Modern Cultivation 现代修仙

1. 1 混 The Chaotic Record of Mending the Heavens 混沌补天录 Slender Willow in the Prose文中细柳Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [No System, no being reborn, cautious cultivation, sound logic, quotable lines, and hilarious comedy] Please don't expect this to follow the usual formula of some cultivation novels, where the protagonist becomes invincible and starts killing as soon as he begins cultivating. This story follows the protagonist's transformation from an ordinary person, and strives to stay closer to real life, with plenty of introspection and social criticism. Starting as a law-abiding citizen, the protagonist fir 5.7kReads8.6Score614Shelves

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   I laughed so hard my abs hurt in the middle of the night! [Laughing and crying emoji] The mortal Lao Liu (Old Six) obtains a cultivation inheritance and embarks on a cultivation journey in the city, hiding his true nature. The book is full of memorable quotes, realistic critiques, and philosophical reflections. Everyone is intelligent, and the psychological descriptions are exquisite. [Thumbs up emoji] A reminder: please do not approach this novel with traditional notions of invincibility or the ability to kill at will. This book is an exploration and growth story, not mindless wish-fulfillment. It teaches you to follow the law, understand the rules, and then become decisive in killing. [Cool emoji]

2. 2 修 The Immortal Cultivator’s Fate Comes with a Job Assignment 修仙大佬命中带编 Ah Mao Duoduo啊猫朵朵Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Gongsun Yun, the cultivation world's number-one alchemist, fell into a bottomless abyss over a Phoenix Fruit. When she woke, she had become a C-list star who had taken her own life after being hounded online. Gongsun Yun: ???? A celebrity? No thanks! It's exhausting and unstable. Go back to being an alchemist? Why are there no spirit herbs in this world? Where's the medicine pavilion? So Gongsun Yun searched the streets for a stable, well-paid job that would let her keep taking it easy. Then one 8.1kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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   Modern cultivation novels are all pretty good, you can give them a try.

3. 3 大 The Big Shot Was Reborn and Shook the World 大佬重生后轰动了世界 June Qianqian六月浅浅Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A mighty cultivator from another world was reborn as a pitiful country girl, brought back to a wealthy family. She spent money freely, loved her liquor, and couldn't read a single character. The fake heiress laughed that she wouldn't even get into college. Then, one by one, her secret identities were exposed. A guzheng sensation, a miracle doctor with magical hands, a martial arts prodigy, a top-tier star... The finest universities fought to recruit her. And on top of that, the powerful and ecce 4.5kReads9.2Score513Shelves
4. 4 宠 Spoiled? No Thanks! The Real Heiress Is Obsessed With Immortal Cultivation 宠爱？不稀罕！真千金她沉迷修仙 Entangled in Longing缠娇怨Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brothers’ redemption arc + romance] [Calculating, sickly-beautiful male lead vs. sweet, bubbly female lead] The sect where Shi Qi had lived for seventeen years was gone, and she was forced to leave the mountain. Leaving was one thing, but why had a wealthy tycoon suddenly appeared, crying and claiming to be her long-lost father? The rich father was one thing, but she also had six handsome older brothers, each with his own style. Was this the start of a everyone-dotes-on-me story? No! Don’t get 16.9kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
5. 5 丹EN The Supreme Sage of Alchemy 丹道第一圣 Third Brother of Shituo Ridge狮驼岭老三Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted As a max-level alchemist, is it really that unreasonable to eat pills for every meal? And learning martial arts to become invincible for self-defense makes perfect sense, right? The year's breakout hit [No System, genius protagonist, invincible lead, ensemble cast] 186.8kReads9.3Score22.2kShelves

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   These two books might not meet your requirements for modern cultivation novels, but they're the only two cultivation novels I've read that I found quite enjoyable.

