Novels like The Pill Emperor Returns
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- 151 Path of Slaughter 戮途 Horror cultivation + graphic violence. An ordinary mortal stumbles into the world of cultivation, where the strong prey on the weak and only the fittest survive. A highly intelligent villain, a protagonist who returns from the dead to take revenge, and the secrets behind the cultivation world and its immortals are gradually revealed. Why did the ancient Heavenly Court go to war with the Witch Clan? What consequences were left behind when the Soul Clan was wiped out? Are the Divine Clan’s followe 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 Immortal Jade, Dust, and Destiny 仙玉尘缘 Lin Mu, a lowly servant of the Qianyu Sword Sect, accidentally discovers that the jade pendant left to him by his parents contains three mu of spiritual farmland. From then on, he uses the pendant to grow spiritual herbs and medicinal plants, earn a fortune in spirit stones, buy flying swords and magic treasures, and refine miraculous pills. Thus begins his rise in the cultivation world. 328Reads7.7Score101Shelves
- 153 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
- 154 One Daily Sign-In, and the Empress Broke Down in Tears After Our Separation 一天一签到，和离后女帝哭疯了 After transmigrating, Qin Yun was granted a marriage by the emperor and, from the start, wed the Great Qian Empire’s number-one female war god. However, the emperor was wary of the female war god. He granted the marriage in public while secretly suppressing her. For a time, Qin Yun seemed to have entered paradise, but in reality, he had stepped into hell. Fortunately, his System awakened. [On the first day of marriage, receive the Supreme Bone.] [On the second day of marriage, receive ten years 16.1kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
- 155 Hongmeng Asura Emperor 鸿蒙修罗帝 [No System + classic fantasy + reborn + decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + one heroine + not complicated + devouring] The Heaven-Devouring Emperor, Luo Fan, secluded himself for ten thousand years to break through the shackles in his heart. After comprehending the Six Paths, he finally created the Heaven-Defying Art of Samsara's Destruction. Relying on this technique, he turned the tide of fate, entered the cycle of the Six Paths once more, and returned to his youth. In this life, I wi 2.4kReads8.4Score186Shelves
- 156 While Everyone Else Risks Their Lives to Survive, I’m Delivering Food Like Crazy 别人玩命求生，我送外卖杀疯了 [Ocean survival + delivery System + raft-building + farming and development + faction-building + leading humanity to success + no female lead] [After a lifetime of hard work as a food courier, he becomes a tycoon in a survival world] Ten billion people from Blue Star are thrust into a mass raft-survival game. Chen Xiaocong starts with no tools, but luckily he awakens the “You Delivered?” food delivery System. While others fish for treasure chests in the ocean and rejoice when they get a bottle o 6Reads—Score102Shelves
- 157 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
- 158 The River of Weightlessness 失重之河 The River of Weightlessness 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 Ancestral Dragon’s Heaven-Burning Art 祖龙焚天诀 The Heaven-Burning Furnace can refine all things! The Great Dao Furnace can refine heaven and earth! The Ancestral Dragon is boundless, hidden yet ever-present! His spear strikes like a dragon, his fists subdue the world! 3.3kReads8.7Score209Shelves
- 160 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
- 161 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
- 162 Code Name: Gardener 代号：园丁 Codename: Gardener 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 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
- 164 My Cultivation Family from the Start: I’ll Ascend to Immortality by Refining Pills 开局修仙家族：我靠炼丹飞升成仙 [Traditional cultivation + a mortal's journey + family cultivation + pocket dimension + talisman-making + alchemy] In his previous life, Qin Tianhao was an ordinary person, but he spent his entire life pursuing immortality. He never expected that an accident would claim his life in a natural disaster, only for him to be reborn in a world of cultivation. What's more, the ancestral stone bead from his previous life came with him to this new world. See how Qin Tianhao, with the help of his ancestra 1kReads5.8Score102Shelves
