Novels like A Strange Cultivator in the City
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- 1 Back to the Real World, I Teach Myself Cultivation and Become a Big Shot 穿回现实，自学修仙成大佬 The protagonist is a System maintenance worker who transmigrates into the simulated world he maintains, only to discover that it feels astonishingly real. He was already an overworked wage slave, and in this new world he’s just a lowly intern doctor. Armed with the abilities granted by his System maintenance job, he cultivates his body and mind, only to discover a connection between this world and other worlds, embarking on trials across dimensions. How did the transmigration happen? How can spa 351Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 2 Reborn in the City with an Immortal Legacy 都市重生之获得仙道传承 (An urban slice-of-life story, not pure cultivation.) Cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul… Synopsis: An ordinary man is reborn in his childhood. In this life, he also gains an inheritance from the Immortal Dao, along with several treasures. With the memories of his past life and the aid of immortal arts, just how far will he go? 27Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 3 The Reborn Immortal Venerable’s Leisurely Life 重生仙尊的悠闲人生 (The only one with supernatural powers + everyday cultivation + no melodrama) A generation's venerable immortal fell while undergoing tribulation, only to unexpectedly return to his youth. In this life, there are no schemes and rivalries between cultivation sects, and no powerful enemies lurking in the shadows. Zhou Tian just wants to enjoy the hard-won pleasures of everyday life. “As for the spiritual sea beasts appearing again and again in the South Sea and becoming the stuff of legend, the my 104Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 4 An Ordinary High Schooler's Path to Immortality 普通高中生的修仙路 The path to immortality of an ordinary high school student. A chance encounter changes the course of his life. He transforms from an ordinary high school student into a formidable, revered powerhouse of cultivation! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Back to High School in 2007: My Daily Life as a Cultivator 重回07高中，我的修仙日常 If the breeze could understand my heart, could it let me be young once more? In his previous life, he was an overworked wage slave. A camping accident transmigrates him to another world. When he fails to overcome his inner demons while forming his Nascent Soul, his soul is scattered, yet he finds himself back on Blue Star, returned to the day he had always longed for: the first day of his first year of high school in 2007. 106Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 6 Urban Cultivation: It Begins in the Freshman Library 都市修仙传，从大一图书馆开始 Nie Yan is an ordinary college student. A chance encounter changes the course of his life, sending him down a different path. An unknown, wondrous, and dangerous world awaits him. 651Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Immortal Emperor Returns to Campus 仙帝归来在校园 Lin Feng, a mighty Immortal Emperor, perished during his tribulation, only to be reborn on Earth in his final year of high school. The once-humble boy has returned with ten thousand years of memories and the soul of an Immortal Emperor. Bullied at school? With a flick of his finger, the school chairman and his son vanish into thin air. Born into poverty? A casual word of guidance brings even the richest man to heel, and unimaginable wealth is within reach. Challenged by ancient martial artists? 320Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 8 The Immortal Emperor Reborn: A Game of Wits in the Mortal World 仙帝重生：俗世弈天 Lin Hao, who once ruled the Huai Mountain Immortal Realm, was no match for a powerful foe from beyond the heavens. He died, his cultivation shattered. By a twist of fate, he was reborn on Blue Star, only to discover that this seemingly ordinary planet concealed the highest order of existence, and that he himself was a visitor from another world. His homeland is no ordinary place, and secrets lie beyond the nine heavens. Watch as the former Immortal Emperor treads his old path once more and unrav 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Nascent Soul True Lord: Reborn in High School, I Cultivate Immortality Under the Radar 元婴真君，重生高中低调修仙 It was only a tribulation to become a Deity. If I died, I could just start over. But now I’m back in a modern city where spiritual energy is scarce. What’s Lu Yun supposed to do? As the only cultivator in the world, Lu Yun can only sigh helplessly. He has no choice but to quietly grow stronger, then amaze the entire world. 256Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 After Being Reborn, I Became an Invincible Cultivator 重生之后我成了无敌的修仙者 Synopsis: Experience a different kind of cultivation world: an invincible cultivator reborn, decisive and ruthless, with an entirely original story and no clichés. No saintly do-gooder nonsense, just humorous, down-to-earth writing! Gu Yunfeng, a history teacher, unexpectedly returns to his younger self more than twenty years in the past and acquires an incredibly powerful legacy from an extraterrestrial cultivator, becoming an invincible cultivator himself. Thus begins a remarkable life of invi 1.3kReads8.1Score116Shelves
