Novels like The Returning Sword Immortal
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- 1 EN True Immortal of Spirit Mastery 御灵真仙 The Great Dao has no techniques of its own; one borrows them to command spirits! This is an era in which the laws of cultivation are fading, yet the art of spirit-commanding is flourishing. From blue-eyed gray wolves, white-feathered thunder eagles, and red-scaled fire pythons, to ghost-eyed demon tigers, firecloud lynxes, and jade-eyed golden toads, then on to Jiuying, Xiangliu, Yinglong, and Kunpeng... All kinds of mysterious spirits of heaven and earth, peerless ancient spirits that shake the 0Votes89kRecs42.9kFans
- 2 The Chosen One's Game 天选者游戏 This is a world shaped by the Heavenly Dao. Those chosen by the Heavenly Dao are known as Heaven’s Chosen. They venture into a strange world called the Great Thousand Realm, where they grow and undergo trials. The best among them gain all kinds of incredible powers, even the ability to control the world. Those who fail lose everything, or even fall into the abyss and die without a sound… Setting sail with a new book! I hope old and new friends alike will continue to support me. Thank you! 0Votes92.2kRecs94.2kFans
- 3 Ten Thousand Ghosts and Ten Thousand Immortals 万鬼万仙 In this world, there are two paths, the immortal and the ghostly, locked in a struggle against each other. Above them are all manner of ancient gods. Pan Yan awakens from his grave, carrying countless secrets and concealing wondrous techniques. He will cultivate immortality and exorcise ghosts, roam the world, stride across the stars and ride the clouds, and uncover the mysteries of the ancient gods. 0Votes83.9kRecs16.8kFans
- 4 Primordial Jade Register 元始玉箓 History and mystery intertwine, and worlds travel between worlds! Everything gained must come at a cost... A man who transmigrated to a parallel universe had no idea that he was living under the shadow of terror. At first, all he wanted was to survive as he traveled between different worlds. But through a series of coincidences, he caught a glimpse of the possibility of transcending it all. 0Votes66.4kRecs45.4kFans
- 5 Azure Scroll of Miro 弥罗青卷 Standard version: On the land of Hanxia, Miro Daoist of the Miaoyou Sect awakens memories of a past life while building his foundation. With the Qing Scroll and Treasure Mirror, treasures born alongside him, he pursues the boundless path to immortality. Poetic version one: Miro Miaoyou turns the boat of fate. He enters the Dao, seeking truth. In his hands, the mystic register and azure scroll; the mirror of Heaven and Earth reflects his heart. Purple mist enfolds him as he ascends to the heavens 0Votes95.6kRecs152.2kFans
- 6 Pure Yang Sword Sovereign 纯阳剑尊 The path to immortality is called Pure Yang by the Daoists, Profound Yin by the Demon Sect, and Suchness by the Buddhists. With the sword in his hand, the young Ling Chong strums its strings and sings, laughing as he reigns supreme beneath the heavens! Before Heaven came Yin and Yang; before the Five Virtues came the Way of Virtue. Though one may study the teachings after birth, Pure Yang and Profound Yin still lead to the true fruit. Nine cycles forward and seven in reverse, dragons and tigers 0Votes128.1kRecs102.4kFans
- 7 Immortal Dao: Clouds and Mist 仙道云烟 There is a way to achieve immortality, yet the eternal can turn into the fleeting. When we meet again in the mortal world, a single greeting between fellow cultivators will speak of all the years gone by. 0Votes16.6kRecs23.3kFans
- 8 The Path of the Mystic Dust 玄尘道途 The teeming masses, the countless cultivators, are all but specks of dust in the world. The wind lifts them up, then lets them fall when it dies down. They neither ask where they have lost their way nor know where they are bound. 28Votes679.5kRecs264.3kFans