6. 6 宝 Pagoda Immortal Fate 宝塔仙缘 Xiao Bu Yu箫不语Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, pocket dimension, medicinal garden, immortal pets] Even an ordinary person can encounter great opportunities. A country boy carrying the Three Treasures Glazed Pagoda is captured by an evil cultivator and forced to serve as a test subject. But a misfortune turns into a blessing, setting him on a bizarre and arduous path to immortality. From then on, he uses the pagoda to grow spirit herbs, raise immortal beasts, refine pills, craft talismans, and cultivate forbidd 126kReads9.2Score14.5kShelves
7. 7 天 The Way of Heaven's Evolution: Bureau 503 天衍圣道之503局 This Daoist Wants to Quit Smoking道爷要戒烟Urban2.1M WordsCompleted A high-speed express train hurtles along its route. An ordinary train conductor gets drunk in a sleeper compartment, breaking the rules, and becomes embroiled in a bizarre tomb-robbing case. When he sobers up, he unexpectedly joins Huaxia’s most mysterious organization, Bureau 503... By chance, he crosses paths with the mysterious Tongji Alliance, setting him on a completely different path in life. 29.1kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves

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   These two modern cultivation novels feature protagonists who rise from ordinary mortals to become top-tier powerhouses, with multiple female leads throughout, high-energy content, and no angst or frustration—highly recommended!

8. 8 黑 Tales from the Haunted Inn 黑店诡谈 This Daoist Wants to Quit Smoking道爷要戒烟Urban1.3M WordsOngoing 4.6kReads7.0Score387Shelves
9. 9 十 Ten Years as a Human Furnace: I Descend the Mountain to Find My Senior Sisters. What Are You Panicking For? 十年炉鼎，下山找师姐，你们慌啥 Uncle Third's Uncle三叔的叔Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Urban cultivation + xuanhuan + multiple heroines] The hustle and bustle of the mortal city is nothing but fleeting smoke. Only ascending to the Upper Realm and pursuing a higher cultivation level is the true path! Even the Hehuan Sect is nothing more than his own back garden! 14.3kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves

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   Urban cultivation story, featuring multiple female protagonists!

10. 10 臭 You Brat, I’m Your Master! 臭小子，我可是你师父！ Uncle Third's Uncle三叔的叔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [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! 3.6kReads8.3Score466Shelves
11. 11 修 Cultivation Is a Philosophy 修仙是门哲学 Shan Sheng善生Urban96k WordsCompleted This is my story of cultivating immortality, an unknown story, a story full of mystery... [Short Story Collection] [At the End of Science Lies the Supernatural] [Understand the stories in this book, and you can cultivate immortality] I am a real cultivator living in the modern world... I seek to become an immortal, free and joyful as the heavens. Cultivate immortality through science, ascend through physics. 382Reads—Score106Shelves

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    What? Cultivating immortality in real life?! [Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece] [Teaching you how to cultivate immortality and attain enlightenment, want to read it?] [Flying kiss] Cultivating immortality and attaining enlightenment, an excellent book, highly recommended, a philosophy of cultivation that subverts common sense.

12. 12 我 I Was Common as Dirt, Yet I Became an Immortal 我本庸俗却成仙 Shan Sheng善生Urban105k WordsCompleted [Want to learn immortal cultivation and the Dao? Give it a look!] I yearn to become an immortal. Cultivating the truth and comprehending the Dao have been my lifelong dream, and I practice immortal cultivation in the real world. This is an unknown story, yet one brimming with wonder... Birth, aging, sickness, and death go on without end; cultivate the truth and comprehend the Dao to transcend them. I was once ordinary, yet became an immortal, neither suffering nor indulging in pleasure. I yearn 640Reads—Score159Shelves
13. 13 从 Urban Cultivation, Beginning in the Late Nascent Soul Stage 从元婴后期开始的都市修仙 Xuanzhong Mu of the Mountains山中玄木Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [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 3kReads6.4Score289Shelves

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    The following are all modern urban cultivation novels. The second novel only briefly introduces the protagonist's cultivation level at the beginning, but it quickly moves on and he returns to the city with the cultivation level of the Mahayana stage.

