Novels like The Immortal Venerable Returns, and I’m Going to Be Late for School!
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- 151 Iron Cavalry: The Emperor's Claim, Part One 铁骑称皇1 The Iron Cavalry Claims the Throne 1 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Cultivation Community: I Manage the Property, and the Big Shots Line Up to Pay 修仙小区：我当物业，大佬排队交 On the day he is reborn, Qin Changsheng slaps a Nascent Soul grandmaster. The greatest rogue cultivator of his past life is now a property manager earning 3,500 a month. The residents' chat group is full of complaints: sword cultivators report exploding furnaces, while members of the Harmony Sect sob that their bellybands have been cut up. Qin Changsheng picks up a mop. “At Qingyun Tianjing, the property manager is king.” Eventually, even the Heavenly Dao has to pay property fees. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Back from the Immortal Realm 从仙界归来 I'm back from the world of cultivation. You have a luxury car, but I have a divine beast for a mount. You have money, but I have spirit stones money can't buy. You have the world's best hospitals, but I have a divine pill that grants immortality. You want to show off? I'll beat the crap out of you, you weakling! This is the story of a cultivation powerhouse reborn in the modern city, playing the pig to eat the tiger and making up for past regrets. Pure exhilaration, come on in... 171Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 154 Twin-Souled Nuo Master: The Gods Treat Me Like a Toy 双魂傩主：诸神拿我当消遣玩具 [Cthulhu] [Horror] [Suspense] The human world is an observation box in which the gods keep their subjects. Monsters crawl through cracks in the rules. Outer gods lend humanity their power, only to watch the guardians fall apart. The Huanshu Bureau borrows divine power to fight disasters, but suffers its corruption in return. The cults of evil gods see through the cage and choose to tear the world apart, welcoming its return to nothingness. Jiang Ming only wanted to slack off, until a door in Nan 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 The True Lord Is Reborn in the City 真君重生在都市 A hit cultivation novel rises to the top [Reborn]+ [Urban Cultivation]+ [Face-slapping] On the brink of his primordial spirit’s destruction, the Water Virtue Star Lord forcibly took over the body of a heartbroken college student who had just jumped into the river. Soaked to the skin, Yuan Bin crawled out of the riverbed with only three strands of immortal energy left in his dantian. His ex-girlfriend sneered as she clung to a rich heir: “You jumped into the river and still didn’t die?” In the de 11Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 156 Nascent Soul True Lord: Reborn in High School, I Cultivate Immortality Under the Radar 元婴真君，重生高中低调修仙 It was only a tribulation to become a Deity. If I died, I could just start over. But now I’m back in a modern city where spiritual energy is scarce. What’s Lu Yun supposed to do? As the only cultivator in the world, Lu Yun can only sigh helplessly. He has no choice but to quietly grow stronger, then amaze the entire world. 248Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 First Year, New Semester: Welcome, Ancestor of the Nascent Soul 大一新学期，恭迎化神老祖 [Cultivator Returns + Technical Mastermind, Unbeatable + Lighthearted and Witty + Calculated Carnage + Face-Slapping Power Fantasy] After accidentally transmigrating to the cultivation world, I weathered three thousand years and finally became an ancestor at the Deity Transformation stage! Who could have guessed that one careless move would get me stabbed in the back by my betrothed Dao companion? With no choice but to grit my teeth, I broke through layer upon layer of encirclement and escaped t 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 The Immortal Lord Returns 仙尊归来 In his previous life, his girlfriend betrayed him, his parents died tragically, and his family was destroyed. Unable to endure the humiliation, he chose to end his own life. In this life, he returned from the immortal realm. He would repay every grudge from his past life a hundredfold! “Once, I lacked the strength to protect those closest to me. Now, I will make the whole world grovel at my feet!” 2.1kReads7.0Score17014d adds
