Novels like Return from the Cultivation World
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- 1 Returning from Cultivation to Become a Big Shot 修仙归来当大佬 He was the fiercest and most powerful Emperor in the Immortal Realm. Immortal Venerables of the same rank couldn’t put up a fight against him. He tamed a golden dragon as his mount and turned a white tiger into a kitten... Now he’s back in the city. Don’t get too infatuated with me. I’m here to teach you how to be a decent person! 143Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 2 The God of Slaughter Returns With a Wife and Kids 杀神归来有了老婆孩子 Cheng Fan became a God of Slaughter through cultivation. But when he returned, he found himself someone else's husband, with a daughter mysteriously thrown in... 361Reads7.3Score101Shelves
- 3 The Cultivator Returns as a Daddy 修仙归来当奶爸 The Peerless Immortal Emperor unified the Immortal Kingdom. After returning to the city, he found a daughter waiting for him at home. But his wife had… The Immortal Emperor flew into a rage, splitting the earth and shattering the sky. The end of the world had arrived… 66Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 4 Return from Immortality 修仙归来 The young master of the imperial capital is framed and forced out of his family. After learning ancient martial arts, he begins cultivating immortality, and his strength skyrockets. He returns to the capital in triumph, faces off against all comers, and rises to become a Martial Emperor. Taking charge of the Sword Sect, he sets his sights on the Immortal Realm! 114Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Before Spiritual Energy Resurged, I Started Cultivating Immortality Early 灵气还没复苏，我就提前开始修仙 [Joyful cultivation + lighthearted daily life + hilarious absurdity + thrilling power-ups + spiritual qi revival in the middle and later stages + myriad heavens + an age of great upheaval… A satisfying story with a clever protagonist!] Zhang Xuan lost both parents at the age of seven and was raised to adulthood by a kind-hearted nanny. Then one night, a young man breaks into his house and claims to be his long-lost grandfather, who has successfully cultivated immortality and returned from the mo 132Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 6 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! 327Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 7 My Wife Drank Paraquat, So I Returned from the Immortal Realm 妻子喝下百草枯，我于仙界归来 Also known as: The Immortal Emperor Wakes Up to Find His Kidney Stolen, The Heavenly King’s Wrath, and Thunder God Hall. A deliriously satisfying tale of slaughter, with every punch landing hard! After three years in a vegetative state, his family fortune was stolen, his daughter fell gravely ill, and his best friend tried to take his poor wife for himself. And he planned to do it right in front of her vegetative husband? Unable to bear the humiliation, his wife bought a bottle of paraquat and p 1.9kReads8.0Score184Shelves
- 8 Spiritual Qi Revival? I Just Became an Immortal Emperor and Returned from the Immortal Realm 灵气复苏？我刚成仙帝从仙界回来 [Invincible] (Invincible from beginning to end, not just for part of the story) + [Lighthearted and Funny] One day, your school’s math teacher suddenly starts teaching you how to cultivate... After you struggle your way to becoming an Immortal Emperor, you break through the void and return to the blue planet. You plan to blend into ordinary society as an ordinary person. Only then do you discover that spiritual energy has begun to revive on the blue planet, and everyone is entering an age of u 183Reads6.0Score110Shelves
- 9 The Immortal Lord Returns 仙尊归来 In his previous life, his girlfriend betrayed him, his parents died tragically, and his family was destroyed. Unable to endure the humiliation, he chose to end his own life. In this life, he returned from the immortal realm. He would repay every grudge from his past life a hundredfold! “Once, I lacked the strength to protect those closest to me. Now, I will make the whole world grovel at my feet!” 2.1kReads7.0Score170Shelves
- 10 The Cultivator Returns as the Ancestor 修真归来当老祖 A hundred years ago, Ji Cen set out on the ancient road through the stars to seek the path of cultivation through martial arts, heading for the Cultivation Realm. A century later, he returned to find that the world had changed beyond recognition. His descendants had long since multiplied, and his family had flourished, but the Ji family had also suffered no shortage of oppression over the past hundred years. Ji Cen's return finally let the Ji family hold their heads high again… “We welcome our a 8Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 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