14. 14 人 I'm in the Mahayana Realm, and This Year I'm a College Freshman 人在大乘期，今年上大一 Jun Wuya君无涯Urban525k WordsCompleted I’m invincible in this world. Why bother playing in the mud if I’m not going to slay immortals and saints? Jiang Fan transmigrated to another world, endured a hundred cycles of refinement, and was reborn a hundred times. At last, he gripped the sword in his hand and fought his way to the heavenly realm! During the final battle with the empress of the heavenly realm, space and time twisted, and Jiang Fan returned to his original world. He had cultivated for a thousand years in another world, but 3.5kReads7.9Score248Shelves
15. 15 史 The Strongest Qi Refiner in History 史上最强炼气期 Li Daoran李道然Urban14.5M WordsCompleted Fang Yu has been cultivating for nearly five thousand years, yet still hasn’t broken through the Qi Refining stage... “I really am only at the Qi Refining stage, but don’t mess with me!” 42.4kReads9.1Score3.2kShelves
16. 16 重 Reborn as the Urban Immortal Venerable 重生之都市仙尊 Luo Shu洛书Urban12.8M WordsCompleted Luo Chen, once a supreme immortal, is ambushed and reborn on Earth. Though he holds an ordinary position in society, he faces contempt from his girlfriend, ridicule from his rival in love, his parents' miserable lives, and threats and provocations from the scions of wealthy families. He swears to change his unfair fate, stand at the pinnacle of the world, and show everyone that he, Luo Chen, was once here. 26.5kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
17. 17 我 I'm the Fake Heiress. Is It Really So Much to Ask to Be a Mystic Arts Master? 我假千金，当个玄学大佬不过分吧 A Thought, Wind and Grain一念风禾Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Mysticism + No Romance + Plot-Driven Power Fantasy + Everyone Is Career-Minded + Beloved by All] The Shen family’s cherished daughter, raised for years as their own, turns out to be a fake heiress. Everyone waits to see Shen Ning and the real heiress tear into each other. But no one expects the fake heiress to pack up and leave without a fuss. Later, they learn that Shen Ning has gone to a remote mountain wilderness to study Taoism under a master. Everyone scoffs: “Study Taoism? Why doesn’t she 977Reads9.2Score120Shelves

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    The title is misleading. Although the female protagonist is a fake heiress, she left before the real heiress returned home. She was picked up by her master on the mountain and taken to cultivate. Three years later, she descended the mountain to rescue her seven senior brothers and sisters. This was precisely the experience her master gave her. Later, the female protagonist did indeed ascend to immortality.

18. 18 空 Daily Life on the Farm with a Spatial Divine Healer 空间神医开农庄日常 The Stars Remain星辰依然Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + farming + medicine + starting a farm + cultivating immortality + food + romance] Li Guo'er unexpectedly acquires an ancestral pocket dimension and from then on enjoys a leisurely life as a miracle doctor, running a farm, growing crops, and cultivating immortality. 3kReads8.9Score292Shelves

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    This looks pretty good, see if you like it.

19. 19 我 I, the Female Demon Lord of the Cultivation World, Took a CEO as My Male Pet 我，修真界女魔头，收了霸总当男宠 Nine-Colored Flying Bird九色飞鸟Modern Romance655k WordsCompleted Fang Yi, a female demon feared across the cultivation world for her countless murders, wakes up one day in the body of a C-list actress drowning in scandals. Bold and untamed, she never wastes words when she can throw a punch! She can charm a room and whip up a feast, beat the mistress, and outsmart the fake white lotus. She also carries a massive storage space wherever she goes, rides a divine beast, never forgets anything she sees, and can pull a fist-sized diamond out of thin air. Fang Yi dec 14Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    1. A female demon transmigrates to the modern world, forcibly sleeps with a domineering CEO, cultivates immortality, and ends. 2. The female lead is a little pink snake, and the male lead wrote in his yearbook that he's most afraid of snakes. They miss each other, meet again after graduation, and begin a sweet and romantic story. 3. Transmigrated into a minor celebrity, meets a domineering CEO and falls in love, then cultivates immortality with the CEO and his family. 4. Female master and male disciple, somewhat wanting to undergo tribulations; the female lead thinks about what her disciple is like every day—it's quite interesting. 5. A sword cultivator in the apocalypse ends the world using cold weapons and cultivation.

