Novels like After the Mortal
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as After the Mortal, best match first.
- 101 Immortal Maiden, Your Old Servant Has Arrived 仙子，老奴来了 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Pure romance, no NTR] [No System] Cai, an old servant in the Shen household, happened to save the immortal maiden Shen Huilan. To repay him for saving her life, Lady Shen offered him various forms of compensation. But Old Cai made a startling choice. He didn't want his freedom or gold and silver treasures. He only hoped to cultivate immortality alongside Lady Shen. And so, at over seventy years old, Old Cai defied fate and embarked on his own uniq 2kReads—Score10714d adds
- 102 In the Cultivation World, I'm the Only One Without an Attribute 在修行界中，只有我没有属性 [Divine beasts + races + body cultivation + talisman cultivation + sword cultivation + no System + does not transmigrate] The story unfolds over a long arc, with a slow-building plot and an expansive world featuring ten major races. Read with caution if this isn’t your thing. Li Ren, an ordinary young man from a family of healers, was caught up in a battle between cultivators when he was young. With the help of the dying divine beast Zou Wu, the soul of his younger sister, Li Zhao, who was on th 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Tale of the Immortal Devourer 噬仙记 [Eerie parasitic cultivation x traditional cultivation] [No System, no rebirth] [The protagonist is no saint] [A gradual descent into darkness] A village boy tormented in every way by his stepmother receives a message from his dead mother in a dream and gains a cultivation method that lets him seize other people’s spiritual power. But after he passes the spiritual-root test, he discovers that the immortal cultivators are not what they seem... The monster-infested Myriad Demon Ridge, a heavenly d 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Di Yuan A's First Book 帝元啊的第一本书 [Traditional Eastern fantasy, star-force xianxia, no heroine] The immortals are elusive, and all beings yearn for them. The power of the immortals is what all beings seek. Yet all immortals take everything in the world and make it their own. Thus it is said: the immortals devour all beings. There was once an ordinary young man. He became an immortal. Then he destroyed the immortals. 21.8kReads7.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 105 The Fairy Saved Me and Took Me In, but I Joined the Demonic Path! 仙子救我入门，我却投敌魔道！ [Demonic cultivator + hidden powerhouse + decisive and ruthless + takes them all] “Why can’t I see anyone out here?” Zhang Xiao stares at the ghost fog outside the window, as dark as an abyss, and feels as if he’s been plunged into an ice cellar. He transmigrates to the cultivation world, only to run straight into the ghost fog. As he hides indoors, a monster with a bloody maw bursts inside. “Either you die, or I do.” After a fierce struggle, silence returns. Zhang Xiao clenches his blood-soaked —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Novel 凡人修仙传小说 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Novel 19Reads—Score814d adds
- 107 The Lotus Art 莲花决 [Mortal] + [Fantasy] + [No System] + [Slow Burn] + [Formation Master] + [Body Cultivator]. A country boy sets out to find his younger sister and avenge his father’s murder. By a twist of fate, he stumbles into the world of cultivation. His crippled spiritual roots make him an object of scorn, but he refuses to give up on himself and sets out on a very different path... 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The Mortal's Path to Immortality 凡人化仙传 [Invincible power fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Ordinary man defying the heavens] [No System] [Passionate struggle for supremacy] Young Su Fan happens upon a mysterious spirit pearl. By a stroke of luck, he steps onto the path of cultivation and the search for immortality, despite being no more than an ordinary mortal. Demons and spirits have returned, suppressing humanity and slaughtering all living things. The human race is on the brink of ruin... In this vast world of upheaval, where evil 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Cultivation Starts at the Third Qi Refining Layer 修仙是从炼气三层开始的 Classic cultivation + one female lead + no System + epic length Some seek the Dao across a thousand mountains, Some roam freely, at ease between them. I follow the wind and drift far away, Wishing only to linger between the immortal and mortal worlds. Zhao Fan, a novice cultivator, accidentally acquires a mysterious black pearl. Its origins are extraordinary: it can bring spirit herbs to maturity. From then on, Zhao Fan has an endless supply of resources on his path to cultivation. Calm and deci 179Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 110 Rage Beneath the Heavens 怒火苍穹 In a fit of rage, he would turn the heavens upside down for the woman he loves. A man of the Celestial Path must strive without end. No harem, no melodrama. See how the protagonist climbs step by step to the pinnacle of cultivation and looks down upon the heavens. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 A Thousand Years, or Ten Thousand? 