- 9 The Netherworld Immortal Lord 幽冥仙君 The rootless tree, its blossoms askew; without yin and yang, the Way is incomplete. Metal is separated from wood, mercury from lead; lone yin and solitary yang each stand apart. In this world, yin and yang pair men with women, and children and grandchildren carry on the line generation after generation. Follow the current and you remain mortal; go against it and you become an immortal. It all comes down to turning things upside down in between. This is a story written as “ghostly immortals,” 0Votes28.5kRecs30.1kFans
- 10 The Rise of the Shen Clan 沈氏家族崛起 In Lingnan, where fortunes rise and fall, an ordinary junior member of a small family leads his clan to endure and rise in this ruthless world of cultivation. Mortal, farming. 0Votes111.9kRecs113.4kFans
- 11 Seeking the Dao at Mount Emei 问道峨眉 After transmigrating decades ago, Lu Xuan spent half his life seeking the Dao. Before he knew it, he had reached old age, yet he still hadn’t found the way in. With his vitality fading and his essence depleted, he decided to return to his hometown and use what little time he had left to benefit the local community. But after many twists and turns, he came upon a copy of Notes on the Waterways and Rivers of Jiujiang at the place where he was born... 0Votes134.5kRecs127.1kFans
- 12 The Heaven-Turning Mirror 翻天鉴 By a twist of fate, he stumbled upon a mysterious alms bowl, and from then on his life took off beyond all control! One miraculous technique after another came his way: the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, the Dragon-Elephant Fundamental Scripture, the Divine Power of the Incarnate Avatar, and even the ability to appoint local 0Votes145.9kRecs39.2kFans
- 13 Lord of Shadows 阴影之主 There is nothing frightening about a villain with ambition. What is frightening is a villain with ambition who also loves learning, knows how to think, and dares to keep putting his ideas into practice. Saide Wei Jiasi, the baron's son, has been frail since childhood. Unable to practice swordsmanship and cut off from the path of knighthood, he has never once grown despondent. Instead, he is ambitiously determined to forge a path in life from another direction. Then one day... "The void demon ins 0Votes78.1kRecs37.8kFans
- 14 Swordmaster 剑魁 This is a world of Qi cultivators. The imperial court has fallen, and the Hundred Schools hold sway. The sixteen provinces bask in a glorious age, while beneath the Mechanism City, ghosts roam by the hundreds. Airships, puppets, yaoguai, and beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas; supernatural arts, talismans, curses, and Qi cultivation! A young man seeks the Dao in his dreams, studies the classics of the Hundred Schools, nurtures his vital essence, refines his spirit, competes for inheri 0Votes105.1kRecs92.4kFans
- 15 EN Jade Palace Golden Seal 玉宸金章 Jade signifies harmony through the four seasons, with the unity of three as its meaning. Those three are Heaven, Earth, and humanity. Chen means the innermost chamber of a house. Later, it came to refer to an emperor’s residence, since emperors lived in the Northern Palace, where Heaven and Earth converge. This is the story of someone who transmigrates to the southern wilderness of the Shaman Xia Divine Dynasty, carrying the true meanings of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Powers and Seventy-Two 0Votes173.6kRecs156.2kFans
- 16 Sitting in Forgetfulness, Seeking Immortality 坐忘长生 The young Liu Qinghuan emerges from the chaos of war in the mortal world, only to enter the magnificent wars of the cultivators. Should he stand apart from the world, or shoulder its responsibilities? Should he stay true to his original aspirations, or cast off all attachments? He tempers his heart amid the tumult of the mortal world, then sits in oblivion and attains immortality. 55Votes749.8kRecs428.8kFans
- 17 Immortal Treasury 仙藏 Qin Di, who has wasted his years and is nearing forty, transmigrates to another world. Starting as a young man with his hair tied up, he receives the blessing of the peach blossoms and embarks on the path of cultivation. Along the way, he encounters one fortuitous opportunity after another, progressing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Void Treading, Dao Integration, Earth Immortal, Spirit Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Ancestor Immortal, Golden Immortal, Im 0Votes350.6kRecs273.2kFans
