Novels like Forging Swords
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Forging Swords, best match first.
- 1 The Urban Cultivator's Manor 都市修真庄园主 Tang Chengxuan was an ordinary young man who took odd jobs wherever he could after graduating from college. Later, he returned to his hometown and happened upon a Star Ring. From then on, he embarked on a path of cultivation, living in the city as he cultivated, grew vegetables, and treated illnesses. He wanted nothing more than a simple, peaceful life, but after someone framed him, he began building up his own power. He opened a supermarket, bought a martial arts school, and established a manor 0Votes18.1kRecs29.6kFans
- 2 The Fortune-Stealing Scholar 夺运书生 The Jiuzhou Continent is vast and boundless. In the Great Qi Kingdom, in Chiyang Guard of Chuan Prefecture, the Du Residence stands as a pillar in the west. For generations, the Du family has guarded the western frontier and resisted barbarian invasions. The Du family has produced famous generals for generations, but Du Changeng's generation saw the arrival of a worthless son. The third son, Du Xuan, was frail from childhood and had a love of literature. It was enough to drive Du Changeng to des 0Votes34.5kRecs25kFans
- 3 My Life as a Cultivator 我的修道人生 My name is Huang Jingyang, and I'm a post-90s kid. By accident, I planted a Dao Seed within myself. As I slowly grew up, the Dao took root and sprouted inside me. The sun, moon, stars, water, fire, wind, and thunder. The vicissitudes of the world, the warmth and coldness of human relationships. A myriad of worlds, a myriad of Daos. I entered a dreamlike wonderland, only to learn that the path to immortality is a road with no return. [VIP Subscription Gro 0Votes100.4kRecs107.7kFans
- 4 I Cultivate the Unorthodox Way 我修非常道 The green mountains are alive with spiritual energy, and a true immortal resides in the little temple. The white clouds drift freely, and the heart is at ease, keeping only one's true nature, beyond the ordinary path. 0Votes111.2kRecs58.9kFans
- 5 The Six Relics: Palace of Nightmares 六迹之梦魇宫 A novella by Wang Yu, and the second installment in the Six Traces series: Nightmare Palace! The divine mountain shattered, and the divine stone ascended with the thirty-six clans. They declared themselves the Immortal Realm. To uncover the divine stone's secrets, the Immortal Clans sent their disciples down to the mortal world to spread their legacies. They became known as the Thirty-Six Immortal Clans. As the ages passed, these clans came to rule the world. Then the mysterious Nightmare Palace 0Votes1.2MRecs75.1kFans
- 6 EN The Great Dream Master 大梦主 A wealthy merchant’s son, frail and sickly from childhood, accidentally embarks on the path to immortality while searching for a way to prolong his life! The prosperous Tang Dynasty: peace reigns across the land, the weather is favorable, and the people live in comfort. A thousand years later: demons devour the sky, monsters and ghosts run rampant, and cries of grief fill the wilderness. The Journey to the West unfolds anew: the Great Sage battles the heavens, Tianpeng descends to the mortal rea 4Votes31.3MRecs2.3MFans
- 7 A Carefree Life of Cultivation 悠闲修道人生 While swimming in a river, Luo Tianwang accidentally found an ancient tortoiseshell and gained an immortal opportunity. The naive young boy begins a wondrous journey of cultivation. The third cultivation novel by Lao Yu. Please give it a read! 0Votes214.3kRecs135.2kFans
- 8 EN The Melody of Dark Winds 邪风曲 Who can decide what is righteous and what is evil? Good and bad are yours to judge. A mountain is a mountain, and water is water. A mountain is no longer a mountain, and water is no longer water. Then the mountain is still a mountain, and water is still water. After seeing through everything, after seeing through its true nature, what of all things? Once you see through it all, what do righteousness and evil matter? What do good and bad matter? Everything one does is simply for the sake of survi 0Votes4MRecs893.3kFans
- 9 A Post-80s Cultivator 八零后修道记 Dream and waking blur together, A thousand years in a great dream, yet still I do not wake. I cannot fathom the endless mortal world, Present-day success, Riches in this life, All vanish after a hundred years. Laugh not at madness or frenzy, A frenzied life becomes yin and yang. The long road stretches on without end, Dust all along the way, An endless slant of sunset. A thousand autumns become one dream. 0Votes435.9kRecs216.4kFans
- 10 Demon’s Diary 魔天记 A young fugitive raised among countless hardened criminals escapes from captivity and, by a twist of fate, assumes a new identity and enters a cultivation sect. An unimaginable vast world opens its doors to him, but through a series of misfortunes, he must also face the mortal danger of losing his mind at any moment and transforming into a terrifying demon... 19Votes4.2MRecs938.7kFans
- 11 EN Gate of the Mystic Realm 玄界之门 A divine treasure descends from the heavens! An extraordinary bloodline takes possession of its host! Immortals tremble in fear! Demons flee in terror! A young man who came from the Eastern Continent. A beautiful skeleton bound to him in life and death. A story about one who aspires to become the strongest. A legend of shaking the stars and raising chaos in all three realms. 18Votes7.7MRecs4MFans
- 12 A Mortal's Cultivation of Immortality: The Immortal Realm Arc 凡人修仙之仙界篇 A mortal cultivates immortality, and the storms rise again. Travel through time and space, reverse the cycle of reincarnation. Golden Immortals and Supreme Unity Immortals, Grand Luo Dao Ancestors. Three thousand great paths, supreme laws. The Immortal Realm arc of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: the story of Han Li making his mark in the Immortal Realm, and the undying legend of an ordinary boy's path to immortality. A note for readers who haven't read the previous story: it won' 141Votes30.1MRecs10.7MFans
- 13 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality 凡人修仙传 An ordinary country boy accidentally joins a small local martial sect and becomes a nominal disciple. With that status, how can he establish himself in the sect? How can he, despite his mediocre talent, enter the ranks of the cultivators and make a name for himself across the Three Realms? Fellow cultivators, the new edition of the print book is now available. Feel free to purchase a copy if you’re interested. Thank you for your support! 979Votes16.2MRecs8.5MFans
- 14 EN The Confucian Way to Sagehood 儒道至圣 This is a world where scholars command the power of Heaven and Earth. With literary talent within, poems can slay enemies, lyrics can destroy armies, and essays can bring peace to the realm. A scholar puts brush to paper, discussing war from the safety of his desk; a successful candidate slays the enemy with every word; an advanced scholar flies into a rage, and his words become weapons. When a Sage arrives, his words and writing can condemn a man, judge an emperor's rule unjust, and take on an 50Votes9.6MRecs2MFans