千年，还是万年 A humble young man sets foot on the path to immortality. His talent is mediocre, and all he has is a will to survive. After an unexpected encounter, he and she form an unbreakable bond, and from then on, he no longer walks the cultivation path alone. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Sikong Ding 司空鼎 [Mortal cultivation] + [no System] + [slow burn] After the good-for-nothing Lin Feng accidentally falls off a cliff, he obtains the ancient divine artifact Sikong Cauldron and embarks on the path of cultivation! Spiritual artifacts, pills, and spirit stones placed in the Sikong Cauldron can all be upgraded by one quality level. Its inner space can also be used to transplant spirit veins, spirit herbs, spirit springs, and spirit fruit! With the Sikong Cauldron's help, Lin Feng, whom no one believ 4.7kReads7.9Score55914d adds
- 113 Fight for Immortality 争【仙】 My parents are missing, and my younger sister is the only person I cannot let anyone hurt. On the verge of death, the ancient jade at my chest awakens, and I step onto the perilous path of cultivation. Factions clash within the sect, prodigies provoke me, secret realms brim with danger, and powerful enemies surround me. With no background and no one to rely on, I will fight against the odds with my mortal body and prove my way through protecting those I love! Whoever harms my family or friends, 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 114 Cultivation: My Golden Finger Is a Bit of a Trap 修仙之我的金手指有点坑 [Space Farming + Cautious Cultivation + A Protagonist Who Knows Who Deserves What + Wildly Imaginative Technology] (This isn’t a completely traditional cultivation novel. The protagonist has a golden finger, but he has to put in the effort to develop it himself. He isn’t a bleeding heart and kills decisively. There’s no female lead; he is wholly devoted to proving the Dao and becoming an immortal.) After inexplicably transmigrating to a cultivation world, Chen Ge finds himself without astounding 798Reads6.3Score10314d adds
- 115 Slay Immortals to Prove the Dao 弑仙证道 With a single thought, myriad worlds are born; with a single thought, myriad worlds are destroyed. He has endured countless cycles of reincarnation for her alone! A young man with a blurred silhouette stood in the void and murmured, “I have reached the ultimate limit of my own Dao! He said I had won, but in the end, I still lost!” With a sigh, the vortex filling the void roared like a boundless, raging sea. He was its master. He began with four spiritual roots and a dream, which unfolded atop a 337Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 116 Mortal Bloodline 凡人血脉 A mere mortal, a divine artifact, and a divine soul! With no laws to hold me back and no powerful backers, there's only one rule: the strong reign supreme! I don't seek invincibility. I just want no one to dare bully me! 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Ninth-Life Immortal-Slaying Tribulation 九世弑仙劫 [High-IQ Revenge + Battle Against the Cycle of Fate + Mortal’s Immortal-Slaying Tale] Three-year-old Ye Yun rises onto his tiptoes and licks the sect’s sacred flame. In a childish voice, he smiles at the Dao Ran Sacred Sect’s leader: “Leader, when you casually wiped out that family all those years ago, did you ever imagine that I would be reborn into your sect and dig up its very foundations?” Four lives of reincarnation: he died a miserable death on Earth in his first life, his entire family wa 2Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 118 Nine Desolate Emperor Demon Art 九荒帝魔决 Nine million years ago, he died. Nine million years later, he was born. One was the Ninth Demon Emperor, whose achievements overshadowed the heavens; the other, an ordinary boy from the small Hengyue Sect. By some mysterious fate, the two meet. From that moment on, the ordinary boy is ordinary no more. He cuts down the Heavenly Dao, treads the cycle of reincarnation, fights bloody battles across the Eight Wastelands, and sweeps through the heavens. His defiant journey is paved with blood and bon 2.2kReads8.8Score16814d adds
- 119 Cultivating Immortality Begins with Managing a Market 修仙从坊市管事开始 I’m a huge fan of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. The protagonist doesn’t live for love or hatred! He’s a reflection of ordinary people working hard to get by, with just one difference: he has a golden finger... This is the story of a cultivator who grew up in Qingxu Sect and was advised by his own ancestor to practice demonic cultivation techniques... Just as he reached the third layer of Qi Refining, the ancestor went into seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. Bu 8.5kReads6.6Score54914d adds
