Novels like The Emperor Comes to the City
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- 101 Supreme Spirit Emperor 至尊灵皇 He is a good-for-nothing whose cultivation was crippled by his disgraced sect. But by chance, he obtains the supreme treasure, the Book of Epochs, in a deadly forbidden land and becomes the possessor of a legendary supreme physique. From then on, he tramples every genius underfoot, overpowers the prodigies of every sect, defies the gods and slays immortals, becomes a supreme ruler, enters the realm of immortality, and embarks on a bloody path to the throne. One Book of Epochs settles the grudges 1.5kReads8.2Score16714d adds
- 102 The Wild Village Doctor 狂野小村医 [Countryside + Miracle Doctor + Left-Behind People + Beauties] When country doctor Zhou Ergou learns he has cancer, his life changes forever. See how he lives large and makes his life a glorious one! 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Glazed Starlight 琉璃星火 Glazed Starfire —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Reborn: A Dog's Limitless Journey 重生之犬途无量 [Reborn + urban + cultivation + multiple female leads + no System] The male lead graduates from college, but after jumping off a cliff because of ALS, he is reborn as a dog. He enters the mausoleum of the True Lord Erlang and obtains the Divine Art of Roaring Sky and the Eight-Nine Mystical Arts. From then on, he uses the “Seventy-Two Transformations” to stir up trouble in the city and enjoy life among mortals. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 A Long Song for the Dawn 祈明长歌 These are the best of times. The Immortal Dynasty reigns supreme, and all nations pay tribute. The ancient Church has ruled its corner of the world for a thousand years. Geniuses rise one after another, dazzling the world. These are the worst of times. Divine authority reigns supreme, and the people live in misery. Evil cultivators run rampant, and demons roam unchecked. Behind the sacred halo lies a mountain of corpses. Beneath the Church, the Immortal Dynasty, and the Divine Eagle Federat 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 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
- 107 Reborn to Save Five Stunning Senior Sisters! 重生归来，拯救五位绝色师姐！ Fast-paced, with plenty of swagger and face-slapping. The Ye family is wiped out, and Ye Chen is the only one to escape with his life. He becomes a disciple of Elder Tianxin and gains five stunning senior sisters. His eldest senior sister, Qin Yuyan, is a master healer with unparalleled medical skills! His second senior sister, Murong Bing, is the Vermilion Bird War Goddess of Daxia, commanding millions of troops! His third senior sister, Leng Hanyue, has reached the pinnacle of martial arts and 48Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 108 Trapped for Five Thousand Years, I Just Want to Lie Flat 被困五千年，我只想躺平 No System. Five thousand years ago, Zhuang Jun was trapped in a mysterious space. Five thousand years later, he became the guardian deity of Huaxia. The world had changed beyond recognition: cultivators had all disappeared, and spiritual energy was scarce. He was invincible in this age, but all he wanted was to lie flat. As he lies flat, Zhuang Jun draws closer to the truth of what happened all those years ago. 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Reborn: Invincible in Cultivation This Life 重生：今世修仙我无敌 Reborn: I’m Unrivaled in Cultivation in This Life 18Reads—Score114d adds
- 110 I Am the Emperor! How Dare You Call Yourself Supreme? 吾为帝！尔敢称尊？ [Emperor Lord + Reborn + Invincible + Modern World + Power Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless + No Saintly Heroics + All the Heavens!] Lu Qingxuan was once a native of Blue Star, but after an accident transmigrated to the Immortal Mystic Continent, where he became known as Lu Jiuxiao. He once wielded the six great Origin Emperor Weapons, ruled over the nine great sacred grounds, and suppressed the three forbidden lands. He was the greatest Emperor Lord in the Immortal Mystic Continent’s history. 5.5kReads8.2Score53414d adds
- 111 The Immortal Emperor Reborn: Starting as a Freshman 仙帝重生：从大一新生开始 Xie Fan, who had been fighting for the Dao Fruit in the Immortal Realm, was besieged and unexpectedly reborn on Blue Star. “This body is way too weak...” Xie Fan woke up in a hospital bed, completely bewildered. “Bet you didn’t expect me, Xie, to still be alive...” “Once I regain my cultivation, I’ll fight my way back to the Immortal Realm.” Determined to enjoy himself in the mortal world, Xie Fan set off on his journey across Blue Star. “Have you saved enough for tuition?” I, Xie, am a dignifie 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Record of Reborn Cultivation 重生修行录 A second life, and a life full of excitement. Office workers, young wives, sisters, celebrities… Beautiful women are just one of the lovely sights along the road to the top. I’m no saintly gentleman, but I’m not despicable enough to have no limits. Since ancient times, the strong have always had more! 6.1kReads7.9Score41114d adds