20. 20 甜 Sweet Girl Turns into a Little Snake, and the Cold Young Master Wants Cuddles 甜妹化身小奶蛇，清冷少爷要贴贴 Cold Moon in the Clouds云中月寒Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted [Unrestricted live-action series and animated comic, seeking adaptation]“Wifey, come cuddle~” Bai Yiyi, the young heiress of Senlan, has been spoiled and adored since childhood, with a fortune worth trillions. Her father, Bai Yuehan, can make the business world tremble with a single stomp. Her mother, Meng Jiaoyang, has countless secret identities and is a top-tier star in high demand. Even her least successful uncle, Meng Xicheng, is a leading figure in the business world. The beloved little da 1.7kReads9.3Score375Shelves
21. 21 战 Mr. Zhan's Washed-Up Star Girlfriend Is a Cultivation Master 战先生的糊咖女友是修真大佬 Chen Fang晨芳Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted After the immortal cultivator Qin Yao fails to survive her tribulation and ascend, she dies and is reborn in the body of an unknown little celebrity who is still in college, beginning a completely different life. Qin Yao: “Mr. Zhan, pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend is just a temporary arrangement...” Zhan Tingxiu: “I’ll give you a million for each time you pretend to be my girlfriend!” Is a million that much? I’m a mighty cultivator from the world of cultivation! Qin Yao curled her lip 413Reads7.2Score102Shelves
22. 22 我 I Make the Money, You Spend It: My Immortal Venerable Wife Is a Shopaholic 我赚钱你来花，仙尊老婆来败家啦 The Eight of August八月的八Modern Romance438k WordsCompleted [Sweet CEO romance + aloof immortal sovereign + entertainment industry + wild imagination (mysticism)] The Immortal Sovereign Yuxi transmigrated into the modern world. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw that wicked disciple again, now wearing different clothes, sporting short hair, and having become the richest man in the modern world. The Immortal Sovereign Yuxi had actually become this wicked disciple's newlywed wife! The Immortal Sovereign Yuxi lost control and killed her disciple twice. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 沉 After Sleeping for a Thousand Years, My Disciples’ Disciples Told Me the World Had Ended 沉睡千年后，徒孙们告诉我末世了 Prosperous and Peaceful盛世怡安Sci-Fi & Apocalypse289k WordsCompleted After Sheng Ge awoke from a thousand-year slumber, she thought that as the Grand-ancestor Master, she could finally enjoy a comfortable retirement, with her disciples’ disciples providing her with all the food and drink she wanted. But her sect was on the verge of collapse, and her juniors told her, “Grand-ancestor Master, the apocalypse is here!” W-what... what are you talking about? Well, never mind. It shouldn’t get in the way of her retirement, right? Junior 1: “Grand-ancestor Master, I’m hu 519Reads8.1Score104Shelves
24. 24 挖 You Dug Up My Spiritual Root? I'll Hand It Over to the State and Flatten the Cultivation World 挖我灵根？我上交国家推平修仙界 I'm So Happy Today今天我真开心Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance, nation-building, a nation ruling the cultivation world] After transmigrating, Li Yin risked her life for her sect for twenty years, always treating it as home. Yet her master personally cut open her dantian and took her supreme-grade spiritual root to give to her junior sister. Her master said, “Rebellious disciple, flaws mar your Dao heart. I’m doing this to erase your karmic burdens.” Her senior brother said, “Junior Sister, your extreme temperament makes you unworthy of a supreme 9.5kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves

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    "Dig My Spiritual Root? I'll Hand Over the Cultivation World to the Nation": The "national team" of the wish-fulfillment novel world has gone mad! Twenty years of serving the sect only resulted in his master dissecting his dantian and his senior brother trampling on his face—his top-grade spiritual root was given to his junior sister, and he was even scolded for "flawed Dao heart" and "extremist personality"? Li Yin, on the verge of death and activating a system, doesn't follow the cliché of rebirth and scum-slaying—he directly uses the coordinates of the cultivation world to return to China and hand over the entire cultivation world to the nation! A Nascent Soul cultivator's flying sword chases after him? The Dongfeng Express precisely "signs for" the package; everything within its range is truth. A Nascent Soul ancestor's divine sense sweeps across thousands of miles? The Beidou system locks onto the enemy in real time; you're clearly marked wherever you are. A sect-protecting formation blocks his way? The aerospace fleet hovered atop the formation, and Li Yin stood beneath the red flag: "Excuse me, but these thousands of soldiers are my family." When sword cultivators of the cultivation world encounter intercontinental ballistic missiles, when sect secret realms collide with drone reconnaissance—this wave of "modern technology's dimensional reduction attack on the cultivation world" is incredibly satisfying! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

