Novels like Picked Up by the Young Lady
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Picked Up by the Young Lady, best match first.
- 1 Dao Yan’s Heavenly Secrets: The Lord of Thunder and Lightning 道衍天机之雷电法王 (Wandering through unknown worlds) The Way of Heaven's Mysteries: Lord of Thunder is not just a clash between lightning and demons. It's also the story of Daoshengyi, a high school graduate who stumbles into the path of cultivation. This seemingly peaceful world is teeming with countless unknown demons and monsters. How will Daoshengyi write his own legend? Will he submit to Heaven's will, or break through and rise again to become the Lord of Thunder, charging into the wind? This book lets you e 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 China's Ninth Bureau 华夏第九司 I wield a sword that can sever ten thousand paths, and possess a technique that can reach the heavens! Watch as an ordinary youth takes up his three-foot sword and cuts down otherworldly invaders, rising from humble beginnings to the pinnacle! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 My Cool and Gorgeous Master Led Me to the Top of the World 冷艳师傅，带我走上人生巅峰 She transmigrated from the cultivation world into a backward modern world. Mu Xue never imagined she would end up beside an overworked young man, sharing his body and becoming his master. Lin Hao: I can see ghosts! Mu Xue: Ghosts my ass! Reporter: Now that you have power, what’s the first thing you’ll do? Lin Hao: Kill people! Reporter: You’re the first publicly known cultivator in the world. What are your thoughts on the global economy and the special organizations currently in place? Lin Hao: 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Awakening in 1992 苏醒于1992 At the end of the Tang dynasty, the Daoist cultivator Lin Shuai, gravely wounded and beyond saving, chose to enter a deep sleep. A thousand years later, he was reborn in the body of an ordinary boy also named Lin Shuai, with his memories and cultivation techniques lost. Through a twist of fate, he began practicing an unparalleled cultivation art. His power soared. He slayed demons, built up his resources, and met his mentor, Ji Zhan, after which nothing could hold back his cultivation. He uncove —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 I’m the Three-Body Wallfacer Who Launched the Era of Cultivation! 我，三体面壁人，开启修仙时代！ After an accident, Lin Mu transmigrates into the world of The Three-Body Problem and is named humanity’s fifth Wallfacer by the United Nations from the start. Heaven has entrusted him with a great task, but he is completely dumbfounded! In the future, the Trisolarans’ attacks will come one after another: sophons, droplets, and even the Singer civilization’s dual-vector foil! Facing such an overwhelming situation and such a one-sided, hellish start, Lin Mu can only say, “How am I supposed to play 541Reads6.3Score112Shelves
- 6 After Twenty-Five Years of Cultivation, I Lured My Stunning Junior Sister Down the Mountain 修炼二十五年，把绝色师妹拐下山 [Hot-blooded power fantasy + decisive vengeance + fast-paced + invincible face-slapping + master returns from the mountains for revenge] Twenty-five years ago, I was cast out of my family and abandoned, with my parents’ fates unknown! Twenty-five years later, Wei Qing mastered extraordinary skills and came down from the mountains to take revenge with an iron fist. Everything they owed me, I’ll take back a hundredfold, a thousandfold! The world’s top financial tycoons? Rich enough to rival nation 12.6kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
- 7 I'm in the Three-Body World, and My Cultivation Blows the Droplets to Bits! 人在三体世界，我修仙干爆水滴！ [This is not a mindless, fast-paced power fantasy. The author knows the original work inside out and treats it with great respect. Almost all the worldbuilding, including cultivation, fits within the original framework. You can enjoy this even if you haven't read the original.] Fun Version: Two hundred years from now, the Trisolarans' probe, “Droplet,” arrives in the Solar System. Chu Ming: “Who says humanity has no Great Emperor?!” He swings his palm, and the Droplet is shattered to pieces! 165Reads9.3Score106Shelves
- 8 You Asked Me to Get a Summer Job, Not Slay a Flood Dragon in the Yellow River 让你打个暑假工，你去黄河斩蛟龙 [Strange tales + expert at slaying demons and vanquishing monsters + flashy, funny wish-fulfillment + ruthless, not a self-sacrificing saint] Gu Xuan had just graduated from high school and planned to spend his summer vacation working a part-time job to earn some tuition money. Who could have known that supernatural horrors had already begun to reawaken across the globe, with demons, monsters, and ghosts quietly appearing everywhere? As it happened, Gu Xuan awakened the Immortal and Divine Inher 66.1kReads8.8Score8.9kShelves
- 9 Livestream: I'm Really Not a Taoist Master 直播：我真不是道门大佬 Qin Hao was a Daoist priest in his previous life. After transmigrating, he discovered that he was a Daoist priest in this life too. From the start, he had a dilapidated temple, and had to rely on the mountains for everything! This was a parallel world where the Daoist faith had become little more than a legend and had nearly disappeared. But Qin Hao unexpectedly obtained the Daoist Venerable System, giving him the chance to revive the Daoist faith and restore its former glory! “Ding! Congratulat 7.9kReads8.3Score801Shelves
- 10 A Cultivation Expert in the City 修真强者在都市 After his gold-digging girlfriend cheated on him, an ordinary young man from the city unexpectedly inherited the legacy of a mighty cultivator. From then on, he could summon wind and rain, becoming an immortal among mortals. A renowned traditional medicine doctor? My disciple. A gang boss? My underling. A top power player? My subordinate… With one hand, I turn the clouds and bring in endless wealth; with the other, I summon rain and slap faces. Life is this exhilarating, this satisfying! I leave 22.3kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