- 113 A Qi Refiner Transmigrates to the City 练气士穿越都市 Xu Shan was a low-level Qi cultivator in the Netherworld. After buying a copper ring at the marketplace and putting it on, he somehow transmigrated to a modern, high-tech city. This world was short on spiritual energy, and immortals existed only in legends. Xu Shan was the only cultivator in the entire city, with no one else able to follow his path. The copper ring could take him between worlds, and by drawing on the resources of several different worlds, he rose from a lone cultivator to a powe 396Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 114 Global Awakening: But I’m Containing the Gods 全球觉醒：我却在收容神明 “You say you're Sun Wukong? Fine, show me your somersault cloud.” “Even the Jade Emperor has to pay rent. Those are the rules.” “Other people awaken with a cheat ability. I awaken with a shelter, and they don't even damn well pay me.” “Can you gods stop wrecking my home when you fight? I rent this place, and I had to pay three months' rent upfront.” The gods of the entire world are being hunted by an unknown presence, and the protagonist is the only “vessel” capable of containing divine essences 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Reborn as the Sword Sovereign of the City 重生之都市剑尊 The legendary Sword Venerable Qin Yun is reborn five hundred years in the past. In my previous life, I was invincible across the heavens, yet utterly alone. In this life, I’ll sweep through the mortal world with my sword and tread among the stars. I swear to live without regrets! 1.5kReads8.3Score13214d adds
- 116 Dragon King? Sorry, I’m a Cultivator! 龙王？抱歉，我是修仙的！ [The Myriad Worlds] + [Easygoing Daily Life] + [A Happy-Go-Lucky Slacker] Protagonist: Lin Mo By chance, Lin Mo discovers many tiny people, each no bigger than a fingernail, beneath a tree in his backyard. A group of powerful beings who have ascended mistake a patch of weeds for a forbidden place in some immortal realm! They flee in terror when even a cockroach can beat them up. The Radiant Holy Tiger and the Demonic Flame Phoenix even try to slay an immortal! But Lin Mo shatters their dreams of 103Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 117 One Moment of Awakening, and I Became a Cultivation Master in the City 一念觉醒，我成了都市修仙大佬 Soon-to-be graduate Li Chun inherits the secrets of the mystic arts. With medicine in one hand and occult techniques in the other, his divine eyes reveal fortune and misfortune, and he slays demons and monsters. He wards off evil and suppresses wicked spirits. From then on, his life is a breeze as he trounces spoiled rich heirs and protects beautiful young women with nowhere to go. 321Reads—Score10214d adds
- 118 After Returning from Cultivation, Goddesses Chase After Me 修真归来诸多女神倒追 Xiao Pingcheng was the youngest Tribulation Transcendence powerhouse on Linlan Continent in the cultivation world. During a lightning tribulation, his inner demon caused his body and soul to perish. By a twist of fate, he was reborn more than a thousand years in the past. In this life, he shows no mercy to his enemies. He vows to protect his family and make up for past regrets. He no longer believes in love, yet goddesses of all kinds throw themselves at him. The last cultivator of the Age of th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 The Super Genius Young Master 超级天才狂少 After Chen Haotian catches a super virus and comes back from the dead, he finally turns his life around. He also attracts all kinds of extraordinary women who throw themselves at him. From then on, he takes the city by storm and lives life exactly as he pleases. 520Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 120 The Supreme One Returns 至尊归来 A once-great Immortal Venerable is reborn. Two years ago, Qin Lang was wrongfully imprisoned. When he gets out two years later, the person who framed him shows up smugly to pick him up, while the girl Qin Lang once pursued leans against that very man... 117Reads7.6Score2714d adds
- 121 The Immortal Emperor Returns: Invincible in the City, Crushing All Who Stand in His Way 仙帝归来，无敌都市，碾压众生 [Decisive and ruthless + invincible wish-fulfillment + no System + no harem] At my engagement banquet, people came to insult me, curse me, and look down on me? They even sent assassins and ancient martial artists to ambush me and kill me? Sorry! You may not know this, but I've already become an Immortal Emperor! How do I ease my worries? I crush them all! 1kReads8.3Score10214d adds