25. 25 同 Classmate, I'm Really Not a Cultivator 同学，我真不是修仙者 Love, Love, Alluring City恋恋倾城Urban3.5M WordsOngoing The Hongmeng Pearl is said to be the most mysterious treasure in the vast Hongmeng Great World, possessing supreme power. A young man accidentally inherits the Pearl’s legacy, changing the course of his life. At the same time, he gradually uncovers why cultivators vanished. Can the Ancestral Star see the return of the cultivation civilization it once knew? Furthermore, after the Investiture of the Gods, the human race fell victim to the Sages’ schemes, and the Human Sovereign became the Son of H 13.7kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
26. 26 校 The Strongest Expert on Campus 校园最强高手 Love, Love, Alluring City恋恋倾城Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Saints are said to be the most powerful beings among cultivators. A saint can cross billions of miles in an instant, shift the stars with a wave of the hand, annihilate star systems, and reverse time and space. Saints can do anything. They are immortal and indestructible. It is said that somewhere between heaven and earth grows a tree known as the Sacred Tree. The Sacred Tree takes billions of years to flower, billions of years to bear fruit, and billions more for its fruit to ripen. Its fruit i 7.1kReads8.4Score551Shelves
27. 27 都 Urban Cultivation: A Primordial Daoist Palace from the Start 都市修仙传：开局一座太初道宫 Love, Love, Alluring City恋恋倾城Urban255k WordsOngoing After Lin Tian is framed, he accidentally causes a divine artifact to recognize him as its master. Through a twist of fate, he gains an astonishing opportunity. But Lin Tian refuses to take the ordinary path. Not only does he go further and further in his cultivation, he also becomes a thorn in the side of every major field... The world of mathematics: What? He, he, he solved another century-old conjecture? The world of technology: How does he end up everywhere? Lin Tian's motto: Once you're 26.4kReads8.1Score2.9kShelves
28. 28 女 My Girlfriend Thinks I'm Poor, Unaware I Just Returned from Another World 女友嫌我穷，不知我刚从异界回来 Dragon Sucks Up Water神龙吸水Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [Urban Cultivation] [Travel Between Two Worlds] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Multiple Heroines] [Cunning Survivor's Way] [Cross-World Trader] This novel has been adapted into a full-cast audiobook and a comic drama of the same name. Give them a try! Your girlfriend thinks you're poor. She dumps you over the 300,000 yuan needed for surgery, then turns around and hops into a rich second-generation heir's BMW. What she doesn't know is that just one second before she broke up with you, you had returned 48.7kReads8.5Score5.6kShelves

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    A great book with potential, set in an urban fantasy world, where you can even travel to the cultivation world and come back.

29. 29 贷 Taking Out Loans to Cultivate: They All Call Me a Genius! 贷款修仙：他们都叫我天才！ Cheese-Flavored Mashed Potatoes芝士味土豆泥Urban91k WordsOngoing (Modern cultivation, king of the rat race, loves showing off and playing the expert, lighthearted.) Good news: I transmigrated. Bad news: I arrived saddled with a million in debt. Good news: This world has cultivation. Bad news: Cultivation costs money, and my talent is terrible. Just as Zhang Fan lay quietly in the bathtub, looking at the wound on his wrist and lamenting that he had only just transmigrated and was already about to catch the next ride, his golden finger finally appeared. What? M —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Even cultivating immortality requires paying off loans! Transmigrating into a world burdened with millions in debt, his terrible talent unexpectedly activates a "cultivation version of Alipay"—his cultivation techniques reach max level instantly, but the price is frantically paying off his debts? Watch Zhang Fan's comeback through sunshine gymnastics, triggering a hundredfold critical hit while leading the exercises, showing off his skills while working hard, and maneuvering through a system in a competitive world where "you can't cultivate immortality without money"! Lighthearted, funny, and exhilarating, see how a poor guy turns debt into a cheat code, showcasing his amazing skills amidst the harsh realities of school and society—his journey to success is high-energy from start to finish!