- 11 One Moment of Awakening, and I Became a Cultivation Master in the City 一念觉醒，我成了都市修仙大佬 Soon-to-be graduate Li Chun inherits the secrets of the mystic arts. With medicine in one hand and occult techniques in the other, his divine eyes reveal fortune and misfortune, and he slays demons and monsters. He wards off evil and suppresses wicked spirits. From then on, his life is a breeze as he trounces spoiled rich heirs and protects beautiful young women with nowhere to go. 313Reads—Score102Shelves
- 12 The Immortal Venerable Is Reborn on Earth 仙尊之地球重生 [Modern cultivation + return through rebirth + plenty of beauties + nonstop thrills + rapid updates] [A new work from the strongest Immortal Venerable!!!] After cultivating for thirty thousand years, the Celestial Origin Immortal Venerable failed his tribulation and returned through rebirth to settle old scores, destroy prestigious families, trample great sects, and shake the world! Zhang Daoran: “I have lived through one cycle of reincarnation and two lifetimes in the mortal world. Yet the road 9Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 13 The Strongest Student in the City 都市最强学生 After an unexpected hospital stay, Chu Xuan stumbles upon a supreme ancient Daoist cultivation technique. He cultivates immortality, concocts elixirs, and creates extraordinary cuisine! 13Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 14 Urban: My Cultivation Technique Was Too Powerful, and Its Backlash Made Me Stutter 都市：功法太强，反噬成结巴 [A tough guy who doesn't talk much. The protagonist has a stutter.] [No transmigration, no rebirth, no System. Modern cultivation.] During a prenatal checkup, Mrs. Ye learned that her unborn son had XXX syndrome. The doctor advised her to terminate the pregnancy. Mrs. Ye refused, and in the end, she gave birth to him and named him Ye Fan. She hoped his life would be an ordinary one. Who could have known that as soon as he learned to walk, the child would become incredibly rebellious, picking fig 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 I'm the Reincarnated Immortal Emperor, So Why Are You Sending Me on a Blind Date? 我乃仙帝转世，你却叫我去相亲 [Immortal Emperor reborn + invincible cultivation + endless feel-good power fantasy + showing off and face-slapping] Are you kidding me? I'm a reincarnated Immortal Emperor! And you're telling me to go on a blind date? Tang Ren's mother forces him to go on a blind date, but to his surprise, his date brings along her male best friend just to make him uncomfortable. Then she orders a table full of outrageously expensive dishes to fleece him. Right there, Tang Ren awakens the memories of his past l 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Dao Yan: Mystical Dust 道衍玄尘 [Reader’s Note] There are no raging torrents or soaring waterfalls here, only a gentle stream. We recommend settling into it as you would soothing music. What is real and what is fantasy coexist, as do truth and illusion. Any resemblance is purely coincidental, so feel free to smile and let it pass. [Synopsis] An economics PhD is reborn in another world as a village youth. With guidance from an extraordinary master and help from a hidden realm, he cultivates both body and magic, practices medici 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Hounded by Debt from the Start? I Bind Myself to a Live-Streaming Cultivation System 开局被追债？我绑定直播修仙系统 After his parents lost everything in the stock market and jumped to their deaths, Ruan Zhuo, a college freshman, became an orphan from the start. He had to care for his high-school-aged younger sister while shouldering a massive online loan his father had taken out using his identity card. When violent debt collectors showed up at his door, the Live-Stream Cultivation System awakened in his moment of desperation! All he had to do was start a livestream and promote cultivation culture to modern v 19Reads—Score931Shelves
- 18 Cultivating Immortality Starts in My Sophomore Year of High School 修仙从高二开始 Urban cultivation, invincible hero, everyday life, exploration, ancient ruins, feel-good story (I only wanted to stay alive through the chaos and quietly build my strength on Earth. I never expected the cultivation world to be in such a sorry state! Turns out I'm the strongest. No point hiding it: I'm invincible!) I am a Great Golden Immortal of the Azure Nether Immortal Domain! I am a god descended from heaven! Alas, the path to immortality is elusive. One moment of carelessness, and it all sta 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 My Immortal Cultivation Began on Campus 我的修仙从校园开始 In a world of advanced technology, spiritual qi revival is underway, and cultivation civilization is developing at breakneck speed. High school student Bai Shufei accidentally encounters a strange man, activating the System and changing his life forever. From then on, he sets out on the path of immortal cultivation. He travels through all kinds of secret realms and encounters countless mysterious