Novels like Nirvana in the City
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- 51 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
- 52 A Master Descends the Mountain to Cultivate in the City 高手下山之都市修仙 [Overwhelmingly Satisfying Power Fantasy] [Invincible] [Master Returns from the Mountains] [Urban Cultivation] [No System] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Martial Arts] In modern society, spiritual energy is scarce and cultivation is difficult. Yet Jiang Chen spent just ten years on Mount Kunlun cultivating from an ordinary mortal to the late Foundation Establishment stage, demonstrating peerless talent. He was so exceptional that even his mysterious and powerful master couldn't help feeling jealous an 46.3kReads8.2Score3k14d adds
- 53 Reborn in Xinghua Village: Embarking on the Immortal Path and Conquering the City 重生杏花村：踏仙途闯都市 [Ancient Black Porcelain Bottle] [Traditional Cultivation] [Spirit Companions] [Peerless Techniques] [Comeback] In his previous life, Zhou Yuncan's fiancee, Liu Guiying, betrayed him and joined forces with Li Youjun to trick him into going into the mountains to inspect a homestead site. They pushed him off a cliff, killing him. As Zhou Yuncan lay dying, his blood seeped into the soil at the bottom of the cliff and awakened an ancient jade pendant buried deep underground. Reborn with memories of 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 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
- 55 Has Master Adapted to Modern Society Yet? 师尊今天适应现代社会了吗 [Goofy Immortal Venerable + spiritual qi revival + refuses to join the authorities] After failing his tribulation, Li Huaiyuan’s soul travels into the body of a boy on Blue Star who shares his name. He thinks that if he devotes himself to the Dao, he is sure to return to the peak of his power. Then he discovers that this colorful world is far more entertaining than cultivation. Just as he decides to give up cultivation altogether and enjoy life, bizarre monsters descend upon the world! Evil 3.6kReads8.1Score28714d adds
- 56 Hello, Mr. Jun! 你好！君先生 (Urban wish-fulfillment, one heroine!) Jun Chen is the heir to the Jun family, one of Kyoto's top clans! His father, Jun Mocheng, and his uncle, Ye Wentian, are the only two Martial Emperors in all of China... His mother, Ye Qingcheng, is the queen of business and the richest person in China... Jun Chen made waves abroad and stirred up a storm, but his mother, Ye Qingcheng, forcefully summoned him back home... After a passionate night with the president of Shengxin Group, the most beautiful woma 16.1kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 57 The Phoenix Sings Across the Nine Heavens, Empress of All Under Heaven 凤鸣九天，母仪天下 The Phoenix Sings to the Nine Heavens, Empress of All Under Heaven 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Strongest Immortal Emperor Returns to the City 最强仙帝回都市 After cultivating for tens of thousands of years, Li Mu looked back and realized he had reached the pinnacle of the entire universe. One day, a sudden thought brought his parents and his memories of Earth from tens of thousands of years ago to mind. His steadfast Dao heart wavered, and his longing became impossible to control. He could no longer focus on cultivation. He couldn’t remember when he had become so cold-blooded. Even after gaining the ability to do so, he had never chosen to return an 4.4kReads7.8Score33714d adds
- 59 You Brat, I’m Your Master! 臭小子，我可是你师父！ [Urban cultivation, multiple heroines, multiple worlds, feel-good power fantasy] A fast-paced, top-tier cultivation power fantasy that definitely won't disappoint! Entirely original, with nothing recycled! Multiple voice styles and voice acting by real people, for a whole new experience! 3.5kReads8.3Score45314d adds
- 60 I Told You, I’m Not Making Up My Novels! 都说了我写小说不是编的！ Yan Linyuan, a student at Xinghai University, has a secret: the cultivation novel he wrote that took the entire internet by storm isn’t made up at all! Ever since he was born, he has had a continuous dream every fifteen days. In it, he is the cultivation world’s undisputed strongest: the Half-Immortal of Dreams. He knows every cultivation technique, pill, and secret from his dreams by heart, but he can’t cultivate in real life. With no other choice, he poured all this “real stuff” into a novel, 26Reads8.8Score414d adds
