Novels like Shushan: A Century of Idle Cultivation, Emerging as a Sword Immortal
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Shushan: A Century of Idle Cultivation, Emerging as a Sword Immortal, best match first.
- 101 From the Start, a Wicked Servant Bullies His Master: I Have a Slaughter System 开局恶奴欺主：我有杀戮系统 From the start, he transmigrates into a fantasy world as the second young master of the Shen family. He never expected to arrive just as disaster struck the Shen family. The steward and the guards conspire to seize control of the family. Shen Yu, the second young master, is beaten by the steward's son and humiliated by the daughter of a guard. At the critical moment, he awakens the Slaughter Points System. 15.1kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 102 After the System Ran Off, You Cleared a Fantasy World in Seven Days? 系统跑路后，你用七天速通玄幻？ After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Ye Fei was abandoned by the System, which tossed out the line, “Your talent is too high,” and ran off. Furious, Ye Fei swore he’d track down that damn System. I may not want it, but you can’t just refuse to give it to me! You brought me here, and now you’re trying to run? Not a chance! He joins a sacred land from the start, but before he’s even taught any cultivation techniques, a secret realm suddenly opens? To search the secret realm for the System, Y 13.9kReads7.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 103 When Ne Zha from Fei Ren Zai Enters the World of Ne Zha: Birth of the Demon Child 当非人哉哪吒穿入魔童哪吒世界 I’m Ne Zha. I transmigrated to a parallel world. I watched myself being born with my own eyes, changing from a Spirit Pearl into a Demon Pill. Well, you can read the details yourself. I’m off, Lotus Boy’s leaving. I’m exhausted from explaining everything. Other stuff: The Nonhuman Ne Zha Lotus Boy’s Child-Rearing Diary; Strike while they’re few and take their lives: the three rebellious troublemakers’ dream of overthrowing the Heavenly Court comes true; Turning a slave society directly into soci 72Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 104 The Classic of Mountains and Seas Returns: The Legend of the Undying 山海复苏：不死传说 The Classic of Mountains and Seas, Eastern mythology, not the prehistoric cultivation system; a post-apocalyptic spiritual qi revival, evolving zombies, an alien invasion, and a struggle for supremacy among all races. In the pre-Qin era, the myths of Earth held sway. All races could take human form and cultivate by absorbing the pure qi of heaven and earth to cleanse their own turbid qi. This practice was known as qi refinement. Alien forces used mysterious red and yellow qi to corrupt the Milky 113Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 105 EN Douluo: Cultivating Disciples to Immortality 斗罗：收徒成仙 A new story is here! You’re welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Xuanhuan: My Archenemy Turned Me into a Woman, and I'll Have My Revenge 玄幻：被死对头变女，我势必报仇 [Gender Bender, Xianxia Fantasy, Strong Male and Female Leads, Easily Fooled Heroine, Unrivaled Among Her Peers] During a trip to a secret realm, Lin Sheng once again ran into the person he hated most in the world. Before an elder's legacy, the two negotiated at length and finally agreed to split the treasures equally. But who could have guessed that the other person would break their promise and use the elder's power to transform him into someone completely different! Even worse, that person ha 2.2kReads7.6Score18414d adds
- 107 The Demon Progenitor Cultivation Plan 鬼之始祖育成计划 1.4kReads8.5Score22414d adds
- 108 After Being Reborn, I Made the Signatory Take Back Their Words in Person 重生后，我让签字的人亲口撤回 After being reborn, I made the person who signed it withdraw it in person. 307Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 From the Start, the Temple Master Runs Off, Forcing Me to Inherit the Taoist Temple 开局观主跑路，被迫继承道观 A System that’s sometimes serious and sometimes completely off the rails, paired with an unreliable Host. Why was the System caught from the start? Why did Wenqu descend the mountain in the middle of the night? A Taoist who wants to slack off, but just can’t. 33.1kReads8.7Score2.1k14d adds