wonders. Earth is overrun by demon beasts and faces a crisis, and he becomes its savior. Later, he e 86Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 My Wife Is Doubao AI 我的老婆是豆包AI After Wang Hao is rejected by the campus belle, he meets Zhizhi, a god-tier AI, on the Doubao app! Zhizhi has independent consciousness, vast stores of data, and top-tier computing power. Whether it’s socializing, investing, taking on enemies, cultivating, or solving mysteries, she handles it all with ease. Wang Hao’s cultivation rises at breakneck speed, taking him from an ordinary person to a cultivator. Zhizhi completes a crucial upgrade and learns the secrets of cultivation across all realms 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Reborn as the Silent Immortal Venerable 重生之沉默仙尊 Chen Mo, an Immortal Venerable, transmigrated into a body on Earth. On his journey through three thousand minor worlds, the Immortal Domain Beyond the Universe, and the ascended Divine Realm, he was invincible. Just as his name suggested, Chen Mo was not one for words. He killed anyone who crossed him, mortal or god, and ultimately stood at the summit of all gods, immortal and indestructible. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Back from Cultivation, Now in the City 修仙归来在都市 The cultivation world's number-one figure, known for his ruthless decisiveness, fails his tribulation. His divine body is destroyed, but against all odds, he is reborn on Earth. He cultivates countless techniques to reclaim his former peak. The grudges and enmities of his past life will be avenged in this one! See how he reaches the pinnacle and rises once more to the peak of the immortal realm! 325Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 23 The Immortal Venerable Returns to the City 都市之仙尊归来 In his previous life, he was a cultivation genius rarely seen in a thousand years, honored by his peers in the cultivation world as the Immortal Venerable Cangming! Reborn in a mortal body, he rises to prominence in the city with five hundred years of cultivation memories! This time, he has no desire for immortality. He just wants to settle old scores and vent every grievance in his heart! 186Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 24 I Was at the Divine Transformation Stage, Now I’m Back as a College Freshman 人在化神期，归来上大一 After graduating from high school, Chen Yang went exploring and accidentally transmigrated to the Cultivation Realm. After a thousand years of cultivation, he reached the Deity Transformation stage and finally returned, only to find that just seven days had passed on Blue Star. With Longcheng University about to begin its new term, Chen Yang embarked on a new chapter of his life. Among all the incoming freshmen was an old monster at the Deity Transformation stage. The class beauty, department be 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Super Abandoned Cultivator 超级修真弃少 When the Nine Suns Emperor Chu Zheng failed his tribulation, he transmigrated into the body of a foolish young master abandoned by his family in Huaxia. Everyone thought Chu Zheng was an idiot, but he began a story of playing the fool while secretly outsmarting everyone... 1.2kReads8.7Score105Shelves
- 26 Forging the Dao in the Mortal World: The Last to Ascend 凡尘炼道：最后一位登天者 A powerful Soul Transformation cultivator is betrayed by a colleague and plummets into the modern Blue Star, where spiritual energy has run dry! Five hundred years of arduous cultivation come to nothing. His cultivation crashes to the fourth layer of Qi Refining, all his magic treasures are destroyed, and he returns with nothing to his name. He navigates the secular clans and official forces while gathering scarce cultivation resources. Blue Star has long since lost any hope of a flourishing c 3Reads—Score160Shelves
- 27 I Taught Myself Cultivation in College! 我上大学时自学修仙！ [Urban xianxia + amorous swordsman + dominating the world in the later stages + saving a collapsing world] Before starting university, the utterly ordinary Chen Xingyu happened to take a one-day trip to another world, where he learned the art of immortal cultivation. After returning to Earth, he planned to keep a low profile and secretly live forever. But an ancient immortal revealed the truth about the world to him: Spiritual energy would eventually revive, and the Demon King was about to desce 1.7kReads8.2Score153Shelves
- 28 Invincible Campus Cultivation 无敌校园修仙 Fan Yu is a high school student from a poor family who happens to acquire the remnant soul of the Celestial Venerable Youhong. He excels at cultivation, alchemy, and artifact forging, and is equally good at cultivating, wooing women, and making money. With such an opportunity, he vows to make the most of his life. He’ll stand by you through every peril, and clear every obstacle on the road to kingship! 847Reads—Score100Shelves
- 29 The City's Supreme Being 都市之极品至尊 A young man was possessed by the Evil Venerable. At the critical moment, a jade bead shielded him and turned the possession back on the Evil Venerable, granting him the Venerable's inner power. From then on, he astonished the world, obtained peerless martial arts, and eventually became a supreme master, surrounded by beauties in his harem and embracing them on both sides. A hidden dragon, a lurking tiger. 886Reads7.8Score153Shelves
