Novels like Pill Emperor
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- 1 In This Life, I Cultivate Both Alchemy and Martial Arts 这一世我丹武双修 After the fall of a legendary Pill God, he is reborn in the body of a good-for-nothing. He vows to reach the pinnacle of martial arts in this life, draw on the alchemy mastery he gained in his previous life, and cultivate both alchemy and martial arts. He will make sure his parents, friends, and beloved never suffer the slightest harm. The road ahead is full of twists and dangers, but he overcomes them all with sheer strength. He will forge his own legend of alchemy and martial arts, and write h 2.6kReads8.5Score307Shelves
- 2 The Pill God Returns 丹神归来 The supreme Alchemy God was ambushed by enemies, his true body destroyed, and reborn against the heavens. Living another life, Wu Chen was destined to rise to power, cultivate the strongest arcane arts, refine the finest pills, wield the mightiest divine weapons, and possess the most beautiful women. In this life, Wu Chen was destined to defy the heavens, slaying gods when he met them and Buddhas when they crossed his path. Beneath the nine heavens, he alone would reign supreme. 4.1kReads8.4Score487Shelves
- 3 Pursuing the Path to Immortality, Starting as an Alchemy Grandmaster 逐道长生，从炼丹宗师开始 Chen Chen transmigrates to the world of cultivation with a golden finger. With the golden finger's help, he easily masters alchemy, talisman-making, crafting magical artifacts, and forming arrays. The four arts of cultivation: he excels at all of them, masters all of them, and is invincible in all of them! Becoming an alchemy grandmaster is only the beginning. Talisman-making geniuses barely meet the threshold to see him. Artifact-crafting masters are merely his disciples' assistants. Arra 284Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 4 Alchemy: A Struggle Along the Immortal Path 炼丹之仙路争锋 All I wanted was to quietly focus on alchemy, but then an old Nascent Soul ancestor from the demonic path came to possess my body. As luck would have it, I'm a transmigrator favored by the Heavenly Dao, so I can't be possessed. Well, I won't refuse a gift like that. I'll absorb your memories, and your techniques, secret manuals, treasures, and pill recipes will all be mine. Then I'll join a sect, prove the Great Dao, and leave behind a legendary tale of alchemy. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Eternal Alchemy Emperor 万古丹帝 Gu Xuan, an emperor of his age, refined a Heavenly Flame but was ambushed by his eldest disciple and died in a perilous land. A hundred years later, he was unexpectedly reborn and rose against the heavens. His disciples from a century ago had become Venerables. Even his former servant had been enfeoffed as the Flame King. His once-beloved thought he had found someone new, and her nature changed drastically. She became the Heartless Great Emperor, cutting down every faithless man beneath the heav 6.4kReads8.4Score788Shelves
- 6 The Pill Emperor Returns 丹帝归来 Heaven is the furnace, earth the cauldron; all creation is medicine, and I am supreme. Yin and yang within the pill reach the heart of creation; with a snap of my fingers, I command life and death and reverse the world! A generation's Pill Emperor is reborn and returns, astounding the four seas and eight wastelands with his heaven-defying talent. In my last life, I saved countless people, yet I could not save the one I loved most. In this life, I will take your hand and stay by your side through 3kReads8.6Score335Shelves
- 7 The Pill Emperor Is Reborn 丹帝重生 A generation’s greatest alchemy emperor returns to the past, carrying the boundless regrets of his previous life. The dazzling geniuses, powerful enemies, and immense regrets that once haunted him will all be crushed in this life. 8.1kReads8.4Score550Shelves
