Novels like The Nine Heavens Immortal Sword Art
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- 1 Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal 凡尊修仙 In a world brimming with spiritual energy, cultivators gain supernatural powers through cultivation. They break through realms such as Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul, pursuing immortality and supreme power. Starting out as an ordinary person, the protagonist gradually becomes an Immortal Venerable through hard work and fortunate encounters. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 This World Is in Love with Fire 这个世界爱上火 In his previous life, Li Muyang’s hard-earned wealth brought him no happiness. Instead, it led to the brutal deaths of his wife and child, and he was forced to leap from a cliff himself. In this life, by a twist of fate, just as Li Muyang embarked on the path to immortality, the Divine Fire Order unexpectedly recognized him as its master, making him the new Sect Master of the Divine Fire Sect. Born with a pure yang constitution, Li Muyang can cultivate fire-based techniques with twice the result 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Proving the Dao on the Immortal Path: From the Start, My Dao Incarnation Was Already Invincible 仙途证道：开局大道化身已无敌 [System + cultivation + transmigration + wild imagination] It’s not too much to expect a System as a transmigrator, right? But after giving me an invincible avatar of the Great Dao, this System wants to upgrade and go on strike!!! This is a disaster. I can’t even go home now. I won’t accept this!!! I’m taking the System with me to upgrade. I’m going to make my way through this world of immortal cultivation!!! [Irreverent cultivation. Turn off your brain!] [Dominate the world with invincible powe 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Transmigrate Across the Heavens: My System Is a Starship System 穿越诸天：我的系统是星舰系统 You want to use a talisman treasure? Come on, let's see whether yours is stronger or my cloudburst bombs are! What? You want to slash me with a top-grade flying sword? Great! Watch me unleash Ten Thousand Arrows Return to Their Source, with rocket-propelled arrows! Jiang Ning, a clone soldier toyed with by fate, accidentally transmigrates to the otherworldly Canglan Continent and is reborn in the body of a bullied teenager. Lost about the future but yearning for power, he sets out to defy fate a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Zhao Mu's Path to Immortality 赵木修仙传 Traditional cultivation story, no System, the protagonist isn't invincible, and his enemies aren't idiots. There is a female lead, and the story has a slow build. The protagonist, Zhao Mu, starts with a mixed Five Elements spiritual root. Follow his journey as he rises step by step to the pinnacle of the cultivation world. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Cultivation Begins with Picking Up a Jade Token 修仙从捡到玉牌开始 [Mortal’s Journey] [No Female Lead] Lü Yang and his father, Lü Dashan, went out to sea aboard a fishing vessel. Inside a fish’s belly, they found a white-and-green jade token. Sadly, Lü Dashan was killed by a sea demon, and Lü Yang ended up working as a gatekeeper at the Liu residence. Later, fortune brought him into a cultivation clan, where he began an extraordinary journey of cultivation. 1.3kReads6.4Score120Shelves
- 7 I Returned from the Cultivation Realm 我从修真界回来 After Zhang Tianci caught the attention of martial artists who were determined to capture him, he had no choice but to keep fleeing. By chance, he was transported to the cultivation world, where a great sect took notice of him. Years later, he returned to Earth… 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 A Mortal's Cultivation Journey: Ascending in Broad Daylight 凡人修仙之白日飞升 A mortal's journey, with no System, a golden finger, and a spatial treasure. A village youth awakens his spiritual roots and ventures through the cultivation world with middling talent and an iron will. Who says poor aptitude means you can't ascend to the Immortal Realm? I'll show you what I, Xu Changqing, can do. Cultivation isn't something you achieve just by meditating in seclusion and eating spirit medicines. We cultivators must cultivate our minds and bodies, seize the world's opportunities 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Chronicles of Nine Lifetimes of Cultivation 九世修仙志 With a ninth-life fate, what does the tenth hold? We are born free. Who dares stand above us? If Heaven presses down on me, I will split it open. If Earth binds me, I will shatter it. I will make sure Heaven can never block my sight again, and Earth can never bury my heart. All living beings will understand my will... A young man turns misfortune into fortune, gains a body with nine spiritual roots and the memories of nine lifetimes of reincarnation, and achieves immortality. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 From Mortal to Immortal 以凡封仙 [Pure Mortal Cultivation]+ [Independent Rogue Cultivator]+ [Balanced Power Scaling]+ [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul] University student Xu Yan transmigrates to an unknown world. After living there for over a year, his curiosity about this new world has long since faded. He thinks he has simply changed worlds and is living an ordinary life... Until his close friend is injured by a local tyrant. Xu Yan sets out to avenge him, only to be drawn into the world of cu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Chronicles of the Five Elements Devouring Heaven 五行蚀天志 [No Transmigration] [No System] [Multiple Heroines] [Golden Finger] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Good-for-Nothing] Mo Yuan, a good-for-nothing with a useless spiritual root, activates the "Kindling Altar" on the verge of death in a mine. By sacrificing anything and everything (ore, corpses, lifespan... even his own flesh and blood), he can gain a massive surge in cultivation and strange abilities, but at the cost of bodily mutation and mental corruption! The master of the evil cauldron has arrived: —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 A Mortal’s Path to Immortality Begins with Revenge 凡人修仙，从复仇开始 [Mortal’s Journey + No System] + [Decisive and Ruthless + No Harem] The quiet village of Xiaoxi was forever changed by the appearance of a single stone. Meng Zhao watched his grandfather die beneath a flying sword, and the dozen or so households in Xiaoxi Village met the same fate. To stay alive, Meng Zhao had just one goal: revenge. He joins a sect, sets foot on the path to immortality, and finally avenges those he lost! But when he looks back, he discovers that he has long since been swallowed 1.2kReads6.1Score110Shelves
- 13 I Slay the Firmament in the Divine Realm 我在神界斩苍穹 [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence, True Immortal, Golden Immortal, and beyond...] [Decisive and ruthless + no saintly do-gooder] He watched his sect get destroyed as a child, while his father and elder brother were brutally murdered. Then he was forcibly sealed away in a secret realm to cultivate. More than fifty years later, he was released and left to wander the mortal 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Snowfield Continent 雪原大陆 A boy named Wen Jiu grew up following in the footsteps of his older brother, Wen Du. He possesses a blood-and-qi talent his brother can hardly match. Under the guidance of Lu Zhi, Wen Jiu grows up safely. The safety of his tribe is what drives him to pursue blood-and-qi cultivation with all his might. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Slacker in the Cultivation World 修仙界混子 Lu Xian accidentally transmigrates to a cultivation continent and spends ten years living as an ordinary mortal, thinking it’s just a normal world. Then one day, he runs into a cultivator and activates the System. From then on, he embarks on a hilarious journey to immortality and saves the day. Let’s see how the protagonist turns the tide. 87Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 16 An Immortal's Path Without Regrets 无悔仙途 After the greatest sword cultivator in the Southern Heaven ascended to the spirit realm, some unseen restriction between heaven and earth seemed to quietly break. Spiritual energy surged back into the mortal world like a tide, all things awoke, and cultivation flourished. Tens of thousands of years passed. Sects sprang up everywhere, and the immortal path prospered, yet danger lurked at every turn. On the remote frontier of the Great Jin, an obscure, low-level rogue cultivator accidentally awa 331Reads6.9Score102Shelves