- 110 My Senior Brother Is Terrifyingly Strong, Yet Far Too Cautious 大师兄强的可怕却过分稳健 The Eldest Senior Brother Is Terrifyingly Strong, Yet Far Too Cautious 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 I Play a Supernatural Being on Earth! 我在地球扮演超凡！ [Unrivaled] [Faked Spiritual Qi Revival] [Secret Identities in Multiple Countries] [Deceiving the World] [Creating Supernatural Factions] Yun Qing obtains the System of Drawing from All Things in the Heavens, which lets him spend Shock Value to draw anything from the heavens. Special-effect rings, high-grade immortal swords, forbidden spellbooks, vampire gene serums… And so an immortal sword appears in China's Suolong Pool, splitting a mountain with a single slash! In Tokyo, Fuso, a hund 3.9kReads7.6Score17714d adds
- 112 The System Wants Me to Keep a Low Profile? I Steal Away the Two Male Leads to Found a Sect 系统逼我苟命？我拐走两大男主开山建宗 The System Forces Me to Keep a Low Profile? I Run Off with the Two Male Leads to Build a Sect 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Grandma Sanhua 三花奶奶 When you gloat late at night over scoring a freebie with a successful “refund without return,” have you ever wondered whether a pair of eyes behind the screen is watching you greedily? Doudou, a thousand-year-old three-flowered cat deity, once thought that she could uphold the rules of the human world by using her claws and illusions to punish people who tried to take advantage of others. But she soon grew desperate when she realized that greed was like chives that kept growing back, becoming m —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Tear Up the Script! I Transmigrated into a Book and Reclaimed My Tycoon Family's Power 撕烂剧本！穿书的我夺回豪门权柄 Tear Up the Script! I Transmigrated into a Book and Took Back the Power of the Billionaire Family 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Sword and Fairy 3: From the Start, I Signed In to Claim the Divine Heavenly Abyss Sword 仙剑三：开局签到天渊神剑 When he woke up, Lu Mingyi had transmigrated into the world of Chinese Paladin 3, only to discover he was about to freeze to death. Just as despair began to take hold of Lu Mingyi… “Ding! Environmental scan complete. Cultivation realm detected. System starting…” “Ding! Divine Sign-In System startup complete! Host, please claim your starter pack!” “Ding! Starter pack opened! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the Heavenly Abyss Divine Sword and one copy of the unranked cultivation technique 5.5kReads8.0Score25914d adds
- 116 Chosen One: I'm a Workhorse at Bureau 749 天选之人，我在749局做牛马 He is one of the Chosen from the start, but this Chosen One seems to have a rather rotten streak of luck. His restaurant failed, leaving him a million yuan in debt. Loan sharks are at his door, and his girlfriend is arranging a blind date. A jade cabbage and a flash of white light bring the male lead into the world of Bureau 749. The first thing he asks is: “Do you provide meals? Is there a salary? Do you offer social insurance and a housing fund? Is it a 996 schedule? Do I have to work overtime 288Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Confucian Sage Across the Ages 百代儒宗 [Confucian Cultivation]+ [No System]+ [A Very Cautious Protagonist]+ [Everyday Comedy] Also known as: My Senior Schoolmate Really Doesn’t Seem Like a Bookish Sort! Working hard? No way. Isn’t slacking off so much better? Standing out? No way. Isn’t lying flat wonderful? In a world overrun by demons and monsters, humanity built a wall and defended itself in a corner of the East Sea. Guan 3.6kReads8.4Score29914d adds
- 118 The Unremarkable Little Martial Uncle 平平无奇小师叔 [Traditional fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Overwhelmingly invincible] Lin Xiao transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the useless junior master-uncle of the third-rate Qingguang Sect. He obtains a heaven-defying treasure and gains a cultivation speed ten thousand times faster than normal. When a hundred thousand troops besiege the Qingguang Sect, the moment he draws his blade, the world goes mad and all creation trembles. He remains hidden behind the scenes, protecting the Qingguang 31kReads8.6Score2.3k14d adds
