Novels like The Undying Sword Emperor
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- 1 Eighty Years of Sword Watching, and I Quietly Became the Sword God 观剑八十年，我低调成剑神 Xia Ming transmigrated to a fantasy world and became a disciple of the Yuhua Sword Sect. But after being framed, his cultivation was crippled by the sect, and he was banished to the Sword Pavilion. Everyone thought Xia Ming had no future and would die in the Sword Pavilion. But on his very first day there, the Strongest Sword God System awakened! [Ding! Host touched the Startling Rainbow Sword and obtained sword technique: Thirteen Forms of the Startling Rainbow] [Ding! Host touched the Bladeles 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Primordial Sword God 太古剑神 Twenty thousand years ago, a swordsmanship prodigy dressed in a cyan robe and carrying a cyan wooden sword fought his way from Qingzhou to Tongtian City, then into the Demon Realm and the Yao Realm... A wooden sword. A Void Sword Body. One path, stained with blood for ten thousand miles. Twenty thousand years later, the Sword Emperor falls and is reborn in the world of twenty thousand years ago... He says, “In this life, my killing will never end!” 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I'm Done. Every Path to Immortality for Mortals Is a Trap 麻了，凡人修仙全是局 [Mortal’s journey] [One female lead, no helpless sidekick, no naive sweetheart] [Intrigue and deduction] [No System] [Romance] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Deity Transformation, Tribulation Crossing] Du Shang, a swordsman from the mortal world, unexpectedly embarks on the path of cultivation, only to fall into a carefully laid trap from the start!? His fate seems set in stone from the start. So what? The past is shrouded in mystery. So what? He must take control of ever —Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 4 The Forbidden Sword 禁忌之剑 He awakens the power of dual swords, with extraordinary talent. Is it fate, or cause and effect? A three-foot sword hangs aloft in his dantian, shattering the rules and breaking every constraint. With a snap of his fingers, he crushes the stars. With a sweep of his sword, he cleaves the heavens. He climbs the road to the sky, singing as he goes. See how Yun Feng rises from humble beginnings amid a world in chaos, step by step becoming a god. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Divine Inspector 督神 [Eastern Fantasy + Swordsmanship + Body Tempering + One Heroine + Slow Burn + Smart Protagonist] Also known as The Divine Inspector and The Sword Watches Over All Living Beings Two hands, two swords. One man sets out to uncover the causes and consequences, see through the tides of the times, shatter the order of heaven and earth, sever the chains of fate, and suppress the void. [The story is now on track, so read with confidence] —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Invincible Sword Emperor 无敌剑帝 When the mightiest Sword Emperor returns to his youth, he sets out on an invincible path that reaches for the heavens. The strong prey on the weak? Not on my watch. Lin Yi 48Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Swordbearer of the Great Abyss 太渊执剑人 What is the boundary between good and evil? What is the true purpose of cultivation? In this mundane world, dark as night, Jiang Shouli struggles to find the answers. Starlight has never lit the road ahead, and behind him lies an abyss thousands of feet deep. Where should he go from here? 23Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 8 One Sword Subdues the Nine Heavens 一剑镇九天 In primordial chaos, Pangu split the heavens and the earth, while three thousand gods and demons forged three thousand Great Dao. The foremost among them, Sword Ancestor Ye Tianchen, sought the chance to become a saint. With the primordial treasure, the Hongmeng Sword, in hand, he challenged Pangu, only to see his sword shattered and himself perish. Billions of years later, calamities erupted across the land of Shenzhou. A young man appeared out of nowhere, his sword suppressing the nine heavens 329Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 9 Sword in Hand, I Shatter the Heavens 仗剑破天 He was just an ordinary child who thought learning martial arts and roaming the jianghu at will would be the most exciting thing in the world. He never imagined that what he learned would be more than martial arts, and what he cultivated would be immortality. Could a poor child even dream of such a thing? Watch as he roams the world freely, cultivates immortality, and seeks the Dao. 121Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Three Thousand Years as a Spy in the Demon Sect 卧底魔门三千年 [System Cultivation] [One Female Lead] [Couch Potato] [Satisfying From Start to Finish] [High-Martial Fantasy] Su Che wears a benevolent smile as he tramples the demon sect's founder and beats up the righteous heroes. With a fist of awe-inspiring righteousness in his left hand and an immeasurable force of light in his right, he faces the bigwigs of both sides and declares with righteous conviction, “Though I went undercover in the demon sect, my heart is full of righteousness. I, Su Che, swear t 4Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 11 Spirit of the Martial Soul 