- 8 I Was Born the Clan’s Discarded Son, and I Swear to Restore Its Glory 穿成家族弃子，我誓振兴全族 He transmigrates into a wastrel scorned by his entire clan, only to awaken the Alchemy Emperor's legacy in a blood-soaked valley! His younger sister is dying from a chilling illness? He'll refine the Nine-Turn Golden Pill and defy fate! The family estate is seized and his clan members humiliated? He'll bury every last one of his enemies alongside them! Those who once bullied and shamed him? One slash, and their souls are annihilated. His family is in decline and surrounded by powerful enemies? O 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Divine Master of Pills and Talismans 丹符神尊 Jian Zhengfeng sat in seclusion for eight years, poring over ten thousand volumes of scripture, all to comprehend the Great Dao Treasury in a single moment! The Demon God Art, the Song of Weiyang, the Profound Spirit Manual, and the Great Dao Treasury: four extraordinary books, but only the Great Dao Treasury contains ten million true meanings! Spirit talismans are needed to draw talismanic charms, set up formations, refine artifacts, and forge flying swords. Even superior-grade spirit pills req 8.7kReads8.9Score983Shelves
- 10 The Chaos Alchemy Furnace 混沌丹炉 He has one more spiritual root than even someone with all eight elements in their mixed spiritual roots. By chance, he activates the little iron gourd his grandfather gave him before he died, only to discover that it is a Chaos Alchemy Furnace. Thus begins his path to immortality. He tramples prodigies, crushes the outstanding, and slays countless enemies... With a pill in hand, the world is his! Genius protagonist + golden finger + no System + fantasy + cultivation + invincible + cultivation wo 16.3kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
- 11 The Alchemist 丹师 To refine pills, one must calm the mind and steady the breath, letting stillness flow without end as qi enters the dantian. The breath stirs below the navel, flowing continuously. Clasp both hands over the navel, let the pill fire glow warmly, settle the six senses, and forget both self and world. This is the way of pill refinement! At the pinnacle of the pill path, heaven and earth become the furnace, and all creation becomes the herbs! A wisp of essence from the sun and moon, refined into a pi 9.2kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 12 A Mistake in Red: The Marquis’s Substitute Bride 红妆错：代嫁侯门 Crimson Bridal Robes: The Marquis’s Substitute Bride 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Dual Mastery of Alchemy and Martial Arts 丹武双绝 Pills can restore flesh and reverse the course of life. Martial arts can shatter the heavens and conquer every corner of the land. Qin Ming’s martial foundation is damaged, but through sheer determination, he awakens a divine-grade talent in the alchemical path. At the most crucial moment on his journey to becoming a Pill God, he is murdered by those closest to him. To his surprise, he returns to his youth. In this life, he will not only refine the stars themselves, but also reach the pinnacle o 33.4kReads8.3Score4.1kShelves
- 14 My Best Friend Switched My Child 我的孩子被闺蜜掉包了 My Best Friend Switched My Child 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Hundred Years of Illness, Alone on the Terrace 百年多病独登台 A Hundred Years of Illness, Climbing the Tower Alone 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Good-for-Nothing Strikes Back: I Claim the Heavens with the Power of the Elements 废柴反攻，我以元素之力问鼎苍天 The so-called “good-for-nothing” of the Zhan family, Zhan Tian, awakens nine types of martial spirits in a single day, launching himself into an incredibly powerful path of cultivation. He even creates a miraculous dantian and unexpectedly obtains a source of spiritual energy. Growing a heavenly-grade spirit herb in his dantian or forging a top-grade spirit weapon is just a matter of course! He ascends to the Immortal Realm in his twenties and earns the title of Death-Defying Immortal! After att 3.6kReads8.7Score494Shelves
- 17 The Martial Alchemist 武炼丹尊 Su Ling, a supreme alchemist in his former life, happened upon the ancient treasure known as the Heavenly Demon Pearl, only to be ambushed and killed by treacherous villains. Five hundred years later, Su Ling is reborn in the body of a good-for-nothing young master of the Su family, and embarks on a path that defies the heavens. Cultivating both alchemy and martial arts, who dares claim the title of Supreme? Only I, Su Ling! 12.5kReads8.4Score1.9kShelves
- 18 The Immortal Cauldron's Curious Tale 仙鼎奇缘 Matthew was an ordinary mortal who had lived in a city full of cultivators ever since he was a child. After an accident, he came into possession of a treasure cauldron. With its help, Matthew successfully embarked on the path of cultivation. (This book has no female lead.) 14.2kReads8.0Score1.4kShelves