- 61 The Ultimate Soldier King in the City 极品兵王混都市 He founded the world’s most powerful organization and controls half the world’s assets. Now, head of state Chu Nanfeng has returned to Huaxia! A chance encounter with an icy goddess of a CEO binds the two together through the ties of fate! For the woman he loves, he had disguised himself as an auto mechanic. Now he will no longer hide his identity as head of state! With his own strength, he will turn Huaxia upside down! “If Heaven dares to bully me, I’ll destroy it! So what if the whole world st 4.4kReads8.4Score47514d adds
- 62 My Cool and Elegant Female CEO 我的冷艳女总裁 When it comes to medicine, he can bring the dead back to life. When it comes to strength, he's at the pinnacle of martial arts. When it comes to connections, he has influence everywhere. When it comes to wealth, he's richer than an entire nation. He comes down from the mountains because of a marriage contract, intending to break off the engagement. Instead, by a twist of fate, he meets a stunning, icy-cold CEO. He thinks calling off the engagement is a sure thing, but then he runs into her again 359Reads8.1Score11814d adds
- 63 With the Divine Ring in Hand, the World Is Mine 神戒在手，天下我有 With the divine ring in hand, the world is mine. Ever since Song Yan got his hands on a ring, his life changed beyond recognition. 1.3kReads8.8Score22414d adds
- 64 I'm a Cultivator, So Why Do You Think I'm Worthless? 我可是修仙者，你们当我是废物？ [Urban Cultivation + No Harem + Intelligent Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless] Lu Yu, a mighty cultivator on the verge of transcending his tribulation, was ambushed on his way into an ancient immortal estate and ultimately self-destructed his nascent soul! By a twist of fate, he was reborn on Earth as a useless young master, toyed with by everyone around him. But none of that matters. From the moment he arrived, Lu Yu was no longer the Lu Yu he once was. The whole world would tremble before hi 19.7kReads8.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 65 Reborn, I Help My Beautiful Master Soar! 重生归来，我带飞美女师尊！ [Reborn to Cultivate Immortality] [Modern Urban Cultivation] [A Master Who Helps His Disciple Soar] [Overprotective Brother] Li Daoran, at the pinnacle of the Mahayana realm, is struck down by lightning while undergoing tribulation. By a twist of fate, he is reborn on the eve of his high school military training! In his previous life, his master Qing Yao self-destructed to protect him and perished. After thirty thousand years of arduous cultivation, all he had left was a heart full of regret. T —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Lu Daxian's Cultivation Diary 吕大仙的修仙日志 A biology PhD who has been scraping by since graduating from Peking University defies heaven and earth to attain the supreme Dao! All for one thing: fairness, fairness, goddamn fairness! 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 After Getting Laid Off, I Became a Tycoon by Setting Up a Street Stall 被裁后，我靠摆摊逆袭成首富 After Getting Laid Off, I Made a Fortune by Selling Food on the Street 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Chaos Sovereign 混沌君主 Earth, minor worlds, the Central Continent, the world of cultivation, the Immortal Realm... Fellow cultivators, let’s ascend together! When the void shattered, Jiang Fan happened upon a Creation Lotus Seed and had his soul transported into a body on Earth. He seized the creation of heaven and earth and unraveled the mysteries of the sun and moon. He ruled the modern world, swept through the cultivation realm, shook the worlds of immortals and demons, and claimed the throne beneath the heavens! 746Reads6.2Score10114d adds
- 69 A Cultivation Expert in the City 修真强者在都市 After his gold-digging girlfriend cheated on him, an ordinary young man from the city unexpectedly inherited the legacy of a mighty cultivator. From then on, he could summon wind and rain, becoming an immortal among mortals. A renowned traditional medicine doctor? My disciple. A gang boss? My underling. A top power player? My subordinate… With one hand, I turn the clouds and bring in endless wealth; with the other, I summon rain and slap faces. Life is this exhilarating, this satisfying! I leave 22.3kReads8.3Score2.1k14d adds
- 70 Reborn as an Immortal Emperor in the City 重生都市仙帝 In his previous life, his family framed him, broke both his legs, struck his name from the family register, and left him dependent on others until he died in despair. Now he has returned from his cultivation, risen to become an immortal overlord, and can make the heavens tremble all by himself. He’ll take his revenge and live without restraint, unmatched beneath the heavens! I’ll make up for every regret from my previous life. Those who humiliated me will pay a hundredfold, and those who mocked 3.9kReads8.6Score28714d adds