- 119 First Kill from the Start, Dropping Feng Xifan, the Swordsman Who Draws No Blood 开局首杀，爆出一剑无血冯锡范 [Killing enemies to get treasure chests + decisive and ruthless + character summoning] In this world, the strong reign supreme. Swords split the heavens, and fists shatter mountains and rivers. Su Chen transmigrates into this world, treating the mighty like ants. Clad in blue, he rules the land, with one hundred and eight towers! In this world of countless powerful figures, he bows to no strongman and submits to no king. He believes only that the fist in his hand is power! His powerful subordina 78kReads8.0Score5.8k14d adds
- 120 Donkey Dabao’s Farming and Immortal Cultivation Journal 驴大宝的种田修仙记 Cultivation is hard, and it’s even harder for a mortal to defy fate! This is a story about an ordinary man cultivating immortality. A country bumpkin, a streetwise rogue: neither can defy heaven or turn their lives around, because their fate has yet to unfold... Watch as the mountain guardian defies fate, turns his luck around, and fights for that one chance at eternal life! 21.1kReads8.8Score2.3k14d adds
- 121 Honghuang: Yang Jian Offers Incense, and I Bestow Upon Him Double Pupils and Supreme Bone 洪荒：杨戬上香，赐他重瞳至尊骨 Gu Changge transmigrates to the eve of the Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods and awakens a Worship System: every offering of incense makes him stronger. Prompt: Yang Jian offers incense once, triggering a critical-hit reward: the Freedom of Transformation Technique! After the first person blessed with great fortune offers incense, Gu Changge begins displaying divine signs, attracting more people of great fortune to offer incense and seek him as their master. Nezha: I carved away my bo 1.8kReads8.1Score17414d adds
- 122 You’ve Got It Wrong! I’m Not the Mystic God, I’m a Cat! 你真的认错了，本猫不是玄神！ [Unchanging Human Form + Slow Burn + Everyday Life + No Romance + Spiritual Qi Revival] After being reborn, he somehow turned into a cat, and not just any cat, but a kitten on the verge of starving to death. At a critical moment, he awakened a System. Improve a skill to earn attribute points; max out a skill to earn skill points; unlock an achievement to receive a random Meow Gift Box. Pounce (Beginner 10/10) → Pounce (Proficient 0/50), earning 1 attribute point. Bury Droppings (Beginner 10/10) 3.3kReads8.6Score31914d adds
- 123 Immortal and Undying: Taking It Easy in the Cultivation World 长生不死，我在修仙界悠哉度日 [A laid-back daily life, not mindless, farming-style cultivation, not a power fantasy, with an exceptionally gentle protagonist.] The pace may be slow at first, but the story gets more exciting as it goes on. He had once lived through the golden age of the cultivation world, when spiritual energy was abundant, countless races vied for supremacy, and prodigies filled the skies like stars, too many to count. He had also lived through the depletion of spiritual energy, when all manner of magic vani 2.8kReads8.8Score23514d adds
- 124 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
- 125 Simulator: I Became Invincible After Slaughtering My Way Through Qingfeng Stronghold 模拟器：从杀穿清风寨开始无敌 [Simulator] [Inherit Everything] [Somewhat Dark] [Ruthless and Decisive] [Will Stop at Nothing] [No Goody-Goody Protagonist] [Heartwarming] [No Sense of Decency] [Funny] [Feel-Good???] Gu Ming transmigrated. He was a scholar on his way to the capital to take the imperial examinations. Before he even reached the capital, a band of robbers captured him and demanded that he become their chief's husband. Looking at the chief, who stood two meters tall and weighed over three hundred pounds, Gu Ming f 5.3kReads7.8Score44714d adds