- 120 Dan Slave 丹奴 [Xuanhuan, traditional cultivation fantasy] If there were a cultivation technique that let you advance without a single bottleneck, from Qi Gathering to Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Spirit Severing, all the way to Great Golden Immortal, would it plunge the cultivation world into chaos and bloodshed? Ouyang Fei, who possesses a Wood Essence Constitution, is persecuted and forced to become an alchemy slave at Wuxia Mountain. Every day, he makes pills for others, agin 14Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 121 Gout? I'll Help My Rookie Master Form a Golden Core! 痛风？我帮菜鸟师父结金丹！ [No System] [Traditional Fantasy] [Foundation Establishment and Golden Core] [Slow-Paced] [Invincible Physique] [Lazy Cultivation] Just after transmigrating, Wang Tianyun presented him with a certain character setup. Even the System wanted nothing to do with it, logging off for good and never appearing again, but leaving him with an exceptional gout-ridden physique. It hurts when he stands, it hurts when he sleeps, and even a sip of water makes it hurt. After joining the sect, everyone else cult 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The Bloodstained Cultivation World 血色修真界 [Dark tone] + [Mortal cultivation] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No harem] + [Slightly slow burn] This is the story of a young man seeking immortality and the Dao, and of a patient quest for revenge. Li Xiaoyu was an ordinary street storyteller who, by a twist of fate, found an immortal on the verge of death. The immortal took him as a disciple and passed on his techniques. But the price of taking him as a disciple was that he had to avenge the immortal. It was only when the naive young Li Xiaoyu 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Qingya Sword Immortal 青崖剑仙 The path to immortality is fraught with danger, and human nature is cold. The strong rule, their hearts as icy as stone. The weak are lowly, their lives worth no more than blades of grass. Xu Xiaoshan, a boy from the mortal world, is fortunate enough to embark on the path to immortality. With the sword in his hand, he will carve a ray of sunlight into this frigid world of cultivation and bring it a touch of warmth. 15Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 124 A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Beginning with the Clan's Great Migration 凡人修仙，从举族迁徙开始 [Mortal's Journey, No System, Shores of Qionghai, Sea-Beast Immortal Pets, Spatial Treasure] As a child, the protagonist moves with his clan to a small fishing village on an island along the shores of Qionghai. He accidentally obtains a spatial treasure, but falls into the hands of pirates. Surrounded by danger, he turns misfortune into fortune and embarks on a difficult path of cultivation. The spatial treasure raises sea demons and immortal beasts. He practices weapon crafting, studies formati 242Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 125 A Mortal's Path to Immortality, Without Cheats 凡人修仙＆无挂 This is a cultivation story about an ordinary mortal, with absolutely no cheats. Of course, there will still be opportunities. As for the harem, there’s only one woman. I plan to make up for the mortal love and family life that are often missing from these stories. 329Reads6.1Score10514d adds
- 126 The Tale of Heartmoon Pavilion 心月亭记 After Ye Chen transmigrates, he learns that a crippled spiritual root makes cultivation impossible and that he can never return to Earth. Relying on heaven-defying luck, he turns his fate around, gains countless treasures and opportunities, surges ahead, reaches the peak of the Divine Realm, and breaks the world's shackles. After cultivating for a hundred thousand years, he returns only to find himself inside the Heaven and Earth Pagoda, refined by the Star Emperor Lingtian. His wife and childre —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 What's So Bad About Being a Rogue Cultivator? 散修怎么了 [No System] [No Harem] [No Womanizing] Starting from nothing and growing step by step, a fourteen-year-old boy who transmigrates into a world of cultivation where the strong prey on the weak. He battles powerful foes and struggles against fate. 126Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 128 Sign-In Across the Heavens in Shrouding the Heavens 遮天签到诸天 Transmigration + System + wish fulfillment + multiple heroines + decisive and ruthless Mount Jade Emperor, shrouded in mist. Ye Yu suddenly opened his eyes. A sharp headache made him gasp. Unfamiliar fragments of memory surged through his mind: a blue planet called Earth, and an ordinary young man who was also named Ye Yu... “Did I... transmigrate?” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The Prequel to Wushi: Not Wuzhong, Yet Wuzhong 《无始前传》不是无终，亦是无终 The Prequel to Without Beginning is not Without End, and yet it is also Without End 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Only Cultivation Can Save Your Life 修仙才能救命 Mortal cultivation + one heroine + characters with their wits about them What would you do if you had only thirty days left to live? Wait quietly for death, or enjoy life while you can? Lin Nan is corrupted by a bronze mirror, enduring pain no one his age should have to bear. Seeking immortality is his only hope of survival, and he resolutely sets out on a path of no return. A bronze mirror changes the life of an ordinary man, while a long sword carves out a bright and open world. The young man 4kReads7.5Score42014d adds