- 159 Horror Livestream: The Unhinged, Amnesiac Beauty Gets Fooled Again 惊悚直播：疯批失忆美人又被画饼 The rating was just posted; it may go up later. [Infinite flow, 1v1 male leads, evenly matched, hilarious wish-fulfillment story] [Unflappable psycho on the inside X nonstop flirtatious banter on the outside]→ Both are sharp-tongued!! -- From the bottom’s POV As a Bug split off from the Main System, it gained self-awareness and merged with a beauty NPC from a certain dungeon game. Since this Big Bug knew the script, the helpless Main System wiped its memories and tossed it into an infinite-flow 7Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 160 Urban Cultivation: Starting with an Inherited Taoist Temple 都市修仙：从继承道观开始 [Modern city + End of the Dharma Age + Taoist temple + Cultivation + I’m the only one with magic powers early on + Showing off in public + Spiritual qi revival later on + Invincible...] After transmigrating to a parallel world much like Earth, Peng Changqing inherits a dilapidated Taoist temple and unexpectedly embarks on the path of cultivation! A bag of spirit rice is all it takes to gather true qi for cultivation. An ordinary talisman can cure every illness with a wave of the hand! Practice t 160Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 161 The Cultivator Returns as the Ancestor 修真归来当老祖 A hundred years ago, Ji Cen set out on the ancient road through the stars to seek the path of cultivation through martial arts, heading for the Cultivation Realm. A century later, he returned to find that the world had changed beyond recognition. His descendants had long since multiplied, and his family had flourished, but the Ji family had also suffered no shortage of oppression over the past hundred years. Ji Cen's return finally let the Ji family hold their heads high again… “We welcome our a 8Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 162 I Found a Divine Artifact of China While Collecting Scrap 收破烂收到华夏神器 [Urban supernatural powers + treasure appraisal + power fantasy][A down-to-earth take on "Golden Eyes" + "The Mysterious Revival"] “I’m 38,000 yuan in debt. I start sorting scrap and awaken a guardian bloodline. From the start, I have a washbasin; in the end, I rule the myriad realms.” Wu Kun is 38,000 yuan in debt and forced to collect scrap to pay it off. By chance, he picks up a broken crock being used to prop up a table. A rune on its base awakens a lost bloodline within him, allowing him to 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 A Fresh Start After Being Reborn 重生后重来 Reborn and starting over —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 The Merchant Wolf of Great Qian: It All Begins with a Broken Engagement 《大乾商枭：从被退婚开始》 The Great Qian Merchant Tyrant: Starting After Being Jilted —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Beauty Is Too Tempting, So I Enjoy Life in the City While Cultivating Immortality 美色太诱人，修仙的我在都市逍遥 [Animated Series Now Streaming] [Cultivation] [Multiple Heroines] [Invincible] [Nine Yang Divine Body] [Big Bad] [Dual Cultivation of Alchemy and Martial Arts] This book tells the story of Ding Erhu, an orphan who worked as a laborer at a construction site. After he was injured while saving someone, he unexpectedly awakened the Nine Yang Divine Body and embarked on the path of cultivation. From then on, his life became a series of cheats and triumphs, with one thrilling story after another. The 5.8kReads8.4Score73014d adds
- 166 Urban Cultivation: The Ancient Divine Artifact, the Tower Through Heaven 都市修真：上古神器通天塔 [Urban + campus + otherworld + strong female lead] The female lead’s picture is out now! This novel has none of those formulaic plotlines. It’s a cultivation story with characters who can think and a plot that makes sense. The protagonists begin their trials at the Pavilion of Literary Depths on the first floor of the Sky-Piercing Tower. Watch as they grow. 41Reads—Score314d adds
- 167 The Immortal Emperor Returns: Spoiling His Wife and Daughter 仙帝归来：把老婆女儿宠上天 [Invincible + Ruthless + One Female Lead + Doting Dad + No Doormat Hero + Urban Cultivation] Immortal Emperor Xiao Chen of Lingchen misses his beloved girlfriend on Earth so much that he breaks through the dimensional barrier and returns, only to discover he has a daughter. Xiao Chen vows to protect his wife and daughter and spoil them rotten. “Whoever dares lay a hand on my wife and daughter, not even the stars of the nine heavens can save him!” “Daddy, I want a star!” “Of course!” Xiao Che 1.2kReads7.3Score10414d adds
- 168 Golden Core Cultivation from the Start: Confessing to My Childhood Friend, the Campus Belle 开局金丹期：向青梅校花表白 [Invincible] + [Urban Cultivation] + [One Female Lead] + [Reborn] + [Immortal Emperor] Lin Xuan, the Qian Kun Sword Emperor, had reigned supreme in the immortal realm for ten thousand years. Just as he was about to overcome his tribulation and ascend to godhood, his sworn brothers ambushed him and brought about his death. He was Reborn on Blue Star. Back on Blue Star, Lin Xuan is determined to rewrite the hardships of his past and protect his family, as well as his childhood sweetheart, who has 875Reads7.2Score10214d adds