- 165 The Eternal Divine Lotus 万古神莲 [Traditional fantasy] The Infernal Fire Red Lotus, Purifying White Lotus, World-Destroying Black Lotus, Reincarnation Purple Lotus, Merit Golden Lotus, and Primordial Green Lotus: these six divine lotuses form the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus within Ye Yunfan’s soul. The world is a chessboard, and the Profound Ancestor, the Longevity Ancestor, and the Lotus Ancestor are all players. Heaven is the one who laid the board. Watch as Ye Yunfan cultivates the Nine Eternal Heavenly Dao, refining the powe 15.1kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
- 166 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
- 167 The Truth Is Out: She’s a Genius Alchemist! 摊牌了，她是天才炼丹师！ [Beloved by the whole family + two powerful leads + secret identities + sweet romance + feel-good story] After Feng Xueyao transmigrated, her parents and brothers, who had always doted on her despite thinking she was useless, realized that more and more legendary figures were visiting their home. The supporting female character, who tried to pull her down every day, found that the gap between them only kept growing. The royal clan’s holy son, who had once looked down on her, shut himself away to 766Reads9.1Score111Shelves
- 168 Global Game: Spirit Plant Lord 全民游戏:灵植领主 The lucky humans of Blue Star transmigrate into a game world, where they can tame beasts, adventure, build, farm, and wage war. When they return to reality with their skills and upgraded bodies, they become superhuman. Xu Fei gets a miraculous spirit-plant pet from the start and shares its affinity for plants. Wherever spirit plants grow, that’s his home turf! If he wants, he can cover the entire game world in spirit plants and make it his territory. But what if there are no spirit plants in the 937Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 169 Farming in an Immortal Manor 仙府种田 Ye Ling is a humble herb-gathering disciple from a poor family. By chance, he obtains a jade pendant containing an immortal estate, and from then on embarks on the true path of cultivation. Within this miraculous immortal estate are a wooden cabin, several acres of spiritual fields, and secluded valleys and mountaintops shrouded in drifting clouds and mist. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation… He gathers herbs and refines pills in the cultivatio 31Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 170 Peerless Alchemist: I Started Cultivating Pills While Caring for My Senior Sister 超品炼丹师：从照顾师姐开始炼丹 [Multiple female characters] + [fast-paced] + [Cultivation] + [weak System] Lu Chuan transmigrates to another world. After cultivating for over fifty years, he still can't attain the Great Dao. With no other choice, he becomes a fairy's old servant: “Senior Sister Liu, you've had so many of my pills. Let your junior brother help you one last time!” “Master Shao, the King of Chu is about to attack our Peach Blossom Valley. Have you made up your mind?” “Empress Dowager Jiang, how does the 623Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 171 The Nine Netherworld Phantom Sword Record 九幽冥蝶幻剑录 Long, long ago, the world of Lanling enjoyed an age of technological cultivation, seemingly found only in legends. Everyone could use technology, deeply integrated with spiritual power, to aid their cultivation, and a brilliant, diverse civilization flourished. Then the will of the Heavenly Dao spiraled out of control, and extraterrestrial demons brought chaos to the world, causing an unprecedented catastrophe. The countless magical treasures left behind by the ancient civilization were shattere 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 Evergreen Through the Ages! 万古长青！ [Mortal-style cultivation + Decisive and ruthless + Sharp-minded protagonist + Spiritual field farming] They say: sow melons and you’ll reap melons; sow beans and you’ll reap beans. If I sow the gods and demons of every heaven, can I reap eternal life? Gu Changqing is an ordinary mortal who enters the Dao with half a mu of immortal farmland. He ventures into immortal mountains, vies for immortal fortune, plants gods and demons, and proves the path to eternal life! 10.9kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
- 173 Devour the Firmament 吞噬苍穹 After losing his closest family, the orphan Xuanyuan is reborn in another world where might makes right. He inherits the legacy of the ancient Devouring Emperor, devours heavenly treasures, and masters devastating killing techniques. From an ordinary boy, he gradually rises to become the supreme ruler of the Nine Realms! Defying the heavens and commanding the world, he uses his innate gifts and countless incredible encounters to reach the ultimate peak! 436Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 174 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 3.7kReads8.7Score504Shelves
- 175 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