武魂灵 After hitting a cultivation bottleneck, Yang Yin secretly practiced his family’s forbidden art to improve his aptitude, only to suffer a cultivation deviation and die. Yet through a series of twists and turns, Yang Yin’s soul returned from the road to the Yellow Springs and re-entered his body! From then on, he understood the vastness of the martial world: there is always someone greater, and there is always a higher heaven. See how the reborn Yang Yin fights his way forward, step by step, and r —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Eternal Sword Ancestor 永恒剑祖 Of all pursuits, none is nobler than the study of books. At sixteen, I top the imperial examinations, dreaming of being crowned king! At the emperor’s side, one must tread carefully, lest one’s head fall and blood turn to frost. I wake from a dream of wealth and glory to find the butcher already drawing his blade! I cast aside the brush of the virtuous path, hiding a sharp sword in my heart. At nineteen, I join a sect, determined to become a god in this life! I cultivate the sword not to become 106Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 13 The Love of the Ancient Sword 古剑缘情 An ancient sword, a fated romance. He was once a carefree scholar, wandering the martial world without a care, thanks to his mastery of the lightness skill “Flying Leaves Across the River.” That is, until he met her. She practiced the Icebound Arts, cold as frost and driven by a deep-seated vengeance. In the end, he melted her icy heart, and the two joined hands to roam the martial world. Together, they came to understand right and wrong, good and evil, the ways of the martial world, and love an 7Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 14 Leaning on My Sword, I Sing a Long Song Over Wine 倚剑长歌一杯酒 A noble young man from Jiangnan once believed that cultivating immortality and seeking the Dao meant slaying demons and monsters and avenging old blood feuds. Only later did he understand that the path to immortality was not merely about revenge, but also a game of the Great Dao and the human heart. Thousands of years later, through an age-old mortal world and a tumultuous realm, all that remains is a single legend: “With sword in hand, roam the horizon; sing across the four seas, and raise a cu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 This Sword Immortal Has a Little Too Much Meat 这个剑仙有亿点肉 [Fantasy with a wild premise, white-robed sword immortal, smart characters, sweet romance and heartbreak. If you're here for pure wish fulfillment, turn back now. Something terrifying lies ahead!] Is that a knife? I'm a sword cultivator. Why would there be a knife? This is a sugary-sweet cultivation romance... I'm not lying, I swear... The hell you aren't! Let me tell you, life is about more than just scraping by. There's poetry and far-off places, too! I don't get it! Then repeat after me: I ha —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Cloudborne 扶云 (Traditional xianxia, with a somewhat slow start to keep the logic sound and the story complete.) A young man burdened by his family’s vendetta rises through the ranks with a rare meridian, stirring up storms across the jianghu in an instant. His three-foot azure blade severs love and hate; blood dyes the clouds red as a lotus blooms. Watch as he tempers his heart in the mortal world and laughs above the resplendent Jade Capital. He rides the clouds toward the heavenly palace, chases the wind to —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Legends Beyond the Realm 界外传说 (This story does not follow typical tropes. The protagonist is not invincible, there is no System, and the story is neither mindless nor a power fantasy. Readers who enjoy brainless, feel-good fantasy should proceed with caution. This is an ensemble story with no single protagonist, and its characters grow over time.) What is the universe? People assume that the existence of matter is what defines a universe, what defines a plane of existence. What lies beyond the universe? Outside the realm of —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Peerless Sword Demon 绝世剑魔 Three hundred years ago, Huangfu Ji slaughtered the mighty and marched toward the Ancient Demon Sect. He took ten steps and knelt, then took one step and killed; from the old grounds of the Demon Sect, he rebuilt the Life and Death Demon Sect and forged an unparalleled reputation for slaughter. Three hundred years later, the sect has fallen into decline... The young Chu Mu takes charge of its Sword Peak, spending ten years nurturing his sword and mastering peerless sword techniques. With a sword 152Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Immortal Sword Venerable 不死剑尊 A mysterious finger bone unveils the eternal legend of a mysterious youth! Was I the one who killed the Nine Primordial Ancestors? Are the Five Emperors of the Four Directions all my lackeys? Am I the one who united the Five Sacred Arts of alchemy, swordsmanship, forging, talismans, and formations? Was it also me who slew a divine dragon with one sword, shattered the firmament with a roar, captivated a city with a gesture, and toppled a kingdom with a flick of my finger? None of that is impressi 2.6kReads8.4Score279Shelves