- 17 Cultivation: I Slay Han the Demonic Cultivator from the Start 修仙：开局斩杀韩老魔 [Traditional Fantasy + No System + No Romance + Dual-Star Realm + Peak Mind Games + Dark Cultivation + Decisive and Ruthless] Practicing the Ninefold Netherworld Prison Art has two side effects. First, you can't touch women. One night of pleasure, and your body explodes on the spot. Second, you won't live past the age of thirty-five. Looking at these two side effects, Yang Lin is on the verge of tears. But there's an even bigger, world-shaking conspiracy waiting ahead! The synopsis can't do it j 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Peerless Immortal Venerable Is Reborn, From Invincible in the Mortal World to the Immortal Realm 盖世仙尊重生，从人间无敌到仙界 "Fast-paced + Overwhelmingly Invincible + Decisive and Ruthless + No Humiliation + Nonstop Thrills" A Tribulation-Transcending Immortal Venerable is reborn before his young sister is killed. In this life, he will make up for every regret, defy fate, and embark on a path to invincibility. I will make my family and the woman I love shine alongside the sun and moon, and live as long as heaven and earth! As for my enemies, I will rip out their souls and refine their spirits, leaving them unable to 222Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 A Mortal’s Path to Immortality: Above the Firmament 凡人修仙之苍穹之上 No System, classic mortal cultivation For mortals, cultivation is about more than immortality. It is also about the truly free sky above their heads. A mountain boy stumbles into the world of cultivation by sheer luck. In a realm already rife with danger, the appearance of a black hole in the sky makes the world even more perilous... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Phantom God Violet Eyes 幻神紫瞳 The day the System, my big bro, came knocking, I finally realized I was a protagonist too... The journey across the Myriad Worlds begins with being chased by wolves. Fake invincibility, slow-paced, lots of side stories... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 I Won First Prize at the Torch Festival Banquet with a Building-Block Pen 我在火炬节宴会上以积木笔夺魁 I Won First Place at the Torch Festival Banquet with a Brick-Building Pen 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Twelve-Winged Angel Wings 十二翼天使翅 Twelve-Winged Angel Wings 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 King of Spirit Roots 灵根之王 Chu Ran, an outer disciple dismissed by his sect as having a “trash spiritual root,” is pushed off a cliff by a senior fellow disciple and unexpectedly awakens the “Devouring Spiritual Root,” which can absorb discarded fragments of other people’s spiritual roots and transform them into an all-purpose spiritual root of his own. Starting in a hidden realm beneath the cliff, he collects scattered spiritual-root fragments across the world and gets his face-slapping revenge on those who once looked d —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Becoming a Venerable in One Lifetime 一世成尊 This is a cultivation world where people prey on one another. If you’re weak, they’ll bully you; if you’re strong, they’ll join forces against you. Qi Gathering, Qi Refining, Inner Core, Nascent Soul, Great Ascension, Emperor Realm, Feathering Realm. After the young man successfully ascends and transmigrates to the Immortal Realm, he forms his Golden Core. The Immortal Realm’s domain lords ask: “Why does this man look so much like the invincible Lord of the North Sea?” “What peerless powerhouse? 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Short on Metal and Wood 缺金少木 Born into poverty, He Yun gets the chance to embark on the path of immortality and decisively enters the cultivation world. Follow this young upstart as he climbs step by step toward immortality... [1] A cultivation novel about Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul. A mortal's journey, with no System, and no transmigration, rebirth, reincarnation, or family-based cultivation. It features a golden finger and has either no female lead or a single female lead. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 I Just Won a Million-Dollar Jackpot, Then Transmigrated to Cultivate Immortality 刚中百万大奖，我就穿越去修仙 [Leveling Progression + Multiple Heroines + Scheming Protagonist + Transmigration + Passionate and Invincible] Someone once said, “Isn't this supposed to be classic xuanhuan? Why are there so many beautiful women and romantic entanglements?” I said, “When I was a kid, I watched Journey to the West and only paid attention to the Monkey King. But now that I'm grown up, naturally I appreciate beauty.” Reading something shallow inevitably leaves you with something shallow. I'm trying to write a book 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Hongmeng Immortal Gourd 鸿蒙仙葫 [Mortal Cultivator] [No System] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Clever