Novels like The Mortal Spiritual Root
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- 51 Exiled from the Start, I Forge a Hundred Thousand Swords on the Frontier 开局被流放，我在边疆种出十万剑 Xie Kaishan is stripped of his heir's title and exiled to the desolate province, given nothing but a land deed and a stretch of barren earth. The county office demands grain, the people have nothing to eat, and the immortal sects declare that mortals have no chance of attaining the Dao. Yet he can sow lost laws and reap them as crops: a single ear of sword-rice opens a sword aperture, while a field of spirit rice strengthens an entire city's people. Others choose the gifted for their sects; he f 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Sword Way Slays the Heavens 剑道诛天 When a useless scholar finally sets aside the Four Books and Five Classics, his sword qi stretches thirty thousand miles, and a single flash of steel chills the Nine Provinces. His brush strokes dance like dragons, his sword points to his heart, and amid the flash of blades, old grudges and tangled passions intertwine. I never wished to hurt anyone, but I'll let my joy defy the heavens! 909Reads7.0Score10314d adds
- 53 The Sword Immortal Son-in-Law: My Wife Is Strange! 剑仙赘婿，我家娘子有古怪！ (Swordsmanship, invincible lead, one heroine, no melodrama, logical, decisive and ruthless!) A single Taixu Immortal Sword brings Qin Yan to a cultivation world overrun by demons. From the start, he becomes Qin Buyan, the live-in son-in-law in a ghost marriage at the Northern Frontier Marquis's estate of the Great Yu Dynasty! But Qin Buyan soon realizes that something is off about the people in the Northern Frontier Marquis's estate! His elder sister-in-law was born with a bewitching charm. Eve 39Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 54 Descending to the Mortal Realm, I Became a God Through Innocence 降凡成神：我靠天真成神 At the summit of the Sword Hall in the Celestial Realm, Lin Lan fights until he is drenched in blood. A plan three hundred years in the making is finally set in motion! Bearing fragments of the Severed Cycle, he returns to the path of cultivation in a mortal body. Witness how a legendary Sword Immortal makes an astonishing comeback! Betrayal? Death and the loss of everything? Not a chance! Lin Lan defies fate, reaches the pinnacle of cultivation, and points his sword at the heavens! “Ding! The 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 One Sword to Rule Them All 一剑君临 [Powerful Backing] [Emotion-Driven] [Madness] [Decisive and Ruthless, but with Principles] On the Spirit Ruins Continent, sects stand everywhere, and powerful clans are as numerous as the stars. After his father, Ye Tianya, the undefeated legend, disappears, Ye Xiao of the Ye family sees the world for what it truly is. From then on, he tramples prodigies and slays magnates! Without madness, there is no survival! He seeks not to be invincible beneath the heavens, only to make sure no one dares bu 1.7kReads6.3Score11014d adds
- 56 The Ninefold Profound Meridian, A Sword Chilling the Heavens 九绝玄脉剑惊寒 Born with the Nine Absolute Profound Meridians and nine naturally sealed apertures, he is dismissed as the family good-for-nothing and subjected to endless scorn and bullying. By chance, he discovers a mysterious sword embryo and a tattered ancient scroll in a hidden compartment in the ancestral shrine. Just then, heaven and earth undergo a strange upheaval. Blood-red laws descend, and the rules of another world quietly begin to erode the human realm. Betrayed by his family, he is treated by the 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Sword Opens the Immortal Path 剑开仙路 I am mortal, and I am an unparalleled prodigy! All I need is the sword in my hand! Great Unity Golden Immortals, countless gods and Buddhas! If you won’t submit, then fight! The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the Myriad Worlds! All can be settled with a single sword! 37Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 58 All Beings Wield Swords 众生执剑 In Shenzhou, those who cultivate the spirit of martial arts hone themselves; when the people’s hearts are united, peace reigns beneath the heavens. In the bamboo grove lives a sage who has traversed the Six Realms, wielding a sword that carries Heaven’s judgment. After the link between Heaven and Earth was severed, Shenzhou rose from the dead. First came the Buddhist and Daoist pilgrimage to the West, and Shenzhou revived. Then came the journey north, as all living beings took up their swords! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Xuanhuan: That Year, That Sword, That Jianghu 玄幻，那年那剑那江湖 [One Female Lead] + [Swordsmanship] + [Genius] + [His Whole Family Is Sacrificed from the Start] + [Humorous Banter] + [Adorable, Never a Burden of a Heroine] + [Strong Main Plot] + [No System] + [Not Reborn] Chen Qingxuan’s family was slaughtered when he was a child. With nowhere else to turn, he sought the Way at Qingyun Mountain, only to end up with a transmigrator as his master. After thirteen years of sword practice, he descends the mountain to take revenge. Just ente —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Plain Skirt 素裙 The day his sword bones were stolen, a woman in a plain white skirt descended from the heavens. Ye Chen was born with sword bones, but his family betrayed him. They carved them out of his body and transplanted them into his cousin. As he lay dying, a woman dressed in white tore through the sky and, with a touch of her fingertip, planted a “sword seed” deep in his bloodline, something more fundamental than sword bones. “Sword bones may be inborn, but they are only skin-deep. A veiled sword heart 48Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 61 Cultivation Through a System Panel: My Swordsmanship Has No Bottlenecks 面板修仙：我的剑道没有瓶颈 [Status Panel] [Sword Cultivator] [Lighthearted] Chen Guanyu hits the jackpot and transmigrates to the Great World of Xuanhuang, unlocking a golden finger of his own. “I think I've got one piece of good news and one piece of bad news.” “Let's start with the good news. I unlocked a status-panel System. As long as I keep at it, I can ignore any bottleneck and break through as easily as drinking water.” “And the bad news?” “This lousy panel can only add points to sword techniques.” Whatever. It doe 44Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 62 I Slay the Cold Moon in the Mortal Realm 我在人间斩冷月 Remember this world of spirits. Divine weapons are everywhere, and there are countless arts and spells. But only the divine will of humanity is the most powerful and sharpest weapon in the world. It can silence the gods and cleave the cold moon high in the heavens. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Jian Wuchen 剑无辰 A genius sword cultivator, born with extraordinary talent for the sword and the senior disciple of a sword sect. Why was he reborn in the Manling Realm? Was it a conspiracy, or fate ordained from time immemorial? What secrets does the mysterious Manling Realm hold? An unexpected rebirth reveals an ancient secret!!! He obtains the Sword God’s legacy, the inheritance that has made countless sword cultivators bow their heads throughout the ages… Witness how the sword genius Ye Wuchen turns the tide 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Our Elite Dao Soldiers Should Attain Unity with the Dao Through Their Primordial Spirits 咱优秀道兵就该元神合道 [Xian Hu style + original cultivation techniques + sword cultivator + decisive and ruthless] Xiang Zhen was cast into reincarnation by his teacher with a sweep of his sleeve through the void. Upon awakening, he learned that he was an assassin. To assassinate or not is one choice... To betray or not is one choice... To kill or not is also one choice... The road ahead is long and far, and I will seek high and low. Amid all manner of temptations, I curb my desires and cultivate the Dao. Make friend 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Roaming Through the Ages, Starting Out as a Sword Cultivator 纵横万古，从做一名剑修开始 [No System] [One heroine] [Swordsmanship] [Longevity] [Decisive and ruthless] [Intelligent protagonist] [Mortal cultivation] A young man from a mountain village seizes an opportunity to enter a sword sect. When he returns home to visit his family, disaster strikes. He then builds his foundation with killing intent, uses his three souls to command his body, and wields his sword with his seven emotions. Transcending life and death, he embarks on the supreme path of the sword. I want to become stro 102Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 66 Cultivation: I Have a Sundial Dimension 修仙：我有一个日晷空间 [Traditional Cultivation + Transmigration and Rebirth + Ordinary Mortal's Journey + No System + Pocket Dimension + Swordsmanship] Across the vast cultivation world, countless cultivators have walked countless paths and witnessed the myriad scenes and charms of mortal life. The fleeting pleasures of this world and the lives lived through the ages are ultimately nothing but a mound of yellow earth beneath the road to immortality, burying countless dreams of eternal life. Chen Daolin was a modern-d 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Sovereign of Ten Thousand Swords 万剑主宰 I have a sword that can devour the sun and moon and defy the heavens! On the Heavenly Sword Continent, swordsmen reign supreme. The young Qin Feng stumbles upon a Chaos Sword Soul, devours countless swords, and becomes the ruler of all. Watch as I wield this sharp blade, master every sword under heaven, and become the Lord of Ten Thousand Swords. Let everyone prostrate themselves before me and bow in submission... 341Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 68 Sword Lord of the Firmament 剑主天穹 [Swordsmanship + Transmigration + No System + Decisive and Ruthless] Chu Nanfeng crossed the river of time and unexpectedly obtained the Heavenly Dao Stele. When he came to his senses, he discovered that he had arrived in another world and somehow acquired a beautiful wife! After that, he could cut down the Myriad Worlds with a single sword! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Swordplay Legend of a Free-Range Youth 放养少年的剑道传奇 Lin Feng was born in a humble mountain village. He thought the greatest upheaval in his life would be protecting the cool, moonlike woman by his side. Then powerful enemies descended, and with death moments away, the power sleeping within him suddenly awakened. He learned of the Profound Dao and heard of the Sword Domain for the first time. Only then did he discover that he was the only son of the ruler of a sword domain stretching across millions of miles and the sect master of the Myriad Sword 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Nine Heavens Immortal Sword Art 九天仙剑诀 [Transmigration + swordsmanship + invincibility] Sword cultivation ranks: Sword Disciple, Sword Warrior, Sword Adept, Sword Master, Great Sword Master, Sword Sovereign... Cultivation ranks: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification, Void Refining... In early twenty-first-century China, a news story breaks: a man tragically dies of sudden cardiac arrest at home after staying up all night. Who could have known he would transmigrate to a world of immortal cultiva 78Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 71 The Banished Swordmaster 谪剑人 [High Martial Arts, Low Fantasy]+ [The Jianghu and the Imperial Court]+ [No System]+ [Swordsmanship] A peachwood sword, daring to be first in the world; a breath of mystic energy, stirring storms across the jianghu. Years as a spoiled young master in the capital, then years as a wandering rogue in the jianghu. The carefree young heir arrives with a flourish and plunges headfirst into a game of power where the jianghu and imperial court are tightly intertwined... Since the Yuanjia Incident, the b 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Sword Rises in Troubled Times 剑起乱世 A great age has arrived. On the Hongwu Continent, dormant for a thousand years, genius after genius takes the stage, while reclusive Taoist sects enter the world. They vie for the throne and look down upon all living beings. At this time, a young man from a small kingdom steps into this great age with a three-foot sword in hand, stirring its winds and clouds. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 My Dao Suppresses the Heavens 我道压诸天 Protagonist: Ye Qingyun, known in his previous life by the Daoist title “Qingyunzi,” was the greatest sword immortal on the Jiuxiao Continent. Yet his beloved, Luo Li, joined forces with an Immortal Venerable to ambush him, and he died by self-detonation. · Golden finger: Reborn in his youth, he retains all his memories and combat experience from his previous life, and unexpectedly awakens the “Truth-Piercing Divine Eye,” which can see the weaknesses of all things. · Central conflict: Why did hi 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 74 Sword Immortal: My Sword Can Break Anything 剑仙：我有一剑无物不破 [No System] [Swordsmanship Prodigy] [Plot-Driven] [Sword in Hand, Roam the World] After merging with the memories of his previous life, Xu Qingfeng realizes that something about him has changed. He picks up a battered wooden sword from the ground, and everything suddenly becomes clear. One pass, and he masters the sword technique. One glance, and he sees through every feint and flaw. One strike, and he breaks all techniques… To Xu Qingfeng, it all seems perfectly normal. But to everyone else… Th 607Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 75 EN Immortal Soaring Blade 御剑仙瑶 A mountain boy as insignificant as an ant, A long and perilous path of cultivation, A wondrous and fascinating world of immortal cultivation. After the passage of many years, he at last rode his sword through the clouds of the Ninth Heaven, looking down upon all living beings as he traveled and sang. 3Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 76 The Asura Staff Immortal 修罗棍仙 The Tianxuan Continent is divided into nine realms, and the staff reigns supreme. The human, demon, and demonic cultivator clans stand in a three-way balance of power. The Lin Clan of Zhongzhou controls the secret of the Asura bloodline, using a marriage pact as a lock and refining nine lifetimes of reincarnation into a game of chess. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Eternal Sword God 万古剑神 The most dashing swordsman under heaven is known as Young Master Shen the Third. The most famous sword art under heaven is called the Myriad Treasured Swords Scripture. The strongest and most mysterious place in the world is the Abandoned Sword Manor. 297Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 78 Yunxi Sword Sect 云溪剑派 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Immortal Fate in the Mortal World 凡尘仙缘 Chen Feng was an utterly ordinary mortal. After kindly rescuing a cultivator in dire straits, he received a fortuitous opportunity and embarked on the path of cultivation. He establishes a clan and leads his family on the path of cultivation. (Alchemy, artifact forging, beast taming, formations, talismans...) (Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence...) 340Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 80 The Carefree Wanderer 逍遥游人 (This is a wuxia novel, but I can't change the work's tags.) Ye Bufan was sent to Mount Buxiu as a child to learn alchemy. After four years, he completed his studies and set off for the Great Wilderness. He faced one setback after another along the way, but quickly grew stronger. When he arrived in the Great Wilderness, he was captured, suffered every kind of humiliation, and ended up a beggar. Only when Wang Song raised an army did he overthrow the foreign dynasty. Taking the advice of the anci —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Reborn in Sword Sovereign 一剑独尊之重生 Reborn as the Sword Alone The blazing sun hung high overhead, and dust billowed across the training grounds. Ye Xuan stood silently in the center, surrounded by the mocking gazes of the Ye family disciples. “With a useless wretch like you, you think you can make a name for yourself at the martial arts meet?” “Hmph, he's nothing but a disgrace to the Ye family. He's not fit to wield a sword!” Ye Xuan gripped the sword in his hand, his heart a jumble of emotions. Once, as a swordsmanship prodi 562Reads—Score10214d adds
- 82 I Have a Sword That Can Annihilate Heaven and Earth! 我有一剑，可斩灭天地万物！ [Swordsmanship + Cultivation + Fantasy + One Female Lead] A youth in white, born to face a calamity. He endures tribulations, survives life and death, and treads the path of world destruction, rejected by heaven and earth as he forges his way to invincibility. The youth declares: “I have a sword that can cleave the universe and its rivers of stars, and annihilate the myriad great paths!” 1.6kReads6.6Score13314d adds
- 83 One Bell and Half a Sword 一铃半剑 Synopsis of A Bell and Half a Sword: When the Three Swords of Tiannan challenged the demon lord, Lord Liuzhao, all three were killed. Before they died, they charged their three disciples, Yichen, Gongsun Yu, and Yihe, with avenging them. To defeat Lord Liuzhao, the three must first find the Rou Scripture, which contains the Tiannan Sect’s martial arts. Only then will they stand a chance. Dai Tianchou, a woman disguised as a man, tricked Shen Nanshi into handing over the Panlong Sword, which hold 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Sword Cultivator of the Mortal Body 凡体剑修 [Cultivation, Fantasy] + [Swordsmanship] + [Decisive, Blood-Pumping] + [No System] During the sect tournament, Lin Xuan was publicly humiliated and demoted to an outer disciple. Elder Wu declared that if he failed to reach the eighth level of Qi Condensation in three months, he would be expelled from the Spirit Sword Sect. Everyone laughed at him as a good-for-nothing in the immortal path, someone whose life was worth less than grass. Who could have guessed that as soon as he arrived at the oute 38.4kReads8.0Score2.5k14d adds
- 85 Sign-In at Qinglan City: I'm Really Not the White-Robed Sword Immortal 签到青岚城，白衣剑仙真不是我啊 [System + invincible + swordsmanship + low-key + power fantasy + no heroine] Cang is Heaven, Xuan is the Dao. Heaven and earth are profound and vast; the sword's path shall flourish forever. In the Cangxuan Realm, might makes right. There are nine stages of cultivation, each one a whole new level. Mortal → Spirit Awakening → Profound Mastery → Return to Truth → Enlightened Heart → Seeking the Dao → Knowing Heaven → Shattering the Void → Transcendence. Qi Jin'an transmigrates to the Cangxuan R 234Reads—Score10014d adds
- 86 It All Begins with the Sword Immortal System 一切从剑仙系统开始 Lu Ming obtains a Sword Immortal System. With it, he carves out a path to the supreme, razor-sharp Sword Dao in a dazzling world. 152Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 87 The Nine Heavens Sword of Dark Fiends 九天玄煞剑 Lin Ye, a protagonist with a useless spiritual root, unexpectedly finds that the baleful energy of an ancient sword tomb’s legacy resonates with his counterfeit five-element spiritual root, which is considered good-for-nothing. He creates a unique cultivation path of “proving the Dao through baleful energy” and defies fate. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 We Sword Cultivators Do Whatever We Please 我辈剑修，修的便是为所欲为 The Heavenly Demon descends, and spiritual energy is corrupted. The end of the Age of Dharma, the apocalypse of cultivation. The four great families of Qinglian City: the Li, Zhao, Liu, and Wang families. Li Jianxuan of the Li family possesses the Formless Sword Body, but is deceived by Liu Ruyan of the Liu family. Liu Ruyan conspires with Zhao Xingchen of the Zhao family, who possesses the Star Sword Body. Before the Heavenly Demon descended, Li Jianxuan stole the Li family’s ancestral tre 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Nine Heavens, Nine Hells 九天九狱 Mu Tian was once a divine son of the Divine Court in the God Realm. After emerging from Tianxu, the most mysterious place on the Primordial Continent, he lost all his cultivation and memories. The imperial family secretly imprisoned and tortured him for three years, then offered him as a sacrifice to the Dragonfall Abyss. Instead, he became the only person ever to emerge alive. Yet the mysterious “it” inside his body controls his life and death. It grants him supreme cultivation arts, but also f 1.2kReads—Score10214d adds