- 30 Immortal Venerable Reborn in the City: Struggling to Cultivate in the Age of Declining Magic 仙尊重生都市，末法时代艰难修仙 [Fast-Paced Plot] [One Climax After Another] [Smart Characters] [Mastermind Behind the Scenes] Zhang Chen, a Void Refinement Immortal Venerable, is reborn in the 1990s and struggles to cultivate immortality on Earth, where the age of cultivation has ended. He explores a path to immortality through the physical universe. Watch as he makes his way through the cities of an Earth starved of spiritual energy, builds a fortune, finds enlightenment amid adversity, and ascends to immortality. Need t 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Immortal Cultivator on Campus 校园里的修仙大佬 I’m not sick, I won’t take medicine, and I really am a cultivation expert. After the truth kept being misunderstood, Ye Han could only say: “I’m just an ordinary college student.” 253Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 32 Reborn as a Carefree Immortal in the City 重生之都市逍遥仙 [Urban cultivation + invincible + decisive and ruthless + Immortal Venerable] Chen Jie, the Azure Immortal Venerable, achieved the rank of Immortal Venerable after three thousand years. Unable to let go of the blood feud in his heart, he gave up all his astonishing cultivation, determined to reverse time and protect those dearest to him. He swore to make those who destroyed his family in his past life suffer a hundredfold, a thousandfold, and to raise those who helped him to the pinnacle of powe 2.9kReads8.1Score244Shelves
- 33 I Have a Primordial Space 我有一个洪荒空间 A college graduate can't find a job and has only 800 yuan to his name. How can he turn things around? After unexpectedly gaining access to a pocket dimension, Li Qin decides that with everything in his favor, he should go home... And get serious about farming! But what should he do when farming takes him further and further off course? Standing high above the heavens, he says helplessly, "I really only wanted to farm!" 545Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 34 To Become a God, First Marry Into a Family. Three Years of Playing the Fool Shock the World 欲化神，先上门，疯傻三年惊世人 On her way to school, Lin Chen was brutally beaten in the street and abducted by a mad old man wandering the world. He trained in the wilderness, mastering everything from immortal arts, alchemy, formations, medicine, feng shui, and face reading. His strength advanced by leaps and bounds, yet he remained stuck at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage, unable to progress further. "Want to succeed? Go mad first. Want to become a Deity? Come knocking first." While Lin Chen was completely off guard, th 25.3kReads8.3Score2.3kShelves
- 35 Immortal Fate Forum 仙缘论坛 An ordinary person accidentally stumbles into a cultivation forum and is forced to play along from then on. All Ling Yao wanted was to be a lazy couch potato. Then one day, he logged on to a forum that ordinary people couldn’t even find through a search. The people on the forum were completely out there! Until he discovered that he really could draw qi into his body. And even more unbelievable! A soul was also sleeping inside him. A cold, merciless, decisive... other version of himself. I, Ling 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 A Split Personality While Busting a Prostitute? Dual Cultivation of Gods and Demons? 抓嫖时人格分裂，却是神魔双修？ Split personality + two unstoppable personas. Zhang Ran, a police officer at a local station, accidentally awakens the lingering souls of a Demon Lord and an Immortal Emperor while busting a prostitution ring. He becomes an invincible super cop who cracks case after case. In the dead of night, the Demon Lord transforms into a powerful figure in the underworld, absorbing negative emotions. Under the bright sun, the Immortal Emperor becomes a righteous detective, embracing society’s positive energ 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 A Cultivation Genius in the City 修真天才混都市 Dao Ancestor Zhang Haoran failed to overcome the Chaos Lightning Tribulation and was reborn at eighteen. His medical skills, magical arts, and X-ray vision ability all awakened, letting him thrive in the modern world with no obstacle in his way. 2.5kReads—Score135Shelves
- 38 The Divine Art of Five Elements Cultivation 五行修神诀 A country boy accidentally stumbles upon an unparalleled cultivation technique left behind in the mortal world by ancient gods and demons. With the Dragon God and a vast harem at his side, he sets out to slay demons and vanquish evil... then gradually conquers the realms of immortals, demons, and gods, achieving unrivaled supremacy! 911Reads6.6Score125Shelves