30. 30 网EN Online Gaming: Lord of Boundless Infinity 网游：无垠无尽之主 The Easygoing One随性之人Sports3.9M WordsOngoing [Elegant + epic + expansive worldbuilding + lone wolf + plot-driven + solo domination] [Transmigrator Application Form] [You have chosen to tackle: Boundless Infinity (a despair-level online game world)] [Enemies: The Curse of Immortality, Eternal Aberrations, the End] [Golden finger: Fate's Guidance (Boundless Infinity, all-knowing and all-seeing edition)] [Transmigration point: Year 10,000 of the Online Gaming Era] [Transmigration method: Hit by a speeding truck] [Partner: None] [Application a 74.7kReads8.8Score4.5kShelves
31. 31 拯 Saving Humanity: Are Humans Really This Fragile?! 拯救人类：人类也太脆弱了吧！ Ten Thousand a Day一天一万Urban1.4M WordsCompleted June, 2025 AD. The guardian of human civilization, the greatest scientist in the history of the Milky Way, a living history of humanity, a scholar whose knowledge bordered on omniscience, the one who rebooted civilization and ushered in a new era, a great man who cared for humanity as if it were a protected species… When Qin Yu was given the chance to make three wishes, he thought carefully, then solemnly made these three wishes. Wish One: Absolute immortality. No matter how much time passes, or 15.4kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
32. 32 重 Reborn as the Head of the Football Association, I Build a Football Powerhouse 重生足协掌门人，打造足球强国 The Eleventh Wall第十一面墙Sports213k WordsOngoing When the Chinese national team lost 0:7 to Japan, the whole country lamented. I smashed my computer in a rage, only to unexpectedly transmigrate to 2013! Who could have guessed that I, a soccer expert and game designer, would become the head of the Football Association: Lin Yuan! I even started with a [Football Association Simulator]. With the media mocking me, “Lin the Contrarian is back, making a spectacle of himself,” old hands in the association obstructing me, and club bigwigs paying lip se 103Reads8.4Score—Shelves
33. 33 洪EN Primordial Styx: Blood God Avatars Spread Across the World 洪荒冥河之血神分身遍天下 Qu Feishang曲飞殇Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The short drama The Strongest Styx Rewrites the Primordial World is complete. Fellow Daoist fans of short dramas, feel free to click in and check it out. A soul from the future transmigrates to the Primordial World and becomes Minghe. He awakens before anyone else and uses billions of clones to lay down a grand formation that morally coerces the entire Primordial World. He attains the Dao before Hongjun. A golden wheel of Great Dao merit shines across the Primordial World. The Heavenly Dao is so 30.1kReads8.6Score2kShelves
34. 34 武EN Wuxia: What Kind of Godlike Talent Is This? 武侠：这都什么神仙天赋 Ma Jia马夹Male-Channel Fanfiction534k WordsCompleted The Great Qian Dynasty spans nine provinces. The martial world is thriving, and sects abound. One day, just after transmigrating, Zhang Qingyuan passes by Shaolin Temple and comes across a destitute young man. The young man says his name is Zhang Junbao. He’s a lay disciple of Shaolin, falsely accused by the temple of secretly learning martial arts and driven out. His master died protecting him. Zhang Qingyuan: “From today on, we’re brothers. If I have food, you’ll have food too.” Zhang Jun 9.3kReads8.9Score499Shelves
35. 35 布 Even a Common-Clothed Mad Beggar Can Ascend to Immortality 布衣疯丐亦可登仙 World Explorer探界者Urban101k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [Spirit Pets] [Expert Returns from the Mountains] [Urban Cultivation] [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] Since Zhou came down from the mountains, everyone has mocked him as a madman: disheveled, dressed in commoner's clothes, and wandering the mortal world like a crazy beggar. Everyone thinks he is foolish and unruly, behaving with absurd abandon. Yet no one knows that his heart is clear and his mind is enlightened. His supposed madness is merely a disguise for blending into the m 67Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In modern urban settings, the orthodox path to immortality begins with the Qi Refining stage.