- 126 I'm an MC Immortal, Becoming the Dao Ancestor in a Low-Martial World 我MC仙人，在低武世界成为道祖 [Playing the part of a True Immortal + Minecraft + lighthearted] After transmigrating to an ancient parallel world, Jiang Sheng gains the abilities of Steve, the protagonist of Minecraft. As long as Jiang Sheng creates tales of the strange and supernatural and reshapes the world, he can earn rewards. [Tale of the Strange: Mountain-Shattering] “He just waved his right hand and hollowed out a mountain? That’s right, this is the art of the immortals: Mountain-Shattering and Earth-Splitting, one of 5.1kReads8.4Score40314d adds
- 127 High Martial: Starting at the Investigation Bureau 高武：在调查局开始 [From the Start, a Top Investigator + Light Superpowers + Giant-Beast High Martial World + Status Screen] (There are many female characters, so don’t read if that’s not your thing!) In 2024, a sudden purple meteor shower swept across the globe, ushering in Spiritual Qi Revival. The wave of evolution began. The world underwent a profound transformation. All things evolved, Superpowers awakened, and cyber martial arts clashed with traditional martial arts. Humans were no longer Earth’s masters. M 21kReads7.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 128 This Talent from the Start, and You Expect Me to Cultivate Immortality? 开局这天赋，你让我修仙？ [Delusions of Grandeur] [Hilarious] “Holy Lord, actually, I’m useless!” “Ridiculous! How dare you lie to the Holy Lord? You’re clearly a peerless genius!” Chen Tianyang, a self-help guru, transmigrates by accident and joins the Glazed Sacred Land, becoming the senior brother of three thousand immortal maidens. Everyone thinks he’s a peerless genius, but a glitch in the System leaves him unable to absorb spiritual energy in this cultivation world brimming with it. All his techniques are nothing b 2.5kReads8.6Score17214d adds
- 129 Master, Won't You Give My Senior Brother Back to Me? 师尊，你把师兄还给我好不好？ His master has been missing for years, so Lu Zhao takes a new disciple on her behalf. Then he discovers that the new junior sister... Actually has her sights set on his beautiful master? The junior sister adores their master, and their master dotes on the junior sister? Wait, what about me? Oh, I could grab a shovel and dig in... I mean, why not join them? “Master didn’t like Junior Sister in the first place. How could she have fallen for her only after meeting me? And this talk of girls’ love 16.5kReads8.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 130 I'm Powerful, So Why Do I Have to Hide It? 实力强大的我非要隐藏实力 Multiple Heroines, Master and Disciple, Beautiful Auntie, Yandere Martial Aunt Xiao Ning is reborn. He gets the sign-in System as a child and starts growing stronger, but ten years later, the sign-in System turns into a mission System. He has to help the Chosen One complete missions to gain cultivation, and from then on, he sets out on the path to invincibility. His parents are incredibly powerful, his aunt hides her cultivation, the Holy Land’s saintess becomes his servant, and he helps the Gra 895Reads5.5Score10114d adds
- 131 Turned into a Woman: From Hunter's Daughter to Martial Saint 转身成女：从猎户女儿修成武圣 [Gender-bender, slow-paced, focused on building a career. The rating just came out and will rise later.] After transmigrating, Qian Ke arrives in the Great Yu Dynasty. Aside from being the wrong gender and having a slightly rough start, everything else is great. After years of hard work, Qian Ke has become the greatest female Martial Saint in history, renowned throughout the Central Plains. She is stunning, fabulously wealthy, and known by the nickname "Fortune Comes in Bloom, Just in Time"! Whe 7kReads8.2Score62214d adds
- 132 Reborn: The Chief National Doctor 重生之首席国医 Chen Heng, the country’s leading surgeon, was reborn in the year 2000. At the ancestral hall, he obtained the Shennong Herbal Medicine Classic. With his father’s suspicious death, his family on the brink of collapse, and their rundown clinic in shambles, Chen Heng chose a different path this time. When all the clues were pieced together, he discovered that it had all been part of an organized, premeditated campaign to crush traditional Chinese medicine. He would rebuild the clinic, avenge his 10.8kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 133 Thirteen Traveler Lots: The Volume of the Mouth, A Letter at the Banquet 过客十三签·口之卷·席上信 Thirteen Traveler Talismans: Volume of the Mouth: The Letter at the Banquet 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Why Be a Lord If You Can't Even Manage This? 