梦～你如幻 I am a dream~ You are an illusion 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 Cultivating Immortality 9 修仙9 On Lingfeng Continent, there was a naive young man named Wang Xiaoer. His name had a distinctly rustic ring to it. Wang Xiaoer was an ordinary farm boy from Wang Family Village at the foot of the mountain. His greatest pleasure each day was chasing the village's old hens around, dreaming of getting an extra chicken leg for dinner. One day, Wang Xiaoer was wandering aimlessly in the woods behind the village as usual when he suddenly heard a strange clattering sound. His curiosity was instantly p 4Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 131 Dual Mastery of Alchemy and Martial Arts 丹武双绝 Pills can restore flesh and reverse the course of life. Martial arts can shatter the heavens and conquer every corner of the land. Qin Ming’s martial foundation is damaged, but through sheer determination, he awakens a divine-grade talent in the alchemical path. At the most crucial moment on his journey to becoming a Pill God, he is murdered by those closest to him. To his surprise, he returns to his youth. In this life, he will not only refine the stars themselves, but also reach the pinnacle o 33.4kReads8.3Score4.1kShelves
- 132 The Heavenly Dao Cauldron 天道鼎 A magical little cauldron can store merit energy. Kill a bandit chief and gain a wisp of low-grade merit energy. Kill a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator and gain a wisp of mid-grade merit energy... I cultivate the Chaos Heavenly Dao Art, which can turn merit energy into cultivation. The more villains I kill, the more merit energy I gain. And the faster my cultivation improves. Scum and demonic cultivators are nourishment on my path to immortality... 2kReads7.9Score241Shelves
- 133 Worlds Apart: Two Souls Switch Bodies 云泥殊途：双魂互换 Two Souls, Two Destinies: Switching Bodies —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 I Have an Infinite Spirit Stone System 我有无限灵石系统 (Transmigration + System + daily life in the cultivation world + a smart protagonist + many love interests + spirit pets + decisive killing + laying low and developing early on + going on a killing spree later) The protagonist transmigrates from Earth to the cultivation world and acquires an infinite spirit stone System. What, you can’t win? Buy a mountain of spirit talismans and blast your enemies to death. Cultivation is too slow? No such thing. Just keep feeding it top-grade spirit stones. So 126Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 Global: Beast Tamers Are Weak? I'm a Max-Level Alchemist! 全民：驭兽师弱？我满级炼药师！ [Class change for all + Talent-focused + Invincible + Power fantasy] This is a world where games have become reality. Everyone who turns eighteen can obtain a corresponding class through the class-change ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, Su Luo becomes a Beast Tamer. He gains a god-tier talent: Lord of All Beasts. He gains a god-tier passive skill: God-Tier Alchemy. Beast Tamers and their pets share experience. As long as they reach a high enough level, their pets can even evolve into ancien 5.8kReads8.8Score519Shelves
- 136 Back from Northern Myanmar, the Madam Seizes Power Without a Gun 缅北归来，夫人她夺权不用枪 [Female Lead's Growth + Ruthless and Decisive + Multiple Male Leads, Not 1v1, Not Pure] After being abducted, Ruan Qinghe became Yong Ge's pawn in order to survive. Fortunately, Ruan Qinghe met Xu Yu, the man she loved. Unfortunately, Xu Yu was the person Yong Ge wanted to deal with. Even worse, Xu Yu was only interested in her face. Xu Yu used every means at his disposal to keep Ruan Qinghe by his side, and she thought he was a man worth entrusting her life to. It wasn't until she was in a car 786Reads9.3Score127Shelves
- 137 Erga and I Are as Thick as Thieves 二嘎关系杠杠滴 With his knack for handling relationships, Erga has been thriving on campus. Whether it is a minor squabble between classmates or a breakdown in communication between teachers and students, he can always find a clever way to smooth things over. The school organized a large academic exchange event, inviting many renowned scholars and industry experts. During preparations, however, the student union members in charge of hosting disagreed with several experts over the schedule. The experts wanted 2Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 138 Taiyin Sacred Body: Frost Moon Over the Nine Heavens 太阴圣体：霜月临九天 Taiyin Sacred Body: Frost Moon Descends Upon the Nine Heavens 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 After Becoming a Minor Demon Cultist, I Clung to the Saintess 穿成魔教小喽啰后，我抱住了圣女的大腿 After Becoming a Lowly Minion in the Demon Cult, I Clung to the Holy Maiden 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Cultivating the Body with the Qiankun Gourd 凡人修仙：从乾坤葫芦养身开始 [Mortal’s Journey + No System + No Transmigration + Decisive and Ruthless] (Reaches the God Realm arc) When primordial chaos first emerged, it gave birth to myriad worlds. Beneath chaos are the Saints; beneath the Saints are the Gods; beneath the Gods are the Immortals; beneath the Immortals are the Spirits; beneath the Spirits are mortals. To make a living, Ye Feng sets out on the path of cultivation with a little gourd and his dog, Wangcai. [Realms]: Mortal Realm, Spirit Realm, Immortal Realm, 2.5kReads7.4Score194Shelves