- 15 Urban: Returning from Cultivation to Become a Great Immortal 都市：修仙归来当大仙 [Modern Cultivation + One Heroine + Invincible + Big Shot + Doesn't Hide His Cultivation + Returns from Cultivation Without Losing His Power + Gives Back to His Hometown] Compared with the vast world of cultivation, his hometown is tiny, no bigger than a speck. He returned from the world of cultivation without becoming an immortal, yet he already has a lifespan of 3,600 years. His spiritual sense can cover a radius of twelve li, and he can fly through the sky and burrow underground. If he strike 6Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 16 I Returned from the Immortal Realm, and You're Telling Me You Want to Break Off Our Engagement? 我从仙界归来，你跟我说要退婚 [Invincible cultivation, decisive and merciless, explosive wish fulfillment, multiple worlds, crushing everything in his path] Back then, Ye Chaochen was trampled into the dirt. On his wedding day, his older brother was buried alive, his younger sister was abused, and his family was destroyed. Now, having reached the supreme heights of the Immortal Realm, he reverses time and returns to Earth. Armed with countless immortal arts, he is invincible in the mortal world. But then his enemies show up 598Reads8.4Score103Shelves
- 17 I Returned from Cultivation and Gained a Son 修仙归来多了个儿子 (No System, no harem: a hilarious, passionate fantasy cultivation novel) While others practice swordsmanship, he hammers iron, chops wood, and does headstands. While others study immortal arts, he learns to charge trees like a bear. While others fly on swords, he swings through the air like Tarzan. When others fight, they throw fireballs and lightning bolts, looking impossibly cool. He grabs his opponent, pins them down, and beats them in the face. Others strike with a single sword thrust straig 394Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 18 I’ve Lived for Ten Thousand Years, and I’ve Finally Found a Wife! 活了万年，我终于娶到老婆！ Lu Bei has lived for ten thousand years, yet he still doesn't have a wife. Unable to bear the thought of it, his god-grandson arranged ten marriage contracts for him before dying, each with a noble young lady from a different place. Shen Qingyu, heir to the wealthiest family, urgently needs to get married and have a child, so she comes to him to fulfill their contract. “Lu Bei, let's have a baby together.” 1.3kReads6.9Score108Shelves
- 19 I Became Completely Invincible After Forming My Golden Core 我金丹之后彻底无敌 [Immortal Emperor Reborn + Invincible Power Fantasy + Showing Off and Face-Slapping + Decisive and Ruthless] The divine path’s legacy has been lost, and the immortal path is the ultimate destination. But Xiao Yun obtains cultivation techniques from the Divine Realm and unexpectedly returns to his youth on Earth. From then on, he cultivates the divine path, creates worlds, breaks all laws, slays gods when gods stand in his way and demons when demons block his path, becoming invincible beneath the 266Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 20 I Understood You, and Then the Monster Cried 我懂你，然后怪物哭了 “Resonance type, F-rank. Recommended career: support and emotional soothing.” At the awakening ceremony, Lin Du is found to have the weakest special ability in history. He can’t fight, can’t take a hit, and can’t even roast a sweet potato. His mother is ashamed of him, his classmates mock him, and everyone says he’s a hopeless good-for-nothing. Until the S-rank Abomination, the “Shadow of Rage,” descends. It feeds on human anger. Hit it with lightning, and it grows stronger. Freeze it with ice, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 I Returned from Cultivation to Find a Wife and Child 修真归来有了老婆和孩子 Chen Fan returned from cultivating immortality to find that he had a child, and a beautiful wife as well... A new story begins! 388Reads8.6Score130Shelves
- 22 The Summoner of the Final Game 最后一局的召唤师 The Summoner of the Final Match 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Returning After Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation 修真万年归来 After cultivating for ten thousand years and reaching the pinnacle of the universe, I am now reborn in a bustling modern city with memories spanning ten millennia. In this life, I seek only to follow my heart, protect those I love, and make up for the regrets of my past life. Give me twenty years to cultivate again, and I will send the gods to the underworld! 8.3kReads7.5Score948Shelves
- 24 From Today On, I'll Be a Bad Woman 从今天起当坏女人 From Today On, I'll Be a Bad Woman 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 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