Protagonist] [Slow-Burn Early Story] A young man from a mountain village went gathering herbs and stumbled upon a yellow-skinned gourd that could duplicate copper coins without limit. He had only wanted to settle down as a wealthy landowner, but to save his gravely ill grandfather, he took the cultivation sect's entrance exam in hopes of obtaining an immortal elixir. Thus began his path to immortality. A mixed spirit root and a d 10Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 28 I Reincarnated a Hundred Times to Kill the Protagonist 为了杀死主角我轮回百次 A dark cultivation novel + villain protagonist + mortal's journey + ruthless killing + immensely powerful opponents. The further you read, the better it gets. Feng Tianlu stayed up all night reading a novel and died suddenly. With no other choice, he made a deal with the demon An Yue and transmigrated into the world of a power-fantasy cultivation novel, where he had to defeat the protagonist, Lin Yan. An Yue gave him 100 chances. After countless cycles, Feng Tianlu discovered that he was caught 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Cultivated from Dog King to Immortal King 我从狗王，修成仙王 The good news: Wang Ming transmigrates to a world of cultivation. The bad news: He transmigrates into a dog. Though he gets the worst possible start, though his life is short, though he's only a dog, he will never forget that he is a human being! He never expected fate to be so unpredictable. From then on, the cultivation world had another sought-after treasure and another astonishingly gifted sword cultivator. Many years later, Wang Ming looks back on the past. Those geniuses and the people who 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Outer Sect’s Number Six: My Spirit Pearl Is a Little Too Fierce 外门老六，我的灵珠有点猛 [Traditional Cultivation], [No System], [No Harem], [Not a Power Fantasy, Read at Your Own Discretion] Lin Sheng is just a little beggar. His dream is to become an honored waiter, eat steamed buns made from white flour with his grandfather every day, receive generous tips from plenty of customers, and live a good life. But... events seem to be taking him farther and farther from his goal. “What? Cultivation? Wasn't that just a story Grandpa made up? Could it actually be real?” From then on, Lin 2Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 31 My Lady, Quick, Hide in My Alms Bowl: Killing Makes This Little Monk Stronger 女施主快躲钵里，小僧杀生就变强 [Classic cultivation] [Factions of various races] [Large cast] [Invincible] [Status panel] [Slow burn] A modern person transmigrates into the body of a young monk and waits ages for a System to appear. It finally does, after he breaks his vows...و̑̑ —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Cleave the Heavens, Not the Heart 斩天不斩情 A xianxia fantasy featuring swordsmanship, magic, and campus life, with added suspense! Early on, the people around the protagonist are harmed by the villain. He later slaughters his way through the Three Realms, all to cast time magic and return to the past, where he can meet the person he loves most again. Though neither of them remembers, their love and hatred will gradually be unraveled. Using his genius and mind magic, the villain repeatedly controls those around the protagonist. The protag —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Three Lifetimes of Slaying Immortals 三世斩仙 [Slow build] + [Ruthless] + [One heroine] + [Invincible among peers] + [Demonic cultivation] + [No angst] Immortals see all mortal beings as ants. I will trample heaven and earth in the form of an ant. The line between immortal and demon is but a thought. I choose to become a demon, yet I can also seek the Dao and become an immortal. Watch how this mediocre young scholar from a remote mountain village takes one step after another into cultivation and onto the immortal path. See how he kills, sla 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 An Immortal Sect Disciple's Cultivation Record 仙宗弟子修仙记 [Mortal cultivation + no System + space + farming + decisive and ruthless] Li Wenda, a descendant of a Nascent Soul cultivator, joins an immortal sect as a direct disciple. This is the story of how he cultivates step by step until he ascends to immortality. He obtains a treasured relic from an ancient sect, containing an boundless world. Step by step, he develops the space until it slowly becomes a world of its own. I may not have a little green bottle, but I have plenty of spiritual fields. Wit 77Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 35 The Demon Begins, the Immortal Ends 魔始仙终 Not invincible, not saintly, no System, multiple heroines, and decisive in killing. What is the immortal path, and what is the demonic path? They are nothing but distinctions made by the world. From now on, he will change it all: entering the demonic path through immortality, and the immortal path through demonic cultivation, both immortal and demonic, both righteous and evil. By a stroke of fate, a young man obtains a divine treasure and embarks on the path to becoming the Eternal Demon Emperor 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Senior Brother’s Sword 大师兄的剑 In the Hongwu Era, the gates to the Immortal Realm open once more and the Dao Lord ascends. From then on, rites and music fall into ruin, and chaos once again engulfs the world. The great traditions and imperial dynasties all fight over resources, seeking a chance to become immortals. Bai Muyun was born in Southern Chu and had hoped to become a carefree sword cultivator, but he is dragged into the struggles engulfing the world. 267Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Proving the Way on a Planet 证道星球 When he was ten, his grandfather died. To pray for his grandfather, he followed his maternal grandfather to Zhongmiaomen to learn the Dao. To his surprise, he discovered that this world had a realm of immortal cultivation, where cultivators and ordinary people were worlds apart. And so began his tumultuous journey of cultivation. No System, no transmigration. An ordinary man cultivates immortality and laughs above the Three Realms! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Mystic Heaven Immortal Realm 玄天仙域 The world is on the verge of collapse. To save his people, Feng Wushang, an ordinary boy driven into a desperate situation, sets out on the path to immortality. With his wit and courage, he overcomes one obstacle after another, slaying demons and vanquishing monsters. Along the way, he meets a group of friends, including Ling Tian, who is also trapped in adversity and struggling to survive, and Qian Zhen'er, a kind and brave girl whose past is shrouded in mystery. They each carry their own ideal —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Azure Sun Divine Emperor 青阳神帝 A xianxia cultivation novel where the protagonist has every advantage from the start, with swordsmanship pushed to the limit. It has realism, romance, killing, wandering, near-invincibility, and the classic underdog-who's-actually-a-master act. Nothing is missing. Fellow cultivators, come and enjoy! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Azure Mist Art 青岚诀 Xiang Na, a young bookish servant who has not stepped outside his home in ten years, survives a perilous ordeal thanks to a rare stroke of fortune and is taken in as an outer disciple by a declining sect! He thinks he has escaped his fate as a lowly servant, but little does he know this is only the beginning of a nightmarish cycle! Deception, friendship, hypocrisy, fortune, love, betrayal. Watch as the ordinary Xiang Na, alone with his sword, slays demons and defies immortals! (An ordinary-man s 438Reads—Score103Shelves
- 41 My Lord Chaos: All Laws Return to One 我主混沌万法归一 The story of Jiang Liu, a reborn reincarnator who gains an unparalleled celestial opportunity and climbs step by step to the pinnacle of the Great Dao. [Mortal-style cultivation] [Power fantasy] [No harem] [Exciting fights] [Wild imagination] [Funny and humorous] Come on in and give it a listen if you have some time, honored guest. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Dao Ancestor's Tale of Rebirth and Cultivation 道祖重修传 (Set in the same world as A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality + classic mortal cultivation + Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Core Formation + golden finger + five-element spiritual roots + not a useless protagonist) No harem, no womanizing. The Great Dao comes first! Watch as a village boy defies fate and rises beyond the summit of the immortal realm. Li Xuan was born in a mountain village. Longing to roam the world freely like an immortal, he resolves to embark on a journe 61Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 43 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Sword Slashes the Nine Heavens 凡人修仙：剑斩九天 A traditional cultivation novel about an ordinary mortal, with no System and no transmigration. When Heaven collapses, tyrants hold