- 19 The Divine Soul Pill Emperor 神魂丹帝 After ten years of perseverance, the young man is brutally killed when his fiancée steals his martial soul! After transmigrating and awakening a mysterious martial soul, Qin Lang vows never to let anyone else control his fate again! He will cultivate like mad and shatter his fiancée’s scheme! He will grow stronger and take control of his destiny! He will laugh proudly across the world and become an Emperor of Alchemy! 3.2kReads8.8Score262Shelves
- 20 Back to Work on the Eighth Day of the New Year 大年初八，开工啦 It’s the eighth day of the New Year. Back to work! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Rebuilding Our Home on the Ashes 灰烬之上，重建家园 Rebuilding a Home Upon the Ashes 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 A Strange Romance in the World of Alchemy 丹尘奇缘 A menial disciple, busy doing odd jobs to earn a few spirit stones, is timid, afraid of death, and cares only about spirit stones. Everyone looks down on him, even his childhood sweetheart and cultivation partner, who abandons him. Then one day, he gets his hands on an iron gourd, and his life changes forever. A rise from humble beginnings + modest and low-key + immortal mansion realm + hidden depths + emotionally dense male lead + inspirational + xianxia + cultivation 2.9kReads8.9Score259Shelves
- 23 This Campus Beauty Is Not to Be Messed With 这个校花不好惹 This Campus Belle Is Not to Be Trifled With —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Supreme Venerable of Alchemy and Martial Arts 丹武宇尊 The continent has gone tens of thousands of years without producing a single Supreme. The Supreme inheritance has been lost. An alchemy emperor of his generation, devoted to refining pills, uses all his talent to create a Supreme Pill. Just as he is about to help the continent produce another Supreme, he is betrayed by his disciple and dies beneath the pill tribulation. After being reborn, he focuses on his martial cultivation. While obtaining an inheritance, he unexpectedly discovers that the S 30.3kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
- 25 The Mortal Alchemy Immortal 凡人丹仙 [Mortal’s journey, no System, ensemble cast] Chen Ping is an orphan and a cowherd. Thanks to an immortal sect token left by his mother, he is taken to the cultivation world by a disciple of a cultivation family to work as a servant and child bridegroom. He later awakens a bloodline inheritance in the Way of the Elixir, and starts making a home for himself in the cultivation world through alchemy. From then on, he ascends the road to immortality, strides forward to the song of his own making, and 9.3kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
- 26 World Tree: Root of the Source Core 世界树：源核之根 World Tree: The Root of the Source Core 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Calamity of Ten Thousand Sounds 万音劫 The Ten Thousand Sounds Calamity 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Lotus-Born Pill Venerable 莲生丹尊 Ji Shiyi, a country boy from a mountain village, unexpectedly gains a space linked to a twin lotus. One day in the outside world equals one month inside. With the lotus space, Ji Shiyi survives a famine and saves the grandfather who raised him. By a twist of fate, Ji Shiyi embarks on the path of cultivation. Everyone knows how difficult cultivation is, and everyone wants to pursue it. While everyone fights tooth and nail over a single spirit plant in a secret realm, Ji Shiyi says, “How did you k 13kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
- 29 After Becoming a Minor Demon Cultist, I Clung to the Saintess 穿成魔教小喽啰后，我抱住了圣女的大腿 After Becoming a Lowly Minion in the Demon Cult, I Clung to the Holy Maiden 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I Saw the Killer's Face While Preparing the Campus Beauty's Body for Her Funeral 我给校花整理遗容时，看到了凶手的脸 While preparing the school beauty’s body for burial, I saw the killer’s face. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Apocalypse Countdown: I Married the Commander of Time 末世倒计时：我嫁给了时间指挥官 Apocalypse Countdown: I Married the Commander of Time 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 After Activating the Scam System, I Became the World's Richest 激活被骗系统后，我成了世界首富 After Activating a Scam System, I Became the World's Richest Man 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Transmigrated to the Ancient World to Hunt the Heavenly Wolf: Modern Weapons Hold the Frontier 穿越古代猎天狼：热武空间镇边关 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Hunt the Heavenly Wolf: A Modern Weapons Space Guards the Frontier 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Phoenix Man's Besieged City 凤凰男的围城 The Phoenix Man's Siege 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Holiday Finale: The 2026 Restart Button 假日终章：2026的重启键 Holiday Finale: The Restart Button of 2026 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Alchemy Master 丹道宗师 The animated series of Grandmaster of Alchemy is now streaming! Qin Yichen returns to his youth with more than ten thousand years of memories. His mastery of spiritual power, advanced pill recipes, high-level martial arts, and secret manuals: he has it all. This time, he will leave no regrets. A gentle imperial princess, a willful and unruly witch, and a sacred, icy goddess all cross paths with him. 14.6kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves
- 37 The Day My Cultivation Was Destroyed, the System Rewarded Me with a Godslayer Physique 修为被废当天，系统奖励杀戮神体 The Day His Cultivation Was Destroyed, the System Rewarded Him with a Godly Slaughter Physique 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 From Menial Alchemist to Immortal: I Start by Combining Failed Pills 炼丹房打杂，从废丹合成开始修仙 Qin Feng transmigrates into a menial worker at the Qinghefang alchemy workshop, where his daily duties are washing medicinal herbs, disposing of failed pills, and cleaning. With a mixed spiritual root, he thought he would never become an immortal in this life, but then he suddenly gains an unlimited synthesis panel. Any item can be synthesized to improve its quality: Discarded pills become low-grade pills, low-grade pills become inferior pills, then medium-grade pills, top-grade pills, and beyon 9.3kReads8.2Score965Shelves
- 39 Iron Horses and Icy Rivers Haunt My Dreams, For I Live to Defend Our Homeland 铁马冰河入梦来，此生只为守山河 Iron Steeds and Icy Rivers Haunt My Dreams; In This Life, I Live Only to Defend Our Homeland 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Peerless Alchemy God 绝世丹神 He returns to a world ten thousand years in the past, where martial arts reign supreme and powerhouses are everywhere, while the path of alchemy is only just beginning to flourish! Qin Feng, a god-tier alchemist, possesses countless pill recipes and knows every kind of medicinal technique. He embarks on a frenzied quest to refine pills and concoct medicines, advancing the art of alchemy through his own efforts. At the same time, he cultivates all kinds of top-tier techniques and meets countless 1.1kReads8.8Score162Shelves
- 41 Heaven's Secrets 天道玄机 Heavenly Secrets 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Transmigrated: My Soul Swap with the Empress 穿越之我和女帝灵魂互换 Transmigrating: My Soul Swap with the Female Emperor 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Reborn: The Empress, Me, and Cultivation 重生之我、女帝、修炼 Reborn: Me, the Female Emperor, and Cultivation 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Ninth Door 第九扇门 The Ninth Door 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Twin Mirror Era 双镜纪元 The Twin-Mirror Era 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 I Restore Cultural Relics in the Immortal Realm 我在仙界修文物 I Restore Cultural Relics in the Immortal Realm —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 After I Transmigrated, My System Started Acting Strange 穿越后，我的系统不太对劲 An Unexpected Transmigration: After a car accident, modern young man Qin Mo transmigrates to the cultivation world of the Xuanxiao Continent and obtains the mysterious Heavenly Dao Correction System. The System promises to help him reach the pinnacle of cultivation, but its true purpose is unknown. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 A Taoist's Ghost-Hunting Chronicles 道士捉鬼录 A Daoist’s Ghost-Hunting Chronicles 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Poison Doctor's Red Phoenix Tribulation 毒医红鸾劫 The Poison Doctor’s Red-Luan Tribulation —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Reborn in Guixu: I Am the Sword Keeper 重生归墟之我是饲剑人 Reborn in the Ruins: I Am the Sword Tender —Reads—Score—Shelves