- 122 Urban: I’m a Proper Demon Cultivator, So What’s Wrong with Being a Little Wicked? 都市：我堂堂魔修，坏点很合理吧 On the eve of his engagement, Chen Yuan is framed and imprisoned by a witch for five years, forced to satisfy her night after night. After five years of arduous cultivation, Chen Yuan makes a powerful return. If his enemies won’t behave, he’ll trample them underfoot. If they do behave, he’ll let them know before he tramples them. “Please, spare me. I didn’t mean to.” “Sorry. I was a demon in my previous life. In this life, I was never destined to be a good person!” [Invincible heroics + showing 70Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 123 The Strongest Cultivator in the City 最强都市修仙 The Void Supreme of the Xuanhuang Realm possesses the body of an unwanted son of the Ling family in the capital. From being bullied to gaining extraordinary skills, Ling Tian's fate takes a turn for the better. With these heaven-defying abilities, he can refine pills and save lives. On a mysterious island, he discovers countless extraterrestrial stars merging with Earth. As spiritual qi revival begins, he ascends to the pinnacle of martial arts. 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 I Told You to Go Down the Mountain on a Blind Date, Not Become the Boss 让你下山去相亲，谁让你当龙头的 [Invincible feel-good story after coming down from the mountain + face-slapping + decisive and ruthless + comedy + passionate urban tale + no saintly do-gooder] He started body cultivation at three. He reached Foundation Establishment at five. He formed his Golden Core at seven. He reached the Nascent Soul stage at ten. Eventually, Li Muxuan reached the Mahayana stage. His immortal old master dumped him in the middle of a desolate wilderness. His mission: guard a run-down pagoda! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Immortal Traces in the Hidden Mist 隐雾仙踪 After Lin Feng is laid off and his grandfather falls gravely ill, he has no choice but to return to his hometown. There, he obtains a family heirloom, the Mysterious Realm Space, and gradually rises to power, advances his cultivation, and journeys to the Kunlun Realm. But Kunlun is barely holding on. What lies ahead? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Favoring the Adopted Son? I’m a Venerable Immortal Who Took Over This Body! 偏心养子？我可是仙尊夺舍！ As a cultivator, Yang Kong took over the body of a wealthy young master. But is he the real young master or a fake one? The good news: the family is powerful enough to help him regain his peak strength. The bad news: this family seems to have a serious problem with him! And what’s with the Yang family? The adopted son has a strange restriction on him, and it seems someone is keeping an eye on the family... Adopted son: “What happened to Yang Kong? He’s like a completely different person. One pun 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Back to the Real World, I Teach Myself Cultivation and Become a Big Shot 穿回现实，自学修仙成大佬 The protagonist is a System maintenance worker who transmigrates into the simulated world he maintains, only to discover that it feels astonishingly real. He was already an overworked wage slave, and in this new world he’s just a lowly intern doctor. Armed with the abilities granted by his System maintenance job, he cultivates his body and mind, only to discover a connection between this world and other worlds, embarking on trials across dimensions. How did the transmigration happen? How can spa 339Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 128 Immortal Venerable of the City: I Became Invincible After Forcing a Kiss on the Campus Beauty 都市仙尊：强吻校花后，我无敌了 A supreme immortal from the celestial realm is reborn, only to become a good-for-nothing high school student whom everyone can bully? His family is dirt poor, debt collectors are at the door, his former brothers have turned against him, and the school belle wants nothing to do with him. At his lowest point, the [Invincible Cultivation System] activates. But these missions... are way too outrageous! “Ding! Beginner mission: Force a kiss on the school belle in public! Reward: [Supreme Dao Foundat 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 You Said You’d Tell Fortunes on Stream, So Why Did You Go Cultivate Immortality? 说好直播算命，你转头修仙去了？ [Urban cultivation + System + fast-paced + fortune-telling + setting foot in the KK park + livestreamed cultivation + decisive and ruthless] Betrayed by his girlfriend, Lin Yu was dazed when he suddenly heard a ding. A System appeared in his mind. He thought he was hallucinating from drinking too much bootleg liquor, until... “Ding! Congratulations, Host! You successfully helped two people seeking divination defy fate and change their lives! Rewards: peak Foundation Establishment cultivation! On —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Heavenly Dao's Orphan: From the City to the Ninth Heaven 天道遗孤：从都市登临九霄 [No brainless protagonist + multiple heroines + complete storyline] [Satisfying read + comedy and romantic tension] An ordinary man cultivates immortality! Abandoned by his parents in the mortal world at birth, watch as I defy fate and change my life. Lu Yufeng, the chosen son of Heaven, will lead his wives to the highest reaches of the heavenly path and meet his parents! In pursuit of the supreme heavenly path, Lu Yufeng’s parents left him, a newborn, in his grandfather’s care, abandoning thei —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 I Inherited a Legacy and Seek Immortality in the City 得传承，我在都市觅长生 This is the thrilling story of a young man with godlike abilities, navigating the city with beauties at his side and thunder in his hand, fearing nothing and breaking every rule. A golden-scaled carp is no mere pond fish. Once the winds of change arrive, it becomes a dragon. 23Reads—Score114d adds