36. 36 龙 The Dragon Fang Returns to Guard the Fishing Village and Strike Fear into All Enemies 龙牙归来守渔村慑万敌 World Explorer探界者Rural Life316k WordsOngoing [Battle God from the Start] [One Female Lead] [Urban Cultivation] [Cultivation Begins in Chapter Five] [Action-Packed Revenge] The Dragon Fang Battle God, whose name strikes fear overseas, lays down his arms and returns to his hometown, a seaside fishing village. All he wants is to protect his neighbors and the woman he loves, and live a peaceful life. But trouble comes one wave after another, and powerful enemies from every direction keep coming for him. A chance encounter brings him an immorta 119Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 战 War God: Wolf Soul 战神狼魂 World Explorer探界者Urban1.7M WordsCompleted A new book is out. Please check it out: When Ye Yunfan was five, he was kidnapped by human traffickers. Luckily, his master rescued him, kept him by his side, and taught him medicine and martial arts. Ten years later, he enlisted in the army. At eighteen, he was sent to the northern frontier, where he fought his way through one challenge after another. A few years later, he led a special unit renowned around the world, the Wolf Soul. He earned the title of Wolf Emperor, with four Wolf Kings unde 1.9kReads7.3Score182Shelves
38. 38 年 Period: I'm a Post-70s City Cultivator 年代：我是70后都市修仙者 Zhang Writes Articles张写文章Urban544k WordsCompleted [Historical era, growing personal space, decisive and ruthless, immortal cultivation, strategy] The soul of a modern person from 21st-century Earth transmigrates to the early 1980s in a parallel world. It also brings along a golden finger in the form of a personal space. This golden finger can be upgraded step by step. Once he gathers the nine origins of the world, he can create a real continent of his own. And each time he gathers an origin, the golden finger grants him knowledge of a new skill 3.4kReads8.4Score202Shelves

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    Cultivation in an era, possessing a spatial dimension

39. 39 修 A Cultivation Expert in the City 修真强者在都市 Lingering Back and Forth流连往返Urban5.6M WordsCompleted 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 22kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves

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    Set against the backdrop of a modern city, the story follows an ordinary young man who, after a miraculous encounter, gradually embarks on the path of cultivation. Through delicate prose, the author vividly portrays the daily lives, cultivation processes, and intertwined relationships of cultivators. Furthermore, the work cleverly incorporates modern technological elements, such as mobile phones and the internet, making the cultivation world more relatable and resonating with readers.

40. 40 买 Buy a Rock and Cultivate Immortality 买个石头去修仙 Jingdong Wanderer京东游侠Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Urban + period setting + immortal cultivation] Thanks to a mysterious stone, high school student Zhao Ming unexpectedly begins his journey of immortal cultivation. While his peers are still studying late into the night, worrying about the cost of dating and fretting over their future careers, he has already become a top tycoon, a miracle doctor, and a big shot in a special government agency. 381Reads9.2Score102Shelves
41. 41 都 The Immortal Emperor of the City 都市之修真仙帝 Jimo Himself挤墨本尊Urban8.4M WordsCompleted My name is Li Mo, and I’m an Immortal Emperor. You ask what an Immortal Emperor even is? Let me tell you: I’ll beat up the rich young masters you don’t dare touch, and woo the girls you don’t dare pursue. In short, I’ll do what you can do, and I’ll do what you can’t do even more. With a thought, I can shatter the heavens. I look down upon the world. That’s what it means to be an Immortal Emperor. In my previous life, I was set up by my beloved disciple, the Nanhai Fairy. In this life, I swear I’ 1.8kReads8.7Score191Shelves
42. 42 超 Super Cultivation Reject 超级修真弃少 Mumu Fishcat木木鱼猫Urban11.6M WordsOngoing Su Bai, a tribulation-transcending Immortal Venerable from the vast world of cultivation, suddenly comes to his senses and discovers that he has become the abandoned son of a wealthy family on Earth! He also finds that not only has his clan cast him aside, but he is living under someone else’s roof, enduring cold looks and mockery even from his relatives, including his cousin... This is the story of an Immortal Venerable rising to power in the city, sweeping away the great clans, and settling sc 14.2kReads7.1Score1.6kShelves
43. 43 龙 The Mission of the Dragon Ring 龙戒的使命 Fate Be Like This缘来灬如此Urban610k WordsCompleted [Modern Cultivation] + [Dragon Clan Legacy] + [Ascension] + [Pocket Dimension]. Forced to become a mercenary candidate at the age of seven, he endured one life-or-death trial after another before finally proving himself and becoming a qualified mercenary! After twenty years in the field, he was betrayed during a mission. His teammates gave their lives to buy him a chance to survive, and with no other choice, he disbanded the unit and returned home. There, he learned that the truth about his orig 5.7kReads9.0Score592Shelves

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    Modern cultivation novels, both over a million words long and completed, each with its own unique charm! Full of exciting moments!