- 20 I Am No More in This World 人间无我 I've been to this world, I've seen this life, and I've told this story. The world can do without me. Why is fate so unfair? Why is there so much suffering? In the struggle for the Great Dao, let me show you what this sword can do. Was it worth it...? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Useless? I Just Don’t Want to Be Too Exceptional 废材？我只是不想太优秀 Lin Fan transmigrates to a cultivation world and awakens the [Low-Profile System]! The more people look down on him, the greater his rewards! After spending three years as a good-for-nothing outer disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, he has obtained countless god-tier techniques and treasures! Senior Sister: “Poor Junior Brother Lin Fan. His cultivation talent is so terrible...” Senior Brother: “With a useless guy like him, he’ll never make it into the inner sect!” Sect Master: “This child is du 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Sovereign of Ten Thousand Swords 万剑主宰 I have a sword that can devour the sun and moon and defy the heavens! On the Heavenly Sword Continent, swordsmen reign supreme. The young Qin Feng stumbles upon a Chaos Sword Soul, devours countless swords, and becomes the ruler of all. Watch as I wield this sharp blade, master every sword under heaven, and become the Lord of Ten Thousand Swords. Let everyone prostrate themselves before me and bow in submission... 341Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 23 Sword Ancestor 剑祖 The glory of antiquity returns to the mortal world, and ancient legends are sung once more. When the Xuanyuan Sword crosses endless space to find Han Xing, the reincarnation of the Yellow Emperor, the journey in search of the Dao begins anew. What kind of glory will a Xuanyuan Sword and a Spirit-Devouring Art create? What storms will an undying soul and an unfinished love unleash? 886Reads8.0Score100Shelves
- 24 With a Heart That Seeks the Dao 以问道心 The temple's incense never fades, while the towers overflow with debauchery. Good and evil intertwine, and cause and effect never cease. A passerby draws his sword and rails against injustice, while a bandit raises his brows, sparks a fight, and issues a challenge. We follow the ancients, poring over old books and parsing every word, slaying demons and subduing monsters. We head north, then travel south of the river. Beneath bright lanterns, the notes of the five tones ring out, while greed for —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Heaven-Defying Sword Cultivator 逆天剑修 Defy heaven and break the Dao, born for the sword. The weak are ants, the strong reign supreme. Who will become the ultimate Dao Slayer? A once-brilliant genius becomes a good-for-nothing, insulted, bullied, and trampled underfoot by everyone... The moment the soul of an peerless God King merges with this body, he will unleash a bloody storm with unmatched arrogance! Forge a martial soul from a dragon soul, refine a sword soul from a martial soul, cultivate heaven-defying arts, forge an invincib 60Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 26 One Sword to Calm the Heart 一剑清心 Born under an unlucky star, with my entire family slaughtered? Doomed by misfortune, with my heart possessed by demons? Finding a kindred spirit, only to be separated by the divide between humans and demons? If Heaven is unjust and deliberately makes things difficult for me, Chen Lesheng, if the Heavenly Dao is displeased and casts me aside, then I have a sword of my own: to forsake Heaven and strike it down! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 EN Immortal Soaring Blade 御剑仙瑶 A mountain boy as insignificant as an ant, A long and perilous path of cultivation, A wondrous and fascinating world of immortal cultivation. After the passage of many years, he at last rode his sword through the clouds of the Ninth Heaven, looking down upon all living beings as he traveled and sang. 3Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 28 Two Lives Adrift 两渺茫 [One heroine] [Eastern cultivation fantasy] [Traditional fantasy] [Swordsmanship] [Overbearing male lead] [No harem] [Plenty of heroine scenes] Chance encounters are all fellow travelers in a foreign land; Mountain passes are hard to cross, and who will mourn those who have lost their way? He is a young wolf lying low in a desolate village, wild and untamable, giving all his tenderness and fierce protectiveness to the aloof girl behind him. She is a peerless sword prodigy obscured by dust, stil 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Azure Emperor Reborn 苍帝重生 Ten thousand years ago, the Divine Clan was destroyed. Ye Cang, son of the Divine Emperor, had his talents stripped away by the Heaven-Seizing Creation Formation laid by the Four Immortal Courts. But the formation collapsed, and Ye Cang and the heirs of the Four Immortal Courts all fell into a rift in time and space, vanishing without a trace... Ten thousand years later, Ye Cang sets foot on the Thorny Path of the Yanyue Sect in the body of a mortal. The Azure Emperor has returned... 54Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 30 The Divine Way and the Demonic Way 神道与魔 [Pure Love] [One Heroine] [Childhood Sweethearts] [A Touch of Sweetness] [One-on-One Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Slow-Paced] [A Touch of Angst Later On] A boy carrying a mysterious aura is accidentally left behind in the mortal world. Is this a blessing in disguise, or a fate set in stone? “If you ever disappear, I’ll search heaven and earth for you. It doesn’t matter if it takes a hundred years or a thousand. I won’t stop until I find you!” Yu Luo holds the hand of Xu Qingyao: his childho 320Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 31 I, the Sword Immortal, Suppress a Hundred Ghosts 我以剑仙镇百鬼 (Ancient sword immortal, Shu Mountain sword cultivator, mortal’s journey, passionate fantasy) A young swordsman sets out from Qingyang Town, sword in hand. After joining the Shu Mountain Sect, his path to becoming a sword immortal begins... But once you draw your sword, there’s no turning back. Draw your sword, young man! Defend the towns and destroy every evil spirit. Tread the mortal path of cultivation, and wield three thousand swords across Jiuzhou! My name is Xuanyuan Qianshang. I was born —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Cultivator Who Slays Dragons 修仙者之斩龙人 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Human Emperor Must Be Raised from Childhood! 人皇要从小抓起！ [Fantasy, imaginative premise, hot-blooded, one heroine, comedy] In the World of the Firmament, a hundred clans stand side by side, but humanity has been without an emperor for ages. Internal strife never ends, and the situation beyond its borders is dire. Other races are mighty. The Demon Clan has its Demon Venerable, and the Demon Beast Clan has its Demon Emperor... And I, Chen Yixing, will become the most ridiculous... er, the most awesome Human Emperor in history!!! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Fellow Daoist, You’re Right. Come Into My Banner and Let’s Talk 道友你说的对，请入我幡中一叙 One female lead, swordsmanship, soul banner, iron-eating beast, the Myriad Worlds Chen Ting'an grew up at Wuchen Temple. At eighteen, he came down from the mountain, only to get caught up in a storm. At the brink of death, he unexpectedly unlocked the strongest System! Newbie gift: the Chaos Soul Banner, able to suppress the ages and look down on all beneath heaven! [Ding! Host, the Chaos Banner can absorb anything.] "Can it absorb you, System?" … He had been dealt a winning hand from the start, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Ashes of All Living Things 苍生烬 When immortals clash, mortals suffer. One day, a black finger descended from the sky onto a small mountain village, crushing half of it, killing and injuring many, and leaving behind a bizarre crater. Lin Zhuojiang, a village boy, accidentally found a secret cultivation manual, but his grandfather perished in the disaster from the heavens. The boy’s outlook was transformed, and he embarked on the Great Way of Heaven and Earth. Amid conflicts among the Three Teachings, sects, nations, and immorta 96Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 36 Heaven-Burning Sword Emperor 焚天剑帝 The line between a prodigy and a wastrel is razor-thin. A fallen young man burdened by a blood feud awakens his Martial Soul completely. He obtains the Emperor's Sword by sheer luck, and his heaven-defying Martial Soul can devour ten thousand souls to forge a supreme sacred body. He makes gods and demons bow and beauties swoon! 7Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 37 Record of the Great Wilderness, Slaying the Gods 大荒斩神录 Qing Ming blurred and appeared before the River God in an instant, as if he were a specter. Sword intent surged from his heavy black-iron sword, roaring out like a giant dragon with unstoppable force as he brought it down on the River God. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Heaven-Defying Comprehension: I Am Unbeatable in the Outer Sect 悟性逆天，我在外门无敌了 [Restoring Shushan's glory is a duty we cannot shirk] [Sword Dao] [A slow start followed by a meteoric rise] [Gets more satisfying by the day] [Shushan] The day he entered the Heavenly Sword Sect, Gu Yan figured that as long as he could learn to fly in this lifetime, that would be enough. But then he discovered that his comprehension of the Sword Dao was exceptional, and his cultivation advanced far faster than everyone else's. No matter how quickly he improved, though, the sect elders could alw —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Strange Tales of the Spirit Realm: The Peerless Immortal Master 灵界怪谈之极品仙师 I have bipolar disorder. In my spare time, I’ve tried to bring the fantasy novel in my head to life with my clumsy writing. I hope my dear readers will step into the world of my novel. It’s a power fantasy about a woman I’ve imagined. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Every time you read, you give me tremendous support. Thank you! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 This Sect Is Ridiculously Powerful, Yet Its Members Are All Eccentrics 这个宗门明明强的离谱却都是奇葩 [One heroine + goofy comedy + no System + no wise old mentor] Today, Master came back with a little junior sister from who knows where. Looking at her innocent, guileless eyes, I hope she can live happily despite Second Senior Brother's torment. (Even though she can't die.) The eldest senior sister has a surprising side, Second Senior Brother is unreliable, Third Senior Sister is bent on beating Second Senior Brother up, Fourth Senior Brother is always getting tricked, and the little junior sist 308Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 41 The Sword Opens the Immortal Path 剑开仙路 I am mortal, and I am an unparalleled prodigy! All I need is the sword in my hand! Great Unity Golden Immortals, countless gods and Buddhas! If you won’t submit, then fight! The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the Myriad Worlds! All can be settled with a single sword! 35Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 42 Peerless Dragon Blood 绝世龙血 Top-tier bloodline + one heroine + mastery of spear, sword, and staff Long Lin bears a mysterious bloodline and leads his people forward step by step, carrying the family mission his grandmother entrusted to him on her deathbed. With a single thought, he can become a god or demon, and his sword points toward the heavens above... “One day, I will fight my way up there and avenge you!” “I once saw a book in my grandmother’s study titled Back to Field. Just like the title says, I long for that kind 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Dragonrealm Sword Master 龙域剑主 [Not a firewood-carrying start] [Swordsmanship] [One female lead] [Sweet romance] [Dragon soul] [Both leads are somewhat aloof] Before the awakening of his soul spirit, the entire family had no idea that a withdrawn child could make the proud dragonfolk willingly become his bonded soul spirit. Only on the day of his awakening did he astonish the whole family... As the ancients said: A dragon will one day fight in the wilderness and soar through the nine heavens... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Reborn on the Misty Path to Immortality 重生之飘渺问仙路 (This book has a single female lead.) In his previous life, Xiao Lin lived with a lifetime of regrets. Guided by the Soul-Calling Flower, he gets another chance at life and once again sets out on the path of cultivation. This time, he won't repeat his past mistakes or leave anything unfinished. (Let me say it again: this book has a single female lead.) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Guardian of the Mountains and Seas 山海守界人 The mountain realm is rich, and the sea realm vast. Yet gods covet what lies above, while demons lurk below. A single leaf may be small, but it can bring peace to the world. I, Ye An, need only a sword and myself to subdue the mountains, fill the seas, slay demons and gods, and protect the human realm! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 God of the Primordial Sword 太荒剑神 [Traditional Fantasy + Invincible Swordsmanship + No System + Decisive Killing] Su Jian, heir to the Su family, saw his cultivation regress and began practicing the sword anew. One strike, and an entire family can be wiped out! Two strikes, and a sect can be destroyed! Three strikes, and heaven and earth can be shattered! Time? Space? Reincarnation? One sword is all it takes! 126Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Nine Songs of Everlasting Heaven 天长九歌 A white robe, a jug of wine, and a long sword to bring the Nine Provinces to heel. One heroine, no System, an immortal-hero fantasy set in an alternate history. The hero roams the world with his sword, while the heroine takes up her spear to conquer it. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 You Want Me as Your Backup? Saintess, You're Not Worthy 赏脸让我当备胎？圣女你不配 [Rebirth + swordsmanship + one female lead + no System + a good horse never eats the grass it has already passed] Jiang Xun transmigrates into another world and meets the Holy Maiden of the Huamei Sect. He thinks he's found the love of his life, only to discover seven years later that she's married another man. That's when he learns that the Huamei Sect was a lie. She was really from the Hehuan Sect. Seven years of devotion and hardship have turned into one enormous joke. Reborn into a new life, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 I Transmigrated to Another World and Turned Out to Be the Chosen One 穿越异世，我竟是气运之子 (Otherworldly continent + cultivation + plot + destiny + System + not brainless) This System isn't very reliable. It seems it can only provide information. This System is pretty reliable after all. It can serve as a famous blade, though it does cost a bit too much life. He's not the only Child of Fortune. There's been one every thousand years. The previous Child of Fortune was already besieged and killed a thousand years ago, leaving behind a seal inscribed with “If the first term is odd, the se —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 A Useless Formation Cultivator Shakes the Immortal Realm, Zhi Nuo and Gui Yu Share the Sky 废材阵修撼仙界，栀糯归屿共苍穹 Cultivation + one heroine + mutual salvation, with two hearts finding their way to each other The sect branded Jiang Yu’s attribute-less Heavenly Spiritual Root a useless root unseen in ten thousand years. At Qingyang Sect, he endured cold shoulders and mockery, yet insisted on using his brush as a blade and formations as his path, breaking free of the Five Elements’ constraints to forge a unique path for cultivators without attributes. With only a simple pack on his back, he left the sect and —Reads—Score—Shelves