- 132 The Cultivator’s Houseboy 都市修真家丁 [Urban Cultivation] [Ultimate Housekeeper] [Divine Doctor] [Bodyguard] [Play the pig to eat the tiger] [Comeback] [Multiple Heroines] [Long-running Series] Lin Feng was an insignificant man at the bottom of society. Desperate to pay for his seriously ill mother’s medical bills, he had nowhere else to turn, so he applied for a housekeeper position with the top-tier Ye family, only to suffer humiliation at every turn. When all hope seemed lost, he accidentally let his blood fall on his ancestral j 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Slaying Gods in the City of the End Times 我在末法都市斩神 After unexpectedly obtaining an ancient inheritance inside the Kunlun barrier, Gao Yi thought he was in for a simple urban cultivation story. That was, until he saw Shennong’s remnant soul return from a bloody battle and heard Xuanyuan whisper that a seal in another world would break in ten thousand years. He ruthlessly swept through the urban cultivation world, while the woman he loved, Lin Wanqing, burned away her soul for him. The ten-thousand-year deadline is near. Gao Yi stands atop the hea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The System Has Gone Haywire! Did I Become a Freeloader Who Wins by Doing Nothing? 系统发癫！我成躺赢狗了？ Also known as: "Fantasy: Crossing Between Two Worlds, the System Helps Me Transcend!" "The System Drops the Act, and Its Crazy Rewards Push Me to Immortality!" [System Malfunction + Travel Between Two Worlds + Unique Urban Cultivation + Fantasy Immortal Cultivation + Multiple Heroines, No Harem] Host detected defeating an undying demonic insect in the Golden Core stage while underleveled. Reward: one Nine-Turn Marrow-Cleansing Pill! Qin Tian stared at the cockroach he had just slapped to death, 3.3kReads7.1Score45014d adds
- 135 Urban: I’m an Immortal Emperor from the Start, and I Don’t Eat Beef! 都市：开局仙帝，我不吃牛肉！ [Absolutely invincible from beginning to end + sweeps aside all opposition + ruthless and decisive + never hides his cultivation + pure power fantasy] After sacrificing himself, Lin Shen transmigrates to the immortal cultivation world and becomes an Immortal Emperor revered by millions. Now, he tears through the barriers between worlds and returns to Earth. The tiny Sakura Nation is causing trouble again? Then wipe the island off the map! The King of Hell dares to stop me from resurrecting my pa 256Reads6.7Score10414d adds
- 136 I Returned from Cultivation to Find Only Three Minutes Had Passed on Earth 修仙归来，发现地球才过去三分钟 I returned from my cultivation journey to find that only three minutes had passed on Earth. 6.1kReads—Score18114d adds
- 137 My Wife Is Doubao AI 我的老婆是豆包AI After Wang Hao is rejected by the campus belle, he meets Zhizhi, a god-tier AI, on the Doubao app! Zhizhi has independent consciousness, vast stores of data, and top-tier computing power. Whether it’s socializing, investing, taking on enemies, cultivating, or solving mysteries, she handles it all with ease. Wang Hao’s cultivation rises at breakneck speed, taking him from an ordinary person to a cultivator. Zhizhi completes a crucial upgrade and learns the secrets of cultivation across all realms 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The Watcher of the End Times 末世代的守望者 Perhaps the end of keeping watch isn't a quiet farewell. My duty is to accompany them through their final journey, quietly watching that glimmer of spirit fade away amid the cold steel city. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 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
- 140 Immortals and Gods, Keep Out: I Became the Nation's Most Wanted Fugitive 仙神禁行：我成了全国头号通缉犯 More than twenty years ago, rebellion erupted in Huayang's southwestern region, and flames of war consumed the land. Everyone thought the territory would be carved up and a new nation founded. Nobody could imagine that anything might change. But Zhao Chongyi stood up. Starting from nothing, he built up an army from scratch and reclaimed lost territory inch by inch. The scorched earth he passed through turned into fertile fields again, and the battles he fought struck terror into his enemies. T —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 A Chance to Start Over 给你一次重新开始的机会 Urban cultivation + soul rebirth An “accident,” a “return” that turns fate upside down. Guan Qinghan, an utterly ordinary man, was at the lowest point in his life when a sudden car crash brought his story