Novels like No Life in the Mortal World
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- 101 If I Had Three Seconds of Time Stop 假如给我三秒时停 [Misunderstandings spiraling out of control + favored child of heaven + multiple chosen ones + ensemble cast + unconventional fantasy + one female lead + time stop + ice powers + invincible + ruthless + destined enemies + humor + not mindless] What, you dare disrespect me? I’ll stop time and kill you on the spot! If I can’t kill you, you must have some magical treasures or a storage pouch on you. Hand them over! Ning Yuan was ambushed ahead of schedule by a supervillain. After narrowly escaping 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 From a Foundation-Building Only Son to a True Sword Immortal 从筑基独子到剑道真仙 (From the sole heir of a Foundation Establishment family to a true sword immortal, he breaks through the tribulations of immortality with his sword and proves his immortal destiny through the sword! This story has a family, but it is not a family saga. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, and the setting is fresh and original, growing more compelling as it unfolds! Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deification: the protagonist takes one step at a time, fol 502Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Immortal in the Sword 剑中仙 The demonic sect’s wandering swordsman, Fang Junmei, leaves his hometown, sails across the oceans, enters the immortal sects, crushes his enemies’ skulls, and slays the stars of heaven and earth, fighting his way to the pinnacle of the path to immortality. When he looks back, countless followers stand behind him, while countless demons and evil spirits still await him ahead. Let’s fight again! Bring me my sharp sword and my warhorse! He defies the flow of time and crushes the heavens beneath his 1.9kReads7.9Score17714d adds
- 104 The Sword's Divine Soul 剑之神魂 (No System, a genius swordsman, no cookie-cutter tropes, no childishness, no harem) This guy’s name is Bu Zhi. He somehow ended up in a different world, completely bewildered. He got chased and beaten up, just as bewildered, and somehow started practicing a cultivation technique. Once he’s practiced it until he’s completely bewildered, everyone else will be bewildered too... 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 This Sword Immortal Is Too Powerful 这个剑仙太强了 [2021 Invincible Novel] Tens of millions of years ago, he swept across the Nine Heavens with a broken sword. Millions of years ago, he severed the heavenly chasm with a rusted sword. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, he cleaved the vast worlds apart with a wooden sword... Today, he has returned!! The Nine Heavens unite, and the heavenly chasm sinks into the abyss; The countless paths of the vast worlds coexist and thrive together. As he searches for his memories, he discovers traces of himself 1.8kReads8.1Score11014d adds
- 106 One Person, One Sword, Braving the World 一人一剑勇闯天涯 Demons and monsters run rampant in the human world. To change the fate of humanity, Li Xiaoyao heads to Sword Gate to learn swordsmanship. He fuses the world’s divine techniques and opens the path to invincibility with forbidden arts. One sword to slay the heavens. The blurb can’t do it justice. Read the story for yourself. 2.1kReads8.2Score11714d adds
- 107 Forced into a Demonic Sect from the Start, I Rise Straight to the Celestial God Realm 开局被逼入魔宗，我直升天神境 [Reborn] + [Utter remorse] + [Explosively satisfying] + [Absolutely no forgiveness] Chu Yuan, the senior disciple of the greatest sect under heaven, is falsely accused of practicing demonic arts. His master and the others humiliate him, then seal his cultivation with a demon-banishing spell, leaving him powerless... To prove he never practiced demonic arts, Chu Yuan starts cultivating again from scratch and climbs back to the peak. On the eve of the Demon God’s sacrifice of the world, he offers 203Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 108 The Sword of the Empire 帝国的剑 (No System, swordsmanship genius, god of war, no formulaic tropes, no brainless decisions, no harem) Just when you think you’re different from everyone else, you discover that we’re all just specks of dust adrift in the universe. And just when you think you’re nothing but a speck of dust, you discover someone is gazing intently at you, waiting for you to move forward. That was how Xingluo was pushed onward… 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Peerless Fragrance God 绝世香神 Su Heng, heir to the Prince of Zhenbei and the capital’s most notorious wastrel. Frail and sickly, he spends his days among the flowers, a romantic rake who can identify women by their scent. No one knows that his father was the last inheritor of the art of incense from the previous generation. His entire family was executed for refusing to make “longevity incense” for