- 26 The Top Tamer 顶级驯化师 The strongest Beast Tamer in a matriarchal world tames a dragon, unaware that the dragon is actually a disguised interstellar god of war. She hears his murderous thoughts, but he has no idea who the true captive is in this torturous romance. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Prodigal Returns: Back from Cultivating Immortality, My Wife Forces Me to Divorce Her 浪子回头：修仙归来，老婆逼我离婚 An accident sends Chen Dong, a compulsive gambler, to the cultivation world for three hundred years. When he returns, only three years have passed on Blue Star! During those three years, Chen Dong's disappearance leaves his parents hounded by debt collectors, his younger sister forced to give up her studies to repay the debt, and his beautiful wife subjected to humiliation! Now Chen Dong is back! Blue Star has gained a cultivator! “Martial arts grandmasters? Whatever! You have no idea what a cul 1.4kReads8.2Score210Shelves
- 28 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
- 29 Back on Earth as a Dad 重返地球当奶爸 The supreme Emperor, a lonely and invincible ruler in another world, endured countless hardships to return to Earth. His parents and beloved were all gone. Just as he was losing all hope, he discovered that he still had a daughter on Earth, bound to him by blood! And so the almighty Emperor took up a new role: super dad! When his daughter wanted a cat, he subdued a tiger demon and made it her pet... When someone bullied his daughter, he went straight to their home and wiped out their entire fami 2.2kReads8.5Score167Shelves
- 30 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
- 31 A Cultivator Returns to the City 修仙归来在都市 Looking back on the past, it all seemed like a grand dream... Three years before, on Earth, his parents had died with regrets in a tragic car accident. The once-mighty Li financial empire had passed into someone else's hands as a result. From then on, he spiraled downward, drowning his sorrows in alcohol day after day to escape his pain. Later, for reasons unknown, he somehow found himself in the mysterious world of cultivation. In that world, where human lives were as worthless as grass, life w 1.4kReads8.3Score109Shelves
- 32 The Return of the Cultivator to the City 都市之修仙归来 [The hottest new novel of 2017] Xiao Yuqi: “Would you marry me three years from now?” Chu Yun: “The Hongmen heiress, the goddess of every homebody, ranked first on the world’s most beautiful faces list for three years running. In the prime of your youth, pure as ice and jade. Yuqi, do you think I’m worthy of you?” Xiao Yuqi: “I don’t care. I’ll only ask you this: three years from now, will you marry me?” In his previous life, one sentence from Chu Yun caused the woman he loved to die with regre 3.1kReads7.8Score312Shelves
- 33 Intrigue Within the Palace Walls 宫墙内博弈 Power Struggles Within the Palace Walls 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Return of the Cultivator 修真归来 Ten years ago, his girlfriend was stolen from him, and he died unexpectedly in disgrace. Ten years later, he returns from an incredible world of cultivation. He only wants a peaceful life, but the overly kind are always bullied. The only choice is to shine again and become a demon! He turns the tide, rewrites history from this moment on, and begins his path to a comeback! 625Reads8.5Score169Shelves
- 35 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
- 36 The Immortal Emperor Returns: Hall of Longevity 仙帝归来：长生殿 [Urban Cultivation Dad] [Invincible Qi Refining Stage] [Lighthearted Power Fantasy] [Longevity Spirit Body] Bai Changqing transmigrated from a cultivation continent to Blue Star and endured five hundred long, lonely years. Then one day, the moment Bai Changqing unexpectedly discovered that he had a daughter, warm, radiant sunlight finally poured into his life. At that very moment, the world's most mysterious faction, the Longevity Hall, gained a young lady of incomparable distinction. 1.5kReads8.5Score183Shelves
- 37 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
- 38 Reborn as a Hero of the War Against Japan 重生之抗日英雄 Reborn as a Hero of the War Against Japan 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 After Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation, I Return to Find My Daughter Is the Future Empress 修仙万年归来，女儿是未来女帝 [Feel-good power fantasy + invincible cultivation + decisive and ruthless, not a bleeding heart] Chu Hao accidentally falls into a mysterious immortal realm. After cultivating for ten thousand years, he reaches the throne of the emperor, only to be betrayed and killed by his brothers. To his surprise, he returns to Earth. In this life, I’m still invincible! When I reach my peak again, I’ll crush every last enemy! 41.9kReads8.5Score8kShelves
- 40 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