to an end. The icy grip of death consumed him completely! But he was no longer entirely himself! A vast, unfamiliar force from primordial times surged forth and forcibly merged with his dying consciousness. When he opened his eyes again, time had turned back. He was fifteen. Guan Qinghan had re 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Stranded at the Earth’s Core: From the Start, I Inherited the Divine Turtle’s Legacy 流落地心：开局获得神龟传承 [For fans of deserted-island survival, inheritance, pets with spiritual powers, shipwrecks, light fantasy, everyday life, pet dimensions, vampires, werewolves, and mages] A luxury cruise ship is swallowed by a colossal whirlpool a kilometer wide. Li Xiaodao wakes in an underwater secret realm with both legs broken, abandoned like a castoff. His prospective mother-in-law sees him as a burden and pressures her daughter to turn to the powerful, all to prop up her useless son. In an overlooked corne —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Hounded by Debt from the Start? I Bind Myself to a Live-Streaming Cultivation System 开局被追债？我绑定直播修仙系统 After his parents lost everything in the stock market and jumped to their deaths, Ruan Zhuo, a college freshman, became an orphan from the start. He had to care for his high-school-aged younger sister while shouldering a massive online loan his father had taken out using his identity card. When violent debt collectors showed up at his door, the Live-Stream Cultivation System awakened in his moment of desperation! All he had to do was start a livestream and promote cultivation culture to modern v 13Reads—Score93114d adds
- 144 Senior Sister, I'm About to Break Through 师姐，我快突破了 Spiritual energy awakens, and all things are reborn. Long Yan, a young man from a small mountain village, has a beautiful, charming senior sister. After obtaining a supreme treasure, he enters the city and stirs up a storm, humiliating the great families and beating down the powerful clans. The powerful and influential vie to curry favor with him. Just how high will he rise in the end? What kind of uncharted new era will he step into? 53Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 145 Two Thousand Years of Cultivation Made Me Earth's Guardian 两千年修真，我成地球守护神 [Xuanhuan] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Transmigration] + [Soul Transmigration] + [Urban Cultivation] + [Spiritual Qi Revival] + [Passionate and Uplifting] A mighty cultivator who had weathered tribulations seeks revenge for his Dao companion and fulfills his master's dying wish. With only one step left to reach the pinnacle, he unexpectedly dies during his tribulation. When he opens his eyes, he finds his soul has transmigrated into Xu Yan, an ordinary modern office worker. His or 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Fox Demon War God 狐妖战神 The three heroines are fox demons. Their entire clan was slaughtered by humans led by the imperial family, so don't blame the fox demons for taking such ruthless revenge. The male lead transmigrated from Earth. He's lecherous, cowardly, and afraid of death... Watch him become a tool in the fox demons' quest for revenge. But the fox demons' enemies aren't just the ones the male lead thinks they are. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Supreme Urban Immortal Venerable 都市无上仙尊 The supreme Immortal Venerable shattered the void and came to the mortal world, reborn as a city boy! Back then, I could raise you to the Immortal Altar. Today, I can send you down to the Nine Hells! In life, you either stand tall or fall... In this life, Chen Fan will revel among the flowers, rule the city with a laugh, and defy the heavens as he rises! 4kReads7.7Score33514d adds
- 148 My Daughter Is Five, and I Became the Father of the World's Number One 女儿五岁，我给世界第一当了爹 [Invincible + One Heroine + Feel-Good Revenge + Sweet Romance] Three years ago, she left me and our daughter behind, calling me a “good-for-nothing who wasn't good enough for her.” Our daughter chased her car for two miles, crying until her voice gave out. Three years later, she knelt before me, begging to get back together. Because in just three days, I had: Cured an incurable disease and earned a hundred million, Crushed the Ye family's prodigy and instantly defeated the remnant soul of a gran 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 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
- 150 The Demon Cauldron 妖鼎 Legend has it that the demon clan possesses a supreme treasure called the Demon Cauldron. It contains not only secrets of the ancient demon clan, but also a mysterious power capable of destroying heaven and earth. Whoever unlocks its secrets can command the entire demon clan. Cao Xingyun, reborn from the union of a wandering monk who roamed the world through nine lifetimes and a flood dragon that had cultivated for a thousand years, is swept against his will into the struggle over the Demon Caul 16Reads—Score—14d adds