the imperial family. A friend of his father risked his life to save him. For fifteen years, Su Heng hid his abilities and played 231Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Little Taoist, Ten Years of Sign-Ins, Invincible the Moment You Descend the Mountain 小道士，签到十年，下山即无敌 The Little Taoist: Ten Years of Sign-In, Invincible the Moment He Descends the Mountain 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Sword Emperor’s Saga 剑帝风云 On the True Martial Continent, countless sects stand, and martial arts reign supreme. When the strong unleash their wrath, rivers of blood flow. At the end of the martial path, one can pluck the sun and moon from the sky and reverse the flow of time and space. [Traditional fantasy. This blurb does it no justice… Please read the novel itself.] 4.4kReads8.7Score25114d adds
- 112 My Brilliant Galaxy 我的璀璨星河 My Brilliant Galaxy 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 A Peerless Beauty 绝色.佳人 A Peerless Beauty 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Where Have All the Beauties Gone? 美女都死哪去了？ Where Have All the Beauties Gone? 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Be the Leading Lady of Your Own Life 做自己的.大女主 Be the Leading Lady of Your Own Life 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 I Am the Sword That Can Slay Immortals 在下剑可斩仙 When common folk rise in anger, a million corpses litter the land and blood flows for a thousand miles. A half-immortal swordsman emerged from Dabe and slaughtered the wicked until the borders of Dabe ran red. His story begins the moment he set out for Changjing with a sword in hand. 1.5kReads8.9Score10014d adds
- 117 Cultivation: Everything in Novels Is a Lie! 修真：小说里都是骗人的！ [Ensemble cast, no romance, slow-paced, just started receiving ratings] The protagonist, Lin Qinghe, has exceptional talent. After reading a cultivation novel written by the Xuantian Sect, he joins the sect and is taken in as a disciple by its leader. His family background and resources are top-notch, but... Senior Brother: “If destiny isn’t on my side, then I’ll take control of where it leads.” Senior Brother of the Discipline Hall: “If you break the sect rules, you deserve to be punished. I do 126Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 118 Two Lives, Both Reduced to Ashes 浮生两世皆为灰 [A Fresh Take] [Sword Spirit + Growth + Traditional + Corruption + Sword Cultivator + The story starts a little slowly, but please keep reading] From the start, he accidentally eats a Sword Spirit Herb and comprehends Sword Intent. Lin Xue transmigrates from the real world into a fantasy realm. Starting out as a good-for-nothing, he fights his way to the peak, braves countless battles, and ultimately turns the tides of fate. When I have nowhere left to retreat, I wield both the righteous and dem 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 A Hellish Start: What Kind of Good Person Trains Their Body at Six? 地狱开局，谁家好人六岁炼体 The ages turn in endless cycles, and rifts crisscross the heavens. The sky stretches high, the earth lies vast, and the worlds are boundless. Some wield their swords to cleave the river of time. Some kindle a flame with their blood. Others follow the paths of the ages, seeking to turn fate around. From different times and places, they collide at the crossroads and shatter the chains of destiny. In this game of chess spanning eternity, who will claim the final victory? This is the story of a grou 191Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Where Is My Sword? 吾剑何在 No transmigration into a book! No System! Pure xianxia and fantasy! No mindless power fantasies, no instantly reaching level 999 with one slash. Every battle tests one's character, strategy, and will. The protagonist has faced failure and doubted himself, but he will surely rise again from the ruins and reclaim the Dao in his heart. He will wield conviction as his sword, resolve as its edge, his flesh and blood as his shield, and an unyielding spirit as his bones. He will break through every dem 1.7kReads8.7Score—14d adds
- 121 I Left My Sect to Become a Rogue Cultivator, One Frost-Cold Sword Shakes the Nine Provinces 我已弃宗当散修，一剑霜寒动九州 Genius protagonist + white-robed sword cultivator + multiple identities + heavenly taboo + one heroine, no romantic ambiguity + two powerful leads saving each other + sweet on the outside, dark within + ensemble cast + no System "The Heavenly Dao wants us to kill each other for nine lifetimes?" "Then in this life, we’ll do the opposite: slay the heavens together!" He was once Lord Han Yuan, as pristine as moonlight and wind, with both divine and demonic nature and chaos within him. She was the 588Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 122 Xuantian Demon Emperor 玄天魔帝 Immortal inheritances endure across the land, passed down through the ages. The Immortal Dao shall flourish forever! This is a land that buries countless inheritances of the Immortal Dao, where one honors the legacy of immortals and rules over the earth. The Ancient Spirit Immortal Hall travels through the void, undying and indestructible, seeking the eternal shore. A Golden Immortal Coffin lies buried in the depths of a death realm, covered in the dust of time as it awaits the fated one who wil 1.5kReads7.8Score15214d adds