没关系你当什么领主？ Lordship + farming + multiple races + character growth + management + slow burn. “Actually, I awakened an ability. It lets me build good relationships with people.” “Oh? What kinds of relationships have you built?” “A master-servant relationship with an elf, a father-daughter relationship with a succubus, an alliance with a queen, a partnership… There are all kinds of relationships, including a few extremely close ones that I can’t describe.” “Tell me about the relationship you built yesterday.” 3.2kReads8.8Score33014d adds
- 135 Clan Cultivation: The True Dragon Immortal Tree 家族修仙：真龙仙树 Ye Changsheng unexpectedly obtains a seed from the ancient divine tree known as the True Dragon Immortal Tree. Once it sprouts, it opens up a mysterious space that nurtures rare immortal dew, a treasure seldom seen under heaven. Ye Changsheng discovers that this dew can hasten the growth of all kinds of rare spirit herbs and immortal fruits. Using these precious resources, he leads his once obscure frontier clan to rise step by step, until it becomes a powerful force in the cultivation world. Th 11.2kReads7.3Score83314d adds
- 136 My Husband Said He Was Working Late, but I Saw Him Trying on Wedding Dresses with His White Moonlight 丈夫说加班，我看见他陪白月光试婚纱 My Husband Said He Was Working Late, but I Saw Him Trying on Wedding Dresses with His First Love 230Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Thirteen Traveler Lots: The Volume of the Nose, Smelling Porridge 过客十三签·鼻之卷·闻粥 Thirteen Traveler Talismans: Volume of the Nose: The Scent of Porridge 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Xuanhuan: My Senior Brother Is Kind of Divine 玄幻：我的师兄有点神 “The profound lineage of Heaven and Earth.” “The root from which all energy springs.” “Cultivating through countless tribulations.” “To prove my divine power.” “My name is Su Liang.” “I am a god who walks among mortals.” “Have you ever seen a god?” 23.5kReads8.6Score1.6k14d adds
- 139 All Ten Gene Locks Unlocked! How Will You Respond? 十道基因锁齐开！阁下如何应对？ Jiang Nian transmigrates into a world of advanced martial arts and is selected for the Great Xia God-Making Project, becoming one of the ten most highly regarded young prodigies in Great Xia. But his awakening fails unexpectedly, leaving him an ordinary mortal whom everyone casts aside. Fortunately, the Gene Lock System awakens. As long as he meets the conditions, he can unlock a gene lock. When all ten gene locks are unlocked, he will be invincible across the universe. [First Gene Lock: Heaven- 22.4kReads8.3Score2.4k14d adds
- 140 I Start with Gu Refining and Grind My Way to the Dao of Ten Thousand Arts 从炼蛊开始肝成万法道尊 [Gu cultivation] [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] [Demonic cultivator] On the Eternal Continent, demonic cultivators rip out souls to make banners and use young girls as furnaces. The righteous sects may seem noble and upright, but in truth they refine the common people into powerful medicines in hopes of ascending to immortality. Reborn in a cultivation world where mountain foraging is the foundation of training, Bai Yu unexpectedly becomes an errand disciple at the Gu Refining Peak of the 35.5kReads8.1Score3k14d adds
- 141 High Martial Arts: Three Hundred Thousand Snowmoon Wolves Descend on the Imperial Capital! 高武，三十万雪月狼踏帝都！ (Daily Intelligence System, one heroine, powerful background, nearly invincible, power progression, wolf pack) Lin Huang transmigrated into the body of a baby and was abandoned in the "Desolate Forest." The Twelve-Winged Snowmoon Heavenly Wolf King brought him back and raised him. What kind of personality would someone raised by a wolf pack develop? After awakening the Daily Intelligence System, how would he use his information advantage to improve himself and seize opportunities? When 300,00 11.4kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 142 Xuanhuan: Stop Pretending, You're the Supreme Sword Master! 玄幻：别装了，你就是剑道至尊！ [Comedy + mistaken assumptions + invincible protagonist] Also known as: So I Was Invincible All Along Li Xianyuan transmigrates into a world of immortal cultivation. With no spiritual roots, all he can do is drift through life. The peach tree he planted turns out to be a Heavenly Immortal Peach Tree. One bite gives you immortal spiritual roots. When his master hears him play “A Laugh in the Vast Sea,” he becomes a Saint on the spot. 4.8kReads8.9Score42014d adds
