Novels like The Demon Venerable Returns
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- 1 The Immortal Lord Who Protects the City's Beauties 都市护花仙尊 Three thousand years ago, Chu He was murdered and died atop Mount Tai. Three thousand years later, Chu He returns to Earth as a Great Emperor. This time, he will personally kill his enemies and keep his family safe. In this life, he will cultivate both the Dao and combat, becoming the Supreme One of his age. 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Urban: The Supreme Immortal Emperor Returns 都市：无上仙帝归来 Xiao Fan is a fine young man who transmigrated to a cultivation world. After cultivating for 100,000 years, he unexpectedly returned to Earth. Watch him take the city by storm... win over beauties and put arrogant rich second-generation heirs in their place. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The City's Mightiest Demon Lord 都市最强魔尊 A great Demon Venerable of the Demon Realm met his end, but a fragment of his soul was reborn in the body of a young man on Earth. Faced with the past that had filled him with regret and guilt in his previous life, Lu Heng sets out to reclaim his lost chances, one by one. 30Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 4 The Supreme Demon Lord of the City 都市至强魔尊 In his previous life, Chen Xuan was drowned and left at the bottom of a river. He became a corpse cultivator and returned to the human world, alone and adrift. After fighting his way through countless battles, he became the Corpse Mystic Demon Venerable, who charged into countless realms. But he failed to overcome the divine tribulation. Taking his demonic coffin with him, he returned to his youth in the flesh, swept aside all opposition, made a glorious comeback, and righted his past regrets. I 265Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 5 Immortal Emperor Down the Mountain: Tormenting My Gorgeous Wife 仙帝，下山之后，祸害绝色老婆 [Immortal Emperor Returns from the Mountain + Invincible + Feel-Good + Ruthless + Fresh Twist] Five years ago, Yang Ye’s parents died in an accident, leaving him and his young, beautiful aunt to depend on each other! Two years later, Yang Ye uncovered the real cause of his parents’ deaths, only to be targeted for assassination by the mastermind behind it all. While fleeing for his life, Yang Ye unexpectedly transmigrated to another world! After a thousand years of cultivation, he became an Immor 723Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 6 The Evil Emperor Returns: Revenge with a Twist 邪帝归来，复仇手段很另类 [Urban power fantasy] [Returns at full power] [Unconventional revenge] [No female lead] Three years ago, the Jiang family was destroyed. Jiang Yuan was framed and sent to prison, where he was tortured to death that very night before transmigrating to the Nine Profound Immortal Domain. Three years later, the Abyssal Evil Emperor, whose very name struck terror into the Immortal Domain, returned in force and set his revenge in motion. It's just that Jiang Yuan's methods are a little unconventional. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Immortal Emperor 仙帝 The two brothers were born on the same day, but their personalities could not be more different. One has exceptional natural talent but was born with an evil nature, and ultimately walks the demonic path, vowing to overturn heaven and earth. The other is seen by everyone as a good-for-nothing, unable to cultivate, but by a twist of fate, he awakens memories of his past life. From then on, he swims against the current, making dragons his younger brothers and phoenixes his wives as he takes the wo 119Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Urban Cultivation: The Dragon Saint Emperor Returns 都市修仙：龙圣帝尊归来 Deliveryman Heiyu Kuaidou has hit rock bottom, enduring contempt at every turn. Everyone laughs and calls him a good-for-nothing from the lowest rung of society. No one knows that the black jade at his neck contains the soul essence of the supreme ruler of all realms. In his previous life, he was the Dragon Sage Immortal Emperor, master of the Dragon Dao, the Sage Dao, and the Dao of Time and Space. He ruled over ten thousand dragons, only to be betrayed by his closest friend and his most truste 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Immortal Emperor in the City 仙帝在都市 After spending three thousand years in the cultivation world, Zheng Fan returns to Earth, only to discover that just three years have passed here. An ordinary man dismissed as a good-for-nothing, he is determined to change his unjust fate and make those who think themselves superior bow at his feet. 31Reads7.0Score101Shelves