- 176 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
- 177 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
- 178 Cultivating Immortality, Starting with Stealing Chickens 从偷鸡开始修仙 [Mortal cultivation, no System] This is a world of cultivators, where all cultivation techniques are based on spiritual energy. By a twist of fate, Xie Fan, a lonely young man, comes into possession of a bronze figurine capable of cultivating true qi. From then on, he embarks on a path to immortality unlike anyone else's. He meets a lovely woman, learns extraordinary techniques, suffers betrayal, and braves perilous dangers. He saves his beloved, explores secret realms, ventures through the Cent 542Reads7.6Score104Shelves
- 179 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 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 The Greatest Immortal Lord of All Time 万古第一仙主 Synopsis: [Traditional fantasy, swordsmanship, genius protagonist, invincible, passionate, ruthless, and thrillingly fast-paced!] A gifted young man has his Dao bones ripped out by his junior fellow disciple and the sect's Grand Elder, who then throw him into a scorching cavern. There, he unexpectedly obtains an undying legacy. He leaves the sect in disgrace. Three years later, he returns and slaughters every enemy... When the Taiyu Order is issued, gods and demons across the heavens bow their h 2.7kReads8.7Score318Shelves
- 181 Chronicles of an Ordinary Man's Immortality 凡夫长生录 Everyone knows immortals are wonderful, enjoying carefree lives without fear of death. For mortals who wish to become immortals, defying the heavens is a difficult path. Cultivators seek opportunities through countless trials; life and death may hang on a single thought. Unwilling to endure the suffering of endless reincarnation, they live only for the day they become immortals. 116Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 182 Nine Suns God King 九阳神王 The fallen prince Qin Yun gained the Nine Suns inheritance, awakened a peerless martial soul, and mastered unparalleled artifact-refining techniques. From then on, he strode through the path of martial cultivation with effortless style. All kinds of powerful martial artists were willing to become his lackeys just to have him forge artifacts for them. 2.6kReads8.4Score282Shelves
- 183 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
- 184 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
- 185 Wielding the Sword, I Am the Green Lotus 执剑青莲 Love began in bloom, yet ended in drifting fluff. How deep are the debts we owe in this life? Is there no way in this world to have it both ways? Through countless turns of rebirth, Through myriad dreams lived anew, May I be true to the Buddha and still be true to you… Amid the chaos of a troubled age, I was born. I wield my sword and roam, like a swaying green lotus. 17Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 186 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
- 187 “Seeking a Child for a Large Reward” Isn’t a Scam, It’s Fate “重金求子”不是骗局，是缘分 “Paying a Huge Sum for a Child” Isn't a Scam, It's Fate 185Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 A Nude Model’s Brush with the “Casting Couch” 当平面模特，遇上“潜规则” Working as a Fashion Model, I Encountered “Casting Couch” 115Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 I'm the Villainous Saint's Son. From the Start, I Won Over the Female Emperor, My Senior Sister! 我反派圣子，开局收服女帝师姐！ Everything under heaven can be strengthened ten thousandfold! After Lu Li transmigrates to a fantasy world, he gains the [Ten-Thousandfold Enhancement] System. From then on, he turns junk into treasure and amasses countless divine artifacts. A trash spiritual root? Super-enhance it, and gain eight immortal-grade spiritual roots! A trash cultivation technique? Super-enhance it, and turn it into the "Chaos Art"! A trash magical treasure? Super-enhance it, and pioneer the art of self-destructing di 1.3kReads8.1Score116Shelves
- 190 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Farming with a Pocket Dimension 凡人修仙：带着空间来种田 [Mortal cultivation + No System + Farming + Decisive and ruthless + Not mindless + Comedy] Xiao Yun couldn't remember exactly what happened. He vaguely recalled shouting, "A ghost!" before being dragged into a coffin, and then the lid was shut again... 214Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 191 Hongmeng Pill God: From Good-for-Nothing to a Big Shot in the Immortal Realm 鸿蒙丹神：从废柴到仙界扛把子 The supreme alchemist of his previous life, reborn as a good-for-nothing playboy? Xiao Jinran starts from the very hardest difficulty, yet casually revises pill recipes, refines pills with his bare hands, and face-slaps the entire city! His family looks down on him? One slap sends them flying! The Pill God Sect tries to suppress him? He turns around and refines a Primordial Chaos Pill, bringing down heavenly tribulation from the highest skies! From Qingyang City to the pinnacle of the immortal r 665Reads6.4Score104Shelves