- 131 Cultivation Begins as a Medicine Boy 修仙从药童开始 After the death of the grandfather who raised him, Su Yun, a village boy, leaves his mountain home with the family heirloom, the Desolate Cauldron, and enters the wondrous world of immortal cultivation. He begins his training as a lowly medicine apprentice. Put medicinal herbs into the Desolate Cauldron, and it can produce whatever pill you need. Step by step, the humble apprentice finds his own path to immortality in a world of scheming cultivators, a path unlike that of any other ordinary mort 256Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 132 Eternal Embers 恒烬无终 This is an epic saga spanning the mortal realm, the cultivation realm, and the immortal realm. It tells the story of Chen Xiaofan, later known as Chenfan, and his defiant journey to shatter the shackles of fate amid the cycles of karma and reincarnation. 1. Mortal Realm Arc: Questions of Life and Death Born into the mortal world, Chen Xiaofan has no spiritual roots. But thanks to a mysterious “Jade of Life and Death” he was born with, he glimpses the origin of life and death. After enduring the 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 A Mortal's Immortal Cultivation: The Long Road Ahead 凡人修仙，长路漫漫 (Mortal cultivation, no System, no harem) An ordinary village boy embarks on a long journey of cultivation, pursuing the Great Dao and immortality as he advances through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, and beyond... 84Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 134 Immortal Fate of the Jade Disc 玉盘仙缘 [Ordinary mortal cultivation] [No System] A jade disc he acquired by chance gave Shi Qingshan the ability to transform from a mortal into an immortal. Pills, cultivation techniques, magical artifacts... everything in the world can be fused and transformed! From then on, he rose from humble beginnings, using this peerless stroke of fortune to meld endless possibilities into one and embark on the long road to immortality! 94kReads8.3Score10.8k14d adds
- 135 Cultivating to Immortality as a Mortal, I Have a Chaos Tower 凡人修仙，我有一个混沌塔 [Cultivation, alchemy, artifact forging, formations], [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining]. Lin Fan, a young man from Xueting Village, loses his parents and stumbles into a cultivation sect. Though his spiritual roots are poor, a series of extraordinary encounters grant him immortality. He ascends the path to immortality, rises beyond the Three Realms, and stands atop the world for all eternity! 1.5kReads8.4Score17214d adds
- 136 Making Up for Regrets in A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality 我在凡人修仙弥补意难平 After unexpectedly arriving in a world of cultivation, Xu Shaobai has countless regrets to make right. He rewrites the lives that should have been brilliant but ended in tragedy, one by one, until he finally ascends to the Immortal Realm. 595Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Cultivating Immortality in the Immortal Mansion 仙府修仙 [Mortal’s Journey] [No System] [No Heroine] Zhang Chen was an ordinary young man until he stumbled upon an immortal-mansion stone bead and embarked on the path to immortality. Inside the immortal mansion were several acres of spirit fields, with all sorts of wondrous uses. From then on, he braved countless dangers and carved his way through the world of cultivation. 85Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 138 Cultivating Immortality, Starting as an Outer Sect Disciple 从外门弟子开始修仙 [No System, no golden finger, no heroine, not saintly, has principles] The cultivation world is filled with spiritual energy. All things that obtain it can hope for longer lives and the power to command wind and rain. Zhang Li, a young man from Blue Star, unexpectedly transmigrates into the cultivation world and becomes an outer servant disciple of the Luocheng Sect. He sets out on the path of cultivation without hesitation. The world is vast, the Immortal Dao elusive, and the path of cultivatio 2Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 139 Chronicles of Another World: From Martial Arts to Immortality 异世录之从练武到修仙 [No System, Slow-Burn, Sound Logic, No Female Lead, Mortal Cultivator] After a young man from Blue Star, a hopeless romantic, ends his life over a painful love affair, he never expects to wake up again. Perhaps Heaven itself couldn’t bear to see what happened and gave him a chance to live again in another world. He arrives in the Kingdom of Wei, a different world ruled by an ancient dynasty much like the one on Blue Star. He thinks he’ll follow the usual novel formula and fulfill his dream of be —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 My Medicine Cauldron Can Refine Pills Automatically 我的药鼎能自动炼丹 P.S. The young Xu Yufan transmigrates from Earth, bringing a miniature universe with him. Within this miniature universe, spiritual energy is so dense it seems almost tangible, and spirit herbs grow dozens of times faster than those in the outside world. It also contains a black medicine cauldron that can refine pills automatically! [Transmigration + no System + ordinary-person cultivation + fast-paced + no female lead + cultivation + decisive and ruthless + no saintly protag 1.2kReads8.4Score14014d adds