- 18 Start by Taking a Swing 先砍一刀 On the seventh day of the seventh month, magpies came, forming a bridge; the fairy crossed over, descended to the mortal realm, and entered the lake. A warning was given to the foolish Cowherd: do not be curious, return home early, your mother is there, waiting anxiously. Before dark, the son returned home. Quickly, close the door, steam the mooncakes, worship the Moon God, and sleep in happiness. Darkness fell, but the son had not returned. The old mother grieved, her face covered in tears. Bla 0Votes71.1kRecs91.2kFans
- 19 The Blade Subdues the Starry River 刀镇星河 Three years later, Shangguan Xuanhao, who had died in battle at Guanglin Mountain, once again entered the Tianzhu Mountain estate of the Sun-Moon Profound Sect under the identity of examination disciple Zhang Xin, beginning his path of cutting down the sun and moon with his blade and cleaving the galaxy with his sword! 0Votes1MRecs141.3kFans
- 20 The Eight Wilds of the Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海八荒录 Among the dwindling tribes of the ancient wilderness, a young man quietly inherits a forbidden Zhuyou curse lost for millennia. He joins one of the great houses of the Great Jin and stirs up the winds of change across the Eight Wilds. Make a straw doll and curse your enemy to death. Shed your shell like a golden cicada. Unleash the Flying Immortal Slaying Knife. Buddhists and Daoists vie for supremacy, great houses scheme against one another, sects wage fierce battles, and every race seeks domin 11Votes412.4kRecs152.3kFans
- 21 EN Henghua 衡华 There are countless paths and crafts in the way of cultivation. Some excel at magical combat, some at alchemy, some enjoy drawing talismans, and others take pleasure in crafting magical artifacts... There are also cultivators who specialize in deducing cultivation techniques. In sects and clans, these technique interpreters are known as “Elders of Transmission.” After transmigrating, Fu Henghua interprets techniques and teaches cultivation to the Fu family, living peacefully as a bookworm. But w 0Votes165.3kRecs177.3kFans
- 22 Knocking on Heaven’s Gate with a Sword 剑叩天门 Reading, playing chess, farming, practicing the sword. A half-flask of wine beneath the white clouds, home ten thousand miles away; one autumn-water blade chills ten provinces. This is the story of a young man who raises his sword and knocks upon Heaven's Gate. 0Votes261.6kRecs266kFans
- 23 EN Cultivation Starts After Three Years of Transmigration 修真从穿越三年开始 Three years, then another three. In that time, transmigrators in other stories have already become emperors and risen to the very top. Yet after three years in this world, Zhang Qingyuan, armed with a lousy proficiency panel that lets him see his skills but not improve them, is still just an unknown among the tens of thousands of outer disciples of the Yunshui Sect. Please stop complaining about the formatting. Published chapters can’t be edited, but it should be fixed around the time the 0Votes458.1kRecs542.2kFans
- 24 EN The Path to Immortality 仙业 A dream crosses from the sea floor to withered mulberry trees, having witnessed all the Milky Way’s winds and waves. The Nine Provinces and Four Seas, the Mystic Sects and Demon Schools, the Celestial Outsiders and Pure Land Sangha. Refining qi, receiving registers, taking elixirs, divining omens... Enter the Gate of the Infinite, roam the Fields of the Boundless, shine as brightly as the sun and moon, and endure as long as heaven and earth. All that came before is but a guest; reborn, I walk t 1.9kVotes710.8kRecs761.6kFans
- 25 The Peach Blossoms of the Immortal Path 仙路桃花传 Literary blurb: Two lifetimes on the road to the immortal mountains, a fated bond among ten miles of peach blossoms. Plain-language blurb: The adventures of a science student in a world of immortals and martial arts. Standard blurb: Tired of protagonists who are invincible and arrogant? Fed up with sects that are more like criminal gangs? Then give this book a try. It may not become a huge bestseller. But I can at least promise that, with clean, straightforward prose, I will create a world truly 0Votes452.5kRecs106.6kFans