- 192 The Jade Gourd Immortal Fate 玉葫仙缘 [Classic Xianxia + play the pig to eat the tiger + no System + single heroine] Beauty and heroes alike are destined to grow old. Time is merciless, and we cultivators must not let it pass us by. The path of cultivation is about claiming the blessings of heaven and earth, seeking opportunities on the Great Dao, attaining immortality, and roaming freely between heaven and earth. Zhang Lingdai, an outer disciple of Luoyun Sect, came across a Yin-Yang jade gourd while carrying out a sect mission. Fr 3.2kReads8.5Score286Shelves
- 193 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
- 194 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Saving the Four Great Courtesans from the Start 凡人修仙：开局拯救四大花魁 [Mortal cultivation, lots of female characters, ruthless and decisive] Chen Xuan is a disciple of the Joyful Union Sect. His dantian is as hard as iron, leaving him unable to cultivate and forcing him to endure contempt. His master prepared a bride price for him, but was ambushed and died of his injuries. After guarding his grave for seven days and nights, Chen Xuan inherits his master's legacy and finally begins cultivating. He endures one humiliation after another to avenge his master, only to 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 I Can Synthesize Higher-Level Items Without Limit 我能无限合成更高级物品 Song Ping obtains a System that can combine two identical items into a higher-level item. From the start, he combines 128 ordinary wooden doors into a portal to another world. A wooden stick is too lame? No problem, upgrade it into the Sea-Calming Divine Needle, a staff powerful enough to kill a giant dragon with one blow. A tricycle is too low-end? No problem, upgrade it into an aircraft carrier and rule the stars... With a golden finger this ridiculously powerful, becoming invincible is a 2.5kReads7.9Score180Shelves
- 196 Thriller Game: I Kissed the Ghost Princess from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局强吻鬼公主 [Horror game + ridiculous comedy + mystery + supernatural, not scary.] Even capitalists would weep, and financial tycoons would look at this and cry out that it's a crime. In the horror world, Ye Chen does only two things: make money and flirt with female ghosts. A female ghost tries to pull a honey trap? He takes all her ghost coins. He operates on a male ghost, who refuses to pay extra halfway through? Congratulations, sir. Your wife has one fewer husband from now on, but one more sister. He e 357Reads9.1Score105Shelves
- 197 A Country Dad 田园乡村奶爸 [Super Dad + Farming + Rural Development + Comedy + One Female Lead] After seven years in the military, Zhao Han retired and returned to his hometown with his children to become the village chief. He grows flowers, goes hunting, takes the kids out, and keeps a panda as a pet. With golden snub-nosed monkeys at his side, he rules the mountains. While enjoying a laid-back life, he also develops the village. Before he knows it, this super dad has transformed a poor mountain village into a paradise.. 25.8kReads9.2Score2kShelves
- 198 EN Path of Destiny 命之途 “Those who follow the will of Heaven suffer; those who defy it die! What can be done? Pray for the protection of Heaven and Earth? Little do they know, ‘Heaven and Earth are not benevolent; they treat all things as straw dogs!’ Born into hardship, watch how he faces life! After great upheaval, watch how he slowly transforms! As fate descends, watch how he fights against it! With halberd in hand and bow drawn, watch how he splits the firmament! Destroy the heavens, annihilate the earth, slay gods 2.9kReads6.9Score373Shelves
- 199 I Framed My Stepfather for Watching Me Bathe to Get Revenge 为了报复继父我污蔑他偷看我洗澡 During her rebellious teenage years, Wang Zixi resents how much attention her mother gives her stepfather. When her stepfather once stops her from playing games, she hides in the bathroom. He pushes the door open, and Wang Zixi uses the incident to falsely claim online that he has peeked at her bathing four times. She instantly becomes an internet celebrity, while her stepfather is plunged into trouble. But Wang Mengdie is no simple man. With patience and wit, he engages Wang Zixi in countless b —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 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