- 141 A Mortal's Path to Immortality 凡人炼仙 A new novel is here! Inner power is so astonishing that it can even refine immortal energy. It’s countless times better than anything I’ve written before, so you absolutely have to read it! [Ordinary protagonist + No harem + No System + No transmigration] Lu Chen is a young man of mediocre talent. Thanks to his ancestors’ achievements, he becomes an outer disciple of Qingyun Sect, a major cultivation sect. But he hits a cultivation bottleneck early on, stuck at the first Qi Refining level for te 781Reads7.5Score10014d adds
- 142 A Fortuitous Encounter on the Path to Immortality 仙路奇遇 No System, no goody-two-shoes protagonist, a story about an ordinary mortal. Three years after Chu Nan was reborn, he accidentally obtained a mysterious jade bottle. Just as he was about to be cast out by his sect, this unexpected stroke of luck changed everything. He began cultivating spirit herbs, found ten-thousand-year-old herbs with ease, and saw his cultivation soar after taking them, reaching the Profound Realm in one bound. Powerful enemies fell like dogs driven from their homes. From th 293Reads6.5Score10014d adds
- 143 Stop Cultivating, You Have a Spirit-Extinguishing Root 别修仙了，你绝灵根 [Ordinary Protagonist] [Earth Teleportation] [Cultivation] [Comeback] [Worldbuilding] Before the Spirit-Testing Stone, I made a thousand-year-old crystal pillar glow in all five colors before it shattered. The whole place fell silent. The elder announced with a trembling voice, “A spiritless root... an outcast of Heaven!” The sect humiliated me, my fellow disciples bullied me, and I became the biggest laughingstock in the Cultivation world. But they had no idea The chaotic vortex spinning in my —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Myriad Saints Poison Immortal 万圣毒仙 A little beggar born in a world torn apart by war spends years struggling to survive. By a twist of fate, he accidentally stumbles into the perilous and unpredictable world of immortal cultivation, embarking on an extraordinary journey to immortality. 347Reads6.0Score10414d adds
- 145 Survival Rules for Demonic Cultivators 魔修生存守则 Decisive and ruthless, no female lead but there are women, and no saintly protagonist. Fang Han, an office worker from the twenty-first century, died unexpectedly and transmigrated to the world of immortal cultivation. In this cruel world, he rose from a lowly Qi Refining ant to become the number-one demon who looked down upon the entire realm. 297Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 146 Stepping Onto the Path of Immortality: The Evolving Heaven Mirror 凡踏仙途：衍天镜 [Mortal Cultivation] [Fast-Paced] [Tightly Plotted] [Revenge] [From Setback to Triumph] He lost his sense of taste at three, his sense of smell at six, and his voice at nine... By the time he was fifteen, Jiang Li’s world had fallen into eternal darkness and silence. Then, one day, an ancient voice pierced the void. “The five senses you lost were the price of the Immortal Artifact, the Heaven-Deriving Mirror, concealing the secrets of fate on your behalf.” Only then did he learn that his senses 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Voyage Across the Immortal Sea 遨游仙海 An ordinary man accidentally comes into possession of a storage pouch, changing the way he sees the world. A cultivation story about an ordinary person: no mindless power-ups, steady progression, no System, and no time acceleration in the pocket dimension. I hadn't planned to write about a pocket dimension, but then I thought about how arduous the path to immortality is. Without something that sets it apart, it would feel as though the protagonist were just an NPC on the road to immortality. Qi 32kReads7.9Score3.1k14d adds
- 148 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: It Begins with Highway Robbery 凡人修仙，从拦路抢劫开始 By a twist of fate, the young Liu Zuo follows a madman into the demonic path. Refining baleful energy, refining corpses, cultivating demonic techniques and dual-cultivation arts, he creates the greatest demonic sect of all... His road to immortality is paved with mountains of corpses and built on trampling the dignity of the righteous sects. After witnessing all the schemes and betrayals of the cultivation world, he believes in just one word: kill! 32Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 149 The Immortal's Trail Through Ten Thousand Forms 万相仙踪 [Mortal’s Journey + Slow-Burn + No System] They say that those who follow the way of cultivation remain mortals, while those who defy it become immortals. In the third year of the Great Song, famine struck everywhere. The young Guo Fan found a wooden plaque, and from then on, his path of cultivation began. 1kReads8.3Score10214d adds
- 150 Cultivating Immortal Gu and Immortality Together 仙蛊同修 Golden scales flash as fish and dragons dance, Blood Gu unleashes its might, and ten thousand snakes bow. Lightning flares, swift beyond compare, He treads on empty air and commands demonic spiders. His palm contains the universe; winds and clouds surge forth, He stirs the sun and moon and refines the void. A thousand years of painstaking effort are not in vain, For in this world, I am truly exceptional. See how a transmigrator climbs to the very summit of immortal cultivation in another world. 31Reads6.0Score—14d adds