- 26 The Daoist Sect Invades 道门入侵 0Votes187.9kRecs88.7kFans
- 27 Evergreen Immortal Path 仙道长青 An ordinary mortal is reborn in the mysterious world of cultivation, becoming a cultivator in a small clan. His elders place their hopes in him, while the family struggles to stay afloat. Faced with one setback after another, Zhang Zhixuan fights his way forward, going against the current to build his clan into a flourishing family and write a life as dreamlike and fleeting as lightning, yet grand and turbulent. VIP group: 815445730 (fans with a score of 2,000 or higher m 1Votes967.6kRecs390.3kFans
- 28 The Survival Game on the Tip of Your Tongue 舌尖上的求生游戏 Turn legendary monsters into delicious dishes! Today's Special: [Infernal Buddha Jumps Over the Wall] Made with over thirty ingredients and seasonings, each prepared and cooked separately: flying polyps, the tips of Cthulhu's tentacles, the webbed feet of Deep Ones, the chitinous pincers of Rhan-Tegoth, the tips of the Black Goat Mother's tentacles, and eye gunk from an avatar of Azathoth; vegetarian ingredients include Emperor's psychedelic mushrooms, an elemental of fire, Yog-Sothoth's bubbles 0Votes95kRecs88kFans
- 29 Eyes and Hands That See All 手眼通天 A grand game of strategy, North and South held in balance. All the people beneath heaven are drawn into the game. Some charge straight ahead like a chariot, others trample through the ranks like a horse; Some cannons strike across the river, while a hundred generals vie for supremacy; Some are unmatched strategists, others possess strength beyond appearances. Amid the raging tides of a chaotic age, a figure in white crosses the river. Like a pawn advancing across the board, sword in hand, he pre 0Votes73.4kRecs84.4kFans
- 30 Return of the Myriad Worlds 诸天归来 [The author’s new 2020 book, The System Wants to Borrow My Powers, is out! Qi Yun experiences countless cycles of reincarnation in his dreams: Shu Mountain, the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Journey to the West, Investiture of the Gods... When he wakes, he forges all kinds of magical treasures in this world, including the Heaven-Flipping Seal, Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, and Taiji Diagram. He also cultivates numerous divine abilities, such as Three Heads and 0Votes76.1kRecs141.7kFans
- 31 Dragon Vein King 龙脉君王 The glory of antiquity has faded, and the radiant dawn shines across most of the continent. Knights have fallen into nobility, while mages no longer hide in the shadows. The old conflicts have passed, but new tensions are brewing. This is an age of great transformation, as well as an age full of hope. Advances in the arcane arts have opened the way to planar colonization, and the mighty tide of a grand era is surging forth. A visitor from another dimension brings a glimmer of dawn to this turbul 0Votes96.8kRecs47.4kFans
- 32 Conquering the Warring States 战国霸天下 Bai Qi emerged like a thunderbolt, outshining all the other famed generals beneath heaven. The strategists Zhang Yi, Su Qin, and Gongsun Yan could make the feudal lords tremble with a single burst of anger, and bring peace to the world simply by living in comfort. When a soul from a later age transmigrates to the Warring States period, the seven great powers change: Wei becomes Wei, and there are still seven powers. But with the difference of a single character, the wheels of history turn in a n 0Votes48.9kRecs33.7kFans
- 33 To the Rooftop 上天台 Heaven, lend me five hundred more years, and I'll build myself a Heavenly Platform. The Heavenly Platform stands eighteen thousand zhang high. Step by step, climb without hesitation. In his past life, he was just one step away from the Heavenly Platform when he missed his footing. Now reborn, he steels himself and starts over. I ride auspicious clouds, wrapped in golden light. Reborn, I have come to play a very big game of chess! Enter the novel's title for verificati 0Votes117.8kRecs72.3kFans