- 169 Going Down the Mountain to Break Off the Engagement? No, I’m Here to Work Off My Debt 下山退婚？不，我是来打工还债的 Modern cities are highly developed, with science and technology in the ascendancy. Spiritual energy has dried up, and ancient cultivation sects have fallen into extreme poverty. They lack legal land ownership, know nothing about financial investment, and struggle to raise spiritual plants and beasts. The sects that once commanded the wind and rain now have to time their protective formations carefully just to save on electricity. Some elders even sneak down the mountain to deliver takeout and ma 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 The Demon Lord Sacrifices Himself to the Three Realms to Win Back His Wife 魔尊为了追妻拿自己献祭三界 He shattered a realm for her, and guarded a realm for her. In the first life, he was a young general who had distinguished himself protecting the emperor. She was an upstart who'd kicked her way to fame in the capital, taking up armor and sword for wealth and status. He died tragically amid court intrigues, while she waited for him all her life. In the second life, she was a fox who stayed by his side, accompanying him through both his rise and his lowest moments. Only when he died was she not t 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Young Madam Shi Is an All-Round Big Shot 时少夫人是个全能大佬 They say Third Master Shi of the imperial capital pulled every trick in the book to win over the girl he liked. But which of them was really the prey? An all-around capable heroine, strong female lead, one-on-one romance, both pure-hearted, no misunderstandings, plenty of sweetness and no angst. Ye Ran: “Shi Yiyuan, I've never thought much about love in my life, because I don't know how long I'll live. I might live a peaceful life to the end, or I might give up on myself at any moment. But you s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Reborn in the 1970s as a Mountain Keeper 重生70年代做守山人 Reborn in the 1970s as a Mountain Guardian 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 After My Boyfriend and I Broke Up, We Met Again at a Billionaires' Banquet 和男友分手后，我俩在富豪晚宴重逢了 After Breaking Up with My Boyfriend, We Reunited at a Gala for the Rich 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 On a Dating Show, Is My Master, the Ultimate God, Secretly in Love With Me? 恋综，我的大神师傅也暗恋我？ [Dating Show] [Esports] [Live Chat Comments] [System] [Secret Crush] [Reunion After Years Apart] [Sweet Romance] Ye Qingyou transmigrates into a book as the cannon-fodder female supporting character everyone mocks on a Game for Peace esports dating show. By chance, she meets Jiang Nan, a professional player on the show. But one day, she realizes that Jiang Nan might be the master she lost contact with years ago... 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 My Transmigration Failed, So I Can Only Pretend to Be Cultivating Immortality 穿越失败的我只能假装修仙 Huang Musong successfully bound himself to a System and was supposed to transmigrate to a cultivation world, but instead he unexpectedly found himself reborn in the summer right after graduating from high school. But the System he bound to is still a cultivation-type one! What is he supposed to do now? The way of life in a world of immortals and the real world have absolutely nothing in common! Is he going to have to fool the System and pretend to cultivate? [System Quest 1: You are about to enc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Lord of All Worlds: Starting as a Servant for Sale 万界之尊：从卖到杂役院开始 [No System + invincible power fantasy + one heroine + ruthless + Infinite Flow + even better in the later chapters] Yun Xuan left his small mountain village to uncover the mystery of his origins, only to be unexpectedly sold to Wufeng Sect as a servant. Trials in a land chosen by the gods, the mystery of his background, countless cycles of reincarnation across endless divine realms, and one man with one axe cleaving open the primordial cosmos. The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Please read the sto 3Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 177 A Little Late for Romance 稍晚浪漫 (Youth + powerful CEO's secret love + reunion after years apart + love triangle + open-ending aesthetic) When Gu Cang, president of Lianqiang Group, spots the name “Man Duoduo” on a résumé, long-buried memories come surging back. He discreetly arranges for her to join the company, bringing the girl he once watched from afar face-to-face with him again, completely unprepared. But he has shed his youthful innocence and become a deep, formidable man, making him seem like a stranger to her. At the —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 178 Superpowers: I've Got a Monopoly Game 异能：我有一局大富翁 [Urban Supernatural Powers] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Mythical Creatures] [School Beauty Heroine] [System Tycoon] Spiritual Qi Revival: demons and divine beasts begin to awaken. The world is split in two by an invisible "Veil"… Humanity begins to awaken the "ancient marks" buried deep in their souls, worn away by time. The authorities register people like this as "Individuals Manifesting Anomalous Phenomena: Type VII." The people in the underworld respectfully call them "the Unusual Ones." Th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 The Drunken Sword Poet of the Azure Immortal 诗剑醉青仙 The green ants wine by the clear stream is ready. Tell me, where is the Sword Immortal now? The world knows only that Li Bai died trying to fish the moon from the water, yet everyone forgets that he