Novels like Making Money in the City, Cultivating Immortality in the Mountains
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- 1 City Demon Tamer 都市炼妖师 A universe within the sleeve, endless days and nights within the pot. Lin Fan, a wage slave, was gravely ill and in despair when he unexpectedly activated a bronze pot and defied fate. By then, monsters had already awakened, and sinister currents were stirring. They lurked among humanity, living alongside people, and danger could strike at any moment. The truth about the world was gradually coming to light... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Wife Ascended to Immortality on Our Wedding Night, While I Opened the Immortal Gate with a Single Leaf 洞房妻登仙，凡人的我一叶开仙门 On their wedding night, his wife is recorded in the Immortal Register and taken away by an immortal sect, leaving Su Fan, who has a false spiritual root, alone in their empty room. Fortunately, his wife pleaded with the immortal sect, allowing Su Fan to follow her there and do odd jobs as an outer affiliate. Every day, he chops spiritual bamboo and digs up spiritual bamboo shoots. He thought the gap between him and his wife would only grow as she became immortal and he remained mortal. But the w 28.8kReads8.8Score2.7k14d adds
- 3 Transcending Tribulation and Being Reborn Above the Ninth Heaven 九霄之上渡劫重生 Lin Feng failed his tribulation and was reborn in his high school days on Earth. Now he will make up for past regrets, protect his younger sister and family, and cultivate back to the peak. This is a feel-good power fantasy, so readers, please don’t overthink it. 7Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 4 Ancient Arcane Arts 上古秘术 With an ancient secret art in hand, Qing Feng thrives in the world, gaining both fame and fortune. At last, he gets to live out the dream of becoming a great hero he had as a boy. Many secret arts originated in mysterious, distant eras, carrying ancient wisdom and endless mysteries. They are like mysterious gateways through time, leading us into a world filled with wonder and intrigue. The origins of these ancient secret arts can be traced back to the distant past. In that era, people used their 194Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 5 Urban: The Immortal Emperor Is Reborn, and a Scandal at a Club Goes Viral from the Start 都市：仙帝重生，开局会所传全网 [Urban Cultivation + Face-Slapping + Decisive and Ruthless + Cold Male Lead] Qin Fan, the Immortal Emperor of Eternal Life, returns to Earth because of an obsession from his past life! This time, he will reclaim everything that belongs to him! His homeland is called Huaxia! Within Huaxia, the gods are forbidden to tread! With a flick of his finger, he destroys the stars! With a wave of his hand, he cleaves the sun and moon! In the eyes of the Great Emperor of Eternal Life, everything is an ant! 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Yin-Yang Finger 阴阳指 Yin and yang are the way of Heaven and Earth, the guiding principles of all things, the parents of change, the origin of life and death, and the dwelling place of the divine. The power of life and death begins with yin and yang. The Five Elements generate and overcome one another; yin gives rise to yang and brings death, while yang gives rise to yin and brings destruction. This is the natural way of things. As the old saying goes: A doctor doesn't call at your door, the Dao is not lightly passed 100Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 7 The City’s Number One Tough Guy 都市第一滚刀肉 The City's Number One Tough Guy 179Reads—Score214d adds
- 8 Three Lifetimes of Slaying Immortals 三世斩仙 [Slow build] + [Ruthless] + [One heroine] + [Invincible among peers] + [Demonic cultivation] + [No angst] Immortals see all mortal beings as ants. I will trample heaven and earth in the form of an ant. The line between immortal and demon is but a thought. I choose to become a demon, yet I can also seek the Dao and become an immortal. Watch how this mediocre young scholar from a remote mountain village takes one step after another into cultivation and onto the immortal path. See how he kills, sla 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Immortal Emperor Reborn: A Game of Wits in the Mortal World 仙帝重生：俗世弈天 Lin Hao, who once ruled the Huai Mountain Immortal Realm, was no match for a powerful foe from beyond the heavens. He died, his cultivation shattered. By a twist of fate, he was reborn on Blue Star, only to discover that this seemingly ordinary planet concealed the highest order of existence, and that he himself was a visitor from another world. His homeland is no ordinary place, and secrets lie beyond the nine heavens. Watch as the former Immortal Emperor treads his old path once more and unrav 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Making It in the City with a Spatial Ring 靠一枚空间戒指混都市 Conquering the City with a Spatial Ring 946Reads—Score2314d adds