- 71 This Daoist Only Knows a Little Magic 贫道只会一点小道法 [Urban Fantasy + Cultivation + Lighthearted + One Female Lead + Not Pure Wish Fulfillment + Clash Between Chinese and Foreign Gods + Schemes of Higher-Dimensional Gods] Earth is a bug. Humanity is something that needs to be wiped out. The gods from beyond the stars descend in force, intent on carving up Huaxia and even destroying the Blue Star. Just as their arrogance reaches its peak, A blade of cold light tears through the clouds. No figure appears, only the chilling edge of a three-pointed, d 17Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 72 The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Feng Heng's Story 射雕冯蘅篇 The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Feng Heng's Story 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Immortal King's Fall 仙王坠 He was once Cangming, Immortal King revered throughout the heavens, half a step from becoming a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, able to decide the fate of all realms with a single thought. Yet during his tribulation of transcendence, his childhood sweetheart drained his essence with a Soulbond Pact, while his sworn brother pierced his Violet Palace with a Dao-Slaying Spear. His Dao fruit shattered and his true spirit scattered. He tore through the void and fell, battered body and all, into the lower rea 384Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Riding Against the Tide 逆骑 Riding Against the Tide 497Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Within a Wall's Width 寸墙里 Within the Inch-High Wall 360Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 After Being Reborn, I Choose to Cultivate Immortality in Silence 重生后，我选择默默修仙 [Everyday cultivation] [Lighthearted comedy] [Students] [The one and only immortal] [Daily life] When he opens his eyes again, he's back in the classroom. Xu Qingfeng, a mighty Soul Formation cultivator reborn from the cultivation world, decides that this time he'll take life one day at a time and cultivate to immortality at his own pace. 32.2kReads8.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 77 Urban Cultivation, Beginning in the Late Nascent Soul Stage 从元婴后期开始的都市修仙 [Urban cultivation + Nascent Soul cultivator returns to the city + play the pig to eat the tiger + invincible + campus beauty + enjoying mortal life] After graduating from high school, Lin Xuan sets off on a trip and unexpectedly transmigrates to the cultivation world. After a thousand years of arduous cultivation, he finally reaches the great perfection of the late Nascent Soul stage. But during a desperate escape, a streak of white light sends him back to Blue Star. A full thousand years have 3.1kReads6.4Score27714d adds
- 78 The Strongest Master in the City 最强高手在都市 Down-and-out rich second-generation heir Lin Yi is targeted and brought low, but unexpectedly inherits an immortal legacy. He makes a powerful return to the city, unleashing another storm of blood and violence! Who rules this vast land and determines its fate? Watch as the mightiest expert takes the city by storm and writes the next chapter of his legendary life. 5.1kReads8.6Score67014d adds
- 79 The Reborn Immortal King of the City 都市之仙王重生 An immortal king is reborn and returns with all the divine abilities and secret arts from his previous life, dominating the city. What’s the problem with being too powerful? Medicine? I can make a divine pill that keeps every illness at bay, so why would I need medical skills! Martial arts? I practice the Way and immortal arts! 9.8kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 80 The Immortal Venerable Returns to the City: This Time, I’m Going to Take It Easy! 仙尊重回都市：这次我要摆烂辣！ [Urban life]+ [School]+ [Students]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Comedy]+ [Modern cultivation]+ [The One and Only Immortal] “Can you really call it indulging in pleasure when you're an immortal cultivator?” The Taiyi Immortal Venerable, who once slew thirty-six great demons in a single day, slammed the table and rose to his feet. After perishing in a tribulation of eons, his ruthless path to immortality shattered, and he returned to his youth. The only human in the Demon God Realm suddenly understood: Immor 3.7kReads8.3Score27414d adds