could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. Was he really trying to fish out the moon, or was it the longing and regret reflected in its image that drew him in? From then on, the world was left without the peerless poet and sword immortal, the Green Lotus Sword Immortal. A thousand years later 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Shi Lei’s Tang-Era Kaleidoscope 石磊的盛唐浮世绘 Shi Lei's Portrait of Life in the Flourishing Tang Dynasty —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Zhang Qi: The Life of a Wretch 章启，烂人的一生 Zhang Qi: A Scoundrel's Life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 The Immortal Emperor Returns to the City 仙帝归来在都市 To break the destiny imposed on cultivators. To resolve the regrets and tangled feelings left over from his past life. An Immortal Emperor is willing to shoulder immense karmic burdens, using tens of thousands of years of cultivation to reverse time and return to his youth. In this life, no matter how immense the karma obstructs his path forward, he will overcome it all! Family, friends, and beloveds: in this life, he will leave no regrets... 185Reads8.2Score21814d adds
- 183 The Immortal King of the City 都市仙王 In my past life, you treated me with indifference? In this life, I’ll make sure you can never reach me! Baili Yunxiao, a mighty cultivator of the Spirit Sect, is killed by his own wife on their wedding night, only to be reborn in his high school years on Earth. He couldn’t care less about his first love from his previous life. He takes the peerless beauty from his previous life into his arms. He deals with his former enemies by knocking them flying with a single punch. As he follows the path of 512Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 184 I Found an Ancient Divine Artifact While Collecting Scrap 收破烂收到上古神器 [Urban Supernatural Powers + Treasure Appraisal + Feel-Good Story] [A Down-to-Earth Version of The Golden Eyes + The Mysterious Revival] This is a story about protecting what matters. Watch as the protagonist goes from having nothing to possessing the world’s greatest treasures, becoming a guardian deity of civilization who walks among us. Thirty-eight thousand yuan in debt, riding a tricycle to collect scrap. Then I realized that all the “junk” on the streets was national treasure. The day Li 12Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 185 I Cultivate Immortality in a High-Martial World! You Say You Practice Buddhism and Abstinence? 高武世界我修仙！你说你礼佛禁欲 [Male-oriented] [No saintly protagonist] [No simping] [System] [A bevy of beauties] [Angst] [Occasional madness] Ling Siyuan transmigrates into the world of a high-martial-arts novel, only to discover that he is the young master of a reclusive immortal cultivation sect. After awakening his System, he encounters all kinds of familiar web-novel plots. There's even a rating system? What's with this System? It's a little different! He's invincible from the start, and his wife is a pious, celibate Bu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Beneath the Twin Suns 在双曜之下 I made the cover myself. [Ensemble cast, multiple POVs, supernatural abilities, a protagonist with no romance, mildly Lovecraftian monsters, plenty of supporting characters, and no mindless decisions] In one sentence: A Record of the Gods Among Men “From the moment He decided to step into the mortal world, this apocalyptic world gained its one and only variable.” [Memorable lines] “What are we protecting?” “Abilities come from humanity, and they will serve humanity.” “I swear by my humanity that 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Please Call Me Lord of the Bowl 请叫我碗主大人 [Corporate drone comeback + Underworld encounter + Golden finger + Cultivation + Lighthearted humor] Who could have guessed that after accidentally wandering into the Underworld, the bowl the Judge of the Dead gave me as compensation would be so ridiculously powerful? From then on, this unemployed corporate drone embarked on a decidedly unconventional path to immortality! Even years later, while livestreaming, he still complained bitterly to his fans across the star domains of countless races. S 4Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 188 Campus Underworld: Sun Hao's Road to Submission 校园江湖：孙浩的臣服之路 Campus Underworld: Sun Hao's Path to Submission —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Urban: Returning from Cultivation to Become a Great Immortal 都市：修仙归来当大仙 [Modern Cultivation + One Heroine + Invincible + Big Shot + Doesn't Hide His Cultivation + Returns from Cultivation Without Losing His Power + Gives Back to His Hometown] Compared with the vast world of cultivation, his hometown is tiny, no bigger than a speck. He returned from the world of cultivation without becoming an immortal, yet he already has a lifespan of 3,600 years. His spiritual sense can cover a radius of twelve li, and he can fly through the sky and burrow underground. If he strike 6Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 190 Gold and