- 10 Reborn as the Demon Lord of the City 重生之都市魔尊 A once-in-a-generation Demon Lord is reborn in the modern city, determined to make up for past regrets and play the fool while hiding his strength. In this life, Chen Yu will make every enemy tremble and kneel at his feet! In this life, Chen Yu will make everyone who once looked down on him see him in a new light! In this life, Chen Yu will make every irresistible woman fall at his feet! 1.6kReads7.6Score104Shelves
- 11 I Returned from the Immortal Realm 我从仙界归来 Five thousand years felt like a nightmare. When I finally awoke, I was already invincible beneath the heavens! I have returned from the immortal realm. If Buddha stands in my way, I'll slay Buddha; if the gods stand in my way, I'll kill the gods! This is my path: the path of invincibility! 29Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 12 Reborn as the Immortal King of the City 重生之都市仙王 A generation’s Immortal King, who stood at the pinnacle of humanity, meets with disaster and reverses time by eighty million years, returning to his youth. His father goes bankrupt, his mother endures humiliation, and he loses the girl he grew up with. At the lowest point of his life, Wang Feng clenches his fists! Every humiliation he suffered in his previous life will be repaid in blood in this one. He will ascend to the peak of the universe, and let down neither his beloved nor the woman he lo 215Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 13 Urban Demon Emperor: I Was Reborn with My Cultivation 都市魔帝：我重生竟带修为 [Reborn + No Female Lead + Ruthless + Cunning] (An unconventional urban immortal-supreme rebirth novel, with none of the usual plots involving granddaughters, grandfathers, or schools. The protagonist is decisive and merciless: if you provoke him, he kills you. No suffering in silence.) The Demon Emperor Luo Ning is besieged by the righteous sects and has no choice but to self-destruct. After returning reborn, his cultivation has actually increased instead of diminishing. From then on, he will t 5Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 14 The Max-Level Emperor Returns to the City 满级大帝回归都市 Synopsis~ For reasons unknown, Lu Yu transmigrated to the world of immortal cultivation, where he barely managed to survive by keeping a low profile. Then, by chance, he met the daughter of the top formation sect's master. Thanks to his silver tongue, he began living off her. In just thirty years at the Divine Formation Sect, he mastered every formation art, proving himself a peerless genius and earning the right to marry the master's daughter. But in the end, he made the same mistake every 237Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 15 Back from the Immortal Realm 从仙界归来 I'm back from the world of cultivation. You have a luxury car, but I have a divine beast for a mount. You have money, but I have spirit stones money can't buy. You have the world's best hospitals, but I have a divine pill that grants immortality. You want to show off? I'll beat the crap out of you, you weakling! This is the story of a cultivation powerhouse reborn in the modern city, playing the pig to eat the tiger and making up for past regrets. Pure exhilaration, come on in... 171Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 16 The Immortal Emperor Returns to the City 都市之仙帝归来 Ye Qingyao, the strongest Immortal Emperor of the Three Realms, is reborn on Earth. Faced with the girlfriend who betrayed him, the world’s scorn, and the provocations of rich young masters, he strikes back without hesitation! In this life, he will take control of his fate and rise to the summit once more! 169Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 17 The Strongest Immortal Emperor in the City 最强仙帝在都市 The strongest Immortal Emperor is reborn, and from then on takes beautiful women along on his cultivation journey, dishes out face-slapping to rich heirs, and tramples all kinds of experts. “Miss, want to cultivate immortality? I guarantee you’ll learn, and I’ll even throw in a beauty treatment...” “Old-timer, want an immortal pill? Three courses will make you young again...” 1kReads8.4Score109Shelves