44. 44 兵 Rise of the Soldier King 兵王崛起 Fate Be Like This缘来灬如此Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Urban Cultivation]+ [Awakened Memories]+ [All-Rounder]+ [Identity Mystery]. A military king awakens his memories. Was he an Immortal Venerable in his past life? Then he awakens another life’s memories: was he the Primordial Ancestor? It turns out he spent a million years laying plans and reincarnated a hundred times, all to truly unite the universe. But the universe is even greater than he ever imagined. Twists and turns, mysteries within mysteries, and plenty of excitement await in Rise of the 1.2kReads8.7Score138Shelves
45. 45 万 All Things as One: Transmigrating Across Light-Years to Protect You 万有一体：穿越光年守护你 Zi Dan紫萏Modern Romance270k WordsOngoing Fantasy cultivation, Eastern Zen, and post-apocalyptic science fiction intertwine in a beautiful romance between immortal and mortal. An immortal spirit descends to the mortal world to turn the tables and change her fate. With an expansive imagination and a plot full of twists and turns, the story blends cultivation and tribulations, a love spanning dimensions, and the secrets behind the universe’s ascension to a higher dimension. Set against Earth’s ascension to a higher dimension, the novel fo 136Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Returning to the original essence, returning to one's inherent completeness! Supernatural abilities, cultivation, divine beasts, the immortal realm, the divine realm, the Buddhist realm, the source of the universe.

46. 46 觉 Awakened as the Land God, I Became a Big Shot 觉醒土地神，我成了大佬 Empty, Empty, Empty, Flowing Freely空空空自流Urban582k WordsOngoing For the first half of his life, Ma Xiaole was a genuine fool, a dazed, aimless man who became the sort of “Mr. Tree” everyone in real life could tease. Then one day, he unexpectedly inherited the legacy of the Underworld and became the Land God of Xinghua Village, wielding the power to shape the destiny of the land under his care. From then on, he led the villagers in hard work, managing to guide their poor village onto the road to prosperity. But Ma Xiaole has never done things by the book, and 106Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend the first two books. The first two are written by fellow readers; the author has a clear thought process, excellent writing, and lots of exciting moments. The third book is an urban fantasy novel with a very high rating.

47. 47 参 The Heavenly Tree Art 参天决 A Snail on a Treadmill跑步机上的蜗牛Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Zhang Lin, a nine-to-five office drone, never imagined that one accident would turn his ordinary life completely upside down. After awakening the power of the Five Elements, he kicks open the door to reality: vampires with chilling fangs in Western castles, werewolves howling as they transform beneath the moon, and superpowered individuals who command the elements and run rampant; mist-shrouded immortal mountains in the East, cultivators flying on swords, and ancient sects hidden beyond mountain 3Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 乡 The Village Divine Farmer 乡村神农 Returning from Hoeing锄归Urban5.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: After Returning to the Village, I Have the Time of My Life Every Night Chen Ping, a medical student, is terminally ill. With his illness reaching its final stage, he returns to his village to recuperate. But on his very first night back, a shadow sneaks into his home... 44.9kReads9.2Score5.9kShelves
49. 49 神 The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农 Small-Town Earl小镇伯爵Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element 75.4kReads8.3Score6.5kShelves

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    In this modern cultivation story, the protagonist inherits a Daoist technique, attending school by day and cultivating immortality by night. He is unassuming and unassuming, cultivating quietly and subtly astonishing everyone. He lives a secluded life in the city, not mindless, but peaceful and inactive.

50. 50 充 Dual Cultivation Through Charging: Cultivating Immortality in the City 充电十双修：我在都市修个仙 I'm a Lazy Fish我系闲鱼Urban736k WordsCompleted (Also known as: An Uncle’s Low-Key Urban Immortal Cultivation) (The first 60 chapters focus on charging up and cultivating, so progress is slow. In the middle, dual cultivation speeds up advancement, and it gets even faster later on. The plot becomes richer and more varied in the middle and later stages.) An uncle accidentally gained the recognition of a small world and inherited the legacy of an Immortal Realm Dao Ancestor. Charging up replenishes his energy, while dual cultivation raises his 1.7kReads—Score146Shelves

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    Urban cultivation, small world, space, recharging, dual cultivation, fantasy, multiple female leads, leveling up, leisure, and satisfying read; ruthless and decisive, not mindless, no time travel, not directly invincible, not a middle-aged man or uncle with a system?

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