- 81 After My Divorce, I Cultivate Longevity by Selling Tea 离婚后，我从卖茶修长生 [Urban Cultivation] [Mortal's Journey] [Fantasy] [Ancient Martial Arts] [Pocket Dimension] [Adventure] Chen Yuan's life hits rock bottom: bankrupt in middle age, his wife has run off, and he has nothing left. Then he unexpectedly gains an immortal inheritance. A spring of spiritual water gushes forth, and a tender shoot at his fingertip becomes spirit tea. One sip sends his cultivation soaring, and selling a pound brings in a fortune! Powerful tycoons line up to hand him money, a policewoman c 14.7kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 82 My Eyes of Fortune 我的气运之眼 Su Yang is an ordinary college student, unsure of what the future holds. After an accident, he suddenly gains the bizarre ability to glimpse the “fortune” of all things. From then on, the world looks dazzling and strange through his eyes: golden light for wealth, a rosy haze for romance, blue clouds for official success, gray mists for illness and plague, and black flashes for the calamities of death. The fortunes and misfortunes of human life all appear as clouds above people's heads, clear as 312Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 83 I Found a Cultivation Manual in the Modern World 我在现代却捡到修仙功法 Urban cultivation + later cultivation world + martial arts + invincible + harem Chen Mo, an office drone, unexpectedly inherits the legacy of Cang Xuan, a dying cultivator, while on a trip. From then on, he begins cultivating in the bustling city, making a comeback from obscurity until he stands at the pinnacle of the world. He pursues the campus beauty, puts an end to the darkness, passes on the martial arts, and becomes the Martial Ancestor. As his cultivation improves, he discovers that culti 34.5kReads8.0Score3.9k14d adds
- 84 The Goddess’s Super Son-in-Law 女神的超级赘婿 I followed my mother’s wishes and became a live-in son-in-law for someone else, for a term of three years. Now, the three years are up... 2.5kReads8.2Score82714d adds
- 85 The City's Ultimate Player in Love 都市情场高高手 Lao Liu, an urban office worker, unexpectedly runs into the girl he had a crush on as a teenager. After much hesitation, he decides to pursue his youthful dream. Through a twist of fate, he ends up meeting his dream girl’s cousin by accident. Caught between the two women, he is confused and carried away by his feelings, yet too timid to act... 445Reads9.4Score10514d adds
- 86 Reborn as the Holy Venerable, Returned 重生之圣尊归来 An Immortal Venerable is reborn, advancing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and beyond. With a mature state of mind, he overwhelms martial artists. This epic tale features an expansive world, a fast-paced plot, ruthless decisiveness, and an invincible protagonist. Welcome! 9.6kReads7.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 87 The Super Son-in-Law 超级上门女婿 He was once an invincible being. At a critical moment in his breakthrough in martial arts, he was ambushed by powerful fighters from every faction. His breakthrough failed, he went mad from cultivation, and he lost all his memories. He ended up in the city and became a live-in son-in-law. When his memories return, he will reclaim the peak of martial arts, leaving every faction terrified. 1.4kReads6.3Score10214d adds
- 88 Supreme Nine Suns 九阳至尊 The cultivation world is full of treachery. After an unexpected transmigration, he is reborn as an abandoned son with a miserable past. Fortunately, he encounters Hou Yi's Sun-Shooting Divine Bow and subdues the Nine Suns Furnace. He sweeps through the Eight Gates sects of the Human Realm, returns to the cultivation world, and rises to the peak amid clashing blades, intrigue, and betrayal. Though the path to immortality is endless and every step arduous, his unwavering heart defies the current a 2kReads8.8Score36414d adds
- 89 Strength Makes Miracles: When It’s Time to Act, I Don’t Hesitate 大力出奇迹：该出手时不含糊 Might makes miracles: When it’s time to act, don’t hesitate 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Half-Immortal, Invincible from the Start 半仙之体，开局即无敌 Chen Fan was born with immortal bones. His lover cut out his organs and threw his body into an abyss. But fate would not let him die: the only person to ascend in a thousand years took him on as a disciple. Not only did Chen Fan receive an immortal's five organs, he also inherited an unrivaled legacy. From then on, he wielded the Longevity Token and commanded Huaxia's four great families. He mastered the Supreme Love Gu, and seven peerless beauties all fell for him! You're the heir of a thousand 21.5kReads8.9Score3k14d adds