- 18 Reborn as an Immortal in the City 重生之都市仙尊 Qin Yichen was the legendary Xuanji Celestial Venerable of the cultivation world. He unexpectedly perished while undergoing tribulation, only to be reborn on Earth. After a thousand years of cultivation, he was no longer the timid, useless bookworm he had once been! In this life, he would slay Buddhas and gods, do as he pleased, and swear to seek the Dao and immortality in this bustling metropolis, becoming the strongest man in the world! 797Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 19 The Heavenly Venerable Returns: Protecting My Wife, Daughter, and Disciple on the Path to Immortality 天尊归来：护妻女徒弟一起修仙 The cultivation dad Bu Fan tore through the void and returned, only to find his wife dying after falling from a building, while his daughter knelt on the ground with a bleeding gash on her forehead, begging for help. In his fury, he crushed the evil young master, slaughtered his way through the underworld, wreaked havoc on Spirit Mountain, annihilated the ghost enforcers with a flick of his finger, and subdued Tathagata with one hand. From the mortal world to the realm of myth, no matter how man 408Reads8.6Score103Shelves
- 20 I Have Returned from the Celestial Realm 我从天界归来 Trapped by love and wounded by it, I fell from the peak! Now that I've returned from the celestial realm, all I want is to live an ordinary life! 234Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 21 I’ve Lived for a Hundred Thousand Years 我活了十万年 Fifty-eight years ago, he fell into a coma. Fifty-eight years later, he woke up. No one knew that what seemed like fifty-eight years had actually been a hundred thousand years for him. This is an invincible journey of "I'm your grandpa!" 393Reads6.3Score102Shelves
- 22 The Divine Emperor Returns to the City 神帝归来在都市 Urban life + the spirit realm + the immortal realm + the divine realm The male lead knows right from wrong, isn't a pushover or a simp, and the plot never drags. A child who wants to care for their parents may find them gone before they get the chance! Can you truly attain the Dao through cultivation if you harbor regrets and your Dao Heart is flawed? See how Lin Yun makes up for the regrets in his heart and ultimately seeks the Dao of Heaven and Earth... This world is different from other cult 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Reborn as the Demon Emperor 重生之魔帝归来 Ninety thousand years ago, Xu Zizheng's family was destroyed by those who framed him. He became a vengeful ghost and cultivated step by step until he became one of the six emperors of the Immortal Realm: the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor. Ninety thousand years later, betrayed and hunted down by his friends, his soul travels back to Earth ninety thousand years in the past. Reborn, he begins cultivating all over again. Everyone who humiliated, bullied, or betrayed him will be sent to hell... 812Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 24 After 20 Years in Another World, the Entire Nation Returns to Earth 穿越20载，举国回归地球 Ying Feng unexpectedly transmigrates to another world and becomes the Son of Heaven of the Immortal Qin Empire, the second emperor of Qin! At this time, the realm is in chaos. Ruthless enemies threaten from beyond the borders, while former nobles of the Six Kingdoms stir up trouble within. With the Immortal Emperor System, Ying Feng executes treacherous ministers and quells internal unrest, unifying the realm in just ten years. All beneath heaven belongs to the king; all who live within its bord 218Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 25 I Just Returned as an Immortal Emperor, and Someone Wants to Steal My Wife? 刚仙帝归来，就有人要抢我老婆？ Immortal Emperor Ye Cang returns to the city at full power, only to run into some strange people. Oh? You cultivated immortality and came back to reclaim everything you lost? Get on your knees! And you, the sworn brother of the King of Hell, the man who returned from the underworld? Die! 1.1kReads6.8Score117Shelves