sway, resources are monopolized, the path to immortality is severed, the land is devoid of spiritual energy, and all living beings are enslaved. What turmoil will a young child, who depends on his mother as they eke out a living in the fields, stir up when he leaves his village and enters the world of cultivation? What is an immortal? What is cultivation? Cultivator 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Break Through the Immortal Path 踏破仙道 When Kong Mingyue was young, innocent, and naive, he began cultivating immortality with no goal but to live forever. But in this world of cultivation, where the strong rule and low-level cultivators are treated like ants, having no strength means death. If he wanted to survive in this murderous world, he had to work hard to grow stronger and take control of his own fate. After losing his friends, lover, and family, Kong Mingyue was no longer the naive boy who cared only about living forever. Fro 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Awakened AI Made Me 觉醒AI成就我 [System, clones, no wish-fulfillment, no harem, no clichés. Enter at your own risk if you don't like that.] By a strange twist of fate, Lu Ziyi implants the cultivation concepts from a fantasy novel into an AI program, awakening an AI cultivation System. Miraculously, he also obtains the Domain-Suppressing Ring and embarks on the path of cultivation. Watch as he writes his own legend. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Xuanhuan: I Activate My Ancestral Jade Pendant from the Start 玄幻：我开局激活了祖传玉佩 (Traditional fantasy, multiple female leads, fantasy, immortal cultivation) Ye Chen, once the greatest prodigy of the Ye family in Qingyang City, had his spiritual root destroyed by his fiancee Su Rou and an outside clan, leaving him a laughingstock of the family. Three years later, during the family tournament, Su Rou arrives with her new lover and demands to break off their engagement in front of everyone. Just as Ye Chen is backed into a corner, his ancestral jade pendant is accidentally stai 1.2kReads—Score134Shelves
- 47 Golden Core Ancestor: I Build the Supreme Immortal Clan with Fortune 金丹老祖：我以气运造就无上仙族 [Cultivation + Family Clan + Decisive and Ruthless + Multiple Female Leads] After waking up, Lin Changsheng transmigrated to the cultivation world and became the Lin Clan's patriarch, its only Golden Core cultivator. Unfortunately, disaster struck the Lin Clan. Its powerful members were wiped out, leaving only a group of elderly, weak women and children struggling to survive. Fortunately, the Dao Artifact, the Chaos Fortune Cauldron, awakened. The more prosperous the clan, the deeper its fortune 4.6kReads—Score483Shelves
- 48 The Flourishing Nine Provinces 九州鼎盛 In this world, rare beasts and humans coexist. Rare beasts are ranked in tiers: Immortal, Divine, Heavenly, Earthly, Profound, and Yellow. Even powerful creatures like dragons, phoenixes, qilin, and kunpeng are only Immortal-tier rare beasts, while the Four Spirits, the Four Fiends, and ancient mythical beasts are Divine-tier rare beasts. There are also ordinary rare beasts, as weak as Earth's animals and with no rank at all. Humans can form contracts with rare beasts and grow alongside them. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Supreme Way of the Sword 无上剑道 If time has swept away a hundred billion years of memories, and everything has long since been forgotten, is a person still the same person? That day, I understood: the most terrifying thing isn't losing something, but forgetting it! Afterward, I took my sword and sought to understand everything before me, until one day I heard what all living beings had to say! A three-foot green blade, the fiercest since time immemorial! Who am I? In time, I forgot that too. I only know that in this world ther 92Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 50 A Mortal’s Path to Immortality: My Cultivation Technique Can Be Enhanced a Hundredfold 凡人修仙，我的功法能百倍强化 [Mortal cultivation + decisive and ruthless + no System + no saintly do-gooder] So what if I have a mixed Five-Element Spiritual Root? With the Heavenly Dao's blessing of “a hundredfold enhancement to cultivation techniques,” even the most basic breathing technique can draw spiritual energy like surging rivers, gathering into an ocean! Even the most basic fireball spell can burn as hot and bright as the sun! Even the most basic gravity spell can make enemies feel as if they are carrying a thousa 57Reads—Score—Shelves