- 123 Inn · Lights Out · Ask Not About Revenge 《客栈·熄灯·莫问仇》 Inn, Lights Out, Ask Not About Revenge 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Willow Branches Forged into Blades 《折柳成刀》 Willow Branches Forged into Blades 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Tracing the Origin of All Things: I’m Having a Blast Cultivating the Way of Survival 万物溯源：我苟道修仙爽疯了 [Mortal-style cultivation setting + Appraisal, Deconstruction, and Synthesis System + Multiple Heroines + Cunning Schemer + Survivalist Path. Li Chang'an obtains the Origin Tracing System. Born with five spiritual roots, he cultivates the Five Elements Fortune Immortal Scripture and forms bonds with multiple heroines, including women with innate Yin and Yang physiques, becoming their Dao companions. With disguise masks, invisible flying swords, and multiple identities, he navigates the cultivati 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Tipsy 《微醺》 Tipsy 175Reads—Score114d adds
- 127 After I Fell to the Dark Side, My Ex-Wife Offered Herself to Me? 入魔后，前妻竟为我奉献自己？ [Single heroine + invincible] After he falls to the demonic path, his ex-wife actually offers herself to cure him. This... is way too thrilling, isn't it? Xu Yan sacrificed his life to devour countless demons and save humanity from disaster. In the end, space shattered, and he fell into a spatial current, arriving in a strange world. His ex-wife, Lin Xichen, came along with him... 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 My Dantian Is a Sword 我的丹田是把剑 [Traditional fantasy + swordsmanship + one female lead + resilience + coldness + heterochromia] In a vast world teeming with countless races, dangers abound, as do innumerable heaven-blessed prodigies. Xiao Chen is stripped of his dantian and expelled from Cangyun Sect, but his misfortune turns out to be a blessing: a mysterious little sword fuses with his dantian, improving his talent and comprehension and granting him the Supreme Sword Body Art. By continuously devouring divine swords and rare 32Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 129 Master of the Sword Dao 剑道主宰 Three years ago, his entire family was wiped out, and he barely escaped with his life. Three years later, Lin Han mastered the supreme legacies of his many masters and returned in triumph, vowing to settle the blood debt from that day! The gods have fallen, the demons have withered. With a three-foot sword in hand, I will cut down every god and demon beneath the heavens. With my sword, I shall rule the world! 1.6kReads8.7Score13914d adds
- 130 Great Wilderness Divine Sword Art 大荒神剑诀 (Fierce, blood-pumping cultivation fantasy + one heroine) After his spiritual sea was shattered, the young man was cruelly abandoned by his sect and plunged into despair. My family is counting on me. I can't give up! He inherits the Dragon Emperor's legacy and cultivates both the sword and the body. Step by step, he rises to the peak, reaching for the supreme realm! 22.2kReads8.6Score2.7k14d adds
- 131 The Rebellious Immortal: Little Demoness of Chaos 逆仙之混沌小魔女 Have you ever seen cultivation like this? Ascending to immortality isn't a glorious honor. It means being branded with a slave mark and serving as Heaven's "spiritual energy battery" for all eternity. The harder you cultivate, the farther freedom slips away. This is the world Su Nianwei transmigrated to: an apocalypse where the Immortal Dao has become a prison and the laws of Heaven have crumbled. She was a "good-for-nothing pill girl" abandoned by her family. Her dantian was damaged, her spirit 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Heaven-Swallowing Gourd 吞天葫 [Traditional Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless + No Saintly Hero + Revenge + Survival Through Cunning] Chu Feng, the greatest prodigy of Great Xia, was framed by the crown prince. His martial meridians were ripped out, his dantian shattered, and he was chained up in the Heavenly Prison like a dead dog. Just as he was falling into despair, the Heaven-Swallowing Gourd's spirit awoke and passed on an unrivaled divine art: absorb spiritual energy, devour bloodlines, and refine the soul! With the Heave 13.7kReads8.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 133 The Sword Dao Reaches the Divine 剑道通神 Young Chen Zong happens upon a mysterious sword seal by chance. Setting out from a remote frontier, he wields his sword across the four seas and sweeps through every direction. He battles his way across countless worlds and breaks through the clouds, crushing innumerable prodigies and reigning supreme for generations. He cultivates the sword to attain the Dao, becoming a god with a single strike! 106Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 134 I’ll Cut Down Any Empress Who Tries to Keep Me Under Her Thumb 女帝胯下，我必斩之 He gave her everything he had, but on the night of their wedding, she cut open his dantian and destroyed his path to immortality, all to secure her own throne. Eight years later, Lin Jiuyou returns with the Nine Tribulations Sword Pagoda. The pagoda has nine floors, each with a tribulation, and each tribulation brings a kill! “Ye Hongyi, it’s time to repay what you owe me.” “I’ll take this throne. You, I’ll bury with my own hands.” This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual pe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Desolate Heaven Sword Emperor 荒天剑帝 [Traditional Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless + Unrivaled Swordsmanship + Sweep Across the Heavens + Supreme Overlord Physique] The heavens and earth are a chessboard, and all living beings are its pieces. Young Ye Chen had his Supreme Heavenly Bone ripped out and his Azure Sky Overlord Blood drained. Fortunately, his divine soul awakened, allowing him to be reborn with the Desolate Heaven Sword Bone. He forged the Ancient Desolate Saint Body and swept through the ages, covering the sky with one 189Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 136 I Became a God from the Start, Who Could I Possibly Fear? 开局成神，我怕谁！ The boundless universe hides countless astonishing secrets, and Lin Chen's adventure begins with uncovering them. Lin Chen was an ordinary person from an ordinary world. After an accident, he transmigrated to a mysterious world at the dawn of chaos and gained the Chaos Heart, which gave him control over the power of chaos. In this world of intersecting dimensions and hidden dangers, Dimension Devourers ran rampant, seeking to consume every dimension, while the Crystal Wall Network teetered on t 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Sword Dynasty 剑朝 The Martial World Continent stretches without end. Four supreme races dwell here. Humanity battles the gods with magic, fights demons hand to hand, and clashes with immortals. Blood dyes the heavens, yet they fear nothing. A reborn young man rises from the endless mountains, carving a path through every obstacle as he climbs step by step to the summit. With nothing but the three-foot sword in his hand, his sharp edge can reac 20kReads8.7Score1.7k14d adds
- 138 The Young Friends of Old Return 少年故人归 [Slow-Burn Setup] [Wuxia] [Revenge and Retribution] [Hatred of Evil] [Chapter One is a “Prologue,” optional reading. The real climax comes later.] Why do I fight to the death without retreating? Because all my brothers are buried here. How could I bear to be the only one left alive? How could I spare my own life? And besides… who says a ruler of a fallen kingdom has to be a fool? And who says that if you love someone, you have to let them know? Sometimes it can be for “that one glance” alon 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 You Drove Me to Become a Demon, and Now You Want Me to Love You Again? 逼我入魔，还想让我再爱一次？ In his previous life, Li Xuan treated his master and junior sisters as his whole world, willing to risk everything for them. When his junior brother framed him, his junior sisters treated him with cold disdain and cruel words. His master drained his cultivation, crippled his natural talents, forced him onto the demonic path, and personally cut him down. The demoness who loved him more than life itself also perished for his sake, her body and soul destroyed. Given another chance at life, he let g 487Reads6.3Score10614d adds
- 140 Master of Canglan 沧澜玄主 [Traditional fantasy + mysterious origins + no System + no harem + one heroine + all-around protagonist + decisive and ruthless + face-slapping] The Canglan Realm is divided among five continents, where practitioners of profound arts abound and five-colored profound energy reigns supreme. Xiao Ce, young master of the Xiao family, bears strange, colorless profound energy. All the profound power he cultivates is devoured by a secret seal, leaving him a good-for-nothing. After being ambushed by his 69Reads—Score514d adds