- 34 The Primordial Sword Emperor 混元剑帝 “On Earth, in the Huaxia Kingdom, I faced ten martial arts masters alone with nothing but my sword and defeated them all. They call me Qingxu, the Sword Saint!” “In the Divine Wilderness, I wield my three-foot blade and roam the world. Wherever my sword points, I am invincible. They call me the Sword Venerable of Qingxu.” “In the Chaos Divine Domain, my Sword Dao reached perfection. My sword energy stretches a hundred thousand miles, and all swords bow before me. I ascended to become the Primord 0Votes362.5kRecs143.4kFans
- 35 EN The Extraordinary David 超凡大卫 “Shadow Servant, take a look. What are all these?” “A pile of entry-level knowledge orbs. Do I look like a garbage dump?” David scolded the Shadow Servant floating beside him. The Shadow Servant flushed red, trying to show its master just how hard it had been working. The boundless starry sky, servants of the gods, clashes between civilizations, invincible battleships, terrifying insectoid races, transcendent lifeforms, humble mortals, and a new era dawning. His completed novel, Wizard Abel, run 0Votes731.7kRecs349.7kFans
- 36 Dao Traverses Nine Heavens 道辟九霄 Literary Version: The Double Ninth Festival lingers, where once I solved the mystery beneath the peach blossoms. My heart opens to the Great Way, and I rise to the ninth heaven. I look back from the ends of the earth, but my three or four old friends are nowhere to be seen. I ascend to immortality and soar away, joining the undying celestial ones. Comedy Version: I transmigrated to a world of immortals with a mysterious dragon scale. The immortal path? The demonic path? This is just a stage pla 0Votes413kRecs198.4kFans
- 37 The Yu-Song Dynasty 余宋 Let’s try a new blurb, one that’s easier to understand. This is a story about a local boy, Little Gao Yanei, who gets a golden finger and runs riot in the final years of the Northern Song. It’s all one person’s wish fulfillment. If you like it, come explore the world with me. If you don’t, do whatever you want. You can even say I’ve run out of ideas. I’m no banknote, after all. That’ll do. Writing a blurb is exhausting… 0Votes138.8kRecs55.8kFans
- 38 The Investiture of the Gods of the Mystic Sect 玄门封神 I transmigrated to a world where immortal arts flourished, and worked hard at my cultivation. I thought that after arriving in this world, I would spend my whole life getting to know it. But one day, when I commanded Yin and Yang and ruled over all beneath the heavens, I learned that this world knew me, too. For half a lifetime, I cultivated in obscurity. In a single day, I mastered the way, and the whole world was stunned. 0Votes232.8kRecs106.4kFans
- 39 I am a Primitive Man 我是一个原始人 (This is a genuine historical primitive farming novel. I don’t know how the category got changed.) The sky is a clear, flawless blue, sunlight bathes the mountain forest, and the whole world seems peaceful and still, cloaked in a tranquility all its own. Watching the chief, dressed in a sexy tiger-skin miniskirt and carrying a club, lead more than a dozen people in a raucous chase after a woolly rhinoceros, Han Cheng can’t help raising his slightly curled right hand to his parted lips and excl 0Votes190.1kRecs197.2kFans
- 40 Raise an Army and Seize the Tripod 纵兵夺鼎 In the fourth year of Zhongping, Yan Bei leapt into the rushing current of the world’s great tides. From then on, with the strength of his two hands and fists, he went from an ordinary ripple to a towering wave that churned the seas, striving to rise from obscurity and become a hero known throughout the land. - Readers’ group: Deer-Taking Marquis and friends welcome you with open arms. [102341981] - 0Votes65.9kRecs58.3kFans
- 41 This Assassin is a Bit Strange 这个刺客有毛病 Reborn in an ancient world filled with sword energy and raised by an assassin master, Fang Bie was surprised to discover that martial arts in this world were far more prosperous than he had imagined. From nobles and officials to common folk roaming the martial world, everyone learned martial arts to protect themselves. To avoid becoming some stranger's handy ingredient for training, Fang Bie devoted himself to martial arts. He mastered pressure points, lightness skills, mechanisms, palm techniqu 0Votes162.4kRecs345.6kFans