- 26 Back on Earth, I Find My Daughter Kidnapped by a Scam Gang 回归地球，女儿竟被绑到诈骗窝 [No System + Invincible + One Female Lead + Raising His Children + Behind-the-Scenes Influence + Everyday Urban Life + Fantasy] The Celestial Emperor returned from another world with his cultivation at its peak. When he discovered his daughter had been kidnapped, he flew into a rage and wiped out over a million people. When someone secretly harmed his son, leaving him with both legs amputated, he taught him cultivation techniques to help him take revenge. His wife was in the late stages of cance 128Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 27 The Immortal Emperor Returns to Learn Magic 仙帝归来学魔法 Enemy: We’re all at the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm, standing at the very summit of cultivation. What makes you so much stronger than us? Yun Hao: The peak of the Immortal Emperor realm is the summit of cultivation, not my summit. If I so choose, I can destroy peak Immortal Emperors with a wave of my hand. 392Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 28 The Devil Emperor's Daddy 魔帝奶爸 Three years ago, Jun Chen accidentally entered the abyss. Thirty thousand years later, he became the Demon Emperor Jun Chen, ruler of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. When he returned, he discovered that only three years had passed on Earth, and, for some inexplicable reason, he had a three-year-old daughter. Wait a minute, kid's mom, why do you look more and more like the number-one immortal of the Nine Realms? Jun Chen also discovers that Earth, the sacred land of humanity sealed by the Nine Re 197Reads7.6Score105Shelves
- 29 The Demon Emperor Returns to the City 都市之魔帝归来 The Demon Emperor has returned, looking down upon all living things as mere insects! Those who follow me shall prosper; those who oppose me shall perish! 2.3kReads7.0Score222Shelves
- 30 The Immortal Emperor Returns to the City 仙帝归来在都市 To break the destiny imposed on cultivators. To resolve the regrets and tangled feelings left over from his past life. An Immortal Emperor is willing to shoulder immense karmic burdens, using tens of thousands of years of cultivation to reverse time and return to his youth. In this life, no matter how immense the karma obstructs his path forward, he will overcome it all! Family, friends, and beloveds: in this life, he will leave no regrets... 185Reads8.2Score218Shelves
- 31 You Can't Afford to Mess with Me 本尊你们惹不起 You're a super bodyguard? A divine healer? A cultivation prodigy? You activated the System? You're sworn brothers with the Jade Emperor? You're an Immortal Emperor or Demon Sovereign reborn... Whoever you are, don't provoke me, or you'll regret it. You won't be able to bear the consequences! 266Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 32 Urban: Reborn to Cultivate Immortality 都市之重生修仙 He sacrificed himself to save the woman he loved and was left crippled, only for her to demand a bride price of seven hundred thousand. His mother, terminally ill with leukemia, took out a usurious loan by selling his younger sister, yet on the day of his engagement he caught his fiancée cheating... His mother died of her illness, and his sister disappeared. Though he endured every humiliation, he spent his whole life unable to find even his sister’s remains... After an extraordinary encounter, 169Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 33 Return of the Immortal Cultivator to the City 都市之修仙归来 In his previous life, he was the son of a disgraced heir from a wealthy family, a family shame. His girlfriend betrayed him, his family cast him aside, the powerful hounded him, and his family was destroyed! In this life, he has returned to Earth. He will repay every humiliation and betrayal he once suffered! “From today on, no one can lay a hand on anyone I, Qin Jian, want to protect. Not even Jesus. I said it!” 95Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 34 After a Thousand Years in Hiding, I Prove My Might Across the Myriad Worlds as a Tribulation-Transcending Expert 苟了千年，我以渡劫期大佬证万界 [Urban Cultivation, Invincible Power Fantasy, Decisive and Ruthless, the Myriad Worlds] Yun Qingxuan, lord of the Demon Realm, was ambushed by an immortal while crossing the tribulation to become an immortal. He thought his body and soul had been destroyed, but instead he crossed time and space and was reborn on Earth. To uncover the mastermind behind it all, he began an invincible path of cultivation. “Those immortals have no honor! When I rise again, I’ll make you kneel at my feet and sing ‘We 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Immortal Emperor Is a Dad in the City 仙帝奶爸在都市 (A steady three chapters every day, with frequent bonus updates!) Five years ago, Zhang Chen fell off a cliff while exploring the wilderness. He passed through a teleportation array into the Star Spirit Immortal Realm and began his path to immortality. Time passes differently in the world of cultivation. In the blink of an eye, 5,000 years had gone by. Now an Eternal Immortal Emperor, Zhang Chen returned to Blue Star, only to discover that just five years had passed there, and that he had a cute 2.1kReads7.9Score179Shelves