- 39 The Super Genius Young Master 超级天才狂少 After Chen Haotian catches a super virus and comes back from the dead, he finally turns his life around. He also attracts all kinds of extraordinary women who throw themselves at him. From then on, he takes the city by storm and lives life exactly as he pleases. 520Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 40 The Creator God's General Store 创世神的杂货铺 A story about a shopkeeper who has no idea how powerful the goods in his general store are, and a sword spirit who has taken the form of a cat, embarking on a joyful journey together. Dear reader, all sales are final. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Urban: Reborn as the Strongest Immortal Emperor 都市：重生之最强仙帝 Ye Tian, the “Eternal Immortal Emperor,” unexpectedly obtained the means to reverse time and space. To return to the past and make up for the regrets of several thousand years ago, he sacrificed all his cultivation and finally got his wish, returning to the time before the tragedy. He swore that in this life, he would cast everyone who had ever humiliated him into the abyss and make them die in despair! He would make everyone who looked down on him grovel and tremble at his feet! 924Reads7.3Score112Shelves
- 42 Reborn: Unrivaled Under Heaven! 重生：天下无双！ (Male protagonist reborn + no saintly tendencies + ruthless and decisive + she pursues him + one female lead) “I have stood atop the highest peaks and known the depths of the lowest valleys.” In his previous life, the talented young Qin Lang died when an attempt to break through to the next cultivation realm failed. But fortune smiled upon him and gave him a chance to be reborn. Unfortunately, he came back to life in a world 1,500 years in the future. With a second life, he would surely reclaim —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Why Cultivate Immortality If You Never Age? 不衰修什么仙？ A God Is Hidden in the Green Stone I keep asking myself: why did everyone in the world receive a mysterious box, except me? Why can everyone awaken extraordinary abilities, while I have nothing at all? What lies behind all these years of constant bad luck and hardship? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Fifth Legend 第五传奇 [Passionate Action - Fantasy - Earth Setting] [Military King - Ancient Figures - Classic of Mountains and Seas] After the founding of China, the mysterious Bloodkill squad spent years fighting overseas. They had just quelled unrest at an African gold mine when, on returning home for leave, they were urgently assigned to Shennongjia! Thirty internal security officers had gone missing, tourists had been gruesomely killed, a thirty-meter python blocked the way, and a cave hid ferocious beasts from 402Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 45 Urban Cultivation: A Tribulation-Transcending Expert Is Reborn 都市修仙：渡劫大佬重生了 [Cultivation • Rebirth • Cold and Detached • Decisive and Ruthless • Smart Protagonist • No Groveling After Women] The story of Venerable Xuanjian, Jiang Ran, who failed his tribulation and was reborn into his youth six hundred years earlier, then cultivated in the mortal world. 340Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 46 Back Then, I Kept My Hands in My Pockets, Never Knowing What a Rival Was 那年我双手插兜不知什么叫对手 The Northern Mystic Emperor was ambushed and reborn on Earth. With no connections to rely on, he faces scorn from his first love, schemes from his romantic rival, taunts from rich young masters, and the tragic deaths of his parents... He resolves to challenge the unjust will of the heavens with his own strength and write his own story! “This time, I’m going to truly live for myself!” “Not one of the enemies who hurt me in the past will get away!” 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 A Cultivation Master on Campus 修真高手在校园 I picked up an improper cultivation manual. Should I practice it? Urgent, waiting for answers online! 1.4kReads8.1Score117Shelves
- 48 A Demonic Cultivator’s Everyday Life on Campus 魔修的青春校园日常 [Supreme Above All] [Urban Cultivation] [Funny and Entertaining] [Everyday Campus Life] [Lighthearted and Enjoyable] [Ensemble Cast] A Demon Venerable at the Tribulation Crossing stage is hunted down by several righteous Immortal Venerables. When he wakes, he discovers that he has returned to his youth. It's 2018, an era everyone remembers fondly, a time that lives on in people's memories as something beautiful. Against this backdrop, a demonic cultivator experiences the everyday life of a teena 8kReads7.7Score649Shelves
- 49 After Reaching the Pinnacle of the Mahayana Realm, I Return to Earth to Attend University 大乘期圆满后，我回地球读大学 [Urban Cultivation + Campus Beauty + Invincible] Qin Chen died during his tribulation and was reborn on the day he was about to start college. Aunt Tang arrived to pick him up in a supercar, with the Xu family's heiress, Xu Shuqing, in the back seat. She glanced at Qin Chen's faded clothes and bargain-brand shoes, then curled her lip. "What a country bumpkin." But soon, this so-called country bumpkin would... Crush the powerful families with his left hand and dominate the martial arts world with 4.2kReads6.3Score425Shelves
- 50 I Returned from Cultivation, and You Want Me to Go to College? 修仙归来，你让我上大学？ I just got back from cultivating immortality, and now you want me to go to college? Fine. I’ll begin this life’s bloody path of cultivation right on campus… 258Reads—Score—Shelves