- 141 Above the Abyss: Defying Heaven to Survive 渊墟之上：与天争命 [Eastern Fantasy and Immortal Cultivation] + [Cultivation World] + [No System] + [Dual Cultivation of Spiritual and Martial Arts] + [Dynastic Rivalry] + [Defying Fate and Challenging Heaven] Yuanxu is a world unto itself, known as a place of chaos and death. The cultivation realms in this novel are: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Violet Palace, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification, Void Refinement, Unity, and Supreme Sage. The martial cultivation realms are: Body Tempering, Meridian Op 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Nine Heavens Sword Emperor 九霄剑皇 “The sword is king of all weapons, and the path of the sword is ever-changing. A sword can be graceful and nimble, using finesse to master the forces of the world; it can also be weighty and powerful, cleaving mountains and seas with sheer strength; or it can strike like thunder, using speed to overcome every technique under heaven.” So said a beautiful sword goddess. The boy took the sword from her hand, unaware whether it could end the chaos now gripping the world, where monsters ran rampant.. 6.5kReads8.8Score54414d adds
- 143 The Greatest Sword God of All Time 万古第一剑神 Every time my sword is drawn, blood is spilled. Every enemy I kill is reduced to ash. The battle across the myriad heavens shakes the divine path, and the demonic sword in my hand is still wet with blood! I am the greatest swordsman of all time! 14.1kReads8.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 144 The Dustbound Sword Dao 尘剑道 Xuanhuan, swordsmanship, and peerless talent! He is the young heir of the Jiang family, one of Qingyun City’s four great clans. Born with a chronic illness, he has always been frail. But my fate is mine to command, not Heaven’s! With perseverance, courage, and quick wits, he fights his way upstream, step by step. He seeks opportunities, takes on the four clans, and endures battles to the death, singing a saga of blood and tears. He enters treasure lands and hidden realms. Watch him soar straight 9.6kReads8.6Score71414d adds
- 145 Lingqi 07 灵棋07 A cultivation novel: (You and I are both living beings upon the board of Heaven and Earth, but every step I take is by my own choice! My heart is my own player!) Cultivation realms: Jade Mystic (ten stages + the Ultimate Realm) → Heavenly Clarity (nine stages) → Mystic Clarity (five stages) → Mystic Clarity: Ultimate Realm Demon realms: Lesser Demon → Greater Demon → Demon King Weapons: Mortal Arms (ranks 1–9) → Spirit Arms (low, middle, and high grades) → Ultimate Spirit Arms → Hongmeng Immorta 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Entering the Game of Go, I Somehow Became the Heavenly Dao 入棋局，我竟终为天道 (One female lead, no harem, no invincibility, slow-paced, a long journey, lots of foreshadowing, traditional fantasy. The early chapters may feel rather quiet, but after that, the plot takes a dramatic turn.) The first book in the Heavenly Dao series: Su Jin Xuan is an adopted son of the Su family, born with dual lightning and fire affinities, yet tests reveal that his meridians are low-grade and useless. From the black-market gladiator arena to suppressing bandits at Fuyu Mountain, he cultivate 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 From Mortal Blood to Emperor 凡血成帝 A class trip takes six students to another world, where they transmigrate into a realm of immortal cultivation. Adrift in a sea of illusions, their fates take countless turns. They were ordinary mortals, unable to cultivate, and refused to accept being toyed with by fate. Clinging to the belief that they would beat the heavens at least once, they unexpectedly obtain the Ancient Scripture of Tyrant Blood and launch into a wild new life, crushing countless formidable foes along the way... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Lost Divine Sword: A Rebellious Disciple Breaks His Sword and Stirs Up the Immortal Mountains 失落神剑：宗门反骨断剑闹仙山 Cultivate qi, pursue immortality, and prove the Dao between heaven and earth! At his sect's trial, Yang Zhun was expelled. But he returned carrying an ancient broken sword! With the broken sword in hand, he can cultivate the sword Dao and devour the essence of living beings, seizing the creations of heaven and earth! The Vision-and-Hearing stage, the Bodiless stage, the Transforming-Qi stage, the Realm Beyond Qi... Spiritual qi, baleful qi, spirit beasts, demon beasts, the five elements, the 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 The Unrivaled Sword God 不败剑神 Young Ye Tian obtains the Unbeaten Sword Box and cultivates the Unbeaten Sword God Art. Among the geniuses of the Nine Provinces and the gods and demons of the heavens, who would dare withstand one of my strikes? When I draw my sword, I am invincible! (Traditional high-energy action + one heroine!) 8.1kReads8.5Score99014d adds
- 150 The Divine Dao Dynasty 道神朝 [Genius Protagonist]+ [No System]+ [Decisive and Ruthless] For years, the Divine Talisman Continent had been divided among the three powers of Qi, Yan, and Wei. But after the Yan Emperor forcibly attempted to reach the Celestial Realm and suffered a devastating backlash from the Great Dao when he fell just short, the balance of power shifted. When Qi's one hundred thousand cavalry stormed the imperial capital of Yan, the Yan Emperor set himself on fire, and the dust seemed to have settled. Yet t 43Reads—Score—14d adds