- 41 Ten Years of Cultivation, Back in the City and Invincible 修仙十年，重回都市我无敌 My name is Wang Fan. I was framed and sent to prison, where, by a twist of fate, I spent ten years cultivating immortality. Ten years later, armed with heaven-defying abilities, I returned to the city and discovered that I had long since become virtually invincible. This time, I will reach the summit of the universe, look down upon countless worlds, and lord it over all creation! I will make everyone who ever bullied me pay a terrible price! I will settle every score and cut down every enemy 19.2kReads8.0Score1.9kShelves
- 42 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
- 43 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
- 44 A Wealthy Family's Live-In Son-in-Law, an Immortal King? I Quit That Ages Ago 豪门赘婿，仙王？我早就不当了 [Clans and factions] [Spiritual qi revival] [One heroine] [Invincible] [No System] [Cultivation] He was a once-in-a-millennium prodigy in the cultivation world, but he was betrayed. Tearing through space and time, he returned to his homeland with heaven-defying cultivation. To stabilize his wavering Dao heart, Lin Tiansheng decides to spend some time in the mortal world. By a twist of fate, he becomes a live-in son-in-law of the Su family. He discovers that his stunning wife has astonishing luck 4.3kReads8.8Score399Shelves
- 45 Returning as an Immortal, I Wiped Out an Aircraft Carrier Fleet from the Start! 成仙归来，开局覆灭航母舰队！ [Two short dramas adapted from this book are now available. Feel free to check them out if you're interested.] Zhao Xinghe suddenly transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation. After successfully surviving the tribulation, he ascended. He had assumed he would ascend to the Immortal Realm, but when he arrived in the new world, he discovered that this wasn't the Immortal Realm at all. He had returned to his original world. Zhao Xinghe was dumbfounded. I'd become an immortal, and you still won 12.3kReads7.8Score1.1kShelves
- 46 My Wife Was Murdered, and I Returned with the Cultivation of an Immortal Emperor 妻子被害，我携仙帝修为回归 [No Realm Regression + Invincible from the Start + Decisive and Ruthless + No Hiding His Identity] He cultivated immortality for three hundred years, becoming the renowned War God Ling Tian of the Immortal Realm. When he returned to Earth, he advanced even further, surpassing the Immortal Emperor realm. This time, I, Ye Lingtian, will repay every grudge and every kindness. I’m invincible below the Immortal Emperor realm, and just as invincible above it! 7.4kReads7.9Score684Shelves
- 47 Urban Cultivation: After Eight Years of Immortality, I Return Invincible 都市修真：修仙八年，归来既无敌 [Urban cultivation + endless power fantasy + decisive killing] Qin Changqing falls off Mount Tai and accidentally lands in a secret realm of cultivation, where he obtains the legacy of an Immortal Lord. After eight years, he finally breaks through to the Golden Core realm and returns in triumph, beginning a legendary life! One day, Qin Changqing stands above the powerful families and martial clans, clad in white like a young immortal descended from the heavens. Qin Changqing: “I’m invincible. Do 2.7kReads8.1Score235Shelves
- 48 Back From Destroying the World, a Max-Level Expert Runs Roughshod Over the City 灭世归来，满级大佬在都市横着走 (Max-level powerhouse, invincible dad novel, doting dad and adorable kid, feel-good all the way, one heroine, decisive and ruthless!) Su Mo, the world-destroying demon lord, is immortal and has reached max cultivation. He can no longer hide his power in the city! Restart the universe and return to the city. Whether it's wealthy heirs, the elite warriors of Jiuzhou, ancient martial arts clans, or miracle doctors, anyone who dares harm my daughter will have their body and soul destroyed! Before hi 5.6kReads8.5Score499Shelves
- 49 My Childhood Friend Is Wonderful in Every Way, Except She's Yandere 青梅姐姐哪都好，可惜是病娇 [No System, no rebirth, one heroine, yandere, campus and urban setting. The rating just came out, so it’ll rise later] At the graduation party, Yu You worked up the courage to confess to Wen Youyu, the campus beauty he’d had a crush on for three years. Then... she turned him down flat. Just as he was about to leave, feeling dejected, his long-lost childhood neighbor and older sister figure, Li Sheng, suddenly appeared and led him away in front of everyone. Li Sheng asked if he wanted to go to co 49.6kReads8.6Score5.5kShelves
- 50 I Returned from Cultivation to Find Myself Surrounded by Children and Grandchildren 修仙回来后我儿孙满堂了 After cultivating immortality for six hundred years, Yu Fan falls to a lightning tribulation just as he is about to ascend. He returns to the world he transmigrated from and discovers that forty years have passed. His grown son, whom he has never met, has already given him three grandchildren. Son: Dad, as long as I’m here, you can enjoy your retirement! Eldest grandson Yu Jing: Grandpa, come share my bed. Our family may not have much, but we always have food to eat! Granddaughter Yu Yan: Grandp 31.5kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