- 143 CSGO: The Doubts About Me Are Getting a Little Loud CSGO：我的质疑声有些大 [No Female Lead + Esports + Everyday Life + Superpowers] Han Yi inexplicably returned to his college days. Then, an accident awakened the Doubt System within him: whenever someone doubts him, he gets a chance to draw a prize. He starts by using every kind of trick and deception to rack up Doubt Points and win all sorts of superpowers. At the same time, he draws on his experience watching countless matches in his previous life and his knowledge of various tactics to become the in-game leader for 10.1kReads9.4Score69814d adds
- 144 Evolution Begins with Divinity 从神格开始进化 [Entry in the January 2020 Silver Ticket Contest] Ji Mo transmigrates and becomes a divine core. Believe in Ji Mo, and you’ll gain eternal life. From swords, spears, halberds, and axes to tanks and planes, from the heavenly flames and secret treasures of Battle Through the Heavens to the Primordial Banner of The Grave, I have it all, ready to make you invincible. Those who don’t believe will suffer Heaven’s retribution. At worst, they’ll lose control of their own lives; at best, they’ll have the 2kReads8.5Score17714d adds
- 145 My Senior Brother Lies Flat Every Day, Yet He's Ridiculously Strong 师兄整天躺平，却强的离谱 [Ensemble cast] [Plot-focused, with little emphasis on the System] Jiang Ling joins Spirit Creek Peak to pursue the Dao, only to encounter a group of decidedly abnormal cultivators. They farm, drink tea, forge iron, weave, and cook, but never cultivate. She feels like she’s been swindled, until one day she’s astonished to discover that her cultivation is advancing faster than anyone else’s. At the same time, she realizes that her senior brothers might not be as simple as she’d imagined… 3.4kReads8.6Score15214d adds
- 146 Thirteen Signs of the Wanderer: Volume of Desire, Red Nails 过客十三签·欲之卷·指甲红 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Desire: Red Nails 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Yandere Empress: Immortal Venerable? Just a Rebellious Disciple Who Betrayed Her Master 病娇女帝：仙尊？冲师逆徒罢了 My new work is here! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3.5kReads7.3Score18614d adds
- 148 The Game Becomes Reality, and I Build the Underworld in the Real World? 游戏成真，我在现实建造了地府？ At ten past midnight, the Canghai City Criminal Investigation Bureau's emergency dispatch center received a strange phone call. "Hello! I want to report a crime... No... I want to turn myself in!" "I've killed someone. The body is mixed in with the concrete, in Central Park." "Please, come arrest me quickly! A vengeful ghost is after me. If you wait any longer, it'll be too late..." "Beep... beep... beep..." Though everyone was baffled, they still assembled a team and headed to the address given 2kReads7.5Score22214d adds
- 149 Ten Billion Years of Immortality: I Lay Low Until I Become an Immortal Emperor 长生10亿年，苟成仙帝再出山 [Relaxed + Everyday Life + Witty and Funny + Extreme Caution... Enter at your own risk!] Qin Shou is reborn into a world of cultivation, where a [Myriad Worlds Fortune Wheel] appears in his mind. He can spin it once a day. But after 59 straight years of getting nothing but [Thanks for Playing], Qin Shou is on the verge of despair. At last, when Qin Shou is 60 and about to die of old age, he wins the “Myriad Worlds Fortune Grand Prize”! [Chaos Spirit Root: One of the nine highest-grade spirit roo 5.5kReads7.9Score40014d adds
- 150 Thirteen Signs of the Wanderer: Volume of Sight, Dark Embroidery 过客十三签·目之卷·暗绣 Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Sight: Dark Embroidery 2Reads—Score—14d adds