- 141 The Heaven-Defying True God 逆天正神 Suitable for adaptation as a TV series, web series, movie, or animated drama. Zhao Qiankun (Zhao Yuanji) is gravely wounded by mysterious clansmen and falls into Black Mountain Ravine. As beast spirits gnaw at him, Yun Qingwan unexpectedly comes to his rescue! Beautiful Yun, love me! Beautiful Su, you love me even more! The demonic path, the demonic beast path, the immortal path, the divine path! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Chaos Sovereign 混沌君主 Earth, minor worlds, the Central Continent, the world of cultivation, the Immortal Realm... Fellow cultivators, let’s ascend together! When the void shattered, Jiang Fan happened upon a Creation Lotus Seed and had his soul transported into a body on Earth. He seized the creation of heaven and earth and unraveled the mysteries of the sun and moon. He ruled the modern world, swept through the cultivation realm, shook the worlds of immortals and demons, and claimed the throne beneath the heavens! 746Reads6.2Score101Shelves
- 143 I Transmigrated Into a County Magistrate, and From the Start Everything Was a Mess 穿越成县令，开局烂摊子 Transmigrated as a County Magistrate, With a Mess from the Start 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 Alchemy: I'm Just a Little Better Than Everyone Else 炼丹：我比别人强亿点点 Li Yuntian is an unaffiliated cultivator with an exceptional spiritual root and extraordinary talent. After an against-the-heavens divine artifact recognizes him as its master, he makes a name for himself refining pills in the marketplace and is admitted to the outer sect of the Taixu Sect. He vies for treasures in secret realms, outshines all rivals with his alchemy, tramples the young prodigies of every sect, battles the sea folk and demons, protects his beloved, and ultimately reaches the Nas 178Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Divine Emperor of the Nine Heavens 九霄玄天神帝 [The male lead awakens to cultivation after being betrayed by his girlfriend + ascends from the mortal realm to the celestial realm + the divine realm + play the pig to eat the tiger + face-slapping twists + multiple heroines] Ling Xiao was just a college student. His first love, Ye Muqing, mysteriously vanished during his freshman year... After failing to find her, he met Su Yao, who entered his life as his new girlfriend. But just before graduation, she betrayed him... The path of cultivation 802Reads5.6Score102Shelves
- 146 Asura Alchemy God 修罗丹神 The Heavenly Blade Demon God Qin Yang reaches the Half-Step Overlord realm, but loses his beloved wife. At enormous risk, he resolutely uses the Reincarnation Sacred Bell to return to his youth. A beautiful senior sister becomes his bodyguard, a top heiress becomes his maid, and a pill maiden from a mighty alchemy sect begs to serve as his handmaiden. A pure-hearted saintess, a bewitching demoness, an imperial princess, and an elven queen, each a peerless beauty, all flock around Qin Yang. But h 7.3kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 147 When the Galaxy Fades: I’ll Reach the Summit with You Again 星河烬余：携卿再临巅峰 [Nine Lives Later + Reborn + Ruthless and Decisive + Return to the Peak] The galaxy hangs upside down. Ye Wushang holds the Ancestral Heart Pill, only to be betrayed by his personal disciple, Lu Qing. His soul is destroyed, and the Soul-Devouring Blood Corruption Poison eats away at his body. The eight great powers, including the Formation Alliance and the Heavenly Sword Sanctum, seize the chance to attack. The Nine Palaces Immortal-Trapping Formation seals his spiritual power, while one deadly 121Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 The Spirit Eye That Sees Every Detail 秋毫灵眼 [Mortal’s journey + no System + no harem] Li Changsheng stumbled upon the Spiritual Eye of Fine Detail and began his path of cultivation. The road to immortality was as difficult as climbing to the heavens, like rowing upstream, where failing to advance meant falling behind. The cultivation world was full of deceit and treachery, its fortunes as unpredictable as the tides. Li Changsheng had no choice but to tread carefully, as if walking on thin ice. Though he had an ordinary three-element spiri 367Reads8.1Score106Shelves
- 149 The Legend of Creation 开天传说 [No System + No Transmigration + Spatial Realm + Alchemy + Slow-Paced, Traditional Cultivation] As spiritual energy dwindles, the immortal realm is forced to close the passage through which cultivators from the lower realms ascend. Yet of the fifty ways of the Great Dao, Heaven derives forty-nine, leaving one way to escape. When the immortal realm closed the passage, it also left behind a glimmer of hope. Xiao Yang has a mixed Five Elements spiritual root, but unexpectedly acquires the Five Elem 11.2kReads8.4Score1kShelves
- 150 The Sword Falls Beyond the Clouds 剑落云霄 A disciple of the Tianlong Temple transmigrates into another world with three martial arts manuals: the Northern Darkness Divine Skill, the Six Meridians Divine Sword, and the Lingbo Microstep. Through constant training and battle, he masters the Kunpeng Transformation and reaches the pinnacle of this other world with his swordsmanship. 3.5kReads8.8Score373Shelves