- 42 Extraordinary Noble 超凡贵族 An ordinary man transmigrates to a world where the strong reign supreme. What is the power that determines one's fate? The extraordinary, or the ordinary? 0Votes295kRecs156kFans
- 43 EN Warhammer Wizard 战锤巫师 Fake wizard: Casts shields instantly, blinks away, covers the ground with a grease spell, then smacks you in the face with five massive fireballs. The embodiment of knowledge and artillery. Real wizard: Blood Fury, a body of steel, charges right into your face, Waaaaaaaaaagh, swings a warhammer and smashes your head in. This is the story of a melee wizard hammering his way through the whole world! Keywords: invincible protagonist, Warhammer, pseudo-DND, Azeroth, the Abyss, the Four Evil Gods, p 1Votes416.8kRecs484.4kFans
- 44 Online Gaming: The Azure City Sword Immortal 网游之青城剑仙 “An immortal lays a hand upon my crown; with our hair tied together, we receive eternal life.” This is a cultivation game that is at once real and illusory, telling the story of a Qingcheng disciple who ventures forth with sword in hand through a world beyond the mortal realm. There is no rebirth, only the clash of courage and wisdom; There is no foreknowledge, only the interplay of skill and strategy. 2Votes162.6kRecs105kFans
- 45 The Great Saint Beyond Heaven 离天大圣 Among the Myriad Worlds, those beings who transcend everything and are bound by nothing are known as Great Sages. 0Votes671.5kRecs449.7kFans
- 46 Above the Heavens 苍穹之上 A thousand years of arduous cultivation beneath the firmament, all for the day he can stand above it! In Skybreak Gorge, a strategic choke point between the Hongwu Celestial Dynasty and the Seven Killings Tribe of the demon race, a strange object suddenly fell from the sky. It swept up a group of cultivator-soldiers and hurled them into the mighty currents of history... Song Zheng was only one of the less remarkable among them. He has read the sages’ classics, but he is also a condemned wolf-sol 1Votes5.9MRecs319.2kFans
- 47 Journey to the West: The Demon 西游之妖 Thirty thousand years after the Investiture of the Gods, and six hundred years before Journey to the West. A man from a later age transmigrates into the demon race and rises to prominence in the Western Ox Continent, becoming a peerless great demon! 0Votes52.7kRecs119.7kFans
- 48 Blood Will Tell 将血 Have you not seen Han Zhongjun, who at twenty bound a captive and asked for a long tassel to seize the enemy? Have you not seen Ban Dingyuan, who led light cavalry into distant lands and stirred up the clouds of war? A true man should dare to face danger, not let his scholar’s robes ruin his life. With the nation teetering on the brink, urgent dispatches race back and forth without pause! Zhao Shi’s life was destined to be spent amid slaughter and bloodshed. From the vast northern deserts to the 0Votes501.5kRecs236.4kFans
- 49 The Great Immortal Official 大仙官 With a brush, he writes the path to immortality and longevity; laughing, he roams freely beneath heaven and earth. A dream of an age-old golden millet brought Chu Xian, a poor scholar, memories of a later age. In this vast world where gods and Buddhas reign supreme, the only way to avoid being treated like an insect and enslaved is to keep striving for self-improvement. 0Votes272.6kRecs172kFans
- 50 The Swordstep Court 步剑庭 This is an age when legends grow old: In the north, the Old Dragon King rolls over and the earth shudders. In the west, the peacock lounges amid beauty and has no wish to move. Two old men who wield swords have no grievance against each other, yet must fight to the death. And a poor, miserable scholar tosses aside his books, suddenly draws his blade, and chops apart half the land. This is an age when legends are born anew: The beauty destined to topple kingdoms has yet to learn how to put on mak 2Votes299.2kRecs249.3kFans