Silver Beneath the Earth 地底下的金银 Gold and Silver Beneath the Earth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Reborn in the 1980s: Fangfang's Splendid Era 重生八零：芳芳的锦绣时代 Reborn in the 1980s: Fangfang's Golden Age —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 The Yin-Yang Chaos Art: Reversing Possession 阴阳混沌决之反夺舍 Zhang Hao was an ordinary person from an ordinary world, but by chance he obtained the mysterious legacy of the Yin-Yang Immortal Emperor and embarked on a wondrous, extraordinary path of cultivation. Using the secret arts from the legacy, he displayed abilities beyond the ordinary. The sea churned with mighty waves, yet he stood atop the tide and absorbed the immense power carried in their crashing waters. Typhoons howled and ravaged the land, but he stood within them and turned their power of 256Reads7.8Score6214d adds
- 193 The Immortal Emperor Returns: Hall of Longevity 仙帝归来：长生殿 [Urban Cultivation Dad] [Invincible Qi Refining Stage] [Lighthearted Power Fantasy] [Longevity Spirit Body] Bai Changqing transmigrated from a cultivation continent to Blue Star and endured five hundred long, lonely years. Then one day, the moment Bai Changqing unexpectedly discovered that he had a daughter, warm, radiant sunlight finally poured into his life. At that very moment, the world's most mysterious faction, the Longevity Hall, gained a young lady of incomparable distinction. 1.5kReads8.5Score18314d adds
- 194 The Demon Emperor Returns to the City 都市之魔帝归来 The Demon Emperor has returned, looking down upon all living things as mere insects! Those who follow me shall prosper; those who oppose me shall perish! 2.3kReads7.0Score22214d adds
- 195 I Cultivate Immortality in the City and Crush Anyone Who Dares Defy Me! 我于都市修仙，杀穿一切不服！ Reborn into a second life, Ye Hao has died twice. In his first life, he died a miserable death. In his second, he rushed into the forbidden Abyssal Rift in pursuit of a higher realm and died with his head held high. Now he has entered a third life, returning to the moment he died in his first. This time, Ye Hao won't be reckless. He is determined to perfect both his cultivation and his life. And so, a god who kills without hesitation arrives in the bustling city. The campus belle throws herself 294Reads7.3Score10314d adds
- 196 A Cute Kid Drops from the Sky: The Cultivator Dad's Tycoon Life 天降萌娃：修真奶爸的神豪人生 [Urban Cultivation + Dad Life + Everyday Life + Parallel World] He wandered into a mysterious graveyard and spent a thousand years cultivating in another world. Qin Luo returns to the city, intent only on getting back to the cultivation world and avenging the woman he loves, Wenren Muyue. But now he has two adorable children. Qin Xiaochuan: “Old Qin, want a wife? Here's your chance. Be my dad, and your son guarantees you'll never want for food or clothes!” Jiang Xiaoai: “Daddy, I'm your little s 3.6kReads8.5Score35014d adds
- 197 The New Student Who Became the Dao Ancestor of the Ultimate Realm 刚开学的我，成了极境道祖 Invincible + satisfying + no hiding his power + invincible across multiple worlds (the single-heroine or no-heroine tags were added at random) Jiang Mu wakes from a nap to discover that he possesses the invincible cultivation of the Five Great Dao Ancestors and can wield all of their Great Daos at once. Just as he's getting ready to enjoy life, the Human Emperor comes calling with a request. Jiang Mu can only sigh. “Maybe I should go register at school first...” And so Jiang Mu becomes a freshma 3.4kReads7.1Score40914d adds
- 198 A Thousand Shadows in Flight: An Extra Story from The Divine Artifact: Heaven's Eye 飞花千影，神器之天瞳番外篇 Misfortune is what good fortune depends on, and good fortune is where misfortune lies in wait. Fortune and calamity are intertwined and can turn into one another at any moment. The world is ever-changing, but the Heavenly Dao alone endures, and the cycle of reincarnation never ceases... This story is a side story to the second installment of Divine Artifact: Heavenly Eye. The writing style is a little different from that of the original novel's first installment. I hope fellow readers will enjoy 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 The Miraculous Healer 妙手回春 The mysterious young Chen Fei descends from Tianwu Mountain and enters the bustling mortal world. With his miraculous medical skills, he cures every illness; with his unmatched martial arts, he wipes out every evil. 3.2kReads8.7Score29614d adds
- 200 Redemption: An Autumn of Heartbeats 救赎：心动的秋天 (I'm a new author with a new book, so please share any suggestions.) [Redemption] + [Pure Love] + [Single Heroine] + [Youth and School Life] My name is Lu Ling. I'm a school delinquent, the kind of hopeless case teachers are always talking about. To be honest, I think so too. With no parents and no money, do I really have a future? Then, on the first day of senior year, a timid girl stumbled into my life in the clumsiest way possible. She moved into my heart without asking, and I think I'm lucky —Reads—Score—14d adds