- 11 The Cultivator Boy Comes Down from the Mountain 修仙少年下山 The highest virtue is like water: it benefits all things. The spring breeze brings rain, quietly nourishing all life. Heaven is a master craftsman, shaping all things as one. Thus, human nature is good from the beginning, and righteous energy nurtures all living beings. Heaven and earth are imperfect, yin and yang complement each other, and the five elements counter one another. Only righteousness endures. When heaven and earth first opened, energies were in chaos, corroding one another until 469Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 12 A Split Personality While Busting a Prostitute? Dual Cultivation of Gods and Demons? 抓嫖时人格分裂，却是神魔双修？ Split personality + two unstoppable personas. Zhang Ran, a police officer at a local station, accidentally awakens the lingering souls of a Demon Lord and an Immortal Emperor while busting a prostitution ring. He becomes an invincible super cop who cracks case after case. In the dead of night, the Demon Lord transforms into a powerful figure in the underworld, absorbing negative emotions. Under the bright sun, the Immortal Emperor becomes a righteous detective, embracing society’s positive energ 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Shocking! I Slay Gods All the Way from Blue Star to the Primordial World 震惊！蓝星到洪荒一路斩神 (No System, a female lead, and ruthless action. The blurb doesn't do it justice, so read the novel.) Earth is sealed away, yet many cultivators still live there. Kong Hao obtains a mysterious cultivation technique... His father vanishes, and it turns out to have something to do with the Primordial World... He commands the myriad heavens and treads across the Primordial World. Rumor has it: when Kong Hao rages, gods and demons perish. When the Nine Tribulations appear, the myriad heavens fall. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Reborn as a Failed System, I’ll Help You Turn the Tables 重生成扑街系统助我逆袭 [Urban] [Everyday Life] [Making a Ruckus] [Lighthearted] An old man is reborn as a young, struggling nobody. Right after being reborn, he nearly gets his manhood bitten off by a dog. His girlfriend runs off with a rich man, leaving him with only a few hundred bucks. Luckily, his roommate helps him out... Of course, when it really counts, he still needs the System to lend a hand. “Ding!” “Congratulations, Host, your System has been activated!” This System is actually alive? System: 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Martial Arts to Suppress Demons? Sorry, I Cultivate Immortality! 武道镇妖？抱歉，我修仙的！ In years of famine and ruin, amid a world overrun by vicious demons, immortals are nowhere to be found. Ordinary people defend themselves with their own flesh and blood. If immortals exist in this world, they must be beyond the cage. Then I'll become the one and only immortal in the mortal realm! —Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 16 Break Through the Cosmos 冲破寰宇 On Ula Star, more than 30 centuries in the future, two factions have emerged, each backed by several powerful families. One faction reveres science. Its members insist on using scientific methods to enhance the human body's combat abilities, drive it to evolve and grow stronger, and extend its lifespan. The other faction believes in the body's natural growth and evolution. Its members use no drugs, instead following the laws of Heaven and cultivating on their own to reach deeper levels of energy 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 China’s Special Forces: Returning After Ten Years Abroad 华夏特勤，境外十年归来 “I was once Hua Xia’s sharpest blade, until my enemy told me that immortals truly exist in this world. So I swallowed a dragon… a five-clawed golden dragon!” Synopsis ↓ [Relentless combat + passionate action + high-octane thrills + no rambling + no System] He is the leader of Hua Xia’s Overseas Special Operations Group 003, part of the Founding Nation Division. He is a machine of the state. He is a battlefield maniac who has lost all feeling. For ten years, bloodshed and slaughter were his only 105Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 18 I Picked Up a Broken Stone from the Start, and Somehow Became the Villain Boss 开局捡到破石头，我竟是反派老大 Lin Fan came from the countryside, where his life had been as plain as still water. But fate took a sudden turn after he picked up a broken stone. An unexpected inheritance became the turning point of his life, yet it seemed cursed, riddled with flaws. To perfect the inheritance, Lin Fan fights his way through the turbulent city, rising from a country bumpkin everyone looked down on to a man who has carved out a place for himself. But everything he worked so hard to gain is suddenly at risk whe 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Urban Cultivation: It Begins in the Freshman Library 都市修仙传，从大一图书馆开始 Nie Yan is an ordinary college student. A chance encounter changes the course of his life, sending him down a different path. An unknown, wondrous, and dangerous world awaits him. 667Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn: The Celestial Emperor Cultivates in the City 重生之天帝在都市修仙 “Peerless Heavenly Emperor” Ye Youchen was assassinated by the Ten Immortal Kings of the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm and was reborn on Earth. From the start, he seemed to have hit the jackpot: he was a student at a top university. Little did he know that it was the beginning of a life of drudgery! Faced with taunts from romantic rivals and threats and temptations from rich heirs, only his grandfather worked tirelessly, farming and scavenging, to put him through university. He resolved to cultiva 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Primordial Chaos Heaven-Devouring Art in the City 都市之混元噬天诀 [Urban + the Myriad Worlds + Invincible + High Martial Arts + Multiple Heroines + Do as He Pleases + Steamrolls All the Way + spiritual qi revival] Ma Nan lost four years of freedom. Following the dying instructions of Old Li, he first obtained the cultivation technique Primordial Chaos Heaven-Devouring Art, then encountered one opportunity after another: the Innate Supreme Treasure, the Nirvana Genesis Furnace; the Heavenly Earthly Flame, the Flame of Living Things... “Spiritual qi on Blue Star 223Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 22 The First-Ever Successor of Shennong 神农第一代传人 Chang Anning unexpectedly obtains a mysterious pocket dimension known as the “Spirit Ruins,” and from then on, his life takes a completely different turn. No womanizing, no brainless wish fulfillment, no toxic content... A heartfelt work by Jiuwei, backed by the author’s reputation. The early stages may have a lot of setup, and the pace may be a little slow. But the middle and later stages are absolutely explosive! 125Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 23 Modern Day: I Picked Up a Pocket Dimension 现代，捡了个空间 (Urban cultivation + leveling up + cooperation with the Supernatural Affairs Bureau + character growth + shameless power fantasy + slow start + explosive later arc) After the overworked Zhang Yi awakened a tiny cultivation world, his life took a completely different turn. A thousand-year-old ginseng was sold by the bundle, and ten-thousand-year-old spiritual fruit was just a snack. The sharper his tongue, the stronger he was in battle: his insults hit like critical strikes, and a lightning-eagle 19kReads7.8Score3.6k14d adds
- 24 The Last Mortal 最后一位凡人 Genshin Impact, spirit familiars, the spirit realm, a battle between gods and demons, some mysteries of history, the secrets behind changes in the mortal world, shifts in the balance of the Three Realms, and the mysteries of our own world: perhaps this book holds the answers you seek. Note: This novel is adapted from real case stories. My name is Zhang Xuan. I was born in 1999, and I’ve been fascinated by all kinds of occult subjects for as long as I can remember. I was born with Yin-Yang Eyes 502Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 25 The Divine Doctor and Sword God 神医剑神 I have a needle that can dispel the world's misfortunes, and a sword that can sweep away injustice beneath the heavens. You ask where I come from? I come from Earth! 50Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 26 Urban: My Cultivation Technique Was Too Powerful, and Its Backlash Made Me Stutter 都市：功法太强，反噬成结巴 [A tough guy who doesn't talk much. The protagonist has a stutter.] [No transmigration, no rebirth, no System. Modern cultivation.] During a prenatal checkup, Mrs. Ye learned that her unborn son had XXX syndrome. The doctor advised her to terminate the pregnancy. Mrs. Ye refused, and in the end, she gave birth to him and named him Ye Fan. She hoped his life would be an ordinary one. Who could have known that as soon as he learned to walk, the child would become incredibly rebellious, picking fig 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Nascent Soul Rogue Cultivator from the Start: Watch Me Bully the Younger Generation 开局元婴散修，看我如何欺辱小辈 Below the Nascent Soul stage, all are ants. Yet rogue Nascent Soul cultivators are always short on resources. Lin Xuan died suddenly while reading a novel and became a rogue Nascent Soul cultivator in the world of cultivation. Now that he had arrived in this cultivation world, he was determined to reach the summit and see what awaited at the top. Watch as I venture alone into secret realms, kill for treasure, and bully juniors. 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Nezha’s Path to Immortality 哪吒修仙诀 A dragon lurks in the abyss; a wise man hides among the people. When among others, hold your tongue to stay clear of trouble. When things are going well, keep your plans to yourself to avoid disaster. When beset by hardship, conceal your feelings so you can grow stronger. Those who aspire to great things keep them in their hearts and act on them. Only by keeping a low profile can you move forward steadily and go far. Yang Lin spends all day immersed in the world of immortal cultivation, caring n 94Reads—Score714d adds
- 29 The Modern Mountain Keeper 现代守山人 The Modern Mountain Keeper 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Cultivating Immortality with My Beautiful Teacher 带着美女老师去修仙 A common-born boy accidentally steps onto the path of immortality, then unwittingly obtains a fragment of the Chaos World. From then on, he takes a beautiful teacher with him, breaks through chaos, and enters the Immortal Realm. To discover why Earth's cultivation world fell into decline, he slays immortals and demons all along the way. Only after reaching the summit does he learn that he is the Son of Heaven's Dao. Seeking to break free of his restraints, he returns to Earth to find the origin 1kReads8.8Score12114d adds
- 31 Echoes of Delusion in a Noisy Ruin 喧墟妄响 As civilization falls with the advance of technology, peace collapses beneath the framework of institutions, and humanity grows fearful of its own genetic evolution, doomsday weapons, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, genetic mutations, and the rise of extremist religions... An unseen war quietly draws near. The Command Headquarters, the Heresy Tribunal, the Imperial Knights, and the Red Pursuit Order: on the doomsday battlefield, a small rose quietly blooms. Now, ten evils born of negat 4Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 32 The Wandering Fake Sword Immortal 浪荡凡俗的伪剑仙 [No System + The protagonist has a brain + Feel-good power fantasy] (Entirely fictional. Do not apply it to real life.) Also known as the urban underdog version of Chen Beixuan, the ultimate show-off. Ma Liang is an ordinary, short, overweight man with an empty wallet: short in stature, big in the belly, and short on cash. At work, he can't advance because he doesn't want a nine-to-six job with weekends off, but he won't retreat into a soul-crushing assembly line either. In love, he can't move f 858Reads8.2Score11614d adds
- 33 Reborn to Cultivate Immortality in the City 重生都市修仙 A mighty immortal who had survived the tribulation, the strongest Immortal Venerable in the Star River, he was betrayed during his tribulation. With inner demons taking hold, he fell and was reborn. His previous life was full of regrets. Now that he has returned, the vast city and tumultuous mortal world await him. Facing the enemies of his past, he swears that this time he will crush them beneath his feet and reclaim his peak. 82Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 34 Peerless Spirit and Martial Arts 灵武绝尘 [Mortal Cultivation + No System + Developing Protagonist + Traditional Fantasy + Qi Refining + Foundation Establishment + Golden Core + Nascent Soul + Spirit Transformation] [Funny + Cunning + Decisive and Ruthless + Clear About Love and Hate] [Five-Element Spiritual Root] Legend has it that this spiritual root grants limitless talent for cultivation, but that tale is now buried in ancient texts. The cultivation world no longer has a way to train it. Lin Qingyao is a good-for-nothing with a Five 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 I Have a Little Chaos World 我有一个混沌小世界 Lin Bei unexpectedly obtained a Chaos Dao Pearl and transmigrated into the body of a ninth-stage Tribulation Transcendence rogue cultivator in a mid-thousand world. Unfortunately, the rogue cultivator failed to overcome the tribulation, and Lin Bei couldn't control the cultivator's body. He had no choice but to return to Blue Star. From there, he began his path of cultivation and discovered that the black jade bead was actually the seed of a vast Chaos World. 533Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 36 Cultivator of Luzhou 庐州修士 They say that if your title, cover, and blurb are bad, your book has no hope. Fine, I admit defeat. Please give it a patient read. As the saying goes, a few words of blurb can't reveal a book's mysteries. You have to step into the story to discover its strangeness! After transmigrating to another world, Chen Fan finds that all the laws of science have collapsed. Some people live for five hundred years and fly through the sky on swords; savage beasts dozens of meters long swallow people whole. No 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Silly Young Cultivator 修仙傻小子 A powerless man from the mountains, trapped in despair but refusing to give up. The mountains and seas will find their way back; wind and rain will bring us together again. Even the hardest knots in our hearts will eventually be undone, and everything will turn out all right. Everything within sight is the past; everything in the heart is a memory. All that the eyes can see is regret. Look back: the light boat has already passed ten thousand mountains. Look ahead: the road is long, but it shines 823Reads6.5Score10414d adds
- 38 The Blood Jade Pendant: A Path to Immortality 血佩仙途 [Entire book completed, safe to read] [One female lead] + [No mindless decisions] + [Passionate] + [Defying the odds] A useless spiritual root awakens heaven-defying aptitude thanks to a jade pendant! A mine slave of the Lin family cripples a prodigy with one punch! He massacres his way through Zhongzhou to save his beloved, and returns as a mighty Nascent Soul cultivator! He ascends to the Spirit Realm, sweeps all enemies aside, enters the Immortal Realm, and takes charge of heaven and earth! R 2.3kReads8.5Score21814d adds
- 39 Traces of the Domain: My Path to Immortality Begins with a Job Change 域之痕：仙途从换工开始 Wu Yanheng was an extra who accompanied his junior sister into the immortal sect. He had a mundane mixed spiritual root. When they parted, his master gave him a bamboo flute and a wine gourd. At the sect, his cultivation progressed slowly, and he couldn't even keep up with the spiritual fields assigned to him. But his flute playing was beautiful, and his fellow disciples all loved listening to it. In exchange, they helped him tend his fields. And so he stayed in the sect. Watch how he starts by 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Burying the Heavens 丨葬天丨 The so-called Immortal Dao is nothing but a game for the strong. The Chaos Calamity that comes once every 6.48 billion years is also a conspiracy by the powerful... With playful jokes, humor, and a taste for the bizarre, this book will show you a cultivation fantasy world like no other. Protagonist: "If the Heavenly Dao is a prison, then I'll bury the heavens too..." 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Reborn: The Immortal Emperor Chen Mo Returns to Campus 重生之仙帝归来之校园陈默 Immortal Emperor Chen Mo is betrayed by his closest friend and beloved during a great battle in the Immortal Realm. His body and cultivation are destroyed, but his consciousness unexpectedly returns reborn to when he was 17, in the body of a boy with the same name who ranks last in his class at Qingyun High School. Watch him climb back to the throne of Immortal Emperor, one step at a time! 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Qingyun Comes Down the Mountain: I Cultivate Qi in Yunhai 青云下山：我在云海修引气 [Master Descends the Mountain + Urban Cultivation + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Bodyguard to a Female CEO + Invincible + Superpowers] When everyone thinks he is just an ordinary young man, Jiang Chen returns after three years of grueling cultivation. The patience he showed in the past was not meant to help him scrape by. It was the prelude to an astonishing comeback after descending the mountain. Faced with pressure from powerful families, provocations from formidable foes, and deadly traps 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 My Boss Is a Beautiful Immortal Empress 我的老板是美女仙帝 [Ordinary man’s urban cultivation + slow burn + traditional cultivation realms + legacy of an Immortal Emperor + comeback + passion + fantasy] The protagonist, Ye Feng, becomes a male model to earn money, accidentally contracts AIDS, and unexpectedly inherits the legacy of an Immortal Emperor. From then on, he embarks on the path of cultivation. The realms in this book are: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul… The male lead is decisive and ruthless, and the plot is f 193Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 44 Spiritual Qi Revival: You're About to Ascend Already? 