- 91 Urban Cultivation: The Failed Exam Taker Is a Doctor with X-Ray Vision 都市修真：落榜透视小神医 [Modern cultivation + Divine medicine + Peerless martial arts + Stone gambling + Campus life + God of War] Liu Yaozu was just an ordinary country boy. After moving to a small county town to attend middle school, he consistently earned excellent grades, yet failed the college entrance exam twice. At the darkest moment of his life, his luck suddenly changed. He won a triple in a game of chance and discovered treasure while exploring a cave. It turned out that all of it was a test arranged by his a 808Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 92 Senior Sister, Please Show Some Restraint! 师姐，请自重！ [Decisive and Ruthless + Passionate to the Extreme + Deep Emotions + Senior-Sister Romance + Maximum Showmanship] In a single night, disaster strikes Qin Xuan’s family, and both his senior sister and the Xuan Sect’s greatest treasure disappear. Armed with astonishing abilities, Qin Xuan makes a powerful descent from the mountain! Peerless medical skills: he can bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh on bare bones. If the King of Hell says you’ll die at the third watch, I’ll keep you alive 9.3kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 93 Back in the City: No One Knows I'm in the Tribulation Transcendence Stage 回归都市：没人知道我是渡劫期 A mighty tribulation-stage cultivator is reborn on Earth! From the start, he's invincible, sweeping all before him and slaughtering enemies in every direction! He torments rich heirs, tramples martial arts grandmasters, and crushes reclusive old monsters. Anyone who refuses to submit gets beaten until they do! He uses immortal arts to amass the world's wealth and build a commercial empire, then rules cultivators around the globe with his power, forging a cultivation empire! Spiritual qi revival, 2Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 94 I Really Want to Be a Lazy Fish 好想当一只咸鱼 (The new chapter's rating is a little low! I'm begging you all for your support!) A story about a guy who just wants to slack off... Zhang Jun is reborn. He has no System... but he does have both disaster and good fortune as attributes... Now that he's reborn, why keep working like a drudge? All he wants is to slack off, but an invisible hand keeps pushing him forward... 579Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 95 What? I'm the World's Only Cultivator 啥？我是全球唯一修仙者 [On modern Earth, I'm the only one in the world who can cultivate immortality!] After unexpectedly inheriting the Qingxuan legacy, Lin Yue embarks on the path of cultivation. Among the billions of mortals on Blue Star, only Lin Yue can absorb spiritual energy and set foot on the great path of cultivation. While others are still practicing ancient martial arts, he has already reached the Qi Refining stage, wielding extraordinary power capable of moving mountains and turning seas. Warriors aboun 7Reads—Score12714d adds
- 96 The Azure Heavens’ Path of Medicine 青冥药途 The Path of Qingming Medicine 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 When I Was Out of It, There Was a Lamp 不省人事的时候，有盏灯 A Lamp in the Darkness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Hunted in the Cultivation World, I Escape Back to Earth with My Senior Sister 修仙界被追杀，带小师姐逃回地球 [Modern cultivation + invincible power fantasy + golden finger] After his sect is wiped out, Lin Feng's soul transmigrates into the cultivation world, where he becomes a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Along with his senior sister Qing Linger, who looks eight but is actually at the mid-stage of Golden Core, he is hunted by a Nascent Soul powerhouse. The two tear through space and escape. Seven years later, they unexpectedly return to Earth. But after his return, Lin Feng has already been de 7.9kReads6.9Score65314d adds
- 99 Maxed-Out Cultivation in the City: I’m Absolutely Invincible 满级修为在都市，我绝对无敌 (Modern urban cultivation power fantasy + invincible power fantasy + max level + decisive and ruthless + no saintly do-gooder) Ye Chen returns from the Primordial Era to Blue Star with all his powers intact. He dominates the city, ruthless and decisive. Who else could possibly compare? Grandmasters must not be insulted? So what if I insult you? A Golden Core big shot? I can destroy you with a single thought! A Nascent Soul old monster? You're no better than an ant in my eyes! A Tribulation Trans 20.6kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 100 The Strongest Immortal Emperor in the City 都市最强仙帝 The Immortal Emperor Ye Chen, who once commanded the stars, fell beneath the heavenly tribulation, only to return to Earth at the age of twenty. His previous life was full of regrets. This time, I will roam freely across heaven and earth, settle the old scores, reclaim my place as Immortal Emperor, and create an entirely new world! 12.6kReads8.1Score1.2k14d adds