- 36 Urban: Immortal Emperor Cultivation from the Start 都市：开局就是仙帝修为 [Invincible + peak strength + decisive and ruthless + no hiding his cultivation + sweeps through everything] He was once an ordinary man on Earth, but after an accident, he transmigrated to a cultivation world where the strong prey on the weak. After a hundred thousand years of bloody battles, he fought his way from an ordinary mortal to the peak of all realms, trampling gods and demons across the heavens and cleaving immortal kings who had thought themselves eternal! His name once made three th 16.2kReads7.8Score1.6kShelves
- 37 The Immortal Emperor Returns as a Dad 仙帝归来当奶爸 I, Chu Yang, spent five hundred years cultivating to become the Great Wilderness Immortal Emperor, then tore through the void and returned to the modern world on Earth. To prove my Dao, I subdued the seven great families with one hand; for the woman I love, I strode forth and crushed nine immortal mountains. I laid out spirit arrays to revive the world's spiritual energy and cut through the secrets of heaven to end the age of spiritual decline... Mortals see me as an immortal or a god, but in my 3.9kReads8.3Score404Shelves
- 38 EN The Immortal Emperor Returns 仙帝归来 Falsely imprisoned and wrongfully killed, he ascends to the rank of Immortal Emperor three thousand years later! After exhausting his cultivation to finally return to Earth, Chu Xun is reborn with a vengeance, back in the prison on the eve of his unjust death! Those who tormented and humiliated me in my past life will pay for it! Thus begins the rise of an Immortal Emperor bent on revenge. He gets out of prison, enters the city, and makes his way through its glamorous underworld! He walks a bloo 243Reads8.9Score209Shelves
- 39 The Son-in-Law Who Returned from the Immortal Realm 从仙界归来的赘婿 Ye Lin was an abandoned orphan who became a live-in son-in-law for the woman he loved, only to be mercilessly mocked and die a tragic death. By a twist of fate, he was reborn in the immortal realm. Three thousand years later, the Immortal Emperor returned to Earth with unrivaled power, only to discover that just three years had passed there. When the Immortal Emperor flies into a rage, heaven and earth change color! Those who once made me bow my head, now grovel at my feet! Those who once looked 4.5kReads8.5Score441Shelves
- 40 The Return of the Urban God 都市神尊归来 “What? You’re a nation’s God of War? You might just qualify to be my underling.” “You’re a miracle doctor? If I’m in a good mood, I might give you a pointer or two...” Ye Linjun, the one and only Chaos Sovereign of the Myriad Worlds, opened a space-time tunnel with his immense powers to return to his youth and undergo a cultivation trial called “Becoming Mortal.” He found himself back on Blue Star, in the early twenty-first century. Here, there are God of War figures who can take on a hundred fo 44Reads8.1Score114Shelves
- 41 Returning After 5,000 Years of Cultivation 修仙5000年归来 Five years ago, Xiao Fan mysteriously disappeared. In truth, he had entered a vast cultivation world where immortals, gods, demons, and fiends coexist. He spent five thousand years there, mastering extraordinary powers. Five years later, he returned with unfathomable abilities. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 My Boss Is a Beautiful Immortal Empress 我的老板是美女仙帝 [Ordinary man’s urban cultivation + slow burn + traditional cultivation realms + legacy of an Immortal Emperor + comeback + passion + fantasy] The protagonist, Ye Feng, becomes a male model to earn money, accidentally contracts AIDS, and unexpectedly inherits the legacy of an Immortal Emperor. From then on, he embarks on the path of cultivation. The realms in this book are: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul… The male lead is decisive and ruthless, and the plot is f 186Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 43 Reborn as the Peerless Immortal Emperor 重生之绝世仙帝 Have you ever wondered what would happen if you went through reincarnation and loved only one person in every life? Now, all the people you loved in each of those lives have gathered around you in this one. What would happen then? 30Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 44 EN Back from the Immortal Realm: Grandpa's Turn 修仙归来当爷爷 Zhang Hongxing was swallowed by a rift in space and time and ended up in the cultivation world. After enduring countless hardships for fifteen thousand years, he returned to Earth, only to discover that just thirty years had passed there. His beloved wife now had a head of white hair, and their three children were all grown up. Having missed his chance to be a father, Zhang Hongxing would have to start out as a grandfather this time. “Grandpa, Grandpa, our teacher told us to draw the moon.” “All 16.2kReads7.4Score674Shelves
- 45 The Immortal Emperor Returns: Spoiling His Wife and Daughter 仙帝归来：把老婆女儿宠上天 [Invincible + Ruthless + One Female Lead + Doting Dad + No Doormat Hero + Urban Cultivation] Immortal Emperor Xiao Chen of Lingchen misses his beloved girlfriend on Earth so much that he breaks through the dimensional barrier and returns, only to discover he has a daughter. Xiao Chen vows to protect his wife and daughter and spoil them rotten. “Whoever dares lay a hand on my wife and daughter, not even the stars of the nine heavens can save him!” “Daddy, I want a star!” “Of course!” Xiao Che 1.2kReads7.3Score104Shelves
- 46 Returning After Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation 修仙万年归来 The God Emperor Ling Tian makes a triumphant return and strides through the city like a dragon! Born to rule, he stands at the summit! In this life and the last, everything I, Yin Lingtian, have lost will be repaid to me a thousandfold! Who dares stand in my way? They die! Yet after being reborn, Yin Lingtian suddenly discovers that countless secrets lie hidden, both behind this rebirth and in the desolate past life, secrets he had never noticed! Yin Chen, a God Emperor of his generation: watch 915Reads8.4Score102Shelves
- 47 Max-Level Immortal Emperor, I Returned with My Cultivation 满级仙帝，带着修为回来了 [Invincible power fantasy] [Doesn't hide his cultivation] [Everyone but the protagonist is an ant] Li Chen's cultivation had reached the highest realm in the path of immortality. He was the only Immortal Emperor in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. He founded the Immortal Court and ruled over both the immortal and demonic paths. He was the mightiest god. He was also a terrifying existence who made countless ancient gods tremble in fear. And after becoming invincible, he crossed the void with 773Reads7.8Score103Shelves
- 48 When the Immortal Emperor Returned to the City and Had Two Daughters 当仙皇回归都市有了两个女儿后 Bing Mo, a cultivation prodigy known as the Medicine Emperor, cultivated, fought, and seized treasures in the Cangyuan Immortal Realm with the Nine-Bend Demon-Suppressing Pagoda. In just five hundred years, he sensed the arrival of the divine tribulation... But after his friends, the Feather Emperor and the Nether Emperor, successfully overcame their tribulations first, they braved the backlash of the cultivation world's laws to divine the outcome of Bing Mo's tribulation. Their vision foretold 3.8kReads8.7Score328Shelves
- 49 The Demon Lord Conquers the Heavens 魔主倾天 A smile stirs the winds of fate; a fit of anger brings a sky drenched in blood. With a turn of his palm, he shatters the firmament; with a wave of his hand, he destroys the stars. The Demon Lord failed his tribulation and returned to the age of eighteen. Now watch me make up for past regrets and achieve immortality! 941Reads8.4Score155Shelves
- 50 The Immortal Emperor Returns: Is It So Wrong to Give China a Boost? 仙帝回归，带飞华夏很过分吗？ [Invincible + Max-Level Cultivation + Lord of the Heavenly Court + Investiture of the Gods + Taking the Family to the Top + Taking China to the Top + Contest Against the Heavenly Dao + Sweeping Through the Heavens + Large Cast!] Wang Lin, the max-level Lord of the Heavenly Court, returns to Earth after receiving a letter from his younger sister while campaigning across the Myriad Worlds. At his command, powerful beings from countless worlds arrive to punish his enemies! With a casual display of 2.1kReads8.7Score207Shelves