- 90 I Wield a Sword That Can Seal the Heavens 我有一剑，可封天 [No System] [Swordsmanship Prodigy] [Fired-Up] [Decisive and Ruthless] His flesh and blood kin turned to a mound of yellow earth. How cruel is heaven, how cold? Cursed by the heavens, this young man set foot on the path to immortality. How hard would it be? So what if it was? Slay demons, purge evil spirits, become a supreme being! Live forever! Defy yin and yang, seize creation, bring order to the universe! Never grow old! Roam across ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers, his sword sweepi 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 After My Sword Heart Was Stolen, My Swordsmanship Became Invincible 剑心被挖后，我的剑道无敌了 "Heh heh heh, my good disciple, I'll gladly take your sword heart. From now on, I'll walk this brilliant path of the sword in your place!" Su Chen, the greatest prodigy in the Hundred Provinces, was born with a sword heart, only to have his master dig it out and take it. But that's no big deal. Without my sword heart, I still have an invincible sword physique. I cultivate an invincible art, wield an invincible sword, and crush every enemy in the world. I am invincible beneath the heavens! When S 15Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 92 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
- 93 My Junior Fellow Disciple Holds a Grudge 我家小师弟有点记仇 My name is Xia Tian. Beneath the immortals, all are ants. Above the immortals, I slaughter with wild abandon! Heh heh heh... Who in this world dares stand in my way? ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Embers: The Sword That Split the Heavens 余烬，剑破苍穹 [No System] [Xuanhuan] [Single Heroine] [Transmigration Through Reincarnation] My name is Yu Jin. I have a sword that can split mountains, sever causes, bear consequences, and shatter the firmament. After more than a decade of madness and nine cycles of reincarnation, I returned one day, punched a scoundrel to death, and then died myself. The next day, my soul transmigrated into another body. From then on, the way of the sword would endure forever: sever causes, cut off consequences, shatter the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Wayfaring Sword 行道剑 [This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental.] There is a sword between heaven and earth that can destroy all life, shatter every technique, and sever all paths. Its wielder is decisive and ruthless, cold and aloof. Wherever the sword goes, all who hear of it flee in terror! Ten thousand years later, in the search for his sister, who has been reborn, his cold and proud nature slowly begins to change… Hilarious, playing the fool to catch the 1.9kReads8.8Score15414d adds
- 96 Azure Swordmaster 青冥剑士 [Begin the path to cultivation from scratch. No transmigration, no contrived melodrama, no overnight success.] The black sword on the wall seemed to hear some kind of summons. Its scabbard trembled slightly, and the sword slid free. In an instant, it was before Ji Chen's chest, standing upright. Its blade was three feet long, blue-white in color. Its edge was finer than the lightest silk, as if it could pierce anything. A drop of blood from his heart floated out of his body and reached the hilt, 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Sword Sovereign of the Ultimate Path 极道剑主 As the Sword Lord, he is held back by his talent and cannot ascend to a higher realm. To seek a breakthrough, he is willing to seize another body and be reborn. The reborn Wei Zong rises from humble beginnings, slays one powerful foe after another, masters the Way of the Sword, and stands above the peak of the Myriad Worlds... 218Reads6.6Score2814d adds
- 98 Sword Sovereign of Asura 修罗剑尊 A thousand years ago, the Sword Demon Chu Mu died, his cultivation destroyed, and the glorious Killing Demon Sect was reduced to dust overnight! A thousand years later, the young Chu Feng digs out his own spiritual roots and rises against the heavens! He wields a demon sword and cultivates the sword path! Even a rootless duckweed has limitless potential! Across the nine heavens and ten lands, the eight wilds and countless domains, I stand at the summit and look down. Who can fight me? 755Reads7.9Score10214d adds
- 99 The Seven-Colored Chaos Pearl 七彩混沌珠 Taking a beating toughens my body. Fighting enemies lets me steal their martial skills, and battle makes me level up. With a blade in hand, I carve out a path to greatness, fighting my way to the peak, undefeated. I have no powerful backer. I am my own greatest backer. 2.1kReads—Score20814d adds
- 100 A Sword Returns with Spring 春归一剑 If a cry of the phoenix had not stirred the winds along both banks of the Qinhuai River once more, spring would have remained lifeless and dim at Lake Jiyue. That year, the snow from north of Qingzhou finally crossed the Luo River, and the entire continent of Fourteen Provinces fell into a silent, bitter cold. Amid the swirling snow, he picked up his sword, as if taking up the past once more. 204Reads8.4Score—14d adds