- 11 Urban Cultivation: Invincible After Coming Down the Mountain 都市修仙：下山无敌万万年 [Urban Cultivation + Swordsmanship + Invincible Power Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless + Infinite-Level] Before he turned eighteen, he never wanted for food or clothing. After he turned eighteen, he went hungry nine days out of every three. “Xiao Chen was abducted by a blind Taoist priest and taken to a remote mountain to cultivate immortality for eight years!” Eight years later, he descended the mountain on his sword, and his path to invincibility officially began… Heaven and earth are impartial 20.4kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
- 12 The Reborn Immortal Emperor and the Dimensional Conspiracy 仙帝重生之维度阴谋 Positive energy + urban fantasy + cultivation + comedy + historical events + wish fulfillment + fiery battles In his previous life, he was the Immortal Emperor Huitian, a force to be reckoned with across the Immortal Realm. But at the final moment of his attempt to break through to the Divine Realm, his path to immortality was cut short and his body and soul were destroyed. Betting on a chance with odds of less than one in a hundred, he sent his immortal soul into the river of time. After endur 582Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 After Eight Years of War, the Dragon King Returns 征战八年龙王回归 The battlefield is cruel, but it is a soldier’s duty to defend home and country. The Dragon King returns to protect his family, his friends, and his homeland... Because of what happened eight years ago, the Dragon King now has a child of his own... 488Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Reborn as a Mad Immortal in the City 重生之都市狂仙 I cleave wind and thunder with my sword, blotting out sun and moon; with a single palm, I command the universe and scour the netherworld. There are six billion people in this world, yet I alone dare call myself proud and unrestrained. The Azure Emperor of the Immortal Realm was reborn ten thousand years in the past and descended upon a bustling city, a world of glittering lights and indulgence. Who gets drunk in the embrace of beauties, lost in luxury, and who stays clearheaded, sword in hand, r 8.3kReads8.8Score672Shelves
- 15 I'm a Taoist Priest. What's Wrong with Knowing a Few Spells? 我一个道士，会点法术怎么了 Anti-cultural export + cultivation + livestreaming + Daoist priest + System + spreading the Dao in America + no couples + no female lead + no spiritual qi revival + scheming protagonist Also known as: Spreading the Dao in America, Shocking the Eagles Every Day Chen Xian, Daoist name Xuanyun, is known in the martial world as the well-mannered young Daoist, the Cultivator's Version of Homelander, and the Enlightened Master Who Follows His Every Whim. His motto: “This Daoist does whatever he wants! 59.9kReads9.0Score4.9kShelves
- 16 The Urban Cultivator’s Carefree Life 修真者都市逍遥 Wu Xiaoyao was a young man from China. While climbing Mount Laojun, he was accidentally sucked into a black hole and transported to a world filled with powerful cultivators. As an ordinary mortal, he thought he was as good as dead, but unexpectedly, he gained the cultivation legacy of the Venerable of Ten Thousand Swords. Relying on his Chinese bloodline, he fought his way through every obstacle. After countless trials and hardships, he rose to the realm of Supreme Sovereign of the Myriad Worlds 93Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Urban: Ten Years of Cultivation, and I’m Unrivaled the Moment I Descend the Mountain 都市：修仙十年，下山即无敌 The new book has built up a backlog of chapters and can be found on the author's homepage. It tells the story of the hundred thousand years after this book. [Expert Descends the Mountain + Invincible Cultivation + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Decisive Killing + Multiple Realms] The Great Dao is flawed, and spiritual energy has withered. A mighty cultivator who had survived the tribulation traveled the world. By chance, he discovered a peerless prodigy born with a spiritual physique, forcibly took 256kReads9.0Score23.2kShelves
- 18 Transmigrate to the Song Dynasty: The Empire's Mighty Rise 穿越之大宋雄风 A wondrous transmigration, invincible from the start. See how our protagonist, Wu Yue, recruits the heroes of Liangshan, gets up close and personal with Li Shishi, defeats mighty bandits and sweeps away powerful invaders. See how we Han people conquer the world. 872Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 19 Transmigrate to the Water Margin: Dominate the World 穿越水浒之雄霸天下 Wu Zhantian was one of China’s top special forces soldiers. While carrying out a top-secret mission, he was betrayed by a traitor. To ensure his teammates could withdraw safely, Wu Zhantian stayed behind alone. Seriously wounded in a sneak attack by the Japanese invaders, he chose to detonate the button bomb he carried rather than be taken prisoner. He and dozens of members of the Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces perished together. Wu Zhantian thought he was as good as dead, but the flourishing 1kReads5.9Score—Shelves
- 20 The Controller of Ten Thousand Worlds, Roaming the City 万界掌控者都市逍遥 Wu Zhantian, a young man from Huaxia, accidentally fell from the summit of Mount Hua. He was rescued by the Venerable Myriad Swords, who happened to be passing by Earth. Wu Zhantian was then taken to the top-tier world of the Hongmeng Realm, where he became the Venerable Myriad Swords' disciple and began cultivating. By chance, his master found the Origin of the World in the Myriad Venerables' Secret Realm. But Dragon Rock Emperor, an ancient skeleton, and the Venerable Myriad Swords' eldest dis 1.4kReads6.4Score117Shelves
- 21 The Iron-Blooded Tigers Battle the Ming 铁血虎贲战大明 Chinese special forces king Wu Zhantian was betrayed by a traitor during a mission. To avoid being captured by the enemy, Wu Zhantian set off the miniature bomb strapped to his body, dying alongside dozens of enemy special forces soldiers. By chance, he touched the laws of the game. He rebuilt his body, copied abilities, and saved the Ming Dynasty from ruin. To stop the Yangzhou Massacre and the Jiading Massacres, Wu Zhantian, China's special forces king, refused to stand by. He tore Aobai apart 1.2kReads7.2Score103Shelves