灵气复苏，你就要飞升了？ [Urban rebirth + cultivation + ruthless decisiveness + ordinary protagonist + no mindless power fantasy + single heroine] A top-tier Mahayana cultivator is reborn in his student days with the cultivation of a Core Formation cultivator. Spiritual qi revival ushers in an age where everyone cultivates. He leads a group straight into a secret realm full of spiritual treasures, intimidating over a hundred cultivators. The school offers me a fortune to serve as a bodyguard, so I turn around and set up 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Sealed Path to Immortality 尘封的仙路 Lin Yue is struck by a meteorite fragment and fuses with the Five Elements Essence. After his eyes mutate, he embarks on the path of cultivation, and all kinds of strange people and events begin to appear. The secrets of legend begin to reveal the truth. The Wu Clan, lost to history; the elusive path of immortality; Buddhism, flourishing with worshippers; the sunken continent of Atlantis; the ancient people hidden deep within the Earth; the mysterious Moon; and bizarre flying saucers… As all the 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Immortal Shadows, Dustbound Fate 尘缘仙影 He inherits a family heirloom ring, only to discover that it contains a whole world within. He had planned to finish college and then return home to stay by his parents' side. But some people have nothing better to do after a full meal, and they force Su Ming step by step down the abyss of Cultivation… 1.1kReads7.2Score10214d adds
- 47 The Dominating Chaos Art 霸道混沌诀 Born with a Chaos Physique, he obtains a cultivation method formed from primordial chaos at the dawn of creation, inherits a thousand years of memories from the patriarch, and gains a divine ring containing a pocket world of blessed grotto-heavens. He is accompanied by a transformed ginseng doll. He crushes vicious thugs and arrogant young masters with a single move, and wipes out demons and monsters with one punch. He punishes evil and promotes good, restoring clarity to the world. Whoever offe 2.5kReads8.3Score19114d adds
- 48 I Accidentally Swallowed an Immortal Pill from Qin Shi Huang's Tomb 误吞了秦皇陵仙丹 After a relic was stolen from Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum, Wang Hao, a recent university graduate unemployed in his rented apartment, accidentally came into possession of one of the stolen artifacts. The elixir of immortality that Qin Shi Huang had sought so desperately ended up changing the life of a poor young man more than two thousand years later… 14kReads7.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 49 You Call Me a Loser, Unaware I've Gained a Heaven-Defying Opportunity 嫌我废物，殊不知我已获逆天机缘 Three years ago, Qin Beixuan suffered an injury to his dantian at the hands of a mysterious figure. For the past three years, everyone in the sect has called him a good-for-nothing, and even his own master despises him. Three years later, he is thrown off a cliff once again, but little does anyone know that he is about to come upon a great opportunity. Isn’t he supposed to be a good-for-nothing? How can he cultivate now? Murong Lanxin: “Don’t kill me. I don’t want to die. I can’t die. I was wron 6.8kReads7.9Score56014d adds
- 50 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortals Should Cultivate Secondhand! 凡人修仙：仙就要修二手的！ The rating has just been released, and it'll rise later! [No AI, entirely handmade] [Mortal-style cultivation + spear-focused cultivator] (Traditional immortal cultivation, slow burn and not a wish-fulfillment story, rising from mortal to immortal, with an exciting later arc) Chen Tuo is reborn in the cultivation world with the ability to repair secondhand goods. He can mend worn-out straw sandals and piece together broken porcelain bowls, but he lacks the one thing that matters most: a spiritua 991Reads6.4Score10014d adds
